Lord of the Desert

Chapter 51 Brothers
In Hong Mansion, the lights are on.

In the outermost small hall of Mingshan Hall, two plates of cold dishes and a jug of new wine were placed on a small round table.

Across the table, Hong Fan and Hong Fu sat opposite each other.

Since leaving ethnology, he would take the initiative to invite his cousin to dinner every month.

If so, Hong Fu's situation in all aspects has improved.

But in the past, the two of them used to make appointments at restaurants outside - being able to arrange a table at Ming Shan Tang was Hong Fan's new "power" after returning from Jin Hai.

"Hong Ping's cultivation base has reached the peak of inner vision, and the teacher estimates that he will be able to penetrate the first serious way in another four or five months."

Hong Fu said with a little envy, looking at the elegant furnishings in the side hall.

The several small and large private rooms in Ming Shan Tang have always been used by the elders of the clan to entertain foreign guests.

In the past ten years, he has never had the opportunity to enjoy it here.

"I've also made some progress during this time."

Hong Fu said.

"I asked Xi Tanmai for advice in private; he said that before the end of the year, I should be able to break through to the Chongmai side."

"It might be faster than Hong An!"

Speaking of the comparison with his own brother, the little fat man's tone was restrained and brisk.

"By the way, I heard that the Eldest Young Master brought someone back today, but did things come to an end?"

Hong Fu glanced at the bandage around the waist of the elder brother, and said with concern.

"Yes, the teams of the three families are all back, and they are all led by the clan chiefs in person, sweeping away ten days and beheading dozens of levels."

Hong Fan replied.

"Isn't it heartbreaking to fly over the sea? Let them break ground on Tai Sui!"

Hong Fu drank a glass of wine happily after hearing the words.

Hong Fan's expression was not excited.

"Most of these gains are from other locks, and those who fly on the sea shrink very well."

He said that he remembered the two mysterious people who were sensed by the Dragon Soul Tree more than ten days ago.

"The family thinks that Wan Guangji took revenge for the previous incident, but I always feel that it is not that simple."

"Brother Fan, just a bunch of little Sand Bandits, what kind of disturbance can they cause?"

Hong Fu smiled and hammered his clan brother's arm.

"It really made us anxious. If the old man goes north alone, they will have to break up!"

Hong Fan nodded when he heard the words, and drank the remaining wine in the cup.

While the two were talking, hot dishes came up one after another—the hard dishes included a whole stewed hen and a grilled fish.

The two of them moved their chopsticks a few times before they heard the clinking of cups and cups in the hall next door, and the sound of discussions drifted over the beam.

"The eldest lady will be deprived of the right to manage affairs, do you know this?"

It sounded like a middle-aged man talking.

The tone made the gesture of "the law is not passed on to the six ears", but the voice was so loud that others might not hear it.

"Who doesn't know this, it is said that Master Pan and Master Wu's wives took over, but isn't it because the eldest lady is unwell?"

asked another voice.

Across a wall, Hong Fu unconsciously stopped his chopsticks and focused on his ears.

"You're well-clothed and well-fed, why are you feeling unwell?"

Sure enough, the first person replied.

"Let me tell you, it was she who treated the Xing Jun of our Hong family harshly, and she was used to explain it!"

Hong Fu was startled when he heard the words, and looked across the table at his handsome elder brother who was as handsome as before—he knew that Xingjun's authority was extraordinary, but he didn't expect that he would have such power as soon as he inherited it!

But Hong Fan remained calm.

The change of power in the Hong family's rear residence was already in his expectation.

There are hundreds of people in the Hong Mansion, except for Aunt Liu and Hong Fu, Hong Fan handles the rest of the relationships based on one point.

exchange of benefits.

So the eldest lady's treatment was his half-hidden temptation in the last conversation.

The soul travels through two worlds, has no relatives, and has no entanglement with the world.

The family's attitude towards him at this time will also determine his future attitude towards the family.

Fortunately, the Hong family is a force that has just experienced blood and fire and is on the rise. It did not despise Hong Fan because of his youth, and made a remedial decision decisively.

The conversation next door continues.

"You don't understand now."

