said that Li Ziqing both agreed and said that he had something to say.

Li Tianzhou, Li Buzhou, Li Benzhong, Li Ming and others were quite happy when they heard Li Ziqing agree to take office as the sixteenth elder, but when they heard that Li Ziqing still had something to say, they didn't know what Li Ziqing was going to say, so they all guessed in their hearts and stopped talking for a while.

Li Tianzhou coughed and asked, "Ziqing, just say it, if there is anything to say, let's all listen to it, and make a decision according to reason, do you think it's okay?"

Li Ziqing immediately cleared his mind and began to make a statement according to the predetermined lobbying goal:

"Patriarch, elders, I, Li Ziqing, am surnamed Li, and I can't write two Li characters with you. Since the Li family sincerely invited me to join, I should also treat the family sincerely. ”

When Li Ziqing said this, Li Tianzhou and others said, "That's right!"

Li Ziqing continued: "I, Li Ziqing, was the leader of one side when I was in the Nether Realm, and later I was also the leader of one side in Lingshan City.

Now that he has joined the Li family, the Li family is facing the pressure of the strong rise of Taipingmen. Speaking of which, I regarded myself as a member of the Li family, and I also tied myself to the chariot against the Taiping Gate. ”

When Li Buzhou heard this, he said: "Ziqing, you are right, our Li family has always been a family unity, united with the outside world, and the same hatred for the enemy!"

Li Ziqing heard this, and said in his heart: No wonder Li Wenlong said that this Elder Li Buzhou was a little confused, listening to him, he was really a little confused about right and wrong.

So Li Ziqing smiled: "Elder, I haven't finished yet." ”

"Well, Ziqing, you go on, we're all listening. Li Buzhou said.

"As far as I can see, when the six forces worked together to deal with the Taipingmen that had not yet risen, both the Guijia and the Guiyuan Hall were destroyed, and now there are only five parties left in the six forces, and then what are the chances of winning against the Taipingmen that have risen?

In my opinion, in this current situation, this is just that when the Shi family faced the persecution of the Taiping Gate, he dragged our Li family and several other forces to accompany him to death. ”

Li Ziqing's words were talking about the deep worries of Li Tianzhou and the others, so Li Tianzhou and the others became gloomy for a while.

Li Ziqing watched the changes in the expressions of these people, sneered secretly in his heart, but continued to say:

"In this sense, our Li family is tied up for the Shi family, but I, Li Ziqing, am tied up by my Li family. ”

When everyone in the Li family heard this, their faces were all ugly.

Li Tianzhou coughed twice and said embarrassedly: "Ziqing, our invitation to join the family is indeed sincere. ”

Li Ziqing saw that the effect had been received, so he smiled and said:

"Whether our Li family is very willing to tie up his Shi family, I don't know, but since I, Li Ziqing, have joined the Li family, in my opinion, I am willing, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't be here today. ”

When everyone in the Li family heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ziqing then took the opportunity to say: "Before I came here, there was another person who represented a sect and did not attract me to join, can the patriarch know about this?"

When Li Tianzhou heard this, he said, "Today? I really don't know about this." ”

Li Ziqing said: "The person who wooed me is called Li Wenlong, and that sect is Taipingmen." ”

"What? I'm so angry!" Li Buzhou said hatefully.

"Elder Li, don't be angry. Li Ziqing said.

"How can I not be angry? He is my own nephew, and now he has betrayed the family, how can I not be angry!?"

Li Mingdao: "Big sister, don't you know, Wenlong is a good hand among the descendants of our Li family, and he is known as the 'Six Friends of Shangshan' with Mei Baohe and others."

They were originally all members of our Li family, but now they are all willing to cling to the Taiping Sect and oppose their own family, shouldn't they be hateful?"

Li Ziqing smiled: "In my opinion, this matter is not all bad. A big family, a leader, must be flexible in order to be invincible. ”

When Li Tianzhou heard this, he said, "How can you say that? Why do you say, 'This is not all bad?'"

Li Ziqing thought to himself, the time is ripe at this time, and he must seize it!

So Li Ziqing then talked eloquently: "If we continue to fight against Taipingmen, this is of course a bad thing, and if we have the heart to resolve the contradiction with Taipingmen, this is not a bad thing." ”

Li Buzhou's head is not very good at turning in circles, and he immediately said: "Ziqing, did you accept the pull of Taipingmen?"

Li Ziqing said: "Elder, you allow me to finish my words." If our Li family is willing to accompany the Shi family, I should not say this, if I am unwilling, please listen to the patriarch and elders. ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent for a while, and after a while, Li Tianzhou sighed and said, "Ziqing, you can come and listen!"

