Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Cousin
When we arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, it was just as those people said, there was no festive atmosphere at all.
There were no guests coming to congratulate, and the main door was tightly closed, with only a side door open.
The wedding procession from the sky slowly came towards the City Lord's Mansion.
Qi Jiayi did not see any emblem of the Qi Family, and when the wedding party landed, there were no familiar faces among them.
Because the wedding procession came on flying horses, the people in the city became curious and followed them all the way to the city lord's mansion.
In the corner, one of the two people who had been waiting early said cheerfully, "I said that the City Lord's Mansion will hold a wedding today. You lose, one hundred spirit stones."
"This, this, how is this possible." The other man was full of disbelief, "This is not right, this is not a wedding, this is taking a concubine, taking a concubine does not need to be grand, look, the City Lord's Mansion did not go to welcome the bride."
"I said I was marrying a concubine, don't change the subject. Regardless of whether it's a wife or a concubine, there must be a happy event in the City Lord's Mansion today. I'm willing to admit defeat and give me the spirit stones quickly."
While the two were arguing, the matchmaker in the procession came out with the bride, who was wearing a wedding dress and a veil.
He glanced at the closed door, and without saying a word, he helped the bride in through the side door.
There were people crowded around, and the sound of discussion was constant.
Qi Jiayi changed into similar clothes and followed in with his head down.
The City Lord's Mansion has a protective formation, and if she forces her way in, it would be more trouble than gain.
Following the wedding procession into the City Lord's Mansion, there was no festive atmosphere at all.
After entering the door, there stood a serious-looking nanny with the cultivation level of a Golden Core.
The nanny glanced at the bride with arrogance in her eyes and said to the wedding party, "That's the study room. Someone will take you to see the city lord. The rest will follow me."
Qi Jiayi discovered that from the moment the bride got out of the sedan chair, she was supported by two maids on each side, as if she was being carried.
Logically, becoming a Taoist couple is the same as getting married in the mortal world. One should go to the wedding hall to worship heaven and earth and ask for permission before it counts.
The serious guide nun led the others on a side road. After passing a round archway, Qi Jiayi flashed and used the corridor next to it to quickly get in front of the guide nun.
He picked up a leaf and used his spiritual energy to control it, lifting the veil up.
"Why did the veil fall off?"
"Cover it up quickly, cover it up quickly."
After the veil was blown off, Qi Jiayi saw the bride, and it turned out to be her cousin Qi Yuke.
What made Qi Jiayi furious was that her eldest cousin had a soul-locking ring around her neck and her mouth was sealed.
The moment the veil fell, she opened her eyes wide to try to attract attention, but her hands were clamped.
The maid from the City Lord's Mansion just glanced at it and said, "Let's go, we are just ahead."
The veil was put back on, blocking the bride's pleading eyes.
Everyone continued to move forward.
Qi Jiayi clenched her fists tightly. How dare the Qi family do that? That was her eldest cousin, a ruthless person who no one in the Qi family could say anything bad about.
It is such an insult and unforgivable that my cousin, who was so cruel to me, was put on a soul-locking ring.
"Don't be impulsive, there are people everywhere here."
Sensing her anger, the Black Iron Turtle reminded her.
Qi Jiayi endured it again and again, forcing herself to stay calm and follow.
After walking for about another half a quarter of an hour, the leading nanny stopped in a very remote courtyard.
Without moving his hands, he signaled with his eyes, "Send it in."
The two maids who carried the bride along the way helped her in and came out soon after.
The nanny who led the way pointed at the two people behind her and said, "You stay here and guard."
Then he said to the others: "Okay, the person has been delivered. You can follow me to collect the reward money."
After the group of people left, Qi Jiayi glanced at the two maids guarding the door, who were at the tenth level of Qi training.
She didn't disturb them and climbed in through a window nearby.
There was no one in the room, so naturally it didn't look like a wedding room at all.
Qi Yuke, wearing a wedding dress, sat on the bed, her hands and feet tied tightly with magic ropes.
Struggling hard.
Pulling off the veil, Qi Jiayi used a soundproofing technique and said, "Cousin, it's me."
Tear off the talisman on her mouth and then untie the rope of the magic weapon.
