As the sun set, Lin Ye and Lin Shan ate more than a dozen catties of beef in the house, transforming into the body's qi and blood in their bodies while eating. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But at this time, Lin Jun, who had just been beaten by Lin Shan, had a blue nose and swollen face, but he shouted outside the door.

"Lin Ye, Lin Shan, the patriarch held a meeting in the ancestral hall, you two, come to the ancestral hall quickly. ”

After saying this, Lin Jun didn't dare to enter the house or stay longer, so he immediately ran away, for fear that Lin Ye and Lin Shan would beat him.

"Haha! Brother Ye, look at Lin Jun like that, now he is already afraid of us. ”

Seeing Lin Jun leave in embarrassment, Lin Shan had a sense of pleasure, but when he heard Lin Liangzhu hold a clan meeting, he said with some worry, "Lin Jun was just beaten by us in the martial arts arena, Lin Liangzhu held a clan meeting, Brother Ye, he won't be going to take us under the knife, right?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten, but, Shanzi, we don't need to worry too much. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I want to see, what can he Lin Liangzhu do to us now?"

Wiping the oil on his mouth, Lin Ye burped, got up and went to the Lin clan ancestral hall with Lin Shan.

The Great Qin Wuguo is the family of the world, and the world is governed by clans. Therefore, in every clan, the ancestral hall has become the most important place of discussion.

The Lin clan is just a small clan of Ding Pin, so this ancestral hall is naturally not too big, that is, a courtyard of about ten zhang, which is dedicated to the statue of the Martial Emperor and the tablets of the ancestors of the Lin family.

The so-called clan assembly is a clan assembly that only the patriarch can convene, and generally speaking, the patriarch can only hold such a clan assembly once a month. At the same time, when the survival of the clan is at stake, the patriarch also has the right to order the clansmen to make corresponding contributions to the clan.

The Ding Pin clan can accommodate up to five hundred people, however, the Lin clan is the lowest Ding Pin clan, so the maximum number of clansmen that can accommodate is only two hundred. Fortunately, the Lin clan was not prosperous enough, and all the old and weak women and children added up to only one hundred and seventy-eight people.

When Lin Ye and Lin Shan came to the ancestral hall, almost all the clansmen had already arrived. Most of them are old and weak, women and children, and the total number of men in the Lin clan is less than seventy.

Moreover, among the more than 60 men, almost half of them are Lin Liangzhu's people, and they have received the yellow-level lower-grade exercise "Tiger Fist" taught by Lin Liangzhu, as for the others, they are not martial artists like Lin Ye in the past. Some of them are farmers who work outside the city, while others are ordinary people who do small business in the city markets and barely survive under the protection of their clans.

"Lin Ye, Lin Shan, why are you two so late? You see that all the clansmen have arrived now, and they are all waiting for you. ”

As soon as he saw Lin Ye and Lin Shan coming in, Lin Liangzhu slapped the table and asked very unhappily.

"Patriarch, as soon as Shanzi and I received the notice from Lin Jun, we immediately rushed over. Besides, I've only been there for a while when I see the other clansmen, so why is it late?"

In the face of Lin Liangzhu's harsh criticism, Lin Ye was able to deal with it easily. He looked at Lin Jun who was standing beside Lin Liangzhu, and guessed that Lin Jun must be the last one to inform him, so that Lin Liangzhu could take it out and make a fuss.

"Hmph, Lin Ye, don't think that if you also practice martial arts now, your wings will be stiff. In the final analysis, this Lin clan is the patriarch after all, if you violate the clan rules, you will not listen to the patriarch's orders. I can kick you out of the city and become an outcast!"

Lin Liangzhu snorted coldly and said.

"Indeed, Patriarch, you have the right to drive me out of the clan. However, if you drive me away for no reason, I also have the right to go to the Prayer Mansion and even the Mansion of the Lord of the Castle to speak out and complain. Moreover, now that you are the patriarch, after a while, the position of the patriarch will be occupied by the virtuous. ”

Anyway, since he had already torn his face with Lin Liangzhu, Lin Ye didn't need to save face for him, and directly retorted angrily.

"You...... Okay, good...... Lin Ye, don't think that you can really cultivate to become a martial artist, if you want to defeat me and replace you, you are still tender! Today is a matter of life and death for our Lin clan, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, you stand up quickly, I have something important to announce. ”

Lin Liangzhu was so angry by Lin Ye's words that he was angry, but he was helpless against Lin Ye, so he had to endure it.

"Brother Ye, Lin Liangzhu looked menacing as soon as he came, it seems that he was guessed by you, he really wants to attack us. Lin Shan said secretly on the side.

"I expected this, if he didn't take advantage of the fact that I hadn't become a martial artist, he wouldn't be Lin Liangzhu. ”

With a faint smile, Lin Ye looked at Lin Liangzhu who was standing in front of the ancestral hall tablet, but wanted to see what tricks he was going to play.

After a-for-tat confrontation with Lin Ye, Lin Liangzhu finally got back to business, and when he saw that the clansmen had arrived, he sighed and pointed to the tablet of the ancestral hall and said: "Fellow clansmen, I, Lin Liangzhu, am ashamed of my expectations of our ancestors and ancestors! In the past few years, our Lin clan has slipped from the middle clan of Ding Pin to the last clan of Ding Pin. Now, the New Year is coming again, and this year I'm afraid that even the Ding Pinmo clan won't be able to keep it......"

As soon as Lin Liangzhu said this, the clansmen in the ancestral hall compound panicked.

"What? Even the Ding Pinmo clan can't be saved? What should we do then? Aren't we going to be exiled outside the city and become outcasts?"

"It's over! it's over...... It is said that there are often demon beasts running rampant outside the city, and without the protection of the city walls and the army of military captains, I don't know when I will die in the mouth of the demon beast!"

"Patriarch, don't sigh, think of a way! There are less than ten days left until the end of the year, let's think of a way......"

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These ordinary clansmen usually live their own normal lives, pay taxes and the Martial Emperor Statue on time every month, and they don't worry about the clan assessment at all, anyway, they do whatever the patriarch asks them to do.

But today, when they heard about the clan's annual assessment, they might not be able to get over it, and the Lin clan was going to be banned by the Prayer Mansion, and all the clansmen were exiled outside the city, which made them all panic.

Especially those old and weak women and children, if they are young and strong young men, even if they are not warriors, some other clans may still take them in, but these old and weak women and children are the burden of the clan, and no clan will accept them at all.

"Brother Ye, what's going on? Before the end of this year, Lin Liangzhu announced this bad news to all the clansmen, could it be that he really gave up his last effort?

Hearing Lin Liangzhu publicly announce the news, Lin Shan was also taken aback, and said with some worry, "Once we lose our clan identity, Brother Ye, it will be difficult for us to enter Yuanfeng City." Even if you have money, you can't go to the Yanwu Hall of the Prayer Mansion to buy martial arts exercises. ”