Forced Marriage [Cultivation]

In the blink of an eye, the court meeting was over.

This winter, all members of the Gu family celebrated the New Year in Xicheng.There is no snow in the west city in winter, but there are pear blossoms. The pear blossoms are fluttering and fluttering. The sky is always full of falling flowers in front of the Emperor's Palace.

This morning, Jiang Suxing and his elder brother Jiang Dayian brought a pot of dumpling wrappers from the imperial dining room.On New Year's Eve, the members of the Gu family were preparing to make dumplings in the Yingdi Palace.Just after the Imperial Law Conference ended, Jiang Suxing had a rare rest, so he went to the Yingdi Palace with his elder brother to celebrate the new year with the Gu family.

On this day, Gu Baitang also went to the Yingdi Palace early to talk with his mother and uncle.Seeing the Jiang family brothers approaching from a distance, Elder Qiu looked a bit unhappy.

"Young people nowadays are becoming more and more outrageous." Elder Qiu said, frowning slightly, with a somewhat impatient look on his face.

He said this clearly to Gu Baitang, but Gu Baitang lowered his eyes slightly and said nothing, but Aunt Gu who was next to him smiled and said: "Seventh brother, I think you are old, you are a young man now. They have their own ideas, so I don’t think you should worry so much.”

"Well, I don't worry, I don't worry, your son is going to fly into the sky." Elder Qiu said, and glanced at Gu Baitang.

"Oh, I don't worry about it. Why worry about it? Baitang, I can rest assured. Baitang, go and help Suxing and the others make dumplings. I'll chat with your uncle." Seeing that Gu Baitang was a little uncomfortable here, Aunt Gu simply sent him to Jiang Suxing.

Gu Baitang stood up and bowed to Aunt Gu and Elder Qiu as if he had been pardoned, and said goodbye, "Mother, uncle, Baitang will go first."

Looking at the back of the hurriedly leaving, Elder Qiu snorted coldly again.Looking at the figure talking and laughing with Uncle Gu on the other side, Elder Qiu said: "Look, it's another disaster."

"Seventh Brother, what harm is it?" Aunt Gu asked.

"It's nothing, just watch!" Elder Qiu probably knew something, but he only spoke half of it.

"Didn't you notice? This Jiang Suxing is very similar to Baitang's deceased master." Elder Qiu said suddenly.

Aunt Gu turned to look at it twice, and said, "I don't think so."

Elder Qiu smiled, but said nothing.

"Brother Seven, did you hide something from me when I came to Xicheng this time?" Aunt Gu asked, "Tell me honestly, is something wrong with Baitang? But it has something to do with that Master Wu?"

"I don't know exactly what happened. I just think that Wu Conglian's death this time is not easy. More importantly..." Elder Qiu looked at the figure over there, with a trace of sadness on his face : "Baitang has been by my side all these years, but now I suddenly realize that he seems to be a different person. I don't know him at all."

"Could it be that Seventh Brother is brooding over the matter of Baitang and Suxing?" Aunt Gu asked with a smile.

"Hmph." Elder Qiu laughed and said, "What's the use of worrying about it? As you said, I don't care about young people's affairs."

"That's right, if you don't care about it, just leave it alone!" Aunt Gu dropped a pawn, "Yeah, Brother Seven, you lost."

"You are kind-hearted." Elder Qiu smiled, shook his head, and said nothing more.

The brother and sister concentrated on playing a few more rounds, until sunset and dusk, when the meal was passed in the front hall, the war ceased.

I also saw that the Jiang family brothers invited the ancestor of the Jiang family to come over. Everyone had a New Year's Eve dinner, set off firecrackers, and lit red lanterns.From time to time, several elders came to visit.Gossip is commonplace, this year has been quite lively, but it has a bit of a human New Year flavor.

