Chapter Seventy-Three: The Gift
In the clean hut, Xiao Chen closed the dead pass, and there was an order from Hongyunyan, no one dared to disturb, and he didn't have time to disturb. [Ran^Text^Library] []
Because the Hong family has not been peaceful in recent days, people from the Hong family have been sent out, and in just two days, the number of people in the Hong family has decreased by half, including Hong Yunyan's father, as well as Han Da and all the guards.
Of course, in addition to the Hong family, there are also most of the northern forces such as the royal family, the Bai family, the Luo family, etc., all of whom rose up in a restless manner, and sent one team after another to go deep into the Eight Thousand Mountains to find the secret realm mentioned in the intelligence.
That's right, it's a secret realm!
The so-called secret realm is an independent space opened up by powerful people using great magical powers, similar to the other world, but the other world is mostly naturally formed, while the secret realm is opened up by manpower, mostly used for mausoleums, of course, there will be other uses.
But no matter what, the secret realm is very rare, and the secret realm that is born is even rarer, just imagine, a powerful person buries himself in the secret realm, and naturally does not want to be disturbed, so the powerful man will hide the secret realm in the void cracks, thousands of years, thousands of years of wandering, no fixed location.
Therefore, the appearance of every secret realm will cause a big sensation, no, some time ago, Xiao Ji and Xiao Li were trapped in the secret realm for three years, and then they escaped by luck, and even touched the taboo, causing the news that the secret realm left the void and reappeared in the world, spread like the wind throughout the entire northern region of the Yanxia Kingdom, and it didn't even take long for it to reach the ears of the two sects in the southern region.
Under the crazy spread of this information, all the forces could not calm down, and sent teams to find it, and even the royal family also sent the golden armor army to go, and the entire northern region was boiling, and countless warriors flocked to it, sweeping in the vast eight thousand mountains, frightening countless beasts and spirit beasts in panic, as if the end of the world.
Of course, all the forces in the Northern Regions do not include the Xiao family, the eldest lady of the Xiao family, the second young master was taken captive, the whereabouts of the third young master are unknown, and the life and death of the three descendants of the Xiao family are uncertain, and they still have a fart mind to manage the secret realm!
However, the Kingdom Central Academy is abnormal, they are in the Northern Regions, and naturally they have also obtained information, there is no way, the temptation of the secret realm is too great, even Guang Hongyuan and these old guys can't sit still, so they discussed it and decided-
Early holiday!
That's right, the annual holiday was originally set on the fifteenth day after the class evaluation trial, but under the temptation of the secret realm, they had to advance.
If Xiao Chen knew about this, it was estimated that he would even have the heart to bite Guang Hongyuan to death, what he was most worried about was that he was afraid that Hong Aya would suddenly go home, but now it was good, not only the latter would come back, but even all the children of the Hong family in the courtyard would return, and this holiday directly pushed him to the edge of the cliff!
One carelessness, no return!
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"Sister Yunyan, what's on your mind, why are you so sullen?"
In the deserted courtyard, there are only a dozen people busy, and they don't know what they are busy with, and in a pavilion in the front yard, two beautiful girls are blowing the breeze and enjoying afternoon tea.
One of them is Hongyunyan, and the other is her best friend, Hong Yulan.
Hongyunyan sighed and said in a low voice: "In two days, the second miss will be home, and according to the custom, the family will hold a banquet for her, and all the juniors will attend." ”
Hong Yulan nodded, but said strangely: "Is there any problem?"
"It's a bit ......"
Hongyunyan's face turned slightly red, and he was a little embarrassed and said, "Every time we have to give a gift to show our gratitude, but I don't have a gift that I can get." ”
"Poof!"
Hong Yulan covered her mouth and chuckled, and said angrily: "I thought something big was wrong, the gift is not simple, go to the resource hall to buy one." ”
Hongyunyan smiled bitterly and remained silent, the resource hall is equivalent to a bazaar within the clan, and you can buy a lot of things in it, including daily necessities, including weapons, including cultivation materials, and so on.
