Yunmeng has many lakes, and Lotus Dock is built by the lake.

Starting from the dock of Lotus Dock, not long after rowing along the river, there is a large lotus pond, called Lotus Lake, which is afraid that there are dozens of miles. The green leaves are wide, the pink lotus is tingling, and the head is rubbed side by side. The lake breeze blows, and the flowers shake and tremble, as if nodding frequently. In the fresh and delicate, there is also a bit of naïve.

The Jiang family's lotus dock is not as closed as other immortal mansions, ordinary people are not allowed to appear within a radius of several miles, and there are often vendors selling lotus pods, water chestnuts, and various pastries on the wide dock in front of the gate, which is very lively. Children from nearby families can also sniff and sneak into the school yard of Lianhuawu to peek at the excitement, even if they are discovered, they will not be scolded, and occasionally they can play with the children of the family.

When Wei Wuxian was young, he used to fly kites on the shores of Lotus Lake.

Jiang Cheng stared at his kite closely, glancing at Wei Wuxian's from time to time. Wei Wuxian's kite had already flown very high, but he still didn't mean to draw the bow with his hands, his right hand was between his eyebrows, and he looked up and smiled, as if he felt that it was still not far enough.

Seeing that the kite was about to fly out of the distance that he was sure of what he could shoot, Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth, pulled the string with an arrow, and shot out with a white feather. The kite, which was painted in the shape of a one-eyed monster, was shot through the eye and fell.

Jiang Cheng frowned and said, "Hit!" ”

Immediately, he said, "You flew so far, can you still shoot?" ”

Wei Wuxian said, "Guess? ”

Only then did he draw an arrow and aim intently. The bowstring was full, and he let go.

Middle.

Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed again, and he snorted in his nose. A group of teenagers put away their bows and went to pick up kites. The one that falls closest is the worst, and when you pick it up, you will be ridiculed by others. Wei Wuxian's farthest fall, in front of him was Jiang Cheng's kite in second place. Who knows, after turning the Jiuqu Lotus Corridor, two slender young women suddenly flashed, dressed as armed maids, both wearing short swords. One of them, holding a kite and an arrow, stood in front of them.

The tall maid said coldly, "Whose is this?" ”

When the young men saw these two women, they all cried out in their hearts.

Wei Wuxian touched his chin and stood up and said, "Mine." ”

Another maid snorted, "You're being honest. ”

They parted ways, and from behind came a woman in purple with a sword.

This woman's complexion is greasy and white, quite beautiful, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, but there is a sharp meaning. The corners of the lips seem to be hooked, and the natural ridicule is like a withdrawal from Jiang Cheng. The waist is slender, the purple clothes are fluttering, the face and the right hand resting on the hilt of the sword are like cold jade, and the right index finger wears a ring decorated with amethyst.

When Jiang Cheng saw her, he smiled and shouted, "A-Niang." ”

The rest of the teenagers said respectfully, "Mrs. Yu." ”

Mrs. Yu is Jiang Cheng's mother, Yu Zikite. is also Jiang Fengmian's wife, and was his initiate at the beginning. It stands to reason that she should be called Mrs. Jiang, but I don't know why, everyone has always called her Mrs. Yu. Some people guess whether Mrs. Yu has a strong personality and doesn't like her husband's surname. The couple had no objection to this.

Mrs. Yu was born in the Meishan Yu family, ranked third in the family, and was also known as Yu Sanniangzi. There is a name "Purple Spider" in the Xuanmen, and it can scare a group of people when it is reported. When he was young, he had a cold temperament, and he didn't like to deal with people, and he didn't like to deal with people. After marrying Jiang Fengmian, he also hunted Chinese New Year's Eve and didn't like to stay in the Jiang family's Lotus Dock very much. Moreover, her residence in Lianhuawu is separate from Jiang Fengmian, and she occupies an exclusive area, where only she and a group of henchmen she brought from the Yu family live. These two young women, Jin Zhu and Yin Zhu, are her confidant maids, and they never leave her.

Mrs. Yu glanced at Jiang Cheng and said, "Playing crazy again?" Come and show me. ”

Jiang Cheng came to her side, Mrs. Yu's slender five fingers pinched his arm, slapped him on the shoulder, and said: "Cultivation has not grown at all, he is almost seventeen years old, and he is still like an ignorant young son, who only knows how to fool around with people all day long." Are you like everyone else? Others don't know which gutter they will pounce in in the future, and you will be the head of the Jiang family in the future! ”

Jiang Cheng was photographed by her, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to defend. Wei Wuxian knew, needless to say, that he was scolding himself openly and secretly again. A junior brother on the side quietly stuck out his tongue at him, and Wei Wuxian raised an eyebrow at him. Mrs. Yu said, "Wei Ying, what are you doing?" ”

