Winter goes to spring, it is the beginning of a new year, and the earth has begun to recover and warm. But in the winter of Shudi, there is still no intention of leaving. The sky was still so cold, the wind was biting, the snow was covered, and the mountains were covered in silver.

On the 30th day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve, people are happy to put up lanterns, slaughter pigs, set off firecrackers, and celebrate the arrival of the new year.

Tangjiabao is no exception, full of joy. On weekdays, the mysterious and mysterious Tang Gate, at this moment, also began to be lively, responsible for sticking the Spring Festival, preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, in the Tang Family Fort, the Tang Gate disciples shuttled back and forth, endlessly, busy, a rare peace.

Brilliant fireworks and colorful fireworks make people immersed in the joy of celebrating the New Year, except for one person. In a courtyard in Tangjiabao, a young man in a white robe raised his head and looked up at the night sky, looking at the beautiful scenery for a long time. The body is slender, the face is fair, the bridge of the nose is high, the lips are very thin, the thick sword eyebrows are obliquely inserted into the few strands of hair that fall from the sideburns, the shining black eyes are slightly melancholy, the long black hair flutters with the cold wind, letting the cold snowflakes fall on the body, and the mouth sings: "The north wind is cold, and the snow is ethereal." The sky is not old, but the people are old. Cold and miserable, half with flowing water, half dust. It's still unfinished, lonely. ”

There was a burst of applause, and at the same time praised: "What a half-flowing water, half-dust." The writing is good, but he is young, but why is he so depressed?

Hou Jin turned around and looked for prestige, but it was Tang Lei who respectfully followed behind an old man who was close to his prime, and walked towards Hou Jin.

The old man was dressed in a red Tang costume, which was very festive. The slightly high forehead is full of wrinkles, and the temples are gray, but the eyes are deep and focused, as if you can see through a person at a glance. The eyebrows are slightly long, the silver goat's whiskers, the figure is slender and straight, and has not changed by the passage of time. Tang Lei's little pepper is not even afraid of her third uncle and sixth uncle, but at this time, she is so well-behaved behind the old man, honest, don't think about it, this old man is naturally the old man of heaven who everyone admires in the rivers and lakes, Hou Jin immediately saw it.

There was an old man from Tianji, and Hou Jin was not good at teasing Tang Lei, so he stepped forward and made a gesture to the old man of Tianji, and greeted the younger generation, and said: "Hou Jin, who is a late student, has seen his predecessors." Presumably, the predecessor is the old man of Tianji who everyone admires. I have heard the name of my predecessors for a long time, and I am like thunder. The late life is just a feeling, how can he afford the praise of his predecessors?"

The old man of Tianji looked at Hou Jin for half a day, and his face seemed to be smiling. Hou Jin also looked at this famous old man, but in the face of the old man's majestic and sharp eyes, Hou Jin was slightly panicked at first, but it was also fleeting, and he quickly calmed down and looked directly at the old man.

It turned out that the two of them were comparing their aura, but Tang Lei on the side was ignorant, looking at his grandfather and Hou Jin, he didn't know what the two of them were doing when they looked at each other, but they didn't speak. However, with his grandfather, with Tang Lei's pungent temperament, he stood silently on the sidelines, not daring to make a mistake.

The old man of Tianji retracted his gaze, nodded slightly, with a slight smile on his face, and said in his heart: "This son is not bad, much stronger than those useless bastards (the grandson of the old man of Tianji), neither humble nor arrogant, and polite." No wonder the brutal Lei girl, no one looks down on her on weekdays, when she mentions this son, her eyes are different, showing her daughter's attitude, and she really has something extraordinary. It seems that it was a good choice to save this son at that time. This son has a good talent, a very high understanding, and his future achievements are immeasurable, if he can become my grandson-in-law of the Tang Sect, it is a beautiful thing. Looking at this son's face, he is an amorous species, but he is afraid that he will be wronged by Lei Ya. But I've been studying divination for most of my life, but I can't fully see through this sub-character, isn't it weird?"

