Chapter 51: The Succession Begins
Wei Jia scolded, but Lin You honestly told the reason.
"It's a little strange that we have made so many detours, and there are some adventures along the way, and we can still be blocked by the Assassins, and after thinking about it, I think there must be something in us that can attract the Assassins. Lin You said: "But the pills and magic weapons and the like, we all carry them in the space, and the clothes and food are also selected by ourselves along the way, so there will be no problem." So when the white-clad assassin fled, I thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of something. ”
"Map!" Weiga cried out at this time.
"That's right, the map that Zong Han prepared for us!" Lin You said: "Sect Lord, I remember that Grandpa Song told me that there are some secret methods that can allow cultivators to leave traces on a certain item, and they can trace the whereabouts of this item, isn't it!"
Zong Zhujie nodded: "Yes, yes, but Zong Han is only a cultivator in the Gathering Formation Period, and to do this, at least to the fourth layer of the Supreme Spirit Stage!"
Lin You said: "The city lord forgot, when the Qing army rushed to Anran City, I arranged for Zong Han to go to the rear to contact the cultivators to intercept the people transporting grain at various intersections, and he could go for some time. ”
Zong Zhujie was silent after hearing this.
Lin You continued: "The city lord doesn't have to hesitate, after the man in white left, I hid the map somewhere nearby, and since then I have been safe all the way. If you want to know if it is Zong Han's ghost, the city lord only needs to send someone to check it, if the map is gone, it is naturally him, if the map is still there, there are any traces on it, or what traces have been erased by someone, presumably with the city lord's cultivation, it will not be able to hide from you!"
Zong Zhujie nodded and said, "What you said is right, I will arrange it!"
At this time, Zong Zhuoyuan on the side spoke, and for the first time, he looked directly at Zong Zhujie: "If it's really Zong Han, spare his life!"
Zong Zhujie was a little surprised: "Why?"
"For the sake of the. Zong Zhuoyuan said: "His mother was good with my mother back then! My mother also explained to me that I can't kill the children of the Zong family! Besides, it's not easy for Zong Han!"
Zong Zhujie looked at Zong Zhuoyuan, knowing that he meant something, and finally sighed and nodded.
Several people chatted a few more words, but Zong Zhuoyuan never spoke again after saying this.
For the next half a year, the four of them lived in Zong's house.
It's strange to say, this time Zong Zhuoyuan came back, Zong Zhujie didn't explain it to everyone again, and the Zong family didn't ask much.
Lin You and Song Qun began to move according to the original plan, Song Qun went out to collect information, and Lin You began to run around, contacting the children of the clan who came out.
And the other children of the Zong family are also honest, no one came to trouble Zong Zhuoyuan, but avoided him from afar.
The four of them also figured out that this time they were competing for the position of the head of the Zong family, and so far with Zong Zhuoyuan, there were a total of seven people. It's not that there are few clan members, but the children of the clan each support one person, and finally formed these seven forces, of course, Zong Zhuoyuan is the weakest here.
The remaining six forces are;
Zong Zhujie's eldest son Zonghe, the eldest son of the Zong family, is the eldest in the sect family, and he is a four-layer cultivator.
Zong Zhujie's eldest son, the third in line, that is, Zong Yi's elder brother, is the third layer of Rongshen.
Zong Jianping, the eldest son of Zong Zhujie's second brother, is the fourth oldest and the third layer of Rongshen.
Zong Shaowen, the eldest son of Zong Zhujie's eldest brother, is the sixth in line, and he is the fourth layer of Rongshen.
Zong Zhujie's eldest brother's third son, Zong Shufan, ranks ninth and melts the fourth layer.
Zong Lin, the second son of Zong Zhujie's younger brother, ranks tenth, and is three layers of fusion.
And these six forces are also running around to buy people's hearts, you come and go, and I don't know how many unsavory agreements have been made in private, and for a while, this Qianlian city is not lively.
In the past six months, Wei Jia has sneaked into the study of the Zong family and rarely shows up.
Suddenly, one day, this guy found Zong Zhujie and said that he wanted to borrow the Zongjia Dan Ware Room for use.
Zong Zhujie was a little surprised, he didn't know that there was actually a Dan Ware Master among Lin You and his party, so he was overjoyed, and immediately arranged for Wei Jia to prepare a Dan Ware Room.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a year has passed, and Lin You is a little anxious in his heart, why is this Zhu Jie not moving, several forces are waiting, and the old man does not say a charter to seize the heir, and even the matter of the assassin is gone.
On this day, Zong Zhujie was in his study.
Zong Zhujie and Zong Ying were talking about something.
"Well, now that the investigation has been cleared, there is no need to delay the matter any longer. Zong Zhujie said to Zongying: "You go and inform all the rooms, tomorrow in the clan square, all the clan disciples will gather and start discussing the position of the next head of the family!"
Zongying nodded yes.
On the second day, it was still on the square where Lin You and others had been before.
