The second day of the Inner House Meeting, August 26, was an ordinary day.

But for the Zhou people, it can't be ordinary, because today is the birthday of their patriarch Zhou Bai, and those who have a heart want to organize a birthday banquet, and ordinary people also want to be grateful to this young patriarch who has risen with the family and give some small gifts.

However, Zhou Bai suppressed these voices, the Jinshi celebration a few days ago had been carried out in a big way, and he had to work hard for his seventeenth birthday.

When several gift-givers touched their heads one after another, no one used this as an excuse to come to the door to show goodwill, but the elders of the family did not think that Zhou Bai was unkind, but thought that this was a sign of old and steady.

Seventeen years old is too young to make too much noise, lest other forces consider it frivolous and unreliable.

Zhou Bai was not just born, but went to the house of the old patriarch Zhou Mingxuan and invited the heads and heirs of each house to hold a family banquet.

In addition to people close to Zhou Xiangwen and Zhou Rui's father and son, even Zhou Chang, the owner of the three-room house, also went to the banquet as promised.

This family banquet was also held after Zhou Mingxuan and Zhou Bai discussed, and they all understood that they should take advantage of the fact that the principals of the previous generation were still there, and the hearts of the people in the family should be gathered.

At the gate of Zhou Mingxuan's house, Zhou Bai became a serious welcome.

Zhou Chang saw the high-spirited young man at the door from afar, and when he thought of the achievements of the young man in the past two years, he was a little dazed.

The Holy Decree is knighted, but it is not the peak.

At that time, due to the pressure within the family, he took his son Zhou Heyun to bear the guilt, although his behavior was embarrassing, but he may not have a trace of Qiji in his heart.

Maybe one day Zhou Heyun can do the same?

But when it comes to the later Dingzhou Jieyuan, and then to today's Jinshi, the celestial archway is a glory that everyone can hardly hope for.

Where does Zhou Chang still understand that his son and Zhou Baibi are like fireflies to Haoyue.

Fortunately, he is also a member of the Zhou family, and he does not have a deep hatred, and being able to invite him to a family banquet shows a lot of things.

"Brother Bai, Birthday Pleasant, a little careful." Zhou Chang cleaned up his mood, with a slight embarrassed smile on his face, and strode to the door.

"Thank you Uncle Chang, the elders have all taken their seats, please inside."

Zhou Bai took the gift box and asked Zhou Rui, who was following him, to help hold it, and then pretended to be strange, looked behind Zhou Chang and said, "By the way, didn't Heyun come?" ”

"He didn't make it, he never went to school and gained fame, so he was left in the countryside by me and studied behind closed doors in the manor." Zhou Chang was stunned and hurriedly explained.

This is not what you said at the beginning, when you will have fame and fame, and when you will be Hui.

Of course, Zhou Chang just complained in his heart, and now the gap in status makes him unable to stand up to the elders.

Zhou Bai nodded: "Well, it's okay." However, now that the family has grown up and has a lot of industries, Uncle Chang can apply to the Qunshitang if he is interested and let Heyun do things. ”

"If I am really talented, as the patriarch, I will give it a chance."

Zhou Chang happily agreed, and saw that his steps were much lighter.

For more than a year, he has realized what it means to be warm and cold, and he also hates evil servants like Zhou Datian.

When the people walked away, Zhou Rui said in a loud voice: "Sure enough, it's a lot bigger, my patriarch." ”

Zhou Bai was silent, but it was true, the position was different, and the level of thinking was different.

Yesterday's summary meeting was to unite the hearts of the inner government, and today's family banquet is to unite the hearts of the family.

The wind and rain are coming, but he is deeply touched, and he doesn't mention it from afar, just saying that the Zhao family's actions in the past few days are the precursor to a big fight.

Combined with various means of official faces and shadows, the Zhou family's business in the county was forcibly suppressed.

For example, in a ready-to-wear shop in the clan, a large number of ruffians will flock to the store during the day, and they will pretend to choose fabrics and admire the ready-to-wear.

But as soon as a customer comes, they will block the door of the store or scare away, and no business can be done on the last day.

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At night, it is not uncommon for shops to be splashed with blood, stolen, and even on fire.

For this reason, the clan can only send more manpower to be on duty day and night, so that it is slightly better.

When Ji Hongzhe was there before, it must have been useful to report to the official, but now that Shou Heng is in charge, the relationships that are dotted below, if you are not serious, you will be embarrassed, and they can be regarded as money in place.

Another example is that bandits who have not appeared for a long time frequently target the caravans of the Zhou people to other counties.

The family guards desperately, but they can't grab anything, but they can definitely do it by destroying the goods and delaying the time.

After all, under Zhou Bai's deliberate cutting, most of the people responsible for transportation in the interior were clan soldiers, not Neifu Zhuangding.

