As soon as these words came out, Ye Ming's face suddenly showed a look of shock, and he stared at him for a long time, Fang Chang sighed and said, "You are ...... It's not easy for you, you have to take on such a big responsibility just a few days after you open your mind...... Anyway, our head can see it better than me, since his old man has chosen you, I won't worry about you, let's talk about the ancestor ceremony. ”

"Okay, I'm about to ask you for advice. ”

Opening the volume, Ye Ming said: "Although I have not personally experienced the ancestor festival, I have checked the past records, according to the convention, there are no major activities on the first day of the festival, mainly to contact guests and friends, entertain tourists and other matters, until the third day is the main day of the festival." Because the mountain gate of Yuequan Sect is only open once in ten years, there is no curfew, so there must be a large number of tourists, there are not only the envoys of all parties to congratulate, but also the people under the mountain come to play, there are dance troupes, opera troupes, jugglers, craftsmen from all walks of life, etc., and there may be practitioners and hermits from the traveling side to observe and exchange. ”

"In this way, it will be very lively from tomorrow onwards, and there will be a lot of guests. Previously, the father and son of the Gao family also made an appointment with me to meet on the mountain during the festival. Song Yi smiled: "No wonder you have to prepare for so long, otherwise you really can't cope with it." ”

"Although there are many visitors such as tourists, they are just ordinary guests, so it is good for the disciples to register and receive them, and the dance troupes that perform are also placed in the back mountain square, adding fun and elegance to the festival. The main focus of the heads and elders was to receive two other types of people: the envoys of Huzhou City, who, as the heads of the realms, were customarily required to attend the festival, and the representatives of many fraternal sects who had come from afar. ”

"Hmm......" Song Yi nodded as he listened, and had a general understanding of the scale and situation of the festival in his heart. He looked through the scroll and saw that the names and surnames of many people were written down on it, as well as the affairs and areas assigned to them.

For example, Master Lin, her duty is to lead the disciples in the courtyard led by Qi Wei to garrison the Houshan Square to welcome the arrival of the Haiyan Dance Troupe in the south. I heard that this dance troupe has been established for more than 200 years, and the successive directors are all famous dance and music masters, and one of the current pillars of the stage, Youwu Girl, is also a famous singer in the south of China, and this time she led the team to perform to congratulate her.

Song Yi looked over one by one and asked Ye Ming: "What are you going to do in this booklet, I just heard you say yes...... Patrol the mountain gate of the back mountain?"

"I'm just an ordinary disciple, and I don't need to be on this roster. Ye Ming shook his head: "It stands to reason that the disciples should follow the master's actions, and where the master assigns, the disciples will also go, and the specific responsibilities will be handed over to their respective masters." But this afternoon, Xue Xiaoxi came to me and asked me to go up to the back mountain gate with her tomorrow to watch, saying that this was her brother's arrangement before leaving. ”

"Your master agreed?"

"I really agreed, and I was a little surprised. Ye Ming scratched his head: "Xue Xiaoxi is Xue Yu's sister-in-law, Xue Yu is the deputy head of the Fengyi Court, if it was placed in the past, my master would not have ignored them if he was killed, but after taking Xue Xiaoxi to see Elder Kaiyang...... I guess it was Elder Kaiyang who said something to Master, he no longer regarded Xue Yu's brothers and sisters as people from the Fengyi Court, but rather admired Xue Yu, so when she came to me, Master readily agreed. ”

"Houshan Gate, ah......" Song Yi flipped through the scroll again, shook his head and said: "You see, it is clearly written here, in order to maintain the order of the festival and facilitate management, all guests must enter from the main gate of the front mountain, and there is no entry or exit from the back mountain gate, so no special personnel were arranged to patrol on the morning of the first day." Before Xue Yu left, he told Xue Xiaoxi to look at the back mountain gate, I'm afraid I don't know something?"

"I don't know about this, and Xue Xiaoxi said she doesn't know either. ”

"Be careful, although the cultivation between you and Xue Xiaoxi is not bad among the disciples, there is a big gap compared to the elders, in case something happens......

"What can it be?" Ye Ming raised his eyebrows: "You want to say that something is going to happen to the back mountain gate?"

"I'm not sure, but ......" After thinking about it, Song Yi said in a deep voice: "Before I entered the Yuequan Sect, I experienced, or watched an accident, a major event that was made public on an occasion like the Ancestor Festival. It seems to be well prepared, but the accident still happened, the matter is very big, and the impact is estimated to be far-reaching, but I have not been exposed to the subsequent events, and I don't know how it happened. ”

Naturally, he said that he had traveled a few months earlier, when the earth-shattering explosion that had occurred under a hillside had killed a big man who had only been seen on the news. Song Yi and his classmates all understood that this incident might bring serious consequences to the situation at the top and even to the entire society, but they were just ordinary people, too far away from those top-level events, so no one knew what the impact of this matter would have, let alone speculate.

Seeing Song Yi's solemn face, Ye Ming also became nervous, and wanted to say something, Song Yi's eyes had browsed to the end of the volume, and when he saw the familiar name, he whispered "Huh", and said in surprise: "Mo Qingning...... Guarding the mountain gate?"

"Yes. Ye Ming's attention was attracted by his question: "I also feel very surprised, Senior Brother Qingning, as the chief disciple, actually did not receive the delegation in the ancestral court with the head of the sect, but at the main gate, which is really a bit ......."

