"But the people of the Xiao clan who are outside come to worship?"

A clear voice entered the ancestral hall, and the person who spoke was the leader, a thin man in his forties, dressed as a scribe and wearing a green robe.

Xiao Qingyun turned around and stepped forward and saluted: "It is the descendants of the Xiao family who came to worship, I don't know who you are?" ”

"Under Xiao Qinghe, he is currently in charge of some affairs in the Xiao clan." The thin man replied, "I wonder what kind of lineage you are?" ”

"In Xia Xiao Qingyun, as for our lineage, it should be ......"

Xiao Qingyun and Xiao Qinghe are said to be both Qingzi generations, and the age difference is more than ten years, which is not surprising. As for the specific relationship, the family is huge, there are many people, and the generations and the like are also complicated, and it takes some effort to sort them out. The two of them talked about the code for a while before they roughly sorted out some of the context, and as for whether it was correct or not, it was estimated that they would have to check the genealogy to figure it out.

"It came suddenly, I didn't plan to alarm the local clansmen, I just wanted to worship the ancestors and go to the god capital to take the big exam." Xiao Qingyun said the plan of his group.

"A few days ago, some Xiao clan people also came to the north, and they also came to worship, just some children of the clan, after a while, they will go to the god capital to participate in the big exam, and the clan is also ready to worship the ancestors, it is better for you to stay first, and the day after tomorrow, my Xiao descendants will worship the ancestors together, and the clansmen will also know each other." Xiao Qinghe proposed.

"In that case, it's better to be respectful than to obey." Xiao Qinghe said it reasonably, and Xiao Qingyun had to agree.

Subsequently, Xiao Qinghe led a group of people to the ancestral house of the Xiao family.

Xiao's ancestral house is not far from the ancestral hall, but two miles, is a large and complex building complex, the area is equivalent to a small city, and there is quite a bit of history, into which only the ancient trees are towering, all of which were planted when the ancestral house was first built. The environment in the ancestral house is quiet, and there are some traces of cleaning on the ground, but there are still many fallen leaves, and there are not many people living in the main house, but the Xiao clan of Langxi County has always had a special person to maintain it, so as to maintain the old view and not be dilapidated.

If you want to live in such a mansion, you must have the corresponding grade, otherwise it will be against the law, and no one in the Lang Evil Xiao clan can enjoy this treatment at present.

Xiao Qinghe placed the group in the guest room of the ancestral house, the so-called guest room, in fact, is a courtyard like a courtyard, there are one or twenty, each of which has a different style, which shows the huge and wealthy of the Lang Evil Xiao clan at the beginning.

Now that the Xiao family is in decline, the guest rooms of the ancestral house are rarely used, and if you want to live, you have to clean up, Xiao Qinghe asked some clansmen to help, and they worked for an hour, Xiao Qingyun and his party settled down, and it was already evening at this time, Xiao Qinghe asked a clansman to invite, saying that it was to arrange some banquets and wash the dust for everyone.

The feast was held in a hall on the periphery of the ancestral house, which was inconspicuous among the many buildings of the ancestral house, but it was large enough to accommodate a banquet of 100 people. Of course, there are not many people today, the host is Xiao Qinghe and some elders and young people in the Xiao family, and the guests are not only Xiao Qingyun and his party of twelve, but also the Xiao clan people from the north that Xiao Qinghe said before.

The Xiao clan people from the north are headed by a man in his thirties, with a scruffy beard, some facial features of the northern Di people, thick black eyebrows, deep eye sockets, eyes like eagle falcons, hooked nose, although the businessman's dress is not like a businessman at all, he has been smiling, and he and Xiao Tianlei are the same Tianzi generation, named Xiao Tianyou. The others consisted mainly of three teenagers, in addition to a few burly guards.

The three young people brought by Xiao Tianyou are called Xiao Tianci, Xiao Tieyi, Xiao Tieji, the Tianzi generation is needless to say that it is the same generation as Xiao Tianlei, and the iron generation is a generation later, however, the characters that belong to the Beiliang Xiao family, because the words set by the ancestors will be used up when they reach the Tianzi generation, and then what words are used, the Xiao family in various places cannot be unified, Xiao Yi Xiao's side uses the text generation, as for the Zhengjiazhuang Xiao family, because there is no next generation, it has not been decided.

"Please don't laugh, your family business is sluggish, and you can't entertain you with any good things."

It's not that Xiao Qinghe is modest, the ingredients used in the banquet are indeed average, and there is not much meat, but after all, it is the banquet of Middle Earth, the ingredients are average, and the workmanship is still quite chic, and there are some characteristics.

