Near noon, several figures slowly walked into a small town with an ancient charm.
These people were Nie Xiaoli, mother and daughter. Not only were Xia Tian and Ning Ruirui accompanying them, but Ning Ruichen also followed them shamelessly, saying that they really wanted to visit the world-famous Huangshan scenery.
Ning Ruirui naturally had no objections, and Nie Xiaoli thought it was okay. In fact, she had the deepest friendship with Ning Ruichen, and she had only just met Ning Ruirui and Xia Tian.
Xia Tian was slightly unhappy and glanced at Ning Ruichen: "Why are you following me?"
"Brother-in-law, what you said is a bit hurtful."
When Ning Ruichen heard Xia Tian's words, he immediately covered his heart, "After all, I am also Xiao Li's friend, and I am more familiar with Xiao Li, right?"
Xia Tian curled her lips: "She is my stewardess wife, how come she is more familiar with you?"
Ning Ruichen was speechless: "No, brother-in-law, are you jealous of this too?"
"If you think too much, who will be jealous of you?"
Xia Tian lazily yawned, turned to Nie Xiaoli and said, "Stewardess, how long until we get to your house?"
"It's just around the corner."
Nie Xiaoli pointed to the street intersection not far from the corridor and said with a smile: "In this small town, all people named Nie live."
Xia Tian asked again: "Does that idiot who made the phone call also live there?"
"Oh, this isn't it."
Nie Xiaoli smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Grandpa, he is the head of the Nie family, how can he live in the town.
He, as well as the clan elders, all live in the Yunhai Villa area halfway up the mountain."
Mother Nie added at this time: "That clan's private school is also in the mountains."
"Auntie, the private school you are talking about, does it mean the Nie family's family school?"
Ning Ruirui couldn't help but be curious and asked.
"That's right."
Mother Nie hesitated for a moment, then explained: "However, it is not very accurate to say it is a school, it is more like an ancestral hall."
Ning Ruichen was stunned for a moment: "School and ancestral hall are two different things, right? How can they be confused with each other?"
"I don't know about other places, but it is indeed like this in the Nie family."
Nie Xiaoli Mei Feng frowned slightly and said softly: "Actually, it's not accurate to say it's an ancestral hall, it's more like a tomb.
Because all the children who were selected for illicit intimacy never appeared again."
"No."
Ning Ruichen felt a little scared when he heard this, "Those children must be named Nie anyway. Will the elders of the Nie family attack them?"
Xia Tian said casually: "In the eyes of some idiots, one's own interests are more important than anyone else or anything."
"It means it's no longer humane."
Ning Ruichen couldn't help but complain.
Mother Nie's eyes suddenly wandered, and then she said: "It's better not to talk about these things. We are almost home. I will cook you a meal first to catch up with the wind and wash away the dust."
"Sister-in-law, I don't think you need to cook the food yourself."
At this time, a figure suddenly walked out from the other side of the street and said with a smile on his face: "I have ordered a table of delicious food at a restaurant in the town, just to welcome friends who have come from afar."
Xia Tian glanced at this person casually: "Who are you?"
"Oh, let me introduce myself."
This man looked to be about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a short beard and a calm face. Hearing Xia Tian's question, he smiled and replied: "My name is Nie Hongfei. In terms of seniority, I am Xiaoli's seventh uncle. According to
He is Xiaoli’s ninth brother.”
This Nie Hongfei was a well-rounded person, always had a smile on his face, and knew how to deal with people and things, so he was responsible for receiving foreign guests in the Nie family.
Nie Xiaoli didn't look surprised when he saw Nie Hongfei, and just asked: "Did grandpa ask you to come?"
"Yes, it is indeed the master's order."
Nie Hongfei nodded and said with a smile: "The head of the family said that everyone who comes is a guest. No matter what you come for, you must first entertain us, lest outsiders say that our Nie family lacks etiquette."
"Are you polite?"
Ning Ruichen felt a little unhappy when he heard this: "This is clearly saying that we are rude."
Ning Ruirui glared at Ning Ruichen, and then said calmly: "I won't eat anymore. I would like to thank Patriarch Nie for his kindness."
"You guys might as well eat this meal."
Nie Hongfei didn't move his body, and still had a kind smile on his face: "Otherwise, I will be punished by the head of the family, and when you leave, Xiaoli's family will not have a good time."
Nie Xiaoli said coldly: "Then I won't eat it.
My family can entertain my own friends, so I don’t need to worry about them."
"Little carp, don't be impulsive."
Nie Hongfei's expression changed slightly, and he reminded softly: "At the foot of Huangshan Mountain, if you can't defeat the family master, you will only ask for trouble."
"trouble?
What's the trouble?"
Xia Tian said with a smile: "The thing I am least afraid of is trouble. Wherever that old man is now, I will beat him now."
The corner of Nie Hongfei's mouth twitched slightly, but he quickly covered it up and said with a smile: "Unfortunately, the head of the Nie family went out last night. He said he was going to pick up another distinguished guest. He may come back tonight or tomorrow morning."
