3. The so-called relatives

Ryuginju is a garden within a garden, covering a very wide area, built very luxuriously, with pearls as curtains, white jade as beds, and even deliberately introduced hot springs as baths, it seems that a lot of thought was spent.

Sitting in the hot spring, Ximen Longjin closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, but her divine consciousness left her body and slowly expanded outward.

In the room, her cute little apprentice was carefully packing her luggage, and in the hall, several maidservants were busy coming and going.

The Divine Consciousness continued to expand outward, crossing the Ryuginju to the main courtyard where his grandfather lived.

Grandfather Simon Tong was sitting in the study with a cold face, and her father and several uncles and uncles were sitting in the lower position in turn.

"That girl is really getting more and more unseen, trapped in the secret realm? Hmph, she can also say such a ridiculous reason, who to coax for a fool. The second uncle said with an unkind face.

"Knowing that tomorrow is the Council of Elders, she didn't come back until today, in case she can't catch up, she wants to go to my Simon's house!" the third uncle answered angrily.

"She didn't rely on the cultivation of the family today, but now her wings are stiff, and she doesn't even care about the head of the family, how can it be unreasonable!" the fourth uncle said angrily.

"Shut it all up. On the main seat, Simon Tong scolded with a cold face.

There was a sudden silence in the study.

"Anyway, she's from my Simon family, and that's not going to change. Ximen Tong said lightly, "Only if she continues to stay in the position of elder, can my Ximen family continue to prosper." ”

"Yes. Several people were clearly unwilling, but they still responded in a low voice.

"She's no longer the little girl you were able to blame. Ximentong's voice was slightly cold, "The Council of Elders is about to be convened, I don't care how you usually fight, at this time, you are only allowed to be unanimous with the outside world, if you let me know who among you dares to provoke her, I don't need her to do anything, I will abolish you first." ”

"Yes. Several people's faces sank, but they were still forced by the majesty of the head of the family, and whispered.

From beginning to end, her father did not say a word to defend her.

"Family master, wouldn't it be too risky to eradicate the Liu family, after all, the power of the Liu family should not be underestimated......" The third uncle hesitated for a while and said again.

"It's okay, since Long Jin has relented, the one from the Liu family will be handed over to her. ”

Ximen Longjin raised his head slightly, withdrew his senses, and a cold smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Master, don't fall asleep in the pool, be careful of catching a cold. Outside the curtain, there was the sound of singing.

Ximen Longjin opened his eyes, stood up suddenly, walked ashore, put on his bathrobe, and walked out of the bathroom.

"Master, the 'sincerity of the apology' has been sorted out, there were a total of twenty-one people in the lobby of the Wufang Restaurant at that time, except for the monks of Xiaoyaosan and Pergola Temple, they did not send sincerity, and a total of 1.9 million gold was collected. Wen Ge took a dry cloth to wipe her hair and said softly.

"The monks of the pergola temple are still good. Ximen Longjin knocked on the table, "Why is that carefree man so familiar?"

"The Loose Scatter, like you, are here for the Presbytery. Wen Ge poured a cup of tea for her and said.

"Ah...... It's him. Ximen Longjin took a sip of tea, "What's the name of the loose people?"

"Liu Xingtian. ”

"It turns out that he is the one from the Liu family. Ximen Longjin curled his lips, "What a coincidence." ”

On the second day of the elders' meeting, only eight of the nine elders came, and the soul lamp placed in the Elder Hall of Linyuan City was extinguished.

When the news of the fall of Liu Xingtian, one of the Nine Great Elders, was quietly spreading in Linyuan City, Ximen Longjin was half-lying on a rocking chair in the garden, leisurely basking in the sun.

Wen Ge sat on the side and peeled pomegranates quietly.

"My lord, the second lady asks to see you. "Outside the door, a servant girl came to report.

"Ask her to come in. Ximen Longjin sat up and said.