Isn't he...... The first line of defense?

Song Yi's heart moved, and he suddenly understood the intention of this arrangement, it seems that the head of the house and Mo Qingning have already communicated, the head of the house is limited by his identity, and he must sit in the ancestral court to deal with the guests, Mo Qingning is relatively free, and sent him to welcome guests at the main gate, which not only shows the importance of the Yuequan Sect, but also can be regarded as the first filtering of the visitors.

The devil's breath is haunting and menacing, whether it is to enter the hall from the gate, or to invade quietly by other methods, no one knows, for Mo Qingning's important combat power, rather than letting him be weak and wronged in the ancestral court, it is better to put it at the gate, which can be regarded as a reassuring pill for the master.

Thinking of this, Song Yi nodded and said: "I probably understand, since there is no work for me above, I will go to the mountain gate to join Mo Qingning, and by the way, I will see who is here this time, and I have a number in my heart." ”

"Okay, I'll be careful over there at the back mountain gate. ”

After talking about this, the two gossiped a few words, and seeing that the sky was completely dark, Ye Ming said goodbye and left. Song Yi was not tired at all, breathed in the room for a long time, and returned to the courtyard to practice a sword technique. He now shines on the moon immortal sword in his hand, and the method of the Moon Spring Sect is even more like a tiger with wings, only to see the cold light in the night, the real air turns, and there seems to be the power of the tiger roaring and the dragon roaring between the movements, looking carefully, but there is no trace of the noise of opening and closing, sending and receiving freely, lifting weights as light, and even the branches of the plum tree in the courtyard have not been alarmed.

Cultivation is enough to shake the mountains and mountains, but it is ********, if there is nothing. The only thing that is surging is the black hole that rises and falls with the heartbeat and breath in the deepest part of the body, and the seemingly endless power in it.

Invisibly, Song Yi's cultivation has climbed up again.

"Whew-"

Put away the sword, Song Yi slowly exhaled, the whole person was like the clear moon at the zenith, there was no sticky sweat on the body, the night breeze was blowing, and the clothes moved with the wind, faintly meaning immortals.

At this moment, it was already the fourth watch, staring at the dark east, Song Yi thought about the grand occasion of tomorrow, and there was a feeling of expectation and vigilance in his heart, after a little thought, he flew out of the courtyard and went to the mountain gate.

The moonlight illuminated the earth with a layer of coldness, as if covered with fresh snow, and when Song Yi arrived at the mountain gate, he saw the person from a distance.

As he expected, Mo Qingning was here.

There was still a period of time before dawn, and under the cold white moonlight, Mo Qingning was like a tireless eagle falcon, sitting on the thick branches of the big tree near the mountain gate, looking at something in his hand in the moonlight.

"Senior brother is really here, don't you rest?" Song Yi stepped forward to greet him.

"No need to rest, come early and wait, safe. ”

Mo Qingning was not surprised by his appearance at all, and beckoned to him, Song Yi jumped up and sat down next to him.

"What are you looking at, senior brother?"

Song Yi glanced curiously and saw that Mo Qingning was holding a folded piece of paper in his hand, which seemed to be a letter.

"The letter from the city lord of Huzhou, urgent, arrived near midnight. ”

Mo Qingning did not shy away from suspicion, and directly handed the letter to Song Yi, and said: "Previously, the city lord had promised that the patriarch festival would be brought by the young city lord to congratulate, but this afternoon there was a sudden guest in the capital, and the city lord and the young city lord must accompany each other, and they can't go up the mountain, so they can only send the chief manager to prepare an extra congratulatory gift. ”

"Oh...... As long as the boss doesn't think they despise us, it's fine. ”

Song Yi didn't care much about these red tapes, his eyes swept over the letter hastily, but he couldn't say some polite words, and returned the letter to Mo Qingning, just about to divert the topic, but saw that the other party's brows were slightly furrowed, and a trace of worry appeared on his face.

“...... Senior brother has something on his mind?"

"The matter of the city lord of Huzhou is a bit coincidental. Mo Qingning said: "The so-called distinguished guests in the capital can only be people from the Purple Qi family, and they don't know why they came to Huzhou City at this time." ”

"Purple Family ......"

This is the second time Song Yi has heard Mo Qingning mention these four words, the first time he talked about it was when he talked about the origin of Chengying's evil sword, and he didn't have time to inquire carefully at that time, so he could ask at this time.

"Senior brother, what is this purple qi family?"

Mo Qingning glanced at him when he heard this, shook his head and said: "You, you really don't know what is going on in the world, I really have to talk about Yunzheng when I go back, and see what he has protected you into, don't say what you should say, don't talk about what you should say." ”

"Hey...... Don't, don't, this is not bad little brother, blame me for being too stupid before, most of what he said, I forgot, you can tell me about it again. ”

Mo Qingning sighed: "That's it, I'll give you another make-up lesson." Listen, the so-called Purple Qi Family refers to the Shenzhou Continent, mainly the twelve families with an extremely long history and extremely strong strength in the Yuesheng Dynasty. The territory of the Yuesheng Dynasty is vast, in addition to the extremely prosperous capital, there are twelve main cities and thirty-six small cities in the domain, and the city lords of these twelve main cities are all served by people from the purple gas family, conveying the instructions of the imperial capital and assisting the emperor's foundation. ”