｜д?′)!!

"This mountain...... On fire?? ”

Xiao Qi looked shocked and subconsciously hid beside Liu Xin.

By Liu Xin's side, he always forgets that he is a master of Dacheng Realm.

"The brightest place on the top of the whole mountain...... I seem to have come to my senses. ”

Liu Xin looked at the top of the mountain, like an old monk with an epiphany, his eyes were full of wisdom.

Liu Xin's eyes (???)

But in fact, it was just a reflection of the fire.

The son-in-law of Roselle Villa is really good at playing!

If it weren't for the black mist that ignited after the fire, Liu Xin really thought that kid was like a god, and there were gods to help him open the light.

"Let's go, go up and have a look."

Because of the red fire, the road ahead was illuminated, and the road up the mountain became smooth.

In the process of going up the mountain, Liu Xin also found that many people were coming down the mountain.

They all had the same look on their faces.

(?_?) (?_?) (?_?)

Well...... It's like the kind of student who has failed the imperial examination dozens of times and left lonely after watching the latest gold list.

Empty and godless!

"What's wrong with them?"

Even Xiao Qi discovered their anomaly.

"It's nothing, I guess I was pretended to be a pretending criminal!"

Liu Xin strode up, and when he thought of Dugu Xuanqing's pretending to be a criminal, he had a certain realization in his heart.

The further you go to the top of the mountain, the more blazing the red light becomes.

Liu Xin and Xiao Qi, who were far away, smelled the smell of charcoal and firewood burning.

At a short distance from the summit, a small platform was artificially carved out.

A small courtyard hidden in the light of the fire stood on this platform.

In front of the small courtyard, there were many people around.

There is no shortage of people with empty expressions and Liu Xin and they met each other.

Not far away, a huge bonfire was blazing.

And the eaves of the small courtyard in the distance turned out to be made of glass.

The glass reflected all the light from the bonfire on the sky.

It makes the whole mountain look like it is shining.

When Liu Xin and Xiao Qi approached the bonfire, they could already hear someone shouting loudly towards the small courtyard:

"The daughter of the Sikong family of Kinmen, Sikong Xuanfeng asks to see the son of Dugu Xuanqing!"

The same shout was repeated three times.

Liu Xin could vaguely see a graceful girl standing under the bonfire.

And it was an old woman next to the girl who shouted.

According to the degree of this internal force, at least it is also a low-grade Dacheng realm.

It is rare for a woman to be able to reach such a state in the rivers and lakes.

And beside them, there were many family guards, and people dressed as guards were around.

There are also quite a few people with torches in their hands.

They seem to have lit the bonfire.

And next to this pile of people, there are three groups of people with the same configuration.

Basically, they are guarding a woman with a graceful figure.

And most of the guards in these three groups carried firewood on their backs.

"It's amazing, there are no wonders in the world.

If you hadn't come down the mountain, you might not have seen such a spectacle. ”

Xiao Qi sighed with emotion.

Liu Xin also nodded, deeply sympathetic.

Because there are not many opportunities to see the wonders, the two of them stopped and watched one after another girls come forward to call the door.

But Dugu Xuanqing closed the door.

About an hour passed, and everyone reluctantly went down the mountain.

In the end, only the huge bonfire that was still burning and Liu Xin and Xiaoqi were left on this platform.

No one came to pay attention to them at all in the process.

No one came over and asked for anything.

Liu Xin and Xiao Qi saw that everyone had left, so the two walked together to Dugu Xuanqing's small courtyard.

Liu Xin had also visited the location of Roselle Villa before, but when he got there, he knew that it was the ancestral land of Roselle Villa.

Dugu Xuanqing doesn't live there.

So he left a message and left.

At that time, he was still thinking about why Dugu Xuanqing said that the place where he lived was the brightest place on the entire mountain.

I woke up today.

But in fact, at that time, Dugu Xuanqing happened to worship the ancestor in the ancestral land.

It's a pity that the two are one behind the other.

Just missed it.

Before coming to Dugu Xuanqing's courtyard, Liu Xin's internal force transmitted the sound to make the sound resound in this courtyard.

Dugu Xuanqing, who was reading a book carefully in his study, heard Liu Xin's transmission, and his face suddenly became happy.

He hurriedly asked his old butler out to greet him.

Then the few people who didn't have time to leave this platform saw Liu Xin and Xiao Qi enter Dugu Xuanqing's courtyard.

