If You Can't Be A Son-In-Law, You Have To Become A Saint

Chapter 201 The world is in chaos, but there are still people who dare to join in the grand event

The weather does seem to be getting a lot warmer.

The moonlit night is quiet, and the streets are quiet in the middle of the night. The Beidou star and the Southern Dipper star have already slanted, indicating that spring is approaching.

The hazy slanting moon reflected every household, and it seemed to be a beautiful night.

But a lot happened that night.

Taichong Longjun was seriously injured, leaving another drop of dragon horn blood, and then returned to Taichonghai.

Prince Xuanwei, Ao Jiuyi, Xiyunzhang, and Beiquemu, the four sons and daughters of the dragon, fell from the boundless sky, not so high above them.

Li Guanlong left silently, but never went back to the Li family's mansion in Xuandu on Wulong Street, but went all the way to Taixuan Palace.

Just as Lu Jing said, breaking the rules of Emperor Chongtian, even if he is speculating on the Sacred Heart, is always guilty. No matter what Li Guanlong feels at this moment, he will always go to Taixuan Palace to plead guilty to Emperor Chongtian.

He has merits and demerits, and he still has to wait for the Holy Judgment.

In fact, Lu Jing is not easy, even with the remote send star shell left to him by Princess Chong'an, even the power contained in it can be called strong.

However, Li Guanlong of Shaozhu Kingdom is a well-known young strong man in the world, as a martial arts monk who ascended to the position of Shaozhu Kingdom at the age of thirty-two, and now it has been eight years.

His style of hanging the dragon's head is just like the name of Xuangong. Even if it is a real dragon with a godlike appearance, after receiving Li Guanlong's punch, no matter how majestic and peerless it is, it will hang down the dragon's head.

Lu Jing also received this punch, and the strong martial arts qi and blood also seriously injured Lu Jing.

This kind of qi and blood burned Lu Jing's primordial spirit, destroyed the qi and blood of Lu Jing's whole body, and even made Lu Jing's Martial Dao Dayang and Snow Mountain on the verge of collapse.

Intense pain continued to attack, and Lu Jing's hand hidden in his sleeve even trembled slightly.

Perhaps it was precisely because he knew the power of his punch that Li Guanlong felt that after this punch, it was enough to block Lu Jing's path of cultivation for a year or so.

"However, Li Guanlong doesn't know that I still have the idea of ​​Daming Wangguan."

The Great Ming Wang Guan thinks to moisten things silently, and both martial arts and primordial spirit can continue to grow because of this.

In addition, the idea of ​​Daming Wangguan can also repair the primordial spirit and repair the injured body, which is one of Lu Jing's most important reliance.

Needless to say, the tyranny of Zun Qingming to kill dragon warriors, but this Daming Wang Yantian is a blue chance, which is one level higher than Zunqing's fate, so it can be seen that the Great Ming Wang Yantian mysterious.

While thinking, Lu Jing returned to Kongshan Lane.

It was already late at night, and there was still a light in the courtyard of the neighbor, Ms. Pei, until Lu Jing entered her small courtyard, and then it went out later.

In my small courtyard, hundreds of flowers are in full bloom, and the fragrance of flowers is tangy.

Lu Jing found that the little Zhuo Yaoluo was sitting on the steps, propping his chin, as if waiting for Lu Jing.

Zhuo Yaoluo's mind is immature, just like a young child.

But he seemed to be in a daze today, Zhuo Yaoluo didn't realize until Lu Jing came close.

"Sir..." Zhuo Yaoluo stared at you, and jumped down from the steps.

Lu Jing knelt down and stretched out her hand, and Zhuo Yaoluo walked up to Lu Jing's palm.

Lu Jing knew that Zhuo Yaoluo had long been in the realm of gods, and he had an inexplicable sensitivity to the Fuguang sword qi that was born out of the sword qi in the world, so he must have sensed the changes outside the city.

Although he is like a child, he is ignorant of ordinary life and is closest to Qing Yue and Lu Jing, but since Yu Qixiang also likes to have fun on weekdays, he lives in the courtyard of Kongshan Lane, and spends every day with Xu Wugui and Zhuo Yao. Luo was playing around, and she often took Zhuo Yaoluo and Xu Wugui to roam the streets and alleys, playing and playing.