"Although Xingjun's authority is powerful, his shocking talent is as stunning as Shocking Shagong. It took ten years of growth before he can shock Jinhai!"

Having said that, the voice finally quieted down.

But with Hong Fan's cultivation, he could still hear it vaguely.

"Eldest Young Master, you can reach the peak of strength within a few years of kung fu. If everything goes well, it is not impossible to become a congenital within two or three years."

"The kind of thing you think is absolutely impossible!"

The voice sounded like a mosquito at this point, but it rebounded quickly.

"What's the matter, people come and go three or four times, and all the dishes are served next door?"

The first middle-aged man said indignantly.

"The cold dishes are all finished, is this for us to drink up the wine?"

Then came the movement of tables and chairs, and the sound of restless footsteps.

Soon there was a voice calling and asking the servants outside, and then it stopped abruptly.

Hong Fu was puzzled, but Hong Fan roughly guessed the matter.

The next door was quiet for a while, and then two people, an old and a young, came to the door of the private room.

"I didn't expect Brother Fan to be next door. I'm your cousin, and I'm in charge of the family's rice shop on West Street."

The person who spoke was holding a wine glass and jug in both hands, with a rich figure and a fair complexion.

Hong Fan remembered that this person was named Hong Sheng.

Among the several ways out after he went out to study ancestry, one of them was to help this person.

"This is dog Hong Zhang..."

After a few glasses of wine, the two "uninvited guests" were sent away, and the side hall became quiet again.

Hong Fu fell silent for a moment.

Although Hong Sheng didn't make much achievements in martial arts, he was quite capable in business, and he was one of the most generous in the clan.

But it was this Yuanfang uncle who enthusiastically gave Hong Fan a smile just now.

"Brother Fan, there were so many people on the street that day, I didn't expect you to be the one who got the sand world."

Hong Fu suddenly sighed.

Now, recalling Hong Fan's successive breakthroughs after recovering from internal injuries, he finally understood—that was the effect of "Fate Star in Place".

But Hong Fu did not attribute all his friends' progress to luck.

He is the closest person to Hong Fan, and he knows every aspect of Hong Fan's changes in the past six months.

How he treats people, how he speaks and behaves, his demeanor, his sudden display of fighting skills, and the whimsical ideas about mathematics and equipment that he doesn't understand at all...

"Brother Fan."

Hong Fu called out, staring fixedly at his clan brother.

"what happened?"

Hong Fan asked with a smile.

"I suddenly feel like I've never really known you..."

Hong Fu said in a daze.

As soon as he blurted out the words, he realized that something was wrong, but after all, he couldn't stop the mixed feelings in his heart, so he had to drink alcohol as a cover.

Hong Fan toasted to accompany, but did not speak.

They were both stupid birds learning to fly, but one of them suddenly soared into the sky and showed the momentum of a Kunpeng. How could the one who was pulled down not worry?

However, the atmosphere in the side hall didn't last long before being broken by Hong Fu himself.

"Hey, people's hearts are not enough to swallow an elephant."

He chewed the fish maw in his mouth, and his speech was slurred.

"There are 10,000+ people in Jinhai City, but my elder brother has become the star king. This is something you can't even ask for!"

The little fat man swallowed the fish, pulled a chicken leg and put it in Hong Fan's bowl, then grabbed the other and gnawed fiercely.

It seems that this is not the case.

Hong Fan looked at the corner of Hong Fu's mouth which was stained bright with chicken oil, and suddenly laughed.

"That's you, you can bear the me back then..."

As he spoke, he took out a small wooden box from his arms, opened it and placed it on the table.

Inside are five high-quality Tui Gong pills.

"Work hard and strive to break through the penetration realm within a year."

"If it's not enough, come back and find me."

Hong Fan said casually.

With Hong Li's promise, at least he will never be short of Tui Gongwan again.

"Give it to me? This is too precious..."

Hong Fu smelled the scent of the elixir, his eyes widened, but he still chewed the chicken leg unconsciously.

"Just take it."

Hong Fan pushed the box over.

"Hong Ping has his elder brother."

"You have yours too."

(End of this chapter)