When Yue Yue woke up, she found her lying on the bed in her room, a familiar bed, a familiar ceiling, and a familiar room...... She tried to move, but felt a throbbing pain in her temples on either side of her head.

Recall that before fainting, everyone gathered in the front yard because of the change of patriarch? But where did her father go? He has really become the patriarch of the Yue family now? But you don't know anything, huh?

She turned her head to look around, and saw that there was no one in the room, and there seemed to be no movement outside, "...... hey," she turned her head right, and sighed.

No, she had to go out and see what was going on. She thought, holding her head in her hands, and got out of bed with a headache.

When she came to the courtyard, she still didn't see anyone, she went to knock on the door of Yue Ling's room next door, and waited for a while without moving. Judging from the sky, it was already evening, and she should have fainted just after noon, so to speak, she had fainted for about three hours.

She walked out of the yard, the wind was blowing outside, and she felt that her headache seemed to have eased a lot, and her mind was clearer.

But at this moment, she heard a commotion in the courtyard where Yue Zhonghua lived not far away, and it seemed that there were many people discussing something. She didn't care if she was dressed properly or not, and ran towards the courtyard.

Although it was not dark yet, many lights had been lit in the courtyard, and the light shone out from the inside, hitting the ground outside the door, Yue Yue could clearly see that in the light on the ground, there were people surging.

She didn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one, and stepped directly on the bright light and stepped into the courtyard.

At that moment, there were about dozens of people sitting and standing in the courtyard, in various postures, all looking at Yue Yue from the inside.

Suddenly, the noisy yard just now was silent, and the feeling of quietness was exactly the same as the seclusion that Yue Yue felt in the red leaf forest! Yue Yue had expected this to be the case, but she was not afraid, and walked straight towards the crowd.

She saw that standing in front of the crowd were her brother Yue Ling and ten uncles and uncles in the upper court, and there were also some people who often walked around the middle court and the upper court, obviously they seemed to be discussing something just now.

And Yue Yue had a strong feeling that the things they were discussing had something to do with her, her father, and the patriarch!

She doesn't know what she should say or do in such a situation, but experience has taught her that she must not be serious at this time, and she must not appear hesitant and overwhelmed, in this case, it will seem that she is even more powerless!

Although these uncles and uncles are all members of their own family, Yue Yue has understood that there is no real loyalty in this world since he was a child, after all, who can say who is sure of people's hearts?

"Patriarch ......"

At this time, Yue Zhonghua suddenly spoke, took out an envelope from his clothes, and reached out to hand it to Yue Yue.

Yue Yue didn't react for a while, this was calling herself, the title "patriarch" appeared many times in her dreams, but when it came to this day, she was still at a loss.

She reached out and took the envelope, only to see that it read "Yue'er Qi"

She immediately realized that this was a letter from her father, Yue Zhongyuan! She was still curious, where did her father go? It is said that only when the previous patriarch dies, the next patriarch can succeed to the throne! Could it be that her father died?

Thinking of this, she only felt her throat choked, her heart became a mess, countless thoughts surged in her mind, this feeling again, this feeling of facing the unknown, this feeling she hated extremely much!

She couldn't wait to open the envelope, but she was suddenly pressed by a hand, she frowned and looked up: it was none other than Yue Ling who was holding her hand.

She suddenly realized that it was indeed inappropriate to open her father's letter in front of so many people, after all, the patriarch of the Yue family hid too many secrets, and the people of the Yue family were not idle. This group of uncles, Yue Yue, seemed to feel weird before, and since it was the patriarch's secret and not the Yue family's secret, he naturally couldn't tell them.

Thinking about it, Yue Yue folded the envelope and held it tightly in his hand.

She struggled to suppress her emotions and asked, "Where's my dad?" ”

But when she saw that everyone looked at each other, no one answered her question.

"I asked, where is my father?" Yue Yue bit her lip.

"Patriarch, your father is gone, leaving only two letters, one for me, asking me to tell the whole clan the reason for the incident, and announce that you will become the new patriarch as soon as he leaves and when you return."

It was Yue Zhonghua who said this.

Yue Yue noticed that his tone was extremely respectful when he spoke to him, but Yue Yue was self-aware, she knew how could an elder who was over half a hundred years old agree with her as a nineteen-year-old yellow-haired girl as the patriarch?

But his tone seemed to be determined that Yue Yue was the patriarch from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't hear a trace of hypocrisy at all.

"The reason for this? What is it? Yue Yue asked.

"Your father said he went to the west. Once gone, there will be no return, we just need to put his ranking in the ancestral hall according to the rules."

Yue Zhonghua said in a deep voice, not loud, but the people around him could hear it clearly.

West, where is West? Is this just a direction? A place name? Yue Yue didn't know, but her father said that he would go to the west for no reason and never come back.

Suddenly, a terrifying thought popped up in Yue Yue's heart: West! Could it be the western sky? When you go to the west, do you say that your father is dead?

