Chapter 43: The Meeting of the Five Great Families
At this time, on the other side of Yancheng, the meeting of the five major families was being held.
The address of the meeting was held in the official residence of the governor of Yancheng, although it was said that the rivers and lakes were in trouble, but in the end, only officials like the governor of Yancheng could make people from the five major families sit at a table and talk about things.
This is the private residence of the governor of Yancheng, and everyone is sitting in the dining room, but the atmosphere is very cold to each other.
The governor of Yancheng was dressed in the governor's blue court uniform, wearing the governor's folding wing hat, sitting in the center of the main seat, Gu Yao, the head of the Gu family, sitting on one side, next to the head of the Li family, and then the head of the Ji family and the head of the Luo family sitting on the side, everyone stared at each other, and there was another position that was empty, which was the position of the head of the Fan family.
A maid poured tea for the governor and the heads of the houses, and there were all kinds of snacks and fruits on the table, but the heads of the houses had their own thoughts and did not move.
In the hall outside the cafeteria, each of the four major families brought two people to wait, some of these clansmen and the main disciples were sitting, some standing, paying attention to each other, and also listening to the movements in the cafeteria, beside them and inside and outside the governor's private residence were the heavily guarded guards of the governor's palace, a person who looked like a general soldier stood at the door and patrolled back and forth, and several servants of the governor's palace were responsible for bringing food and drink in.
In fact, for this meeting, the four major families all sent a large number of people to wait outside the governor's mansion, ready to receive the head of the family at any time, because the Fan family hall was destroyed, and everyone was afraid of each other.
Gu Yao took a sip of tea lightly and glanced at the few people in front of him, he was still relatively relieved of the Li family, but he was a little hostile to the Ji family, this was because the Ji family had ruined Gu Shun's dantian, as well as the Luo family, and he had been paying attention to the performance of these two family heads.
Just when the governor of Yancheng was about to speak, there was a sudden sound of someone knocking on the door outside the door, and the governor of Yancheng heard the knock on the door, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he just wanted to have a seizure, but when he thought that the four major families were there, he had to say loudly, "Come in!"
The door was opened, and it was the chief soldier who came in, and I saw him walk up to the governor lightly, and whispered a few words in his ear, and the governor's face was suddenly shocked, "What?
At this time, the four family heads all turned their eyes to look at the governor, and the voice of the chief soldier was very small, but Gu Yao and Li Xingsheng, who were sitting next to the governor, vaguely heard the word "Fan family", and their faces changed slightly.
The soldier looked at the Governor and nodded.
The governor had no choice but to say to the four family heads, "The four family heads, I just got a report that the head of the Fan family is here with his disciples. His face turned slightly pale, and he seemed a little nervous when he spoke.
The news was shocking, but immediately afterward, the governor said to the general soldiers, "The head of the Fan family is invited in." After saying that, his hand couldn't help but tremble.
The chief soldier bowed down to obey the order, and the servants also opened the door.
After the chief soldier went out, after a while, there was a frightened sound in the hall outside the door, and after a small commotion, I saw the head of the Fan family coming to the door under the guidance of the chief soldier, and said loudly, "Fan Wenguang, for some reason, I came to meet the governor!"
Gu Yao couldn't help but be surprised, his hand shook, and the water in the cup also spilled out.
Li Xingsheng couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the head of the Fan family standing at the door, they were all people who had seen the world and the big scene, but when they saw the head of the Fan family, they were still stunned.
This is completely strange in the world.
The governor's face turned pale, but he still said to Fan Wenguang very calmly, "Wenguang has worked hard, please come in." ”
Fan Wenguang was not polite, and after thanking him, he walked to his seat and nodded at the head of the Luo family and the head of the Ji family, as for the Gu family and the Li family, he didn't even pinch his eyelids, so he sat down like this.
When the maid saw the head of the Fan family coming, she also stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for the head of the Fan family.
