No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 558 Abolish the Young Patriarch?
The clan land of the Qiu Ci tribe is about a day away from Zhaoyun City by riding a horse. Because the old patriarch passed away suddenly, many people in the clan have followed the young patriarch and other elders to Zhaoyun City. Some are young and old, women and children.

Now the chief elder in the clan is the Great Elder, but the Great Elder is old now, although his prestige is still very high, but many young people also feel that the Great Elder is getting old, and he is a bit long-winded in dealing with things, and gradually stands on the side of a more vigorous The second elder went there.

Because of this, because of the death of the patriarch, even the entire clan's attitude towards the imperial court was divided.

Xie Yan took Luo Junyao directly into the Qiu Ci Clan's land, which surprised Luo Junyao.

After all, according to the current situation, Qiu Ciren would not have a good impression of people like them who are obviously from the Central Plains.

The fact is the same, even the person who guides them squints at them from time to time, his eyes are full of scrutiny and guard.

The Great Elder is a dark-skinned, wrinkled old man with white beard and hair.

Although he no longer looked tall and strong, his back was even bent, and his wrinkled face couldn't be seen when he was young, but his somewhat cloudy eyes still shone with wisdom.

"Great Elder." Xie Yan handed over a wooden carving, and the Great Elder reached out to take it.

Rubbing his hands slowly, he glanced at the two of them after a while and said, "Please sit down, both of you."

Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "If the real culprit is in the clan."

The great elder lowered his eyes and said nothing, but everyone understood what he meant.

So again and again wars, failures, surrenders, rebellions, wars, failures, surrenders and rebellions...

The Great Elder glanced at everyone and asked, "What do you want to do with the ancestral hall at this time?"

But this world is not static. In the past, the two prefectures of Huaining and Ning, which were poor and bad and were captured by southern Xinjiang from time to time, have been completely brought under the control of the imperial court.

The Great Elder opened his eyes wide and fixedly looked at Xie Yan for a long time before saying, "You already have clues that the old patriarch was killed?"

Some people disagreed and said: "The imperial court! The imperial court has nothing to do with us! Southern Xinjiang is our place, why should we listen to the imperial court? According to me, all the people in the Central Plains should be driven out! They have already occupied the richest land. The Central Plains is not enough, and I want to take care of the southern border!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, the Great Elder sighed.

"Come here." The Great Elder called.

Southern Xinjiang is too barren and difficult. Once the upper class in southern Xinjiang has the opportunity, they will dream of ruling the Central Plains.

He was a little staggering, and he couldn't walk steadily even with a cane. It was the young man who came in to deliver the message to support him, and he walked out all the way.

"Great Elder, you are here." Everyone stood up and asked questions.

"No, I heard that the Great Elder was also a powerful figure who dominated the southern border back then, but now he doesn't have the pride of the past."

The Great Elder said: "Who told you to decide the candidate for the patriarch? Don't you want to abolish Azhe's qualification to be the patriarch?"

The Great Elder looked at Xie Yan and Luo Junyao silently, and said after a while: "The Marquis of Lingchuan will give you the token, you must be from the Dasheng court. Just forgive me for being old and ignorant, who are you two? "

It's just that those people don't have the right to speak, which makes the patriarch appear weak.

"The selection of the next patriarch is a trivial matter, so what else is a major matter?" the Great Elder asked.

The Great Elder asked for a clan meeting. Those who usually have little say or move around in the clan are also eligible to participate.

Xie Yan smiled lightly and said, "The Great Elder knows that this is not what I'm talking about, because the three clans in southern Xinjiang are fighting among themselves, the imperial court and the Propaganda Envoy were attacked for no reason, and their dignity was demolished, how to deal with this matter?"

"Where is the person?" The Great Elder pointed to the empty seat and asked.

Xie Yan raised his eyes and said: "It doesn't matter who it is, the Great Elder should care about some immediate matters."

He is getting old, and he has walked back and forth from home to the ancestral hall, and he is also a little exhausted at this time.

Seeing the Great Elder going out tremblingly, everyone looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.

"Two..."

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, so what?" Some people said indifferently. In their opinion, the most important thing now is to kill the person who killed the old patriarch.

The originally noisy room became quiet the moment the Great Elder entered.

