Longevity: Beginning from Becoming a Clan Leader

After receiving this news, Chen Nuo temporarily settled Jun Peng and others.

"Brother Nuo, are you going to use their power?" After Jun Peng left, Chen Yong looked at Chen Nuo and asked.

"Well, these monks of the Compassion Temple are quite powerful, and they have been in Bazhou for so many years, and they have a lot of power. Even the powerful minister has not arrested them. Such a force is qualified to cooperate with us."

"But, this involves the power struggle in Yunguo?" Chen Yong was puzzled.

"Hehe, it's just a simple transaction. With the help of their channels, we can better enter Yunguo, and what we have to do is just to help them arrange the people who come to Yuezhou. It's nothing."

"What's more, we haven't contacted the real person in charge of the other party yet, so everything is unreliable. Don't be impatient."

That's right, Chen Nuo is going to use the other party's channels to infiltrate Chen's business intelligence and so on into Yunguo.

In Yunguo, Yunzhou is not bad, as the business there is quite developed, but Bazhou is really closed. The environment is one thing, and the people there are particularly xenophobic. Many things are difficult to carry out there. Moreover, the roads there are mainly mountainous, and the roads are difficult to find. If there is no help from local people, it will take at least decades to expand the power in Bazhou. It is pure dreaming.

With the help of the ability of these local forces, it is easy to extend the tentacles.

As for whether it will provoke the powerful minister?

This is Yuezhou, not Yunguo.

Seeing that Chen Nuo was confident, Chen Yong did not say anything else. He didn't want to say more. Although he had a brain, he usually didn't like to make these plans and thought it was troublesome.

"Okay, settle the village first and bring the people from Chen Shan's side."

Just when Chen Shan and others were cleaning up the village.

Chen Nuo stayed in the house, feeling his left eye that seemed to be moving like a fetus. He felt that the eye was not far from successful fusion. Probably, it would take a few days.

Shaking his head, Chen Nuo looked through the martial arts techniques of the Cibei Temple that Jun Peng had written down.

He could read ten lines at a glance and definitely memorize them.

It took Chen Nuo just a few minutes to finish reading them.

"It's similar, with some value, but not much."

It's also the Qi and Blood Martial Arts, but it has some more unique means of defense, which can be used as a reference.

...

Two days later.

Chen Shan brought the old and weak people in the mountains back to Chenjiazhuang.

In addition to dozens of Chen clan members, there are dozens of foreigners who have been taken in one after another, but most of them are young and strong.

It is obvious that Chen Shan did it on purpose.

Afterwards, Chen Nuo nursed Chen Shan and other warriors, left some techniques, pills and exotic beast meat, as well as some means of contacting Longyuan.

Then he communicated with these clan members, handed them family letters and objects, and went to the ancestral graves in the back mountain to worship.

As the ancestral graves, the Yun people were a little taboo and did not blaspheme, otherwise they would not be alive now.

After doing all this, Chen Nuo took his people to An County again.

At this time, An County looked very dilapidated. Although there were people walking around, their faces were also ordinary. After entering the city, the vendors on the road were sparse, and it can be seen how desolate the city is now.

This is all because of the Bai Ling Cult.

The Bai Ling Cult kills people regardless of whether you are a civilian or a gentry, and even because warriors have more abundant blood and qi, they will focus on killing local family members.

So Chen Nuo walked around An County and found that many of the original families and businesses had disappeared.

As for the industries that he had sold before leaving, most of them were abandoned there, and only a few were still in operation.

"Really, things have changed."

There is not much sentimentality. Everyone has to pay the price for their decisions. It is not that I did not invite or warn them when I left, but they were lucky and reluctant to give up their foundation and were unwilling to follow me to take risks. Now they have ended up in this situation, which is also their own fault.

Thinking this way, Chen Nuo bought several grain shops and some relatively stable industries, preparing to use part of them as a source of livelihood for Chen Shan and other tribesmen who stayed in their ancestral land, and part of them as a base for Longyuan.

Afterwards, Chen Nuo did not return to Chenjiazhuang.

Instead, he took people to find a house on Temple Street.

"Who?!"

With a loud shout, the bald monk rushed out.

But he saw a group of warriors in front of him looking at him with different expressions.

Hiss!

This!

