Doutu Continent

Chapter 273

There is no more palace spirit smoke in the world.

"I've always known that my uncle has a special constitution and is prone to provoke strange people and things." Ye Mofan's hand holding the scroll was shaking, not because of fear, but because he was suppressing the strong anger in his heart. "Uncle, he has a gentle temperament and is not good at rejecting..."

"So the deity only took three days to let him learn to refuse."

"..." Ye Mofan choked at the other party's words.If he wasn't standing up for his uncle, he would have applauded him.This is the source of the tragedy of Gu Youzhi's life.

Tao Fengyun clarified the misunderstanding and said, "It's just observing the fairy in the painting for three days, how can you say harassment?"

"That's it?" Ye Mofan doubted.Uncle never likes to exaggerate, Tao Huazun must have done something to make the other party feel offended.

Tao Fengyun thought for a while and said, "Isn't it too much to stand by his bed and observe the records when he is asleep?"

"..." Others could say it was a purely academic record, but Tao Fengyun couldn't help showing a happy smile.With such a horrific scene, no one would be able to rest well, right?

Anyway, the misunderstanding was resolved.The atmosphere between the two became peaceful and harmonious.

Just when Ye Mofan was looking closely at the pile of ashes left by the patriarch of the Gong family after Nirvana, Gong Shuo rushed in.

"Where's Lingyan?" Seeing that both of them were in the room, and their bodies were relaxed, and there was no sign of fighting with anyone, he asked straight to the point.

Tao Fengyun was playing with a teacup in his hand, and with his other free hand, he casually pointed in the direction of the girl's dormitory to show her the way.

After a while, Gong Shuo came out of the room, but Gong Lingyan was not behind him.

"You didn't wake her up?" Ye Mofan asked.

"Let her rest at ease." Gong Shuo said neither sad nor happy.After confirming that his sister was fine, he finally crossed a mountain in his heart, and now only relief and exhaustion remained.

His eyes fell on the pile of ashes, the beam of light disappeared, and the vision had passed, leaving only the ashes mixed with fragments of clothes, and some jade pendants that broke after being burned at high temperature.

Ye Mofan said: "This is the remains of Gong Huazun, please mourn."

Gong Shuo nodded calmly, took out a box, and collected all the ashes on the ground.After completing this task, he closed the lid of the box and held the box in both hands, never putting it down.

Ye Mofan knew that the other party needed to adjust his mood, so he didn't disturb him, but Tao Fengyun also drank his tea quietly without making a sound.

After a long while, Gong Shuo said: "The old ancestor did not cultivate properly, and his life span is long gone. In order to stabilize people's hearts, I, as the head of the palace family, concealed it for him. It is a pity that manpower is sometimes poor, and in the end there is no way to recover." He gave this piece The matter is settled.

"Don't you mention the succession failure?" Tao Fengyun asked suddenly.

Gong Shuo looked at the other party with slightly wary eyes, he was terrified. "Bringing up this matter won't do Lingyan any good, I don't want her to be involved!"

Tao Fengyun reminded him as someone who has experienced it: "As the head of the family, you should be the most clear. You protect Gong Lingyan too much. Use a reasonable reason to cover up the more absurd and bizarre truth. Failure to inherit is better than failure to seize the house." Save the face of your palace family. Don't let her become your burden."

This is an overstatement.

Facing Tao Huazun's "admonishment", Gong Shuo frowned and said, "I am the only person that the Gong family needs to bear. I don't think she is a burden. On the contrary, as long as I see her innocent and carefree, I will be happy." Everything you do counts.”

"Don't you think it's selfish to take her life for granted?"

Gong Shuo looked at each other coldly, it was especially ridiculous for the other party to say this. "If my sister has a city in her heart, how can the ancestors pamper her until now? Have she been imprisoned and raised long ago?"

It turned out that Gong Shuo had already seen through and knew everything.

Tao Fengyun smiled amusedly and said, "Ha——your protection of Gong Lingyan moved me. Is someone like you the real temperament of the Gong family, or is it someone like your father or Gong Huanyan?"

"..." Gong Shuo felt offended.Tao Huazun is here, but the scope of his spiritual consciousness is not limited to this. He must have secretly observed the whole process of his confrontation with his father just now.

Ye Mofan still didn't think it was lively enough and said: "My teacher once said that a Doutu master with a red spirit and heart has a passionate personality. Even if it doesn't show on the face, the heart is still hot."