Wei Wuxian stood up as usual, and Madame Yu scolded, "It's like this again! If you don't seek to be motivated yourself, don't drag Jiang Cheng to fool around with you and bring him badly. ”

Wei Wuxian was surprised: "Am I not seeking to be motivated? Isn't I the most motivated person in Lotus Dock? ”

Young people are not very tolerant, just to refute a few words. As soon as she heard this, a sinister aura appeared in Mrs. Yu's eyebrows, and Jiang Cheng said, "Wei Wuxian, shut up!" ”

He turned to Mrs. Yu and said, "It's not that we want to shoot kites in the lotus dock, but now no one can go out?" The Wen family has designated all the night hunting areas as their territory, and even if I want to go out for night hunting, there is nowhere to start. Staying at home and not going out to cause trouble, fighting with the Wen family for prey, isn't this what you told your father? ”

Mrs. Yu sneered: "I'm afraid that this time you don't want to go out, so you have to go out." ”

Jiang Cheng was puzzled, and Madame Yu ignored them anymore and walked through the corridor with her head held high. The two maids behind him glared at Wei Wuxian viciously and followed their master away.

In the evening, they learned what it meant to "go out if you don't want to."

On the grounds that other families had no way to teach and wasted talents, the Wen clan of Qishan asked each family to send at least ten children of each family to Qishan within three days, and they would send someone to personally educate them.

Jiang Cheng was stunned and said, "Can the people of the Wen family really say such things? It's so cheeky! ”

Wei Wuxian said: "I think I am the sun in the sky of the head of a hundred schools." It's not the first time that the Wen family has been shameless. Relying on the family's great momentum, other families were not allowed to hunt at night last year, robbing others of how much prey they had and how much territory they occupied. ”

Jiang Fengmian sat down in the chief and said, "Be cautious." Meal. ”

There were only five people in the hall, sitting separately, each with a small square table in front of them, on which were several plates of food. Wei Wuxian lowered his head and moved his chopsticks, and suddenly someone pulled the corners of his clothes. Turning his face, he saw Jiang Yanli handing over a small plate, and in the dish were several peeled lotus seeds, fat and white, fresh and full.

Wei Wuxian whispered, "Thank you, Senior Sister." ”

Jiang Yanli smiled slightly, and his very light face suddenly added a bit of vivid color. Yu Ziyuan said coldly: "What kind of meal do you use, when you arrive in Qishan in a few days, I don't know if there is any food for them to eat, it is better to start hungry a few more meals now and get used to it!" ”

This request made by Qishan Wen cannot be refused. Countless precedents prove that if any family dares to disobey their orders, they will be charged with strange crimes such as "rebellion in the fairy gate" and "harm of a hundred schools", and on this ground, they will be annihilated openly and justifiably.

Jiang Fengmian said lightly: "Why are you so anxious. No matter what happens in the future, today's meal will still be eaten. ”

Mrs. Yu endured and endured, slapped the table and said, "I'm anxious? I'm right to be anxious! How can you still look so tepid? Didn't you hear what the people sent by the Wen family said? The Wen family, a house slave, dares to be arrogant in front of me! Among the ten children sent, there must also be children of the family, what does the children of the family mean? Ah Cheng and Ah Li, there must be at least one of them in it! What are you sending it for? Civilize? How can other people's families teach their own children, and it is their turn to intervene with their surname Wen?! This is to send people over to give them a pinch, to take them hostage! ”

Jiang Cheng said: "A-Niang, don't be angry, I'll just go." ”

Mrs. Yu reprimanded: "Of course you go, is it possible to let your sister go?" Looking at her like that, she is still happily peeling lotus seeds. Ah Li, don't peel it, who do you peel it for? You are a master, not someone else's servant! ”

Hearing the word "domestic servant", Wei Wuxian didn't care, he ate all the lotus seeds on the plate in one go, and was chewing, chewing until his mouth was full of cool sweetness. Jiang Fengmian raised his head slightly and said, "Sanniang." ”

Mrs. Yu said, "Did I say something wrong?" Domestic servants? Not happy to hear that word? Jiang Fengmian, let me ask you, this time, do you plan to let him go? ”

Jiang Fengmian said: "Look at himself, he can go if he wants." ”

Wei Wuxian raised his hand and said, "I'm going." ”

Mrs. Yu sneered, "It's so good." If you want to go, you can definitely not go. Why does Ah Cheng have to go? Raise a son for someone else, raise it like this, Sect Master Jiang, you are really a very good person! ”

She was angry in her heart, and she just wanted to vent this resentment, which made no sense. The rest of the people quietly let her spread the fire. Jiang Fengmian said: "Third lady, you are tired. Go back and rest. ”

