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The contract ceremony was held three days later.During these three days, neither Shi Sang nor the elders disturbed Kong Zhu.In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

At the beginning of Chen Shi, it was Su Ke who invited Kong Zhuqian to attend the ceremony, and the clothes he brought were the same scarlet red robes as on the day of the clan meeting.

Seeing that Kong Zhu's eyes kept falling on the robe he was holding in his hand, Su Ke said with a smile: "This is a sacrificial robe, not everyone is qualified to wear it."

"Really?" Kong Zhu was slightly startled when he heard the words. Although she was not a high status in the clan, she also knew that there was no such position as a priest in Reading Heart: "I would like to hear more about it."

"There is not enough time, you pack it up first, and then we will talk as we walk."

Kong Zhu smiled apologetically at him. Time was running out, so she invited him into the house unceremoniously. After tidying up quickly, she went with him to the place where the contract ceremony was held.

"You should already know about that curse, right?"

Kong Zhu nodded: "I heard from the patriarch that Shi Sang came here this time because of this matter." When this name was mentioned, her expression was a little unnatural.

Even after three days, everything that happened that day kept replaying in my mind.She thought about taking the risk of giving up the ceremony directly, or even leaving the mind-reading channel.However, the patriarch had already told her clearly that the curse had already been formed when Shi Sang decided to choose her.Shi Sang must have known about this a long time ago, otherwise she would not be so confident and not worried that Kong Zhu would oppose her proposal at all.On the other hand, the patriarch has no reason to cheat on her, it doesn't do him any good.

Su Ke led her the way half a step ahead, but didn't notice anything strange about her: "Since you know it, it's easy to explain. The existence of the sacrificial robe is to tell all the descendants that the candidate for this time has been decided. "

After a pause, he suddenly stopped, turned to look at her, and said solemnly: "Every clansman who devotes himself to the clan should be respected by all the clansmen. Miss Kong Zhu, I brought a few brothers under me to the extreme The northern land devoted itself to cultivation, and these boys left behind are ignorant, slandering the tribe, neglecting their duties, and tarnishing the honor of the law enforcement team. I have thrown them all into the dungeon and left them at your disposal. I am the leader who did not restrain my subordinates. For my sin, I hereby apologize to you."

He bowed down to Kong Zhu earnestly, his movements were meticulous.Kong Zhu could feel his sincerity, and accepted his obeisance calmly.Su Ke's expression relaxed a lot, Kong Zhu didn't evade, apparently accepted his apology.As if he was letting go of some heavy burden invisibly, he said: "Miss Kong Zhu, I actually have two things I want to discuss with you this time."

"What's the matter? Let's hear it." Kong Zhu had already vaguely guessed that Su Ke's intention for coming was not simple, just apologizing at any time, there is no need to let the patriarch No. 1 come to invite her in person at such a time.It's just that she really couldn't think of any other relationship between the two of them.

"I learned your identity from the patriarch," Su Ke said very slowly, as if he was considering his words: "I want to ask you one thing."

After all, this world is still the world of imperial power.Even if the reading heart is a hidden family, the members of the direct line claim to be noble.But facing Kong Zhu, an authentic member of the royal family, he still used the honorific subconsciously: "You have also seen the relationship between us and the collateral lineage. A big crisis. I know that you also have ambitions. On behalf of the Elder Pavilion and all the people in the clan, I would like to promise you that I will do my best to help you reach that position. But I want to ask you to help The direct line cuts off the collateral line!"

Kong Zhu was a little funny, but at the same time he was a little bit awe-inspiring towards the ruthlessness of his direct descendants.What he said didn't mention that Shi Sang was in the same line as divination, obviously Shi Sang hadn't mentioned that condition to them yet.When she was already thinking about how to make them help, they actually came to her door by themselves.

However, the tens of thousands of tribesmen, not to mention their huge status in the secular world, almost monopolize the powerful financial resources of Dachang's economic lifeline.Just talking about the collateral lineage, most of them have some blood connection with the direct lineage. Although it is very weak, they all have some continuous kinship with the direct lineage.What's more, most of the people gathered at the top of the cold river are the elite of the major collateral lines.If half of the news leaked out, it would be enough to cause a big riot in the collateral.The decision of righteousness to kill relatives and a strong man to cut off his wrists made Kong Zhu pay more attention to his direct lineage.

