At half past three o'clock in the afternoon, a carriage stopped in front of the gate of the pine and cypress courtyard, and two young men in brocade clothes got off the carriage.

One of the teenagers was dark-skinned and majestic, resembling a brute bear. Compared with him, the other boy is a little shorter, and although his body is not so majestic, he is also well-proportioned and straight, and he has a majesty in his gestures.

These two teenagers have a mediocre appearance and a mediocre temperament. If there are people who often mingle with the upper class of society, they can see at a glance that their identity does not match the brocade clothes on their bodies.

However, anyone who has a little vision will not despise these two teenagers because of this, because the two of them stand there, although their temperament is mediocre, but they are full of might, giving people a sense of oppression that the sword is unsheathed and the edge is exposed.

This kind of power is by no means something that ordinary noble children can have.

These two teenagers are none other than Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa, who came to Songbai Courtyard to find Zhou Jian to attend the evening banquet.

Compared with the changes made by the two when they first came to Yancheng, it can be described as earth-shaking.

The dazed, helpless, youthful and immature when they first arrived has gradually transformed into perseverance, self-confidence and maturity, although there are still some young people who are young and immature, but I believe that they will soon be crushed by the gears of war.

In terms of appearance and shape, the changes of the two seem to be a different person, especially these days under the nourishment and conditioning of immeasurable elixirs and natural treasures, the original skinny bodies of the two have grown into flesh and blood, their skin is shiny and translucent, and their vigorous bodies contain majestic power.

Knock knock

Zhang Xiaopu stood in front of the door and knocked on the wooden door with his fingers.

Niu Dawa took down a large wooden box from the carriage, and the wooden box was full of calligraphy, painting and ink treasures, which they drew out of the Li family's treasure house. Because the Tianwu Daoist said that the grandfather of the country in the small courtyard might like it, but the two of them didn't know a few big characters, and they couldn't see a good one, but fortunately they found a big wooden box, and they didn't care about the good ones, and they all pulled them into the wooden box. Bring it with you as a gift for your visit.

"Who?" Wei Zi's voice sounded in the small courtyard.

"Back to the seniors, the younger Zhang Xiaopu. ”

"Junior, Niu Guangmao. ”

"I came to visit my seniors on the orders of my family teacher. Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa replied respectfully.

"Come in. Wei Zi said.

Niu Dawa explained that the driver who was driving the car was not allowed to go anywhere, so he waited in front of the door, and then followed Zhang Xiaopaw into the courtyard with a wooden box.

Mrs. Wang, who sells baked cakes at the corner of the street, watched Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa enter the Songbai courtyard while cleaning up the stove, and muttered to herself: "I haven't seen half a visitor for decades, and in less than ten days, three young people have come, and they have all been allowed to enter the courtyard." Strange and strange. ”

When Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa first entered the Songbai Courtyard, their reactions were the same as when Zhou Jianlai first came, and they both had a chill on their backs. Especially after seeing the hundreds of spirit cards in each room, I was even more shocked to close my mouth.

However, they were simply frightened, not as strong as Zhou Jianlai, because they didn't know a few big characters, and they didn't recognize the names on the spirit cards at all.

"The junior Zhang Xiaopaw has seen the seniors. ”

"The younger generation Niu Guangmao has seen the seniors. ”

The two walked up to Wei Zi, who was sitting at the stone table in the courtyard drinking tea, and saluted respectfully. At the same time, their eyes had already found Zhou Jianlai's figure in the courtyard, and saw him facing the door of the main hall

, sitting cross-legged on the ground, as if cultivating.

"The younger generation of the family teacher greets the seniors. When I came to the door for the first time, I didn't know what my predecessors liked, so I looked for some calligraphy, painting and ink treasures, hoping that my predecessors could like them. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

Niu Dawa put the wooden box in front of Wei Zi.

Wei Zi glanced at the wooden box, nodded and said, "You two have a heart." It's still early, so you two should wait for him for a while. ”

The two nodded in response, stood aside respectfully, looked at Zhou Jianlai sitting in front of the door of the main hall, and couldn't help but wonder why he was cultivating against the rows of spiritual positions in the room, and what was he cultivating?

Just when the two of them were curious, they only heard a few pops, and several sword qi shot out of thin air in the main hall room, directly attacking Zhou Jianlai.

Zhou Jianlai pointed into a sword, and in an instant, he swung out a sword light, which collided with the sword qi that broke through the sky, but there were still three or two sword qi that broke through his defense, and a sword qi grazed his shoulder, tearing a bloody hole on his shoulder, and the blood flowed immediately. There were two sword qi that directly attacked his fatal vital point, but fortunately he blocked it with a wave of his fingers.

Wei Zi's fingers moved imperceptibly, and the two sword qi that were blocked by Zhou Jianlai suddenly swirled in the air, and they actually attacked Zhang Xiaopu and Niu Dawa.

Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa's expressions changed suddenly, and the moment they were locked by the sword qi, they immediately felt the extraordinary and powerful sword qi, and they couldn't even help but have the illusion that they were not locked by a sword qi, but by a kendo master. This sword is far more powerful than the cloud-piercing sword used by Li Hongwu and other Li family members.

Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly stepped sideways and took a step forward, and a punch blasted out, and the white, red, and gold three-color air flow overflowed from his battle gate, instantly converging on his fist, and when he exchanged sword qi, it suddenly burst out.

