"Chen Hao?" At the Xiao family registration desk, an old man who originally seemed very amiable suddenly turned cold and asked when he saw a young man in coarse linen clothes appearing in front of him.
Chen Hao was slightly stunned. Did he offend this old man in some way? He hurriedly and cautiously said: "Yes, old man."
"Have you ever been to school?" the old man asked abruptly.
"No...no." Upon hearing the old man's question, Chen Hao's face suddenly turned red and he said anxiously.
School is a right that only the children of the rich have. For Chen Hao, it can only be a luxury wish.
"Take it, this is yours, this is yours too." The old man glanced at Chen Hao with disdain, threw a package directly to Chen Hao, and then threw out a thick book and said: "Ji Yuan, bring me
He goes to the dormitory!"
Chen Hao recognized that book. It was the same book Ergouzi used when he first entered the school. Chen Hao took the package, picked up the book, and still stood there, looking at it anxiously.
Looking at the old man in front of me.
"Why are you still standing there? Don't disturb other disciples' registration!" the old man said impatiently.
"Old man...don't you...also have a sword and a key?" Chen Hao arrived not too early and was in the middle of the queue. When other disciples reported in, he also saw that the items he received included a package.
A sword and a key to the dormitory. But the old man gave himself an extra book, but seemed to have forgotten the sword and key. This made Chen Hao slightly confused.
"Sword? You are not qualified yet. As a disciple of the Xiao family, you must be proficient in both civil and military skills. How can you understand the formulas without ever going to school? Next!" The old man looked at Chen Hao with disdain and said, and waved his hand directly after speaking.
He waved his hand and started processing the next person to register.
"Thank you, old man." The simple Chen Hao did not doubt him at all, but thought that what the old man said was very reasonable. After bowing and thanking him, he followed the Xiao family disciple who didn't look good and walked inside.
After walking for two cups of tea, under the leadership of a disciple of the Xiao family, Chen Hao came to a large courtyard with the word "xiang" written on the door. Inside the courtyard were exquisite huts, each of which was
They are all different sizes, with different numbers, and are surrounded by
There is a circle of bamboo fence and a small door. There are nearly a hundred such huts in this compound. Chen Hao looked at them one by one and found a pattern. The larger the number, the smaller the house. However, even if
It's the smallest one, but it's much bigger than the slum where Chen Hao's family lives.
"Is this my dormitory? It's so big..." Chen Hao was secretly surprised. He thought that the newly recruited Xiao family disciples should have several people living in one room, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be a separate courtyard, and it was very exquisite and looked...
Very comfortable.
The disciple of the Xiao family, who was just leading the way, seemed to have no intention of stopping. He still led Chen Hao inside, until he reached the depths of the courtyard without stopping. Chen Hao was puzzled, but he didn't feel comfortable asking.
Just following it like that stupidly, after turning a few more corners, a row of
The huts appeared in Chen Hao's eyes again. Compared with the huts he saw just now, these huts were obviously much smaller, and they looked very shabby, bare, and without bamboo fences. The one at the end was even more exaggerated, with walls
There were holes all over, and the roof seemed to be in tatters.
When Chen Hao was confused, a disciple of the Xiao family had already led him to the front of this row of houses. He suddenly turned around and said to Chen Hao: "Boy, the most shabby room at the end is your dormitory!"
Chen Hao was stunned for a while. He was just a simple man. Although he was puzzled and confused, he still didn't say much. He bowed to the Xiao family disciple and said "Thank you". The Xiao family disciple snorted coldly.
With a cry, he turned around and left.
"Humph, you poor man, you have offended Senior Brother Ji Han, and you will suffer the consequences from now on. The first place will become the last place, that's just the beginning..." After the Xiao family disciple turned around and left, he seemed to be very light and soft.
The voice of talking to himself floated clearly into Chen Hao's ears.
At this moment, Chen Hao's delicate face was stunned, puzzled, and confused at first, and then showed strong anger!
The disciple never expected that Chen Hao would hear it, because his voice was indeed very small, but he didn't know that Chen Hao had been different from ordinary people since he was a child. His hearing was several times better than ordinary people, and his eyesight was even more amazing.
In the dark night, you can clearly see the legs of a mosquito ten meters away!
