Taiping Inn

Early in the morning of the second day, the news that Qian Yulong, the eldest son of the Qian family, was assassinated spread throughout the Qian family elders' hall.

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This time, ten Qian family elders gathered together.

The atmosphere in the ancestral hall was very solemn. According to the plan of these Qian family elders, this matter would end with the death of Qian Yulou, and then Qian Yulong should take over the position of the head of the Qian family and lead the Qian family, which had eliminated internal and external troubles, back on track.

But no one expected that the most critical Qian Yulong was also dead.

What was even more unexpected was that the murderer was Qian Yulong's lover for many years, which made several Qian family elders begin to examine the people around them, fearing that they would follow in Qian Yulong's footsteps.

After a long silence, the elder who was sitting at the top stopped stroking the flowing beads in his hand and asked, "Has the murderer been caught?"

The elder who was leaning on the dragon-headed cane stood up and said, "We have sent people to track him down."

The elder nodded, raised his hand to signal the elder to sit down, and then said, "Don't worry about tracking down the murderer. The key is that Yibai is dead and Yulong has suffered misfortune, but life must go on. It is said that a snake cannot survive without a head, and a group of dragons cannot survive without a leader. Our Qian family must elect a person to take charge of the family to stabilize the situation and stabilize people's hearts. This is the key and a big deal."

As soon as the elder said this, the atmosphere in the ancestral hall became more and more depressed.

The key point is that the main branch of the Qian family has always had a small population. In the previous generation, there were only Qian Yibai and Qian Jiner. In this generation, Qian Jiner has never married, so naturally there are no children. Although Qian Yibai has many wives and concubines, in the end he still only has one son and one daughter. But just yesterday, Qian Yulou and Qian Yulong died one after another, leaving only Qian Jiner.

An elder hesitated and said, "Why not let Jin'er..."

Before the elder finished speaking, another elder interrupted and said, "Jin'er is from the eldest branch of the clan. If she was a boy, there would be nothing to say. It is the law of succession from the elder brother to the younger brother. It would be the most appropriate for her to be the head of the family. Then there is no need for us to discuss this matter today. The key is that Jin'er is a woman. Our Qian family has never had a precedent of a female head of the family."

The previous elder retorted, "Things in this world must be done by someone to have a precedent. If our ancestors had stuck to the rules and did nothing because there was no precedent, then we would probably still be walking around the streets, and how could we have entered the house today? Besides, there is no precedent for women in the rules left by our ancestors. The son cannot be the head of the family." The latter sneered: "The ancestors and clans did not leave this rule, but they also did not leave such rules as not being allowed to disobey human ethics and not being allowed to kill innocent people. Why? Because these rules are the rules of this world, there is no need for the ancestors and clans to talk more. Could it be that just because the ancestors and clans did not leave this rule, they could act freely? "

"I didn't say that . "

"Then what did you say? What did you mean just now?"

"So according to your opinion, are you going to take the position of the head of the family? Is it better for your descendants to do it?"

"Don't mess around, when did I say that?"

At this moment, the Great Elder said softly, "Okay."

The two elders kept their mouths at the same time.

Then they heard the Great Elder say, " Both elders have made sense. It is precisely because of this that we have to discuss this matter. To discuss matters is to discuss matters, don’t be angry, and don’t hurt your family’s kindness.” The two elders were stern at the same time, and they responded in a deep voice.

The elder looked at Qian Jin'er who had not spoken, and asked gently: "Jin'er, what do you mean?"

Qian Jin'er hesitated for a moment, stood up and said: "How can Jin'er, a woman, be worthy of the position of the head of the family."

"Don't be too sure, but don't be too sure either." The elder smiled faintly and said: "Looking through the history books, there was Empress Zhao in power, Empress Mingkong, the two saints in power, and Empress Dowager Xie who is now in charge of the government, she is also a woman, so being a woman is not a problem."

At this moment, the whole ancestral hall could hear a pin drop.

Qian Jin'er lowered her head, making it difficult for people to see the expression on her face.

However, Qian Jin'er still subconsciously pinched the corner of her clothes, showing her inner unrest.

As expected, Qian Yulou had predicted. The elder of the Qian family did not mind letting a woman be the head of the family. The key was to maintain the status of the eldest branch of the clan. Now that Qian Yulong's wife was pregnant, Qian Jin'er would take over the position of the head of the family temporarily. When Qian Yulong's son grew up, the position of the head of the family would be handed over. In this way, the position of the head of the family would still be in the hands of the eldest branch.

