Chapter 41: The Six Families Gather
Xu Yunhe was very anxious in his heart, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Guozong's arm and asked, "What is the situation?"
"Boy, what are you anxious about?" Xu Guozong shook off Xu Yunhe a little impatiently, and then added a little uneasily, "What I told you today, you must not talk to Gongzi!"
Xu Yunhe nodded with a wry smile, facing Xu Guozong's mother-in-law's instructions, he was really a little speechless.
He stared at Xu Yunhe uncomfortably for a while, and before Xu Yunhe was about to be unbearable to speak, Xu Guozong finally spoke slowly: "When the son was born, it was just in time for the head of the Xue family in Yuzhou to visit. And what is even more coincidental is that not long ago, the wife of the head of the Xue family just gave birth to a daughter. At that time, the relationship between the two families was very good, and the patriarch also set a baby kiss for Gongzi and Miss Xue, which was originally a good thing, but who knew that it would ...... later"
"Yuzhou Xue family?" Xu Yunhe was suspicious, and asked a little strangely, "Isn't there only six major families?
"Hmph, the frog at the bottom of the well, do you think that in this world, there are only six of us?" Xu Guozong snorted coldly and said.
"Isn't it?" Xu Yunhe was a little confused, and hesitated, "In addition to the six families, there are other families, can they marry the Xu family?"
"It's really unlearned!" Xu Guozong's tone was still unceremoniously, "The world is respected by the six families, this is true! But such a big world, if there are only six families, can it still be regarded as a world?"
Xu Yunhe touched his head, he heard that he seemed to have made a mistake and wanted to ask, but seeing Xu Guozong's foaming and hating iron and steel, he was still smart and didn't talk much.
But fortunately, after teaching Xu Yunhe a lesson, Xu Guozong took the initiative to solve Xu Yunhe's doubts: "For more than 300 years since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, when the Ding Ding was established, the six families contributed a lot, and the children of the six families from the dragon accounted for most of them, so there was a saying that 'the children of the non-six clans are not allowed to enter the office'." β
"But," Xu Guozong changed his words, and then said, "There are so many places in the thirty-six counties of the eighteen provinces of Daqi, and there are only six families with less than 10,000 school-age children, where is enough? β
"Does this have anything to do with the Xue family? If this Xue family is a poor family, it is not qualified to marry the Xu family, right?" Xu Yunhe raised his own question, you must know that the six families have always attached the most importance to the family, although Xu Chengfang is not the eldest son, but he is also a descendant of the Xu family, if any random cold family can marry with the six families, then these six families are too worthless, right?
"Of course it matters! What are you anxious about? Haven't I just said this?" Xu Guozong reprimanded Xu Yunhe, and then said stupidly, "After more than three hundred years, slowly, some outstanding Hanmen families gradually gained a firm foothold in the court. Especially in recent years, there have been continuous wars, and with military merits, some Hanmen families have also formed a lot of power. This Yuzhou Xue family is one of them. β
"I see, I originally thought that there were only six big people in the world, and they could really be regarded as frogs at the bottom of the well. Xu Yunhe shook his head with a wry smile and said slowly, "The army is indeed a good way to be promoted, as long as there are military merits, promotion is a matter of course." Although the sword and gun have no eyes, as long as you are willing to fight, you can also pay off. Over the years, there must have been a lot of big families, right?"
"What nonsense! In addition to the six families, what family dares to call themselves big families?" Xu Guozong brutally interrupted Xu Yunhe's self-talk, his stiff face showed a kind of pride from within, "The cold family is always a cold family, even if there are more military achievements, what use can it be? Even if they are thriving in the army, if the six families have no one behind them, which one can cross the hurdle of the six grades?" If it weren't for the fact that the Xue family happened to make a great achievement, and the patriarch drank two more cups, where would it be their turn to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix to these inferior people? Hmph! These inferior people are not only not grateful to Dai De, but they are shameless and reckless! If it weren't for the fact that my Xu Guozong's status is not high and I can't say anything, I would have suggested to the patriarch to destroy the Xue family a long time ago!"