The people of the powerful officials have chased here?

And how could there be so many warriors? Is the wanted order so strong? ? ?

Without thinking too much, the monk was about to shout.

"Brother Wude! Don't shout, it's me!"

?

"Brother Junpeng? You, what are you doing, this, this..."

The monk named Wude was a little confused.

"Oh, let me tell you..."

After a whisper, Wude looked at Chen Nuo with a complicated expression and ran into the yard.

Soon.

A bald middle-aged man who looked lean and thin came out and bowed to Chen Nuo. "Thank you for forgiving Jun Peng and others' mistakes. Shou Wu would like to express their gratitude to you on their behalf."

After saying that, his eyebrows changed and he shouted, "Jun Peng! Kneel down!"

"Yes! Senior Brother!"

Jun Peng's face was bitter, but he still knelt down to Chen Nuo with a snap.

"Donor, please come in."

Chen Nuo glanced at this person and walked in leisurely.

The layout inside is not large, and there are not many people. There are only about a dozen people there, but it can be seen that they all have cultivation levels, and they are not low. One of them is at the muscle and bone realm, and the leader Shouwu is at the peak of the muscle and bone realm.

This means that the group of people led by Senior Brother Shouwu has two masters of the Muscle and Bone Realm.

The strength of the Mercy Temple is indeed not bad.

Shouwu first performed a Buddhist salute, and then looked at Chen Nuo, "This benefactor, Wu De has informed the poor monk about the matter, but the poor monk still has to ask, are you really not worried about Naogi Dao?"

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "This is not Yun Country."

"Amitabha."

Shouwu seemed to be driven into panic and said directly, "That's good, that's good. I wonder if the donor needs help from this poor monk."

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just..."

Afterwards, Chen Nuo said what he wanted to do.

Shouwu looked puzzled, "Donor, I'm sorry that this poor monk can't understand. Although it's hard to get into the xenophobia over there in Bazhou, there are always people who are greedy for money and lust. As long as you put more thought into it, you can always break the restrictions. Why bother with us?" Is it related to the wanted criminal?"

"What I want is to go deeper. I heard that Mercy Temple is deeply rooted in Bazhou and is a powerful force second only to Fahua Temple. It is also famous among the chieftains."

Toast!

Deeper!

What the man in front of me said about a caravan must be a lie!

Shouwu understood this immediately.

But, it seemed like he had no choice.

Now that the Mercy Temple is falling apart, wandering around the world, and having a home all over the world, it seems that there is no harm in letting go of the relationship with the chieftain of Bazhou.

Moreover, because of Jun Peng and other things, he and others ultimately owed a favor to others, and they had to repay it.

So the answer has actually come out.

After Shouwu was silent for a moment, he nodded directly.

"Amitabha, the poor monk is willing to assist the donor to open up Bazhou."

Chen Nuo's smile became more sincere, "Besides, I wonder if Master is willing to find himself a new home?"

With such a force, how could Chen Nuo give up like that.

"The donor doesn't know something. We don't want to be too far away from the Yun Kingdom. We only want to settle down here not far from the border. Maybe one day..."

Understand.

I still want to go back.

But it doesn't matter, staying here is also a way. After all, my family's ancestral land is here, and Chen Shan and other left-behind tribesmen are also here.

"It doesn't matter. This is a suitable place for you, Master, to live. An County is the hometown of our clan. I am willing to donate a temple as a place for you to live."

These monks lived in such a courtyard, and their clothes looked very shabby. Coupled with Shou Wu's words and deeds just now, Chen Nuo had a basic judgment about them.

A group of well-behaved monks.

So it's not a bad idea to spend some money on a bodyguard.

Hearing this, Shouwu was immediately shaken.

It is indeed not a problem to live in the courtyard all the time. There is also a large group of original villagers led by Jun Peng who also need to be settled.

If it were just my brothers and sisters, it wouldn't matter, but these villagers...

In the end, Shouwu compromised.

He promised that if Chen Nuo needed anything, just ask him and he would do his best to help.

This can be regarded as leaving a backup plan for Chen Shan and other left-behind tribesmen.

In fact, if I had brought over one or two of the parallel-imported Zhenqi realms I had left at home, I wouldn't have to think about these things now, but it's a pity that I don't.

