Chapter 3 Who will take the order?

Xu Yi, who had just arrived in your realm, was in a trance for a while, and when he saw the few traditional characters in the Luohe Village Mansion, he once thought that he was still on the earth, because there was no difference between those traditional Chinese characters and the traditional Chinese characters used on the earth, and there was no difference at all.

"Am I still on the earth? But if I am on the earth, how can I explain the strange bone ships on the sea?" Xu Yi was still pondering, and at this time, a person shouted loudly: "The four elders have arrived!"

Xu Yi came back to his senses, looked up, and saw that all the villagers bowed respectfully and retreated to the side, and four white-bearded and white-haired old men walked out of the inner hall of the public house. These four old men all have white beards and hair, and they can't see much difference in appearance, they all have wrinkles and old age spots on their faces, and their eyes are confused, but the clothes worn by the four people are of different colors, purple, white, gold and blue.

"Quickly untie the village chief, what does it look like this?" the old man in the white robe said tremblingly, holding a pear cane.

Xu Yi was very grateful to this white-robed old man, to be honest, he was really uncomfortable being tied up like this, and his hands and feet hurt.

"Elder Yang, this kid is notoriously slippery and doesn't keep his hands, but I'm afraid that as soon as he unties, he will walk. The strong man at the head hurriedly persuaded: "When this kid was the village chief three years ago, he promised to apply for my Xu family." But I didn't expect this kid to enjoy three years of worship, but when it was time to receive the conscription order, he fled overnight with Yin Xian and Jiao Za. Now that our village has not received the conscription order, the herald of the county guard has gone back to report, and the Xu clan is worried that the county guard will blame us, so this kid is better to tie up. ”

The white-robed old man snorted, squinted his eyes and said, "Oh, then tie it up, you can't let him run away." Seven days ago, he couldn't receive the conscription order, presumably the county guard has sent a supervising lieutenant to investigate. When the time comes, we must hand over the people to receive the order to avoid the disaster of the whole village!"

When Xu Yi heard this, he wanted to cry without tears: "Can you always stick to your principles?

Another purple-robed old man slowly came to Xu Yi with his hands in his hands, frowned and said: "Xu Yi, Xu Yi, in the past three years that you have been the village head, our village has given you three points, you are powerful in the village, bullying men and women, we all endured it for the sake of your willingness to accept the conscription order, why did you regret it again?"

Another golden-robed old man also stepped forward and said: "Exactly, you said that your run will not only damage the reputation of our village, but you will also be questioned for capital crimes, and your Xu family, hundreds of men, women and children, will be reduced to slaves, and the family property will be divided equally among everyone, why are you bothering?"

The purple-robed old man looked at the green-robed old man and said: "Elder Xu, this is a child of your clan, he rebelled and refused to accept the conscription order, and the sinner should be put to death, and your Xu family will also get rid of the clan identity, all of them will be reduced to slaves, and the family property will be confiscated." What do you say?"

Faced with the questioning, the old man in the green robe with an angry face on the side picked up his cane and hit Xu Yi, shouting angrily: "As an elder of the Xu family, kill the scum of your clan!"

The people next to him were all in a hurry, and rushed forward to hold the old man in the green robe, and the old man in the golden robe persuaded: "Brother Xu, what are you doing? Break him, if someone from the county guard comes, who will we hand over to ask for the crime? ”

"He won't go, I'll go!" A crisp voice came, and Xu Yi's eyes lit up while lying on the ground, it turned out that it was a young woman with bright eyes and good eyes!

I saw her dressed in a green cloth skirt, with long hair, picturesque eyebrows, and starry eyes, as beautiful as a fairy in the painting. I saw her lotus steps, floating in front of her, and said in a voice like a lark: "Xu Yi doesn't want to accept the conscription order, I'll pick it up Luo Ming!"

The golden-robed old man was furious when he saw this, and stepped forward to point at Luo Ming and reprimanded: "What are you messing around? This trip is not our Luo family's turn to receive orders! Besides, you are not the village head, what qualifications do you have to take orders?"

That Luo Ming pouted, raised his head and said, "Even if he is tied up and received the conscription order now, it will take a month to go to the county guard mansion to assemble." When I arrived at the county guard's mansion, I had to train for a year before I set out. What if he sneaks away after such a long time? How can the ox force his head without drinking water? Besides, if it is pressed tightly, after receiving the order, he dies, so what? I will voluntarily join the expedition, and I will not escape, so I will go!"

