"Huh? So he ...... This is the young master of the Ji family, Ji Haiyun? ”

Sitting in the private room of a restaurant, Bai Lu looked at Ji Haiyun in surprise.

"Hmm."

Zhang Longqian nodded, she told the general situation of meeting Ji Haiyun, but she didn't say anything about fighting with Tian Xingzhen's accomplices, only said that she was a little late when she accidentally got lost on the way back from the teaching building, and it happened that she met Ji Haiyun at that time, and with his help, she was able to embark on the road.

Although Zhang Longqian has always been reluctant to admit the fact that he is a road idiot, in order not to let Bai Lu and Zhou Miao worry about Tian Xingzhen and others, she can only reluctantly use this as an excuse.

Since Zhang Longqian didn't say it himself, Ji Haiyun didn't say anything, just nodded in Bai Lu's verifying gaze.

Zhou Miao and Bai Lu had already learned about their previous decision in the Dharma Hall from Zuo Ling, so they were not surprised that Ji Haiyun would appear. But unlike the Shen family's head of the family's intention to put forward Shen Ye, Zhang Hanguang sent Ji Haiyun to nominally let him "monitor" Zhang Longqian, but in fact, he was just looking for a reason to let a trusted person stay by Zhang Longqian's side to help her, and beware of the people in the Dharma Hall stretching their hands too long.

It is not so much that Ji Haiyun is a "monitor", but that it is appropriate to say that Zhang Longqian is the "protector".

And now, as soon as he heard that Ji Haiyun had helped Zhang Longqian, who was a road idiot, find the right way, Bai Lu's favorability towards him had risen a lot.

"What a nice guy...... Ah, the dish is coming, come and come, you're welcome, you can eat! ”

Looking at Bai Lu, who greeted Ji Haiyun warmly, Zhou Miao indifferently floated over with a disdainful look.

"It's like you're in for a treat."

"Uh......"

Only then did he remember who paid for this meal, Bai Lu looked at Zuo Ling with some embarrassment, but the latter smiled indifferently: "It's okay, what Bai Lu said is right, everyone can order at will, just eat." ”

looked at Ji Haiyun, who followed the chopsticks after answering the thanks, and then looked at Zuo Ling, who was still not very embarrassed Bai Lu and spoke gently, remembering the clarity in Zuo Ling's eyes when he was at the street intersection just now, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but ask: "Teacher Zuoling, you seem to know Haiyun?" ”

Turning his gaze to Zhang Longqian, Zuo Ling nodded, then looked at Ji Haiyun and said, "When the five great families got together to discuss in the past, we met once. ”

Nodding, Zhang Longqian felt that it was wrong: "Five great families? But isn't Haiyun the young master of the Ji family? The Ji family is not one of the five great families, right? ”

"It's really not, but when the five major families gather to discuss, the heads and young masters of the affiliated families will also follow."

"Affiliated families?"

I'd heard this title before, but Zhang Longqian didn't quite understand what it meant, looking at her puzzled expression, Ji Haiyun smiled: "I'll tell you." ”

Putting down the chopsticks, Ji Haiyun briefly introduced what is called a "subsidiary family".

In the Dao Law Realm, the five great families are the top five families in terms of strength and power, and this "strength" is not limited to their own families themselves. Under the five families, there are also small families attached to them, these small families are not as strong as the five major families, it can be said that they are attached to the five major families to exist so far, such small families have the ability to complement the five major families, and can form a solid connection with each of the five major families, and push the "strength" of the five major families to a higher position.

In fact, not only the five major families, as long as there are larger families in the Dao Law Realm, there will be affiliated families, and these affiliated families may just be very weak at the moment when they decided to attach to them many years ago, and they are not necessarily weak families now, for example, the Ji family that belongs to the Zhang family can now be regarded as a family with superior strength, and the seamless cooperation with the Zhang family for thousands of years can be called the ultimate in the Dao Law Realm, so the head and young master of the Ji family also have a good reputation in the Dao Law Realm, although the Zhang family only has a subsidiary family of the Ji family, But it constitutes the strongest family strength in the Dao Law Realm.

Of course, in addition, there are also cases where there is more than one affiliated family, such as the Cang family. The Nangong family is the family that can best assist the Cang family in terms of ability, but there are also other families affiliated with the Cang family under the Nangong family, not because their strength can cooperate with the Cang family well, just because collecting these families can enhance the power of the Cang family itself.

The composition of a family like this is more complicated than the relationship between the Zhang family and the Ji family.

In short, in the Dao Dharma Realm, it is with the mutual support of these great families, including the five great families, and their affiliated families, that a perfect power system has been formed.

Roughly understanding these compositions, Zhang Longqian was surprised by the information he learned.

"The Nangong family is a subsidiary family of the Cang family?"

Ji Haiyun, who started to eat again, nodded: "Well, yes." ”

"So...... Nangong, he is Cangyan's ......"

Seeing Zhang Longqian's gaze for verification, Zuo Ling nodded and said, "Judging from the status of the two of them in the family, Nangong Piao should be 'Suihu'." ”

Follow? Nangong Piao is Cangyan's follower?

Originally, I thought that the two of them were ordinary friends, but Cang Yan was silent, so Nangong Piao often took on the job of explaining and discussing, but if they were subordinate......

Recalling the behavior of the two people before, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but be confused.

Since the two of them came, Cang Yan had never given any orders to Nangong Piao, and sometimes Nangong Piao's actions seemed to be giving instructions to Cang Yan, and even made Zhang Longqian think that Cang Yan was Nangong Piao's bodyguard.

Will give orders to the master? How is this possible? How do you feel that Cang Yan is like Nangong Piao's follower?

What's going on?

“…… Right, dragon diving? ”

The distracted Zhang Long suddenly heard Bai Lu's voice in her ears, she immediately came back to her senses, and saw Bai Lu's smiling face but was puzzled: "What? ”

"Really, you're listening to people!" Pouting and complaining, Bai Lu's big eyes were full of smiles, she looked at Ji Haiyun, and said with a smile: "I mean, don't you think you two look alike?" It makes people wonder if you're like a long-lost brother and sister, right? ”

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Longqian turned his head to look at Ji Haiyun, just in time to meet his equally surprised gaze.

Zhang Longqian hadn't particularly cared about Ji Haiyun's facial features before, but now after a closer look, although it was not as exaggerated as Bai Lu said, there was really a bit of similarity between his eyebrows and her.

Zhang Longqian suddenly realized that part of the familiarity and intimacy she felt from Ji Haiyun might come from his somewhat similar appearance.