Wei WuXian was stunned for a moment, and asked, “Dead?”

Lan Wangji's face, reflected in the firelight and covered with tears, suddenly flashed through his mind, and he blurted out, "How is Lan Zhan?"

Jiang Cheng said, "What else can I do? I'll go back. My father wanted to send someone to send him back to Gusu, but he refused. From the look on his face, I think he must have expected this day to come. After all, in this situation, no one family is better off than the other."

The two sat down on the wooden railing again. Wei WuXian asked, “What about Lan XiChen?”

Jiang Cheng said, “Didn’t the Wen family want to burn down their library? There are tens of thousands of ancient books and music scores. The Lan family rescued some of them and should have given them to Lan Xichen to run away with. They should have saved as many as they could, otherwise they would all be lost. This is what everyone is guessing.”

Looking up at the sky, Wei WuXian said, “How disgusting.”

Jiang Cheng said: "Yeah. The Wen family is so disgusting."

Wei WuXian said, “How long are they going to keep jumping like this? We have so many families, can’t we join forces…”

At this moment, a group of chaotic footsteps were heard, and a group of young men in shorts ran and jumped onto the corridor like monkeys, shouting, "Big Brother!!!"

The sixth junior brother said happily: "Big Brother!!! You are alive!!!"

Wei WuXian said, “What do you mean I’m alive? I wasn’t dead in the first place!”

"Big Brother, I heard that you killed a monster that was over 400 years old?! Really?! You killed it?!"

"What I want to know more than this is, have you really not eaten for seven days?!"

"You really didn't do fasting secretly without telling us?!"

"How big is the Slaughtering Black Tortoise? Can Lotus Lake hold it?!"

"The Black Tortoise of Slaughter is just a turtle, right?!"

"Big Brother, you spent the past seven days with that Lan Wangji from Gusu? He didn't beat you to death?!"

The slightly solemn atmosphere before was immediately thrown into chaos.

Wei Wuxian's injury was not serious, but he did not take medicine in time, and he was too tired and had no food to eat. But he had a good physical foundation. After taking medicine for the iron mark on his chest, the fever soon subsided. After lying down for a few days, he became lively again. After the rebellion of the massacre of Xuanwu at Muxi Mountain, the "Education Department" set up by the Wen family in Qishan was completely disbanded, and the children of the noble families returned to their own families. Wen Chao did not pursue the matter for the time being. Madam Yu seized the opportunity to scold Wei Wuxian and ordered him not to step out of the gate of the Lotus Pier, and even forbade him to row a boat on the lake. So, he had to shoot kites with a group of Jiang family disciples every day.

No matter how fun a game is, it will become boring if played every day. Therefore, after half a month, the boys became less and less interested. Wei Wuxian also lost interest and shot randomly, which was unprecedented for Jiang Cheng to take first place several times.

That day, when the last round of shooting was over, Wei WuXian placed his right hand between his brows, looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, and said, "Call it a day, stop playing. Let's go home and eat."

Jiang Cheng asked: "So early today?"

Wei WuXian threw away his bow, sat on the ground, and said sadly, “It’s boring, I won’t shoot anymore. Who ranked last just now? Follow Sixth Junior Brother to pick them up.”

A young man said: "Big Brother, you are so cunning. You always let others pick up the things. You are so shameless."

Wei WuXian waved his hands and said, “I can’t do anything about it. Madam Yu won’t let me go out. She’s at home now. Maybe Jinzhu and Yinzhu are hiding in some corner, watching me and ready to report me at any time. If I go out, Madam Yu will whip me to death.”

The brothers with the worst performance made some jokes and went out to pick up the kite. Jiang Cheng stood and Wei Wuxian sat on the ground. The two chatted for a while. Wei Wuxian said, "Uncle Jiang went out this morning. Why hasn't he come back yet? Can he make it in time for dinner?"

This morning, Jiang Fengmian and Madam Yu had another quarrel. It doesn't seem right to call it a quarrel, but Madam Yu lost her temper unilaterally, and Jiang Fengmian still maintained a little demeanor. Jiang Cheng said, "I went to the Wen family again for our sword. When I think about my Three Poisons being held in the hands of some Wen dog, it's really..."

