The people who can still stay in the ancestral hall today are all the elders and big clans of all ethnic groups and surnames in the town, and these people are either old and sophisticated, or they are lively, in short, none of them are simple, otherwise they will not be able to have a place in the ancestral hall in such a big thing today. So after noticing Li Tiansheng's strange appearance, they all showed a playful look on their faces, and they all looked at the patriarch of the Li clan, Li Chengyuan.

Li Chengyuan didn't seem to notice the meaning in these people's eyes, he just looked at Liu Mazi's corpse, his face was unwavering, and people couldn't guess what he was thinking. However, his son Li Nianfeng was still a little young in the end, and after seeing Li Tiansheng's weak heart, he scolded angrily before Liu Yunyi could speak.

"Li Tiansheng, as a member of the Li clan, what are you hiding? Today, in front of your ancestors and ancestors, if you don't hurry up and tell the truth, do you want to shame your ancestors? ”

After Li Nianfeng spoke, everyone's eyes changed, they looked at Li Nianfeng, although they didn't say anything, but there was more playfulness in their eyes.

"Li Nianfeng, step down for me."

Li Chengyuan's face was gloomy and he looked at Li Nianfeng.

Li Nianfeng glanced at his father, and his heart suddenly felt a little weak, he could feel that his father was really angry this time, and the object of his anger was not Li Tiansheng who was kneeling below, but him.

Li Nianfeng didn't dare to disobey his father's words, he hurriedly took a few steps back, and didn't dare to say more.

"Today's matter, according to the rules, before the matter is settled, except for the old man and Patriarch Liu, no one else is allowed to say a word, if someone violates it, the family rules will serve. Li Nianfeng, today you violated the rules in the front, and you should be punished. After the matter is over, you go to the Li family's small ancestral hall and kneel for three days, do you hear clearly? ”

Li Chengyuan looked around, his eyes were sharp, so that the people below who had ghosts in their hearts lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at him. And the words that came out of his mouth were even more cold and ruthless, as if Li Nianfeng was not his son.

After hearing his father's punishment, Li Nianfeng's face turned pale, but he didn't say anything, just answered a "yes", and no sound came out.

suppressed the people with ghosts in their hearts, and Li Chengyuan apologized to Liu Yunyi with a fist.

"I'm sorry, Patriarch Liu. Then you ask, if anyone dares to talk too much or be noisy, I will not spare it. ”

Liu Yunyi didn't pay attention to Li Nianfeng's many words, but now that Li Chengyuan not only punished Li Nianfeng, but also gave him enough face, he naturally had no opinion.

Liu Yunyi nodded to Li Chengyuan, signaling that it was okay, and when he turned his head to look at Li Tiansheng, his face was not very good-looking.

"Li Tiansheng, you'd better speak clearly in front of your ancestors. If you dare to speak your tongue and wronged your brothers...... Of course, my old Liu family definitely has no qualifications to punish you, but I think your Li family's family law will never spare you, right? ”

Li Tiansheng was already weak-hearted, after hearing Li Nianfeng's scolding and Liu Yunyi's "reminder", he was even more masterless, and his eyes unconsciously looked at the head of the Song family, but after only one glance, Li Tiansheng suddenly remembered something, and quickly lowered his head.

"Back to ...... Hui Patriarch...... What I said is true, absolutely no unbelieved, absolutely nothing. ”

As if he had finally come back to his senses, Li Tiansheng lowered his head and quickly raised his head, his eyes were full of panic, and his tone was very anxious, but the more he spoke, the smoother he became.

Liu Yunyi looked at Li Tiansheng, and glanced at Song Heqi, whose face was a little ugly, with a smile on his face.

"Oh? Tell me, why did you see Li Aniu committing murder and see it so clearly? ”

Li Tiansheng sobbed, and said with tears and snot: "This afternoon, I had a conflict with Li Aniu on the street, and I had a fight with him. ”

Liu Yunyi nodded and said, "I know, I will find someone to verify afterwards, you just have to talk about yours, and explain the matter clearly first." ”

Li Tiansheng swallowed his saliva, and then said: "When fighting, I had the upper hand at first, because I usually didn't like Li Aniu, so I beat him hard, and later, in order to humiliate him, I told him that he was not as good as Liu Mazi, who knew that Li Aniu was in a hurry when he heard this, I was unprepared and suffered a big loss, and he pushed me to the ground, and then he rode on me and almost strangled me to death." ”

When Li Tiansheng said this, he touched his neck with a look of fear. He didn't lie about this, at that time, Li Tiansheng was indeed almost strangled to death by Li Aniu on the street.

"Later, Li Aniu was shocked by the people on the street, so I was not strangled to death, and later, Li Aniu slapped me twice, you see, ......"

