After a short stay, the square was filled with guests.

Liu Yuli, who greeted the guests at the door, also returned here and prepared to preside over the ceremony.

As the only son in the family, Liu Yuli is indeed busy today. Not only do you have to greet your father's old friends in front of the door, the old-timers on the rivers and lakes, but also take care of the seating arrangements in the square, food and drink, and other trivial matters, and finally preside over a golden basin handwashing meeting without the participation of the parties.

If it weren't for the old housekeeper Liu Feng who helped, and he was also an old figure of the Liu family, many people would recognize him and be willing to give face, otherwise it would be really difficult for Liu Gongzi.

When he greeted the guests before, he was vague about the guests, and gently and skillfully revealed the fact that the old father was unconscious, so that the family could not see that something was wrong, but also to protect the face of the Liu family.

The invitation was sent out more than a month in advance, Liu Ruomu was attacked last night, and no one came all the way to turn people away when they arrived at the door.

The so-called tiger does not fall to the shelf, as a family that has been handed down on the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, even if it is in decline now, the façade that should exist still cannot be left behind.

When the guests were seated, servants came up with dishes.

Liu Yuqi personally appeared with a coffee table, covered with brocade, and a golden basin with golden light was placed.

The basin was already full of water, and the water basin and coffee table made of gold were about forty or fifty catties, but Liu Yuqi walked dozens of steps in front of the person, but he walked steadily, his body did not shake, and the water droplets did not spill.

Some of the people sitting in the audience couldn't help but cheer in their hearts, and said in their hearts that although the eldest son of the Liu family is not very good, his work is very solid.

The golden basin did not fall on the stage, and was held by Liu Yuqi and placed in the middle of the stage. At this time, there was a burst of firecrackers outside the gate, and after the sound, Liu Yuqi went back to the stage and hugged the fist group, and said loudly: "Seniors, friends, you have come from afar to participate in my father's golden basin handwashing ceremony, and you are grateful!" Prepare a little wine here, wash the dust for you, and be a landlord with oak, please drink this cup! ”

took a glass of wine from Liu Feng's hand, and rushed down to the stage, and all the guests also raised their glasses in return, and each drank victorious.

Liu Yuli looked around and said, "Everyone's kindness, my Liu family has inherited it." But my father has been in poor health lately, and he couldn't eat last night, and he really couldn't get up today, so he sent a boy to preside over it, please forgive me! ”

The ceremony of washing hands in the golden basin, but the main lord could not come, this is the first time I have heard of it.

At this moment, the audience exploded into discussions, and they all cast their eyes on Shen Jingxing and Sun Yan, but they saw that their faces were calm and seemed to have expected it.

So everyone also understood that this must be true, otherwise as the representative of the Fengyun Pavilion of the Jianghu Yamen, the Grandmaster of the Thousand Machines Valley would definitely speak out against it.

The discussion gradually weakened, Lu An and the old gentleman were literati, and he was the oldest person present, at this time he asked slowly: "Chenyun, even if the old man is not in the rivers and lakes, he knows that this is an unheard of thing." Your father is in poor health, but he should always show his face, and he can't let you, the junior, bear the ......"

Tang Heng also said: "What the old gentleman said is extremely true, washing hands in the golden basin is to break the grievances of the rivers and lakes." If you have any troubles, you can tell it, I believe that all of you present are not unkind, and you can't count the debt of the old owner Liu on your head. We're all juniors, and there are some things you can't afford or pay back......"

Tang Heng's words, but Fang Tai listened to them and tasted wrong, inside and out, as if he was saying that Liu Yu's ability was not good, and he couldn't afford it and was not qualified to deal with the grievances of the old owner Liu.

He Wenzhou stood up at this time and said solemnly to Liu Yuqi: "Virtuous nephew, what happened to Ling Zun?" He has something important to ask him about in person, and if he can't come, I will go to see him. ”

At this time, there was someone in the audience: "If you don't show up for such a big thing, I'm afraid that the old owner of Liu Zhuang is not weak-hearted, right?" Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. Now, no one wants to show up......"

Hearing this, Liu Yuqi frowned and asked, "I don't know where this friend heard what kind of 'bad thing' can make my Liu family weak-hearted?" ”

It was a person sitting at the bottom of the table who spoke, dressed energetically, and a pair of slender eyes were looking at the stage slantingly.

