There are some things that only a son can say to him, and if others say so in front of him, he is afraid that he will be displeased.

Du Qingyuan took a deep breath, he knew his father, he was stubborn, and he couldn't listen to the persuasion of others, so he said in a joking tone: "Yes, this absolute son is indeed a wonderful person." The father didn't know that although the child had only seen him once, it was still at the banquet of the Zhao family's son, but this side alone made the child deeply impressed by him......

As he spoke, he told Du Zhengmou about the events at the banquet that day, and occasionally interspersed with some such as how wonderful the dance of the Minghai School of Oriental September was, and how beautiful the plum fragrant bamboo was. In that competition, how did a Japanese warrior shine. Du Zhengmou just smiled and listened to him.

It wasn't until he talked about the three generals of Xuanyi that Du Zhengmou's face began to become serious. When it was said that the flying knife of the Absolute Master was shot and the grandmaster was beheaded, the Tai Chi ball in Du Zhengmou's hand stopped suddenly, and his face began to become solemn.

His expression was naturally clearly understood by Du Qingyuan, and his heart was slightly fixed, and he said with a smile: "The child also asked the son of the Zhao family at that time, how is this peerless son compared to the Shangguan gang leader?

Du Zhengmou asked, "How do you answer?"

Du Qingyuan said: "He replied, it's not as good." ”

When Du Zhengmou heard this answer, he smiled with relief: "Shangguan is such a hero, not to mention that he is a son, even his brother Tanhualang, there are many inferiors." ”

Du Qingyuan followed his words and said: "What my father said is true, and the child also thinks so. asked the son of the Zhao family, but he just wanted to find out the details of Shangguan. ”

Hearing this, Du Zhengmou laughed, praised his son's clever thoughts, and said: "My son is good at plotting, although his father is called 'Zhengmou', but he is not as good as my son." ”

Du Qingyuan said: "Father said that you are laughing, you are ranked sixth in Bai Xiaosheng's "Weapon Spectrum", who in this river and lake does not know the name of 'Thunderbolt God Fist', and the child is still far behind his father." ”

Hearing this, Du Zhengmou was very happy and said: "My son doesn't have to be humble, in time, your name will definitely overshadow your father." ”

With such encouragement, Du Qingyuan naturally accepted it, and then said: "Although the son of the Zhao family said that the prince of the Zhao family is not as good as the master of Shangguan, it didn't take long for the son of the Zhao family to fall in front of the son. ”

Du Zhengmou was curious and asked, "Oh? And this matter? With the Zhao family's seven tricks, will also be planted with a head?" ”

So Du Qingyuan told the plum blossom thief from beginning to end, from beginning to end, he was telling it from the perspective of a bystander, in a joking tone, as if he was telling a very interesting story of the plot with his father.

But what it means, where can Du Zhengmou, who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, not hear it? With the derivation of the story, Du Zhengmou's brows gradually wrinkled.

In the end, Du Qingyuan said with a smile: "This peerless son is also a character, and now the child has not figured out how he caught the real plum blossom thief." On the way back, the child also asked the son of the Zhao family, and the son of the Zhao family said the words 'attack the heart, chaotic eyes', but the child has not yet understood. ”

After listening to him, Du Zhengmou was always silent, and the Tai Chi ball in his hand kept turning. After a long time, he said, "My son's meaning is understood by my father." The Absolute Son is indeed not to be underestimated, what are my son's plans?"

Du Qingyuan put away his smiling face and said: "The child thinks that the money gang is unstoppable, that Dragon and Phoenix Shangguan has already become a great grandmaster, even Sun Tianji may not be his opponent, and it is an irreversible trend to overwhelm the martial arts." My Thunderbolt Hall is a roadblock for him to dominate the martial arts, and in a few years, he will inevitably have a battle with the Money Gang. ”

"And now, Xuanyi is gaining momentum, the talent of the peerless son is unparalleled, and his subordinates are full of talents. Moreover, Xuanyi also has a more powerful gunpowder secret recipe than my Thunderbolt Hall, and it is also because in today's Jianghu martial arts, only Tanhualang can fight with Shangguan. If Perak Hall wants to be well protected, it should form an alliance with Xuanyi, this is the best choice, and I hope my father will think twice. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhengmou's pupils shrank dramatically, and he was speechless.

The silence was eerie, and there was silence in the hall.

It was rainy in early summer in Jiangnan, and the originally clear sky was unconsciously drizzled. Outside the hall, there was the sound of rain falling, which was a little annoying.

In the hall, Du Zhengmou was silent, Du Qingyuan was also silent, and the father and son were silent to each other.

After a long time, Du Zhengmou sighed and said: "What you said, how can you not know what you are talking about? Money is powerful, and expansion is inevitable. Even if the Perak Hall had the advantage of firearms, blocking the great master would not be like hitting a stone with an egg. It's just that do you know that behind the Xuanyi Society is the current prince?"

Du Qingyuan said: "So what? When the Thunderbolt Hall is alive and dead, even if it is an alliance with the Supreme, why not? Could it be that my father is afraid of being detained by the Jianghu people and others with the hat of a court eagle dog?"

Du Zhengmou nodded slightly, and said: "Those are just empty reputations, why should you care about being a father." Now that you have grown up, the burden of the future of Perak Hall will also be borne on you, and today you and my father and son will talk openly and honestly, and you should also know the secrets of Perak Hall. ”

Hearing this, Du Qingyuan immediately stood up, bowed down and said, "The child listens to his father's teachings. ”

Du Zhengmou waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and then said, "Do you know how many years has the Perak Hall existed in the world?"

