On a quiet path at the foot of Xiaogu Mountain, Qin Yun and Qin Mingzhu were walking slowly hand in hand.
After the dinner party, Fang Yi and others politely said goodbye and left, allowing the two of them to spend time together in private.
You must know that in Muyang Dao, the disciples would never dare to openly go out with couples.
The girl was very happy and a little shy, but her heart was full of happiness.
Qin Yun's thoughts are undoubtedly much more complicated. There are many things that he cannot tell Qin Mingzhu, because doing so will only harm her and make her worry in vain.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Qin Yun still told Qin Mingzhu that his ancestor recommended him to join the Qingyunzi sect of Tiancheng Sword Sect.
"Really?" Qin Mingzhu stopped, her bright eyes full of surprise: "That's really great!"
The Tiancheng Sword Sect's gate opens every three years, and it can only recruit up to three hundred disciples at a time. Although the Qin family has a good relationship with the Tiancheng Sword Sect, there are only ten recommended places.
These ten places are usually divided up by the direct descendants. The collateral descendants like Qin Yun must accumulate a lot of merits in at least a few years, and they must have enough strength, and maybe there is a slight chance.
The most realistic thing is to join the Nulan Sect, a side sect of the Tiancheng Sword Sect. Twenty places a year can give some opportunities to the side sect's disciples.
Now Qin Yun is extremely lucky to be favored by his ancestor.
"But..."
The girl's innocence and kindness made Qin Yun feel a little ashamed: "Once I enter the Tiancheng Sword Sect, we will not be able to meet as often as we do now."
She was really happy for Qin Yun, but she didn't think about herself at all.
"It doesn't matter..." Qin Mingzhu blushed and said softly, "I can wait for you."
The bright moonlight like water reflected on the girl's face, adding a bit of beauty to her, and her shy and charming appearance was simply dazzling.
With the perseverance of Qin Yun's mind, he couldn't help but be fascinated for a moment. He couldn't help but stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms, feeling touched and warm in his heart.
Qin Mingzhu meekly leaned against Qin Yun's solid and broad chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, wishing that time could stop at this moment forever.
The two hugged each other quietly for an unknown amount of time until they were awakened by the cry of a night owl coming from the woods not far away.
"Let's go back..." The girl shyly tried to break away from Qin Yun's arms with reluctance.
Qin Yun nodded, suddenly lowered his head and kissed her pretty face, then ran away laughing.
The girl who was attacked was stunned for a moment, stamped her feet in shame and anger, and then chased after her. The night breeze blew across the lake, and thousands of silver scales appeared on the still water lake under the moonlight.
Three days later, the Fang clan's mansion.
The most sensational and eye-catching event in Qianchao City these days is definitely the birthday of Mrs. Fang.
All the large and small family forces in Qianchao City sent representatives to congratulate those who were invited, and those who were not invited had to find ways to send a congratulatory gift.
It is said that the Yan royal family sent special envoys for this reason.
Today, the Fang Clan's mansion is particularly lively, with lanterns and colorful decorations and people coming and going, filled with the joyful atmosphere that usually only exists during New Year's festivals.
Fang Liangyu, the old lady of the Fang family, was famous throughout the Yan Dynasty. When she was still a girl, she disguised herself as a man and joined the army. She repeatedly made military exploits and was promoted to a powerful hussar general. She was called a strange woman of the generation by the Emperor Yan Wuji.
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Guarding the pass alone, thousands of cavalry rolling up the hillock, destroying the enemy chieftain with a single sword!
There are still many legends about her in the Yan army. After Yan Wuji granted her the title of guarding Qianchao City, Guiyang County did not suffer from northern barbarian attacks for decades.
If Fang hadn't deliberately kept a low profile, this birthday would have attracted congratulators from all directions.
Even so, the streets on both sides outside the Fang Clan's mansion were already full of carriages. Vehicles carrying congratulatory gifts drove in from time to time, and servants in gray clothes were busy without touching the ground.
Compared with the Qin clan's clan, which is also located in the Xiaogushan area, the Fang clan's clan is far less grand.
However, the buildings in the mansion are stacked one after another, and the high-rise stone houses are majestic and solemn, which is awe-inspiring. The high courtyard walls block the prying eyes from the outside. A pair of giant lion statues standing at the gate symbolizes Fang's military career.
Authoritative.
This family does not have the Qin family, and the Wu family is powerful, but it is loyal to the Yan royal family, and its military power can be passed down for thousands of years. No one dares to underestimate it.
The birthday celebration team sent by the Qin family was quite large. It was led by the two heads of the Foreign Affairs Hall and the Pill Medicine Hall, and was accompanied by more than a dozen deacons and stewards. There were as many as ten carriages just for loading gifts.
Silks and satins, gold and silver jewelry, overseas treasures and fine jade from Lantian. The most eye-catching one is a white jade stone weighing a thousand kilograms.
It was placed alone on a carriage, with red silk wrapped around gold threads hanging down. A nearly two-foot-square piece of stone skin was broken open on the surface, revealing white jade like gelatin.
