across mountains and seas

The fish-belly white in the sky gradually dissipated, and the waves slammed on the wooden posts of Wanghaidu, scattering into countless waves like flying snow.

Haicheng is still the same, but the owner of Haicheng has died young.

Uncle Jing Jiu specially ordered someone to move the nine-star machine crossbow, and aimed it at the highest flying rock on Butianshi Gorge.The machine crossbow was designed by Jing Xiaohai himself. The bowstring uses the long tendons of the dragon snake from the East China Sea, and its strength is ten times that of ordinary longbows.Moreover, the machine crossbow is specially designed with arrow slots for firing nine arrows at once. As long as the trigger is pulled, nine short arrows with barbs can be ejected instantly.No matter how good the lightness kung fu is, it will be difficult for a person to retreat completely from the nine arrows.What's more, Uncle Jing Jiu moved not only one, but ten of them, and there are guards on duty every day, and the trigger will be activated whenever an abnormality is found.

It's not that Wei Jianbai didn't try it, so the nine-star machine crossbow has been used several times in the past seven days.

It's just that he was too cunning, holding the shield with one hand to block the short arrow, so he could escape to Feiyan and save his life.

He tried several times, all of which ended in failure. Gradually, there was no movement on the Feiyan, and he didn't know whether to leave, or wait patiently for the opportunity, and then sneaked into Haicheng to make trouble.

That night, Jing Lan saw Wei Jianbai want Liu Xi's life with his own eyes.

How dangerous that palm is, after Jing Lan experienced it, every time she thinks about it, she still has lingering fears.

Strange to say, since Liu Xi was rescued that night, Liu Xi has knelt quietly in front of the coffin to guard the coffin for his elder brother for seven days, and even seldom spoke.

In his previous life, Wei Jianbai was Liuxi's husband.

Jing Lan thought back to the moment when she was about to die in her previous life, Wei Jianbai clearly stood behind Liu Xi and laughed triumphantly, celebrating the demise of the Dongjing Clan ahead of Liu Xi.He and her were supposed to be a nest of snakes and rats, how could they be so incompatible in this life?

It stands to reason that the two should have met before they got married.Now that they have met, they should not be enemies, otherwise how could they agree to three lives and become husband and wife?

In her previous life, Jing Lan seldom paid attention to the affairs of the Jianghu. To be precise, the entire Dongjing Clan rarely paid attention to the affairs of the Jianghu.No matter who is the Son of Heaven in Daliang, no matter who invites Mrs. Jing out of the mountain, Mrs. Jing chooses to escape by the East Sea and live a quiet life.

After all, there have been too many things that have been hidden since ancient times.

Jing thought that if he didn't make that bow, there would be no time to hide the bow.

But the flames of war not only reached Haicheng, but also directly burned the entire Haicheng to ashes.

The world is in chaos, and there is no pure land in the world.

Jing Lan suddenly understood this truth.

Liu Xi must keep an eye on this woman, but Wei Jianbai must not let her go.After all, a year later, Wei Jianbai would personally lead troops to kill him.

Instead of waiting for him to come, it is better to strike first and solve him first.

After all, if it wasn't for him, my brother would not have died.

Jing Lan must avenge this revenge first!

"Xiao Wu, don't gnash your teeth like this." Suddenly, Jing Huan, who was kneeling beside her, turned her slightly, motioning her not to stare at Liu Xi who was kneeling in the front, and persuaded her in a low voice: "She's already our sister-in-law, you can't blame her for the death of eldest brother."

"Then who should I blame?" Jing Lan asked hoarsely.

Jing Huan frowned, and continued to persuade: "It's a fact that elder brother likes her. If you are like this, elder brother will be sad under Jiuquan." Seeing that Jing Lan had no words to refute, he tugged at her filial piety again, "Think about it carefully. Well, maybe that Wei Jianbai likes his sister-in-law and is unwilling to marry her into our Jing family, so he set up this situation. If we drive away my sister-in-law indiscriminately, wouldn't it be in line with his wishes? Besides, sister-in-law There's nowhere else to go but here..."

"Fourth brother!" Jing Lan didn't want to hear any more. Aunt Hong had also persuaded her about these words, even the second and third brothers.

She is not an unreasonable person, but the pain in her previous life is still vivid in her mind. It is too difficult for her to completely believe in Liu Xi.

Jing Huan opened his mouth, knowing that there was no way to persuade her, so he had no choice but to wink at his mother standing in front.

