The Otherworldly God

Chapter 42 Qi Ling Returns and is Arrested

Le Zhengzhi sent Le Zheng Shuiling and Le Zheng Qiming back. Le Zhengli was waiting for them, and there was no time to hide. The three of them had to pretend that they had taken the wrong path and turned back.

"It seems the matter has been resolved."

When the three people heard this, they realized that he had known about this relationship for a long time, so there was no point in leaving, so they obediently walked back.

"Greetings, Uncle Li/Uncle Master."

Three people who were taller and taller than him saluted him, especially Le Zheng Shuiling and Le Zheng Mingming who called him "Uncle Master", making him look like an old man in his seventies or eighties. Le Zhengli could only feel helpless and amused.

"It's getting late, go back and rest early."

"Yes."

It was already curfew time, and Le Zhengzhi had no plans to go home. He also had a room in his master's residence, but it had been unoccupied for a long time.

Le Zhengli and Le Zhengzhi walked together, while Le Zheng Shuiling and Le Zheng Qiming walked together. The two thought that since Le Zhengli knew about it, they didn't need to be sneaky, but they were caught by Le Zheng Sihui and Le Zheng Ningsi.

The four people looked at each other, Le Zheng Qiming and Le Zheng Shuiling forgot to hide, and stood there dumbly, only knowing to lower their heads. Le Zheng Qiming was the first to react, nudged Le Zheng Shuiling with his elbow and whispered a reminder: "Salute."

"Meet Master Sihui and Master Ningsi."

After the two people finished the greeting, they wanted to run, but the other party reacted before they started.

"Why are you here? You should be resting at this hour, why are you still wandering around outside?"

Le Zheng Sihui's voice was almost like a roar, and even the masters in the nearby rooms were attracted by her.

Le Zheng Ling was wearing her clothes and just as she arrived at the door, she saw Le Zheng Sihui and Le Zheng Ningsi, with two Taoist apprentices in front of them.

As she walked, she looked at them and thought back to the natural danger.

"It's them." Le Zhengling was very impressed that they could fight against Yulong for so long without being seriously injured. She walked to the side of Le Zheng Sihui and Le Zheng Ningsi and asked, "Two sisters, what's going on?"

"Two Taoist apprentices ignored the rules and went out. Sister Sihui is scolding them."

"Is there some misunderstanding?"

"What kind of misunderstanding could there be? We just came out from inside and they came in from outside, so they had obviously been out before. Why don't we go in and ask the people who live with them, and then everything will be clear."

"Is that true?"

I don't know how Le Zheng Shuiling and Le Zheng Qiming managed to make excuses well, but if we went in and asked, it would be a foregone conclusion that they were not there.

"what happened?"

Le Zhengli led Le Zhengzhi over, and the others immediately saluted respectfully.

"In return, Master, there are two Taoist apprentices here who have disregarded the rules and gone out. If they cannot give a legitimate reason, they will be severely punished."

When Le Zheng Shuiling saw that Le Zheng Sihui was obviously trying to pick on her, she became so angry that her teeth itched.

"It is indeed against the rules for an apprentice Taoist to go out, but it is okay for an intern Taoist to go out and study with his master, right? It seems so. I just came back and I am not very clear about the rules of our Lezheng."

"Reporting to Uncle Li, it is indeed as you said. It is fine for an intern Taoist to follow the master when going out, as long as they do not leave the city. Unfortunately, they do not have a master yet, so they cannot be called intern Taoists."

"No master?"

Le Zhengli glanced at Le Zhengzhi, then he immediately stepped forward and patted both of them on the head.

"I'm sorry, I took them out."

"You are the master, how can you take two Taoist apprentices out casually?"

"Yes, yes, you are right. I am their master."

"What do you mean?"

"That's right, Master."

"I don't know what to say."

"I think what he meant is that these two apprentice Taoists have become his disciples, which means they are formal trainee Taoists."

Le Zheng Sihui wanted to say something, but Le Zhengli's look made her back off.

"Uncle Li, you don't know that even if they have become apprentices, as long as they haven't registered, they are still apprentice Taoists."

Le Zheng Ningsi speaks much more calmly than Le Zheng Sihui.

"Is it registered?"

"Yes, yes, register. What did you register for?"

This registration was definitely not there, and Le Zhengzhi also knew the rules, so he had to play dumb and see if he could get away with it with the help of Le Zhengli.

"Without registration, they are still apprentice Taoists instead of intern Taoists. Could it be that Master Zhi has forgotten such an important thing?"

Le Zhengling was planning to push the blame onto Le Zhengzhi. The punishment for Le Zhengzhi would be much lighter than the punishment for the two of them.

"I forgot, I forgot, I forgot, I really forgot, how much wine did I drink today?"

Le Zhengzhi's reaction made many people around him laugh.

“Is this the second tea party?”

Le Zhengbo walked over, saw Le Zhengli, and saluted him in a rare joking tone.

"It's over. One moment she's an old witch, the next moment she's a demon. It looks like Qi Ming and I are completely finished this time."

Le Zhengbo glanced at the panicked Le Zheng Shuiling, then looked at Le Zhengzhi and handed him a few signs.

"Don't accept disciples so late in the future, and consider other people's rest time."

Le Zhengzhi took the badge and saw that it was the nameplate of Yuhua, Shuiling and Qiming. This nameplate meant that they were trainee Taoists, learning from Le Zhengzhi, which meant they were half Le Zheng Taoists.

"So you were in a hurry to leave just now, just to do this."

"Uncle Li, you don't know that my senior brother is a little bit stupid. He only came to talk to me about this after dinner. He suddenly rushed in front of me, said it in one breath, and then ran away. I didn't even have time to react. I thought he was drunk and said that.

I just thought of this at the tea party, and thought that my senior brother hadn't mentioned taking in disciples for many years, so it must be true. The registration and nameplate matters are of great importance. If I was late in my work and caused them to fail to become Taoists, wouldn't it be my fault? I am leaving now, please forgive me, uncle."

As he spoke, Le Zhengbo pulled out a record book from his sleeve and handed it to him, making a gesture of invitation and saying, "Uncle Master, please check it out."

"I left before you, how can I say that I am being rude?"

Le Zhengli took it and flipped it open to check. As expected, there was a registration on the last page. The handwriting was already dry and didn't look like it was newly written. Le Zhengli could feel that there were still some traces of magic on it.

"I like to use some little magic when writing to avoid messing up the ink and dirtying the book."

Many people have this habit, and they have no way of determining when the words were written based on this.

Moreover, they all knew that Le Zhengbo was ruthless and had no reason to help them, so when he said that, they chose to believe it.

"Now that the matter is clear, let them go back and rest. Being an intern Taoist priest is much more tiring than before."

As Le Zhengli spoke, he returned the booklet to Le Zhengbo.

"Yes."

Le Zheng Sihui didn't dare to say anything else and could only watch them leave.