It's been three days since I left Baifeng, and it's still strange to come back. On top of the strangeness, Don felt that the atmosphere around him was very strange.

I entered Baifeng all the way, and the crowd looked at me with strange eyes and discussed.

A thin woman whispered to a person beside her, "Hey, you see she has such a good relationship with her... How could I not know, and I don't know what happened to her. When I heard this, my heart tightened, and I wondered if I was talking about Jiu'er, who was talking about it? I couldn't calm down for a long time, and I was inexplicably flustered, I don't know why?

It's been two days since I returned, and I haven't seen her yet. I am in Baifeng on weekdays, and Jiu'er will come to me, and I will also study with me on weekdays.

If she wasn't in danger......

I hurried to Jiu'er's dormitory, the door closed.

"Jiu'er, Jiu'er!" I knocked on the door to call her, but no one answered, I pushed the door open and glanced at the house, where the daily necessities were neatly arranged, and there was no trace of a fight.

Where will Jiu'er go?

I think that on weekdays, apart from me, Xu Qingqing is good friends with her, and she should know Jiu'er's whereabouts, so I quickened my pace and went to find Xu Qingqing.

I was about to go to her, and when I went out, she carried a wooden basin in the corner hallway. When she saw me, her eyes were full of mixed emotions and she shouted, "Daogu Nanshan!"

I asked her, "Do you know where Jiu'er went?"

She hurriedly put down the wooden basin and said, "Daogu Nanshan, she was summoned down the mountain by the family Lingzun. ”

"Ling Zun?" I heard that she was called back by her family, and my heart relaxed a little.

Xu Qingqing nodded and told the ...... of that day

Baifeng on August 15

The faint fragrance of books in the study is scattered in the room, the disciples holding the sword outside the room are guarded, there are two people sitting on the left and right sides of the room, on the right side are the vicissitudes of life, the eyebrows are mixed with sorrow, the temples are white, and the old man in white clothes is not confused: Zuobei Chief, is the founder of Baifeng, saying: Elder, his dignity is above the sect master.

The man on the left combed his crown hair, and under his aging face, it was not difficult to see that he was also a beautiful man who harmed women when he was young, his eyes shot cold stars, and his two curved eyebrows were like paint, if it wasn't for any immortal, then among the people, he must be a person with an official position.

On one side of him was a lady dressed in gold with a woman's sideburns.

In the room, Chief Zuobei spoke: "I don't know what Your Excellency wants to discuss?"

Lu Zhengxin saluted and said: "Elder Zuo, it's like this, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I want to take the little girl back." ”

Zuo Bei Chief nodded and said, "Well, it's okay, if you want to go back, you can do it anytime." "According to many immortal sect conventions, no matter which disciple is, except for listening to the study, he can come and go freely. I think he came to Baifeng in person because he had something.

Chief Zuobei asked politely, "I just wonder if Your Excellency has anything else to discuss?"

Xia Wanniang said: "Elder Zuo, I won't hide it from you, the dog girl is twenty years old, and she has already passed the age of Jilu; ”

"Now that the peach and plum years are about to pass, she still wants to practice immortal arts, and she has not married yet, and my lord and I are really anxious. Now you say that if you don't marry after the flower letter years, then it's all half-aged. ”

Chief Zuobei pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I follow the decision of the two, and I will go and solve the contract in the Baifeng disciple record for a while. ”

The husband and concubine saluted and said: "Trouble Elder Zuo, the little girl is in Baifeng, thank Elder Zuo for taking care of it." ”

Chief Zuobei replied: "Your Excellency, you are welcome, this is what you should do as a master. ”

In Lu Jiu'er's dormitory, I heard Xu Qingqing shouting her name from a distance.

She ran out of breath, and finally ran to the door, gasping for a long time, Lu Jiu'er sneered when she saw her embarrassed appearance, and said, "What's the matter, running so fast, I see that you are tired." ”

Lu Jiu'er dragged out of the bench and said softly: "Hey, sit down and rest." ”

Xu Qingqing waved her hand to signal not to sit, she climbed the door, and said slowly: "Jiu'er, the elder is looking for you." ”

Lu Jiu'er frowned and asked, "The patriarch is looking for me? This, I only saw him once on the day I entered Baifeng, how could it be? Could it be that I made a mistake and wanted to be expelled from the division!?"