Wei Jia looked at Lin You with a reluctant expression and said, "I'm busy, why did you ask me to come here, brother doesn't have time to socialize now!"
"Damn!" Lin You said: "You've been huddled in the Dan Ware Room for so long, it's time to come out to breathe, didn't you let someone inform you yesterday that the seizure of the head of the family has begun!"
"Mind my birds!" Wei Jia said nonchalantly.
"Are you looking for a fight!" Lin You was furious.
"Go, go, let's see, why is your temper so bad!" Wei Jia saw that Lin You was in a hurry, and changed his smiling face: "The virgin's temper is rushing!"
Lin You was speechless.
I saw that the Zongjia Square was densely packed with people, and it seemed that every young sect disciple had arrived.
As soon as Wei Jia stood still, he glanced at the girls of the Zong family.
"Damn, there are a lot of beautiful women!" Wei Jia looked obscene: "Youyou, why haven't you seen it on weekdays! Look at that, the chest in the world, look at how warped your ass is!"
On the right, Zong Zhuoyuan kicked Wei Jia's ass.
"Mom, ......" Wei Jia staggered, turned his head to scold, and when he saw Zong Zhuoyuan's murderous expression, he immediately stopped talking.
"Calm down!" Zong Zhujie stood on the stage and said without anger.
The bustling crowd suddenly fell silent.
Zong Zhujie glanced at everyone and said slowly: "For such a long time, everyone is very curious about who the next head of the family will pass on, the head of the sect family, there is a long way to go, and those who need the ability to live in it! After discussing with several elders for a long time, I have come up with a method for electing the head of the family, and I will gather everyone today to announce it!"
The crowd below was quieter.
Zong Zhujie continued: "The position of the family is related to the long-term interests of the family, and I also said before that I was selected from the children of the Rongshen Period, and the family remembered that I had made some achievements over the years, and allowed the children in front of me to participate in the election, while my two brothers and the fourth were only the candidates of the grandmothers. ”
"Since the announcement, in the past two years, the various clans have moved around each other, and the children have drawn each other in, which is understandable!" Zong Zhujie said: "Now there are a total of seven people named in this newspaper, so the position of the head of the sect family will be selected from these seven people!"
The crowd looked at each other, and there was a faint hostility.
Zong Zhujie said again: "This time, the method of choosing the head of the family is divided into three aspects: morality, courage and wisdom!"
Wei Jia chuckled when he heard the "flutter": "Damn, choose three good students!"
Lin You glared at him.
Zong Zhujie continued to say on the stage: "The first level is to test the virtue of all the candidates!" Zong Zhujie glanced at everyone again: "Convincing people with virtue is the consistent style of my sect." At this first level, on the edge of our sect's power, there are many medium-sized sects, and each candidate will select a sect as a task that must be completed to make alliances, and at the same time, you can also establish alliances with other nearby sects, and the criteria for consideration are whether the alliance conditions are good or not, the number of alliances and sects, and the strength of the alliance sects. The specific results will be judged by me and a few elders!"
The crowd below began to talk again.
"Quiet!" Zong Zhujie shouted.
There was silence below.
"Before the selection of the sects that must be aligned, I have something to announce!" Zong Zhujie's face was gloomy: "I have already discussed this matter with several elders, if you are not satisfied, after a while, you can go to the ancestral hall of the Zong family to ask, and I and a few elders are waiting in the ancestral hall." ”
The crowd below looked at Zong Zhujie very curiously.
Zong Zhujie's face became even more ugly, and he said in his mouth: "Cancel the qualifications of Zong Shu and Zong Shaowen as candidates, exile to the periphery of the Zong family's power, and never return to Qianlian City to participate in the affairs of the Zong family!"
It was surprisingly quiet below, and everyone looked at each other.
"Dad, why?" one person shouted underground, it was Zong Yi: "Third brother, what did he do wrong, you have to treat him like this!"
"If in doubt, go to the clan ancestral hall when you're done!" Zong Zhujie said coldly at the pale face of the audience.
Although Zongyi was in a hurry, he didn't dare to make a mistake on such occasions, so he took a step back and stopped talking.
"Okay, the rest of the five, draw the sect in front of the stage!" Zong Zhujie's face was still ugly.
Zong Zhuoyuan and the other five walked towards the front of the stage.
Lin You looked and saw that there were also people behind the others, so he followed.
Wei Jia and Song Qun also hurriedly followed.
Zong Zhuoyuan coldly took out a piece of paper, opened it and looked at it, his face changed greatly.
"What's wrong?" Lin You saw that his face was different, and hurriedly took the paper.
At first glance, his face changed greatly, and he smiled charmingly at the person in front of the stage: "Big brother, can you smoke again!"
The man replied to Lin You's look that you are an idiot, and ignored him anymore.
Lin You smiled bitterly and shook his head silently.
Wei Jia and Song Qun were very strange and said one after another: "What's wrong, what's wrong?"
Lin You helplessly spread out the note in his hand, only to see three big characters on it.
"Lanyue Sect!"