Hongnong County was established from the Han Dynasty, but the scope has been changing, the largest time to the west to Huashan, east to Hangu Pass, there are strategic places such as Kunshan, Hangu Pass, Tongguan and so on, so it has a pivotal position in all dynasties.

Huayin County is the ancestral land of the Yang family, a famous family in the world, because Huayin County once belonged to the jurisdiction of Hongnong County, so the Yang family was called Hongnong Yang as the county of Hongnong County.

After Yuwentai established the Northern Zhou Dynasty, in order to win over the major scholars in Guanlongzhong, he ordered his important generals to climb the Guanlong clan, and as a result, Li Hu climbed to the Longyou Li clan, and Yang Zhong climbed to the Hongnong Yang clan, so that their descendant Li Yuan was born in the Longyou Li clan, and Yang Jian was born in the Hongnong Yang clan.

But in fact, the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty has nothing to do with the Hongnong Yang family, and Yang Guang, the son of heaven, and Yang Xuangan, the head of the Hongnong Yang family, have no relatives.

However, because of the relationship between Xiangguo Yang Su, Hongnong Yang was also prominent for a while, but Yang Su was also successful, and Yang Su was defeated, with Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan rebelled, Hongnong Yang immediately fell from heaven to hell, and everyone avoided it.

It's just that Yang Guang took care of the same name and reputation, and only severely punished Yang Xuangan's family, and let go of Hongnong Yang's family, although the Yang family escaped the catastrophe, it also became extremely low-key, restrained the clansmen, and did not go out of Huayin County.

On this morning, an ox cart came up on the trail under the snake head mountain east of Yangjia Village, Huayin County, and there was a person sitting on the ox cart, this person was six feet four tall, tall and straight, his face was sharp and angular, his eyes were deep, he was carrying a long cloth bag diagonally behind him, and he wore a simple heavy knife at his waist.

This person is Zhang Xuan from Luoyang, he is the first time to enter Guanzhong, and the scenery along the way is pleasing to his eyes.

At this time, the ox cart slowly stopped in front of a fork in the road, and the old man who drove the cart said with a smile: "Young man, go to Yangjiazhuang and go south along this mountain road, if you see a high wall, it is, I will turn around and go to Peng Village." ”

Zhang Xuan jumped down from the ox cart and thanked him: "Thank you, old man, for letting me ride." ”

"It's okay."

The old man turned the cart and headed north, "Young man, I wish you a smooth journey." ”

Zhang Xuan climbed a big rock, put up a curtain and looked into the distance, only to see a village surrounded by high walls more than ten miles away, stretching from the valley to the mountainside, where it should be Yangjiazhuang.

Jang Hyun jumped off the boulder and walked with his long legs towards the village in the distance.

Yangjiazhuang is located in the easternmost part of Shetou Mountain, Shetou Mountain, formerly known as Longtou Mountain, is a long and narrow hilly mountain, stretching for dozens of miles, at the end of the mountain, is a horizontal peak, this is the famous Huilong pattern.

Yangjia Village is located under the dragon's head, because of the fear of taboos, the government changed the name of Longtou Mountain to Shetou Mountain decades ago.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xuan walked into Yangjiazhuang from the village gate, at this time, he saw an old man carrying a heavy grain load forward, the terrain was high, the old man picked very hard, he hurriedly stepped forward to take the old man's burden and smiled: "I'll come!" ”

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! ”

The old man let go of his burden and breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan picked up the burden and asked, "Do you keep going?" ”

"Turn left at the intersection ahead!"

The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead with the sweat towel on his shoulder, and then he realized that the young man who carried the burden for him was very strange, not a descendant of the village, and his accent was not right.

"Young man, are you a foreigner?"

"I'm from Luoyang, I want to find my master's hometown, but I don't know where it is?"

"What's your master's name?"

"His surname is Yang, and his single name is Qi."

"Yang Qi?" The old man thought about it, and suddenly woke up, "Is it the one who opened the martial arts hall in Luoyang?" ”

"It's him, the old man knows?"

"How could I not know, but he is from the main hall, it is difficult to find, you help me carry things home, and I will take you there."