Niu Dawa also took a step forward, grabbed it with her right hand, bent her fingers into claws, and grabbed the sword qi that broke through the air and pressed it to the ground, and with a bang, the earth and rocks flew out, the dust was all over the sky, and the ground was blown out of a big crater.

"Ahem" Wei Zi was choked by the dust and coughed repeatedly, shouting and scolding: "Stinky boy, don't you know that the old man is drinking tea?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for the seniors, but the juniors are reckless. Niu Dawa hurriedly apologized embarrassedly.

The dust cleared, and the three men were disgraced.

Wei Zi got up and patted the dust on his body, then picked up the teapot and teacup, walked to the backyard, and said as he walked: "The old man goes to the back to wash the teacup, if you want, find a room to put incense." Well, take it easy, don't tear down the old man's courtyard. ”

"Thank you for your advice. Zhang Xiaopaw was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. Niu Dawa reacted half a beat slowly, and after understanding the meaning of Wei Zi's words, she also hurriedly thanked her.

The two didn't dare to disturb Zhou Jian to cultivate, so they each chose a side room and walked away.

......

Today, there is a lot of traffic in front of the city lord's mansion, and since the morning, there have been horse-drawn carriages that have been stopping in front of the mansion gates, and all the people who come down from the carriages are young men and women dressed in gorgeous costumes and outstanding temperament. Judging from their dress or the badges on their clothes, it can be seen that most of them are from the Yancheng big family or the big sect.

However, there are also children of the poor family who dress in shabby clothes, take out a gilt invitation from their arms, hand it to the guard at the door, or humbly carry the door to enter the house, or hold their heads high and look proud, and step into the house from the middle of the main gate.

At an intersection on the west side of the city lord's mansion gate, an inconspicuous carriage had been parked for a long time, the curtain was open, and there were two sitting inside

A man, his eyes have been paying attention to the movement in front of the city lord's mansion.

Carriages like this, people like this, there are a lot of them around.

They are all locals of Yancheng, and they want to take this rare opportunity today to see the demeanor of the young and handsome people in the south. There is also a bold girl waiting to be married, quietly picking a corner of the curtain and admiring the handsome guys.

"Brother Wang, have you seen it, the girl who went in just now, that appearance, that figure, that temperament, is like a fairy, not like a fairy, not like a fairy, but a fairy. If you can marry such a lady in this life, what more can you ask for. ”

"Dream your spring and autumn dreams, that's the fairy of the Ethereal Palace, and the dragon among people will not marry. Like us, people are afraid of dirty eyes when they look at it. ”

"Hey, the good cabbage has been arched by pigs. ”

"Haha, my brother loves to hear this. ”

The two sang and harmonized, and they couldn't eat grapes and said that grapes were sour.

"Brother Wang, why did you say that Gongzi Zhang hasn't arrived yet?"

"The banquet doesn't start until seven o'clock, it's still early. Look at it, there is another good cabbage. ”

"Tsk, it's more beautiful than the fairy just now. ”

Zhu Zixiao looked at the front of the city lord's mansion, a dusty and elegant woman who got off the carriage, and her saliva flowed from the corners of her mouth.

Wang Tienan, who was sitting next to him and was neck and neck with him, also looked like a pig brother.

Zhu Zixiao found Wang Tienan in the underground boxing arena of the North Eight Cities, and waved his treasured treasure in front of Wang Tienan, Wang Tienan readily agreed to bring him from the North Eight Cities into the Central City. The Wang family, as the loyal licking dog of the city lord's mansion, still has this bit of energy.

......

The sun is slanting on the western mountain, and the golden sunset sprinkles on the earth, dyeing the wild goose city into a golden yellow, adding some solemn and solemn atmosphere to this ancient war city.

In the small courtyard of pine and cypress, Niu Dawa picked up a stick of incense, lit it and inserted it into the incense burner, knelt down on the futon in front of the incense table, and kowtowed respectfully to the rows of spiritual seats.

In the courtyard, Zhang Xiaopaw was sitting at the stone table drinking tea with Wei Zi, and he lit incense half an hour ago.

After leaving the wing room, Zhang Xiaopaw wanted to go to other side rooms to offer incense, but found that except for Zhou Jianlai in the main hall and Niu Dawa's wing, the doors of the other rooms were closed, that is, he knew that this was the opportunity given to him by Grandpa Guo and Niu Dawa, no matter whether he caught it or not, there was only one chance.

In front of the incense case in the lobby of the main hall, Zhou Jianlai was lighting incense, he had been lighting it for a full two quarters of an hour, but he still failed to light a pillar of incense, and his body was already full of holes, and the blood was about to dye his whole body red.

"Senior's great grace, toothless unforgettable!" Niu Dawa walked to the stone table and saluted Wei Zi to thank him, his voice was very low, for fear of disturbing Zhou Jianlai.

Wei Zi nodded, pointed to the stone bench, and motioned for Niu Dawa to sit down.

Time passed little by little, Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa secretly worried about Zhou Jianlai, the two of them clenched their fists, biting their cheeks, and a layer of fine sweat had already secreted on their foreheads, and they seemed to be more anxious and nervous than Zhou Jianlai himself.

Airplanes!

Suddenly, a blast in the air came from the main hall, and Zhou Jianlai's momentum suddenly became violent with this buzzing sound.

"Get out!" Zhou Jianlai suddenly shouted.

Frightened, Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa almost fell off the stone bench, and hurriedly peeked at the grandfather next to him out of the corner of his eye, for fear that his old man would be angered by Zhou Jianlai's disrespect, so he slashed Zhou Jianlai with one palm.