A middle-aged man who was a little similar to Wan Ning was chatting happily with the woman sitting opposite, and after noticing Wan Ning coming in, the middle-aged man stood up, he looked at the young man's empty hands, frowned and said, "Wan Ning, didn't you say that you went to buy a congratulatory gift for Mrs. Zhou?" ”

"Why did Ning'er just put on a straight face and preach, you don't have to break the bank, I didn't plan to celebrate my birthday, so I just called your family to have a casual meal. ”

The woman also stood up, pulled Wan Ning aside, and said softly. This person is Zhou Yuya's mother, Zhao Ling, the hostess of the Zhou Mansion, she is dressed in plain clothes, her face is bright, even if the years go by, wrinkles are carved in the corners of her eyes, but she can't hide her own beauty.

"Back to the two adults, I prepared a small gift for Aunt Zhou, but unfortunately it was snatched away by Xiao Yu's girl, and she is still joking with Uncle Zhou at the door. ”

Wan Ning said with a wry smile, because of Zhou Yuya's little girl, I didn't expect his father to mistakenly think that he was using money to do something else.

"What is that guy doing, he doesn't master the heat and soup in the kitchen, he runs outside and laughs with Xiao Yu, Ah Zhu, hurry up and drive the old man into the kitchen, a person who is old can't tell the priority. Don't be surprised, his reckless man just can't turn his head, and it's been like this for decades. ”

Zhao Ling crossed his waist a little angrily, and commanded softly to the maid beside him, then turned around and bowed slightly to the father and son of the Wan family, and smiled slightly apologetically.

"It's okay, I've known Huo Ming for decades, why don't I know him. By the way, Wanning, did you have a holiday with the Zhang family's little doll today? ”

Wan Canghai waved his hand, said indifferently, and then looked at Wan Ning, who was sitting silently beside him, and asked.

"Why does the news spread so quickly, it's just a few small things, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Lying on a mahogany chair, Wan Ning casually picked up a small orange from the fruit bowl, peeled it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Next time if something happens, don't have a head-on conflict with them, no matter how big the grievance is, hold back, come back and tell me, and I will help you settle these things. ”

Wan Canghai paused, and then said. Wan Ning turned his head to look at his cheap father, as if he noticed Wan Ning's gaze, Wan Canghai picked up the teacup that had bottomed out and drank it all.

How could Wan Ning not know what Wan Canghai was thinking. He knew that he was stuck in the ninth stage of the day after tomorrow and could not break through the realm, for fear that he would be impulsive and clash with people outside and encounter danger. But being frank and straightforward will touch the fragile and thin dignity of adolescent teenagers, so Wan Canghai admonished himself with such words.

In fact, Wan Ning also knew Wan Canghai's good intentions, and many nights he could hear this middle-aged man confiding in his mother about his self-blame, thinking that it was his own reason that Wan Ning was born with a lack of meridians, resulting in his inability to cultivate. In fact, Wan Ning knew better than anyone that his meridians were just swallowed by the Chaos Bloodline, and it was no wonder that others.

"Got it, Daddy," Wan Ning said lazily as he craned Erlang's legs and looked at the warm end-of-summer sunlight outside, sprinkled in the secluded courtyard. At this time, Zhou Yuya and Wanning's mother also returned to the hall. Wanning's mother, Liu Yuxin, is a cheerful person, who acts very aggressively, and can have a lot to say to anyone, especially with Zhou Yuya, so that in the past, the two families often laughed at whether the Wan family and the Zhou family held the wrong child.

In about a quarter of an hour, Zhou Huoming, who was wearing an apron in the kitchen, held a large pot and brought four or five big men to the hall with dishes and plates.

"Today is my wife's birthday, Miss Zhao is virtuous and virtuous, unlike me who likes cards and likes to put up shelves, so this year our two families will get together casually and have a light meal, I hope that Brother Hai's family will not dislike it. ”

Several people sat down in turn, Zhou Huoming picked up the wine glass, said to everyone, and then said to Mrs. Zhou with a smile.

"Where to learn those crepe words and sentences, don't say more, let's start using chopsticks. Mrs. Zhou glared at Zhou Huoming with disgust, and then smiled at Wanning's family.

"I still remember that when I was in the army before, Huo Ming was still an lieutenant, but everyone pestered him every day and asked Huo Ming to cook for everyone. ”

Wan Canghai was originally a person who didn't like to talk much, but after three rounds of drinking, he also opened the conversation box and recalled his past military life.

