Fan Mo smiled faintly: "Patriarch Zhao smiled. He said to Ji Chen again: "Kneel." ”

Ji Chen frowned: "Even if the subordinates meet the elders of the clan, at most they bow down and salute, why should I kneel?"

"Ji Chen, now you are also a member of the Fan family, as the patriarch of the Fan family, if you kneel, you will kneel!" Fan Mo sat on the leaning and slapped the table, and at the same time, he winked at Ji Chen.

Ji Chen felt very puzzled, and when he was guessing what Fan Mo's intentions were, Fan Mo said again: "If I ask you to kneel, you will kneel." ”

Ji Chen glanced at everyone in the hall, then calmed down and knelt down.

Fan Mo nodded, then looked at the Zhao family patriarch.

"Are you guilty?" Patriarch Zhao asked in a cold voice.

"I don't know what I'm guilty of. Ji Chen didn't look at the man.

"Hmph, look at the person next to me, do you recognize it?"

"Wrapped like a rice dumpling, who can recognize it. Ji Chen said disdainfully.

Ji Chen's words immediately made everyone present laugh, and although the people sitting on Patriarch Zhao's side were holding back, they also laughed faintly.

The elder of the Zhao clan blushed, slapped the table, and everyone fell silent.

"Huangkou Xiaoer, if it weren't for the face of the mortal patriarch, your life would have been gone, and you would still be able to be sharp here. ”

"The villain doesn't dare. It's just that you suddenly called me here, what is the matter, please tell Patriarch Zhao clearly. Ji Chen stared at Patriarch Zhao's eyes and said.

"Last night, a fire broke out in a pavilion in the east of the city, and my son Zhao Hongying's whole body was burned to charcoals. Now, although he has picked up a life, his meridians have been destroyed, and his body has not been completely skinned, so it can be said that he is already a wasted person. Is this related to you?" said Patriarch Zhao word by word.

Ji Chen knelt on the ground and listened quietly, and everyone's eyes were enough to look at Ji Chen.

Fan Ling'er stood behind Fan Yan with a complicated expression, her heart was extremely worried, he knew that it must have been Ji Chen who caused Zhao Hongying to be like this last night in order to save her.

"Yes, I did it. Under everyone's gaze, Ji Chen said fearlessly.

After listening to Ji Chen's words, everyone was slightly stunned, they didn't expect the young man in front of them to answer so straightforwardly, not really young and fearful, or young and ignorant.

"Huh. Patriarch Zhao sneered twice, "Hehe, since you have admitted it, then Patriarch Fan, look?"

Fan Mo looked at Ji Chen and said: "Although Ji Chen is just a subordinate of my clan, but I know a little bit about his temperament, he will definitely not provoke your Zhao family's eldest young master for no reason, I think there must be a reason." ”

"But......" Patriarch Zhao was interrupted by Fan Mo before I finished speaking: "Listen to Ji Chen, what is the reason?"

Seeing this, Patriarch Zhao had no choice but to give up and turned his head to look at Ji Chen: "Then you can tell me what is going on?"

"Be sure to elaborate on it. Fan Mo added another sentence to Ji Chen.

When Ji Chen heard this, he nodded, and then told what happened to him and Fan Ling'er last night: Yesterday, my master Fan Ling'er and I practiced outside the city as before, and when we came back, the Zhao family on duty at the city gate stopped us and said that the city gate was damaged, and several patriarchs discussed and ordered them to repair it that day, so let us wait outside the city. ”

Fan Mo suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt Ji Chen, and then asked Patriarch Zhao, "I don't remember that we discussed the matter of repairing the city gate yesterday." ”

Patriarch Zhao raised his eyebrows, not knowing what to say.

Fan Mo raised his chin again: "You continue." ”

Ji Chen continued: "So I waited outside the city with my master, and I didn't enter the city until midnight, but on the way back to Fanfu, we were attacked by five black-clothed people, because three of these five black-clothed people were night evil cultivators, we were not defeated at all, but at this time, the Zhao family's son suddenly appeared, and then knocked the master unconscious and took him away. In a hurry, I ......"

Ji Chen paused, then gritted his teeth: "In a hurry, I defeated the five black-clothed people with a strange fire, and then I found out the whereabouts of Zhao Gongzi from one of them, and then rushed over." When I arrived at the pavilion, Zhao Gongzi had already made a ** for my master, and was about to do wrong, but fortunately, I suddenly appeared at the critical moment to stop Zhao Gongzi, so he wanted to kill me, in the battle, Zhao Gongzi wanted to take my life but couldn't beat me, so he was burned by a strange fire, and then I rescued the master back to the house......"

"Shut up, how can your one-sided words be trusted!" Patriarch Zhao interrupted Ji Chen with an angry shout.

"Patriarch Zhao, you are too protective of your son, if you want to know if what he said is true, just ask my daughter. Ling'er!" Fan Mo said to Patriarch Zhao with a serious face.

Fan Ling'er immediately walked out from behind Fan Yan: "I prove that everything Ji Chen said is true, if it wasn't for Ji Chen's timely arrival, I would ......"

