Chapter 1 Xia Wangfu
Yan Kingdom, Xia Wangfu.
In the evening, the ancestral hall of the Xia Wangfu is full of people, and today is the annual routine ancestor worship ceremony.
The atmosphere is solemn, and there are many spirit cards at the end of the ancestral hall. A long time ago, the Xia family was prosperous, but with the turmoil in the Yan Kingdom, many people died in battle. Including the current Yan King Xia Changkong, there are only three men left in the Xia family.
Some of the women couldn't control themselves and began to cry, and the air was filled with lingering sadness in the memorial service for their husbands and sons, who could never return to them.
The old lady was also sad, wiped away her tears and turned around to see that the eldest young master Xia Yuanba was kneeling behind him, but the little young master Xia Qing was still nowhere to be seen, "What about Qing'er? Why haven't you come yet?"
A personal maid stepped forward nervously, "The little young master is cultivating, and he has already sent someone to urge him." ”
"Urge!" commanded the old lady.
As soon as the maid turned around, a young man about twelve or thirteen years old walked in from the back of the house, his complexion was very bad, his steps were staggering, and he seemed to be seriously injured or seriously ill, but his waist was straight, and he knelt down beside Xia Yuanba.
The old lady turned around and lit a pillar of sandalwood.
Xia Yuanba's nose moved, and he smelled a wisp of blood, "Second brother, are you injured?"
"Just came back from slaughtering a dragon. Xia Qing replied.
Xia Yuanba scolded a nonsense, was turned around by the old lady and glanced at it, and quickly shut up.
The old lady lit the second pillar of sandalwood, and was about to announce the official start of the memorial, when a guard rushed in in a panic, "Oh no, old lady, it's not good ...... big thing."
As soon as the words fell, a large group of people broke through the interception of the guards and rushed in, it was the major families of the Yan Kingdom.
Xia Yuanba became uneasy, "Second brother, are you in trouble again?"
"How is it possible? How could an honest person like me get into trouble?" Xia Qing blinked, "Don't worry, these people must have come to offer incense and pay respects, and they came at the right time." ”
Xia Yuanba rolled his eyes, who believes Xia Qing's words and who is stupid.
The servants around smiled bitterly, at this time, they could still joke, and in the entire Xia Wangfu, there was only Xia Qing, the little young master who had been a strange elf since childhood.
The old lady turned around, unhurried, "Everyone, today is the ancestor worship ceremony of our Xia Wangfu, you are ......"
"Hand over our Tuoba Family's keel armband!"
"Boy, you dare to steal the treasure of the Silver Snake Sect, why don't you hand it over quickly?"
......
All the masters stepped forward one after another, staring at Xia Qing viciously. Among these families, there are the Feng family, who is known as a martial arts family, the Liu family, who is rich and rivals the country and has produced a disciple of the Silver Snake Sect, as well as Ouyang Tu, the general of the Western Regions Protectorate of the Central Plains Dakang Dynasty, and Li Ji, the eunuch of the supervising army, each one is bigger than the other.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Xia Qing, knowing that the little young master was really in trouble again.
The old lady frowned, "Qing'er, what's going on?
"I did take it, but I didn't steal it, I won it with dignity!"
Xia Qing stepped forward, took out many treasures from his arms, and placed them in front of the ancestral tablet one by one. When he made a bet with the disciples of the major families, he had already expected today, and he didn't care about the threats of the major families. I only hope to break through to the innate realm in one fell swoop with the help of the aura of many treasures, and I am eager to share the pressure for the old lady with martial arts.
It's just a little bit there!
Xia Qing secretly sighed regret, looked up at the tablets lined up, and vowed to transform from a martial artist to a monk.
The faces of the major families are green, and they use the treasures they won to pay tribute to their ancestors in person, and Xia Qing, this kid, is too blind!
The atmosphere is more solemn.
Seventh Lady Liu Rushuang suddenly jumped out, her voice was fierce, "Xia Qing, if you don't return these treasures quickly, what do you want to do?
"What am I going to do, can you control it?"
Xia Qing glanced at the Seventh Lady, and did not hide the contempt on his face, among his father's wives and concubines, the one he looked down on the most was this bullying Seventh Lady, "Why should you return the treasures you won with your ability?"
"You ......" Lady Seven's mouth was crooked.
The general Ouyang couldn't hold it back, and took a vicious step forward, "Boy, I don't care about other people's treasures, but you dare to occupy Lao Tzu's talismans?"
