From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 273 Overcoming the Tribulation
Seeing that the two little guys were talking more and more outrageous, Meng Yuan walked forward.

At the entrance of the Toad Palace, Huanxi was seen sitting on the threshold, holding Xiangling in his arms, with his whisk thrown beside him. He was eating candy and tickling Xiangling at the same time.

Xiangling was lying on Huanxi's legs with her limbs hanging down. There was a small bag on her back, but no hair.

Even after arriving in the capital, Xiangling was still not in a good mood.

"Greetings, Chief Xiang." Mu Wangqing stepped forward and bowed very respectfully.

"People in Beijing have so many rules. They bow every day, which makes me bow back every day!" Xiangling was about to get up to bow back, but she twitched her nose, then excitedly turned her head and jumped up, "Little gelder!"

Xiangling jumped into Meng Yuan's arms, climbed up and down to look at him, and when she saw that Meng Yuan was not missing any limbs, she stood on Meng Yuan's shoulders, stretched her little head to stare at Meng Yuan's face, and said happily: "Little gelder, how come you have become more beautiful again?"

She was very happy and asked many questions.

"Little gelder, the capital is a good place, there are no bad people!" Xiangling talked a lot, and finally became serious, "We will live in the capital from now on. I am now the chief steward of the Toad Palace, and my aunt and grandma give me twelve taels of silver per month! Things in the capital are a little more expensive than in my hometown, but here food and drink are free. I will work for a few years and save some money, and then we can buy a big house!"

Xiangling obviously had a plan in place. "Once I'm settled, I'll go back home and burn paper for my godmother!"

In the past, he was still an old turtle trapping poet, but after a few days in Beijing, he was obsessed with making money again.

"Okay, let's make money together." Meng Yuan said with a smile.

Xiangling nodded repeatedly, "Little gelder, you are so nice!" She nudged Meng Yuan's chin with her little head, "It would be great if godmother liked you!"

"If he gets together with your godmother, you can't call him a little gelder anymore!" Huanxi stood up, grabbed the whisk, patted his butt, and looked very serious.

As he spoke, Huanxi bowed to Meng Yuan and said, "Fellow Daoist Meng, how are you?"

How old are you? Why are you pretending to be an adult? Meng Yuan tapped Huanxi's forehead, and the little girl immediately sat back on the doorstep.

"Brother Daoist Jiang and I are equals. What's wrong with calling you Brother Daoist?" Huanxi said angrily.

"The people have been arrived. Please take your leave, senior. Please take your leave, Manager Xiang." Mu Wangqing did not stay any longer. He bowed and left.

Xiangling hurriedly returned the gift.

Meng Yuan stepped directly into the Toad Palace.

"I'll lead the way!" Huanxi hurried forward and walked in front of Meng Yuan, holding the whisk in his arms, looking like a Taoist child.

As he walked forward, Huanxi kept talking, "Fellow Daoist Meng, Daoist Daoist Xiang and I were debating on the sutras, and I have a question that I'm undecided about."

"What are you arguing about?" Meng Yuan asked.

"We looked at the sun in the sky, and that's when we came up with the topic!" Huanxi said seriously, "I think the sun is closer to people when it just comes out, but farther away at noon."

Xiangling stood on Meng Yuan's shoulder, frowned and retorted: "It's far away when the sun just comes out, and it's close at noon!"

Huanxi shook his head and said in a mature tone, "Then let me ask you, when the sun first comes out, it seems as big as a wheel. But at noon, it becomes as big as a plate. Isn't it that things that are far away look small, and things that are close look big?"

Xiangling also had a point. "It was cool when the sun first came out, but at noon, the elders of my poetry club would sweat all over when writing a poem! Isn't it that when you are close, you feel hot, but when you are far away, you feel cool?"

"Friend Meng, who do you think is right between us?" Huanxi asked.

Meng Yuan thought about it for a long time but was unable to come up with an answer.

"It seems that you don't have much knowledge!" Huanxi waved the whisk, "Xiangling said that she learned poetry from you!" "Little gelder, you have to study!" Xiangling even came to urge, "Godmother said that if you don't study for three days, Xiangling will kick you out!"

"Senior Brother!" Before Meng Yuan could respond, he heard an excited voice in the front.

Hu Qian, dressed in black, ran forward happily and grabbed Meng Yuan's arm. She laughed at first and then started crying.

"Brother, my mother is gone, and I thought I would never see you again!" Hu Qian used to be quite a chivalrous woman, but now she is not as cheerful and graceful as before.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Meng Yuan patted Hu Qian's shoulder gently and said, "I will help you avenge your mother."

Hu Qian sniffed and said, "I'll go with my senior brother!"

As she spoke, Hu Qian pulled Xiangling down from Meng Yuan's shoulders, then held her in her arms and wiped her tears with her hands.

Xiangling stared with her eyes wide open, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Brother, are you okay?" Hu Qian wiped Xiangling's tears. Her face was a little red, but she looked less sad. She stared at Meng Yuan carefully and said, "Brother, why do I feel like you are a little different?"

"Fellow Daoist Hu, don't compete with Fellow Daoist Jiang for the position of Fellow Daoist!" Huanxi had been fed by Jiang Tang many times and was obviously on Jiang Tang's side. When she saw Hu Qian holding Meng Yuan's sleeve and refusing to let go, she spoke out to remind him.

Hu Qian ignored Huanxi and just said, "Brother, come with me. Miss Ying was just talking about you!"

As Hu Qian walked forward, she saw the osmanthus tree again.

The scene under the tree remained the same. Yingmei in a red cloak was standing under the osmanthus tree, and Mingyue was sitting cross-legged, but the third lady Ying Rushi and Jiang Tang were nowhere to be seen.

Meng Yuan stepped forward and saluted, Mingyue stood up to return the salute, but Yingmei in the red cloak didn't even look at him.

"Little gelder, I'll wait for you outside!" Xiangling had been an inspector in Jingyuan after all, so she knew that they had something important to say, so she had to leave temporarily. "Let's sleep together tonight. I have a lot to tell you!"

Meng Yuan smiled and nodded, and Hu Qian left with Xiangling in her arms, while Huanxi didn't even come near.

"Meng Feiyuan, congratulations on your progress." Mingyue extended her hand and invited Meng Yuan to sit down.

"After going through all the hardships, there are gains and losses." Meng Yuan shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's just that my strength is weak and I can't protect my relatives after all."

"So many people died in Songhe Prefecture, but you only remember your relatives." Dugu Ying was very small, and she couldn't even reach the branches when she stood under the osmanthus tree. She tilted her head slightly to look at Meng Yuan and asked, "Does the previous agreement still count?"

This means that Dugu Ying had received a promise from Meng Yuan, which was that after reaching the sixth level of martial arts, he would follow Dugu Ying to do something.

Although it is not clear what the matter is, it must be extremely difficult and dangerous.

"It naturally counts." Meng Yuan said.

When Dugu Ying heard this, his red cloak moved slightly, and a book flew out.

Meng Yuan took it immediately. There was no text on the cover.

"This is the understanding and experience of the predecessors of the past generations when they advanced from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, and from the fifth rank to the fourth rank. The so-called three steps of ascending to heaven are the final transformation of heaven and man, and they are all included in it." Dugu Ying explained lightly, and then she bowed slightly, "Outside the city, by the river, thank you for your help."

"Miss Ying San is discussing Taoism with the Imperial Master, and Jiang Tang is accompanying her." Mingyue poured tea for Meng Yuan. She looked at Meng Yuan and said softly, "Wait a moment."

(End of this chapter)