At noon, north of Yingchuan City.

Pan's mansion set up a banquet, and Pan Chuba personally entertained Liu Xunyi and the three.

Pan Huai ship merchants, second to none in Yingchuan merchants, the Pan family is also a famous family here, sitting on the gold mountains and silver sea, rich on the first side, Tian Lianqian Mo, the family is rich in gold.

Before coming here, Liu Xunyi and the three of them all imagined the Pan family as a golden and jade bridle, a long halberd and a high door, a grand courtyard, and a calm family. The people of Panfu are all pampered, clothed and fed, and they are a rich and prosperous scene of the Zhongding family.

But when they really stepped into the Pan Mansion, they found that the Pan family was frugal everywhere and did not show any extravagance.

In addition to the mansion of Wujin, which is a little magnificent, the furnishings, applications, and complicated utensils in the mansion are ...... They are all like ordinary people, although the children of the house are dressed in silk and satin, but they are not dressed in gold and silver, and they are dressed in a swagger.

Although Pan Chuba is old, he is still in good spirits. A pair of blazing tiger eyes are extraordinarily bright, with eyebrows and hair, a straight nose and a wide mouth, a bright heart and bright eyes, a healthy body, and a slightly rickety figure, but it does not lose its righteousness.

Pan Chuba, who should be glorious and wealthy, is actually dressed in Mangyi cloth clothes, simple and unpretentious. In and out of the country, there is no half of a servant waiting, where does he look like a foreign master? It is even more shabby than ordinary old man.

When Liu Xunyi and Lin Fangda saw Pan Chuba for the first time, they even mistook him for Pan's subordinates. It wasn't until Pan Wen introduced them that the two suddenly woke up, and secretly glad that they were just thinking in their hearts and didn't say it, so as to avoid making a fool of themselves in public.

Greeting each other, Luo Ningyu personally presented the white jade Guanyin, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries. Pan Chuba personally invited Liu Xunyi and the three into the main hall, and a sumptuous banquet had been prepared in the hall at this time.

"The old man had two sons and a daughter. Pan Chuba invited Liu Xunyi and the three of them to take a seat, pointed to the men and women in the hall, and said with a light smile, "The eldest son Pan Wen, the second son Pan Wu." There is also a youngest daughter, Pan Feng, who married in Jiazhou in her early years and has not seen each other for three or five years. Alas!"

Unlike the courteous Pan Wen, Pan Wu is a burly man, in his forties, with big ears and a tiger's back. He has such a rough appearance, but his temperament is very restrained, and even a little withdrawn. Even if Pan Chuba recommended him, he only nodded slightly towards Liu Xunyi and the others, and did not say a word.

Next to Pan Wen and Pan Wu stood a woman, the eldest lady and the second lady.

After everyone sat down, Pan Chuba pointed to a handsome student who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, and said with a smile: "He is the little grandson of the old man, the son of Pan Wen, named Pan Yun. Pan Wu also has a son, who is four years older than Pan Yun and is named Pan Chun. Pan Yun has been frail and sickly since childhood, so he learned to do business with his father at home. As for Pan Chun, he was sent by me to the Huainan New Military Mansion three years ago to hone his training, and in the future, when he fights together, he can serve the country with a sword. Ha ha...... Although today's Yingchuan has been controlled by the Mongols, my Pan family has been Han for generations, and they should do their best to protect the Han people. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi praised him: "The seniors care about the family and the country, and they admire it in their later years!"

Pan Chuba laughed, and then pointed to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl sitting next to Pan Yun, with a touch of love in her eyes, and said with a smile: "She is Pan Wen's daughter, the only granddaughter of the old man, Pan Yuyin." ”

It is the cardamom tip, the hyacinth. With raw willow eyebrows and starry eyes, apricot face and peach cheeks, shell teeth and red lips, snowy skin and flowers, rich muscles and weak bones, Chu waist and sideburns, this Pan Yuyin is not a delicate little beauty.

When Pan Chuba introduced her, Pan Yuyin didn't forget to get up and salute Liu Xunyi and the three of them in turn, which was quite educated.

