The eyes of everyone present came to Li Xiaohua.

One is the head of a clan, and the other is a little-known thirteen elders, although they all belong to the Li family in Jinling, but the status of the two is like mud, and they are not above the same level at all.

And at this moment, the dignified patriarch, a famous man in the rivers and lakes, was held accountable by an elder in the clan in front of the heroes of the world, and everyone couldn't help but be interested in seeing how Li Xiaohua coped.

Li Xiaohua took a deep breath and said slowly, "Li has been in charge of the Li family in Jinling for 20 years, and he has led the family step by step to today's low position. The same people in the rivers and lakes are in trouble, my Li family is generous to help, the people encounter natural disasters, my Li family opens a warehouse to release grain, the clan has three rooms and sixteen branches, each is different, although it has not been perfected over the years, but it is also impartial, I really don't know your so-called crime. ”

Li Xiangzhong laughed, "What an impartial." He looked around and said, "In front of the heroes of the world, I will count your crimes." ”

"First, twenty years ago, my brother Li Xiangyang disagreed with you, and repeatedly spoke against you, in order to take revenge, as a clan, you colluded with Taihu bandits, hijacked darts, framed my brother, and forced my brother to commit suicide, which is unjust. ”

"Second, after the matter was revealed, you killed all the thirteen guards in the thirteenth room, and lied that it was the Taihu bandits, which was unkind. ”

"Third, after the old lady learned about this, he ordered me to investigate, and you tried every means to cover up the truth, and in the end he was angry with you to death, because of unfilial piety. ”

Not only everyone, but even the people of the Li family, many people heard about this for the first time, and they couldn't help but be shocked. Twenty years ago, the thirteenth room was considered a big family in the Jinling family, Li Xiangyang and Li Xiangzhong, two brothers, were also quite famous in the rivers and lakes, and later Li Xiangyang was forced to commit suicide because of the loss of the dart, and the thirteenth room quickly fell, and there were such public cases among them.

Li Xiaohua sneered, "The mouth is on you, whatever you say." But the truth of the matter has already been publicly discussed, do you want to overturn the case for this matter? Although Li Xiangyang was guilty of losing his dart back then, his crime did not lead to death, because he was trapped by love, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he committed suicide, so how could he blame me? The old lady finally made up her mind, but now you have committed the crime of slandering the patriarch by pouring dirty water on Li. ”

"Do you want to deny it?"

"What about the evidence?" Li Xiaohua asked, "Could it be that you can count this matter just because you have red mouth and white teeth?"

Li Xiangzhong said, "You Li Xiaohua do everything without leakage, where can I find evidence? But before my brother died, he personally admitted that you did it. I don't have any evidence, but I have the right to vote! I don't need you to commit suicide to apologize, as long as you are willing to kneel down and confess your guilt, I will still support Allure to become the patriarch. ”

Li Xiaoshu reprimanded, "Li Xiangzhong, what kind of occasion is this? Where is your turn to talk nonsense? Even if the eldest brother is responsible, it is also a matter within our clan, where is your turn to make a big fuss here!"

Although Li Xiaoshu has thoughts about the position of the patriarch, he will never do such a thing that damages the reputation of the family, even if this public case is done by Li Xiaohua, Li Xiangyang should not shake it out in front of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, this is obviously a lose-lose situation!

Li Xiangzhong laughed, "Privately, in private, I'm afraid that before I can say it, our patriarch's knife has already cut off my head." His eyes were red, and he said sharply word by word, "I just want to expose Li Xiaohua's hypocrisy in front of the heroes of the world." Li Xiaohua, do you plead guilty or not?"

That's a great question.

If Li Xiaohua does not admit his guilt, Li Chengcheng's position as the patriarch is afraid that it will be difficult to make a smooth trip, but if he admits his guilt, the status of the Li family in Jinling in the rivers and lakes will be greatly discounted in the future.

Li Xiaocao also said sharply, "Li Xiangzhong, are you crazy? What you did today, the Council of Elders has every right to remove you from your position as an elder!"

Li Xiangzhong said, "I'm very sober. I know that after saying this, I am afraid that I will not survive today, but justice is in the hearts of the people, and I didn't think about living when I said it!"

Everyone looked at Li Xiaohua one after another.

