North State.

This state is located in the northwest of the Great Qi Empire, with a vast territory, strong folk customs, bordering barbarians abroad, and is the northwest barrier of the Great Qi Empire, with 100,000 elite border troops stationed there, maintaining the stability of the empire's frontier.

In addition, there were countless powerful people in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and these were also tacitly approved by the Great Qi Empire, whenever there was a barbarian invasion, once the strength of the border army was insufficient, the Hao clan would be recruited to join to supplement the power of the imperial court.

The Xu family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is one of the several wealthy families on this land, located in the south of the state city, the entire Xu family mansion covers an area of hundreds of acres, surrounded by high walls, like a city in the city.

This architectural style is like a small castle, even if Beizhou City is attacked by barbarians, the Xu family can resist for a long time by relying on the walls of their own courtyard, waiting for rescue.

At the main gate of the Xu family, in front of the dark red iron gate, several Xu family members with leather boots, wearing black armor and long knives on their waists are standing, and their waists are all straight, as if they are standing like nails, motionless, showing the strict family style of the Xu family.

Passed down for hundreds of years, these members of the Xu family have been trained since childhood, cultivated martial arts, honed their killing skills, and are even stronger than the elite of the border army.

Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!

At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and Wei Fang rode a high-headed horse, leading the newly collected bandits and bandits under his command, and came to Xu's door like the wind.

Those Xu family members recognized Wei Fang at a glance, and the leading guards ran down in a few steps and saluted Wei Fang slightly:

"I've seen the Seventh Prince."

The attitude of this leading guard was very respectful, although Wei Fang was not outstanding among the third generation of the Xu family, Wei Fang was still their master. Because, his body is flowing with the blood of the Xu family.

No matter how high their martial arts skills and abilities are, they are also the servants of the Xu family, and they must be respectful when they see their masters. Otherwise, they will be severely punished, and in the Xu family, there is no such thing as a slave bullying the master.

As a wealthy family, the Xu family has the most important martial arts, although the children of the Xu family have mediocre qualifications like Wei Fang, but most of the martial arts talents are very good, and the Xu family has many masters, who can suppress all internal disobedience.

Wei Fang bowed slightly, said hello, and asked casually:

"Is the master here?"

The leader of the guard shook his head:

"No, the master went out this morning."

He paused and explained:

"There has been a great drought in our northwest for many years, and many people can't survive it, and those barbarians outside the country are even more unhappy.

"Lord Governor has been discussing with everyone in the past few days, let us pay for it, and once things change, we have to help the imperial court resist the barbarians and guard the state city."

Wei Fang nodded, he didn't care about this matter, and after beckoning everyone to dismount, he instructed the leader of the guard:

"Arrange someone to take care of these horses, I will go to the mansion first, and I will look for him when the master comes back."

After saying this, he immediately asked people to open the small door next to him and took his group of subordinates to leave the Xu Mansion.

After Wei Fang left, the guards who were responsible for guarding the gate whispered:

"Huh? Didn't the seventh prince go to Pingyang County to do business and sell grain, it's only been a few days, why did he come back, according to estimates, even if he takes the waterway, he won't be able to reach Pingyang County at this time, right?

"Moreover, these people he brought back are obviously not the old men of our Xu family, they should be newly recruited people, and they have not yet brought back the harvested goods.

"Could it be that there was an accident on the road of the Seventh Prince?"

These people's eyesight is also very vicious, just by virtue of Wei Fang's current state, they guessed the matter, probably already knew that Wei Fang should have had an accident on the road, and this time he went out to do things to prove himself, which should be regarded as a failure.

However, this kind of thing is also common, the northwest land has been dry for several years, and many people who can't survive have fallen into the grass and become bandits, just for a bite to eat, and this place has long been not peaceful.

Moreover, the people of the northwest land are fierce, even if they are bandits, they are also very combative, if their Xu family caravan is really ambushed and the whole army that was killed is annihilated, this situation has not happened before.

It's just that if Wei Fang fails, it will leave a bad impression in the hearts of the current Xu rulers.

In this way, the seventh prince himself is unknown in the Xu family, and it is estimated that it will be even more difficult in the future.

The leader of the guard looked around, snorted, and said:

"You're idle, aren't you, and you don't have anything to do? Dare to boldly talk about the children of the Xu family!

"Zhang Fifteen, go and report the matter of the seventh son's return to the chief housekeeper, and when the master comes back, he will presumably summon the seventh prince and ask about it."

