The moonlight is dim and the sky is covered with heavy snow.
"Master, come back to the house quickly. It's freezing and freezing. It's not an option for you to stand here and wait all the time."
The woman was about thirty years old, wearing a brown and red brocade embroidered skirt with complicated patterns. She carefully covered the man standing quietly under the eaves with a gorgeous mink fur. There was already a hint of timidity in her eyes.
Feeling a little anxious and concerned.
This snow is not ordinary snow. Even if a practitioner accidentally touches some of it, he may be worried about the cold air soaking into his body.
The man's expression was cold and solemn, and the frost and snow covering his eyebrows seemed to be heavier than the goose-feather snow outside the house.
He stretched out his hand to straighten his thick mink fur, but his eyes remained unchanged. Through the two main doors that were opened dozens of feet away, he stared motionlessly at the dozens of figures densely retreating under the moonlight.
"Master, it's better not to worry too much. It's best to take care of yourself." The concern in the woman's eyes did not seem to be fake. "Commander Xu Jianghe will personally lead the search. I believe Nian'er will be found soon."
"Shut up!"
The man turned his head suddenly, and the cold light in his eyes swept across the woman's fair and pretty face, causing her to shudder violently and kneel on the ground involuntarily.
"Master, I... I am really worried about Nian'er's safety. Master, you..."
Snap!
The woman was staggered by the sudden slap, and there was a bright red slap mark on the left side of her face. There were even traces of blood oozing out from her usually pampered face.
"If Nian'er really dies in the Qingluan Mountains, I will sweep you and your daughter out of our Ji family!"
The man was like a furious lion, and there was even a little bloodshot eyes in his eyes, obviously he was extremely angry.
"How could Nian'er disappear so silently into the Qingluan Mountains with dozens of Ji Family Mansion troops protecting him? It must be you, a poisonous woman who is unwilling to accept Ji Quexue's mediocrity and wants to do it for her.
He is seeking the position given to the Ji family by the ancient city of Taichu, so he set up such a trap to murder Nian'er!"
The woman knelt on the ground, covering her face and crying, her tears flowing down like broken beads, even soaking the complicated and gorgeous brocade sleeves.
As the second wife of Ji Hong, the head of the Ji family, she has been taking care of her carefully for more than ten years. She has taken care of everything in the Ji family in an orderly manner, and has been highly praised both inside and outside the Ji family.
Although she was very envious of Ji Yuenian, the eldest son of the Ji family, for his irreplaceable position in the Ji family, she never dared to do anything rashly. Even Ji Quexue, the daughter of the Ji family, who was born to Ji Hong, was in the Ji family.
Yuenian was also a little timid in front of him, and there had never been a situation where the direct descendants of the family heads of the other aristocratic families in Taichu Ancient City were competing with each other.
Not long ago, He Xuan Shangzhen, who was in charge of the ancient city of Taichu, passed down his first edict after being stationed here for more than thirty years. Taiyu Shengzong, the most powerful sect in the Yuanyan realm, was about to open its mountain gate.
The nineteen ancient cities under his rule recruited disciples to participate in the assessment to enter the outer sect of the Taiyu Sheng Sect.
Several aristocratic cultivating families in the ancient city of Taichu are all extremely wealthy, and they have always been very filial to He Xuan Shangzhen. This time, they naturally got a position to enter the Taiyu Shengzong's outer sect without any examination.
, and this position of the Ji family fell to the eldest son of the Ji family, Ji Yuenian, without any suspense.
The foundation of whether a living being can practice cultivation lies in the heart fire, and whether the heart fire can be truly ignited is not only related to the bloodline, but also to the cultivation resources acquired. Therefore, the descendants of the practicing family have almost never been unable to ignite the heart fire.
worry.
The woman raised her head with tears in her eyes, trembling her lips slightly, but could not say a word.
Although she was not responsible for Ji Yuenian's disappearance in the Qingluan Mountains, she knew very clearly that with Ji Hong's character it was impossible to listen to her explanation. If Ji Yuenian was really not found, then she and Ji Hong would
Que Xue... I'm afraid that Ji Hong will really kick her out!
Thinking of this, the woman crawled and knelt down at Ji Hong's feet and said in a trembling voice: "Master, I really didn't do it. It's really not me, master!"
Ji Hong squatted down and gently held the woman's trembling shoulders. His eyes were full of indifference: "For a whole day, there was no news from Nian'er. The old immortals from Ji's Elders' Association and those around Ji's family
All the monsters and monsters in the family jumped out, and Xu Jianghe just now is already the fourth wave of people to look for. I only have two blood descendants in the Ji family, Nian'er and Ji Quexue, and Ji Quexue is a woman."
After saying this, the woman stopped trembling subconsciously. She was not stupid, she was even very smart in some aspects. As her thoughts flowed, she figured out the truth in an instant, but her face became even more ugly.
If the eldest son Ji Yuenian really died in the Qingluan Mountains where demons are rumored to be rampant, I'm afraid the tremendous pressure Ji Hong would face would be beyond her imagination.
There are many side factions in the Ji family, and these side factions are intertwined with each other. Although Ji Hong, in addition to the head of the family, also serves as the second elder of the Ji Family Elders Council, even he cannot fully control all the side branches of the Ji family.
Department of power.
"Think about it, if Nian'er disappears completely, then whose head will the position bestowed by He Xuan go to?"
Ji Hong gradually lost the coldness in his eyes and his tone became much softer.
The woman trembled: "Ji Baiyu, who is only one year younger than Nian'er! It's the Great Elder Ji Luoyan! It must have been Ji Luoyan who bribed the guards around Nian'er and brought Nian'er into the Qingluan Mountains!"
Ji Hong looked at her silently without saying a word.
"Sir, what do you mean," the woman said, looking a little dazed, "that Que Xue and I should admit to this crime?"
"Ji Luoyan is the eldest elder, and his power within the Ji family is second only to that of my family leader." Ji Hong remained expressionless, "If Nian'er cannot be found at this time, even if I attack him directly, there is no way.
It's very beneficial, but it will make Ji Luoyan seize the opportunity and take the opportunity to bring Ji Baiyu to the table."
The woman was on the verge of crying and could not utter even a single complete sentence.
"Lian'er, I've wronged you. Let's go out and hide for a while."
Ji Hong's voice reached his ears.
The woman's body trembled slightly and she froze on the spot.
Over the years, no matter how well she did or how careful she was, she never received a word of praise from Ji Hong.
But just now, he actually called himself "Lian'er".
"Master, you..."
"Don't worry, when Xu Jianghe returns tomorrow, I will take the opportunity to get angry and vent my anger on you and Ji Quexue. Then I will secretly send you two to a safe place, and then take this opportunity to support Sanfang to become a leader. I won't
Leave no opportunity for Ji Luoyan to take advantage of."
Ji Hong stood up and turned around, but there was a cold light in his eyes that the woman had not noticed.