When Li Chengyuan and Liu Yunyi walked out of the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall was already full of people standing under the steps, all of whom were members of the Li clan.

The clansmen saw that since the patriarch walked out of the ancestral hall, they all bent down to salute, and the third uncle led more than ten elders of the Li clan, stepped forward, and shouted respectfully: "The Li clan has now captured Li Aniu, and now they are here to return to the patriarch." ”

After the third uncle finished speaking, he took a few steps sideways, and together with all the clan elders, he made a way, revealing a few people behind him.

The leader of the Li clan, who was in charge of arresting Li Aniu, and another Li clan member slowly walked out of the crowd with one person, walked in front of the clan elders, and threw the person who was carried to the ground.

The leader of the Li clan shouted loudly, "Please verify the identity of the patriarch." ”

Li Chengyuan bowed and saluted.

"Thank you people."

After thanking the clansmen, Li Chengyuan put on a "please" posture to Liu Yunyi beside him, Liu Yunyi was not polite, and took the lead to walk down the steps, followed by Li Nianfeng and the remaining Liu clansmen in the ancestral hall.

The two of them went down the steps and walked straight towards Li Aniu, and at this time, the Li clan had already sent torches and handed them to the leader.

When the two approached, the leader of the Li clan stretched out a torch and stretched it out not far in front of Li Aniu, so that the two patriarchs could clearly see Li Aniu's face.

Li Aniu's face was covered with blood scabs and tears at this time, and with his weird smile at this time, it made people look particularly terrifying.

Li Chengyuan frowned, and instructed the clansmen: "Go get some water and wipe his face clean." ”

Hearing the clansmen's orders, a clansman immediately called a bucket of water, and wiped Li Aniu's face clean after a while.

Looking at Li Aniu's clear face, Li Chengyuan clasped his fists at Liu Yunyi and said, "Patriarch Liu, come and take a look, if there are people from the Liu clan who know Li Aniu, you can also call to take a look, so as to verify your identity." ”

Liu Yunyi nodded, greeted behind him, and a member of the Liu clan immediately walked out behind the two.

The Liu clan people said "offended" to Li Chengyuan and the Li clansmen, and squatted on the ground to take a closer look. After seeing the people and confirming the identity. The Liu clan nodded at Liu Yunyi and walked back behind the two of them.

After receiving the reply from the clansmen, Liu Yunyi personally checked it again, and then said to Li Chengyuan: "Patriarch Li, since the identity has been determined, I will take that person away." ”

Li Chengyuan was about to agree, but was stopped by the leader of the Li family.

The leader leaned into Li Chengyuan's ear and whispered to him about the arrest of Li Aniu tonight.

The more Li Chengyuan listened, the more ugly his face became, and in the end, he was so angry that his face turned pale.

"Bastard."

After listening to all the things that the leader said, Li Chengyuan shouted angrily and kicked Li Aniu in the stomach. But Li Aniu was hit hard by this, but he was like no one, he just retched, and then laughed again, and what was even more excessive was that Li Aniu laughed even more when he saw clearly that it was the patriarch Li Chengyuan who did it. The laughter was as piercing as a night owl, and it made people feel their scalp tingle when they heard it.

Looking at Li Aniu like this, Li Chengyuan was even more angry. He resisted the urge to do it, and apologized to Liu Yunyi: "Patriarch Liu, I'm afraid I can't hand over people to you." ”

Liu Yunyi was quite surprised when he heard this. You must know that according to the rules of the ancestors, as long as it is not killed by the same clan, the murderer needs to be handed over to the victim's family after the identity is verified, in order to prevent the murderer from being shielded by the same clan. And Li Chengyuan, as the patriarch and the supervisor of all the surnames in the town, has never done anything against the rules, but this time......

Liu Yunyi suddenly became curious about what the leader of the Li clan had just said to Li Chengyuan, what could make the most well-behaved Li Chengyuan so angry?

In order to figure out what was going on here, Liu Yunyi pretended to think about it and showed a embarrassed expression.

"Patriarch Li, you also know the rules of the ancestors, I'm afraid it's not appropriate not to hand over people, right? Besides, it's this hour now, we still have to be busy tomorrow, and you Li clan people have been busy all night, so it's time for the clansmen to rest and rest. ”

Li Chengyuan took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, looked at Liu Yunyi and said word by word: "Old Liu, do you remember the fire forty years ago? ”

Hearing Li Chengyuan suddenly mention the incident forty years ago, Liu Yunyi's face changed greatly, he looked at Li Chengyuan, and waited for Li Chengyuan's next words.

"Just now, Yun Wu told me that before Li Aniu was arrested, he was actually setting fire to the town."