In the Hong family, each clansman can receive a very considerable amount of spirit coins every year, but all kinds of materials will not be provided, and they need to go to the resource hall to buy them by themselves, and the price is also very low, after all, they are all clansmen, not for the purpose of making money.
In the past, once there was a gift, Hongyunyan would indeed go to the resource hall to buy it, but now, she has a hard time.
Because the elder in charge of the Resource Hall is Honggang's grandfather!
"What's the matter? Doesn't my sister have a spirit coin? Do you want my sister to borrow you?"
Hong Yunyan shook his head and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I offended Hong Gang, I'm afraid that he will take the opportunity to take revenge." ”
"Honggang!"
Hong Yulan's face sank, but she quickly recovered and comforted: "It's okay, my sister will accompany you, and how could you run into him so coincidentally." ”
"That's right, sister, wait a minute, I'll go and get dressed. ”
Hong Yunyan barely raised some spirits, walked quickly to the main house, and on the way, he also ordered his subordinates to call Xiao Chen, now the guards of the entire courtyard have gone out, only Xiao Chen is left, there must be someone to drive.
You must know that the Red family accounts for one-fifth of the Red City, and if you walk on foot, it is estimated that it will be dark in the Resource Hall.
"God forbid, don't let me touch Honggang. ”
Hong Yunyan secretly prayed in her heart, she also had no choice, the second miss was noble, she couldn't afford to offend, if the gift was too shabby and annoyed this big man, she would definitely have a hard time in the future!
She prayed vigorously, and soon disappeared in front of Red Yulan's eyes, but the latter sighed and slowly walked out of the courtyard.
When she came to the edge of the small lake, a black shadow suddenly walked out from behind a willow tree, and said flatteringly: "Sister Yulan, can you make progress?"
Hong Yulan nodded, lowered her voice and said, "Go and tell Brother Gang that Hong Yunyan is going to the Resource Hall." ”
"Okay! The Resource Hall is Brother Gang's territory, she sent it to the door herself!" the black shadow grinned, and quickly ran into the distance, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Hong Yulan was not in a hurry to leave, she looked at the sparkling lake in a daze, and there was a trace of struggle in her eyes, but that was all......
"Sister Yunyan, don't blame my sister for being ruthless, if you want to survive in this family, sometimes, you have to let people take advantage of it. ”
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"Knock knock!"
In front of a hut in the backyard, Aunt Qing knocked on the door and disturbed the teenagers inside.
Xiao Chen's nerves are very sensitive, and he can wake up as soon as there is a stir, not to mention knocking on the door so strongly, he walked out, saw that it was Aunt Qing, and chuckled: "Aunt Qing, is there something wrong?"
Aunt Qing liked Xiao Chen's child very much, and with a hint of a smile on her always serious face, she explained: "Miss is going to the Resource Hall, Han Da and they are all on a mission, and Miss will let you drive." ”
"No problem. ”
Xiao Chen happily agreed, and did not clean up, and walked directly to the horse circle with Aunt Qing.
Just kidding, he is now the guard of Hongyunyan, can he agree?
The horse circle is located in the side courtyard of the courtyard, Xiao Chen followed Aunt Qing to arrive quickly, took Hongyunyan's special carriage, and went straight to the door of the courtyard, at this time, Hongyunyan also hurriedly ran out of the main house, she just simply groomed up, and it didn't take much time.
The two young ladies got into the carriage with a grin, but Xiao Chen twitched the corners of his mouth, and said helplessly: "Miss, where is the resource hall?"
"New here?"
The whispering between the two was interrupted by Xiao Chen, which made Hong Yulan's face sink, and when Hong Yunyan saw this, he hurriedly reassured: "He is my newly recruited guard, he doesn't understand anything, Sister Yulan, don't be angry." ”
"Hmph, Sister Yunyan, you are too good to your subordinates, so they will be so big and small!"
