Chapter 17: The Changes of the Li Family
In this way, after Mu Chen and the three of them were in the palace for a few days, Xiaohuan planned to leave to return to the family.
Xiaohuan was born in the Li family of Qi State.
The Li family is located in the north of the Qi country, which was established by the alchemy master, and the current Li family is just a small immortal cultivation family in the Qi country, and does not belong to any major sect of cultivating immortals, but the Li family is quite accomplished in alchemy.
And the Li family is in the north of Qi Kingdom, called the place of Drifting Snow City, Drifting Snow City is cold all year round, and mortals are very rare, so this Drifting Snow City looks relatively deserted, not as prosperous as other places. But the locals know that there is a very powerful Li family here, there is an extremely luxurious mansion in Drifting Snow City, the Li family is ostensibly a trading house engaged in the medicinal herb business, but it is very low-key, outsiders only know its name, and there are very few mortals who really have contact with the Li family.
Drifting Snow City has snow all the year round, coupled with sparse population, all kinds of animals, there are often snow wolves outside the city, hurting the lives of the people, and every time the Li family sends people to strangle it, to keep the safety of the Drifting Snow City, so that the people of Drifting Snow City love this Li family very much.
And the people of the Li family who do not have spiritual roots, live in a big mansion in Drifting Snow City, and do the business of medicinal materials, and those who have the qualification of cultivating immortals will be secretly sent to Drifting Snow Peak, Drifting Snow Peak, which is a cultivation blessed land with a low-grade spiritual vein.
For a small Xiuxian family, the place with the spiritual vein is the foundation, and there are often Xiuxian families who fight for the land of the spiritual vein, and the Li family's spiritual vein land is still the best in the lower grade spiritual vein, and the reason why they have been safe all these years depends on the attainments of the Li family's elixir, as well as the ancestor of the Li family who practiced a good medicine, Xiaohuan's grandfather Li Mubai.
In the sky and the earth where the snowflakes are falling, in the snowy city.
"Crunch, crunch..."
A carriage passed through the snow-white room wrapped in silver light, and occasionally a few passers-by passed by on the silent street, and today the Li family changed its previous low-key, and the door was lined up in the snow early, and the carriage slowly became clear.
An old man of the Li family with a few middle-aged people hurriedly ran forward to greet him, and with a 'hiss', the carriage slowly stopped, and white mist erupted from the horse's nostrils, and three people came out of the car in turn, Xiaohuan, Murong Qing, and Mu Chen.
Mu Chen shivered when he got out of the carriage, and hurriedly stomped his frozen feet, while Xiaohuan rolled up his sleeves and smiled.
"I've seen the head of the family, Princess Murong, this is..."The old man smiled and led a few middle-aged people to bow deeply.
"Oh, Uncle Wang, this is called Mu Chen, he is considered to be a disciple of his grandfather, in fact, I originally wanted to accept him as a disciple, but unfortunately he is too old, and when he goes out to report to the master in the future, others must not think that I am an old monster!" Xiaohuan looked at Mu Chen and quipped.
Mu Chen looked embarrassed when he heard this.
Murong Qing laughed out loud.
The old man and the others all looked at each other, crying and laughing.
"The head of the house, why don't you go back to the house first! You have been out for almost a year, and you have something to report to the head of the house. The old man clasped his fists again and bowed.
Xiaohuan's face turned solemn and asked, "Is something wrong?"
The old man made a gesture of please, and said respectfully on the side of his body: "The head of the family will go back to the house first." ”
Not long after, the inner hall of the Li family.
"Family Master, I have already sent someone to Piaoxue Peak to inform a few elders..."
"What's wrong?... Xiaohuan asked eagerly.
The old man sighed, tears flashed in his eyes and said lonely: "Back to the head of the family, didn't the ancestor go out to look for opportunities? A month ago, the ancestor suddenly came back, but he was already seriously injured, and the ancestor he..."
"What's wrong with grandpa..."Xiaohuan's face suddenly turned pale.
"Hmph... You remember your grandfather. A discordant voice rang out.
With the prestige, the three old men and several middle-aged people had already taken the door, and the man at the head looked at Xiaohuan with a gloomy face and said.
"I've seen the Great Elder..."
Everyone clasped their fists in unison.
"I've seen the second grandfather, the third grandfather, the fifth grandfather, and the second uncle..."
Murong Qing also bowed slightly.
A few long strides waved his sleeves, sat down on the throne and said hatefully: "Don't come to those false courtesies, let me ask you, how did you, the so-called head of the family, leave this huge family behind, and go to the mountains and rivers by yourself." ”
"I—" Xiaohuan was speechless when asked.
Murong Qing stood up and bowed deeply and said sincerely: "Great Elder, it's all my fault, I shouldn't pull the head of the family to look for any opportunities." ”
"Hmph...," the Great Elder snorted disdainfully.