Occasionally go to some dilapidated streets to see the scenery outside the bustling streets.

Zhuo Yaoluo's childlike nature also loves to play.

Yu Qixiang has a distasteful personality, and he doesn't like to say goodbye, and he never said goodbye to him when he left.

But Zhuo Yaoluo can naturally sense it, that's why he's waiting for Lu Jing here.

Lu Jing looked at the little stone man sitting cross-legged in his palm, drooping his head, as docile as a young kitten.

"Don't worry, Qixiang left safely. When we have a chance in the future, we will go to Chong'an Sanzhou to find her. It is said that there are several beautiful places there, and she can just show us around."

Lu Jing comforted Zhuo Yaoluo.

A simple sentence seems to have worked.

Zhuo Yaoluo raised his head, shook his head and nodded.

"gentlemen……"

The joys and sorrows are always ruthless, before the first step, every bit until dawn.

Children may not know much, but they also don't like parting. If Lu Jing hadn't come back, maybe Zhuo Yaoluo would also be sitting on this step without knowing it, only knowing the dawn.

"Xu Wugui will come to look for you tomorrow, so you can go shopping with him."

Lu Jing instructed Zhuo Yaoluo in his palm.

Zhuo Yaoluo nodded in response, then stood up and jumped off Lu Jing's palm.

Seeing Zhuo Yaoluo's small body jumping over the wall, Lu Jing knew that he must have gone to Xu Wugui's house, and there was a smile on his face.

This small courtyard is much more lively than before.

Walking into the main house, Qingyue was embroidering before committing the crime.

She had already seen Lu Jing enter the courtyard from the window, talking to Zhuo Yaoluo, so she didn't bother her.

Since Qingyue studied pharmacology with Mr. Eleven, for some reason, her spirit has become better and better.

No matter how late I go to bed, I am always full of energy during the day.

When Lu Jing entered the main house, Qingyue turned her head to look at Lu Jing, with some worry flashing in her eyes.

She and Lu Jing chatted a few words casually, then stood up and left the room.

Not long after, another pot of flowers came over.

This potted flower is quite strange, there is actually a peach blossom branch planted in the flower pot, and several peach blossoms are blooming on the peach blossom branch.

When that peach blossom branch was brought into the room by Qingyue, the rich peach blossom fragrance immediately filled the main house in a short time.

But this peach blossom fragrance seems to be strong, but it is actually very mild, neither pungent nor disturbing.

What's even more strange is that, as the fragrance entered Lu Jing's nose, Lu Jing obviously felt that the speed of Qi and blood flow around him suddenly increased a lot.

"Master, Mr. Eleven gave this to me today, she only said that it would be very good for me to put it in the room.

I don't need it urgently in the past few days, so let's put it in the young master's room first. "

"I also boiled a pot of crabapple pear flower water, added a few prescriptions of medicinal materials, and brought it later. This is Mr. Shiyi's prescription. It seems ordinary, but sometimes it is worse than the prescriptions of many big pharmacies. Use it."

The clouds and mist dissipated, and the light of the stars and the moon all scattered down.

Qingyue was still exhorting: "Although the young master has a high level of cultivation, he is actually like an ordinary person when he is injured. It's late spring, and the morning and night are still very cold. You always have to wear thick clothes when you go out. You can't be careless. "

Lu Jing first agreed, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, the clothes on me are specially sewn by the palace clothing factory, and the materials are the same as the court clothes of the second and third rank officials. The mansion's top-quality silk is protected from wind and rain, water and fire, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is at least a fifth-grade treasure outside Taixuanjing, much warmer than ordinary cotton clothes."

Qingyue was not at ease, and shook her head, saying: "It is always necessary to use stupid methods to keep warm. Although the young master's leader's white clothes are of high quality, adding a warm clothes inside will not hinder anything, but it must be hotter."

"It makes sense." Lu Jing didn't intend to refute anything, but just agreed again.

In the past quarter of an hour, Qingyue went and returned, bringing pear blossom and crabapple water.

Lu Jing drank a cup, only to feel that it was sweet in the mouth, and it brought wisps of warmth in his throat.

Lu Jing looked at the cup in his hand: "This pear blossom and crabapple water, children should love to drink it."