He showed disgust on his face, and Wei WuXian said, “It’s a pity that our swords are not powerful enough. If they could be sealed automatically, no one would be able to use them.”

Jiang Cheng said: "If you practice for another eighty years, maybe you can do it."

Suddenly, several young men rushed into the training grounds of Lotus Pier, shouting in panic, "Something bad has happened! Senior Brother, Senior Brother, something bad has happened!!!"

These people were the fellow apprentices who had just gone out to pick up the kite. Wei WuXian stood up immediately and asked, “What’s going on?”

Jiang Cheng asked: "Where is Sixth Junior Brother? Why is there one less person?"

Sure enough, the first one to run out was the Sixth Junior Brother, but now he is gone. A young man gasped and said, "Sixth Junior Brother has been captured!"

"Captured?!"

Wei WuXian picked up the bow as well, holding a weapon in his hand, and asked, “Who caught him? Why did you catch him?!”

The young man said, "I don't know! I don't know why they arrested him!"

Jiang Cheng also became anxious: "What do you mean I don't know why?"

Wei WuXian said, “Don’t worry. Explain yourself clearly.”

The young man said, "Just now, just now we went out to pick up a kite, and the kite fell over there, quite far away. We looked over there and saw dozens of people, they were from the Wen family, all wearing their clothes, including disciples and servants, and the leader was a young woman. She was holding a kite with an arrow stuck in it, and when she saw us she asked who the kite belonged to."

Another young man said, "This kite belongs to our Sixth Junior Brother, so he said it was his. The woman suddenly changed her expression and said, 'How brave!' Then she told her men to capture our Sixth Junior Brother!"

Wei WuXian asked, “That’s it?”

The young men all nodded and said, "We asked why they wanted to arrest our Sixth Junior Brother, but the woman kept saying that he was a traitor and had evil intentions, and she yelled at her men to take our Sixth Junior Brother away. We had no choice but to run back."

Jiang Cheng cursed and said, "There's no reason to arrest people! Are the Wen family going to die?"

"Yeah! It's totally inexplicable!"

Wei WuXian said, “Don’t say anything. The Wen family will probably come to our house soon, don’t let them hear us and find any evidence against us. I want to ask you, is that woman not wearing a sword? Is she pretty, and does she have a mole on her lips?”

The fellow disciples said, "Yes! It's her!"

Jiang Cheng said in a hateful voice: "Wang Lingjiao! This..."

At this time, a cold female voice came over: "What are you arguing about? You won't let me have peace and quiet for a whole day!"

Madam Yu came over in a fluttering purple dress, while Jinzhu and Yinzhu were still armed, following behind her on the left and right. Jiang Cheng said, "Mother, the Wen family is here, and our Sixth Junior Brother has been captured by them!"

Madam Yu said, "You guys were shouting so loudly, I heard them from inside. What's the big deal? You were captured, not killed. Why are you stamping your feet and gritting your teeth in anger? Do you still look like a future sect leader? Calm down!"

After she finished speaking, she turned to face the gate in front of the training ground. A dozen Wen family monks wearing scorching sun robes filed in. Behind these monks, a woman in colorful clothes walked in gracefully.

This woman had a graceful figure, charming appearance, charming eyes, lips like fire, and a small black mole on her lips. She was a very outstanding beauty. However, she was covered in bright hairpins and jewelry, as if she wanted to wear a jewelry store and the love of the nobles on her body, which was very low quality. It was Wang Lingjiao who was slapped away and vomited blood by Wei Wuxian last time in Qishan.

Wang Lingjiao smiled and said, "Madam Yu, I'm here again."

Madam Yu had a blank expression on her face, as if she felt that saying one more word to her would be a dirty word. Wang Lingjiao walked down the steps of the gate, and Madam Yu said, "Why did you arrest the children of my Yunmeng Jiang family?"

