The voice was approaching, and everyone in the courtyard could clearly hear the exclamation, "Great... The eldest young master, the eldest young master is back! "I was still shocked before, but it slowly turned into a shout of joy, as if to tell the whole Tongcheng that the eldest young master of their Zhao family is not dead, and the amazing daughter is back!

Now, there is no need for the fourth master to say anything, the second master and the third master, together with the fifth master who was choked with tea and his face was flushed, all stood up, looked at the gate of the courtyard with an unbelievable look...

Zhao Fengnian wore a royal blue brocade robe, a palm-wide silver ribbon tied around his waist, a silver hollow hair crown tied his hair, his face was like a beautiful jade, his eyebrows were starry, and the corners of his mouth were faintly smiling.

He didn't even have to say a word, his eyes just looked around, and there was a hint of awe in everyone's hearts, as if he were the master of the realm, and they were all loyal subjects. And Zhao De, who had a ghost in his heart, was as white as paper, and knelt down directly.

Everyone heard the movement, turned their heads to look, and they all showed disdain, just this time, the two brothers made a judgment, and everyone rushed forward and surrounded Zhao Fengnian in the middle.

The second and third masters were in tears with excitement, and before Zhao Fengnian bowed his head and saluted, they had already pulled his hand and didn't let go, this one patted his shoulder, and the other touched his head, for fear that this was an illusion in front of him.

Zhao Fengnian's heart was sour and moved, and after they touched enough, he smiled and said, "The second grandfather, the third grandfather, and the nephew are not filial, so you can worry about it." ”

The second master pulled his sleeve and touched a handful of tears, and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

The third master slapped him on the back, and said angrily, "You kid, why didn't you come back earlier, I thought that our Zhao family was going to be handed over to that loser." ”

The second master glared at him and blamed, "How old is the person, there is still no one to put a door on his mouth." ”

The third old man laughed, looked at Mrs. Zhao, who could barely hold on to the door frame outside the courtyard door, and Zhao De, who couldn't get up on his knees, and argued proudly, "The second brother is beating me today, and I have to tell the truth, I am happy in my heart!" ”

The second master shook his head helplessly, and glared at the fourth master who rarely showed a smile on the side, "You are the opposite of the third brother, your mouth is too strict, I am afraid that you have already gotten the news, but you don't tell us." ”

Zhao Fengnian didn't wait for the fourth grandfather to speak, and hurriedly took the fault on himself, "The second grandfather doesn't blame the fourth grandfather, it was all the nephews who begged the fourth grandfather to keep it secret, for fear that there would be a temporary change, and the elders would be troubled." ”

"Oh, second brother, this kid came back alive, it's better than anything else, what else are you going to pursue." The third master interceded for Zhao Fengnian on the side, and his mouth was grinning to the root of his ears.

The second master just said casually, where is he really complaining about the fourth master, hearing the third master say this, he said, "Okay, good, don't complain, let's get down to business, the time has come, open the ancestral hall, tell the ancestors, and pass on the position of the head of the family to Fengnian." ”

The third master and the fourth master all said yes, but only the fifth master's face turned blue and pale, and he didn't know what to do.

Zhao Fengnian walked to Master Zhao, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and saw that under the sun, his father's figure was even thinner than what he saw that night, and even his cheeks were so dry that there was almost only old skin left, and his heart became more and more sad, and he said in a trembling voice, "Dad, Fengnian is back." ”

Old Man Zhao's two cloudy eyes stared firmly at his son's face, and tears slowly flowed out of those eye sockets, his lips trembled, and he whimpered lowly, and everyone was sad when he heard it.

The second old man stepped forward to persuade a few words, Zhao Fengnian endured the sadness, got up and picked up the old father, and was just about to step up the steps, when he heard Mrs. Zhao shouting at the courtyard gate, "No, no!" The head of the family should be De'er to take over! Who knows where this person is a liar from? ”

Mrs. Zhao is really anxious, where can she take care of any rules, she didn't expect that Zhao Fengnian, who should have survived in Lingfeng City, would suddenly appear in the ancestral hall, she worked hard to manage it, how many years of humiliation for this day, how could she be willing to be ruined by him so easily?

Zhao Fengnian looked back at this woman whom he regarded as his own mother and had been filial for 20 years, and suddenly found that he used to look at a kind and kind face, but now he has become vicious and cold, and his heart is sweet and sour for a while, and he surged up together, so that he was in a trance, and shouted "Mother" in a low voice, but unfortunately the voice came out, he had not yet reacted, but he heard the woman pointing at himself loudly and scolding, her eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, like a basin of cold water poured on her head, so cold that he shivered, The only trace of nostalgia left in my heart is gone...

