Wangchuan Castle.

Located in the northwest of Lingzhou, go west from here, and then pass through a small town 'Yumen Town', you can smoothly enter the territory of Zhongzhou.

Wangchuan City was originally called Shinomura, but this was the name of decades ago, and the reason why it was changed to this name later was because the development of this place was too fast, which eventually led to a great change in the pattern, of course, it is also the area here that is a vast plain area, suitable for building a city and expanding, far from most areas of Lingzhou, which are hilly landforms, with many mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to develop into a big city.

As for why it was renamed Wangchuan City, it is said that it was the name of the Great Zhou Emperor himself, which was originally intended to commemorate the great monk who came from the territory of Lingzhou and saved thousands of people in Lingzhou from the dire situation. However, there are also rumors that looking south from Wangchuan Castle, you can see the hundred rivers of Lingzhou, so this place is called Wangchuan Castle.

But in fact, none of this matters, after all, no matter how meaningful a name is, it is just a name.

In Wangchuan City, there are nearly one million perennial floating population, of course, it is precisely because of this huge number that it has undoubtedly become the number one city in the entire Lingzhou, but for those who were born and raised in this city, they basically don't care about the name of the first, because compared to this meaningless gimmick, they care more about the life and pattern in this huge city.

As we all know, in Wangchuan City, there are four major families in charge of this city, and the surnames of these four families are Wu, Zhou, Bai, and Li.

Among them, the surname Zhou is undoubtedly the first to become famous in Wangchuan here, and then the rest of the Wu family, the Bai family, and the Li family that slowly stood out from the grassroots family and became the three major families.

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Within the Wu family at this moment.

There were several men gathered together, among them the person who was sitting on the main seat, he looked very calm, his face was full of vicissitudes, the traces of time were very sufficient, and his temples were wrapped in Xu Xu's pale color, obviously no longer young.

The old man was silent for a moment, and then said to the two people in the hall who seemed to be a father and son: "The bad news that Ling Sun unfortunately came back from the sect this time, in fact, the old man is also very sad in the first time, Brother Yan came to me today to complain for his grandson's life, and the old man admits it, but the deceased has passed away, and I hope that Brother Yan will not be too sad, you and I are both of the same age, and now we are all old guys who have half a foot in the coffin, too sad and troublesome, it is not good after all." ”

Hearing what the current head of the Wu family said, the old man surnamed Yan on the side sat with an ugly face, and asked bluntly: "I just want to know, who killed my grandson, whether it was someone from the Bai family or a person from the Lotus Sect, I hope Brother Wu can answer me truthfully this question." ”

The head of the Wu family sighed at this, and replied in a heavy tone: "According to the letter that my son sent back from the sect, it is said that it is a matter of Lingsun, and it has nothing to do with the Bai family. ”

The old man surnamed Yan had a cold gaze, and replied in an indifferent tone: "Since this is the case, then I know, Brother Wu, you can rest assured, although we are indeed old in age, but in our brains, we will not become an old fool, and I will naturally not blame Brother Wu for this accident." ”

When the head of the Wu family heard this, his face immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but in his heart he didn't care, he barely squeezed out a smile and said: "Brother Yan can think like this, it is really gratifying to the old man, although my Wu family really can't directly help Brother Yan to find revenge in the afterlife But the old man also dared to ask Brother Yan to rest assured once, the old man promised you the Yan family before, and he should go all out to help you, if the old man is not bad, he should be about the same time, and he will go to the door of my Wu family." ”

As soon as the head of the Wu family finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a similar face, but in terms of age, he was obviously dozens of years younger than him, strode through the courtyard outside, and then walked into the living room where they were discussing.

The middle-aged man said respectfully to the head of the Wu family: "Father is really like a god, then Li Yang really came to my Wu family at the last moment, and now he is waiting in the front hall, father, do you see it, or don't you see it?"

Hearing the news and questions from his second son, the head of the Wu family did not answer his question immediately, but turned his head and glanced at the old man surnamed Yan who was sitting on the side with a solemn face, and replied in a deep voice: "Brother Yan, do you see it, the old man will never break his promise to you." Without waiting for the old man to give him a reply, he replied to his second son: "See, of course you want to see, you go and bring that Li Yang here." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was a little inclined to say something and said, "Father...... Do you want the child to bring Li Yang here?"

The head of the Wu family nodded and confirmed: "Anyway, Li Yang is also the head of their Li family now, and the old man naturally can't despise him in this kind of matter, even if my Wu family will probably not have too much intersection with their Li family in the future, but now is not the time to turn his face, you just go and call him over." ”

Hearing his father say this, the middle-aged man no longer hesitated, and replied, "The child knows." ”

Seeing the second son leaving, the head of the Wu family said to the father and son of the Yan family on the side seat: "Brother Yan, the dog has now gone to summon that Li Yang, since the old man has decided to assist your Yan family to replace their current position of the Li family, then it is inconvenient for you to let him see you here with me now, why don't you move to the side hall to rest for a while, how about it?"

