On the seventh day of the second month of the second year, it rained in Baiyun City.

The mottled and deep Tsing Yi Lane, the old walls covered with moss, appear to be quieter and quieter under the shroud of the breeze and drizzle.

In the Zichun Garden, which is separated by a wall, it is magnificent.

Chu Xuan leaned back in his chair and quietly looked at the graceful and luxurious woman in front of him.

A woman with excellent maintenance and temperament.

This is the woman his father is marrying, but not his mother.

The woman was also looking at him, expressionless, but a pair of white and plain hands were clenched very tightly, and the back of the hand floated with green tendons, which still leaked some of her true thoughts in her heart.

- She was very upset!

But she found him seemingly happy!

Even if he wasn't smiling at all, the frequency of the twitching of the corners of his mouth still fell on the woman's sensitive eyes.

The woman looked at the young man again with a scrutinizing gaze, and found that the young man in front of her was very tall and handsome, with an elegant temperament, just like her husband looked like when he was young.

She didn't stay on that face for too long, because whether it was whether she played a special role in that matter back then, or her husband was unkind, an illegitimate child who had been missing for more than 20 years suddenly returned to the Chu family, which was not good news for her, especially the old lady who held the ultimate authority of the Chu family in recent years.

In this situation, she was not prepared at all, and the person who should not have appeared appeared in front of her in front of her, almost disrupting her gradually calm life.

She has always believed that the real thing ...... Actually, it's not the best-looking!

Thinking like this, the unique and lonely woman reappeared in her mind.

Whenever she thought of that person, her heart seemed to be grabbed by an invisible big hand, wantonly, squeezing out the scarlet blood flowing inside!

It was a memory that I can't look back on!

Exhaling lightly, she glanced at Chu Xuan again.

She does look a little like her!

A sneer hung on the corner of her mouth, but she found that the other party was still calm and calm, as if she didn't care about her look, looking at it like this, the dislike that rose in her heart became a little more.

"You ......" frowned, as if she didn't know what to call it, she simply ignored it, and asked in a very calm tone.."How old are you?"

Chu Xuan raised his eyelids and responded, "It's five out of twenty." ”

"I want to ...... It's supposed to be that big. How did you get over all these years?"

"The four seas are home. ”

"Oh, the world is home, I think life must be very hard!" the woman smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes curled an imperceptible arc.

"It's still wonderful to have fun in the midst of suffering. He squinted.

"Hehe......"

The woman sneered, shook her head, and continued to ask, "First time in Baiyun City?"

"For the first time. ”

"Your mother called you?"

"Twenty years ago, she died. ”

"Well, it was your own idea to come to your father. ”

"Uh......" Chu Xuan frowned, "It seems that you ......"

"Actually, it doesn't matter whose idea it is!"

The woman interrupted Chu Xuan's words, the corners of her mouth showed a contemptuous and mocking meaning, she looked at Chu Xuan, this smile became more and more obvious... "If your identity is confirmed by the ancestral hall, Yuan'er should call you brother, but unfortunately, he has not come back for several years since he practiced in the Desolate Ancient Dojo in Qingshui City. Otherwise, he would be very happy to know that he had an extra brother. ”

"Uh......"

Chu Xuan blinked, as if he was about to take a fresh look at the woman in front of him.

His gaze was very peaceful, without the slightest hint of shame and anger as the woman imagined, but the kind of calm but knife-like gaze, and the woman herself was a little angry.

"I'm the lady your father is marrying, according to convention, you should call me a big mother!"

The woman took a sip of tea, her movements were elegant and noble, and the corners of her eyes were full of smiles, the words "virtuous and virtuous" were perfectly embodied at this moment, as if she wanted to show her most powerful side to Chu Xuan.

It's just that......

Just like a jar of old vinegar, the jar is wrapped in gorgeous and tight, and it can't change the sour nature.

He smiled suddenly, "Madame's self-feeling is really ...... It's good!"

Hearing this, the woman was stunned, but in an instant, her face suddenly became gloomy...

Her voice was not loud, but it produced a suffocating pressure.

A vague wave of energy erupted from her body, quickly merging into the air outside.

Chu Xuan smiled, and he looked out the window.

Where, the rain that originally fell broke away from its original trajectory and floated strangely in the void, and suddenly, the floating rain actually went upstream, rushing into the sky like a sharp arrow!

"Click!"

