Rebellious Contract Beast

After sitting on the steps for a while, Tsurumi Chuyun felt relieved. After all, the only person in the world who knew him best was the contracted beast in front of him, and it was not an injustice to be recognized by him.

"Okay Xuanli, look at me like this. Are there any omissions?"

"The voice is a little flawed. If you listen to it for a long time, people may guess that you are not a man."

"Well, what else?"

"You also need to change your smell. It smells like a woman..."

"I know that, please say something else."

"Others..." Shen Yi looked at it carefully. Apart from the few points he mentioned, the old witch disguised as a man seemed to have no other shortcomings.

But looking at her hand, Shen Yi's eyes lit up and he found another flaw.

"Also, your skin is too white. No man's skin can be as tender as yours. It looks strange if you look closely."

"Really?" Tsurumi Chuyun had doubts in his eyes. Her purpose of disguising herself as a man was to turn herself into a handsome and rich man. So, if her skin was whiter and tenderer, there would be no problem, right?

As a young man from a rich family, it is strange that his skin is rough and dark.

He Jian Chuyun was about to ask Shen Yi something, but at this moment there was a banging sound outside the courtyard door, and someone was knocking on the door.

"Old witch, someone is coming from outside."

"Who else is coming? They can't be the same people as yesterday, right?"

"It doesn't seem like it. There's only one person. He's very tall and he's a man."

"Who?"

He Jianchuyun stood up from the steps, frowned, and looked at the closed door of Mingyanyuan with confusion.

Bang bang bang!
The person outside knocked on the door three more times.

"I don't know, open the door and take a look." Shen Yi whispered, took two steps forward, then closed his mouth, pinched his front paws, and exerted a slight force, only to hear a "Silla" sound, and his The body has grown in size.

The courtyard gate was not far from Tsurumi Chuyun, and she could see it with her consciousness, but the more she looked, the more confused she became. She didn't know the man outside at all, and she didn't know what he was doing here.

After thinking for a while, she looked at Shen Yi, looked at him and stepped forward, raised the bolt and slowly opened the door.

The appearance of the person outside the door soon appeared in front of him. He was a man about thirty years old. Just as Shen Yi said, he was very tall, about 1.9 meters tall, with a knife-like face. A bit resolute, but there is some melancholy creeping between his brows.

The moment the door opened, his eyes moved, scanning the scene in the courtyard, and then his eyes stayed on Shen Yi for two seconds, and finally looked at He Jian Chuyun, his face expressionless.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Tsurumi Chuyun asked doubtfully.

But the other party's voice was cold and his tone was unkind, and he asked directly: "Who are you? There seems to be no one like you in the Zhu family."

The atmosphere turned cold. Seeing the man's hand touching her back, as if he would strike at any time, her brows furrowed, but she did not panic, but said calmly: "I don't need to answer you who I am, I just What about you, who is here as a guest? First, tell me what you are doing here."

"I'm a guest... hum." The man snorted coldly, dropped his hand behind his back and said, "I'm here to find someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

"Crane sees the first clouds."

"What are you doing with her?"

"She's not here?" the man said. He looked at her deeply and didn't know what he was thinking. He continued: "If she is here, go and tell her. As for what I want to do, if you want to know, ask her later. That’s it.”

Hejian Chuyun turned around and looked at Shen Yi, but said nothing. She just nodded slowly to the mysterious man in front of her, then turned around and walked towards the backyard.

"You wait here, I'll ask her to come out to see you."

"..."

As soon as she left, only Shen Yi and this mysterious man were left in the front yard.

Yawning, he walked up to the steps and casually found a place to lay down. It seemed like he was careless, but in fact, Shen Yi had been staring at the other person.

This mysterious man was very well-behaved. The old witch stood straight outside the door after leaving him, motionless, and her feet never crossed the courtyard door.

Shen Yi became curious, who is this guy and what does he want to do?

At present, it seems that the other party has no malicious intentions.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Tsurumi Hatsuun, who had changed her makeup and clothes, finally appeared and was rushing here in a hurry.

As soon as he saw her, the mysterious man's expression clearly relaxed.

"Come on, come on, what do you want from me?"

"Are you Tsurumi Hatsuun?"

"Yes, what about you? Who are you?"

"My name is Zhu Yandong."

"Zhu Yandong...I don't know you, what are you doing here?"

