Chapter 483
Ji Yihang was still talking to Ji Li: “Little Li, said I’d go alone, you stay inside with your mother.”
“Dad, this is the ancient martial world.” Ji Li did not agree, “I at least know a bit of fighting, you are a weak scholar, what if something happens? There are many guards here on the first floor.”
Ji Yihang had no choice but to agree.
In fact, he went downstairs to get a map of Justice City.
The guards of the Ji family did not know Ji Yihang, nor did they make a point of listening to the conversation between the two, knowing approximately that this father and daughter were outsiders who had been invited by some family.
The Ji family could only be considered a medium-sized family in the Ancient Martial World, and if they really wanted to count their rankings, they wouldn’t even make it into the top 30.
So the Ji family only got one box, unlike the other families, which had four or five.
The Three Great Families of Ancient Martial Arts, that was even more randomly chosen.
But Ji Yiyuan knew exactly who Ji Yihang was, he couldn’t believe his eyes and lost his voice: “Why are you here?!”
Hearing the familiar voice, Ji Yihang froze and turned his head, his expression cold: “If you can be here, why can’t I be here?”
Ji Li poked a head out from behind Ji Yihang, “We’re here because you’re such a divine calculator.”
Ji Yihang said all those things that Ji Yiyuan had put to him in the first place.
Ji Li also quite wanted to ask – how did you know that they, Ying Shen, could give invitations?
“No!” Ji Yiyuan was all mad, his eyes red and covered in blood, “You shouldn’t be here, how could you be here?!”
Even he could only sit down, why should Ji Yihang be able to have a box?
Ji Yihang ignored it and pulled Ji Li, “Little Li, go.”
Ji Yihang still wanted to pounce on him, but was stopped.
“It was said, be respectful to the people in the box.” The guard frowned, “If people don’t bother with you, you should cut the crap, are you going to make the family head and mother wait anxiously?”
These words woke Ji Yiyuan up and he had to follow the guard to pay his respects to the Lord of the Ji Family in the other box.
“I dare to ask the Lord of the Family.” After the tea was toasted, Ji Yiyuan knelt down again, shivering, “Have you also sent someone to train Ji Yihang?”
He couldn’t actually ask such a question, as it was already questioning the family head and was provoking authority.
The Ji family and not a peaceful faction like the Lin family, nor did they have the low profile of the Yue family.
The Ji family’s style was the same as the fierce Xie family, and if it wasn’t for the fact that they weren’t strong enough, they would certainly be even more fierce than the Xie family.
The Xie family at least did not allow family members to kill each other, but the Ji family could, without the need to place a post for a life and death fight in advance.
But Ji Yiyuan was really too upset, he wanted very much to know how on earth Ji Yihang had got in and was able to go to a box that was also the only one in the Ji family.
Sure enough, the moment he asked this question, the face of the Ji family head immediately sank.
A cold snort fell and a mighty pressure arose.
Ji Yiyuan’s body trembled uncontrollably, feeling like his bones were about to be crushed as he panicked and begged for mercy, “Family Master spare my life, Family Master spare my life!”
“Forgive me for not having the self-awareness to dare to make such a statement.”
Ji Yiyuan said this, but inwardly he was even more stifled.
He was a modern man, and every time he came to the ancient martial world, he had to go and learn quite a lot of ancient etiquette and literary words.
Fortunately, the Ji family head did not bother with him anymore, and only waved his hand lightly, “Take it out.”
After the guards clasped their fists and saluted, they did not give Ji Yiyuan a good look this time, and were carrying him out.
Only after the door to the box was closed did the butler speak, “Family head, this Ji Yihang is of the same generation as Ji Yiyuan, but his merit is not high, and his lab rank on the branch side is only B.”
“Oh.” Hearing this, Family Head Ji lost interest.
There were so many other people in this family that needed his attention, where did he need to care
The housekeeper obviously knew all about it: “But Wen Fengmian is his brother, he’s only just returned and he’s already in the top fifty on the merit list.”
The Ji family head was a little puzzled, “Wen Fengmian?”
“Yes, it’s the original Ji Fengmian.” The butler said, “He originally faked his death, changed his surname after escaping the Ji Family, and now he’s back.”
“How dare he change his surname? Who gave him the right?” The Ji family head’s eyes snapped, “Find a time to bring him to the Ancient Martial Realm on the pretext of receiving him.”
Outside the Ancient Martial Realm, it was not good for Ancient Martial Artists to make a move, but it was different when they came in.
Making Wen Fengmian disappear unnoticed, the Ji family was best at such tactics.
