Wuqing has traveled abroad for several years, it is common to spend the night in the broken temple and cold kiln, and the caves and tree caves are also commonplace, and even sleeping in the wilderness is not sparse, this ancestral hall is really the first time to live.

The ancestral hall is the most important place for a clan, and it is the first choice for sacrificing ancestors and discussing clan affairs, and the ancestral hall of the former royal family like the Yan family should have been called Taimiao if it was before. Nowadays, although the Yan family lives alone in the dilapidated walled city in the wilderness, this ancestral hall is also very solemn, the east and west wings are divided into the spiritual seats of the past clansmen, and the main hall is dedicated to the spiritual seats of the Yan clansmen who have a high status in the clan or have made great contributions to the clan. Not surprisingly, in the middle of the main hall is a huge spiritual seat with gold edges and a black background, with the book "The Position of Yan Zhongde, Emperor Wu of Wei".

It turned out that the name of Emperor Wei Wu was Yan Zhongde, and the Qing Dynasty worshiped the spirit of Emperor Wei Wu, although he broke his mausoleum, but it was because his body was deceased, and he had to do it.

After walking around the ancestral hall, only the porter had beds and braziers and other daily necessities, Wuqing didn't care, he wanted to take a good bath at this time after a few days in the dense forest, and then sleep beautifully. After drawing water from the well in the backyard of the ancestral hall and rushing through his body, Wuqing fell on the bed with only a pair of thin pants, turned over comfortably and fell asleep.

In a small courtyard not far from the Yan ancestral hall, the Ninth Uncle Ancestor who came out of the ancestral hall just now was sitting on a wooden bench in the courtyard, and two middle-aged men were standing respectfully on both sides.

"That kid, I think he has good bones, and his spirituality is enough, he is a good material, it's a pity to follow Zhong Qing to run errands in Jiaozhou all these years. "Ninth Uncle Ancestor said unhurriedly.

The middle-aged man on the left lowered his eyebrows and smiled pleasing to his eyes: "Ninth Uncle Ancestor said yes, that must be a talent, then I will record him on the list of the Enlightenment Ceremony." ”

The middle-aged man on the right hand side had a dark face, a pair of sword eyebrows and a heroic spirit, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of the Enlightenment Ceremony is easy to handle, and the top priority now is to find out whether the imperial tomb of the ancestor Wei Wu Emperor has been stolen." ”

Ninth Uncle Ancestor nodded and said: "The news brought by the falcon before said that this rumor was spreading in Jiaozhou City for half a day, and it seems that someone deliberately spread it, but the intelligence said that the government and Jin Wuwei of Jiaozhou City seemed to be caught off guard by the spread of this rumor, and they were not prepared at all, not like the wind they released." ”

The black-faced middle-aged man said: "The soldiers are not tired of deceit, this matter should be prepared with both hands, on the one hand, inform the insiders of Jiaozhou City to act in a low-key manner recently, secretly observe the movements of the government, and on the other hand, urge the clansmen in the Central Plains to send people to Mangdang Mountain to find out the truth of this matter." ”

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor glanced at him approvingly and said, "Zhong Xi is not chaotic when he is in danger, but he can be a big responsibility." ”

Another middle-aged man smiled: "The eldest brother has been wise and decisive since he was a child, and I am not as good as the younger brother." ”

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor encouraged him: "Your eldest brother can be decided, but he still needs Zhong Tang to help him, and Zhong Tang has contributed a lot to this Tongque Walled City in order over the years." ”

Yan Zhongtang didn't dare to say this, but his face was full of smiles.

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor gave a rare smile, and turned to Yan Zhongxi, who had a black face, and said, "Over the years, the children who have grown up in the Tongque City Walled City have cultivated the Imperial Dao far better than wandering outside since childhood, have you thought about what the reason is?"

The two glanced at each other, and Yan Zhongxi said tentatively: "Isn't it because the children in our village don't have enough vision, so there are some limitations in cultivating the Emperor's Road?"

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor sighed: "That's right! That's the reason! The Emperor's Dao Emperor's Dao, without the vision and mind of the emperor, how can we cultivate the Emperor's Dao? The children in our village have grown up in this great wilderness since they were children, and they only know how to fight with this environment and wild beasts, and they can't wait if they haven't seen many people in their lives, so how can they cultivate their horizons and expand the pattern?"