Just this piece of jade is of immeasurable value, and it attracted a lot of attention when the carriage came here.
Qin Yun followed the Qin family's birthday celebration team into the Fang family's clan house.
Originally, as a disciple of Qin Yun's Foreign Affairs Hall, he was not eligible to participate in the birthday banquet even if he had just been admitted to the inner hall.
But since he has the congratulatory letter and gift from his ancestor in hand, that won't be a problem at all.
In addition to Qin Yun, Fang Yi also came with Qin Qinglan, the master of the Pill Hall. Her status is special and there is no problem.
There is another young man who attracts even more attention, and that is Qin Xiaoyue, the direct grandson of the eldest brother of the Qin family.
Qin Xiaoyue is twenty-four years old and is the grandson of the patriarch of the Qin family. He became a disciple of the Tiancheng Sword Sect at the age of nineteen. After five years of entry, he was promoted to the realm of Qi Refining. He is a top figure among the younger generation of the Qin family.
With his handsome appearance and outstanding talent, he and Qin Wenhui, the eldest son of the third wife, are known as the twin stars of the Qin family. They are dazzling in the family and have many supporters.
Most of the greeting guests were left in the outer hall. Canopies and tables and seats had already been set up in the open space in the courtyard in preparation for the Liu Shui birthday banquet in the evening.
Only a few people could enter the heavily guarded inner hall and meet the old lady of the Fang family in person to offer congratulatory gifts.
The inner hall was magnificently decorated, with members of the Fang family, representatives of major families and local forces gathered together.
No matter it is the Qin family, the Wu family or the Dugu family, whether it is the powerful elders and deacons, or the innate strong men with great reputations, no matter what kind of deep grudges they have, they have to stand upright when they get here, even
Insincere greetings.
In the hall facing the main entrance, Fang Liangyu, the old lady of the Fang family, was sitting on a large sandalwood chair, surrounded by dozens of people from the Fang family, old and young.
This old lady has a plump figure and a head full of white silver hair. However, her face is rosy and kind, and her black eyes are full of energy. She looks like she is no more than fifty or sixty years old.
She wore a silver silk dress with two phoenixes and peonies, a gold crown inlaid with beads on her head, and a dragon-headed crutch in her hand. She looked so graceful and noble, and her power was so powerful that people dared not look directly at her.
On Fang Liangyu's left and right, there was a beautiful girl accompanying him, attracting the attention of most young people present.
Qin Yun knew the girl on the left, she was Fang Ziling, Fang Wentian's daughter.
The girl in the white dress on the right has a more beautiful appearance than Fang Ziling.
It's just that she was too cold, her cold face and cold eyes seemed to be eternal ice.
In comparison, Fang Yi, who is known as the ice beauty in Muyang Road, is not so cold.
There is just an indifferent sadness between her brows, like the aloof frost lotus on the top of the snow mountain, which makes people feel the urge to conquer and see if there is something else hidden under her frozen appearance.
feelings.
But when her eyes swept over him, her extremely cold eyes were enough to make anyone lose all thoughts of desire.
One is cold and beautiful, the other is innocent and charming, two girls with alluring looks, showing completely different styles.
Fang Liangyu obviously loved them very much and turned to talk to them from time to time.
Fang Ziling always smiled like a flower and acted coquettishly, while the girl in the white skirt only responded with a few words, but Fang Liangyu didn't care at all.
Unlike other young men, Qin Yun did not covet these two girls. At most, he just admired them.
As a bystander, he keenly noticed that Qin Xiaoyue beside him looked at the girl in the white dress from time to time, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes.
His heart couldn't help but move slightly.
At this time, the guests began to come forward to celebrate his birthday.
The first person to jump out was a short and fat boy.
He rushed in front of Fang Liangyu, knelt down with a bang, kowtowed heavily, and said loudly: "Wu Wenlong pays homage to the old lady, and wishes the old lady to be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains!"
Fang Liangyu smiled: "So it's you, little fat guy, get up and talk."
The little fat man from the Wu family jumped up with a smile on his face, but his small eyes were looking at Fang Ziling's face, he was simply salivating.
Fang Ziling wrinkled her nose and snorted, turning her head away from looking at him.
"Old lady, this is my birthday gift to you."
Wu Wenlong, who was disappointed, presented the gift in a nonchalant manner - two red gold Pixiu statues holding pearls in their mouths.
Fang Liangyu smiled and asked people to accept it, and another guest then came on the stage to celebrate his birthday and present a gift.
The people who came up were all young people from various families, and it was obvious that they were all young men. They were all more handsome than the others.
Qin Xiaoyue also went over to present the gift list and received a few compliments from Fang Liangyu.
After everyone else had gone through the process, Fang Yi stepped forward and bowed down to the ground: "Nainai, my unfilial granddaughter Fang Yi wishes you good health and happiness forever!"
As soon as he saw her, tears burst out of Fang Liangyu's eyes.
She almost couldn't wait to pull Fang Yi up and put her into her arms, shouting "Xin'er" and "Gan'er".