Wang Lingjiao said, "Catch? Are you talking about the one we caught outside just now? This is a long story. Let's go in and sit down and talk about it slowly."

A household servant, without informing or asking for permission, entered the gate of another family, and asked to enter the house as if it was his right, "Sit down and we'll talk slowly." Madam Yu's face became more and more stern, and the fingers of her right hand with the purple lightning silver ring twitched twice, and the veins on the back of her white hand bulged slightly.

She said, "Come in and sit down and talk?"

Wang Lingjiao said, "Of course. I didn't have time to sit down last time I came to give the order. Please come in."

Hearing the word "order", Jiang Cheng snorted coldly, and the two beauties, Jin and Yin, also showed a little anger. But Wang Lingjiao was a favorite of Wen Chao, and she couldn't be offended at the moment. Therefore, although Madam Yu was full of sneers and ridicule, she still said, "Well, you go in."

Wang Lingjiao smiled sweetly and went in.

However, she said she wanted to go in and sit down, but she didn't rush to sit down. Instead, she took a small circle in the Lotus Pier with great interest and expressed her opinions everywhere:

"This Lotus Pier is pretty good. It's really big, but the buildings are a bit old."

"The wood is all black. This color is really ugly and not bright."

"Madam Yu, you are a poor mistress. Don't you know how to decorate and take care of the house? Hang more red gauze curtains next time. It will look better that way."

She walked along the road, pointing and talking as if this was her backyard. Madam Yu's brows twitched constantly, and Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng suspected that she would suddenly kill someone at any time.

After the tour, Wang Lingjiao finally sat down in the hall. No one invited her to sit down, so she took the first seat. After sitting for a while, she saw that no one came to serve her. She frowned and slapped the table, asking, "Where's the tea?"

Although she was glittering with pearls, her words and deeds were completely uncultured and ugly. After watching her all the way, everyone was no longer surprised. Madam Yu sat at the second seat. The wide hem and sleeves of her purple dress spread out, making her waist look even slimmer and her posture more beautiful. The two beauties, Jin and Yin, stood behind her with a faint sneer on their lips. Yinzhu said, "There is no tea. Pour it yourself if you want."

Wang Lingjiao's eyes widened in surprise, "The Jiang family's servants never do anything?"

Jin Zhu said: "The servants of the Jiang family have more important things to do. They don't need others to do things like serving tea and water. They are not disabled."

Wang Lingjiao looked at them for a few seconds and asked, "Who are you?"

Madam Yu said, "My personal maid."

Wang Lingjiao said contemptuously: "Madam Yu, your Jiang family is really outrageous. This is not acceptable. Even the maid dares to interrupt in the hall. Such a servant will be slapped in the face in the Wen family."

Wei WuXian thought to himself, “You who said that are nothing more than a house slave yourself.”

Madam Yu remained calm and said, "Jinzhu and Yinzhu are not ordinary servants. They have been by my side since they were young and have never served anyone except me. No one can slap them in the face. No one dares."

Wang Lingjiao said, "What are you talking about, Madam Yu? In a noble family, the hierarchy must be clearly distinguished, so that there won't be any chaos. A servant should act like a servant."

Madam Yu, however, believed in the saying "a servant should act like a servant". She glanced at Wei Wuxian and actually agreed with him, saying proudly, "That's right."

Then he asked again, "Why did you capture the disciple of my Yunmeng Jiang Clan?"

Wang Lingjiao said, "Madam Yu, you'd better draw a clear line between yourself and that boy. He harbored evil intentions, and I caught him on the spot and sent him to be punished."

Madam Yu raised her eyebrows and asked, "Have evil intentions?"

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but ask, "What evil intentions could Sixth Junior Brother have?"

Wang Lingjiao said: "I have evidence. Bring it to me!"

A disciple of the Wen family presented a kite. Wang Lingjiao shook the kite and said, "This is the evidence."

Wei WuXian sneered, “This kite is a very common one-eyed monster, what kind of evidence is that?”

Wang Lingjiao sneered: "Do you think I'm blind? See clearly."

