On Chinese New Year's Eve, Yujing is lit up everywhere, and the festive atmosphere is very strong.

Zhang Yuan and Yuan Xia prepared hastily, they didn't have much to do, and their three children were not at home, which made the second elder very lonely.

Even the sausages, bacon and dried fish prepared in advance are not fragrant

Yuan Xia looked at the empty room and said sullenly, "Although I knew that there would be such a day, but this came too suddenly, there was no transition at all, and I was still at home during the Chinese New Year last year." ”

Zhang Yuan waved his hand, "Okay, okay, the children are going to do business." You also know Mr. Rogini, who has helped Jichuan many times, and now that he is about to be promoted, can you still let Jichuan leave him alone? ”

"I know, I'm just talking"

"Don't complain, come, clean up with me, and get used to old age in advance"

Platinum Lane, Qin's house.

The end of the year has come, and many officials have gone on vacation, leaving only a few officers on duty.

The housekeeper Qin Ming is running the evening banquet, and every year during the Chinese New Year, Qin Huaimin will feast the nobles and officials who support him, one is to express his gratitude, and the other is to win people's hearts.

Similarly, Li Luo also had a similar banquet on his side.

By the window of the study, Qin Huaimin and Qin Ziyu stood side by side, watching many maids and servants busy, Qin Huaimin asked, "Have all the invitations been sent out?" ”

"It's all gone, father." Qin Ziyu replied, "The corresponding New Year's gifts were also sent to various houses with the invitation. ”

"Hmm." Qin Huaimin bowed slightly, expressing his approval, and he added, "The Chinese New Year is a time for people to move around, and other officials and nobles are just that, but there are two families, and you have to invite them in person."

"One is the Lei family, originally you should have married the Lei family after you were promoted to the fourth rank of transcendental, but last time Hu Tai's incident caused public resentment to boil, and the marriage was postponed because of this, your Uncle Lei has a lot of opinions.

"The second is the Zhou family, although the matter of unifying weights and measures has passed, but in order to avoid any thoughts in your Uncle Zhou's heart, we must also show enough respect."

Qin Ziyu said with a straight face, "I know, don't worry, when you are ready, I will personally invite Uncle Lei and Uncle Zhou." ”

"That's good."

In the afternoon, Qin Ziyu left the Lei family and came to the Zhou family.

As soon as he entered the study, he saw Zhou Chang with a tired face. The unification of weights and measures between the land and the sea tribe has had a great impact on the business environment of the five major powers, and Zhou Chang, the minister of commerce, has not slept peacefully for a long time.

"Uncle Zhou, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, let these official duties go." Qin Ziyu looked at the mountains of official business on the desk, and a trace of apology flashed in his eyes, but he hid it well, "Father is still waiting for you to come to the banquet." ”

"I see." Zhou Chang was extremely tired and said in a tone that did not have many mood swings.

Qin Ziyu did not doubt that when a person is extremely tired, it is indeed difficult to have any emotional fluctuations in front of people close to him. He looked around and said curiously, "Where is Ah Yun?" ”

"I'm here." said that Cao Cao Cao would arrive, and as soon as the words fell, Zhou Yun walked into the study, also expressionless.

This time, even Zhou Chang was a little surprised, looking at his son, "Ah Yun, are you out of the customs?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yun nodded indifferently.

"Hahahaha, Ah Yun, it's really time for you to get out of the customs, let's go, go to my house, my father has been talking about you a lot lately." Qin Ziyu's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and hugged Zhou Yun's shoulder.

"Senior brother, I won't go." Zhou Yun said in a calm tone, "I'm going to complete the promotion ceremony." ”

"Upgrading ceremony?" Qin Ziyu's eyelids blinked, and his face showed surprise, "Have you met the conditions for promotion to the third grade?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yun nodded.

Qin Ziyu said excitedly, "Great, great, you have finally come this far." ”

Zhou Chang was also in good spirits, the tiredness on his face was swept away, and he nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, Ayun, good job." ”

Zhou Yun nodded slightly, in response to the compliments of the two.

Qin Ziyu does not doubt that he is there, and when many people are promoted to the third grade, due to the requirements of the promotion ceremony, their personalities and behaviors will become extremely strange, which is an extremely normal thing.

He patted Zhou Yun on the shoulder, "Is the ceremony complicated?" Can you start a day later? It's Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Zhou Yun shook his head, "It's a bit complicated, it will take about a month or two, and it must start today." ”

When Qin Ziyu heard this, he was a little regretful, but he was helpless, so he could only say, "If there is anything you need help with, just ask." ”

"No, I can do it."

"Okay"

Qin Ziyu once again conveyed Qin Huaimin's invitation, and only after getting Zhou Chang's consent did he leave the Zhou family.

