Tomb Robber: Oops, I think I met a tomb robber.

Zhang Shouxu stood by like a wooden stake from beginning to end. When the official finished using the talisman paper and came over, he picked up the clothes and followed behind him.

Qiuyue looked at the two people, one big and one small, entering the side hall one after another, and felt like laughing for some unknown reason.

This doesn't make sense. According to seniority, Zhang Shouxu is the ancestor of this minor official. How can an ancestor serve a junior?!

Thinking of this, Qiuyue couldn't help but raise her hand to support her forehead and smiled bitterly. She was a little confused by the chaotic situation. At this time, two milky meows attracted her attention. They were Cotton and Pudding.

"Mi~"

"Miwu~"

The two little guys were placed on the windowsill. Qiuyue turned her head and saw them sitting there with their little heads tilted towards her. Their cute little looks made Qiuyue want to pick them up and kiss them hard. Her brows softened and she said in a soft and sweet voice, "Hey, little cotton pudding, what's wrong? Do you want your sister to touch you~"

The voice was so gentle and touching that Zhang Shouxu, who was instructing the young official to put on his clothes in the side hall, paused for a moment. The forty or so boys who were busy outside also froze for a moment.

Let's go back half an hour.

"We all have to move to the palace next door to Master Qilin to go to school?"

"Yes, my grandfather said this was arranged by the clan leader, and we all have to go."

"There's nothing wrong with us going there, but why do they have to go too?"

As soon as this dissatisfied voice came out, someone in the group of children sitting opposite immediately said, "If you don't want us to go, go talk to the clan leader. You're not a man if you just sit here and whine."

"You want to fight, don't you?"

"I'll fight you if I want to. I'm not afraid of you, you piece of trash."

"Enough, stop arguing. The clan leader has already made a decision and it won't change. We'll be meeting Master Qilin soon. We must get along harmoniously. We can't let Master Qilin see us fighting among ourselves. If we anger Master Qilin, neither you nor I will have a good ending."

The man who had just mentioned his grandfather spoke coldly. As soon as he finished speaking, the two people who were about to quarrel suddenly froze. The boy who first expressed his dissatisfaction said in disbelief, "Get along with each other? With them? Can you please stop being so outrageous?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other children around him echoed him, all of them did not want to get together with the group on the opposite side. The people on the opposite side also had gloomy faces, and it was obvious that they also did not want to stay with them.

"The one we're about to meet is a Qilin, the ancestor Qilin. According to my grandfather, this Master Qilin has come to prolong the life of our future Zhang family. We must show him a harmonious family. We can't let him see a Zhang family strife among themselves, as this will only ruin Master Qilin's impression. For the Zhang family, even if we have to pretend, we have to put on a good show."

The man who had spoken stood up. He was only eight or nine years old when he walked to the front and looked at the people who were sitting on both sides. He said with a serious face, "You can fight as much as you want on weekdays, but from now on, you have to change. No matter how much you hate each other or feel disgusted, you have to put on a peaceful appearance. If Master Qilin knows that our Zhang family is a family full of internal strife, then we will all meet in the confinement room later."

As soon as the word "confinement room" came out, everyone's expression suddenly changed. The man continued, "Master Qilin also brought a child of the same age as us. He is the last spirit of our Zhang family. The clan leader said that we must all help him study hard and make sure he learns everything before returning to the Zhang family in the future."

"So we have to bring a younger generation with us."

Someone grumbled in dissatisfaction, and he said, "If you don't want to, then transfer to another academy. The three head instructors are now the exclusive head instructors of the last generation of Qi Ling. The rest of us are just sent there as a by-product. If it weren't for Master Qilin's consent, we would actually be studying under other instructors tomorrow."

After hearing this, the man who was originally a little unhappy immediately put away his dissatisfaction. He didn't want to be sent to another teacher's house, which would be really embarrassing.

After seeing him look straight in the eye, the person at the front desk asked again, "Any other questions?"

As soon as he finished asking, someone immediately asked, "Are Zhang Shoumiao and the others coming along too?"

The man shook his head and said, "No, from today on, only boys will study together. My grandfather said this is to allow the last Qi Ling to focus more on his studies. He doesn't want him to have an unexpected love affair here."

"The clan leader is even worried about the future of the Zhang family..."

Just when someone couldn't help but murmur a complaint, a light sound of footsteps slowly approached. The forty or so boys who were originally waiting in various places instantly returned to their seats and sat up straight, quietly waiting for the arrival of that person.

When the newcomer walked in, one of the children asked in surprise, "Uncle Xu, why are you here to lead us?"

"Didn't they say that Lin Zu's new attendant was coming to lead us?"

"Uncle Xu, have you become Lord Linzu's attendant?"