Li Ziqing said: "Patriarch, when I was the palace master of Feixian Palace, and later when I was the city lord of Lingshan City, I was worried about the prosperity and decline of my power, so after leaving, I still have worries when I think about it. My idea of pushing the patriarch must also be centered on the prosperity and decline of my Li family, yes or no?"

Li Tianzhou said: "Ziqing, you have a point, continue, continue!"

Li Ziqing said: "I heard that there are ten major forces in this world, and now one Guiyuan Hall has been removed and returned home, but another Taiping Gate has emerged, although it is still one of the top ten forces, but the balance of forces is different." ”

When everyone in the Li family heard this, they all secretly said in their hearts: This is indeed the case. Li Ziqing observed his words and looks, and saw that no one in the Li family objected to his statement, so he continued:

"It was supposed to be six to four, now it's five to five. And I also heard that the forces of Zizhuhai have also formed an alliance with Taipingmen. In this way, it seems that the power of the Taiping Gate is greater than ours.

Patriarchs, elders, should we put the family first or the Shi family first?

Li Ziqing's remarks moved the Li family patriarch and all the elders.

Li Ziqing himself didn't expect that his arrival would be so smooth. Now, it's just up to the Li family patriarch and the elders to make a choice.

At this time, among the Li family patriarch and the elders, such as the patriarch Li Tianzhou and the contemporary great elder Li Benzhong, who were knowledgeable, had already begun to speculate:

Li Ziqing actually came to be a lobbyist for the Taipingmen, could it be that she was attracted by the Taipingmen? But Li Ming wooed her to join our Li family, and she also accepted it, and now she is wearing our Li family's golden cicada jade clothes!

- But Li Ziqing is indeed reasonable!

The Li family's welcome banquet ended with a heavy heart.

The contemporary Great Elder Li Benzhong ordered Li Ming to arrange for Li Ziqing to rest.

After Li Ziqing left, Li Tianzhou, the head of the Li family, convened all the elders to hold a special high-level meeting of the Li family.

The patriarch of the Li family was about to raise the issue, and someone from the Li family came to report:

The immortal cultivators on the street were rumoring that the Shi family had discovered an ancient immortal cave mansion on their mine, Dayuling, and the Shi family elders came forward to release the news, inviting the masters of various sects to go on an expedition tomorrow.

Li Tianzhou listened to it and said expressionlessly: "Okay, let's explore and report again." ”

After the messenger went out, Li Tianzhou said: "There are three days left to be the day when the Shi family is the mainstay, and we will all hold a fair immortal league meeting." Going on an expedition tomorrow isn't a good thing for our Immortal Alliance Conference, right?"

Li Buzhou said: "Second brother, what's wrong with this?"

"This will inevitably attract people's attention, and our fair immortal alliance conference will lose a lot of color. Li Tianzhou said.

"In that case, why did the Shi family release this news?" Li Buzhou was puzzled.

"Elder Cunzhou, have the heads of Ye Jingqiu and the four major sects of the Taiping Sect arrived in Dahong City?"

"Second brother, Ye Jingqiu and the minds of the four major sects have already arrived in Dongyang City last night, and it is estimated that they should have arrived in Dahong City at this time. ”

"Well," Li Tianzhou nodded and continued, "It seems that we have to add two more topics. Okay, now let's talk about these three topics:

The first question is that we must urgently investigate whether our family's Aunt Li Ziqing, Aunt Li, has any connection with the Taipingmen, and whether she is a person sent by the Taipingmen;

The second question is that we have to hurry up and decide whether to follow the Shi family's fair immortal alliance or not;

The third question is that the Shi family's mine Dayuling is exploring. ”

Li Tianzhou put forward three topics, which are really the top priorities of the Li family.

Li Cunzhou, the elder of the Li family, was in charge of intelligence, and took the initiative to say at the moment: "Second brother, elders, whether Li Ziqing has anything to do with Taipingmen, I will investigate this matter now!"

This group of old guys, all of them are old and immortal, Li Ziqing was present at the time, and no one expressed doubts, and they have not shown it until now.

Li Tianzhou said: "Cun Zhou, this matter must be fast, I ask you to have accurate and reliable news before noon today." It has to be done anyway!"

"Yes, patriarch, promise to complete the task!" Li Cunzhou said, turned around and went out to arrange for manpower.

Li Tianzhou sighed: "Our Li family finally recruited a young master and recognized Aunt Li to come to the house, but we can't tell her true identity!"

Li Benzhong said: "Patriarch, in my opinion, there is no need to delve too deeply into this. ”

"Benzhong, why do you say that?"

"Patriarch, what Ziqing sister said is good, we have to decide where to go, this is the main thing, after all, this is related to the future of our Li family.

