Volume 1 Sunrise in the East and West Mountain Chapter 84 The Ancient Mansion of Xiongcheng
Yuwen Chengchao!
Qin Xiao's heart sank, is God joking, this person in front of him can't really be the eldest prince of Changyihou, right?
Xiling has three surnames, and Yuwen is the first.
Qin Xiao once guessed which noble prince the eldest prince in front of him was, and it was not without the thought that this person was the eldest prince of Yuwen flashed in his heart, but it was only a flash.
After all, in addition to these three gate valves, there are hundreds of large and small families under Xiling, with the three surnames as the trunk and these hundreds of families as the branches and leaves, which constitutes the powerful Xiling gate valve.
Any male member of the gate valve family may be called a son.
But the person in front of him turned out to be the Yuwen clan.
Qin Xiao was stunned and didn't speak for a while, wondering if Yuwen Chengchao was a collateral branch of the Yuwen family.
The Yuwen clan is a big family in Xiling, of course, there will not be only one Changyi Hou.
Its collateral branches are also populous, otherwise it would not be possible to become the most powerful family in Xiling.
"Little brother, you are lucky to meet the eldest son." Seeing Qin Xiao in a daze, Zhao Yi thought that Qin Xiao was shocked, and said with a smug smile: "This is the eldest son of the old marquis of Changyi, and the real eldest son of Yuwen County. ”
Sure enough, it is the eldest son of the Changyi family.
Qin Xiao smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that his luck is really good, just after stepping into Yuwen County, he actually met the eldest prince of Yuwen, such luck, going to the casino will definitely win a hundred battles.
"Zhao Yi, don't talk nonsense." The eldest prince Yuwen Chengchao said in a deep voice, and then said to Qin Xiao: "Little brother, you go back to Fengganfu City with me first, and I will help you arrange the rest of the matter." After a pause, he asked, "Yes, I don't know your name yet." ”
Qin Xiao was helpless in his heart, so he could only say: "Eldest son, my name is ...... Wang Xiao. ”
Of course, it was impossible for Qi Ning to tell his real name.
The Marquis of Zhen Mansion is chasing after him all over the world, who knows if they have passed through the other gates, if the Yuwen clan is pleaded by the Zhen family to help search for themselves together, then he will report his name, wouldn't he be in the net.
"Wang Xiao?" Yuwen Chengchao bowed slightly, and said to the fat fish: "Go back and bring those horses first, let's go back to the city and wait for them." ”
The two agreed, Yuwen Cheng nodded towards Qin Xiao, and without delay, he patted his horse and left.
Qin Xiao looked at the backs of the three of them, hesitated for a moment, but thought in his heart that he was hidden in the city, as long as he could hide from Yuwen Chengchao and follow him, Zhenhou Mansion would be a god, and it was impossible to think that he would be mixed in Changyi Houfu, speaking of which, it was safest to follow Yuwen Chengchao.
He knew that although the Zhenhou Mansion hated him to the core, it was impossible to keep tracking, and now more than three months had passed, and Hongye had said that he would not return to Turtle City within half a year, which meant that after half a year, this matter would be much lighter.
It doesn't take too long to follow Yuwen Chengchao's side, hold on for three or five months, and then find another opportunity to leave and return to Turtle City to meet with Red Leaves.
I made up my mind, and without hesitation, I urged the horse to follow.
Yuwen Chengchao and the others knew that Qin Xiao's riding skills were very ordinary, so they naturally didn't let the horse gallop, and led Qin Xiao to the southwest.
This night was non-stop, in the morning, in a roadside wine shop on the way to have a meal, the owner of the wine shop saw these people actually driving a group of horses, and thought it was a horse dealer, after eating, the group drove the horses and continued to the southwest.
At noon, under the sun, Qin Xiao had already seen a huge shadow appear in the distance, and under the light of the warm summer sun, a huge city appeared in front of him.
This castle is much thicker and larger than the Turtle Castle, made of large bluestone blocks, and the three-zhang high wall is slightly sloping, giving people outside the city an indescribable sense of oppression, as if close to the castle, it is possible to be pressed under the heavy city wall.
At the head of the city there are heavy eaves pavilions, obviously corner towers, and there are soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city walls.
A sense of majesty emanates from the massive city walls.
Qin Xiao sighed in his heart, he came to Fengganfu City for the first time, and finally saw what is called the first Xiongcheng of Xiling.
At this time, I finally understood why the Xiling Protectorate was set up here.
"Fat fish, you are good at driving horses, send these horses to the White Tiger Camp." Before he got close to the city, Yuwen Chengchao had already instructed Fat Yu: "Give these horses to Yuan Shangyu, just say that they are my gifts to the White Tiger Camp." ”
The fat fish did not hesitate, turned over and dismounted, carefully picked up the corpse on the horse's back, walked to Qin Xiao's side, and said to Qin Xiao: "Brother Wang, please take my brother home." After putting it on Qin Xiao's horse, he went over and got on the horse, took the knife in his hand, waved the big knife in the air, and drove the horses to the west.
Qin Xiao thought to himself that the White Tiger Battalion should be like the wolf cavalry of Zhen County, belonging to the private army of the Yuwen clan.
After entering the city, Yuwen Chengchao did not slow down the speed of the horse, but galloped on the horse, Qin Xiao and Zhao Yi followed behind, the people on the street heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and dodged one after another, Qin Xiao saw it in his eyes, and at this time he faintly felt that the eldest prince still had a trace of the domineering of the prince of the wealthy family after all.