She pointed at the kite with her index fingers painted with bright red nail polish, and analyzed it confidently: "What color is this kite? Gold. What shape is the one-eyed monster? Round."

Madam Yu asked, "So?"

Wang Lingjiao said: "So? Madam Yu, haven't you discovered it yet? It's golden and round, and it looks like what? - The sun!"

As others were dumbfounded, she said smugly, "There are so many kinds of kites, why did he have to make a one-eyed monster? Why did he have to paint it gold? Wouldn't it be better if he made it in another shape? Why not another color? Are you still saying this is a coincidence? Of course not. This person must have done it on purpose. He shot a kite like this, actually taking the opportunity to allude to 'shooting the sun'! He wanted to shoot the sun down! This is a great disrespect to the Qishan Wen Clan. Isn't this a sinister intention?"

Seeing her perform so cleverly and far-fetchedly, Jiang Cheng could no longer hold back and said, "Although this kite is round and golden, it is a far cry from the sun. How is it similar? It's not even a little bit like the sun!"

Wei WuXian said, “So if you say so, then we can’t eat oranges either. Aren’t oranges also golden and round? But I think I’ve seen you eat them more than once, right?”

Wang Lingjiao glared at him fiercely. Madam Yu said coldly, "So you came here just for this kite?"

Wang Lingjiao said: "Of course not. I am here on behalf of the Wen family and Master Wen to punish someone."

Wei WuXian’s heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, the next moment, Wang Lingjiao pointed at him and said, "This kid was on Muxi Mountain. He took advantage of Master Wen's brave fight with Slaughter Black Tortoise to speak rudely and cause trouble many times, causing Master Wen to be exhausted and almost lose his sword!"

Jiang Cheng laughed out loud when she told him she was talking nonsense. Wei Wuxian thought of Jiang Fengmian who had left home this morning, and thought, "They came here at this time on purpose. Or maybe they wanted to lure Uncle Jiang out on purpose!"

Wang Lingjiao said, "It's not bad! God bless Master Wen. Even though he lost his sword, he still managed to capture the Slaughtering Black Tortoise without any danger. But this kid really can't be tolerated! I came here today on Master Wen's orders to ask Madam Yu to severely punish this man and set an example for the rest of the Yunmeng Jiang Clan!"

Jiang Cheng said: "Mother..."

Madam Yu said, "Shut up!"

Seeing Madam Yu's reaction, Wang Lingjiao was very satisfied and said, "This Wei Ying, if I remember correctly, is a servant of Yunmeng Jiang Clan, right? Now that Sect Master Jiang is not here, I believe Madam Yu knows the importance of this. Otherwise, if Yunmeng Jiang Clan wants to protect him, it would really make people doubt... whether some rumors... are true... hehe."

She sat in the first seat where Jiang Fengmian usually sat, and smiled with her hands covering her mouth. Madam Yu looked away with a gloomy expression. Jiang Cheng heard what she meant and said angrily, "What rumor?!"

Wang Lingjiao chuckled and said, "What rumors are you talking about? It's just some old romantic debts of Sect Master Jiang..."

Seeing this woman dare to make up stories about Jiang Fengmian in front of him, Wei Wuxian was furious and said angrily, "You..." Unexpectedly, he suddenly felt a pain in his back and his knees softened involuntarily. It was Madam Yu who suddenly attacked and whipped him.

Jiang Cheng cried out in amazement: "Mother!"

Madam Yu had stood up, and the purple lightning turned into a whip, sizzling between her cold jade-like hands. She shouted, "Jiang Cheng, get out of the way, or you kneel down too!"

Wei WuXian struggled to get up and said, “Jiang Cheng, get out of the way! Don’t bother!”

Madam Yu whipped him again, causing him to lie back on the ground. She gritted her teeth and said, "...I've told you before, you...you unruly thing! Sooner or later you'll bring big trouble to the Jiang family!"

