As the twilight deepened, every household in the huge Kaiyang City began to light candles and raise lanterns.

As the leading big family in Kaiyang City, the Su family has already hung up colorful lanterns at this time, the lights are bright, and festive red silk is hung everywhere, just to celebrate the seventieth birthday of the old patriarch of the Su family, Su Xuansu.

In front of the gate of the former wide Su Mansion, it has long been surrounded by tall and noble carriages, and countless servants bowed down at the door to greet guests from all walks of life, and helped the guests carry congratulatory gifts by the way. And the guests who come and go are obviously not rich or noble, and some extremely important guests will loudly report to the inner hall when they come, so that enough family members can come to greet them.

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Su Chen took his mother Lin Yurou's hand and walked on the stone road leading to the family's welcome hall.

"Mother, has Dad been to the Welcome Hall? The child hasn't seen Daddy for the past few days. Su Chen asked as he walked.

"Chen'er, your father has been really busy with your grandfather's birthday banquet recently, and tonight out of the clan ceremony, he has to wait for the guests in the welcome hall early. ”

"Dad, this patriarch has done really hard!" Su Chen grinned.

"That's natural, in the family, the more power you have, the greater the responsibility you have to bear, after all, your father needs to put the entire Su family in his heart, and he will be happy to be busy. The corners of Su Chen's mother's mouth lifted slightly.

"Oh yes, when I meet your grandfather, I must go up and say something auspicious, you are almost ten years old this year, and you will have to pay attention to this aspect of etiquette in the future. Lin Yurou told seriously.

"Don't worry, don't you know how Chen'er is doing? These things are ready early. Bao Zhun makes his grandfather and his old man highly satisfied!" Su Chen said with a smile.

"Okay, mother-in-law can save it, our family Chen'er has been the most intelligent since she was a child, and my mother just hopes that after the feast really begins, you can listen more, watch more, and talk less. After all, this birthday banquet has invited people with heads and faces on all roads in Kaiyang City, which can help Chen'er broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge. Lin Yurou smiled slightly.

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During the conversation, the mother and son had already arrived at the door of the welcome hall that the Su family might not use once a year.

Speaking of which, the Su family is worthy of being one of the three major families in Kaiyang City, not to mention the Su Mansion that covers an area of 10,000 acres and the pavilions and courtyards in it, the welcome hall in front of Su Chen alone can be as big as two football fields in the previous life, and this hall is built of some kind of dark purple wood, and each place is engraved with gold and silver edges, which looks very atmospheric.

Sweeping in, a lamp will reflect the golden splendor in the hall, like day. The hundreds of tables and chairs that had been arranged were almost full at the moment, and there were nearly a hundred servants walking back and forth in the corridors of the main hall with their heads down. On the circular stage in the center, a young and beautiful singer with a graceful figure shook her waist briskly, sang and danced, and the musicians around her also played drums and sang in unison, driving the fiery atmosphere in the entire hall. This gorgeous scene immediately attracted Su Dashao, who had just stepped into the main entrance of the main hall with his mother.

"I've been in the Su family for so many years, and it's the first time I've seen this kind of scene. Su Chen muttered secretly.

"Chen'er, what are you looking at, come with your mother. Lin Yurou pulled Su Chen's sleeve and called.

"Ahh Oh oh! Okay. Su Chen came back to his senses and hurriedly followed.

A sharp-eyed maid saw Su Chen's mother and son approaching from a distance, and suddenly she was excited, lifted her senses, her face was respectful, and she trotted all the way up to meet her.

"Master Mother, Young Master, your seat is on the side of the Patriarch. Let the slave and maid guide you. ”

"Don't lead the way yet!" Lin Yurou raised her chin lightly and ordered coldly.

"Yes, yes, please come with the slave maid. The maid who had come to lead the way looked genuinely frightened.

"The class concept of the human race in this world is really deep-rooted, even my mother is inevitably vulgar. If you don't have the strength and status, you really can't live as a beast here. Su Chen looked at this scene calmly and didn't say much. Because something like this is really nothing, he has already seen countless things in the Su family over the years. At the beginning, out of the thoughts of his previous life, he also stepped forward to stop it, but this kind of personal persistence obviously has no meaning in the general environment. As he gradually recognized the reality, Su Chen let it go even though he still had some disapproval in his heart.