Gong Shuo's face turned red suddenly, and he turned away from looking at the other party.If Tao Fengyun's words made him feel offended, then Ye Mofan's words also made him feel offended to a certain extent.

Two very different offenses.

Gong Shuo held the urn and said to Tao Fengyun: "This matter is over. I let Lord Yan stay outside and have a secret conversation with you to discuss the aftermath. Palace Master Tao, the matter has turned into this, I need an explanation. "

"The failure of the inheritance is the best explanation. It is well-founded and convincing. The only contradiction is that Gong Lingyan will be criticized because the inheritance messed up." Tao Fengyun still insisted on his point of view. . "Otherwise, Gong Huanyan's death lacks an important part of the incident and is too abrupt. Without a reasonable reason, you will put yourself on the cusp of the storm and be questioned even more."

As for himself, he never showed himself in front of outsiders.He believed that Gong Shuo would not confess him, and would even do everything possible to conceal his involvement in this incident.

Gong Shuo calmly said, "So what if you question it? Am I capable of murdering a painting master? What good does the death of my ancestor do for me?"

From the words, Tao Fengyun heard that the other party wanted to protect him as he expected, so he still raised his head and said: "There are so many benefits, you can count one, two, three, four, five at will. Boy Ye, what do you think?"

Ye Mofan's jaw dropped.He also felt that after Gong Huazun's death, Gong Shuo, as a direct beneficiary, had too many things that could be attacked.Whether the ancestor of the Gong family has brought benefits or disadvantages to the Gong family over the years, the other party, as the head of the family, knows best.

And those who want to bring down the young Patriarch also know that they will use this to make trouble.

The departure of Gong Shuo's father made Ye Mofan realize that the position of the other Patriarch was not secure and there were still competitors.

If this matter is not handled properly, Gong Shuo's life in the Gong family will be difficult.That's why Gong Shuo asked Tao Fengyun to give him an explanation.

Tao Fengyun analyzed the interests and changed the subject at the same time, but did not shake Gong Shuo's original intention. He said with a cold face: "The palace master should know that what I want is your explanation."

Tao Fengyun smiled, "Explain? What account? Don't we have enough places for our gang?"

Just because I helped too much, I also helped where I shouldn't!Gong Shuo thought that the opponent's hand was stretched too far, so he settled the score after autumn. "In this rescue operation of Lingyan, my original intention was to save people, not..." Gong Shuo tightened the box in his hand, and said solemnly, "I didn't want to deal with the ancestor at first."

Tao Fengyun's smile became more and more cheerful. "Unfortunately, the development of the situation cannot be controlled by others. You launched a murderous plan in the 'Huangliang Dream'. You wanted to take advantage of Gong Huanyan's consciousness trapped and his body was unattended, once and for all. Am I right? Could it be that I told you to be right? Did your relatives commit murder?"

"..." Gong Shuo was speechless.

Tao Fengyun's sharp eyes seemed to be able to reflect the darkness in people's hearts. The corners of his mouth turned up and he said, "It is I who helped you to avoid the crime of murdering relatives. Even when she was in Nirvana, I killed her many times, completely letting her down. You and your sister are released from this."

"..." Gong Shuo pursed her lips and remained silent.He knew the other party was telling the truth, which made him even more annoyed.Because he fell into the opponent's calculation from the very beginning, every step was counted by the opponent.

"So the deity still needs to explain?"

"So, I still have to thank you?" Gong Shuo said in a bad tone.

"It should be like this, isn't this deity saved you?"

"..." Ye Mofan felt that the two of them were about to quarrel.He spoke in favor of Gong Shuo, with some of his own emotions, after all, he was also a part of the scheme, and his uncle was seriously injured because of it, so it was hard to get over it. "Tao Huazun, Gong Shuo is right. You really need to explain to Gong Shuo and me about one thing—"Huangliang Yimeng" is a trap, playing us around, are you having fun? ?”

"happy."

"..." Ye Mofan's eyes turned cold, "From the development of saving people to the tragic death of Gong Huazun, the Gong family has lost its pillar, and there are too many things to deal with aftermath. Three days of planning in exchange for such an ending, the majestic Palace Master Fengyun can do it for you." Is that all? If this is the result of your painstaking calculations, then Palace Master Fengyun, you should indeed give Gong Shuo and me an explanation."

Instead of being angry, Tao Fengyun encouraged, "What do you want to explain?"

