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The two little girls were coaxed and tricked by Shen Lin for a while, then put down the airs they were holding earlier, and started playing with him.

"Aniang said that the people who came this time are amazing!" He Xiaolan was carried by Shen Lin to the stone table in the yard. She opened her arms and made a big gesture, "She told us to be polite. , can't embarrass the He family."

Shen Lin smiled and peeled an orange for the two of them, which made Lu Huaiyuan suddenly a little jealous.

He Xiaozhu sat on a stone bench beside him shaking his feet: "They had a quarrel before! Uncle Six was very upset when he heard that there was going to be a grand ceremony, so he ran over to argue with Uncle and Uncle, but he couldn't beat Uncle and the others. Then the grand ceremony still has to be done.”

Shen Lin said: "Oh, Uncle Six won't let me do it... What's your Uncle Six's name?"

The two little girls were obviously lost.For people of their age, it is not easy to tell the names of this big family clearly, and it is inevitable that they will be difficult to call their uncle by name.

Just as the two girls were staring at each other, a woman's voice came from outside the courtyard, calling Xiao Lan and Xiao Zhu's names.As soon as He Xiaozhu heard the voice, he jumped up from the chair: "Xiaolan, it's Mommy!"

She still remembered what her mother said, and wanted to drag her younger sister to pick up that serious look again, but before she had time to act, the woman had already followed the sound, and when she looked up, she saw He Xiaolan standing on the table with her hands in her hands. I was eating an orange in my hand.

When He Xiaolan saw her mother, she was startled. She didn't know where to hide the orange in her hand: "Mother!...how come you are so fast."

The woman stepped forward and gave a blessing: "I am not strict with discipline, let the little girl disturb your peace, I am really sorry."

He Xiaolan got off the table on the stone bench, and ran to her mother with her sister.The woman patted the shoulders of the two sisters: "Why don't you apologize soon?"

The two little girls bowed respectfully and apologized, and followed their mother back.

"Master," Shen Huaiyu said after the three of them had gone far away, "What's the matter with the competition? Why didn't you let us participate?"

"There are two kinds of invitations from the He family this time," Shen Lin said lightly, "The purpose of the grand ceremony is to invite the world to appreciate Shi Shengjian. But Shi Shengjian and the He family don't want anyone else to see it. After all, this thing is not a Chinese cabbage at the entrance of the village."

Shen Huaiyu let out a "hmm".

"The invitations for the grand ceremony are just to distinguish this difference. The first kind are special invitations, which are only issued to some famous sects," Shen Lin said, pulling out the invitations from his bosom. In addition to different inks, there are other identification methods. It is said that the He family used a special incense on it, and no one else could smell it. Only the servants specially trained by the He family could smell it. But it was also rumored outside Yes, how to identify the authenticity, only the He family knows."

Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan looked at the invitation in Shen Lin's hand and nodded silently.

Shen Lin continued: "The people who hold this kind of invitation are all people of high status, and they can directly participate in Shi Shengjian's observation meeting with the invitation. If you can't get this kind of invitation, you want to see the appearance of this strange sword , can only go the other way.”

This is the second kind of invitation.

"The second type of invitation is not so much an invitation, but more like a ticket to a competition," Shen Lin explained, "These invitations are sent to some small clan sects. The He family set up a challenge to hold this kind of invitation Those who come can participate in the competition, as long as they get the approval of Mr. He in the competition, they can go to watch Shi Shengjian with those famous people."

Lu Huaiyuan carefully looked at the letter in Shen Lin's hand again, the letter he was holding was from Phnom Penh.Shen Lin seemed to have noticed Lu Huaiyuan's gaze, and added: "The other is the silver edge."

"The He family actually has their own intentions in setting up the competition this time. They want to use this competition to select some outstanding young students and recruit them to be their disciples." Shen Lin said, "The Xingyue Pavilion has been very rampant recently. The grand ceremony is held this time, one is to show off, and the other is to attract talents. You don't have to join in the excitement of the competition."

Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan nodded, they understood the reason.

Shen Lin said again: "I checked and suspected that someone in the Xingyue Pavilion used some crooked methods to improve their strength. If you meet them somewhere else, be careful."

On the second day, the grand ceremony officially kicked off, and the most eye-catching thing was the competition.The He family set up a big arena on their school grounds.Behind it was covered with a red cloth, and many disciples were arranged to guard it was the rumored Shi Shengjian.There were many onlookers around the ring, whispering to the ring and Shi Shengjian behind.

Standing on the arena was a young man in his twenties, wearing the He family's golden gown, with a big knife behind his back.He has sword-like brows and star-eyed eyes, and he is very imposing when he stands on the ring, which discourages many people who want to try the challenge.

Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan also came to watch the battle, Shen Lin was not interested in this, and stayed in the yard to continue teasing the two little girls of the He family.Those two little girls were very snobbish, Shen Lin gave them sweets, they played with Shen Lin, and occasionally said a few words to Shen Huaiyu who was in the same courtyard, as for Lu Huaiyuan, the little girls ran away when they saw him, As if he could eat people.

"Brother Huaiyu, brother Huaiyuan, what a coincidence?" A familiar voice came from next to their ears, and when they turned their heads, it turned out that it was Jiang Hanyi.

Shen Huaiyu smiled and said: "Han Yi, did you also come to watch the battle with the invitation from Phnom Penh?"

Jiang Hanyi shook his head: "No. Does my old man have such a big face? I didn't come in with an invitation this time. Someone in the He family is seriously ill. I invite my sister to come for treatment every other month. I am Followed her."

"Oh, so it is." Lu Huaiyuan said.

"Do you not recognize the people on the stage?" Jiang Hanyi said, "That is the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation of the He family. He was originally from the outer sect, but because he was too outstanding, he was promoted into the inner sect with an exception. He Hongguang."

"Promoted from the outer door?" Lu Huaiyuan glanced at the stage, "It's interesting."

"Isn't that so?" Jiang Hanyi said softly, "Grandpa He directly accepted him as his grandson, which made many inner disciples of the He family dissatisfied with He Hongguang. Some people said that this was against the rules. The He family has never There has been a precedent for the outer door being referred to the inner door. However, Mr. He said that the rules are all made by people, there are so many rules and regulations, and he was accepted by the inner door against all opinions. "

Shen Huaiyu smiled faintly: "You know this."

"I'll take your words as a compliment." Jiang Hanyi said, his eyes moved to He Hongguang, "In the stands, someone went up."