When the two of them heard the Ninth Uncle Ancestor say this, they didn't know how to talk about it, so they could only respond in silence.

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor shook his head and said: "I heard that the children of the Sima family will be put in private foster care to cultivate their love for the people and compassion for the farmers, and now it seems that the Sima family has done extremely successfully, but it is a pity that our Yan family is weak, and we are not capable of doing such a thing at all......"

Yan Zhongxi raised his eyes and glanced at the Ninth Uncle Ancestor, and said, "Ninth Uncle Ancestor, I have an idea, but it's just ......"

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor asked, "Just what?"

Yan Zhongxi pursed his lips and said, "It's just a little too risky." ”

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor waved his hand indifferently and said, "But it's okay to say it, it's not a meeting within the clan, it's just our chat." ”

Yan Zhongxi bowed down and said: "I think that we are trapped in this Tongque City is like boiling frogs in warm water, although this great wilderness shelters us, but at the same time it restricts the opportunities and hopes for the development of our Yan clan...... Let's move out of the wilderness!"

"Move out of the Great Wilderness?!" Ninth Uncle Ancestor's eyes instantly flashed.

"Yes! Move out of the Great Wilderness!" Yan Zhongxi didn't know whether the attitude of the Ninth Uncle Ancestor was good or bad, so he had to stubbornly continue: "We still have some loyal ministers in the Central Plains who will be secretly loyal to us, but we are always stuck in this great wilderness, and they will eventually lose hope and defect from us, while the influence of our Yan clan is still there, it is better to secretly move the clan back to the Central Plains, reorganize the old department, and give the Sima family a go, and chase the Central Plains, even if we fail to destroy the clan, it will not damage the dignity of our Yan clan!" It's better than dying in this dark wilderness!" After speaking, Yan Zhongxi knelt down towards the Ninth Uncle Ancestor. Yan Zhongtang on the side also knelt on the ground, obviously he also supported his eldest brother's point of view.

"Move out of the Great Wilderness......" Nine Uncle Ancestor leaned back in his chair, repeating this sentence, and suddenly laughed, after laughing, he got up and helped the two kneeling on the ground up, and said with relief: "My Yan clan has a total of four generations of patriarchs since they escaped into the Great Wilderness, and only you have said the sentence of moving out of the Great Wilderness! That's right! Our Yan clan is a royal family, how can we be trapped in this wild land for a long time? Even if we die, we will die on the battlefield of fighting with the enemy! We will also die on the road to winning the Central Plains! This is the courage that my Yan clan should have! If not, what kind of face do you have to pretend to be the descendants of Emperor Wei Wu? Zhong Xi, you will definitely be able to become the master of Zhongxing of our Yan clan!"

After getting the affirmation of the Ninth Uncle Ancestor, Yan Zhongxi was very excited and said: "This matter is not a day's work, and it takes a lot of planning." ”

The Ninth Uncle Ancestor nodded and said, "You two handle this matter, remember to be cautious." ”

The three of them talked for a while, and Yan Zhongxi and Yan Zhongtang said goodbye to the Ninth Uncle Ancestor and left the small courtyard. The Ninth Uncle Ancestor saw them go out of the courtyard, sat back on the wooden bench, looked up to the sky and closed his eyes to recuperate......

Early the next morning, a middle-aged man with a black face and sword eyebrows woke up Wuqing, who was still sleeping soundly in the gatehouse of the ancestral hall, it was Yan Zhongxi, who was talking with the Ninth Uncle Ancestor in the small courtyard yesterday.

"You are Shihua!" Yan Zhongxi saw that the young man in front of him had the same black face as himself, and couldn't help but look at him a little pleasing to the eye.

Wuqing got up and saluted, pretending to be frightened and said: "Kid is exact, I don't know ...... you"

Yan Zhongxi introduced himself: "My name is Yan Zhongxi, and I am the current patriarch of our Yan clan. ”

Wuqing hurriedly bowed to the ground and said loudly: "See the patriarch!"