The elder had seen this clearly before, so he strongly opposed it on the grounds that she was a woman, just to take the position of the head of the family from the eldest branch. Unfortunately, the elder was originally from the eldest branch, so this plan was doomed to fail.

…

On the other side, Li Xuandu, who had just returned to Jinling Mansion, also learned of Qian Yulong's death. Even Li Xuandu, who was used to all kinds of twists and turns, was shocked.

How could Li Xuandu not have thought that the last eye contact between him and Qian Yulong on the Falling Flower Stage would become a farewell between the two. Although his friendship with Qian Yulong was not as close as Hu Liang's, they still had some friendship. Qian Yulong's death still made Li Xuandu a little sad.

Li Xuandu went to the Qian family's ancestral home and met the elder who had always been in charge of the Qian family's ancestral home. Before the elder began the meeting in the elders' hall, he had a deep talk with Li Xuandu and asked Li Xuandu to help track down the murderer.

Li Xuan didn't know what the Qian family's ancestor had planned and wanted him to be an outsider to interfere in the Qian family's affairs, but thanks to his relationship with Qian Yulong, he still agreed, so under the guidance of Sheng Zikuan and Fan Zhenyue. He came to a secret room deep in the Qian family's ancestral home, where three coffins were parked. One coffin belonged to Qian Yibai, one coffin belonged to Qian Yulong, and the other coffin belonged to Qian Yulou.

The three of them probably wouldn't have thought that they not only died on the same year, month and day, but also gathered together after their death.

Sheng Zikuan pushed open the lid of the coffin belonging to Qian Yulong and whispered: "Mr. Li, the eldest son's body is here."

Li Xuan looked over and didn't know what Qian's family had used. Qian Yulong's corpse was preserved in perfect condition, and he felt like he was asleep, but the five blood holes on his chest were extremely dazzling.

Li Xuandu could see the origin of these five blood caves at a glance and whispered: "It is the 'Xuanyin Tu' of the Pin Nu Sect."

Sheng Zikuan asked in confusion: "How can Mr. Li see?"

Li Xuan didn't say anything, but just swept it with a knife.

Sheng Zikuan was shocked and subconsciously dodged backwards, but Li Xuan didn't really take action. He just clicked until the knife stopped just as soon as he reached the three-inch position in front of Sheng Zikuan, but the strong wind brought about still made this money The family worship suddenly suffocated.

Fan Zhenyue, who was standing beside him, saw clearly and hesitated: "Is this the 'cold moon saw' of the female sect?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "By chance, I have learned the exercises of the Pin Nu Sect, so I recognize their methods. This "Xuan Yin Tu" is the Thirteenth Taiyin who was born from the Yin Yang Sect. Sword, so it also contains the "Xuanyin Sword Qi". Brother Qian died under the "Xuanyin Sword Qi". "

Sheng Zikuan murmured, "I really didn't expect that Mrs. Liu...Liu Yushuang was actually from the Female Sect."

Li Xuandu said: "The woman who attacked Master Qian on the Luohuatai was also from the Female Sect. Fan Gongfeng should also know this."

Fan Zhenyue was a little embarrassed. After all, Qian Yibai died in front of him, but he nodded and said, "Mr. Li said very well."

Sheng Zikuan couldn't help but shivered: "The women from the female sect are like female spiders, forming spider webs, waiting for flying insects to crash into the net, leaving what is useful, useless Just eat it directly with the leather and bones. Ning Yi, the 10th-ranked "Blood Knife" on the Taixuan List, and Zhang Luanshan, the little master of the year, weren't they still obeyed their own words? It's really terrible. I didn't expect that they would watch it again now He won the Qian family."

Speaking of this, Sheng Zikuan and Fan Zhenyue looked at each other and both saw worries in each other's face.

Li Xuandu continued: "The female sect is divided into two sects, one is led by Guang Miaoji and the other is led by Xuan Shengji. I wonder if the one who took action this time will be Guang Miaoji or Xuan Shengji?"

In fact, Li Xuan has already had the answer, but he just didn't say it out loud.

The person who planned this matter would not be the palace official, but the mysterious Guang Miaojiu.