Xiao Yi's father Xiao Qian is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, just in the prime of life, but in this era, he can already call himself "old man", Xiao Qian is the second, burly, looks quite majestic, but speaks very gently, making people close. It is said that the martial arts talent is middle and upper, and the internal strength has the appearance of seven layers, as the current head of the Xiao family, his cultivation is obviously mediocre. However, he has a flexible mind and is very good at doing business, and when it comes to the talent of making money, Shancheng and even Qingzhou can also rank in the top three. After the death of Mrs. Xiao and Uncle Xiao two years ago, Xiao Qian's business was in charge of Xiao Qian, and it was even more prosperous than two years ago, with business in more than a dozen prefectures in Sanzhou.

Xiao Yi only saw Xiao Qian at the beginning of the night, the eldest master Xiao Qian's study is huge, the books are classified, and they are quite neat, I think there is a family to clean every day.

"What happened two years ago is basically confirmed, it was the Tang family who did it, the relationship between the two families has deteriorated sharply now, and some people in the family advocate war with the Tang family, what do you think about this matter?" Xiao Qian glanced at Xiao Yi and asked.

"Are you sure?"

"The two brothers of the Tang family are not weak, and they are not worse than your uncle, it is difficult to win head-on!" Xiao Qian's meaning was obvious, either not to make a move for the time being, or to use some other dishonorable means.

"The key is not in his two brothers!"

"Yes, the two of them are no match for the old man anyway, and there are still people hiding behind them!" Xiao Qian said with squinted eyes.

"I'm curious about how my grandfather's skills and decades of experience were killed. Could it be that the person behind the Tang family is an innate master?"

"It's hard to say things in the world, not all of them rely on the strong to bully the weak, and there are fewer things about defeating the strong with the weak?

"Auntie, do you have any news?"

"There is no news, according to the guard who was responsible for protecting your aunt at the time, after escaping into the mountains and forests, the two were forced to separate after the guard was seriously injured, and it has been two years, there should be no possibility of survival, hey!"

"The blood feud naturally has to be avenged, but when and how to report it should be carefully considered, the way of war, the strong show weakness, the weak show strong, more is less, less is more!" Xiao Qian was stunned when he heard Xiao Yi's words, and then nodded approvingly.

"It should be like this!" Xiao Qian said approvingly, "There is no hurry to take revenge, and it is arranged for my father." Besides, do you know why I've been urging you to go back to the mountain city lately?"

"I think it's related to the Tang family!"

"Yes, two years ago, the Xiao family changed greatly, and I was always worried that the core personnel of the family would be poisoned again, so I have become more and more careful in the past two years, I thought that Qingxian County was hundreds of miles away, and it should be safer, but I didn't expect you to be assassinated in Qingxian County. There are two other reasons, one of which is that I heard that you have studied the method of salt production in Qingxian County and succeeded, and the official salt matter is a little troublesome, so I am afraid that you will accidentally cause a big disaster!"

"Got it, Father, I'll be careful."

"Salt is a thing controlled by the government, which involves great interests, it is more complicated than you think, although for many years the private salt production and salt sales have not been less, but at this time it is still careful, I have discussed with the county guard Huangpu Lord a month ago, I have arranged for my cronies to take the letter of the Emperor Fu to the capital, there is the recommendation of the Emperor Fu Gao, it should not be difficult to spend some heart and mind to buy some salt, and then send the new refined salt samples to the three divisions for the record, so everything will be fine!"

Xiao Yi was slightly stunned, listening to his father's meaning, the Xiao family and the Huangfu seemed to have a close relationship. casually relieved, the Xiao family was able to survive this most difficult period in the past two years, and it should be because his father gained the trust of Huangfu Gao through some means, or reached some consensus.

Indeed, no matter which force in the mountain city is, it still has to pay enough attention to the Huangfu Gao, who represents the official family, not to mention that the county guard can ask for the support of thousands of village soldiers outside the city, even hundreds of fast catchers and government servants are also the existence of any force that cannot be underestimated. As for Huangfu Gao, he doesn't want to see the stability of the mountain city broken.

Xiao Yi touched the chess pieces on his chest, it was already difficult for the three of them to play chess, if the four of them were even better together, it seemed that the situation in the mountain city was more complicated than he imagined!

"Speaking of which, I feel very guilty about your mother and son, especially your mother. Xiao Qian's expression was a little lonely, "I heard that you are not good at martial arts, do you like Confucianism and Taoism?"

"Well, although there are many exercises in the martial arts left by my mother, after my mother passed away, she had a lot of chores on weekdays, and she was used to enjoying it and was unwilling to endure hardship. ”

"In an eventful season, martial arts is the art of settling down, how can I slack off, I have to practice more from now on, I will take regular exams. In addition, the Taoist martial arts taught by your mother are naturally broad and profound, but the Xiao family's mastery should also be practiced as soon as possible, and if you have any questions, come and ask me directly!" After speaking, Xiao Qian took out three books from his arms.

Xiao Yi took it, only to see that the first book was written "Flame Palm", the second book was "Light Splitting Sword", and the third book was "Lifting Longitudinal Technique".

"Your Taoist internal skills have been cultivated for many years, and they can't be easily changed, these books are all outside the Xiao family. Xiao Yi knew that the Flame Palm and the Light Splitting Sword were both peerless skills that the Xiao family relied on to become famous, unless they were people who made great contributions, they would only pass on the core bloodline of the Xiao family, and they should be of the same level as the Liuyun Sword and Qingluo Bu passed down by their mother.

Xiao Yi put a few cheats in his arms and put them away carefully.

