across mountains and seas

The candlelight cast its shadow on the white wall of the Haicheng ancestral hall, illuminating a figure who had been kneeling for a long time.

It has been 300 years since the Jing family built the city by the East China Sea.On the ancestral hall are neatly placed the spirit tablets of the ancestors of the Jing family. From the ancestors to the present, there have been more than a hundred people.

The elder brother Jing Duo's token was placed at the front, and after Jing Lan officially performed the grand ceremony of taking over as the head of the family, Jing Lan would put it in the shrine of the ancestral hall with her own hands.

At this time, Jing Lan was kneeling in front of the shrine alone, her bloody clothes had been changed, and Liu Xi's scimitar Jingyue was placed in front of the futon.

After a series of fierce battles today, Jingyue's blade is full of cracks, if the blade is not repaired, it can no longer be used.

Jing Lan looked up at the spiritual tablet with gold letters on the black background, and remained silent, wondering what was she thinking?

"Mother, does Xiao Wu still not eat?" Third son Jing Yuan saw Aunt Hong holding dinner, still standing outside the ancestral hall, couldn't help but lean over, and asked in a low voice.

Aunt Hong sighed softly, and asked in a low voice, "How is Xi'er?"

"Mr. Hai said that fortunately, my sister-in-law used her internal energy to protect her heart veins, so she saved her life..." Jing Yuan's voice paused, and he saw Jing Lan stand up suddenly, "Xiao Wu?"

Jing Lan picked up Jingyue and put it back into the scabbard. She smiled shyly, "Third Brother, I'm fine." After saying that, she walked out of the ancestral hall, as if she was not going to eat what Aunt Hong was holding. dinner.

"Stop." Aunt Hong's tone was so serious, "Eat your food first."

"Aunt Hong, I can't eat." Jing Lan responded in a low voice.

Aunt Hong approached her with dinner, "You are now the Patriarch of the Jing family..."

"Aunt Hong, which patriarch have you ever seen be as stupid as me?" Jing Lan asked in a low voice, before sighing deeply, "Do you really think that I am worthy to be the patriarch?"

"Who are you not?!" Aunt Hong was really annoyed.

"Second brother is more suitable than me, Aunt Hong, I know you know that too." Jing Lan said directly.

Aunt Hong suddenly fell silent.

Jing Yuan had never seen his mother so angry before, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Xiao Wu, go, go to the third brother's place to eat." As he said, he took the dinner from Aunt Hong and gave it to Aunt Hong She gave her a wink, "Mother, I'll take Xiao Wu to eat, don't worry, I promise, there won't be a single grain of rice left."

"En." Aunt Hong let out a sigh of relief.

Jing Yuan hooked Jing Lan with one hand, and held the dinner in the other, and led her away quickly.

Aunt Hong shook her head and sighed, turned her face to the maid in the distance and said, "Call Xiao Si to the ancestral hall."

"Yes." The servant girl bowed and withdrew.

Whoever caused the disaster will bear it.

Whoever should bear this burden should bear it.

It is justified.

Jing Yuan took Jing Lan for a while, and Jing Lan stopped suddenly, "Third brother, thank you."

"My brother, what can I thank you for?" Jing Yuan looked at her with a smile, and felt that after Jing Lan returned from Youyou Island, the gloomy look in her brows and eyes became more intense, so she couldn't help but comfort her, "Don't be afraid, there are brothers here, little brother Five, you can definitely be the head of this family."

"There are some things that the Patriarch cannot do." Jing Lan said with a solemn expression.

Jing Yuan was puzzled, "Is there anything you can't do?"

"For example, leave Haicheng." Jing Lan said seriously, she was a little confused and had to figure it out herself.Thinking of this, she couldn't help tightening Jingyue in her hand.

Jing Yuan took a breath, "Why did you leave Haicheng?"

Jing Lan opened her mouth, but she didn't know where to start.What she said at this time, the third brother would only be more worried.Jing Lan had no choice but to endure those words, and forced a smile, "It's just an example."

Jing Yuan always felt that Xiao Wu was not like the usual Xiao Wu, and he began to worry about her, "Xiao Wu, what happened today is not your fault."

"Then whose fault is it?" Jing Lan didn't say this, she knew what was wrong better than anyone else?Knowing that Wei Jianbai might still be peeping on the cliff, he still messed around with the fourth brother.Knowing that it is not safe to go out of Haicheng, he chose to go out of Jing's sea area and went to Youyou Island.

"Xiao Wu..." Jing Yuan didn't know how to comfort her.

"I'll go see her." Jing Lan suddenly whispered.

"Fourth brother?" Jing Yuan deliberately mentioned another person.

"..." Jing Lan looked up at him, she hesitated to speak, she couldn't call her sister-in-law in person, and she couldn't call out the word "sister-in-law" behind her back.

Before the doubts in her heart were clarified, Jing Lan still couldn't fully trust her and treat her as her real sister-in-law.

Jing Yuan reminded in a deep voice: "She saved you, she really saved you with her life." Jing Yuan felt terrified when he thought of seeing pots of red hot water being brought out, "She's just a girl, Don't be too harsh on her." He didn't dare to mention the death of his eldest brother, for fear of poking Jing Lan's pain again, "You should treat her better."

Whether it's reassuring the eldest brother under Jiuquan, or treating a life-saving benefactor, Jing Lan should not hate Liu Xi so much anymore.

Jing Lan's heart wound suddenly felt a slight pain, and she still remembered what Liu Xi said word by word while grabbing her lapel.

