Chapter 2: Drowning

Baolu helped Wei Wei to go back to the room, simply freshen up and sleep.

Wei Ji closed her eyes, and there was still a vision and voice in her mind that she had just left the main hall and saw the statue of the Heavenly Master, she asked Bao Lu if she saw it, but Bao Lu said no with a blank face. For a while, Wei Ji couldn't tell if she was in a trance, and she was hallucinating.

Sanyuanguan is a place of pure cultivation in the mountains, and the night is deeper and heavier, and the cold wind is blowing.

slept until midnight, but Wei Ji was woken up by the heat, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a fire outside the window, and the smoke drilled through the crack in the door, and the whole room was filled with smoky smoke in a moment, and she inhaled it in a hurry, and her eyes and throat instantly ached.

The guest room is a small courtyard with scattered intervals, and she lives in the most remote place, outside there are Taoist people beating gongs and shouting to walk the water, and there are servants and maids screaming, and it is a mess. These voices also seemed a little far away from the courtyard.

Wei Ji got out of bed and put on her coat, covered her mouth and nose, and heard the voice of Baolu calling her mother in horror. She turned her head to see that the flames had already rushed in through the crack in the door, and the heat was rolling, and in the blink of an eye, the flames had already climbed from the outside and inside, along the door frame, and jumped up the wooden beams.

The outside call became more and more hurried.

The fire in front of the door was as dazzling as day, and Wei Ji suddenly gave birth to a trace of enlightenment and suddenness.

This is already the case in this life, and what makes a difference in the way it ends.

She slowly closed her eyes, her breath filled with waves of fire, waiting for death to come.

There was a sudden darkness in front of her, and the burning pain she had imagined had not come, and the cold that had hit her on all sides made her shiver, and she suddenly opened her eyes again.

Wei Jiao's body was swept by the current, floating and floating, she was like in a dream, suddenly falling from one nightmare to another, one moment still surrounded by firelight, the next moment she was thrown into the water.

Wei Jiao was frightened, but the water was turbulent, and she didn't have time to think at all. She was just in a trance for a moment, and then she was swept away by the river.

It was pitch black all around, and when you looked up, you could see a few stars dotted in the sky.

She stretched out her hand, trying to grab the borrowed thing, but the force did not hook anything, the river rushed to a drop, the current was more rapid, she floated and fell, as the water lost heavy and submerged in the water, her eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all filled with water, her throat was particularly uncomfortable, and she almost didn't catch her breath after choking on two mouthfuls of water.

When her life was hanging by a thread, Wei Ji stimulated a wave of reluctance, gritted her teeth and kicked her legs and swung her arms, and her body surfaced again. She took two breaths, and although she didn't know why she was here suddenly, she was only determined to get out of the predicament first. Wei Ji knows some swimming skills. When she had just fallen down the river and reached a gentle slope, she slowly approached the shore, and when she was almost exhausted, she finally touched the sand and gravel on the shore.

Wei Ji slowly climbed ashore, vomited river water from her mouth, out of breath, gasping for breath, and looked around blankly.

She suddenly remembered something and hurriedly lowered her head.

The night was blank, there was no light, and her hands were slender and immature, obviously smaller.

Wei Jiao's body trembled uncontrollably, and she was shocked, suspecting that she had fallen into a dream. But the night wind hit, and the chill drilled into the skin from the soaked clothes, and the biting cold made the body tremble more and more.

She hung her head, her hair was scattered, and she was covered in water, like a water ghost coming ashore from the night river.

But she knew that the current situation was weirder and more terrifying than the water ghost.

Wei Ji flashed that incredible thought, touched his clothes, and further confirmed his thoughts. She was wearing a man's large-sleeved shirt with wide sleeves, which made it extremely difficult for her arms to swing in the water just now, and she didn't think much about it at the time, but now I know the reason.

Shirts, drowning, young ......

It was that day!

She remembers the fall into the water very clearly, it was the autumn of the year she was thirteen years old, if it is really a new life, only this time and place can be matched.

Wei Jiao's teeth rattled, both cold and excited.

Brother!

Her brother, Wei Cong.

Thinking of Wei Cong, Wei Cong's eyes were red, and a dull pain spread to her heart, and tears suddenly rained down. When her father Wei Song died, her mother Yang was pregnant, and later gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, which were Wei Cong and her. Because of this drowning, Wei Cong disappeared, his mother Yang couldn't stand the stimulation, she was mad, her spirit was jet lag, the family lost her future pillar, and she married far away, and the decline of Jiangxia Wei's branch is already doomed today.

Wei Ji looked at the river, her lips trembled, and she shouted, "Brother." ”

She wanted to stand up, but her limbs were as heavy as lead, the river was cold, the night wind was cold, and under the double blow, her body was frozen and wooden, and she didn't notice it when she was shocked just now, but now she knew that her body was abnormal with a slight movement.

