Zhang Luyang's body was slightly stiff, and he raised his head with some difficulty, his complexion gradually turned pale.
When Ding Ning said that Taoist Qian was dead, Ding Ning's expression was still extremely calm, as if he had done something insignificant.
This expression made him feel that he was equally insignificant to Ding Ning, and he was even powerless to defend himself.
"When did you think I was lying?"
He paused for a long time before looking at Ding Ning and speaking.
Ding Ning looked at him and said, "From the beginning."
…
Usually no one comes to the tea garden on this river hill. With the arrival of Jing Liuli and Ding Ning, a large crowd of people followed, and even some ordinary Changling people followed. At this time, although the dense crowd deliberately lowered their voices , but for Zhang Luyang, who has always been in a very quiet environment, the surrounding sounds are becoming more and more noisy, which makes his mind swell more and more.
He didn't believe that Ding Ning could kill Daoren Qian, but the people who surrounded the entire tea garden... the expressions on the faces of those people, and the buzzing voices constantly filling his ears, reminded him all the time that this was the truth.
Taoist Qian is dead.
What would happen to her if she died on the same day
He suddenly understood Ding Ning's thoughts.
"You are too vicious." His body began to tremble.
"Don't let a dying old man take a last look, that's the greatest malice." Ding Ning said slowly, not looking at his eyebrows, looking up at the distant mountains.
Hearing Ding Ning's words, Zhang Luyang's body stopped trembling, but became even colder, "I will not accept your challenge."
"In Changling, a swordsman, especially a swordsman whose cultivation level is higher than others, dare not accept other people's invitation to fight, and will be looked down upon and cast aside. It seems that you can even sacrifice your own reputation for her. Don't care what other people think of you."
Ding Ning looked at Zhang Luyang calmly, and shook his head mockingly, "But would she do this to you?"
Zhang Luyang took a deep breath, looked at Ding Ning, and said, "Yes."
"That's just your own idea." Ding Ning glanced at him and said, "I can make a bet with you."
Zhang Luyang said: "What bet?"
Ding Ning glanced at him lightly, and said, "I bet I'll wait here until sunset, and she won't come here. If she gets here before sunset, I will give up challenging you."
Zhang Luyang was silent for a moment, then said: "Not everyone is free."
"I agree with you." Ding Ning looked at the outline of Changling in the distance, and said, "Everyone is not free, the key lies in the sacrifices each person is willing to make."
"You have no confidence in her."
Ding Ning paused, then looked into his eyes and continued, "If you have the same confidence as me, then you dare to bet with me."
Zhang Luyang's complexion became even paler. He looked up at Ding Ning and said, "If she comes before sunset... unless you also give up challenging her."
His words were a bit messy, but Ding Ning and Jing Liuli understood his meaning very well.
Jing Liuli felt that Zhang Luyang's words were also very powerful, so she couldn't help raising her head to look at Ding Ning.
However, what she didn't expect was that Ding Ning smiled without any hesitation and said, "Okay, if she will come before sunset, I will give up challenging her."
Zhang Luyang's eyes brightened for a moment, but for some reason, seeing Ding Ning's calm and confident face, his heart sank suddenly.
Then he was silent for a long time.
Then he got on his knees and knelt down facing Ding Ning.
There was an uproar around the tea garden.
No one understood why the owner of the tea garden suddenly bowed down to Ding Ning.
Jing Ruri was also taken aback.
From her point of view, since the bet has been made, both parties should wait for the result. Moreover, Ding Ning's attitude is so firm, even if Zhang Luyang knelt down and begged, Ding Ning would not be able to change his mind.
"He is humiliating himself. Kneeling in front of us in front of so many people is naturally a great humiliation."
At this moment, Ding Ning's voice sounded.
Ding Ning turned his head to look at her who couldn't understand, and continued: "If we just drink tea and eat here peacefully, the lady Rong may not come, but he must let the lady come."
Jing Liuli understood instantly, and said in a slightly cold voice: "So he must let Maid Rong know that he is suffering the greatest humiliation. He doesn't care what the Changling people think of him in the future, and he doesn't care what Maid Rong thinks of him. He just wants to Letting the palace lady come here, he just wants to let the palace lady win the bet, so that she doesn't have to die in your hands in the future."
Ding Ning was silent for a moment, then said softly, "It's very pitiful."
Joruri frowned.
Inexplicably, she understood what Ding Ning meant by saying that the maid Rong would never come. From the beginning to the end, Zhang Luyang fell in love with someone who was not worthy of his deep love.
"I can help you again."
Ding Ning walked up to the kneeling Zhang Luyang, and said calmly, "I can let you bear such humiliation."
Zhang Luyang lowered his head.
Although it was his own choice, countless noisy voices filled his ears, and he was still trembling because of the humiliation.
He continued to kneel.
Ding Ning continued to stand in front of him.
It seems to never stop.
…
In the palace.
The maid surnamed Rong was always waiting under the eaves.
The news about the carriage kept coming to her ears after she was determined to go to the tea plantation.
At this time, she was far away from the tea garden, and it was impossible for her to see the shadow of the tea garden through the palace and half of Changling.
However, these news made her seem to be outside the tea garden.
She seemed to be able to see Zhang Luyang kneeling in front of Ding Ning with her own eyes.
Her body was also trembling constantly.
Except for Jing Liuli, no one knew about the bet between Zhang Luyang and Ding Ning.
But she knew very well why Zhang Luyang endured such humiliation.
She also knew very well that as long as she appeared in the tea garden and agreed to Ding Ning's challenge, this kind of thing would end.
She is still sure that she can kill Ding Ning.
But... the queen didn't want her to appear in front of Ding Ning, and she didn't want her to fight Ding Ning.
Her body was trembling all the time, and she also hung her head.
In the flower garden in front of her, the color of the light gradually changed from golden yellow to dark.
Time passed silently.
The scorching sun of summer moved slowly in the sky and gradually set in the west.
Many people outside the tea garden were anxiously waiting.
In their field of vision, the middle-aged man in the tea garden was still kneeling in front of Ding Ning for an unknown how long.
Is this begging for forgiveness
What is he going to beg Ding Ning to forgive him for
These people cannot understand.
Zhang Luyang's complexion in the tea garden was getting paler and paler.
A practitioner like him would not have any problems even if he knelt for a day and a night.
However, at this time, his sweat drenched his clothes, and then was evaporated by the heat, forming a thick layer of salt frost on his clothes.
His physical strength began to fail.