Qingyue seems to want to have a plan: "Young master, my current fire is actually very shallow, and the medicine needs to be accumulated bit by bit.

My perception of flowers and plants is somewhat keen, but I still need to accumulate it carefully.

However, I am already proficient in using this pear blossom and crabapple water, and it can be used to treat cold syndrome after subtracting many proportions. "

Lu Jing thought for a moment, and said: "There should be a lot of silver taels left in the Shuxiu sent by the thirteenth prince, but you can mix more pear blossom and crabapple water and send it to Shantang.

The weather has been cold recently, although the Jingyin Mansion does not dare to neglect Shantang, the stove in the room is very hot, but the children always have to be active, and the pear blossom and crabapple water that can repel the cold will definitely play a role. "

Qingyue's eyes lit up immediately.

However, Lu Jing hesitated and said: "It's just that in today's season, both pear blossoms and crabapple flowers are rare. Although the academy is like spring all the year round, there are hundreds of flowers planted, and there should not be many crabapple and pear blossoms."

"Master, it's okay." Qing Yue said: "Children are weak, and the prescriptions that can be used on practitioners, after being diluted, they will not be able to use a few doses."

"After I finish the match, I will also ask Mr. Eleven to check it out so that I don't get too hot."

Qingyue is always quite enthusiastic about such things.

Maybe it was because their family fled famine to Taixuanjing, and they were fed up with the cold and heat along the way.

"I never thought that my father sold me to the Lu Mansion in order to seek medical treatment for my mother, but now I am lucky enough to be able to study medicine with the master in the library."

Qing Yue often said that these days, and Lu Jing has long been used to it.

He agreed, and then blinked at Qingyue: "I brought you a present."

Qing Yue was a little dazed.

But Lu Jing stretched out his hand, and a mist in the sky condensed and turned into a puddle of clear water.

In the distance, a golden light shines.

There was a goldfish in the clear water.

"Her name is Deer Fish, you can keep her by your side, and you can also use it for entertainment.

If you encounter something on weekdays, calling her name may help you. "

As Lu Jing said this, she looked around, but found that there was no place to raise fish.

Qingyue reacted very quickly, hurried out and brought back a huge flower pot.

The flower pot was quite clean, and the air holes at the bottom were blocked by Qing Yue.

"Let's keep it here first, and I'll go out and buy a flower pot tomorrow."

Qingyue's eyes are shining, she has a kind heart, and has always liked these living things.

Lu Jing also didn't plan to tell Qingyue the origin of this goldfish.

Li Guanlong and the golden jiao wanted to kill him, so he enlightened the golden jiao, and it was logical.

However, both Mr. Jiu's words and Li Guanlong's reaction told Lu Jing that there should still be a deep love between Li Guanlong and Na Jinjiao.

Lu Jing's incantation of the golden jiao was punishment for Li Guanlong and the golden jiao for wanting to kill him.

But since she and Li Guanlong have feelings for each other, Lu Jing keeps Jin Jiao by his side, which can't help him other than disgusting people.

Simply let her be with Qingyue, so that Qingyue can have more entertainment on weekdays.

If there is a chance, this golden dragon can still protect Qingyue.

What's more, this golden dragon has already been enlightened by Lu Jing. If Lu Jing really wants to face the enemy, Lu Jing only needs to move his mind, and the golden dragon will come through the clouds naturally, so he doesn't have to be with him every day.

"Can she understand what I'm saying?" Qingyue asked curiously, seeing Lu Jing nodding, the smile on her face became wider, and then asked again: "Shouldn't it be an ordinary goldfish, what does she like to eat?"

Lu Jing shook his head.

Qing Yue said: "Tomorrow I will go out and ask in the fish shop."

It can be seen that Qingyue is quite concerned about this goldfish, with a smile on his face, he went back to the room holding the flower pot in which the fish was placed.

When Qingyue returned to her room, the smile on Lu Jing's face disappeared, and she frowned slightly.

Even with the aroma of peach blossoms, there is also the idea of ​​the Daming Wang Yantian Dasheng Temple, plus pear blossom and crabapple water.

The severe pain on Lu Jing's body weakened slightly, but it still made Lu Jing feel quite uncomfortable.