Pan Wen's pair of children are like a pair of golden boys and girls, the man is handsome and elegant, and the woman is gentle and graceful, and she really envy others.

"The rest of the people in the house are all relatives, and the Pan family is their own, so that's all. Pan Chuba's words were a little sad, and he smiled bitterly, "If it's an ordinary family, it's not bad." But as far as the current Pan family is concerned, some people are inevitably thin. Why doesn't the old man want to have more children and grandchildren, it's a pity...... Alas, this is probably God's punishment for me!"

Liu Xunyi and the three of them had learned about Pan Chuba's old past from Luo Tianjin, so they naturally understood the "punishment" he said.

Pan Wen saw that Pan Chuba's old matter was brought up again, and he was afraid that he would be sad again, so he hurriedly raised his glass to change the topic, and the people present knew each other tacitly, so no one said much, and they all pretended to be happy.

Unconsciously, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone was a little drunk.

Pan Chuba's eyes looked back and forth between Luo Ningyu, Liu Xunyi and Lin Fangda, and finally fell on Liu Xunyi, and said with a smile: "You have become a master at a young age, amazing!"

was broken by Pan Chu's words, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but be stunned, and said humbly: "The predecessors have a good reputation, but they just practice boxing and embroidering legs for a few years." ”

"Among the descendants of my Pan family, if someone can have such a fist and leg embroidery as you, why is the old man so depressed?" Pan Chuba sighed, "I believe that before I came, the Lord of Luofu told you about me, right?"

Liu Xunyi first glanced at Lin Fangda, and then nodded slowly: "The ten-year appointment between the Pan family and the Qin family is approaching, and it is related to the ownership of the 'Xuanshui Scroll', the life and death of the Pan family, and even the honor and disgrace of the Guihai Sword Sect. ”

Hearing this, Pan Chuba's expression was pale, he nodded heavily, and said with a straight face: "Although I am old, I am not confused. But as long as I am there for a day, the Qin family will not want to take the 'Xuanshui Scroll' as their own. I have retired to the rivers and lakes for decades, just to avoid the grievances and grievances of the past, to this day, people in the world only know that the Pan family in Yingchuan is in business, and how many people still remember that the old man was born in the rivers and lakes? It's a pity that the destiny of heaven knows where to go, and how can I say that I can escape? Once I enter the rivers and lakes, I will be a person in the rivers and lakes for the rest of my life. ”

"People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. Liu Xunyi sighed thoughtfully, "A few months ago, Mo Cen's predecessors also wanted to wash their hands in a golden basin and live a stable life with his wife and children from then on, but the result was ...... But his family died because of this. The grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes cannot be ended if you want to end them. You may not want to provoke others, but others will always want to provoke you, forcing you to either fight your way out or die. ”

Lin Fangda echoed and said: "This is called wanting both ends, but as a result, I don't land at both ends, and I deserve it! In my opinion, since I am in the rivers and lakes, I should laugh at life and death." The world is like this, either you kill people, or people kill you, no one has to pretend to be a sage......"

"Ahem!" Before Lin Fangda's words fell, Luo Ningyu hurriedly coughed a few times, interrupting his later words. Lin Fangda also realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly apologized to Pan Chuba: "Pan Baye, don't get me wrong, I don't mean you when I say 'two ends don't dock', I mean that others ......."

Lin Fangda's description became darker and darker, so that he was incoherent, and he could only smile awkwardly. Looking at everyone in the Pan family again, they all showed embarrassment, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.

In this regard, Pan Chuba didn't care, and laughed at himself: "The old man is already weak, otherwise he would never dare to trouble the lord of Luofu." ”

Liu Xunyi said: "Before coming here, the lord of the mansion specially explained to us and conveyed a sentence to his predecessors: 'Love is like a mountain, and righteousness is like a deep sea. If the brother is in trouble, no matter when, Luo is willing to be in the same boat with Brother Pan Wu Yue and never turn his back. ’”

Hearing this, Pan Chuba's old eyes couldn't help but be filled with tears of emotion, and he said with emotion: "The lord of Luofu is worthy of being the king of Beixian, and he is willing to help in times of crisis." If it is really affectionate, the old man is grateful!

