The shock caused by Wen Tutu's words was too great, Emperor Cheng Hao didn't pay attention, and was knocked into the air by the big Mao Yu who bumped from behind, and his whole body was hung on a vine branch several feet above the ground, which was very pitiful.
The big hairball has happily rolled towards Wen Qiao and the others.
The little unicorn who was playing in the space also hurried over on four short legs.
Ning Yuzhou stood up, looked at the two people under the rattan house, with a stern expression, "Say!"
Wen Tutu secretly swallowed his saliva, brother Ning's angry appearance was really scary, it gave him an urge to change back to his original shape and shrink up.
He pulled Wen Qiao up to the rattan house, and the two sat in front of Ning Yuzhou, and Wen Tutu obediently told Ning Yuzhou what they had done outside these days.
Emperor Cheng Hao dragged his slightly lame legs up the rattan house.
Wen Qiao glanced at him, and found that his father-in-law's handsome face was bruised and purple, looking very pitiful, so he took out the tea set and made him a pot of spiritual tea.
Holding the fragrant spirit tea, Emperor Cheng Hao sighed in his heart that his daughter-in-law is considerate, and he can't complain that ordinary people always say that a daughter is a caring little padded jacket, unlike a son who can ruthlessly watch his old father being chased by a big fur ball To die.
While drinking the spirit tea, Emperor Cheng Hao didn't forget to hear the rabbit talking.
After Wen Tutu finished talking about what they had investigated these days, Emperor Cheng Hao's face also became serious.
Ning Yuzhou pondered for a moment, then said: "My guess should be correct. My mother-in-law's surname is Min. This is also a strong evidence. Maybe it is really related to the Min family on Shangzhou Island."
"Could it be that my mother was deliberately abandoned by the Min family?" Wen Qiao asked with a serious face.
Ning Yuzhou didn't know much about the previous generation, so he turned to ask his father, "Father, I heard that my mother-in-law was an orphan adopted by the Wen family, what happened back then?"
Emperor Cheng Hao put down the teacup, thought carefully and said: "Actually, I don't know too well. I heard that when the Patriarch of the Wen family passed by the village near Lintai Mountain, he suddenly heard the cry of a baby and found that someone had abandoned a baby. The baby has Yuan Linggen in her body, so she was brought back to Wen's family just now."
"Why did the Wen family name my mother Min Sudi?" Wen Qiao asked.
Emperor Cheng Hao shook his head, "I'm not sure about that, it should be because your mother had something to prove her name at that time." Otherwise, children like this who were adopted by a big family usually follow Wen's family name directly instead of giving another surname .
Speaking of which, the Wen family is also a kind person, and if the orphans they pick up have cultivation talents, they will treat them equally. Later, Wen Boqing and Min Sudi fell in love with each other, and they didn't dislike each other as an orphan, which allowed them to form a Taoist couple.
"How about you go ask the elders of the Wen family, they should know." Emperor Cheng Hao suggested.
Wen Qiao nodded, asking must be asked.
Ning Yuzhou held her hand, and his voice was soft and warm, "If it really has something to do with the Min family on Shangzhou Island, we will go to Shangzhou Island to seek justice for you and your father-in-law."
Wen Qiao nodded again.
Although there was not much evidence, and most of it was her who lied to the male cultivator, his reaction also indirectly proved that her guess was correct.
In fact, she would have guessed the Min family on Shangzhou Island, one is her mother's surname, and the other is that she met Min Jishu from the inner sea when she was in the secret place of Qiandao. At that time, I saw what was in the person's storage bag, and I somehow connected it.
It's just that she didn't understand what the people behind the scenes wanted to do. It seemed that she hated them so much that she wished she would die in pain. Killing people is nothing more than a nod, but the other party just watched her suffer from fire poison since birth, and grew up in a lingering sick bed, wanting her to die in extreme pain.
"Brother Ning is right!" Wen Tutu clenched his fists and said, "After the incident with Dongling is over, we will hit Shangzhou Island."
Little Qilin and Big Maoqiu joined forces, and they dared to hurt Miao Miaomiao, so they fought together.
Emperor Cheng Hao looked at the group of monsters who were enthusiastically preparing to seek justice for Wen Qiao, and realized again that these monsters were indeed taken in by his daughter-in-law as his son said, and had nothing to do with his son.
His son probably just set up a place to help raise them.
With this matter in mind, Ning Yuzhou and Wen Qiao left the space one after another.
Emperor Cheng Hao originally wanted to follow and support the two children—he subconsciously wanted to present the emperor's spectrum before his thoughts turned around, but was ruthlessly rejected by his son and said: "Father, continue to practice , don't be lazy, I hope you can break through the Yuanmai realm before leaving Dongling."
Emperor Cheng Hao: "..." Is there any reason for the son to meddle in Lao Tzu's affairs
Although it is unreasonable, Emperor Cheng Hao can only stay in the space to practice obediently, and Ning Yuzhou also left Wen Tutu, a metamorphosis demon cultivator, to guide him.
For ordinary people, it would be flattering to have a Yuanhuang Realm practitioner pointing them out.
