Purple Cloud Calendar, December 31, 1228, early morning.

Chuxiu Inn.

In the courtyard of one of the best guest rooms, a young man dressed in white sat at a stone table in the courtyard, his fingers on the table lightly tapped on the table, and his eyes became a little ethereal.

"Before you know it...... It's been more than a year since I came back. ”

On December 12, 1227 in the Ziyun calendar, Emperor Dong of Zhou returned from an unexpected rebirth after a thousand years, and since then he has embarked on the road of changing his fate.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.

And in the past year or so, a lot of things have happened, and in retrospect, Zhou Donghuang still has a feeling as if he was dreaming.

It's just that all this is not a dream.

"It's been more than eight months since I left Yunfeng County...... I don't know, what happened to my mother and Xiaolu?"

Thinking of Lin Lan and Yunlu, a touch of concern appeared in Zhou Donghuang's eyes, "At the beginning, I should have brought them over together." ”

At the beginning, the reason why he didn't bring Lin Lan and Yunlu over was because he didn't know that he could enter the seventh level of qi gathering in such a short period of time, or even the eighth level of qi gathering!

After all, in a place like Chu Wangcheng, if he didn't have enough strength and his family was by his side, he wouldn't be able to let go of his hands and feet.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Zhou Donghuang got up from his seat, entered the room, wrote a letter, and handed it to Ah Fu, "Ah Fu, you find a post station, find the kind of messenger who rushes with sweat and blood, and send this letter back to Yunfeng County as quickly as possible, and send it to Lu Qinghu, the head of the Lu family." ”

"Yes, young master. ”

Ah Fu took the letter and left.

In the city of Chu Wangcheng, there are some relatively large post stations, and a group of messengers who are in a hurry with sweat and blood.

Of course, this kind of messenger is also extremely expensive.

It's just that with that little money, Zhou Donghuang, who has 20 million taels of silver, is not short at all.

"After today, I am an adult in this life. ”

After returning to the stone table and sitting down, thinking that today was the last day of the 1228 year of the Ziyun calendar, Zhou Donghuang smiled indifferently.

In Ziyunxing, eighteen years old is considered an adult.

Under the age of eighteen, they are teenagers and girls, but once they enter the age of eighteen, they are officially entered the ranks of young people.

"Brother Zhou!"

Not long after Ah Fu left, Ren Jiapei came to the door, "Where is Zixi, today, it is the day of the gathering of the descendants of our wealthy family, I came to you to go over together." ”

Today's Ren Jiapei is not dressed as casually as usual, dressed as a lady like Yang Zixi's usual style, which makes Zhou Donghuang feel unaccustomed to it.

"Sister Jiapei. ”

Ren Jiapei's voice was not small, and as soon as the words fell, Yang Zixi had already heard the voice and walked out of the door in time.

Today's Yang Zixi wore a white dress like snow, and a white gauze on her upper body, which matched her fair skin, which looked extremely holy.

In addition, Yang Zixi has a good face, and this long skirt sets off her like a holy saint, high and undesecrated.

"Wow-"

Seeing Yang Zixi's dress, Ren Jiapei's eyes lit up, "Sister Zixi, you are really looking good today." ”

"And, it's very much in line with your temperament. ”

"Originally, with your appearance, even if you dress up casually, today's party is enough to overwhelm the crowd...... You are simply not giving those families a way to live. ”

Between Ren Jiapei's words, she seemed to have completely forgotten that she herself was also a member of the family daughters who attended today's party.

Yang Zixi's temperament is slightly cold, and with this white outfit, it looks even more cold.

Usually, in front of outsiders, Yang Zixi says very little, or even doesn't speak, only in front of Zhou Donghuang, she looks like a girl next door.

"And...... is a good match for Brother Zhou's white clothes. ”

Ren Jiapei said as he looked at Zhou Donghuang and said with a teasing smile.

Hearing Ren Jiapei's words, two blush appeared on Yang Zixi's face, and her beautiful appearance made people want to rush forward and take her into her arms and kiss her fiercely.

"Brother Zhou, I'm ...... Is it pretty?"

Yang Zixi looked at Zhou Donghuang, combed the white skirt on his body, and asked with some trepidation.

Today, she is dressed like this, not to show others, but mainly to show the young man in front of her.

Women are the ones who please themselves, and they are talking about the current Yang Zixi.

"Well, it's good-looking. ”

Zhou Donghuang smiled and nodded.

How could he not see the girl's thoughts?

It's just that so far, his feelings for the girl are more like brother and sister love, and he has never touched the string in his heart.

The last time he went out, he wanted to explain his mind to the girl, but he didn't just start there, and gradually put it on hold.

"When I came back from this party, when I was alone, I made it clear to this girl...... lest she sink deeper and deeper. ”

Zhou Donghuang sighed secretly, he knew that there were some words, no matter how difficult it was to speak, he had to speak.

It's just that the current Zhou Donghuang doesn't know:

The girl has fallen extremely deep, and it can even be said that she can't extricate herself......

"Let's go. ”

In order to avoid the girl's misunderstanding, Zhou Donghuang quickly withdrew his gaze that fell on the girl, got up from his seat, and said to Ren Jiapei.