Hou Jin glanced at Tang Lei and said in his heart: "I didn't expect this little pepper to be able to treat her after all, it seems that she should be in awe of her grandfather." The old man of Tianji is good at divination and peeks through the heavens, but he wants to find an opportunity to ask him to divinate a hexagram to see how Ying'er is safe, and then ask the base camp of the Plum Blossom Palace. Hou Jin made up his mind and took the lead in speaking: "If the seniors don't mind, the late birth will follow Miss Tang Lei and call the seniors grandpa." ”

The old man of Tianji laughed and said, "Yo, young man, you will be familiar with yourself, and you will not be bullied." According to the age, the old man is indeed your grandfather's generation, just a name, what does the old man mind? No wonder Lei Yatou often talks to me about you and misses you. ”

Tang Lei on the side, rarely showed his daughter's shyness, lowered his head embarrassedly, and his delicate little face was ruddy, like a peach, with pale yellow hair, which had a unique charm of exotic women's style. Tang Lei tugged at the sleeve of the old man Tianji, and muttered with a small mouth: "What are you talking about? Grandpa, how can anyone have it?" provoked the old man of Tianji to laugh, and looked at Tang Lei with love in his eyes.

The old man said: "In a while, my Tangjiabao will hold a reunion night banquet, young man, you can come too." ”

When Tang Lei heard this, he was shocked: "Grandpa is very demanding and strict with people and things, and he has rarely been so friendly." This little pervert is capable of recognizing, and just by looking at it, grandpa will recognize this nasty guy. My brothers have never been treated like this. But I was very happy in my heart, and I really hoped that Hou Jin could participate in the night banquet. Tang Lei was also baffled by his strange feelings, but he couldn't put it into words.

Hou Jin was also stunned, he didn't expect that he had never dealt with the world, and the dignified old man Tianji, the actual helmsman of the Tang Sect, would invite him to participate in the Tang Sect's family banquet, but he was a little flattered, and then quickly said: "Grandpa Xie's love for the late life, but the late life is not a person in the Tang Sect, and this is the Tang Sect's family banquet, and the late born is an outsider, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Young man, you can be a friend of Lei Yatou and a guest invited by the old man. The disciples of the Tang Sect would not say anything. The old man of Tianji smiled.

In fact, the old man of Tianji guessed Hou Jin's identity. When treating Hou Jin, the old man Tianji found the brocade box in Hou Jin's arms. Others may not know it, but the old man of Tianji can distinguish it at a glance, the pattern of this brocade box is the logo of the Tianshan faction at the top of Kunlun, and it is the treasure of the Tianshan faction. When the old man of Tianji was still young, he once saw that his owner, that is, the current old ancestor of the Tianshan Sect. A few decades ago, the ancestor of the Tianshan faction was a well-known figure in the martial arts, with the title of "Sword Saint", and his swordsmanship was unique in the world, and no one could beat it. It's just that in his later years, he lived in seclusion in Kunlun Mountain, and since then he has not taken a step out of the mountain, and has disappeared from the rivers and lakes for more than half a century, and people speculate that the sword saint may have passed away long ago. But the world doesn't know that the Sword Saint is still alive, and he is already a hundred-year-old man when he is buried in the Tianshan Sect's Scripture Pavilion. Now that the brocade box is in the hands of Hou Jin, it is easy to think that this young man has a great relationship with the Sword Saint, and nine times out of ten he is the descendant of the Sword Saint. And when he was healing Hou Jin, he found that Hou Jin's breath and internal strength were extremely similar to Jiujian Immortal. Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Li Chunzheng has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and is respected as the wine sword fairy, and his swordsmanship is estimated to be no worse than the sword saint, but he never accepts apprentices. It can be seen that this young man must be a natural talent, and he has been instructed by Li Chunzheng. The two two swordsmanship-level figures are so fancy, they must have something extraordinary. Therefore, the old man Tianji also became interested in Hou Jin and wanted to get to know this young man. Otherwise, with the actual helmsman of his dignified Tang Sect, how could the old man of heaven who the world wants to see be obsessed with a late-born junior for no reason? In this world, there is no love for no reason, and there is no hatred for no reason, is it?