"General, it was your precious son who stole the talisman as a bet, and he dared to lose, why didn't I dare to ask for it?" Xia Qing asked rhetorically.
Behind Ouyang Tu, Ouyang Wankang, who had doted on him since childhood, blushed to the root of his ears, lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word. Xia Qingqing is not very old, but he has long cultivated to the peak of martial arts, and he is only half a step away from the innate realm, and no one below the congenital realm is his opponent. The martial artists who dared to be rough with Xia Qing were all beaten up.
Ouyang Tu glared back at his precious son, and the bruises in his neck bulged. At home, Ouyang Wankang insisted that the talisman was stolen by Xia Qing, but now it has become a shrunken turtle, and the truth is self-evident.
The old lady was silent, as if to see how Xia Qing dealt with it.
The head of the Liu family walked up, "Boy, what do you want?"
"Today is the ancestor worship ceremony of our Xia Wangfu, don't you feel that you owe us an apology when you broke in so savagely?"
Xia Qing glanced at it, and his face did not change in front of the masters, "The thing is mine when it comes to me, and I am willing to lose the bet, but our Xia Wangfu has always been affectionate and righteous, and it is not impossible to take it back." Whoever loses these treasures will come forward and burn a stick of incense for our Xia family ancestors and ancestors, and then take your things and get out!"
The families were silent.
Do you want a treasure, or do you want face?
It was a dilemma, but it soon became clear that one was overestimating the cheekiness of these families. Ouyang Wankang was the first to incense the ancestors of the Xia family, and his cheeks were sold by the catty, but the treasures were counted as two.
"Xia Qing, thank you for your humiliation today, I, Ouyang Wankang, will one day let you pay it back!" Ouyang Wankang dropped a cruel sentence, trying to save some face.
"Don't ......"
Xia Qing said earnestly, "I'm worried that you will lose all your underwear next time, and a big family will force me to return it, and I can't afford to lose that face." Don't come again, please. ”
"You ......"
Ouyang Wankang gritted his teeth, but he was helpless, and swallowed a bad breath. With his understanding of Xia Qing, he would really pull out his pants in public, and he didn't leave his underwear behind. Obviously, he sensed that Xia Qing's injury was not light, but he just didn't dare to do it.
The dignified sons of the general's mansion can bend and stretch, and the young people of other families who have lost bets also come out with a thick face and incense one by one. In order to get back the treasure that Xia Qing used as a tribute, he had to endure it.
Xia Yuanba's eyes widened in disbelief, these people are really here to incense?
Xia Wangfu was stunned, and Xia Qing's thin figure became taller.
There was a sudden uproar outside the door, and a fast horse rushed in at a gallop, and a bloodstained royal warrior rolled down from the horse, "Old lady, the army has been ambushed and defeated, and the prince is ......."
The herald came out of the thousands of troops and brought back a thunderbolt from the blue.
The old lady's body shook, "What's wrong with him, prince?"
"The prince was besieged and pursued by the enemy, and his whereabouts are unknown!" the herald's eyes were red.
The Xia Wangfu was in an uproar, and he was completely panicked.
Yan Wang Xia Changkong is the Dinghai God Needle of Yan Kingdom, and he is an invincible military god. Now, the defeat of the army is unknown, the Xia Wangfu is over, and this Yan Kingdom is also going to die!
The lords of each family secretly glanced at each other, and their swords were unsheathed and secretly dispersed, blocking the guards of the Xia Wangfu. It seems that he has already known in advance that the news of King Yan's defeat has come prepared, and asking for treasures is a pretext, and taking the opportunity to launch a mutiny is the real purpose. The faces of Ouyang Wankang and the others turned hideous, and they couldn't wait to swallow Xia Qing in one bite.
"Second brother!"
Xia Yuanba became vigilant and lifted a five-hundred-pound totem pole, "The responsibility of protecting the old lady will be handed over to you." ”
"It's okay, they don't dare to do it, unless they don't want to live!" Xia Qing was unhurried.
Xia Yuanba was a little confused, and he couldn't understand what Xia Qing was saying, but soon, he understood.
Ouyang Wankang and the others suddenly screamed in shock, and found that their hands were as black as ink at some point, and even began to rot and leak terrifying black pus and blood.
"Boy, are you poisoning sandalwood?" Ouyang Tu reacted.
"Sandalwood is a gift of honoring ancestors, how can it be a big rebellion?"