Li Chengcheng also looked at Li Xiaohua and cast an inquiring look.

Li Xiaohua sighed, "The matter has come to this, I have to admit that Li Xiangyang's death has something to do with me." ”

"You're finally willing to confess?"

Li Xiaohua said, "However, it's not what you imagined. ”

Li Xiaohua said again, "Back then, Li Xiangyang's loss of a dart was indeed done by me, but the crime he committed was not because of the dart, but because of King Ning!"

"King Ning!"

Once again, the crowd was shocked.

When King Ning rebelled in Chuzhou, the masters of the Li family in Jinling did their best, and the thirty-six black-clothed sword ministers were almost wiped out, and they made military achievements in the chaos.

Li Xiaohua said, "King Ning rebelled back then, and without the knowledge of the Li family, he purchased 100,000 quintals of grain from the family, and the person who handled it was Li Xiangyang of the thirteenth room. Coincidentally, the dart he escorted was robbed, in order to protect the reputation of the Li family, Li Xiangyang was forced to commit suicide, and our Li family sent thirty-six sword ministers to assassinate King Ning, which was regarded as an explanation to the imperial court. Li Xiangzhong, are you satisfied with this explanation?"

"Who knows if what you say is true or not?"

Li Xiaohua said, "More than 30 sword ministers died in the Battle of Chuzhou, but the imperial court didn't say a word, have you ever thought about why?"

Li Xiangzhong was silent.

Li Xiaohua said to everyone in the rivers and lakes, "Everyone, this matter is a disgraceful matter for our Li family, and you are all famous and decent in the rivers and lakes, I tell the truth, and please keep this secret." ”

Among the people present, there are the heads and elders of the three major families, the eight major sects, and the general collection of Xiaosheng rivers and lakes, nearly 20 people, although they are quite famous in the rivers and lakes, but if they want to keep this secret, how easy is it?

Li Xiaocao added, "As a last resort, the patriarch will never mention this matter, this matter is related to the face of the court and the chaos of the royal family, you have to weigh it." ”

This sentence is to the point. This matter involves the struggle for imperial power, and the major Jianghu sects are afraid to avoid it, and everyone regrets it in their hearts.

Although the Li family is not monolithic, when it comes to foreign affairs, in general, it is still relatively neat, and Li Xiaohua breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xiangzhong said, "Even so, I still choose to oppose it. ”

With that, he filled out the voting ballot and handed it to the chief picker.

"Twelve votes in favor and seven against. Li Chengcheng's succession as patriarch was not passed. ”

Originally, he thought it was a routine thing, but Li Xiaohua didn't expect that it would be so extraordinary, so he had to say, "According to the clan rules, let's use a sword to fight for the position of the head of the family." ”

"The sixteen registered clansmen of the three rooms of the Li family in Jinling, if they are interested in the position of the patriarch, they will move to the ancestral ancestral hall and make a sword oath, and one person can be selected from each room to participate in the sword fight. I also invite the two elders to worship the formation, and all the colleagues in the rivers and lakes to testify!"

Not long after, the matter of the Jinling Li family's sword fighting to determine the patriarch spread all over Jinling City. The last time I fought with a sword, it was when Li Jianxin was a hundred years ago. How can you miss such a lively event?

Those who had just left rushed back to Shanhefang.

After the elders dispersed, they went to the ancestral hall one after another. Li Xiaohua called Li Tingcheng aside, "Three rooms and sixteen branches, those who agree with you to be the patriarch will probably not go to join in the fun, the rest of the people have a fixed number of martial arts, if you win them, it must not be too difficult." Among these people, the only thing to worry about is your third uncle, if he also participates in the competition, with your current martial arts, I am afraid that it will not be an opponent. ”

"Isn't the third uncle no longer causing trouble?"

"Now that the situation has changed, the patriarch of Wuding is the rule of the ancestors, and no one will say anything. ”

"Then Xiaohua, you yourself represent the clan?"

Li Xiaohua said in a low voice, "After I cultivated to the ninth level of the Xiaguang Ten Thousand Paths, I felt that this sword move was still flawed, and there should be a tenth realm. That's why I decided to give up my position as the head of the family and devote myself to practicing in order to prove the way of the sword. ”

Li Chengcheng's face was full of shock, "What?"