Hou Jin hurriedly arched his hand, if he resigned, it would seem that he was too hypocritical, this is not Hou Jin's character. Hou Jin replied: "Since grandpa is so loving, then Hou Jin is disrespectful!"

The old man of Tianji laughed and said, "Well, that's right. is so sassy, Fang is a man's style. Lei girl, Hou Jin, the two of you chat, and come to the hall to attend the dinner together later, the old man has something to do, so he left first. After that, the old man of Tianji glanced at Tang Lei meaningfully. Flick your sleeves and leave.

Hou Jin bowed, saluted again, and said, "Grandpa go slowly, and send grandpa off later!"

Who knows, this girl came up again, looked at Hou Jin coldly, without pretentiousness, and grabbed Hou Jin's arm fiercely, and shouted with a small mouth: "Okay, you Hou Jin, are you enough?"

Hou Jin was in pain, frowned, and said in his heart: "This girl, it's not spicy." Pretending to be in pain, he teased Tang Lei's heart again, and said, "What's the matter, Lei girl, you are so ruthless, my arm is about to be broken by you, yo, yo, yo, it hurts!"

Tang Lei gritted his teeth and said, "You deserve to die, little pervert." Is that what you call Lei girl? Stinky and shameless, nasty. ”

Hou Jin said to forgiveness, "I was wrong, I was wrong, can't I do it?" Beautiful Tang Lei girl, I don't dare anymore. ”

Tang Lei still didn't give up, grabbed a piece of meat on Hou Jin's arm, rolled his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, little pervert, this girl would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than believe in your slippery mouth." is still a grandfather, and he is so affectionate, and he is not ashamed?"

Hou Jin smiled and said cheekily: "When I see your grandfather, I am extremely kind, just like my grandfather." Besides, your grandfather is my grandfather. ”

When Tang Lei heard this, he was angry, with a pair of big blue eyes, glaring at Hou Jin angrily, increasing the strength in his hand, and said, "Dare to talk nonsense, be careful that this girl cuts your tongue." Hou Jin screamed in pain......

At this time, the scholar came at an inopportune time, and saw the scene of his own young lady and Hou Jin pulling and pulling from a distance, and couldn't help but be stunned: "The same rough and pungent young lady, but she is so intimate with this Hou Gongzi." ”

Tang Lei also found the scholar at this time, and quickly let go of his hand, looking at the scholar with a slightly panicked face. The scholar was also very good at coming to things, and said with a smile: "The little one didn't see anything, and the little one didn't see anything." Miss, Hou Gongzi, you go on!"

The first sentence may be very sensible, but the latter sentence tells the two to continue? Hou Jin couldn't help laughing, his face was flushed, and his face was about to deform. Tang Lei stopped and shouted, "Boy, what are you talking about, come back to Miss Ben." ”

The scholar, who was already afraid of this pungent young lady on weekdays, was frightened when he heard Tang Lei shouting at himself, and immediately stopped and looked at Tang Lei in fear.

In the past few months, Hou Jin has been lying in bed to recuperate, thanks to the careful care of the scholar, he can recover so quickly, and he is very grateful to the scholar, and hurriedly played a round: "Tang Lei girl, Tong Yan is unscrupulous......

Without waiting for Hou Jin to finish speaking, Tang Lei shouted unceremoniously: "You are less verbose." Say, boy, what's the matter?"

The boy said: "Miss, the night banquet is about to begin, and the master asked the little one to inform you and let you take Hou Gongzi to the hall together." ”

Tang Lei nodded and said, "Okay, I know, you go down first,"

When the boy heard this, he fled from this "place of right and wrong" as if he had been pardoned.

When the boy walked away, Tang Lei came back to his senses, but found that Hou Jin's eyes were staring at him with a thief, and said angrily: "What are you looking at? Be careful that this girl has dug up your pair of tricks." ”

Hou Jin smiled and joked: "Shall we continue?" but smiled bitterly in his heart: "This Nizi is really savage, either cutting her tongue or gouging out people's eyes, which is really incompatible with her petite and moving appearance." ”

Tang Lei picked up his pink fist, punched Hou Jin, glanced at him, and shouted, "Go on, you big-headed ghost, little pervert." Let's go, go to the lobby. But I'll tell you in advance, when you get to the hall in a while, you just sit down and eat honestly, and don't talk much. Do you hear that?"

