In the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the weather is sunny, and the entire Snow Dragon Village is lit up to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

On this day, the big boss of Xuelong Village wants to feast in the village.

It is said that people with heads and faces in ten miles and eight towns are coming, and the people in the village dare not slack off, after all, it is a matter of the face of Xuelong Village, and every family is mobilized to decorate the village inside and out.

It was night, Long Zaitian personally greeted the guests from all over the world outside the village, these are all characters with heads and faces in each village, and they can't be neglected.

"Hahaha, Feng Da is here, you are getting more and more energetic, when will you marry your aunt's wife again, and the old man will also go to ask for a cup of wine to drink!"

"Be polite, how can there be a big dragon master who is old and strong, I heard that the big dragon master can still be the two daughters at night, I'm really ashamed of myself. ”

"Hey, everywhere, it's all rumors, it's all rumors, hahahaha, Hai'er, don't you invite Uncle Feng to the hall soon, don't you dare to slack off." ”

Long Xinghai, the only son of Long Zaitian, who had been clubbing beside him, hurriedly stepped forward and welcomed people into the hall, and Long Zaitian greeted the next guest with a smile, "Hahaha, Brother Cai came early......

Sun Hao already lived in the village, and he was half of the main family, so naturally he didn't need to be greeted by the dragon, he came to the venue early, picked a corner and sat down, rubbing his head with a headache.

Of course, it is not for nothing that Long is holding this banquet today, he is in order to determine the next head of Xuelong Village in this banquet.

According to the idea of this dragon in the sky, it is a matter of course for the son to inherit the father's business, but there are different voices in the village.

Long Xinghai is a dou who can't be helped, and Long Zaitian is shrewd and capable, and he has no inheritance at all.

People in their twenties, they only know how to fight eagles and dogs all day long, and they don't do their jobs, Xuelongzhai is the hard work of a generation of people to establish, how can it be handed over to such a waste.

Therefore, the opinions in the village are very big, and Long Zaitian does not dare to be arbitrary, worried that his subordinates will rebound.

He summoned the leaders of dozens of nearby villages today, I am afraid that he would have promised a heavy gift a long time ago, and he would support Long Xinghai, even a pawn like Sun Hao has a share, it seems that Long Zaitian is determined to give this matter a decision today.

Just as he was thinking, Long Zaitian had already walked into the hall hand in hand with an old man with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and everyone got up to salute the old man.

This old man is the head of the Lingbei area - Liu Zhenjiang, the family members of Jiuxiang and Eighteen Villages have to give this old man a little face, Sun Hao didn't expect Long Zaitian to even invite this old man, it seems that tonight's matter is nine out of ten, and he doesn't need to be a newcomer to cheer for Long Xinghai.

Everyone sat down, and the dragon was in the lord's house, got up and said a few words, and then announced the beginning of the banquet.

Sun Hao shrunk at a table in the corner, and the people at the same table were all young people, most of whom followed the elders out to see the world.

When they saw that Sun Hao was very angry, they didn't pay attention to him, and just talked about some ups and downs on their own.

Sun Hao also fell at ease, ate and drank with his belly open, ignoring them, just calculating Long Zaitian's words in his heart.

Long Zaitian has already explained to him, and today Long Zaitian will throw out a conversation first, and naturally some of his subordinates will pick up this stubble, and slowly lead the topic to Long Xinghai.

At that time, most of the leaders in this meeting will be biased towards Long Xinghai's side, and the matter will be halfway.

Naturally, there will be opposition voices in the stockade, and at that time, Long Zaitian will adopt a method called a referendum, allowing more than a dozen leaders in the stockade to participate in the vote.

And Sun Hao will be the head of the account of Xuelongzhai, and will also participate, according to Long Zaitian, more than half of the people are his henchmen, Sun Hao is just a role to add to the cake, and then the big thing will naturally come to fruition, and Sun Hao's contribution will naturally not be less.

Just as he was thinking about it, Long Zaitian had already stood up, with a three-point drunkenness on his face, and said with a smile: "Everyone, brothers, all Lingbei leaders, today I am honored to invite you, here I Long Zaitian toast you with a cup, everyone, do it." ”

After speaking, he raised the sea bowl in his hand, and finished the bowl of wine in one gulp, and the bottom applauded.

By the time Long Zaitian put down the bowl, his face was already seven points drunk, and he held on to the table and squeezed out two old tears.

The crowd panicked and hurriedly asked why.