When the courtyard gate was closed, the shocked look on the faces of the group was also isolated.

Dugu Xuanqing's small courtyard was actually opened.

Who are those two people?

It looks like it's all men, but will there be a woman dressed as a man?

The news quickly spread among the four families who had come up the mountain today.

In the small courtyard, Liu Xin was still sighing, Dugu Xuanqing deserved to be the descendant of Luoshen Villa.

One of the future heirs.

Although this small courtyard is small, it is worth a lot of money, and the glazed roof is not an ordinary mortal thing.

Expensive value!

"Senior brother, you said that his piece is not enough, and I won't worry about eating and drinking for the rest of my life."

"I guess it's about the same."

Dugu Xuanqing walked quickly to the middle courtyard, he was originally wearing regular clothes at home, but in order to see Liu Xin, he specially went to change into a more formal dress.

Now the set that Dugu Xuanqing is wearing is also very valuable, which directly sets off him more elegant and noble.

"Brother Liu, you're finally here!"

"Brother Dugu, what happened outside just now?"

"There are 100,000 households in the West Mountain to which Luoshen Mountain Villa belongs!

I don't know how many women admire me, and I don't know who spread the news that I love the brightest pearl under the night sky.

So, day and night, there are people here with me, trying everything to light something, to light up the night sky, and then under this light...

In various poses, appear in front of me! ”

Dugu Xuanqing looked sad.

But Liu Xin smelled a smell of pretending.

In order not to let him continue to pretend.

Liu Xin decisively opened his mouth and poured a basin of cold water.

"Is this contest to recruit relatives or your sister to recruit relatives?"

Thinking of his sister's matter, Dugu Xuanqing couldn't pretend anymore when he was about to open his mouth.

His face also darkened.

(?? ﹏??)

"Hey~"

With a long sigh, Dugu Xuanqing brought Liu Xin and Xiao Qi into the backyard.

Liu Xin also introduced Xiao Qi to Dugu Xuanqing.

"It turned out to be junior brother Xiaoqi, and he really showed a talent!"

Dugu Xuanqing opened his mouth and wanted to say a few words.

But I didn't expect that Xiao Qi couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart a long time ago.

"Senior Brother Dugu, let's get straight to the point and talk about the martial arts competition."

“……”

Dugu Xuanqing was slightly stunned, and turned his head to look at Liu Xindao:

"Could it be...... Xiaoqi's junior brother also wants to participate in the competition to recruit relatives?

My sister is twenty years old.

Senior Brother Xiao Qi looks like he is still underage. ”

"I'm young, I'm eighteen years old this year!"

Xiao Qi puffed up his chest and said proudly.

"Oooh oh ......"

Dugu Xuanqing picked up the teacup and took a sip by herself, but did not answer.

"Brother Dugu, my junior brother just wants to see the excitement, and he is not ready to participate.

And his cultivation is still shallow, so it is useless to participate. ”

Liu Xin glanced at Xiao Qi, who was obviously a little unconvinced, but still succumbed to the obscenity of his senior brother.

And when he saw Dugu Xuanqing's obviously relieved expression, Xiao Qi was even more angry.

However, because the senior brother was on the side, he had no way to refute it.

In front of the senior brother, he is still a well-behaved little junior brother.

Otherwise, he must let Dugu Xuanqing in front of him know his methods as the king of mountain bandits.

When he thought of this, he felt a little weak, and hurriedly looked around.

Because his nickname can't be known by his own senior brother, otherwise it will be bad.

Liu Xin caught Xiao Qi's expression and felt a little strange.

But now is not the time to dig deeper.

"By the way, Brother Dugu, what is the identity of those women at the door?

I see that they have a lot of expert guards around them. ”

"Brother Liu, this is what I want to tell you.

Speaking of which, I have to tell you about the composition of my Roselle Villa.

I don't know if Brother Liu is strange, why our Dugu family is one of the eight families in the rivers and lakes.

Outsiders have always called us Roselle Villa. ”

Liu Xin nodded, he did have such a question in his heart.

But he also knows a little about Roselle Villa.

"Because Roselle Villa is not just the Dugu family."

Dugu Xuanqing raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Xin.

"Yes, it is.

My Dugu family is deeply favored by the imperial court.

It has been passed down for hundreds of years, and there are many forces that depend on us.

