Chapter Seventy-One: The Red Family
"What should I do? I have already entered the territory of the Red City at this moment, and I will definitely be taken down if I run away rashly, but once I enter the Red Family, if I am recognized, the consequences will be even more unimaginable!"
Xiao Chen leaned against the big iron box, his sword eyebrows tightened, and his mind turned quickly, "There are not many people in the Hong family who know me, and they all met me three years ago, my appearance has changed a lot in the past three years, and my temperament is completely different, as long as you don't observe carefully, it is difficult to recognize." [Ran^Text^Library] []”
Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, flashing a touch of cunning, the reputation of the third young master of the Xiao family is very loud, but there are not many people who know the name of the third young master of the Xiao family, and there are even fewer people who know his appearance, otherwise he is in the academy, few people dare to provoke.
"Now the entire Hong family can recognize me at a glance only a few people in the red family, but they are all in the academy, they shouldn't go home so coincidentally, as long as I keep a low profile, and wait for the injury to fully recover, and then find a way to sneak away quietly. ”
Xiao Chen quickly calculated, after five days of recuperation, the injury has been slightly healed, and if it continues like this, it will be possible to recover in another ten days at most.
He looked at the luxurious carriage in front of him, and muttered to himself, "The Red Guards call that girl Miss Yunyan, and the accompanying guard is Han Da, the peak of the martial arts realm, then she should be a side disciple of the Hong family, and it is not a very important line, so as long as I keep a low profile to recuperate, the chance of contact with the high-level of the Hong family is almost zero." ”
Xiao Chen is also a child of the four major families, and he has a deep understanding of the shallow rules inside, a descendant like him, as long as he travels, he will be secretly protected by a high-level Lingwu Realm powerhouse, and there will be more than two low-level Lingwu Realm guards on the bright side, as for the Liwu Realm guard, it will depend on the situation.
And the children with high status in the similar side line will be guarded by a strong person in the Spirit Martial Realm, as for the only peak of the Martial Realm like Red Yunyan, it is estimated that the identity should belong to the middle of the clan.
After clarifying his thoughts, Xiao Chen also calmed down a little, at least from the point of view of inference, the probability of exposure is not great, so there is no need to worry too much now, taking care of the injury is the most important thing.
Xiao Chen closed his eyes again and continued to cultivate, and before he knew it, half an hour passed quietly, and on the horizon in front of him, a city appeared, like an ancient beast, entrenched on the earth.
This city is the Red City, which is the size of most of the national capital, about 7 million acres of land, and is magnificent from afar.
Walked forward again for half an hour, the convoy was only a thousand zhang away from the Red City, so close to it, the hundred-zhang high bluestone city wall could not be seen at a glance, countless red flags stood on the top of the city wall, dancing in the wind, and there was a loud sound of 'whoosh'.
In front of the convoy, there is a huge city gate thirty zhang high, like the mouth of a giant beast, it is daunting, a total of sixteen rows, a thousand Red Guards are neatly guarding on both sides of the city gate, standing like a bluestone, wind and rain do not move.
Directly above the huge city gate, two large dark red characters are carved, the words are like swimming dragons, lifelike, as if revealing a magical power, making people fearful.
Red City, the base camp of the Red Family!
"Steppe-"
The closer they got to the Red City, the faster the speed of the convoy, and after running around for three months, they had already made them feel like arrows, and the red clouds and smoke with a calm heart also showed a sweet smile like a child at this moment.
Going home is a fatal temptation for every child who goes out!
"Welcome Miss Yunyan back to the city!"
The convoy rushed away, bringing up billowing dust, and the red cloud smoke slowly walked out of the carriage and stood on the wheel, and the thousands of Red Guards knelt on one knee in unison, and the loud shouts resounded over the entire West District.
The convoy walked through the West City Gate, and there were three city gates in the east, south, and west of the entire Red City, as for why there was no North City Gate, it was because the Red family's residence was in the North District, accounting for one-fifth of the entire Red City!
The layout of the city of the four major families is basically similar, the eastern, southern, and western districts are all residential areas, the central district of the city is the downtown area, and the northern district is the residence of the major families.
The foundation of the four major families is so strong that even the royal family has to be afraid of three points, so although the Xiao family is now in decline, not everyone can provoke it, if this kind of heritage comes out, even the Luo family will be greatly damaged!
"Dada-da-"
The convoy slowly ran through the city, and the horses' hooves trampled on the bluestone streets, and there was a crisp sound.
On both sides of the street, the people of the Red City avoided early, standing quietly with their bodies half-bowed, in this world where power is supreme, the Red family holds up a piece of the sky for them, the Red family is their king, and all the people of the Red family can be respected by them.
Hongyunyan stood proudly on the wheel, enjoying the admiring gaze of everyone, although her age is young, her figure is very proud, with a faint smile on her delicate face, and her long hair fluttering, it has become a beautiful landscape.
"Let's hope everything goes well. ”
Xiao Chen looked at the city wall in front of him and sighed silently, he withdrew from the cultivation state after entering the city, and he had been careful and vigilant.
