Chapter 69: Negotiation
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Nangong Xun stood up, coughed a few times and moistened his throat. He said, "Thank you to all your relatives and friends for coming to my banquet. I won't say much else, as long as everyone eats and drinks well, it will be enough for me Nangong to ask face. ā
"Good!" "Good!" There were countless cheers from below.
Ximen Qing was sitting next to Nangong Xun, and when Ximen Qing heard Nangong Xun's speech as a rich man, he couldn't help but smile playfully at Huang Xiaoqiang. Huang Xiaoqiang was also a little speechless, and said in his heart, "The acting skills of these actors are too clumsy." ā
After hearing this, Liu Sheng, the king of Chu, also applauded and said, "It's finally time to start, starve this king to death." Liu Sheng motioned to the maid of Nangong Mansion to pour him wine, Liu Sheng grabbed the maid's hand with a somewhat obscene smile, "Oh, little girl, your hand is so slippery, I almost can't catch it." Hey, your waist is too thin, it must be that the master of Nangong usually doesn't give you good food, come, I'll go back to the palace with this king later, and this king will give you something good. The girl was afraid to break free and fell aside, causing Liu Sheng to laugh a few times.
Liu Chen was also accustomed to Liu Sheng's behavior, and persuaded, "Eighth brother, pay attention, the master of the Nangong Gate is still here." ā
Sitting next to Liu Sheng was the eldest son of the Bei Ming family, Bei Minghai, who smiled obscenely when he saw Liu Sheng flirting with the maid. Liu Sheng saw the expression of the North Stygian Sea, and teased, "The Northern Immortal Prince, don't you don't believe what this king said, I will ask her to pour wine later, you can touch it." ā
North Styx nodded, "Okay, okay." Bei Mingchen coughed a few times speechlessly.
After everyone ate and drank for a while, Nangong Xun stood up and gave a gesture, and the audience quickly became quiet again. I only heard Nangong Xun say, "Now that the people of the four major families are almost here, I, Nangong Xun, suddenly thought of a major matter. Everyone knows that our four major families have ruled Jingzhou for more than 200 years, and when our father Nangong Xuan was alive, the names of the four major families were known to the world. Why is that? It's because there are people who play a role in dominating the four great families that unite as one. I'm going to talk about this later, and I think you already know it. That's right, after the death of my father Nangong Xuan, the position of the patriarch of the four major families is vacant, I think, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, today we will elect this patriarch in Nangong Mansion. It just so happens that the King of Qi and the King of Chu are here, so let the two of them be witnesses. ā
After Nangong Xun said this, Ximen Qing's face was angry, and Dongfang Wuxian and Dongfang Wuxian of the Dongfang family did not feel anything, after all, their Dongfang family had the lowest status among the four families, and they had always had no right to speak. The North Styx of the Bei Ming family was about to stand up and applaud, but was stopped by the Bei Mingchen beside him, and then glared, and the North Styx suddenly continued to drink with the King of Chu helplessly.
The "foils" who were inquired by Nangong in the field applauded, and one of them stood up and said, "The son inherits his father's business, the Nangong family has been in charge of Jingzhou for decades, and all walks of life in Jingzhou have been thriving over the years. I see, it's better for Nangong to ask the master of Nangong to continue to be the patriarch. "That's right. The master of Nangong Gate is talented and martial, and it is intolerable if he is not the master of the door. "The master of Nangong Gate is not the patriarch, we will never agree. ā
Nangong Xun laughed, "Contemptible talents are shallow, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility." ā
I only heard Bei Mingchen snort with a smile, "It seems that the master of the Nangong Gate has a trace of self-knowledge." ā
When Nangong heard this, his face was displeased, but after all, Bei Mingchen was an invited guest, and no matter how angry he was, he couldn't attack immediately. One of the people in the audience immediately scolded, "What kind of thing are you, and you dare to talk to the master of Nangong Gate like this?"
Bei Mingchen slapped the table, stood up, pointed at the man and scolded, "Where did you come from, the dog slave, who actually dared to contradict me Bei Mingchen?"
This person was immediately embarrassed, he was just the person who was called to create a momentum for the fox and the fake tiger, and this person didn't know the people in the other three major families at all. was scolded by Bei Mingchen like this, and quickly hid aside. His subordinates were scolded, and Nangong Xun's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly stepped forward to be a peacemaker, "Eh, second brother of Beiming, why are you making such a big fire? If Uncle Beiming wants to be the patriarch, let him be an old man." ā
Bei Mingchen refused and said, "The matter of the Ding patriarch is not a child's play, now my father Bei Mingzhu is unwell and has not been present, and Uncle Dongfang has also not come." Besides, today's banquet is mainly for the matter of the Nangong Sect Master's ascendancy, so wouldn't it be off topic for us to discuss the ownership of the patriarch. ā
Seeing that Bei Mingchen was so hard, Huang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but feel good, and couldn't help but help Bei Mingchen answer, "That's a good point." ā
Nangong snorted, wanting to refute but had no words. Suddenly, his face was embarrassed, and he glanced at Liu Chen, the king of Qi. This little look naturally can't hide from the few people around him, and Ximen Qing and the others all know their intentions in their hearts.
I saw Liu Chen stand up and explain, "Brother Beiming's words are not right. As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without an owner for a day. Counting up, the positions of the patriarchs of the four major families have been empty for a hundred days. In the past 100 days, the whole of Jingzhou has become fragmented, and if the princes of other states take the opportunity to seize the land of Jingzhou at this time, will the foundation created by the ancestors of the four great families not be destroyed in one fell swoop? Both, the masters of the Beiming family and the Dongfang family are all old and sick, to put it bluntly, Jingzhou will not be the world of you young people for a short time, and now that you young people have arrived, why not set the matter of the patriarch. ā
Nangong Xun clapped his palms, "What King Qi said is reasonable." ā
Ximen smiled lightly and said, "Actually, I don't object to the matter of the patriarch, after all, one family is in charge of four families, and four families are in charge of Jingzhou, this is the rule of our four major families for many years, and we juniors naturally abide by it." It's just that the patriarch has a more important rule, that is, the virtuous live there. I heard my father say that although Uncle Nangong was only thirty-two years old when he succeeded him as the patriarch, he was already well-known in the rivers and lakes at that time, so it was natural for him to succeed as the patriarch. Nowadays, a few of us are relatively immature, and we are not virtuous people at all. I see, this patriarch can't be chosen. ā
Nangong Xun laughed, "Everything has to be based on reality, the rules set by the ancestors at that time don't work now." You can't make it impossible for the four major families to have no patriarch because of this old rule. ā
Ximen Qing opened the folding fan and smiled, "Okay, then Uncle Dongfang or Uncle Ximen will be the patriarch, I raise my hands in approval." Take a step back and say, the contemptible Ximen Qing thinks that he is one point stronger than the current Nangong Gate Master, and if the Nangong Gate Master doesn't mind, I can take the position of patriarch. ā
Nangong Xun is not a person who can speak well, and he was suddenly speechless when Ximen Qing said it, slapped the table, and scolded, "It's annoying to talk to you people like this." Rules, okay, I'll tell you my rules, the patriarch has been in the Nangong family for decades, and I am now the only bloodline in the Nangong family, so it is natural to be the patriarch. You agree with me, and you agree with me. ā
(To be continued.) )