Jiang Cheng sat in place, looked up at her, and said, "A-Niang." ”

Madame Yu stood up and sneered, "What are you telling me to do? Like your father, let me say a few words? You're a fool, I told you a long time ago, you can't compare to the one sitting next to you in your life. Cultivation can't be compared, night hunting can't be compared, and even shooting a kite can't be compared! No way, who made your mother inferior to someone else's? If you can't compare, you can't compare. Your mother is unhappy for you, how many times has she told you not to fool around with him! You also help him speak. How did I give birth to a son like you! ”

She walked out by herself, leaving Jiang Cheng sitting in her place, her face black and white. Jiang Yanli quietly put a plate of peeled lotus seeds on the side of his dining table.

After sitting for a while, Jiang Fengmian said, "I will count eight more people tonight, and you will set off together tomorrow." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded, hesitating and not knowing what to say, he never knew how to communicate with his father. Wei Wuxian finished the soup and said, "Uncle Jiang, don't you have anything to give us?" ”

Jiang Fengmian smiled slightly and said, "I have already given you what I want to give you." The sword is at the side, and the training is in the heart. ”

Wei Wuxian said, "Oh! 'You know you can't do it', right? ”

Jiang Cheng immediately warned: "This doesn't mean that you know that you are going to cause trouble, but you still insist on making trouble!" ”

The atmosphere of the banquet was lively.

The next day, before leaving, Jiang Fengmian explained the necessary matters, and only said one more sentence, "The children of the Yunmeng Jiang clan are not so fragile and can't withstand a little wind and waves from the outside world. ”

Jiang Yanli sent them one paragraph after another, stuffing everyone's arms with all kinds of dry food to eat, really afraid that they would not be able to eat enough in Qishan. Ten teenagers dragged a heavy body of food from Lianhuawu and arrived at the designated place in Qishan before the date set by Wen.

There are a lot of children from large and small families, and many of them are juniors, and many of them are acquaintances or familiar faces. Formed a group of three or five, talked in a low voice, and did not look very good, and it seemed that they were all summoned in a not very polite way.

After sweeping around, Wei Wuxian said, "Sure enough, someone from Gusu is here." ”

There were also more than a dozen people from the Gusu Lan clan, and for some reason, they were all quite haggard. Lan Wangji's face was particularly pale, but he still had the same cold and frosty expression that rejected people thousands of miles away, with a dust-sheltering sword on his back, standing alone, and the surroundings were deserted.

Wei Wuxian wanted to go up and greet him, but Jiang Cheng warned him, "Don't make trouble!" "I had to give up.

Suddenly, someone in front of him shouted an order, ordering all the children of the family to gather in formation.

This person is not much older than them, ten* years old, arrogant, and his appearance can barely be compared with "Jun". But like his hair, it feels greasy and not very refreshing. This person is the youngest son of the head of the Wen family in Qishan, Wen Chao.

Wen Chao likes to show his head, and he has to show off in front of everyone on many occasions, so his appearance is not unfamiliar to everyone. Behind him, there were two people standing on the left and on the right. On the left is a graceful bright girl with willow eyebrows and big eyes, and bright red lips. The fly in the ointment is that there is a black mole above the skin of the mouth, which is too out of place, and it always teaches people to want to pick it off. On the right is a cold man who looks to be about thirty years old, tall and broad-shouldered.

Wen Chao stood on the high ground on the slope, looked down at everyone, seemed to be very fluttering, and waved his hand: "Hand in your swords!" ”

The crowd stirred. Someone protested: "The sword of the cultivator does not leave his body, why should we hand in the fairy sword?" ”

Wen Chao said: "Who spoke just now?" Who's from? Stand up for yourself! ”

The person who spoke out just now suddenly didn't dare to speak.

The scene gradually quieted down, Wen Chao was satisfied, and said: "It is because there are still children of families like you who don't understand etiquette, obedience, and humility, and I am determined to educate you." Now you are so ignorant and fearless, if you don't give you a positive atmosphere as soon as possible, in the future, no one will try to challenge the authority and climb to the head of the Wen family! ”

knew that he had bad intentions for asking for a sword, but now that the Qishan Wen clan was in full swing, all the families were walking on thin ice, and they didn't dare to resist the slightest, for fear that if they made him dissatisfied, they would be charged with something that would affect the whole clan, so they had to swallow their anger.