The middle-aged man seemed a little embarrassed, hesitated again and again but said: "Uncle, it's not that we want to embarrass Ah Zhe, but... look at what Ah Zhe has done these days? Previously, the three clans all clearly demanded that Zeng Wei be severely punished. It seems that we can avenge the three patriarchs. Just because he suddenly crossed the line, the Furukawa and Hongshan tribes gave us face, so we had to give up. But those two are not against us, do you know how they talk and laugh at us? Yes? We are all young and hot-blooded men, how can we bear those words?"

As the young patriarch said, this is an endless cycle.

"As for the patriarch, it's still the old rules. If Azhe's identity is really abolished by the clan, whoever avenges the patriarch will be the next patriarch."

Some people avoided his sight, and some people nodded directly to express that they agreed with this view.

"Is this... a bit of a big deal?"

Everyone fell silent, the second elder frowned and said, "Uncle, what do you mean... hold a family meeting?"

Xie Yandao: "The Marquis of Lingchuan had a close relationship with the old patriarch back then, and the imperial court also knew that the old patriarch had never had a rebellious heart. The envoy of comfort would never do anything to the old patriarch."

The Great Elder sighed softly, and said: "It turned out that I came here for this matter. Your Excellency should be clear that this matter is related to the three patriarchs, and I am no longer able to control the patriarch's death. There is an explanation."

But he still didn't go back to rest directly, but went to the lobby where he had just met the guests.

Although there are still many people who have not expressed their views, they have already expressed their attitudes by appearing here.

Xie Yan didn't answer, the Great Elder couldn't help but asked, "Who is it?"

Xie Yan said: "The person who conveys the message for the Marquis of Lingchuan."

But it seems that everyone has forgotten that it was Nanjiang who thought he could take advantage of the weakness of the Central Plains, and it was Nanjiang who took the initiative to submit a surrender form to plead guilty.

With the support of the young man, the great elder walked through the spacious square and walked into a big house built on the hillside.

"Ridiculous!" The Great Elder stood up abruptly, and was about to go out when he thought of Xie Yan and Luo Junyao again.

Taking advantage of the Central Plains' lack of control over southern Xinjiang, they repeated it again and again.

"What does Marquis Lingchuan want to say?"

"That's right, just because of this these days, the younger generations of our clan have fought with those people a few times." Another person also said: "Can people not laugh at us for the virtue of the future patriarch? I have forgotten the revenge of killing my father, and now I don’t care if my sister is arrested, what kind of young patriarch is he?"

"According to the wishes of the first elder, hold a family meeting." The second elder frowned.

The great elder lowered his eyes and said: "The young patriarch is too young, his thoughts are good, but it's a pity..."

Many actions of the young patriarch did make the young and strong members of the clan unhappy, but he has done a lot of things over the years, otherwise when the old patriarch made him the heir, many people would object.

After finishing speaking, the Great Elder stood up and said: "Since the whole clan meeting is going to be held, let someone call Ah Zhe back. I have lost my identity, and I don't even know about it. What does it look like to run around outside? "

Shaking his head, the elder said: "Your Excellency, you are too worried. Although the whole family has some complaints about the young patriarch, it is far from shaking his identity. If the court wants to solve this matter, the most important thing is to find out The real culprit who killed the old patriarch."

The Great Elder looked at the others, "What about you? You think so too?"

"Young man, the Qiuci Clan never do anything that breaks the promise. The Marquis of Lingchuan saved our clan's life back then, so the patriarch gave our clan's token as a gift. The favor of saving life is the strength of the whole clan, and it must be repaid of."

It is not entirely accurate to say that it is an ancestral hall. Even though the buildings in southern Xinjiang are simpler and simpler than those in the Central Plains, the area of ​​this place is surprisingly large.

"..." After that, we still have to choose the patriarch, right?

The great elder scanned the room, but he did not see the young patriarch.

Soon someone stood up again and said: "What qualifications does this kind of disloyal and unfilial person have to be the patriarch? I objected to the old patriarch's decision when he made this decision. He has learned badly in the Central Plains, and he is not of one mind with us!"

Xie Yan asked: "Qiu Ci Clan, are they still capable of fulfilling the agreement with the Marquis of Lingchuan?"

The Great Elder's voice changed a bit, "What are they trying to do?!"

"But..." Someone said worriedly: "The old patriarch's prestige is still there, and with the support of the great elder, I'm afraid the result may not be as we expected."

immediate matter?
Before the Great Elder had time to ask, someone hurried in from outside the door and said, "Grand Elder, the elders are back, they went to the ancestral hall, please go too!"

The Great Elder said: "You ask me what I mean, and that's what I mean."

Xie Yan's age, in front of this old man, can indeed be called a young man.

