Chapter 42: The Council by the Fireplace (Part II)
Leng Ke, who had been closing his eyes, sat up and said, "Add the girl to replace Baili Xi." β
The five people present, including Gu Gu and Geng Ding, were all incomprehensible to this proposal of Leng Ke, the head of the elders. Gugu is indeed a female baby who is better than many male babies in Dayanhe Village, but she is a female baby after all.
Mu Xiaohe, the deepest elder in the city government, asked: "Female baby drying swords?Is there a precedent for female babies to be selected in the past few sword drying ceremonies?Senior brother, do you think the master and his old man will agree?"
Leng Ke smiled and glanced at Gugu, who was pretending to be stupid on the side, and said, "Gugu was selected by the silver fir wood in my hand. I don't think Master, his old man, will not give face to the old Shanwang Shanbagong. β
Hearing this, Goo was dumbfounded.
She was confused for a while: "This old guy actually knew his divine sense deeds just now, and now, he recommended her to expose the sword, what is the purpose?!"
Geng Ding secretly asked Gugu with his eyes what she had just done.
Seeing that Gu Gu just shook his head frequently, Geng Ding didn't want to ask any more questions, he repeated Leng Ke's words and asked, "Lao Shanwang chosen, senior brother is this?"
"Hahahaββ, junior brother, let me ask, apart from me, how many people in this world can have in common with Yinshan Mu?"
Everyone's eyes widened, Geng Ding spread his hands and replied honestly, "There should be no second person." β
Leng Ke turned his gaze to a dazed grunt, and said, "Girl, come and tell everyone, how did you do it just now?"
Ten eyes pointed out, Goo had to explain truthfully.
She mustered up the courage to stand up and said, "Elders, when Shaoyi came back from Daxi Mountain, he carried an inconspicuous wooden stick. At that time, I didn't know what it was a strange thing, but today I saw the silver fir wood in Elder Ke's hand, which was no different from the wooden stick in Shaoyi's hand, and I suddenly realized that Shaoyi had brought an unusual piece of wood. β
She blinked, and reluctantly continued to explain: "Just now, that log flew past me, and I, driven by curiosity, was also bold. As a result, I didn't think that my Qi Sea couldn't resist the summoning, and I actually flew away with this silver fir tree...... It's not easy, it's hard to ......" Goo Gu lowered his head a little embarrassedly, and his hands tugged at the corners of his clothes: "The divine sense just found me. I almost lost my soul......"
"Okay, girl, you don't have to say it, we all understand. Leng Ke nodded, and then explained to the elders: "Among these dolls, I have tried, and only this female doll can be in common with the cedar wood. β
Elder Leng held his hands behind his back, pacing while thinking, everyone knew that the Great Elder had something to decide, so they all sat aside in silence.
Half an hour later. Leng Ke spoke without question: "Looking at the current situation, everyone must know very well that the deputy sword who can be qualified for this year's sword ceremony is none other than the female baby in front of him, and the Council of Elders should also recommend it." β
Geng Ding suddenly realized, and always saw the grunt and sad moon on weekdays, and the gods pulled the flowers...... Even his grandfather, who has great powers, can't help him, and laments that his grandmother died too early, so Geng Ding has to often beg He Xiangu and other women in Dayanhe Village to take turns to help enlighten and persuade him.
Now that I think about it, the moonlight, the tea steam, and the sawdust...... It's not a bad thing that they all have some kind of intrinsic connection with Googo, and they are part of Googo's endowment.
Everyone was quite surprised by Elder Leng's decision, but in view of the fact that it was the determination of Shanba Gong, they did not speak again.
The event was set, and everyone turned their attention to the discussion of the main sword.
Elder Nan Shang watched as Leng Ke was handing over the Silver Fir Wood that had been with him for many years to Gu Gu, his face was very ugly.
If you let Gu Gu be the secondary sword, although the candidate for the main sword has not yet been determined, it is already certain that half of the attributes of this year's sword ceremony are the main "wood", because Gu Gu is in the Geng Ding family "wood", cultivating grass and wood.
He is a member of the "Jin" family in the south and cultivates the gold and stone department, and this rare sword is probably going to be completely lost with his precious son.
At the moment when Goo Gugu stretched out his hand to take the silver fir wood, Nanshang finally couldn't help it, and he said sharply: "Wait!"
Except for Leng Ke, everyone else in the room was stunned.
Traditionally, the Council of Elders of Dayanhe Village has always followed the procedure of "gathering the opinions of the elders first, and then the chief elder will make the final decision". Therefore, during the election process, if the other elders do not agree with the decision of the chief elder, they can start an argument, but once the resolution has been tacitly approved by the elders, all members must obey unconditionally.
The cooing was stopped, and she froze in place, looking back at everyone.
Seeing this, Leng Ke nodded slightly to show his support, while Geng Ding hurriedly stepped forward to play a round and said, "Senior Brother Nan, this is Senior Brother's final decision. β
Nan Shang ignored Geng Ding's words, and with a wave of his sleeve, sparks splashed everywhere, trying to forcibly stop Leng Ke from handing over the silver fir wood to Gugu. With one hand, he used his breath to suppress the silver fir wood that Elder Leng was handing out, and with the other hand, he rolled the qi wave towards Gugu.
