Lao Tian, Shi Gaofei and others rushed back to K City with tired faces - since it is speculated that Chen Xiao may have returned to normal, and he is not in Shanghai... then, maybe Chen Xiao ran back to K City!
But this was just a guess. After a simple discussion, a decision was made. Lao Tian, Shi Gaofei, Xiao Qing and Fatty returned to K City to look for Chen Xiao. Zhu Ronggonggong and others took the rest of the people to stay in Shanghai to search, focusing on that hospital to conduct a blanket search.
But God just happened to be such a coincidence.
Just when Lao Tian, Shi Gaofei and others walked out of the train station exhausted, Lao Tian assigned the fat man to carry the consignment of salutes.
Almost at the same time, at the entrance of the train station, Mr. Xiao had a proud smile on his face, and two young juniors followed him carrying bags, while Chen Xiao and Zhang Xiaotao also followed behind. Following the flow of people, they entered the station ticket gate, then walked onto the platform, and finally stepped into a luxury box car of a train.
The destination of this train is: Lingnan Province, the current hometown of the Xiao family.
Old Mrs. Xiao made a very subtle move. He lured Chen Xiao back to Lingnan, but in this matter, he did not say hello to Xiao Qing, and did not even make a phone call.
As a result, while Xiao Qing was searching diligently in K City with Lao Tian and others, Chen Xiao had already left for her hometown with Mrs. Xiao.
In K City, almost all the white and underworld have been mobilized. The underworld's Xiao Hongpao received the commission from Second Master Xu and escaped almost all of his men. In the police, Officer Xu was also mobilized to help.
But at this time, Chen Xiao had already left K City.
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Lingnan is a border city, close to the sea and the border, but the city where the Xiao family is located is a small and medium-sized inland city that is not too big. It is still more than a hundred kilometers away from the border and is not too conspicuous in this mountainous province.
It was already three days after Chen Xiao arrived here. Along the way, Mrs. Xiao had used many methods to convince Chen Xiao that the two were related.
The two descendants of the Xiao family didn't know what the old man's plan was. If they just wanted to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan, there seemed to be no need for the old man to be so mysterious - but now the old man's attitude was as if he was kidnapping Chen Xiao. Brought it back.
The city's train station is much smaller than those in the capital cities of large eastern coastal provinces like K City, but it is still clean and tidy.
After leaving the station, a car from the Xiao family had already come to greet him. It can be seen that the Xiao family has a strong foundation in this city. What they came to greet were two BENZs that were quite rare in this city. Chen Xiao, who had been holding back questions all the way, followed Mrs. Xiao and got into the car. The car was in the city. After walking around the district, Chen Xiao found that it was rare to see such high-end cars on the streets of this city.
And more importantly, it is the imprint that the Xiao family has left on this city.
Along the way, they passed the most prosperous commercial streets in the city. Mr. Xiao did not say anything, but the two young men introduced some situations to Chen Xiao. There are Xiao family's industries in several of the most prosperous commercial streets. , most of them are martial arts gyms under the banner of fitness centers.
With the progress of the times, the era of simply opening martial arts gyms and teaching apprentices is gone forever. Xiao's fitness centers have formed a chain scale, and most of them have introduced many advanced fitness center leisure concepts. In this era, ordinary people don't have much martial spirit. Most people just want to exercise in their spare time. Therefore, in addition to teaching martial arts, these Xiao family fitness centers also have programs such as aerobics, yoga, aerobic cycling, etc.
However, as for the fighting skills, there are only martial arts, and there is nothing like karate, taekwondo or the like.
Chen Xiao roughly counted that in this small city, there are six Xiao family gyms, occupying various prosperous areas in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the city.
It can be said that with the population and economic base of the local city, such a scale can basically form a monopoly in this local industry.
"Four branches have been opened in the provincial capital, as well as the surrounding cities. They are basically the territory of our Xiao family. Foreign fitness clubs cannot stand at all." A young member of the Xiao family looked a little proud. .
Chen Xiao just hummed.
He could also tell that the car was deliberately taking a detour and deliberately took a long circle in the city, visiting every industry. He didn't know what Mr. Xiao meant by this arrangement
Do you want to tell me: Boy, you rely on a rich relative
Chen Xiao felt a little funny in his heart, but he kept his doubts in his heart.
However, after the car finally started driving into the city, Mr. Xiao, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke softly: "These family properties are planned to be left to that girl Xiao Qing to take care of in the future. Now let her go." After wandering around for two years, after getting married in the future, it’s time to calm down and come back to take care of business.”
Xiao Qing
Hearing this name, Chen Xiao frowned slightly. This name seemed unfamiliar to him, but also seemed to have an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
The old man said this very casually, but the two young men next to him looked a little strange, and they couldn't help but look at Chen Xiao deeply.
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaotao instinctively felt wary in her heart. She quickly moved closer to Chen Xiao and looked at the old man with wary eyes.
The car quickly left the city and arrived at the foot of a mountain on the outskirts of the city.