After seeing Fan Wenguang sitting down, the governor nodded and said, "Then now that the five major families have arrived, let's start." ”
At this time, Gu Yao couldn't help but ask, "Fan Wenguang, you had an accident before, I don't know"
Before the words fell, the head of the Fan family interrupted Gu Yao's words, "Gu Yao, what do you mean by this? What happened to my Fan family hall? And even if it is our hall's matter, it seems that it is not your Gu family's turn to worry about this." ”
Gu Yao saw that his words were interrupted, so he closed his mouth helplessly, he always felt that something strange today, in this hall, he began to sweat inexplicably, and then he straightened up, ready to wait and see.
But Li Xingsheng sneered and said, "Before, it wasn't your Fan family that was all killed overnight."
Before Fan Wenguang could finish speaking, he interrupted Li Xingsheng's words, and said angrily, "Li Xingsheng, you and Gu Yao are determined to make me ugly, right?
At this time, the governor stopped the head of the Fan family, and persuaded with a smile, "Wen Guang and don't get angry, it's not easy for the five major families to sit together today, it's really not good to hurt the harmony for a sentence or two." ”
Then the governor faced Gu Yao and Li Xingsheng and said, "You are also the head of the clan, how could you say such a thing in front of the head of the Fan family? Fortunately, the head of the Fan family doesn't care, and he doesn't hurry up to make amends to the head of the Fan family!"
Gu Yao and Li Xingsheng were both heads of the family, and they were full of reluctance to participate in the governor's negotiation this time, but when they were about to have a seizure, the governor took advantage of the fact that the head of the Fan family was not paying attention, gave them a look, blinked their eyes, and squeezed their brows.
There was no way, Gu Yao and Li Xingsheng had no choice but to give up their hands, "The head of the Fan family, I was offended by my words just now, and I was offended." ”
Fan Wenguang didn't appreciate it and snorted.
At this time, the governor gave the head of the Ji family another look, and the head of the Ji family, Ji Xin, was already friendly with the head of the Fan family, so he also persuaded him, "Wen Guang, Gu Yao and Xingsheng also don't understand the situation, misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding, hahahaha." ”
Luo Chang, the head of the Luo family, also opened his mouth to persuade him, and said, "Yes, don't say that it is the mouth of the Fan family, even if someone from a small family dies, the news will come out the next day, we don't know about this matter at all, you two don't have to listen to the gossip." ”
Fan Wenguang saw that the Luo family and the Ji family had spoken, so he was less colorful, and arched his hand at the governor, "A contemptible and reckless man, the governor is not strange." ”
The Governor nodded, and continued, "That's good, that's good, now that's the case, now there are five major families in Yancheng, so far, it's very good, today this governor invites five family heads to come to the mansion, and I also hope that the five families can be harmonious and united, and jointly revitalize my Yancheng." ”
With that, the Governor picked up his teacup and motioned for everyone to drink their tea.
The heads of the Gu family, the Li family, the Luo family, the Ji family, and the Fan family all waited to pick up the teacup according to the governor's opinion.
At this time, the head of the Ji family suddenly said, "Wait." ”
The governor was surprised and said, "Ji Xin, why are you in such a hurry, you can't even wait for a cup of tea?"
Ji Xin put down the teacup and said slowly, "This is a big deal, I have to make it clear before that." ”
The others also put down their teacups, ready to hear what was really going on.
At this time, Luo Chang spoke, "I heard that Gu Yao, you have been in and out of the capital a lot recently. ”
Gu Yao smiled and said, "Could it be that I have to get your consent to enter Beijing to see the goods?"
"I'm afraid it's not as simple as restocking. ”
Ji Xin snorted coldly and said, "Just buy goods, you don't need to kill my Ji family spies." ”
The governor frowned, "What's going on, are you still planting eyeliner next to Gu Yao?"
Ji Xin sneered, "It has been normal for families to plant eyeliner between each other since ancient times, so why should the Governor pretend not to know?"