If Ziqing's sister has nothing to do with the Taipingmen, this is what we hope for most in the depths of our hearts, and if she is really from the Taipingmen, it is actually good for us, and it is very easy for us to turn enemies into friends with the Taipingmen-

Turning enemies into friends with Taipingmen is not exactly what we want to see in our hearts?"

"Well, Benzhong, you're right. However, we always know that we know the bottom line, after all, now our Ziqing is already the sixteenth elder of our Li family.

Moreover, we also have to figure out her situation before we can make a better decision!" Li Tianzhou said with his hands spread.

"That being the case, we still have to hurry up and stabilize Ziqing, so as not to let her doubt us. ”

"Let Li Ming arrange for her to rest, the original intention was to make her not suspicious. Li Tianzhou said.

Next, the Li family began to discuss the second thing, which was whether to follow the Shi family or not.

Everyone's conclusion is that we are not vassals of the Shi family, so we don't have to blindly look at the eyes of the Shi family;

The current situation is that although the Shi family has put itself on the moral high ground under the banner of "justice and peace" for a while, after all, the Taipingmen has not really begun to fight back, and now it seems that staying out of the matter is the best choice, but it is a pity that we have been tied to the Shi family's chariot.

In the end, it was Li Tianzhou who decided to shoot the case:

From now on, the Li family should try to stay as far away as possible from the Shi family and the Fair Immortal Alliance, if they can turn enemies into friends with the Taipingmen, it is the best;

It's just that now the situation of victory and defeat between the two sides is still unclear, and the Li family must find the best time to move closer to the winner.

The third issue is to consider arranging manpower to participate in the expedition.

In this regard, according to the requirements put forward by the Shi family, the manpower sent by the Li family must be at least at the level of elders, and Li Tianzhou decided to bring Li Buzhou, Li Benren, Li Benli, Li Benzhi, Li Benxin, and Li Benyi to go.

The meeting of the Li family here lasted for two hours, during which the person arranged by Li Cunzhou made a report:

According to investigation, this aunt newly confessed by the Li family is indeed as she herself said, when she passed by the Taipingmen Dahongcheng Branch, she was invited into the branch hall by Taipingmen, and stayed for about half a moment; it seems that it should have nothing to do with Taipingmen, and even if there is, it will not be deeper than the relationship with our Li family.

Li Cunzhou listened to it and was very happy in his heart. immediately said that he would adopt Li Ziqing's suggestion and turn to make friends with Taipingmen.

So the meeting was extended for a while, and it was finally decided that Li Ziqing would come forward to contact Li Wenlong and others from Taipingmen, after all, the rest of the Li family would inevitably be noticed by the Shi family.

Now that the conclusion of the meeting has been decided, Li Tianzhou immediately brought all the elders to the small cross-courtyard to meet Li Ziqing.

As soon as they met, Li Tianzhou said affectionately: "Ziqing, how do you feel home?"

"Patriarch, it's really different. Li Ziqing said.

"Ziqing, you just arrived home, you should have let you rest more and meet your family, but the situation of our Li family, as you said, is facing a choice.

I have made up my mind, our Li family will turn to cooperate with Taipingmen in the future, and I have to trouble you to make a hard trip, go to Taipingmen, and contact Wenlong's uncompetitive thing, which will explain the meaning of cooperation!"

Li Ziqing knew that it must have been after he left, and the Li family discussed it again before making this decision, and immediately retreated as advance, saying:

"Patriarch, I'm just going home, why don't I let someone else go?"

"Hey, there is a reason for this, our Li family must at least send elder-level figures to show our sincerity, right?

But if others go, it will inevitably be noticed by the Shi family, but you, since you are the sixteenth elder of my Li family, and outsiders don't know your identity, so you are the best candidate, so I have to work hard for you. ”

"Okay. It's just that I went like this, with no evidence, how can people believe it?" Li Ziqing lost no time in tightening his grip.

"Is this?" Li Tianzhou pondered for a moment and said, "Ziqing, look at this-" Li Tianzhou said, took out a jade pendant, and continued:

"Ziqing, this is a substitute for the token of the head of my Li family, although it is a substitute, but in most cases, it is as valid as the original. This jade pendant can be separated and become two parts. ”

As he spoke, Li Tianzhou divided the jade pendant into two, handed half of the piece over to Li Ziqing, and then said:

"In major matters or special circumstances, this half of the jade pendant is the patriarch's token, you take this forward, after all, Wenlong used to be a disciple of my Li family, he knew it at first sight. ”

At this time, Li Benzhong and Li Ming both said: "Don't worry, eldest sister, this token can definitely show the sincerity of our Li family;

"Okay, for the sake of the family, I'll go to Taipingmen!"