"I'm so well-behaved!?" she was a little dazed, thinking back to whether she had been at fault until the day she had been apprenticed.

Xu Qingqing slapped her on the shoulder, opened her mouth wide, took a big breath, shook her head with a bitter face, and said, "Oh no! Jiu'er, go quickly, go quickly, Master, he wants to remove you from Baifeng, go quickly!"

"Removed!!" she chuckled in her heart, how could it be?

Lu Jiu'er went out in a panic, recalling the day when he was apprenticed, the major disciples came to the ancestral hall in an orderly manner with porcelain bowls and silver needles in hand. In the wooden ancestral hall, paper, ink, pens and inkstones are readily available, and the disciples are waiting for the comer to speak.

Zuobei Chieftain said: "According to the convention, into the hundred phoenix, you must first use a needle to take the index finger to drop blood, in the porcelain bowl, the blood drops will not be included in the disciple's genealogy, where the suspension is full, it is to take its blood, but also to leave blood droplets." ”

"Take the bowl, silver needle!" At the sound of the order, each person's hand dripped their own blood, and fell into the unfolded scroll on the stone table, and the slightly yellow scroll showed dense drops of blood, and among the blood drops, was the name visible to the naked eye.

Her name is connected with Daogu Nanshan, Duan Yu.

In the tortuous corridor, Lu Jiu'er ran very fast, Xu Qingqing was tired and paralyzed, and said weakly: "Lu Jiu'er, wait for me!"

Lu Jiu'er didn't look back: "You hurry up!"

Run to the ancestral hall...... She froze, one step at a time, one step at a time, and her thin lips twitched: "Daddy, why are you here?" ”

Lu Jiu'er looked at Lu Zhengxin's eyes, saw him sweeping his eyes to the Zuo elder behind him, and said sharply: "Jiu'er!"

Only then did she realize that she had been rude, and Lu Jiu'er saluted: "The apprentice has seen the master." ”

Chief Zuobei nodded in response, and said, "Apprentice, I called you here for the teacher because I discussed with your father for the teacher today, and I want to break the contract." ”

Lu Jiu'er was shocked in her heart: "Why!?, Master Why did I not break the house rules and did not ...... except for my name?"

"Lu Jiu'er!" Lu Zhengxin roared, and the frightened Lu Jiu'er trembled.

She held her hands tightly, gritted her teeth and endured, she looked at her father unyieldingly, and Lu Zhengxin looked at her angrily.

She waited for a long time, and said: "Daddy, I ......" Before the words came out, Xia Wanniang said: "Jiu'er, don't you want to be disobedient and unfilial, you can not listen to me, it is difficult not to listen to your father." ”

Jiu'er weakly explained: "Second lady, I don't mean to disobey my father. ”

After Xia Wanniang's words, Lu Zhengxin was even more firm in his decision.

Xia Wanniang saluted to Zuo Yuan Lao and said: "The old man smiled, the little girl in the family is naughty, it's always like this, don't be surprised." ”

Chief Zuobei waved his hand and said: "There is no hindrance, there is no hindrance, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read." ”

He laid out the scroll, picked up the inkless brush and was about to click on her name, Lu Jiu'er shouted:

"Master!"

The pen didn't stop because she kept it, and she crossed out her name neatly, and all the marks were gone.

At that moment, it seemed that they had all lost, lost him, and lost their identity as apprentices...... Tears flowed from his eyes, and his heart fell to the ground like a pearl with a broken thread.

Lu Zhengxin smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Elder Zuo, then we will leave first if we have something." ”

On the mountain trail, Lu Jiu'er ran beside him, following Lu Zhengxin, who was striding forward, and she kept asking: "Father! Father, listen to me, father!"

"Father, I want to be a sword and cultivate immortal arts, and I want to stay in Baifeng's father. ”

He ignored her.

"Father, I never told you what I wanted, this time I just want to stay here, is that okay?"