There were four tables at the banquet, Xiao Qinghe, Xiao Qingyun, Xiao Qingyang, Xiao Tianyou, etc. sat at one table, Xiao Tianlei, Xiao Tianbao and Xiao Tianrong, Xiao Tianlu, Xiao Tianci, Xiao Tieyi, Xiao Tieji, and a few writers sat at one table, Xiao Tianyou's Di people guards and Xiao Tianlei's Shanyue warriors set up two tables in the outer hall.

Xiao Tianci, Xiao Tianrong, Xiao Tianlu and several children of Xiao Yi Xiao can talk very well, and they are all sages and sages, poems and essays.

knew that they were not in the same circle as these guys, Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao, just buried their heads in eating and drinking, tasting and discussing some dishes at the same time. Xiao Tieyi and Xiao Tieji should be practicing martial arts, and it can be seen from their physique and some calluses on their hands, but although they are related, after all, they are too far away and have no common topics, and the two also have a sense of self-control, Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao didn't go to talk, and they were bored.

The young man whispered some gossip, the hall was mainly Xiao Qinghe, Xiao Tianyou and a few people talking, Xiao Qinghe talked about some of the recent situation of the Xiao family, when the Xiao family was convicted, the lineage and the main branch were exiled, and there were many people left, but it was only barely supported, the three generations were not allowed to be officials, there were no outstanding people in the Xiao clan in Xiao Yi, and they barely relied on some of the fields left by their ancestors to eat.

Xiao Tianyou also talked about some of the experiences of the Xiao family in the north, they should be regarded as the descendants of the Xiao family's bloodline, at the beginning, most of the lineage was assigned to serve in the Northern Xinjiang Army, and there were many wars in the north and the environment was also harsh. Most of the Xiao clan of that branch died for various reasons, and the few who survived were also struggling to survive, and later, some people were forced to flee to Beiliang, and then settled down in Beiliang, and then began to reproduce again, and now there are not many people.

Xiao Qingyun also said some about the recent situation of the Xiao family in Zhengjiazhuang, only saying that the new emperor ascended the throne and was pardoned.

That is, to talk about it roughly, however, some of the experiences of the clansmen still make a cadre and others sigh.

The relationship with each other has become closer, but it may not be possible to say how close it is, after all, they have been separated for many years, and as adults, they also have some thoughts, and they will not be emotional.

Xiao Tianyou was secretly observing Xiao Qingyun and the others from Lingzhou, the general attire was not like a wealthy family, at most it was average, but what happened to the six guards brought? With his knowledge, he could see at a glance that these guards were good at martial arts, and if he looked closely, there were some traces in the subtleties of these six people's outfits, such as ear piercings, which were not like the customs of the Middle-earth people, Xiao Tianyou couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Good...... Wine! ”

There was a shout from the table outside, and the tongue of the person who spoke was a little curled, and suddenly, it aroused Xiao Tianyou's idea, he was feeling that the wine was weak, and suddenly had an idea, pretending to be happy to see the hunt, and shouted to the outside: "There is good wine, bring it to me quickly!" ”

Just now when he was talking in the hall, Xiao Tianzuo's Di people guards and Shanyue warriors also ate and drank together, the two sides originally ate their own food, but the wine on the table was light, and the two sides drank the wine they carried with them, those Di people escorts carried Beiliang's spirits, and the Shanyue warriors also brought some high wine. The two sides exchanged their respective drinks when they drank, the Shanyue warriors had drunk high wine, and the spirits of Beiliang were nothing to them, and the Di guards poured a sip of high wine, but they were choked and red, and they couldn't speak, but they already liked spirits, and this kind of high wine was undoubtedly good wine for them.

Xiao Tianyou's Di Ren escort sent a wine bag, Xiao Tianyou didn't know how powerful the wine was, the guard just wanted to remind him, Xiao Tianyou raised his head and took a big sip, Xiao Tianyou felt that the knife cut his throat, the wine went straight to his head, his face flushed, he held it for a long time, and it took a while to slow down, and then he shouted: "It's really good wine, so strong and pure wine!" As he spoke, he winked at the guard.

The Nadi guards understood, and half-knelt and pleaded: "The owner, the subordinates want to compete with a few friends for a few kung fu, please ask the owner for permission." "Originally, I just lost face at the wine table, and these Di guards also wanted to earn some face.

"Such a fine wine, if it can compete with martial arts, then it is naturally the best, I don't know what Uncle Clan wants?!" Xiao Tianyou asked Xiao Qingyun.