"Li Guanlong's cultivation base is at its peak. If I want to beat him, I'm afraid it will take many years... Moreover, Li Guanlong is now in his prime, and he is expected to break into the unity of the nine phases, and even overcome the thunder calamity with his body, and achieve Tianfu. a mountain of roads."

Lu Jing's primordial spirit was somewhat dimmed, the original shining golden light was no longer as brilliant, but nine divine fires were burning.

As soon as he thought about it, it was like a whale swallowing sea water, and extremely rich vitality rolled in.

"If it weren't for my own talent of primordial spirit, and my destiny as a genius of martial arts, otherwise, even if Mr. Si left this seed-like divine fire and used the sword energy of the world as a guide to pass on the skills, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to light it. The Seven Paths of Divine Fire."

"The divine fire of the primordial spirit of the six realms, and the other divine fire burns in my light-supporting sword aura. So far, my Dongjun is shining brightly, and there is indeed a divine light in it."

Lu Jing thought silently, and the wind and rain scriptures continued to run, and the spiritual energy turned into wind and rain, and fell on Lu Jing's soul, repairing Lu Jing's soul.

"Now I have a lot to rely on. Apart from the Guanghan seal, there is also a gradual brewing of borrowing from the sky. Today, by killing the dragon, I not only obtained the Zunqing fate, but also gained a full two thousand fate. , the fate of Shenwutian can break through, I don't know what kind of situation my talent will be at that time?"

Lu Jing's thoughts flickered, and vaguely, there was indeed an extremely thin vitality lingering around Lu Jing's primordial spirit, which seemed to communicate with some strange power.

Guanghan Seal is already extremely extraordinary.

But borrowing money from the sky is much better.

After a long time, Lu Jing opened his eyes, and the hidden dragon branch appeared in his hand.

"This hidden dragon branch made Li Yushi, Chu Yeshan, and even the Seventh Prince look down on me earlier, but now they realize that I have never been injured at all."

Lu Jing smiled, and carefully put the Yinlong branch into the Yunkong pattern.

This was lent to him by everyone Liu. He doesn't need it now, so he has to return it.

Time passed quickly, when the sound of the wheels of the carriage rolling over the blue bricks fell into Lu Jing's ears.

Facing the darkness, Lu Jing walked out of the empty mountain alley and got into the carriage in Huai Shi Palace.

There is no rush to heal the wound, and the effect of meditating for twelve hours a day is actually not very good.

For the next few days, Lu Jing still lived an ordinary life.

Being his prince and junior teacher, Mr. Shulou.

In spare time, apart from practicing spiritual healing, reading is essential.

There is always his figure in Hanmo Academy, always bowing his head to write and draw.

In the past few days, he and Qingyue often go to send some pear blossom and crabapple water to Shantang.

In fact, compared to Lu Jing, the hundreds of children who are currently housed in the temporary charity hall actually like Qing Yue more.

Of course, it's not that I don't like Lu Jing, it's just that Lu Jing's appearance is more and more brilliant under the fate of a beautiful man and the fate of a jade, which made these children a little timid at first.

However, since Lu Jing taught them a few lessons, most of these children also realized that Mr. Lu Jing is as gentle as Sister Qingyue. If you have any questions, you can always get an answer when you ask him.

Wei Jingzhe has also been in this shantang, he is the supervisor of the shantang, and was selected by Lu Jing to supervise the shantang.

In the Shantang, Wei Jingzhe was not the only governor, but there were also two people sent by the Jingyin Mansion and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The other two are both scholars, and they always have the reputation of being a child and a scholar. They used to be staff officers and guest officials in some small yamen.

On the other hand, Wei Jingzhe used to be a groom, never studied in a private school or academy, before coming to Shantang, he unloaded cargo on Zhutai River.

Most scholars look down upon those who do not read.

What's more, reading can cultivate moral character, but it is limited. Wei Jingzhe was obviously suppressed by the other two.

Lu Jing could always sense something when he went to the shantang later, but Wei Jingzhe didn't mention it, and he didn't make a show of it.

Later, when he came to Shantang again, Wei Jingzhe seemed to be all right, so Lu Jing asked.

Wei Jingzhe laughed and said: "There is nothing clever about it, these people have been in Shantang for a few months, and they have less contact with their former colleagues, but they don't know a lot of news about Taixuanjing.