The golden-robed old man paused and said, "Luo Ming, I know that twenty years ago, when you were only three years old, your father went on an expedition and never came back. In the past 20 years, you have been cultivating spiritual power spells every day, just to follow the expeditionary force to find your father when you grow up! But do you know that this expedition has been going on for hundreds of years, and no one has ever returned! How many people with spiritual power and spells are better than you have gone, and they have never returned! The most important thing is that this trip should be made by the Xu family, and the rules of the village must not be messed up!"

The white-robed old man coughed lightly and agreed: "Luo Ming, child, what your patriarch said is right. In Luohe Village, the four major family names, Chen Yang and Luo Xu, set this ancestral system of taking turns to recruit four hundred years ago, and that is the blood oath made by the ancestors with blood! For hundreds of years, everyone has never broken the rules, and whoever should be born from the clan should be born, so don't mess with the ancestral system and renounce the blood oath! Besides, only the county lieutenant and the village chief are eligible to receive the Donghai County conscription order! You are not the village chief of my Luohe Village!"

Xu Yi, who was lying on the ground, listened for a long time, and gradually understood something, that is, what kind of expedition he was going to participate in after receiving this conscription order, this expedition was very dangerous, and everyone who went there had no return. The people of this Luohe Village have set the rules, and the four families of Chen, Yang, and Luo Xu have taken turns to send people to receive the conscription order, which has a history of hundreds of years.

Only those who are the village chief are eligible to receive the conscription order, so it is no wonder that so many people come to arrest themselves and come back to be the village chief!

And this girl named Luo Ming seems to want to follow the expeditionary force to find her father, which really makes these men in the village embarrassed. Well, there are also spiritual spells, it seems that this other world is a world of learning and cultivating true magic techniques.

Luo Ming raised her eyebrows, pointed at Xu Yi and said, "Okay! What if he is forced by you to take the order and runs away?"

The purple-robed old man said in a deep voice: "The country has national laws, and the family has family rules, if Xu Yi escapes after receiving the order, he will naturally be arrested and handed over to the county guard to be convicted of death, and the Xu family will be removed from the clan identity and demoted to slaves, and the rest of the family property and land will be divided equally!"

When the old man in the green robe heard this, his face turned pale, his body shook, and he almost fell, and the people on the left and right hurriedly supported him. The Xu disciples present all stepped forward to scold Xu Yi, and Xu Yi's mouth was blocked, even if he wanted to open his mouth and agree to receive the order, he couldn't.

Luo Ming stared at the purple-robed old man and asked, "After the Xu family is convicted, who will take the order?"

The purple-robed old man said calmly: "The Xu family is going immediately, of course it is my Chen family's turn to receive the order, and I will choose a child in the clan to take the order!

Luo Ming was a little discouraged, suddenly glanced at Xu Yi underground, and said with an idea: "Otherwise, I will marry Xu Yi, and there is a precedent in Donghai County for a wife to take the order for her husband to go on an expedition!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Xu Cheng, the strong man who brought people back to catch Xu Yi and the others, hurriedly said: "Ah Ming, how can you marry this scoundrel?

Luo Ming said with a sad face: "Brother Xu Cheng, I know how good you are to me, but I must participate in the expedition, only by marrying him can I be qualified to receive the conscription order! ”

Xu Yi glanced at the strong man, it turns out that your name is Xu Cheng, and it seems that you are also from the Xu family. I think that Xu Cheng and Luo Ming have something, but in order to go on an expedition, Luo Ming can only be qualified to receive the conscription order if he marries the village chief Xu Yi.

When the old man in the green robe heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Luo Ming married into my Xu family, naturally I am a member of the Xu family, Luo Ming took the order for Xu Yi to go on an expedition, and it did not violate the ancestral system! Forty years ago, there was a precedent in Dongxiang Village next door where the village chief was seriously ill and his wife received the conscription order on his behalf!"

The old man in the golden robe was so angry that his face turned pale, and when he heard this, he paused and said, "Luo Ming, why do you have to send you to death? Although your father went twenty years ago, and your mother died of illness a year ago, you are alone in your family, but you don't have to give up on yourself like this. Wouldn't it be better to find a wishful husband in the future, get married, have children, multiply, and enjoy life in peace? Why do you practice yourself so much, not only to marry a gangster like Xu Yi, but also to go on an expedition to die?