Aunt Hong shook her head. After all, Jing Lan and Jing Duo are children of the same father and mother. After all, they are closer emotionally. We can only wait for Xiao Wu to figure it out.

"Auspicious time-"

Jing Tan is now the longest son of the Dongjing family, he shouted with red eyes, "Cover the coffin, wake up."

Aunt Hong is an elder, so she doesn't have to kneel down to worship, but Jing Duo in the coffin is the head of the Dongjing family after all, so she also has to bow her head to salute.Aunt Hong bowed her head sadly in plain clothes, and bowed to Jing Duo's coffin.

After the four sons of the Jing family kowtowed to the coffin, they walked to the side of the coffin with tears in their eyes and lifted it up together.

Liu Xi was wearing a sackcloth, and picked up Jing Duo's tablet.

She suddenly felt that the tablet was a bit heavy, subconsciously glanced at the four young masters of the Jing family, and then lowered her eyebrows.

To this day, she still cannot cry.

Although she has no true feelings for Jing Duo, she still wants to repay her kindness.Even if she wants to use the Jing family to make a comeback, she will leave a little room for it. At least she will try her best to take care of everyone in the Jing family so that they can live through this troubled world safely.

Jing Duo gave her a "home", so she will return Jing Duo a "promise".

"Jing Duo, I will protect them as long as I live."

She silently whispered to the tablet in her arms in her heart that this was her promise to Jing Duo.

Even if she is a woman, she will fulfill her promise with the courtesy of a gentleman.

Once a promise is made, it is hard to follow.

From the moment she stepped out of the mourning hall holding Jing Duo's tablet, she thought about what to do in this first step.

On the wedding night, the husband died.

It was Shura Wei who started the action, and Wei Jianbai who helped.

The hatred of killing a husband is irreconcilable.

This is the same hatred between her and the Dongjing clan. As long as she can severely damage Shura Ting, or kill Wei Jianbai, then the Dongjing clan will trust her even more, and even virtually solve the Dongjing clan's annihilation a year later. disaster.

The Asura Court's forces are complicated, and with Dongjing's current ability, it is impossible to do serious damage.

Although Wei Jianbai was well-known a year ago, but Liu Xi knew how much family background Wei Jianbai had a year ago?

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

Liu Xi didn't know that at this time, she and Jing Lan had already thought of one thing - Wei Jianbai must die!

After Jing Duo was buried safely, Aunt Hong called everyone to Jing's front hall to discuss Jing's next major event.

The Patriarch died, and the Jing family had to elect a new Patriarch to take charge of Jing's overall situation.

Logically, the elders should live there, and the second son, Jing Tan, could not be more suitable as the successor of the Patriarch.

but.

Aunt Hong specifically mentioned this matter, but Jing Tan didn't stand up with a pat on the chest, presumably because she didn't want to be the head of the family.

Uncle Jing Jiu and Mr. Hai were on the sidelines to testify. They remained silent, and seemed to have other plans.

Liu Xi picked up the hot tea and took a sip.

It's amazing!

If this happened to the Xishan Liu family, the second younger sister, the third younger sister, and even the fourth younger brother, who would not be vying to be the head of the family?

interesting.

Liu Xi quickly had a bold guess. She carefully scrutinized the faces of the four princes in the hall—Jing Lan, Jing Huan, and Jing Yuan all had dimples on their faces, but Jing Tan had no dimples on his face.

Take a closer look at the eyebrows, Jing Lan and Jing Huan are the most similar in birth, Jing Yuan's eyebrows have grown, and the similarities with Jing Lan can still be seen in the eyebrows.

Only Jing Tan has red phoenix eyes, and seems to be born more like Aunt Hong.

"How can I grow up if my son-in-law is still alive?" Aunt Hong said what she meant, and looked eagerly at Jing Lan, who was the youngest, "I swore before my sister's spirit, and the patriarch is only governed by my sister's children." do it."

Jing Tan echoed: "That's right, I was there when Mother swore the oath, and I can prove it. So Xiao Wu should be the head of the family."

"Second brother, look at me as a child..." Jing Lan stared, unable to believe what she heard.In terms of martial arts, she can't compare to her second brother, and she is also the youngest. How can she be the head of the family and convince everyone?

"16 years old is not too young, how can you still be a child?" Jing Tan replied seriously, "Look at the number of peasants out there, and there are quite a few 16-year-old fathers!"