One day or two days is fine, but after a long time, the losses will be unbearable, and the strength of the Zhou family will also be doubted by other families, causing more and more neutrals to fall to the Zhao family.

Zhou Mingxuan's house is much larger than Zhou Bai's courtyard, and there is also a special place for guests, and the large round table is just enough to sit down for guests.

The dishes fill the round table, but they are all normal home-cooked dishes, eggs with leeks, meat miso soup, small fish, pickled eggplant......

The old lady took two maids and served the last few dishes: "It's all here, I made it myself, don't dislike it." ”

"Hello old lady." Everyone got up and said hello, for this they were not much less respectful than Zhou Mingxuan.

During the years that Zhou Mingxuan was the patriarch, Mrs. Yu firmly controlled the stability of the back house of the descendants of the Zhufang, so that the old men of the front house were dedicated to their careers.

The first in the township before the Zhou family, if Zhou Mingxuan has five points of merit, then his wife must have two points.

"Okay, it's all good, Zhou Bai's birthday banquet is also a family banquet, feel free."

When Mrs. Yu saw that Zhou Bai had not yet sat down, she pointed to the seat and said, "Brother Bai, sit on the main seat, and I will call the old man and Yueyun." ”

Zhou Bai nodded with a smile, looked at the back of the old lady leaving, and still didn't move.

A quarter of an hour later, the old patriarch Zhou Mingxuan slowly walked out of the back hall with the support of the old lady and Yu Yueyun.

Seeing this, Zhou Bai hurriedly greeted him, and he and Yu Yueyun just looked at each other, so they naturally took over the position.

Yu Yueyun went up and dragged the chair out, while Zhou Bai helped Zhou Mingxuan to sit down.

"In the old patriarch's house, it must be the old patriarch who sits on the throne." Without waiting for the second elder to speak, he smiled and preemptively said.

Although there was a smile when he spoke, the resoluteness in it could not be refuted, and Zhou Mingxuan had no choice but to acquiesce.

The two generations of patriarchs, one old and one new, seem to have reached some kind of tacit understanding before today's family banquet.

Then Zhou Bai and Mrs. Yu sat on both sides of the main seat, one left and one right, while Yu Yueyun stood behind Zhou Mingxuan, with her hands on his shoulders, as if she was not ready to eat.

Everyone was very curious, but it was not good to ask too much, just as Yu Yueyun was filial.

Zhou Mingxuan's physical condition is good today, compared to the pale nature of the ancestor worship that day, his face is quite bloody, and his speech is full of energy and spirit.

"On the occasion of the patriarch's seventeenth birthday, the owners of the twelve families will be gathered today, but they are not going to say anything big, or they are chatting at the family banquet."

Zhou Bai nodded, and followed Zhou Mingxuan's words and said: "Well, what the old patriarch means is what I mean, everyone should know the situation that our clan is facing in the past few days, and the external enemy is current, so we should unify our internal thoughts first." ”

"Everyone has poured down your respective sufferings and the contradictions accumulated with each other, and today our two patriarchs will give you an understanding."

"I am a big house in this vein, and I think I have enjoyed too much of the family's cheapness, but I still have to say that our big house is very aggrieved, it is difficult to do, everything has to be even......" Zhou Mingxuan, as the old patriarch and the owner of the big house, took the lead in talking about the grievances and difficulties in his heart.

As he spoke, he beckoned everyone to start eating, and gradually the atmosphere began to liven up.

followed by Zhou Lin in the second room and Zhou Chang in the third room...... Everyone is complaining in turn, why the contradictions arise, who is right and who is wrong.

Of course, Zhou Chang is very smart, he seems to be spitting bitterness, but in fact, he admits his mistakes.

He took out the little grievance between him and Zhou Bai, which set off Zhou Bai's magnanimity and fairness.

This point has to be recognized by other houses, after Zhou Bai took over the family, there was no favoritism and injustice in the judgment of large and small affairs.

Slowly, the simple home-cooked dishes on the table were swept away, and there were hardly any dishes left, which meant that the feast was coming to an end.

Everyone suddenly realized that although many words in their hearts were still not said thoroughly, just this level made their minds open up too much.

Yes, my own family, what can't be said thoroughly.

The account that can be cleared, the two patriarchs will clear it in front of them, and the rotten sesame seeds of Chen Guzi that can't be cleared can be poured into the bitter water with a lot of ease.

They didn't know that in Zhou Bai's memory, this was called the internal cooking life meeting of the organization.

"Fellow elders, I am a celestial, but in this mortal life, I must do something.

"Some elders understand this business, and some elders still have some lakes, but it doesn't matter, the family and I are both prosperous and loss-oriented."

"After tonight, when facing foreign enemies, no matter what the situation, please give your full support."

Zhou Bai finally took out a pot of spirit wine, poured a glass for everyone, and then prepared to end the family banquet.

