"In this way, the last general will take his leave!"

Li Ru nodded, stood up, and sent a military general out of the hall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he was about to walk back, his eyes fell on a tree in the courtyard, and after looking up and down a few times, he turned around, walked to this tree, and stood with his hands in his hands.

The tree is a very ordinary tree, the stem is long and straight, the gray-white bark is smooth, there are occasional longitudinal cracks, the crown is not luxuriant, but it is not sparse, the branches are of different lengths, the leaves are mostly triangular oval, and some buds are being pulled out at this time, which seems to be a little spring.

Li Ru's gaze seemed to fall on the tree, and it seemed that he was not looking at that tree at all, but looking at an unknown place......

"This tree is too big...... It's time to chop ......"

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In the ancestral hall of Hongnong Yang's family, the six old men sat silently on the seat, like a piece of decaying tree stump, although it was still very complete, but it could feel that the vitality in it was gradually fading away, and the gray hair and beard were like the fungi that grew on the stake, and like the ashes left after the wood burned.

The ancestral hall of the Yang family is very spacious, the main hall is about ten zhang, the width is more than four zhang, on the wall of the front, the tablet of the sages of the Yang family is enshrined, each tablet is written with the name and official position, and it is painted with gold powder, the tablet of black lacquer is added to the golden font, it looks particularly solemn.

The Hongnong Yang clan has been based in the Han court for nearly three hundred years.

After the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and the general Huo Guang promoted a young man named Yang Chang, who later married the daughter of Sima Qian, and successively served as the Great Si Nong, the Imperial Doctor, and the Prime Minister.

Subsequently, Yang Zhen of Hongnong Yang's family, the word Boqi, also served as the prime minister, and from Yang Zhen, to Yang Bing, and now Yang Biao, they are all ranked as the third duke, so the Yang family is also the "fourth and third dukes" who have no water at all.

Now, on the peak of the Great Han Shi clan, the Yang family is undoubtedly standing at the top of the column, and it is a well-deserved family in the world, only the Yuan family can compare.

Now sitting in the ancestral hall, under the light veil of the curtain, are the only six elders of the Hongnong Yang clan, and they are also the representatives of the six side branches of the Yang clan.

In the big family, there are naturally many side branches, and there are many side branches, so naturally there are some more outstanding disciples, and although these disciples failed to ascend to the position of the head of the family in the end, they also have some right to speak, such as the Yang family, there are currently six elders.

The six elders sat together, but they were all like wooden carvings, and they did not say a word, only the occasional twitching of the brows and the rolling of the eyes under the drooping eyelids seemed to prove that these were still alive.

Outside the main hall, there was a sound of tuk-tuk, and the six elders stood up from their seats one after another, and their hands were solemn.

A dove staff appeared at the door, and then there was the old hand that held the dove, the hand was withered and thin, and covered with old age spots, large and small, like a dry branch.

The six Haoshou elders saluted slowly, "Greetings to the Great Elder." "The sluggish movements are not because they look down on them, or because they are dissatisfied after waiting too long, but because these six are indeed the same and too old.

There are six elders of the Yang family, but if you don't say the name, only one big elder is referring to one person, Yang Rang. However, this name has not been called for a long time, and the Yang family generally only calls him the Great Elder.

Although the Great Elder was old and his body was already rickety, he did not want to be supported by others, but walked to the top of the hall with his dove cane alone and sat down.

More than a dozen mermaids rushed in and presented each elder with a freshly scalded silk face towel.

The Great Elder took the face towel, tilted his head slightly, covered his face, and quietly waited for the heat to spread on his face, as if this was the way to add some heat and some power to his old body.

The heat of the silk scarf quickly dissipated along the wrinkles on his face, and those wrinkles were like an abyss, quickly swallowing up all the heat. The Great Elder tore off the silk scarf that was no longer hot, and wiped his old face very carefully and carefully, but there was still a tiredness and dullness in those wrinkles.

As the Great Elder put the towel back into the golden basin, like a silent order, the six elders also put down the silk scarves in their hands, and the subordinates withdrew from the hall in a humble and orderly manner.

"The Wang family is riding on the wall and looking at it, I am afraid that I can't wait." An old man broke the silence.

Another old man said: "Rampant short-sighted, inadequate and scheming. Now that the soldiers of Hanoi are going south, and the troops of Liang Dong are going north, the national thieves have no choice but to do both, and this is the right time. ”

The Great Elder lowered his head slightly, his face shrouded in shadows, and said slowly, "What is the Yuan Clan? ”

"Taifu Yuan has been trapped in Xiatai, and he can't see it, but there are tokens, and he can be ordered inside and outside the capital." Another old man slowly took out a jade pendant from his sleeve, gently placed it in front of him, and then pushed it forward slightly, exposing the jade pendant to the light.

The jade pendant is round, the pattern is cumbersome, the cloud dragon carved on it is under the illumination of the light, it seems to be about to take off from the surface of the jade pendant, on the dragon head of the cloud dragon, you can faintly see a small "Yuan" word.

"Yuan Yulong, hehe, it's also domineering......"

The elder sitting on the left side of the Great Elder coughed, obviously not wanting to continue this crooked topic, and said slowly: "The national thief has gone against the grain and destroyed the foundation of my Yang clan, if I sit back and wait to die, I am afraid that after a hundred years, the Hongnong Yang clan will turn into dust." Now the king of Hanoi soldiers stationed in Mengjin, pointing to Heluo, forced the thieves to sleep and eat, led the troops to the north to refuse, now it is necessary to feint in Shaanxi, one can cut off the grain in the east of the river, and the other is that Li thief will send troops to rescue, so that the city of Luoyang must be empty, and you can get the help of the Yuan family, internal and external force, and it is easy to take the city! If the Dong thief loses his foundation, it will definitely be in chaos, and if he fights with the soldiers of Hanoi, he can break it in one fell swoop! This one can solve our danger, and the other can promote the name of Hongnong, when the world is excited, everyone expects to return, and it should be an immortal achievement! This is a thousand-year opportunity, if you lose it, you will regret it for life! ”

Everyone looked at the Great Elder one after another, but unfortunately the darkness always shrouded the Great Elder's face, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly, so they only heard the Great Elder say slowly: "The Yuan family seeks change, and is evil to Dong thieves, first losing its sharpness in sour dates, and then losing its gathering in Bianshui, and then not being able to get out of Luohe. ”

The elder sitting on the left side of the Great Elder was silent for a long time, and then said word by word: "The Great Elder has the same intentions...... Let's go to the clan! ”

In the Yang clan rules, when the opinions of the elders cannot be reconciled with the elders, each elder has a chance in his life to apply for his opinion to be voted on by all the elders, and the vote can be carried out naturally.

The Great Elder slowly closed his eyes and said for a long time, "...... In that case, let's decide......"

The elder sitting on the left side of the Great Elder took the lead in taking out his Elder Seal and placing it in front of him......

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The door of the ancestral hall finally opened, and the six elders hurriedly walked out of the hall with serious faces......

After a long time, the Great Elder appeared at the door of the hall on crutches, and his steps were even more staggering.

The Great Elder slowly walked through the front yard alone, walked out of the front door, and suddenly stopped, and instead of boarding his own carriage and horse, he came to the woodland outside the courtyard, and walked under a big tree.

This tree was planted with his brother Yang Li when he was a child, and now that the tree has grown up, people have long been separated from yin and yang.

The Great Elder stroked the tree pole with his dry hand, looked up hard, and sighed, "The tree is old...... There are many dead branches and leaves......"