Changqing City.

"Senior Qu, you can count it! Come in, come in! An old man wearing a purple-gold robe with a thin face bowed down with a smile on his face and said, "Clouded leopard, go and let Xiao Cui make the best Milanxian tea and bring it to the living room!" ”。

"Yes!" Next to him, a middle-aged man who was cultivating in the Dan period and looked a little similar to the old man hurriedly bowed to the visitor and turned to leave.

When everyone sat down, the old man in the purple gold robe respectfully clasped his fists and said, "Senior Qu can be invited, my Liu family is really brilliant!" I have invited all the chefs of Yinding Xuan in Changqing City to the mansion, and I will wash the dust for the senior Qu later! ”

"That's it." On the Taishi chair next to the old man, sitting was a man who looked to be about thirty years old, wearing a black robe, with a thin waist, a burly figure, a square face, a beard, good facial features, and a majestic demeanor, "Liu Jinhu, if you hadn't asked Xue Lian from the Carefree Sect to invite me, I wouldn't have come to get involved in such a thing for you." Say, what do you want for the Yun family's birthday banquet tomorrow? ”

"Senior Qu, please allow me to tell you more about it." The old man said with a smile, "Senior Qu doesn't know. There are two big families in this Changqing City, known as 'East Cloud and West Liu'. That Xiliu refers to the Liu family in my Xicheng, and Dongyun refers to the Yun family in Dongcheng. Our two families took root in Changqing City hundreds of years ago, and many stores in Changqing City, such as inns, wine shops, cloth shops, tea houses, and green buildings, as well as auction houses and treasure pavilions serving monks, etc., eighty percent of them belong to our Liu and Yun families. For hundreds of years, the two of us have been evenly matched. In the past, when the Yun family was at its peak, there were four people in the Yuan infant stage and eight people in the Dan period, and they forced each other everywhere to my Liu family, forcibly seizing two copper mines and iron mines and several shops, which was really too deceitful!

"But now, the Yun family has long since lost its former glory, there is only one person left in the Yuan Infant Period, and there are only five people left in the Yu Dan Period, and on the other hand, my Liu family, the five brothers are already Yuan Infant Stage cultivators, and the eight children are also all in the Yu Dan Period, if it weren't for the fact that Changqing City strictly forbids the cultivation families to fight each other, my Liu family would have the strength to exterminate the Yun family."

The black-robed man took a sip of the teacup and said slowly, "You invited me here, really just want me to give you a boost?" ”

"Senior Qu, don't hide it," Liu Jinhu took out a jade box from the storage ring and put it on the table, and pushed it to the black-robed man, "I invite Senior Qu to come this time, not only to ask Senior Qu to support us, but also to invite Senior Qu to sit in charge of a few of our brothers - although the ancestor of the Yun family is the peak of cultivation in the Yuan Infant Stage, after all, he is only one person, and it is difficult to sing alone!" In case he has the idea of fighting to the death, for the sake of the safety of the guests at the birthday banquet, we need to ask Senior Qu to help us suppress it. ”

The power of the black-robed man's divine sense invaded the jade box, and when he saw that it was the reward he had said before, he included the jade box in the storage ring. "Okay, but if you really need me......"

"Add money, add money, naturally you won't treat Qu seniors badly!"

"Okay, then, let's talk about your specific arrangements!"

"We want to force him to give up a few mines outside the city to our Liu family on the birthday banquet, if he doesn't comply, I will ......"

After listening to Liu Jinhu's plan, the black-robed man said: "I have always been collecting money to do things, and since I have received your remuneration this time, I will agree to your request." However, you are involved in the dispute between the family and the shopping mall, and I have also inquired, the Yun family does not have any great evil acts, so I only sit in the town, do not make a move, and do not hurt people. ”

"Yes, yes, with Qu's predecessors in charge, my Liu family will definitely be able to severely frustrate the prestige of the Yun family this time and drive them out of Changqing City! Hahaha......"

Liu Jinhu saw that Qu Wuming agreed, and finally put his mind at ease, and thought to himself: "Hmph, there is Qu Wuming in charge, I want to see what kind of splash you Yunhua can make!" A thousand-tose birthday party? Tomorrow I will make your funeral feast! ”

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On the second day, in front of a large mansion in the eastern suburbs of Changqing City.

A plaque is hung horizontally on the door of the tall courtyard, and three big characters of "Qingyun Garden" are written on it, which is strong and powerful, and the dragon flies and the phoenix dances. The big stone lions on both sides of the gate are hung with red silk and hydrangeas, and even the courtyard wall is hung with red silk. Through the high courtyard wall, you can hear the faint sound of silk and bamboo in the courtyard.

When Liu Jinhu and the others came to Qingyun Garden with Qu Wuming, it was close to noon, the guests of the birthday banquet had already taken their seats, and only a few servants were left at the door of the mansion who were sprinkling and sweeping.

