Chapter 335: Recognize the Thief as Your Boss [Two in One]

On the street, opposite Liang Peng stood a fat man with a round body, wearing a scholar's robe and jade pendants. His eyes suddenly became unfriendly for a moment, but soon turned calm again.

"Brother Mo." He greeted indifferently.

"Haha." The little fat man laughed twice more. "I felt you looked familiar when I saw your back. It's you. It looks like you are here to sign up for the imperial examination as well?"

"Not bad." Liang Peng nodded.

"What a coincidence! I came back for the Autumn Examination. I didn't expect to meet my old classmates as soon as I entered the city. I'm really lucky." There were a few people gathered behind the fat man, probably servants and book boys, and they all hugged his shoulders.

Then he said, "We have been apart for a long time. Let's go. I will treat you to a meal. Although I haven't been back to the capital for two years, I still remember the big restaurants here."

"No thanks." Liang Peng refused calmly: "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After that, he turned and left.

After walking away, Shadow Master's voice came into my mind again, "It seems that your relationship is not very good?"

"There were some conflicts in the past, but it doesn't matter." Liang Peng said softly.

The little fat boy was named Mo Xiaohu. His family was wealthy businessmen from Xizhou. He once lived in Shendu with his family for a period of time and studied in Liang Peng's academy.

Liang Peng was always smart and handsome, and girls liked him. At that time, Mo Xiaohu, like other boys, was full of jealousy and made things difficult for Liang Peng. It could even be said that he was the one who started it, and Liang Peng just endured it silently. Later, he left Longyuan City with his family, and Zhen Xiaohao did even worse, which led to Liang Peng's first counterattack.

When he saw him again, Liang Peng had no intention of revenge.

Now they are no longer people of the same level. Liang Peng pursues the pinnacle of the court and the path of cultivation. He will no longer have anything to do with this kind of playboy who just eats and waits for death. There is no need to waste extra time on him.

Liang Peng completely ignored these pieces of trash and didn't even have the energy to take a second look at them.

There was a crowd of people around me, and eight out of ten of them were scholars coming to take the imperial examinations. They were all dusty, with bright eyes and hope for the future.

"Heh." Mo Xiaohu looked at Liang Peng's back as he walked away, and snorted with a smile.

"Master, who is this guy?" the attendant beside him said angrily, "You took the initiative to greet him, but he didn't even give you face?"

"A poor guy without a father, pretending to be so noble all day long, really thinks he is so great." Mo Xiaohu sneered: "This kind of person can only know me in the academy."

"Then the young master still wants to invite him to dinner?" another follower asked puzzledly.

"Although he comes from a poor family, he is very smart and has always been the best in the academy in terms of reading and writing. I'm afraid there are few people in the entire Longyuan City who can compare to him." Mo Xiaohu said, "My father helped me set up an examination room so that someone could take the exam for me, but I haven't found someone who can definitely make the list. I was just thinking about where to find a poor scholar, and he is just the right person."

During the Yin Dynasty, the names on the examination papers were covered, and several examiners reviewed the papers cross-checking them, and the final decision was made by the chief examiner. The examiners were all great scholars of Wen'antang, and the chief examiner was Song Zhili, the right prime minister of the dynasty.

People of that level are definitely not something a family like Mo Xiaohu's can come into contact with.

If he is a descendant of one of the four great families, he won't have to work hard. As long as he reports his name, he can be on the list even if he doesn't write a single word on the paper.

But he was just from a wealthy merchant family, and his elders were fifth-rank officials in the imperial court, so he could not reach that level, so he could only settle for the next best thing. He bribed the clerks in the examination room and tampered with the exam.

It's also very simple. As long as you can find someone who can identify yourself at that stage, you can naturally let others take the test for him.

But doing so involves some risks, and once you hand in your test paper you will be no different from other candidates. Even if you are very talented, who can guarantee that you will pass the imperial examination?
Mo Xiaohu knew that his time was very precious, unlike those poor scholars who had to take exams all their lives. If he wasted another four years, it might affect his future plans, so he had to be cautious this time.

They didn't find suitable candidates in Xizhou, so they wanted to come to Longyuan City to have a look. After all, there are the most candidates here.

Unexpectedly, he saw Liang Peng as soon as he entered the city. Mo Xiaohu remembered the praise this man had received in the academy, and immediately wanted Liang Peng to take the exam for him.

"I see." The servant boy beside him immediately flattered, "Young Master is far-sighted and wants to be ahead of us in everything."

"Haha, of course." Mo Xiaohu said proudly, "My uncle said that if you want to be an official in the court, you don't need to read any books. You just need to understand people."

The attendant beside him said, "But this kid doesn't seem easy to talk to. Can you agree?"