It's not that she can't accept her father's death, she knows that one day her father will leave, but this is too sudden, although she was ready to accept her father's death when she heard that she became the patriarch, but whether she was assassinated or went out in distress, it was always clear, but it was so unclear that she was going to the "west", was it suicide?

But why? As the patriarch of the Yue family, he is respected, why did he commit suicide? And where is the body? Is it looking for a place where no one can find it?

Thinking of this, her scalp tingled, a thousand doubts welled up, and her throat was uncomfortably dry.

Yue Zhonghua also seemed to feel that Yue Yue's face had become extremely bad, and said: "Patriarch, the former patriarch only left this sentence, and the rest is all on this piece of paper."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper full of wrinkles, unfolded it and brought it to Yue Yue. Yue Yue looked at it, and sure enough, it was his father's handwriting of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, with a few lines on it, except for the first sentence: "I will go west and never return." Seeing the words like faces, after I go, I am willing to get a tablet and stand in the ancestral hall"

The rest are high-sounding succession words.

"And ......" Yue Zhonghua opened his mouth, but did not continue.

"Say!" Yue Yue's tone was extremely impatient, what she hated most was the way she wanted to say it or not, as if she was tempting, this older generation's style couldn't get into Yue Yue's eyes.

"There is also the letter in your hand, patriarch," Yue Zhonghua said and looked at Yue Yue, and the others followed his gaze to the letter in Yue Yue's hand.

"A group of old bastards" Yue Yue scolded in her heart, nothing more than wanting to know the content of the letter, when she was a child, she followed her father and felt that this group of people was disobedient and extremely hypocritical, and she didn't know what to think in private.

Of course, Yue Yue also wanted to know what was written in this letter, whether it was really as she thought, her father did not tell others where he was going, but wrote it in this letter. But it's not right to think about it, how can you be sure that the letter will not be opened by them? So what's written in there?

Since she is now the patriarch, can she say that they will not be able to rob if she doesn't show it?

She didn't know why the patriarch of the Yue family would make the Yue family so respectful, shouldn't this high position be very coveted? However, the Yue family has been here for thousands of years, why is there no record of the reactionary or negative elected people in the history of the clan, nor is there a record of the wrongdoings and shortcomings of the successive patriarchs?

It's as if all the patriarchs are gods, without a single stain!

Anyway, if she were the patriarch, she would definitely not be so good. She thought, isn't it that after a thousand years, she will become the only patriarch in the history of this clan who is full of slots?

"This letter was given to me by my father, and when I go back and read it, I will tell you if I let you know. You shouldn't know, hmph, I can't tell you! ”

Yue Yue didn't know what her expression was when she said this, she only knew that the uncles who were still looking at her just now lowered their heads after hearing her say this.

Then, Yue Yue walked straight out of the gate of the courtyard.

After going out, the wind outside finally relieved her, she felt her hand holding the envelope sweat, she subconsciously let go, let the still hot wind pass through her palm through the gap in her hand, taking away some traces of her nervousness.

She hurried back to her room, lit only a candle, and opened the envelope by the dim light of the fire......

Yue Yue didn't know what her mood was at this time, she only felt like an indescribable chill coming out of her bones, obviously hot and panicked, but now it seemed to be a little shivering, her throat seemed to be choking on something, and her breathing was a little uncomfortable.

Was she scared? But what are you afraid of? Afraid her dad is dead? But she was ready, not at all.

She smiled, it was nothing more than a little child in front of a strange cave, holding a wooden stick and probing, not knowing what kind of terrifying thing would come out of the hole in the next second.

And it's ridiculous that I seem to have degenerated, and I am still so cowardly and afraid like a child!

Inside the envelope were two pieces of stationery stacked together, but as soon as Yue Yue opened it, he was shocked: there was nothing written on the two pieces of letterhead!

She flipped through it several times to make sure that these were two ordinary pieces of ordinary letterhead, and she just didn't find a word, which was strange, what did her father do with her two blank sheets of paper?

But she immediately understood that there were two possibilities now: one was that her uncle had dropped the letter, and the other was that the letter was indeed left by her father, just to prevent others from seeing it, and the handwriting was hidden in a way.

Thinking about it, the second possibility is bigger, because from her father's point of view, if she will give the letter to Yue Zhonghua with confidence, either she will trust him very much and be sure that he will not do anything to the letter, or she will be sure that even if others open it, they will not be able to see the content inside.

So if this letter is the letter left to her by her father, how can she be sure that others can't see it but can see it yourself? What is there that only she and her father know?

She thought of the ancestral hall of the Yue family, could it be that there was a way to show the handwriting in the ancestral hall?

But it's not right to think about it, except for the tablet in the secret room of the ancestral hall, it is a tablet, and a person like her father who regards his ancestors as gods should not do anything in that place.

There is only one place left, Yue Yue thought of this, and gasped: There is only the red leaf forest left!