The Great Elder didn't say anything, but in fact, it's only been three to forty years, and there are many people who have experienced what happened back then.

Although the elder's last words were about the young patriarch, many people heard that the elder was saying that they colluded together to secretly plot against the young patriarch.

Will the Central Plains Dynasty tolerate the next rebellion in southern Xinjiang?

Xie Yan said lightly: "The Great Elder can do as he pleases."

The Great Elder frowned and said, "Naturally, he must be punished severely."

After the two sat down, the Great Elder slowly said: "At the beginning... the patriarch gave this thing to the Marquis of Lingchuan. He promised that as long as he came with this thing, our clan would do something for him. You two... think What do you want the Chumagnet to do?"

"But the news we got is that the elders in the clan don't care who killed the old patriarch. They just want to give the young patriarch the name of colluding with the court and deprive him of the right to inherit the position of patriarch."

This is the place where the Qiuci people worship gods and ancestors, gather for festivals, and discuss important affairs of the clan.

"The Great Elder is really afraid of things when he is old, and he still wants to stand by him now!"

The young man who came in hesitated for a moment, and said: "He, they said, the young patriarch colluded with the imperial court, and he refused to rescue the eldest lady when she fell into the hands of the imperial court. !"

"Why is it irrelevant?" Someone said: "The patriarch obviously went to Zhaoyun City only after receiving his letter."

The young man who led the way was obviously very worried. Seeing that the elder was hesitant to speak, he still had no choice but to retreat unwillingly.

Even now, there are quite a few people in the clan who support him.

After finishing speaking, he let the person who led the way back out.

Things were too urgent, and the First Elder didn't care about what to say, turned around and walked out quickly.

The Great Elder asked: "If the death of the three patriarchs really has nothing to do with the consolation envoy, have you thought about what to do?"

In the end, the great elder turned his eyes to the middle-aged man sitting at the front, and said, "You are Ah Zhe's uncle, what do you say?"

Everyone was silent again, and soon a middle-aged man in his early thirties stood up and said, "Grand Elder, the patriarch has been dead for a long time, but the murderer is still at large. That's all, the young patriarch is the next patriarch. As well as the old patriarch's parents and sons, they don't want to avenge the old patriarch, but even flirt with the Central Plains people. Such a person, what qualifications are there to be the patriarch!"

The great elder said in a deep voice: "The identity of the young patriarch was recognized by the patriarch before he died, and it is not something that we can sit here and say a few words to decide. Do you want to abolish Ah Zhe's identity, or do you want to do something else? I can't control you when I'm old. But... according to the rules of the clan, the patriarch is not here, and neither is the young patriarch. I don't agree with your proposal. You know what to do, right?"

Everyone was talking about it. The Great Elder didn't know that he had already been helped back to his home.

When the time comes...

The people in southern Xinjiang are also easily incited, because they really yearn for the life of the people in the Central Plains.

"Second Elder, what should we do?" Someone asked in a low voice.

At the busiest time, tens of thousands of people can even gather here at the same time.

The Great Elder glanced at him, and there was a bit of displeasure in his old eyes.

Someone came in after a while, "Grand Elder."

In the solemn and quiet ancestral hall of the Qiu Ci Clan in the past, there were many people sitting at this time.

Xie Yan said: "But now the nobles can't even decide on the patriarch. The agreement back then... Except for the old patriarch and the great elder, is there really anyone willing to abide by it?"

No matter where the ancestral hall is, it is an important place, especially in the tribal lands in southern Xinjiang, and it is usually impossible to enter it easily.

As for killing the wrong one, what should I do?who cares!
The Great Elder snorted coldly, "The comfort envoy is an official of the Dasheng court. He died... Would the court ignore it? If he died innocently, would the court not pursue it? Ah Zhe is young and soft-hearted. But he was also for Chuci."

"However, there has never been a clan meeting to decide on the candidate for the clan leader."

But after entering, I found that there was no one in the empty lobby, only two cups of tea that had cooled down on the table.

"This……"

"That's right!" With someone in his early years, other people no longer shy away from it.

The young man who came in also had a dazed look on his face. He looked around before shaking his head and said, "Grand Elder, I didn't see them coming out."

"..." The Great Elder was silent for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you can go out."

Anyone who dared to come to the Qiu Ci Department with only a little girl at this time would definitely not be an ordinary person.

"Yes, Great Elder." Seeing that his expression was not good, the young man didn't dare to ask more questions, and hurriedly bowed his hands and left.

(End of this chapter)