no one knows better than me

People were coming and going on the surrounding roads, the sun seemed to rise immediately, and the heat wave was rolling, which made people angry.

"Are you young? Do you still think you are young?? What can you be proud of?!"

Zhuang Qingliu was in a good mood and turned around and asked three times in a second. She stopped eating peaches, and was critical of Mei Hualan with her eyes all over her body.

Mei Hualan actually laughed at this moment, nodded, and said with lowered eyes: "Well, I'm not young anymore, so you should think twice and be quicker."

Zhuang Qingliu: "..."

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This is really a laugh... The world is unpredictable.

"So what if you admit it? Isn't it a happy thing to grow old with you?" Zhuang Qingliu's critical eyes remained unchanged, and Chou refused, "I will always be three years old, thank you."

……

Mei Xiaohan, who was listening on the street, finally couldn't help sighing, and sincerely persuaded: "You two don't have to... be like this in the street, or after you go back, you will come and go, like this?"

Mei Hualan smiled again as if following her suggestion, then lowered her head and reached out, took the peach from Zhuang Qingliu's hand and brought it to her mouth: "Okay, eat, you are only half a year old."

"..." She was talking about the age in this life from the sparkling lake.

Zhuang Qingliu finally took away the peach, and raised her hand seriously to mention Mei Hualan's collar: "Mei Pan, how can I live without you? How did you get here all these years?"

Mei Hualan blinked her eyelashes, as if she suddenly didn't quite understand.

Zhuang Qingliu smiled at her and withdrew her hand: "Don't you just live by teasing me? Are you happy?"

Plum Blossom Lane: "..."

Zhuang Qingliu snorted at her, turned around and left with a peach in her mouth: "Just be happy—you can wait another 100 years!"

……

Just at this time, another person came out of the corner of the street avoiding a vegetable truck, and it was Pei Yi.

Seeing his legs still limping and walking straight over, Zhuang Qingliu immediately twitched the corners of his eyes, raised his hand and refused uglyly: "What's the matter, Little Sect Master Pei? Are you still looking for trouble by my side?"

She waved her hand as she spoke, and quickly pointed up and down with half a peach: "Haven't you been a refugee enough this time?"

Pei Yi approached and stopped in front of her, his tired face seemed a little silent.In addition to the dusty body, there were two small bloodstains on his face, which were drawn out by shaving with a sword before he went to Lantai to discuss matters last night.

Mei Xiaohan shook his fan at this moment, and said: "It's normal for Xiao Zongzhu to become a refugee this time. After all, how many years older than him is Lan Song? He has been the suzerain for many years, and this place is arranged by him for a long time in advance. At home, it's rare for Hualan to suffer from him once."

At this time, Pei Yi seemed to have glanced at Mei Xiaohan, and he naturally received her kindness, so he said, "I just stopped by to remind you—carefully wish the Palace Master."

Zhuang Qingliu stroked the soft peach skin in his hand: "What's wrong with her?"

Pei Yi said: "When I got up in the morning and went out, I heard the disciples of the Lan family report to Elder Lan that you and Mr. Duanzhu had left first. Zhu Heng heard it from the side, so he withdrew from the meeting early and left immediately." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhuang Qingliu, "I think she may still trouble you."

Zhuang Qingliu quickly digested the multiple meanings in these few words, thinking that Zhu Heng was probably still putting on a superficial appearance, and by the way escaped from the meeting that he was too lazy to participate in.So he nodded seriously at Pei Yi and said: "Thank you, we will pay attention to it, then you should go back first, there is still something to discuss today."

Pei Yi shook his head and turned around: "I'm going back to Shangzi too."

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Just as Zhuang Qingliu didn't know where this came from, Pei Yi, who had walked a few steps, turned back, watched her quietly for a while, and then suddenly said: "Master Zhuang, I used to be friends with Brother Su Xilan, There is actually a reason."

Zhuang Qingliu asked inexplicably: "What?"

"—He looks a little bit like you." Pei Yi looked at Zhuang Qingliu seriously again, and said calmly, "He really grew up under your teaching."

Zhuang Qingliu was in doubt for a moment: "...?"

Fortunately, Pei Yi quickly dismissed her doubts and said, "Master Zhuang, there was a long period of time before, when I actually looked up at you all the time...I fantasized about becoming someone like you."

Zhuang Qingliu was completely relieved and listened to his sudden nostalgia.

Pei Yi's dark eyes seemed a little misty: "Later, I seemed to be self-righteous and disappointed in you for a long time... Now I realize that the world is bustling, and the faces of many glamorous people are no better than killing people."