"Be quiet, this matter is top secret, no one knows. ”

No wonder Li Xiaohua is only fifty, but she retreated bravely, it turns out that there is this reason in it. It's just that the head of the Li family has a very high status in the rivers and lakes, and he rarely makes a move, so this matter is well hidden.

Li Xiaohua said again, "You can rest assured to fight, there are two sword servants and two major enshrinements here, presumably others will not use the moth." ”

Li Tingcheng nodded, "I will." ”

Not long after, the sword servant Li Changshou handed over the list, Li Xiaohua looked at it, and among the sixteen branches in the three rooms, only six people signed up, and the names of Li Xiaocao and Li Xiaoshu were also impressively listed.

The second and third bedrooms come side by side.

Li Xiaohua asked, "Second brother, you don't know martial arts, why are you here to join in the fun?"

Li Xiaocao said, "Although we respect the eldest brother, the rules of the ancestors are the rules, and I do this because I want to try whether I have the strength." ”

Li Xiaoshu also said, "Our three rooms are the descendants of the clan, if the position of the patriarch falls into the hands of the other rooms, I am afraid that our life will be difficult." However, don't worry, eldest brother, with me and my second brother escorting, no one will pose a threat to Li Tingcheng. ”

After a while, Li Changshou said again, "Li Xiangzhong in the thirteenth room has also signed up for sword fighting!"

The final list was determined, the previous six people, including Li Tingcheng and Li Xiangzhong, a total of eight people participated in the sword fight, at that time, Li Tingcheng will be in front of the ancestral ancestral hall, accept the challenge of the remaining seven, only if all of them win, can determine the position of Li Chengcheng's patriarch.

It was almost noon, and the sword fighting meeting was scheduled for the afternoon.

The crowd dispersed, and went first to eat.

......

Palace.

"Waited for me for a long time?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at the Mai swordsman and asked a little puzzled.

Mai Swordsman said, "I can't tell you exactly how long, but it's probably been twenty years." ”

"Who are you?"

"My name is Serious Mountain. ”

"Serious mountain?" Xiao Jinyan racked his brains, and he didn't know that there was such a person in the rivers and lakes, "I haven't heard of it." ”

"Of course you haven't heard of it. When His Majesty was not yet established, I was the commander of Jin Wei in the Yongwang Mansion. ”

"And you know why I'm here?"

Serious Mountain pointed to the plaque on the main hall, "Presumably for the things above." If you guessed correctly, it should be that Wang Banxian from Tianji Pavilion who asked you to come, right?"

Wang Banxian?

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself, could it be that he had something to do with this matter?

It was Yuwen Tianlu who informed him of this, but now Yuwen Tianlu is a dead person to the world, and there are not many people who know that he is alive. Faced with serious questioning, Xiao Jinyan said vaguely, "What is it, what is it?"

"Yes or no, I don't care. Your Majesty's order to me is that whoever comes here and wants to take such a thing will be killed. ”

"Do you know what's up there?"

"I haven't seen it, I don't know, and I don't want to know. Back then, it was precisely because of such a thing that Wang Banxian even lost his status as a national teacher. ”

"Your Majesty has made me wait here for twenty years, and I finally waited for you." He looked Xiao Jinyan up and down, and said, "The person who was waiting for it was you." It's just that I didn't expect that the people cultivated by Wang Banxian would have such poor martial arts. ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "You guessed wrong, Wang Banxian is not my master. ”

"It doesn't matter, it's death left and right anyway. ”

Serious Mountain's hand held the sword, he was still ordinary before, but at the moment he held the sword, it was like a different person, and the whole person was like a sharp sword, enveloping Xiao Jinyan in it.

Smack!

Xiao Jinyan took off the nameless gun on his back, pressed the buckle, and with two crisp sounds, the body of the gun skyrocketed, and the head of the gun poked out of the muzzle and turned into a long gun.

The last time he infiltrated the palace, Xiao Jinyan already knew that this person was powerful, so this time he came and brought the nameless gun with him.

"Why did the emperor kill me?"

"To him, your presence is a threat! Your Majesty, I don't like this threat, so you must die." ”

......

Outside Dingzhou.

Yuwen Tianlu held a spear in one arm and confronted the visitor for a moment. As early as a day ago, he sensed that a master had entered the Dingzhou range.