Hou Jin sighed, followed Tang Lei, and went to the night banquet hall.

When he came to the door of the hall, Hou Jinjin took a look at it, and the mysterious Tang Gate in the eyes of the world was actually the same as ordinary people. Viewed from the outside to the inside, the hall is quaint and unpretentious, with two bright red lanterns hanging on the beams, embroidered with the word "spring" in red. There are big characters on both sides of the gate, the upper link: the joy of living in the treasure land of the millennium, the lower link: the blessing of the family door is prosperous, horizontal batch: welcome the New Year. In the hall, you can vaguely see men, women and children sitting at separate tables, with smiles on their faces, talking and laughing, festive and peaceful. Hou Jin couldn't help but feel emotional, thinking that in the past, the Hou Mansion was also the population of everyone, but now it is ......

Tang Lei seemed to notice Hou Jin's strange expression, and asked, "Hey, Hou Jin, what are you thinking?"

Hou Jin came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing. It's nothing. ”

At this time, a young man walked out, slightly chubby, medium build, broad forehead, slightly high cheekbones, a pair of slender eyes narrowed into a slit, shaking a folding fan in his hand, looking at Hou Jin and Tang Lei at the door with an unstoppable expression, and said arrogantly: "Little sister, I sent you, I came so late." Go, go, go, grandpa, they're waiting. After speaking, he grabbed Tang Lei's hand and walked inside, treating Hou Jin as if he were air.

Tang Lei walked a few steps, found that Hou Jin was still standing and didn't move, and turned his head: "Hou Jin, come in, why are you standing stupidly?"

Hou Jin answered, and was about to step towards the inner hall, but the young man stretched out his hand to block it, stopped in front of Hou Jin, and said disapprehantly: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, this is the place where my Tang family's children have a night banquet, who are you?"

Without waiting for Hou Jin to respond, Tang Lei hurriedly said: "Big brother, his name is Hou Jin, he is a friend of his sister, and he was invited to the night banquet." ”

The young man snorted and said, "Little sister, aren't you messing around? Everyone is used to you on weekdays, today is the day of my Tang Sect members, what is the matter if you let an outsider get involved? And this guy scared away the nine-tailed spirit fox, and he hasn't settled accounts with him, it's already my Tang Sect Kai Kind." ”

Tang Lei still wanted to argue, but the young man said, "Okay, little sister, let's go in." He turned to Hou Jin and said, "Boy, I warn you, stay away from my sister in the future." ”

Hou Jin was stunned, smiled wryly, spread his hands, and said to Tang Lei apologetically: "Miss Tang Lei, it seems that your eldest brother doesn't welcome me very much, so I'll go back." ”

Tang Lei broke free of the young man's hand, his face was full of gloom, and he shouted, "Big brother, you are too much. Hou Jin was invited by his grandfather. I'm going to talk to my grandfather. Hou Jin, wait a minute. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the hall, his expression somewhat similar to that of the old man Tianji. The middle-aged man said: "Qiang'er, Lei'er, what's the matter with you two brothers and sisters?" Qiang'er, you are the elder brother, you want to let your sister a little." How many times have I told you for the Father? "The middle-aged man just thought it was Tang Lei's brother and sister who had an awkward quarrel.

The middle-aged man found Hou Jin standing at the door and asked, "This little brother is very fresh, it doesn't seem to be from my Tang Sect, right?"

It turned out that this middle-aged man was Tang Lei's father, and judging by his face, he looked like a Han person, but how could Tang Lei look like a native of the Western Regions? Yes, Tang Lei said that her mother was from the Western Regions. Hou Jin hurriedly bowed down and said, "Hou Jin, who was born late, has seen Uncle Tang." Late life was invited by the old man of Tianji to come ......"