As he spoke, his tone became stern, and he said:

"Even if the seventh prince has mediocre qualifications and average ability, what flows in his body is also the blood of the Xu family, which is extremely noble, and no matter how uncertain his future is, he is a hundred times better than you and me, far from what we people can talk about and ridicule.

"I'll just say this once, and if I hear you talk so much in the future, I'm not welcome!"

According to the rules of the Xu family, a child of a family like Wei Fang, who goes out to do things, should go to meet the head of the family and report on his work as soon as he returns to the family, whether he succeeds or fails.

But.

Wei Fang already knew that the head of the Xu family was not at home at the moment, and with a twist of his footsteps, he came to the Peony Courtyard.

The peony courtyard is a separate courtyard in the Xu family's mansion, as the name suggests, the courtyard and the courtyard are full of peony flowers of different shapes, and the fragrance is fragrant.

This courtyard is the courtyard where the original Xu Yang's mother is located.

"Why did my son come back at this time?

"Did there be an accident on the way?"

Xu Yang's mother's name is Liu Qingzi, although she is over forty years old, but because she has been practicing martial arts and living a life of fine clothes and jade food all the year round, she looks only in her thirties, and she still has a charm and charm.

Liu Qingzi was also from another wealthy family in Beizhou, and he still had some knowledge, and when he saw Wei Fang actually returning to Xu Mansion during this time period, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

She was sure that Wei Fang must have gone out to do something wrong this time, after all, according to common sense, it would take at least three months for Wei Fang to come back from Pingyang County.

When I came back at this time, I must have encountered an accident.

Whether it is the loss of goods or the damage to manpower, in short, there must be a problem, if it is not the case, Wei Fang will not choose to return to Xu Mansion at this time.

After all, coming back at this time means that he feels that he can no longer carry on what he wants to do, and he can be regarded as admitting his failure.

Moreover, coming back in such an embarrassment will make those in power in the Xu family look down on them.

In the future, there will definitely be some impacts.

Liu Qingzi took a closer look at his son and found that there was nothing wrong with him, so he didn't care too much about the loss here, just if he was fine, anyway, he didn't expect this guy to have much success, if he didn't have a future, he would have no future, as long as he was filial to her as before.

Wei Fang nodded and responded:

"You are really wise, I went out this time, there was indeed an accident, just passed through Yan County, and I encountered an ambush of bandits in a dangerous area, not only the goods were lost, but the family goalkeeper was also killed."

Speaking of this, without waiting for the other party to react, he quickly added:

"However, this accident is also a good thing for me, I have been a blessing in disguise from this incident, and by chance, I have obtained a strong martial arts inheritance, martial arts, and then found the gang of bandits and killed them.

"Not only that, but I also found out that the reason why this group of bandits intercepted and killed our Xu team was not accidental, there were other people behind it."

Gu Weifang spit out two words:

"Lu Clan!

"The reason why I was ambushed by bandits this time was that the Lu family instructed me to kill people with a knife, and why the Lu family did this seems to be related to the third child.

"This guy seems to think I'm a bit of an eyesore."

Liu Qingzi listened to Wei Fang's description, and one picture after another suddenly appeared in his mind, knowing that Wei Fang's journey could be described as dangerous, and he raised his eyebrows and crushed the teacup in his hand:

"Lu Shi, the third child, they are really bold, they dare to bully me!"

Liu Qingzi was already angry, Wei Fang had been quite mediocre for so many years, and she gradually accepted this fact, and she didn't expect Wei Fang to excel among the three generations of the Xu family and fight for the position of head of the family.

In the future, as long as you can live in peace, marry a wife and have children, and be filial to her, it is enough.

Moreover, she also released this signal to the other wives of the head of the Xu family and hinted at it.

But I didn't expect that even so, there were still people who wanted to be unfavorable to Wei Fang, which was really unreasonable.

Someone has to pay the price for this matter, the third child of the Xu family, because it is the Xu family, she wants to deal with it, and maybe she has to think of a way, but the Lu family, which is just a small Yanjun wealthy family, dared to kill her son, and dared to meddle in the battle for the heir of the Xu family, she really didn't want to live.

As the daughter of the Liu family, when she married into the Xu family, she also had a dowry, which is not a field or a shop, but also has manpower, and it is quite elite, so if she wants to retaliate, she is quite confident.

"Don't worry, my mother will definitely stand up for you in this matter!"

