Nailing A Suspect

Lan Wangji

About fifteen minutes after the two swords spirits left to bring some food for his two hungry boys, both Suibian and Bichen came back, carrying not only the warm food, but also the warning that Lord Wei had sent. Wangji was expressionless from the outside, but his hands, closing into fist, told volumes of his inner anger. Wei Ying notice that and approach him, taking in his hands, those porcelain ones that had pleased him so wonderfully.

"Lan Zhan... it's alright, really I'm not that weak and I will be on my guard this time." He whisper to his lover.

"Wei Ying, I promise, no one will hurt you again." Lan Zhan assured him, which make him smile and he gently kissed Wangji's cheek, as Ah Yuan was still with them.

"Ah, you are such a lovely husband. Let's join the others and share the food. We can talk about this matter latter on." Wei Ying said and Wangji agree. They teleported back to the island the others were and shared the food they brought among them, having their own small feast.

"Wei Wuxian, putting all the craziness of the last days aside, you had to be careful. They got their eyes fixed on you and no matter the reason, you had to be on your guard at all times." Song Lan said.

"Yeah, no kidding. So like it or not you are now under surveillance from our sword spirit's team." Jiang Cheng said, looking at him with all the seriousness of the world.

"Oh? Since when?" Wei Ying asked a bit surprised.

"Since the attack, so you better behave and stay in the islands." Jiang Cheng added and Wei smiled.

"As if I could go out under my Lan Zhan's watch. Give my man more credit." Wei said shamelessly, making the girls giggle and Wangji's ears go in fire. Jiang Cheng simply sighed looking at Lan Wangji, who despite the expressionless face, did show a hint a please at his boyfriend words.

In his opinion, Wangji actually enjoyed been called Wei Ying's man. He was without a doubt a love sick youth, completely lost in Wuxian's attraction field and although man to man relationship was not something he was thrilled with, he could not criticize him either, because he was a flawless elite member of the Lan Clan and way stronger than him and so was Wuxian.

"Father Zhan can protect father Xian. He is a very strong king." Ah Yuan said innocently, as he moved to sit in Wangji's lap. He was too cute as he cling to his father Zhan, hugging him so happily. The girls laughed and Wei Ying protested.

"Ah Yuan, you little traitor, how come he is the king? What about me?" He asked.

"You are... the queen?" He asked in confusion from Wangji's lap and everyone laughed.

"He hit the nail!" Jiang Cheng laughed.

"A'Xian, don't be mad, he is but a kid." Yanli intervened, although Wei was not really mad. He had end up becoming the bottom by his own will, thus in fact, what his boy had said was actually quite accurate.

"I'm not mad, worry not jijie." Wei Ying said, admitting his defeat.

"It's not like he can be mad, he said the truth after all." Wen Qing teased and thus between laughs and worries, they ate and share a good time after a hellish training. Those that were at the level seven were told that in the coming days they will break through the next level with the intense cultivation method they learned from the other immortal.

When they were about to go up to their rooms to rest, a few magical butterflies fly from the open entrance in different directions and fly toward half of them, Huaisang first, then Wei Ying, Lan Zhan, Wen Qing, Zixuan and Jiang Cheng had their own butterflies carrying the same message from their relatives.

The smaller southern Clans had a breach in their barriers by the hidden puppets and were almost wipe up, until the bigger Nie Clan came and turn the tables, eliminating most of the threat. However, Nie Mingjue had declared a state of war in the south and was going to direct a purge of the southern lands to eliminate all corpses no matter they were in or out of a barrier.

Giving the situation of the south, the rest of the Clans also decided to purge their lands of the corpses before they could strike back, with the only exception of the east, that didn't have corpses to purge, as they were very thorough on their night hunting's, giving the fact they had the Burial Mounds in their lands, increasing the chances to be attacked.

Because of the purge, the gathering of the Leaders was postponed indefinitely, as they went to war with the puppet corpses and thus all the youths were to stay in the islands, under the protection of the Lan Clan, who had already get rid of the troublesome corpses gather inside the barriers and wait for further instructions.

The news were not that surprising after what happen there, but it make Wei Ying wonder in why the rogues had attack the smaller Clans in the south instead of going directly toward the bigger ones, meaning the Unclean Realm of the Nie's, as they did several years back. Were they trying to lure the Nie Clan out? And for what purpose?

Maybe they were all just falling into a well-crafted trap that his father intended to investigate farther as he too felt that there was something suspicious about the sudden attack in the south. Wangji took Wei Ying and Ah Yuan back to their room to rest, as there was nothing they could do to help the other Clans for the moment, other than to get stronger to go inside the Burial Mounds and end the dark age once and for all.

Ah Yuan went to bed and asked Wei Ying to tell him the story he liked about a courageous king and his queen, which was the reason the boy had suggested Wei Ying to be the queen while Wangji the king, as his impression of the Second Master Lan, had been greater than with Wei Ying, even when he had save him.

For the tale, Ah Yuan had once again lay on Wangji's lap and as he hear the long tale, he gradually fall asleep over him. Then, Lan Zhan had put him in the center of the bed and kiss his forehead slightly, then turn to look at his lover.

"Wei Ying, you come here and have some rest too." Wangji told him and Wei smiled.

"Lan Zhan, you are such a king, but just to clarify, I'm not a queen. I rather be the handsome male lover in shining armor." Wangji smirked.

"Lover, knight, prince, husband or queen, doesn't really matter. I love you regardless of the name." Wangji confessed making Wei's heart go crazy.

