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The flying boat slowed down, and Zhong Liqing woke up abruptly from her doze, and was about to rush to the window to see what happened, but was held down by Jun Moci.

"What are you doing?" I couldn't wait to see A Niang, and at the same time, I didn't know how to face Jun Moci, so it became a rather impatient question when I opened my mouth.

Jun Moci was not angry, but paused for a moment with the hand on her shoulder, and relaxed, but still vainly stopped her arm, staring at her with bottomless eyes, speaking softly It looks like he is coaxing a wayward child: "The flying boat just sailed into Xicheng of the Jiang clan, broke through the outer barrier, and it will take half a moment to reach the core station. You are injured, don't toss around, rest for a while , I will call you when I arrive..."

Zhong Liqing didn't know when this majesty changed his temper, and she was exhorted in such a mother-in-law--if it was before, she must have been so moved, and wished she could fall into her arms, rub their ears together, and have fun with each other-- ——At this moment, she lost her interest, and just sat back as she said, closing her eyes and resting herself.

No matter how calm he looked on the surface, his heart softened uncontrollably. Feeling the intense gaze, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he could hardly restrain the urge to open his eyes and meet her gaze.

Pursing her lips, and forced herself to hold back for a few breaths, Zhong Liqing finally decided to obey her own will and talk to her a little, so as not to hurt the face of the majestic swordsman.

Coincidentally, after several struggles in my heart, before opening my eyes and opening my mouth, the flying boat shook slightly, but stopped, and Jun Moci also stood up, looked at the hatch that was slowly opening, and said in a deep voice: "Here we are. "

Annoyed blush flashed across her face, Zhong Liqing quickly calmed down, stopped looking at her, and walked off the flying boat with everyone.

The residence of the Jiang clan is different from that of the concubine clan with the same eight surnames in ancient times. Looking around, everyone is in a wide valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and next to water on one side - the place next to the water is a waterfall. In a bottomless pool of blue water, the water curtain falls into a natural water curtain, splashing crystal clear water when it hits the water, and the rumbling sound is deafening like thunder.

And the residence of the Jiang clan is on the huge plain in this valley—the houses are like a paradise, and the traffic is like a paradise.

As expected of A Niang's mother clan, it really is extraordinary.

Zhong Liqing gave a secret praise in her heart, followed the members of the mission to the crowded square in front of the village houses, her eyes wandered among the crowd, even though she had expected that she would not be able to find the person she wanted to see right away, she was still somewhat disappointed.

"The envoys have come from a long distance, and we are really troubled. Our family is simple, and I hope you will forgive me." The first four people came up, three men and one woman, but it was the woman who spoke.

Following the warm yet crisp voice, Zhong Liqing's eyes were fixed, but she immediately lowered her head, for fear that others would discover her gaffe - the woman was wearing a plain white dress that couldn't be simpler. Dressed in a dress, unadorned but hard to hide her demeanor, black hair like satin, and picturesque eyebrows; when you look carefully, the tails of the eyes are slightly raised, a tear mole at the corner of the eye reveals a trace of charm, and the thin red lips are hooked. Now he's a bit fierce and decisive, in terms of looks alone, not charm, he's actually somewhat similar to A Niang!

"The patriarch is polite, I should be the one to bother you." Lin Yunxi greeted her with a smile, the expression on her face was more sincere than the patriarchs of the previous families - I want to come to the patriarch of the Jiang clan , it is not simple.

"The current patriarch of the Jiang clan, Jiang Lingrao, has a ruthless temper and tough methods. Since she took over the position of patriarch, Xicheng's momentum has expanded by [-]%, and the Jiang clan has also stabilized the other three clans. Even Sandian is quite afraid of her." Zhong Liqing was curious about the woman's identity, when Jun Moci's voice sounded in the sea of ​​consciousness.

Turning her head suddenly, the person stood with her hands behind her back as if she didn't realize it, looking at the waterfall in the distance, as if there was someone else who transmitted the sound to her.

Zhong Liqing bent her lips, quickly withdrew her eyes, concentrated on the sea of ​​consciousness, recalled the spiritual power fluctuations transmitted by the voice that reached the sea of ​​consciousness, and learned that method to return a piece of consciousness, pretending not to care and asked: " The current patriarch? What about before that?"

In fact, what Zhong Liqing wanted to do the most was to pull Jun Moci by the collar and force her to ask her everything about Jiang Lingxian, instead of insinuating and probing in such a roundabout way.