At this moment, Mei Hualan suddenly raised her eyelids and cast a glance at Pei Yi.

Pei Yi didn't say much, and pursed the corners of his chapped mouth, and after a pause, he turned and walked away with his back straight.

"..." Zhuang Qingliu didn't know how to react at all.

She had unintentionally become a lighthouse for a person, but she didn't know it, but she was turned into disappointment by that person, and she still didn't know it?

What is this?

Zhuang Qingliu looked at the front, and recalled the first time Pei Yi saw her in Pei's Immortal Mansion... He really didn't like her, so after thinking about it, he really only felt that people in the world were inexplicable.

At this time, Mei Hualan looked at Zhuang Qingliu's profile for a moment, and said, "You don't have to think too much, in fact, apart from the matter of Lancheng and Yuling, Lan Song's actions over the years are very normal. The land of Bi is very popular among the people and has a good reputation."

Zhuang Qingliu looked away from the front, Pei Yi had already walked away.So he hummed, turned around and asked Mei Hualan: "But what happened to him?"

Mei Hualan pulled her along and said, "At yesterday's meeting, he proposed a few things like setting up a watchtower, and then some contemptuous and boring people chased after him and made a few strange remarks."

Pei Yi was still young, and had never been brought to the stage before. He hadn't gained a foothold in Pei's family in the past, not to mention the complicated contacts from other places.Coupled with Pei's current situation, one can imagine what his situation will be like at the meeting of hundreds of scholars. Not to mention that he took the initiative to propose things, even if he didn't make a sound, those veiled eyes and attitudes were enough to sting up.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter, Mei Hualan opened an umbrella without paying much attention to this matter, and said: "Many things complement each other. He is still standing here because he was targeted and ridiculed because of his surname Pei. This is what you have to bear if you want to stand tall."

Mei Xiaohan, who turned his head to look at the umbrella, agreed very much: "If it is painful for some rumored knives, then the real guns and real knives may not be able to bear it even more—if it weren't for him, at least he can still have a place in the assembly for the time being , the situation after the Pei family must be worse than it is now, and there is a high probability that many land boundaries will be coveted, and then they will gradually lose their hold."

People's desires are always endless, and this Zhuang Qingliu had nothing to say, but after eating the peach, he took out Mei Sigui from his arms and scratched it, trying to wake it up and change the biological clock.Then he asked idlely, "What does Pei Yi mean by setting up a watchtower at the meeting?"

"It's the same as ordinary watchtowers and sentry towers, but all places are built in a unified form, connected by tight mountains and terrains, connecting the whole world. Then people from all the families of Xianmen came to disrupt the garrison and communicate with each other at any time. In this way, there will be many disputes in the future. Things can be explained clearly, but there are many things that cannot be concealed.”

After Mei Hualan finished speaking, she seemed to see Mei Sigui scratching her cute with her two little paws in a daze, so she also turned her head and stretched out her hand, and fiddled with it twice.

Zhuang Qingliu shook Mei Sigui's two little paws back and forth, thinking: "In this way, it is impossible to hide things like Lan Song's massacre from the beginning. And a month ago, the Pei family sent some The fact that the water ghosts secretly migrated to the seven cities in the south of Meizhou can also be detected in time, and there will be evidence to discuss afterwards."

Mei Xiaohan, who was envious of umbrellas and envious birds, sighed, covered the sun with his hands, nodded and interjected: "Yes, there is also Zhu Heng's repeated chopping of mountains and waters. Although it is not intentional, there are still many plums. The diversion of the river water in the continental boundary came out because of this, you see, she never intends to admit it now and even before."

She turned her head and asked Mei Hualan, "What do you and Hua Zhou think?"

Mei Hualan just shook her head: "It's hard to say, it is very difficult to unify all the schools, because it requires a lot of manpower and expenses, and it will be difficult to maintain and share management in the future."

Mei Xiaohan stopped thinking about it, and touched a peach from the back basket that Mei Siji was carrying, peeled the skin twice, and bit his mouth: "Anyway, there will be a period of chaos at present, and the Lan family will definitely There will be an internal struggle for the position of the suzerain, and the Yashanliu clan and other sects will probably start an alliance soon."

Many situations are easy to form and difficult to break. The five sects of Xianmen have been leaders for hundreds of years. Now they have finally broken the "two openings" one after another. It is understandable that many people want to seize this opportunity.

So Mei Hualan just lowered his eyes and took Mei Sigui from Zhuang Qingliu's hand, letting him sleep soundly without the noise, as if he didn't care about those things.

