The other side.

The stone door opened, and the calm Chu Juan raised his feet and stepped into the brand-new stone room. The first hurdle was very smooth and he was in the first place, which made him very confident.

The voice of the Holy Virtue True Monarch came from all directions: "Chu Juan, are you ready for the second level?"

"Yes, Senpai. ”

After saying that, Chu Juan felt a wave of tiredness rush to his brain, and he let the tiredness grab his eyelids, and soon his consciousness sank into an endless dream.

......

Chu Juan, born in the seventh side branch of the Chu family, has lived in the deceitful family factional struggle since he was a child, and he learned to plot and assassinate soon after he can remember, stepping on the lives of countless peers and even elders to climb to the position of a member of the family council, fighting wits and courage with two hundred and ninety-nine other people, and working hard to stabilize the ranking of the side branch. Until he was elected as a member of the second round table and got the opportunity to be in charge of the secret realm of the dragon, he was close to the age of confusion.

In the dream, his unsettled and rising life passed by in an instant like an arrow, and the picture of his sudden stop was fourteen years before he had just obtained the qualification and participated in the first meeting of the three-hundred-person family.

The hall, which was large enough to seat a thousand people, was lined with three large hollow round tables up and down, and the Grand Councillor, each with five votes, sat at the lowest round table closest to the Speaker, while he sat in a corner to the southwest of the third round table, high on the periphery. Because it was my first time attending the conference, I only planned to quietly listen to the speeches of the powerful members of the central round table.

The speaker sitting in the center finished sorting out the information at hand, and said with full of anger: "This meeting is to solve the issue raised by the second councillor about the measures that should be taken by the family to influence the second official family of the Demon League within the Demon Alliance. I now give the floor to the second Member to make a statement. ”

A middle-aged man with a beard and a square face sitting at the innermost round table slowly stood up, bowed slightly to the Speaker, and began to state his motion.

"The Shangguan family has been the core of the Zhongzhou Xiuzhen Realm since ancient times, they are the Demon Demon Immortal Family that has been inherited for thousands of years, and they were in a high position when the Demon League was still the Ten Thousand Immortal League, and after the Demon League appeared, they have always occupied the chief position. They are powerful and beautiful, and when the Heavenly Demon Rahu led tens of millions of demon soldiers to attack the Zhongzhou Continent, they fought as the trump cards of the human race. On weekdays, they are also high-ranking immortals. Compared to the Chu family that has risen in the past hundred years, they are a heroic family inherited from history......"

"Speaking of which, some people will wonder, since the Shangguan family is so strong, why did I still put forward a bill about the problems caused by the Shangguan family in the Demon Punishment Alliance? ”

"Here's the problem! they are supreme human immortals, they are the most powerful, in other words, they are the immortal emperors of Zhongzhou today. They enjoy the most resources of the Demon League and have the most expensive treasures, so the Shangguan family has tens of thousands of bloodlines, and everyone is a rich man among the rich, even if it is a domestic servant with a foreign surname, they are all high on weekdays. And such a gesture has aroused the dissatisfaction of countless small demon exterminators under the Demon Punishment Alliance. ”

"In the mortal world, wealth belongs to the public, and in the cultivation realm, the king deserves to enjoy it together. But in the demon eradication world, in this demon alliance that is in line with modern civilization, polarization is bound to cause dissatisfaction among the bottom groups. Although the five seats of the Demon Sect control most of the power of the Demon Alliance, the power still has to be dispersed to various places, so that the local demon extermination association can fully protect the mortal world from the invasion of demons. Order at the bottom is a must, and our Chu family has always taken on management responsibilities that exceed our obligations. But the current Shangguan family has gradually destroyed this order. ”

"You may not know much about the current situation, but the survey of my family members alone shows that forty percent of the associations at the city level and below are dissatisfied with the imperial status of the Shangguan family, fifty percent at the provincial level and below, and seventy percent of the large associations across the provincial level. Of course, their attitude of expressing dissatisfaction has not been a day or two, and our Chu family, as allies and brothers of the Shangguan family for generations, has also been helping them solve the things below. But suppression, after all, has a time limit. And in the last league leader election, the Chu family defeated the Shangguan family for the first time and replaced the Shangguan family to become the chief of the Demon Alliance, which fully proved this. ”

"Therefore, the proposal I put forward this time is to decide whether to submit to the alliance leader Chu Yunqing through a parliamentary vote on the issue of reducing the proportion of Shangguan family's resources allocated in the Demon Punishment Alliance. I'm done. ”

The second member saluted the Speaker again and sat down.

Next, each group discussed separately, and because the situation involved the Shangguan family, the discussion time was extended to an hour. Please think carefully, and after an hour, vote yes or no. ”

After the speaker finished speaking, he motioned for the members to discuss freely, and suddenly the entire hall was filled with all kinds of discussions.

"I think it can be cut, Shangguan Ding is no longer the leader of the alliance after all, and there is no reason for the Shangguan family to continue to enjoy the supreme treatment. Obviously, it was only human immortals who fought against Rahu, why did they let those side relatives under them get so much oil and water. With that money, it is better to invest in the demon extermination association at the bottom, after all, the demon alliance needs them very much in non-war times. The league also collects taxes. ”

"I think you have to be cautious in this matter, the Shangguan family has always been the strongest immortal family, and they need resources to strengthen their combat power, because when the war breaks out, they are the ace army that fights to the death against the strongest monsters. Deducting the resources of the ace army, to be honest, always feels weird. ”

"But the dissatisfaction rate of 4570% is not just talking, let me tell you, the petition group in charge of our family has also received a report letter from the president of the city-level demon eradication association, saying that it is the side branch of the Shangguan family who robbed his wife, which is simply immoral! The Shangguan family, especially the moths in the side department, must be rectified, otherwise the Demon League will be in chaos sooner or later. ”

