Bai Zihuan said: "The ancestor of the family is resourceful and decisive, and has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, even if he wants to overthrow the imperial court with the help of other families, the Dugu family was guarding the north of the empire at that time, defending Beidi, and also controlling the largest grassland in the empire, with strong military strength, so the ancestor of the family set off to Fuzhou and found the head of the Dugu family, Duguli, and explained his intentions. “

Bai Zihuan smiled proudly: "The two of them hated to see each other late, they hit it off, they talked in the house for a few days and nights, and then the first emperor Duguli bribed the eunuchs, wrote to the court, recommended the ancestors, and took the initiative to divide the power, and handed over the civil and political affairs of Fuzhou to the ancestors, and since then there have been hundreds of families in my Fuzhou."

Shen Ye was stunned.

Bai Zihuan continued: "And my ancestor reciprocated the peach, followed the first emperor to conquer Beidi, and made suggestions along the way, completely drove the Beidi people out of the territory of the empire, and occupied the entire northern grassland, while also recruiting a group of Beidi cavalry, forming an iron cavalry, which is the prototype of the Beifu iron cavalry that is now famous all over the world. Seeing that the Dugu family was powerful, the ancestor was afraid that the court would be suspicious behind, so he secretly wrote to the court and pretended to take refuge, willing to be the eyes and ears of the court and monitor the Dugu family for the court. Under the cover of the family ancestors' continuous writings, the Dugu family frantically expanded their military strength and finally won the world. ”

Shen Ye took a deep breath: "It seems that the Dugu family has seized the world, and the ancestors have made great contributions!" ”

Bai Zihuan smiled bitterly: "What if you can't do it?" After the first emperor won the world, he asked his ancestors what reward he wanted? At that time, the Bai Lin clan had already died of illness, and the ancestors had no hatred in their hearts, so they immediately asked Duguli to kill the main house of the Bai family, but Duguli needed the support of various families because he had just established a dynasty, and the Bai family had been married to other families for many years, and the interests of each family had already been implicated. Duguli also felt that he was sorry for his ancestors, so in desperation, he gave me a hundred families in the area around Jingnan Mansion, and my hundred families became the only family with their own fiefdoms. ”

The room was silent, and Shen Ye recalled the story of the ancestors of the hundred families, and couldn't help but admire: "The story of the ancestors is really a legend. ”

Bai Zihuan remembered something and said with a smile: "Do you know the story of the three wonders in the world?" ”

This is the second time that Shen Ye has heard of the three wonders of the world, and he nodded.

Bai Zihuan said: "The three wonders of the world are the three legendary people who are talked about by the people and never get tired of talking." Although there are many codification elements and the deeds are becoming more and more exaggerated, I think the prototype of the madman in Sanqili is the ancestor of the family. ”

Shen Ye said: "There are three strange people in the world, when I entered Youzhou City, I heard that the storyteller talked about it, and I heard it a little, saying that the Dugu family won the world because there were three strange people to help, and those three people were a prisoner, a scholar, and a madman. It's just that why does Brother Bai think that Ling Zu is that madman? ”

Bai Zihuan laughed and said: "This is my nonsense, you don't know, the ancestor has never liked to wear aristocratic clothes, even if the clothes on his body are all patches, he is reluctant to change, and he doesn't like to comb his hair, when I was a child, I saw his hair scattered, I felt like a madman, so I always felt that the madman was referring to the ancestor." Again, my ancestors are also extremely strange, often missing, a disappearance is a few years, to tell the truth, the last time I saw my grandfather was more than ten years ago, and now I can't remember what my grandfather looks like. ”

Shen Yeqi said: "Ling Zu is missing, could it be that he is looking for revenge from the Bai family?" ”

Bai Zihuan replied: "When I was a child, I asked my father, but my father said that my grandfather never did anything unprepared, which made me feel at ease. At that time, when I was drunk and secluded, I was going to tell my brother about this, and I came to this meeting because I learned from my father that my ancestor would appear in this Youzhou city, so I sneaked out with my sister. ”

Shen Ye narrowed his eyes: "Ling Zu came to Youzhou?" For the sake of the Bunkai? ”

Bai Zihuan tilted his head, thinking about what happened at the time and said: "I don't know, my grandfather just sent a letter over, saying that he was going to come to Youzhou to find out some things, and the strange thing is that for some reason, he strictly forbade my hundred children to set foot in Youzhou and participate in this cultural meeting." ”

Shen Ye's heart moved: "Could it be that the hundred old men knew in advance that there was something wrong with Youzhou Mansion?" Knowing the existence of that mysterious old man? ”

Shen Ye continued to ask, "You mean that Ling Zu is now in Youzhou City?" ”

Bai Zihuan frowned and said, "It stands to reason that it is, but if my grandfather has not appeared in public, I can't be sure." ”

Shen Ye's heart suddenly jumped, and he blurted out: "You said that Ling Zu came to Youzhou to investigate the matter, so will the assassin caught today be it?" ”

Bai Zihuan was also taken aback, and he was shocked: "You mean that it was my grandfather who assassinated the waiter of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Shen Ye shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily your grandfather, but do you remember, then Chen Wuchang meant that there was more than one assassin." ”

Bai Zihuan immediately sat up and said anxiously: "I just said that I had such a big disturbance in the fight with the Bai family in the inner city, if my grandfather knew, it would be impossible not to come to see me and my sister, I thought that my grandfather was not in the inner city, could it be that the person who was arrested was really my grandfather?"