Wei Ji tried her best, but her voice couldn't come far, at this time her body was still young, and she was very cold, after she shouted a few times, her throat was swollen and painful, and she was hoarse and difficult to speak.

The river was surging and in the darkness was like a swimming snake, and there was no response.

You have to get someone to help quickly, Wei Ji frowned.

Looking around, in the dark environment, she could only vaguely discern that there seemed to be farmland not far away. If there is farmland, there will be people living nearby. She gritted her teeth and got up from the ground, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, not a single bone in her body that did not hurt. Wei Ji didn't say a word, gritted her teeth and held on.

Just when she was anxious, a bright light appeared in the same place, and a shout was heard from afar.

"Wei Xiaolangjun."

"Little Lady Wei."

Wei Ji raised her head and looked at the light, where a dozen torches were scattered and walked along the riverbank. These people walked very slowly, and Wei Ji knew that it was not that these people didn't bother to look for them, but that most people couldn't see at night nowadays. Her throat was so swollen that she couldn't scream, so she could only quicken her pace towards the torch.

It was a nearby farmer who came to look for him, and he was holding a torch at the moment, and he didn't see a figure until Wei Ji was less than five paces away.

"Wei Xiaolangjun," the man saw Wei Xiaolangjun's clothes, waved his torch excitedly, and his voice came out loudly, "I found Wei Xiaolangjun." ”

Wei Ji asked, "What about my family?"

Her voice was so hoarse that she couldn't tell the difference between a man and a woman.

There was a woman next to her: "Xiao Langjun, go to my house to change into dry clothes, don't freeze your body." ”

The farmer knew her concerns and said, "Don't worry, Xiaolangjun, let's continue to look for the little girl." ”

After experiencing the double disaster of fire and water, and suddenly returning to the past, the torches were dazzling, Wei Ji closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them again, she was much calmer, since so many incredible things have happened, what else can she not face.

At least, there's a chance to do it all over again.

Watching the farmers continue their search by the river, she followed the peasant woman to the nearest house. The peasant woman hurriedly turned over a set of coarse cloth clothes, and the pulp was clean, but the cloth was inferior. Wei Ji would pay attention to these things at this time, she still had something to do urgently, so she hurriedly changed her clothes alone.

An anxious voice suddenly came from outside the house, "My little Langjun is here"

When Wei Ji heard this familiar voice, her nose was a little pantothenic.

"Xiao Langjun, it's me." After a word was spoken outside the door, someone pushed the door in.

A woman in her thirties, with a wide forehead and a slow bun, has a kind face, but the corners of her eyes are wrinkled, and she has already shown her old appearance. At this time, her eyes were red, and she had obviously cried on the way here.

Wei Ji's lips twitched, "Aunt Hui." ”

Hui Niang is her mother's maid, her husband is the steward of the Wei family, and she originally had a son, who was sick when he was two years old, and has not reproduced since then. The Wei family has dismissed the servants twice over the years, and the family has gradually reduced the number of people, but she has been following the Yang family to take care of the inside and outside, and privately treats Wei Cong and Wei Ji as her own children, and they look like eyeballs.

Wei Ji thought that she accompanied her mother Yang and died together in the turmoil of the displaced people, but now she was standing in front of her so well, and she had mixed feelings for a while.

Hui Niang's face changed, "Girl." ”

I heard from the farmer just now that she had found Wei Cong, and she hurried over. Others couldn't tell the difference, she could see at a glance that this was Wei Cong, not Wei Cong.

Wei Ji nodded and hurriedly asked, "What about my mother?"

Hui Niang's face was embarrassed, "Your mother fainted when she heard the news just now, she has invited Lang Zhong, and she hasn't woken up yet." ”

Wei Jiao's heart is gloomy, there is a lot of water in Jiangxia, there are many rivers, there are drowning accidents every year, there are few rescuers, it is very rare to be swept away by the water like Wei Jiao and survive. Yang was widowed early, and regarded a pair of children as all the hope for the rest of his life, and when he heard the news that they had fallen into the water, he couldn't bear the blow and became delirious and crazy.

Wei Ji was also unconscious when she was rescued, she didn't know anything, she only knew that her mother fell ill, but she didn't expect it to happen so early.

After living again, but things had already happened, Wei Ji gritted her teeth and reminded herself that there was still something crucial to do.

"Aunt Hui, take the family's greetings, and now immediately go to the county lieutenant, as well as the Huang family, and send more people along the river, so that they can help find people together."

Hui Niang was taken aback and looked at her in a daze.

Wei Ji said: "Uncle should also be informed, the sooner the better." ”

Hui Niang hesitated: "Blood relatives, I should be, I have already called someone to go just now, but the county lieutenant and the Huang family ......"