The maidservant took the order and left, and after a while, a woman in a goose-yellow full-breasted skirt walked in gracefully, looking at the eyebrows and eyes, it was no different from Ximen Longjin.

It was Simon Longlan, her twin sister.

It's just that unlike Ximen Longjin's laziness and uninhibitedness, the woman looks delicate and lovely, obviously with the same face, but with a different style.

"Sister, why don't you come to Qingfeng Yuan to see Long Lan when you come back, if it weren't for Long Lan going out of the customs and seeing the Nine Heavens Xuanyi you sent, I wouldn't know that you were back. Long Lan blessed her body, and quickly made a big gift without waiting for Ximen Longjin to stop her, and then smiled and got tired of Ximen Longjin's side and said coquettishly.

"I know you're closed, I'm afraid I'll disturb you. Facing the face that was exactly the same as himself, Ximen Longjin was in a trance for a moment, and then smiled and raised his hand to touch her head.

"Then I'm wrong about my sister. Long Lan pouted, then looked sideways at Wen Ge, who was seriously peeling pomegranates with her head down, and greeted with a smile, "Wen Ge, long time no see." ”

"Second Miss. Wen Ge nodded lightly.

A trace of unknown emotion flashed in Ximen Longlan's eyes very quickly, and then he said a little gloomily: "Wenge is still so cold." ”

"I'm a shy kid, so I don't have to worry about him. Ximen Longjin raised his hand and poured a cup of tea, handed it to her, and said with a smile.

The corners of Ximen Longlan's mouth twitched slightly, glanced at Wenge, who was still deaf to him, covered the emotions in his eyes, took the teacup, and turned his head sideways to look at Ximen Longjin: "Sister, why did it take so long to come back this time, Longlan looks forward to you every day." ”

"There are some things delayed outside, and I have been trapped in a secret place for several years, and I only came out a while ago. ”

"It's so dangerous!" Long Lan's eyes widened slightly, and then she sighed again, "Sister is already so powerful, why do you have to suffer yourself like this, how can you say that you are also the eldest lady of the dignified Ximen Mansion, how much suffering you should have suffered when you are outside alone." ”

Ximen Longjin smiled and did not speak.

"By the way, I heard that when my sister returned to the city, she encountered some trouble in Wufang Restaurant?"

"You're so well informed. Ximen Longjin smiled, "It's not a trouble, it's just that someone covets the beauty of my apprentice and has been taught a little lesson." ”

"I see. Ximen Longlan glanced at Wen Ge with a wooden face, covered her lips and chuckled, "I heard that the people who came to apologize yesterday were very spectacular." ”

"Let my sister see it. Ximen Longjin curled his lips.

As he was talking, a maidservant came outside to spread the word, saying that the fifth lady was looking for the second lady.

Long Lan stood up when she heard this: "Sister, have you ever seen your mother, why don't you go together?"

"No need, you can go yourself. The smile on Ximen Longjin's face paused slightly, and he waved his hand.

Long Lan lowered her eyes, and seemed to be a little overwhelmed: "My mother is just always timid, and she is not used to getting along with you, not that she deliberately doesn't want to be close to her sister......"

"I understand. ”

Ximen Longlan showed a happy look: "I know that my sister is the most reasonable and understanding, I will go to meet my mother first, and you and my sister will talk later." ”

"Good. ”

Ximen Longlan took two steps, suddenly turned around and smiled: "I still have a three-hundred-year-old red dust drunk there, I know that my sister has good wine, and I have always kept it for my sister. ”

"I can't ask for it. Simon Long Jin smiled.

"Wenge, you have to come too. ”

"Since the master has agreed, he will come to disturb him when he hears the song. Wen Ge said lightly.

Ximen Longlan bowed her head and saluted, and turned to leave.

Ximen Longjin watched her back disappear at the end of the garden with a smile, reached out and grabbed a few pomegranate seeds and put them in his mouth, and the sweet and sour feeling suddenly spread between his lips and tongue.

"It's like. Gently, she sighed.

"Not at all. Wen Ge shook his head.