"There are less than a thousand people in the direct lineage, and the patriarch once said that the huge heart-reading lineage is supported by collateral lines. The heart-reading lineage has become the head of the hermit clan, and the side lineages have made great contributions. If the side lineages are removed The power of the mind-reading lineage will inevitably drop sharply in a short period of time, and the number of collaterals is large. If a few are missed, it will bring a series of negative effects. Such a thing that is harmful but has no benefit, how could they do it? agree?"

Su Ke said with a bitter expression: "Yes, if things come to fruition, it will be harmful to our generations but not beneficial, but this is a great event for the benefit of future generations. Rather than raising tigers and causing trouble, it is better to stop when it is not broken. !"

His tone suddenly became harsh at the end. It can be seen that over the years, the No. 1 of the third generation of the direct line has deep resentment towards the self-destructive foundation of the collateral line.As he said, with the development of the millennium, the development of Reading Heart has reached its peak. The so-called prosperity must decline, and even Reading Heart can't escape this reality.

Either the heart-reading branch is gradually eroded by the collateral, or the future troubles are completely cut off.The people in power who read the mind are undoubtedly sensible enough. Although cutting off the collateral will have a lot of negative effects, but the mind-reading is already hidden in the world, and he doesn't need so many extra things to affect his own cultivation.Could it be that the prestige of his direct lineage depends on the power of this secular world to raise it?

Kong Zhu pondered for a moment: "If I can fulfill my wish at that time, then you have given me a big gift."

What a huge force built by tens of thousands of people.The so-called people don't fight with officials. After all, they are just businessmen. As long as Kong Zhu has enough troops to suppress them, they still have to obediently spit out their power.Their power can develop so smoothly, there must be a lot of officials colluding with them.But it doesn't matter, Emperor Zhaohe didn't dare to move those officials, fearing that the foundation of Dachang would be unstable.But if she wants to ascend the throne and change the dynasty, she will naturally clean up the courtiers.

"If you have the ability to swallow, those are all yours." Su Ke smiled lightly.Now that the decision has been made, he completely abandoned the kindness and intolerance in his heart.After all, this is something for the benefit of future generations, and it also determines whether his lineage of reading heart can continue to be passed on.His attitude determines the attitude of the gang of brothers under him, and he cannot waver in the slightest.

"Then what's the other thing?" Kong Zhu asked with great interest.

Hearing this, Su Ke's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed: "Miss Kong Zhu, do you still remember Su Gewen?"

Kong Zhu was a little surprised, he didn't expect to hear this name at this time, and said meaningfully: "I am deeply impressed."

Su Ke smiled helplessly, of course he could hear the meaning in Kong's words, it was not the admiration that ordinary people had for Gowen.With Gowen's bad attitude towards her, it's not bad that she didn't have any strong dislike for him.He would never expect that Kong Zhuhui would have any other feelings for Gowen:

"This time, if what we have discussed is successful, after the contract ceremony is over, the Elder Pavilion will definitely send someone to your side to help you. Among the three generations of the clan, they have traveled in the mainland, and they have a better understanding of the major forces of the side lineage, and they are deeply familiar with the elders. Besides me, the only one you trust is my brother. In a while, it will be the three-year law enforcement team selection competition, and I will definitely not be able to leave. Presumably, the Elder Pavilion will send my brother down the mountain with you.

Although I am a round older than you, we all belong to the same three generations.You also know that the ranking of our direct descendants is not based on seniority, but on strength.Among the three generations of children, I am slightly stronger, so I was honored as the boss by my peers, and my subordinates couldn't save face, so I naturally asked my eldest brother to come forward to help.The day before yesterday, the Elder Pavilion called a few of our clansmen over, and these meanings were faintly revealed in the words.That kid Gewen must have thought of this too. He found me and hesitantly asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. "

"I don't seem to have any contact with him, right?" Kong Zhu couldn't help pressing the center of his brows, wondering: "I don't know where this hostility comes from?"