When they arrived at the back garden where their cousins were playing, Er Ya cheered and joined in a game of hide and seek. Shen He looked at it and walked to his cousins who were sitting in the pavilion playing against each other, intending to ask for chess skills.

"Sansan, are you here to play?" her teenage cousin called her, "I'll teach you how to catch sheep crutches." ”

"Thank you cousin, I don't want to play. ”

"Then do you want to see the flowers?" The cousin was very responsible and didn't want to snub the cousin, "The immortal flowers sent to the song city have bloomed, if you want to see them, you can go and see them." ”

Shen Zhiwei was just about to relax his emotions and nodded and said okay.

My cousin called a girl of twelve or thirteen years old, cleanly dressed and slightly restrained in her speech and demeanor.

She introduced: "This is Zhuzhu. Raising his head and looking at Zhuzhu's face, "This is the young lady of the Shen family, the young lady of my family, and the youngest daughter of my aunt." Be cautious and don't be lazy. ”

Zhuzhu whispered yes.

Shen Zhiwei took a look at Zhuzhu's clothes, thinking that the other party was from a side branch of the Dongfang family, and did not delve into its origin.

The two walked on the cobblestone path, Shen Zhiwei looked at the plants on both sides of the road, suddenly remembered a trivial matter, and asked, "What's your last name?"

"Huh?" Zhuzhu looked at her, vaguely feeling that this little girl was not easy to mess with than Miss Chang of the Dongfang family, so she replied honestly, "My surname is Qin, and I have lived in Baishi Town since I was a child. The lord said that my martial arts qualifications are not bad, and I can't waste my precious time in vain, so he brought me here. ”

I see, Shen Zhiwei understood.

There is a farm of the Dongfang family in Baishi Town, before she was born, her grandfather had moved to Zhuangzi to retire, and most of them were specially visited by others, and rarely when he returned to An Yingcheng.

If Zhuzhu has the potential to become a strong person, it is not impossible for her grandfather to adopt her as his godgranddaughter, or to raise her to be an adopted daughter.

However, this will inevitably lead to the redistribution of the cultivation resources of the Dongfang family, touching the vested interests of some people.

Shen Zhiwei had no interest in knowing these bad things, she was more curious about the town where Zhuzhu lived: "I remember that Baishi Town is located in the mountains and forests north of An Ying City, compared to An Ying City, what is the difference there?"

Zhuzhu said: "There are very few people living in the town, and everyone knows each other. There are a lot of mountains outside the town, and there are trees on the hills, and there are many birds and common beasts in the forests. Some hunters and herb pickers live in the mountains all year round, and they always go down the mountain every ten days and half a month to buy grain and oil and other food, and sometimes they encounter problems and do not show up for two or three months. ”

Shen Zhiwei sighed: "Are there any demon beasts in the mountains? I heard that the town of Chiyuan in the north was attacked by demon beasts not long ago, and there were dead people. Has White Rock been attacked by monsters?"

Zhuzhu hesitated, shook her head, and said, "There is a demon beast, but it didn't dare to approach the town. He added, "Demon beasts are terrible and can eat people." ”

"You've seen monsters, and it's up close. Shen Zhiwei said the affirmative, she stopped, carefully observed a string of blooming white bell flowers, and asked casually, "Were you scared at that time?"

She plucked it with her hand, and the bells made a jingling sound, which was very pleasant.

Zhuzhu's gaze was attracted by the bell flower, and at the same time, there was a strange perception that "the children of An Yingcheng are smarter than Baishi Town", and replied, "Afraid." Later, Uncle Tong suddenly appeared between me and the demon beast and killed the demon beast, so I didn't feel scared. ”

Is it so bold?

Shen Zhiwei looked at Zhuzhu's immature face seriously.

Her complexion was a little dark, her clothes were loose and ill-fitting, and her shoes were straw sandals.

- Obviously, the Oriental family did not pay attention to it, maybe her grandfather was seriously ill and neglected her, or maybe her grandfather deliberately tested her with this.

