I said in embarrassment: "Brother Sui, to be honest, I really want you to stay by my side, so that I can also accompany Sister Chunlan, but I'm afraid that my future will be delayed." ”

Sui Jianchun saw me say this, and said anxiously: "Lord Lan, I don't want any future, as long as I am with Chunlan, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life." Saying that, he knelt down again, and I hurriedly went to help him, who knew that he actually said: "Lord Lan, if you don't agree, I won't get up." ”

"Brother Sui, you can get up, I promise you."

Hearing that I agreed with him to stay here, Sui Jianchun stood up again, sat down on the chair and asked me, "Lord Lan, do you want me to go back over there?" ”

"No need, it's so far, I'll write a letter for someone to take it, now that you stay, we should consider your marriage with Sister Chunlan, I think so, there are no elders in your family."

"I have an old mother at home, and Chunlan has no one in the family, only an older brother, but it was the sister-in-law who sold her into slavery, so she has no feelings."

"Then since there are elderly people in the family, this matter can't be sloppy, do you want to do it at home or in the city."

Before Sui Jianchun could speak, Chunlan interjected: "Young master, let's do it here like Brother Chen, there is nothing to go back to our hometown, and I haven't been home for so many years, and the family still thinks that we are gone, just bring Jianchun's mother here, my brother and sister-in-law still forget it, and I don't want to see them." ”

"Okay, it's settled, Sui Jianchun, you go home first and pick up your mother, Chunlan's sister-in-law forget it, bring his brother over, marriage is a big deal, how can there be no mother's family." Lao Liu, these two of them are going to trouble you again, you vacate the house first, take advantage of the fact that the sky is still freezing, paint the whitewash and repair the repair, and wait for Jianchun to bring the family over, and then you will do your business depending on the day. ”

Lao Liu said: "Young master, it's not troublesome, everything is ready-made, as for the sedan chair and drummer or something, it's still the same people who got married to Boss Chen last time, it's very convenient." ”

Chunlan and Jianchun are grateful again, I drank all afternoon's wine, and I was tired, and besides, Chunlan and Jianchun were embarrassed to talk to me here, and it was even more impossible to let Jianchun go to Chunlan's house, it was a woman's boudoir, we moved here for so long, and I haven't been in, let alone Jianchun.

I went back to the bedroom and didn't even take off my clothes and fell asleep, I'm so tired today, I haven't stopped since yesterday, even if I have practiced martial arts, I can't stay up.

I don't know how long it took before I woke up, I don't know when I came in and lit a candle in the bedroom, and there was a person sitting on the chair, this person was my cheap father, I quickly turned over and got out of bed, Shi Li greeted: "Father, why are you here, you see that the child is also sleeping too deeply, and this Chen Lao Er will not wake me up." ”

"I've been here for a while, I see that you are sleeping soundly, I didn't let them call you, I didn't sleep all night last night, I must be very tired."

I was shocked, how did this cheap dad know that I didn't sleep all night last night, could it be that Chen Lao Er went to ventilate the news, with a stomach full of doubts, I asked: "Father, how do you know that I haven't slept all night since the child." ”

"Of course I know this, last night you went to the south of the city to destroy the stronghold of the Yin Demon Sect, today the secret agent of Jinyiwei reported to the yamen, I suppressed it, fortunately the secret you made, was not followed by them, the last time you told me about this stronghold, I sent someone to keep an eye on it, but it is inconvenient for me to send people now, you cleaned them up, or it will be a big obstacle for us in the future, and then we will find the stronghold of the Yin Demon Sect, and all of them will be cleared without leaving any trouble, if it is inconvenient for you to do it, I will do it."

"Thank you, father, I don't know what my father is here tonight."

I know in my heart that this cheap dad won't come if it's okay, unless I ask Chen Lao Er to call him.

"Today, I heard from the people in the yamen that you were promoted to the head of the household by the emperor's special decree, this is a good thing, I didn't expect you kid to have a little luck, much stronger than your father and me, but in the future you have a grudge with Gao Gong, this person is a flawed character, I'm afraid I won't give up, tonight dad I came here for this matter, what you have done during this period of time is indeed beyond my imagination, not generally good, but very good, so I want to hand over the power accumulated by our Lan family for generations, Let them get to know their young master, too. ”

When I heard that my cheap father was going to hand over their power to me, I couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but I was happy to be happy, and I couldn't show my feet.

I pretended to be sincerely frightened and replied: "Father, the child is still very young, and he still has some experience to be able to take on this person, how can my father let it go when he is in the prime of his youth, and besides, there is still a big brother, and it is not my turn to take care of it." ”

"Don't worry, I won't care, I asked you to go just to let them know that you are the young master of our Lan family, if I have anything in the future, they will listen to you, so that no one will take over our power, how can your eldest brother do his body, let's go, it's not too early, we should also go."

