lotus tea

Chapter 1

Huaicheng rained heavily.

Jiang Tian felt that the lower side of the calf was very cold, and the obvious perception of adverse reactions was not a good symptom for a cultivator.Jiang Tian himself is the five miscellaneous roots that are discriminated against among the orthodox immortal cultivators, but the five elements are too mixed. Fortunately, he was spotted by a maverick Taoist when he was testing the spiritual roots, and he sent a letter to Yuanzong. .

Yuan Zong is not a place that pays attention to the roots of origin. Ordinary people can also come here to learn something from the younger masters, but it is a default that it cannot be said to be from the sect.Because of this, Yuanzong has a good relationship with the mortal world, Yuelao Yangu in Huaicheng also likes to point to the locust tree at the entrance of Yuanzong's passage, and speak in a soft local accent: "Introduce a fairy to your son. "

Jiang Tian had nothing to worry about, he followed the general order of entering, passing the stage, and climbing the ladder to the main hall.There were only two people who went up to the main hall with her, and she was in the best condition among the three.Beside her was a boy with a young face, whose clothes were inlaid with patterns of floating clouds and lines, Jiang Tian thought a little bit about it.

The Taoists who judged appeared from the cloud mirror, except for the Tongchen sect who was in charge of the sect, the rest were the masters of the sect who presided over the judges.

This is not surprising.

The first thing Jiang Tian looked at was Jiang Ming, the chief judge of the Tongchen faction, who was also the next leader and head disciple of Tongchen.

Jiang Ming seemed to notice her gaze at the same time, looked at her and smiled slightly.

At this time, Jiang Ming's beauty is unobtrusive, and there is an indescribable gentleness under the plain attire.Jiang Tian felt that there was something inexplicably weird about this kind of gentleness, which made her have a subtle affection for the person in front of her.

When it was Jiang Tian's turn to be evaluated, Du Tongchen and Xu Zhi did not choose her.This was also within Jiang Tian's expectation, she finally crushed He Guang's waist card, and the broken waist card reorganized into a comb and hid it in Jiang Tian's underwear sleeve.When making a choice, she got another smile from Jiang Ming.

When Jiang Tian took over Heguang's ribbon, Jiang Ming sent her a voice transmission alone: ​​"Junior Sister Jiang, the important seats in Tongchen have almost been reserved, and I'm afraid it's Qu Cai who came here. Brother Yin of Heguang is the next head of the sect." He is the most popular candidate, and he has no direct disciples, so the younger sisters can compete."

Jiang Tian continued the process of joining the sect, swearing to the real person of Heguang, she knelt respectfully, lowered her head deeply, and the people above couldn't see her expression.

Jiang Ming's words seemed to be very truthful, a bit secretive.In addition, real people from various factions have not accepted apprentices for many years, and she ranks herself as a peer, which means respect and importance.It's just that Jiang Ming is a popular candidate for the next head, so there are more or less other meanings in these words.

The well-dressed young man was recruited into the Tongchen faction, perhaps because Jiang Ming's friendly attitude made him not feel the sense of distance, he seemed too surprised, and went beyond the rules to ask Jiang Ming about accepting disciples in advance.

Jiang Tian received another voice transmission from her side: "I don't know what tricks she used to win people's hearts."

The voice is not sharp, but the tone is mean.Jiang Tian knew this person, and like her, Fu Yu was also "promoted".Although Fu Yu bears the surname of the head of the four great families, she was originally the daughter of the uncle of the Shaodang family. The Shaodang family followed her maternal grandfather's surname Fu, and she has no blood relationship with the Fu family.The reason why she changed her surname to Fu is not known to the outside world, but as far as her performance outside is concerned, her attitude towards the Fu family is not good.This time she hesitated for a while between Heguang and Xuzhi, and finally chose the Xuzhi faction.

There was nothing unusual about Jiang Ming's complexion. She glanced at Fu Yu next to Jiang Tian, ​​and replied calmly: "My senior brother Cheng Jie came out of Nanxu Cheng's house with you, so I think I can take better care of you." The meaning in Jiang Ming's words It is clear that the young man was born in one of the four great families. Although he was unwilling, he still took care of the family's reputation, so he agreed angrily.

In fact, Jiang Ming has never had a direct disciple, so he lost the bet at this step.

Jiang Tian didn't want to listen to Jiang Ming's soft words to comfort the boy.On the other hand, Fu Yu chattered beside her: "Cheng Qiandu is so stupid and scary. On the surface, Yuanzong and the family are pretending, but inside Yuanzong guards against the people of the family like a poisonous snake, how can he be kept in such a good position? Strength Pingping is thinking of relying on his family, so he might as well study hard and change his name and come back."

