I am Zhao Zhijing, a poor Taoist priest, and I have disciples all over the world.

Chapter 63 Life is a giant boomerang
"Have you heard? The Guan Man'er that Master Zhao always keeps by his side is actually his illegitimate son down the mountain!"

"Don't dare to talk nonsense. How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"

"It's not me who said that, many of my fellow apprentices are saying the same thing!"

Several good friends of the fourth-generation disciples in Chongyang Palace gathered together while cleaning the palace, and whispered to each other about the most shocking gossip of the past two days.

"His disciple Yang Guo won first place in the competition. Is it because the Toad Kung Fu incident has not been resolved yet, and now this despicable thing has happened again?"

"There is no smoke without fire. Since his disciples have all learned the Toad Skill of the great villain Ouyang Feng, I think it is not impossible that he has an illegitimate child."

“If you put it that way, I remember hearing my uncle and aunt mentioned that when they found Ouyang Feng in the ancient tomb, Ouyang Feng said in person that Yang Guo was his son!”

This speculation aroused everyone's curiosity. They slowed down their work, looked around to make sure there was no one around, and then whispered their opinions.

Anyway, it's just a few good brothers chatting and laughing, so just don't let others hear it.

“I don’t know what Uncle Master Qiu and Master Hao think. Master has already said that we are not allowed to mention Yang Guo’s matter anymore.”

A disciple complained, "I think they are intentionally biased. Uncle Zhao, who taught Yang Guo, is the best martial artist of our master's generation. Yang Guo was personally sent to the mountain by the hero Guo Jing, so naturally the master and his men have to take extra care of him."

Immediately, a disciple questioned, "Master Zhao's lineage is now in the limelight, and the chances of winning the third-generation first disciple are higher than others. Suddenly, this kind of news came out. Maybe someone is deliberately targeting them?"

"I don't think so. When we were in charge of guarding the mountain gate and patrolling the mountain, we would almost always see Master Zhao taking Guan Man'er to the nearby stone platform to look out, rain or shine, regardless of thunder or lightning."

"Why haven't I seen him take other disciples there? If you say there is no special reason or relationship, I don't believe it."

The disciple who started the conversation at the beginning added mysteriously, "And Master Zhao went down the mountain and immediately brought him back to Chongyang Palace."

"Guan Man'er looks stupid and dumb. It is said that he has been unable to learn even the most basic introductory kung fu of our sect for three months since he came to the mountain. Isn't the key to this obvious enough?"

"Shh, someone's coming over there, keep quiet!"

This sudden rumor spread quickly in Chongyang Palace, and together with Yang Guo's affairs, it pushed Zhao Zhijing to the forefront again.

As for the person involved, Zhao Zhijing never expected that the joy of becoming a father would happen to him in such an abstract way.

It turns out that life is a huge boomerang. If you don’t throw it, there are people who will throw it for you.

Zhao Zhijing glanced at Guan Man'er who was beside him at the moment, and thought that things were getting better between us master and disciple, and someone took the initiative to give us this overwhelming amount of traffic.

This rumor was currently only circulating among the third and fourth generation disciples and had not reached the ears of Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong.

Zhao Zhijing could guess the intention of the person who spread the rumor behind the scenes. Since the master's generation had taken the initiative to suppress the matter of Yang Guo, he might as well add fuel to the fire.

Simmer over low heat and increase heat until the sauce thickens.

As for who the person who spread the rumor was, Zhao Zhijing had a rough idea in his mind.

At the ancient tomb, Ouyang Feng only mentioned that Yang Guo was his son, but did not say that he had taught him the Toad Skill.

When Yang Guo was being tested in the back hall, the only people present besides himself were Qiu Chuji, Hao Datong, Zhen Zhibing and Zhang Zhiguang.

Zhao Zhijing and Yang Guo naturally would not mention the Toad Skill to others. Looking at the attitudes of Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong, they also wanted to keep the peace, so the possibility was extremely small.

The only ones left are Zhen Zhibing and Zhang Zhiguang.

To be fair, although Zhen Zhibing could not get over the emotional barrier and could not clear himself of the matter of Xiao Longnu, he did not seem to have the habit of spreading rumors. Moreover, he had already seen Xiao Longnu and was insane all day, so he probably could not think of anything else.

This way, the answer becomes clearer.

Zhang Zhiguang.

He is trying to please both sides now, but in the end it is very likely that neither side will like him. What good end will there be for those who have been wavering on the fence since ancient times?
So he had to spread rumors to stir up conflicts between Zhao Zhijing and Zhen Zhibing, and then see the situation and decide which side to join.

It should be said that the plan is well made.

"Why not kill the rabbit with the grass? No matter if it's Zhen Zhibing or Zhang Zhiguang, it won't be unfair to kill them all at once."

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhijing felt that it would be better to treat everyone equally. When his disciple Liu Qingxing came secretly to report, he said that many disciples of the fourth generation were discussing in secret. He had heard it with his own ears no less than three times while hiding in the dark.

As an elder, Zhao Zhijing couldn't make things difficult for the fourth generation of disciples, so he decided to just beat their master.

It just so happened that because of the matter of the third generation chief disciple, people who sided with Qiu Chuji's lineage had often targeted himself and his disciples, both openly and covertly. This was all their karma.

Since you want to do it on the first day, then wait for me to do it on the fifteenth.

Zhao Zhijing made up his mind that the next step was to look for an opportunity with the right time, place and people.

First, it would be best if Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong were not present; second, most of the third-generation disciples could get together; and third, after making a big fuss, one should not implicate one's own disciples.

Since this happened, Zhao Zhijing gave up the idea of looking for Hao Datong. He still taught his disciples as usual every day, and was not affected by taking Guan Man'er to the mountain gate to look out.

But in my spare time, I would spend more time with my junior fellow apprentice Cui Zhifang to enhance our relationship.

Cui Zhifang is a steady and reliable person, and he and Zhao Zhijing are both under the same tutelage as Wang Chuyi. After the action is taken here, he can help take care of Yang Guo and other disciples.

In this way, Zhao Zhijing never made any response, and the rumors about the illegitimate child became more and more credible.

Finally, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a prayer ceremony was held in Chongyang Palace. All the disciples gathered together, sang praises, and prayed for blessings and warding off disasters.

As luck would have it, when the ceremony was about to begin in the evening, the disciple who was in charge of serving the headmaster Ma Yu in the back mountain hurried back to report that the headmaster was not feeling well.

When Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong heard this, they realized that although their senior brother had practiced Taoist internal skills for many years, he was old and human power was ultimately no match for the cold wind and heavy snow on Mount Zhongnan.

He immediately ordered Zhao Zhijing to continue presiding over the ceremony, and the two of them hurried to the back mountain to help their senior brother perform the healing exercises.

"With the right time, right place and right people, justice will surely prevail."

Zhao Zhijing knew that there would not be a better opportunity than this, so after Qiu and Hao left, he called his apprentice Liu Qingxing to his side and gave him some instructions.

"Find all your fellow disciples and have them gather in the side hall where they usually practice. No one is allowed to leave without the master's order."

"Anyone who dares to disobey will be expelled from the sect!"

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