The other party simply followed her wishes, and replied: "The Jiang family is of the same line, with two daughters and one son, the eldest daughter Jiang Lingxian, the second daughter Jiang Lingrao, and the youngest son Jiang Yike—the eight surnames in ancient times were all respected by women— Originally, Jiang Lingxian was supposed to succeed the patriarch, but she took over the position of Hall Master of the Hall of Stars and handed over the patriarch to Jiang Lingrao."

——The Lord of the Star Hall, is it A Niang?

So according to this, the master Cen Beiqing said was A Niang?

This time, many coincidences can be strung together.

"Then who is behind Jiang Lingrao?" The youngest man behind Jiang Lingrao is Jiang Huai'an who had met once. I don't know if he also taught Jun Moci to erase his memory and forget his identity; , she hadn't seen it before, she just asked casually.

Jun Moci didn't think too much, and answered with all his heart: "Those three people, counting from left to right, are Jiang Yike, the elder Jiang Yizhe, and Jiang Huai'an, the son of the side branch."

"Then Jiang Huaichang is Jiang Lingrao's child?" Zhong Liqing took another careful look at Jiang Lingrao - she was quite similar to Aunt, but her eyebrows and eyes were three points more beautiful, and her temperament was several times colder. There is a huge difference between her flaming and fiery appearance, and even more so with A Niang's gentleness and elegance - it's hard to imagine what her child looks like.

"Jiang Lingrao has never married a Taoist couple and never had a child—Jiang Huaichang is Jiang Yike's direct son. If Jiang Lingrao has no heirs and the daughter of the Jiang family has no future prospects, Jiang Huaichang is the most qualified descendant to inherit the position of patriarch." Jun Moci In her voice, she could hear a hint of sarcasm, which shows that she also had some complaints about Jiang Huaichang.

"Where's Jiang Lingxian? Does she... have no children?" Zhong Liqing couldn't help asking, "Isn't she the master of the Star Palace? Where is she now?"

"30 years ago, Jiang Lingxian disappeared and there was no news of her—it was rumored that she was pregnant. However, no one knew the truth, and the Jiang family kept secrets. Even Cen Beiqing couldn't figure out her whereabouts...One thing is certain , if Jiang Lingxian really has a child, no matter male or female, they will be Jiang Huaichang's most powerful contender, and the position of patriarch is hard to say."

"So that's it..." Zhong Liqing nodded, but didn't ask any more questions—subconsciously, she didn't want to teach Jun Moci about her relationship with the Jiang Clan or even the Concubine Clan; on the contrary, she herself wanted to know Everything about Jun Moci, and even more minding that the other party refuses to tell her anything, has to be said to be an extremely contradictory matter.

"Chang'er? What's wrong with this child?" At this moment, Jiang San, who was carried back by his servants, was finally exposed in front of all the people of the Jiang clan. It can be seen from the performance that there are not a few people in the Jiang family who dislike Jiang San.

"Chang'er! Who hurt my Chang'er?" Jiang Yike walked quickly to the side of Jiang Huaichang who was still in a coma, and put his fingertips between his eyebrows, as if he wanted to use spiritual power to invade the sea of ​​consciousness and investigate his situation.

Zhong Liqing pursed her lips, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes——Jiang Sanzhong's drug is extremely rare, and very few people know about it.

Jiang Yike's movements were very careful, only a tiny bit of spiritual power escaped and was taken back - if there is a little negligence, it is very likely that Jiang Huaichang's sea of ​​consciousness will be destroyed, even if he survives by chance, it will become a ghost. Ignorant waste, only those who use unscrupulous methods for torture and interrogation will recklessly invade other people's sea of ​​consciousness to search for memories.

In the entire cultivation world, this kind of cruel method has always been cast aside by people. It is not a last resort, or in front of others, very few monks will do it. When crossing the catastrophe, adding another heart demon, the gain outweighs the loss.

Looking at Jiang Yike's aggrieved face, he knew that he was helpless, and Zhong Liqing's smile deepened a bit.

"Chang'er!" When Jiang Yike was carefully investigating, another beautiful woman ran out from the crowd, and Lihua threw herself beside Jiang Huaichang with tears in her eyes, crying, "My poor child..."

"Shut up! How decent is it in front of the envoy!" Jiang Yike yelled at the woman in a cold voice, turned his head but bowed to Lin Yunxi, and asked with a sad face, "I wonder if the young master can tell you whether the child is Injured by whom? Why are you unconscious?"

