In the backyard of an ordinary house in Cangshan Fucheng, a girl in white is jumping between several wooden stakes, the vigorous exercise makes her cheeks crimson, the girl's expression is serious, and she has a pair of crescent short knives in her hand, dancing like butterflies wearing flowers, turning into two serpentine silver rays, one move and one style look pleasing to the eye, but it is a hidden killing machine, the move is ruthless, and the move is fatal.

"Ouch, my cousin is still a master, I can't see it! I offended her a while ago, but I just knocked a few times, and I didn't give me two knives directly, God forbid, thank God! Qin Jincai's expression was exaggerated, his hands were folded, and he looked like he was grateful to God.

It is not someone else who practices martial arts, Qin Jincai's cousin Qin Yue, since he saw that the masked woman was Qin Jincai's aunt that night, Xiao Tianlei was in his heart, this is a danger hidden around him, and he has to be cautious and observe secretly.

The house where Qin Jincai's aunt and cousin Qin Yue live seems ordinary, but in fact, it has been carefully selected, the backyard is vast, there are no residents on three sides, and the courtyard wall is high, it is difficult for outsiders to see the situation, but they can climb up to the roof of the nearby place to observe, but the martial artist who has practiced Gangqi has keen senses, and it is very easy to be detected by peeking up close.

At this time, Xiao Tianlei, Zheng Biao, Qin Jincai, and Xiao Tianbao were at a commanding height in Cangshan Fucheng, using a telescope to observe the courtyard where their mother and daughter lived. After the more transparent glass was made, Xiao Tianlei asked the craftsmen of Wild Boar Ridge to try to make telescopes, tried to make many of them, and most of them failed, and now this is a relatively successful one, the shape is an arm-thick iron tube, which looks quite ugly, and the glass at both ends still has some light green, and the scene is also light green, and the distance is not very far, so it can be used.

In addition to the telescope, the craftsmen of Wild Boar Ridge have been able to create a lot of things that seem strange to outsiders, don't underestimate people's wisdom, under the right conditions, burst out of jaw-dropping power, in this regard, Xiao Tianlei of course is encouraging, let the craftsmen ponder more, experiment more, and do it boldly, and occasionally participate in it. In fact, if you want to talk about science and technology, this world also has considerable development, but these high-end technologies are mainly in the hands of a few people, strictly confidential, mainly used to highlight the identity and status of the magnates, all kinds of exquisite chariots and horses, handicrafts, weapons, armor, also used on the battlefield, many of them also belong to state secrets, the royal family is special, in some military stories often appear powerful fire dragon roar, Xiao Tianlei feels similar to artillery, in addition to some strange weapons, machine chariots. When masked robbers raid large households, they can occasionally grab some elaborate mechanisms, most of which are used as playthings.

"Brother Cai, I saw your father enter the backyard, he seems to know that your cousin knows martial arts!" Xiao Tianbao, who was using the telescope, suddenly shouted.

"I'll see!" Qin Jincai pushed Xiao Tianbao away and watched through the binoculars, "It's my father, it's not strange to look at him, I must have known it a long time ago." ”

Xiao Tianlei has an ice shooter template, naturally you can see the scene in the courtyard without a telescope, I saw Qin Jincai's father, that is, Xiao Tianlei's seventh uncle Qin Ren'an was talking to Qin Jincai's aunt, Qin Jincai's aunt is named Qin Su, in that courtyard, in addition to the mother and daughter, there is also an old slave and coachman named Lao Ma, who is half a hundred years old.

"Maybe your father is also a master, incognito or something." Zheng Biao guessed.

"Well, it's not necessarily, do you want me to find out?" Qin Jincai thought it was really possible, he didn't care about it before, but now that he thinks about it, his father's origin is really a little strange, and he rarely hears him talk about his family and relatives, and this aunt and cousin also suddenly appeared.

Xiao Tianlei felt that it was unnecessary, and said: "No need, after hiding for so many years, how can it be easily detected, martial arts are in the body, how can the alertness be poor, you can't find out anything, but expose us." Your father doesn't want to say it, there must be a reason, as for your aunt, as long as you don't provoke us, we can't debunk it, just treat it as if you don't know, and be careful secretly. ”

"Brother Lei, this telescope is really good, let me play with it for a few days." Qin Jincai said suddenly.

"Brother Cai, what are you doing with the binoculars?" Xiao Tianbao asked curiously.

"Hehe, your brother Cai must want to use this thing to see which girl!" Zheng Biao said with a strange smile.

"Oooh!" Xiao Tianbao suddenly realized.

"Bah, I'm like that! I just want to look around with a telescope! Qin Jincai argued, but Qin Jincai's expression was really unconvincing.

"Use it with care, don't let anyone see it."

"Got it!"

A few people used binoculars to look around in the city of Cangshan Mansion, looking here and there, until a brother came to say: "Big brother, the Qingxi faction sent some people, saying that they came to apologize. ”

"Oh, seeing that the New Year is coming in the next few days, these people are rushing to give us gifts." Since that feast, many people have come to the door to give gifts, and the presence of Snow Ape Nunu has forced many people to give in to the brotherhood.