The streets of the city are not too wide, but there are restaurants and restaurants along the way. The blue tile light wall, the tall trees are shaded, and the scenery is quite beautiful.
Qin Xiao sighed in his heart, compared to here, Turtle City is really a rural place.
It's just that the people on both sides of the horse are strange when they see people on horseback, and there is a man on Yuwen Chengchao's horse, which is very conspicuous in the sun, and it makes the people feel incredible.
After a long time, I walked through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped outside a large house.
There were two guards in front of the house, seeing Yuwen Chengchao coming back, and snatching it out at the same time, one stepped forward to take the reins of the horse thrown by Yuwen Chengchao, and the other took over the reins of Zhao Yi's horse, Yuwen Chengchao turned over and dismounted, stretched out his hand, and dragged down the Tusun man on the horse's back, the Tusun man was tied with limbs before, and his mouth was also blocked, and he fell heavily to the ground, humming I don't know, Yuwen Chengchao said in a deep voice: "Bring this dog thing in, use the dog cage to lock it up first." ”
Qin Xiao also got off the horse, looked up and saw that there was no door plaque on this house, and his heart was strange, he remembered clearly that there was a plaque hanging on the door of Zhenhou Mansion, and there was a big stone lion on the left and right, and there were four Tsing Yi swordsmen guarding the door.
Compared with the Zhenhou Mansion, this mansion is worlds apart in terms of momentum and scale, and there are only two people guarding it, which is far less magnificent than the Zhenhou Mansion.
The title of Changyi Hou does not have to be low as Changxin Hou, and the strength is stronger, Qin Xiao can hardly imagine that Yuwen Hou's Mansion is so ordinary, and some big families in Turtle City are much more magnificent than here.
Is Yuwenhou Mansion so low-key?
The two guards cut the rope tied to the Tusun soldier's legs, pushed and brought him into the mansion, Zhao Yi looked at the bodies of the two companions on horseback, looked solemn, and asked, "Eldest prince, ...... they?" ”
"Set up a mourning hall, and I will organize a funeral for them." Yuwen Chengchao's expression was cold: "Send someone to inform their families, tell them to mourn, and tell them that their revenge, I will definitely revenge, as long as I live for one day, I will feed them." ”
At this time, a few more people hurriedly came out from the house, the first one was in a green shirt, nearly sixty years old, with a gray beard under his chin, and when he saw the scene outside, his face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "What's the matter?" ”
Qin Xiao saw that the old man was wearing an ordinary outfit, it should not be a long righteous wait.
"Master." Yuwen Cheng stepped forward and said: "When I was hunting, I encountered a sneak attack by a group of Tusun people, Duan Cheng and Lao Qi were shot by the Tusun people, I brought them back and immediately set up a mourning hall for them." ”
"Tusun?" The old man was shocked and said, "How can there be Tusun people? You read that right? ”
Zhao Yi stepped forward and said, "Master Pang, there is no mistake, those Tusun people have been solved by us, and we have also caught one alive and come back." We didn't understand Tusun's language, so we were arrested and interrogated slowly. By the way, Master Pang, you have traveled to the desert and know the words of the Tusun people, so it just so happens that you have come to interrogate you when you are old. ”
The old man Master Pang frowned, looked at Yuwen Chengchao and said, "Why don't you go to the Hou Mansion first and explain this matter to the old Hou Ye?" ”
Qin Xiao was stunned, and only then did he understand that this was not Yuwen Hou's Mansion, no wonder it was so ordinary, thinking about it, Yuwen Clan, as the first gate valve in Xiling, could not make his mansion so shabby even for the sake of face.
Yuwen Chengchao called the old man Master, this person seems to have an unusual status, maybe this is the house of this Master Pang.
However, Qin Xiao, like Master Pang, thought that such a big thing had happened, and after returning to the city, Yuwen Chengchao did not return to the Hou Mansion, but came to this place first, which was really a bit strange.
"I'll report back to his old man." Yuwen Chengchao said: "Master, let people set up a mourning hall first." ”
"Set up a mourning hall?" Master Pang's face sank, and he said coldly: "It's just nonsense." This is your house, it belongs to the Yuwen family, you set up a mourning hall in the Yuwen family's house, what do you want to do? ”
Qin Xiao was stunned again, thinking to himself that this was not Master Pang's house?
Yuwen Chengchao pointed to the corpse on the horseback and said: "They are my brothers, they died because of me, of course I have to organize the funeral for them." ”
"Chengchao, don't forget, you only have one brother, and that is the young son." Master Pang was also polite: "They are your subordinates, you can treat them as brothers, but you can't set up a mourning hall in the Yuwen family's house." Last time, you had already made the old marquis very dissatisfied, do you still want to make the old man angry? He instructed Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, you take a few people, send the bodies of the two of them back, go to the account room to get the silver, and each family will send two hundred taels first, and tell them that the cost of the funeral will be borne by the eldest prince." ”
"Master.....!" Yuwen Chengchao seems to be insisting.
Master Pang said angrily: "What else do you want to say?" Listen to me, Zhao Yi, what are you doing in a daze, don't do it yet. His gaze finally fell on Qin Xiao, he looked at it a few times, and frowned: "Who is this?" ”
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ps: This chapter is especially for [Tears and Quiet] good brothers, there are two more today!