On weekdays, the corps is training, the clan is discussed, and the elders of the clan in the village gather in this hall of loyalty. It is like the command center of the soldiers' array, but also the center of the whole Ganquan Village, there are said to be criss-crossing cottages, with six roads, nine streets, eighteen lanes, thirty-six alleys, the neat and uniform house is like a chessboard chess game, outsiders to that is a labyrinth, a formation, in this east and west staggered, north and south are added, high and low superimposed, left and right interspersed in the village, those who do not know will really lose their bearings. But for the native Ganquan Zhai people, it is full of fun, stone buildings, earth houses, courtyards, and high temples are connected by bluestone lanes, trees, flowers and plants are dotted among them, people live in the house, and horses run on the roof.

As far as Ganquan Village is concerned, it is located in the northwest corner of the eight aqueducts --- this side of the town. What's more interesting is that the whole eight aqueducts are like a giant tripe, and the middle is stretched into by a vein of Guanshan, drawing out between the east and west basin valleys, and only a narrow valley less than two miles wide is connected.

In the west aqueduct, Ganquan Village is located in the northwest of Guanshan in the north, and Majiabao is in the southeast of Wushanju in the south, and there are seven or eight villages such as Taoxia Village, Xiguan Village, Majiayu, Niuweigou, Liutiaogou, Xuejiayu, etc., which have been passed down here for hundreds of years.

Compared with the east aqueduct, it is much richer and wider, and it is also the place in the heart of Badu Town, a "Shilipu" that irrigates the east and west with the name of the dry wharf connects Nanguan and Dongguan, of course, the richest is Zhujiazhuang, Gaojiazhuang, and Lijiazhuang of the East Aqueduct. There are seven or eight villages such as Wangjiagou, Tianjiamengou, Jingshanpo, Nanguan Village, Dongguan Village, Zhaojiagou Village, and Huaishu Village, which jointly occupy this important land.

And Ganquan Village is five miles long from east to west, three miles deep from north to south, three faces are more like cliffs in the mountains, all the houses in the village under the mountain cliff are gradually improved from south to north according to the mountain situation, they are scattered, interspersed in an orderly manner, or stone blocking, or loess ramming, or opening mountains and vertical kilns, Or just stand in the hole--- look at each other from afar, just like two old men sit high and play a game, more like two gods open their arms to guard the thousands of villagers here, only the south is an open wheat field, the trench between the wheat fields is arranged on both sides of the peach blossom forest array and the peach blossom forest within a radius of thirty miles is connected, igniting a piece of fire.

Only in the south a long three miles, ten zhang high, two zhang thick stone high wall in the middle has a wide gatehouse, put down the suspension bridge to enter, after the gatehouse is like a school field specially set up for the soldiers, two doors before and after, more like a square urn, this may be the reason why Ganquan Village is unstoppable.

Only after passing through the gatehouse behind the school field can you really enter the cottage, a racetrack that runs through the east and west is more like a boundary, and a neat row of houses is built under the wall on the south side of the racetrack, such as stables, warehouses, and tool rooms, and the north side is the private houses that conform to the mountain topping.

Facing the gatehouse, on the mountain upward extension of the Shengping Road, the top is the Jieyi Hall, the end of the Shengping Road stands a stone archway, far away, very majestic and towering, although it is only four square stone pillars to build, the top of the three stone rafters knotted, forming three archways, rough and incomparable, without a trace of superfluous decoration, but in the middle of the horizontal eyebrows on the "Yide Inheritance" four stone carved big characters array of might, with the pair on the pillar: "can be able to write and martial arts, ancient and modern dozens of people are ever-changing; can be a country can be the world two or three steps four seas and Kyushu" The couplet is suddenly meaningful.

Passing through the archway is the altar of 49 zhang wide and deep, and it is also the place where the villagers gather in the village during some important festivals and clan celebrations in Ganquan Village.