"Jincai, Qingxi sent you to be familiar, wait for you to come forward, let's watch from the side."

"Shall we slaughter them, then?"

"Forget it, the Qingxi faction also has some business with us now, let's not be too arrogant, our current strength is not strong, and we can't make a mortal enmity with a gate faction for a few guys who stir up trouble."

While walking and discussing, a few people returned to the entrance of the brotherhood hall and came before the New Year's Festival, even if the Qingxi faction showed considerable sincerity and prepared a generous gift, it was also sent to an elder with a high status, as well as a few disciples who had a good relationship with Qin Jincai. The elder's surname is Luo, he is slightly blessed, with a smile on his face, at first glance, he is an old and sophisticated old Jianghu, and when he meets, he is a burst of accusations, indicating that the Qingxi faction has punished those disciples who stirred up trouble.

Qin Jincai, as a representative of the brotherhood, said some clichés, saying that this matter was revealed like this, and he just hoped that there would be no next time and so on. Then, he talked with the elder about some business, and in addition, he talked about some things on the rivers and lakes, just to satisfy his curiosity, and he couldn't get involved in the grievances of the rivers and lakes.

A sect like the Qingxi faction is a nominal sect in the imperial court, and disciples can participate in martial arts examinations and join some martial arts institutions in the imperial court. In addition, there are some sects that are not recognized by the imperial court, there are underworld gangs, and there are also some sects of the previous dynasty.

Having said that, most of those grievances in the rivers and lakes are just gimmicks to compete for fame and interests, listening to Elder Luo talk about some martial arts meetings in the rivers and lakes, martial arts competitions have formed relatively fixed rules, most of them are not life and death fights, most of them are more like friendly matches, generally not too much, in order to give the younger generation a name, find a job, get married, and bring it to their own sect to advertise, and privately divide interests and territory according to the power of each family.

With the development of the Brotherhood and the grasp of more and more wealth and interests, there will always be people who are jealous and want to make up their minds, and it is only a matter of time before the Brotherhood gets involved in grievances.

Xiao Tianlei also knows this, and it is only because the Brotherhood is now in Lingzhou, Lingzhou is generally ignored by those forces in other big states because of its geographical location and harsh environment, and there are not so many complex and intertwined forces in Lingzhou, so that the Brotherhood can develop more steadily for a period of time. If you want to protect your own interests, the Brotherhood still has to show the corresponding strength, otherwise it will have to face the siege of many evil wolves.

Xiao Tianlei is basically not worried, the Brotherhood has always hidden its strength and many hole cards, and the development of the Wild Boar Ridge is also extremely rapid, if it is not a last resort, Xiao Tianlei is still willing to develop in a low-key manner, and he can't do something big like some forces, in order to show his strength, to do some big things to establish his authority.

"It should be able to develop steadily for a while!" Xiao Tianlei thought so, but the brotherhood was stable, but he and his brothers were not stable, and when they went home for the New Year's Festival, they were annoyed one by one.

"Oh, look! Those boys are back! ”

"Yo, they're all riding big horses, so majestic!"

"I didn't expect these wild boys to come out all of a sudden!"

"I heard that the Brotherhood gave out a lot of gold and silver that day, and we have never seen so much money in our lives!"

"I heard, it's a basket of spills!"

"Why are these boys such losers! I just listen to it! ”

"His aunt, isn't your baby in the brotherhood, and your family will also get rich in the future!"

"Hehe, who said it wasn't, that kid in my family thought it was just a farming field, I didn't know how to send it, and God blessed!"

"God bless, I think this is with the right person, by the way, you talk to your baby, let our baby also enter the brotherhood!"

"Your baby is only two years old!"

"That'...... Let's put on a name! ”

"Oops, they're coming, take a look!"

"Don't squeeze! Get out of the way! ”

"Biaozi, I'm your aunt, I hugged you when I was a child!"

"Baby, come and see your cousin, and follow your cousin in the future!"

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Back to Zhengjiazhuang, was unexpectedly warmly welcomed, like a group of rare animals were watched, blocked on the road, and finally Zheng Baihu brought people to maintain order, and the group finally broke free.

A few days before the arrival of the New Year's Festival, the protective wall of Zhengjiazhuang was also completed, at first it was Zheng Baihu's temporary idea, Xiao Tianlei learned about it, specially allocated some money and materials, and also found some craftsmen, specially made some designs, and installed some organs. Now that the brotherhood is rich, Zhengjiazhuang is also rich, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will fight Zhengjiazhuang's idea, so, protection is necessary, Xiao Tianlei used to let Xiao Tianfu stay at home, but also for the safety of his parents, and now the protective wall is established, it is not foolproof, Xiao Tianlei pondered to mobilize some Shanyue martial artists to come over, and at the same time let some men in Zhengjiazhuang usually do some defense training, day and night to maintain vigilance.

This year's banquet of the Xiao family's New Year Festival is a little more lively than in previous years, and there are some relatives who are said to be relatives, one is the factor that several children of the Xiao family are the leaders of the brotherhood, and the other is that the Xiao family has produced three Xiushi, and the wish of the older generation to shine on the lintel seems to be about to be achieved.