If it weren't for Elder Tan on the side catching the goo that was swept out by the air waves, she would have almost fallen into the furnace.
"Let's not mention the less one for the time being, this time, have the old brothers forgotten that this girl is a foreigner?" Nan Shang's disappointment was overflowing.
Leng Ke flicked the silver fir wood lightly, and easily removed the hand that Nan Shang was trying to control, and he pressed the silver fir wood on the palm of Gu Gu's hand again, as if there was a dinging entrustment in his eyes.
For a moment, Gugu seemed to hear the call of Hong Zhong Da Lu, she solemnly connected her hands to the wood, knelt on the ground and shook deeply, completing a sacred inheritance ceremony.
Nanshang still didn't give up, and pounced again to snatch the silver fir wood in Gugu's hand. Leng Ke slapped Nan Shang to the ground and scolded: "The chief elder has already made a decision, and he must not change it, and he still wants to respect himself." β
"Wow-"
Nan Shang took Leng Ke's move with his arm, and he spit out a mouthful of blood with a burst of internal fire.
He thumped his chest and slammed his feet, his eyes furrowed. Da Nian: "The rules of my Dayan River for thousands of years, outsiders belong to outsiders, how can they easily break the precepts." Not convinced!
......
Leng Wa and Nan Yan, two candidates who were originally very promising to become the main and deputy swords, were hiding under the old locust tree in the village chief's backyard at this time, waiting for the results of this year's elders' decision.
Although they were not completely sure, there was a meeting in the house with Nan Yan's father, Elder Nan Shang, and Leng Wa's grandfather, Elder Leng Ke, and based on the excellent performance of the two babies, they were both looking forward to the outcome of the resolution with hope.
Just now I overheard that Elder Nan was ineffective in stopping Elder Leng, both of them were in a hurry, and they couldn't care so much, the two glanced at each other, and then they entered the grass house together, and just saw Nan Shang's heartbroken scene, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Nan Shang saw that his son was coming, but instead of restraining his seizures, he behaved even more painfully, and shouted sorry for Zu Xun again and again. This made Nanyan, who was his son, very embarrassed.
Geng Ding asked, "Why are the babies here?" Don't you know that the elders are not allowed to enter the matter?"
Leng Wa thought that his grandfather would support him, so he said confidently: "If I remember correctly, the sword ceremony is the most important activity of my Dayanhe clan, and the clan regards it as important as sacrificing to the ancestors." How could such an important activity be handed over to a foreign girl to serve as the deputy sword, hmph! What ability can she have?" Leng Wa became louder the more she spoke, and her face did not change.
"Smack-"
Everyone present heard a rapid crisp sound, but they couldn't see it clearly, only to see the red palm marks on Leng Wa's face.
It turned out that Leng Ke slapped his grandson, and he pointed at Leng Wa and reprimanded: "If the baby wants to be good, he must understand the rules!"
Leng Wa was shocked, but she became honest and stood behind Elder Leng obediently.
Nan Shang seemed to be awakened by Leng Wa's words: "That's right! The sword ceremony is an internal event of my clan, how can outsiders be allowed to intervene?!"
Geng Ding saw that Leng Ke was still angry with his grandson, so he hurriedly moved a chair and asked Elder Leng to sit down to dissipate his anger, then turned around and said to Nan Shang: "The Sword Drying Ceremony is indeed an internal event of our clan, but except for Senior Brother Leng, everyone here must have no way of knowing the true intentions of the master in arranging this four-year Sword Drying Ceremony. β
Hearing Geng Ding's words, everyone, including Gugu, put away their complicated emotions and waited for them one by one, even Nan Shang dusted off the dust on his body and sat back on his chair, and everyone listened together.
"Back then, the master founded the Sanssouci Sword Sect, and cast the big sword cast by the ancient swordsmith Ou Yezi - Tai'a, and used the heavenly road thunder fire to cast Tai'a, and cast four swords such as Shaokang and Qinghong, and enshrined them in the Sword Pavilion.
"After 10,000 years, the three swords such as Qinghong Sword found their sword master, fulfilled their loyalty, and left my Dayanhe Village. Today, there is only one lone sword left on the Sword Pavilion, named Shaokang.
"It is a great mission to find the master of Shaokang Lonely Sword, and Master specially instructed me and my senior brother to preside over the sword ceremony to find the master of Shaokang Sword's bloodline. Of course, the master's original intention was to hope that the heirs of the Dayanhe clan could shoulder this responsibility and leave the sword body and sword path in the clan forever, so as to live up to the ancestors and sages. At first, he did not have the intention of spreading it to other people......"
Listening to Geng Ding's words, everyone became more and more serious.
Only Nanyan glanced at Goo with disdain, and then used his spare eyes to look for the waste wood......
Geng Ding sighed, and then said: "In the past, there have been twenty-four sword drying ceremonies, and among them, there have been fourteen sessions of the main swordsman of this clan who successfully invited the Shaokang Sword from the Sword Pavilion.
"However, it's a pity, although the sword was invited out again and again, and it also showed the 'true body', however, these fourteen main swordsmen are still one step away, and no one can take this sword with the strength of one person. β
When everyone heard about this result, they couldn't help but turn their heads to each other.