Before the little girl felt embarrassed, Shen Zhiwei looked away: "Do you want to go back to Baishi Town?"

"......" Zhuzhu was silent for a moment, then said firmly, "I'm going to stay here." ”

Only by staying in An Ying City can she become stronger.

So, instead of using "I think", she uses "I want".

Such an answer reminded Shen Zhiwei of Luo Shenghuan, who had a strong personality, and then thought of his mother Dongfang Wuyang.

The former did not forget her original intention and persistently pursued what she pursued, leaving no footsteps, while the latter was changed by reality and fell into the entanglement of family and clan.

How will the beads be chosen in the future?

Shen Zhiwei recalled his cousin's dislike for Zhuzhu, and came to the greenhouse slowly.

There are many expensive flowers here, and it is also the medicine garden of the Oriental family.

The immortal flower was planted in the elixir garden, and Xu Yuanguan was not allowed to approach.

It is a gift from the ancestral house of the Shen family in Chaoge City to the Dongfang family, which blooms in ten years and bears fruit in thirty years, and is an extremely precious elixir.

It is said that eating a longevity flower can prolong life by three years, and eating a longevity fruit can increase life span by ten years. If an alchemist is asked to refine the flowers and fruits into a long-life pill, in terms of the level of the alchemist, the life span can be extended by 12 to 30 years.

As Miss Biao, Shen Zhiwei is not qualified to set foot in the Elixir Garden to watch the immortal flowers, this is the rule.

Through the transparent prohibition, she admired the big flowers with great interest, and asked the steward of the elixir garden waiting beside her from time to time: "This flower grows so well, it should be able to divide the plants this year, right?"

"No, you can't. The steward said firmly, "We have tried to divide the seedlings, and the seedlings that have been separated have died after half a year, and the main plant has been injured at the root and almost died." Thanks to the head of the family who personally invited Mr. Wang, who is proficient in elixir cultivation, it took a lot of effort to revive the immortal flower. ”

"Such a delicate thing. ”

Shen Zhi muttered slightly.

After observing for a few more moments, she felt the scent of flowers and couldn't help but walk to the front of the ban.

The fragrance of flowers here is more refreshing, smell it twice, and suddenly feel refreshed, and the whole body is comfortable. It was as if the burden on his back was suddenly lifted, and the whole person became brisk, and it was like a person in a hot sweaty shirt who walked into an air-conditioned room, indescribably cool and comfortable.

This caused her hand to stretch forward involuntarily, until it touched something elastic like rubber, and then she came back to her senses from her intoxication.

Wrong.

The fragrance of immortal flowers is forbidden and isolated, not to mention dogs, even sharks with an extremely sensitive sense of smell can't smell the fragrance of flowers here.

Shen Zhiwei looked at the steward and Zhuzhu, and the two of them looked as usual.

Seeing Shen Zhiwei looking at himself, the steward said, "Miss Cousin, what you encountered is a prohibition. This prohibition was jointly arranged by the elders, and even if the strong enemy of the Condensation Realm attacked, they would not be able to steal this immortal flower. ”

So?

Could it be that I have awakened the legendary talent of occultism, which is a talent that surpasses the sense of smell of dogs and sharks?

The above speculation is not impossible, but Shen Zhiwei didn't feel that he had awakened his talent, and was about to study the reason, when he suddenly heard a commotion.

But it was a certain cousin who brought guests to admire the immortal flowers, and a group of people laughed and joked, breaking the long-standing tranquility of the Elixir Garden.

"Miss Cousin!" Zhuzhu's face turned pale, and she clenched her fists and said, "It's the Seventh Young Master, he's here!"

"He bullied you?" Shen Zhiwei frowned.

The seventh young master in the younger generation of the Dongfang family is the second son of the second aunt, named Dongfang Yanjin, who is seven or eight years older than Shen He.

Every time Shen Zhiwei came to Dongfang's house as a guest, he would be told by Dongfang Wuyang to try to avoid meeting with this seventh cousin, and if he had to meet him, don't provoke him.

Everyone is a relative, why be wary of this?