Jiang Tian was not a good talker, so he didn't know what to say to Fu Yu, so he continued to remain silent.

When it was Pai Nei's turn to appoint a teacher, she walked into the mirror, and the first question from the person in the mirror nailed her straight to the spot: "Lu Chong Qiushuang, why did you survive the climatic chaos on the rooftop, but why are you so angry?" Can't stand a little rain and cold?"

Ten years of autumn frost.

Jiang Ming invites Jiang Tian to drink tea. The tea is brewed from cherry blossoms after the cold, and the coldness is sweet.

It can be regarded as a prophecy on another level, she has really become Jiang Ming's junior sister now.The masters of the various peaks have not accepted disciples for nearly a hundred years, but Master Ximing of the Heguang sect chose her as his disciple ten years ago.

"Junior Sister, do you still remember Princess Fu Yufu who participated in the trial with you back then?"

Fu Yu was a princess in the mortal world, but her surname was not Fu at that time, and of course she was not called Princess Fu.

Jiang Tian nodded.

"Today the head told me that the Fu family really sent someone here, and asked me to take care of it."

Jiang Ming didn't call Daoist Xi Chang his master, but always called him the master, which seemed not to be close to him.

Jiang Tian still nodded.

"Junior Sister Jiang is really calm." Jiang Ming smiled again, with a natural and imperceptible alienation.

"Princess Fu died ten years ago, and Jiang has always felt guilty. Yuanzong tried his best to investigate the truth of the death of the princess, but he still has no clue for many years. This is what Yuanzong owes to the Fu family, and Jiang owes the Fu family even more. "

Jiang Tian took a sip of tea and thought to himself: Indeed, Fu Yu died strangely. When she appeared on camera, she suddenly felt that the atmosphere was weird. In the crowd was Fu Yu's dead body.At that time, Jiang Ming was still assessing Cheng Qiandu in the mirror. When she appeared on the mirror, she lost her composure and froze with a mournful face.Although Fu Yu was not born in the Fu family, she is the heir of the next generation of the Fu family and should be the direct cousin of the next head of the family.Besides, Fu Yu had an extraordinary background in the mortal world, and Yuan Zong had always been in close contact with the mortal world. Her death was a major blow to Yuan Zong.

Jiang Ming obviously didn't want to mention more about the past, but just warmed the tea slightly: "The person here is the daughter of a collateral lineage of the Fu family, named Zezhi."

Jiang Tian's cup noodles finally had a little ripple.

Jiang Ming continued: "I asked Si Yan to look up the slightly more orthodox family list of the Fu family, and there was no such person."

Jiang Tian is used to drinking tea, she knows the true identity of this "Fu Zezhi", but she also has no reason to tell Jiang Ming.

"And what's strange is that when I saw her portrait, I felt that she was somewhat similar to Fu Yu." Jiang Ming paid attention to Jiang Tian's reaction. Jiang Tian didn't seem to care, but the rising body temperature accumulated There was a layer of traces.

"The test at the beginning shows that she is the purest Tianlei root in the Fu family's lineage, and her bone age is still young, and her cultivation base has just established her foundation."

The four great aristocratic families each have their own special spiritual roots, and pure roots are especially important in the aristocratic families.

Jiang Ming's face softened slightly, and she forced a smile at Jiang Tian: "It's interesting to say, if there is no news, I would suspect that the young head over there has an illegitimate daughter."

Jiang Tian knew that Jiang Ming's deduction was [-]% to [-]% sure.She didn't answer, but changed another topic: "Is it the purest Tian Leigen?"

Yuanzong also has the purest Tianlei root.

Jiang Ming did not speculate on Jiang Tian's implication, Jiang Tian actually did not agree with the illegitimate daughter, Jiang Ming lost some confidence.

Seeing Jiang Ming's attitude changed, Jiang Tian was even more resistant to meeting Jiang Ming.Jiang Ming's cleverness lies in playing with people's hearts, and every seemingly casual question seems to be testing his own attitude.Her own tender glutinous rice balls had black fillings exposed ten years ago, but she didn't expect that the regret of such a mistake would continue to this day.

She once asked Jiang Ming why she believed in her own judgment so much, and she realized that her biggest failure was her confidence in her words. "It's not like superficial self-confidence or determination, but like resignation after Qianfan's death." Jiang Tian can't forget Jiang Ming's eyes when he said this, Jiang Ming is like a snake when it catches prey, Such gentle eyes still can't hide the bewitching toxicity.