"It doesn't matter if he's nice to talk to or not, he has no say in the matter." Mo Xiaohu said sinisterly, "With his background, he's destined to be a slave. Letting him take the exam for me is a compliment to him. When I enter the court, I can still take care of him when he takes the exam next year. If soft tactics don't work, I'll use hard tactics, and then he won't be able to bear it."

……

On Yujing Peak, Liang Yue and Wen Yifan were called out by a knock on the door.

Liang Yue came out from the second floor and Wen Yifan came out from the third floor, not together.

When I opened the door, I didn't see anyone at first glance. I looked around and then lowered my eyes, and then I saw a fair little face looking up.

"Huh? It's you again." Liang Yue looked down and saw the little boy he picked up last night.

The little guy was fair and tender, with eyes blinking, and was really adorable. Both of them smiled unconsciously.

But as soon as the little boy opened his mouth, their smiles disappeared immediately.

Then he said in a clear voice: "Dad, Mom, I'm here to find you!"

"Don't shout." Liang Yue quickly stopped him.

According to the information I overheard last night, this child might be one of the incarnations of Master Xuan. When Master Xuan recovered, he suddenly remembered that he had been taken advantage of by a wild father before. What should he do?

Wen Yifan brought the child in, asked him to sit on a chair, and asked, "Why are you here again?"

"I came here just to look for you guys." The little boy said with a smile, "I opened my eyes and didn't see you guys, so I hurried over here."

"Didn't Master Yang and the others stop you?" Liang Yue wondered.

"No." the little boy replied.

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of breaking wind outside, and several figures fell outside the attic.

The little boy immediately slid down from the chair and tried to crawl under the table, saying, "Dad, Mom, don't tell anyone that I'm here."

"What's your name?" Liang Yue asked, then paused and responded, "No, why are you hiding?"

He immediately thought to himself, could it be that this child had sneaked out?
Then, several Yin Yang Sect leaders, led by Yang Wuqi, rushed in. When they saw the child under the table, they breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The child is indeed here."

Someone came forward and carried the boy out. He immediately began to struggle, "I won't leave! I want to stay with my parents!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene seemed to freeze.

After a long while, Yang Wuqi finally said, "So the parents he was looking for are you guys?"

"It seems so..." Liang Yue laughed awkwardly.

"What did you say to him yesterday?" Yang Wuqi looked over angrily.

"Nothing." Liang Yue and Wen Yifan both looked innocent. The child treated them as his parents, which was purely an act of following. It was not something they did on purpose.

Yang Wuqi stared at Liang Yue, "The Wen family girl was also born in the Peach Blossom Garden. It's normal for a child to be close to her. Why is he like this with you too?"

This is indeed what they don't understand.

If the child is ignorant and is only friendly to people who share a similar aura to him, then at most he can just recognize his mother.

He wouldn't find it so hard to accept. Why would he want to recognize a father as well?
Does a child have to have a complete family?
It would be fine if he recognized someone else, but recognizing this kid, he is Wang Rulin's apprentice! The incarnation of Master Xuan Tianshi, recognizing the apprentice of someone who came to Yin Yang Sect to steal as his father, is not just recognizing a thief as a father, isn't this simply recognizing a thief as a grandfather?
A thief in every sense of the word.

What would be the seniority of a disciple of Master Zhang Xuantian in front of Wang Rulin in the future? He didn't even dare to think about it.

Liang Yue could only spread his hands to show that he knew nothing.

He didn't know why the child chose him as his father. If he had to say one thing, it would probably be that he was handsome.

Seeing that the child started to cry loudly when he left, Yang Wuqi had no choice but to point a finger at his forehead and let him fall asleep temporarily. After he withdrew his hand, he still looked apologetic, as if he was quite guilty.

A purple-robed woman said, "If the child insists on staying here, then leave him here first. If he refuses to eat or drink and keeps thinking about running away, that's not a solution. If he's willing to be well here, then let him stay for a while."

"But..." Yang Wuqi looked at the child, then at Liang Yue and Wen Yifan, and asked with a little worry: "Can they take good care of him?"

The purple-robed woman said, "Everyone has their first time raising a child."

"But they are both too young." someone else questioned.

"We, the older generation, can help out more." Another person supported this.

"No..." Liang Yue heard that these people were talking nonsense, so he had to interrupt and said, "Seniors, you are all powerful people of the Yin-Yang Sect, with great magical powers, can't you take care of this child?"

"It's not that easy." Yang Wuqi said, "He is a natural Taoist, and is extremely sensitive and intelligent to magical skills. The restrictions and formations we set up can't stop him at all. And using spiritual sense to detect him, we can't lock him at all."