"With such a careful plan, your son is really a man of strategy. Fan said with a face.

Patriarch Zhao clenched his fists: "This person also said that Ling'er is his master, and what they said by one master and one apprentice does not prove anything." Patriarch Zhao glanced at Zhao Ling'er and then said, "Besides, even if this is the case, your eldest lady is still a virgin, and my son is already abolished at the moment!"

"According to Patriarch Zhao, that is, this is still looking for my mortal family, isn't it?"

"I didn't say that, today I just want to ask this Ji Chen for an explanation!"

"Patriarch Zhao said with a smile, he is a subordinate, what can you ask him to give you?"

"Of course, it's a matter of life!"

"Patriarch Zhao!" Fan Mo suddenly shouted: "Are you going too far! Your son wants to rape my daughter, and also sent someone to assassinate the people of my Fan family, I didn't trouble you, you still want to deal with the people of our Fan family?"

"Patriarch Fan, as far as I know, this person came to your mansion a month ago, and according to his identity, he is only your daughter's apprentice, strictly speaking, he is not a member of your mortal family. Patriarch Zhao said lightly.

Fan Mo picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, "This person has been arranged as Ling'er's guard since he entered our Fan Mansion, and then he became Ling'er's apprentice, and just now I asked him to kneel in front of everyone on the order of the patriarch, and he also knelt, how can he not be counted as a member of my Fan family." ？”

When Ji Chen heard Fan Mo's words, he couldn't help but look at him.

After listening to Fan Mo's words, the patriarch of the Zhao family frowned into a Sichuan shape, and after a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "Hahaha, it seems that the patriarch of Fan sincerely wants to protect this kid!"

Fan Mo slowly put down the teacup: "I didn't intend to protect him, but as the head of the Fan family, I must not let outsiders deceive the people in my family." ”

Patriarch Zhao paused slightly, and then also raised the teacup, "But my son was beaten into a waste, and I must not sit idly by as a father." ”

"Oh?" Fan Mo raised his eyebrows, "Then what does Patriarch Zhao want?"

"I have two demands, as long as you can meet one of them. Patriarch Zhao stretched out two fingers and said.

Fan Mo nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"This is the first one, for the sake of the patriarch, as long as he can replace the people of my clan to participate in the border war between Dongzhou and Mobei, I can settle the matter. ”

"No, you can just find a young talent from the side to go to the border war, why do you have to let him go, and what is the difference between you letting him go to the border city war and I hand him over to you to be executed?"

Patriarch Zhao sneered: "I'm the same as you, as long as it's someone from my Zhao family who can keep one, I will definitely not let them sacrifice casually." ”

Fan Mo's fists also clenched.

"If the patriarch insists on protecting the people, then listen to my second request, I will advance the date of marriage between my son and the eldest lady of your family, and let them marry the next month. Patriarch Zhao looked at Fan Ling'er with a smile.

After listening to Patriarch Zhao's words, Fan Ling'er's eyes immediately widened: "What, no!"

Ji Chen also quickly raised his head nervously.

Fan Mo snorted coldly: "Patriarch Zhao is really good at making requests, not to mention that your son has become a waste, with his character, I am not sure about the marriage contract in a year, do you still want to advance?"

"There is no way, the people of your clan have disabled my son, and I must think about my son's lifelong affairs. How about it, the patriarch will choose one. ”

"What if I don't choose one?" said Fan Mo through gritted teeth.

Patriarch Zhao slowly put down the teacup in his hand and said unhurriedly: "If Patriarch Fan is not willing to choose, it is not impossible, you can even cancel the marriage contract between my son and your daughter." However, the secret pact of our two nations may have to be nullified. It just so happens that the elders of the two major families are sitting here today, as long as you say goodbye, I will leave at any time, I believe that the people of the Ye family should welcome us. ”

"You ......!" "You threaten me?"

Patriarch Zhao snorted coldly: "Since the words are clear, I might as well say it directly, I am threatening you, if you don't give me an explanation today, let's stop the dealings between the two families of Fanzhao!"

Fan Mo put his palm on the armrest of the seat, and there was a faint sound of wood breaking from it.

Fan Mo's ambition was actually very big, and he had been hesitating whether to gamble before bringing Ji Chen to the lobby. Because Ji Chen has a strange fire, and he learned from Fan Yan that this person will learn to fight within a week, he is a person with extraordinary talents, if he can keep it and hide it from others, when this person grows up to work for him, let alone a Chiba City, even if it is the entire Western Regions, he can have a place in his mortal family. However, since Xingge had already sent a message asking for Ji Chen's life, it was difficult for him to ensure that he could withstand the pressure from Xingge.

It wasn't until he asked Ji Chen to kneel that Ji Chen really knelt down, and Fan Mo made up his mind at that moment to protect this person, such a genius who knew how to forbear, and didn't have too many thoughts of resisting him, which was exactly what he wanted.

It's just that Fan Mo didn't expect that Zhao Moxin, an old fox, would bite him to the death, and threaten him with an alliance and a secret covenant, facing a promising bet and a biological daughter, Fan Mo was in a dilemma.