Xu Guozong asked Xu Yunhe several questions in a row, and he didn't understand what was wrong, and he actually caused him to be so angry, but it was not good to ask directly.
He was so angry that he was alone, and Xu Guozong finally went down: "This family affair is actually a wronged son." But a woman, except for the fact that the family is a little unmatched, the rest doesn't matter. Even if you wait for the son to be old and can't look at it, you can just change it when the time comes. Women are like clothes, and if they say they will change them!"
Xu Yunhe listened quietly, but a smile suddenly appeared in his heart.
If your own ...... It's her words...... I wouldn't be like that...... Even if it's clothes...... She's irreplaceable......
Xu Guozong said to himself, his tone became more and more violent, and he didn't notice that Xu Yunhe's white cheeks were actually flushed: "Who knows, that woman of the Xue family turned out to be a woman who is completely shameless! Before the son grew up and divorced her, she actually eloped with a dirty groom! This kind of cheap woman who does not abide by the woman's way of watery poplar flowers almost became close to the son, and the patriarch was really blind at the beginning!"
Xu Guozong was panting and panting, and there was no way to stop him from speaking angrily, and he even said disrespectful words to the patriarch. Fortunately, there is only one audience named Xu Yunhe now, and if someone else listens to it, it will be a lot of trouble.
The expression on Xu Yunhe's face also became much stricter, and he finally understood the truth of the matter at this moment, but in his heart, he did not have any sense of happiness to learn the truth. Looking at the chic and comfortable figure in front of him, his heart suddenly felt heavy.
Don't look at him when he is in front of him, he always looks at ease and light, and in the depths of his heart, there is such an unspeakable sad thing. Even though he has never met this Miss Xue family, at least in terms of name, that is his wife. Even though he has no conjugal relationship with her, in the eyes of others, his future wife ran away with a horse's belly, and a green hat has been buckled on Xu Chengfang's head.
It turns out that all people in this world, whether rich or poor, have their own sad things!
Xu Yunhe pondered for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Then Miss Xue...... What happened in the end?"
"What else?" Xu Guozong was angry, and snorted, "I was caught by the people of the Xue family, and the groom was beheaded on the spot, and the Xue family sent this cheap woman to our Xu family." Hmph! Don't look at what kind of family our Xu family is, such a thing, when our son-in-law is a garbage can, will we still want her? The three-foot white silk left her a whole corpse, even if our Xu family is merciful!"
"That's ......" Xu Yunhe didn't know what to say, and suddenly thought of another question, and asked, "But what does this have to do with that Lu Youcheng? Why did he use this matter to stimulate your son-in-law?"
"Speaking of which, it's really unjust!" Xu Guozong sighed, his tone became low, "The groom who eloped with that cheap woman is the Lu family! That Lu Youcheng didn't see the same eye as the son, and every time he met, he had to use this to stimulate the son, which was really hateful!"
"I see, that's ......" Xu Yunhe nodded, and then looked at the back of Xu Chengfang in front of him, without saying a word, he never thought that in the heart of this person who seemed to take everything to heart, there was such a bitter past hidden. Even if it is not his own fault, there is no escape or discharge after all.
"Boy, you remember! Don't mention this matter in front of Childe! Although it's all that's fault, Childe will be very unhappy when he mentions it! If you dare to provoke Childe to be unhappy, I will make you ten times more sad than Childe!" Xu Guozong viciously threatened Xu Yunhe.
Xu Yunhe nodded, although Xu Guozong had always been very unkind to him, Xu Yunhe's heart did not feel angry. He could feel that this Xu Guozong was indeed loyal to Xu Chengfang. Everything he did was just for Xu Chengfang's good. As Xu Chengfang's friend, with such a loyal subordinate around Xu Chengfang, he was only relieved in his heart, and it didn't matter if he was treated unfairly.