Long Zaitian wiped away his tears and said in a mournful voice: "The old man is sixty and seven this year, and he is already a person who has been half buried in the loess, but the old man still has an important thing to do, and he feels ashamed. When I think about it today, I can't help but hide my face and make everyone laugh. ”

Everyone asked what was going on, Long Zaitian took a deep breath and sighed: "Xuelong Village was founded by me, and it has been more than 30 years now. But now the old man is close to antiquity, but has not yet set up an heir to the village, if one day the old man goes west, such a large village is afraid to be scattered, every time I think of this, the old man is uneasy. ”

"What is the head of the house, Xuelong Village was founded by the head of the house, it should be surnamed Long, of course the heir should be the son of Longxing Hailong, why worry about the head of the house. ”

Naturally, there are dragons in the sky below to answer.

"That is, it is a matter of course for a son to succeed his father, and Long Da is too worried. ”

"That's right, I have long been Xinghai, this kid is extraordinary, if he doesn't succeed him, who else. ”

For a while, the voice of agreeing with Long Xinghai's succession to the throne was all in favor of Long Zaitian, and he couldn't close his mouth happily, but his mouth still excused himself again and again: "Xinghai Nacheng, as long as this unscrupulous son doesn't cause trouble for me, I will burn high incense, which is this piece of material." ”

Seeing that everyone was hustle and bustling and was almost about to settle the matter, a loud voice suddenly came from the door: "What a lively banquet, why didn't anyone invite the old man, is it that the old man doesn't even have the right to show his face in this Snow Dragon Village!"

As soon as the words fell, a burly old man stepped in from the door, only to see this old man with a full beard, gray hair draped behind him like a lion, wearing a luxurious robe, driving an eagle in his left hand, and turning a pair of steel balls in his right hand, and walking to the center of the hall with a vicious face.

For a while, no one dared to speak, and they all retreated to their positions and sat down.

Sun Hao also returned to his seat, he had seen this old man, he was the second leader of Xuelongzhai, Qin Shuangjiang, who was nicknamed Snow Lion, was also a veteran of Xuelongzhai, I am afraid that the opposition voice of Long Zaitian was him.

Long Zaitian frowned with some annoyance: "Second brother, what are you talking about, haven't you been recuperating, how dare my eldest brother let you brave the cold to come out, in case there are three long and two short, but it is a big loss for my Snow Dragon Village." ”

"Three long and two short? Hmph, if I don't come again, let alone me, I'm afraid the whole village will be doomed. ”

Qin Shuangjiang coughed lightly, "Big brother, it's not that I speak badly, don't you know your own son, just such a thing, you dare to hand over the village to him, I'm sure that if you can't use it for three years after you die, the Snow Dragon Village will be in ruins!"

Long Zaitian's face was gloomy and terrible, after all, Qin Shuangjiang was an old man who fought the world with him, and his face still couldn't be torn, but this old man insulted the Long family like this today and fanned the flames, he really damned it.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to settle down, he noticed that under the instigation of Qin Shuangjiang, many brothers in the village showed hesitation, knowing that things could not be delayed, so they hurriedly glanced down and made a killer move: "Second brother, what you said is a bit too much, although Xinghai is a little stubborn, but it is also the flesh and blood of my Long family, how can it be so unbearable as you say." ”

He waved his hand, interrupted Qin Shuangjiang, who wanted to stop talking, and said loudly: "My Xuelong Village is a fair place, my dragon is also a fair person in the sky, my son is not suitable to be the next owner of the village, I don't count, you Qin Shuangjiang doesn't count, what really has the final say is the thousands of brothers in the village, they say that the right is really suitable, and there is no point in arguing with you and me." ”

After speaking, he turned around and hugged his fist to Liu Zhenjiang, who had been recuperating in his seat, and said: "Brother Liu, you have also seen today's events, I am afraid that I have to elect a person in my village today, and now I plan to let more than a dozen leaders in the village hold a referendum, or to decide this matter as soon as possible, just to bother you and all the leaders to be a notary, and if something happens in the future, there will be an explanation." ”

Liu Zhenjiang opened his somewhat blurry eyes and said with a smile: "This is embarrassing for me." The old man and the heads of the family, as outsiders, should not have taken care of this matter. But when things come to this, I'm afraid the old man won't be able to care about it. Xuelong Village is one of the best villages in our Lingbei, so the long-term stability of the village is particularly important. Anyway, the old man will be this witness with all the heads of the house, and see who the next head of the village is. ”

Long Zaitian bowed his head and said yes, in order to seek the support of the major villages, he had a lot of blood, and the money spent to win people's hearts made him feel distressed, and now that things have finally come to this point, he wants to see who else can prevent his son from sitting on the throne of the lord of the Snow Dragon Village.

He glanced back at Qin Shuangjiang and found that the other party was looking at him indifferently and smiling, which made him uneasy, but this old man had already guessed his plan?

But things have reached this point, and there is no turning back, so we can only resign ourselves to fate.

