Cultivation in the Family: Everyone is a villain

The seventh day of March in the year 1322 of the New Yu Calendar

The earth is getting warmer, and the city of Zhaoyang, twenty miles away, has returned to its original state, and the sides of the four streets are already glowing with green.

Shops, vendors, pedestrians, common people, warriors, merchants... embellish the whole city into a bustling and lively picture.

After all, it is still a city that can support the lives of more than 300,000 people. Once it recovers, it is still very fast. It has only been three months since the Zhaoyang Rebellion, but there are almost no scars visible in the city.

Not only that, driven by various actions taken by Hou Yuduan, the fifth eldest son of the Hou family, it was even more lively than before.

"What is good and evil? In the final analysis, it is the selfish desires of those warriors who cause chaos. Even under the rule of the devil, ordinary people only want peace and incense. As long as they have a stable living environment, most people still choose to live a good life and commit crimes.

There are only a very small number of them.”

On the second floor of Sacred Heart Residence, Hou Yuxiao was looking out the window at the bustling street. When he heard what Hou Yucheng said next to him, he immediately looked back at him with a curious expression.

Hou Yucheng said: "I divided the Zhaoyang Iron Guard into five hundred-man teams, each of which has jurisdiction over four streets and a residential area. According to the situation in the past few days, there are very few ordinary people who commit crimes, and only those who commit murders

, most of them are warriors with good fists and kicks."

"What do you do with these people?"

"Lao Wu gave me an idea. If someone commits a murder, he will be killed directly. If he injures someone or destroys property, I will punish him to the point of bankruptcy and let them remember the pain. As for other disputes among the people, it is not an obvious case.

He gave each of them a fifty-fifty strike and let them go. I followed his idea, and the security situation in the city has indeed improved a lot."

Hou Yujie chuckled softly when he heard the words and said: "I thought Lao Wu would let you arrest those people to read and chant scriptures and persuade them to be good. Now this method is very good. Just kill them and save trouble."

Hou Yucheng shook his head and said: "Saving trouble is the second priority. The key is to improve public security so that these people will not dare to cause chaos in the city at will. While establishing the family's prestige, it will also make the lives of these people in the city safer.

Population is the greatest resource, and how many warriors can be cultivated just by adopting orphans, but once the environment is safe, the population will experience explosive growth, and then our Hou family will still be the cheapest!"

Hou Yucheng's words made Hou Yuxiao, Hou Yujie, and Hou Yuling immediately turn their heads and look at him with surprised eyes.

"Lao Wu told you this, right?"

Hou Yuxiao knew very well the virtues of his second son. He only thought about it for a few seconds and immediately realized that these words must have been told to him by Hou Yuduan, and he had brought them here to show off.

Next to them, Hou Yuling and Hou Yujie heard Hou Yuxiao's words and immediately understood. They even took back their words of praise.

"Hey, big brother is still awesome, you can see it right away."

Hou Yucheng did not deny it, and continued with a smile: "What Lao Wu said is indeed reasonable. At present, 90% of the thousands of warriors in our Hou family are natives of Zhaoyang County, and their relatives and family members are all here.

, so they protect not only Zhaoyang City, but also their own home.

Furthermore, this also shows that if there is not a large foreign population, if the family wants to recruit more warriors, it will basically rely on the local population, so it is even more necessary to create an environment suitable for them to continue their incense."

There was a hint of approval in Hou Yuxiao's eyes. Hou Yucheng's ability to say these words proved that he had also thought about it and was not just listening to Lao Wu's words.

The Hou family is currently only a third-rate force, and three Gang Qi realm warriors are enough. Even if Hou Yuxiao does not have the cultivation level of Dan Bao stage, he is confident that his strength is comparable to that of ordinary Dan Bao warriors.

If we want to develop at present, we can only think of ways to increase the number of warriors and expand the circle of grassroots warriors, in order to improve the quality of the family's high-end warriors in the future.

"The first batch of body-opening elixirs have basically been distributed, and there are more than 400 warriors at level three or above. In the past four days, the cultivation base of the upper sect has been above the fifth level. Only three people have made breakthroughs, and the lower sect has achieved breakthroughs.

More than forty people."

While Hou Yuxiao was thinking, Hou Yujie stepped forward and said something.

When Hou Yucheng heard this, his face suddenly showed excitement and he said: "I have also heard about this. In the past few days, the Zhaoyang Iron Guards have learned that there is one Opening Pill every month for those who are above the third level, so they have already made enough of it.

Jin'er's cultivation, judging from their enthusiasm, I think within this year, the people's cultivation will definitely improve greatly."

Hearing that the cultivation level of his tribe was increasing, Hou Yuxiao couldn't help but show a hint of joy in his eyes. After thinking about it, he glanced at Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling and said, "Where are your cultivation levels?"

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When the two of them heard this, they immediately showed a hint of depression on their faces, especially when they looked at the fourth oldest Hou Yujie next to them, and when they thought of the youngest Hou Yuduan, a hint of shame rose up on their faces.

"Brother, Sanniang will definitely break through within this year."

"Me too!"

"Don't be too hasty. The Yuan Gang beads you bought this time are enough. It will be a matter of time before you break through to the Gang Qi realm. You can use the small returning pill I gave you to practice martial arts first, and then you can break through the cultivation level with peace of mind."

Just as they were talking about Xiao Huan Dan, Hou Yuxiao took out three small bottles from his sleeve and threw them into the hands of the three of them respectively.

"Each bottle contains twenty small returning pills. In addition to your own use, you can give them to any of your subordinates who are trustworthy and can help them understand martial arts and improve their strength!"

The three of them opened the bottle and saw the Xiao Huan Dan inside. Their pupils shrank immediately. They had all used this magical elixir and knew how precious it was. They subconsciously wanted to dissuade Hou Yuxiao and ask him to take it back.

