It's past noon.

In the main hall in the front yard of Zhen's mansion, the banquet has just been removed, and a pretty girl with a slender posture offers fragrant tea to the guests in the hall.

On the upper left side, a noble son about twenty years old was the chief, and opposite him sat the oldest of the Zhen family, the highest, and the oldest.

The clan elder is over the age of old, his temples are white, his head is gray, and the skin on his face is wrinkled, leaving the imprint of time; A pair of cloudy and dull eyes seem to be empty, but they are as unfathomable as the ocean.

At this moment, the old man's wrinkled cheeks had a faint smile, and he raised the teacup with a pleasant face to the noble son opposite him to offer tea.

The young nobleman in armor clearly showed a displeased look on his white cheeks, but he couldn't ignore the old man's kind and polite behavior, let alone lose his temper, otherwise it would show that he had no tutor and didn't know how to respect the old and filial piety. Therefore, he had to lazily pick up the teacup and squeeze out a reluctant smile, and then vent the anger in his heart on the fragrant tea, drinking tea like drinking, waving his sleeves and raising his head to drink it all.

"Ahem, ahem!" A cup of hot tea was drunk too quickly, hot and choked, choking the noble son coughing violently, and the tea splashed all over, making him red-faced and red-eared, so not embarrassed.

"The little nephew is rude, Uncle Shi forgive me." The noble prince blushed and whispered an apology.

"Uncle Shi?" The elder of the Zhen family groaned, shook his head slightly, and said with a kind smile: "The second son doesn't have to be polite, it's all the people in the house who don't serve him well, no wonder the son, the old man apologized to the son." ”

Seeing that Yuan Ergongzi's expression was a little soothing, and after a pause in the old man's voice, he asked in a harmonious voice with some feelings: "I don't know if the ancestor Zhou Yanggong is in good health?" I haven't seen Zhou Yanggong for some years, and I am very worried about the old age, but I am old and have difficulty moving. The years are not forgiving! ”

"Zhou Yang、、、、、、Oh, Uncle Shi may have forgotten that the ancestor passed away three years ago." At first glance, when he heard the elder of the Zhen family mention Zhou Yanggong's name, Yuan Ergongzi was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered that Zhou Yanggong was his grandfather Yuan Feng's name.

Yuan Feng, whose name is Zhou Yang, is the biological father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, because his brother Yuan Cheng died early, so Yuan Shao was succeeded to Yuan Cheng's son, continuing the incense. Yuan Feng was known for his generosity and sincerity during his lifetime. Highly respected, he was regarded as the third elder by the imperial court, and after his death, he was called Xuanfu Hou, and he was also one of the most famous three dukes in the fourth generation of the Yuan family.

"Ahh The elder of the Zhen family was shocked when he heard this, and muttered with a stunned expression: "Zhou Yang Gongxian has passed away? He's two years younger than me. Why are you leaving? ”

"This 、、、、、、" Yuan Xi laughed at himself speechlessly, with an ignorant expression. His face looked impatient.

Then. Feng Ji, who was sitting at the bottom of Yuan Xi, coughed lightly: "Cough!" The second son, Zhen is old, and the son is still called the elder of the clan, and he must no longer be called the uncle. Feng Ji reminded Yuan Xi softly.

"Huh?" Yuan Xi turned his head to look at Feng Ji in amazement, but saw his sparse eyebrows moving up and down, and his small eyes blinking continuously.

Pause. Yuan Xi looked a little confused, and didn't understand what Feng Ji meant, why he wanted to surrender his identity and give a junior gift to the old man of the merchant family in front of him. To know. This is the boundary of Jizhou, and it is the place where his son Yuan Shao covers the sky with one hand; And as the second son born to Yuan Shao's wife, no matter where he goes to any county in Jizhou, he sees anyone, who dares to be disrespectful to him, who dares to rely on the old and sell the old in front of him, even if he has a big beard and droops late, he has to be respectful to him and bow his head!

Seeing that Yuan Xi hadn't figured it out yet, Feng Ji was really anxious, and he couldn't tell him directly, but it was a pity that this kind of thing must not be said in public, otherwise not only Yuan Xi would lose face, but even the face of the lord Yuan Shao would not be bright.

In an instant, Feng Ji had to admit that ginger was old and spicy, and wine was fragrant and old!

The elder of the Zhen family on the other side is really getting older and more shrewd, looking kind and kind, smiling and welcoming, humble and polite, and kind to others. In fact, this old guy is damaged, scolding people without dirty words, so that Yuan Xi is still in the dark! At the banquet before, Yuan Xi called the old man of the Zhen family the clan elder, and the old guy happily accepted it and didn't say anything. Now Yuan Xi was not happy, so he changed the name of the old guy to Uncle Shi, as if the old guy was his father Yuan Shao's peer, and he was also a junior and placed under Yuan Shao. As a result, the old guy didn't look the same on the surface, he was still smiling and smiling, but in fact he was not happy on the spot; moved Yuan Xi's grandfather Yuan Feng out to talk about things, at first glance, he thought he was nostalgic for his old friend, but in fact, it implied that Yuan Xi was uneducated, did not know how to respect the elders and inferiority, and insulted the ancestors of the Yuan family.

What made Feng Ji most anxious was that everyone in the hall heard it, but Yuan Xi never heard the words of the old man of the Zhen family, and he was still ignorant and didn't know what he meant.

How can Feng Ji not be in a hurry! But it's useless to be anxious, because it is impossible for him to directly explain the reason, otherwise Yuan Xi may not be able to help the old man of the Zhen family, but he will definitely be angry with him, who made him a subordinate of the Yuan family!