"Then the old guy didn't run away, did he?"
Xia Tian asked casually.
Nie Hongfei heard that Xia Tian's words were really harsh, and couldn't help but remind him: "This guest, no matter what, please show some respect to us, the head of the Nie family."
Xia Tian pouted: "I'm not familiar with him, why should I respect him?"
"This..." Nie Hongfei has obviously never met someone as timid as Xia Tian. He came to Nie Town and dared to speak so rudely to the head of the Nie family. He didn't know whether it was because he was stupid or because he was not afraid of death.
However, these have little to do with him. The task he received was to lure these people to the restaurant and entertain them well.
Since they don't want to go, there's nothing wrong with him.
"Since you don't plan to attend the banquet, that's fine. I'll take my leave and won't disturb you anymore."
Nie Hongfei cupped his hands and turned to leave.
Nie Xiaoli suddenly asked: "Uncle Qi, I just want to ask you, where is my sister now?"
"This..." Nie Hongfei hesitated because he had already heard some clues from the attitude of the Nie family leader and really didn't want to get involved.
"My stewardess wife wants to ask you something. If you know it, tell her as soon as possible."
Xia Tian said impatiently: "If you don't know, get out and don't block the way here."
Nie Hongfei finally answered: "Xiao Zhi is in the Mid-Levels Villa. I don't know which one specifically."
"Okay, Uncle Qi, you can go back."
Nie Xiaoli didn't want to be entangled any more and said directly: "Also, if grandpa comes back, could you please inform us that some things must be settled with him."
"There's something wrong with this guy."
Ning Ruirui looked at Nie Hongfei's retreating figure and suddenly felt something.
Xia Tian chuckled: "Little long-legged girl, have you opened your eyes? Can you actually see the problem?"
"What does this have to do with the Eye of Heaven?"
Ning Ruirui rolled her eyes at Xia Tian, "Anyone who can look at faces can tell that he must be hiding something in his heart, but he didn't say anything."
"never mind."
Nie Xiaoli shook his head and sighed: "Uncle Qi is not easy either. If he hadn't been so smooth and gentle in dealing with people, I'm afraid the atmosphere in Niejia Town would have been even more gloomy."
Ning Ruichen said with emotion: "As expected, you can't wear filters in ancient towns or anything like that."
"What's wrong with the ancient town? People are the problem."
Xia Tian said casually.
"Well, brother-in-law, what you said is so philosophical."
Ning Ruichen was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I will continue to learn from you, um... can you teach me how to cultivate immortality?"
"you?"
Xia Xia glanced at Ning Ruichen with disdain, "There is no need to cultivate immortality. It is still possible for you to cultivate demon."
Ning Ruichen's eyes widened: "Cultivating a demon, what do you mean, brother-in-law, do you think I have the potential to become a great demon king?"
"Um.
If you learn from him, you might become a big pervert."
Ning Ruirui raised her hand and hit Ning Ruichen on the head, "I want you to be an ordinary athlete and just ignore my words, right? You always think about these things, otherwise you will go back to Star Island."
go."
"Okay, stop it, stop talking."
Ning Ruichen reached out and made a pause gesture, "Sister, I listen to you and don't have any more delusions. I will report to the Imperial Capital after I finish visiting Huangshan."
A few people turned around the street and walked for a while. Mother Nie stopped in front of a rather quiet courtyard.
The courtyard is very small and can be scanned cleanly at a glance.
The house is not high, just two stories high, with a small attic at the top.
It can be seen that it has been there for some time, the bricks on the walls are peeling off and the courtyard door is decayed.
"This is it."
Mother Nie said with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, the house is too simple and I neglected the guests.
I originally wanted to book a hotel, but Xiaoli stopped me."
Ning Ruirui said with a smile: "It's okay, this kind of house has the flavor of an ancient town, and I asked Xiaoli not to spend money on it."
"Distinguished guests, please come in."
Nie Xiaoli became a little more lively, took out the key from his bag, opened the courtyard door, smiled and said to Xia Tian and the others: "This humble house is simple and simple, I hope you don't mind."
Ning Ruichen actually had the urge to turn around and book a hotel, but she said, "I don't mind, I don't mind."
"This building has some...problems."
Xia Tian stared at the house for a while and suddenly frowned.
Ning Ruirui felt Xia Tian's mood change and immediately asked: "What's wrong?"
Xia Tian asked: "Stewardess, wife, who asked you to live here?"
"The houses are all handed down from our ancestors."
Nie Xiaoli was quite puzzled and asked blankly: "Is there something wrong with this house?"
"There is a problem, but it's not a big problem."
Xia Tian glanced at the layout of the surrounding houses with his peripheral vision, and had a rough idea in his mind.
Ning Ruirui rolled her eyes at him: "If you have any problems, just tell them. You're hiding it from us, right?"
"Little long-legged girl, what are you in a hurry for?"
Xia Tian said with a smile: "Actually, it doesn't matter. The layout of all the houses in this ancient town seems to form a formation."
Immediately, he pointed at Nie Xiaoli's house and emphasized: "This house is the formation eye."