"you do not know me?"

"Correct."

The man who called himself Zhu Yandong was silent for a moment.

"I'm your cousin."

"Cousin..." He saw Chuyun suddenly realized, his face couldn't help but become embarrassed, and he also relaxed a little vigilance in his heart.

"Yuan, it turns out to be my cousin, please come in quickly."

She quickly invited the person inside, but after learning the other person's identity, she also became uncomfortable. While speaking, her eyes glanced at Shen Yi from time to time.

However, Shen Yi had already turned his head to the side and ignored it.

This is the old witch’s cousin, and he’s not his cousin. What does it have to do with him?

Let the old witch deal with it on her own.

Zhu Yandong nodded after hearing this and stepped into the yard.

"Cousin, Cousin, hello, let's go sit in the room."

"You don't have to be formal, just treat it as if you're at your own home. I'm here this time to put some things in your hands according to mother's instructions. It'll be ready in a while. It won't be long, so I won't go in."

"What is it?"

"This..." Zhu Yandong took out a box from the storage space and handed it to Tsurumi Chuyun with both hands.

She reached out to take the box, puzzled for a moment, then hesitated, "Can I see it?"

"Okay, this is your thing." "Oh, okay."

With expectations in his heart, Tsurumi Chuyun slowly opened the box. It was not a rare treasure or a rare object among the people, but some documents that looked like contracts.

She picked up one at random and looked at it. There was an address written on it, a brief information, it seemed to be a certain store, and there were signatures and fingerprints underneath, making it difficult to read.

There are more papers like this in the box, but it's not the right time to look at them one by one.

So she quickly looked at Zhu Yandong and asked doubtfully: "What are these?"

"It's something left to you by the Zhao family. You can be self-sufficient in the Zhu family, but how you take care of it is your own business."

"Oh, thank you cousin." Tsurumi Chuyun said with a grateful face.

Zhu Yandong nodded, but then his expression became more serious.

"Tsurumi Chuyun, there are some things that mother won't tell you, but you have to understand sooner or later, so I'm here to remind you that mother can't protect herself now, and no one knows how long she can stay in Zhu Mansion. You should try your best to do your best. Don't bother her, she doesn't have the time or the ability." Zhu Yandong said this with a hint of threat. Tsurumi Chuyunxiu frowned and couldn't help but ask without paying attention to his way of speaking. : "Then what happened to my aunt?"

"Go and ask Zhuhong, the little maid your mother gave you."

"I asked, but she didn't tell me."

"After all, you are also the eldest daughter of the Tsurumi Mansion, and you can't even control a servant?"

"Uh... Okay." She nodded helplessly and didn't refute anything. Zhu Yandong in front of him softened his attitude when he saw her like this. Then he took out something else from the storage space and threw it directly to her. .

"what is this?"

It looked like a money bag, and when it was shaken, it made a jingling sound. There seemed to be a lot of it. When I opened it, I saw that there were indeed coins inside, no more, no less, exactly ten taels.

"Save your money, this is not Tsurumi Mansion, and you are no longer the eldest daughter, but there is no monthly payment of thousands or hundreds for you to spend lavishly. This money is only enough for your food, clothing, housing and transportation for a month. No one will help you after you spend it. You, on the first day of each month, go to Qingshui Songyuan to find a man named Shengde. He is a steward of Qingshui Songyuan and one of my people. Just go to him to receive your monthly payment."

"Be sure to remember, don't talk too much to Shengde, Zhufu will not be so kind as to give you monthly payments."

"I understand, thank you cousin." Tsurumi Chuyun nodded solemnly.

Of course the old witch was not short of money, but she couldn't show it.

Just buy the elixir secretly and quietly make a fortune.

"As long as you understand, the property that the Zhao family gave you has not been taken care of for a long time. I'm afraid the situation is not good now. If you have time, go over and take a look. If you have the ability, take care of it. If you don't have the ability, just package it and sell it to others. , but I advise you not to do this. With an industry, at least your life in the Zhu family will not be too tight. Well, that’s all I have to say..."

Zhu Yandong seemed to be very satisfied with Tsurumi Chuyun's performance, but midway through his words, he remembered something and said, "By the way, I'm here to thank you for what happened yesterday."

"Yesterday? What happened?"

"Yanfeng told me that yesterday he was bullied by his playmates. Thanks to an unknown sister who appeared and helped him out, I guess it was you."