"Then I'm bothering you. Su Chen smiled kindly at the maid in front of him.

The maid was obviously stunned when she heard this, she clearly knew how noble the Young Master Su Chen in front of her was in the family, but she couldn't believe that such a person who seemed to be a person in the sky could speak so kindly to herself.

"The young master is simply tormenting the slave maid, and it is the slave's duty to lead the way. The reacting maid replied in a trembling voice, and then quickly turned around and led the way.

The group walked slowly towards the back of the main hall.

As she walked, Lin Yurou suddenly bowed her head and said to Su Chen: "Chen'er, my mother knows that you have always been kind-hearted, but this world is like this, it won't change because of you, understand?"

"Well, Chen'er knows. Su Chen's eyes drooped slightly, and he couldn't see clearly.

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The people present tonight are obviously important figures from all walks of life in Kaiyang City, and after they sat down, they all talked to each other and started a relationship, after all, it is rare to have the opportunity to bring these people together as today, and sometimes there is an extra connection, which may be of great use when needed.

"Brother Li, I heard that there have been a lot of bandits outside Kaiyang City recently, and most of the caravans who come and go trading will invite a few bodyguards except for a few who want to go crazy for money. This gangster is miserable for others, but it is a good opportunity for you to make money. I saw a middle-aged fat man with a big belly and a fat intestine, dressed as a wealthy businessman, who got up with a smile and picked up a glass of wine and toasted to a sturdy man in front of him.

"Brother Liu, don't lift me up, I don't know how my dart game is, I have to lick the blood on the knife to make some money with the brothers of the dart game, after there are more bandits, there are indeed more opportunities to bet on darts, but every time you take an extra business, you may have to pay an extra brother's pension." That's all a living human life!" the sturdy man shook his head.

"Alas, don't say it, it's not easy to change anyone, now the world in this city wants to do a good job, who can't be careful, sometimes a little wrong step, it's good to lose all your money, maybe your life is not guaranteed." In Kaiyang City, in the final analysis, only these martial arts families can have the right to speak, and only those who have strength can have no taboos, and we can just drink some soup at the bottom. The fat rich businessman couldn't help but sigh.

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Besides, Su Chen and his party walked around in the incomparably large welcome hall inside, and finally came to an area that was obviously more noble and gorgeous.

After finding the place, the maid who led the way made a confession and hurriedly left the place.

"Yurou, Su Chen, your seats are here" Su Zhan, who had been seated here early, beckoned after discovering Su Chen's mother and son.

Su Chen accompanied his mother to a table of exquisite banquets, his eyes swept slightly, and he found that all the people present were some high-level and clan elders of the Su family, among which Su Chen knew two clan elders who were brothers with his grandfather Su Xuan: the second grandfather Su Hu and the third grandfather Su Heng. In addition, Su Chen also met Su Xun, his father's younger brother and second uncle, who often led the family caravan to trade in laymen. Su Chen obediently stepped forward to say hello one by one.

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, but I didn't expect Xiao Chenzi to grow taller again! I just don't know if this literary style is not as amazing as it used to be," the second uncle Su Xun quipped to Su Chen.

"The second uncle made fun of me again. ”

"Hahaha, you kid can be shrewd when you are young, and don't be discouraged if you don't have martial arts qualifications like your father in the future. Martial arts can't be forced, your second uncle and I don't have qualifications, aren't you also managing the family's caravan and living very well now!" Su Xun mentioned intentionally or unintentionally.

Su Chen didn't say much, just nodded cooperatively.

"Okay, okay, I said a long time ago that Xiao Chenzi will definitely be a material for both civil and military affairs in the future, old man, I heard that most of the babies who have behaved miraculously since they were children can have the potential to cultivate martial arts!" The second grandfather, Su Hu, interjected and muttered at this time, obviously because he didn't want Su Xun to bring too much psychological pressure to the little guy.

"Brother Xun, you don't talk about it, even if my son Su Zhan has no talent, he can make him prosperous and rich all his life, and he will have no worries about food and clothing! Chen'er, when you come to your father, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my father misses you very much. ”

Su Chen was overjoyed when he heard his father's words to save the scene, and finally he didn't have to listen to the nagging of this group of relatives and friends in the family anymore!