But for Emperor Cheng Hao, who is used to being the head of the family... it's really sad.
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Half an hour later, Ning Yuzhou and Wen Qiao came to Wen's house.
Wen's family didn't have many disciples, most of them went to participate in the Grand Competition, and only a few stayed behind, and they were all older disciples with less aptitude.
When Wen Qiao and Ning Yuzhou came together, the disciples who stayed behind quickly recognized them.
In fact, Ning Yuzhou hasn't changed much, he is still graceful, luxurious, and handsome, with every gesture, he is the demeanor of a royal family, the son of an emperor in the world, nothing else. On the contrary, Wen Qiao has changed a lot. After all, in the hearts of the older generation of the Wen family, Wen Qiao is still the thin, pale, weak child who seems to die at any time.
A child they ignore.
However, after she broke the fate of premature death, not only did she grow taller, her appearance also grew, and she became more and more beautiful. She was very similar to her mother, a rare beauty embryo.
Wen's disciples were very excited, they all knew that Wen Qiao is not what she used to be, and her cultivation level is so high that Wen's would call her Patriarch from top to bottom. It's just because the Wen family ignored her back then, and even married her off casually like a blame, which made her dislike the Wen family now, and had no intention of coming back.
The Wen family didn't dare to bother her in the past, and secretly hoped that Wen Qiao would come back, even if it was just for a while, it would make the Wen family stand upright in front of other families.
When everyone in Wen's family was alarmed, several elders who stayed at Wen's house greeted them excitedly.
"Three, three girls..."
Wen Qiao glanced at them, it was the Great Elder, the Third Elder and the Seventh Elder.
In the past, she was just a sick and weak girl, and she rarely even saw the patriarch, let alone the elders, who were not qualified to see them at all. But now, several elders came out to welcome them in person, and welcomed them into Wen's house respectfully.
In the living room, the three elders looked at Wen Qiao excitedly, and asked cautiously, "Why did the third girl come back suddenly? But what's the matter?"
Wen Qiao kept a cold face, didn't go around in circles with them, and asked directly: "I want to know something about my mother."
The three elders froze for a moment, "You want to ask Mrs. Min?"
"Yes, tell me about my mother."
The three elders responded fairly quickly. Although they didn't know what Wen Qiao's move meant, they still came together honestly.
"... When your grandfather picked up Mrs. Min, she was about six months old. The cloth she wore was extremely luxurious and expensive. It was a prefecture-level cassock made of silk spun out by sea silkworms for thousands of years. She would be named 'Min Sudi' is also because of the name embroidered on her clothes, other than that, there is no other identification... "
When the baby girl was picked up, it wasn't that the Wen family hadn't thought about looking for the baby girl's family. After all, the clothes and fabrics on the baby girl were so expensive, so it could be seen that they had extraordinary origins, but they didn't know why they appeared in Dongling. He was thrown at the entrance of the village at the foot of Lintai Mountain.
However, the Wen family had been inquiring secretly for a long time, but there was no news, so they had to adopt her.
The Wen family's family traditions are not bad, and they thought the baby girl was of extraordinary origin, so when they adopted her, they didn't treat her badly, and let her grow up together with the same treatment as Wen's disciples. At that time, the Wen family also had a certain idea, if one day the relatives of the baby girl came to find her and saw that she was living well, they probably wouldn't do anything.
Min Sudi's appearance was too weird, and the cassock she was wearing at that time was too high-end, which could not be found in a place like Dongling, which made the Wen family a little more cautious, hoping not to bring trouble for the Wen family.
This matter was also kept secret by the insiders in the Wen family, and did not reveal anything to the outside world.
However, until Min Sudi grew up, Dongling was still peaceful, and no practitioner found Dongling.
Later, Wen Boqing and Min Sudi's childhood sweethearts grew up together, fell in love with each other, and became husband and wife under the witness of the family.
"Mrs. Min's talent is extremely high. Like you, she is the ultimate spirit root of the wood system." The elder said, and because of Min Sudi's talent, even though her origin is unknown, the Wen family still accepted this daughter-in-law. .
It's a pity that Wen Boqing and Min Sudi both died in that monster riot.
The Wen family lost two extremely talented disciples in a row, and the only daughter they left behind was poisoned by fire. Even though she had top-grade primordial spirit roots, she was just useless, and might even die before the double ten. This dealt a great blow to the Wen family, and in desperation, Wen Zhongqing, who was of average talent, could only be allowed to take the position of patriarch.
"Second Uncle said that when my parents died, strangers broke into Wen's house. Over the years, there have been people secretly sneaking into Wen's house from time to time, do you know?" Wen Qiao stared at the three of them.
The three elders twitched slightly, and lowered their heads involuntarily, avoiding her gaze.
So, what Wen Qiao didn't understand, they knew.
With Wen Zhongqing's personality, since he found out that someone was detrimental to Wen's family, he would naturally tell the elders secretly so that he would not be caught.
"... The cultivation base of the people here is too high, we are not opponents." The elder said with difficulty, "If Zhongqing hadn't told us, we would have observed them in private, and we would not have been able to detect them at all."