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Xuan took the burden and turned around, and soon came to the old man's house, they put the burden down, and the old man took him in the direction of the main hall of the village.

"Our Yangjiazhuang is a big village, a total of more than 300 households, most of them are surnamed Yang, the ancestors are basically one, but the age is long, there are many branches, a total of 12 rooms, like I belong to the fifth branch of Lishanfang, is the partial branch of the partial branch, do you see the tallest building in front?"

Zhang Xuanshun said that the old man pointed in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a large house with a black roof on the mountainside in the distance, one end higher than all the houses.

"That's—"

"That is the general ancestral hall of the Yang clan, although each room has its own small ancestral hall, but there is only one main ancestral hall, and the main hall of the Yang family is next to it.

Zhang Xuan followed the old man to a very large ancestral hall, he found that the open space in front of the ancestral hall was full of people, no wonder the village was very quiet, it turned out that people were gathered here.

The people in the open space of the ancestral hall were basically young men, about two or three hundred people, each with a sword and a spear, and they were talking in groups of three or five in a low voice. Everyone looked nervous.

"Old man, what is this for?"

The old man sighed and said: "Fifty miles northeast of our Yangjiazhuang is Guangtongcang, I heard that there are several groups of displaced people who are rushing to Guangtongcang recently, once they are suppressed by the officers and soldiers, the displaced people will definitely flee to us, so everyone is very nervous." ”

"Will the homeless also plunder the villages?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"People are forced to be in a hurry, nothing can be done, and more importantly, many bandits are hidden among the homeless, we have experienced a painful experience, if we don't prepare in advance, it's too late to cry."

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the main hall gate, of medium stature, with fair skin, and a rather wealthy appearance, with a worried look between his eyebrows and eyes, followed by seven or eight family members.

"Head of the house!" The old man hurriedly stopped the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's name is Yang Wenxian, Yang Xuangan's cousin, Yang Su's nephew, after Yang Xuangan's rebellion failed, the Yang family broke off with him in time and elected Yang Wenxian as the new head of the family.

Yang Wenxian was worried about the affairs of the displaced people, and suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw that the uncle of the Lishan Fang clan was calling himself, although the status of the other party's family was not high, but after all, he was an elder.

Yang Wenxian stopped and asked, "Third uncle, is there something wrong?" ”

The old man pulled Zhang Xuan over, "This descendant came from Luoyang, he is Yang Qi's apprentice, and it seems that he has something important to find the head of the family." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "My master asked me to come back and report to the family before he died. ”

"On his deathbed, is he also dead?"

Yang Wenxian asked impatiently, there have been too many deaths in the family recently, Yang Qi's status is not ranked in the family, and Yang Wenxian really doesn't care much about his life or death.

Zhang Re hurriedly took out the seven-star sword from the package and presented it with both hands, "This is what the master asked me to return to my family before he died." ”

Yang Wenxian glanced at the Seven Star Sword, he suddenly remembered that this seemed to be his uncle Yang Su's sword, if it was in the past, he would have taken it respectfully, and then sent it to the ancestral hall for worship, but now.... As if he had seen a snake and scorpion, he hurriedly dodged to the side, lest the sword touch him.

"Get out of the way!" He hurriedly waved his hand and scolded angrily.

The old man next to him couldn't stand it, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "Family master, this young man has worked hard to send the sword from Luoyang. ”

"I see—"

Yang Wenxian dragged out his voice unhappily, and said to a family member next to him: "Take him to see Yang Qi's wife." ”

He said to Zhang Xuan again: "You can return the sword to his family, and I won't need it here." ”

He ignored Zhang Xuan anymore, walked quickly towards the square, and yelled from afar, "The bandits are about to enter the house, you are still in the mood to chat here!" ”

Frightened, all the Yang disciples stood up one after another.

The old man smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Xuan: "The head of the family is not in a good mood, don't take it to heart." ”

"It's okay, thank you for leading the way, we'll have a date later."

Zhang Xuan arched his hand to the old man, and followed the family to a small door in the side house, and the old man looked at him walking away, shook his head, and turned to leave.