Du Qingyuan thought for a while and said, "It should be more than one hundred and sixty years." ”

Du Zhengmou nodded and said, "To be exact, it's one hundred and sixty-four years." After the death of Emperor Taizong, Perak Hall dared to be established. Do you know why?"

Du Qingyuan frowned and shook his head, and said, "The child doesn't know." ”

Du Zhengmou sighed, looking a little lonely, and said: "You like to read and study since you were a child, and you must also know the story of Emperor Taizong's seven expeditions to Western Xia and nine blocks of Western Liao." ”

Du Qingyuan nodded and said: "I have heard of it, and it is recorded in the annals. ”

Du Zhengmou said: "But do you know who is the first hero to destroy the Western Xia Kingdom?"

Du Qingyuan shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." Could it have something to do with my Du family?"

Du Zhengmou nodded and said: "Yes, it is the ancestor of my Du family, Du Zhen Ming Chugong." When Dashang had not yet established the country, Taizu had two conspiracy, four handsome, eight generals and twelve heroes, and the second conspiracy was Ge Yunsheng and Guo Xiaoru, and the four handsomes you also know, are the four surnames of today's Zhenguo, and the eight generals will have my Du family ancestor, Du Zheng, and Zishan Gong. The Twelve Heroes are the twelve top chivalrous guests of the rivers and lakes led by the owner of the generation of Shenjian Villa, Xie Gonglong. ”

"These twelve chivalrous guests, in addition to the Wudang faction Yun Lingzi and the Shenjian Villa Xie Gonglong, who originally had a foundation, the other ten founded their own sects and families after Taizu established the country and became martial, such as the Huashan faction, the Kongtong faction, the Emei faction, the Nanhai faction, the Diancang faction, and then the Peacock Villa, the Tibetan Sword Villa, and so on. ”

"Taizu collected the military power in his later years, and the four surnames took the lead, and all the generals returned the military power, so that there was no rabbit dead dog cooking. After Taizu Yan drove and Taizong ascended the throne, what he said must be that Jiuzhou is lacking, and Xixia Duyu is the words. That's why there are seven party moves. At that time, Zishan Gong had passed away, and although the head of the Du family, Ming Chugong, had the ability to lead the troops, he was obsessed with firearms, and Taizong thought that it was useless, so he abandoned it. ”

"However, the six party items could not be obtained, and there were constraints from the Western Liao, and Taizong's sharpness in his later years had been lost. At this time, the early Ming Dynasty firearms were completed, and this method was dedicated to Taizong, with artillery and firearms to attack from afar, and there was a more advanced secret recipe for gunpowder, and the seventh attack on the party was naturally like a bamboo. ”

However, when he attacked Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, the army encountered obstacles, and the Western Xia soldiers resisted desperately, and the Great Shang could not attack it for a long time. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the public offered a plan to dig a tunnel under the city of Xingqing Mansion, and did not enter the city, but buried gunpowder outside the city to blow up the city wall. The walls of Xingqing Mansion are strong, and Taizong does not believe that gunpowder will be so powerful that it can blow up the city walls. ”

"At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the public military order, if there is no miracle effect, you should come to see it. Taizong is full. At night, the soldiers secretly repaired the tunnel, and three days later, 10,000 tons of gunpowder had been laid outside the Xingqing Mansion......"

Speaking of this, Du Zhengmou sighed gloomily, and continued: "Needless to say, the wall of Xingqing Mansion was destroyed in one fell swoop. However, the earth-shattering loud noise and monstrous flames shocked Taizong into the sky. Since then, although the Western Xia has been destroyed, Taizong has a disease in his heart. ”

He always thought that the power of firearms was terrifying, if the Du family had a disobedient heart and wanted to destroy the Zhu royal family, then the dangerous walls of the Forbidden City should be resisted? With this thought, the Du family's tragedy would not be far away. In the second year after the destruction of the party, Taizong dismissed the banquet in the palace on the grounds of his forty-fifth birthday, and invited all the generals to come. On that day, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the public was drunk and stayed in the palace......"

Speaking of this, the Tai Chi ball in Du Zhengmou's hand grabbed tightly, and said with a dejected expression: "On the second day, the Duke of the early Ming Dynasty was charged with a crime of filthy palace, and the Du family was beheaded all over the house. escaped alone to the eighth son of the Duke of the early Ming Dynasty, Du Shi saw the confiscation, and the sporadic craftsmen who participated in the development of firearms in the early Ming Dynasty. ”

"Alas, it was not until Emperor Xuanzong succeeded to the throne for twelve years that the Du family was rehabilitated, and that was because Emperor Xuanzong thought that the Du family was full of people, so he would advocate for the Du family. Later, when he saw the confiscation of the establishment of Perak Hall, there were many entanglements with the imperial court, so there is no need to mention more. Seeing that the confiscation of the ancestors in his later years, the people of Perak Hall were not allowed to serve the imperial court, nor were they allowed to commit treason. Qingyuan, do you understand what my father said?"

Du Qingyuan was in a heavy mood and was silent. He didn't know about it, or it could only be said that he could only learn about it after he succeeded to the position of the master of the Perak Hall. How could he not understand what his father meant? It's just that now that the enemy is outside, sometimes he has to make compromises.