The city wall in front is not the main city wall of the red city, only thirty zhang high, running through the east and west direction of the entire city, outside the city wall is the red city, and inside the city wall, is the red family.
This wall is a chasm that represents identity.
In front of the city wall is a huge circular square, in the center of the square erected a statue, is an old man, wearing gold armor, holding a sword, mighty and domineering.
Xiao Chen knew that this old man was the ancestor of the Hong family, that is, the first generation of the Hongjia Town.
In the square of Xiaocheng also erected the statue of the ancestor of the Xiao family, Xiao, Hong, Luo, Bai four ancestors, are the founding heroes of the royal family, was given the title of Zhenguo Gong, has a fief, passed down from generation to generation, and is admired by all descendants.
"Welcome home. ”
The convoy passed through the square, and finally arrived at the city gate, this city gate is not big, only ten zhang high, on both sides stood a hundred Luo family guards, after seeing the red cloud smoke, bowed slightly, has shown respect.
Of course, this is mainly because Hongyunyan's status is not high, and if he is a descendant, these guards need to kneel to greet him.
The rules of each family are very strict, and the hierarchy is clear, so that the family can continue, otherwise the family will continue to fight, and sooner or later it will collapse from the inside, allowing outsiders to take advantage of it!
The walls were not thick, and the convoy quickly passed through them, after all, the walls were not used to defend against foreign enemies, but only a symbol of physical strength.
Behind the city wall, it is like another world, which is diametrically opposed to the prosperity of the Red City, more like a mountain villa, with birds singing and flowers, bluestone paths, and all kinds of trees all over the roadside.
Not far away, there is a quiet small lake, children playing by the lake, small boats in the lake rippling, sparkling waves, there are several women's laughter.
The convoy looked for a bluestone path and continued to move forward, meeting a lot of people from the Red family along the way, muttering a few words to each other, and turning a blind eye to the unfamiliar, although they were in a family, but in addition to the high-level, many clansmen did not have much intersection.
Especially Hongyunyan, a child who has been promoted to the middle stream by her own strength, her identity is quite embarrassing, the high-level children look down on her, the middle children regard her as a strong enemy, and the lower-level children are envious, jealous and hateful.
The bigger the family, the more fierce the competition, no one doesn't want to get ahead, and no one doesn't want to be valued by the family, but half of the origin has been decided, and the other half needs to rely on their own efforts.
Just like the Hong family, the descendants are the existence with the highest status, and their origins have been determined by more than ninety percent, even if they don't work hard, they will have peace of mind in the future.
The collateral clan is very complicated, divided into many branches, the longer the inheritance, the more branches, if there is a person in the branch who is in a high position, or is gifted and valued by the family, then the status of this branch will rise, and vice versa.
Therefore, among the side clans, the competition is extremely fierce, and there will even be such bad acts as assassination, of course, if the matter is exposed, the entire branch will be implicated.
As for the distant clansmen, to put it bluntly, that is, to be a high-level subordinate with the glory of the family.
The status of the branch of the Hongyun Yan family is not high, she can receive some attention from the family, and it all depends on her own efforts and means, as a child of everyone, none of them will be simple goods, as the so-called close to Zhu is red and close to ink is black, from a young ear to read the eyes, it is difficult to maintain an upright heart.
The convoy turned around along the bluestone path, traveled for half an hour, and finally arrived at a courtyard, which is very large, about three acres in size, with a front yard and a back yard, planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, and the decoration is very exquisite.
In the courtyard, you can also see a lot of people busy, a few people found the arrival of the convoy, hurriedly exclaimed, put down the work in their hands, and ran to the gate of the courtyard to wait.
"Is the status of this red cloud smoke quite high in the Hong family? ”
Xiao Chen glanced at it casually and found that the location of this courtyard was not bad, there was a small lake dug by hand in front of it, and there were no other courtyards nearby, but it was clean.
He knew that in a courtyard like this, only some branches valued by the family would be given, and Hongyunyan could live here, either there were high-level people in the branches, or she herself was valued by the family.
However, none of this is important to Xiao Chen, he just needs to be clean, and it is best not to be disturbed until he recovers from his injury.
However,
It seems that God likes to joke with him very much, just after the convoy entered the courtyard, several teenagers suddenly walked out of the main house in front of them, the first one holding a folding fan in his hand, looking quite handsome, looking like a handsome man.
"Sister Yunyan, you're finally back, but let my cousin wait. ”
The hearty laughter came, making Hong Yunyan couldn't help frowning, but when she saw the comer, her delicate body trembled, and her eyes showed a hint of panic.
Xiao Chen had already gotten out of the carriage, and was standing behind Hongyunyan at this time, with his sharpness, he could easily catch something wrong with Hongyunyan, he hurriedly lowered his head, and tried his best to hide his body among the other guards, although he concluded that there were not many people who knew him, but he didn't dare to take risks.
After all, once his identity is revealed, he may not even know how he died!