Seeing that Fang Qiuyao was deceived by him so easily, Liu Zijin didn't know what to say.
'Tell her that senior brother asked us to ask? It should be okay... After all, senior brother did tell us directly and didn't ask us to keep it secret. There should be no need to hide it from Qiu Yao. The worst, the worst is that I guessed wrong and will be punished.
that is!'
"Gulu..."
When she thought of being punished, Liu Zijin couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, looking forward to it... No, she was a little afraid of how her senior brother would punish her.
After making up his mind, Liu Zijin said, "Senior brother told us."
"Senior brother!?" Fang Qiuyao was obviously surprised, her eyes widened, "Senior brother, is he back?"
"Yeah." Liu Zijin and the four of them nodded in unison.
"Senior brother... how could he know about my family?" Fang Qiuyao's expression was very complicated when she spoke.
His eyes were two parts shy, three parts doubtful, four parts distressed, and very sad.
Hearing Fang Qiuyao's question, Yu Guishui curled his hair with his fingers and said shyly: "Although I felt that senior brother cared about us in the past, I was never very sure, but today, Sister Qiuyao, you have something to do with me."
I'm sure, senior brother has really been paying attention to us."
The other three people nodded in unison after hearing this.
Although the senior brother seems indifferent on the surface, whether he helped them prepare a medicinal bath last time or took the initiative to care about Fang Qiuyao this time, it shows that the senior brother has been silently caring about them.
'Maybe Senior Brother wants us to pass his test without relying on him... Well, that must be the case!'
Thinking of this, the originally firm belief in everyone's hearts became even hotter.
'Next time...next time I must beat Wu Zhitang!'
"Sister...Sister Zijin."
Just when Liu Zijin secretly swore, Fang Qiuyao suddenly threw herself into her arms, her voice becoming choked with sobs.
Liu Zijin suddenly panicked and quickly comforted her: "What's wrong, Qiu Yao, what happened to you?"
Looking up at Liu Zijin, Fang Qiuyao thought for a moment and then replied as if she had made some decision: "Sister Zijin, have you ever heard of the Xun family of the country?"
"Xun family?" Liu Zijin recalled for a moment, shook his head and said, "Never heard of it."
At the same time, the three sisters of the Yu family next to them shook their heads and said, "We haven't heard of it either."
"Then have you ever heard of the Qian Tian Sect of the Xing Kingdom?"
At this time, Liu Zijin and the others nodded at the same time and said, "Of course I've heard of this before. The leader of the supreme sect in the country is a powerful man in the Xuanzun realm."
Hearing this, Fang Qiuyao sighed deeply: "The Xun family is a subordinate family of the Qiantian Sect, and their second... second young master wants to forcefully marry me."
"Forced marriage!?" The four people exclaimed at the same time after hearing this.
Although they guessed that what Fang Qiuyao was hiding must be something big, they still didn't expect it to be so serious.
Seeing Fang Qiuyao choked up again, Liu Zijin quickly hugged her and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, don't worry, Qiu Yao, please tell us what's going on, and we can help you find a solution together."
"Hmm..." Fang Qiuyao sniffed and told the story of the incident.
After about a cup of tea, Liu Zijin and the others finally figured out what was going on.
It turned out that some time ago, people from the Xun family came to Shengguo to look for partners and wanted to buy some low-quality medicinal materials. After going around for a while, they found the Fang family, which had a large reserve of medicinal materials and medicinal fields.
At first, the Fang family was very panicked when they heard the name of the Xun family. After all, their backer was too powerful. It was a top sect with Xuan Zun at the helm. No small family like the Fang family dared to provoke them.
Although the Xun family came to them now and said that they were looking for cooperation, when it came to negotiations, how could the Fang family dare to say "no" instead of just letting the Xun family round it up and flatten it?
With such an uneasy mood, the Fang family finally waited for the day of negotiation between the two parties. To their surprise, the Fang family found that the other party was not as arrogant as they imagined. The two parties even had a good conversation and quickly reached a cooperation.
But just when the Fang family thought everything was going in the right direction, an accident happened.
After reaching the cooperation, the Xun family wanted to visit the warehouse. Of course, the Fang family fully satisfied this reasonable request, and the patriarch Fang Nianbai personally took them to visit.
When visiting the second warehouse, the Xun family found that some of the best elixir plants grew particularly well. It seemed that some special cultivation method had been used.
Out of curiosity, he asked Fang Nianbai, the head of the Fang family: "Clan Chief Fang, I wonder why these elixir plants are growing so well?"