"Yes, yes, I'll discipline him well when I come back, and now let's go to the resource hall first." ”
Hongyunyan was afraid that Hongyulan would teach Xiao Chen the rules in front of her, so she hurriedly pointed out the way to Xiao Chen, and as the sound of horses' hooves began to sound on the bluestone path, Hongyunyan breathed a sigh of relief.
I don't know why, she doesn't want to see Xiao Chen wronged, maybe it's the hidden mother's love overflowing, after all, Xiao Chen's age is younger than her, and her background is pitiful, if she hadn't rescued her, she would have been dead in the wild.
"Dada-da-"
Xiao Chen started to catch the car unhurriedly, with his temperament, he naturally didn't care about Hong Yulan's attitude, he knew very well that all the children of everyone had a superior stinky temper in their bones, and comparing with them was undoubtedly boring.
According to Hongyunyan, the resource hall is some distance from the courtyard, about half an hour's drive, and he is not in a hurry, while driving the car, he pays attention to the surrounding terrain.
As a good lurker, mastering enough escape routes is the most important thing!
"Huh, there's a nine-colored butterfly here?"
Xiao Chen sighed lightly, his eyes stayed in a cluster of flowers, and a colorful butterfly flew among the flowers, which was very beautiful, comparing those colorful flowers.
Hongyunyan heard Xiao Chen's exclamation and explained: "There is a floral hot spring in the Hong family, and it is the floral hot spring that attracts a large number of colorful butterflies, but in recent years, the floral hot springs are drying up, and the nine-colored butterflies have also flown away a lot. ”
"Oooh oh. ”
Xiao Chen immediately shut up and didn't ask more, because he had already heard Hong Yulan's cold snort, if he dared to say more, it was estimated that this eldest lady would give him a lesson in the rules along the way.
Xiao Chen is not stupid, and he has no tendency to look for abuse, since he decided to keep a low profile, he has regarded himself as a little guard, how to keep a low profile.
Half an hour later, Xiao Chen drove the carriage and finally arrived at the resource hall, this is a quaint temple, divided into three floors, covering an area of 100 acres, in front of the temple is a bluestone square, at this moment there are hundreds of carriages parked, and you can see a lot of people coming in and out, so lively.
Directly in front of the bluestone square is the gate of the Resource Hall, with ten guards standing on each side, Xiao Chen followed behind the two young ladies of Hongyunyan and walked into the Resource Hall.
"It's similar to the Xiao family's resource hall. ”
Xiao Chen glanced at it casually, then looked at his nose and nose, and looked at his heart, when the four ancestors of the four families worshipped as brothers of the opposite sex, they all discussed together when building the family, so the layout was basically similar.
Hongyunyan rarely comes to the resource hall in person, and usually sends people to buy it, but this time it was to choose a gift for the second lady, so she had to do it herself.
As soon as she entered the door, she immediately glanced nervously, and after not finding Honggang and his followers, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief, but she was not completely relieved, and said with a smile: "Let's take a stroll on the first floor first." ”
The resource hall is divided into three floors, and the items on the first floor are the most resistant, but the number of people is the most, because daily necessities are on the first floor, and nothing else can be used, but daily necessities are essential.
"Okay, listen to Sister Yunyan. ”
Hong Yulan wanted to say something, but in the end she nodded in agreement and walked around with Hong Yunyan, the two young ladies were fine, and Xiao Chen's guard was even more fine.
The layout of the resource hall is somewhat similar to that of a high-end bazaar, and each type of item will be sold in one area, such as daily necessities, which is the first area on the right hand side of the gate, as well as weapons, pills, exercises, and spiritual tips.
Xiao Chen followed Hongyunyan around, his eyes also glanced boredly, he could probably guess the latter's intention, she wanted to take advantage of the large number of people on the first floor to find out whether Honggang was in the resource hall.
After all, the items on the first floor are too inferior, and they are not suitable as gifts at all, not to mention that the other party is still the second lady of the distinguished Hong family.
"Huh?"
After going around for most of the circle, Xiao Chen suddenly paused, and his gaze fell to the spiritual artifact area not far away, where there seemed to be something that attracted him.