The South China Sea is rainy, just like the sea, and perhaps the water in the sea itself is rain.

It was another rainy day, Li Xiaofei came to Chen Hongyi for tea again, and while drinking, Li Xiaofei talked about the Northern Expedition again.

"Xiao Fei, this ridge head single bush can make people pure-hearted and have few desires, which is just right for your identity as a sword tower leader."

"Master said that I laughed, I am still the Nanhai County Guard of Daliang, I would like to invite Master to drink Wudang Green Feather, climb high and look into the distance to see the world!"

"It seems that you still can't forget about the Northern Expedition! Why bother, do you know that if you make this matter public, not only will the people of Nanhai County follow and spill their blood, but things will be even more chaotic in this world! Chen Hongyi shook his head helplessly

"Master, how exactly did you endure to this point? Don't you really feel unjust? Don't feel aggrieved? Li Xiaofei was even more indignant

"When I learned about these things, I was at a loss, but when I saw them give up their families and lives one by one to protect me, what reason should I not live well? Life in the world does not have to be the emperor, revenge is the right way! It is more important than anything else to bring everyone to live well! I ran away so as not to disturb the Chen family, but the Chen family sent 3,000 children to follow me! ”

"But! This throne is yours! This world was originally delivered to you! How can you sit back and watch the world fall apart? Li Xiaofei also wanted to provoke him, hoping that the youngest son of Emperor Wu of Great Liang would agree to let him announce the truth of all these things.

"I promised Chen Boguang that he would rather sacrifice his reputation and life for 10,000 years to save me, how can I break my promise?"

"But now the situation is different, if Chen Boguang's predecessor is still alive, he will also support your old man's Northern Expedition!"

"Zifei fish, how do you know the joy of fish? What's more, the current situation is also in favor of Daliang, although Cui Ju has a heart of disobedience, but forgive him and dare not mess around! As long as the current emperor orders the civil ministers and military generals to be sympathetic to the people, they will be able to complete the great cause of dominating the world in less than 30 years! You can rest assured that the old man will support the elderly, and I don't have a few years to spare! ”

At this time, the news of Cui Ju's rebellion to seize Xiangyang and set up a new monarch had not yet reached Nanhai County, and neither Li Xiaofei nor Chen Hongyi expected the situation to come to such a point.

Li Xiaofei saw that he was still unconvinced by Chen Hongyi, so he had to use the file he had seen in Qingfeng Guan in the last few days to talk about it, and it was a bit bizarre to say that this matter was "Master! Old Lord Chen, are you my grandfather? I searched for a few more albums in the pedestal of the Sanqing statue in Qingfeng Temple, it turns out that you have been to Lijia Village many years ago! ”

Chen Hongyi was unmoved, and smiled, "Hehe, your kid is sick and rushed to the doctor!" Dare to recognize grandpa with just these albums? ”

"But what is painted on it is something that happened more than 20 years ago! At that time, you passed by with your army and entrusted a baby to the village chief! I was born that year, too! Li Xiaofei insisted that he was the baby

"Did you kid see that the baby in that picture has a birthmark on his face!" Chen Hongyi's tone was a little heavy

Li Xiaofei was stunned for a moment, "There is one on the picture, but I don't!" This, perhaps, is the person who painted the portrait by mistake! ”

Chen Hongyi sighed, "Forget it, I'll tell you everything." The man in the portrait was killed when you were fifteen! There was a traitor in the army at the beginning, and he leaked this secret matter of mine! I led someone to save him overnight, but I only saved you. ”

After saying that Chen Hongyi was in tears, Li Xiaofei lowered his head and blamed himself, he shouldn't have mentioned this incident, but he didn't expect it to be Chen Hongyi's tragedy.

When a son dies, his grandson is killed, and that's the price of being a loyal servant.

Chen Hongyi wiped his face, "Forget it, I don't blame you!" It's also a good thing to let you know, it's not easy to be a loyal minister or a general

Affair. It's easy to talk about soldiers on paper, but it's a matter of an instant to break the army and kill the generals! If it weren't for me fostering my grandson in Lijia Village, hundreds of people in Lijia Village would not have been killed! ”

"It's just that the thief is ruthless! I don't blame Master for this, I will never mention the Northern Expedition to Master again! ”

"Maybe I'm old and soft-hearted, I shouldn't stop you, so let's do it, if I can't do it one day, you will be relieved of the Northern Expedition, or if the court has a will, I will also let the Chen family be edicted!" Today, I will write down the credentials for you, copy dozens of copies and give them to the Chen family! ”

After speaking, Chen Hongyi ordered someone to take the four treasures of the study, write down his meaning, and asked the two scholars in the study to copy ten copies, and then let the servants send them to the Chen family's house.