Shen Ye hurriedly pulled him over and said, "Why can't you sit still so much?" Lie down first, I'll wipe you the medicine and then talk. ”

Bai Zihuan fell back on the bed worriedly, and Shen Ye analyzed: "If your grandfather really came to Youzhou to investigate the matter, then it is very likely that it is related to the killing of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but your grandfather is not necessarily on the same side as the assassin, maybe it is just that your grandfather witnessed the killing of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Bai Zihuan thought about it, and said in a sullen voice: "It makes sense, I am concerned about it, Brother Shen is really thoughtful, if you hadn't been staying in the Liu family's courtyard, listening to your analysis, I thought you were also at the scene." But whether my grandfather was on the side of the Assassins or not, or whether the man who was captured was him or not, I still want to make sure, otherwise I will not be at ease. ”

Shen Ye sighed: "It's difficult! First, Youzhou is so big, we don't know where the assassin is imprisoned; Second, the place where the Assassin was being held must have been guarded, and it was impossible for us to see him without attracting attention. ”

Bai Zihuan was puzzled: "Why can't it be the prison of Youzhou Mansion?" ”

Shen Ye said in his heart: "Because it is impossible for the Youzhou Prefecture and the general to publicly interrogate that person, otherwise their affairs will be leaked." ”

Shen Ye pondered for a moment and said, "If I were the Mengzhou Mansion, I would put the person I caught in the prison, and I would cut off the idea that the person's accomplices would rescue him, then it would be extremely difficult for me to catch the others." But if I put him in a poorly guarded place, I can use it as bait to keep watch and catch out his companions. ”

Bai Zihuan was stunned, and immediately said: "What Brother Xian said is, but how can we find this place, and even if we find the place where the assassin is held, according to what Brother Xian said, we will not be mistaken for his accomplices when we sneak over, and it will be difficult to distinguish between the hundred mouths at that time." ”

Shen Ye also thought hard when he heard this, and Bai Youyou next to him had been listening to the conversation between the two elder brothers, and then interjected: "Brothers are so stupid, why don't you ask the state capital?" ”

Bai Zihuan waved his hand angrily and said: "Adults talk and children don't interject." ”

Bai Youyou's mouth deflated and he stopped talking.

Shen Ye's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Good idea!" ”

Bai Zihuan said to Shen Ye: "Don't care about her, the little girl doesn't understand anything, she is making up her mind, and she is messing around." ”

Shen Ye said with a smile on his face: "Brother Bai, I am serious, what Yoyo said is indeed a good idea. ”

Bai Zihuan was surprised: "Could it be that the state capital will tell us?" ”

Shen Ye smiled and said, "The Lord of the State Mansion will not only tell us, but will also take us to meet him personally, we only need to ......"

After hearing this, Bai Zihuan was suspicious: "Brother Xian, are you sure that the Mengzhou Mansion will agree?" ”

Shen Ye said mysteriously: "We can't think of any other way anyway, we might as well give it a try, this plan doesn't work, let's think about it again." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

When Shen Ye heard this, he looked at the wound on Bai Zihuan's back and said, "Brother Bai, don't move, I'll take a look." ”

Shen Ye walked to the gate of the courtyard, opened the courtyard door, and saw a sergeant holding an invitation and said: "Sons of the hundred families, the lord of the state capital has set up a banquet tonight to invite the seven great families to discuss the convening of tomorrow's cultural meeting."

Shen Ye was taken aback and said, "The Wenhui will open tomorrow?" ”

The sergeant didn't know why the prince of the hundred families was so surprised, and explained: "The order just issued by the lord of the state capital, at this time, someone has been sent to inform the whole city of Youzhou, and the inner city will be opened early tomorrow morning. ”

Watching the sergeant leave, Shen Ye's face became suspicious, Shen Ye knew that once the cultural meeting was held, the inner city would also be opened, and opening the inner city meant that he could go out of the city at any time. Didn't the Mengzhou Mansion want to arrest the so-called "assassins"? Or does the Mengzhou Mansion already know that Lao Dao has grown out of the city, and knows that it is pointless to close the inner city?

Shen Ye walked back while thinking, and he handed the invitation to Bai Zihuan.

Bai Zihuan looked at the invitation in a daze, Bai Zihuan was in a daze, he didn't know what he should do when he was in the meeting, he hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Brother Xian, do you know how I should recruit people and who I should recruit at the meeting?" ”

Shen Ye's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "You are not the eldest grandson of the Hundred Families, don't you know?" ”

Bai Zihuan smiled awkwardly and said, "Although I am the heir of the head of the hundred families, I haven't had the opportunity to participate in the affairs of the family, so I don't know these rules." ”

Shen Ye stretched out his hand: "You don't know, I don't know." ”

Looking at Bai Zihuan's sad face, Shen Ye rolled his eyes and thought of an idea: "Brother Bai, have you forgotten something?" ”

Bai Zihuan looked at him and said hurriedly: "Brother Xian, don't sell Guanzi." ”

Shen Ye said slowly: "You just said that the hundred schools did not want to participate in this cultural meeting, which means that the hundred schools have given up the preparation of recruiting people, so no matter whether you recruit more people or fewer people, there are only interests for the hundred schools, and there are no losses." ”

Bai Zihuan's eyes lit up: "You mean, no matter who I recruit or how many people I recruit, it will be beneficial to the family?" ”

Shen Ye shook his hand and said: "You can't recruit everyone, otherwise you will become a burden to recruit some people with wine bags and rice bags, I mean, anyway, now you are the only one who has come to the hundred schools, then everything is up to you, you can choose some talents that you think can be, it doesn't take too much, you think it will be useful to the hundred schools, and ......"

Shen Ye smiled: "You can still rob people with the Bai family!" ”

Bai Zihuan was stunned, understood what Shen Ye meant, and said happily: "Wonderful! Although I don't know poetry and songs, I don't know calligraphy strategy, and I don't know how to dance knives and guns, but others do! Especially the Bai family, when the time comes, whoever the Bai family wants, I will want! Hahaha......"