He looked at the visitor, "I didn't expect you to come here." ”

Wang Cai said, "I didn't expect that you would send Xiao Jinyan to Jiangnan to die." ”

Yuwen Tianlu said, "I sent him because I firmly believe that with his current martial arts, he is enough to defeat that serious mountain in the palace. ”

Wangcai shook his head, "I once passed him a sword. ”

This sentence was said very plainly, but it made a huge wave in Yuwen Tianlu's heart. This is a person who is a sword keeper on Shujian Mountain, and he said that if he passed a sword, it was naturally not an ordinary sword. He began to regret whether it was the right choice to let Xiao Jinyan break into the palace.

Wangcai said again, "Back then, when you went up the mountain, I was not in the mountain, and I didn't know what deal your emperor had made with Lord Jianzun, but Wang Banxian shouldn't have made such a mistake. ”

Yuwen Tianlu said, "At first, I also doubted that I had guessed wrong, I once asked Wang Banxian, but that guy refused to admit it, and it wasn't until after the Battle of Zhaoyao Mountain that I guessed his identity from Li Chuntie's mouth." It turned out that Xiao Jinyan was the child that Wang Banxian picked up from the mountain. ”

Wangcai corrected, "It's not hugging, it's stealing!"

"No wonder Wang Banxian is so confident, and even gathers all the world's luck into the Qiankun bowl, it turns out that he is waiting for the time to be ripe, give the world's luck to Xiao Jinyan, and use your people to deal with you! I'm just curious, with your ability, how can you not find Xiao Jinyan?"

Wang Cai said, "Jian Zun can't sense him, and the people in the mountains will only be sensed by Shujian Mountain when they die." ”

"You know, why don't you snitch?"

Wangcai pondered for a moment before he said slowly, "He invited me to drink, I am his friend, between friends, you can't betray you." Moreover, I think what Lu Xuanji said back then made sense. ”

"What did he say?"

Wangcai fell into the memory, and after a long time, he imitated a rough voice, and said in a low voice, "This world is so fucking interesting, if it is ruined, it will be a pity." ”

"Hahaha!" Yuwen Tianlu looked up to the sky and smiled, "If Lu Xuanji is alive, he will say this to him, and he will be a big white!"

"You don't have a chance. ”

"Why?"

"I'm here to kill you. ”

Yuwen Tianlu smiled, "If I were elsewhere, I would not be your opponent. But here, you can't kill me. ”

With that, he took out a stone from his bosom, which was black and densely wound with thin wires.

"What is this?"

Yuwen Tianlu said, "It's just a magnet." He pointed around, "Dingzhou City is surrounded by mountains, and these mountains are full of this kind of magnet. I know the sword in your hand is weird, you might as well chop this stone. ”

He threw the stone at Wangcai.

Wangcai swung out a sword, only to hear a ding, and the stone fell to the ground, intact.

Yuwen Tianlu was very satisfied, "I used this principle, and I have used countless amounts of money over the years to transform Dingzhou City into a fortress and a cage, just to guard against you." ”

Wangcai was stunned, "How do you know?"

Yuwen Tianlu said, "More than ten years ago, I met a person named Faraday, learned this knowledge from him, and used it to transform Dingzhou City, using this city to build a large array, I call it Faraday's cage. Even if you want to destroy the world in the future, I can keep this city!"

The corners of Wangcai's mouth rose slightly, and he slowly spit out two words, "Backward." ”

"There are some things that you have to try. Otherwise, there's no chance. Yuwen Tianlu said again, "Will you keep this matter a secret?"

Wangcai said, "I no longer obey the orders of Shujian Mountain. ”

"And who do you obey?"

"My heart. ”

A boulder in Yuwen Tianlu's heart fell to the ground, and the Dingzhou Great Array still had a lot of flaws, and he was not completely sure that he could keep this sword cultivator, so he changed the topic, "Since Xiao Jinyan is not a serious mountain opponent, why don't you stop him?"

The corners of Wangcai's mouth cracked, revealing a very ugly smile, "I was expecting him to create some unexpected miracles." I'm more curious, if he knows his life experience, how will he react, if he takes refuge in Shujian Mountain, won't you be considered short?"

Yuwen Tianlu said, "No." ”

"Why?"

"Because of my daughter. ”