Huo Dao pushed open the door of Zhongyi Hall, and saw a few village elders sitting on the two columns of the big long table in the lobby, sighing and angry, what are you talking about.

Huo Dao stepped in, as if breaking their issue, and scrambling to watch his footsteps. But he didn't reprimand, he came to the side of the chief Huo Zhennan, bowed to the elders of Zhuzhai, and stepped forward and said: "Elders, I have heard about what you are discussing, isn't it the little Yang Shuiwa?

Huo Zhennan glanced at him and stopped: "Get out of the way, you know that the Yangshui baby has a deep intersection with the cottage, although the mountain rat is small, it can also spoil a warehouse of grain."

"Second brother, Xiao Wu is the most promising offspring of the cottage, not to mention that he has been smart and resolute since he was a child, he must have learned a lot of skills in the military camp over the years, and he is much better than our group of bad old men."

And said that Huo Zhennan has four brothers, the second in line, and the brother of the eldest brother Huo Zhendong's mother, the third Huo Zhenxi, and the fifth Huo Zhenbei, but unfortunately the eldest and the fourth died one step ahead of one step during a dart, leaving only Gu Er's widowed mother, the eldest Huo Zhendong's widowed son Huo Nian is in charge of the entire militia affairs, and the first daughter Huo Nanyin has also married away from home; the second Huo Zhennan is also a daughter and a son, and the eldest daughter Huo Nanzhi is to be married, Huo Gang, Huo Hua and his father are two realms of character, Xiuya Sven, the book is full of anger, unlike Huo Gang and his father. The fifth son, Huo Zhenbei, Huo Chun, and Huo Nanru, the first son, are still studying in Fengxiang.

Of course, there is also an elder in the Huo family, the fourth in line, Huo Zhenxi's compatriot Huo Meiting, the mother-in-law of Wen Xingrui, the current son of the Wen family, and the head of the Wen family. Although the Wen family is not as prosperous as the Huo family, Wen Dewang, the old lady of the Wen family, is still alive and presiding over the affairs of the entire cottage. has two sons, Wen Xingrui and Wen Xingqing, although there are several aunts in the family, but the children and grandchildren are scarce. Wen Xingrui has a son who is gentle, Wen Xingqing has a daughter Wen Wang, or moved to give birth to a young son Wen Ze with a concubine.

And said that the Liu family of these three major families is even more withered, the only son Liu Qinghe, who has been suffering from a bunch of illnesses for decades, is already a little out of breath, and the three grandchildren make him a little proud, the eldest Liu Jinxiu is already the young grandmother of the Zhu family, the second Liu Yanzhi, and the third Liu Junyi and Huo Chun are familiar with school.

Huo Zhennan looked at Huo Dao seriously, or said that all his hopes and life's hard work were poured into him, and he had not matured for a few years, but in his memory, he loved and hated, hated his son who was not made of steel, and trouble was synonymous with him. Still shook his head and sighed: "It's still the old businessman of the village who has a plan, what kind of comprehensive plan can he have in the future."

Huo Zhenxi pouted and smiled, and said: "Second brother, the eagle has to fly the sky and the earth in order to attack the sky, it's a pity that you always press it like this."

He turned his eyes to Huo Dao and asked, "Xiao Wu, what is your position in the army---

"The commander of the reconnaissance company ---," Huo Dao replied.

Huo Zhenxi glared and smiled: "Second brother, company commander--- what other concerns do you have?"

Xu Xu, Huo Zhennan nodded and said: "Then you say, the elders are here, and you can make up for your shortcomings --- a thorough way."

Huo Dao explained the strategy agreed with Liu Yanzhi, but of course, he didn't dare to say a word about the current employment. As soon as he fell, he hurriedly looked at Wen Dewang, a "respectable" elder, and asked: "Yang Shuiwa has been mixed for many years, and there are many like-minded supporters who are still in the village, watching left and right or secretly probing, which requires Wen's husband to give some blood to appease, so as not to jump off the wall and hurt the innocent."