The scorching white lightning pierced the clouds, the exploding sky rumbled, and the clouds and rain became churning and disillusioned in an instant.

It's the Tao!

It seems to be the "Cave Water True Scripture" of the Yin family in Baiyun City!

This is normal, as the hostess of the thousand-year-old gate valve, it would be strange if she didn't understand the Tao.

However, as the so-called woman who marries out, the water that spills out, a woman who marries outside has a family mission, even if the family has declined, it is still a little unreasonable.

"The Tao is good!" he leaned back in his chair, tapped his fingers on the armrest, nodded in appreciation, and his expression was not at all at the point of confusion that the woman had imagined. "I originally thought that the women taught by the Yin family should not have such a shallow city. Now it seems...... Madame's mind seems to be on cultivation, and her heart is unavoidable, and her Taoism is naturally brave and diligent!"

"Presumptuous!"

The woman's face was cold, her clothes were agitated, and a huge momentum instantly collapsed on Chu Xuan's body, as heavy as a mountain.

Chu Xuan didn't seem to be affected by the momentum in the slightest, he tilted his head, held up his hands, and incorporated the woman's silhouette into the semicircle of his hands.."Madam." I don't know why, looking at you on top of you, looking so angry and corrupt, I, the so-called illegitimate child, am a little gloating!"

He didn't hide his smile, and even laughed unscrupulously at the end.

"-Bang!" the white palm slaps a palm print on the solid hardwood table. The woman stood up with a cold face..."I really should teach you a good lesson for your mother!"

"I guess you won't be able to wait for that day. ”

"Vertical ......"

"Ma'am. A slightly hoarse voice suddenly interrupted the woman's words.

An old woman walked into the room.

The old lady was thin and looked very old. She bowed slightly to the woman, and when she laughed, the wrinkles on her face piled up like a thousand ravines.."The result of the ancestral hall has come out, and the head of the family ordered the slave maid to take Chu Xuan into the ancestral hall for questioning. ”

"Mama Chu!"

The woman frowned and nodded, but didn't pay attention to the old woman's interruption.

The old lady is the old lady's personal maidservant, and she has an unusual status in the entire Chu family, even the head of the family will give her due respect.

Of course, a woman would not attack her because of this, an illegitimate child, far from allowing her to offend the most trusted person around the old lady in this situation.

In the Chu family, what she cares about most is always the attitude of the old man who lives in the backyard of the ancestral hall.

"Mama can do it herself. ”

She glanced at Chu Xuan meaningfully, waved her sleeves, and turned to leave the guest hall.

There was a large crowd waiting outside, crowding in front of and behind, passing through the end of the pond and rain corridor. Looking at the lotus flowers growing on both sides of the corridor, she suddenly stopped and couldn't help frowning.

"This behavior seems to be deliberately provoking me, is there any fear?" muttered to herself, the woman waved her hand and beckoned a person.."Go and check, check this illegitimate child, what has happened in the past twenty years?"

"Yes. The man whispered softly and turned to leave.

"Wandering in the sea and being with the bandits for more than twenty years?" the woman stopped, turned to look in the direction of the ancestral hall and sneered.."This kind of excuse is only believed by those old immortals who have no experience in the world. ”

......

......

The rain was still falling outside, and the rain was starting to get lighter and lighter.

After passing through seven corridors and thirteen courtyards, Chu Xuan had already left Zichun Garden and walked in Tsing Yi Lane, where the shadows of the trees were mottled.

This is an old alley, it is the earliest place where the ancestors of the Chu family started, but now its descendants have long forgotten the ancestral teachings of the ancestors of "prudence and frugality", and built a larger and more luxurious mansion.

Chu Xuan was not interested in these, however, the old lady seemed to be very interested in him.

She kept talking, telling all kinds of things about the Chu family, and she didn't get tired of it, and her attitude was very kind.

Chu Xuan was not good at drying, so he gathered his thoughts and occasionally accosted him.

His mother had always wanted him to be a gentle person, as can be seen in his name, although he has not been able to match the word "suave" for the past twenty years, but leaving the memory of the past, he felt that he needed to change his existing habits.

The old lady seemed to see that he was absent-minded, and shook her head with a smile, but when she walked outside the ancestral hall, she suddenly asked, "What is your impression of Madame?"

"Scheming!"

Although I hadn't heard of this word, the literal meaning was still understood, and the old lady nodded and commented: "Well, the words are novel and concise, which is good." ”

A grandmother of the Chu clan, an illegitimate son of the Chu clan, commented on the hostess of the Chu clan outside the Chu clan's ancestral hall! The scene is a little ridiculous.