"Another reason to call you back is that I arranged a family affair for you, the girl of the Qi family has just passed her fifteenth birthday, and her character, appearance, and talent are all first-class, so I will arrange for you to meet in two days. ”

"Father, I'm still young, only 16 years old. ”

"I didn't let you get married this year, and you can do it next year. ”

"Father, I want me to make my own decisions about the marriage!"

"Do you have a sweetheart?"

"Nope"

"Then listen to me, Xiaoyi, once the marriage with the girl of the Qi family is decided, the affairs of the Tang family will not be so tricky!"

"Father, there is a deep hatred in the sea of blood, and it is incumbent on my generation, but it is not necessary to rely on the Qi family"

"Marriage events naturally listen to your parents, don't play with children, let's do it, if you have the opportunity to contact the girl of the Qi family first, we people who practice martial arts don't have too much etiquette, and it's good to have more contact before marriage, and then decide after seeing it!"

"Okay!" Xiao Yi said helplessly, but he thought more about how to put off the marriage.

Coming out of the study, Xiao Yi went back to his small courtyard, and did not rush to read the martial arts cheats, but took out the chess game on his waist, pondered carefully, and his mind quickly fell into contemplation, more than a dozen sets of endgames in this book are extremely classic endgames, and it is extremely difficult to crack them, even if he is afraid that he can't solve them in a short time with his mental arithmetic ability.

When a person is immersed in something, time often flies, and Xiao Yat is awakened by a figure flying from a distance. I saw that the person who came was petite and delicate, wearing a smart tight-fitting suit, his face was covered with a black veil, and he was holding a long sword.

"Childe, I'm back. ”

"Well, how's it going?"

"Back to Gongzi, I first went to Yuzhou, where the Salt Gang is located, to find out the situation of the Salt Gang, and determined that it was the Ma Deputy Gang Leader of the Salt Gang who targeted Gongzi, and after adding a little trouble to the Ma Deputy Gang Leader, I came to the mountain city first. The few people brought in have already dispersed, focusing on the important people of the Qi family and the Tang family, but they are afraid of being exposed, so there have been no major discoveries in the past few days. ”

"Let's put the matter of the salt gang aside, there are other changes in the refined salt business, as for the people who are brought, don't be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, just pay attention to the Qi family and the Tang family, including the people of the City Lord's Mansion, the mountain city will be our home in the future, the foundation is the most important, don't be in a hurry." ”

"There is also Xiao Mansion is not as good as other places, I am afraid that I will encounter a master to intercept it when I often walk at night, so I will come over during the day if I have something in the future!"

"Yes, Childe"

"After a few days of painting to deal with the affairs of Qingxian, you will be able to free up your hands, and then divide all the reliable people into two groups, one group of people based on your people to take root in the mountain city, and a group of people who are mainly painted scattered to various prefectures in Qingzhou, there are many places to pay attention to, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, but the shelf is still set up first!"

"Understood, young master"

"Okay, you've worked hard lately, let's go back first, change your identity in the future, and just come over openly!"

As soon as the servant Jian left, Qin'er came in from outside, but she saw Xiao Yi finish talking and entered the house to serve Xiao Yi to rest.

"I'm new here, wake me up half an hour early tomorrow!"

"Okay, young master!" said Qin'er with a smile

Let's say that after bidding farewell to Xiao Yi, the sword followed the way he came out of the house, walked to a corner of the garden and was about to go out over the wall, only to hear something flying through the air in his ears, the sword dodged away, but it was a stone when he looked at it, and then looked to the side, in front of him was an old man in cloth, sixty or seventy years old, with gray hair, it was the old man Hong that Xiao Yi had seen during the day.

"Who came to Xiao Mansion to spread wildness!"

The sword didn't expect that Gongzi would really be discovered just after giving instructions, and secretly screamed bad luck, knowing that he couldn't do more entanglement when he came with a mask, so he drew his sword and stabbed at the old man first. Although Shi Jian is not very old, he is only eighteen years old, but Wu Xuexiu is the tallest person around Xiao Yi, he was adopted by Xiao's mother in his early years, and his internal strength has broken through to the seventh layer since two years ago, otherwise he would not have been entrusted with important tasks by Xiao Yi.

I saw the sword of the sword to the old man's chest in the blink of an eye, the old man dodged and dodged, the red light in his right hand suddenly pushed towards the sword, the old man shot quickly, the long sword back to defend was too late, so he bent behind him to cross the ladder, and at the same time stabbed out of the long sword up, obliquely stabbed the old man's right shoulder, the old man did not hold a weapon in his hand, his fingers avoided the sword blade, and flicked on the sword, the long sword swung outward, and the sword moved three feet horizontally with the old man's strength to distance himself from the old man. The old man rushed forward again, his whole body was full of true qi, his surging power gathered his palms, and he pushed forward with all his strength, which was a simple move in Taizu's long fist, although the move was ordinary, but under the drumming of true qi, I was afraid that a buffalo would also be killed.

The sword's face was grim, and with a flick of his right hand, the long sword was thrown against a wall not far from here, and it was not three inches high. Pushing horizontally with both hands, he lifted most of his internal strength at the same time, but he wanted to catch the palm of Old Man Hong's flesh.

True qi flowed horizontally, and the two figures were negligently separated, and Old Man Hong was forced to take a step back, and his breathing was short. Shi Jian's hands were numb, and his face was red, but he was slightly injured, and he knew that the old man's internal strength was above him.

The opportunity could not be missed, so he simply used the strength of the old man to fly away at a faster speed than when he came, and patted the long sword on the wall with his left hand, and his body took advantage of the momentum to bounce high, and when his body was higher than the wall, he quickly disappeared into the night.

The old man chased two steps, where did he come from. I thought that the person who came was good at martial arts, and I didn't know the identity of this person, and now I was strong outside the Xiao Mansion, but I didn't fall for the plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, so I walked away. By the time the guards arrived, it was empty.