The Great Elder didn't know when, there were two more walnuts in his hand, he lowered his head and played with it, and said indifferently: "For the sake of you, you are the eldest brother's personal disciple, the eldest princess of the Qi country, who usually gives you enough face, this time you ran away from home with Xiaohuan without permission, it is simply a lack of family rules, the so-called state has national laws, and the family has family rules, you will not understand it as a princess of a country, right?"
"It's... The disciple received the punishment for the reason. Murong Qing's face also turned pale and bowed again.
"Senior sister...."
The Great Elder stopped moving in his hand, raised his head and narrowed his eyes, and said, "Even if you are still sensible, I will punish you to be a miscellaneous medicine boy." “
"And you Xiaohuan, it seems that the eldest brother usually spoils you, and is cynical as the head of the family according to the family law...."
"Wait, second brother. Xiaohuan's first offense is in addition, and the eldest brother is seriously injured, and the Cloud Fu Sect is about to recruit disciples, so let Xiaohuan redeem his merits and let him fall lightly. The Third Elder interrupted.
The fifth elder also chimed in and said, "Yes, second brother. ”
The others also talked about it one after another, but there was a sinister gaze among them, staring at Xiaohuan deadly.
"That's okay, just punish and be a miscellaneous medicine boy with Murong Qing, and temporarily deprive the head of the family of the position. ”
"Grandpa...!" suddenly a lean young man called out from the crowd.
The lean young man stepped forward and hugged his fists, stared at Xiaohuan and said loudly with hatred: " Grandpa, elders, uncles, after the uncle left, the grandfather passed the position of the head of the family to Li Yuhuan, saying that Li Yuhuan's excellent spiritual root will become a great weapon, but two years have passed, and I am still wandering in the fifth layer of Qi training, although I Li Yufeng has only reached seventy percent of Qi training, but compared to her five layers of Qi training, it can be seen that the so-called excellent spiritual root, I think it is a scam, that is, the grandfather is just favoritism, and I don't want other people to be in charge of the Li family, plus this Li Yuhuan, since he became the head of the family, he has been inactive, and he has no contribution to the Li family, I protest, everyone is here today, it is time to re-determine the choice of the master of the family。 ”
Xiaohuan watched coldly without saying a word.
The fifth elder scolded loudly, "Presumptuous, how long has your grandfather had an accident, and you will not be able to do it." “
"Fifth grandfather, it's not me who rebelled, everyone seems to have a mirror in their hearts. Isn't it true that my grandfather has been in charge of the family for the past two years?
Xiaohuan smiled indifferently and said calmly: "Okay~!Needless to say, I am willing to step down as the head of the family, I am indeed not suitable for this position, I just want to know where my grandfather is, as for the position of the head of the family, whoever you want to be should be!"
With that, he walked up to the five elders and muttered something.
Then, he came back and took Murong Qing and Mu Chen's hands and followed the five elders out of the house.
"Hey, remember you're just a handyman medicine boy now...," Li Yufeng yelled behind him with a sinister smile on his face.
"Little Ring..."
"It's okay, can Fifth Grandpa take me to see Grandpa?" Xiaohuan looked at the Fifth Elder and asked lightly.
"Maybe not now, the eldest brother is very seriously injured this time, and he is in retreat, so he can't bother it now. Wait~ You don't have to worry, the eldest brother is a foundation building monk after all, it's okay. The fifth elder looked at Xiaohuan lovingly and comforted.
Xiaohuan smiled and said: "Okay, thank you Fifth Grandpa for interceding for my niece and granddaughter this time, my senior sister and I will go to settle down, and then we have to go to get the punishment!"
The fifth elder waved his hand helplessly and said, "Alas~!Then you go, I will greet the alchemy room." ”
"By the way, Xiaohuan, the second brother has the intention to let Li Yufeng be the head of the family, you have to think of a way to deal with it. If the eldest brother does not go out for a long time, I see that your position is really difficult to keep, and I don't want to see fratricide at that time, after all, now outsiders don't know about the eldest brother, who was seriously injured, if there is a strong enemy eyeing us, there is no big brother in charge.. Alas..."The Fifth Elder suddenly remembered something, as if to remind.
Xiaohuan said helplessly: " Fifth grandfather, I know it's wrong, but the second grandfather really hopes that Brother Yufeng will be the head of the family, I can give up the position of the family, as long as he can treat everyone in the family well, I don't care about these false names, the Cloud Fu Sect will recruit disciples immediately, no accident I will enter the Cloud Fu Sect, since there is such an opportunity, I just want to meditate and cultivate, the pursuit of the Great Dao, I don't care so much about power and wealth, in fact, I think Brother Yufeng, don't be dragged down by these mortal worlds, take out the integrity of not admitting defeat over the years, take a long-term view, and pursue the real Great Dao。 ”
"I will tell the second brother about this, Yufeng, this child is too stubborn, too machismo, and he has always been angry about the eldest brother passing on the position of head of the family to you. After speaking, the five elders sighed.
"I hope he can let go of his obsession and set a real goal, instead of being so short-sighted, okay, Fifth Grandpa, I and Senior Sister are going to receive the punishment. ”