"I heard that your eldest son Liu provoked the girl of the Zhao family to go home, and the owner of Liu Zhuang beat the father who came to the door to death, put the girl under house arrest, and did not even let him go back to the funeral. Is there such a thing? ”

Liu Yuqi slammed the door when he heard the words, and was about to speak, but he heard a loud shout from the audience: "Where did the idlers come from here are talking nonsense!" But it was the grumpy Ma Jianshan who couldn't hear it, and spoke out for the Liu family.

"The daughter of the Zhao family and the nephew of Chenyun are obviously in love, and Zhao Minzhang did not die in Youlong Villa, where can he complain about the Liu family!"

"But I heard that the girl of the Zhao family secretly escaped yesterday and wanted to go back to her parents' house, but she was still arrested by Liu Gongzi......"

Liu Yu's face turned red with anger, and he interrupted him: "Nonsense! I and Feiqing are obviously in love, and the two families have already acquiesced in our marriage, and this matter has long been spread in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Then why did you all run out the day before the succession ceremony?"

Liu Yuqi who asked this question was stunned.

The man then asked, "I heard that the daughter of the Zhao family wants to go home to mourn, yes or no?" I heard that Zhao Minzhang died after going to your Dragon Villa, yes or no? ”

These successive questions made Liu Yuqi speechless.

At first glance, these two sentences do not have any problems, but they are the result of the incident, and the cause of them has been skipped, which makes it seem that the Liu family is unreasonable.

Ma Jianshan and Liu Yuqi were good friends, and wanted to argue for them, but their tongues were inconvenient, so they blew their beards and glared: "Wu Na Xiaoer, nonsense, come on, Lao Tzu will teach you a lesson with his own hands!" ”

Lu An and the old gentleman still had a clear mind, and said tremblingly: "Your Excellency, if you hear about it one by one, don't you hear the rumors and be terrible, and the three of them become tigers?" Such words slandered the Liu family every word, and did not give a chance to argue, but it was not a gentleman's trip. Dustcloud, what do you have to say? ”

Ma Jianshan suppressed his temper and said indignantly: "That's it, good nephew, hurry up and talk to this guy!" ”

Liu Yuqi restrained his mind, pondered for a while, and said: "I, Liu Yuqi, used to be really not doing my job, and I also did a lot of ridiculous things. The matter of Feiqing is even more regretful in my heart, but after that, I suddenly woke up, swore in front of the Liu and Zhao families, and changed my mind and was single-minded to Feiqing.

"I really don't know the inside story of the death of Senior Zhao, after that day's martial arts competition, he and my father each suffered internal injuries, but in my opinion, it was not fatal. After hearing the bad news, I took Feiqing back to Jingzhou, but her mother didn't allow us to come to the door.

"And yesterday...... When we passed through Jingzhou, we were surrounded and killed by gangsters and separated, but fortunately, we escaped with the help of nobles and returned to the villa. There is Fengyun Pavilion to prove this! I would like to ask your Excellency, where did you hear about my abduction of Fei Qing in just one day? ”

Sun Yan also said loudly: "Yes, the attack on the brothers and his wife has been personally experienced, but there is such a thing. ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

The heir of Youlong Villa was hunted down, which was a major event that shook the rivers and lakes.

There is a Fengyun Pavilion disciple to testify, which is undoubtedly a very powerful proof, and this time everyone's eyes are focused on the slender eyes.

Yes, where did he hear about it? Could it be that he is one of the instigators or chasers behind the scenes?

Fang Tai also looked at him carefully, wanting to see if this person was the one who had escaped by the river.

The slender eyes were stunned, obviously not expecting this section. However, this stunned performance also shows that he really doesn't know that Liu Yuli and Zhao Feiqing were hunted down, and they are not the people involved.

He was also single, stood up and arched his hand: "I really just heard about this, yesterday's incident was heard from the wine shop in Wuling City last night, and now it seems that this matter is heard in the lower ears." ”

Fang Tai listened to this person's admission of mistakes neatly, but he focused on the three words "this matter", but he still had something to say.