Because the seventh cousin is unreasonable and shameless.

Not to mention anything else, just to say that everyone gathered together for the Chinese New Year this year, and the elders wanted to know how much their children and grandchildren's cultivation had improved compared to last year, and asked young people under the age of 30 to show their hands. Dongfang Yanjin was named by his elders, but he did not look for clansmen of similar age and strength, but challenged Shen He in public.

The challenge is to make an appointment, and Shen He refuses.

Dongfang Yanjin chose a clan brother who was less than ten years old, and bullied the young, beating them to the point that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen and they fell into a coma.

Such a brazen fanatic, who regards bullying as a natural principle, and the only elder who does not hate him is probably his mother, and the peers who are close to him are either like-minded gentlemen or have the intention of using him.

Today, Dongfang Yanjin came to the Elixir Garden, and someone also mentioned the immortal flower, saying that he wanted to see it.

He prides himself on being a generous person, and when he was provoked, he scoffed at the clan rules that he could not bring outsiders to the elixir garden, and opened his mouth to promise to let his fox friends visit the medicine garden.

These people around him are all good at compliments, and three or two good words coaxed Dongfang Yanjin to be even more proud.

When he came to the medicine garden, a young man with sharp beaks and monkey cheeks saw Zhuzhu and the steward with sharp eyes, and said in a strange manner: "That's the person who takes care of the elixir? Seventh son, your Dongfang family's property is not small, how can you deduct the monthly money of your slaves?"

"Are you blind, don't you see that this ugly girl is a village girl from the countryside?"

Dongfang Yanjin saw Zhuzhu with contempt on her face.

"Dongfang Mansion never treats slaves badly, this woman is low, vulgar and ugly, and she is disgusting when you look at it more! Who is it, you call it Little Fat Pig, right? Who allowed you to come here? Could it be that you took advantage of Grandpa's illness and came to the Elixir Garden to steal?!"

"Cousin. Shen Zhiwei motioned for Zhuzhu to retreat to the side, "It was because I wanted to know what the immortal flower looked like, so my cousin arranged for Zhuzhu to bring me over." ”

She lost the interest of staying and said, "Zhuzhu, let's go." ”

"Aren't you looking at the flowers? Why are you walking so fast? Dongfang Yanjin raised his eyebrows, "You can go, the little fat pig must stay." ”

"She has a name. Her name is Zhu Zhu, and she was a guest brought back by her grandfather. Shen Zhiwei looked at the people around Dongfang Yanjin, glanced at the young man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and said, "My cousin has brought so many people to the elixir garden, aren't you afraid of the theft of the elixir?"

Dongfang Yanjin was impatient: "What can you know about this little thing! The immortal flower is protected by a ban, who can steal it?"

As he spoke, he walked up to Zhuzhu and wanted to slap her.

The slap fanned out, Shen Zhiwei's eyes were quick, and he pushed hard to make Zhuzhu dodge, but he was grabbed by Dongfang Yanjin by the collar.

He sneered: "Little cousin, what do you want to do? This village girl is someone else's spy, and the purpose of infiltrating my Dongfang family is to spy on the immortal flower!" casually made up the charge, threw Shen Zhiwei into the grass with his hand, and went to catch Zhuzhu again.

The ancestral tomb of this village aunt is smoking, and she actually has the martial arts qualification of the fifth grade.

If she stayed in Baishi Town well, he would not be idle enough to deliberately trouble her, but she wanted to live in the Dongfang family, and she had to let her know how high the threshold of the Dongfang family was!

Shen Zhiwei knew that Dongfang Yanjin was a bastard.

As soon as she was grabbed by the collar, she glared at the medicine garden steward who had nothing to do with herself, and shouted: "Are you pestle here to watch the fun? My cousin beat me and stop him!"

When the steward heard this, he was shocked, lest Shen Zhiwei be injured by Dongfang Yanjin, so he hurriedly caught the little girl: "Miss Cousin, are you okay?"

In this short moment, Dongfang Yanjin had already grabbed Zhuzhu's wrist and brutally twisted it off.