Zhuang Qingliu gave her a meaningful look of "a loving mother who loses her life", then turned to Mei Xiaohan and asked, "Master Yan, do you think the Lan family will have civil strife?"

Mei Xiaohan seemed to be very confident in her medical skills, and nodded without thinking, "Lan Song will probably not be able to wake up now, at least not in a short time. Without him, it will be difficult for those elders of the Lan family to wake up again." Keep one mind, although it is definitely not possible to do it yourself, but there are still many people in the Lan's branch, it depends on who these elders want to support now, and who they can help after the open and secret struggle is over."

At this moment, Mei Hualan suddenly turned her head and glanced at Zhuang Qingliu. Zhuang Qingliu almost didn't have to look at her to understand the meaning of her glance-infighting is the most exhausting, so this is another family downfall.

So next, will there be another one?

Whose turn, if any, is it?

Zhuang Qingliu and Mei Hualan looked at each other, blinked, looked away, raised their hands and groped for the fish shadow swimming inside the umbrella: "Whatever, Lan Shu's bones were blown up this time anyway, I won't take orders for half a year." gone."

Mei Hualan probably understood the meaning of "accepting orders" at a guess, so she looked at her sideways and smiled.

Mei Xiaohan turned his head mysteriously: "Although that's the case, Senior Zhuang——I always feel that it's not over yet. I'm afraid you will be found again. What should I do?"

"Then what else can we do? After all, it's hard for a beautiful woman to relax. Open a road when you meet mountains, and build bridges when you meet water." Zhuang Qingliu said, turning her head and smiling at Mei Hualan, "Besides, I have a boss."

Mei Xiaohan laughed and said, "Then I will cry for Senior Zhuang first."

"I have already shed tears for myself."

Zhuang Qingliu also lowered his head and laughed, then raised his hand to touch a peach from Siji's little girl's back basket, and peeled and ate it like Mei Xiaohan did.I feel in my heart that the big peaches in the Lingbi realm are really delicious in the world, and it is probably another kind of delicacy if they are softened. Maybe I can get some canned food after I go back.

She thought so in her heart, but in fact she ate up the whole basket of peaches before she could leave Lingbi's realm.

Meihualan bought another basket for her, and then finished eating; buy again...and finish eating.

Because of this, Mei Siji has to be a basket-carrying girl every day, and she is so angry that she often rolls her eyes at Zhuang Qing. She feels that the most costly thing is her eyes when she comes back from this trip!

Zhuang Qingliu smiled at her without guilt, and deliberately delayed the pace of the return journey, and tasted some of the few delicacies that Lingbi could offer along the way.

When I finally returned to the Mei Family Immortal Mansion, it was already half a month later.Not long after nightfall at this moment, the entire Mei Family Immortal Mansion was lit up with candles layer by layer, and then they became a gorgeous and warm one.

As soon as he stepped into the barrier, Zhuang Qingliu felt an inexplicable kindness in his body and heart, as if he had really returned home.At the same time, I couldn't help thinking that the vines planted in her yard didn't know what happened, whether they were alive or not, and when they could be eaten.

As soon as Mei Sigui entered the Immortal Mansion, he turned on the flight mode and went to the sky, while Mei Siji threw a basket of rotten peaches to the disciple who was guarding the door, and then walked away coldly without looking back.

Before the remaining three had walked a few steps, two disciples came up from the night to greet them, and said respectfully in unison: "Mr. Duanzhu, several elders are already waiting for you in the Zong Pavilion."

Zhuang Qingliu found that they fell behind, Mei Hualan's footsteps suddenly stopped strangely, and then a very light... but very indescribable expression appeared on his face.

Her heart moved, and as soon as she turned her head to look around, she saw Mei Hualan slowly tilted her head and looked at Mei Xiaohan.

Mei Xiaohan let out a sigh, looked up at the sky with his arms folded and said, "Okay."

When she dropped the word "吧", Mei Hualan was in full view... and suddenly fell down.

"..." Zhuang Qingliu immediately lowered his head, grabbed her, and said in shock, "...what's wrong with you?"

Mei Xiaohan looked away from the sky, and said with a worried tone and a dull expression: "Senior Zhuang, she just passed out."

"..."

"?"

As Mei Xiaohan said, he took two steps forward from Mei Hualan, and said to the two disciples who passed the message and the four guards guarding the mountain gate: "Come here."

Several people hurried over.

Mei Xiaohan said again: "Stand in a row and look into my eyes."

Several disciples followed suit.

Mei Xiaohan looked down at Meihualan very calmly, then raised his eyes, looked at them and said, "Mr. Duanzhu suffered a very serious injury in Lingbi during this trip, so I didn't dare to go fast all the way. Come back with her life for healing."