"Xiao Jihan...who is he?" Chen Hao suppressed the anger in his heart and walked step by step towards the dilapidated house.
No wonder I don’t have a key. In a house like this, the door is in tatters, so where can I get the key?
It's just that he doesn't know why he offended the person named Xiao Jihan just after he entered the Xiao family? He doesn't know this person at all!
"Huh?" Just when Chen Hao was about to enter the house, in the house next door to him, which was only slightly better than his, a girl about the same age as Chen Hao walked out. She seemed to know Chen Hao and was quite surprised.
appearance.
"I know you, it's strange... why do you live here? This should be the last place to live! You seem to be the first to pass the Xiao family test, right?" The girl looks very smart, with big eyes,
Full of confusion, it seemed that he couldn't figure out why Chen Hao was placed here.
"Last place?"
"Well, don't you know? The people who live here are the ones with the lowest test scores. The better the test scores, the better the house they live in. Did you see those numbers when you came here just now? They are all based on test rankings.
Come on, I... I barely passed the test... I thought I was the last one... I didn't expect...
But it shouldn’t be, you should be number one? Weird, really weird... Oh, my name is Li Xiaoling... Oh, no, my name should be Xiao Xiangling now, what is your name?" the girl chirped.
Da Dui, the girl knew Chen Hao, but she only knew about the coarse linen clothes, but she didn't know his name.
Through the girl's words, Chen Hao figured out one thing, that is, the better the test scores, the better the life.
I was placed here, which meant that my test score was the last. But I passed the test first, so why did I become the last?
Chen Hao couldn't help but flash a name in his mind, Xiao Jihan!
However, Chen Hao was confused by what the girl said after that, and he vaguely guessed that when he entered the Xiao family, his original name would be changed.
"My name is Chen Hao!"
"Chen Hao? Xiao Xianghao, it's not as good as Chen Hao..."
"Do we have to change our names? I don't know much about the Xiao family's rules." Chen Hao said.
"Hehe... There are no rules of the Xiao family that I don't know. Let me tell you!" The girl said with a proud smile on her face, looking very cute, "When you become a disciple of the Xiao family, you will be given a surname by the Xiao family. All surnames will be given to you by the Xiao family."
Xiao. The disciples of the Xiao family are divided into inner disciples and outer disciples. In our words, they are outer disciples. This only started to exist twenty-four years ago."
"In addition to changing our surname to Xiao, the outer disciples also have the Chinese character generation, which means 'forever generations, eternal good luck'. It is the generation of the outer disciples from the first generation to the eighth generation disciples. We are the eighth generation disciples, so our name is 'Xiao Xiang'."
The name is fixed, and my original name was Li Xiaoling, so I am called Xiao Xiangling! There is nothing you can do if you don’t like it, this is the rule of the Xiao family, unless..." Chen Xiangling said with a smile.
"Unless what?"
"Unless you become a guest of the Xiao family, you can regain your real name." When the girl said the word guest, her eyes were full of longing and respect.
"Ke Qing? What is that?" Chen Hao asked doubtfully.
Xiao Xiangling was speechless for a while. It seemed that the guy in front of her really knew nothing about the Xiao family. Fortunately, one of her favorite things was to answer other people's questions. She patiently explained: "The guest of the Xiao family, is
Second only to the head of the Xiao family, only a master who has reached the ninth rank of Martial Emperor can become the guest minister of the Xiao family. At that time, he will not be restricted by the Xiao family and can restore his original name."
"But... that's too difficult. All I need to do is become an inner disciple. Inner disciples can't change their surnames, but they can change their names at will. They don't have to follow the generation of the outer disciples. Do you understand?"
"Understood."
A guest of the Xiao family? No matter how difficult it is, I, Chen Hao, will definitely become a guest of the Xiao family and regain my real name!
"Do you have any more questions? My little Ling'er knows everything... Hehe!" Xiao Xiangling was very proud that she had a chance to perform. She liked this feeling very much.
"Do you know Xiao Jihan?" Looking at Xiao Linger's face that seemed to really know everything, Chen Hao asked the question in his heart.
"Xiao Jihan?" Xiao Ling'er was slightly startled, with a trace of envy flashing in his eyes, and said: "Of course I know that he is the number one master among the seventh generation disciples of the Xiao family's outer sect, and the most promising among the seventh generation disciples of the Xiao family.