"Oh?" Ximen Longjin looked at him suspiciously, "We're twin sisters." ”

"Not at all. Wen Ge put the pomegranate seeds peeled out of his hand on the crystal plate, looked up at her, and said very stubbornly.

"That's right. Ximen Longjin didn't say anything more, only smiled and softened his body and lay back on the rocking chair.

The sun was just right, and the sun made people drowsy, Ximen Longjin took out the wine gourd in the storage bracelet, looked up and took a sip, and the mellow and slightly spicy liquid poured into the throat, extending all the way to the stomach, ironing incomparably.

With a sigh of relief, she closed her eyes and fell asleep in the soft sunlight.

In a daze, something approached her, the soft and slightly cool touch lightly touched her cheek, she frowned, opened her eyes in a daze, and saw Wen Ge's enlarged face.

"Wenge?" she looked at him suspiciously, what were you doing so close?

"A petal has fallen on your face. Wen Ge smiled and spread out his palms.

On the palm of the white jade, there is indeed a pink petal.

Ximen Longjin stretched out his hand and picked up the petals, and with a gentle blow, the petals swayed into the wind: "It's so beautiful." ”

Squinting her eyes, she smiled.

"yes, it's beautiful. Wenge looked at her and smiled.

A few days after the start of the Council of Elders, the Liu family in Linyuan City disappeared quietly, saying that it was silent because the major forces in Linyuan City were fighting endlessly for the position of elder, and the Xiaoyaosan people, who were the pillars of the Liu family, had fallen, and a small Liu family, whether it existed or died, could not cause a ripple at all.

It's just that soon, rumors spread that the reason why Xiaoyaosanren died suddenly was because he offended Ximen Longjin's apprentice in Wufang Restaurant.

The rumors intensified, and soon swept through the entire Linyuan City.

When this rumor reached Ximen Longjin's ears, she was drinking the three-hundred-year-old red dust drunk in Ximen Longlan's Qingfeng Garden.

"It's really excessive, it's obvious that he offended his sister first. Ximen Longlan said angrily.

"It's okay, it's just a small thing. Ximen Longjin said indifferently, and indulged in the red dust of the jar.

It's really good wine.

"But my sister's reputation is ruined. Ximen Longlan said with a distressed face, "And the fact that my sister is a murderer is known, what if they come to seek revenge." ”

"The people are all dead, who else in the Liu family dares to seek revenge?" Ximen Longjin glanced at Long Lan with a smile, not minding her at all to use the word "murderer" to describe her, nor did he care about her reputation, "And the Liu family, hasn't it been eradicated by my grandfather." ”

Ximen Longlan suffocated slightly.

"Sister doesn't have to worry about it. Ximen Longjin bent his lips, and his beautiful Danfeng's eyes were scattered.

Ximen Longlan pinched the hem of her skirt tightly, pinched the hem of her skirt into deep wrinkles, and then a smile appeared in her eyes: "Yes, my sister is so powerful, who have you been afraid of." She spoke, her voice soft, like a whisper.

Ximen Longjin didn't speak, only glanced at her wrinkled skirt and smiled and drank.

"Lord Long Jin, the head of the family invites you to go to the study and discuss important matters. At this moment, a waiter suddenly came outside the door.

Ximen Longjin put down the wine cup, glanced at Hongchen Drunk, who still had half a jar left, and turned back to Long Lan and smiled: "I'll come when I go." ”

"Good. Ximen Longlan smiled, "Don't worry, the wine is for you." ”

Ximen Longjin then left with the waiter.

When she entered the study, the head of the Simon family, her grandfather, Simon Tong, was sitting behind the bookcase with a calm face.

"Grandfather. Ximen Longjin opened his mouth and called.

"Lord Long Jin. Simon made a gesture to get up.

"Grandfather doesn't have to be polite. Ximen Longjin sat down at the bottom and signaled that Ximen Tong didn't have to get up.

