"Grandpa, I went to the capital, but I didn't go to the imperial city. ”

"I didn't ...... Didn't go?"

Xiao Fengyuan picked up an ancient volume, and just wanted to put it back into the silk bag, when he heard Xiao Yi's reply, he was stunned on the spot.

"Your imperial grandmother hasn't seen you for more than ten years, and this time I gave you the opportunity to enter the palace to fulfill your filial piety, and you actually came back when you arrived in the capital. Are you trying to anger me?" Xiao Fengyuan wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly remembered that he was too emotional, and he might have broken his mood. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and regained his peaceful countenance.

"Grandpa, you and Uncle love me, Yi'er knows in her heart. Over the years, I have no blood except for you and uncle. Today's saint is my third uncle, and the current queen mother is my imperial grandmother, but for Yi'er, it is only a nominal relative. I was expelled from the palace that day because of the grace of the imperial grandmother, even if I was a little ignorant at the time, but I just didn't understand, that doesn't mean I'm stupid! I didn't see her here for her good!Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't be able to suppress my temperament and kill her, and you will become a widower when you turn around, is this what you want?" Xiao Yi took a bite of the pear fiercely and complained dissatisfiedly.

"Silly boy, I thought you should understand your grandmother's hard work when you grow up, but I didn't expect you to still not understand!" Xiao Fengyuan sighed and slowly closed his eyes.

"Okay, okay, Grandpa, you also said that my departure from the palace was the painstaking work of the imperial grandmother, so I can't see any changes in her? As long as I live well, the imperial grandmother's painstaking efforts will not be disappointed. So no matter what I think and think, the imperial grandmother will not regret her original decision. It makes no difference to her whether I understand it or not. And I also figured it out, in the future, you will really return to heaven one day, and your grandson will definitely wear linen and filial piety to send you to the end. If the emperor's grandmother goes to the fairy, the grandson will also burn incense and bow down. Even if there are no tears, the proper number of courtesies will be done. ”

Xiao Yi took off his boots and turned to the side.

Xiao Fengyuan originally wanted to say something, but when he saw his style, he lost interest. I put away a roll of Jane Chun by myself, turned around and poured tea and tasted it carefully. He felt that it was useless to say more, so he simply didn't ask anything and didn't say anything.

Xiao Yi saw that his grandfather ignored him, so he simply sat there and talked to himself. What is the flavor of the cakes in the capital! What is the fat and fat of the braised carp and dried roasted pheasant! Anyway, he has nagged everything he saw and heard when he went out this time, and even the rock sugar gourd has a few insects in it.

After some nagging, Xiao Fengyuan finally felt uneasy, and was about to teach Xiao Yi a lesson, so he let the kid run away.

The next day, the Imperial Palace, the Palace of Meditation.

A figure evaded the patrolling guards, and took advantage of the darkness to hide and slip into the palace when the people in the palace were sleepy. Several palace eunuchs stood in it, and although they kept nodding, they had not fallen asleep yet. People are like this, doing nothing and insisting on not sleeping, and it is easy to get sleepy. This is not to say that they lose their alertness, but if there is a slight noise, these palace people will be alert as soon as possible. It can only be said that the current state is just the best way to stay vigilant at the first time when you are extremely bored. If you really let a person pay close attention to one thing, it will not take a moment to lose energy and lose focus. If you don't concentrate on cultivation, ordinary people won't be able to concentrate on it for a long time.

The black shadow took out a paper bag from his bosom, picked up a little powder with his fingernails, and gently flicked it into the wick of the red candle of the palace lamp. After a short time, the palace eunuchs in the entire dormitory slowly withered. Hearing their breathing evenly and long, the black shadow nodded slightly, and one of them flashed into the curtain of the dormitory.

On the phoenix couch lay a dignified-looking middle-aged woman. Although he was lying down, he apparently did not move his body all night. A person can still ask himself to maintain his demeanor in his sleep, and this perseverance alone is absolutely impossible for anyone to do.

The black shadow opened a vial and shook it lightly under the middle-aged woman's nose. Seeing the woman take a deep breath, the dark shadow was sure that she was about to wake up.

"Is it peace?"

The middle-aged woman asked as if in a dream, as if she knew her current situation, and there was no panic between her words.

"Imperial Grandmother, Yi'er has come to see you. ”

The black shadow is none other than Xiao Yat. Appearing in the Queen Mother's bedroom at this time is obviously not the first time to do such a thing.

"Come and come, take medicine every time, and the mourning family is no longer young. Are you really not afraid that one day the dose will be miscalculated and the life of the mourning family will be buried?"