Defectors, even if they were powerful, the Ji Family did not need them.
The butler nodded in response.
**
On the right side of the first floor, at the entrance of the central box, there is a wooden sign that reads “Qingpingle”.
Ying Zidian lit the incense burner inside and placed it next to Wen Fengmian.
The incense in the incense burner was developed by ancient doctors and had a calming effect, which was very effective.
“Dad, you see before you look at that -” Ying Zigui paused, “ex-wife of yours?”
It didn’t make sense to say it was an ex-wife.
Because in reality, Wen Fengmian and this woman weren’t married in.
They had all been together in Qing Shui County, where the folklore was backward and where, in the last century, the people of the county had gotten married in the presence of both families and just worshipped heaven and earth.
There was no Civil Affairs Bureau, and they didn’t even have to get a marriage certificate.
Wen Fengmian faintly: “It’s her, her name is An Ruojin.”
It had been so long since the incident had pa*sed, and he had confirmed what Wen Huilan had thought.
No matter what, Ying Ziji was his daughter, and she was also Wen Huilan’s sister.
Some things would be able to be said away.
“Back then, it was considered that she saved my life.” Wen Fengmian coughed, “When I escaped from the small island, my body was eaten away by the death poison mist, and it was only after I found an abandoned fishing boat that I managed to leave.”
“Later, after a few turns, I went to Qing Shui County, where there were quite a few conditions, but the air quality was still okay, and although I left the Ji family, I still had my own a*sets on me, which probably added up to three million scattered about.”
“At that time, when I arrived in Qing Shui County, I was very hungry, it was she who gave me a bowl of porridge and said she would take care of me.”
Ying Ziji pressed Wen Fengmian’s hand and closed her eyes, the mist at the end of her eyes brushing over as she looked back at the past, “But you didn’t know that she had actually been trailing you for a long time, knowing all along that you were a genius of the Ji family and waiting for you to return.”
An Ruojin was not a member of the Ji family after all, nor was she aware of the Ji family’s style.
She only knew that the Ji family was very powerful in the imperial capital and had a notable international status.
So it was a*sumed that when Wen Fengmian went back, he would be able to have many honours.
“Well, I could see that the clothes she was wearing were not at all the standard of living for ordinary people, but I didn’t want to go back to the Ji family at that time.” Wen Fengmian smiled, his gaze longing, “Yaoyao, I am not a saint, the experiment failed and caused so many innocent casualties, I was also deeply devastated and decrepit for a few years.”
“I asked her to leave at first, she didn’t, and then-”
Wen Fengmian paused, did not elaborate, just said, “The child was born, I was not good enough to let them suffer, so I gave her the money, and then later …… we had healing.”
“You know the rest, not long after she gave birth to Yuyu, she took all the money and left.”
He had no love for An Ruojin, just gratitude, and there would be no such thing as counting money.
But all that love had also been consumed when An Ruojin had laid hands on Wen Huilan.
Ying propped herself up on her elbow and thought for a moment, “Dad, your own daughter?”
Wen Fengmian was silent for a moment: “She didn’t take her away, she followed her. I don’t know why she didn’t drive the child back, but the one time she came back at that time she showed me a photo, and the child was doing well.”
Ying didn’t ask any more questions, and in a rare moment of seriousness, “Dad, don’t worry, Xiaolan and I have been there, we won’t leave.”
“I’ve made mistakes too.” Wen Fengmian sighed lightly, “I was really useless at that time, I wasn’t much use.”
“You have also said that you are not a saint.” Ying Ziji lowered her eyes, “It will be better in the future.”
Family members, she would protect them all.
**
On the other side.
An Ruojin had been sitting in the box for half an hour and was bored, so she went down for a walk.
When she went to the garden behind the restaurant, she bumped into a youth.
The youth was originally holding a mobile phone and was looking at it, after seeing her, he put it away and then saluted her, “Good day, madam.”
Looking at an ancient martial artist who still had to treat her with such respect, the feeling of vanity within An Ruojin was successfully satisfied and her depressed anger dispersed in an instant.
She also recognised the youth, a descendant of the Ji family.
An Ruojin smiled, “What are you looking at, Tianhao?”
“The auction was boring, I placed a few outside variety shows before coming.” Ji Tianhao was respectful and handed over his phone.
On the screen of the phone was the logo of Youth 202.
It happened to be the second public performance episode, where Ying Ziji gave Yun and Yue a helping hand.
The light hit the girl’s face, flowing with a stunning beauty.
The smile at the corners of An Ruojin’s mouth froze instantly.