Zhou Donghuang's deliberately evasive gaze, the girl naturally noticed it, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily flashed a bitter smile.

But, soon, her gaze became extremely firm again.

"Okay! Let's go!"

Although Ren Jiapei was usually very arrogant, but now he also saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, so he hurriedly responded, and then walked to the girl's side, took the girl's hand, and took the lead out of the yard.

Zhou Donghuang followed closely behind the second daughter, dressed in white, like snow drifting.

......

In the city of King Chu, there are many wealthy families, such as the Yang family where Yang Zixi was before, but the bottom of the wealthy family.

It is the Ren family behind Ren Jiapei, although there are three major Qi Gathering Sixfold Martial Arts Monks in charge, but they can only be regarded as a medium-sized wealthy family, because the top wealthy families generally have many Qi Gathering Sevenfold Martial Arts Monks.

It is a high-class wealthy family, and there is at least one Qi-gathering sevenfold martial arts monk in charge.

The gathering of the descendants of the wealthy families is held once a year, which is initiated by the descendants of several top wealthy families in the Chu King City in turn, and is held in the mansions of several of them in turn.

This year, this party was held by the top wealthy family 'Wei Jia'.

The Wei family, as a top wealthy family, has a mansion that is far bigger than the mansion of the Yang family and the mansion of the Ren family, which are also wealthy families, even if it is compared to the mansion of the Shi family, which is not much worse.

"Miss Ren. ”

After Ren Jiapei showed the invitation at the gate of the Wei family's mansion, he took Zhou Donghuang and Yang Zixi in.

And the few people guarding the gate of the Wei family's mansion, until the three of them entered the door, their eyes were still on the beautiful girl wearing a holy white dress.

"This ...... It seems to be the Yang Zixi who was expelled from the Yang family by the head of the Yang family?"

"It is worthy of being the person who is favored by the eldest young master of the Shi family of the big valve family, and it is indeed suffocating...... When she grows up, I am afraid that no woman in this Chu King City can match her. ”

"That Miss Ren is also extremely beautiful, and when the two stand together, they are simply a pair of dazzling sisters. ”

The young man in white behind them was personable and had an extraordinary temperament...... I don't know which family it's from?"

"Since I didn't show the invitation, I don't think I'm a child of a wealthy family, at least not a descendant of a wealthy family. ”

......

Several children of the Wei family, between words, recognized Yang Zixi, as for Zhou Donghuang, he was a new face to them, very unfamiliar.

However, at today's gathering, each descendant of a wealthy family who comes to the party can bring at most two people, so even if Yang Zixi is no longer a child of a wealthy family, Zhou Donghuang did not show the invitation, and they did not say anything.

"Miss Ren, please inside. ”

After entering the Wei family mansion, someone led the way to the place where the party was held, in the spacious backyard of the Wei family mansion.

Zhou Donghuang followed the second daughter into the backyard, and saw at a glance that there were neat tables all over the backyard, full of all kinds of food and drink, very similar to the earth's buffet.

"Yo, isn't this Miss Ren?"

As soon as Zhou Donghuang and the three arrived, a girl in a long green skirt walked forward with a maid and looked at Miss Ren with a mocking face, "Miss Ren, I heard that after you took Yang Zixi in, you were so tired that the Ren family lost a lot of business with the Shi family. ”

The appearance of the girl in the green dress is quite delicate, but it is far worse than Ren Jiapei and Yang Zixi, and now she chatters endlessly, and she has the potential of a shrew.

Zhou Donghuang noticed just now that this girl in the green dress, who was obviously deliberately ignoring Yang Zixi now, had glanced at Yang Zixi with jealousy in her eyes after they appeared.

"Zheng Qiuhe. ”

Ren Jiapei looked at the girl in the green dress and sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, Sister Zixi sent you a lot of rouge gouache at the beginning, and she helped you a lot, right?"

"Before Sister Zixi was expelled from the Yang family, you were affectionate and commensurate with her sister, but after she was expelled from the Yang family, you resolutely turned her away. ”

"You are an ungrateful villain, I disdain Jiapei to be with you...... Fuck off!!"

The girl in the green skirt, named 'Zheng Qiuhe', is the third lady of the Zheng family, a wealthy family.

"The Zheng family?"

Zhou Donghuang glanced at Zheng Qiuhe lightly, he remembered very well that after Yang Zixi was expelled from the Yang family, the first person to go was the Zheng family.

Thinking about it, I went to find this Zheng Qiuhe.

The Zheng family, like the Yang family, is just a wealthy family at the bottom.

Because of this, seeing that Ren Jiapei was so strong, Zheng Qiuhe's face became very ugly, but he didn't dare to block Ren Jiapei's way anymore, and obediently let it aside.

The Ren family is much stronger than their Zheng family.

"Third Miss, this eldest lady of the Ren family is so bent on going her own way, sooner or later she will be liquidated by the eldest young master of the Shi family...... You don't have to be angry with her. ”

The maid behind Zheng Qiuhe comforted her softly.

"Hmph! I'm waiting to see the day when this Ren Jiapei is unlucky. ”

Zheng Qiuhe stared at Ren Jiapei's back with a cold look in his eyes, and said hatefully.