Ye Mofan said: "I just want Tao Huazun, so don't keep it up."

"Hahahaha——" Tao Fengyun glanced at the two young people, laughed loudly and said, "It seems that the young Patriarch of the Gong family cannot accept the charge of the failure of the inheritance, so what if the inheritance succeeds?"

"What did you say!" Gong Shuo's expression changed.Because of the other party's reminder, Gong Shuo remembered something, hugged the urn, and fixed his eyes on Tao Fengyun. "Success...?"

"That's right!" Tao Fengyun smiled. "The painting master's inheritance ceremony has been successfully done once in the 'Huangliang Dream'. The body is not real, but the cultivation and memory you have paid are actually injected into it. You fought Gong Huanyan, although the wounded Everything is fine, but you still feel mentally exhausted?"

Even if the two young men were in poor condition due to the war, they were refreshed at this time.

Tao Fengyun looked contemptuously and said: "This deity will not be greedy for the inheritance of Mo Gong Huanyan's cultivation base, and her painting master inheritance is only applicable to women. Since I made a move, I will definitely not let you scold me behind my back. As a painting master, if Without this kind of tolerance, wouldn't it be like Gong Huanyan... something like that?

If the past words are omitted, his mouth shape is clearly useless.

However, at this time, the two young men did not care about him at all.

"But from now on, Gong Lingyan must shoulder her responsibilities. When Gong Huanyan wanted to pass on the position of painting master to her, she didn't refuse, did she?"

Gong Shuo was silent for a moment, then nodded, "What should I do next?"

However, Tao Fengyun said he would keep half of it, intentionally snubbing Gong Shuo, and asked Ye Mofan, "Before satisfying your curiosity, Ye boy, how did you guess that this deity has a second hand?"

Ye Mofan threw out evidence and said: "When the paintings were exchanged, Tao Huazun had already given me a reminder. An unimportant sub-painting, in exchange for the ownership of the fairy in the painting, you just exchanged it easily (obviously Uncle Greedy is greedy to death) .Is it because Gong Huazun's lifelong cultivation is sealed in it? There are too many flaws."

"Hahaha—interesting, interesting, does that get me to the bottom?"

Ye Mofan saw that the other party admitted his guess, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, "Actually, the real reason for being able to see through your backhand is Senior Gu. Since he believes in you, he is willing to cooperate with you in 'Huang Liang Yi Meng', to deceive you." Gong Shuo and I, it must be your plan that convinced him. And the plan that can convince him is not only because of the safety of Gong Shuo and I in the world of the painting, but also because of the thoroughness of the whole plan. Otherwise, Senior Gu would not let you go It's up to you to fool around."

Tao Fengyun put down his teacup, and there was an extra treasure in his hand - a red spirit painting heart belonging to the painting master.

"That's right, let's talk about this comprehensive plan." Tao Fengyun said solemnly, "Gong Huanyan's lifelong cultivation and memories are in my hands, and her painting heart was dug out while she was alive, and she retains her spirituality. So this Chang Huazun’s succession was not a failure, but a postponement and replacement of hosts. I have seen her technique, and I understand it. As long as I give me some time, I can filter out the dross of Gong Huanyan’s memory and leave only the useful ones. Yes, create another female painter for the Gong family. However, Lingmei must be renamed Gong Huanyan in the future, at least until the inheritance is completely digested, and the original name cannot and cannot be used."

When Tao Fengyun said this, he shook his head and said, "But with Gong Lingyan's qualifications, as the young Patriarch of the Gong family, your sister will probably only be called Gong Huanyan in this lifetime."

"..." Gong Shuo didn't ask why Palace Master Fengyun was willing to help?What does he need to pay for it.Because he remembered what the other party had said, Palace Master Fengyun was interested in the inheritance of Hua Zun, and this was the reason why he participated.

Maybe this time, the other party just held him in his hand, the rare and precious Gong Lingyan, as an experimental product.But he couldn't refuse.Because the other party brought up a fact that he couldn't ignore.

Tao Fengyun reminded: "After the inheritance, when Gong Lingyan is promoted to be a painter, the trace of fraud can be completely erased by the painter's ghostwriting, and will not be liquidated by the painter. Because the two are one person. There is no more Gong Lingyan in the world. , only Gong Huanyan was left behind."

This time Gong Shuo did not make a decision for her own sister, but hugged the urn, got up and left the table and said, "I'll wake up Lingyan. Let her decide on this matter."