"The new patriarch?" Chu Hongshuang was shocked when she heard this, and looked at the personnel of the Internal Affairs Department in confusion, "Patriarch, what happened to him?" ”

The person from the Internal Affairs Department waved his hand impatiently, "You don't want to go, why are you talking so much." ”

The housekeeping staff has always been dissatisfied with Chu Hongshuang, and after speaking coldly, they turned around and left.

Chu Hongshuang scolded secretly in her heart and followed closely.

The woman in black leaning on the golden railing stared at Chu Hongshuang intently, letting the rain drench her long hair.

"Wait for me?" Chu Hongshuang followed the housekeeper onto the platform, looked at the sunspot woman and said with a smile.

The woman snorted coldly and followed.

"You say you, so many young men, why do you have to stare at me, a child." Chu Hongshuang glanced at the figure of the black woman and quipped.

"Fourteen isn't a child, besides, you're probably a hundred years old, right?" The woman whispered behind him.

"Boring!" Chu Hongshuang ignored her anymore and followed the hurried footsteps of the housekeeper into the attic.

There are three floors in the Wenfeng Pavilion.

Entering the gate along the platform is an open field.

The three-storey room encloses the middle field, and there are about forty or fifty people standing or sitting on the field at this time.

There was silence in the pavilion.

Everyone seemed to be cautious about even breathing.

Chu Hongshuang could only stand at the back of the crowd when they came in. Even so, it surpassed the vast majority of the people.

Most of the people in the crowd in front of him were gray-haired and well-known old men, while the others were people who held important positions in the clan.

On the second floor, Chu Hongshuang saw the leaders of the major family sects, their expressions were natural, and they were talking in a whisper, the changes in the Chu family were just talking about it to them.

He saw that his grandfather Chu Wuju was also standing on the second floor, frowning his eyebrows, his face was flushed, and he thought that he had indeed drunk here at noon, but he didn't know what was going on in the wine bureau.

The patriarch stood on the third floor, his face expressionless, his eyes slightly closed, and he looked indifferent.

Immediately beside him were not the elders of the Chu family.

On the left-hand side stood a stranger, who looked to be about fifty or sixty years old, with a long beard and chest-length brows, and a chill in his eyes, which swept coldly over the people downstairs. He wore a green robe, and carried a large black wooden sword box behind his back, which opened and closed uncertainly when he looked up.

The person standing on the right hand surprised Chu Hongshuang, it turned out to be the eldest son of the patriarch, his eldest uncle Chu Guanyun.

Chu Guanyun also stood there expressionlessly, and nodded slightly after seeing Chu Hongshuang come in.

On either side stood the white-robed and long-bearded elder who was nearly 100 years old, the law enforcement elder who was fat and had disdainful eyes, the slender body of the elder who contrasted sharply with the law enforcement elder, and the confucian-looking elder.

The Elders of Internal Affairs and the Elders of the Mountain Guard, who were seriously wounded, were not listed.

Grandma Shaman stood with the elders, and at this time she had stripped off her robe, and was draped in a black feather coat, which radiated a ghostly glow in the light.

Chu Hongshuang suddenly thought of where he had seen this dress, when he was reborn, the barbarian high priest he vaguely saw seemed to be dressed like this, although he couldn't see his face at that time, this strange dress made him remember it very deeply.

What does she have to do with the barbarian high priest?

Chu Hongshuang was too lazy to think about this, the scroll should be in her hands, and she must find a chance to come back.

In the corner of the three-story building, squatted the little man hidden in a black robe, who seemed to be guarding the shaman's grandmother all the time.

Grandma Shaman leaned over, staring at the woman in black and Chu Hongshuang, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.

The woman in black seemed to know what she was thinking, and shook her head lightly at her.

"Almost everyone?" The old man in the green robe with the sword box on his back asked lightly in a loud voice.

"Back to Zhan Dutong, the people are almost there, and the hour is still a little short." Before the patriarch could speak, Chu Guanyun was the first to speak.