I just told them about my master's enforcement of the law, killing the strong men under the crown prince of Qi, and ordering the prince of Qi not to enter the Hengshan Mansion within one year.

Let them listen to Xu Baiyan's guilt for a while, and they are more polite to me. "

When Wei Jingzhe said this, he paused, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if they are polite to me or not, these two people came to the Shantang, even if there is something about Xu Baiyan, they want to get some benefits from it.

It's just that the appetite is very small, but the shantang that raises hundreds of people, dripping out, is enough to feed people like them without official status.

Subconsciously, they may feel that they only get a little bit, but it is just a fee for their hard work, and it is nothing.

With Mr.'s deterrence, they are also afraid of losing their heads, and they behave more decently. "

Lu Jing was naturally satisfied with Wei Jingzhe's straightforward solution.

Since it has its power, if you don't use it, you just want to prove your ability, but it is not wise.

"It is often said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but in fact, both the Jingyin Mansion and the Ministry of Households have already considered this.

Governors and magistrates also have a monthly salary, and it's not low. It's not enough to eat a lot of fish and meat, or buy land to build a house, but if it's used for daily expenses, even if there are ten people in the family, it's enough to live on this monthly salary.

They hold unranked positions in the Yamen, and they can't get so much money at all. "

Lu Jing said: "This is actually maintaining integrity in disguise. If they still think it's not enough and want to use the money from the charity, they are not worthy of the post of inspector."

Wei Jingzhe also agreed with Lu Jing's words.

Only then did Lu Jing turn her head around, and took a serious look at Wei Jingzhe, with some brilliance flashing in her eyes: "Your cultivation is getting better day by day."

Wei Jingzhe heard Lu Jing speak, but thought for a moment, then suddenly clamped the book in his hand to his arm, and rolled up his sleeves.

But in the middle of his forearm, there was a strange mark shining.

Lu Jing frowned, and reached out to pull down his sleeves for him.

"It's not suitable to show people."

Lu Jing's spiritual thoughts surged: "Heroes in the world actually have their own opportunities.

For example, Xu Xingzhi, the son of the champion general, got an evil knife in his early years. It is said that whoever uses the evil knife will die, but Xu Xingzhi's cultivation has improved rapidly because of this. However, in recent years, it is said that the evil knife has frequently devoured the master. Coupled with the prince's invitation, Xu Xingzhi traveled thousands of miles from the border to Taixuanjing to participate in the martial arts test. "

"Nan Heyu, the master of swordsmanship, was only given an ordinary sword heart seed in the early years, and whether the sword heart seed is dead or alive is not the same.

However, Nan Heyu forcibly bred a feathered sword heart, and Qian Xiushui was able to recognize her as the master because of this feathered sword heart. "

"The same is true for other Tianjiao generations."

"But they are different from you, one of them is a lady of the Duke's Mansion, a descendant of Yu Xingdao, and the other is the son of a champion general, no one dares to take their chances.

But you are different. "

Lu Jing's spiritual thoughts flowed into Wei Jingzhe's mind, Wei Jingzhe's eyes were full of trust, he glanced at Lu Jing and said, "Mr. protects me."

Even though Wei Jingzhe said so, he carefully pulled up his sleeves to completely cover the mark, obviously heeded Lu Jing's advice.

Lu Jing was startled slightly when she heard Wei Jingzhe's words, then nodded immediately: "I will protect you."

"It's just that Taixuanjing is home to the most powerful people in the world. Sometimes in the dead of night, I will be afraid. After all, if you have to move fast, and your pace is inconsistent with everyone's, there will always be someone watching you in secret."

"However, many things cannot be avoided by being afraid. Even if I take off the wind and rain from my waist today, abolish my own cultivation, and hide in the empty mountain alley from now on, and ignore everything related to me in Taixuanjing, I will still Someone will want me dead."

The gentleman in white had a smile on his face, and when he spoke in such a soft voice, there was a little helplessness in his tone, but there was no fear when he spoke.

Wei Jingzhe sent it off for a long time, until he left the street, he stopped to salute and bid farewell to Lu Jing.

Lu Jing took a few more steps forward, then stopped suddenly, and looked at a restaurant beside the street.

In that restaurant, a man with loose long hair and tattoos on his neck was drinking and eating meat.