Before Hou Jin finished speaking, Tang Lei's eldest brother Tang Qiang interrupted Hou Jin's words and shouted: "What nonsense, who is my grandfather? How could he invite you, this kid?

Tang Lei's father frowned and reprimanded: "Eh, Qiang'er, don't be rude." The visitor is a guest, besides, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, isn't it a good thing that a guest is visiting?" turned around again, with a smile on his face, and said to Hou Jin kindly: "The little brother is invited by his father, naturally he is a distinguished guest, please inside!" After saying that, Father Tang sideways moved out of the way and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

Hou Jin said in his heart: "The dignified Tang Sect master is really different, he treats people and things, is polite and courteous, and is kind. But this child is ...... The son is arrogant, lonely and arrogant, and the daughter is brutal and willful, and the contrast is too great. "Actually, as a parent, who doesn't love their children? The master of the Tang Sect is no exception, he looks at his son and daughter very much, so he is used to spoiling his children on weekdays, so this is the case, Hou Jin has never been a father, so naturally he can't really appreciate this. Seeing that the master of the Tang Sect invited himself in, he hurriedly said humbly: "Uncle, you are tormenting Hou Jin, Hou Jin is just a junior, how can you make a mistake in front of you, uncle please first." After speaking, Hou Jin also turned sideways and pushed.

Father Tang nodded, very satisfied with Hou Jin's performance, and said in his heart: "Father and I mentioned this son, if this is the case, it is polite and polite." is such a good son, if he can be matched with Lei'er, it will also be a beautiful thing. Father Tang was not polite, he was the first to enter, Tang Lei's brother glared at Hou Jin fiercely, snorted in his nostrils, and walked towards the hall with his sleeves. Hou Jin followed Tang Lei, and then entered.

The old man Tianji sat at the head of the main table, saw Hou Jin and others coming in, got up and left his seat, and greeted him. At the head of the main table, several middle-aged men who were somewhat similar to the old man of Tianji (including the third and sixth who met Hou Jin in the back mountain) were slightly startled, and looked at the door, wanting to see where the sacredness was, and they could let their father get up to greet him. But after Tang's father and Tang Lei's brother and sister walked by, several people saw clearly a young man following behind? Could this be my father's honored guest? After taking a closer look, the third and sixth children recognized Hou coming in, and their faces immediately turned gloomy. A middle-aged man next to him asked, "Third brother, do you know this person?"

The third child said sharply: "Beginning and ending acquaintances, that day and night, it was this kid who broke into the back mountain and scared away the precious nine-tailed spirit fox. "Everyone knows.

The old man of Tianji laughed and said, "Little brother, you are here, come, come, come, sit here, and our grandfather and grandson will talk." The old man of Tianji took Hou Jin's sleeve and guided him to the chairman.

Hou Jin said: "Grandpa, I greet you in advance, Happy New Year." You take your seat. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Good, good, good!"

Hou Jin said to Tang's father again: "Hello uncle, I will give you a New Year's greeting in advance, please sit first." ”

Father Tang looked at Hou Jin, smiled, nodded, and then sat on the left hand side of the old man Tianji.

Hou Jin naturally saw the third and sixth children, and said with a smile: "Third uncle, sixth uncle, we meet again, happy New Year!"

The third child was still haunted by the events of that day, snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, I can't stand the third child." ”

The old man of Tianji was puzzled and asked, "Hou Jin, do you know my third son?"

Hou Jin smiled awkwardly and said, "Grandpa, I had a relationship with the third uncle and the sixth uncle in my late life. Hou Jin lightly skipped the fact that he met the third and sixth children in the back mountain that day, and the sixth almost took his own life.

After seeing the ceremony, Hou Jin walked to the bottom position and prepared to sit down. The old man said: "Hou in, come, come, come to the old man and sit here." The old man pointed to the empty seat on his right.

Everyone at the rest table was shocked, who was this young man, who could make the old man who was so strict on weekdays treat him so kindly. For a while, they whispered to each other, discussing a lot, guessing Hou Jin's identity......