"Bold old horseman! You are just a businessman, my son-in-law saw that you were old, and he called you Uncle Shi has already promoted you very much, how dare you humiliate my second son-in-law like this? ”

Just when Yuan Xi and Feng Ji were staring at each other, Yuan Jun, who was sitting at the head of Feng Ji and wearing armor, stood up and angrily scolded the elders of the Zhen family.

But I saw that this person was eight feet five inches, with a strong physique, with well-rounded facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, angry eyes when angry, and thick eyebrows erected, very majestic; The eye sockets are particularly deep, with a hooked nose and a big nose, which is quite like an eagle looking at a wolf. He wore an eagle helmet, black chain mail, a dark blue robe on his shoulders, a tiger's head belt around his waist, and black boots. Behind him, a personal soldier held his personal weapon, which was a black iron halberd about two zhang long, the halberd handle, the halberd blade and the small branches under the halberd were polished, and the blade flashed with cold light, faintly revealing a cold and bone-eating murderous aura.

Obviously, this man is a battle-hardened veteran and a powerful man who is skilled in the use of heavy and long weapons.

Just based on the murderous aura he showed when he angrily denounced the Zhen family, and the fact that he was able to sit side by side with Feng Ji, Yuan Shao's confidant and strategist, it can be concluded that his martial arts skills are not bad, and his status under Yuan Shao's command is also very unusual.

"General Ju Yi is angry, Zhen is already old, and he can't withstand your fright. In case of delaying the lord's major affairs, who of you and I can afford it. And how to stay on the main bus? ”

Seeing Ju Yi beside him angrily reprimanding the elders of the Zhen family, Feng Ji was very happy, but when he saw the angry looks on the faces of the Zhen clan in the hall, he immediately got up to appease Ju Yi, and there seemed to be blame in his words. However, he did this just for show, giving the Zhen family a step down. But in his heart, he was very much in favor of Ju Yi's actions, and he wanted everyone in the Zhen family to know that Yuan Xi personally came to borrow food and salary this time, not to ask for the Zhen family. Instead, he looked down on the Zhen family and gave them face to borrow food, which was a great honor for the entire Zhen family.

"Hehehe! Yuan Benchu was also from an official family, and the Yuan family was known as the fourth and third dukes, but he didn't think that the descendants of the Yuan family were so clumsy. has no tutor, and actually connived at the house slave and reckless man to yell in other people's homes! Tsk tsk. The children of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes turned out to be so virtuous. It's impressive! ”

Just as Feng Ji pretended to hold Ju Yi and sit down, there was a piercing laughter from outside the hall, and then Zhen and Li Li walked into the hall side by side, and Li Zhi and several maids followed into the hall.

Immediately afterwards, in the angry eyes of Yuan Xi and others, Li Li and Zhen went straight from the lower hall to the upper hall. After being half a step behind the Zhen family, he motioned for her to sit on the main seat, while Li Li walked to the head of the Zhen family and sat down on the seat that the Zhen clan had already given up. Immediately, the maid of the Zhen family did not need to be ordered. Then he removed the desk and tea cup, replaced it with a new case, and served hot tea.

Seeing the glamorous and moving Zhen and a strange man coming side by side, Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and Ju Yi and others were immediately stunned. Seeing that the man raised his hand very intimately to signal the Zhen family to take a seat, and he walked into the hall and sat down next to the elder of the Zhen family, from beginning to end, the man actually did not look at Yuan Xi and the others, as if he ignored them, and did not pay attention to the people on the left at all.

"Hmph, it's too much of a deception!" Yuan Xi, who was ignored for the first time, snorted coldly, then got up, stretched out his hand at Li Li, and scolded angrily: "Who is you, dare to humiliate my ancestor of the Yuan family?" ”

Li Li, who was sitting at the head of the septuagenarian elder, as if he hadn't heard Yuan Xi's reprimand, said to the Zhen family elder with a smile on his face: "The younger generation has seen the clan elder. The clan is already old, and there is no need to attend this kind of banquet for juniors in person, so as not to make you angry with some juniors who do not know the number of etiquette. If the clan elders can trust the younger generations, it is better to leave the matter to me to deal with, you always go back to the courtyard to see the fish, water the flowers, leisurely and happy, why not! I don't know what the old people mean? ”

"Hehehe!" Elder Zhen smiled and said, "Wenchang's words are serious. People are old and affectionate, and after hearing about the deceased before, he came to visit, and the old man wanted to come over to join in the fun and see how the descendants of the Yuan family were. As a result、、、、、、 hey, the old man was disappointed!

While speaking, Zhen Lao shook his head and glanced at Yuan Xi, and then said to Li Li's chin: "Since Wenchang is not too troublesome, then this place will be handed over to the virtuous nephew." The old man was a little tired, so he said goodbye first, and the etiquette was not good, and he asked the virtuous nephew to take care of him. ”

Li Li smiled and bowed, helped Zhen Lao to get up, and instructed the maid next to him: "Come, send the clan elder back to the garden to rest!" ”

After seeing Zhen Lao leave the lobby, Li Li immediately sat down and drank tea without hurrying. After drinking a cup of tea, he looked up at Yuan Xi and the others, with a habitual smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be smiling naturally, but in fact it was a typical smile and not smiling.

"You are Yuan Xi and Yuan Xianyi, Yuan Shao's second son?" Looking at Yuan Xi, who was full of anger, Li Li asked with a smile.

"Presumptuous!" Yuan Xi had been patient with the person in front of him for a long time, but at this moment, he was furious, and shouted angrily: "Arrogant, dare to call my father's name? ”

―――――――――――― (To be continued)

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Truth be told, Zhonglang supports the purification of cyberspace, raise your hands in favor! Because Zhonglang himself has children, he doesn't want his children to be exposed to bad information too early, so as not to delay the healthy growth of children.

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