"Subordinates, see the son."

As soon as he stepped into the door, Zhou Xingyun saw a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face walking out of the room, leaning over with a rough voice when he saluted.

As the head of Xing Tang of the old Zhou family, he is a registered official of the rank, so he is naturally a subordinate.

When Xiao Yanshan, who was originally lively and cute, saw the middle-aged man, she hurriedly hid behind Brother Shizi, and pulled Brother Shizi's clothes to peek at each other a little timidly.

"Shizi, this is Zhou Hefei, the torturer in charge of the torture hall."

Zhou Shuqing, who has been by the side of the prince, reminded him at the right time.

"Uncle Fei, I want to see Zhou Xingyu."

For these people of the same generation as his father, Zhou Xingyun will not be rude.

Benevolence, filial piety, forgiveness, wisdom, righteousness, faith and courage, great to righteousness, knowledge and action.

These sixteen characters are the seniority ranking of the old Zhou family, since the first generation of Liang Guogong, only the descendants can use these sixteen characters, and the rest of the people use homophones. Only after that generation of descendants goes to see the ancestors, can the clansmen of the same generation change back to the lineage ranking.

As for whether it will cause trouble to the patrol police yamen who made the zuò ID card, it is not a matter for the old Zhou family to consider at all.

"Yes, please wait."

Listening to the request of the prince, Zhou Hefei answered, asked the prince to sit on the main seat of the hall, and walked inside.

The outer hall is okay, but the inner Xingtang is in the way of the eyes of the world.

It didn't take long for Zhou Hefei to walk out again, followed by two big men supporting a frail young man, whose brand new clothes had obviously just been changed.

"Daddy, Daddy."

Seeing the young man dressed in white, Xiao Yanshan, who was originally pulling Zhou Xingyun's clothes, hurriedly ran over, crying and crying while tears flowed down.

"Shan'er."

Perhaps hearing his daughter's voice, the frail young man opened his eyes and tried to reach out but touched his daughter's head, but hung down weakly.

The clan rules and punishments of the old Zhou family are not casually talked.

"Uncle Fei, what was Zhou Xingyu's original punishment?"

A little unbearable to look at Xiao Yanshan's pitiful little face, Zhou Xingyun asked about the other party's situation.

"It is not good to protect the son, and he should have been hanged. Fortunately, the son of the world was sick, and the sentence was changed to abolish the meridians of the limbs, and he was assigned to the back mountain, and he was never allowed to come out. ”

Speaking of punishment, Zhou Hefei's face carried an indescribable solemnity.

According to the clan rules, the shadow guard who caused the injury of the prince should have been executed immediately after being punished. But these people were all grown up by Zhou Hefei with his own eyes, and he couldn't bear to see them leave like this, so he secretly extended the time of punishment and waited for a glimmer of life.

Otherwise, who would dare to talk to this little Yan Shan about Xing Tang.

"How many shadow guards were there protecting me at that time?"

Hearing such a severe punishment, Zhou Xingyun secretly smacked his tongue.

But thinking about that night, if he hadn't been reborn, 'Zhou Xingyun' might have really disappeared from this world.

"Eight people, all of whom have abolished the meridians of their limbs, will be assigned to Houshan after the New Year."

"Can I pardon them?"

"What is set by the rules of the clan, but what the son of the world commands, his subordinates must obey."

A hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, and Zhou Hefei replied without hesitation.

"Since I'm fine, let me pardon them and get a doctor to show them."

For these punished shadow guards, Zhou Xingyun didn't know whether to reward or punish, but looking at Xiao Yanshan, who was crying so pitifully, he still decided to be a good son.

After all, if he can be reborn, these people can be regarded as a little contribution.

"The prince is kind, and his subordinates thank the son for his innocence."

Seeing that Shizi was so tolerant, as one of the training instructors of the shadow guard, Zhou Hefei knelt on his knees and kowtowed gratefully.

The effort he spent was not in vain.

"Xie Shizi."

Hearing the forgiveness of the prince, the weak Zhou Xingyu shouted as hard as he could, a few tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and then fainted again.

"Uncle Fei, I'll leave it to you next."

Glancing at Xiao Yanshan, who couldn't cry, Zhou Xingyun didn't have the heart to take her to play, and walked out of the torture hall.

Do a good deed every day, and feel refreshed.

"How much do you know about the Shadow Guard?"

Walking on the mountain road next to the village, Zhou Xingyun asked the question in his heart.

When he was a child, he knew that the old Zhou family had such a guard, but he never went to investigate it deeply, saying that the rebellious 'Zhou Xingyun' didn't even pay attention to his father and mother, where would he care about these little things.

I just listened to the explanation of this beautiful butler, and obviously knew something about this mysterious guard.

"The Shadow Guard is subordinate to the Eagle Guard, and is specifically responsible for protecting the lineage of the Duke of the Kingdom, and the number is ......"

From the mouth of the beautiful butler, Zhou Xingyun had a general understanding of his own exclusive guard.

The old Zhou family can be traced back to a thousand years ago, and I heard that it is still connected with the Later Zhou royal family, but it is no longer available, and there is no relevant content in the genealogy. Thousands of years ago, in order to protect themselves in those war-torn years, the Lao Zhou family had an independent private guard to protect the Lao Zhou family while making contributions to the Lao Zhou family. At first, it was just a simple Zhou clan, but later the old Zhou family gradually developed, and the system of private guards slowly took shape.

It wasn't until more than 200 years ago that an ancestor of the old Zhou family was promoted to the position of the Duke of the Kingdom by virtue of his monstrous military exploits, and obtained the right to openly own a private guard, and the guard formerly known as the 'Shadow Guard' was renamed the 'Eagle Guard', and this private army began to officially come to the front of the stage.

According to the title system of the Ming Kingdom, the Duke of Liang could have a personal guard of 2,000 people to defend the private fief. Since the first generation of Liang Guogong, the old Zhou family has taken root in the southern Xinjiang army, and the personal guard is also a retired military hand, making great achievements for the old Zhou family, and its combat power is strong, and the world has attracted attention.

And in secret, there is still a mysterious shadow guard, which can be called one in a million, dedicated to protecting the safety of the people of the country's lineage.

In the previous distress in August, the eight shadow guards who originally protected Zhou Xingyun were all punished by the clan for dereliction of duty.

As for how many shadow guards protect the prince now, Zhou Shuqing, who is a personal butler, is not clear, and has no right to know.

"That's right."

Looking around, there was no cover at all, but Zhou Xingyun couldn't find any traces of shadow guards at all, and couldn't help but give them several likes.

Noticing the actions of the prince, Zhou Shuqing was a little speechless.

I don't want to think about it, in Langya Village, the base camp of the old Zhou family, there is a guard of 500 people stationed all year round, and there are not even a few dangerous animals, where do you need any protection.

This hill called Langya Mountain is not high, Zhou Xingyun walked for half an hour to the top of the mountain, looking at the whole village below, pavilions and pavilions, full of ancient charm, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

"Junior brother, it's coming, answer the phone quickly."

The mobile phone rang, Zhou Xingyun looked at the unfamiliar number displayed on the screen with some confusion, and picked it up casually.

"May I ask if it's Zhou Xingyun?"

The phone was connected, and a somewhat delicate and familiar voice came from the other side.