Seeing Liu Jinhu and his entourage of more than a dozen people walking towards him, the servants guarding the door hurriedly greeted him, clasped his fists and saluted: "I wonder how many distinguished guests have invitations?" ”

"Get out of the way!" Liu Yunbao, who was dressed in a strong suit, waved his hand, and a force of divine consciousness came out casually, pushing the servant backwards and falling out, seeing that a few servants wanted to run back to report the news, Liu Yunbao walked a few steps closely, raised his hand a little, and those servants fainted immediately.

Qu Wuming frowned slightly when he saw this, and the power of his divine sense detected that those servants were fine, but they were just unconscious, so he didn't make a sound to stop them. Liu Yunbao thought he was proud, so he walked ahead and opened the way.

"This Qingyun Garden is a newly built mansion of the Yun family for this birthday banquet, I just heard that it covers an extremely wide area and is extremely luxurious, but now I see it, and it is really so!" Liu Jinhu put his hands behind his back, looked around as he walked, and said to a few of his brothers next to him.

"Hmph, it is said to be a six-fold courtyard, and it seems that the Yun family is going to use this place as a new ancestral home." Liu Yinhu snorted coldly and said.

Liu Tiehu looked at the strange flowers and plants everywhere in the first courtyard, the rockeries and strange stones everywhere, the winding paths and secluded paths, and the scenery step by step, with a greedy look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "In the future, I can let the Yun family give up this house to our family." ”

Liu Tonghu nodded and agreed: "Although it is a bit cheesy, it does take some thought, and it is good to entertain guests here." I wonder what is in the second courtyard? ”

When everyone walked to the second courtyard, bypassing a shadow wall, an artificial lake came into view. Weeping willows blow the shore, the blue waves ripple, the colorful lotus is in full bloom, the koi fish are in groups, a tortuous corridor passes through the lake, connects the pavilions and water pavilions, under the cover of the rockery and strange stones, it seems to have stepped into the water town again, quiet and pleasant.

When I walked through the second courtyard, the noise suddenly came to my face. The first thing that caught the eyes of several people was the Bodhi tree every five zhang or so, I don't know where they were transplanted from, I am afraid that each of them is decades old, and the tall and luxuriant canopy is like a giant umbrella, casting a patch of shade. On the ground, all the cyan stones were neatly laid, and hundreds of round tables were set up in the huge courtyard. At this moment, the courtyard is already full of people, the food is fragrant, the aroma of wine is overflowing, it is very lively, the children of the Yun family and their relatives and friends are seated, chatting freely, just the children who come and go and keep shuttling between the wine tables to serve the food There are hundreds of people.

Liu Jinhu looked from afar, and saw that the ancestor of the Yun family was taking the current head of the Yun family to toast around at this time, accompanied by three or four core members of the family, a sneer couldn't help but appear on his face, and he said loudly: "Hehe, it's very lively, it seems that your Yun family really attaches great importance to you, an old guy!" ”

This sentence seemed to be said casually, but it was said with mana, and it was clearly transmitted to the ears of all those present.

"Liu Jinhu!" Yun Family Ancestor Yun Hua's brows furrowed suddenly.

"Hehe, it's Liu." With a burst of sneering, Liu Jinhu led people to walk over slowly, and along the way, two Yun family disciples wanted to step forward to stop them, but they were pushed to the corner by Liu Yunbao with a gentle wave of his hand.

"Who should I be, it turned out to be the Liu family's five tigers and eight leopards! The old man doesn't seem to have invited you! ”

"Hehehe, you Yunhua has a thousand-year-old birthday, we are in the same Changqing City, how can we not come to congratulate you?" Liu Jinhu said with a smile.

At this time, Yun Family Ancestor Yunhua also noticed Qu Wuming behind Liu Jinhu, although he didn't know him, he faintly felt a little uneasy, but his face did not change: "Then thank you Liu Family Ancestor for giving this face!" Since you're here, why don't you sit down and have a drink together? ”

"I've already celebrated your birthday," Liu Jinhu grinned, "Now it's time to tell you something serious." ”

Yun Hua frowned slightly, and asked coldly, "What are you going to say?" ”

"It's rare that the people of your Yun family are here today, even relatives and friends have come a lot, our Liu family's five tigers and eight leopards are here today, just to take the opportunity to inform your Yun family, and when this birthday banquet is over, we will sell those mines in Huangyeling to our Liu family, the price is easy to discuss!" In the future, we will still be amiable old neighbors in Changqing City, haha. ”

"What if the old man doesn't agree?"

"Don't say yes? Hehe, you still think that the current Liu family is the Liu family of the year, will you not agree? If you don't agree, I'm afraid there will be nothing to do with the Yun family in Changqing City in the future. ”

"You!" Yun Hua held back his anger and was about to attack, but was interrupted by a burst of laughter from behind.

"Hahahaha...... I didn't expect Yun Daoyou to have such a big face, and he could invite the famous Qu Wuming to come to celebrate his birthday on his thousandth birthday? ”

Liu Jinhu raised his eyes and didn't know each other. I saw that the person who spoke was wearing a cyan robe, looking like he was about sixty or seventy years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, white beard, three strands of long hair fluttering on his chest, and holding a handful of black dust in his arms.

Liu Jinhu frowned, and was about to scold, but who knew that Qu Wuming had already walked behind him in a flash.