"Elder, don't worry, the third son fell into a maze when he was talking about the family. It's not a serious problem. It only takes three to five days to wake up..." Lin Yunxi smiled awkwardly, but he could only hold on. She scalped a lie that even she herself didn't believe.

Hearing her random assurances, Zhong Liqing couldn't help but sneer - when Jiang San wakes up depends on his own mood.

Maybe, this guy won't be able to wake up...

Jiang Yike is a fine person, how could he not know this is strange?

Naturally, he didn't want to offend the power of the third hall. Although this gesture was to defend his beloved son, it also meant to sell the favor of the third hall. The cost of the position is a little more.

Naturally, Jiang Lingrao also saw his plan, so he pushed him away calmly, and greeted everyone in Lin Yunxi: "I have arranged a rest place for you all, and come with me, Young Palace Master. If you need anything, just Tell the attendants, if the hospitality is not good, I still hope Haihan."

Lin Yunxi was impatient with Jiang Yizhe's hypocrisy. Since Jiang Lingrao gave the steps, she naturally stepped down the donkey, pretending not to see Jiang Yizhe's stiff face, and walked away with Jiang Lingrao.

"...Only one point, behind the waterfall and water curtain is the forbidden area of ​​our clan, where the vicious prisoners are imprisoned. Don't get in by mistake. It's a small matter to touch the restriction. It's the Jiang clan's sin to teach those prisoners to be a disaster—— Remember, remember." Finally, Jiang Lingrao solemnly reminded everyone.

Her expression was extremely serious, but I don't know how many people took her warning to heart.

Staying in the house arranged by the Jiang family, it was easy to wait patiently until the night fell.

Zhong Liqing quietly sneaked out of the residence, headed towards the residence of the Jiang clan, intending to ask Jiang Liulang where Aunt is, if he refuses to tell, she can only look for Jiang San's bad luck—if possible, She also didn't want to go to the point of using soul searching.

While cautiously releasing his spiritual sense to search for Jiang Liulang, he saw a somewhat familiar figure flashing out of a room, and took a closer look, who else could it be if it wasn't Jiang Lingrao?

Zhong Liqing suddenly remembered that Jiang Huaian had mentioned to her that Jiang Lingrao was also one of the few people who knew where A Niang was. If he asked her, would he get an answer?

—— Instinctively, Zhong Liqing thought that following the Jiang Clan patriarch might be able to find out something.

Before he had time to analyze the huge gap in cultivation between the two parties, and if he was discovered, how should he escape, and what excuse should he use to evade if he was caught, but the legs seemed to have their own consciousness, and they were already attached—— Fortunately, her invisibility ability is not the same as before, and she is not so easy to be discovered.

After making up her mind, Zhong Liqing followed Jiang Lingrao.

The other party was extremely fast, and her whereabouts were subtle, as if she didn't want to be discovered by others. Because she was familiar with the terrain and kept her breath well hidden, she avoided several groups of night guards and passing attendants along the way. On the contrary, she almost threw Zhong Liqing away.

I followed her for a while without any risk, only to see her leave the contiguous residences and head towards the place she cited as a "forbidden place" during the day to warn others to be careful.

Getting into the back of the curtain is like stepping into a layer of enchantment, separating the inside and outside of the water curtain into two worlds.

The sound of the water was deafening, and the blindfolded curtains concealed her whereabouts. It also taught Zhong Liqing to lose track of her after following Jiang Lingrao through the waterfall.

After a moment of panic, she immediately calmed down and quickly looked around—this is a quiet and damp cave, with an endless path that can only be passed by one person, and there are stars embedded at intervals on the top. The night pearl, which is neither big nor small, casts a cold light on this corridor, adding a third of treachery for no reason, making people feel chills down their backs.

Slowly letting out a foul breath, Zhong Liqing made sure that she was still holding back all her breath and was not noticed, so she took a step and continued to walk forward.

After spending a cup of tea, he finally detected the existence of someone else, but it wasn't Jiang Lingrao's aura.

Zhong Liqing glanced at the cells hidden in the dark, and met several pairs of scarlet and ruthless eyes—unexpectedly, he remembered Jiang Lingrao's advice, the people locked here are definitely not kind.

Although he was sure that he hadn't been discovered, he subconsciously held his breath, avoided those sights, and walked past quickly without looking sideways.

——Could it be that this is really just a place where the Jiang clan held prisoners?

Then why waste your time...

The more Zhong Liqing walked inside, the more hesitant her steps became, and she finally saw a brighter light than before, and even the aura of Jiang Lingrao, who had disappeared for a long time, reappeared.

