Before deciding to surrender to the Jue Kingdom, the relationship between the Xu family and the Duanmu family had always been a secret that could not be told except to the family head.
"Yang Yu?" Xu Suigong did not expect that Xu Suye would come to ask about this matter, "Why do you suddenly ask like this?"
Xu Jinye looked at him without saying a word.
Xu Xigong had never seen him take things so seriously, and he secretly felt something was wrong.
"Have you met that boy from the Mei family? Is he okay? Did you know that Zhenwu Guan is going to send him to fight in the martial arts school? Haha, you might run into each other at the martial arts school tomorrow."
Xu Jinye didn't seem to hear his words and still stared at him.
"You haven't had tea before. Take a sip and see if it still tastes like the old days?" This matter was so closely related that Xu Xigong didn't dare to tell him without his father's permission, so he could only prevaricate, "I heard that the primary election is today. Those people are all very powerful in martial arts. Zhengrong, Xiaobai, Xiaoyu, and Yutang were all defeated. Have you seen their competition?"
Seeing Xu Jinye looking at him seriously, he asked again: "The boy said that Yutang accidentally killed a reckless man. Is it true? Yutang has been kind-hearted since he was a child. I'm afraid he must be feeling uncomfortable now. Is it tight?"
Wang Yutang and Xu Suye are cousins. They are also close in age and have always been close friends. Just now I saw him in the audience in a state of despair after being beaten to death by Han San. Xu Suye wanted to go up and comfort him. When Xu Suigong talked about it, he was really moved: "I'll go there in a moment." To see him."
"Go now, I'll go with you. Dinner will be served soon, and we have to draw lots." Xu Xigong stood up from his seat and was about to go out of the hall.
As long as you don't answer Xu Jinye's question, everything else will be easy to handle.
"Brother, I am also a descendant of the Xu family. Why are you all avoiding me? What on earth can't you tell me about the family?" Xu Jinye stood up suddenly and asked in a lowered voice.
He clenched his fists, frowned, his eyes filled with tears, and his face looked indescribably sad and miserable.
The most painful thing in the world is that all the people closest to you don't believe you.
"Su Ye, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but the matter is too involved and I really can't tell you." Xu Su Gong turned around, patted his shoulder, and said to him sternly, "When the time comes, the three of us will Uncle will tell you. Just pretend you don’t know anything now, okay?"
Xu Suye couldn't help but shed two lines of tears, and replied softly: "Suyan, Sumo, and Suxun all know it, but they don't tell me. Suye... Suye... .Did my father pick me up from outside?"
After he said this, he wiped away his tears with his sleeves and left quickly, ignoring Xu Sugong calling after him.
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The Xu family deliberately suppressed the news that Ruozhou City Gate had been changed and Wang Chongqing was taken to the capital. Therefore, not many people in the city knew about this.
The twelve major sects living in the Xu family were almost isolated from the outside world. Except for Zhang Suiguang, no one knew that there was an undercurrent surging in Ruozhou City at this time, and a war might even break out.
Although Duan Muyu had given instructions to make plans before taking action, Xu Xiaoyu still asked Xu Xiaoshi to summon his disciples. After all, there are nearly 20,000 divine sentry battalions in the city, and no one is sure whether they will suddenly attack the Xu family. As the head of the Xu family, Xu Xiaoyu must make thorough plans for this family.
The worst plan is to gather people and seize the city and stand on your own.
Conspiracy at this time was a narrow escape, and he certainly didn't want to take this step until there was nothing he could do. But the imperial court had Chen Bing at his side, so he had no choice but to do so.
"Do you think you should tell him?"
Xu Xigong took a deep breath, shook his head, and replied in a deep voice: "I don't know. But the blood of the Xu family flows in his body, and he and we are closely related by flesh and blood."
Seeing his father silent, he added: "After four or five years old, I never saw Suye cry again. Just now I saw him shed tears, I... I almost couldn't help but tell him the truth. .”
"Su Ye is crying?" Xu Xiaoyu asked seriously.
"Yes, he cried. He also asked, did the third uncle name him '簌野' because he was not his biological child?" Xu Suggong replied in a low voice.
Xu Jinye was the most stubborn and strong-willed person in the entire Xu family. No one saw him cry again after the incident.
He cried today, and Xu Xiaoyu knew that he must be very sad.
"You go find him later. After drawing the lots tonight, let him come here to find me."
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Xiaojinshan, Nanbang, Yangmingjiao, and Yangqimen were weaker among the thirteen sects. Jin Shenfeng, He Zan and others also knew themselves and did not participate in the final election of the martial arts leader. For them, the position of deacon is enough.
Liuzhuo Temple and Kuchan Temple were originally very happy, but they decided to participate in the final election after hearing what Xu Xiaoyi said. Those old monks don't want to be the leader or deputy leader of the martial arts alliance, they just don't want Zhenwu Guan to succeed.
"Taoism is already the state religion. If it is allowed to rule the world again, everyone will turn to Taoism. Who will join Buddhism? Aren't the eight sects going to have no successors?"
The Xu family suggested nominating one person as an alternative in addition to the three. After Zhang Suiguang discussed with Wu Qingsong, they decided to let Wu Yabai play. Although Wu Fanchen was not injured by the Jiudian killer, he was still to blame. Moreover, Zhang Suiguang came to apologize personally and gave a large sum of money as compensation. In this way, the Wu brothers had nothing to say.
As for the Yufeng Escort Bureau, except for Yi Qilin, Yun Xiaomeng, and Yan Qinhe, they could not find any masters of this level for a while, so they had to report Xue Dingyi. But Yi Qilin had already thought about it and would never let him play in any case.
In the battle for the leader of the martial arts alliance, no one will give in. It may be a battle of life and death. Xue Dingyi's martial arts skills, he knew very well that no matter whether he faced the martial arts brothers, Xu Xiaoshi, or Xu Suye, he had no chance of winning, and his life might be in danger if he came to power. He couldn't let his old brother take this risk.
Therefore, the three of them must win two of them and avoid injuries as much as possible. This not only depends on martial arts, but also on luck and matchup.
There are six parties participating in the martial arts school. According to the previously determined best-of-three rounds, there will be nine competitions in the first round, and one of the four people in today's preliminary round will get a bye and directly compete in the second round.
The Xu family meeting hall was full of people. In addition to the six parties participating in the final election, the other sects were also here to bear witness.
More than a hundred lamps were lit in the hall, illuminating the room as brightly as day.
Xu Xiaoyi sat at the main seat with two porcelain altars, pen, ink, paper and inkstone. After a few polite words, he took up his pen and wrote one word on each of the nineteen small pieces of paper, which are -
A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui.
Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen.
After letting everyone identify them, they rolled fifteen pieces of paper into balls and put them into one of the porcelain altars.
Then roll the remaining four pieces of paper with Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui respectively into a round ball and put them into another porcelain altar.
Those who drew A and Zi are opponents of each other, those who drew B and Chou are opponents of each other, and so on.
The porcelain altar with only four paper balls was prepared for the four people who had just won the primary election today. Among them, the one who caught the word "Kui" would get a bye in the first round.
According to the order, Zhang Zhengyi was the first to draw lots.
Then there are He Beihong, the corpse-eating old man, and Tang Yunwen.
All four of them had drawn the lots and read the words on them, but they did not report them immediately.
According to the rules, after everyone has drawn lots, Xu Xiaoyi will read the nineteen characters of the heavenly stems and earthly branches from beginning to end, and the person who got the corresponding paper ball can speak out.
In this way, the counterpoint sequence is determined.
