The Way of the Immortal Master

Ouyang Huajin left in a hurry, even if Sun Sheng wanted to explain to him, he temporarily lost the opportunity.

What he can do now is to persuade Meng Zhang first, so as to save them from causing more trouble.

Meng Zhang was very dissatisfied with Chunyu Inn and the shopkeeper, and led Sun Sheng to leave here directly.

He didn't go far, just randomly found a teahouse outside.

Both he and Sun Sheng entered the teahouse together, were led to sit down in a private room, and then began to talk slowly.

As soon as Sun Shengdu sat down, he sincerely apologized to Meng Zhang, saying that he was very responsible for Meng Zhang's troubles this time.

It turned out that Ouyang Huajin fell in love with a female cultivator of the Gu Yue family a long time ago, and wanted to take her as a concubine.

Although the Gu Yue family is a family of foreign relatives, their foundation in the court is shallow and their background is insufficient.

To have the opportunity to marry the disciple of Ouyang Jian, Lord of Swords, is of course a great thing that one can only wish for.

With Ouyang Jian's support, the Gu Yue family will get greater development in all aspects.

Originally, Gu Yuedu had visited Ouyang Jian, Lord of Swords, to settle the matter.

According to Ouyang Jian's intention, after two years, after Ouyang Hua's gold cultivation base was consolidated, this girl from the Gu Yue family would be allowed to start.

Just two days ago, rumors suddenly spread among the elite circles in Shangjing, saying that the Gu Yue family intended to marry Meng Zhang, the head of the Taiyi Sect, and agreed to let Meng Zhang choose a marriage partner from the Gu Yue family at will.

Coincidentally, the woman Meng Zhang fell in love with happened to be Ouyang Huajin's concubine who had never been married.

Now, all kinds of unpleasant rumors began to spread, and soon reached Ouyang Huajin's ears.

Being favored by a concubine who has not been married to him is almost the same as the hatred of taking his wife.

Early this morning, Ouyang Huajin led people into the Chunyu Inn to give Meng Zhang a good look.

If Sun Shengdu hadn't arrived in time, clarified the stakes, and persuaded both parties, I still don't know how this matter will end.

When he said this, Sun Sheng felt very regretful.

It was a good thing for him to match Meng Zhang and the Gu Yue family.

It's fine if the good things don't work out between the two parties. Now that such rumors are spreading, he, as a middleman, is also to blame.

According to Sun Shengdu, Meng Zhang had better come forward with Gu Yuedu to clarify the rumors, so as not to deepen the misunderstanding.

Meng Zhang heard Sun Shengdu's words, but did not answer immediately, but fell into thinking.

Who the hell is spreading such rumors at this moment?

A rumor involved three parties, Meng Zhang, Gu Yue's family and Ouyang Huajin.

Although Meng Zhang was provoked by Ouyang Jian today, the target of the rumor spreader is not necessarily Meng Zhang.

Before, because of Shang Jianqing's relationship, Meng Zhang suspected that Ouyang Huajin came to find trouble for his family because he was standing out for his classmates.

Now, he suspects in his heart that Ouyang Huajin might be used by others and used as a gun.

Of course, no matter what the truth is, Meng Zhang will not easily let Ouyang Huajin go to provoke him so openly.

Anyway, because of Shang Jianqing's relationship, the two parties were destined not to be friends.

Today's Meng Zhang, at any rate, can be regarded as a figure of some status. Being so offended by someone, she would never swallow her anger, so forget it.

Meng Zhang ignored Sun Shengdu's persuasion, but thought slowly, how should he retaliate?

It seems impossible to make a public attack in the upper capital.

When Sun Shengdu was talking with Meng Zhang, the person they were talking about, Ouyang Huajin, had already brought two companions and flew to the mansion of Ouyang Jian, Lord of Swords.

These two middle-aged men are capable subordinates who have been painstakingly cultivated by Lord Sword Ouyang Jian for many years, and they have always won his trust.

After Ouyang Huajin achieved Yuanshen, Ouyang Jian paid more attention to him and almost regarded him as his successor.

He knew that this closed-door disciple was out of character and not stable enough.

So let the two capable subordinates follow Ouyang Huajin all the time, lest he cause any unmanageable troubles.

"Young master, if that country bumpkin named Meng Zhang is really the Five Criminal Guards, then we won't be able to trouble him anymore. That guy Han Yao has always been against the prince, and he is very defensive," said a guard.

Another person added, "Young master, what happened this time may really be a misunderstanding like that guy Sun Shengdu said. No matter how courageous that Meng Zhang is, he probably wouldn't dare to rob the young master for a woman."

Ouyang Huajin knew what the two subordinates were thinking. They were worried that if they insisted on finding trouble with Meng Zhang, what would happen in Shangjing, and it would be difficult to deal with it afterwards.

These two guards are Ouyang Jian's subordinates, not Ouyang Huajin's subordinates, and he can't directly order them by force, he needs to explain his behavior well.

"Of course I know this is a misunderstanding, maybe someone is deliberately spreading rumors."

"I once heard Senior Brother Shang Jianqing mention that Taiyi Sect is a Yuanshen sect in Jiuqu Province. As the head of Taiyi Sect, Meng Zhang is quite capable."

"If he intends to marry the Gu Yue family, then the Gu Yue family has plenty of female monks for him to choose from. No matter how stupid and arrogant he is, he will not rob women from me."

"It's just that this Meng Zhang has lost face to Senior Brother Shang Jianqing before. Now there are such rumors again. If I don't respond at all, others will think that I am easy to bully, thinking that my palace is a waste of fame."

"Originally, I was going to scare him and save some face for Senior Brother Shang Jianqing. However, he is Han Yao's Five Criminal Guards, so this time we can't let it go."

"Anyway, Han Yao and the master have always been enemies. With this excuse, I can be regarded as a master of the five criminal guards under him."

Although Ouyang Huajin patiently explained his thoughts to the two subordinates, deep down in his heart, he didn't value Meng Zhang too much.

Even if Meng Zhang's cultivation level is one level higher than his, he is not worried that he is not an opponent.

After hearing Ouyang Huajin's explanation, the two guards didn't say much.

Due to their identities, they could not forcibly stop Ouyang Huajin, so they could only report the matter to Ouyang Jian.

Besides Meng Zhang and Sun Shengdu, Sun Sheng persuaded Meng Zhang for a long time. Seeing that Meng Zhang didn't say much, he thought that Meng Zhang listened to his persuasion and stopped pursuing this matter.

After comforting Meng Zhang, Sun Sheng left the teahouse and rushed to find Gu Yuedu again.

Although both of them are monks in the early stage of Yuanshen, their identities are very different.

It took Sun Sheng a lot of effort to meet Gu Yuedu.

After meeting, without taking care of the pleasantries, Sun Shengdu explained his purpose of coming.

He hoped that Gu Yuedu and Meng Zhang would come forward together to clarify the rumors spreading around and calm down the incident as soon as possible.

After hearing what Sun Shengdu said, Gu Yuedu didn't look anxious at all, as if she didn't care about these rumors at all.

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