“Madam also thinks she looks pretty, doesn’t she?” Ji Tianhao noticed the change in An Ruojin’s expression, “I didn’t expect there to be such beautiful people outside.”
Another reason why most ancient martial artists couldn’t look at the outside world was because the feng shui of the ancient martial world nurtured people, both men and women were extremely good looking and far from ordinary people.
“It’s quite pretty.” An Ruojin returned to her senses, “Is this what you’re looking at?”
Ji Tianhao’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Madam?”
An Ruojin picked up a handkerchief to cover her lips and coughed twice, “If you fancy it then take the initiative, she’s just an ordinary person, you’re an ancient martial artist, it’s not a big deal to use some other means.”
What did Wen Fengmian care about, she had been very clear about it more than ten years ago.
Destroying another one, nothing.
Chapter 484
An Ruojin had thought that she had waited patiently for five years and had given birth to a son specifically for Wen Fengmian.
For the sake of her family, Wen Fengmian would definitely return to the Ji family as well, she couldn’t really live in a small place like Qing Shui County for the rest of her life, could she?
No electricity, no shopping malls, she just couldn’t stand it.
Of course, after Wen Fengmian gave her all the money, she could just go to the city next door and live a life of wealth and prosperity.
But An Ruojin couldn’t be satisfied, it was different from what she had intended at the beginning.
Three million was just that, it wasn’t like she could use it for the rest of her life.
And besides money, power and status were more important.
An Ruojin had always been very clear about her position: she could not do much, but her only advantage was that she was good-looking and could marry a good man.
She should seize this and rise up the ladder.
Although there were many people who looked down on her for this kind of thinking, so what?
Wasn’t she still the main mother of the Lin family now, and many ancient martial artists had to treat her with respect?
This was much better than following Wen Fengmian.
An Ruojin really did not expect that she would meet Wen Fengmian in the ancient martial arts world.
But it was something that could be figured out.
Since Wen Fengmian had returned to the Ji family, he must have regained his status and identity as well.
It was only natural that the people from the Ji family’s original family would let him come to an auction.
An Ruojin basically lived in the Ancient Martial World and was used to living in the Ancient Martial World for so many years, with no mobile phones and no internet.
She occasionally went out once or twice to go on a shopping spree, and was not going to follow the news online.
So she also didn’t know about Wen Fengmian’s relationship with Ying Zigui, and only thought that it was his junior.
“Madam Lin.” Ji Tianhao’s eyes sharpened a few points, bringing his surname with him this time, “Are you meddling in the Ji family’s affairs?”
The Ji family was a faction of the Xie family, and although they were not considered rivals to the Lin family, they were definitely not allies either.
Ji Tianhao also knew that this Madam Lin was the one who was actually an ordinary person.
Lin Jin Yun, the head of the Lin family, had specially taught her the method of cultivating internal energy, but she could not cultivate it anyhow.
Even after inviting ancient doctors to lay needles and stimulate acupuncture points, it was still useless.
The only way to open up people without ancient martial arts talent to ancient martial arts talent is so far only acupuncture.
But unfortunately, there are very few people who can apply it.
There are records over in the ancient medical community that prove that two to three hundred years ago, ancient doctors were able to refine a medicine that could make people possess ancient martial talent.
But then this medicine recipe had been lost, and only the old ancestors of the several great families of ancient medicine knew about it.
These old ancestors were not the ones Lin Jinyun could invite.
Admittedly, if the old ancestors of the Lin family were asked to invite the old ancestors of the Fu family, then it might still be possible to get one for An Ruojin to eat and then be able to possess the ancient martial talent
But who in the entire ancient martial arts world didn’t know that An Ruojin was now able to sit in the position of the Lin family’s matriarch because Lin Qingjia was too outstanding?
The old ancestor of the Lin family can make a personal trip for Lin Qingjia, but An Zuojin is not qualified for that. At most, she will only be given a longevity and beauty pill, so she will not age so quickly.
As long as she was a good flower vase and did not do anything to damage the Lin family, she would be able to remain her Lin family’s head mother.
But Lin Jinyun did like An Ruojin too, after all, she did look very beautiful.
Ji Tianhao was also one of Lin Qingjia’s admirers.
Who wouldn’t like a woman like Lin Qingjia, who was a dual practitioner of ancient martial arts and ancient medicine, with high strength and extremely strong looks?
When Ji Tianhao watched Youth 202, he thought that Ying Ziji was stunningly beautiful, more beautiful than Lin Qingjia, but he really didn’t take Ying Ziji seriously in his heart.
What they valued most was strength.