Lu Zhengxin suppressed his anger and ignored her, Xia Wanniang said: "Jiu'er, I ordered someone to clean up your things, your father is angry, and you want to add fuel to the fire?"

Lu Jiu'er still chased after Lu Zhengxin and said, "Daddy, I don't want to go back." ”

"Shut up!"

"Smack-" He roared and slapped her.

"Don't want to go back, you're not my daughter!?I won't care if you die outside!"

Lu Jiu'er didn't know how to speak, and Lu Zhengxin scolded: "Don't you feel ashamed enough?!

"If you dare to lose face for me outside again, come out of the moth to see that I don't break your legs!"

Lu Zhengxin stepped into the carriage and left her with a back......

Maybe she's resigned to it...... The personal maid next to the carriage whispered, "Miss...... Let's get in the carriage!"

Lu Jiu'er looked up at the sky, hoping that the tears would pour back into her eyes, she forced a smile and said, "Hmm...... Let's get in the car together, Cher. She didn't want to embarrass others, so she got in the car together.

The carriage headed towards the city, and Lu Jiu'er leaned on the car with tears in his eyes, recalling his mother's words before: "Jiu'er...... If you want anything, as long as your father is willing, he will satisfy you, but the only thing is that he attaches great importance to the reputation of the Lu family, if he ruins his reputation, he would rather destroy people, if one day his mother is gone, you must be well-behaved, don't be childish......"

She let out a long breath...... The carriage jolted for a long time and drove through the mountains and forests, and for two hours the carriage hurried into the street and came to the capital.

"Woo ———" the coachman tightened the leash, and the horses neighed long.

Lu Jiu'er stepped out of the carriage and looked at the huge mansion, where a familiar and unfamiliar plaque hung above the vermilion gate: Zhenghou Mansion.

The mourning hall of the Zhenghou Mansion

She knelt in front of the mourning hall, the sound of heavy footsteps behind her approached, Lu Jiu'er turned around, and shouted expectantly in her eyes: "Daddy......"

Lu Zhengxin stopped with a cold face: "Is the mourning hall a place where you can make noise at will?" As he spoke, he knelt down and said to the mourning hall: "Zui'er, I decided to marry Jiu'er to Hu Taishou's son, she has reached the age of marriage, and now that I am fifty, it is also a good place to entrust her to others." ”

Before she could recover from it, she repeated his words: "Xu is married to Uncle Hu...... She was shocked like five thunderbolts, her expression was nervous, her hands trembled and she knelt forward with her body on her knees, kneeling in front of him, she glanced at the tablet in the mourning hall. said: "Auntie, I already have a place in my heart, and I don't want to marry now." ”

She prayed to Lu Zhengxin: "Father, I won't marry, I don't want to marry now." ”

Lu Zhengxin was full of disbelief, and said angrily: "You belong to your heart, you are the kid of the Duan family, and that bastard boy is nothing! You'd better break your thoughts as soon as possible and prepare to get married at the end of the month!" He blew his beard and glared, shook off his robe angrily, and strode out of the mourning hall.

Lu Jiu'er got up, ran out after him, and shouted, "Father, I want to go back to Baifeng!"

Lu Zhengxin didn't reply to the order: "Come on, take the eldest lady back to the West Courtyard, and she will not be allowed to leave the house without my permission." As the words fell, the soldiers guarding her bound her and took her away.

Since the young lady came back, she was silent with the frightened Xue'er.

Lu Zhengxin sighed, frowned and said to Xue'er: "Miss Haosheng takes care of her, remember to remind her at any time that twenty people should not be like children." ”

Xue'er saluted, "Yes, sir." ”

It's time for dinner

Xue'er knocked on the door with eight-treasure porridge and said, "Miss, Miss, Miss." ”

She stepped into the door, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and saw her young lady looking out the window in a daze, and was about to comfort, Lu Jiu'er said: "Xue'er, I want to escape, I plan to write a letter After I escape, you help me hand it over to my father." ”

Xue'er was a little in a dilemma, and comforted: "Miss, the master is also for your good, Duan, Duan Gongzi, he has been a baby kiss since he was a child." ”

"I know ......"

She knows...... It's just that if you like it, it's hard to put it down.