"I've also heard about you, and I support your opinion, the resources given to the Shangguan family have been wasted too much. ”

"This is taken out of context, most of their family members are still morally upright and diligent in cultivation, I don't believe you check that gentleman's family, the side branch is definitely outside the top 100. ”

"But it's not wrong to cut them, now that Zhongzhou's cultivation resources are tight, there won't be much oil and water left after the newly promoted Tianshan Paiguang Construction is enriched, so we still have to consider the operation of the Demon Alliance. The Demon League needs funds. ”

"This is also one aspect, and the bill has to be voted on by the alliance leader at the meeting of the entire Demon Punishment Alliance, if the Shanghe Sect in Hongcheng also has the same attitude as us, it means that the Shangguan family should change. ”

"Oh, hey, this is not just a matter of 'foolishness', it's a real headache. ”

"You tap your mouth and pay attention to who you are. But it's complicated, and it doesn't feel like an hour is enough. ”

......

The surrounding parliamentarians had different opinions, and the group on Chu Juan's side also discussed it very seriously, but in Chu Juan's opinion, things were actually very simple.

The second councilor is the second vein, that is, the strongest side branch family, and their family is the seventh, and a few years ago, he finally made a few small transactions with the second vein, and met a few people. As the seventh member of the side branch, he has only one choice: 'support'.

However, if you want to vote for support, you can't just do it if you want to. The third round table has the largest number of people, and when there is a big issue, they will vote in groups, a group of five people, and the minority in the group obeys the majority, and the final vote is the same for each group. So he also had to convince the other team members to vote "yes" with him.

"I think it's better to vote 'yes'," Chu Juan said, "You are also here with high hopes for the family, and the proposition put forward by the second councillor is reasonable and well-founded, which is not only beneficial to the Chu family, but also beneficial to the entire Demon Punishment Alliance." Whether it is based on people-oriented justice or family interests, there is no reason for everyone to vote 'no'. ”

"But now that the prestige of the alliance leader is extremely high, coupled with the interests of public opinion at the bottom and other forces, it is almost a certainty to pass this case at the Demon League Conference, maybe because of our thoughts, it will affect the casualties of the next demon war. Another member of the same group objected.

Hearing him say this, except for Chu Juan, the expressions of the other people who originally supported voting 'yes' also became a little hesitant. Because compared with small justice, people are still unwilling to be the one who takes responsibility subconsciously in the face of big right and wrong.

Chu Juan glanced at them and sneered in his heart. Are you flowers growing up in a greenhouse? Or have you stayed in the council for too long and forgotten the undercurrents behind every meeting? The motion proposed by the second councillor is related to the interests of all the families of the Chu family, reducing the resources allocated to the Shangguan family, and the resources allocated to the lower ones will increase, and the Chu family is the one with the most inter-provincial associations among the five seats, whether it is taxes or offerings, the economy of the Chu family will rise sharply, and the higher the ranking, the more the side branches will get. Besides, it is only the main vein that is in good agreement with the Shangguan family, and those who want to get closer to the main vein can only seize this opportunity. The members of the parliament have no choice because they are expected by their families and are entangled in the interests of many parties, so the first round table must be passed by all members. Twenty people is one hundred votes, plus the smart people of the second round table, and the result is already doomed from the big picture. If our appendages get in their way, the next vote of the legislators will be brushed down in seconds - don't say any 'anonymous' nonsense, and the family line to which we belong will also fall sharply in the rankings, and finally drink the northwest wind.

But it was impossible for Chu Juan to use such explicit words as the lines of the lobbyists, he took a deep breath, looked at the faces of each of them, and said:

"If you think so, then you are very wrong, why is there dissatisfaction among the people below, because there are corrupt behaviors in the Shangguan family, and these corrupt behaviors are moths of justice! Reducing the proportion of resources will not hurt the main vein, but will only help eliminate the parasite side branches in it, so in the next war, the Shangguan family will not only not decline in strength, but will become stronger because of the regaining of the pure qi and the hearts of the people, and the demon extermination association fighting below will also play a greater role. ”

His eyes were clear, and in just a few words, he attracted the attention of all the team members: "Therefore, voting 'yes' is beneficial to the Demon Alliance and even all mankind, and this wind direction will not change." The Shangguan family will still be the brother and ally of our Chu family, and everything will develop in a better direction. I believe that Shangguan Ding, the honest and upright former alliance leader, will also understand this change. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the people who raised the objection just now and almost hurt the whole group suddenly woke up, and first said that they decided to vote "yes".

In this way, the wind direction of the whole group also changed very quickly, and soon everyone unanimously voted "yes".

Soon after they agreed, the hour-long discussion came to an end. The speaker ordered all the staff to be silent, and then the "voting" session began.

The voting was completed anonymously according to the procedure, and when the results were reported, to everyone's surprise-

"Yes" unanimously passed!

Chu Juan, who was sitting at the third round table, smiled quietly, and the members of the same group as him all glanced at him secretly. If it weren't for Chu Juan finally changing the direction of the whole group, then there would be an extremely embarrassing situation where the only group voted against it, even if it was anonymous, it is estimated that they would soon be found out, and they would all be finished by then.

As for Chu Juan, he had never done something like "rejoicing" in his heart, which could only show that he was stupid and powerless, and he had already seen through everything. This bill is a tacit pass, and even the two representatives of the main line of the parliament voted "yes".

Justice? What is justice? Which side does justice belong to? The victory of the people or the defeat of the foolish people, the moment the bill is proposed, there is a 100 percent answer. At the end of the day, victory is justice.