Chapter 25: Leaves Fall and Find Their Roots
Thousands of miles away from the Qingshan Temple, there is this fertile plain, and on this plain there are scattered cities, with a large population and a rich life.
This plain is not subordinate to any country, because on this plain, there is this cultivation family with a long tradition, and the cities on the plain are all under the jurisdiction of this family, just like a small country.
Over the past 100 years, the development of this family has been stable and steady, there has been no major crisis, everything is so peaceful and calm, people always expect that this tranquility will continue.
But life is not forever stable, and on this day, a piece of news was like a deep-sea torpedo, setting off a monstrous wave on the calm lake of this family.
In a quiet courtyard in the Guan family's mansion, a cardamom girl with a delicate appearance and a trace of heroism between her eyebrows is dancing a long sword that is quite extraordinary from the material.
The girl's youthful posture moved with the sword momentum, and after a few moves and styles, it had the charm of a combination of human and sword.
Just when the girl was immersed in her own sword intent, an eighteen-year-old woman with plain clothes and beautiful appearance hurriedly ran into the courtyard and said with a crying voice: "Ye Luo, your eldest brother is ......, and your eldest brother has been killed!" ”
When the girl heard this, the sword in her hand fell to the ground, and she hurried to the eighteenth woman, clasped the woman's arms with both hands, and asked in a trembling tone with an incredulous gaze: "Sister Xiaomei, my brother ......is like this, my brother is like this, my brother is like this!" ”
The eighteen woman who was called Sister Xiaomei did not respond, and as soon as she learned the news, she came to report it, which was already her last strength. When this strength faded, all that remained was unstoppable tears and sobbing from time to time.
Looking at the appearance of Sister Xiaomei in front of her, Guan Luoye knew the answer, but she still didn't want to believe it in her heart, let go of Sister Xiaomei, and stepped back in vain, with a smile on her face, but she couldn't stop the wetness of her eyes.
That night, in the center of the Guanjia hall, a handsome man with a bloodless face, a faint smile and shallow tears slept peacefully in an ice coffin.
Outside the main hall, the Guan family members who came to mourn were all angry and unwilling, but extremely sad.
In the main hall, a middle-aged man with a depressed back looked at the man in the ice coffin blankly, his eyes were red. Behind the middle-aged man, Guan Luoye was dressed in filial piety clothes, kneeling in front of the ice coffin, crying silently.
Suddenly, a discordant voice sounded in the hall, causing hatred among everyone inside and outside the hall except for the middle-aged man and Guan Luoye, and the person who made this voice was Zhu Yan.
"Master Guan, I have sent your child back to you, can I get up and say goodbye?"
"You bastard still want to leave, if you don't do anything, the will will die like this, if you don't let you die here today, how can you be worthy of the spirit of the will in the sky, the second, the third, do it." The Great Elder of the Guan Family in the hall could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and united with the Second Elder and the Third Elder to block Zhu Wei's three sides, preparing to kill him in one fell swoop.
Zhu Yan was not in a hurry, and chuckled: "Master Guan, is this the hospitality of your Guan family?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, today next year will be your memorial day." The second elder said fiercely with his blessed stomach.
"Oh, yes, that's courage, let's be honest, you guys really don't look good enough in my eyes." Zhu Wei contemptuously brushed aside the three people who surrounded him.
This move made the three elders even more angry, and when they were about to make a move, the middle-aged man in front of the ice coffin suddenly shouted: "You three retreat for me." ”
A strong spiritual power emanated from the middle-aged man, separating the three elders from Zhu Wei, and then under the operation of the spiritual power, a beast statue like Guan Zhizhi appeared behind the man, and the identity is self-evident, this person is the father of Guan Zhizhi, the head of the Guan family, Guan Cheng.
"It's still the head of the Guan family who is reasonable, then I won't stay." Zhu Yan saluted Guan Cheng with his fists and was about to leave.
When the three elders saw that Zhu Yan was leaving, their faces were full of reluctance, but when the head of the family spoke, they could only give up.
At this time, Guan Cheng had already stopped running his spiritual power, and the beast statue behind him gradually dissipated. Guan Cheng didn't plan to let Zhu Yan go like this, he still had an important matter to ask, so he said: "Elder Zhu can leave if he wants, but there is a question that needs to be answered by Elder Zhu." ”
"Oh, what's the problem?" Zhu Yan stopped and asked.
"Dare to ask if after the death of the will, the position of the twelve generals of Qingyun is vacant, can the Guan family be temporarily topped by one person, if so, on behalf of the Guan family, I promise not to pursue this matter." With the power of the Twelve Generals of Qingyun, they can obtain a large number of privileges within the jurisdiction of Qingshan Hall every year, so this title is extremely important to the Guan family. Although Zhu Wei is very hateful, he also comes on behalf of Qingshan Palace, and no matter what, he can't be evil. A qualified patriarch must consider all aspects, and must not bring personal emotions, and being able to do this is indeed conducive to the survival and development of the family, but it is also easy to have a sad scene where his son dies in vain, but he can only bite and swallow the pain.
"May I ask which of the clan leaders is the Guan family master going to send to pick up your son's class?"
Guan Cheng pointed to Guan Luoye without the slightest hesitation and said: "The little girl Guan Luoye is the first person of the younger generation of the Guan family outside the will. ”
Guan Luoye was not overwhelmed by Guan Cheng's sudden appointment. On the contrary, Guan Luoye stopped sobbing, stood up and looked at Zhu Yan generously, with a firm look, showing his strongest side in front of him.
Zhu Yan caught a lot of fallen leaves in this pass, and caught the fire of hatred flashing in her eyes, thinking that it might be more interesting to bring her to the sect to replace Guan Zhizhi, women, are often the most resentful.
In this way, Zhu Yan agreed. The Guan family was also satisfied with this result, and their anger towards Qingshan Hall was transferred to the Wang family.
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Thousands of miles away from the Guanjia Great Plain, there is this huge basin, and the Wang family is the largest family in this land. On this day, the Wang family also got the news, but it was just two news, and the high-level officials of the Wang family were originally very satisfied that Wang Yuanlai killed Guan Zhizhi. They have coveted the Guanjia Plain for a long time, and this time the Guanjia family has no Qingyun General to protect them, and they have enough courage to erode the Guanjia Plain.
It's just that they haven't been happy for long, and they got the news that Guan Luoye has become the new Qingyun general and takes over her brother's seat. The high-level of the Wang family was so angry that he scolded Guan Cheng's old fox, and ordered the servants to tell Wang Yuanlai to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
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At the top of the Qingshan Palace, in Wang Yuanlai's house, the servants of the Wang family knelt on the ground and told Wang Yuanlai about the matters ordered by the high-level of the Wang family.
After sending away the domestic servants, the steel ball in Wang Yuanlai's hand suddenly turned into a pair of metal beast claws and a set of close-fitting soft armor painted with hundreds of beasts. I saw Wang Yuanlai slowly handing the two objects to his nose, sniffing them with an intoxicated look, and laughing wildly.
"Dying under the weapon of your closest relatives, that expression must be beautiful, hahahaha!"