There is a fairy mansion in the sky, and there are two hangs on the ground. The two bright pearls on the banks of the North-South Grand Canal, Suzhou and Hangzhou and Yunhang, are said to have concentrated at least one-fifth of the wealth of the entire Tianxing Kingdom. And Liang Xiao, not to mention the head of the family, is a powerful archdeacon, and when he coughs, the business circles of the two prefectures will be shaken for a while.

It's just that the steward of the house has such great authority, not to mention Xiao Pengju, the eldest son of the head of the Yunhang Xiao family. The boat that Zong Zhengke was sitting on did not moor at any pier, but was about to pass through a certain urban river privately owned by the Xiao clan in Yunhang, and sailed directly into the Xifei Lake wharf in the north park of Shouchun Garden.

It's late afternoon, and the sunset fills the sky, and the sky is dyed with the most beautiful colors. Pleasure boats travel slowly along the river, which is flanked by tall houses with colorful eaves and flying arches. These houses are very different from the local architecture of Tenkokuni, gorgeous and open, full of exotic atmosphere.

Xiao Peng pointed to both sides of the river with a smile and told Zong Zhengke lightly that the nearly 1,000 houses on both sides of the river belonged to the Xiao family. Today, most of them are vacant, just for the safety of boats coming and going to the river.

Zong Zhengke silently pinched his fingers in his heart, and he couldn't stop talking. Nearly a thousand good houses are wasted like this, and my grandfather's family is so extravagant, is it really good? However, she caught a glimpse of the sneer looming on Pei Junshao's lips, and couldn't help but guess that there should be something else in this.

When he turned into a wandering soul in his previous life, Zong Zhengke only cared about the fate of the enemies, and didn't know much about the Xiao family. She had only heard of the wealth of the family and the extraordinary status that women enjoyed in the family. It was not until this time that Pei Junshao, who was accompanying her, explained to her in a deep and dignified voice, and she gradually understood what a "country within a country" was.

In fact, Xu and Xiao Quanzhong both mentioned some things about the Xiao clan Wubao to Zong Zhengke on the road, focusing on the temperament and hobbies of the Xiao clan. Confined to the former identities of these two, what she knows is relatively trivial, lacking in the big picture. She should also hear some other inside information from outsiders, so that she can fill in the gaps and improve her cognition.

For example, the people who lived in the Shaw Castle only recognized the Shaw Clan. Don't take the Tianxing royal family in your eyes. The Xiao family is like their heaven, they are willing to smear the liver and brain of the Xiao family, even if they immediately pull the flag and rebel, they will not hesitate.

The deep meaning hidden behind this incident is the terrifying control of the Xiao clan over the people of Wubao. and the more terrible efforts that have been made to achieve such a goal. Needless to say, Zong Zhengke could also guess from his hateful expression that this kind of effort was probably based on the blood, tears and lives of countless people.

The area of the dock fort is equivalent to a medium-sized town with a population of about 5,000 towns, and the largest area under its jurisdiction is no less than half a county seat. And such a dock fort. In the Lianghang Xiao clan, there are more than 30 on the bright side, and the number of people under its jurisdiction is hundreds of thousands.

It is no wonder that in the community, the Xiao family has the title of a prince who is not a prince. And the Xiao clan's control of these dock forts is far above the control of the fiefdom of the lord of Fan. At the very least, the lord did not have the power to arbitrarily appoint and dismiss fiefdom officials. And the two Xiaos, there is no one on the surface, but secretly they can at least achieve more than eighty percent.

Speaking of this, Pei Junshao sighed. He really couldn't help it, and scolded the past two generations of emperors of Tianxingguo in a slightly disrespectful tone. In his opinion. If it weren't for the mediocrity of those two generations of emperors, how could they have come out of a deformed family like the Lianghang Xiao family, which is like a "country within a country" and has a big tail?

Fortunately, the two Xiao have long been at odds with each other. Old lady Xiao of the Xiao clan in Suzhou and Hangzhou has not come to Yunhang Mansion to greet her aunt Mrs. Xiao for a long time. It's been a long time, almost twenty years. If the two Xiao work together and make the same voice, God is fortunate to be in danger!

The princess of Qin who escaped from the Zhao is the common ancestor of the two Xiaos, and the second-generation ancestor of the Su and Hangzhou Xiao clans and the old lady Xiao are brothers and sisters. Now the third generation of the ancestor of the Su Hang Xiao family, Mrs. Xiao, has taken over the family authority from his father. It is also a man who is in power. He had only recently abdicated, and the new family was still in charge.

In the Su Hangzhou Xiao family, the second generation of ancestors was better, but since the old lady Xiao took the throne. The woman's voice became softer and softer. Up to now, in important positions in the family, there are very few women in Liao Liao.

But because the Yunhang Xiao family is still alive, the rights of women are basically the same as those of the men in the family. For example, in the family elders' council, four of the nine elders are women, which is sometimes enough to influence decisions that are important to the family. Even if the patriarch is a man. If necessary, they must also give in to the women.

Pei Junshao seized the opportunity to explain the past and current situation of the Lianghang Xiao clan to Zong Zhengke, and even commented on it in front of Xiao Pengju. Zong Zhengke looked at Xiao Pengju's attitude, but he was calm and calm, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with some things on the dark side of the family being disclosed by Pei Junshao, an outsider.

His attitude was really strange, and Zong Zhengke was puzzled. In the end, she could only think that Pei Junshao could know this, and it should have nothing to do with Xiao Pengju. Maybe the purpose of the two of them is to let themselves have a clear understanding of the Xiao family?

After sailing along the river for more than half an hour, the houses on both sides of the river gradually lit up. Zong Zhengke's eyebrows frowned slightly, just because she actually saw the world-famous night scene of the Jokhang Empire in Yunhang Mansion - the golden basket of the Milky Way and the victory of the stars.

I don't know how many lamps and candles of different colors are burning steadily and dazzlingly. The wheel corridor of the house is drawn by the same color of fire candles one after another, but the color of the wheel corridor is different for each house. The candles form lines, each of which is independent. It is like the Milky Way flowing in the sky, slowly impregnating every building. This is the Golden Basket Galaxy.

The doors and windows of each house favored by the Milky Way are also outlined by lights of different colors, but they are not exactly the same. Full moon gates, half-moon gates, square doors, vase windows, kettle windows, and fan-shaped windows are all of a wide variety and dazzling.

The door is still enough, and the latticework of the window is full of tricks. Swastika patterns, ice cracks, patterns, cross grids, oblique grids, more than a dozen houses in a row, there are no duplicate ones. This is really a star falling into the mortal dust, embellishing this rare wonder of the world, which is beautiful and amazing. It's really trance-like, is this in the world, or in the fairyland of the shrine?

But I knew with my knees that to create such a night scenery and a mortal fairyland, I don't know how much silver taels it would cost. Thinking of the people who suffered in Yuyan Mansion, Zong Zhengke's heart was extremely heavy. She has ill intentions towards the Heavenly Luck Kingdom, but she has never ignored the suffering people. Her grandfather's family was so expensive, even if it had nothing to do with her, she still felt uneasy.

In addition, she also found that she hadn't seen a bridge all the way to this point! (To be continued.) )