But after the Northern Barbarian Heavenly Kingdom went south, many of my Dugu family's dependent forces betrayed and took refuge in the Northern Barbarian Heavenly Kingdom.

After that period of darkest moments, my Dugu family is no longer a model of one family as the main family and other supplements. ”

"Stop, stop!

Hearing you say this, how do I feel that the former Dugu family is the current Martial Emperor City. ”

When Liu Xin said this, Dugu Xuanqing was also slightly stunned, and then suddenly felt that this was the case in his heart.

He hadn't realized it before.

Probably because there has never been such an association.

"That's right, it is true that Brother Liu said so, but after all, the Dugu family in the previous dynasty was just some records in the history books for our generation.

So I haven't thought much about it.

In short, after experiencing a national disaster, the Dugu family is no longer just a family.

We established Roselle Villa, with Roselle Villa as the main body, radiating to the surroundings, uniting other small forces, and turning the entire West Mountain into a whole.

That is, Roselle Villa.

The Roselle Villa is divided into upper, middle and lower forces.

It fits the division of the martial arts realm. ”

There was a pause. Dugu Xuanqing took out a book from his arms and handed it to Liu Xin.

"Brother Liu, this is our roster of Roselle Villa."

Liu Xinyan didn't pick it up.

"Brother Liu, this is just a roster.

For Jianghu, it's no secret.

After the national disaster, Roselle Villa was established, and for the new dependent forces, Roselle Villa no longer has control, but a cooperative relationship.

In other words, we become the proprietors, and they are our stewards. ”

"One party contributes, one party makes money." Liu Xin concluded thoughtfully.

Dugu Xuanqing nodded in approval.

The same can be said.

These forces relied on the protection of Roselle Villa and the imperial court to develop.

Roselle Villa and the imperial court also received some benefits accordingly. ”

Liu Xin nodded, the advantage of this model is that all forces are tied to one boat, and everyone has common interests.

Unlike before, the interests were all the Dugu family's.

His small forces will leave as soon as they are able to obtain higher benefits elsewhere.

But now that all the forces are tied together, and if you want to divide these small forces, the price you spend is not something that anyone can afford to lose.

Even in the entire territory of the country, there is no force that can have this kind of capital.

However, Liu Xin also thought, what if it wasn't Zhengyang domestic?

If it's a foreign country......

This idea was temporarily suppressed by Liu Xin.

Dugu Xuanqing continued, and at the same time, Liu Xin finally took the booklet, opened it and read it carefully.

"Roselle Villa now controls a total of forty-six peaks in the West Mountain.

Owns more land than any other prince.

Of course, only seven of the main peaks belong to the Falling God Mountain, while the others are controlled by the imperial court.

And among these forty-six peaks, each peak has its own function.

For example, there are a total of four high-grade forces.

The peaks where Che, Sima, and Zhang are located are rich in mineral deposits.

And what they do is the business of ore mining and smelting, they operate mines, smelt metals, and about 10% of the metal in the imperial court is provided by these three companies.

There are only three unofficial metal giants in the world, and the rest are insignificant.

The Fan family in Qikushan is a full-time forging business, and the Fan family has top forging masters, providing tens of thousands of sets of standard weapons and armor every year.

He is also responsible for forging imperial weapons for His Majesty.

The Fan family has one of the four great gods of the rivers and lakes, and has the ability to forge a top-level emperor.

If he is given the opportunity, he may even forge a mastery. In the history of the Fan family, there have been two ancestors who have successfully refined exquisite weapons.

My grandfather's spear was one of them!

These four families are all families who have followed our Dugu family to revive the prestige of Roselle Villa.

It's not just a word of loyalty.

It can be said that including our Dugu family. The five major families are in the same spirit with each other, one is prosperous, and the other is lost.

Not to mention, the bloodlines of the five major families have long been integrated with each other. ”

"I'm sorry to interrupt again.

Judging from the meaning of your words, Brother Dugu, the relationship between you and these four major families is so good that you will never doubt them, right? ”

"Huh? Brother Liu, what do you mean by that? ”

Dugu Xuanqing didn't realize this because he was in this environment since he was born, so subconsciously, no, it should be said that he would not have that kind of thought at the root.

Dugu Xuanqing didn't expect Liu Xin to say with an extremely serious face:

"Although your five surnames have a strong connection and trust with each other.

However, don't easily trust anyone but the group of people around you who are tied to death in your complete interest! ”

? (?? -?)?？？？

Dugu Xuanqing showed a puzzled expression.