Watching him walk out of the gate of Zhou's house, Zhou Yun suddenly asked Zhou Changdao, "Dad, how is the investigation of that matter?" ”

The excitement on Zhou Chang's face gradually subsided, and his expression became a little gloomy, "We caught some Hai Clan merchants, and only then did we use some unconventional first paragraphs, and we were basically able to confirm that it was the people of the Qin family who walked the sea and land trading to the Sea Clan, and added fuel to the fire." ”

Click!

Zhou Yun clenched his fists, his knuckles clicking.

Zhou Chang also talked about this matter to the second person for the first time, and was a little indignant, "Heh, what a Qin Huaimin, for so many years, I have been loyally supporting him, but I didn't expect him to betray me without hesitation for his own interests."

"Ah Yun, I've been thinking about it recently, is it the right choice to support Qin Huaimin unreservedly? Tell me, do we need to do something else? ”

Zhou Yun frowned, and his mood became very entangled.

He didn't tell Zhou Chang that in his promotion ceremony, there was a part of the content that was related to this matter

The boundless cold came to the world with the night, but this night, people drove the cold away with blazing passion and loud firecrackers.

The island of disorder, the camp of 10,000 years.

As the adventurers of the four major forces left one after another, only clones, Liu Yiyi and other camp-related personnel remained in the entire camp.

They can't leave, and being a camp operator or employee means staying in the mulch most of the time, and Chinese New Year is no exception.

There are always some adventurers who don't care about the Chinese New Year, and the camp has to be serviced when they need it.

In the brightly lit room, clones, Liu Yiyi, Xie Yu, Selter, Liang Yuan and other staff gathered together, and the clones toasted: "Everyone, after nearly a month of running-in, our camp has been initially on the right track, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I toast everyone." ”

Everyone drank it all, except for Selt's doppelganger and Channing's puppet, these doppelgangers and puppets were in charge of serving tea and pouring water

The clone said, "But now is the protection period, and the people who have come to the camp this month are all people from the four major forces such as Yujing University and Yujing White Tower, and they will sell us a face, and there are some details that are not in place that have not been investigated."

"But after five months, the protection period will be up, and at that time, adventurers from all over the world will come to the Isle of Discord, and they won't get used to us. During these five months, we had to find the problem, solve the problem, and make sure to present the adventurers with a well-run camp. ”

Qian Ning controlled the puppet to serve the food, and said, "Don't worry, boss." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry" Yuan Sheng, who had turned into a jade elf and had a lot of golden treasures on his body, stumbled, his forehead flushed.

Hit the wall

Liu Yiyi didn't give face, and hummed, "There's a lot of nonsense, and you don't let people eat?" ”

The corners of the clone's mouth twitched, "Okay, okay, I'll just say so much, let's eat"

Star-Moon Plains, a covering ground on the south side of the Celestial Star Forest.

Boundless shimmers of light fell from the sky and poured over the head of a figure sitting cross-legged, gilding the figure with a silver glow, and even his pitch-black wings emitted a misty light.

Boom, boom, boom! ——

In the black crow's mind, it seemed that there were ten thousand thunderbolts exploding, and his soul was violently vibrating, and two powerful soul forces echoed each other, trying to break through a seal.

The black crow was originally a second-grade transcendent creature, but when he was imprisoned because of Xu Yan, his soul power was sealed by Xiacheng Prison. When he escaped from prison, he broke a seal, but there was still a seal that was not broken.

After escaping from prison, he has been helping Santa Felina to bypass the letter and rebuild the power of the soul, as for the original soul power, it has been sealed.

However, the members of the Tongzhou Association broke through the second grade one by one, and it became more and more difficult to investigate the rebellion of someone in the Xinhua Dynasty, which made the black crow determined to break through the seal.

He came to the Star-Moon Plains for nearly a month, harvested the souls of many strange beasts, and gathered a huge soul power. At this moment, this soul power was pouring out from the 'Death Reaper's Scythe', helping him break through the seal.

The black crow's consciousness roared, and I don't know how long it took, finally, under the impact of the two soul forces inside and outside, the firm seal became crumbling.

"Santa Phirina!"

The black crow, who had been preparing for this moment for a long time, gritted his teeth and transmitted a voice to Santa Felina with consciousness, "It's now!" ”

"Understood." Santa Philina's neutral voice rang out.

Rumble!

A beautifully shaped, quaint plum vase appeared in the black crow's consciousness, wrapped in unparalleled power, and descended like thunder.

Bang, the plum bottle hit the seal and burst violently, but that layer of seal was finally crushed by this last straw, and it suddenly fell apart, and the power of the sealed soul surged out heartily

Airplanes!

On the soul crown behind the black crow's head, the seventh, eighth, and ninth nodes lit up one after another, and then, purple symbols flashed, forming a second crown of light inside the black soul crown

The black crow has recovered his cultivation, and has gone one step further, becoming a second-grade and third-level transcendent creature!

"Huh." After a while, the roar in his consciousness finally stopped, and the black crow opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "Finally, I haven't fallen behind." ”

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