"It's just a little effort, cousin, don't mind."

"Of course, but I still advise you to restrain yourself, be honest in the Zhu Mansion, and don't cause trouble. Zhu Zhenglu's biological mother, Peng, is a member of the Wan family, and you can't afford to cause trouble."

"Who exactly is Wan?"

"Wan's full name is Wan Gaoyue. The Wan family behind her is a big family in Zhucheng, and she is one of the legitimate daughters."

"I see..." Tsurumi Chuyun fell into deep thought.

Her aunt was just like the Yin family in Tsurumi Mansion. She dealt with not only the Wan family, but also the entire maternal clan behind her.

With the support of a big family, Tsurumi Yanqiu was left alone, and it was only a matter of time before he was deposed as the mistress of the Zhu family.

The worst outcome is that Tsurumi Yanqiu dies inexplicably at some point.

The best result is to see if the head of the Zhu family remembers his old relationship and saves Tsurumi Yanqiu from death. He can survive but be demoted as a concubine.

But in this way, the situation of the original legitimate sons, headed by Zhu Yandong, has become very embarrassing, and I am afraid they will receive a lot of looks.

Hejian Chuyun thought this, but her thoughts were interrupted by Zhu Yandong the next second.

"More than these."

"Huh? What else?"

"More than a year ago, the eldest son of the Wan family married into the Lin family. Now the Wan family has a close relationship with the Lin family." As if he was afraid that He Jian Chuyun wouldn't understand, Zhu Yandong added: " If you are in Hengzhou, you should know about the Zhentai clan. The Lin family here is equivalent to the Zhentai clan over there. "

Hearing this, Tsurumi Chuyun's expression became extremely solemn. Of course she understood what Zhu Yandong meant.

That would be terrible. Unless there is strong enough foreign aid, her aunt Tsurumi Yanqiu will not have the slightest chance of turning around!
"Okay, that's it for now. I'm leaving. Take care of yourself."

"Cousin, walk slowly."

"No need to send it to me."

Watching Zhu Yandong walk out of the courtyard, she didn't hold him back, she just looked at his back and thought about something.

When the other party walked away and disappeared, Hejian Chuyun closed the door and locked the door bolt. Then Shen Yi asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

She glanced at him, sat down on the next step, and explained to Shen Yi.

If you rank all the large and small families in the world, from weak to strong, there are five levels in total.

The first level is the families entrenched in the town. The strongest ones usually do not exceed the knowledge level.

The second level is the family represented by the Zhuo family behind Zhuo Mingjin, which is active in the county. The strongest ones are in the realm of knowledge.

The third level is a large family like the Tsurumi Mansion, with spiritual-level powerhouses in charge.

In order to better control the cultivators in the world and make them available for their use at any time, the rulers of the dynasty usually put two or several families into one place so that they can achieve the purpose of checking and balancing each other.

The strength of the family means how big their stage is. For example, like the Tsurumi Mansion, their stage is in the city-state, and then the next level up is the entire state boundary.

However, when it comes to the stage of the state boundary, it is not the Tsurumi mansion that can participate, but those noble families with Xuan-level sages sitting in charge.

Just like the Feng family where Feng Dingzhang lives, their stage is Jizhou, the stage of the Delirium family in Zhu Yandong's words is Hengzhou, and Jiangzhou is the Lin family's stage.

Feng family, Lin family, Zhentai family, if these three families go up, the stage is the entire dynasty, and this is the royal family.

No, I can’t say for sure. Take Beiluo and Dayue for example. Both dynasties were ruled by powerful sects. There was no such thing as a royal family there. Their emperors were less like emperors and more like sects. An agent selected from within the door.

All in all, except for the royal family, all families are working hard to get themselves onto a bigger stage.

Of course, if there are multiple families in a place, and if a strong man whose cultivation exceeds the stage limit appears in one of the families, the balance will be broken instantly.

Take the Tsurumi Mansion as an example. If the old witch had not been wiped out and her cultivation level had reached Xuan level, then with Xuan level sages sitting in charge, and with the expansion of force, the Qi family and Xu family in Yunqiu City would only be waiting to be annexed. destiny.

But the royal family is not just a freeloader. Jiyuansi not only exists to recruit all the alchemists in the country, it can also control the development of the family.

...(End of chapter)