Looking at this battle, Jing Lan thought that the second brother didn't want to be the head of the family anymore.

"Second brother doesn't want to be, but third brother can come too!"

Jing Yuan hurriedly covered his heart, coughed violently twice, shook his head and said, "No way, Xiao Wu, you know, when we were swimming together when we were young, I almost drowned, and I can't practice inner strength ever since." Glancing at Mr. Hai, "Mr. Hai, you must still remember!"

How can there be a Patriarch without inner strength?You can't cultivate both internal and external, and your martial arts are only mediocre, let alone convincing the public.

Mr. Hai nodded with his beard, "That's right, the third son is not suitable for practicing internal strength."

"Then...fourth brother..."

"I'm still hurt!"

Jing Huan is only a few months older than Jing Lan, if he can be the one, Jing Lan will be even better.

After going around in a circle, he returned to Jing Lan's body again.

How did Jing Lan expect such a thing to happen? She was used to being idle since she was a child, and she never thought about being the head of the house.

Seeing that Jing Lan was hesitant, Aunt Hong gave Liu Xi a wink. Although she didn't speak, the meaning was clear enough.

Liu Xi took another sip of tea lazily, and suddenly asked in a solemn voice: "As the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is the mother, since Ah Lan is still young, then let me, the sister-in-law and Aunt Hong, take care of the house for two years and wait for Ah Lan." Lan, let her officially succeed as Patriarch."

"Don't even think about it!" Jing Lan hurriedly rejected Liu Xi's proposal.

Liu Xi asked lightly: "So, Ah Lan is willing to be the head of this family now?"

How could Jing Lan say "no" now?

The Dongjing family must not give Liu Xi this disaster, otherwise, who knows what she will do to Dong Jingjing?

Liu Xi saw that Jing Lan didn't answer immediately, so she said a word, "Then let my sister-in-law and Aunt Hong take care of the house together, what's wrong?"

"You..." Jing Lan knew that Liu Xi was deliberately digging a hole for her, and she couldn't tell everyone in front of everyone that this troubled water personally gave her a knife in her previous life!

If she really said it at this time, even everyone would think that she was talking nonsense as a child, so how could she rest assured that the position of Patriarch would be handed over to her?

It's a good move to retreat!

Liu Xi said again: "What? Talking so awkwardly, like a little girl..."

"Shut up! I'll take it!" Jing Lan felt a chill in her heart, she was born feminine, if Liu Xi finds out that she is a daughter again in this life, she might make a fuss about it again.

Aunt Hong and Jing Tan both let out a long sigh of relief.

Mr. Hai and Uncle Jing Jiu glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Jing Lan frowned, as the patriarch, how would she plan revenge on Wei Jianbai?Once the responsibility is shouldered, how can we forget to fight Wei Jianbai?

At this moment, Liu Xi's voice came into her ears in a moderate voice, and she whispered: "I will help you."

"Who cares about you..."

"Xiao Wu, Second Brother will help you too!"

"Yes! The third brother will help you too!"

"And I!"

Before Jing Lan could finish her words, she was surrounded by three older brothers.

I saw Jing Tan spread out his palm, Jing Yuan stretched out his palm and folded it on Jing Tan's palm, Jing Huan also stretched out his hand to fold it on top of Jing Tan's palm, and turned Jing Lan with the other hand, "Xiao Wu!"

Jing Lan felt a burning sensation in her heart, and covered the hands of her three elder brothers, "Second brother, third brother, fourth brother..."

"From now on, you and my brother will be of one mind, and our benefits will cut through gold!"

After the three brothers finished speaking firmly, they gave Jing Lan a firm look in unison.

Jing Lan felt even more guilty. She vowed secretly that from today onwards, she would practice martial arts more diligently. In her spare time, she would go to the [Organ Tomb] a few times and read books on organ techniques.

Maybe she can't be the patriarch that everyone admires like her elder brother, but she can't let everyone down.

Aunt Hong smiled slightly, and turned her eyes to look at Liu Xi gratefully.

Liu Xi only nodded slightly, there are some things that need not be asked too clearly.With Jing Xiaowu as the head of the house, this little sheep is still a little tender, Liu Xi secretly thought, she seems to have a few more things to do in the days to come.

Jing Lan quietly glanced at Liu Xi, seeing her lowered eyebrows and deep eyes, thoughtful.

Sure enough, this woman is not a fuel-efficient lamp!He must be planning something bad again!