Wen Dewang pinched his silver beard, nodded and replied: "This is natural", the gloomy clouds dissipated, his eyebrows opened and he smiled, nodded at Huo Dao and said with a smile: "In order to destroy the thief of Yang Shuiwa, I have full authority to prepare --- ten acres of watering land for you as a dowry, a cow, ten pieces of cloth, one hundred silver dollars, two sets of gold and silver jewelry--other trivial things, I think your sister has prepared it for you." You see it's okay."

"No---" I didn't want Huo Zhennan to refuse immediately.

Wen Dewang looked at him in surprise and asked urgently, "Is ---there anything else missing?"

"No, ---," Huo Dewang waved his hand and smiled: "How can you let you spend money on old money?

Wen Dewang looked old and solemn, and said with a smile: "What else do you and me, I and your father are righteous brothers, not brothers are better than brothers, and Xiao Wu is also grown up by me, and he also called me an old lady--- I can still afford this dowry."

"Coughed twice--" I didn't want Liu Qinghe to come forward and agree: "That's it, second brother, don't shirk it, I'm out of the 100-table banquet, you see what are the shortcomings."

Huo Zhenxi looked at his second brother's humble look, slapped the table and called out directly: "That's it--second brother, don't shirk it, it's all a family, I think in order to lure out the thief, I will add five pairs of gift boxes."

Huo Dao wanted to say loudly: You don't deserve to do this, this is for Liu Yanzhi's kid to marry a wife, not for me. But he couldn't say it, but bowed and thanked: "Thank you old lady, and thank you Uncle Liu--" After a pause, he said: "However, the words can be said in front, Yang Shuiwa's thief, I will let him have no return, as for whether the Tao girl is willing to marry me, then you can say it, you can't blame me then."

Huo Zhenxi laughed and said: "Little Wu, you can rest assured, with the prestige of our Ganquan Village, which girl doesn't want to marry into ---."

Huo Dao crossed his arms and thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "I said in case, in case he has a good relationship, in case he doesn't look down on me, in case he ---."

Huo Zhennan waved his hand to stop Huo Dao's words and shouted solemnly: "Where is there so much, what is the point of mother-in-law and mother who is like a man from Xifu Swordsman, I still say the same thing, marry a wife first and then take a concubine, otherwise you don't want to let that woman enter the cottage."

However, Huo Zhenxi roared more directly: "Which family has eaten leopard gall and dares to rob my aunt with my little five, in case this is the case, I will take you to smash her open flame."

"Ahem--cough--" Wen Dewang coughed twice, and Huo Zhennan's eyes pierced, and he wanted to say that this was like what the elders said. But the swordsman is this temperament, reach out and ask for it, if you don't give it, then grab it.

It seemed that Huo Zhenxi hadn't understood yet, and he was still stupid at Huo Dao, and said lightly: "Little Wu, don't worry, isn't your little third aunt exactly what I smashed the open flame?"

Huo Dao grinned, and said with a smile: "Third Uncle is --- martial arts."

Huo Zhennan really couldn't listen to it, waved his hand and stopped: "Okay, how many people and horses will you bring with Huo Dao when you arrive, have you selected the personnel, have you set up an ambush to investigate on the spot?

Huo Daodian said: "I have asked Huo Gang and Bao Buji to choose the personnel, the most important thing is not much, they each bring fifteen people, divided into two teams, and I will command them." I will meet the day after tomorrow, and Liu Yanzhi has also started to prepare."

"It's not enough--- thirty people is enough, bring a hundred strong men, and you will lead the team and command," Huo Zhenxi patted the table and stood up and said.

Huo Zhennan also felt that the staffing was insufficient and said: "Yes, you can't underestimate that Yang Shuiwa, it's very ghostly, and besides, he took refuge in his uncle Yang Dinghai, and there are more than 200 bandits under his door, don't Yang Shuiwa is not destroyed, but he was eaten by him."