The one-month journey from Qianzhou along the Dongtian Mountains to the city of Sangzhou has come to an end. m.

At this moment, the four of them stood at the end of the Dongtian Mountain Range, this mountain is nearly four miles above sea level, at a glance, this place is already the highest, and the mountain is thousands of miles away, all of which are as gentle as water, which can be seen at a glance.

"The terrain in the east is much lower than in the south. ”

Chen Changxiao stood with his hands in his hands, feeling the wind blowing from the east, sweeping his sideburns and the corners of his clothes, with a hint of the smell of the coast, the sun hit his face, it didn't look hot at all, but a little warm.

"I have been walking eastward, and at the end of the city, it is the main city of Sampan, the city of Sampan. ”

Gogo pointed in the east direction and spoke.

The other three answered, did not stop, and unfolded their bodies, leaving only a sound of wind in place.

Their target, one is the Chu family in Sampan City, and the other is the first Buddhist gate in the eastern part of the Celestial Empire, Lingshan Temple, which is located in Sampan City.

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Sampan City.

Today's weather is just right, with a breeze and a warm sun.

The streets and alleys are filled with all kinds of people.

The men are gorgeously dressed and noble, and the women are wearing gold and jade jewelry, which is the richest city in Sampan, and the people in the city are naturally rich.

And in the center of the city, a huge family covering an area of 3,000 acres stands impressively, from the sky, the houses inside the family are tall and exquisite, the arrangement is intricate at a glance, and the closer look is neat and quite feng shui.

The entire family occupies an area surrounded by a huge twelve walls, divided into four gates, south, east and west, each gate is ten feet high, and it is extremely magnificent.

As the east gate of the main gate, it is wide open at the moment, and there is a huge red-faced gold plate hanging on the gate, which is engraved with three big characters of "Chu Family Mansion" in regular script.

After a while, I saw a gorgeous carriage pulled by four white horses along the wide road towards the door.

"Phew!"

The groom who commanded the horse to walk whipped and shouted to stop, then dismounted, patted his sleeve, coughed twice in his throat, and said in a sharp voice: "Second young master go home!"

At this point, more than a dozen blue-robed and thin-silver-armored Chu family guards stood in two rows in an instant, all of them were one meter and nine meters tall, carrying the same sheathed two-foot-eight-inch long knife on their waists, and a clear Chu character was printed on the left breastplate, with a serious expression, holding their heads high, and majestic.

In the middle of the ring, the curtain of the carriage door was lifted by a white and tender palm, if it wasn't for me, I thought it was a woman.

I saw that the second young master got out of the car easily, standing beside the groom, wearing a delicate and gorgeous light blue jade robe, moire boots, a string of jade beads hanging tassels around his waist, and a silver short hairpin on the top of his head was extremely conspicuous.

This person has a delicate face, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and he shows a smile, about nineteen, tall, one meter and eight meters, and a head taller than the groom.

When the armor-clothed guard saw this, he immediately bowed down neatly and saluted.

"Welcome back to the second young master!"

"No courtesy. ”

"Second Young Master Xie!"

After making a salute, more than a dozen guards followed behind the second young master and entered the mansion together, leaving only the last two to guard the door.

"Brother across the bridge!"

As the second young master stepped into the door, a ten-year-old girl in a light blue dress ran up to him and hugged him.

This person is Chu Guoqiao, after two years of experience and baptism, he has become a little more mature between his eyebrows.

Chu Guoqiao smiled and rubbed the head of the little girl who was only on his chest, and said gently: "Hehe, I haven't seen you for half a month, but my sister Yu'er is getting more and more beautiful as she grows older!"

He bowed his head

Looking at Sister Yu'er, her big round eyes are like a spirit in the water, a small cherry mouth, a cocked nose and white skin, and flat bangs covering half of her forehead

The little girl's name was Chu Yu, and she was Chu Guoqiao's little cousin.

Chu Yu was overjoyed when he heard him say the word beautiful, took Chu Crossing's big hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Crossing, Yu'er misses you so much in the past few days when you are away, and I look forward to your coming back every day!"

Chu Guoqiao laughed when he heard this.

"Haha, that's good, that's good, then brother will accompany Sister Yu'er more after today!"

"Okay, okay, I'm going to sleep in my brother's room after today!"

Chu Yu stood on tiptoe slightly, jumping up and down happily.

Hearing this, Chu Guoqiao rubbed her head again, shook her head, and said with a smile: "Sister Yu'er has grown up, she can't sleep with her brother anymore, if she says it, she will be laughed at by others." ”

Chu Yu knew that Chu Guoqiao was refusal, so she immediately frowned lightly, shook her arm, and shouted with a small mouth: "No, no, no, they just laugh, I just want to sleep with Brother Guoqiao!"

Chu Guoqiao was helpless in his heart, he had never had the slightest fear of all kinds of fierce demon beasts outside, but in the face of this sister, he couldn't do anything about it.

After a while, a septuagenarian trotted along the stone road with a straight wooden cane, with a kind face, stopped in front of Chu Guoqiao, bowed, and then said: "Hello Second Young Master, Miss Yu'er is good." ”

"The second housekeeper doesn't have to be polite, your old man is weak and sick, so you don't have to come forward to greet him in the future, so you can give birth to your body. “

Chu Guoqiao looked at Chu Lanxiang, the second housekeeper who had some yellowish skin, and smiled faintly.