"Ah, you are too much for my beating heart." Wangji left the bed and pull Wei closer to kiss him. Because Ah Yuan was with them, he keep their kiss gentle, because if he were to deepen the kiss as his lover like it, Wei Ying was going to moan a lot, thus waking the precious kid.

"Did the soreness subside?" Wangji asked in a whisper, as he knew Wei's butt was still sensitive from their previous love making, just a few hours ago.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I will not break, even with that huge thing you have down there." Wei whisper in his ear, making him go red in the ears.

"That's good to know. Still, you need the rest." Well, he was not going to argue that, because he was indeed very tired.

"Then come and join me..." Wei said as he lay down next to Ah Yuan, then moved to give room to Lan Zhan. As soon as Lan Zhan cover the three of them with a blanket, he hugged Wei Ying from his back and intertwined one of his hands with Wei Ying's and passed his other arm over Wei's neck for him to use it as a pillow.

"You are quite the lover..." Wei whisper in bliss as he closed his eyes.

"You are my one and only." He simply said, as he slightly kissed Wei Ying's neck, making him smile.

"You are still worry, right?" He asked in a very low tone.

"I will always worry about your safety." Wangji confessed.

"Really, I'm not that weak." Wei pouted.

"I know. Still, the threat is still fresh." Wangji told pulling him closer.

"Who do you think is the one passing information to the rogues?" Wei asked curiously.

"A traitor among our Clan is hard to find." Wangji responded basically in his ear.

"Mmm, what if he is not from the Lan Clan?" Wei suggested.

"You mean an outsider from this gathering?" He asked back.

"One that had your trust." Wei whisper with certainty.

"I do not share information even with the members of my own Clan." Wangji murmur and Wei smiled.

"I don't mean you, but what about your brother? Does he trust in that Meng Yao guy? A sworn brother is not that different from a blood one and if he tells you confidential things about the Clan, then what about him?" Wangji frowned.

"You suspect the second in command of the Nie Clan?" Wangji asked a bit surprised.

"Why not? It just too coincidental. Years ago the south was attacked, then after an attempt in the north, the south is once again the focus, while the second in command is here, acting so carefree, even after the crisis we had a few days back."

"My father came just yesterday and he is downtown investigating matters on his own, sending me warnings about possible threats and asking my sword spirit to look after me. I had never meet this Yao guy before, even when Huaisang is the Second Young Master of the Nie Clan, he had never told us about him, nor had he been warned about the possible dangers we face these days."

"As a second in command, his priority most be the Nie Clan, thus Huaisang should had been his focus, yet the guy had not even show his face to the second heir of his Clan, nor even care that he went out the islands to fight corpses, even when he is so easily frighten. Your brother worry a lot about you, my father did too, why he you think this Meng Yao didn't acted according to his position?" Wangji ponder on it.

"He may had talked with brother confidentially or meet with Nie Huaisang in private." Wangji said softly.

"True, but there is also another thing that make me suspect this man. I could tell that behind that polite and charming mask, there is darkness involved and even Xuanyu, who had born from Yin's dark energy warned me about it. The man is definitely tainted and I can assure you he had use a fair amount of black magic. Normal cultivators can't feel it, but sensitive types like myself can." Wei said.

"Then I will talk with my brother and let him know about this." Wangji conceded, as he didn't doubt Wei Ying's words for a second. He knew how sensitive Wei Ying was and witness it himself more than once, also he knew Xuanyu recognize dark energy far better than anything else and true to be told, his brother had already be warned a long time ago that someone close to him will do a great evil. Everything kind of fit the criteria.

"No, don't talk to him just yet. I can ask Suibian to stalk him for a few days, because it will be better if we had proof." Wei said and Wangji hold him closer.

"I will ask Bichen, you are still a target." Wangji offer.

"I will do it for you both." Another voice said at their side and both lovers turned to see Chenqing.

"Ah, my Chenqing, will you leave me alone? Don't be mean, I will not had someone to play with anymore. Your man will be very lonely here and cold too." Xuanyu protested inside his seal.

"..." Wei sighed and so did Chenqing, but...

"It's been a while since I went out. As a Master of dark energy myself, I will make sure about him dealing with either dark energy or black magic. I can recognize the magic used on the talisman that hurt Wei Wuxian with one glance. If he is indeed involved with it, I will know." He said softly, not wanting the kid to be awaken.

"Be very careful, we don't know what tricks he can pull in." Chenqing smiled widely at Xuanyu's host.

"Neither does he, because I am but a shadow not even Lord Zheng can sense." Chenqing said with confidence.

"Alright, do your best." Wei whisper and Chenqing bowed.

"Come back soon, my love." Xuanyu said internally and Chenqing winked to him, before he was gone in a hint of black smoke.

"So you guys are in that kind of relationship?" Wei Ying asked Xuanyu.

"Don't tell me you are the only one that can be in heat for another man." Xuanyu refuted.

"You know, never mind." Wei said, blocking him out. After that, Wei Ying was tightly hugged again by his gentle lover and after a few minutes of enjoying Wangji's body warmth from behind, he soon joined his lover and son into the wonderful dreamland.

AN: And so the game if wits begins. Thanks for reading, I'm trying to include Wangxian family moments in each chapter, while the plot deepens one bit at a time. With all my love take care and for all those who are in quarantine, hang in there and stay home. Safety first my darlings, protect yourself and your own in this time of crisis. All my love for you all. ❤❤❤❤❤❤