Xiao Qingyun couldn't be the master, looked at Xiao Tianlei, and waited for him to make up his mind.

Xiao Tianlei saw Xiao Tianyou's actions clearly, the other party seemed to want to be tempted, and he also wanted to see the origin of Xiao Tianyou and others, anyway, listening to Xiao Tianrong and others muttering, it was also very boring. Moreover, although Xiao Tianlei was quite confident in the Shanyue martial artists who had been trained in the Wild Boar Ridge Martial Arts Field, he was not very clear about what level it was in this world, so he took this opportunity to give it a try, so he nodded in agreement, and ordered: "Point to the end." ”

The six Shanyue warriors stood up and hugged their fists in response, with some excitement on their faces, and as martial artists, they also expected to compete with some other masters.

The martial arts training ground of Wild Boar Ridge can now be said to be a martial arts school, where the Shanyue martial artists of the Brotherhood have undergone systematic martial arts theory learning, not only the theories and exercises proposed by Xiao Tianlei in the early days, but also after continuous supplementation and enrichment, integrating into some scientific theories, more and more perfect, the students of the Wild Boar Ridge Martial Arts Training Ground are constantly fighting and improving every day, everyone is not stupid practice, but with a brain, for a move and a style of repeated pondering, in this way, gradually formed a complete system, maybe these people are not martial arts geniusesHowever, gathering the wisdom of everyone, the martial arts of the Wild Boar Ridge Martial Arts Training Field have also continued to innovate over time. And every Shanyue martial artist will try to practice their own martial arts, each with its own style, but basically the characteristics are similar, keep quite calm when fighting, and make moves quickly, simply, and ruthlessly.

Xiao Tianlei actually didn't want to bring guards, however, Jiang Wuyi attached great importance to his safety, and asked some Shanyue martial artists to protect his safety.

Xiao Tianyou was stunned, he really didn't expect that the real master was the inconspicuous kid who had been silent on the side, he had always thought that he was an ordinary child, but at this time, he took a closer look, and saw that Xiao Tianlei's facial features were extremely handsome, which could be said to be beautiful, but he was dressed ordinarily, his eyes were blank, giving people a feeling of being a little stunned, but he had a strange feeling of being stared at by the other party.

The hall was small, but the contest could not be held in the hall, and the two sides competed in the open space under the steps outside.

In the first competition, two people from both sides casually appeared, and at the beginning, Xiao Tianyou's Di Ren guards fell behind. He took the lead but also revealed a flaw, and the Yamagoe Warriors took the opportunity to take advantage of the traction, causing him to lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground. However, the guard was also fierce, agitating Gangqi, changing his posture in an instant, and pounced back, like a hungry tiger pounced, fierce and fierce.

made such an angry move, and there was not much threat to the Shanyue warriors who responded calmly, but once again used their strength to throw the guard out. In this way, the guards showed their bravery, a desperate posture, but the Shanyue warriors were a little impatient and used a trick.

Shanyue martial artists according to their own preferences, specializing in some martial arts, this Shanyue martial artist is good at bone skills, I saw him suddenly grab the guard, Gangqi like a big snake wrapped around the guard's torso, limbs, click a few crisp sounds, the Beiliang martial artist several bones dislocated. The whole person was distorted into a strange posture, he couldn't use his anger, he couldn't move, his face was distorted, he was sweating profusely, he endured great pain, and he didn't scream out, so he was a rare warrior.

Removing other people's bones in an instant is really a weird martial art, and everyone present is stunned whether they know how to do it or not.

Xiao Tianyou took the lead in applauding: "Good martial arts!" ”

As soon as he roared like this, those Northern Liang warriors were greatly unconvinced, and one person stepped forward to ask for battle, and the Shanyue warriors restored the bones of the first Di guard, and also sent another person. This guard is extremely burly and muscular, and he took advantage of his tall stature to use his wrestling skills, and when he opened his arms and pounced, he wanted to hold the Yamakoshi warrior and throw it hard. But seeing that the Shanyue warrior's body twisted a few times, as if there were no bones, he broke free from the arms of the guard, and he didn't know what trick to make the burly guard's hands clasped together. This Shanyue warrior is a good at close combat, and does not stop, sticking to the burly guard to carry out hand-to-hand combat skills, the guard was restrained at once, I don't know how to fight back, I want to use my anger to shock the other party, but I almost injured myself, the action is controlled everywhere, I can't play half of my ability, I am extremely aggrieved, and I roar again and again, but I am helpless.