According to the rules of the world, one must keep the year old on New Year's Eve.However, Gu Baitang was going to work the night shift. After eating the New Year's Eve dinner early, he had to go to Yan Mingtang, the Law Enforcement Palace, to change shifts.

"Brother Gu, your family members are all in Xicheng, I thought you were going to watch the new year with them!" Zhuo Xinian handed the duty token to Gu Baitang.

Gu Baitang said, "I know my sister-in-law is here, how can you let your husband and wife return to each other on New Year's Eve?"

Zhuo Xinian chuckled, "Thank you brother for making it happen."

"Go quickly, I just saw that the dumplings in the bamboo garden are all on the table, I'm afraid it will be cold if you go later."

After Zhuo Xinian was sent away, Gu Baitang went to patrol the guard posts, and the law enforcement disciples reported that he was safe.

In the middle of the night, Gu Baitang returned to Yan Mingtang, and asked the rest of the disciples on duty to go back to reunite with their relatives and friends.

"It's enough for me to be alone here, and your relatives will also come to visit, so go and accompany them."

"Thank you, Big Brother."

Soon, only Gu Baitang was left in Yan Mingtang.

The night was dark, and there were fireworks in the night sky from time to time, which added a bit of lively atmosphere to the solemn and deserted Yan Ming Hall on weekdays.

Gu Baitang sorted out the case table, went to make another pot of tea, and finally sat down on a chair to read the progress of criminal cases sent from various places in the past few days.

Turn to the latest two volumes, "July 24th of the Gengyin Year, Three Disciples of the Fumo Hall at the Bishuihu Xinting Pavilion Killed" and "Gengyin Year of the August [-]th Fire in the Law Enforcement Palace Yan Mingtang".

Gu Baitang frowned slightly, opened the cover, and read the process in detail.The above records, now it seems, are all high-sounding, trying to cover up.Recording the case is in charge of the Law Enforcement Palace Elder Zuo, and the Law Enforcement disciples recorded this way, presumably at the request of Elder Zuo.

Gu Baitang became more and more upset when he read it, and frowned deeply. He put down the booklet, put his elbows on the table and rubbed his temples.

For some reason, he has always had a dull pain in his head for the past month.The day before yesterday, I ran into Uncle Yusu from the Siwuyuan and asked him for advice, but Uncle Yusu said that he had a headache.

Gu Baitang was puzzled, he was only 20 years old, and he had never had such an experience before, so how could he be so successful?

The night was dark, but the fireworks and firecrackers outside were very lively.Gu Baitang was overwhelmed by the disturbance, and his heart became more and more agitated by the endless noise of fireworks.

The same is true of his temper recently. There seems to be an irritability in his heart that has been suppressed for a long time, and he always wants to vent it. A little bit of trouble can make him uneasy.

As the dew deepened, someone walked into Yan Mingtang stepping on falling flowers.

Gu Baitang opened his eyes slightly, and saw a slender figure in a grass-green cloak slowly approaching with a red lantern.The brim of the hat covered the man's eyes, so he couldn't see his face clearly, and he could only see the man's white and delicate chin through the shadow of the red light.

Gu Baitang closed his eyes again, and let out a deep breath between his nostrils.

After entering the Yan Ming Hall, Jiang Suxing hung the lantern aside, stretched out his hand to take off his cloak, and shook off the falling leaves on it.

"Although there is no snow in Xicheng, there are pear blossoms everywhere. Look at these small flowers, overwhelming. I remember that when I first came to Xicheng, I loved these pear blossoms very much. But since the "Blossom Removal Festival", three or four hundred of us have swept the whole area. It took half a month to clean up the pear blossoms in the city, and I no longer like these little things. "

Putting the cloak on the soft couch beside him, Jiang Suxing poured himself another cup of tea.After drinking the hot tea, I gradually felt my body warm up, and then I sighed comfortably.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Gu Baitang staring at him intently with half-closed eyes.