Ma Jianshan focused on those pursuers: "Virtuous nephew, can you see the heels of the people who are chasing you?" ”

Liu Yuli was a little embarrassed, and hesitated: "There are two groups of people who are chasing and killing us, one group is the wind and rain box that Fei Qing brought after asking the prisoners, and the other group is ...... The purpose is only to kill me, but I don't know where it came from. ”

"For the treasure? But I'm afraid that when you go out, you leaked the news...... But hunt you down? Where do you have an undying enemy......" Ma Jianshan said and suddenly stopped without saying anything, with a look of disbelief on his face.

The slender eyes said, "Never die?" I'm afraid it's not the old lady of the Zhao family! ”

This time it was unbelievable to everyone.

Is the old lady of the Zhao family so ruthless? Perhaps in her opinion, after Zhao Minzhang's death, she had already formed a mortal enmity with Youlong Villa......

Lu An and the old gentleman were upright, and they didn't know what to say when they heard this, but they just sighed and said, "Bad fate! Since he became the owner of the village, Ruomu has always been kind to others, and he has been estranged from the rivers and lakes for many years, even if he has grudges in the early years, he has tried his best to eliminate them. Back then, he did not agree to change the name of Renyi Villa to the old man, speaking of which, the previous owners of the Liu family are probably only Ruomu Brother who can afford the word benevolence and righteousness. But I don't want to be named after my death...... Alas......"

The slender eyes said again: "It seems that Zhao Minzhang's death at the hands of the old owner Liu is indeed true......

He Wenzhou only listened before, but did not speak, and retorted at this time: "Brother Minzhang is a friend of He, and after his death, I came to the door to mourn, but I was also rejected by Mrs. Zhao. This incident made He suspicious, I am afraid that no one in the rivers and lakes has seen Minzhang's body except for the Zhao family's mother and son. The cause of his death may have ...... Debatable......"

When he said this, he was also embarrassed, as Zhao Minzhang's friend, he naturally wanted to find justice for him, but Mrs. Zhao's actions had to make people suspicious.

But now the only people who can explain the cause of Zhao Minzhang's death should be Liu Ruomu and Mrs. Zhao's mother and son.

Liu Yuli said calmly: "No matter what the truth is, I have long been prepared to accept all the results. All grievances, I bear them on my shoulders! ”

Tang Heng interjected at this time: "Having said that, the grievances and debts of the Liu and Zhao families will eventually be cleared, but there must always be a charter for today's affairs." Now that the Zhao family has not appeared, why don't you deal with other things first? ”

This is true, and now the grievances between the Liu and Zhao families cannot be explained clearly, and the parties have not arrived, so they still have to put things on the topic.

Tang Heng continued: "Since Old Master Liu can't come in person, it's better to talk about your succession first, not to mention that if you want to pay off your father's debts, you must also have a statement." The virtuous brother has not walked around the rivers and lakes for a long time, so he always has to serve the public to do things, right? ”

Fang Taixin said: It can be seen that the purpose of this person's coming here is to make a stumbling block for Liu Yu!

Even if Ma Jianshan, Lu Anhe and others were facing Liu Yuli, they could not object to this matter. Even if they are good friends with Liu Ruomu, the family business of the old friend will be left to future generations after all. If the descendants are not capable, they can't help them as outsiders, and they always have to have their own skills.

And Liu Yuqi's previous bad deeds do make people a little worried.

After all, the interests of the Jianghu families are entangled, and the human feelings are complicated, if Liu Yuqi can't convince the public, it will also have an impact on several of them, even if they want to be present to support them, they don't seem to have much confidence.

Hearing this, the slender eyes also said: "Not bad! I have heard for a long time that the eldest son of Liu has spent his money like dirt, and now you want to succeed the owner of the village, I don't know how many townships you want to harm, but I am not convinced. ”

Tang Heng smiled and asked, "Oh?" This brother doesn't know where his hometown is, why is he here? ”

The man said: "My name is Balangxing, the rivers and lakes are scattered, I have traveled here, I heard about the affairs of the eldest prince Liu and the grievances of the Liu and Zhao families, and I have come to find out the truth." ”

"And what about after finding out the truth?"

"Naturally, whoever is reasonable will help me, and whoever ignores me will beat him. Acting chivalrous and righteous, hoeing the strong and helping the weak is what our generation should do. As soon as the words turned, Balangxing said to Tang Heng again: "I know you want me to be the first bird." I'm not stupid, if you want to fight, go by yourself, I don't need you to urge me if I want to learn the dragon scriptures! ”