Wei Wuxian pushed Jiang Cheng away, gritted his teeth and endured it, saying nothing and not moving. Although Madam Yu always spoke harshly to him in the past, she never really used harsh methods on him. At most, she would whip him two or three times and order him to kneel down and be confined to his room. He would be released by Jiang Fengmian soon. But this time, he was whipped dozens of times in a row, which made his back burn and his whole body numb and painful. It was unbearable, but he had to endure it. If the punishment today does not satisfy Wang Lingjiao and the people of the Qishan Wen Clan, this matter will never end!

Wang Lingjiao watched with a smile. After Madam Yu finished pumping, the purple lightning suddenly retracted, and Wei Wuxian knelt on the ground, his upper body swaying forward, as if he was about to fall. Jiang Cheng wanted to go up to help him, but Madam Yu said sternly: "Stand aside. Don't help him!"

Jiang Cheng was held tightly by the gold and silver beads. Wei Wuxian held on for a while, but finally fell heavily to the ground and lay there motionless.

Wang Lingjiao was surprised and asked, "Is it over?"

Madam Yu snorted, "What else?"

Wang Lingjiao asked, “That’s it?”

Madam Yu raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you mean by 'just like that'? What kind of spiritual weapon do you think Zidian is? He got beaten like that, and he won't be well for the next month. He'll suffer!"

Wang Lingjiao said: "But there will be a time when things will get better!"

Jiang Cheng angrily said: "What else do you want?!"

Wang Lingjiao scolded, "Madam Yu, since this is a punishment, then of course he must remember this lesson for the rest of his life, regret it for the rest of his life, and dare not commit the same mistake again. If he is just whipped, and he rests for a while and is back to being full of energy, then what kind of punishment is that? Boys of this age are most likely to forget the pain once the wound has healed, so it will not work at all."

Madam Yu asked, "What are you going to do? Cut off his legs so that he can no longer jump around?"

Wang Lingjiao said, "Master Wen is kind and generous. He would not do such a cruel thing as chopping off both legs. As long as you cut off his right hand, he will not care about it anymore."

This woman was simply taking advantage of the power of others and using Wen Chao's support to avenge Wei Wuxian for hitting her with a palm in the cave in Muxi Mountain that day!

Madam Yu glanced at Wei WuXian and asked, "Did you cut off his right hand?"

Wang Lingjiao said: "Not bad."

Yu Ziyuan stood up and walked around Wei Wuxian slowly, seeming to be considering this idea. Wei Wuxian was in so much pain that he couldn't even lift his head. Jiang Cheng broke free of the gold and silver beads, knelt down, and protected Wei Wuxian, saying: "Mother, mother, please don't... things are not at all like what she said..."

Wang Lingjiao raised her voice and asked, "Young Master Jiang, are you talking about me, Du Yi?"

Wei Wuxian lay on the ground, unable to even turn over, thinking: "Du Yi? What is Du Yi?" Suddenly he thought: "It's a fabrication! This woman was originally the maid of Wen Chao's wife. She has never been to school and can't read a few words, but she pretends to be literary, using new words, pretending to know when she doesn't, and reading blank words!" The situation was obviously critical at the moment, but the more it was at this time, the more confused people's minds became, unable to concentrate, and their thoughts kept going wild. Wei Wuxian thought about this and found it funny. Wang Lingjiao didn't realize that she had made a fool of herself, and said: "Madam Yu, please think clearly. We, the Wen Clan of Qishan, must investigate this matter. Cut off his hand and let me take it back. With an explanation, the Yunmeng Jiang Clan will be fine. Otherwise, it won't be so easy the next time Master Wen asks about it!"

Madam Yu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and she said in a sinister voice, "Jinzhu, Yinzhu, go and close the door. Don't let anyone see the blood."

Whenever Madam Yu gave an order, the two beauties, Jin and Yin, would obey. They said "Yes!" in unison, and then closed the door of the hall tightly.

Wei WuXian heard the door close and the light on the ground disappeared. He was filled with fear: “Are they really going to chop off one of my hands?”

Jiang Cheng was terrified. He hugged his mother's legs and said, "Mother? Mother! What are you going to do? Please don't cut his hand!"

