Volume 2 The Family Chapter 54 The Smell of Gunpowder
The streets of Fanyang City are gradually becoming lively, and it is raining in the sky, but the streets of the outer city are full of wine tables. Because of the rooftops of the city, even if it rains, there is no need to be afraid of not being able to accommodate so many tables of banquets.
The inner city, Lufu, and Longxing Street are still empty. All the shops are closed because everyone here is eligible to attend the birthday feast outside the Lord's House.
In the head of the house, a huge round table was placed in the courtyard, covered with a red cloth, and a large plate of longevity peaches had been placed on the tablecloth.
There are not many people who can get on this table, except for Old Lady Lu and the head of the Lu family, only the three masters of the Fan Yang Lu family, Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingyun and Lu Qingtian have this qualification. Among the other guests, the heads of the four great families were eligible to attend, and the left prime minister, Muren Gedatan, and the right prime minister, Toto, naturally also had this qualification.
The subordinates of the head of the house have been busy, and even the head of the Lu family, who has never liked to show his face, changed into formal clothes early on this special day, looking at the roofs of the whole city in the sky, and his thin face was full of waves.
"What a city-wide roof, what a spectacular project!" The head of the Lu family watched silently, his lips moving slightly.
The project of roofing the whole city was ordered by Lu Qingshan in his name and was built without his consent. The power of the Fan Yang Lu clan had been in his hands for decades, and there had never been a time when he felt so powerless. The three sons continued to encroach on his power, so much so that he no longer needed his consent to start such a huge project as the roof of the city.
In the distance, he heard the sound of rain coming from the rooftops, ticking, as if every drop was dripping in his heart. He knew that his three sons were very capable, but he thought that he could still manage the Lu family, so he was reluctant to let go of power. He thought he was clever enough to let his three sons check and balance each other, but he didn't expect to raise three people in power who could threaten his position. is still too underestimated the ability and skill of the three sons, the sister of the head of the Lu family felt very regretful when she thought of this, and regretted that she should not let go of the power little by little and hand it over to the three sons.
When the head of the Lu family knew about the cooperation between Lu Qingtian and the Longxing Li family, he had some suspicions. The competition between the three sons is not uncommon, but Lu Qingtian's son is extremely courageous, and I am afraid that he will not be willing to fight for only one acre and three points of land in Fan Yang.
"Like, like!" The head of the Lu family shook his head and sighed.
As soon as he thinks of this youngest son Lu Qingyun, the head of the Lu family will think of his grandfather, who is the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, the last head of the Lu family, the oldest backup among the four major families, Mrs. Lu. This pair of ancestors and grandchildren are too similar, they both know how to forbear, but they always show their fangs at critical moments and choose people to eat. They are all so ambitious, always wanting to do things that no one else could do before.
But will the ending be the same for both grandparents and grandchildren? The head of the Lu family thought so.
If you want to do something extraordinary, you have to be extraordinary. Whether it is Lu Qingtian or the old lady Lu back then, although they are both amazing and glamorous, they also can't do it in the past and the present. If you want to achieve a feat that is unparalleled in the past and the present, I am afraid that it is still a little bit worse.
The head of the Lu family thought so, and slowly felt an unprecedented tiredness. He was a little tired, and he was also thinking, why don't he just hand over the power of the Lu family.
The head of the Lu family shook his head, his sallow face was covered with tiredness, and he staggered into the hall with his hands in his hands.
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The time soon came to noon, and the guests in the outer city of Fanyang had all known each other for a few days, and now three or five acquaintances had found a table and sat down at random in groups. They were not received, and they couldn't even see today's old birthday star, but they all talked about today's birthday with great interest.
In the inner city, a group of officials and people from various families were in the Lu Mansion, and there was a huge banquet hall next to the mansion of the head of the family. Except for the left prime minister, Muren Gedatan, and the right prime minister, Toto, as well as the heads of the major families, everyone else dined in this banquet hall. When the birthday banquet is in progress, the head of the Lu family, including the three masters of the Lu family, will come here to toast.
And in the house of the head of the family, Muren Gedatan arrived early and sat down for a banquet. Totoku followed Shen Wansan and came, and then the heads of the major families arrived one after another. Everyone is familiar with each other, and they can talk to each other, and for a while, there was laughter and laughter on the wine table. But the laughter froze as soon as one walked through the door.
Li Yantang, after Li Shicheng's death, officially took over the position of the lord of the Li clan in Longxi, and in his current capacity, he is certainly qualified to sit at the same table with these people. No one was surprised that Li Yantang was sitting next to them, but because after Li Yantang entered the door, the first person to say hello with a smile was ...... Li Ye.
Since Li Shicheng was intercepted and killed, it is no secret that Longxing Li and Chen Youliang designed to intercept and kill the head of the main family. Li Shicheng's death is inseparable from Li Ye, and if you want to count it, you can be regarded as one of Li Yantang's father-killing enemies. That day, Li Yantang took two hundred Qingyun Wei to remove Fan Yang City, but in the end he returned in vain. Just when everyone was laughing at this young man, thinking that he would lose his mind because of the revenge of killing his father, this young man took the power of the Li clan in Longxi in the shortest possible time with the strongest wrist.
Li Yantang did not directly bring the government army to Fanyang to seek revenge on Li Ye, but endured humiliation during his father's funeral. Everyone knew that he was looking for an opportunity to find Li Ye to avenge his father, but they didn't expect that it would be such a scene when these two enemies met.
"Uncle Cousin has been managing the Longxing family, but is it still smooth?" Li Yantang held Li Ye's hand and asked with a smile.
Li Ye also smiled, "Don't bother with your nephew, my Longxing Li family is very good." ”
Li Yantang let go of his hand and said, "That's very good." If there is anything that goes wrong, even if it is said, the little nephew is now in charge of the affairs of the family, and the uncle of the cousin still has the authority to be an elder in the Hui clan. ”
Li Ye narrowed his eyes and smiled: "No need, the old man is very good to stay in Longxing." ”
Li Yantang smiled softly, turned around and walked to an empty seat and sat down, without looking at Li Ye again.
Everyone here is a human spirit, and there is no smell of gunpowder between the two. Although the words are all said with a smile, they poke the heart every word, and there is a knife hidden in the smile. Li Ye was so angry that his liver hurt, but he could only press it deeply in his heart and couldn't show it.
This Li Yantang, I'm afraid it's really not a simple character.