When the old man surnamed Yan heard this, he nodded without objection and replied, "It's okay, then let's go to the side hall to avoid it first." ”

About half an hour later.

The second son of the head of the Wu family came to the main hall of the Wu family with a man who looked almost the same age, this person had a very elegant face, but for some reason, there seemed to be a trace of sadness on his face, which made him look a little less energetic.

Although he was already the same as the old man on the main seat, because he was ultimately inferior to the previous generation in terms of seniority, the man named Li Yang finally bowed his body to the old man on the main seat with great respect, and said, "Li Yang has seen Uncle Wu. ”

When the head of the Wu family heard this, he immediately replied with a smile: "Why do you need to give such a big gift to the old man, you and I are the same identity as me, we are both the head of the family, and we should be commensurate with our peers." ”

When Li Yang heard this, he replied bluntly: "How dare you do this." ”

Seeing that he was stubborn, the head of the Wu family no longer insisted, just invited him to take a seat, and then asked him: "By the way, I don't know why the virtuous nephew came to my uncle at this time?"

When Li Yang heard this, a trace of murderous intent immediately flashed in his eyes, and he replied in a cold tone: "I want to ask my uncle to help me kill someone." ”

Hearing this request, the head of the Wu family immediately frowned, and he asked in a solemn tone, "I don't know who the virtuous nephew wants me to help kill?"

Li Yang replied directly: "Presumably my uncle should have heard that my two children have now been destroyed by someone to destroy their cultivation foundation, and they are still being killed by the same person, so I want to ask my uncle to help me kill this person." ”

The head of the Wu family, who knew all this, heard this, and after pondering for a while, he shook his head directly and refused: "There is nothing that can be done about this matter. ”

Seeing that he refused, Huo Ran stood up from his seat and asked, "Why is this?"

The head of the Wu family looked at him seriously, and said slowly: "The Chenyang Sect founded by my Wu family is one of the martial arts sects exclusively provided by the dynasty, this virtuous nephew should be very clear, otherwise you would not send the second son to my Chenyang Sect to practice, however, the person who abolished your son belongs to the disciple of the Sword Sect exclusively provided by the dynasty, and the most important thing is that he is also the most core sword cultivation disciple." The six-sect competition once in twenty years will start in February next year, and it is impossible for the people above to be unprepared for this, maybe they have already secretly sent people to start staring at the movements of the personnel of the six sects in Sanzhou, Li Yang, you said that in such a situation, how could my Wu family take such a risk to help you deal with that person?"

Li Yang was silent for a long time, his face was ugly, and he asked, "Then if I make my own move, can my uncle help me contain some people who may be blocked from it in secret?"

Although he saw that Li Yang had retreated to the second best place at this time, the head of the Wu family still shook his head firmly.

Seeing that he couldn't do this, Li Yang finally showed a trace of anger and said, "My father has only passed away for a few years, is my uncle going to break up with my Li family so soon, and he even refuses to help with this little favor?"

Seeing that he dared to say such things, the head of the Wu family suddenly turned cold, and said in a deep voice: "Li Yang, you are now the head of the Li family, before talking to others, you have to learn to go through your own brain, you have to figure it out, if the old decay is not for your father's face, how can he say those words to you?"

Seeing that Li Yang's face was very ugly, the head of the Wu family sighed again and continued to him: "That's it, the old man might as well reveal a little more news to you, this big competition, the people above are said to be quite important, so they will never allow any accidents to happen in front of the big competition, if you don't want the entire Li family to be destroyed in your own hands, then it's best to forget about those hatreds, when nothing has happened, okay, the old man is all here, you can do it yourself." ”

Before Li Yang could recover from his lost soul, the head of the Wu family had already let his second son send him out of the gate of the Wu family.

Seeing that Li Yang finally returned in vain, the Yan father and son, who heard the whole process in the side hall, walked back to the main hall, but they naturally didn't need to say anything more after seeing the scene before.

The old man surnamed Yan hesitated for a moment before he asked, "What Brother Wu said to that Li Yang, but all of them are true?"

The head of the Wu family nodded and replied, "Naturally, it's all true. ”

"But the person Li Yang wants to kill is also the person who killed my grandson, so we really can't move him? If we don't have a chance to take his life this time, when he leaves Lingzhou, the sky will be high and the birds will fly. ”

The head of the Wu family said with a smile: "It's not like that, as long as he is not allowed to walk in front of the envoy of the empire, who can know who made it?"

"But Brother Wu didn't say ...... before"

"Alas, how can Brother Yan be serious, if I don't say that, how can I dispel Li Yang's thoughts?"

......

After leaving the Wu family, Li Yang didn't know how he got back to his home, and when he came back to his senses, he was already in the main hall of his house, and it can even be said that he was woken up by a rather virtuous-looking woman.

When the woman saw that he had lost her soul, she was a little worried and asked, "What is the result?"

Li Yang had actually heard the inquiry, but he still had blank eyes, and then shook his head numbly.