When he said this, Li Chengyuan almost gritted his teeth and said it.

Hearing the word "arson", Liu Yunyi also recalled the fire forty years ago, and his face was suddenly difficult to see.

Li Chengyuan didn't care about Liu Yunyi's reaction, he continued: "You can arrange for your Liu clan people to come and watch Li Aniu, but Li Aniu can't hand it over to you." If it was just to kill someone, Li Aniu naturally needed to be handed over to you for disposal, but if he dared to set fire, then my Li family would not be able to hand it over to you. ”

Li Chengyuan stared at Liu Yunyi's eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Aniu will die tomorrow, but this doesn't mean that he can escape my Li family's family law by dying." ”

Li Chengyuan has never been so strong since he took over the position of patriarch, and now he used such a tough tone against a patriarch, which shows how angry he is in his heart.

In fact, Liu Yunyi's face was also full of anger at this time, if Li Aniu was not from the Li clan, but from his Liu clan, Liu Yunyi would want to kill this scourge alive at this time. So when Li Chengyuan said that he wanted to leave Li Aniu to use the family method, Liu Yunyi agreed without thinking about it.

"Cheng, you can stay, but our Liu family will also leave a few people."

Liu Yunyi's request was reasonable, so Li Chengyuan did not stop it.

"Patriarch Liu, leave the rest to our Li family, you go back first. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow. ”

Hearing Li Chengyuan's order to evict guests, Liu Yunyi nodded and left quickly with the Liu clansmen.

After the outsiders were all gone, Li Chengyuan looked at Li Aniu, gritted his teeth and said, "The elders of the Li clan will come over to me." ”

After hearing the patriarch's order, the third uncle hurriedly led all the clan elders to surround him.

"Li Aniu, a clansman, killed people on the street first, lost the face of his ancestors, deliberately set fire to the fire, and then regarded the lives of everyone in the town as a mustard. Today, I, Li Chengyuan, am the patriarch of the Li clan, and I hereby ask for the family law. According to family law, Li Aniu removed all the nails of his hands and feet, and then cut his nose and ears with a blunt knife. You do it yourself. Do you understand? ”

Li Chengyuan almost shouted out at the end.

"The Li clan is always listening."

Hardly there was any hesitation, and all the elders of the Li clan took the order in unison.

"Since I have to attend the clan meeting tomorrow, the matter of family law will depend on the elders."

After saying the clan order, Li Chengyuan suppressed the anger in his heart and apologized to the clan elders. The clan elders didn't even dare to say it.

After killing Liu Mazi on the street, Li Aniu knew that he would definitely die, and he thought at that time that killing one was killing anyway, and killing two was also killing, so after he calmed down the sequelae of the killing, he turned back to Lu Yangsheng's house. After all, in Li Aniu's opinion, in addition to Liu Mazi, the person he hates the most is Lu Yangsheng, of course, there is now another Li Tiansheng.

When Li Aniu arrived at Lu Yangsheng's house, seeing that there was still no one at his house, Li Aniu hid and waited for Lu Yangsheng to come back. It's just that he waited for a long time, but he still didn't see Lu Yangsheng come back, especially after the ancestral bell rang, he was even more anxious. Because he also knew that as soon as the ancestral bell rang, it was estimated that someone would come to arrest him.

Li Aniu waited and waited, but he didn't see Lu Yangsheng come back, he was so angry that he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and if he waited any longer, he would have to be arrested, how could he kill Li Tiansheng at that time? Coincidentally, at this time, Li Aniu saw Lu Yangsheng's thatch drying in the yard, which made him feel evil, and took out the fire fold and lit all the thatch.

Autumn is dry, and the untreated thatch is flammable, so Li Aniu almost lit the thatch on his front feet, and Lu Yangsheng's entire back foot became a sea of fire.

After Li Aniu saw the raging sea of fire, somehow, he remembered everything about tonight in his mind, and it became clearer and clearer, and in the end, he almost collapsed. In this way, Li Aniu stopped running, and this is the scene that the Li clan people saw.

After being caught, Li Aniu had already accepted his fate, and he felt that he was not dead? He can't hide from it anyway, so what else is he afraid of? So even if Li Aniu saw Li Chengyuan, he still didn't feel afraid, and even had some strange pleasure in his heart.

It's just that Li Aniu didn't expect that Li Chengyuan would have such a big reaction after hearing that he had set him on fire, and he would use family law against him.

Li Aniu was scared, he was really scared.

"Patriarch, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, let me die, you let me die. I don't want family law. ”

Listening to Li Aniu's plea for mercy, Li Chengyuan did not relent.

"Third uncle, remember to bring a few people from the younger generation when you practice family law."