The governor's face sank, then he looked at Gu Yao and asked, "Since you found eyeliner, you can just bring him back to the Ji family, why do you want to kill him directly?"
Li Xingsheng interjected at this time and said, "Don't talk about Gu boy, arranging eyeliner in our Li family is also a dead end, are you right, Luo Chang." ”
Luo Chang smacked his lips and said angrily, "You two are really dogs in a pair of pants, it seems that this meeting is going to break up unhappily again." ”
Gu Yao got up, smashed the table with one palm, and shouted, "You three, don't get an inch!"
The governor helplessly supported his forehead, and said in his heart, "I have to buy a new table every time, and I don't know if it's enough."
"Where do we have to make inches of progress? We all know that the Gu family and the Li family are close friends, you Gu Yao frequently go in and out of the capital, is it possible that you want to climb high branches and annex our family?"
"Ji Xin, don't be quick to speak, I, Gu Yao, are not afraid of shadows. ”
Ji Xin asked rhetorically, "If you didn't do something unseemly, then why did you lynch my eyeliner?"
Li Xingsheng laughed and said, "Hahaha, then let me ask you, if you don't do anything out of line with the eyeliner you planted, will he die?"
Ji Xin was speechless, and he couldn't answer this question.
"Lao Li is right, what did you do with the eyeliner, I know best in my heart, I don't want to tear my face, and you don't break the casserole and ask the end!" Gu Yao shouted.
Li Xingsheng shook his head and said, "Gu boy, don't worry, I have a few questions to ask them." ”
"One, the destruction of Fanjiatangkou is a true thing, and the governor must also know about it. ”
The Governor nodded, and said, "Yes, my men saw it with their own eyes when they were on patrol. ”
"Second, Luo Chang, do you remember the charred corpse outside the city before?"
Luo Chang also nodded.
"Where is the only son of your Luo family at this time?
"My son has never been out of the house, I don't know what you mean. ”
"That's the problem, that body is your son. ”
Luo Chang was furious and said, "Li Xingsheng, what the fuck do you mean! Curse my son to death?"
After speaking, I saw that his right arm was raised, and he started the Luo family exercise-strengthening, and rushed violently, heading straight for Li Xingsheng's door.
Li Xingsheng was also completely ruthless here, picked up the short dagger and raised his hand to stab, hit Luo Chang's wrist, and stabbed it easily, and then turned around, not only let Luo Chang's attack fail, but also used inertia to directly use the short dagger to cut Luo Chang's right hand away, and with a sweep of his right leg, Luo Chang's whole person lost his center of gravity, and then grabbed his head fiercely, directly pressing Luo Chang to the ground and unable to move.
"Enough of you!
The governor also released his momentum, "No, you can't fight, if you fight, will there be a peaceful life in this Yancheng!"
Obviously, the governor was also confused, the original intention of this meeting was to let the five major families coexist peacefully, but he didn't expect things to turn out like this.
Li Xingsheng let go of Luo Chang, and then made up for it, "Although I don't know what the relationship between these two things is, but what you are doing behind your back will disturb my peaceful life."
He approached Luo Chang's face and said coldly, "Then give Lao Tzu death." ”
The governor tore Li Xingsheng away, and shouted loudly outside the door, "Chief soldier, bring the doctor and treat the wounds of the head of the Luo family, the head of the Li family is too ruthless!"
Ji Xin walked to Luo Chang's side, helped him up, and said, "Don't bother the governor, I happen to have a doctor with excellent medical skills, I'll deal with it." With that, he greeted Fan Wenguang, and the three of them walked towards the gate together.
Suddenly, Ji Xin paused, turned back to Gu and Li and said, "I will regard it as a declaration of war, and there will be no peace in Yancheng from now on." ”
Seeing that the two didn't reply, Ji Xin snorted coldly and walked out with Luo Chang on his back, Luo Chang was still staring at Li Xingsheng with vicious eyes, as if he was going to eat him.