Zhuang Qingliu: "..."

The expressions of the six disciples changed suddenly, and they quickly looked into her arms: "No wonder Mr. Duanzhu's face is so pale, that's why..."

Mei Xiaohan's expression became serious, and he lowered his head and fed two medicines to Mei Hualan: "I'm afraid it's just a flashback."

Zhuang Qingliu: "..."

The eyes of the six disciples became terrified, and they didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with her words, but hurriedly asked with trembling voices: "Then, then... what should we do now? Lord Yan?"

"Now—lift up the ottoman quickly."

Every time Mei Xiaohan uttered a word, his tone and expression became serious, so at this moment, the six disciples, no matter they were watching the mountain gate or passing on the message, were all frightened, turned around and went inside madly. He ran to lift the couch, and shouted for someone to go to the Zong Pavilion to send a message and summon the doctors.

Zhuang Qingliu, who was watching the audience, was stunned. He looked down at "a certain boss" who had straightened his sleeves, and then looked up at Mei Xiaohan: "...is this okay? Which one is this? "

Mei Xiaohan turned his head without knowing whether it was true or not, and said meaningfully: "Senior Zhuang, Hualan is indeed seriously injured, at least he needs to rest for a month or so."

Zhuang Qingliu: "..."

Mei Xiaohan immediately changed the subject, and suddenly winked at her subduedly: "But if you walk into the Zong Pavilion today, you will be punished in the quiet room for more than a month."

"???" Mei Pan, is he still afraid of this? ?Or are the elders of the Mei family all powerful characters? ?

Zhuang Qingliu still looked down in surprise: "Then this big guy who just lays down, doesn't usually need to be a director? What is she usually responsible for at Mei's house?"

Mei Xiaohan pondered very seriously for a long while, but he couldn't say anything, so he seemed to sum up flexibly: "This is probably where there are things that others can't handle, just send her."

Zhuang Qingliu: "... vagrant?"

"..." The boss who was slapped with "jobless" suddenly turned his eyes to look at her. He might have two words to say, but now he just raised his hand and took Xiaolu who had taken Zhuang Qingliu all the way. The snake wrapped itself around her wrist, then got on a "stretcher" and left.

"..." Why is this person like this? !

Zhuang Qingliu's whole body was shivering from the cold touch on the spot... Reflexively, he lifted his hand out and shook it wildly and violently, so as not to swing his wrist and forearm into three pieces and fly away.

However, this little snake with tenacious vitality was not only not thrown away by her, but cutely circled around Zhuang Qingliu's arm a few times, and then wrapped around her neck and climbed onto her shoulder... the little head stuck to her face to face.

Zhuang Qingliu remained motionless, his eyelids drooping sideways: "..."

At this time, the golden light on her other wrist flashed, and Du E flew out with a "whoosh".

! …

When the little snake saw Du'e, it seemed to be frightened and flew away. It suddenly exploded in place, then hurriedly swung its tail, and swam away in a hurry.

Zhuang Qingliu was very shocked and surprised, quickly stroked his wrist a few times, and asked Du'er: "...What's going on? Why is it afraid of you?"

Du E still didn't seem to want to talk to her, he just swam around proudly in mid-air, stretched his body a few times, and then circled back to its habitat... Zhuang Qingliu's wrist.

"Tsk." These one and two seemed to have become masters.

Having traveled a long distance recently, Zhuang Qingliu was really a little tired, so he looked at the direction where the boss was carried away without much thought, and then returned to the familiar Meiyuan by himself.

Everything in the courtyard was as usual, and even because of the spiritual energy in the Immortal Mansion, it was usually free from dust and dust, so the indoor furnishings were so clean that there was no need to clean them up.

Zhuang Qingliu was very satisfied, and for the first time sincerely praised the world of cultivating immortals.

It's just that she just pushed open the door, and unexpectedly found a boy with curly hair sitting in front of the stone bench and table illuminated by the moonlight in the courtyard.Following the sound of his pushing the door, the young man quickly turned his head and looked over, his eyes were very dark and deep.

Zhuang Qingliu met him and stared at him... After a moment's pause, he closed the courtyard door, stepped forward with a few clicks and lowered his head and asked, "Who are you?"

Looking closer, the eyes of this curly boy are round and beautiful, and Zhuang Qingliu can't help but feel... that he has lost.

At the same time, the boy politely stood up and answered.

He said: "Young Master Zhuang, don't you know me?"

The author has something to say: you will definitely not guess who this "juanjuan" is