Fang Nianbai initially replied that the soil here was good, but how could such words be concealed from the Xun family who had seen the world.
"It seems that Patriarch Fang is still wary of me. That's fine, just don't tell me."
Seeing that Master Xun's expression turned ugly, Fang Nianbai quickly explained: "Master Xun misunderstood, I only said the first half of what I said. The reason why these elixirs grow so well is not only because of the soil, but also because of the soil."
Because we have watered it with the secret water of Mahayana."
"The secret water of Mahayana!?"
The young master of the Xun family was obviously shocked after hearing this. He didn't expect that a small family in this weak and marginalized country would actually have such a rare treasure. This really caught him completely by surprise.
After being surprised, Mr. Xun laughed loudly and said, "So that's the case. It seems that I made the right choice to cooperate with your Fang family."
After hearing this, Fang Nianbai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It all depends on Mr. Xun's support."
After that, Mr. Xun never mentioned the matter again, and the two happily visited several warehouses before returning to Fang Mansion.
When he was about to enter, the Xun family master happened to bump into Fang Qiuyao, who was about to return to the Xin Sect, and was shocked for a moment!
'What a picturesque beauty!'
However, the Xun family master did not say anything on the spot, but continued to discuss the cooperation between the two companies with Fang Nianbai.
But after that, Mr. Xun often came to visit with excuses. Sometimes he said he wanted to check the source of goods, and sometimes he said he wanted to see the Fang family's planting land.
But Fang Nianbai is not an old fool. Every time the Xun family master comes here, he always asks about Qiu Yao's news indirectly. Later, he becomes even more direct. When he comes, he asks: "Is your concubine not at the house today?"
This isn't just pleading, it's just being a hooligan!
But Fang Nianbai couldn't afford to offend the Xun family, so he could only use the excuse that "the little girl is concentrating on practicing" to excuse him.
After talking about it, the Xun family master was not a patient person. When he came to visit again the next day, he said directly: "To be honest with Patriarch Fang, my nephew was astonished when he saw your daughter that day.
Please ask Patriarch Fang to help connect my nephew so that he can have a chance to chat with my daughter-in-law."
Ever since the incident with the Mahayana Secret Water, Fang Nianbai knew that this apparently kind-hearted Mr. Xun was actually not easy to talk to. If he rejected him directly, he would definitely bring trouble to the Fang family.
In desperation, Fang Nianbai had no choice but to call Fang Qiuyao back.
After Long Qumai made it clear to Fang Qiuyao in the future, Fang Qiuyao refused at first.
But her father couldn't help but tried to persuade her and promised that he would never force her to do anything.
So for the sake of her family's safety, Fang Qiuyao had no choice but to go see Mr. Xun once.
Fang Qiuyao's character has always been straightforward. When they met her for the first time, she said that she just wanted to concentrate on cultivation and did not want to think about matters between men and women.
Originally, she wanted to be more decisive, but after thinking of her father's instructions, she still endured it.
But such a rejection not only did not make Mr. Xun give up, but instead pursued Fang Qiuyao even more fanatically.
But after being declined and rejected again and again by Fang Qiuyao, Xunying's patience was finally completely worn away.
He directly passed over Fang Qiuyao and told Fang Nianbai that he planned to marry her daughter. At the same time, he also asked Fang Nianbai to give his daughter the Mahayana secret water as a dowry.
How is this still a marriage proposal? It’s simply robbery!
But Fang Nianbai didn't dare to refuse on the spot. He had no choice. He had Xuanzun as his backer, and they were from a small family, not to mention Xuanzun, even Xuanzong couldn't rely on him.
In desperation, Xia Nianbai could only ask Mr. Xun to give his daughter more time to think about it.
But now that Xun Ying had taken off his hypocritical mask, he would not be polite to him again. He simply left Fang with the sentence "I will come to get married on the first day of the next lunar month. I hope you will not be ignorant of the compliments." Then he left Fang.
Mansion.
After hearing this sentence, Liu Zijin counted the days and found that there were only five days left before the first day of the next month.
"Qiu Yao, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing!"
Now Liu Zijin finally understood why Fang Qiuyao was distracted from time to time. It turned out that he was thinking of countermeasures for this matter.
But judging from the current situation, she obviously didn't expect it.
Sighing, Fang Qiuyao replied: "I know that if I tell you this matter, you will do your best to help me, but the more this happens, the more I dare not tell you, because...because I am afraid that it will hurt you.
"
"Qiu Yao!" Liu Zijin shouted, "What are you talking about? Are we still afraid of you dragging us down?"
