"Xiaoqing's hands are really dexterous!"
Xia Yan changed into the white clothes Xiaoqing sent. Stretch out your arms and it feels like a perfect fit, even better than picking it out in a clothing store.
"This fabric is also very comfortable!" Xia Yan slid his finger on the clothes lightly. The fabric is very soft. Although it is not those very expensive and gorgeous materials, it is very comfortable and comfortable to wear.
Xia Yan put the gold ticket in his skirt and the brocade box he found from Su Li in the cabinet before going out. After saying goodbye to Xiaoqing, he hurriedly left the small courtyard and headed towards the courtyard where the patriarch Xia Feilong lived.
"Master Xia Yan!"
As soon as he turned the intersection, Xia Yan heard someone calling him.
"The patriarch is in the living room, and he told you to hurry up when you come back." The guard said respectfully to Xia Yan.
"What's so urgent?!" Xia Yan frowned in surprise again, wondering in his heart, what is it that makes the patriarch so anxious to find him
The guard still bowed and said: "Back to Master Xia Yan, I don't know exactly what happened, but Miss Xia Zixin, Master Xia Liu, and the first elder, fourth elder, seventh elder, and eighth elder of the Xia family are all in the living room now Inside. Other than that. There are several important guests."
"Important guest!" Xia Yan frowned and repeated.
He thought to himself: "The problem should be with these few guests. The patriarch must be anxious for me to meet these important guests."
"I see, I'll pass right away." Xia Yan smiled slightly at the guard.
Stepping away, the spiritual power reached the soles of the feet in an instant, and then Xia Yan turned into a breeze and disappeared in place in an instant.
As soon as the guard heard Xia Yan finish speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing past, and a white figure flashed before his eyes.
"Huh?!" The guard was taken aback, "Where is Master Xia Yan?!"
When the guards were looking for Xia Yan, Xia Yan had already disappeared.
living room!
Facing the gate of the front yard, it is the largest building in the Xia family's buildings. Usually, this living room is used to invite distinguished guests. There are so many rooms inside that even hundreds of guests can easily live there at the same time.
At this time, there were sixteen people standing outside the door of the living room, eight of them were the guards of the Xia family, and the other eight were obviously not from the Xia family even though they were also dressed as guards.
Xia Yan turned his eyes and thought in his heart, these people are not from Yushui City.
"Where did these people come from?!" Xia Yan recalled, "It seems that I have never seen these people before."
In fact, he had been nesting in that abandoned courtyard a year ago. Even if these guests came to Xia's house, he would not be able to see them.
"Master Xia Yan!"
When Xia Yan's figure appeared in the sight of all the guards, the eight guards of the Xia family said respectfully together.
And the other eight people swept their eyes and landed on Xia Yan with sharp eyes.
Xia Yan didn't care, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Brother guards have worked hard!"
"Master Xia Yan, I'm going to report to the patriarch!" A burly captain of the guard said respectfully to Xia Yan, cupping his fists.
Xia Yan nodded, "Okay!"
After a while, the captain of the guard who went in to report quickly walked out of the hall and shouted to Xia Yan: "Master Xia Yan, the patriarch wants you to go in now!"
Xia Yan nodded, raised his feet up the steps, swayed his waist a few times and entered the main entrance of the living room.
This is Xia Yan's first visit to the living room. The furnishings in the living room are very simple and elegant, and all kinds of utensils are made of high-quality wood. It is divided into two floors. The guest rooms where the guests live are all on the second floor. The huge hall on the first floor is a place for the host to discuss or chat with the guests.
As soon as Xia Yan entered the gate, he saw Xia Feilong and several elders sitting on the chairman seat, while the guest seats on the opposite side were people Xia Yan had never seen before. The brilliance in the eyes of one of the old men flickered from time to time, and he was obviously a powerful master.
Beside the old man, there is also a more obvious young man, who is about the same age as Xia Yan. Holding an ancient and simple long sword in his hand, there is only a hint of evil spirit between his brows, and a sense of arrogance naturally revealed in his eyes.
"I've met the patriarch, elders!" After entering, Xia Yan glanced at him, and quickly bowed and said.
"Xia Yan, come here to meet the distinguished guests of our Xia family. This is the elder of the Liu family from Guangyuan City, and Liu Kai, the son of the patriarch! The next few are also the young masters of the Liu family!" Xia Feilong saw Xia Yan came in, even beckoned to let Xia Yan walk over.
"Hehe, Elder Liu, Mr. Liu, this is Xia Yan from our Xia family!" Xia Feilong introduced to the guest with a smile.
"I've met Elder Liu! Hehe, Mr. Liu is a handsome young man, really admirable!" Xia Yan clasped his fists slightly and said with a smile.
That Elder Liu looked Xia Yan up and down, and then said with a smile on his face: "Is this Xia Yan the most outstanding child of the Xia family in recent years?!"
There seemed to be a trace of disdain in his tone.
And Mr. Liu also smiled coldly: "Mr. Xia Yan, you are really busy!"
What he meant was obvious, these guests all arrived at Xia's house yesterday afternoon, but Xia Yan just came here now, obviously trying to use words to run on Xia Yan.
Standing behind Xia Feilong, Xia Zixin glanced at Liu Kai with beautiful eyes, and let out a low snort.
"In order to practice, I have to keep myself busy. Sometimes I will leave the family for a day or two, please forgive me, Elder Liu!" Xia Yan smiled slightly, and did not show any dissatisfaction because of this.