She took a deep breath and made up her mind that if she reached the end and found nothing useful, she would immediately turn around and escape from this forbidden place.

While it was still dark, maybe there was still time to go to Jiang Liu to ask him.

When he was about to step into the light, he heard a sudden thunderclap, and then an attack with a palpitating and terrifying power - a muffled "snap", as if hitting a flesh and blood body, the light Even hearing it in her ears made her scalp tingle, and she didn't know what kind of torture it would be if it really fell on a human body.

Zhong Liqing's face froze, but she didn't stop, she sneaked a step forward along the light.

At the end of this forbidden area, there was originally an extremely spacious cell, and there was only one person imprisoned in it——that person had his head bowed, his face was covered by messy hair, and he could only be vaguely seen as a woman from his figure.

Her hands and feet were tied with cold black iron chains, and she was tied to a stone pillar. The posture was extremely awkward, and the longer the time, the worse the pain. It can be seen that the punisher intended to teach this person to eat more. It's a lot of trouble... I don't know how long she has been trapped here.

Zhong Liqing was wondering where the thunder came from just now, but when she heard an extremely dull roar, the stone pillar that bound people suddenly burst into a dazzling white light, and the moment she couldn't help but blink, the white light turned into blue and white The giant thunder and lightning dragon entangled the woman in it, and crackling arcs whipped the man's body, piercing into the flesh and blood and destroying it as much as he wanted, as if he wanted to strangle the weak and slender figure mercilessly!

As soon as the thunder and lightning were touched, Zhong Liqing seemed to vaguely see that the woman trembled imperceptibly when the thunder and lightning surrounded her, and then there was no movement. spare energy?

Watching silently, Zhong Liqing felt a pain in his heart, as if he was being squeezed violently.

Suppressing the strangeness and discomfort in his heart, Jiang Lingrao, who had been watching the woman being tortured with cold eyes, suddenly said: "Don't be brave, do it truthfully, and you will save yourself the pain of flesh and blood..."

But the man didn't reply, just chuckled in a low and inaudible manner, seemingly disdainful, but also helpless, so shallow that he couldn't grasp it.

After that chuckle, the next lightning punishment came suddenly, as if he didn't give him a moment to breathe.

Zhong Liqing didn't know what was wrong with her, she watched the woman bear one lightning strike after another, her heart felt dull, she wanted to leave rationally, but found that she couldn't move.

After this hesitation, dozens of lightning punishments passed in a daze, and the woman seemed to have lost consciousness, her head drooped even lower, and she remained motionless, as if... dead.

My heart tightened, but I saw that Jiang Lingrao, who was standing on the side in a leisurely manner, had already jumped towards the stone pillar, and hugged the unconscious woman into her arms—with an urgent and sad expression, but very gentle movements, as if protecting a fragile body. Like a treasure, she didn't see the indifference just now.

When she hugged the woman, the thunder and punishment never stopped, and the blue and white arc wrapped her in it regardless, rampaging and destroying wantonly.

Jiang Lingrao's face also lost color very quickly, and when she was in extreme pain, she refused to let go, as if she wanted to share the joys and sorrows with that woman - and only after the other party lost consciousness, did she dare to let herself show such distressed and caring feelings. appearance.

Dozens of lightning strikes passed by, and even Jiang Lingrao, who was as strong as Jiang Lingrao, couldn't help trembling slightly, his breath languishing, it was obvious that the injury was serious-the lightning strikes finally stopped and came to an end.

Zhong Liqing also heaved a sigh of relief.

Just when she was about to leave, Jiang Lingrao let out a low sigh, put her arms around the woman's hand and stroked her cheek, and gently brushed the hair off her cheek, revealing a face that was embarrassed but not concealed ——And that face is very similar to Jiang Lingrao!

Zhong Liqing froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

When Jiang Lingrao stared affectionately at that face for a long while, finally couldn't help trembling her lips, and was about to place a pious kiss on the woman's forehead, Zhong Liqing suddenly clenched her fists, and poured out her blood uncontrollably. A breath comes.

"Who?" Jiang Lingrao's expression stern, and he didn't turn his head, but the attack was already directed in Zhong Liqing's direction.

"Pfft—" Caught off guard, Zhong Liqing was caught off guard by that spiritual power, and Zhong Liqing spat out a mouthful of blood, and had to show up.

Clutching her sore chest, she stared blankly at the woman's face, the corners of her lips hadn't even lifted yet, tears rolled down her eyes involuntarily.

"Auntie..."

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