An ordinary person like Ying could only be a flower vase like An Roujin.
Ji Tianhao did have his heart set on her, but An Ruojin’s sudden comment made him wary.
The Hall of Justice had been keeping a close eye on all the big families recently, so could it be that the Lin family wanted to get rid of their Ji family to send An Ruojin to lower their guard?
“Huh?” Hearing this, An Ruojin was a bit confused, “You don’t have a crush on her? As a man, be bold and go after her, otherwise you won’t have any regrets if you miss out.”
He said, and then smiled, “This truth, I also said to my son, but he is still young, he needs to learn more in the future.”
Of course, her son was not an elm with a serious psychological disorder and could not even speak very well.
She and Lin Jinyun later had another son, Lin Shao, who is ten years old.
To An Ruojin’s surprise, Lin Shao’s ancient martial arts talent was ordinary, far worse than Lin Qingjia’s. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was a member of the direct lineage, he would have been able to speak to the public.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he was a member of the direct lineage, such poor ancient martial arts talent would have been driven away to a separate family.
But again, according to genetics, it was very unscientific.
Lin Jinyun could be the head of the Lin family, and his ancient martial arts talent was the strongest in his generation.
How come the son she had with Lin Jinyun was not as gifted in ancient martial arts as the one she had with Wen Fengmian?
But then she went back to Qing Shui County to see, and Wen Feng Mian really did not have the ancient martial arts talent again.
It was really strange.
But An Ruojin was also glad that luckily Lin Shao wasn’t like Jiang Yan, the young master of the Lin family who took his mother’s name, who was born with a riot of internal energy and almost died.
“It does make sense.” The scruples in Ji Tianhao’s eyes faded slightly, “Thank you, madam, for mentioning it, I know what to do.”
“I’m not well, so I won’t stay much longer.” An Ruojin coughed twice, “Your Uncle Lin will be here soon, I need to go back and stay with her.”
Ji Tianhao bowed again, “Take your time, madam.”
An Ruojin took the handkerchief again and covered her face halfway, like an ancient sick beauty, and walked slowly.
At the corners of her mouth, a smile, if any, was curled.
She didn’t need Wen Fengmian now that she had a better husband.
Wen Fengmian had to appear, and there was nothing else to do.
**
The auction was to officially start at seven o’clock.
But at half past six, the managers of the Hall of Justice had not yet arrived.
This kind of thing was also common and meant that it wasn’t ready yet.
The ground floor was three quarters full and the boxes were all filled.
The auction had also prepared good food for the guests, including such a dish as Phoenix Fish.
Phoenix fish had nothing to do with phoenixes, except that the fish’s tail looked like that of an avian.
After eating it, ancient martial artists can add some cultivation, but they cannot eat too much of it, as it is easy to catch fire.
Phoenix Yu is only found in the Ancient Martial World, and the Hall of Justice has even opened several large reservoirs dedicated to raising Phoenix Fish.
No ancient martial arts family is as bountiful as the Hall of Justice.
Ying Ziji lifted the curtain slightly and glanced down: “It looks like the auction is going to be delayed.”
She thought for a moment and got up, “Dad, you stay here, I’ll go out.”
Wen Fengmian nodded, “Go on, be careful, don’t worry about Dad.”
With Ying Zidian’s help, he trained in the most basic ancient martial arts.
Ying Zidian had also helped him to raise his ancient martial arts cultivation to ten years through the method of opening acupuncture points, which was enough for self-protection.
He would not ask why Ying Ziji suddenly knew so many things.
The world is a big place and there is nothing strange.
His daughter, he also understood.
Ying Zidian went to the toilet in the box and started to change her face.
Sometimes she did like the ancient martial world, it gave her a feeling of going back hundreds of years.
There were no cameras, no high technology, and it was all a lot easier to move around.
Ten minutes later, she left the auction building and went to the place where she had agreed with Fu Yunshen.
Yunshan and Yunmu were also there.
All three were wearing masks.
The masks were black, outlined in a deep golden pattern, ancient and elegant.
Fu Yunshen was leaning against the wall, originally standing lazily.
When he saw her, he stood up straight and beckoned, his peach blossom eyes curving up: “Yao Yao, come here.”
Ying Ziji raised her eyebrows slightly: “I’ve changed into this, and you can still recognise me?”
She had not only changed her appearance, but also her body shape.
Wen Fengmian didn’t even recognise her.
“The person I like, how could I not recognise her.” Fu Yunshen took a mask from Yunshan’s hand, bent down and pinched her face very gently, “I can still recognise you even if you turn into a baby.”