Later, Chen Nuo returned to Chenjiazhuang.

"Chen Shan, from now on, people from the clan will come back to worship their ancestors every year. You have to run this place well."

"Yes, patriarch, but, that..."

"Why are you hesitating? Talk."

"Chief, can the children here be sent over there? Originally, we stayed because pregnant women couldn't leave, and there were some who wanted to stay and didn't want to leave home. Now that everything is fine, can the children be sent there? What about getting a better education?" Chen Shan took on the responsibility of being the manager of dozens of tribesmen and applied for the benefits, or the rights he should have, from Chen Nuo.

"Of course, we are both members of the Chen clan and have the same rights."

"You ask to see if anyone is willing to let their children go there. Let the children go with us tomorrow."

"Also, don't give up here. The clan will send people over to help with the construction. There will be hospitals, martial arts, and essay writing."

In fact, this is the choice of dividing a clan into a new lineage to guard the ancestral land, and at the same time leaving a way out for the family.

If something happens to the family in Hexia County one day, at least this family will still be alive and they can quickly evacuate to Yun Country.

In addition, this is the ancestral land and cannot be abandoned. Important clan members come back to worship their ancestors every year. Moreover, many people of the older generation are still willing to be buried in Chenjiazhuang. Just like their uncles, they will have to wait for an auspicious day. Moving the coffin back to the ancestral land.

So there is indeed a need to separate here.

Of course, Chen Nuo hasn't officially said anything about branch lines now, and it's not the time yet.

After a few words of warning, Chen Nuo was ready to take people back. He had done everything he needed to do on this trip.

I met Chen Shan and other tribesmen, reestablished contact, prepared for the Cunning Rabbit's Three Caves, and had the unexpected joy of merging a weirdo, knowing the internal affairs of the Yun State, and opening up the route to Bazhou of the Yun State.

This trip was a complete success.

After returning, let Chen Xiang communicate with the monks of Mercy Temple.

The next day.

Chen Nuo brought four or five children aged five or six to the village gate.

Chen Shan touched the head of one of the children, his eyes full of reluctance, "Tai Qiu, you can't play around when you go there, you must study hard and listen to the clan leader uncle, do you understand?"

The child named Tai Qiu had red eyes, but he was very sensible and didn't cry or ask why his father wanted to send him out, but nodded, "I know, Dad, I will study hard and be obedient."

Chen Shan hugged Chen Tai Qiu, and the big man's eyes were red at this moment.

"Dad, I will come back to see you, you have to take care of yourself."

"Well, Dad is waiting."

After saying that, Chen Shan wiped away his tears behind Chen Tai Qiu without leaving a trace, pretended to be calm, loosened his hand, and let go of his arms.

Get on the carriage.

The figures of Chen Nuo and others gradually went away.

The tribesmen who stayed behind watched from afar, watched from afar.

There were three or four couples around Chen Shan, all looking at the children who were reluctant to go away, and only Chen Shan was alone.

As early as six years ago, his wife died of heavy bleeding during childbirth.

At that time, the chieftain took his people away. There were no skilled doctors among the people left, and there was chaos outside, so it was impossible to find a good doctor.

Even if he could find one, it would be too late, because it was deep in the mountains.

So, he could only watch his wife wailing and gradually losing her breath.

For the first time, he knew that human life was so fragile.

First, there was a painful wailing with all her strength, then a low moan without the strength to wail, and then there was no sound and she could only look at your despair pitifully, and finally, even the breath disappeared, there was no reaction, no talk to you, no smile with you, no beating or scolding you, just gone.

At that time, he was thinking.

If he hadn't let his wife get pregnant at that time, or aborted the child and followed the chieftain, would this not have happened?

But all that was just if.

In the end, he could only accept the reality and raise the child as both a father and a mother.

Taiqiu... Taiqiu...

It's just because the place where his wife was buried was a mountain called Taiqiu Peak in Yandang Mountain...

"All right, all right..."

Chen Shan took a deep breath and turned his head back to look at the tribesmen.

Next, he still had a lot of things to do.

His shoulders were heavy.

...

On the other side.

Chen Nuo did not go back directly, but went to the location of Panshe Mountain.

He never forgot the rare fruit tree in Panshe Mountain.

Snake fruit.