Qi Yuke recognized Qi Jiayi at a glance, and asked in shock and delight: "Xiao Ba? Why are you here?"
She hadn't seen her for five or six years. If her face wasn't similar to her aunt's, she probably wouldn't have recognized her at first glance.
Qi Jiayi bent down to untie the soul-locking ring around her neck. "It's a long story. I was just about to go back to the Qi family. Bai... When I passed by Fengcheng, I heard that the City Lord's Mansion was going to marry a girl from the Qi family. I thought it was strange, so I came to take a look."
Now that I think about it, Bai Zhu is the leader of the Medicine Sect, and each sect has spies outside. I'm afraid he might have heard some rumors. Since it was the business of the City Lord's Mansion, he couldn't interfere, so he asked Qi Jiayi to come and see for herself.
"But what happened to you, my cousin..." Qi Jiayi wanted to ask her how she ended up like this. She remembered that when she left home, she heard her mother say that her cousin was about to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
Originally, her mother wanted her to follow her eldest cousin. In fact, Qi Jiayi also had this idea at first, because the person she admired most was her eldest cousin.
In her previous life, she insisted on joining the Yueyao Sect, which was largely influenced by the plot.
But no matter what, her eldest cousin's cultivation was not low, so how could she end up like this?
He opened his mouth but didn't ask directly.
Seeing Qi Jiayi, hope ignited in Qi Yuke's eyes, "I didn't expect that I would meet you."
"I didn't expect that this soul-locking ring is so difficult to open." Qi Jiayi tried to pry it with his sword, but it was useless.
"This soul-locking ring requires a key to open. The key should be in a box and will be handed over to the city lord by Qi Xiao."
Qi Yuke looked at Qi Jiayi's cultivation and frowned. Her spiritual power was locked now, but with Qi Jiayi's cultivation, she was afraid...
Qi Jiayi remembered that after entering the side door, the people in the wedding procession followed the maid from the City Lord's Mansion. A few people did not follow them, but went in another direction. At that time, they heard the maid who led the way say "study".
"I'm going to get the key. Cousin, please wait for me."
Just as Qi Jiayi was about to turn around, he stopped immediately, took out a few defensive magic weapons and stuffed them into Qi Yuke's hands, and took out a sword, "Use it at the critical moment, this sword can be ejected by pressing here."
Because of the soul-locking ring, Qi Yuke couldn't use her spiritual power. Qi Jiayi always felt unsafe and put down the black iron turtle. "Xiaojiu, you stay and protect my cousin."
Black Iron Turtle was more worried about Qi Jiayi's comfort. He didn't follow her in the last secret realm, and Qi Jiayi was covered in wounds. He would not stay this time no matter what. He hurriedly said, "Don't you have some magic medicine on you? Sprinkle some in the incense burner over there."
Qi Jiayi didn't know that he wanted to follow her, "There's no one here right now, so the magic drug won't work."
"It takes time to burn the medicine. Go get the key from the city lord. He must be very skilled to be the city lord. I will go with you." Black Iron Turtle said, "The magic medicine has been burned in the room. It should delay the time."
Qi Jiayi thought about it and felt that what he said made sense. He took out the antidote and fed it to his cousin. "Take the antidote first, just in case."
As he said this, he ate one himself and fed another one to the Black Iron Turtle.
The incense burner in the room was not big, and only emitted a wisp of green smoke. Qi Jiayi opened the incense burner and sprinkled the magic drug into it.
Then he left.
The City Lord's Mansion is very large, and the maids inside all have cultivation skills. It would be troublesome for her to hide all the way, and it would be more likely to attract attention.
He simply knocked out a maid and changed into her clothes.
The City Lord's Mansion was too big and she didn't know what was going on inside. As she walked, Qi Jiayi got lost.
She did see a few women, so she moved closer.
"Sister Yao loves flowers the most, doesn't she? Why are you taking it out on flowers today?"
The woman who was picking flowers saw the person coming. The other person was wearing a light purple dress and smiled gently. She clapped her hands and said calmly: "What are you talking about, Sister Liu? I am picking flower petals for bathing."
"Then Sister Yao should get a basket to catch them. The flowers have all fallen to the ground." The woman in the light purple dress suddenly smiled and said, "But I'm afraid it will be a waste to take a petal bath today."
