"Chen family?"

Lin Xi glanced at Chen Feirong, then at her hands, and repeated these two words softly.

There were many families with the Chen surname in the huge Yunqin Empire, but Lin Xi knew that the Chen family mentioned by Chen Feirong could only be the Chen family of Chen Yicheng, one of the nine elders who sat behind heavy curtains.

Before the Leng family replaced the Huang family, those who guarded and supervised the Yunqin Empire behind the nine layers of curtains were the Wen family, the Jiang family, the Rong family, the Yuhua family, the Hu family, the Huang family, the Chen family and the Zhong family.

,the Kongs.

These nine branches have a foothold.

Wenren's old chief assistant was the first assistant to the late emperor. Most of the oldest old people in the Yunqin court were promoted by him and were leaders of the old school. The Jiang family had great control over the Criminal Division and was responsible for it.

The Secret Detective Institute controls the eyes and ears of many Yunqin people. The Rong family has a large number of fiefdoms and workshops, and the support of a large number of trading firms. Since the time of the first emperor, it has had a large number of Yunqin's top craftsmen. Many of Yunqin's ordnances are

It has to come from the hands of the Rong family. The Yuhua family has the support of priests and many fanatical believers, and the priests have many powerful secrets of practice, which is equivalent to having the support of many practitioners. The Hu family has a strong position in the military

Hu Piyi, the general of the Qianxia Border Army, is the best example of influence. The Huang family has the absolute support of some local armies, and the Qingliu in the court and local areas also regard the Huang family as their leader. The Kong family is in charge of

The Department of Justice, as for the Zhong family, Zhong Mulin, was responsible for minting money and water transportation when the late emperor founded the country. He himself came from Xianyi College. Many students from Xianyi College came under the sect of the Zhong family, which is regarded as Xianyi College.

A place occupied in the court.

As for Chen Zhaoji of the Chen family, he was one of the founders of the Thunder Academy in cooperation with the emperor. He had many disciples who were born in the Thunder Academy. And in a sense, this position among the Nine Elders was itself a position occupied by the emperor.

.

The original "Nine Elders", aside from the forces that are known to everyone on the surface, there are still many powerful forces in the dark. In Yunqin, it is said that half of the cultivation is in the Nine Elders. This cultivation is

Referring to practitioners, no one knows how many practitioners these "Nine Elders" have attracted in the past few decades.

The number of these must be astonishing, and the force represented by many practitioners unknown to the outside world is what the emperor and the world are truly afraid of.

The Chen family has grown to such an extent that they cannot be considered to be completely members of the emperor, but being an enemy of the Chen family is probably equivalent to at least opposing a fraction of the Thunder Academy.

…

Lin Xi looked at her hands, frowned slightly, then raised her head, looked at Chen Feirong, and said softly: "So just now, you said that I would be leaving soon, and you wanted to lend me your shoulder to lean on."

…Actually, it was you who wanted to leave, for fear of causing harm to me and Da Dexiang, so you wanted to leave?"

There was some inexplicable emotion in Chen Feirong's eyes. She looked at Lin Xi and said, "Why don't you understand that I used this method to get you to stand in front of me?"

"In the past six months, I have been unable to move much, but I have learned to pay more attention and use my senses to see things." Lin Xi seemed to be speaking to herself, as if she was describing the price of some kind of growth, and said softly:

"And after so many years, I have become very familiar with you. No matter how good your acting skills are, they can often only confuse some people who don't understand each other. Of course I can feel what you really mean... It's actually simpler. If you mean something else

, you won’t tell me about you when everything is not clear yet and you just feel that the Liu family counselor is looking at you strangely. If it is simpler, I actually think these explanations are nonsense...but I know

You must have thought of many unhappy things at this time, and you must be very unhappy in your heart, so I said these nonsense."

Chen Feirong burst into tears and chuckled, looking deeply at Lin Xi: "Do you know, you are really a very suitable confidante for women."

"I know that women's intuition is always very accurate sometimes, so I am afraid that this counselor of the Liu family will really be related to your matter. Liu Ziyu is also a young man. Even if he belongs to the same backer, I don't think Liu Ziyu will help Zhang Lingyun like this.

A young man." Lin Xi did not smile. He just looked at Chen Feirong calmly and said, "Whether it is the Rong family or the Chen family, it has nothing to do with me... The key is that you are mine."

If she had heard Lin Xi's words "You are mine" in normal times, Chen Feirong would have been unable to help but say something joking, but at this time, she looked at Lin Xi quietly, and then bowed to Lin Xi.

He stood up, bowed seriously, and said softly: "Yes, I am yours."

"What kind of thing is going on?" As the carriage entered the backyard of Dadexiang branch, Lin Xi looked at the scene outside through the gap in the curtains and asked softly.

"Actually, it's a very old-fashioned story about wives and concubines fighting for supremacy."

Chen Feirong said quietly: "My father is Shui Qianchen. I don't know if you have heard of it. He was also a well-known talent in Yunqin back then. Now he is the dean of the Procuratorate of the Department of Justice. Although his official rank is second to the Department of Justice.