Li Xiaofei waited for Chen Hongyi to finish writing, knelt down in front of him and kowtowed a few times, "From today onwards, please don't dislike it, grandpa!" ”

Chen Hongyi did not refuse, "Good grandson!" You don't have to change your surname to Chen, okay! Tomorrow I will gather a few important people of the Chen family and recognize you as a grandson! ”

Chen Hongyi pulled Li Xiaofei up, and Li Xiaofei shouted a few more times, "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa!" ”

Chen Hongyi shook his head, "You have to think about it, from tomorrow, some people in Nanhai County will say that you are clinging to me, in order to win over the Chen family to recognize me as a grandfather!" ”

"I've wanted to recognize you as a grandfather for a long time, and I just want to cling to your old man, who else will cling to you if you don't cling to Nanhai County? The Chen family is the largest family in Lingnan, so if they don't win over, will they still be enemies? Whatever others say, grandpa! ”

"Good grandson, you're getting better and better! You go back and prepare, etiquette is still required! Chen Hongyi instructed Li Xiaofei to prepare a number of items, but Li Xiaofei couldn't remember them, so he asked the scholar to help write them down.

A few days later, in the Chen family ancestral hall, Chen Hongyi, Chen Yuanzhi, Chen Wen, Chen Wei, and Chen Jingyi waited early.

Chen Hongyi sat in the center, Chen Yuanzhi and Chen Wen sat on the left, Chen Wei and Chen Jingyi sat on the right, and the rest of the Chen family sat and waited under the corridor.

Li Xiaofei didn't let them wait for a long time, and came to the ancestral hall with pigs, cows and sheep's heads, a chicken, duck and goose, a bamboo mat, an oil-paper umbrella, five buckets of rice, 100 jars of rice wine, and 300 red paper bags.

Li Xiaofei kowtowed from the door all the way to the feet of Chen Hongyi in the inner hall, Chen Hongyi lifted him up with his feet and shouted: "Li Xiaofei, the famous descendant of the Chen family, worship the ancestors of the Chen family!" ”

Everyone looked at Li Xiaofei and had their own tastes in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it because of Chen Hongyi's prestige.

Under the guidance of Chen Hongyi, Li Xiaofei kowtowed to the ancestral tablet of the Chen family, almost fainted, and got up with Chen Hongyi's support and went to serve tea to the people sitting in the inner hall.

The first person to serve tea was Chen Hongyi, Chen Hongyi took the tea and poured the tea on Li Xiaofei's head, "A cup washes away the sins of the old days and enters my Chen family!" ”

Next is Chen Yuanzhi, Chen Yuanzhi's cup of tea was poured on Li Xiaofei's face, "Two cups wash away the sad face, and the Chen family has a new year!" ”

Chen Wen's third cup was poured on Li Xiaofei's back, "Three cups wash away the soft spine and pick my Chen family's beam!" ”

Chen Wei's fourth cup was poured on Li Xiaofei's hands, "Four cups wash away dirty hands, and the Chen family's sleeves are breezy!" ”

Chen Jingyi's fifth cup was poured on Li Xiaofei's feet, "Five cups wash away the cheap foot strength, and stand firm in my Chen family hall!" ”

After pouring five cups, Chen Hongyi shouted "Licheng!" Today, Li Xiaofei, the grandson of my Chen Hongyi, entered my Chen family's house and offered a tea ceremony, blessed by the ancestors! Li Xiaofei does not change his surname, and his descendants belong to the Chen family! ”

The Chen family congratulated Li Xiaofei one after another, congratulating him on officially becoming a member of the Lingnan Chen family, and he is also the grandson of Chen Hongyi.

After the congratulations, outside the Chen family ancestral hall is a big banquet, Chen Hongyi, Chen Yuanzhi, Chen Wen

The three of them and Li Xiaofei were at the main table, Li Xiaofei toasted one by one and drank tea by himself.