Jiang Ming went to pick Fu Zezhi up in person. She dressed up a bit, her makeup was light and dignified.Before leaving, Zhanxi's senior sister Siyin joked that she would behave like this every time she saw a little girl.A blushing color appeared on Jiang Ming's face, as if she was a girl.

Fu Zezhi lived alone in a small guest house, saying that she was in poor health, but the Fu family didn't arrange personal care, they just stuffed her in.

The door of the small restaurant was wide open, but Jiang Ming still knocked on the air, and got a soft reply before entering.

Fu Zezhi nestled in a corner of the room. She was so white that she was sickly, her hair and eyebrows were dark black, and her only eyes were lighter brown.

Her lips are not red, but a light and moist rose color.The shape of her lips is very beautiful. If flowers are used as a metaphor, she opens her lips to speak, just in a budding posture.

Jiang Ming suddenly remembered Shaoyou's seven words:

"The powerless rose lying on the dawn branch."

Somewhat unreasonably, she thought of the person in front of her lying powerlessly: the faint light of Qingxiao touched her black hair, and it was plated with a piece of free gold dust...

Jiang Ming quickly stopped her reverie, looked away with a little regret, and turned to her eyes respectfully.

Fu Zezhi's eyes are extremely beautiful, and the eyelids overlap naturally.She was sitting on a rattan chair with her head slightly lowered, her long eyelashes hanging down.Jiang Ming walked in front of her without changing his expression, and after looking closely, he found a small mole on the eyelid of Fu Zezhi's right eye.The moles seem to be lighted artificially, but they really set off the eyes as picturesque.

Fu Zezhi noticed her gaze and raised his head without changing his expression.

Eyes facing each other.

Jiang Ming remembered that Zhao Siyin had once scolded her because of her eyes.

"Xiao Ming, do you know that you shouldn't stare at someone like this." Zhao Siyin also made a gesture to look away, "You look at me casually, I feel that you are affectionate."

Of course Senior Sister Siyin was joking with herself, Jiang Ming understood.She also more or less noticed that her eyes looked sentimental, and sometimes she deliberately looked at others when she was speaking, and she could even control the degree of the smile that came out of the corners of her eyes.

However, she used to think that Senior Sister Siyin was exaggerating, but now seeing Fu Zezhi looking at her like this, she actually believed that such eyes existed in the world.

She is not like Fu Yu.Jiang Ming sighed inwardly.

"It's the smell of Jasmine, it's a bit weak. Did my sister bring it from Jiangnan?"

Jiang Ming has long been familiar with the information from the investigation.Fu Zezhi is a collateral lineage of the Fu family, and because of the purity of her spiritual root, she made an exception to join the orthodox family.Fu Zezhi originally lived in the south of the Yangtze River, but moved to the north and then to the southeast. Now he is tired of getting off the boat and traveling, and he looks sick.

"It's from the master's courtyard, at least... from the master. The jasmine in the south of the Yangtze River will be more fragrant." Fu Zezhi spoke in a low voice, as if afraid of disturbing Jiang Ming, and even flinched.

Jiang Ming has always disliked the hierarchy of the aristocratic family, so she couldn't help frowning after hearing this.

"Is sister Fu from Zezi's generation? She is from the same generation as Shao Dangjia."

Before the words fell, the white porcelain cup in Fu Zezhi's hand couldn't hold it down. Fortunately, Jiang Ming reacted quickly and urged the weak wind to catch it.

Fu Zezhi knelt on the ground with a slap, and Jiang Ming rushed to pull her.Jiang Ming held up Fu Zezhi's heavy head, and Fu Zezhi immediately had tears in his eyes, and whispered: "Zezhi is just a child's name, how can he be in the same generation as the young master, my sister really broke me .”

Behind Jiang Ming stood a group of Yuanzong's people, separated by a few feet because of etiquette.Seeing Fu Zezhi knelt down, there was some gossip outside, but Zhao Siyin stopped him.

Jiang Ming had no choice but to kneel down with her, blaming herself for her slip of the tongue, while comforting her softly.Jiang Ming didn't know why the accumulated good feelings poured down like a landslide. The only thing she could rest assured was that Fu Zezhi didn't seem to have any hallucinogenic charms.

When Fu Zezhi was picked up in the car, Jiang Ming kept his eyes open the whole time, for fear that he would poke the sadness of this ancestor.The car went up to the main hall of Yuanzong along with the clouds.Yin Zejing of the Heguang Sect personally picked Fu Zezhi off the car, and Jiang Tian followed among the disciples, so simple that he had no sense of existence.

When Fu Zezhi saw Yin Zejing, his eyes were slightly red, and he seemed a little too excited.

