Hongnong County was established since the Han Dynasty, but its scope has always changed. At the highest point, it reached Huashan in the west and Hangu Pass in the east. There were strategic places such as Wushan, Hangu Pass, and Tongguan in the territory. Therefore, it has played an important role in all dynasties.

Huayin County is the ancestral land of the Yang family, a famous aristocratic family in the world. Since Huayin County was once under the jurisdiction of Hongnong County, the Yang family was called Hongnong Yang family by the world as the Hongnong County.

After Yuwen Tai established the Northern Zhou Dynasty, in order to win over the major gentry in Guanlong, he ordered his important generals to cling to the Guanlong gentry. As a result, Li Hu climbed into the Longyou Li family and Yang Zhong climbed into the Hongnong Yang family. In this way, their descendants Li Yuan came from the Longyou Li family, while Yang Jian came from the Hongnong Yang family.

But in fact, the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty had no relationship with the Yang family of Hongnong, and the emperor Yang Guang and Yang Xuangan, the head of the Yang family of Hongnong, had no blood relationship.

However, because of the relationship between Yang Su, Hongnong Yang's family was once prominent, but Yang Su was successful and Yang Su was defeated. With Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan rebelling, Hongnong Yang immediately fell from heaven to hell, and everyone could not avoid it.

However, Yang Guang took into account the same name and severely punished the Yang Xuangan clan and let the Hongnong Yang family go. Although the Yang family escaped the disaster, it became extremely low-key, restrained the clan members and could not leave the Huayin County area.

That morning, an ox cart came on the path at the foot of Snaketou Mountain east of Yangjia Village, Huayin County. There was a person sitting on the ox cart. The man was six feet four in height, tall and straight, with a clear edge on his face and a deep gaze. He was a long cloth bag behind him and a quaint heavy knife with his waist.

This person is Zhang Xuan who came from Luoyang. This is his first time entering Guanzhong. The scenery along the way makes him pleasing to the eye.

At this time, the ox cart slowly stopped in front of a fork, and the old man rushed to the car smiled and said, "Young man, go to Yangjiazhuang and walk south along this mountain road. If you see a high wall, that's it. I'm going to turn to Pengcun."

Zhang Xuan jumped out of the ox cart and bowed to thank him, "Thank you, my father-in-law, for letting me take the ride."

"It doesn't matter."

The old man drove the car and turned the ox to the north, "Young man, I wish you a good journey."

Zhang Xuan climbed up a big rock and looked into the distance with his hand curtain. He saw a village surrounded by high walls more than ten miles away, stretching from the valley to the mountainside, which should be Yangjiazhuang there.

Zhang Xuan jumped off the big stone and walked towards the village in the distance with his long legs.

Yangjiazhuang is located at the easternmost point of Shetou Mountain. Shetou Mountain was originally named Longtou Mountain. It is a narrow and long hilly mountain that stretches for dozens of miles. At the end of the mountain, it is a mountain that stretches across. This is the famous Huilong pattern.

Yangjia Village is located under Longtou. Because it is afraid of violating taboos, the government renamed Longtou Mountain to Shetou Mountain decades ago.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xuan walked into Yangjiazhuang from the village gate. At this time, he saw an elderly man carrying a heavy grain load. The terrain was too high and the old man was carrying it very hard. He hurriedly stepped forward to take the old man's load and smiled and said, "I'll do it!"

"Thank you! Thank you!"

The old man put down the load and breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Xuan carried the load and asked, "Do you keep walking?"

"Tell left at the intersection ahead!"

The old man used a sweat towel on his shoulder to apply a handful of sweat on his forehead. Only then did he realize that the young man carrying the burden on him was very unfamiliar, not the young man in the village, and his accent was not right.

"Young man, are you a foreigner?"

"I came from Luoyang. I wanted to find my master's hometown, but I don't know where?"

"What's your master's name?"

"His surname is Yang, and his name is Yi Qi."

"Yang Qi?" The old man thought for a while and suddenly realized, "Is it the one who opened a martial arts school in Luoyang?"

"It's him, the old man knows?"