Zhao Fengnian returned safely, the revival of the Zhao family is hopeful, the mother and son who have tossed the whole family in a miasma this year, naturally no one wants to pay attention to it, the second master is okay, but he said with a calm face, "Niece and daughter-in-law, family affairs, women are not allowed to interfere." ”

The third master directly scolded, "This is the ancestral hall, how can the woman come in and not let me out!" The position of the head of the family was originally a good year, if it wasn't for what happened to him that day, when would it be Zhao De's turn to be coveted by the loser, don't even think about it! ”

Mrs. Zhao was so angry that her face turned pale, and she turned her head to look at the father and son of the fifth master's family, but she didn't want them to bow their heads and refuse to help, she was even more resentful, and she couldn't wait to pop out a small knife in her eyes, and Zhao Fengnian and several old men were late, "Okay, good, this year, our mother and son have treated you well, you are so ungrateful, this Zhao family's family business, although it was not created by our mother and son, but after taking care of this year, there is no merit and hard work, you actually cross the river and tear down the bridge, and you don't remember the old love at all."

Even so, our mother and son can't say anything, don't want the position of the head of the family, but this person opened his mouth and said that he was Zhao Fengnian, why didn't you check it, and believed this person, don't you know that there is a spell called Yirong on the rivers and lakes? In case he is pretending to be an outsider and coveting the Zhao family's wealth..."

"Shut up!" The fourth old man was so angry that his beard trembled, and he said angrily, "You unruly woman, are you teaching your elders to behave badly?" Our own bloodline children and grandchildren, will they still admit their mistakes? He is your son, he has been missing for a year and has not returned, and now he is home, you are not happy, why do you still treat him like an enemy, just remember to fight for Zhao De as the head of the family, is it only Zhao De is your son, is it not Fengnian? You tell you the truth, Feng Nian disappeared a year ago, was it your hand? ”

The fourth master didn't open his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly pierced the core, and everyone felt a little strange, how could any mother see that her son was not happy, but directly suspected that outsiders were pretending? Hearing this at this time, he immediately looked at Mrs. Zhao's eyes and changed.

Mrs. Zhao's face turned even paler, and her mouth opened and closed for a long time before she finally found an excuse, "I... I also think about my hard-working eldest son, but, the family is important, if the thief is mistakenly recognized as the head of the family, wouldn't our Zhao family be subverted in an instant, the old man is now seriously ill, and he can't be a director, instead of risking being deceived, it is better to delay the matter of taking over the head of the family, and wait until the identity of this person is ascertained, and then it will be held at a later date. ”

Her abacus crackled, and she wanted to stop Zhao Fengnian from becoming the head of the family, as long as it dragged on today, with the antidote of 100 days in hand, he was not at her mercy for his father's life.

It's a pity that she didn't know that the antidote had entered Master Zhao's stomach, and all the deeds of the Zhao family's property were also in Zhao Fengnian's hands, and she didn't have the slightest threat in her hands.

Zhao Fengnian carefully lifted his father, who was almost less than fifty pounds on his back, and looked at Mrs. Zhao's eyes becoming more and more cold, "Does my mother suspect that I am an outsider fake?" So how can my mother believe that I am the real Zhao Fengnian? Or... Do you want me to tell my mother what she said on the night I disappeared? ”

Mrs. Zhao remembered the black blood flowing from the corners of his mouth that night, his eyes were as if they were about to fall out, and he asked himself why one by one, and couldn't help but gasp, took two steps back, and was frightened and afraid that he would tell the truth about that night, and was unwilling to be frightened by him for a while, her eyes turned quickly, and she wanted to make a few vague threats, but Zhao De, who was collapsed to the ground, hugged her thighs tightly, "Mother, mother, let's go back, go back, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."

Needless to say, just their mother and son look like this, if everyone can't be sure that Zhao Fengnian's disappearance that day is related to them, they will be fools.

The second master snorted coldly, pointed to the courtyard door and said, "Do you get out by yourself, or will I let people throw you out?" ”

Mrs. Zhao bit her teeth so much that her lower lip turned white, glanced at Zhao Fengnian fiercely, and went out with her son in tow.

The fourth old man looked at Zhao Fengnian's face was not good, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, no matter what it is, a few of our old guys will support you." ”

Zhao Fengnian accepted the hatred in his eyes, bowed his head slightly, and saluted, "Thank you elders for your love, these are all trivial matters in the family, and I will deal with them when my father recovers from his illness." ”

Several old men glanced at each other, and felt more satisfied, filial piety and reasonableness, this nephew is really the best choice of the master of the family.

The two vermilion lacquer doors in the ancestral hall were rumbled open, and the children and grandchildren of each family only knelt and kowtowed outside the door, and then a few elders went in to offer incense to comfort the ancestors of the heroic spirit, and at the end, the second master personally took off the small bloodstone seal hanging on the neck of the old man Zhao wearing an ink rope, and circled it three times above the incense burner, and then it was hung between the neck of Zhao Fengnian, who knelt down on the neck, Zhao Fengnian kowtowed to the ancestral spiritual position three times, and slowly stood up, several old men stepped forward and bowed halfway, and the rest of the people knelt down and kowtowed again to show their loyalty to the head of the family and the family.

Zhao Fengnian personally helped these uncles and brothers up one by one, and each of them said a word or two, or asked the children in the family about their homework, or asked about old diseases, although they were all trivial things, but everyone felt a lot closer, and the estrangement that had been separated for a year seemed to disappear in an instant.

Several old men nodded with satisfaction, and the third master pushed the fourth master and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, you have been hiding from us for so many days, shouldn't you be the east to make amends for the sins of drinking in Fushou Building?" ”