Seeing that Xia Yan didn't have the slightest displeased expression, Elder Liu was also slightly taken aback, with a look of astonishment, and then returned to normal.
"No problem!" Elder Liu rolled his drooping eyelids and said with his thin palms.
"Xia Yan, our Xia family has recently entered into an important business cooperation with the Liu family. We plan to jointly mine a copper mine at the border between Yushui City and Guangyuan City. This time Elder Liu came to Yushui City to discuss this matter. " Xia Feilong said slowly to Xia Yan with a chuckle.
Xia Yan nodded. Although Guangyuan City is also a county town, it is more prosperous than Yushui City. The head of the temple in Guangyuan City is one of the deacons of the temple in Ziye City! The head of the temple in Yushui City is not the temple deacon!
"As for Young Master Liu, and those two Young Masters of the Liu family, they are going to Ziye City to take part in the Ziye Academy's assessment, so they stopped by our Xia family for two days." Xia Feilong continued.
Xia Yan glanced at Mr. Liu and the two young men standing behind, smiling.
"Mr. Liu is very powerful. During the sparring yesterday, Zixin was defeated by him with a sword. Fortunately, Mr. Liu was merciful, otherwise Zixin might be injured." Xia Feilong's tone did not change.
Xia Yan was startled, and suddenly looked at Xia Feilong.
"Competition?!" Xia Yan thought to himself. "This sparring, does it have other meanings?!"
Xia Feilong secretly winked at Xia Yan, and then laughed again, "However, Zixin is not the most outstanding child of our Xia family's younger generation, hehe, so Elder Liu said yesterday that our Xia family's young children are not as good as Liu's." At the time, I refuted it. I said at the time that there is another Xia Yan in our Xia family, who is the most outstanding, and his strength should not be inferior to Mr. Liu."
Hear here. Xia Yan probably understood.
However, Xia Yan was a little strange, why did the patriarch pay so much attention to the sparring
"If it's just a competition of martial arts, the patriarch probably wouldn't mobilize the crowd and deliberately say it in front of everyone at this time. Besides, if it's just a martial arts competition between the younger generations of the family, the patriarch would not use such a tone Talk." Although Xia Feilong's tone was calm, Xia Yan could hear a trace of anger contained in it.
"Elder Liu doesn't believe what I said, so he insists on seeing you in person!" Xia Feilong's beard fluttered slightly, his eyes sparkled, "However, Xia Yan, you went out to practice yesterday and failed to come back. Fortunately, today, I finally waited until you came back gone."
"Patriarch Xia, what I said yesterday still counts! As long as Xia Yan can defeat Liu Kai, the mining agreement of the mine will be signed according to what you said. And if Liu Kai defeats Xia Yan, then..." Elder Liu narrowed his eyes slightly , yin and yang strange air way.
It seems that he is very confident in the strength of Liu Kai beside him.
Xia Feilong laughed, and said: "If a gentleman says a word, it's hard to chase, so it's decided!"
Xia Yan was startled, and secretly said: "It turned out that the final mining agreement was signed in the name of a discussion!"
Now, Xia Yan completely understood, no wonder Xia Feilong was so serious about this matter.
Xia Yan looked at Liu Kai and smiled inwardly.
"Xia Yan, do you need any special preparations?!" Xia Feilong looked at Xia Yan and asked.
Xia Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm ready."
Xia Zixin, who was behind Xia Feilong, suddenly stepped forward to Xia Yan's side, raised her toes and said in a low voice, "Xia Yan, be careful, this Liu Kai's swordsmanship is very domineering. Yesterday I sparred with him, and even He can't block even a single sword. Father said that his sword skills are the top cheats in the human-level secret book, and it is also an attack type."
Xia Yan nodded slightly, and Xia Zixin backed away with a nervous expression.
Then Liu Kai saw Xia Zixin and Xia Yan whispering something. The corners of the mouth curled up in disdain. He stared at Xia Zixin with a hint of obscenity.
Xia Liu also looked at Xia Yan excitedly.
"Now that you're ready, let's start! Liu Kai, be careful not to hurt the best son of the Xia family, Mr. Xia Yan." Elder Liu instructed Liu Kai in a calm voice.
When Elder Liu said this, the elders of the Xia family were a little moved, and their faces turned dark.
Liu Kai immediately laughed loudly and said: "Elder, please rest assured, I know how to do it!"
His eyes flickered for a moment, Liu Kai looked at Xia Yan with a sneer, and then stepped out to the center of the hall.
"Xia Yan, go ahead, be careful!" Xia Feilong didn't change his expression, he just said to Xia Yan.
Xia Yan responded with a smile, and walked towards the center of the hall. Several elders of the Xia family looked at Xia Yan nervously at this moment.
You know, the interests involved in this battle are huge. According to which part of this agreement is signed, the money involved in the end can even reach a million gold coins.
Therefore, both the Xia family and the Liu family are very concerned about the outcome of the match between Xia Yan and Liu Kai.
In name, they are fighting for each other, but in fact they are competing for huge family interests!
Xia Yan, at this time, thought in his heart, "If I use spiritual power, with my strength, I can easily defeat Liu Kai. But once I use spiritual power, the patriarch will definitely feel it. Although I stepped into the congenital However, the internal power is still used, and even if it is used, it will not be discovered. Now, it is different... "
Xia Yan frowned slightly, and his movements were a little slow.
Seeing Xia Yan's hesitation, Liu Kai thought that Xia Yan was timid, and the corner of his mouth raised, and he couldn't help feeling even more proud.