After that, he picked up his crutches and wanted to beat Luo Ming, and the Xu disciples hurriedly persuaded the old man in the golden robe.

But Luo Ming's eyes were firm, and he did not back down at all, but stepped forward and said: "Everyone regards the conscription order as a flood of beasts, and I, Luo Ming, am not afraid of life and death, what my mother will never forget before she dies is my father's whereabouts, I have made an oath in front of my mother, I will definitely find my father's whereabouts, even if my father is dead, I will find the bones back! I am not afraid of death, do I care who I marry?"

Speaking of this, Luo Ming knelt on the ground with a pout, her eyes were red, and she choked up slightly: "I am already alone, and I have no thoughts or thoughts left in the world, and I ask the elders to fulfill my wishes!"

Elder Xu in the green robe also had tears in his eyes, and hurriedly said: "Three old brothers, thinking of Luo Ming's pure filial piety, just promise her, my Xu family will definitely be beautiful, and I will marry her, and in the future, there will be her place of worship on the ancestral seat of the Xu family's ancestral hall!"

The old man in the golden robe had a blue face, and the old man in the white robe was so neat that he seemed to be smiling, but the old man in the purple robe was hesitant.

Xu Yi was like an outsider, tied to the ground, gagged, unable to express any opinions.

But the bystanders were clear, he could see the faces of a few people clearly, Elder Chen in the purple robe seemed to have a plan, he wanted the county guard to ask the Xu family to blame, and to demote the Xu family's population to slaves, and divide the family property and land equally among the other three.

And the golden-robed old man should be the elder of the Luo family, and the white-robed old man is the patriarch of the Yang family, and they should have discussed with Elder Chen a long time ago, and together they asked the Xu family to divide the Xu family's property, but they didn't expect to run out of a Luo Ming to stir up the situation.

Finally, the purple-robed elder sighed and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity. I don't know if he was saying that he missed an opportunity to annex the Xu family's population and property, or that it was a pity that Luo Ming went on an expedition to die at a young age.

"I won't wait until I say it, just wait for the county guard to arrive and see how they decide this matter. The purple-robed elder didn't agree to this, but pushed the decision to the people from the county guard's mansion.

Elder Xu in the green robe hurriedly said, "For weddings and funerals, you don't have to wait for the superintendent to decide." After a while, I will order the clan to prepare, and let Xu Yi marry Luo Ming tonight. ”

Elder Luo in the golden robe snorted coldly and said: "Elder Xu, don't be in a hurry, no matter what, Luo Ming is also my Luo woman, her parents are gone, and the marriage should be arranged by me, the patriarch." ”

Elder Xu smiled faintly and said: "This is wrong, since my human race retreated to the East China Sea, this wedding and funeral matter has long been arranged by the patriarch, it is all parents who don't care, and the marriage is autonomous, when do you want you, the patriarch, to decide? Luo Ming voluntarily married Xu Yi, everyone heard it, even if you are the patriarch of the Luo clan, you can't stop it." ”

Elder Luo's face turned pale and he no longer spoke, but the white-robed Elder Yang said with a smile: "Brother Xu, although you want to rush to set a good name and let your Xu clan get rid of the danger of extermination, this appearance doesn't have to be so ugly, you will get married tonight, are you too anxious?"

Purple-robed Elder Chen sighed, looked around at the more than ten Xu clan male disciples present, and said coldly: "In your Xu clan, there are hundreds of strong men, and there are no less than 100 people with spiritual power, don't any of them dare to come out to replace Xu Yi to go on the expedition?" said and pointed at Luo Ming and said, "Do you all have the face to hide behind a weak female streamer?!"

The Xu children present all bowed their heads and were silent, human nature is like this, tending to good fortune and avoiding evil, not to mention that this expedition has been a lifeless thing for hundreds of years, it should have been Xu Yi who died, he also enjoyed the worship of the village chief for three years, and he didn't get any cheapness, why did he send him to death? !

Seeing that no one of the Xu clan's disciples in the field responded, the purple-robed elder sneered: "What a Luohe Xu clan, withered to Si!"

When he said this, Xu Yi struggled violently there, and his mouth continued to whimper, as if he had something to say.