Xia Qing shook his head, "I just smeared a little gadget on the treasure to stimulate the potential when I tried to break through the bottleneck before, and I forgot to wipe it off in a hurry." I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to!"
The faces of the masters changed, and they finally understood the true purpose of Xia Qing's seizure of many treasures, and their faces became even more ugly. was brutally ruined by Xia Qing, but what he got back was still the heirloom of the past?
"Boy, what kind of poison is this?" asked Ouyang Tu.
"Seven injuries are scattered, you can't see the light for seven days after being recruited, you can't touch the water, you can't eat meat, you can't get close to women, and you have to keep a peaceful mind and can't go up and down, otherwise you will die!"
Xia Qing kindly explained, with a look of wrongedness, "Don't be like this, don't look at me with murderous eyes, this is the medicine that my aunt left me to stimulate my potential when I cultivate, I really didn't mean it." My aunt reminded me again and again, saying that God has the virtue of benevolence and righteousness, even if it is used for self-defense, don't take too much at once, and be forgiving and forgiving. ”
Xia Qing's words were sincere, and he was about to be moved. Actually, my aunt said that she would poison anyone who was upset. Of course, Xia Qing will not say these words directly, being a person and leaving a line to endure things is the virtue of Xia Wangfu. In other words, my aunt is here, but I am afraid that the people of the major families have already laid down.
"Seven Wounds and Scattered ......"
The hearts of all the masters are awe-inspiring.
Many years ago, a plague broke out in Yan Kingdom, and a woman who called herself Aunt Xia Qing suddenly appeared and passed down a prescription to control the plague, known as the medicine god Niangniang. Later, the Yin God Gate took Xia Qing as a hostage and forced the Xia Wangfu to pay tribute, and as a result, Aunt Xia Qing walked out of Wuzhou again, destroyed a city overnight, and wiped out all the people related to the Yin God Gate. It is rumored that Xia Qing is not the biological son of Yan King Xia Changkong, but an orphan who was picked up by the latter when he was hunting in Wuzhou more than ten years ago. No one knows what Aunt Xia Qing's origin is, and they don't know what the relationship between her and Xia Qing is.
"Boy, count you as powerful!" Ouyang Tu's voice was cold, and he led the soldiers and horses of the Protectorate to leave.
"Hehe, Xia Changkong has a good son, good, very good!"
Li Ji, the eunuch of the prison army, sneered, turned around and left, and the Liu family, the Feng family and other families also left. The Seven Injuries were too scary, and no one knew what kind of poison Xia Qing had secretly planted, so he had to change his plan and think about it in the long run.
Xia Yuanba secretly gave Xia Qing a thumbs up, and he threw himself to the ground in admiration. He was born with divine power, but he couldn't catch up with Xia Qing in these mental work, "Second brother, how did you do it?"
"A few days ago, in a dream, my grandfather pointed out, originally, my grandfather said that these families were too disagreeable, and they were going to destroy them all, but I stopped them and said to give them another chance. Xia Qing looked simple and kind.
"Really?"
Xia Yuanba opened his mouth wide, and his first feeling was that it was ghostly, but when he recalled the scene when Ouyang Wankang and others obediently went to incense, he had to be suspicious.
Xia Qing smiled but said nothing.
Seeing the major families leave, the Xia Wangfu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with descendants like Xia Qing, the revival of the Xia Wangfu is in sight! Everyone was about to disperse, and the Seventh Lady jumped out again, "Bold Xia Qing, do you think the matter is over? King Yan was defeated, and you have angered the major families again, what crime should you be guilty of?"
The people were silent, knowing that the Seventh Lady was taking the opportunity to make trouble, but as she said, the situation was serious. The crisis is only temporary, and there is only a bigger storm to come.
"Well said, Qing'er is too bold!"
The old lady nodded heavily, "If you are wrong, you will be punished, Qing'er, you will be punished for three months on the wall of Wuzhou Bijia Mountain, will you accept it?"
"Grandma......" Xia Qing raised her head, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, she went all the way to Wuzhou, and she didn't know when she would be able to meet again.
"That's it, Steward Zhao, take a team of family members to send Qing'er to Wuzhou, leave now!"
The old lady couldn't help but say, turned around and left.
Outside the ancestral hall, the neighing of war horses came, and the family members gathered in a hurry. Some people were ready to escort Xia Qing on his journey, and some people hurried to the front line to find the uncertain life and death of King Yan, and the soldiers were in chaos.