After the fear subsided, Wei WuXian gritted his teeth and steeled his mind, thinking, “…Whatever! If it means peace at home… One hand is fine, at worst I’ll just practice left-handed swordplay from now on!!!”

Wang Lingjiao clapped her hands and said, "Madam Yu, I knew you must be the most loyal subordinate of the Qishan Wen Clan! Someone, hold this kid down!"

Madam Yu said, "You don't have to do it." The two beauties came over, and Wang Lingjiao said, "Hey, do you want your two maids to hold him down? That's fine too."

Jiang Cheng said, "Mother! Mother, please listen to me! I beg you! Don't cut off his hand! If father knew..."

It would have been fine if he didn't mention Jiang Fengmian, but as soon as he mentioned Madam Yu, his face suddenly changed and he shouted, "Don't mention your father to me! What if he knew? Can't he kill me?!"

Wang Lingjiao said happily: "Madam Yu, I really admire you! It seems that we will be able to get along well in the Supervisory Office in the future!"

Madam Yu pulled back the leg and the hem of her purple skirt that Jiang Cheng was holding, turned around, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Inspectorate?"

Wang Lingjiao smiled and said, "Yes, the Supervisory Office. This is the second important thing for me to come to Yunmeng. My Qishan Wen Clan has issued a new supervisory order to set up a supervisory office in every city. I now declare that from now on, Lotus Pier will be the Wen Clan's Supervisory Office in Yunmeng."

No wonder she was going in and out of Lotus Pier just now, as if it was her own residence. It turned out that she really regarded Lotus Pier as her base in Yunmeng!

Jiang Cheng's eyes were red as he asked, "What kind of supervisory office is this? This is my home!!!"

Wang Lingjiao frowned and said, "Madam Yu, you must teach your son a lesson. For hundreds of years, all the families have been subject to the Wen family. How can you say such words as my family and your family in front of the Wen family's envoy? I was originally hesitant. The Lotus Pier is so old and has produced a few traitors. Can it bear the heavy responsibility of the Supervisory Office? But seeing that you obey my orders so well and your temper suits my taste, I decided to give this honor..."

Before she finished her words, Madam Yu slapped her in the face with a loud slap.

The slap was so powerful and loud that Wang Lingjiao spun several times before falling to the ground, her nose bleeding and her beautiful eyes wide open.

The faces of several Wen family disciples in the hall all changed, and they all wanted to draw their swords. Madam Yu raised her hand and a circle of dazzling purple light flew out, and everyone collapsed instantly.

Madam Yu walked gracefully to Wang Lingjiao's side, looking down at her from above. Suddenly, she bent down, stretched out her hand to grab Wang Lingjiao's hair, and lifted it up to slap her in the face angrily: "How dare you, my lowly servant!"

She had been patient for a long time, and now her face was ferocious and close. Wang Lingjiao was so scared that she screamed with half her face swollen. Madam Yu slapped her again without mercy, and her shrill scream stopped abruptly. She shouted: "You have to look at the owner when you beat the dog! You rushed into my house and wanted to punish my family in front of me? What the hell, you dare to act so wildly!"

After she finished speaking, she threw Wang Lingjiao's head away heavily, as if she was disgusted, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands. Jinzhu and Yinzhu stood behind her, with the same contemptuous smile on their faces. Wang Lingjiao covered her face with trembling hands, and said with tears in her eyes: "You... you dare to do such a thing... Qishan Wen Clan and Yingchuan Wang Clan will not let you go!"

Madam Yu threw her handkerchief to the ground, kicked her over, and cursed, "Shut up! You lowly maid! My Meishan Yu family is a century-old family that has been adept at immortality. I have never heard of the Yingchuan Wang family! Where did this lowly family come from? Is the whole family full of people like you? You mention the terms of superiority and inferiority in front of me? I will teach you what is superiority and inferiority! I am superior, and you are inferior!"

At the side, Jiang Cheng had already helped Wei Wuxian, who was lying on the ground, half up. Seeing this scene, both of them were stunned.