Ximen Tong didn't get up, but just pushed a jade slip on the bookcase forward: "This is the war book of Yu Hengjiang." ”

"Yu Hengjiang?" Ximen Longjin blinked his eyes, as if he was a little familiar.

“...... She is also one of the Nine Elders. Ximentong frowned, a little dissatisfied with her casual attitude, she didn't understand her opponent clearly, and she didn't even remember her name.

"Ah, it's her. Ximen Longjin nodded, remembering that there was indeed such a number one person, but why did she want to make a war letter to herself? Although the Council of Elders has always been a bloody storm, whoever has the biggest fist is in power, but such an old-fashioned thing as the war book rarely happens.

She said she wanted to avenge the loose people. When Ximen Tong said this, his face was a little difficult to look at.

"Huh?" Ximen Longjin grinned and smiled, "Could it be that she is Liu Xingtian's little lover?"

"Yu Hengjiang is a famous poisonous lady, and the ranking of the Nine Great Elders is even higher than you, so it's a big trouble to provoke her. Seeing that she was still smiling, Ximen's face became more and more difficult to look at, "The relationship between Liu Xingtian and Yu Hengjiang didn't even find any clues in the intelligence system of the Ximen family, and he knew that there was such a relationship between them, so he shouldn't have moved the Liu family easily." ”

Even the intelligence system that the Ximen family has always been proud of has not found any clues? That's really interesting, you know, the intelligence system of the Ximen family is second to none in the Nine Shadows Continent, as the main competitor of the Ximen family, that carefree person has long been investigated and removed, eighty percent of the original form has shed the skin several times, there have been a few small rooms and several outer rooms have been recorded, how could such a little lover be missed?

"It's all moving, it's too late to say anything. Ximen Longjin stood up, raised his hand, and the bamboo was put into her sleeve, "I took this battle book." ”

Simon looked at her for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh: "That's all it takes." ”

Leaving the academy of the head of the family, Ximen Longjin was worried about the half of the jar red dust drunk, so he cast a wind trick, and in just a blink of an eye, he arrived at Qingfeng Garden.

As soon as he stepped into the living room where the banquet was held, Ximen Longjin was stunned for a moment.

In the banquet hall, Ximen Longlan was entangled in Wen Ge, and the two were inseparable.

Lowering her eyes, she turned invisible and turned away.

That night, Wenge came back very late.

When he returned, Ximen Longjin was already asleep.

Wen Ge stood outside the door of the Longjin room in Ximen for a long time, almost raising his hand to knock on the door, but finally lowered his hand and left slowly.

On the second day, when Ximen Longjin woke up, she smelled a familiar sweet smell, she got up after dressing, simply freshened up, and went to the dining room.

When he stepped into the dining room, Wen Ge was putting dishes with his head down.

"Peach crisp?" Ximen Longjin moved his nose.

"Well, I just made it this morning, you drink porridge to moisten your throat before eating. Wen Ge filled her with a bowl of porridge and smiled.

"Hmm!" Ximen Longjin strode to the table and sat down, took a sip of porridge, and then took a piece of peach crisp and bit it, the crispy and fragrant taste made her squint her eyes slightly, "Wenge's craftsmanship is getting more and more sophisticated." ”

When he heard the song, he laughed.

"I'm going to go out after breakfast, and your Water Moon Recipe is at an important juncture of advancement, so you don't have to go with me. While eating, Ximen Longjin said.

"Yes. Wen Ge answered, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Did something happen?"

"The little lover who is free and loose has given me a war letter. Ximen Longjin grinned and said with a smile, "It's not a big deal, you can cultivate with peace of mind, if there is anything you don't understand, wait until I come back." ”

"Yes. ”

"One more thing, don't rush it, your cultivation speed is not slow, if you are radical, it will only backfire. After taking a bite of the peach crisp, she instructed again.

"Yes. Hearing the song, he looked at Ximen Longjin's side face, his eyes flashed with hesitation, but in the end he just clenched his fists and didn't say anything.