Yan Zhongxi saw that he was polite, and looked at him more and more pleasantly, and said: "I received a letter from Zhong Qing a few days ago, knowing that you are going back here to participate in the Enlightenment Ceremony, and on the letter you brought yesterday, he asked me to take care of you, it seems that Zhong Qing values you very much!"

Wu Qing smiled shyly: "The third uncle has indeed been very fond of me. ”

Yan Zhongxi also smiled: "How is it, have you encountered any dangers along the way?"

Wuqing suddenly said with a bitter face: "I don't dare to expire the patriarch, I did encounter a lot of dangers after entering the Great Wilderness, I encountered a lot of poisonous insects devouring each other on the first day, and there was a golden cicada watching from the tree......"

"Oh?" Yan Zhongxi said in surprise, "You actually met the Golden Cicada Little Saint refining poison?"

"Golden Cicada Little Saint, Patriarch, do you know the heel of that Golden Cicada?"

Yan Zhongxi looked at Wuqing Dao with incredible eyes: "I really don't know if it's your fate or bad fate, that golden cicada little saint has thousands of years of demon cultivation, although it can transform into shape, but it is more willing to show people with its own golden cicada body, the demon method it practices is called the Hundred Poison Sutra, and it must be assisted by all kinds of poisonous insects and poisonous Gu, you should just happen to encounter it in raising poison Gu, but you have a natal card in your body, and it will not embarrass you if you think about it." ”

Wuqing nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, I felt that it glanced at me, and then ignored me, I was dizzy from the smoke in that place, and there were so many poisonous insects, I ran away as soon as I was afraid." If it weren't for the medicinal powder and this natal card that my third uncle prepared for me along the way, I'm afraid I would have died in the middle of the road. ”

Yan Zhongxi said: "Fortunately, you arrived safely, if there is any damage, I really can't explain it to Zhong Qing." ”

Wuqing hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Patriarch, my third uncle only said that our clan's natal wooden card can be saved in the great wilderness, and when I asked him, he only said that the spirit of the Tao will not embarrass me after seeing this natal wooden card, why is this ......?"

Yan Zhongxi's proposal to move out of the Great Wilderness yesterday was supported by the Ninth Uncle Ancestor, and now he is clear and pleasing to the eye, and said patiently at the moment: "This is the secret of our Yan family, when the ancestor Wei Wu Emperor came to the world, he intended to enter the Great Wilderness, and then only because this Great Wilderness was too special, he could only stop the army, but he made a contract with all the spirits on the periphery of this Great Wilderness, and they and their descendants would never be embarrassed by our Yan clan within three thousand years, and agreed to use the natal wooden card of our Yan clan as a token." ”

"Oh!" Wuqing suddenly realized, this Emperor Wei Wu is really amazing! The agreement with this demon cultivator can still be faithfully fulfilled by them after hundreds of years, which shows his superiority.

"By the way, Shihua," Yan Zhongxi said, "Have you practiced the Imperial Dao?"

Wu Qing had already thought of an excuse and said: "The third uncle said that I should come back to practice after the Enlightenment Ceremony, otherwise there will be no blessing of the emperor's qi, and the cultivation will be in vain." ”

Yan Zhongxi smiled and said: "This Zhong Qing, I really love you, okay, after the Enlightenment Ceremony, I will personally teach you the first chapter of the Imperial Dao, with your intelligence, I think you will be able to achieve something in a few days, and it will not be too late to return to Jiaozhou when the time comes." ”

This is just in the middle of the realization of the clear mind, arched his hand and said: "Patriarch Xie grace cultivation!"

Yan Zhongxi nodded and said: "You go wash up first, there is no place to live in our walled city, you will deal with it in the ancestral hall these days, I will send you three meals regularly, you have not come back since you were taken away by Zhong Qing since you were a child, just serve and worship the ancestors, and remember to offer three incense a day." ”

Wuqing nodded yes, and then Yan Zhongxi asked about the theft of the tomb of Emperor Wei Wu, but Wuqing only said that he didn't know the truth. Yan Zhongxi didn't plan to get any useful information from him, so he left after a few words, leaving Wuqing who was secretly relieved......