"Xiao Wu?" Seeing that Jing Lan was a little lost, Jing Yuan called softly.

Jing Lan came back to her senses, nodded her head slightly, and glanced at the dinner that Jing Yuan was carrying, "I'll go to Third Brother's to eat later, and I won't let Third Brother be scolded by Aunt Hong."

"Okay, third brother is waiting for you." Jing Yuan smiled lightly.

Jing Lan also nodded, and went to Liuxi's small courtyard holding Jingyue.

As soon as Jing Lan stepped into the small courtyard, she saw Mr. Hai walking out of the room carrying the medicine box, and gently closed the door.

He shook his head and stood in front of the door, not in a hurry to leave.

"Mr. Hai." Jing Lan walked over.

Mr. Hai bowed respectfully to Jing Lan, "Young Master." After finishing speaking, he looked at Jing Lan's face with concern, and asked in a gentle voice, "Is the young master's wound healed?"

"En." Jing Lan nodded, the wound on her heart was only half the size of a knuckle, and it was just a flesh wound.She looked at Mr. Hai seriously, "How is she?"

"Dangerous." Mr. Hai answered truthfully.

Jing Lan frowned, "Didn't Third Brother say that she saved her life?"

Mr. Hai shook his head again, "Recovering a life today doesn't mean she can survive these few days."

"Why?" Jing Lan asked confusedly.

Mr. Hai glanced into the distance, "Young master, take a step to speak."

Jing Lan nodded, and followed Mr. Hai a little further away.

"She has internal injuries and old injuries on her back." Mr. Hai never expected that Liu Xi would quietly guard Jing Duo for seven days like a normal person, and then desperately went to Youyou Island to rescue her. people.

"Old injury?" Jing Lan was even more puzzled.

She had fought against Liu Xi many times, and Liu Xi couldn't see the slightest bit of injury.

If she had been holding on, it would be too cruel to herself.

"Young lady has an injury on her back, and she received a heavy blow." Mr. Hai recalled how shocking he was when he cut open Liuxi's back skirt and saw the shocking scars on her back.

On the blood-stained back, one can vaguely see a mass of tattoos, which is the emblem of the Xishan Liu family, and a "Willow" character is wrapped in scarlet manjusawa.

Mr. Hai has seen the emblem of the Xishan Liu family, so even though the tattoo has been blurred, he still knows what it is.

The so-called blur is not caused by washing with some medicine, but more like being scraped by a sharp knife, and a piece has been peeled off alive.

Under the tattoo, there is a bruised and purple palm print that has not yet dissipated.

Judging by the size of the palm print, it looks like the palm of an adult man.

Mr. Hai's hesitation at that time made Liu Xi, who held his breath and only wanted to survive, gave him a sideways look.

Liu Xi no longer had the energy to say anything, but Mr. Hai knew what her eyes meant.

Want to live, she doesn't want to die.

It was a deep longing for "life".

"Hai, do your best."

The only promise that Mr. Hai could give her at that time was this one sentence.Lifespan is determined by fate, even if he is proficient in the technique of Qihuang, sometimes he can't do anything.

Hemostasis, suturing wounds, applying medicine, mobilizing kung fu to treat internal injuries, taking elixirs to suspend Qi internally.

Mr. Hai has done everything he can, and the rest can only depend on whether Liuxi has such a good fortune to overcome the life and death test in the past few days.

At this time, Mr. Hai came back from his memory and added: "The wound is not a new wound today. Judging from the recovery of the wound, it was probably suffered a few months ago, and the recovery is not good. The severe injury from the palm, A few internal injuries. Looking around the world, there are only a handful of people with this level of internal strength. That person's attack is really vicious, and I'm afraid he wants to kill her immediately." After a short pause, Mr. Hai could only think of the only explanation, "According to the time, it is probably the injury that the eldest young lady suffered when she was in Xishan."

Jing Lan suddenly understood what Mr. Hai meant?

"Is there a price for betraying the Xishan Liu family?"

Mr. Hai nodded heavily, "Yes."

Jing Lan has complicated emotions.

Changing places, if she had rebelled against the Xishan Liu family, looking at the world, the only place to go was the Dongjing family.

No one in the world is willing to leave their hometown and turn against their relatives.

But Liu Xi did such a thing.

What terrible thing happened in Xishan Liu's family that she would rather suffer the almost fatal punishment of betrayal than stay for a moment.

"It's just your guess and mine." Jing Lan calmed down her mind, and she purposely said in a low voice, "Mr. Hai, Mr. Lao Hai has been taking care of her a lot these few days."

"That's right, maybe it's just Hai's wrong guess." Mr. Hai followed Jing Lan's words and nodded, "I'm a doctor, and saving people is my fault."

"Mr. Hai, can I take a look at her?" Jing Lan asked tentatively.

Mr. Hai nodded, "When I stitched the wound, I was afraid that she would be in too much pain, so I took Mafeisan, and the effect of the medicine should not have passed by now." Take care, so..."

Jing Lan knew what Mr. Hai meant, "Mr. Hai is saving people. Some things don't have to be done according to the rules. Just do it, and I'm ready."

"En!" Mr. Hai respectfully bowed to Jing Lan again.

Jing Lan silently approached the half-closed door, she pushed half of the door open, and through the screen in front of the bed, only two servant girls could be seen.

She only took a quick glance, then pulled the door shut again, frowned silently, and hurried away with Jingyue in her hand.