The Sword Dynasty - 378. Chapter 377

Zhang Luyang’s body was slightly stiff, and he raised his head with difficulty, and his face 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 a trivial thing.

This expression made him feel that he was equally insignificant to Ding Ning, and he was even powerless to argue.

“When did you think I was lying?”

He paused for a long time before he looked at Ding Ning and said.

Ding Ning looked at him and said, “From the beginning.”

…

No one came to the tea garden on this river hill. With the arrival of Jing Liuli and Ding Ning, a large number of people followed, and even some ordinary Changling people also followed. At this time, although the dense crowds deliberately lowered their voices , But for Zhang Luyang, who has always been in a very quiet environment, the surrounding sounds are getting more and more noisy, making his mind more and more bloated.

He didn’t believe that Ding Ning could kill Taoist Qian, but the people who surrounded the entire tea garden…the expressions on those people’s faces and the buzzing voices that constantly filled his auricles reminded him all the time that this was the truth.

Taoist Qian is dead.

If she died on the same day, what would happen to her?

He suddenly understood Ding Ning’s thoughts.

“You are too vicious.” His body began to tremble.

“Don’t let a dying old man take the last look, that’s the most vicious.” Ding Ning didn’t look at his eyebrows, looked up at the distant mountains, and said slowly.

Hearing Ding Ning’s words, Zhang Luyang’s body stopped trembling, but became colder, “I will not agree to your challenge.”

“In Changling, a sword master, especially a sword master whose cultivation level is higher than others, dare not accept the invitation of others, and will be looked down upon and rejected by others. It seems that you can even spare your reputation for her. Don’t hesitate what others think of you.”

Ding Ning looked at Zhang Luyang calmly, and shook his head mockingly, “But will she do this to you?”

Zhang Luyang took a deep breath, looked at Ding Ning, and said, “Yes.”

“That’s just your own thoughts.” Ding Ning glanced at him and said: “I can make a bet with you.”

Zhang Luyang said: “What gambling?”

Ding Ning glanced at him lightly and said: “I bet I will wait here until sunset, she will not come here. If she arrives here before sunset, I will give up challenging you.”

Zhang Luyang was silent for a moment, and said, “Not everyone is free.”

“I agree with you.” Ding Ning looked at the city wall of Changling in the distance and said: “Everyone is not free. The key lies in what sacrifices everyone is willing to make.”

“You have no faith in her.”

Ding Ning paused, then looked into his eyes and said: “If you are as confident as I am, then you dare to bet with me.”

Zhang Luyang’s complexion turned paler, he raised his head to look at Ding Ning, and said: “If she comes before sunset…unless you give up challenging her too.”

His words were a little messy, but Ding Ning and Jing Liuli knew what he meant.

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 did not expect was that Ding Ning did not hesitate, smiled, and said: “Well, if she will come before sunset, I will give up challenging her.”

Zhang Luyang’s eyes brightened for a moment, but for some reason, looking at Ding Ning’s calm and confident face, his heart sank suddenly.

Then he was silent for a long time.

Then he landed on his knees and knelt down in front of Ding Ning.

There was an uproar around the tea garden.

No one understands why the owner of this tea garden suddenly bowed down to Ding Ning.

Jing Liuli was also taken aback.

In her opinion, since the gambling agreement has been concluded, the two sides waited for the result, and Ding Ning’s attitude was so firm that even if Zhang Luyang knelt down and begged, Ding Ning could not change his mind.

“He is self-humiliated. Kneeling in front of us in front of so many people is naturally a great humiliation.”

At this time Ding Ning’s voice rang.

Ding Ning turned to look at her who could not understand her, and then said: “If we were just drinking tea, eating and eating here peacefully, the maid of Rong would not necessarily come, but he must let the maid of Rong come.”

Jing Liuli understood in an instant, and her voice was slightly cold: “So he must let the palace maid Rong know that he is suffering the most humiliation. He doesn’t care what Changling people think of him in the future, nor does he care what palace maid Rong thinks about him, he just wants Let the palace lady come here, he just wants to let the palace lady win the gambling contract, so he won’t have to die in your hands in the future.”

Ding Ning was silent for a moment, and said softly: “Very pitiful.”

Jing Liuli frowned.

She inexplicably understood what Ding Ning meant by saying that Palace Lady Rong would never come. From beginning to end, Zhang Luyang fell in love with someone who was not worthy of his love so deeply.

“I can help you again.”

Ding Ning walked 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 still trembled constantly because of the humiliation.

He continued to kneel.

Ding Ning continued to stand in front of him.

It seems that it never stops.

…

In the palace.

The palace maid surnamed Rong always waited under the eaves.

Information about the carriage, after confirming to go to the tea garden, kept coming to her ears.

At this moment, she was very far away from the tea garden. It was impossible for her to see through the palace or half of the long tomb to see the shadow of the tea garden.

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 trembling constantly.

Except for Jing Liuli, no one knew about Zhang Luyang and Ding Ning’s bet.

But she knew exactly why Zhang Luyang would endure such humiliation.

She also knew very well that as long as she appeared in the tea garden and promised Ding Ning’s challenge, this kind of thing would end.

She still has the certainty that Ding Ning can be killed.

But… the queen didn’t want her to appear in front of Ding Ning, nor did she want her to fight Ding Ning.

Her body was trembling all the time, and she also hung her head.

In the flowerbed in front of her, the color of the light gradually darkened from golden.

Time passed silently.

The cool sun of summer moved slowly in the sky and gradually went west.

Many people outside the tea garden were waiting anxiously.

In their vision, the middle-aged man in the tea garden was still kneeling in front of Ding Ning, and he didn’t know how long he would kneel.

Is this begging for forgiveness?

What is he begging Ding Ning to forgive him?

These people cannot understand.

Zhang Luyang’s complexion in the tea garden was getting paler and paler.

For a practitioner like him, even if he kneels for a day and a night, he won’t have any problems.

However, at this time, his sweat was soaking through his clothes, and then he was steamed dry, and his clothes were covered with a thick layer of salt frost.

His stamina is beginning to run down.