"Sister Liu, aren't you angry at all? There's a new person in this mansion. I'm afraid the young city lord will have even less chance to go to your room in the future." Seeing this, the woman picking flowers stopped pretending and threw the flowers in her hand to the ground.
"It's fine for me. Anyway, the young city lord rarely comes to my place. But sister, please don't become the next me."
After saying that, the other person left with a smile in his eyes, leaving the woman who was picking flowers to grab another handful of flowers, but she didn't expect to be pricked by the thorns.
"Aunt Yao has always been domineering. Will she cause trouble for the new concubine?" The maid who followed Aunt Liu glanced at her master and said with glee.
"I'm just worried that she won't go." The woman smiled with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "If she goes, her good days will be over."
"Why? It's just another concubine Yao." The maid was puzzled. They were all concubines. The young city lord might just favor her a little more, but he wouldn't completely ignore her.
The woman glanced around, covering her face with a round fan, and whispered, "This time it's different. That's the top-grade furnace tripod that the city lord spent a lot of money to buy. If Yao Jiaojiao dares to touch it, she will definitely die."
The next moment, the woman and her maid were forcibly taken to a corner.
The woman was about to scream when Qi Jiayi's sword was placed across her neck. "Who told you about the furnace?"
The woman felt a pain in her neck and looked at the maid's uniform on Qi Jiayi. "How dare you! I am the young city lord's woman, how dare you touch me."
Qi Jiayi pulled out the hairpin on her head and stabbed it directly into her shoulder, and the hairpin pierced through her body.
"Ah——" The pain prompted the woman to cry out.
Qi Jiayi had already used the soundproofing technique, so she was not afraid of her shouting and asked again in a deep voice, "Who told you about the furnace?"
The woman's face was pale. She put her hand over the wound but didn't dare to pull out the hairpin. She had some skills, but she had no chance to fight back in front of the other party. "I, I heard it from the young city lord. He, he said it when he was drunk a few days ago."
"What else did he say?"
The woman's breathing trembled, and she felt the murderous intent in the other party's eyes, "Don't kill me, he, he said that he wanted to marry him a co-wife, but the Qi family girl is a top-grade furnace cauldron, I'm afraid he can't enjoy it alone."
It can be seen that the young city lord is unwilling to share with others, so she deliberately came to see Yao Jiaojiao to provoke the other party to commit suicide.
But I didn't expect that I would be kidnapped by a maid in the mansion.
"Where is the city lord's study?"
The woman raised her hand tremblingly and pointed in a direction.
Qi Jiayi raised his hand and knocked both the master and servant unconscious. The anger in his eyes seemed to materialize. How dare they?
My eldest cousin Qi Yuke has only one spiritual root of water element, and she was worried that she would be used as a cauldron by others, so she learned different skills since she was a child.
The effort required is hundreds of times harder than that of ordinary monks, yet he still cannot escape this fate?
Something was wrong. These things never happened in her previous life. Until her death in her previous life, she had never heard of her cousin getting married, let alone being given away to be used as a cauldron.
Could it be that because of her different choice, her mother and cousin were implicated?
Without thinking too much, Qi Jiayi hurried to the city lord to get the key back.
As soon as I arrived outside the study, I saw the leader of the wedding procession, who should be Qi Xiao, walking out with a young man, followed by servants.
Both sides were talking and laughing, and both looked satisfied.
Only after the wedding party left did the smile on the young man's face fade.
There is an extra box in my hand.
The attendant behind him stepped forward and said, "Young City Lord, Qi Xiao kept saying not to open the Soul Locking Ring. I don't understand. No matter how powerful the Qi family girl is, she is just a female cultivator. Why is that?"
"What do you know? Although Qi Yuke has only one spiritual root of the water element and a natural furnace physique, he practices the Shura Path."
The man called Young City Lord looked at the box in his hand with contempt in his eyes, "But women, after a few beatings, will be obedient. Then the Soul Locking Ring will not be needed. The third branch of the Qi family is timid and cowardly, not worthy of being on the table. The Qi family is finished."
After mocking the Qi family, the young city lord thought of something. It was his father who should come to see Qi Xiao. "By the way, where is my father?"
"I went to the courtyard."
"Old man, he really wants to strike first."
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