When Li Tiansheng said this, he deliberately stretched his neck so that everyone could see the bruises on his face.

"After Li Aniu beat me, he ran away like crazy. I was stunned, and by the time I got up, he was gone. At that time, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and as soon as I gritted my teeth, I followed where Li Aniu ran. ”

When he said this, Li Tiansheng was obviously a little weak-hearted.

"I thought at the time, I couldn't take this beating in vain, so I thought that when Li Aniu didn't pay attention, I would secretly beat him up and make up for the loss."

For these things, the elders of the small town don't think there is anything, fights and brawls, common things in small towns, especially when it comes to the kind of fields and water, when the brothers are fighting to the head in order to grab water, but as long as no one comes to the patriarch to complain, the clan will not interfere privately. Therefore, they did not mean to reprimand Li Tiansheng's dirty thoughts. At the same time, I also understood why Li Tiansheng didn't dare to speak, after all, this kind of thing is not a good thing that can be put on the surface.

Seeing that the patriarchs and elders didn't mean to reprimand him, Li Tiansheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "When I found Li Aniu, Li Aniu was just in front of Zhang Tuzi's meat stall, and at that time, Li Aniu seemed to have calmed down and kept talking to Zhang Tuzi. At that time, I was far away and didn't hear clearly, but at that time, I saw that Zhang Tuzi seemed to be full of reluctance, and had been driving Li Aniu away, and Li Aniu saw that Zhang Tuzi was becoming more and more impatient with him, so he left. ”

"I saw Li Aniu leave at the time, so I also followed, who knew that Li Aniu didn't mean to go home at all, he didn't go far at that time, so he hid. I was bent on revenge on Li Aniu, so I hid with it. Li Aniu waited until it was dark. ”

"After dark, Zhang Tuzi packed up his things and went home, Li Aniu followed him home, and then I saw Li Aniu sneaking around in front of Zhang Tuzi's house for a while, and suddenly jumped into the courtyard of Zhang Tuzi's house, and came out after a while. It's just that when he came out, there was an extra machete that Zhang Tuzi usually used to chop bones in his hand. ”

When Li Tiansheng said this, his face was full of horror.

"I was very scared when I saw Li Aniu holding the knife, because I just had a conflict with him in the afternoon. I was afraid that he was holding a knife to cut me, so I wanted to run but didn't dare, so I could only chase Li Aniu from a distance. Then, I saw Li Aniu go straight to the door of the pharmacy, he found a dead corner at the door of the pharmacy, and squatted down there. ”

"I was curious on the one hand, and scared on the other, so I didn't dare to run, and I secretly squatted down on the side. We just squatted until midnight, and then we ......"

Li Tiansheng seemed to recall something terrifying, his face was pale, and his whole body was swaying.

Liu Yunyi looked at Li Tiansheng like this, and couldn't help urging: "No one here harms you, you can tell what happened next." ”

Li Tiansheng came back to his senses and stammered, "Yet...... Then, I ...... I saw a group of people coming out of Yuanrentang, Li ...... Li Aniu and the others left...... When you are about the same, you ...... all at once And he rushed out...... And then ......"

When Li Tiansheng said this, he glanced at the mat with Liu Mazi's corpse rolled, he really couldn't say it anymore, he couldn't hold back for a while, and he vomited it out, and Song Gui and the others couldn't stand it, and they retched almost at the same time.

Looking at the appearance of these people below, many of the patriarchs and clan elders present frowned, this is an ancestral hall, first some people were incontinent, and now some people are vomiting. In front of the ancestors, what kind of system is this?

Li Chengyuan also frowned a little at this time, he glanced at Liu Yunyi, and asked with his eyes if he wanted to continue, Liu Yunyi had a dark face and shook his head imperceptibly.

After receiving Liu Yunyi's reply, Li Chengyuan stood up, and he first asked Liu Yunyi.

"Patriarch Liu, is there anything else you want to ask?"

Liu Yunyi hugged his fists at Li Chengyuan and said, "It's gone." ”

Li Chengyuan nodded and said to everyone: "So, do you know about today's events?" ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

Seeing everyone's reaction clearly, Li Chengyuan said to Song Gui, Li Tiansheng and the others, "You guys go to wait outside the ancestral hall first." ”

Song Gui and the others also knew that they had lost their temper, and now that they heard that they could go, they didn't care about etiquette, so they turned their heads and ran out.

When Song Gui and the others went out, Li Chengyuan walked out of the ancestral shrine, came to Liu Mazi's corpse, pointed to Liu Mazi and said: "I have seen the corpse with Patriarch Liu, and it has basically been determined that the deceased person is indeed Liu Mazi, but today's matter is not a trivial matter after all, and there is no room for sloppiness in front of the ancestors, so I have to ask you to verify the identity together." ”

Li Chengyuan paused, looked around and said: "I made it clear to you in advance, people die ugly, their heads are almost chopped up, if you feel that you can bear it, you can stay, if you feel that you can't, then go out first, but don't leave a strong support for the sake of face." After all, the ancestral ancestral hall does not allow everyone to vomit indiscriminately. ”

When Li Chengyuan said this, his eyes were sharp, so that everyone did not dare to look directly at his edge.

