When the sun set, Wu Zheng led the big green cow with apprehension, followed by more than 30 cows back to the fort, and when he put the cow in the cowshed and returned home, when he saw Wu Lishan who was talking to his grandmother, his face turned white.

Wu Lishan, who usually runs before and after following the patriarch Wu Youren, suddenly appeared in his house, and he knew without asking Wu Zheng that he must have been found out what he was doing hiding in the poplar tree.

"Grandma. Uncle Tateyama. ”

"Wu Zheng, you're back, let me wait. Come with me, the patriarch wants to see you. ”

I don't know when I will be able to come back this time to see the patriarch, and there is even the possibility that I won't be able to come back, Wu Zheng said to Wu Lishan with a pleading look on his face:

"Uncle Tateyama, can you wait a little longer and let me make dinner for grandma before I go?"

Without waiting for Wu Lishan to answer, grandma first said to Wu Zheng:

"Zheng'er go now, it's still early, and it's too late to cook when the patriarch comes back. ”

"Grandma?"

"Go, go, grandma isn't hungry yet. ”

I don't know how Wu Lishan said to his grandmother, Wu Zheng glanced at his grandmother again, and then followed Wu Lishan to a room next to the family ancestral hall in the fort for deliberations.

Seeing that Wu Jizong and Wu Jixue, who are highly respected in the clan, Wu Youren, the patriarch, Wu Liwei, the head of the family, and Wu Chun, the head of the martial arts, were already waiting inside, Wu Zheng walked in tremblingly as if he was carrying seven or eight deer, and greeted them one by one.

"The third grandfather, the eldest grandfather, the patriarch, the great uncle, Uncle Wu Chun. ”

According to the generation, Wu Zheng should call Wu Youren his grandfather, but he is still used to calling him the patriarch.

When Wu Lishan, who led him here, sat down on Wu Liwei's lower chair, the patriarch Wu Youren spoke:

"Wu Zheng, I guess you also guessed the intention of calling you here. So the next question, you have to answer truthfully, do you hear clearly?"

"Patriarch, I hear you clearly. ”

"Well, I'll ask you. Was it the weapon in the hands of Wu Fan and Wu Yi that you shot down this morning?"

Wu Zheng looked at Wu Jizong and Wu Jixue, and then at the patriarch Wu Youren, hoping to see some clues from their faces, but what disappointed him was that the facial expressions of the three of them were faint, and he couldn't see anything at all. Even Wu Liwei and Wu Lishan did not reveal the slightest.

Knowing that he couldn't hide it, Wu Zheng could only tell the truth:

"It's me. ”

Don't dare to look at the expressions on their faces anymore, Wu Zheng lowered his head after speaking.

Feeling that the patriarch Wu Youren paused for two or three breaths before he continued to ask:

"Then you tell us how to shoot down the weapons in the hands of Wu Fan and Wu Yi. ”

"When I was herding cattle, I liked to hunt hares and pheasants with small stones, so I always had small stones in my pocket. At that time, seeing that Wu Fan and Wu Yi were about to hurt Wu Gang, they subconsciously threw out three stones and knocked down the weapons in their hands. However, patriarch, I did not steal the martial arts of the clan, which I practiced and played by myself, and used them to hunt rabbits and pheasants. ”

Seeing that after he finished speaking, the room fell silent, and Wu Zheng waited for a while before looking up to see a few people sitting on it.

"You said that you didn't steal the martial arts of the clan, could it be that you could practice such an accurate secret weapon technique just by throwing it around? Not to mention that the distance is fifteen zhang, and with such a great force, even I may not be able to hit it with one blow. ”

Wu Chun's sudden rebuke made Wu Zheng's heart jump out of his chest.

If they had decided that they were stealing the martial arts of the clan, they would surely be unable to escape the terrible consequences of being picked off and expelled from the castle today. It's a big deal that I'm dead, but there's still a grandmother at home who has no one to take care of.

"Uncle Wu Chun, I can swear to the sky, if I have learned the martial arts of the clan and practiced the technique of throwing stones, I will let me fight five thunders in the sky and die without a place to be buried. ”

Wu Zheng was also anxious.

Wu Chun seemed to be innocent about going against Wu Zheng, ignored Wu Zheng's poisonous oath, and continued to ask:

"Okay, you said that you didn't steal learning, then you tell me, what are you doing often lying on the big stone at the foot of the Rolling Stone Mountain at the west end of the fort? Isn't it the martial arts arena in the voyeur clan? Isn't it martial arts in the stealing clan?"