The Queen Mother got up and wanted to sit up, but Xiao Yi hurriedly reached out to support her back. After the Queen Mother sat down, Xiao Yi withdrew his arm to rearrange his clothes and bowed.

"The unfilial grandson Xiao Yi asked the imperial grandmother to say goodbye. ”

"Get up, what is Xiao Yi in front of me? You are my righteous grandson. The Queen Mother kindly stretched out her hand to signal him to get up, and Xiao Yi got up again, bowing his waist and not daring to say more.

"Heyi, you haven't come to see the mourning family for most of the year, aren't you afraid that you won't see your grandmother when you come back?" The Queen Mother took out a paper bag from the magnetic pillow and stuffed it into Xiao Yi's hand, complaining in her mouth.

Xiao Yi put the paper bag into his arms, and then took out a gold wire wooden box and offered it with both hands.

"Imperial grandmother, this is a fixed face pill that my grandson has harvested from his travels. Although it is not as miraculous as the rumored Yongbao Beauty, my grandson has tried it, it is not toxic, and the taste is quite good. The grandson will first honor the emperor's grandmother. ”

The Queen Mother took the wooden box and opened it slowly. There was a white elixir in the red satin in the box, and the fragrance was cold and cold, and the Queen Mother just smelled it lightly and felt refreshed.

"Good grandson, you also have a heart. Has the old man taught you something mysterious?" the Queen Mother gently closed the wooden box and carefully examined Xiao Yi's slightly emaciated face.

"Back to the imperial grandmother, my grandson has become much stronger during this time, where does the imperial grandfather have any good things for me? Although his calligraphy and painting are exquisite, they do not match my personality. However, my uncle has been helping me to develop a panacea, and I think I should have a harvest after a while. ”

The Queen Mother was a little displeased when she heard this.

"This old man, I don't have a chance and I am reluctant to give you a chance. Do you have to come forward in person?"

"Imperial grandmother, the imperial grandfather is not reluctant, but the grandson's life is thin and blessed, so he has no chance to advance. Yesterday, the imperial grandfather asked me to visit the imperial grandmother in Ouchi, and I said that I was dissatisfied with the imperial grandmother, so I didn't come over. ”

Hearing Xiao Yi's words, the Queen Mother burst out laughing.

"This old guy is so easy to deceive, which means that you've been thinking you've cut ties with me since you were six years old?"

The Queen Mother laughed a little out of breath, coughed lightly twice, and then touched Xiao Yi's bun dotingly.

"Child, I have an ancient scroll here, which your imperial grandfather has never seen. Now that you are an adult, the mourning family will be handed over to you. Again, don't let anyone know except yourself. Your father sacrificed his death to the sky, and none of the old monsters of their Xiao family came to their rescue. The remaining hard-working child of yours will be privately remembered by your own uncle...... "The Queen Mother wanted to say more, but Xiao Yi stretched out her hand to stop her.

"Imperial grandmother, grandson knows. If I had inherited the throne, I might have been killed by the third uncle one day. No matter how much the imperial grandmother protects her grandson, she can't always ensure that she is thorough. Compared with the world, your grandson's life is what you value the most. No one is resentful of the grandson, I just hope that you and the imperial grandfather are in good health. Xiao Yi's arm shook slightly, obviously suppressing deep emotions.

"What kind of body Kangtai? Your imperial grandfather went to the Zongmiao and let the mourning family bear the reputation of a widower. It's better to just go there, and save yourself from sleeping in the imperial mausoleum with no one to accompany the mourning family after a hundred years. The Queen Mother complained, but took out a box from the side.

"This is the drunken butterfly incense paid by Nan Liguo, and it can be relieved by burning a little when the old man has insomnia. Go back and say that you got it by accident when you traveled. Again, it's not too early, you go back as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be difficult to leave when it is dawn. Thinking of Xiao Heyi's appearance of being pretended to be a palace maid when he was a child, the Queen Mother couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Yi bowed and exited the palace hall and walked out of the palace wall along the way he came. All the way back to the Jongmyo Temple, just in time for the opening of the dining hall.

After breakfast, Xiao Yat returned to his room, took out the paper bag handed over to him by the Queen Mother from his arms, and saw a piece of osmanthus candy cake as soon as he opened it. Take out the agarwood box at the bedside, gently put the caramel crisp into the box, and put the dozen or so pieces inside neatly.

It's been five years, and I've long lost interest in this snack. But the imperial grandmother still secretly prepared a piece for herself every time. This should be something she prepares once a day, because every time she touches it, she can feel that the caramel is new to the day.

I practiced martial arts in the room, and I heard some movement outside. Xiao Yi hurriedly opened the door and ran towards the main hall of the temple.

"Uncle, is my cousin here?"