Who knew that Zhou Mingxuan also wanted a cup, Yu Yueyun could only beg in a low voice: "Dad, you can replace water with tea, the aura of this spiritual wine is really not something your body can bear." ”

However, Zhou Mingxuan didn't know that his body was already hopeless, and he scanned everyone on the table while holding his empty wine glass.

"The patriarch didn't say it thoroughly, I'll tell you it thoroughly."

"Old man, let me tell you, the Zhou family is fortunate to have a dragon, it's not easy! Whether inside or outside, you must completely obey any orders of the patriarch, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter the ancestral tomb after death, and the spiritual position will not be allowed to enter the ancestral hall, you know that I can do this. ”

The homeowners looked at each other, how does this look like an explanation of the aftermath?

Of course, they also understood what Zhou Mingxuan's confidence was, because he had the Yinyou edict given by Zhou Bai, and he would definitely be able to enter the spiritual realm as the ancestral spirit of the Zhou clan.

"Do you hear that?! Ahem. ”

The old patriarch shouted angrily, causing everyone to get up again, and then bowed to Zhou Bai: "I will obey the patriarch's order in the future, otherwise I will not enter the ancestral tomb and the ancestral hall after death!" ”

Zhou Bai also solemnly returned the salute and recognized the "surrender" of these elders.

He secretly sighed in his heart, why the clan is in charge in this world, and why there are small families in the world that can rise step by step, that is, generations of people like Zhou Mingxuan.

There is no way, this wine has to be poured if it is not poured, but if he replaces it, Zhou Mingxuan can't detect it.

Zhou Mingxuan raised his glass, Zhou Bai raised his glass, and everyone raised his glass.

"There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and congratulations to Bai Ge'er on his birthday......"

The vicissitudes of life and low words announced the end of the family banquet, but Yu Yueyun suddenly burst into tears, and the hand on Zhou Mingxuan's shoulder trembled slightly.

This is a farewell, a farewell to the obsession to let go.

When all the guests dispersed, Zhou Mingxuan finally couldn't support it, even if he had the mana to protect his heart all the way, he only had his last breath left when he lay on the bed.

The husband and wife, father and daughter said their final goodbyes, while Zhou Bai waited quietly outside the house and arranged the funeral.

"You go and call a few clan elders, as well as the other concubines of the big house, and remember not to alarm too many people."

Although the old patriarch only has one adopted daughter, Yu Yueyun, there are other men in the big house, and he is not afraid of breaking the heir.

It didn't take long for Yu Yueyun and Old Madam Yu to come out with red and swollen eyes.

"Brother Bai, is it really hopeless?" The girl asked unwillingly with tears in her voice.

Zhou Bai shook his head with a heavy expression: "In the past half a year, you have been using mana to maintain it every day, and the situation should be clearer than mine, not because of the lack of qi and blood, the thinness and fatigue, but the fact that his lifespan has stopped here." ”

"What's more, it's really the old patriarch's wish, and he doesn't want to endure any longer, he is too tired in this life."

Hearing this, the mother and daughter could only accept the reality and let the door open, so that the two patriarchs could make the final handover.

Zhou Mingxuan was lying on the bed, his eyes closed, trying to save a little energy, and he opened his eyes when he heard Zhou Bai's voice coming in.

"I didn't let them know, or it would be too noisy."

Zhou Bai shook his head: "It's all gone, according to your orders, things behind you are as simple as possible, quiet." ”

"I can become an ancestral spirit, and there are still yin blessings to enjoy, if it is too grand, what about those clansmen who suffer in the underworld."

"It's just not the right time to go, Brother Bai'er, don't feel unlucky." Zhou Mingxuan slowly stretched out his dry palm and pressed it on the back of Zhou Bai's hand.

At this time, his breath was about to run out, and his speech was as thin as a mosquito.

Zhou Bai shook his head, did not interrupt the train of thought of the old man in front of him, but silently entered a mana to activate the last life force in his body.

"Do it boldly, where is the dragon of my family in the Zhao family, and the existence that can be bullied by a county order."

"Yun'er and the family are handed over to you, I don't worry."

"Remember, one person is not prosperous, but generation is prosperous...... At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and the old man's hand just let go.

The last words dispersed with the wind, and a touch of sadness appeared in Zhou Bai's calm heart, and then nodded lightly at the door where there was no one.

There was a soul there, and the edict in his hand glowed slightly, guiding him towards the spiritual realm.

On this night, life and death just finished a settlement.

In this way, not only did not reduce the family's luck, but the moment he entered the spiritual realm, he suddenly showed a posture of full luck.

Zhou Mingxuan, who had just become an ancestral spirit, looked at Siye with a little puzzlement, there was gray and black air everywhere, and the sound of soldiers colliding was faintly heard.

This is Bai Ge'er going to use force!