Seeing that Xu Yunhe's attitude was very sincere, Xu Guozong was quite satisfied, and just as he opened his mouth to add two more sentences, there was a sudden violent fluctuation in the air, Xu Yunhe didn't have anything, Xu Guozong's face changed all of a sudden.
Before Xu Guozong could explain, Xu Yunhe had already felt it. He didn't know why Xu Guozong's complexion suddenly changed drastically, but he, who was born with a fire spirit body, had already felt the sudden increase in temperature in the air, as well as the fire element hidden in the air, and suddenly became restless.
Such a violent fluctuation of the fire element, only a super-strong fire attribute martial artist can cause such a violent fluctuation. With Xu Yunhe's current knowledge, the same fluctuation even Xu Ruigu can't do. If this person who came was from the other four families, then this person's strength was absolutely outstanding, and even Xu Chengfang, who had never been able to see through his cultivation, was afraid that it would be difficult to compete.
It's just that if there is really such a powerful person, then Xu Yunhe's cognition will be subverted again. The strength of the six families is half a pound and eight taels between each other, which is about the same. If such a person really comes, then the Xu family is really in danger.
And in addition to this one possibility, there is another possibility that is very small, and that is......
Phoenix!!!
A roar that resounded for nine days, the fire element in the air suddenly burst out, and a strong wind wrapped in the blazing high temperature, with a face full of awe, Xu Yunhe finally saw this kind of mythical object that only existed in the legend - the phoenix.
A fiery red feather with no flames attached to it, but at a glance, the slender hair-like fluff on the feathers swayed gently, but it was even more impossible to ignore than the real flames. The huge wings that reached more than 30 meters wide, gently stirred at a height of more than 10 meters from the ground, the dust on the ground had already been blown away, and a smooth ground with a radius of tens of meters was formed below, which was cleaner than that of the most diligent sweeper.
Xu Yunhe's gaze slowly moved backwards from the feathers on the phoenix's body, the feathers like flames flashed with a bright look, and at the end, a colorful tail feather crossed a soft arc and pointed upward, almost as high as the crown feather held high in front.
No wonder, no wonder there was such a violent fluctuation of the fire element. Legend has it that the phoenix was born from the flames of nirvana, this is a divine beast belonging to the fire, a divine object descended from the sky, how can it be compared to mortals?
The phoenix chirped again, and the fire element in Xu Yunhe's body suddenly became agitated, and the phoenix had already flapped its wings lightly and slowly descended downward.
"Hello, you're a stinky bird! Pick up a stinky bird, and show it everywhere! What's the big deal, when you make Grandpa Lu unhappy, Lao Lu and I will kick off your rotten bird eggs!" As soon as the phoenix fell, Lu Youcheng, who was sitting still in the room, suddenly threw off his two feet and ran out, stretched out a finger and pointed at the phoenix's back, and scolded.
Is there someone on the phoenix? Such a divine thing is actually a thing with a master?
Xu Yunhe was surprised, but the facts did not allow him not to believe it. As soon as the phoenix fell, a group of people jumped down from the back of the phoenix. Roughly speaking, there are at least twenty or thirty people.
"I know that your rammer has arrived early, how about it, but what do you gain?" The group approached silently, and a man in white who walked in front glanced at Lu Youcheng, automatically filtered Lu Youcheng's abusive words, and asked lightly.
"His grandmother has a leg, you old boys are ghostly, you hide in the back and refuse to come out, you want my old Lu to be a pioneer for you?
"Brother Lu, everyone is here for the same purpose, why bother?" A person walked out from behind Duanmu Feiyu and started a round with a smile. This person was white and fat, and his eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, and he looked kind.
"Song Xiangtian on the dog day, don't play haha in front of Lao Tzu, you have a belly of fancy intestines, your Grandpa Lu is not with you all the way!"