Before Xiao Yiren showed up, his voice had already come out.

Xiao Yingwen, who was standing in the hall and was greeting his father, was embarrassed for a while, and unconsciously took two steps back.

"Uncle, what good things did you bring me?" Xiao Yi rushed out of the apse and could see his excitement and joy.

"Harmony and righteousness...... Ah no, Xiao Yi! This time my uncle came back in a hurry, and he didn't prepare anything good. Just ......" As he spoke, Xiao Yingwen patted the storage bag on his waist, and a fist-sized piece of yellow wood appeared in his hand.

"What kind of rare object is this, does the uncle have any adventures?" Xiao Yi ran forward excitedly, nodded at Xiao Fengyuan, then turned his head and hugged the yellow wood.

"There are no adventures, just passing by a trade fair, I saw that this piece of yellow cherry is large enough, and it can be more effective to turn around and condense a stand-in for you. And this ......" Xiao Yingwen slapped again, and there was an extra piece of animal skin in his hand.

"Knowing that you are addicted to secular martial arts, this piece of skin records an ancient martial arts self-cultivation method. It's okay to learn, but don't overindulge in it. For more than ten years, the pill has washed the muscles and cut the marrow, I don't know what the reason is for you, but if you are a person else, you already have a sense of qi and can sense the world. Xiao Yingwen didn't notice that his father was already pale when he heard these words. Thinking that he still hasn't opened the spiritual root for more than 30 years, why did this stinky boy teach his juniors to even piggyback on his own Lao Tzu?

Seeing Xiao Fengyuan turn around and sit back to the side and get angry, Xiao Yingwen thought about his loopholes, and hurriedly ran over to appease his father, leaving his nephew in a daze.

Xiao Yi hugged the yellow cherry wood and the animal skin cheats and smirked and went back to his room, although what his uncle said made sense, but although he had not made progress in cultivating the truth in the past ten years, he had already advanced to the master of ordinary martial arts. In the entire Beiji Kingdom, there should be no more than ten people who can win him.

Three days later, Xiao Yat sat triumphantly on the front steps of the temple with his newly acquired puppet stand-in. Just now he had practiced the newly obtained secret body method, and he had basically mastered the subtlety of this body method.

An old man in a black robe appeared outside the temple, and Xiao Yi could only summarize the crane hair and childish face to describe the person in front of him after searching his memory. There was a well-behaved ape beside the old man, and when he saw being watched, he hurriedly jumped onto the shoulder of the black-robed old man.

"Sir, you are courteous. I wonder if the gentleman is passing by or has come here?"

The old man saw that Xiao Yi was polite, and his expression was quite approving. He chuckled and said, "There's nothing special that isn't a special trip." The old man is just homesick, this is homecoming. ”

Xiao Yi felt a little funny when he heard what the other party said. So he bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Sir, please forgive me for being disrespectful." This is where the ancestral hall of my family is located, and it has been here for more than 1,000 years. The place where the gentleman is looking should be the place to go. ”

The black-robed old man heard the meaning of what Xiao Yi said, and faintly said that he was old and confused and didn't recognize his home. So he smiled helplessly: "How could the old man be wrong? This is my home, the ancestral temple of the Xiao family." Are you saying that this is your ancestral hall? Could it be that you are Xiao Heren? The old man is your great-ancestor Xiao Qingyan, do you remember? Your grandfather hugged you when you were a hundred days old!" The old man laughed and burst into tears, and Xiao Yi was also startled.

"Wait, don't get excited. Old man, first, I'm not Xiao Heren, and second, don't say I don't know you, even Xiao Heren himself doesn't dare to say that he really knows you. You've hugged him for a hundred days, it's strange to remember, right?" Xiao Yi couldn't refute the old man in person, after all, he was there. Even if you are old and confused, you can't bully the old man, right? What's more, people can mention the name of the eldest brother, saying that he made a mistake, then they don't believe it? But if it is really his great-grandfather, it is even more wrong, according to the history of the Northern Ji Kingdom, the great-grandfather Xiao Qingyan has already died fifty years ago.

"Sir, Hugh is going to deceive the little one. Emperor Ren Xiao Qingyan had already risen more than fifty years ago. If you want to change your identity, you may be able to get away with it, but claiming to be Emperor Ancestor Ren will inevitably bully you in your young and ignorant, right?"

Hearing what Xiao Yi said, the old man was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"Okay, well, the old man won't talk to you. The black-robed old man patted the ape's body lightly and let out a long howl at the temple.

"Xiao Fengyuan, get out of Lao Tzu! Do you want to occupy Lao Tzu's mansion and take away Lao Tzu's children and grandchildren?"