After Liu Xin said these words, he suddenly felt that these words were out of place.

But he just didn't know what was wrong, and suddenly there was a depression in his heart, as if he didn't vomit or be unhappy.

"I'm sorry, Brother Dugu, I ...... Some have transgressed, please Haihan! ”

Dugu Xuanqing waved his hand and said disappreciatively:

"I know that Brother Liu is thinking about me, and I am grateful."

Dugu Xuanqing obviously didn't care too much about this matter.

"I naturally know what Brother Liu means.

Even the clansmen with my Dugu surname may attack me, not to mention other people with foreign surnames. ”

"So...... Very good. ”

Xiao Qi suddenly felt that the atmosphere between Liu Xin and Dugu Xuanqing was a little delicate.

"Don't the two senior brothers feel hungry?"

He spoke.

Dugu Xuanqing suddenly woke up and said:

"I asked the cook to make some food, and we ate outside the yard and talked."

After a while, the three of them sat opposite each other in a garden pavilion in Dugu Xuanqing's small courtyard.

Five delicate dishes are already on the table.

and two jugs of fine wine.

Xiao Qi took a bite and his eyes widened, and countless little stars erupted in his eyes.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, senior brother, you can taste it!"

"Xiao Qi, look at your ignorant appearance!"

Liu Xin couldn't save face, and whispered Xiao Qi.

"It should be not bad, my chefs here are all imperial chef level.

But Roselle Villa in Xiangshan has a top chef.

Whether it is my cook here or the cook in the palace, they are all apprentices of that master. ”

Liu Xin gave Dugu Xuanqing a smile.

Damn, let him pretend again.

Dugu Xuanqing looked elegant, he didn't move his chopsticks much, Liu Xin moved slightly, and Xiao Qi kept moving.

Looking at his own uncompetitive junior brother, Liu Xin has nothing to say.

However, because of Xiao Qi's actions, the slightly awkward atmosphere between him and Dugu Xuanqing eased a lot.

Dugu Xuanqing continued to speak.

"Che, Sima, Zhang, Fan, these four families can be the right-hand men of my Dugu family.

Supplying weapons and armor to the imperial court is also something that the five of us are doing together.

In fact, it is ashamed to say that the weapons produced by Roselle Villa are well-known in the rivers and lakes.

But in fact, there are not too many people in my Dugu family who are good at refining weapons.

But a hundred years ago, my Dugu family's alchemy skills were the best in the world.

But in the past hundred years, the Dugu family has been so smooth, and the children of the family don't need to spend too much energy on refining tools at all. ”

Liu Xin listened carefully, since Dugu Xuanqing talked about this, then there must be a reason for him.

There must be a deep meaning.

In Dugu Xuanqing, the conversation changed and talked about others first.

"Except for the four families of this high-quality.

There are a total of nine Zhongpin, which can also be said to be nine major forces.

Including the nine major trades, dart game,

Hospitals, merchants, restaurants,

Commercial firms, martial arts halls, and quyi

Farm Pavilion and Cao Yun.

Maybe Brother Liu wants to wonder, how can this quyi and the farm hall become one of the nine major forces.

In fact, the nine major forces do not divide the 100,000 households of the people in Xishan into nine categories, but play a leading role in each industry.

The nine forces of Zhongpin are also the cornerstone of the survival of our 100,000 households in Xishan.

And the forty-eight inferior ones are small forces that are attached to us. But it also has its own strengths in various aspects. ”

"Roselle Villa deserves to be a country of China."

Liu Xin said this.

Dugu Xuanqing was not annoyed, but shook his head bitterly.

"Brother Dugu, why aren't you angry?"

Liu Xin was actually deliberately provoking him.

Dugu Xuanqing sighed and said:

"The Roselle Villa tree is very windy.

Although the other forces did not dare to say anything openly, they never did much in secret.

And in the past 400 years, Roselle Mountain Villa or the Dugu family has not all come over like this.

It can't be said that when this burden reaches the head of our generation, it feels heavy.

After all, Roselle Villa has given us a lot, at least our lives are more than 100,000 times better than ordinary people! ”

Liu Xin nodded after listening, it is true.

Don't look at Dugu Xuanqing, as the grandson of Luoshen Villa, he can be regarded as the future young owner.

Although the scenery is infinite, in fact, the pressure is also very high.