"This sister, I seem to have seen it somewhere."

Yin Zejing's personality was rigid and boring, and he couldn't say a few words on the scene, but now he was talking mechanically, Jiang Ming's heart skipped a beat.

Shen Qi from the hypocrisy faction next to him was even more blunt and sarcastic: "Is Senior Brother Yin obsessed with folk scripts? Why did he still learn from one of the gangsters and use this kind of talk to seduce other sisters?"

"It's all Zezhi's fault, making brothers and sisters unhappy."

Fu Zezhi's tears fell again.She seemed to be exhausted and was about to faint in Yin Zejing's arms, but Jiang Ming hugged her and cooperated with her performance, asking, "What's wrong with my sister?"

Fu Zezhi cried insincerely. She sobbed and said, "Zezhi used to have a real brother, but the brother...he passed away. Hearing people call me sister again, Zezhi will inevitably... feel hurt."

Jiang Ming was stunned.Fu Zezhi's mother is a collateral lineage of the family, but was abandoned after elopement, unable to raise the young daughter and had to be sent back to Fu's family.It is said that Fu Zezhi's root system was not pure when she was born, and her mother did not know what method she used to turn her root into a pure Tianlei root.There were no rumors of Fu Zezhi having any brothers or sisters, but Yin Zejing did indeed have a sister who died.

Jiang Ming couldn't bear the tears that Fu Zezhi was shedding at every turn, so she used a trick to keep her from shedding tears.They sent her to live in the other hall.Yuanzong's financial resources are not strong, and the decoration of the other hall is far from that of the aristocratic family.Fu Zezhi's residence is at the foot of the mountain, which was originally a summer resort for real people.Jiang Ming specially transplanted lotus flowers on the pond to match Fu Zezhi's name.

"Junior Sister Wronged lives here for a while, and when the recruitment officially starts this year, Junior Sister can practice with each sect."

When Jiang Ming joined the sect, the magic weapon was a hairpin, and the magic weapon turned into a waist card was the status symbol of everyone in Yuanzong.

"Use this to enter and exit every place in Yuanzong. Please accept it, Junior Sister."

Fu Zezhi took the hairpin with no special expression on his face.

Yuanzong's waist card is made of the unique local locust tree, which is very suitable for charms.Xuzhi is a faction that specializes in spells. Although Shen Qi is a bit spoiled, his strength in spells should not be underestimated.Fu Zezhi had a relationship with Shen Qi when he was young, and Shen Qi was sent to Yuanzong during the Shen family's infighting, and now he is Xuzhi's first disciple.

Fu Zezhi still has a lot of research on incantations. She followed the same pattern and transferred the monitor on the bun to another piece of wood, using mimicry to create another illusion.She deliberately let in intermittent crying, and the sound of entering the illusion required her permission.

Fu Zezhi had looked through the rumors and secrets of some people in Yuanzong before, and knew that Jiang Ming's magic weapon was actually a hairband given by the headmaster when he was apprenticed to the teacher. To her, the waist card is just an ordinary piece of wood, so it's no wonder She uses it as a favor.

But Fu Zezhi became excited. The identity certificate on Yuan Zong's waist card is one of Yuan Zong's important spells. Having Jiang Ming as an important reference is beneficial to her research on this spell. .Fu Zezhi separated and listed the spells on the waist card one by one, and set the opening and closing procedures for several functional spells.

Before coming here, she and Yu Xiwei had gambled with Yuan Zong's spells, and Yu Xiwei thought that the spiritual woods of each school were actually different, not from the same tree species or the same plant, and the level of each school was based on the quality of the spiritual wood.Of course Fu Zezhi disagreed. She believed that the real waist card came from the largest Linghuai tree in Huaicheng. Different branches belong to different factions, and the division is not based on the level but the year of joining the faction.

"The reason why spirit wood is spirit wood is that it has spirituality, that is, it has extraordinary life. Even if it is used as a waist card, it does not mean that it is inactive. You get waist cards of different materials because they are not It's not a real waist card, Yuanzong's real waist card can only be owned by qualified people."

"Then who do you think killed the Princess?"

Fu Zezhi did not answer at that time.

Some members of the aristocratic family have been fed a strange kind of Gu since birth, and she used this to retrieve the memory of Cheng Qiandu who had been deeply rooted in the Gu, and discovered Jiang Tian's strangeness.

"I hated this kind of practice before, but I didn't expect that one day, I would use it myself." Fu Zezhi smiled self-deprecatingly, and Yu Xiwei had been wearing a mask, which still had a weird smiling face on it.

"Xiwei, the family is a net, and you and I are both prey on the net."