Some of the uncles and brothers who were cold in the past have become enthusiastic, Xiao Tianlei, Xiao Tianfu, and Xiao Tianbao can hardly find a quiet place, and someone always comes up to talk, saying that they are the one who is who, and the three of them are scattered. There are so many relatives, where does Xiao Tianlei remember, everyone copes with it a little, nodding or something, and they are also mentally exhausted.

Xiao Tianlei felt bored, a little in a trance, found a quiet place, sat against the wall to rest, and after a while, the voice of the seventh aunt Xiao Qimei came from his ears: "Xiaoyue, come on, say hello to your cousin Lei!" ”

"Cousin Lei, Happy New Year."

"Huh? …… Well! Xiao Tianlei lifted his spirits, and saw that Qin Yue, the girl, was standing in front of him, saluting, and her head was lowered.

"Oh, this stunned boy is confused again, I don't know what you can do in the brotherhood, people Yue'er said hello to you, you are still stunned! Hurry up and return the gift, and say hello to your Aunt Qin! The seventh aunt nagged and urged.

Xiao Tianlei guessed that Qin Su and Qin Yue's mother and daughter should have come with Aunt Seven, and came back to his senses and responded: "Aunt Qin's New Year's Day is good, and Cousin Xiaoyue's New Year's Day is good!" Raising her eyes and glancing at Qin Su, she was dressed like Aunt Seven, but the color was different, and the same style of clothes was worn on her and Aunt Seven, Aunt Seven looked like a merchant background, but Aunt Qin Su was a rich girl, with a gentle smile on her face, but a shallow scar on her cheek.

Xiao Tianlei thought that it would be over after saying hello, so he heard Aunt Seven say: "Lei Wazi, Aunt Seventh will tell you something, I have to tell you about this, what about your Aunt Qin, it is not easy for mother and daughter, I want to find something for your cousin Xiaoyue to do and earn some money to support the family, what kind of suitable errand do you think the brother will have?" What's the matter?"

"Yes, there has been a shortage of people in the workshops recently, and there are a lot of things suitable for girls." Xiao Tianlei replied, but he muttered in his heart, how could Qin Su let Qin Yue go to the Brotherhood to do things, if he didn't think much about it before, now he has to think about the other party's purpose.

"You heartless baby, you can't bear to let a delicate cousin do some rough work?" Xiao Qimei immediately shouted.

Xiao Tianlei couldn't think of Qin Su's purpose for a while, and it seemed that it was not easy to refuse, so it was better to arrange something for her to see what the purpose was, so he asked Qin Yue: "Oh, then what will you do?" ”

"I will ......" Qin Yue opened her mouth to answer, and then she was dumbfounded, she suddenly realized one thing, she didn't seem to know anything except martial arts.

Xiao Tianlei saw Qin Yue's distressed stupid look, and shouted casually: "You can't do anything, right?!" ”

"Uh......" Qin Yue's face stiffened, and he suddenly felt that he was despised by this stunned guy, and he was angry in his heart, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to clench his fists.

The seventh aunt spoke again at this time: "You boys, don't you just run around all day long, look at this and that, point fingers, I haven't seen you do a serious thing, don't you just let your cousin be a steward!" ”

Xiao Tianlei and a brother are so busy every day that their feet don't touch the ground, and when it comes to Aunt Seven's mouth, they don't do business, Xiao Tianlei also knows that it's useless to reason with Aunt Seven, the brotherhood will not accept idlers, this bottom line can't be broken, so I have to say: "There are rules in the club, and you have to start from the bottom to enter the brotherhood, and you can't break the rules!" ”

"The rules are not set by people, the girls' families are always different, and it is also possible to be a girl who pours tea and water!" Aunt Seven beat the side drum again.

"Our brotherhood doesn't serve tea and pour water, but there are special ones for boiling water and delivering water, it should be no problem, right?"

"It's good to boil water, just boil water!" Aunt Seven immediately made a decision and asked Qin Yue to go to the Brotherhood to boil water, in Xiao Qimei's mind, boiling water was an easy thing, she boiled water in the store every day, however, she didn't know that the Brotherhood would boil water, which was different from ordinary boiling water.

Xiao Tianlei didn't mention it, and then said routinely: "After the New Year's Festival, you can report to the brotherhood, the salary is according to the standard, and there is overtime pay for overtime......"

"Okay, okay, after the New Year's Festival, I'll take Xiaoyue there, when the time comes, you have to take care of it, if you dare to bully her, I can't spare you kid!" Aunt Seven interrupted Xiao Tianlei and said with some different meanings in her voice, while winking at him.

Aunt Seven's words and expression, Xiao Tianlei also roughly understood, it was nothing more than "you kid seize the opportunity" or something, Qin Yue is indeed beautiful, on the surface she looks quite quiet, delicate and smart, the actual situation, at present, I know that her martial arts are not bad, and it is not clear how else it is, Xiao Tianlei is wary, and he also wants to see if their mother and daughter have any purpose.