"How come I don't know? But he is from the main hall and it's hard to find it. Please help me pick up the things home and I'll take you there."

"Thank you, my father!"

Zhang Xuan took a load and took a turn. Soon after, he came to the old man's house. They put down the load, and the old man took him towards the main hall of the village.

"Our Yangjiazhuang is a big village, with more than 300 families in total, most of which have surnames Yang, and their ancestors are basically the same. However, as they were old, there were more branches, and they were divided into twelve houses. For example, I belong to the fifth branch of Lishanfang, which is the partial branch among the partial branch. Do you see the tallest building in front of you?"

Zhang Xuanshun said that the old man looked in the direction and saw a large black roof on the hillside in the distance, one end of the house.

"That's-"

"That is the main hall of the Yang clan. Although each room has its own small ancestral hall, there is only one main hall, and the main hall of the Yang clan is close to it.

Zhang Xuan followed the old man to a large ancestral hall. He found that the open space in front of the ancestral hall was full of people. No wonder the village was very quiet, and it turned out that people were gathering here.

The people in the open space of the ancestral hall were basically young men, about two or three hundred, each holding swords and spears, whispering in groups of three or five. Everyone looked quite nervous.

"Old man, what are you doing?"

The old man sighed and said, "The Guangtong Cang is fifty miles northeast of our Yangjiazhuang. I heard that several refugees are rushing to Guangtong Cang recently. Once they are suppressed by the officers and soldiers, the refugees will definitely flee to us, so everyone is very nervous."

"Can refugees plunder villages?" Zhang Xuan asked in confusion.

"If people are forced to do nothing, they can't do anything. More importantly, many bandits are hiding among refugees. We have had painful experiences. If we don't prepare in advance, it will be too late to cry at that time."

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the main hall gate. He was of medium figure, fair skin, and quite rich appearance. He looked worried between his eyebrows and eyes, and seven or eight servants followed him.

"Head of the family!" The old man hurriedly called the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was named Yang Wenxian, who was Yang Xuangan's cousin and Yang Su's nephew. After Yang Xuangan's rebellion failed, the Yang family split from him in time and selected Yang Wenxian as the new head of the family.

Yang Wenxian was worried about the refugee incident, and suddenly heard someone calling him. When he turned around, he saw that the uncle of the Lishanfang clan was calling him. Although the other family had a low status, he was an elder after all.

Yang Wenxian stopped and asked, "Uncle San, is there anything wrong?"

The old man pulled Zhang Xuan over, "This young man came from Luoyang and was Yang Qi's apprentice. It seems that there is something important to find the head of the family."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "My master asked me to come back to report to the family before his death."

"Are he dead?"

Yang Wenxian asked impatiently that the family has died too many people recently, and Yang Qi's status is not ranked in the family, and Yang Wenxian really doesn't care much about his life or death.

Zhang Re quickly took out the Seven Star Sword from the package and presented it with both hands, "This is what the master asked me to give back to my family before he died."

Yang Wenxian glanced at the Seven Star Sword, and suddenly he remembered that it seemed to be his uncle Yang Su's sword. If it were in the past, he would have taken it respectfully and sent it to the ancestral hall for worship, but now.

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He quickly flashed to the side as if he saw a snake or scorpion, fearing that the sword would touch him.

"Take it away!" He waved his hand and scolded him angrily.

The old man next to him couldn't stand it, so he stepped forward and advised, "Head of the family, this young man has worked hard to deliver the sword from Luoyang."

"I see--"

Yang Wenxian dragged his voice unhappily and said to a servant next to him: "Take him to see Yang Qi's wife."

He said to Zhang Xuan again: "You can just return the sword to his family, I won't need it here."

He ignored Zhang Xuan and quickly walked towards the square, shouting from afar, "The bandits are going to break into the house, and you are still in the mood to chat here!"

All the Yang family members were so scared that they stood up one after another.

The old man smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Xuan: "The head of the family is in a bad mood, don't take it to your heart."

"It's okay, thank you for your guidance, we will have a date later."
Chapter completed!