A genius who became an inner disciple. However, I only know him and have never met him in person. Do you know him?"
"I don't know you!" Seeing Xiao Ling'er's envious expression, Chen Hao's suppressed anger suddenly rose again. He clenched his fist tightly and said coldly. After saying that, he ignored Xiao Ling'er's surprise and
He walked directly to the dilapidated house.
…
Pushing open the broken door that could be kicked away with one kick, Chen Hao walked into his dormitory. Fortunately, the room was relatively clean. Although there were many holes on the four walls and several small "skylights" on the roof, it was still relatively clean.
Compared to the slum where he once lived, the ventilation and lighting were much better. It was simply "ventilated on all sides and illuminated on five sides", and it was not that humid!
There was a simple wooden bed with quilts stacked on it. Some simple daily utensils were placed in the corner of the room, but nothing else.
He simply spread out the bedding, carried a few buckets of water from a spring pool a hundred meters away from the dormitory, filled the water tanks, took off his only set of coarse linen clothes, and folded them neatly
, put it on the corner of the bed and wiped myself
I put on a set of clothing provided by the Xiao family. From the inside to the outside, it is milky white and has a soft texture. It feels very comfortable when worn on my body. There is a black word "Xiao" embroidered on the left chest, under the word "Xiao"
Embroidered with a number, "Nine-Nine"!
He is the last one, which means that there are a total of ninety-nine Xiao family disciples recruited this year!
A man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. When Chen Hao put on these clothes, he suddenly looked much more energetic and no longer looked like a poor boy. He was already handsome and full of spirituality, and he looked even more handsome.
One after another, until the evening, all the Xiao family disciples who came to report finally arrived, and the new members who were placed in the broken houses near Chen Hao also arrived one after another. What Chen Hao didn't expect was that there were ten rooms in total.
Except for himself, all the people in the broken house were girls, and he became the only man here...
And it’s the last one!
Why was he the first to pass the test, but ended up last?
During the initial selection process of the Xiao family, there was no mention of whether or not they had attended a school. Why did it involve becoming a disciple of the Xiao family?
Xiao Jihan!
Everything is that inexplicable Xiao Jihan!
…
"All new members will be ordered to assemble at the Xiao Family Martial Arts Arena in a quarter of an hour. They must not be late! All new members will be ordered to assemble at the Xiao Family Martial Arts Arena in a quarter of an hour. They must not be late..."
Just when Xiao Ling'er and eight other girls were chattering away, and Chen Hao was sitting alone in the room, reading a book in which he didn't recognize a single word except the numbers, a majestic voice
When it reached everyone's ears, the sound was not loud, but it was as if it was ringing in their ears.
Chen Hao hurriedly walked out of the house and followed Xiao Ling'er and others out quickly.
"Chen Hao... what happened to you just now?" Xiao Ling'er couldn't help but ask after seeing Chen Hao.
"It's nothing. Sorry... let's go!" Chen Hao changed the subject and said.
…
In the martial arts field, on the high platform. Xiao Guan, dressed in black, still stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the new members arriving one after another with sharp eyes, feeling quite satisfied because the overall level of the disciples admitted this year is higher than that of any other class, and
There were several very outstanding young men, especially the young man in coarse linen clothes named Chen Hao, who shocked and delighted Xiao Guan even more.
His eyes scanned the crowd, as if he was looking for someone, but he never showed up. When he saw No. 1 appear, his brows wrinkled slightly, what's going on?
Number one should be the boy in coarse linen clothes. Could it be that...he didn't come to report?
A trace of doubt arose in Xiao's concern, and he turned to look at the old man sitting behind him.
This old man is the one responsible for receiving the new disciples, Xiao Bo, the sixth elder of the Xiao family, second only to the Xiao family's guest minister, but a more important existence than the Xiao family's guest minister.
Because being a guest means freedom, it is only a formal and moral constraint on the Xiao family. You can do whatever you like. If you are not happy, you can just slap your butt and leave. The elders are real members of the Xiao family.
Which one is more important and which one is less important can be known at a glance!
Even Xiao Guan, the chief instructor of the Xiao family's outer disciples, is one level below him and is under his direct control.
"Sixth Elder, what's wrong with the first place?" Xiao Guan turned around and asked.
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