"What's the matter? Do you have a severe headache?" This month, Gu Baitang often suffered from headaches, and Jiang Suxing knew about it.If it is said that Gu Baitang's cultivation at the Golden Core stage should have been invulnerable to all kinds of poisons long ago, such ordinary ailments should not have come to him.But it's strange, even Master Yusu said that this disease can't be cured, it can only be raised.Most importantly, relax and don't stress too much.

What pressure could Gu Baitang have?He is the chief of the Law Enforcement Palace, so the pressure is naturally great.But Jiang Suxing knew that there was still greater pressure in Gu Baitang's heart.

Jiang Suxing walked over, wanting to massage Gu Baitang.At this time, Gu Baitang stared at him and asked a word, which made him stunned on the spot.

"When did you participate in the "Flower Festival"? "

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Suxing's back went numb and his heart felt bad.There is a "Blossom Removal Festival" in Xicheng, which is set up for the pear blossoms all over the city.Every year in spring, March and late autumn, all the disciples in the city have to clean up the pear blossoms in the city.In his previous life, Jiang Suxing only participated in it once, and he knew the pain in it. Later, every "Blossom Removal Festival", he volunteered to Ning Yuan to go to the Ancient Sword Book Pavilion to regulate books.

In this life, Jiang Suxing only came to Xicheng in September last year, so he didn't have time to participate in the "Blossom Removal Festival". He made a slip of the tongue just now, and aroused Gu Baitang's suspicion without thinking about it.

Gu Baitang's eyes were pitch black, like deep pools of water in high mountains and deep valleys, bottomless.

Probably because Gu Baitang is really a murderous person, when these eyes are staring at someone quietly, it will make people's heart cold for no reason.

Jiang Suxing avoided these eyes, lowered his head to dig the tea leaves in the bowl with a tea cover, and said with a smile: "It was the Yuding Palace that "swept the year and dust" a few days ago, and Master sent us to clean the Yingdi Palace.You know how scary those pear blossoms are in front of the Emperor's Palace. It is very troublesome to clean them, and it makes me very tired.The brothers said that this little pear blossom is nothing, and it is a troublesome person to have the "flower removal festival" in the whole city every March. "

After he finished speaking, he put down his teacup, leaned behind Gu Baitang, and put his hands on Gu Baitang's neck.He said softly: "Brother Baitang, are you suffering from a headache again?"

Jiang Suxing's hand was just warmed by the teacup, and the temperature of his hand was warm.The back of Gu Baitang's originally stiff and cold neck was gently pinched by such a pair of warm hands, and he immediately felt extremely comfortable.

Unconsciously, she tilted her head back, just leaning on Jiang Suxing's leaning shoulder.

"Don't make me sound like the old man." Gu Baitang closed his eyes, his neck and the back of his head were pinched like this, and he couldn't think of anything immediately.Just enjoying Jiang Suxing's kneading with peace of mind, the "flower removal festival" just now was fooled by Jiang Suxing like this.

Jiang Suxing bent his lips and smiled, "Oh, I see that you usually have a tense face, and you are afraid that you will be regarded as an old man."

"I don't care what others think of me, you can't think of me as an old man." Gu Baitang opened his eyes, looking over with dark eyes.

Jiang Suxing said: "Don't worry, you won't become an old man. With such a cultivation level, you will definitely be able to master the "Beauty Retaining Technique" before you are 30 years old.At that time, you will be forever young, young and beautiful.Pity me, it's only the early stage of foundation building, and I don't know what the future will look like. "

Gu Baitang suddenly reached out to grab Jiang Suxing's head, and gave him a deep kiss.After kissing, she leaned into his ear and whispered: "Su Xing, you have to raise your cultivation base as soon as possible, so that you and I can go to the cloud and rain together."

Jiang Suxing blushed when he spoke while biting his ears, and pushed him, "You are so serious." She turned around and sat on the chair beside her.

Yan Ming Hall was silent, no one was around.