After the Chief Secretary and the Deputy Chief Executive, his wife is Chen Luoyan, the daughter of the Chen family. So in the Department of Justice, his real power is not even under the Chief Secretary."

"My mother's surname is Ying, and she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Daji City, Shanlu Province. Since Shui Qianchen was able to win the favor of the eldest daughter of the Chen family, she was naturally suave and talented. One year in Daji City, she accidentally and

After my mother met, the two fell in love with each other, and my mother did not hesitate to become his shady concubine for him."

"Originally, after I became an adult, Shui Qianchen became an official in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, and I saw less and less of my mother, rarely once or twice a year. But for some reason, Chen Luoyan found out about me and my mother.

existence, so a cultivator came to my house one night and killed everyone in my family."

"Fortunately, I was born good-looking and my body developed early. I seduced the practitioner and made him feel uneasy with my words, so I survived... I was thirteen years old that year." Chen Feirong said very calmly.

, even when she said this, her face was very calm, but Lin Xi's hands were slightly clenched. He could fully imagine how terrible it was for a thirteen-year-old woman back then.

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"Then that practitioner took me to Longshebian Pass... He himself was a dead soldier of the Chen family. After killing my whole family, in order to avoid getting involved with the Chen family, he became an exiled practitioner.

Living on the border, doing some black market business, he was no longer related to the Chen family. Later, I learned more things from his mouth. Chen Luoyan was beautiful, but extremely conceited, thinking that Shui Qianchen had a son.

It is unreasonable to have another woman after him. So she is a real tigress. It is probably difficult for Shui Qianchen to tolerate her temperament, so my mother is not the only concubine outside. I

My mother and I were discovered by Chen Luoyan because he had a concubine in Zhongzhou City, and Chen Luoyan found out. Chen Luoyan was naturally furious... and in order to calm Chen Luoyan's anger, Shui Qianchen took the initiative to

He killed all the women who had an affair with him outside. So although it was Chen Luoyan who forced Shui Qianchen to express his stance, the killer was ultimately sent by Shui Qianchen."

"Later... I learned a lot from that practitioner, and then I killed him... Then I was waiting for someone to take me to the Imperial City of Zhongzhou."

"I don't know if they know whether I am dead or not, but I know that if they know that I am alive, they know that I will hate the Chen family extremely... So when I conceal my identity, I use the surname Chen. I remind myself not to give up.

, don’t forget the surname Chen, and at the same time, I am thinking that they should think that I hate the Chen family and Shui Qianchen so much that they will never use the surname Chen or Shui."

…

Lin Xi listened to the whole story quietly.

This is indeed a very old-fashioned story. A high-ranking official had a lover outside, and was discovered by his more powerful wife at home. In order to make a clear stand, he did not hesitate to kill his lover to show that the most important thing is his wife. In order to

In order not to let his affairs be exposed, his reputation be damaged, and his opponents in the officialdom could take advantage of him, he also killed all the insiders and his lover's whole family.

But such a clichéd story has something beyond his bottom line.

She even wanted to kill her own daughter... In order to survive and seek revenge, thirteen-year-old Chen Feirong did not hesitate to sacrifice her body to the killer who killed her whole family... The killer naturally knew the hatred in her heart... But in the end, she was killed

Killing, what price did Chen Feirong pay?

These were all things that gave rise to a cool murderous intention in his heart.

He looked at Chen Feirong and said softly and calmly: "In your plan, even if you can go to Zhongzhou Imperial City and have the status to have the opportunity to meet them... but their status is still extremely noble, you can only do it

He is in danger of assassinating them. Even if he succeeds, he will definitely not be able to survive."

Chen Feirong nodded: "Just like if you don't kill Wenren Cangyue and that archer, it will be difficult for you to be happy. If I don't kill Shui Qianchen and Chen Luoyan, it will be difficult for me to be happy in this life.

"

Lin Xi also nodded: "I understand...but I told you before, hatred can make us forget some pain and make us stronger, but we cannot let hatred occupy everything in us, and we cannot let hatred become our existence.

The meaning. To take revenge, it is not worth paying for everything."

"It's only worthwhile to watch your enemies cry, laugh to yourself, let your enemies die, and live well." Lin Xi looked at Chen Feirong and said slowly and seriously: "Life is like a journey, any journey

Scenery and any friends are worth cherishing."

Chen Feirong smiled and said softly: "With someone like you standing behind me... I won't think about dying together first. I will think carefully about what you said."

"Just wait and see what happens in this semicolon. I'll go check on Zhang Lingyun first."

Lin Xi nodded, said nothing more, opened the car door and walked out.

The warm sunshine poured in from the car door, shining softly on Chen Feirong's body.

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(Recently, with everyone's stimulation, I have been able to maintain the rhythm of three updates. Today's second update is here again. However, I am a little too tired and use my brain too much to write slower and slower, so I will continue to think of three updates today, but tonight

The next update may be a little later)
Chapter completed!