When Chu Lanxiang heard this, his old eyes bent into crescent moons: "Thank you Second Young Master for your concern." “

"Alright, let's all go back. “

Chu Guoqiao was about to turn around and leave with Chu Yu, but Chu Lanxiang shouted: "Second Young Master, please wait, the head of the family has an order, let the Second Young Master go to him immediately after returning to the house, there must be no mistake, as if there is something I want to tell you." ”

Chu Guoqiao was stunned, his eyes narrowed slightly, his face rose a little solemnly, Chu Yu looked up at him with wide eyes, and his small hand held his hand tighter.

In the middle of the sound, Chu crossed the bridge and said hello, then a smile resurfaced on his face, and he pulled Chu Yu towards the direction of the head of the family's mansion.

On the way, the servants of the Chu family who passed by greeted the two respectfully.

Because he was holding Chu Yu, Chu crossed the bridge and did not use footwork to run quickly, but walked slowly while chatting with Chu Yu.

The two of them walked for two moments before finally arriving outside the door of the Chu family's main mansion.

"Daddy!"

Chu Guoqiao took Chu Yu into the room quickly.

I saw that the main house was large in area, which could accommodate nearly 100 people, and four high pillars of solid wood with thick waists were located in the four corners of the room, with tea tables and wooden chairs on the left and right sides, and in front of the main hall was a shallow platform with three steps, on which was a luxurious chair with jade trim.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a dark blue rough pattern robe was sitting on it, looking at his face, it was very similar to Chu Guoqiao.

The eyebrows are very light, without the aura and strength of a cultivator, but they have a very clerical temperament, which is extremely elegant.

This person is the head of the Chu family, and he is also the Taishou of this Sampan Prefecture, Chu Shi!

He stood up, his body was on the thin side, half a head shorter than Chu Guoqiao, and he slowly walked down the three steps and came to the two of them.

"Sit down. “

The head of the Chu family pointed to the table and chair on the left, and the three of them followed

Sit together.

"How's the situation?" Chu Shi casually picked up the books on the table and flipped through them.

"Three days ago, I went to learn the sword technique with the disciples of Dongtianzhuang on the Dongtian Mountain Range, and then finally broke through the bottleneck and reached the Lingzhen Realm!"

Chu Guoqiao was full of confidence and opened his mouth to reply, but saw that his father bowed his head and did not make any expression.

When Chu Yu heard this, he clapped his little hands happily and said loudly: "Brother who crossed the bridge is good!"

Chu Shi ignored it and continued to flip through the book, his face was serious, and he didn't seem to be proud of Chu crossing the bridge.

After a long time, he must have read this book, and after a cursory turn to the end, he closed it, looked at the blank eyes in front of him, and said lightly:

"Crossing the bridge, do you remember what your mother said to you before she died?"

After that, the words passed into Chu Guoqiao's ears, this sentence Chu Shi asked him countless times, and the answer, the two of them knew better than anyone else, but they still had to ask.

Chu Guoqiao lowered his head and frowned, and slowly replied to the question that he had answered countless times: "Ten years ago, my mother died early due to illness, and before leaving, she knew that I had the physique of cultivation, but at that time, she told me that I could not enter the martial arts in my life!"

"Did you say yes?"

At that time, I was very sad, so I agreed. ”

"No matter what emotions you have, if you agreed, why should you violate it?!"

After Chu Shi finished saying the last word, his tone was obviously aggravated, and he put the book on the table hard, making a soft sound.

Chu Guoqiao looked up at his father, he had heard this sentence many times. He stared at his brows as usual, and said without showing weakness: "Two years ago, you opposed my cultivation and locked me up, I escaped without permission, and stole the secret books of the exercises in the family, as well as the Ten Torture Knives that had been kept in the dust in the library pavilion. ”

"I worship in the Qingmen, no one knows, three months ago you searched for half a day and finally found me in the state, you promised me permission to practice, I came back with you, and now, every day with my mother's things to provoke me, I just want to be a martial artist, a cultivator, to become the peak, is this wrong?!"

Chu Guoqiao slapped the table, as if he had thought of something angry, anger arose, Chu Yu pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to be angry.

Chu Guoqiao averted his eyes and continued: "But I naturally know that father, you are the city lord of Sampan City, and everything in Sampan is under your control, but the military power has always been in the hands of the Wei family, who is alongside my Chu family. ”

"Twenty years ago, the position of the general who managed the military power in Sampan was originally my grandfather's, and the ancestor of the Wei family was just a deputy general, although he cultivated to the same level as his grandfather, he could only obediently listen to his grandfather's words, and the Wei family could not suppress my Chu family. ”

But the Wei family did everything possible to plot against the grandfather, and when they went to the north to support the war together, the ancestors of the Wei family pretended to withdraw the troops, leaving the grandfather alone to be surrounded and suppressed, and finally although he tried his best to escape, he was too seriously injured and died a year later. ”

"And the ancestor of the Wei family, he deserved to die for his crime, but you, father, didn't say a word, let him not be disposed of, and finally the rank of general was vacant, he went up as he wished, and you, still don't stop at all!"

"Then, the Wei family used their military power to squeeze my Chu family, and they are bound to squeeze you down!"

"And I, I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced that the Wei family is so rampant, I'm not convinced that my father is so incompetent, and I don't accept that my Chu family was suppressed by his Wei family! I want to practice, I want to become the peak, I want to cut off the head of the ancestor of the Wei family with one knife to avenge my grandfather!"

"But you, why can you let me practice? Mother, and you, why is that!"

Speaking of this, Chu Guoqiao slapped the table again, and he didn't want to say any more.