Chapter 524: Something Else
Lin Lao said a lot today, in the past, he always rarely spoke at the Lin family's meetings, and even when he did, he was often the final word, saying some summary words.
However, Lin Wenshu understood this patriarch very well, and he said so many things unusually, not to get the attention of the family, but to see the current situation of the Lin family, and he was anxious from the bottom of his heart. As the saying goes, it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country, the Lin family has dominated the south of the Yangtze River for several generations, and the disciples of the clan have gradually sunk in comfort, especially after three generations, their enterprising spirit has been seriously degraded, and even the bloody nature of the rivers and lakes has been diluted a lot. In the past, there was an older generation in charge, and many people thought that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and that there was nothing wrong with the country they had laid down by future generations to enjoy the blessings, but a catastrophe made the masters of the clan go to seven or eight out of ten, and the younger generations were pushed to the front of the stage under surprise, can they stand up to the pillars of the Lin family? In Lin Lao's opinion, they are not ready, whether it is for cultivation strength or psychological experience, they are really not worse than the ancestors of the Lin family! Therefore, he ruthlessly attacked the children of the family, and praised Ye Heng without hesitation, he just wanted to arouse the sense of honor of the disciples of the Lin family in this way, so that they would be ashamed and brave!
Lin Lao's move can really be described as well-intentioned, but his praise for Ye Heng is not against his will, but he really thinks so. In today's rivers and lakes, it is really rare for Ye Heng to have such an achievement at his age, and he is also glad that the Lin family can find such a son-in-law.
"Third uncle, I understand what you mean, fortunately, I, the head of the family, is still here, and you and several elders can help me, the future of the Lin family depends on you a lot, I have thanked you on behalf of the ancestors of the Lin family!" Lin Wenshu stood up from the main seat and saluted respectfully to several old people, his words were not to order as the head of the family, but to ask in the tone of a junior, there is a big difference here.
"The head of the house can't!"
"Smell the book, it doesn't have to be like this!"
Several elders were startled from their seats and said in a panic.
Lin Wenshu shook his hand and said, "Everyone, today I ask you as the head of the family, there is still hope for the Lin family; The face of my head of the family is nothing, and there is no shame in asking my own people for help, because we still have the ability to stand proudly in the rivers and lakes; now the shadow is a boulder in front of our Lin family, smash it and clean it up, and our road ahead is still bright and flat; if it is blocked, our road will be completely cut off. This is not alarmist, I hope everyone will unite and get through this together!"
"Family Master, as disciples of the Lin family, we must share weal and woe with the family, what you let us do, we will do it, we must let the Lin family stand tall!" Lin Moran stood up and said generously. The others followed one after another, and the crowd was excited and morale was high for a while!
"Okay, as long as everyone has faith and doesn't give up, our Lin family will definitely be able to get through the difficulties!" Lin Wenshu also felt his blood boiling, and continued, "Next, let's continue to analyze the Shadow organization and come up with a way to deal with him. Ye Heng, you go on, everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully, because a lot of the news that Ye Heng knew had not yet spread in the rivers and lakes, this was first-hand information, and even our Lin family's intelligence department had not gotten the news!"
After everyone heard this, they immediately focused their eyes on Ye Heng, Ye Heng nodded to Lin Wenshu, and began to tell what he knew about the shadows. The more the Lin family listened, the more serious their expressions became, the power of the shadow was really beyond their imagination, and many young people really realized the sense of crisis. The Lin family seemed to have survived the difficulties, once the Shadow attacked them again, the Lin family knew in their hearts that no one had the confidence to be able to block the Shadow's attack again. Compared with some of the races and forces that the Shadow has already eliminated, the current Lin family really doesn't have any advantage, and they really understand why they can't fall into the Chen family at this time, but develop themselves as soon as possible. If you continue to fight with the Chen family, the Lin family will win in the end, and you will still have to lose some of the elites, no matter how big the expansion of power is, there are not enough people to guard and operate, it is really a life to earn and not to spend money, and in the end, it may not be cheaper.
The Lin family really doesn't have the strength to stretch out a slap to fish out now, but to clench five fingers together to form a powerful fist, not only for self-preservation, but also to accumulate strength for being able to swing a heavy punch in the future.
The Lin family's meeting is still going on, and the content of the meeting can be called top secret and must not be made public. The current Chen family seems to have a good relationship with the Lin family, and they are also in a meeting. It's just that the Chen family's meeting was not presided over by the head of the family, and the number of participants was much smaller than that of the Lin family.
The Chen family is now in charge of the overall situation by several elders with extremely high seniority, and the things they encounter are a mess, and they are already busy. Due to the urgency of the situation, they didn't care about electing a new head of the family to take charge of the Chen family, and the current Chen family did not have the ability to turn the tide with outstanding disciples, so they could only rely on a few old people to support them to clean up the mess. Miao
After Chen Xingyuan's death, the Chen family immediately lost the right to speak in the imperial court, and the privileges and benefits that had been fought for from the imperial court in the past were constantly abolished or withdrawn, and the imperial court began to deliberately target the Chen family. Moreover, bad news came from the front, after the army led by the Chen family crossed the Dingjiang River and occupied the two states of the Shuntian Empire, there was no progress after that, and recently it was defeated by the Northwest Army that suddenly moved south, and had to return to the south bank of the Dingjiang River. Although the army returned, the losses were huge, and the five generals of the Chen family were all killed. As a result, the Chen family was not only punished for defeat, but also lost control of the army.