The patriarch swallowed the words that came to his lips with embarrassment, and rubbed his hands together with a little uneasiness.

The old man in the green robe hummed softly, nodded and said no more.

"Who is this person and what is his identity?" Chu Hongshuang looked at the woman in black who was standing straight in confusion and asked softly, her eyes inadvertently attracted to her chest.

"The general capital of Zhennan Palace, the first swordsman in the south, Zhan Killing." The woman in black looked at the third layer, her gaze swept over everyone, and she whispered, "This is a half-saint existence......

"What is he here for?"

"Hehe, it's not that your father did a good job, he kidnapped the king of Zhennan, and he still has to hurry over."

"He came over so quickly, the palace is hundreds of miles away from us!" Chu Hongshuang asked in surprise.

The woman in black glanced at Chu Hongshuang disdainfully, "For a person of his realm, this journey is just the time of a meal. No, look at the sword box behind him, there are flying swords in it, and any one of them can travel thousands of miles a day......"

Chu Hongshuang secretly admired that if he also had such a flying sword, it would be best to use it to play around.

"He probably didn't expect that King Zhennan would be kidnapped by those people in the Chu family, and he was extremely angry when he thought about it." The woman in black's voice was very low, and Chu Hongshuang had a hard time listening.

The old man in the green robe seemed to hear their discussions, and his cold gaze suddenly swept over.

The woman in black was silent for an instant, and elbowed Chu Hongshuang with a little annoyance.

"I'll go, shut ......me up" Chu Hongshuang was also annoyed, and before she finished her sentence, the bell outside Wenfeng Pavilion rang again.

"It's time."

The patriarch said bitterly, glanced at everyone on both sides a few times, and then nodded slightly.

More than a dozen housekeepers rushed in in an instant, and they divided into two groups, carefully carrying the two objects.

Chu Hongshuang recognized these two things.

A huge bronze mirror, called the Shadow Mirror, illuminates all the scenes illuminated by it on the smooth stone wall outside the Wenfeng Pavilion, and magnified several times.

The other thing is an adult-sized conch shell called a conch shell. It has the effect of transmitting sound, and the same other conch shell is installed outside, and the sound inside will be amplified several times to the outside.

After the internal affairs personnel set up the mirrors and sounded the conch, they retreated one after another.

The patriarch spoke first, and his voice was full of unwillingness, "Today, my Chu family has experienced a devastating blow. Under the command of the Prince, we united with all of you to ambush the Demon Cultists. Unexpectedly, those thieves were cunning, and we were calculated by them. ”

"The alliance has suffered heavy casualties, and I apologize to all of you who came to help, and all compensation will be borne by my Chu family."

As soon as his voice fell, there was an uproar inside and outside the building.

The Chu family compensated for the loss, what a huge compensation it would be.

"Patriarch, this old man is probably a little crazy, right? With so much compensation, how can it be afforded? The woman in black frowned and complained.

Chu Hongshuang didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, but when he said these words, he saw Chu Guanyun's expression instantly gloomy.

"Our clan also suffered heavy losses, each of the injured will pay a spirit stone, and if the disabled cannot continue to cultivate, the Chu family will be responsible to the end, and the deceased's family will be supported by the Chu family."

When the clansmen heard this, they applauded and agreed with the patriarch's approach.

"In addition, the king of Zhennan was implicated because of my Chu family's unfavorable teacher, and was kidnapped by the demon sect disciples, it was my Chu family who did not take good care of him, and all the responsibilities should be borne by me, the patriarch. From now on, the Chu family will transfer elite soldiers and strong generals to fully cooperate with Zhan Zongdu to rescue the king of Zhennan. ”

After the patriarch finished speaking, he looked at everyone with a solemn face, and a tear quietly slipped from the corner of his eye.

"In the end, I will step down as the patriarch and make up for the guilt of my Chu family!"