"That's right!" Yu Guituo also nodded vigorously, "Isn't it just a family that is attached to a large sect? Why are they so arrogant! I still don't believe that no one can control them!"
"That's right!" Yu Guimiao also shouted.
After hearing what the two sisters said, Yu Guishui didn't pour cold water on him, even though they were right, the Xun family was just a subsidiary family under the great sect.
But as the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to deal with. This kind of family is actually more troublesome than a sect, because they like to put labels on you at every turn. For example, if you don't give them face, they will beat the sect that backs them.
Face.
And large sects usually pay special attention to face, so once those subordinate families fan the flames, things will develop out of control.
But now Sister Qiu Yao was feeling disappointed, and she couldn't say these words nakedly to hurt her morale, so Yu Guishui also said: "It doesn't matter, even if they have Xuan Zun behind them, we still have senior brothers!"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Liu Zijin and the other two sisters of the Yu family lit up.
Although they still don't know how capable their senior brother is, they always feel that as long as the matter is left in his hands, they will definitely be able to solve it perfectly.
But Fang Qiuyao shook his head and said: "I actually thought so too, but senior brother and I are not relatives. In the past, I still... Well, in short, I will not let senior brother get involved in trouble."
After hearing this, Liu Zijin shook his head and said: "But the person who asked us to come to you is our senior brother. I believe he must have found a way before he called us."
In an instant, Fang Qiuyao's originally dim eyes suddenly ignited with the flame of hope.
She was really desperate now, and even thought that even if she committed suicide, she would never marry that Mr. Xun!
Now that she heard that things had finally turned around, Fang Qiuyao couldn't be more excited.
"Really... can you really trouble me, senior brother?"
Stretching out his hands to hug Fang Qiuyao, Liu Zijin said: "You have a good sleep first, let's go back and report to senior brother first, and then come back to you with the results, okay?"
"Sister Zijin..." Fang Qiuyao's eyes suddenly flashed with tears.
"Don't worry, we will always be on your side."
"Yeah!" The three sisters of the Yu family nodded at the same time.
"Thank you...thank you everyone."
"Go to sleep." After Liu Zijin said that, he got up and walked out with the three sisters of the Yu family.
Hearing the sound of the door being closed, Fang Qiuyao slowly lay down on the table. She had not had a good night's sleep since returning home. She also thought about running away, but that would definitely bring endless trouble to the family.
So she had no choice but to hold on.
'Senior brother...'
Fang Qiuyao couldn't help but put her hand into her arms and took out the porcelain bottle containing the Qingxin Pill.
Recalling that the last time she was in a desperate situation, her senior brother's magic weapon descended from the sky and saved her from a certain death situation.
"Senior brother..."
Holding the porcelain bottle given by her senior brother tightly, Fang Qiuyao suddenly felt a sense of security. Her body, which had been overly tense, gradually relaxed and even felt a little warm.
"Senior brother..."
With another murmur, Fang Qiuyao slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep on the table.
…
After leaving Fang Mansion, Liu Zijin and the others returned to Guixin Sect as quickly as possible, took out the talisman given by their senior brother, wrote a letter, turned it into a paper kite and sent it away.
After a while, Jiang Beiran saw Liu Zijin and the others at the lotus pond in the back mountain mentioned in the letter.
"Did you ask?" Jiang Beiran asked straight to the point, looking at the four people.
"Yes." Liu Zijin nodded, and then said: "But before I say anything, I have something to confess to you, senior brother."
"What's the matter?"
"I told Qiu Yao that you asked us to ask her."
"Oh, no problem."
Hearing the word "no problem", Liu Zijin was relieved at first, but what followed was even greater disappointment.
But she knew that business was important, so she quickly gathered her emotions and began to describe everything that happened to Qiu Yao.
When she talked about the elixir irrigated by the "Mahayana secret water", Jiang Beiran understood instantly.
No wonder the system asked him to take the initiative to ask. It turns out that the "Secret Water of Mahayana" that he couldn't find no matter how hard he looked for it, was at Fang Qiuyao's place.
At the same time, Jiang Beiran also thought of the four signature lines he got from asking for the "Secret Water of Mahayana".
[Yao Yao’s future is certain, who knows if there is jade in the stone]
[After being dissected by a good craftsman, the jasper stage can be seen]
The meaning of these two signatures is that what he is looking for is already around, but he has no way to find it yet. When he is capable enough, he will naturally see it.
'Hmm... it means I couldn't do it before, but now I can easily deal with the Xun family?'
With this thought in mind, Jiang Beiran continued to listen to Liu Zijin's narration.