Su Chen, who had approached, saw his father who was fierce in the past, but there was a trace of fatigue on his face at this moment. After thinking about it, he comforted his father and said, "Daddy has been working hard lately!"

As soon as Su Zhan heard that his beloved son cared about him so much, he felt that the tiring work of his father, Su Xuan's birthday, in the past few days had been swept away.

"Haha, it's not hard, for your grandfather's birthday, it's also time to work for your father. Su Zhan replied with a smile while gently touching Su Chen's head.

The happy Su Zhan wanted to explain more things to his precious son, but he didn't want to hear the sound of the salute horn played by the ceremonial official not far away.

"Chen'er, for my father, I have to preside over it, you sit here first. Su Zhan turned to admonish.

"Hmm. Su Chen nodded.

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Next was a long birthday banquet speech by his father that made Su Chen's head tremble, and he spoke for more than ten minutes. “。。。 Finally, welcome to my Su family to participate in my father Su Xuan's seventieth birthday ceremony!" At the end of Su Zhan's words, with a burst of salute flowers blooming outside the hall, an old man dressed in noble clothes calmly walked out of the backstage of the main hall under the entourage of many servants and ceremonial officials. Then he walked straight to the main seat built on a high platform at the back of the main hall.

Seeing his grandfather, Su Chen's spirit was shocked, and he looked into the distance.

An old man who was over the age of ten slowly sat down on the high main seat of the Su family's welcome hall at this moment, although his face was old, but he seemed to have a lion hidden in his body, and his body was full of compelling momentum. He is none other than Su Xuan, the old patriarch of the previous generation of the Su family, and the father of the current patriarch Su Zhan! It is rumored that his cultivation has already reached the pinnacle of the Nine Heavens of Juyuan! In this Kaiyang City, it can be said that he is recognized as the first person in martial arts, even if he is the strongest of the older generation of the other two major families or the city lord who nominally leads Kaiyang City, he is one or two points worse than him!

The old man seemed to feel Su Chen's gaze, and turned his head to smile kindly at his grandson. Then he waved his hand to the celebrant standing on the side.

"It's time to start" the old man just commanded softly, but the voice easily reached the ears of every guest in the main hall, which showed that his martial arts cultivation was profound!

The ceremonial officer leaned over and nodded, then took a few steps forward and shouted loudly, "I have invited a guest to present a birthday gift!"

As soon as the ceremonial official's voice fell, the guests present were slightly agitated, but they quickly calmed down, because everyone understood that this birthday gift was not qualified to be given in person in front of so many people present. Ninety percent of the guests bring gifts to the ceremonial officer for registration when they come. The matter of presenting a birthday gift is a link between the Su family and those real bigwigs in Kaiyang City to sell face to each other, if you follow at this time, then you don't know what to do! Even if the Su family doesn't care about it in the future, those bigwigs who give gifts will not let you go.

Soon, a middle-aged man who looked extraordinary on the right side of the hall suddenly got up and walked quickly towards Grandpa Su Chen's position, walking like a tiger, obviously a very domineering figure on weekdays.

"It's him! Lin Feiyu! I didn't expect the patriarch of the Lin family to come in person, this old man Su Xuan's face is really big. ”

"That's not it, you must know that the Su family and the Lin family have always been good friends, and there are not a few children of the two families who come and go to marry, and even the wife of Su Zhan, the head of the Su family, is surnamed Lin!" Someone next to him apparently recognized this one and couldn't help but whisper.

The middle-aged man suddenly stopped when he came to the distance of a few meters in front of the main seat, and his originally serious and unsmiling face also showed respect.

"Lin Feiyu, the patriarch of the Lin family, on behalf of the Lin family, celebrates the 70th birthday of the old man Su Xuan!

"Okay! Fei Yu also has a heart. Say hello to Lin Tianzhi's old guy on my behalf, I haven't seen each other for so many years, it's also weird hahaha!"

In addition, these are the small birthday gifts prepared by my Lin family for the old man Su Xuan, and they are not a tribute! Even if the middle-aged man in front of him was full of respect on his face at this time, he couldn't hide his noble and prominent bearing that he had been in a high position for a long time.

But seeing that the man slowly turned sideways and patted his palms, several servants who had been waiting early suddenly carried a wooden box made of precious golden silk nan wood to the main hall.