Success.

Hou Yuxiao stretched out his hand and pressed it softly, signaling the three of them to calm down, and said: "I have a lot of this kind of elixir, mainly for your use. When I give it to you, it is just for you to use it to win people's hearts.

Remember, if you want to give it away, you must choose a trustworthy subordinate, otherwise you should not give it out, and you must not leak it, do you understand?"

When the three of them heard this, they understood what Hou Yuxiao was thinking. They were suddenly moved and nodded solemnly.

"In addition, I called you here today for one more thing."

Hou Yuxiao walked in from the window, faced the three people with confused faces, and asked: "Let me ask you, has Lao Wu done anything unusual recently?"

The three of them all looked stunned for a moment before they realized that Hou Yuxiao had come to see the three of them today, but Hou Yudian was not the only one to come over.

"Abnormal situation? Brother, why are you asking this suddenly?"

As soon as Hou Yuxiao saw Hou Yucheng's face, she knew that he was unclear about the situation. He looked at the third child next to him, and saw that she also had a puzzled look on her face. Finally, he looked at the fourth child, Hou Yujie.

"Fourth, what do you know about the situation?"

Hou Yuxiao didn't have much hope for the second and third children. The main reason was that the two of them had just returned from the county with him, so it was normal for them not to know the situation.

The fourth child, Hou Yujie, is different. He has been staying in Zhaoyang with Hou Yuduan during this period. Even if he doesn't know the specific situation, he can at least smell some clues...

"On the fifteenth day of last month, the night you set out, I seemed to hear the sound of Lao Wu going out when I was young. From that day on, I seemed to hear the sound of him going out every night..."

Hou Yujie paused for a moment when he said this, his brows knitted together, he thought for a while and then raised his head again, with a hint of uncertainty in his eyes, and continued: "I don't know if it was an illusion, but actually I heard a noise on the first night.

I just wanted to get up and ask Lao Wu why he was running out when he was young.

But when I got up, I felt too sleepy. It was the same for several nights in a row. Every time I wanted to get up, I couldn't stop feeling sleepy.

At first I also suspected that there was some kind of conspiracy, but when I woke up the next day, I found that nothing unusual happened to me. It happened the same two or three times after that, so I didn’t take it seriously and thought it was my fault during that time.

Breaking through the Gang Qi realm is caused by spending too much energy."

After Hou Yujie finished talking about this, there was still a hint of suspicion in his tone. Apparently he had always believed that it was his body. Today, when he heard Hou Yuxiao ask Lao Wu if there was anything unusual, he remembered that there was something unusual about it.

place.

After hearing this, Hou Yuxiao frowned slightly. It was understandable that Hou Yujie didn't doubt it. If someone was really plotting against him, he would definitely not be unscathed. What's more, if it concerns Lao Wu, Hou Yujie would definitely not think of the worst.

"Then when you asked him later during the day, what did he say he went out to do in the middle of the night?"

Hou Yujie nodded and replied: "When I asked, he just said that he couldn't sleep and wanted to go out for some fresh air. I saw that he admitted to going out at night, so he didn't take it seriously..."

After a moment of silence, Hou Yujie saw Hou Yuxiao's frown and asked softly: "Brother, what's wrong with Lao Wu?"

Next to them, Hou Yuling and Hou Yucheng also looked at Hou Yuxiao nervously.

Hou Yuduan is the youngest in the family. Although his personality is a bit verbose and seems incompatible with them, the family relationship that is thicker than water is not fake. Hou Yuxiao deliberately dragged them to Sacred Heart Residence today to ask the fifth child. The three of them must be a little worried.

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Looking at the expressions of the three people, Hou Yuxiao shook his head and chuckled: "Don't worry, it's just a small problem. Maybe I'm too worried. I just keep an eye on him these days. If anything happens, I

I’ll tell you again!”

There was nothing wrong with him in the first place, but his good deeds have increased so much. At most, Hou Yuduan did some great deeds without telling him. What could possibly happen...

When the three of them heard what he said, the expressions on their faces relaxed a little. Hou Yuxiao was afraid that they would think too much, so he didn't say anything more and left Sacred Heart Residence with the three of them and returned to the Hou Mansion.

However, from then on, Hou Yuxiao deliberately did not fall asleep until the end of midnight, and kept paying attention to the movements in Yaxiang Garden. However, after waiting for several days, until March 12th, Hou Yuxiao still did not catch Hou Yuduan going out at night.

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He immediately realized that when he came back and asked Hou Yuduan the next day, he must have aroused his suspicion. This brat must be guarding against him.

"This can't go on like this. This brat is too vigilant. If you don't think of a way, he will definitely not show his weakness!"

On March 14th, Hou Yuxiao deliberately approached Hou Yucheng and said that he was going to stay at the Nanling Mountain Iron Mine for a few days. He rode out on his horse. When he arrived at the iron mine, he quietly left the horse there.

, he walked back to the Marquis Mansion in the city by himself and hid in his room.

On March 14th, at midnight, nothing happened. Hou Yuxiao looked at Hou Yuduan's Yaxiang Garden and felt excited.

"You brat, you haven't revealed your true nature yet! Let's see how long you can hold it in!"

On March 15th, at midnight, Hou Yuxiao, who was sleeping with his eyes closed on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, quickly got up and ran to the roof, looking at a creeping figure on the other side of Yaxiang Garden, with a smile of success on the corner of his mouth.

"Little thing, I finally caught him..."

Hou Yuxiao saw Hou Yuduan sneaking out of Yaxiang Garden, and was about to follow him to take a look. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and his pupils shrank.

This is the sudden surge of sleepiness that Lao Si was talking about. He also has...