As soon as the old man's words fell, six people poured out of the temple. The first two are Xiao Fengyuan and his eldest son Xiao Yingwen.

"Father is angry, the unfilial son Xiao Fengyuan has given you a greeting. ”

Seeing his grandfather and uncle kneeling on the steps to pay respects, where did Xiao Yi dare to question the identity of the old man?

A group of people entered the main hall and invited the black-robed old man to sit in the first place.

"This kid said that he is not Heren! Isn't the old man really dizzy?" Xiao Qingyan looked at Xiao Yi and looked at Xiao Fengyuan with a suspicious expression.

"Father, your old mind is like electricity, how can you be dizzy? This kid is really not the kid of Heren, he is actually the harmony of the winning martial arts. You were born in the second year of your travels. Xiao Fengyuan replied cautiously.

The old man was slightly shocked when he heard this, but he was still relieved. is also his descendant, but there is no aura fluctuation on this child.

"Since this kid has entered the temple, how can he still be a mortal? Are you bullying this kid......" The old man still blamed, and suddenly remembered one thing.

"You said he was Xiao Yingwu's son? Didn't you prepare to abdicate and let Yingwu take over as the unification at that time? Why did you still let him send his heir to the Zongmiao? What happened?"

Xiao Fengyuan hesitated about how to answer, but he saw that Xiao Qingyan's face was not good, so he didn't have time to weigh it and said directly: "Back to my father, Fengyuan has always kept in mind the ancestral teachings, and passed on the second son Xiao Yingwu to inherit the throne. It's just that Ying Wu succeeded to the throne for four years and fell, leaving this child difficult to survive in the palace. So make an exception and bring it with you. However, I have not let this son awaken his spiritual root, and I will only wait for this son to get married two years later, and it will be up to him to choose. I have never mentioned this matter to anyone, including Yingwen. ”

The faces of everyone present were shocked when they heard this, and before they could react, the aura on Xiao Fengyuan's body suddenly dispersed. The appearance of a thin mortal old man just now instantly became radiant, his skin was fair and ruddy, and his wrinkles gradually calmed down. Seeing his grandfather change from a frail old man in his fifties and sixties to a sturdy middle-aged, Xiao Yat felt that his cognition was shattered.

"Although the cultivator has a long lifespan, it is extremely detrimental to the reproduction of heirs. The sons in law of my Xiao family were also forced to enter the country to practice. If you step into the immortal path too early, you are afraid that you will cut off the bloodline of the mortal world. If the royal blood of the mortal world is cut off because of this, how can you talk about the lintel of the gate when you see the ancestors in the future?"

It turns out that the Xiao family has always been a Xiuzhen family. It's just that the taboo of the fairy family is that the heirs are thin. Maybe it's the punishment of the heavens for Xiuzhen's anti-heaven behavior, as long as you become a monk, it will be difficult to reproduce heirs. This is also the fundamental reason why the cultivation realm cherishes the children of the family. Killing a family member is likely to eradicate the bloodline inheritance of this branch.

Therefore, the ancestral teachings of the Xiao family stipulate that when you step into the cultivation realm, you must give up your earthly fate. At the same time, take a descendant of a relative to step into Xiuzhen. After the second son succeeds to the throne, if he has the opportunity to try to cultivate the truth, he also needs to wait until the heir reaches adulthood before he can choose his own son-in-law to accompany him to retire and practice.

On the surface, the cultivators of the Xiao family are growing a lot stronger, but it is difficult for people in the cultivation realm to reproduce, and what is even worse is that people continue to fall during this period. For thousands of years, the cultivators of the Xiao family have been neglected, but the imperial power in the secular world has been inherited.

The cultivation realm has its own taboo, that is, it is not allowed to meddle in the power struggle of the mortal world. Once any sect family interfered in the affairs of the mortal world, it would be tantamount to giving all cultivators an excuse to jointly crusade.

Xiao Fengyuan has never enlightened Xiao Yixiu's spiritual root, but he has the opportunity to let him choose for himself one day. Otherwise, once Xiao Yi opens the spiritual root, he will lose the possibility of being an emperor at the same time.

This night, Xiao Yi's mind was full of various possibilities, whether he wanted to be in the north in the future or enter the cultivation of the truth? Thinking about it, Xiao Yi took out a copper coin and threw it high into the air. landed head-on, and he went to reclaim his throne. If his back hits the ground, then he will be a monk with peace of mind......

Inadvertently, Xiao Yi touched a book in his arms, which was what the imperial grandmother gave him that day, the mysterious ancient scroll. It's just that he only cared about the ancient scrolls, but he didn't notice that the copper coin had already turned around on the table a few times, lying there quietly, and the back was ......