Gu Baitang didn't speak, but continued to look through the case files with a slight smile on his lips.

"I heard Master mention something the other day. He said that when the spring came, people from Changle would go back, and our West City had to send someone to escort them." Jiang Suxing looked at Gu Baitang's profile and said in a low voice.

Gu Baitang's gaze was focused on the dossier, and he picked up the ink pen to mark a few places. Hearing the words, he hummed lightly and said, "I heard about it."

Jiang Suxing said: "The leading elder is Yan Zetian, the Great Elder of Fumotang. I heard that he will select some trusted people from among the disciples who won the first place in this Imperial Law Conference to form a group of envoys to go out." Envoy Changle. Mingli is escorting the Patriarch of Seven Mountains and Princess Changle, but secretly, it is actually to investigate Zhou Hui's whereabouts."

Gu Baitang frowned, his expression was serious, and he seemed a little impatient.

Jiang Suxing said: "I guess that among the people going to Changle this time, there must be Qin Zun, he is Yan Zetian's most trusted disciple, and he will definitely keep him by his side; there must also be Chu Wan. It's only because of Princess Huangxi The Lingxiu Xiaoya is only close to him. If he doesn't go, Changle will definitely not be able to pick up their little princess. I heard that the people who go to Changle this time will have to be at least in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, so it will be difficult for me to go gone."

"If you can't go, then don't go, there is something good to go." Gu Baitang closed the file forcefully, and threw it aside casually.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Suxing said softly: "Okay, I won't go, and you won't go either. Elder Yan and the others are going to Changle, no matter whether we can find out anything, we are out of sight and out of mind. Let's just stay here in the west city." Qingxiu, the outside world has nothing to do with us. How about it?"

After the words fell, his hand lightly fell on the back of Gu Baitang's hand to comfort him.

Gu Baitang was still frowning, he had a headache again, he didn't know if he had listened to Jiang Suxing's words, so he just nodded indiscriminately.

In the blink of an eye, the 15th Lantern Festival passed, and on the morning of the [-]th, Jiang Suxing went to Yuding Palace to pay his respects to Mingzheng.

When I walked to the door of Shuxiang Pavilion, I heard a deep voice from inside saying: "I don't understand, we are going to Changle for a big deal, I need to find some capable helpers. Gu Baitang is a mid-Gold Core cultivation base, You are a serious person, why do you two always refuse to let him go?"

Jiang Suxing paused, stood on the spot, and held his breath.

Master Mingzheng's voice came from inside, and Mingzheng said in a difficult way: "Senior brother Yan, you know that Baitang is deeply concerned about his master's death, and you asked him to investigate Zhou Hui's affairs, isn't this intentional to make things difficult for him? In my opinion, it's better to change someone. Isn't that Zhuo Xinian also pretty good? His cultivation level is comparable to that of Baitang, so let him go. Brother Huo, what do you think?"

Elder Huo was silent for a while, and said: "Xi Nian is impulsive and tends to act rashly. In my opinion... this matter, Bai Tang has to go."

Hearing this, Jiang Suxing outside the door was startled.Now he can be sure that the three elders must be suspicious of the relationship between Gu Baitang and Zhou Hui, but they have not made it clear.

This time in Changle and his party, Elder Yan wanted to drag Gu Baitang into the water, but Mingzheng obstructed it in every possible way, Elder Huo was hesitant.

Now that Elder Huo has made the decision to let Gu Baitang participate in this trip to Changle, does he also want to test Gu Baitang in his heart?

Now even the Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Palace is beginning to doubt Gu Baitang, what should be done.When Jiang Suxing was worried, he only heard the clear voice inside: "Since the two brothers are determined to do so, I don't have much to say; it's just that one more person is needed for the mission to Changle. Only by teaching the great seal can it be sealed."

"Who?" Elder Yan and Elder Huo asked at the same time.

"It's my palace disciple, Jiang Suxing."