It is not surprising that Lingnan is mountainous. But the Xiao family is indeed rich!
The shape of this mountain, when viewed from the air, shows a "concave" shape, and a large antique house is located in this concave mountain, surrounded by the hillside on three sides, and the exit on one side is flattened into a forest. Between the woods. A two-lane road was paved in the middle. Go all the way along the road and you can see Mrs. Xiao's house!
With its red walls, green tiles, and cornices and brackets, it looks like a large mansion of an ancient official.
When the ancestor of the Xiao family came back, before the car reached the door, he saw a large family already waiting at the door. Several rows of people stood waiting.
The people standing in the front row are slightly older, most of them are in their forties or fifties, and the people standing in the back row are young people. They are arranged one by one according to age and seniority, and everyone has a serious look on their face. , Da Da Dou did not dare to take a breath, and stood there with his honest hands hanging down.
After the old man got out of the car, everyone immediately bowed down.
When Chen Xiao saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: Could it be that such a grand pomp was that of an ancient emperor
The old man just got out of the car, and there was an old woman and a servant at home who brought him tea and hand towels. The old man scrubbed and washed himself, holding a faucet crutch in his hand, standing next to Chen Xiao, pointing to the door, slightly He smiled and said, "My dear, let me go home with you."
In fact, before the group came back, the family received news from the old man, saying that this time they went out and recovered the blood that had been scattered outside. Chen Xiao's mother's surname is Xiao, and she was a child of the Xiao family in the past.
Chen Xiao's identity was known to everyone in the house before he came back. As for the marriage between Chen Xiao and Xiao Qing, it was decided by the old man many years ago and everyone knows it.
Xiao Qing's status in the family is quite special and she is very popular with the old man. She has said many times that she will take over the family business in the future. Now he has brought Chen Xiao back. This is Xiao Qing's real fiancé and the Xiao family's future son-in-law. Doesn't that mean he has the status of the consort
In the future, Xiao Qing, a girl who will inherit the family business, must obey her husband no matter what her temper is. So, wouldn't this boy picked up from outside be able to reach the sky in one fell swoop
With all kinds of weird thoughts, although the old man was present and no one dared to show them, the eyes directed at Chen Xiao were inevitably numerous and complicated.
only…
When everyone saw the flower-like Zhang Xiaotao standing next to Chen Xiao, she was just handsome, but she was dressed like a girl from a big city in the east. She looked like a little bird, and she was friendly and affectionate. Chen Xiao is holding hands - these are definitely not brother and sister, they almost have the word "couple" engraved on their foreheads!
What's going on? The Xiao family's young son-in-law, hooking up with women outside in front of the old man? !
The old man seems to be very happy? !
In the courtyards on each floor, the servants of the family lined up, sprinkled clean water on the floor, and welcomed them with fragrant tea.
The bosses of several major houses in the Xiao family were all waiting for the old man to receive them, but who knew that the old man directly led Chen Xiao and the girl next to him into the inner house, then closed the door and sent someone out to say: The old man has been traveling all the way and is tired. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow.
Everyone stared at each other, not knowing how to guess the old man's thoughts for a while, so they had to disperse.
"Hey, these guys, I'm afraid they won't even be able to sleep tonight."
The old man was sitting on a chair in the hall. Chen Xiao was sitting under him.
In fact, this kind of hard Taishi chair was not comfortable for Chen Xiao to sit on. He was used to sitting on the sofa. However, he had been holding back all the doubts along the way, and now that he finally had the chance to turn it on, he could only endure it.
"Old man, you have kidnapped me. It's time to tell me clearly what happened."
The old man nodded with a smile, and tapped the blue bricks on the ground with a dragon-head crutch. After a while, several young men came out from behind respectfully, holding several thick large books in their hands.
"This is the genealogy of our Xiao family. Your mother's name is also in it... You will understand after you take a good look at it."
Chen Xiao frowned as he looked at several thick booklets.
"This is a manuscript. The real original is in the ancestral hall. You can look through it as you like." The old man got a pipe from a young man next to him, took two puffs, and put it on the table.
"Our Xiao family is also an official family. Our ancestors also served as first-class officials and entered the central government. However, the current Xiao family in Lingnan came to Lingnan from the Yifang branch in the north at the end of the Qing Dynasty and settled down here. Roots, and then the branches and leaves spread out for more than a hundred years, and today's climate is achieved. I won't show you the genealogy because it is too early, but the one in my hand records our Lingnan branch after it came here. of."
Chen Xiao nodded, and turned to the first page with full of questions.
On the first page, Chen Xiao saw several names with the surname Xiao, which were probably the ancestors of the Lingnan branch.
What Chen Xiao didn't notice was that on this first page, there was a name that was somewhat related to him. But now Chen Xiao can't remember the origin of this name.
"Xiao Jinlong, Xiao Jingen, Xiao... Xiao Mingyue." Chen Xiao chirped casually: "Xiao Mingyue, Mingyue... such a nice name."