This time I also came to the carriage shop last time through the secret passage, came out of the secret passage, walked through the study to the courtyard, the gate of the yard was closed, and there was a lantern hanging at the door, and the cheap dad took me into the hall where I went in last time, and the hall could not see a little light from the outside, if you looked at it from a distance, I thought that everyone was sleeping, but when I opened the door, the lights were bright inside, and it turned out that the windows and doors were blocked by thick curtains.

There were more than a dozen people sitting inside, and when they saw us coming in, they all stood up together and shouted, "Welcome to the master and the young master." ”

"Okay, let's all sit down, today is mainly to let everyone know the young master, if I am not there in the future, if there is any emergency, the young master can mobilize you. Here is the token, and it will be handed over to the young master together, do you remember it? ”

The crowd replied together, "Do as your master commands."

Cheap dad took out a token from his arms, I don't know what is made of black, I took it and felt heavy, as if it was iron, muttering in my heart, this cheap dad's dad is really picking, get a token or iron.

When I was weighing this token, my cheap father said to me: "Don't underestimate this token, this is made of dark iron, your grandfather got this black iron from overseas, you must keep it well in the future, you can't lose it." ”

"Father, rest assured, the child must be well preserved and will never be lost."

"That's good, let's put the token away first, let me introduce you, this is our Lan family's eight protectors and two commanders."

Cheap dad first pointed to the old man I saw last time and said: "This is the commander of the capital, Lan Guangyong, our family in the capital and the forces around the capital, all have the command of the Lan commander, you must cooperate well in the future, the Lan commander is my childhood companion, I am also the Lan commander watched grow up, and I will respect the Lan commander in the future." ”

The old man bowed to me and said, "Master, you are polite, the old slave is your minion, forever, and the old slave will obey the instructions of the young master in the future."

I also returned the salute: "Commander Lan is not polite, and you will have to cooperate well in the future." ”

I didn't expect this dry little old man to be the most important link in the Lan family's power, and he was so trusted by his cheap father.

Cheap Dad waited for the two of us to finish politely, and then pointed to another man in his forties and said, "This is your cousin, and my cousin Li Jiaxin, your cousin is in charge of our family's power in the army, also called the commander of the army." ”

This time, I didn't wait for Li Jiaxin to greet me, and came over to greet me first: "My little nephew has seen my cousin, and I will ask my cousin for more advice in the future." ”

Li Jiaxin got up from the chair and saluted: "Young master, there is no cousin here, I am your subordinate, and I will obey the orders of the young master in the future, I am the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion of the Beijing Army, if the young master has something, you can send someone to find me with the Lan family token, and see the order as if you see someone." ”

"Thank you Uncle Cousin, my little nephew will have to trouble Uncle Cousin more in the future."

Cheap Dad said to the remaining eight on the side: "These eight are the eight protectors of our Lan family, set up in the eight directions, this is the Northwest Protector Lan Yun." ”

Lan Yun stood up and saluted me, and I returned the salute.

"This is the Northeast Protector Lan Yong, mainly for foreign races."

"This is the Protector of the Southwest, mainly engaged in liaison and communication with ethnic minorities in the Southwest."

"This is the Southeast Protector Army, mainly developing the Guangdong and Lingnan generations."

"This is the Central Plains Protector Lanping, with Luoyang as the center to develop our Lan family's forces."

"This is the overseas protector of Francishuang, mainly engaged in our family's overseas trade and shipbuilding business."

"This is Nanjing's protector of the Lanjiang River, in charge of the Yangtze River."

"This is the protector of the Yellow River, Franchis, with Jinan as the center, to develop the forces around Shandong and the Yellow River."

I met the eight Dharma protectors one by one, I didn't expect the Lan family's power to be so huge, it seems that my cheap father has really spent a lot of thought and energy, not only the power in the army is not small, but also overseas forces, even the foreign race side, this is also a huge empire, I don't know what the reason has not been discovered for so many years.

After getting to know everyone one by one, Cheap Dad sat on the chair in the middle and said: "Today is the most common time for the major protectors of our Lan family's forces, you grew up in the Lan family's family since you were a child, you eat the Lan family's food, wear the Lan family's clothes, I hope you will always be loyal to the Lan family, now the young master has grown up, and he has also made achievements in the officialdom, we have to work together to make our forces bigger and stronger, when the time is right, we will get up, and we will be sure to do big things, you are the founding heroes, and the king and marquis are just around the corner, The next few years are the most critical years for the development of our Lan family's forces, when everyone develops their forces, we must pay attention to the fact that secrecy comes first, we are not enough to compete with the imperial court now, so we can't leak the news in advance. ”