The third uncle nodded after listening to Li Chengyuan's instructions, then turned his head and nodded the names of several clansmen, and took the lead towards the Li family's small ancestral hall.

"Patriarch, I was wrong, you spare me, Patriarch......"

Li Aniu's begging for mercy became farther and farther away, and the chill on Li Chengyuan's face finally gradually receded, he thought about it, and suddenly shouted to the leader of the Li clan tonight: "Yunwu, you come here." ”

Li Yunwu, that is, the leader of the Li clan, hurriedly came over after hearing the shouts of the patriarch.

"Patriarch, are you looking for me?"

Li Chengyuan nodded and asked, "Did you ever see Li Aniu's father and mother when you caught him?" ”

Li Yunwu shook his head: "I didn't see it, there was no one in his house, I heard the neighbors say that he should have gone into the mountains, and he hasn't seen anyone for many days." ”

Li Chengyuan sighed and ordered: "Yunwu, you take people into the mountain early tomorrow morning and try to find Li Aniu's father and mother." Although Li Aniu is heinous, he is a member of the Li clan after all, and before he is executed, he has to let him meet his family. ”

Li Yunwu almost didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement.

After saying the matter, Li Chengyuan dismissed all the clansmen and let them all go home to rest, and he himself took Feng Ying and Li Nianfeng back to his home.

After arriving home, Li Chengyuan called out to Li Nianfeng, who was about to go out, and ordered: "Nianfeng, you will go into the mountain early tomorrow morning, find Xiao Yangsheng who guarded the tomb of the Ninth Master, and take him to the ancestral hall." ”

After Li Nianfeng heard his father's instructions, he asked puzzledly: "Father, are we going to bring Lu Yangsheng to the ancestral hall?" It's not appropriate, right? ”

Li Chengyuan frowned, and asked with a calm face, "Why is it inappropriate?" ”

Seeing that the old man was about to get angry, Feng Ying hurriedly kicked his son.

"If you want to go, you can go, what so much nonsense, besides, the surname Lu in our town is the only one left with Yangsheng, this child is alone, don't call him anyone."

Feng Ying gave him a look while kicking his son, and finally made Li Nianfeng come back to his senses.

The twenty-three tablets of the ancestral hall represent the twenty-three surnames, and these twenty-three surnames are the origin of the town. It's just that now, three of the twenty-three surnames have completely cut off the incense, and there are only a dozen families left in the family who are still guarding the incense, and the Lu family is only Lu Yangsheng.

Every major event in Luoxian Town needs all the patriarchs to participate together, although among these patriarchs, there are only seven or eight surnames such as Li, Feng, Song, Liu, and Zhang that really work, but there is still no less form that should be.

After figuring out his father's thoughts, Li Nianfeng looked embarrassed and wanted to say something more, but was kicked out of the house by Feng Yinglian.

As soon as she got out of the house, Feng Ying hurriedly pulled her son out of the yard, and she scolded in a low voice: "Stupid son, don't you see that your father is angry?" If he tells you to go, you will go, why do you talk so much nonsense? ”

Li Nianfeng rubbed his head and said irritably, "Mother, Lu Yangsheng is the only one left in the Lu family, he is still a child, and his reputation is not good, and his father asked him to participate in this matter, and he will be besieged by all the patriarchs." ”

Listening to her son's complaints, Feng Ying was also a little angry: "Do you think your father will not know these things?" I ask you, is your dad good or are you good? ”

Li Nianfeng didn't think about it.

"Of course it's my father."

Feng Ying poked Li Nianfeng's head angrily, and scolded with hatred: "Do you still know? Then why are you still talking so much nonsense? Moreover, who told you that Lu Yangsheng was just a child? That kid wasn't easy at all. ”

Li Nianfeng said unconvinced: "A twelve or thirteen-year-old child, no matter how simple it is, how simple can it be? ”

Feng Ying sneered: "At least smarter than you." When this incident is over, your father will definitely explain it to you, and you will know when the time comes. ”

Li Nianfeng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Feng Ying.

"Son, don't ask anything, and I won't tell you. Besides, instead of thinking about these things now, you might as well think about how to survive three days in the small ancestral hall. ”

Feng Ying felt a little distressed in her eyes when she said this, but she had no intention of interceding for her son.

"Ah...... Annoying, I'll go home and recharge my batteries. ”

Feng Ying didn't mention this, but when he mentioned this Li Nianfeng, he was even more annoyed, he said goodbye to his mother casually, turned around and walked in the direction of his house.

"Slow down, don't fall."

Li Nianfeng didn't hear Feng Ying's advice, and walked faster.

"Silly Son......"

Looking at the direction in which his son walked away, Feng Ying couldn't help but sigh.