The people present looked at each other, but none of them moved, until an eighty-year-old clan elder spoke, and the scene came alive.

"I won't look at the old man, after all, he is old, he is not as good as you young people, and he can't see the blood, as for the result, I can still trust Xiao Li, old man."

The old man's surname is Chen, and he can already enjoy his old age in peace, but the Chen family is now in decline in the town, and there is no young man who can afford to take the lead, so the old man can only spend in the position of the old man of the Chen family.

"By the way, Xiao Li, you were busy with business just now, and it was inconvenient for me to say anything more, old man, but now that I have time, the old man has to say more."

Facing this old man, Li Chengyuan didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly lowered his head and clenched his fists, and said softly: "Old Chen, just say, kid listen." ”

Old Chen nodded, and said hoarsely: "If the old man is not mistaken, the punishment for casually interjecting in major affairs in the clan should be one day, right?" After three days, the child will be broken on his knees, besides, the old man thinks that the child is very well-behaved, and he didn't say anything wrong, the meaning is right, is it done? ”

Li Chengyuan listened to the old man's words, and his face suddenly became a little embarrassed: "Old Chen, it's not that I don't listen to you, it's just that Nian Feng, as my son, would actually break the rules in such a big event and not punish ......."

Li Chengyuan didn't finish speaking, but Chen Lao already understood.

Old Chen sighed, with some sadness in his eyes.

"You, you've suffered all your life, don't you even have a child...... Alas, that's it, so be it. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he let people help him out of the ancestral hall. Li Chengyuan thanked him from afar.

With someone taking the lead, the rest of the people naturally have an excuse to leave, and there was a commotion in the ancestral hall for a while, and after a while, more than half of the people left, and most of the remaining people were some old people, and the patriarchs did not leave.

Li Chengyuan looked at the people who stayed, and when he saw Liu Yunyi, he said to him: "Patriarch Liu, it's better for you to come." ”

Liu Yunyi thought about it for a while and wanted to refuse, but it seemed that it was inappropriate, and finally agreed.

The moment the mat was opened, even though the people in the ancestral hall were mentally prepared, they still couldn't help but gasp, and some people even felt a little nauseated, but they were pressed down by them.

"Look, everybody."

Liu Yunyi opened the mat, stepped aside, and stopped talking.

"Patriarch Zhang?"

The patriarch of the Zhang clan heard someone shouting to him, and when he turned his head, he happened to see Li Chengyuan waving to him, and the person standing next to him was Liu Yunyi.

The patriarch of the Zhang clan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked over.

"Lao Li, what's the matter?"

Li Chengyuan sighed, looked at Patriarch Zhang and said, "There are some things that may require you to come forward, Li Tiansheng said that Li Aniu's murderous knife belongs to the younger generation of your family, and I am afraid that you need to confirm this matter." ”

When Patriarch Zhang heard that it was this, he immediately agreed.

"I thought what was the matter, don't worry, I'll send someone to do it immediately."

Li Chengyuan and Liu Yunyi glanced at each other and thanked Patriarch Zhang together, and Patriarch Zhang hurriedly excused himself.

Because everyone's attention was on Liu Mazi's corpse at this time, after sending away Patriarch Zhang, there was no one around Li Chengyuan and Liu Yunyi, Li Chengyuan didn't speak, but Liu Yunyi couldn't help but speak first.

"I said Patriarch Li, why do I think something is wrong with this thing, what's the matter? Is it coming at you? ”

Li Chengyuan smiled and shook his head.

"Don't think about it, let's get justice for your family first, as for other things, you don't need to do anything. Rest assured, I won't let things escalate. ”

Liu Yunyi sighed and patted Li Chengyuan on the shoulder: "Don't resist, your family has endured too much for the town, if you really show favoritism a few times, no one will say anything about you." ”

After Liu Yunyi finished speaking, he also left, leaving Li Chengyuan alone.

Li Chengyuan glanced back at the ancestral hall and said softly something that others were destined not to hear.

"No, the ancestors are watching."

There is such a thing as favoritism, once there is a first time, there may be a second time, this kind of thing Li Cheng knows far better than anyone else. He knew that once he opened this opening, the Li family would one day be ruined, and when the time came, he would look back, and he, Li Chengyuan, would only be that sinner.

If you know that something is wrong, don't start it, otherwise, once it causes trouble, if you want to stop, it will be too late.