"Lu Youcheng! There are rough people like you who don't know how to be polite in the six major families, it's really a shame for us! I really don't know where your Lu family's tutor is, how can you teach a person like you who has no ink!" Someone finally stood up and scolded Lu Youcheng, Xu Yunhe recognized that this was a person from the Pei family in Jiangning, and Xu Yunhe naturally hadn't seen the appearance of the person who spoke, but Pei Shengyuan, who was following him, Xu Yunhe couldn't recognize it clearly. He was not mistaken, it was Pei Shengyuan's second brother, Pei Shengduo.
Someone shouted at him, but Lu Youcheng seemed to be even more interested, and his voice was an octave higher: "That Gongye Lotte hiding in the back, don't fucking hide and hide with Lao Tzu! Your obscene appearance, like a mouse, Lao Tzu can be recognized at a glance from a distance of 800 meters, what kind of hide and seek are you playing hide and seek with Lao Tzu?"
As soon as Lu Youcheng's words fell, a person stood up from behind Pei Shengyuan, and smiled at Lu Youcheng: "Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time!"
And when he raised his head, as soon as he saw his true face, Xu Yunhe almost didn't laugh.
Lu Youcheng really didn't say anything wrong, at least he didn't say anything wrong about this Gongye Lotte's comment. He was really born with an extremely obscene appearance.
A face is white and pure, if it weren't for the fact that one of his faces has been elongated to an extremely exaggerated Cheng dΓΉ, he can also be regarded as a white-faced scholar. Under the jaw, the mouse's whiskers are slender, and they hang down to the front of the chest.
On his extremely narrow face, the most conspicuous place is his small eyes like green beans. Under the sparse eyebrows, a pair of small mung bean eyes are rolling around, and with the garlic nose in the middle, it really looks like a mouse as Lu Youcheng said. It's really blind that such an elegant and refined good name is used on such a person.
It is not unheard of that Xu Yunhe, an obscene person, there are many such people in the market, but people who can look obscene to such a state are the only ones Xu Yunhe has seen in his life.
Xu Yunhe is not a person who judges people by their appearance, but now that he sees such an unprecedented face, and then thinks of Lu Youcheng's scolding just now, the corners of Xu Yunhe's mouth can't help but bend a touch.
Xu Yunhe didn't laugh out loud, but this subtle change in his face was still discovered.
Before he could feel any rumors, Xu Yunhe felt a flower in front of him, and the cowering face that made him almost laugh had appeared less than half a foot in front of him.
"Boy, what are you laughing at? Are you laughing at me? This son looks obscene, he is really blind to such a good name, boy, do you think so in your heart? Huh?" Before Xu Yunhe could react, Gongye Lotte had already taken the lead, choking Xu Yunhe's throat with one hand, while still talking in his mouth, asking questions one after another, but not giving Xu Yunhe any chance to answer.
"Right...... ......There was no room for resistance, Xu Yunhe was strangled by the other party's throat, and his hands were desperately dragging Gongye Lotte's fingers, but he was never able to let the iron claws loosen the slightest.
"Ben Gongzi was born like this, I look good, you can see it, but I can't laugh!" Gongye Lotte's pair of mung bean eyes burst out with a terrifying cold light, and his gaze at Xu Yunhe was cold and vicious, "The most disdainful person in my son's life, I didn't want to make a move today, but since you dare to laugh at me, this son will let you experience the feeling of a beautiful boy becoming ugly!"
"Uh...... Don't ......" Xu Yunhe's body was lifted up by Gongye Letian, and he couldn't see that Gongye Lotte was born obscene, but he was taller than Xu Yunhe when he stood upright. He gripped Xu Yunhe's throat with one of his left hands, and lifted a fire man without any effort. Xu Yunhe, whose face was flushed, tried his best to flutter his hands and feet in the air, but he couldn't bother him at all.