Although Yang Wu is the patriarch of the Yang clan, there are many things that he does not have the final say. Especially in recent years, the strength of several other forces in the family has grown rapidly, and it has gradually become a bit of a yang and a yin disobedience.

Speaking in detail, the Yang family has four forces in the whole Xizhou, which are distributed in the four important towns of Xizhou, among which one headed by Yang Wu in Xizhou City is called the "official branch", one in Pingcheng headed by Yang Duan is called the "general branch", one in the township city headed by Yang Min is called the "people's branch", and one in Yancheng headed by Yang Jun is called the "Shang branch", these four branches are listed in the southeast and northwest of Xizhou. The number of people in the Shang branch is majority, and the branch focuses on the development of power in the army, and Yang Wu's branch is actually the one with the smallest number of people, because the vendetta of the previous generation to Yang Wu is only a few dozen people here, and it is not worth mentioning from a branch like the Min Branch, which often has hundreds of people.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Wu alone was able to destroy hundreds of people in Wencheng, one of the four major clans of the family, I am afraid that it is not certain whether he can continue to stay in this clan, let alone be elected as the patriarch of the entire Yang clan later.

Speaking of patriarchs, the Yang clan is not the eldest in the family or the eldest son of the eldest family like other clans, but is elected by the representative elders of each branch with one vote, and the person who is elected needs to receive no less than seven votes - that is, the support of no less than seven tribes - to hold the position of patriarch, and every election, if nothing else, will serve as the patriarch for ten years.

Of course, the Yang clan has not been without encounters with the situation that the nominated person does not meet the number of votes, every time this happens, the elders of each clan will temporarily set up a transitional council, by the three elders with the highest votes, in addition to dealing with the daily affairs of the clan, every two years will also hold a new election of the nominee, until the election of the patriarch who meets the requirements before ending the mission.

The patriarch of the Yang clan served by Yang Wu has entered the tenth year, and if you calculate carefully, by the middle of this year, his tenure as patriarch will end, which will inevitably give a big discount to his control of the family in the future, and even many times without the cooperation of the family, the damage to the entire Xizhou will be fatal.

Moreover, now that the people in the clan are not aligned, Yang Wu even senses that someone has begun to make heavy promises to other clans to obtain the position of patriarch - this is almost contrary to his plan, so this kind of thing, Yang Wu will never allow it to happen.

Three days passed not slowly, as time went by, more and more organized and large-scale people began to pour into Xizhou City more and more, and Yang Wu's body also recovered a lot after being taken care of in these three days, at least on the surface, Yang Wu at this time is not much different from Yang Wu before the injury, his eyes have returned to sharpness, and his posture has also returned to straightness, and people who don't know the details will have a slight fear in their hearts when they see Yang Wu standing there-in addition to internal force.

Tian is not afraid of the past few days, and has thought hard of many ways to help Yang Wu unlock the sealed acupoints, but it has no effect, so he can only tell Yang Wu over and over again "Don't be angry" and "Don't forcibly urge the internal force" Yunyun, Yang Wu has done the same in the past few days, like an idle old man, basking in the sun and teasing the birds.

Before dawn, Yang Rui asked Yang Xian to go out of the military camp and go thirty miles outside the city to greet the elders of the two families.

Yang Rui is the eldest son of Yang Min in the township, and he has a good reputation in the army, and now he has achieved the position of a thousand-year-on-command, and Yang Xian, who is traveling with him, is from Yancheng, and Yang Jun is an uncle-nephew.

The two of them went out of the city, nominally to welcome the elders of the two clans, and there were more important things: to tell the elders of the clan what had happened in Xizhou City for a period of time, especially what happened before and after the New Year after Hua Hate Liu and Tian was not afraid to arrive in Xizhou, and it must be conveyed in detail and in its original form-judging from their intuition, it is difficult to imagine that the whole clan meeting will be held before the time of the clan gathering, and it is difficult to imagine that it has nothing to do with those two.

And Yang Wu and Yang Jian are actually clear about the matter of ventilating the news, but they don't prohibit it - telling the situation in the city can also play a role in probing the wind, and as long as they see Yang Min and Yang Jun at that time, Yang Wu is sure that he will be able to guess the other party's attitude.

Yang Rui and Yang Xian went out of the city gate to the northwest, but Yang Jian and Hua Haoliu, who went out a little later, went straight to the south, leading a team of 100 people from Haohao Tangtang, and rushed to the place twenty miles outside the city to station, waiting for Yang Duan's team from Pingcheng.

"Father is really, this flower hates Liu and is not from my Yang clan, what is he doing with me!" Along the way, to be more precise, from the moment she heard Yang Wu's orders, Yang Jian showed undisguised antipathy to Yang Wu's arrangement, and even when she first heard about this arrangement, she shouted a few words against it, but she was quickly silenced by Yang Wu's words.

At that time, Yang Wu was still teasing the birds, and his focused expression couldn't tell that this was a person who usually didn't have the slightest interest in life. Even if Yang Jian was making a lot of noise in front of him, his eyes never left the bird, and finally when the bird annoyed him, he asked Yang Jian faintly: "Are you deliberately angry with me?" ”

Yang Jian didn't dare! If it is usual, she will be willful herself, although she can be angry with Yang Wu, but after all, the father-daughter relationship is deep, and it won't be long before the two will be reconciled - not now, Yang Wu was seriously injured, Tian is not afraid to temporarily stabilize the injury by giving him some medicine, it is strictly forbidden to be angry, and the use of force has also been repeatedly advised, according to the saying that Tian is not afraid, if it is pneumatic force, it will not only be difficult to maintain the current state, but it will also lead to the turbulence of the air pockets, and the internal force will disappear faster! In the end, I am afraid that it will be a big problem for Yang Wu, who has stayed up late for a long time to consume energy on official affairs, and now has no internal support to live to the age of sixty.