"Do you think it's good?" Shaking his head slightly, Chu Xuan smiled, his eyes seemed to narrow into a slit.."Actually, this is what I heard my mother say when I was young, and I didn't understand it at the time, but when I grew up, I understood a little bit, and I always felt that it was a good word." ”

"Mom, that's a strange name, I guess it means mother. The old lady looked at Chu Xuan.."I've seen your mother, it's very ...... Very strange a person who just ...... It's a pity!"

The old lady sighed, opened a very ordinary room, and pointed: "Go in, the clan elders are waiting for you." ”

Chu Xuan nodded, saluted the old lady, and then walked into the room.

I can't see it from the outside, this room is actually quite large, like a big hall, it should be blessed with Taoism, it looks very strange, especially the pedestal of each pillar supporting the main hall is a vivid and different form of villains, which is very eye-catching.

These villains are all cast of green steel, they squat, sit, rise, or prostrate, but without exception, each villain is hideous, and the upper body is pressed by the heavy bronze column. They act as foundations, holding up bronze pillars like demons struggling and wailing in hell, which is inexplicably terrifying!

Chu Xuan was not affected by this momentum, he walked forward for more than ten zhang, and finally stopped.

For someone brought him a futon and motioned for him to wait here.

He sat cross-legged and looked at the curtain in front of him that blocked his view, and dozens of tall, short, fat and thin figures appeared behind the curtain, as if arguing over something.

After listening for a while, he understood that these people were arguing about the way he was placed within the clan.

The atmosphere seems to have reached its most intense stage!

It is estimated that they didn't think that the curtain that separated the Dao Law from the sound had lost its effect at this moment, and their red-faced dispute was transmitted to Chu Xuan's ears word for word.

"I don't agree!" "The voice was hoarse and harsh.."An illegitimate child of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the Chu family to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and all the trajectories of his life were not under the control of the clan. Whether he has a grudge against the clan in his heart, whether he is entangled with other forces, and whether he is entangled with other forces, is it impossible to know. Such a person, it is really a bit child's play to let him settle in the main vein easily!"

"That's right. The family master's lineage is the most important thing, if he settles in the main line, does it mean that he will also have the opportunity to grasp the great power of the Chu clan and enter the clan elders' association in the future?" said the other.

"The ancestors laid the thousand-year-old foundation of my Chu clan, and the main lineage really needs to be cautious. "And muddy.

"Not necessarily. Don't forget, isn't the head of the thirteenth generation of my Chu clan just an illegitimate child? As long as the character of the heart is the best choice, how can I not enter the main vein? Besides, now that the heirs of the main vein are withering, it is a big taboo for my Chu clan, and at this time, this will be ...... What's this child's name?" he asked.

Someone answered: "This person's name is Chu Xuan, and it is said to be his mother's name. ”

"Well, Chu Xuan, the name is ...... Ahem...... It's not very good, but it's all a small thing, just change it, after all, it's going to be included in the family tree. He muttered and continued: "At this time, moving this child into the branch vein is an invisible weakening for the main vein. ”

As soon as he heard this, someone's face changed.."You can't say that, the thirteenth generation of the head of the family is a special case, and that period of history is a special period, and there are demons in the clan to cause trouble. And the thirteenth generation of the head of the family is amazing, and his talent is superb, which is not comparable to ordinary people. Moreover, this kid is already twenty-five years old, and when the sixth child explored, he didn't find the slightest Dao power in his body, that is to say, this kind of person has not practiced at all. For such an ordinary person, the bone meridians have long been fixed, and there is hardly much development in cultivation. If you want to reach the point of the thirteenth generation of family heads, it is simply wishful thinking!"

Although Lao Jiu's words were a little extreme, it was also true. There is no need to consider the candidate for the head of the family, Yuan Er is extremely good, and he has long been the best candidate for the next generation of the head of the family, an illegitimate son of a concubine, how can it not be his turn to inherit the honor and disgrace of the Chu family. But the main lineage is a real problem. The man hesitated and looked at the figure on the futon on the main seat.."The head of the family, do you want to consider selecting outstanding clansmen from the branch veins to enrich the main lineage!"

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the hall shone brightly, and even their breathing became a little shorter.

And the attitude of the person in the hall suddenly became subtle.

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