Xiao Tianyou's face couldn't help but be a little solemn, you must know that these guards of his are carefully selected, and their martial arts are strong, and it is not a problem to be ten at all, as a result, against these inconspicuous Shanyue martial artists, they can't even have the upper hand at all, and it is not necessarily how much stronger these Shanyue martial artists are than their own guards, but their martial arts moves are extremely clever. Xiao Tianyou also saw that the killing taste of these moves was extremely heavy, and it was just a martial arts competition at the moment, if it was a fight, life and death could be separated in an instant, where did the martial arts of these Shanyue martial artists come from?

"Brother, your subordinates are skilled in martial arts." Xiao Tianyou praised Xiao Tianlei.

"That's just nonsense." Xiao Tianlei replied.

Xiao Tianyou knew that he couldn't ask anything, and he was entangled in the question of no martial arts, so he pretended to ask unintentionally: "Brother clan, what do you do in Lingzhou for a living?" ”

"Doing business."

"Haha, it doesn't look like it." Xiao Tianyou said with a smile.

"They all know this to my cousin, if you don't believe it, you can ask them." Xiao Tianlei didn't want to say more to Xiao Tianyou, so let him and Xiao Qingyun pull them away.

Without waiting for Xiao Tianyou to ask, Xiao Qingyun said: "This is true, Tianlei and Tianbao are all in business. ”

"What kind of business?" Xiao Tianyou asked with great interest.

"Uh, this ......" The reputation of the Brotherhood in Lingzhou is not good, one of the three evils in Lingzhou, and recently it is even said that it is a tyrant in Lingzhou, if no one asks, Xiao Qingyun is not willing to take the initiative to mention it, besides, he is not very familiar with the business of the Brotherhood.

However, Xiao Qingyang was more familiar with the business of the Brotherhood, and did not say anything about the Brotherhood, but only said some of the Brotherhood's business, some goods for sale, and so on.

Xiao Tianyou didn't expect Xiao Tianlei to really do business, and the business was quite big, and many of the goods sold were in demand in Beiliang, and the prices were not cheap, and only the rich and powerful could afford it.

Xiao Qinghe and other Xiao Yi Xiao clansmen were also surprised, they thought that the situation of the Xiao clan in Lingzhou should not be very good, and there was originally some sense of superiority, but now listening to the goods mentioned in Xiao Qingyang's words, they have only seen others use them, and more have just heard of them, but they have never seen them. Speaking of which, the Xiao family in Lingzhou is probably also a wealthy family, and looking at the martial arts of their accompanying guards, they are also among the masters, not ordinary rich and noble. The reason why they are dressed so ordinarily is that Xiao Qinghe and others naturally have all kinds of brain supplements, thinking that it is for the safety of the road.

In comparison, it seems that their Xiao Yi Xiao family is in the worst situation, and for a while, Xiao Qinghe and the others are in a somewhat complicated mood.

During the chat, the competition went on to the fourth game, and the Di guards fought inextricably with the Shanyue warriors this time, but it was difficult to win, Xiao Tianlei waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to fight. He has already seen the level of martial arts of Xiao Tianyou's guards, and can have such a guard, it is estimated that Xiao Tianyou is not as simple as the ordinary businessman he said in Beiliang, but he has not delved into it, after all, it has little to do with him, and there is no need to continue the competition.

The next day there was nothing to do, everyone was resting to relieve the fatigue of the journey, Xiao Tianlei also practiced martial arts with Xiao Tianbao and toured the ancestral house.

Xiao Tianyou's Di guards, as well as Xiao Tieyi and Xiao Tieji, were very unconvinced and wanted to continue to challenge, but Xiao Tianlei did not agree, he did not come to compete in martial arts, it was not interesting to fight again, it was not good to show his bottom.

On the third day of ancestor worship, Xiao Yi Xiao came to many people to participate, the protagonists are those who are about to participate in the big exam, the others are just foils, Xiao Qinghe recited an old sacrificial text, chanting like a Taoist priest, from the origin of Xiao to the current situation, Xiao Tianlei dozed off, the ritual of worshipping ancestors is not much more cumbersome than the Xiao family in Zhengjiazhuang, Xiao Tianlei does not understand, anyway, he kowtowed, tossed for a long time, made him mentally exhausted, bored, Xiao Tianlei secretly decided in his heart, Next time it's such a laborious and meaningless thing, try not to get involved.

On the fourth day, Xiao Qingyun and his entourage set off for Shendu, Xiao Tianyou and others also went to Shendu, plus some people from Xiao Yi Xiao who participated in the big exam and accompanied them, and a group of dozens of people set off in a mighty way.