"The clan leader actually asked you to serve Master Linzu?!"

Zhang Shouxu did not respond to their words. Looking at this group of the best children in the tribe, he couldn't help but think of what the patriarch had said before.

"Shou Xu, from now on you will be responsible for Master Lin Zu's daily life and protection. Record anything that happens and tell us so we can serve Master Lin Zu promptly. As for these children, if you discover that they have disrespectful thoughts towards Master Lin Zu in the future, don't interfere."

Zhang Shouxu's pupils shrank instantly, and he looked at the patriarch in front of him in disbelief.

"Chief, what you mean is..."

The Zhang family head raised his hand and gently patted Zhang Shouxu's shoulder, saying earnestly, "This is all groundless. You don't have to take it to heart. Sometimes unexpected things happen. I just imagined it in advance."

Before Zhang Shouxu could react, the head of the Zhang family slowly walked out of the palace gate, with only one sentence uttered lightly.

"Lord Linzu, Qilin, God's grace..."

After collecting his scattered thoughts, Zhang Shouxu looked at the group of children again with a complicated expression. He whispered, "It's me. Let's go. Your mission today is to establish your own martial arts training area outside of Lord Linzu's palace. From now on, you will continue your training with Lord Linzu."

"Yes!"

As soon as the task was given, a uniform response rang out. The more than 40 children stood up instantly and followed Zhang Shouxu. When they arrived outside the Qiuyue Palace and saw the luxuriously dressed woman in the palace, they were all stunned.

They thought they could see the true form of Qilin, but they didn't expect that Lord Qilin had already turned into a human form.

The luxuriously embroidered clothes and jewel-studded hair crowns did not attract the attention of these children. Instead, they first looked at the green lotus floating next to Qiuyue. This thing was beyond their cognition, which made them excited.

This is Lady Qilin, she must have many magical spells! Maybe they'll have a chance to see them?

"The location is right here. Go gather the materials for the construction yourselves. Leave the bamboo forest outside Lord Linzu's Hall alone. Go further away."

After Zhang Shouxu said this, he was about to walk into the hall with the things in his hands. However, someone asked suspiciously, "Hey, Uncle Xu, don't we need to go in and see Lord Linzu?"

Zhang Shouxu paused and said, "There's no rush to meet with Lady Linzu. I'll go in and tell her, and then I'll call you when she wants to see you. You should build the martial arts platform first. Besides the platform, you'll also need to move in tables and school supplies. You'll then use the empty side hall next door as your school. These things must be done today."

Upon hearing this, the children's faces showed some disappointment, but they still obeyed the order and stayed where they were, watching Zhang Shouxu walk into the hall, which led to the previous scene.

When Qiuyue's soft and gentle voice appeared, almost everyone was startled by it.

So Lord Linzu is so gentle?

They couldn't help but look up and look at Qiuyue standing by the window playing with two kittens, and they felt it was extremely incredible.

After all, in their cognition, the word "Qilin" is a synonym for strength and has nothing to do with gentleness.

Qiuyue didn't know that the group of children outside the hall were staring at her in a daze. She was so adorable with Cotton and Pudding that her heart was trembling. When she picked up Little Cotton to tease it, it stretched out its claws to hook her face curtain. Qiuyue was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Oh, Little Cotton, do you want to play with this?"

"Meow~~"

The little cotton-pudding's cry was so soft and sweet that Qiuyue almost died of cuteness. She quickly put it back on the windowsill and raised her hand to get her own veil. The little cotton-pudding's pupils instantly dilated and stared at Qiuyue intently, and the children outside almost couldn't help but come over.

Linzu's true face!!

When the veil was removed, revealing the beautiful face that had been hidden underneath, both the two cats and the children's minds went blank for a moment.

It is worthy of being a mythical beast like Qilin. This is a gorgeous face that no mortal can possess!

Even the children who were used to seeing beauties in the tribe were captivated by this stunning appearance and their hearts started pounding. For the first time, they had a real concept of the word beauty.

I am afraid that any creature with aesthetic sense will, upon seeing such soul-stirring beauty, remember it in their heart and never forget it.

-----split line-----

Ding ding dang dang ~ a new batch of Zhang family members ~

In the past, Baozi suggested to me that we should also include the ancestors of the Zhang family. I really didn’t want to write about it at first, but I didn’t expect that it would be so good in the end (laughing and crying). The character settings of the new batch of Zhang family ancestors are still being born (to be honest, it’s a bit difficult). Oh, thinking of character settings is really a headache. I would like to express my special thanks to my baby Yi’an in the group, otherwise I probably can’t even think of half of the character settings now.

Although our brains have been almost drained from thinking about these characters, hahaha.