During the feast, some people drank too much wine, and they began to gossip.

"This Li Xiaofei has climbed to a high branch this time!"

"Eh, this old prince Chen also sees that the descendants of our Chen family are not as good as one another, there is no way, find an outsider"

"You're not right, I don't think Chen Jingyi is a good kid!"

"The righteous sons and grandsons of the lineage are not comparable to the descendants of the side lineage! Say so much what to do, drink, drink! ”

Chen Jingyi was twenty-one years old at this time, eight feet long, lying silkworm eyebrows and phoenix eyes like white jade, he had practiced swords, bows and horses since he was a child, and he was currently the best among the children of the Chen family, but because it was a side branch, he had not been valued, but his seniority was about the same as Chen Hongyi, so he could sit in the inner hall in the ancestral hall.

Chen Jingyi's table was also full of children from the side branches of the Chen family, Chen Jingyi's face was solemn and he didn't say a word, and a man in his thirties next to him giggled and laughed, "Why do you have a sad face when you drink wine, let me tell you, if it weren't for Lord Li recognizing my grandfather this time, I haven't eaten pig's trotters for half a year!" ”

As he spoke, the man used his hand to take the pig's trotters on the table, and Chen Jingyi stretched out his chopsticks and pressed him, "Chen Laoqi, don't lose the face of the Chen family!" Uh-huh! ”

Chen Laoqi looked at the few people drinking at the main table, and Chen Hongyi looked over, "Old Seven!" Come here, the chef, take ten pig's trotters for Lao Qi and let him take them back! Seventh, you come to our table to drink! ”

The people at the table all looked at Chen Laoqi, and they all wondered if this old man Chen Hongyi had drunk too much, such a bachelor who everyone looked down on, was actually called to the main table.

Chen Laoqi didn't think there was anything wrong, wiped his hand on his clothes and went to the main table with a big grin.

Chen Yuanzhi coughed and glanced at Chen Hongyi, Chen Hongyi laughed and raised his wine glass, "Those who came today are all members of the Chen family, everyone must eat and drink well, my table has fewer people and more dishes, and Lao Qi has a large amount of food and wine, so call him here, otherwise you won't be full!" ”

When Chen Yuanzhi saw Chen Hongyi say this, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Everyone raised their glasses and continued to eat, drink and chat.

Li Xiaofei thought that this Chen Laoqi was called to the main table, and it was not as simple as letting him eat and drink, so he also shouted, "Brother Qi, just tell me what you want to eat in the future!" ”

Chen Hongyi patted his head, "Wrong, it's called Seventh Grandpa!" This old seven, I called it, not you, you can't mess up the generation! ”

Li Xiaofei immediately laughed and shouted, "Seventh grandfather!" ”

Chen Laoqi took the pig's trotters and laughed: "Good grandson!" Good grandson! In the future, I won't worry about no wine, no meat to eat! ”

The rest of the people felt that Chen Hongyi was rectifying Li Xiaofei, and actually introduced Chen Laoqi to Li Xiaofei, it seems that people with foreign surnames are people with foreign surnames after all.

While everyone was in doubt, Chen Hongyi asked Li Xiaofei to pour wine for Chen Laoqi to wipe his mouth, which made everyone even more stunned.

I saw that Li Xiaofei poured seven or eight full of wine for Chen Laoqi very seriously, and took a silk handkerchief to wipe Chen Laoqi's mouth.

Chen Hongyi got up and coughed a few times, and everyone quieted down and looked over, it seemed that Chen Hongyi had something to say.

"Brothers, nephews, and grandchildren of the Chen family, Li Xiaofei can still treat Lao Qi like this! I don't think he'll treat you badly! I hope that you will treat your clansmen equally and support each other in the future! From today on, I will entrust the future of the Chen family to Li Xiaofei! Does anyone object? ”

As soon as Chen Hongyi said this, who dared to object, everyone hurriedly agreed, "I am willing to listen to the orders of Old Prince Chen and Li Xiaofei!" ”

Chen Hongyi coughed again: "From now on, I will hand over the affairs of the clan to Li Xiaofei, Brother Yuanzhi and Chen Wen, Chen Wei and Junior Brother Jingyi, give me a good assistant to him and supervise him!" ”