Wu Liwei, who had not spoken out all this time, also asked:

"Also, why did you leave the herd of cattle in the clan and secretly come to watch the big competition of the disciples in the clan today?

Wu Zheng thought to himself, now you say that I can see it in a bright light, if I really appear in the ring, this year's salary will definitely be deducted by you again.

"Wu Zheng, why don't you speak?"

"Patriarch, I know it's wrong, I shouldn't leave the herd of cattle in my clan and watch the game secretly. Or the clan will deduct my wages. ”

After another brief silence, the patriarch Wu Youren said to Wu Zheng:

"Wu Zheng, I will spare you for the sin of stealing the martial arts of the school clan if you shot down the weapons in the hands of Wu Fan and Wu Yi today, and did not let Wu Gang get injured. As for whether you want to deduct your wages and how much you will deduct from the herd of your clan to peek at the game, and how much you will deduct it, we will inform you after we study it. However, "

Wu Youren picked up the teacup on the table next to him and took a sip before continuing:

"If you are found to have stolen the martial arts of the clan again, you will definitely be punished with Article 8 of the clan rules, and you will not be spared. ”

As long as he can escape today's catastrophe, Wu Zheng is already thankful, so he hurriedly nodded and said:

"Please rest assured that the patriarch and the two grandfathers, Uncle Liwei, Uncle Wu Chun, and Uncle Lishan, I will never take a peek at the martial arts arena in the clan in the future. ”

"Alright, you can go back first. ”

It wasn't until he walked out of the door that Wu Zheng raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face.

Back at home, when his grandmother asked the patriarch what he was looking for, Wu Zheng lied and said:

"Grandma, the patriarch said that I was interested in herding cattle, and he was going to give me processing money this year. ”

"Okay, good, Zheng'er is really competitive. ”

After making dinner, the grandparents and grandchildren finished eating, cleaned up again, and then went back to the house and lay down on the bed.

Wu Zheng, who couldn't sleep for a while, thought to himself, he only had a salary of four yuan, and even if he didn't deduct it, he could only use it with his grandmother for ten months, and he could only use it to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, as well as millet less than forty catties per month. For the remaining two months of the year, it is all subsidized by hunting a few hares and pheasants by himself.

"Well, it seems that we will have to catch more pheasants and hares in the future. ”

Thinking about it, I fell asleep in a daze.

What Wu Zheng didn't know was that in the discussion room on the side of the ancestral hall, Wu Jizong, Wu Jixue, Wu Youren, Wu Liwei, Wu Chun, and Wu Lishan had not left.

Since Wu Zheng left, the six of them have been discussing.

"It looks like it should be a good seedling, but it's a pity that it's not my Wu family's seed. ”

"Third grandfather, is that legend true?"

Wu Lishan had heard that Wu Zheng was not the biological son of his missing father, Wu Lipeng.

When that woman was taken home by Wu Lipeng, she was already three months pregnant. returned to the fort in early September of the first year, and gave birth to Wu Zheng on April 18 of the following year. ”

"But that can't be concluded that it's not Wu Lipeng's child?"

"What do you know at such a young age?"

Wu Lishan was reprimanded by Wu Jixue, so he didn't dare to continue asking. But I was still thinking in my heart, since I was brought back to Wujiabao by Wu Lipeng, who can guarantee that Wu Lipeng was not with that woman when he was outside?

Hearing this, Wu Liwei changed the topic and asked:

"Grandpa, Wu Lipeng has been away from the fort for a few years, right? I remember that he was lost when he went out to do business with his grandfather. ”

"Indeed, by the fall of this year it will be four whole years. ”

Wu Jixue didn't open his mouth until Wu Liwei asked him that he answered.

"If Wu Lipeng is here, the position of the head of the martial arts sect in the clan will not have Wu Chun's share. ”

Wu Youren's words made the young Wu Lishan curious:

"Why?"

"Why? Wu Lipeng is the top of the big competition in the clan for three consecutive years. Not even the best of my life was his opponent. ”

"Why haven't I heard of it?"

"How old are you? However, don't talk nonsense tonight, be careful with the rules of the clan. ”

Wu Youren solemnly admonished Wu Lishan.

"Let's disperse, tomorrow I will communicate with fellow martial artists, rest early, and recuperate my spirits. ”

Wu Jizong spoke, and everyone stood up together, followed behind Wu Jizong, walked out of the door one after another, and went home.

It's just that Wu Youren, who had just arrived at home, turned around, and immediately walked towards Wu Jizong's house, and as soon as he entered the door, Wu Jixue and Wu Chun, the head of the martial arts sect, also arrived.