The Yang family fainted when they heard the news, and there was no one in charge at home, so Hui Niang hurriedly could only call someone to call the farmers near the river to help, these farmers were all tenants of the Wei family, and they should contribute. There is also another Wei clan in the county, Wei Ji called her uncle, that is her father's cousin, and the blood relationship is from the Anyi Wei clan, which can be said to have the same root and origin.

These helpers should be, and it is the latter two that make Hui Niang hesitate.

Wei Ji knew her concerns, the Huang family is a wealthy family in this county, the ancestor Huang Xiang is one of the "twenty-four filial pieties", and Wen Yu is talking about him, and his filial piety spreads all over the world. A hundred years ago, there were two captains in the family, and before the Wei family moved in, the Huang family in the county was dominant and had a special status.

Wei Ji said: "It's a pity that his family didn't enter the product when he evaluated it three years ago, and he is not a scholar." I treat the Huang family with the courtesy of the scholars, and they are definitely willing to contribute. ”

The status of the scholars of this dynasty is respected, the Huang family has not been able to enter the product, and no matter how rich the family is, it is quite powerful in the local area, and it can only be called a cold door, and there is a natural gap with the scholars. The Wei clan is now weakened, but after Anyi, he is still a noble family in the ranks. Wei Ji is willing to ask the Huang family for help, which can be said to give the Huang family face.

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Chapter 3 Substitution

Wei Ji briefly explained two sentences, living in the Xie family for so many years, it is not completely fruitless, at least these styles of behavior among the scholars, she has seen and learned in the Xie family.

Hui Niang glanced at Wei Ji again, and was surprised that her judgment on this matter was so quick and firm. Wei Cong Wei Ji is her child who is small and brought up, but suddenly, the little girl seems to have changed a little. Hui Niang didn't think much about it, and left the house to make arrangements outside.

Soon she came back with a bowl of hot ginger soup in her hand for Wei Ji to drink.

The Wei family was already weak, and Wei Ji soaked in the cold water of the autumn night for a while, drinking ginger soup just to sweat and drive away the cold.

"Girl," Hui Niang said, "the outside have mistaken you for Xiao Langjun." ”

Wei Ji only frowned slightly when she heard this, "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's good to do things in the name of my brother." ”

Hui Niang nodded. There are only two brothers and sisters in this Wei family, but there is a difference between men and women, no matter how young Wei Xiaolangjun is, he can also represent Wei's family, for example, he sent someone to find the Huang family just now, and he also played Wei Cong's name.

Wei Ji was not worried about what problems would arise in the future, and when she found Wei Cong, she gave orders on behalf of her brother, which can be said to be a beautiful conversation. If you don't find it, it doesn't matter.

Wei Ji drank the ginger soup and felt that her body warmed up, so she couldn't sit still anymore, left the farmer's house and came to the river, and followed everyone along the coast to find people.

In the previous life, Wei Cong disappeared after falling into the water, and Wei searched for three days and three nights in the nearby river without stopping, and then went downstream to visit one after another, but no trace of Wei Cong was found, and finally the family could only accept the reality that Wei Cong would never come back.

Wei Jiao's heart is heavy, this time she will use more manpower and spread a wider range, perhaps...... There is more hope than in the previous life to find his brother Wei Cong.

When the Huang family received Wei's greetings, they were really very active, and immediately sent servants and tenants to help, and the eldest grandson of the long house brought people in person.

There are two families of the same Wei family in the county, the head of the family, Wei Shen, is Wei Ji's cousin, he attaches great importance to the descendants of the Wei family, when Wei Ji sent people to find the county lieutenant, Wei Shen has already found the county lieutenant first, borrowed the county government officer, and when he left, he met the steward sent by Wei Jiao to send the worship post. Wei Shen listened to the steward and said that it was Wei Cong's arrangement, and sighed, although he was young, he was very thoughtful.

He led the people straight to the lower reaches of the river and scattered the people to search.

There are more and more people by the river, and in the dark night, the light of torches crisscrosses the land, like a chessboard encompassing the earth.

The county was almost all shaken. The Wei family is a scholar clan with a high status, and the dragon and phoenix twins of Wei Cong and Wei Ji are also very famous in this county.

The people in the county call them "golden boys and girls" behind their backs, just because they are twins, and their appearance is outstanding, just like the fairy children around the immortals, and the farmers are simple, and many people hear the movement and take the initiative to ask for help after inquiring about the situation.

As the night passed, the sky turned white, and the autumn wind blew in, dispelling the darkness, and soon the light shone on the earth, and the river surface was sparkling and reflective, and the searchers in the various rivers reported that Wei Cong was not found.

Wei Ji looked into the distance, and her heart cooled down a little.