Liang Yue had naturally heard of the name of the natural Taoist body. This body was much more powerful than Pang Chun's natural domineering body. It was an innate holy body for practicing Taoism. It was extremely sensitive to spiritual energy and the Tao, and was born specifically for practicing Taoism.

Legend has it that Zhuang Sheng, who founded the Xuanmen School, was born with a Taoist body.

After some discussion, the Yin Yang Sect members finally decided, "Let's leave the child here with you first. We will check on the situation outside at any time. You should be careful when you are with him..."

At this point, Yang Wuqi looked at Liang Yue specifically and said, "Don't instill bad ideas in him."

"..." Liang Yue was too lazy to pay attention to him.

What bad thoughts do I have?

Just because my master is Wang Rulin, you have been discriminating against me in every way since you sent me to Yujing Peak. This is simply too much... but it also makes people feel that there is no way to refute it.

I even think it's not entirely unreasonable.

Wen Yifan nodded and said, "I'll remind him."

Liang Yue was hit again. No, Senior Sister, how come you also agreed to it?

……

When the child woke up again, he saw Liang Yue and Wen Yifan looking after him.

He immediately smiled happily, "Dad, Mom, you are all here."

"Wait." Liang Yue raised his hand and said, "It's okay for you to stay with us for a few days, but you can't call us dad and mom anymore. I'm not your dad, and she's not your mom. If you keep calling her that, people will misunderstand."

"Then what should I call you?" The child bit his finger in confusion.

"Just call me Brother Liang." Liang Yue said.

"Hey, okay." The little boy called out very smoothly: "Brother, sister-in-law."

Liang Yue quickly covered his mouth again.

Wen Yifan said expressionlessly: "Just call me sister."

"Yeah, yeah." The child nodded, and when Liang Yue let go, he called out, "Sister, brother-in-law, I get it."

Wen Yifan frowned slightly. If she didn't know the child's background, she would have suspected that Liang Yue had instigated this child.

"Call me brother and call her sister, remember?" Liang Yue reminded again.

Seeing the little boy nodding again, Liang Yue asked, "Do you still remember your name?"

"I don't remember." The boy seemed a little sad. "I seem to be stupid. I don't remember anything..."

But his emotion was fleeting, and he soon smiled again and said, "Brothers and sisters, please give me a name."

"Okay." Liang Yue agreed, and then thought: "My name is Liang Yue, her name is Wen Yifan, since we are the two who found you, then I will call you... Chen Xiaodao."

"Huh?" The boy was startled.

Is there any connection between this?

I thought you wanted me to call you Yue Wen.

Liang Yue waved his hand and said, "Okay, Chen Xiaodao, let's eat something now."

Wen Yifan also asked in a gentle voice: "Can you think of anything you like to eat?"

"I want to eat..." Chen Xiaodao raised his head and thought for a while, then answered: "Roasted black mutton with fire phoenix leaves, braised West Sea Ganoderma lucidum, Linghe Yuqing melon, snow-top white chicken soup, steamed feather-scale fish, roasted sword mantis, Yuan sake..."

He proudly listed the names of the dishes and ordered more than ten dishes. Each one was a rare dish made from spiritual plants and birds. Even the emperor could not eat so many delicious things in one meal.

After he finished reporting for a while, Liang Yue touched his little head.

"You're not stupid, you just allocated your memory to the wrong place."

Wow, you remembered all the names of such complicated dishes, but you can’t even remember your own name. Are you a natural foodie?
When the menu was handed to Yang Wuqi, he was also stunned.

"Are you sure that this is a menu given by a kid who can't even remember his own name, and not something you want to eat?" He couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

"How would we know there are so many rare dishes?" Liang Yue said helplessly, "Isn't this what Master Zhang Xuan liked to eat in the past?"

"Master Zhang Xuan has always been a self-disciplined cultivator, so how could he have such a desire for food?" Yang Wuqi shook his head.

As a disciple, he naturally knows more about Master Zhang Xuan's daily life than others.

After thinking for a while, he said, "We have all the ingredients above at Yujing Peak. I'll send someone to get them now."

Liang Yue smiled and said, "I'm afraid the old man who looks after the garden will be distressed again this time."

"What old man?" Yang Wuqi was a little surprised.

"That's the old man who cleans the peach flower bed and the spirit seed garden." Liang Yue said, "We met him at the flower bed before. He said he was very sad about the loss of the spirit plants in the spirit seed garden, and he would go to check every night."

Yang Wuqi looked at him deeply and said, "There has never been anyone cleaning the Peach Blossom Altar at Yujing Peak. The cleaning of the Spirit Seed Garden is also done by the Fire Ape. There has never been an old man like that..."

　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)