That night, the Han family's mansion was naturally a well-organized banquet, and the famous squires and representatives of the scholars of Donghai County were invited to accompany the banquet, and these people learned that they could have a banquet with Chang Dehou, and they felt that their faces were glorious, and they all came with gifts, although in fact these people could not have a banquet at the same table with Chang Dehou, or even in the same hall, but they were still very satisfied.

It's Xiao Tongguang, the people who came to accompany the banquet are all the forces of the Han family, and they have never had a good impression of the Xiao family, so except for the superficial respect, no one will really put Xiao Tongguang in their eyes.

Therefore, there are many gifts given by squires and celebrities to Changdehou, and what Xiao Tongguang got is nothing more than the most ordinary gifts, which are just filial piety on the face of ordinary gentry.

After all, the great sect master and the second sect master are old, and after three rounds of drinking, they ask to retire and rest, and Chang Dehou also knows that the two sect masters are old and in poor health, and they have already done their best to toss for half a day, so they were personally sent outside the hall.

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"It turns out that the people of the royal family are like this." At the side table, Han Yuan leaned close to Han Mo's ear and said in a low voice: "Xiao Wu, why do I look at this Hou Ye a little weird, like a woman?" Is this what everyone in the royal family looks like? ”

Han Mo smiled and said softly, "What do you think? ”

"At least it should have the grandeur of the royal family!" Han Yuan obviously disagreed with the image of this Chang Dehou, and he couldn't see the so-called royal style from Cao Yin's body, although he was very gentle and polite, but that demonic spirit made Han Yuan, who had always been an idol of his father Han Xuanling's rugged and mighty image, very disdainful.

Han Mo said leisurely: "Royal style? Is there a fixed saying? ”

Han Yuan was stunned.

"Fourth brother, maybe this is the royal style." Han Mo smiled and said, "We don't need to think too much. ”

Han Yuan nodded slightly, since the Xiao Jing incident, his admiration and gratitude for Han Mo had reached its peak, and he only felt that his younger brother was really a great character.

The innocent and well-behaved in front of people and the calm and calm in the back are like two people.

"Xiao Wu, is that the left waiter of the household department?" Han Yuan sneered: "This old guy is the younger brother of Taishi Xiao, and at first glance he looks like a wreck, with an overly drunk face. ”

"There are always people who are good at hiding their true strength." Han Mo said lightly: "Everyone in the world is awake and only he is drunk, who knows if he is deliberately hiding?" If he is too deep, it will arouse the vigilance of others, but this wretched look, even the fourth brother looks down on him, I am afraid that many people will ignore him. ”

Han Yuan groaned slightly, thoughtful: "You mean, he deliberately pretended to look like this?" ”

"I only know that if he is really a wreck, it would be too childish for Taishi Xiao to send him to spy on our Han family." Han Mo leaned closer to Han Yuan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Xiao Muzan just made the mistake of nepotism, will the old fox of Taishi Xiao repeat the mistakes of the past?" ”

Han Yuan groaned, he was not a stupid person, he quickly understood, and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu, you are still smart." After a pause, he said softly: "Then do you say that grandpa and third uncle know?" Can you tell that this guy has ulterior motives? ”

"If you can raise the characters of you and my brother, do you think you won't be able to see it?" Han Mo laughed.

"But ......!" Han Yuan clenched his fists, glared at Xiao Tongguang from a distance, and said in a low voice: "This old guy is not right, I see that he has been staring at Aunt Bi from beginning to end, and those mouse eyes are confused, maybe he is paying attention to something." ”

As soon as Aunt Bi was mentioned, Han Mo's originally smiling eyes immediately flashed with a cold light, but his expression was very calm, and he said lightly: "Fourth brother, you don't have to worry, if he dares to beat his aunt's idea, he will live to the end." ”

A long time ago, Han Mo had identified some people in his heart who were worthy of protecting with his life, and Aunt Bi was one of them.

No matter what kind of danger that woman encounters, Han Mo will not hesitate to protect her, even if it costs her life, there is nothing else, because this woman is one of the few people he is dearest in the world, and she is so weak that someone must protect her.

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The banquet finally dispersed, and Cao Yin and Xiao Tongguang also went back to the courtyard to rest.

Xiao Tongguang pulled Han Xuanchang and muttered a few words, Han Xuanchang also understood what he meant, and immediately ordered the following to arrange a girl to enter his courtyard to sleep, this kind of thing is nothing in the family, and it is easy to arrange it.

After the lights were turned off in the mansion, in addition to the guards who patrolled the night, most of the people in the house also slept.

In the gloomy study of the Great Sect Master of Dongfu, a lamp was lit, and the light was dim. Zheng Qian sat on the large chair behind the desk, his face serious, and his eyes flashed gloomily.

Han Xuanchang sat on the left side under the desk, and in addition to the two of them in the study, there were several elder-level figures in the Han clan.