Wei Fang saw that Liu Qingzi's face was distorted, and he couldn't help touching his nose, in his memory, the original mother was really angry, and in his impression, this person's temper was very soft, not really angry, it wouldn't be like this, he hurriedly said with relief:

"Don't be angry, the Lu family, I have already taken revenge when I passed through Yan County, not only destroyed most of the Lu family's mansion, but also killed a group of people.

"In addition, I also slaughtered the old dog of the head of the Lu family, I have already been angry with myself, this time I came back, mainly to find trouble with the third child, I asked myself if I had provoked him, but he was so heavy on me, I have to give him a lesson that I will never forget.

"So, I don't need you to do anything, I can take care of it."

Wei Fang can also feel that Liu Qingzi's concern for him is real and real, but this feeling is not bad, no wonder when he was dying, his obsession was to be filial to this mother and make her the happiest and noblest woman in the world.

However, whether a person is happy or not can only be judged by himself, and whether a person is noble or not has to be judged by outsiders.

Wei Fang also knew that Liu Qingzi's mind and heart were still hanging on Xu Zhenyuan, the head of the Xu family, as long as she let the head of the Xu family get less involved with other women, and then let go of her ambition and career, and accompany Liu Qingzi more, she should feel happy.

It's just that, as the head of a big family, it seems quite difficult to make Xu Zhenyuan give up other women, no longer focus on ambition and career, and let him only revolve around Liu Qingzi.

When Liu Qingzi heard this, he was surprised:

"Lu Clan, extinguished?"

She looked at Wei Fang's very calm face, and felt that her son was not lying, but she felt a little ridiculous in her heart.

Although she kept saying that she didn't take the Lu family in her eyes, she also knew that the Lu family, as a powerful county, had a huge energy, and what she wanted to do before was nothing more than a painful lesson for Lu.

But.

At this moment, she heard Wei Fang say that she had already killed the head of the Lu family, how could this be possible?

"You really beat the head of the Lu family to death?"

Liu Qingzi asked uncertainly.

Wei Fang nodded and said:

"Of course, many years ago, I also saw this guy, and I still have an impression of him, if he didn't have a stand-in, I should have killed him that day."

Speaking of which, he explained Liu Qingzi's confusion:

"I think, you probably forgot, I told you that I was a blessing in disguise because of the bandit attack and killing, and I got some opportunities, and my martial arts have made great progress."

As he spoke, his mood changed to a waveless, and his mind began to present a map of the sun-chasing Bodhisattva shaking the whale swinging sea.

In an instant, the entire Peony Mansion became gloomy, with cold winds gusting and ghosts crying wolves, as if a demon god had descended.

The next moment, Wei Fang's thoughts surged, breaking this artistic conception.

Liu Qingzi was completely convinced at this time, knowing that Wei Fang did have a great opportunity, and asked curiously:

"The artistic conception of this visualization seems to be the way of the devil.

"Domineering but also crazy, but the background seems to be several times stronger than the Xu family's wind, frost, rain and snow map, what are the words?"

Wei Fang did not hide it and said:

"Cross diagram."

Liu Qingzi couldn't help but cover her mouth:

"It's a cross diagram? I didn't expect my son to go out once, and he would have such a great inheritance and obtain such a great inheritance.

"However, there are not a few copies of the cross map in the entire Northern Zhou Prefecture, it is a rare martial arts visualization map, extremely precious, not trivial, you don't have to say anything about this matter, don't tell anyone, even if it's the master's side, don't say it.

"As the saying goes, the more people who know about this matter, the greater the impact on you, if you really want to dedicate this picture to the Xu family, you have to wait until you become a martial artist in the future.

"Listen now, for the sake of the mother, don't say anything."

She did plan for Wei Fang wholeheartedly.

Wei Fang had no intention of dedicating this cross diagram to the Xu family, so he happily agreed and continued:

"Now, I have the ability now, and my achievements in the future will surely become bigger and bigger, but you don't have to worry about me anymore, and watch me rise step by step, I will make you the happiest and most noble woman in the world."

When Liu Qingzi heard this, she immediately laughed, obviously very happy:

"It's good if you have this filial piety, I don't ask you to achieve much in the future, I just ask you to be safe, as for happiness, alas, ......"

She sighed:

"As long as your father can come to accompany me more, it will be good, my mood will be better, as for honor, don't think about it.

"Don't you know that the most noble woman in the world is the Queen Mother, the emperor's mother, you want me to be the most noble woman in the world, is it true that my son will become the emperor?"

"The Emperor?" Wei Fang touched his chin thoughtfully.

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