Jiang Cheng pressed Wei Wuxian, and Wei Wuxian said in a low voice, "What are you doing with me?" ”

Jiang Cheng snorted: "I'm afraid you'll mess around." ”

Wei Wuxian said, "You're thinking too much. Although this man is greasy and disgusting, even if I want to beat him, I will not choose this time to cause chaos in our family. Rest assured. ”

Jiang Cheng said: "You want to beat him with a sack again?" I'm afraid it won't work, did you see the man next to Wen Chao? ”

Wei Wuxian said, "I saw it." The cultivation is high, but the appearance is not well maintained, and it seems that it is a late bloomer. ”

Jiang Cheng said: "That person's name is Wen Zhuliu, and he has a nickname called 'Hua Dan Hand', who is Wen Chao's attendant and specializes in protecting him. Don't mess with him. ”

Wei Wuxian said, "'Hua Dan Hand'? ”

Jiang Cheng said: "Not bad. His palms are terrible, they can ......."

The two looked straight ahead, spoke in a low voice, and when they saw the Wen servant who collected the sword approaching, they were immediately silenced. Wei Wuxian unsheathed his sword and handed it over, while involuntarily glancing at the Gusu Lan clan's side.

He thought that Lan Wangji would definitely refuse to turn it in, but unexpectedly, although Lan Wangji's face was frighteningly cold, he still untied his sword.

Mrs. Yu's ridicule turned out to be a prophecy, they were "indoctrinated" in Qishan, and sure enough, there was no clear soup and little water every day. Jiang Yanli had already been swept away from the food that was full of food for them, and among these young children of the family, there was no one to open the valley at all, so it was not difficult to find it.

Wen Chao's so-called "indoctrination" means standing tall every day and making a speech in front of everyone, asking them to cheer for him in unison and take him as a model in every word and deed.

During the night hunt, he would take the children of all the families and drive them to run ahead, explore the way, attract the attention of the demons and monsters, and fight hard, and then he came out at the last moment, easily knocked down the demon beast that was beaten by others, cut off the head, and then went out to boast that this was his own victory.

If there is anything particularly unpleasant, he will pull this person out, scold him in public, and reprimand the other party is not as good as a pig or a dog.

The year before last, he participated in the Qishan Wen Hundred Schools of Thought Conference, and on the day of archery, Wen Chao also entered with Wei Wuxian and others. He was full of thinking that he would come out on top, and he took it for granted that others must let him go, and as a result, he opened with three arrows, one of which missed, and one of which shot the wrong paper man. should have left immediately, but he couldn't get off, and others were embarrassed to talk about him. In the end, it was calculated that the top four with the best results were Wei Wuxian, Lan Xichen, Jin Zixuan, and Lan Wangji. If it weren't for Lan Wangji's early position, his results would have been even better.

Wen Chao felt embarrassed, so he especially hated these four people. Lan Xichen failed to come, so he grabbed the other three and scolded them in public every day, so he was not majestic.

The most aggrieved is Jin Zixuan, he grew up in the palm of his parents' hands since he was a child, how could he have suffered such an insult, if it weren't for the other children of the Lanling Jin clan to stop him, plus Wen Zhuliu is not a good stubble, he rushed up and died with Wen Chao on the first day. Lan Wangji was in a state of being like a stagnant state and ignoring all things, as if he had gone out of his body. And Wei Wuxian has been scolded by Madame Yu in Lotus Dock for several years, and he doesn't pay attention to his number at all, and he is still smiling when he gets off the stage.

On this day, everyone was bombarded by Wen's servants early in the morning, and like a flock of fowl, they were driven towards the new night hunting site.

The place of this night hunt is called Duxi Mountain.

The deeper you go into the forest, the denser the branches and leaves above your head become, and the more extensive the shade on the soles of your feet. Except for the sound of trees, sea waves and footsteps, no other sound can be heard, and the chirping of birds, beasts and insects is particularly abrupt in the forest.

After a long time, a group of people met a small stream. The stream is murmuring, and there are maple leaves floating in the middle.

The sound of the brook was maple, and the oppressive atmosphere was diluted a little, and there was a slight squeaky laughter in front of him.

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng muttered and cursed Wen Gou as they walked, and inadvertently, he glanced back and caught a glimpse of a white robe. Lan Wangji was not far behind him.

Because of his slow walk, Lan Wangji fell behind the group. Wei Wuxian had wanted to get close to him and catch up with him several times in the past few days, but every time Lan Wangji saw him, he turned around, and Jiang Cheng repeatedly warned him not to flirt. At this time, it was closer, and I couldn't help but feel a little more thoughtful.

Wei Wuxian suddenly noticed that although Lan Wangji tried his best to walk without any abnormality, he could still see that his right leg landed lighter than his left, and he didn't seem to be able to exert force.

Seeing this, Wei Wuxian slowed down and walked backwards to Lan Wangji's side, walking side by side with him, and asked, "What's wrong with your leg?" ”