Wen Qiao's heart was cold, and she didn't speak for a long time.
Ning Yuzhou held her hand and looked at them sharply, "So, you are worried that the other party will implicate Wen's family, ignore Auntie, and let her grow up alone in Jishuiyuan? "
The three elders twitched their faces and wanted to say something, but in his all-seeing gaze, all words were choked up, and they could only avoid his sight in embarrassment.
After a while, Wen Qiao took a deep breath, "I understand."
She didn't say anything, thanked them for their introduction, and left Wen's house with Ning Yuzhou.
The three elders sent them out eagerly, and didn't dare to speak out to keep them back. They didn't sigh deeply until they disappeared at the intersection, and then went back with a dejected pace.
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The sun shines on the bustling street, people come and go around, and those who pass by, all look back in amazement because of the outstanding appearance of the two.
Wen Qiao looked a little tired and walked aimlessly.
It wasn't until the man pulling her stopped suddenly that she turned her head to look at him, her eyes were out of focus.
"Auntie." Ning Yuzhou suddenly called her.
Wen Qiao sighed in bewilderment.
Ning Yuzhou smiled, "Anyway, it's okay, we might as well visit the imperial city."
"Oh." Wen Qiao was still in a daze.
Ning Yuzhou had already pulled her along, strolling all the way from the bustling Changping Street, to the highest Bell and Drum Tower in the imperial city, to the restaurant by Mingze Lake to eat a whole fish feast, and to the peach forest in Xishan to drink Peach Blossom Wine…
On this day, Ning Yuzhou took her to visit all the places in the entire imperial city.
It was a place that she could only hear about when she was young, but never visited.
Her body was extremely weak, and she was bedridden for twenty days a month, she spent three days practicing with her sisters, and the rest of the days she sat quietly in the Jishui courtyard.
She seldom goes out, not only because her body does not allow it, but also because no one goes out with her. No one wants to go out and play with a sick child who may collapse at any time.
Bought two strings of candied haws made of spiritual fruit with one yuan bead, Ning Yuzhou handed one to her, and took the other to bite himself. It was obviously nothing to do with image, but when he made it, it was extraordinarily elegant and beautiful , Those nuns on the street couldn't help but look back at him.
"It's quite sweet." Ning Yuzhou said, "Try it too."
Wen Qiao took a bite slowly, and felt that the taste was very ordinary and nothing delicious.
She took the candied haws and ate them one after another, feeling bored.
"Ah."
Wen Qiao raised her eyes and looked at the man next to her, but saw him standing on the dimly lit street, smiling extremely gently at her.
"I regret it very much." He said, his voice was so soft that it seemed to be dissipated in the lights, "If I could have... I missed the time when she was growing up, and I missed the years when I knew her in advance... Wen Boqing betrothed his daughter to me, why didn't I find you earlier?"
Wen Qiao was startled, feeling a little hot on her face, her fingers holding the candied haws were a little tight, and asked uncomfortably, "Why do you always call my father by his name? It's impolite."
She had noticed a long time ago that when Emperor Cheng Hao bestowed the marriage, when he met him for the first time in Lingxu Pavilion, he called her father by his name several times. At that time, he thought that he was a prince and had the pride of the royal family. Their marriage was decided by his father. He was too calm and rational, as if he looked at all this as a bystander.
Ning Yuzhou smiled, "When I awakened Emperor Xi's bloodline, I saw a lot of things and had memories that didn't belong to me. At that time, I couldn't separate my emotions from those memories, so..."
Wen Qiao looked at him half understandingly.
Ning Yuzhou leaned over and rubbed the corner of her lips stained with sugar.
Wen Qiao finally blushed, looked around subconsciously, and was relieved to find that the practitioners on the street hadn't noticed them.
Ning Yuzhou looked at her with a smile and Yanyan, as if he didn't care about his sudden closeness. Seeing her stare at her shyly, he took her hand and left.
After returning to the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Wen Qiao's mood has returned to calm.
Ning Yuzhou just said seriously: "The cultivation of the Yuan Zongjing has already exploded, and the people behind the scenes must know it soon, and they don't know what the other party will do next, so we should be more careful."
Wen Qiao nodded and said worriedly: "Will it be bad for Dong Ling?"
If it was only aimed at herself, Wen Qiao would not be worried, she was afraid that the people behind her would be unfavorable to Dong Ling.
"Not really." Ning Yuzhou analyzed, "Since the other party's target is you, they must disdain the remote Dongling. Besides, judging from recent events, the other party can only send Yuan Zongjing practitioners over, and Not daring to confront us openly, it can be seen that he has some scruples."
Seeing that her brows and eyes were slightly loose, Ning Yuzhou hesitated, and said: "Ah, the person behind the scenes may be the enemy of the Min family, or it may be..." It was caused by family strife.
Otherwise, the huge Min family of Shangzhou Island would not be at odds with a newborn baby, and even the descendants of that baby would want to see her die miserably.
Wen Qiao said lightly: "No matter what the reason is, I will avenge them."