Ying Ziyi glanced at him, “You shouldn’t have that chance.”
Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows slightly and began to put on her mask.
A second before the mask was put on, his eyelashes twitched and he tilted his head to kiss her lips.
It was a sloppy kiss, but it was more gentle and felt very intense.
This sudden kiss was not expected by Ying, and she slowly raised her eyes.
“I’m sorry.” Fu Yunshen stroked her head and hugged her tightly, feeling the warmth and softness in his arms, “Still couldn’t hold back, you can hit me.”
Ying turned her head, “Forget it, I can’t let go.”
Yun Shan hissed and hurriedly covered his eyes.
There was no eye to see, there was really no eye to see.
Yun Wu still had a paralyzed face, but his muscles twitched vaguely too.
Ying Ziji let him finish his hug and took a step back, “Sir, in broad daylight, mind the repercussions.”
“It’s time to take care.” Fu Yunshen gave a lazy laugh and raised his jaw slightly, “Go to the goods warehouse.”
The cargo warehouse was where all the auction items were kept, the keys were kept by the head of the security department of the Hall of Justice, there were ten keys in total.
These ten keys were made of special metal and all had an expiry date, one could only be used five times.
Today, I don’t know what happened, but three of the keys were cracked before their expiry date.
This was the first time such a thing had happened.
They didn’t have any spare keys and it was too late to cast a temporary one, so they had to force them to break.
The head of the security department greeted them, respectfully, “My lord.”
He noticed that there was a girl next to Fu Yunshen and was a little surprised, “Who is this?”
Yunshan immediately replied, “This young lady is an ordinary person.”
Hearing these words, Yun Wu didn’t even tense up this time and almost cracked up laughing.
The head of the security department looked the girl over carefully with a suspicious look on his face and confirmed that she really had no internal energy in her body, so he believed Yun Shan’s words.
Mainly, Fu Yunshen was strict in his style at the Hall of Justice, and so were his subordinates.
The Minister of Security hadn’t given the slightest thought to the fact that he would be deceived about it.
Ying Ziji glanced at the metal door, “To open the door?”
“Hm.” Fu Yunshen nodded slightly, “Open the mechanism.”
The head of the security department quickly removed the mechanism.
Fu Yunshen stepped forward.
But before he could do anything, Ying Ziji lifted his leg and kicked at the metal door.
“There was a click, a buzzing sound and a crack in the metal door.
Fu Yunshen’s expression gave a pause.
Ying Ziji patted him on the shoulder, his voice in a steady tone: “Couldn’t hold back, no thanks.”
Minister of Security: “……”
What the hell do you call this an ordinary person?!
He’s blind, isn’t he?
Such a thick metal door, even if an ancient martial artist wanted to destroy it, he would have to have at least fifty years of cultivation.
The elders of the Hall of Justice were sitting at the headquarters, and the Minister of Security’s cultivation level was not that high, so once he heard that this great Buddha, Fu Yunshen, was actually on this side of the auction, he went to invite him.
“Thanks or thanks.” Fu Yunshen curled his lips, “Wait for me to think about how to thank you.”
Ying Ziji was expressionless, “Then you’d better not thank him.”
She could almost think of how he would thank her.
The metal door was already cracked, and it was much easier to destroy.
Yun Shan and Yun Wu soon had the metal door completely dismantled.
“Thank you to the two Lord Guards.” The head of the security department stepped forward and glanced in the direction where Fu Yunshen and Ying Zigui had left, “That young lady ……”
Yun Shan swept a cold glance at him, “You’re from the Hall of Justice, you know what to remember and what not to remember, right?”
The head of the security department wiped a sweat and shivered, “Understand understand, I naturally don’t dare to divulge the information of the lord.”
Sure enough, he was the weakest in this.
**
At half past seven, on this side of the auction building, the managers of the Hall of Justice also arrived.
Lin Qingjia was led into the Jade House Spring box by the housekeeper.
Lin Qingjia was originally supposed to go to the Lin family elders’ side, but An Ruojin was quite lonely by herself, so she applied to come over and keep her company.
She didn’t need to pay special attention to the auction anyway, and whatever was available, Lin Jinyun would auction it off for her.
“Qingjia.” An Ruojin wiped the corner of her mouth and pursed her lips, “I saw your father.”
Lin Qingjia turned around, “Ah, isn’t dad here yet? He’s talking to someone from the Taylor family, I don’t know what he’s talking about.”
“It’s not Jing Yun.” An Ruojin added a few moments of sadness to her brow, faintly, “The one you were born with.”