After a while, the eighteen big leaders and three big shopkeepers in the village were summoned, and Sun Hao also stood with twenty other people in the eyes of everyone's surprise.

"Who are you, dare to blend into the crowd, and don't get out of here. ”

Qin Shuangjiang looked surprised at Sun Hao and drank.

Sun Hao was about to explain, Long Zaitian had already replied: "This is my newly appointed bookkeeper, who has been calculating the accounts for our Xuelongzhai for almost half a year, and you actually asked him who he is, the second child, you really don't hear anything outside the window." ”

"Nonsense, after the death of the shopkeeper Feng, hasn't the big shopkeeper of the account room been vacant, where did this kid come from?"

"Hahahaha, second brother, when will I appoint a shopkeeper, and I have to go through your permission, who is the head of the Snow Dragon Village?!"

Long Zaitian's eyes were also red, and he said without giving in.

"Okay, good, you've done a good job. ”

Qin Shuangjiang flicked his sleeves and sat on the seat angrily, but his red eyes stared at Sun Hao desperately, making Sun Hao uncomfortable, he simply narrowed his eyes, ignoring Qin Shuangjiang's threat and everyone's curious gaze.

Liu Zhenjiang didn't care about the small movements of the two of them, he saw that the number of people was enough, so he asked people to bring two bamboo tubes and a pair of chopsticks, write 'yes' and 'no' on the bamboo tubes respectively, and put the bamboo tubes on the table.

Then he asked everyone to distribute the chopsticks to the twenty-one people in front of them, and said in a hoarse voice: "Today, the head of the Long family held a big banquet, which coincided with Long Xinghai wanting to inherit the first term of the master of Xuelong Village, but Qin Er was not convinced. Now, according to the ancient law, the village referendum, 21 leaders are specially selected to vote. The old man is not talented, serving as a notary, if there is a disagreement in the future, the old man will bear it more and more. ”

Everyone knows that this is just Liu Zhenjiang's words, and they can't take it seriously, just listen to it as a joke.

In the future, it is natural that the knife will speak.

When Sun Hao and the others got the chopsticks, Liu Zhenjiang announced the start of the referendum, and everyone watched the direction of the vote with wide eyes.

Each leader stepped forward in turn and threw the chopsticks into the bamboo tube, and the more the dragon looked at the sky, the more frightened he became.

I originally thought that I had an absolute advantage, but I didn't expect that my henchmen were turned against three, and the people who voted 'no' for a while exceeded the people who voted 'yes', and the angry dragon itched at the root of the heavenly teeth.

Qin Shuangjiang also watched with some excitement as everyone voted, whether they could trip the Long family or not depends on today.

After the eighteen leaders voted, those who voted 'no' actually took the lead by two votes that voted 'yes', which made Long Zaitian's face dark and terrifying.

Fortunately, the remaining three shopkeepers, including Sun Hao, are their own people, there is no problem, as for the remaining ticket, they can only be left to fate.

The first to play was the shopkeeper in charge of the horses, and he did not hesitate to put his chopsticks into the bamboo tube with 'yes' written on it, and smiled at the dragon.

And the next vote in the hands of the treasurer in charge of the treasury is very important, if he votes 'no', then the vote will be over, but this treasurer will offend Long Zaitian.

If he voted 'yes', he would be able to throw the problem to Sun Hao with peace of mind, and Qin Shuangjiang would not trouble him.

The shopkeeper, who is known for his two-sided reversal, of course knows how to do it, so he just puts his chopsticks into the bamboo tube with 'yes' written on it.

Now it's okay, ten votes to ten votes, and the decision is under Sun Hao's hands.

Sun Hao pinched the chopsticks in his hand a little helplessly, these cunning old foxes insisted on giving themselves the right to choose.

He stepped up the stairs in the expectation of Long Zaitian's father and son and the cold gaze of Qin Shuangjiang behind him.

After hesitating for a moment, he put the chopsticks into the bamboo tube with 'yes' written on it, and closed his eyes helplessly.

After all, he promised Long Zaitian, and at this time, I am afraid that Long Zaitian would dare to kill people on the spot.

"Hahahaha, it's really fair and comfortable. ”

Long Zaitian stood up proudly, ignoring the red eyes of Qin Shuangjiang and some people, and laughed loudly.

The surrounding congratulatory voices and sycophants continued.

Qin Shuangjiang kicked away the chair angrily and "hummed" fiercely

With a sigh, he turned and left.

Sun Hao looked at the smiling crowd in front of him a little helplessly, sighed deeply, and thought about how he would guard against Qin Shuangjiang's revenge in the future.

It's just that before I had time to think about it, I was surrounded by everyone and toasted a circle, and I lost consciousness after a while.