He held a pot of flower carvings in one hand, and a whole roast chicken in the other. He drank heavily, and while eating meat, he did not forget to watch Lu Jing from afar.

A divine thought also entered Lu Jing's mind at this time.

It was in the middle of the downtown area at this time, Lu Jing saw that it was still early, and Qing Yue hadn't come back from the study building yet, so he was also a little curious, so he walked into the restaurant.

He stood across from the skinny middle-aged man with disheveled hair.

“Mr. Lu Jing, we meet again.”

The middle-aged man put down the roast chicken in his hand, and wanted to pour wine for Lu Jing, he stretched out his hand, but stopped again.

"Xiaoer, another pot of Huadiao."

He yelled so loudly, and then smiled at Lu Jing: "Scholars are always particular. I drink and eat meat too much, and it's not good to pour wine for my husband."

Naturally, Lu Jing had seen this man, and had seen him twice.

I saw it twice in the prison of Jingyin Mansion.

"To tell you the truth, sir, Toutuo came here today to wait for you."

After the Huadiao wine was served, Na Toutuo grinned, showing his yellow teeth, and still poured wine for Lu Jing.

"The prison of the Jingyin Mansion is like your house. You can enter as you wish, and you can exit as you wish. This is not unusual."

Lu Jing looked at the skinny middle-aged man who called himself Toutuo.

The skinny middle-aged man turned his head and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, many of them were still riding horses.

"What is your status, sir, you should have a horse, I heard that for some unknown reason, sir, you got Li Guanlong's Golden Flood Dragon.

The golden dragon had an extraordinary background, after it emerged, some people from Daozong even went to surrender, but because of Shaozhu Kingdom, they returned without success.

Now that Mr. has acquired a golden dragon, he can transform her into a horse. Riding this golden dragon is actually more majestic than riding an ordinary dragon. "

When Lu Jing heard Toutuo's words, she couldn't help but frowned, but she didn't answer, she just drank a glass of wine.

The hunchback raised its brows slightly, and its expression drooped suddenly: "I made a bet with someone, and it seems that I am going to lose."

Lu Jing was puzzled.

Withered Toutuo said: "As a mount, the heterogeneous golden flood dragon is naturally majestic and majestic, and it can also slap Li Guanlong in the face severely.

I thought that the husband would definitely be like this, so I made a bet with others, but I didn't expect that the husband seemed unwilling. "

"On the contrary, the lord who bet with me said that Mr. surrendered to Jin Jiao because of the murderous enmity between Li Guanlong and Jin Jiao. .

But Mr. has been uniting his knowledge and action these days, even if he is an enemy, he should do his best. It is the way of Mr. to decide the outcome with his own cultivation and methods. Li Guanlong never used schemes to murder his relatives.

Knowing that Li Guanlong has some ties with the golden dragon, but still turning the golden dragon into a mount, not only will it not help at all, but it will only humiliate others for no reason, and will be inferior.

That person told me that Mr. Lu Jing would not be so lowly. "

Lu Jing was a little surprised.

Na Toutuo's tone became more serious, and he said: "And the lord told me that Mr. has a strong heart, but he is not a soft-hearted person. If there is a chance one day, Mr. will definitely avenge his death and will never show mercy."

"I wonder who that adult is?" Lu Jing couldn't help asking.

The skinny Toutuo smiled and shook his head: "Sir, if a person like you goes to us, he will surely realize his wish."

Lu Jing listened quietly.

However, Skinny Toutuo leaned forward and asked: "Sir, do you know that there is a Zen staff in Daleiyin Temple, which can go up to seven or eight stars, and down into the mountain of Hundred Ghosts!"

"Now that Zen stick is in the hands of General Butian of our Pingping Township. The world is chaotic, but there are still people who dare to participate in the grand event. Sir, why don't you take a look at the scenery of our Pingping Township?"

When this Toutuo spoke, there was some fanaticism on his skinny face, and his tone was full of reverence.

Mending the sky... General?

ps: Thanks to the leader of the otaku peak book friends, the author is very grateful.

It will be updated at around 12 noon tomorrow, the headache is gone, and the pain in the body is relieved, but there is a cough in almost two seconds, and the lungs are about to be coughed out. It is recommended that the sick brothers prepare ambroxol early, as I can no longer buy it here.

(end of this chapter)