"Dad, why don't you hand over the 'Xuanshui Scroll' directly to the Qin family, in exchange for my Pan family, there is nothing to do. The second lady suddenly interjected, and there was a complaint in her words, "Now our family has a big business, we have no worries about food and clothing, and the accumulated family business is inexhaustible for several lifetimes. Why does Dad have to be the enemy of the Qin clan in Hexi? I don't know that the people of the Qin family are all outlaws who drink blood and kill people without blinking, we are serious people, where can we provoke them?"

"My brother and sister are wrong, and the Xuanshui volume is more valuable than his life to his father. How can you give it away so easily?" Pan Wen hurriedly explained. After that, he also squeezed his eyebrows at the second lady vigorously, reminding her not to say more, so as not to anger Pan Chuba.

"I'm just wondering, is the Xuanshui scroll important to my father, or is our family important to my father?" The second lady turned a blind eye to Pan Wen's "reminder" and defended herself, "I have no intention of arguing with my father, but I don't want to ruin the good future of our Pan family in vain because of a dead thing." Dad, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children and grandchildren, right?"

After saying that, the second lady turned her gaze to Pan Wu, who was speechless, and suddenly choked up and sobbed, and said in a low voice, "Just pity my husband, I have achieved nothing over the years, and I can only be locked up in the backyard all day long, practicing what kind of Xuanshui knife technique, and in the end, the person who practices myself is not like a person, and the ghost is not like a ghost." Not to mention the hard work, on the contrary, the Pan family's great business has not been made at all. ”

"Bastard!" Pan Chuba couldn't bear it anymore, he was furious, he pointed at the second lady with a blowing beard, and reprimanded angrily, "As long as I am alive for one day, there will be only one head of the Pan family, and that is me, Pan Chuba! What does it mean that the Pan family's family business has not been made at all? No matter how big the Pan family's family business is, it is all decided by the old man alone. Whether it is Pan Wen or Pan Wu, before the old man has no breath, they are just guarding the business for this family. Ahem......"

Seeing that Pan Chuba was angry, everyone stepped forward one after another and said good words to comfort. Only Pan Wu was still sitting in his chair, motionless. The second lady wiped her tears again and again, as if she had been greatly wronged, and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

"Brother and sister, why don't you come and kowtow to your father and admit your mistakes?" the eldest lady urged.

The second lady wiped her tears and stood up angrily, although she didn't dare to contradict Pan Chuba, but she dared to refute the eldest lady.

The second lady sneered with disdain: "Your family has tasted the sweetness and reaped the benefits, of course you will make your father happy! I only hate my Chun'er, I haven't come back for three years, if you let him know that his father and mother are being wronged like this at home, you have to look good......

"Smack!"

Before the second lady could finish speaking, Pan Wu, who was silent, suddenly raised his arm and slapped the second lady in the face hard. The second lady flew out of the chair, flipped several times in mid-air, and fell to the ground in embarrassment. At first, there were a few whimperes, but then they disappeared, as if they had passed out.

The sudden change made the originally harmonious banquet suddenly become embarrassing. Liu Xunyi and the three of them sat on the side, stunned. At this moment, they are not helping Pan Baye, and even more so helping the second lady, after all, it is a family affair of other people, and it is naturally difficult for outsiders to intervene.

After overturning the second lady, Pan Wu left a sentence lightly: "Dad, I'm going back to practice." He left the lobby without looking back, abandoning the chaos.

At this moment, Pan Chu's whole body trembled, and Pan Yun and Pan Yuyin could only comfort their grandfather. Pan Wen and his wife were full of complexity, and they seemed to have a lot of emotion in their hearts.

As for the second lady, she always lay on the ground and did not move, not knowing what the injury was. The relatives of the Pan family were completely out of idea, and stood aside one by one, not knowing how to advance or retreat.

Faced with this scene, Liu Xunyi, Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda couldn't help but look at each other, and secretly said in their hearts: "The situation of the Pan family is even more troublesome than imagined, not only is the external trouble precarious, but also the internal worry...... It's even more imminent!"

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