"Cao Yin's attitude, everyone has also seen it." Han. Zheng Qian's voice was low, and the light in his gloomy eyes was sharp, which was very different from the trembling old man who greeted Cao Yin during the day, like a different person: "Whether it is his intention or not, the imperial court has begun to show favor to our Han family." ”

An elder smiled and said, "Great Sect Master, this is a good thing. I think the saint has been silent for many years, and he is obviously angry at the growing power of the Xiao family, so he is ready to make a move. ”

"Cao Yin showed favor in public, I think he wants the world to watch, and the saint has begun to unite with our Han family." Another elder said, "The Holy Lord doesn't need us to really take allegiance, but he definitely hopes that we don't go with the Xiao family. Cao Yin blatantly favored my Han family so blatantly, but he did it for the Xiao family to see, so that the Xiao family could understand that there were nine great families in this Yan country, but he was not the only one in the Xiao family, which was to warn the Xiao family not to be too rampant, after all, the royal family still has the ability to unite other families to be loyal. ”

"Cao Yin took the initiative to show goodwill, and our Han family should also respond positively." A long-bearded elder on the right said, "Great Sect Master, if we really get the honor of the royal family, our Han family will definitely have more opportunities to develop and grow, and more people from our Han family will be installed within the imperial court." The royal family may understand in their hearts that now that the Xiao family is powerful, it is definitely not something that can be destroyed by hard fighting, in this case, strengthening other families, balancing the Xiao family, and playing with the art of balance is the choice of the royal family, and the saint may also want to see our Han family stronger to restrain the arrogance of the Xiao family! ”

These are all old fox-like characters, and Cao Yin's initiative to show favor made these people understand a lot of problems.

The Great Sect Master had a smile in his eyes, and nodded slightly: "What you said is good, the royal family is showing favor to our Han family, in the final analysis, it is playing with the art of balance, and it wants to restrain the Xiao family, if I am not mistaken, maybe it will not be long before the weight of our Han family in the imperial court will be increased." But the favor of the royal family is not all good things, and other families with ulterior motives are only afraid that they will not be happy, and I am afraid that they will hate my Han family even more. ”

Han Xuanchang finally smiled and said: "Great Sect Master, in this world, there is always nothing perfect, and if you get some benefits, you will always lose something." ”

"Our benefits are not yet in our hands, but we have lost something." The Great Sect Master sighed, shook his head, and said, "At least the kind of days that were not much noticed in the past, after today, will be broken, and there will be countless pairs of eyes staring at Donghai County...... Hey, it's hard to say whether being favored by the Holy Gods is a good thing or a bad thing. In the area under your jurisdiction, you should be more careful from today onwards, and change the practice of two exercises a day to one practice, and just practice at night. ”

The elders stood up and said respectfully, "Yes! ”

These elders are the prestige figures of the largest areas of Tokai County, and for a long time, in addition to the fishermen of the sea, young and middle-aged people engaged in agriculture in Tokai County have been trained twice a day according to the village.

Once in the early hours of the morning, once at night, each time it was only half an hour, and the content of the exercise was only running, practicing strength, and occasionally using wooden sticks instead of spears to practice.

The Han family knows that in this era, at home and abroad, there will be wars at any time, to protect their land and people, there must be a group of strong warriors, the residents of the East China Sea have always advocated force, so two exercises a day, not only can the farmers accept, but also exercise their physique, reminding them to pick up swords and guns at any time to protect their wives and children.

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"Temporarily reduced once, just to prevent people with ulterior motives from pointing fingers at our Han family." The great sect master said slowly: "This time, I have to pay three thousand pearls in lieu of taxes with pearls, which is not a small amount. Xuanchang, you gather pearl divers as soon as possible and go to the sea as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" Han Xuanchang stood up and said respectfully: "Great Sect Master, that Xiao Tongguang came here this time, pretending to be crazy, he is messing around, I'm afraid there will be some trouble." ”

"He's just a young man, and if he wants to pretend to be crazy and stupid, I'll send an eccentric guy to watch him and see what kind of tricks he can make." The Great Sect Master said lightly.

Everyone looked at him, wondering who the so-called "eccentric guy" meant.

The Great Sect Master couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "Han Mo, that kid should be able to watch Xiao Tongguang!" ”

"Fifth Young Master?" Everyone was stunned, Han Xuanchang was also stunned, and frowned: "Great Sect Master, Mo'er is still young, he ......!" ”

"It's not small." The Great Sect Master shook his head and said meaningfully: "It's just that you're younger, didn't you and I all come from that time?" Let him look at Xiao Tongguang, even if a child makes a mistake, it is forgivable. ”

"Isn't Mo'er going to sea recently?" Han Xuanchang asked again: "Is it canceled this time?" ”

"No, pearl diving also has to go to sea." The Great Sect Master said calmly: "Find a time in the past two days, let them go to the pacification army, and they will all receive a position." ”

"Yes!"

"This time, the imperial court wants three thousand pearls, our Han family...... At least two thousand! The Great Sect Master grimaced and said coldly.

If the Han family didn't take this opportunity to secretly store pearls, it would really be incapable of getting home, even if there were Changde Hou Cao Yin and Xiao Tongguang, the left attendant of the household department, in charge, the Han family didn't care.

After all, this is the territory of the Han family, after all, the Han family is from the Great East China Sea, and the Great East Sea is their root, and it may not be difficult to make some moves on their own foundation.