"But isn't it, you put a knife on my neck every day and let me eat the whole meal, and you are not allowed to repeat it for a week, and then at a meeting everyone said, why is this guy from the cooking army sitting here? ”

Zhou Huoming bit the big stick bone, stared at Wan Canghai with a pair of copper bell earth eyes, and said complainingly, but he couldn't hide the smug look between the words.

Everyone laughed, and the table was filled with joy.

"Ning'er, you go back to the house first, your father still has business to do in the afternoon, in case of an accident, I will help him go to the official office to rest for a while. ”

The three of them stood at the door of the Zhou Mansion, Liu Yuxin supported the somewhat drunk Wan Canghai, and said to Wan Ning on the side.

"Why don't you go back to rest with your mother, and I'll take my father to the official office," Wan Ning suggested in a loud voice.

"No need, you can't find the way out, don't play on the side of the road, go home early!" Liu Yuxin stopped a carriage and dragged Wan Canghai into the carriage, then poked his head out and told Wan Ning repeatedly.

"I know, I know, I'm not a few years old. Wan Ning plucked out his ears a little impatiently, and after watching the carriage go away, he turned around and walked towards home.

After all, it is the end of August and summer, and the sun still has a lingering power, especially now that it is noon, the road surface is steaming and steaming, many shops are closing down, and the once bustling streets are now almost uninhabited, and even the puppies know to hide in the shade under the big trees.

Wan Ning was walking alone on the street, but he thought about his cultivation again. Although he easily won Zhang He today, but in half a year, he will be able to break through from the acquired realm to the innate realm, if he is given another year or two, the higher his cultivation, and finally one day he will have nothing to do with him, and at that time, the balance of the young generation of the Shogunate Mansion will be broken.

The four major families of the Shogunate Mansion, the lord of the Wan family, the military attache Zhou family, the merchant Zhang family, and the mysterious Wang family. The first three were local forces in the Shogunate, and each family performed its own duties and there was little friction, but since the Wang family, who did not know where to come from twenty years ago, suddenly entered the Shogunate, the balance slowly began to tilt, and the Zhang family, which was originally honest in business, began to take the Wang family as the leader and began to extend their hands to other areas.

Let's talk about the young generation of Mujiang Mansion, Zhou Yuya of the Zhou family is born in the third stage, Zhang He of the Zhang family is also barely promoted to the first stage of the first stage with financial support, and the twins of the Wang family are also the cultivation of the third stage of the congenital stage. In fact, it stands to reason that Wanjia should be ahead of the rest, but...

Thinking of this, Wan Ning couldn't help but sigh, he once had an elder brother, although he had no special characteristics, but his talent was quite high, in Wan Ning's opinion, even if he was placed in the central world of the Spirit Realm, he could fight with some young talents. However, his own brother Wan An mysteriously disappeared ten years ago and has not been found until now.

Wanning is different from other children, he has all the memories in his mind from birth to the present. When he was born, Wan An had already joined the Blue Sword Sect, and was even a star disciple among them, Wan Ning still remembered that Wan An was like his mother Liu Yuxin, a sunny and smiling man. Every time Wan An comes home, he always spends a long time teasing Wan Ning and buying him a lot of toys that children like, although Wan Ning is not interested in those things at all, but Wan Ning still has a good impression of this equally cheap brother.

But without warning, he disappeared suddenly, his father went to the sect many times to look for it, and also probed a lot of news, and finally only knew that Wan An's disappearance was related to a conspiracy, but if he investigated further, it would even endanger the lives of his family, so the matter could only be forced to stop. No matter how powerful Wan Canghai is, he is just an ordinary official of Zhao State, how can his power be compared to those sects.

But Wan Ning himself can't cultivate, and he can't become the next Wan An. A person who joins a sect spiritual practice is not only a powerful combat force for a secular family, but also an interpersonal relationship between sects. It is said that the head of the Wang family is a disciple of the Daochen Sect, which is the main reason why the Wang family, which seems to have no power and no power in the Shogune Mansion, can develop so rapidly.

"Hey, handsome guy over there! Handsome guy from Wanjia!

While Wan Ning was thinking, suddenly there was a shout from the left side of the street, and at first Wan Ning thought that he was not screaming, and still walked forward in a muffled voice. It wasn't until the man called his own name that Wan Ning was stunned, stopped, and turned around.

Although it was summer, the man was still dressed in a robe and sat in front of a small wooden table full of strange props, and next to it stood a vertical banner with two large characters written "fortune telling".