The Hong Mansion, one of the four noble lords, has stood firm since the founding of the Great Xia. Unlike other noble lord mansions, which began to decline day by day, the Hong Mansion has become more and more prosperous. Today, the leader of the four nobles, there is a faint tendency to sit on an equal footing with the founding prince Qing Haihou.
Hong Mansion can maintain long-term prosperity, on the one hand, it is because of Hong Mansion's abundance of talents.
Different from the children of other noble lords, the children of the Hong family, regardless of gender, need to practice martial arts.
Men began to serve as officials at the age of fourteen, and women were arranged to marry other Daxia nobles or important ministers.
The Hong Mansion also secretly manipulated the underworld forces in Xiadu, which allowed the Hong Mansion to be aware of any disturbances in Xiadu at any moment.
It can be seen from this that most of the previous Marquis of the Hong Mansion had a long-term vision, and they were able to accurately position themselves in the battle for the throne of the past dynasties.
And this Hong Mansion Marquis was unanimously recognized. When the Xia Emperor of the Hong Manor was still the prince, the old Marquis Hong strongly supported the Xia Emperor's succession to the throne, but this time, the Hong Manor misjudged him.
This point was also unexpected by Old Master Hong.
Hong Fang hurried to the courtyard where Master Hong was retreating.
Since Old Master Hong moved here ten years ago, he never stepped out of this courtyard.
The courtyard is not big, but it is very clean.
Inside and out, there is only one independent bungalow.
At the entrance of the bungalows, there are several straight Laoshan pine trees and a winding pebble road leading to the wing room.
After breaking through the five realms of reincarnation, Old Master Hong is only one step away from the legendary magical realm. He only needs to eat one meal a day, and only an old servant in Hong's mansion comes in and out to deliver the meal.
When the flood was released, Hong Shizi was already waiting in the courtyard.
When he saw Hong Fang, Hong Shizi mocked in his heart, Hong Fang was dismissed from the position of Prince and Taibao, and Hong Shizi secretly had fun.
Let's see how after he was released from Hong, he still oppressed him, the son of the Hong family, everywhere.
"Third brother, your complexion is not very good. Could it be that you didn't sleep well last night?" Hong Shizi asked knowingly.
"Brother's complexion is not very good. I heard that early this morning, the head of the Shamen Sect was found dead on the street. Do you have any clues?" The two brothers Hong Fang confronted each other.
Hong Shizi was still kept in the dark about the collusion between Liu Qing and Hong Fang, and he always thought that Liu Qing belonged to him.
"It's just that he died. Then Liu Qing's achievements are more than failures. I wanted to abandon him a long time ago." Hong Shizi insisted.
"What time is it, you two brothers are still arguing."
In the room, there was a heavy muffled groan, and the voice of Old Master Hong made the two brothers feel as if they were chilling.
As long as Old Master Hong is around, the two brothers will not dare to really tear each other apart.
"Father." Hong Shizi and Hong Fang knelt down together.
"I've only been in seclusion for three months. The crown prince was abolished, and the Samana was destroyed. How did you do it?" Old Master Hong's anger made the entire courtyard feel like it had experienced a small earthquake.
Old Master Hong never left his house, but the major events in Xiadu seemed to happen right under his nose.
"Father, I already have some clues about the Shamen. Liu Qing was designed and killed by a sect master called Ghost Sect." Hong Shizi said quickly as if he wanted to make up for his mistakes.
"Who is the master of the ghost gate?" Old Lord Hong asked.
"Boy, I haven't investigated it for the time being." Hong Shizi's forehead dripped with sweat.
"What is the origin of the ghost gate, and how many disciples do you need?" Old Master Hong's voice became colder.
"The child doesn't know." Hong Shizi was already covered in sweat.
For this matter, he can't be blamed, ghosts are haunted, even if they use the power of the Houfu, they can't find out why.
"Then why don't you go and investigate!" Old Hou Hong was furious, Hong Shizi was so frightened that he quickly got up and went to investigate in a hurry.
Hong Fang watched from the sidelines, secretly palpitating.
Even though Hong Shizi and Hong Fang were already in their 30s and 40s, they were undoubtedly like children in front of Old Lord Hong.
Even Hong Fang never really saw through his father.
After Hong Shizi left, the courtyard was unbelievably quiet, Old Master Hong didn't say anything, and Hong Fang didn't dare to leave.
For a moment, Old Master Hong seemed to be in a trance.
As soon as the wind blew, the yellow pine needles in winter fell from the few Laoshan pine trees.
When the pine needles fell halfway, the needles suddenly changed direction, as if they were injected with an invisible force, dozens of fragile and yellow pine needles, like steel needles, radiated towards Hong.
Hong Da was startled, a piece of samsara wind force floated up under his feet, resisting the wind force, he moved back a few feet, and his body had already retreated several feet.
The next moment, with a bend of the palm, a wave of Yuan force slashed towards the pine needles.
The pine needle was cut into two sections by Yuanli.
Dozens of pine needles split into two, and the castration remained undiminished, breaking through Hong Fang's energy.
"Father!" Hong Fang said sadly, and a pine needle shot at his Jianjing acupoint, Hong Fang's face turned pale, and he snorted, the armor on his body had already broken a hole.
"Hong Fang, you concealed it very well. You almost deceived me. When did you break through the second realm of reincarnation?" When Master Hong spoke again, he was already standing in the middle of the courtyard.
Beside him, the pine needles fell to the ground.
If he didn't test it out today, he might have thought that Hong Fang was still in the cycle of reincarnation.
Hong Fang hugged his left shoulder and knelt on the ground, feeling terrified in his heart.
He originally thought that after breaking through the Second Path of Reincarnation, he would be able to block at least ten moves in front of Lord Hong, but now it seemed that he couldn't block even one move.
It is said that every time a warrior in the reincarnation realm breaks through a single step, his ability to comprehend the world will increase by one point. Old Hou Hong, who has broken through the reincarnation martial arts, has obviously reached the terrifying point where picking leaves can kill people, and a leaf can cross a river.
"I don't dare to hide it. My boy just broke through recently, thanks to the reincarnation pill that Mingyue brought back from the Three Lives Valley. Mingyue's cultivation has broken through to the reincarnation state, and she has become the core disciple of the Three Lives Valley." Hong Fang With a face full of fear, when he said that, he carefully looked at the complexion of Old Lord Hong.
When he heard about his granddaughter Hong Mingyue, Old Master Hong's expression relaxed slightly.
In the entire Hong manor, only Hong Mingyue is the greatest danger to Old Lord Hong.
Hong Fang also took advantage of this point of his father.
"That child Mingyue did not disappoint the old man's expectations. Hmph, it's a pity that she has a father who doesn't live up to expectations." Old Master Hong said with a sullen face.
"Father, my son..." Before Hong Fang finished speaking, his shoulder hurt.
He was dissatisfied in his heart, and he also made a mistake. Why was his elder brother Hong Mu only reprimanded, but he was injured? What's more, if he was a step late in avoiding it, the pine needles of Master Hong had already taken his life.