Therefore, Yang Jian had no choice but to endure his anger and agree for the time being.

On the other hand, at this time, the depression in Hua Hate Liu's heart was only a lot more than that of Yang Jianlai. In addition to Yang Jian's undisguised critical gaze along the way, just thinking about why an outsider would come to mix this kind of thing is enough for him to have a headache.

He naturally remembered the explanation of the trip the day before the trip: "Pingcheng Yang Duan and Yang Wu have always been friendly, and Yang Wu was able to take a small branch to get the position of patriarch back then, which was inseparable from Yang Duan's silent support behind his back, otherwise Yang Wu would not have called him 'En Lao'...... In this sense, Yang Wu must go; In addition, in the future, the cooperation between my Sichou Zhai and Xizhou is the cooperation with the Yang family, and as the head of the family, I should also go out to meet it and make some appearances for the smooth cooperation in the future. ”

The rest of the words naturally don't need to be said, the first sentence "in this sense", the second sentence "according to the word", the subtext of the subtext is the same meaning: "Now the situation is different, we can't go!" ”

Naturally, only Yang Jian can represent Yang Wu, and the only one who can represent the contemporary head of Sichou Zhai is the next head - he hates Liu himself.

In Hua Hateliu's view, what She Qing said before going out was more practical: "Although the journey is not far, Mr. will go here, but the time will be longer, and cherish it!" ”

Thinking of She Qing's words, I savored the feeling of living like a year and sitting on pins and needles in my heart at this time, and Hua Hate Liu couldn't help but glance at She Qing again.

"You don't like being around me very much?" Yang Jian was also surprised that Hua Hate Liu could endure the silence for such a long time, and when she looked at him, she just caught a glimpse of that trace of helplessness, and asked coldly. However, as soon as she said this, she suddenly thought of what ambiguity might be caused by saying this, and she couldn't help but blush and lowered her head.

"No ......" Hua Hate Liu naturally understood the other meaning of this sentence, and hurriedly added: "I mean I don't think General Yang is difficult to get along with......

However, the effect of splashing ink on this sentence is far greater than its explanatory effect, and Yang Jian was immediately alert when he heard it: "You mean I think too much?" Spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? ”

Hearing Yang Jian's unkind tone, Hua Hate Liu was about to scold her mother, and when she saw the soldiers around her looking at her, she was even more frightened.

General Yang laughed. At this time, Hua Hate Willow can only accept the soft and smile bitterly.

"Oh!" On the contrary, Yang Jian enjoyed the appearance of Hua Hate Liu eating in front of him, pretending to suddenly realize, and then asked Hua Hate Liu rhetorically: "I ignore you along the way, but you think I am easy to get along with...... Does this mean that you are hypocritical, or that you are thicker than the average person? ”

Hearing this, Hua Hate Liu couldn't help but scold her mother in her heart: they all said "The mouth of the green bamboo snake, the needle behind the wasp's tail, neither of them is poisonous, and it is the most poisonous woman's heart", what the ancients said was indeed to the point! I just don't want to make things stiff and soft, and you actually kick your nose in the face and humiliate me even more!

Thinking of this, he had an idea in his heart and said, "I am neither hypocritical nor thick-skinned, but I have long been used to it. ”

"And people are used to saying that?" Yang Jian couldn't help but be curious: This flower hated willow doesn't seem to be ordinary thick-skinned!

"My hometown is mountainous and watery, and most of the time the weather is cloudy." Hua hated Liu Dao, "Because the sky is always cloudy, even if the sun comes out, you can't usually see it...... People know what the sun looks like, but dogs have never seen it, so if it's cloudy, it's fine, but once it's sunny, dozens of dogs in the village will rush to the sun in the sky and bark...... Over time, I got used to the sound. ”

"Haha! There are even dogs who don't know the sun! Yang Jian smiled happily - I have to say, she still looks good when she laughs. At this moment, Hua hated Liu and thought.

However, after laughing for a long time, Yang Jian realized that he was laughing alone, and if others said that they were laughing, they could only barely be regarded as a bitter smile.

"Have you all heard of this funny thing?" Yang Jian asked his subordinates curiously.

It took a long time for someone to whisper and remind: "I just said that I have been used to it......"

After mentioning this, Yang Jian suddenly thought that he hated Liu and said that he was used to the sound of a dog barking, didn't he mean that he was used to harsh ridicule? Isn't this scolding yourself for being a dog in disguise?

Thinking of this, Yang Jian was annoyed for a while, and he didn't laugh heartlessly, and after laughing for a long time, he didn't know that he was still laughing at himself after being scolded!

"Bastard!" Yang Jian, who had figured it out, had a red face, and he was about to cut it off at the lively flower hate willow who was watching him when he drew his sword.

"General, the people have arrived!" At this time, the probe turned around and reported.

"I'll clean you up when I get back!" Yang Jian said hatefully, unwillingly withdrew his sword, and shouted to the surrounding generals: "Welcome to the old man!" ”