After he was silent for a long time, he suddenly turned his head to his wife, and said in a hollow voice: "My Li family, after all, I will run out of gas." ”

Hearing such an answer, the woman's face turned white in an instant.

And what they didn't know was that at this moment, outside the doorway wall that was only two feet away from them, someone else had heard the answer.

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At the same time.

The mansion of the Zhou family in Wangchuan Castle.

Zhou Manyuan, who had just sent away the head of a affiliated family, walked back to the backyard with a helpless face and reported the specific situation to his father.

After the latter heard this, he said to him: "People originally sent their only daughter to my Zhou family, originally thinking that they could bind the relationship between our two families by marriage, but now, the marriage has come to naught, and it is understandable that he wants to leave the protection of my Zhou family, so don't worry about it." ”

Zhou Manyuan heard his father's persuasion, but he was still a little indignant and said: "But some time ago, Ye Jiawen and his Ye family disciples just betrayed my Zhou family, and now this Qiu family wants to cut off relations with us, if this continues, how many affiliated families will be left in our Zhou family in the end?"

The old man replied in a calm tone: "The twisted melon is not sweet, this truth is always not wrong, and I always think about relying on the strength of others to survive, so no matter how big the family is, one day the tree will fall and scatter, you don't have to be too discouraged for this gain or loss, at least we got Ye Jiawen's Yunlan Sect, right?"

"But I bought it with my own son's life!"

When the old man heard this answer, he was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "I know that this matter is indeed a little unbearable for you, but at least Xian'er came back alive, isn't it?"

......

Returning to his home from the Zhou family's mansion, the man surnamed Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps for his own family, he would lose a big tree to cling to from now on, but in the end he was free now.

He no longer has to look at other people's faces, and he no longer has to pin all the fate of his family on others, but unfortunately, he can no longer see the daughter who left the family for the fate of the family many years ago, because he has learned from the mouth of the Zhou family that she died in that damn spring hunt.

The middle-aged man came behind his very good-looking wife, and saw that she was still resentful of him, and he couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, after all, the root of all this originated from the single-mindedness he had decided to go his own way.

But fortunately, all this pain can finally come to an end.

The middle-aged man finally didn't bother his wife, who was in a state of gloom, just sighed helplessly, turned around and wanted to leave, but the moment he turned around, he heard a violent impact from behind.

He turned to look at the source of the crashing sound, and then saw the saddest scene in his life, it turned out that his wife, after being sad alone for more than a month, still chose to say goodbye to this world.

......

At the edge of the Five States Continent, where cold and yellow sand meet, there is a huge city wall.

There was no one to guard the city wall, because everyone who was born here knew that if even this city wall needed someone to guard it, then it was already a moment of great crisis.

Standing on this incomparably majestic, about 100 zhang high city wall, you can see far away, not only the entire city inside the city wall, but also the endless wasteland outside the city wall.

At this moment, on this towering city wall, there is a middle-aged man, the man's eyes are all focused on the vast wasteland in the north, and there is no end in sight.

The man had been standing here for a quarter of an hour or so, during which time he had not moved even a single movement, as if he had been transformed into a solid stone statue.

The wind blowing from the wasteland was cold and biting, like a ruthless knife, but these knives could never get close to the middle-aged man's body.

A man dressed in white came to the honest man after a short time, and then sat down at the edge of the city wall, and then he hung his two feet on the city wall and shook it, and took out a gourd containing wine, and poured himself a big sip with his head up.

Compared to the man with a simple appearance, this man in white was undoubtedly very handsome, but at this moment, he also looked at the northern wasteland, and it was not until after a long silence that he asked, "Do you still decide to leave at this time?"

Hearing this, the honest-looking man sighed and nodded: "Well, no matter what you say, I owe him a lot, and he persuaded me to stay here, so this time, even if it is for him, I have to go." ”

The man in white nodded and replied, "Since you have decided, then go and go back quickly, the Zhenling King's side, I will help you take it first." ”

When the honest man heard this, he immediately thanked him and said, "Okay, then thank you, by the way, you can also help me take care of my daughter." ”

When the man in white heard this, he smiled dumbly and said, "In this city, only your daughter can bully others, and I have never seen anyone who can bully her, is it a little unnecessary for you to worry?"

The honest man smiled at this and replied, "That's true, but you have to be just in case." ”

The man in white immediately rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile: "Go, go, the reason why your daughter has become like this is completely spoiled by yourself." ”

"That's not it, her mother died early, I don't spoil her, who spoils her? Okay, it's time for me to go, I'll leave it to you here." ”

As he spoke, the honest man turned around and wanted to leave, but at this moment, the man in white behind him stopped him again, and after hesitating for a moment, the latter still threw the gourd in his hand to him and said, "It's a long road, send you to quench your thirst." ”

The honest man caught the gourd thrown in the air, did not refuse, just replied with a smile: "Okay." ”

Then, a long rainbow rose from the ground and disappeared in a flash.