What made the Chen family even more depressed was that the Shadow sent someone to reprimand the Chen family. To tell the truth, before the Chen family made a move against the Lin family, the shadow had already helped them remove most of the obstacles, but as a result, the Chen family not only did not destroy the Lin family as planned, but also put their own head into it, and now the Chen family's status in Jiangnan has taken a sharp turn, which can be described as a sunset, which is extremely disappointed by the Lord of Shadows, who had suffered defeat!
The Lord of Shadows had no place to vent his anger, and he just happened to run into the unlucky man of the Chen family, so Li Hui released all the evil fire in his stomach on the Chen family. After a series of incidents, the Chen family not only lost their troops, but was also forced by the Lord of Shadows to take the responsibility for the defeat of Jinzhou, and they were really aggrieved and had nowhere to appeal.
Some small forces and small families that were originally attached to the Chen family saw that the Chen family was gone, and they broke away from the Chen family one after another, no one thought that the Chen family, which was originally ranked fourteenth on the Longmen list, would end up in such a field overnight as the top wealthy family on the same level as the Lin family in Jiangnan.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and some people even started some small industries of the Chen family, especially in places far away from Jian'an City, and the situation was even more serious. People quickly carved up the assets of the Chen family, and the Chen family's pet business network was broken and quickly destroyed. The Chen family couldn't do anything about it, firstly, the Chen family had failed to catch it, and they really couldn't take care of these small industries; second, the court pretended not to know, and turned a blind eye to the mud, the Chen family asked the court for help several times, and the court just shirked it on the grounds that it was being investigated, and the Chen family knew what was going on, but they were helpless against the court. Because the current Chen family can no longer call for wind and rain, it has completely lost ground in Jiangnan!
"Big brother, the imperial court is really too much, and it doesn't take us seriously anymore! I begged our Chen family in a low way before, but now that we have become a refined, they actually bite us back! Big brother, you say, what should we do?" In the conference hall of the Chen family, several old men were deliberating, and an old man with a hot temper said.
"The situation is compelling, the court is pressing us, we have to endure it! We can no longer swagger around like before, telling the disciples in the family, this time is different from the past, all of them are restrained for me, the family has no energy to deal with their jealous and jealous, if anyone does not listen, the family law will serve, and we will not be soft! In addition, if we lose the property that is not very important to us, we will lose it, and don't try to get it back! For our Chen family, now is an eventful time, more things are better than less, everyone is honest with me, from now on, I will be a good child at home, and I must not run around willfully!" said the old head headed by the Chen family.
This old man's name is Chen Jianmu, and he is the uncle of the head of the family, Chen Xingyuan, who has been ignoring family affairs for a long time and concentrating on cultivation, wanting to break through the barriers of the Martial Emperor rank and embark on a higher path of martial arts in his lifetime. It's a pity that he is old and lacks understanding, he has been stranded at the peak Martial Sect level for more than ten years, and still has not broken through to the Martial Emperor Level, and he has not even realized the sudden opportunity on the first line, which made him disheartened, and instead decided to help the family cultivate rising stars. It was precisely because of his appearance that the Chen family's waist hardened, because, Chen Jianmu's cultivation was almost an existence that could walk sideways in the Heavenly Fortune Continent, where the Martial Emperor Rank was not allowed to make a move, and there were only a few people who were qualified to be his opponents.
With someone behind him, the Chen family is naturally more low-spirited in speaking and doing things, and it has gradually become stronger in recent years, thus stimulating the ambition of the head of the family, Chen Xingyuan, leading the Chen family to join the shadows, trying to turn the Chen family into a more powerful family. Judging from the progress in the early stage, Chen Xingyuan's choice is not wrong, but the mistake is that there are always some things in this world that are not controlled by man, and there are always some things that do not develop in the direction designed by others.
"Jianmu, you put all the clansmen together, what are you going to do next?" Regarding Chen Jianmu's arrangement, the Supreme Elder of the Chen family was very recognized, and he also recognized Chen Jianmu's means of handling things, so he asked about the next plan with great anticipation.
Since the Yingtian Empire suppressed us, then we will go to the Shuntian Empire to show our strength! Our Jiangnan Chen family is a super strong family on the dignified Dragon Gate list, how can it be easily defeated? The east is not bright and the west is bright, and the Yingtian Empire will kick us away after using us, but the Shuntian Empire urgently needs us to take action, and when we get there, as long as we help Shuxian complete the plan, the status of our Chen family will rise! When the time comes, we will wait for the Yingtian Empire to come to us and beg us, hahahaha!" Chen Jianmu said with a loud laugh, but his laughter was cold and full of hatred.
"We just took advantage of this opportunity to show weakness, so that others thought that our Chen family was finished, and we could only hide at home as shrinking turtles, so that those jumping clowns who had lost their awe of us jumped out one by one, and after seeing their true colors, we will clean them up one by one!" Another elder immediately understood what Chen Jianmu meant, and said with a sneer.
Listening to the smile on Elder Taishang's face slowly solidifying, he thought that someone had finally recognized the reality and wanted to really plan for the future of the Chen family, but he never expected that they would finally climb out of one pit and jump into another pit again. It turned out that they had other plans to put the Chen family together!