There was silence in the red-lit Xiangtang. The twenty-four heads of the Iron Shou Province looked at the tall stone statues with complex expressions and walked behind them with heavy steps.
To fight or not to fight, everyone is struggling in their hearts. If you agree to the restructuring, how will your family members, territory, troops, and wealth be disposed of, and how will you explain it to your ancestors? If he disagrees, looking at Ji Xin's posture, he will definitely not be kind today.
"Everyone, the restructuring is not as harsh as everyone thinks. Although you have lost your territory, I think you can still serve as senior officials in my Ji family. Just like the human race, you have a house, money and power. What's the point? Why bother risking your own life? Besides, if you don’t obey, the tribesmen outside will definitely be wiped out. Why bother with such a genocide?" Ji Bi, who was sitting in the audience, saw that the situation was not good and glanced at his brother. He took the initiative to stand up and bowed his hands to the people around him.
"Ji Bi, you have the nerve to bark like a pug with your spine ripped out." Qiu Linxuan was furious, pointed at Ji Bi and cursed: "Your Ji family wants to take away the foundations of other families, how can you do it?" How much benefit will you get? Don't say these perverse words to me. I, the Qiulin family, will never obey you. Take your life."
As he spoke, Qiu Linxuan punched the red light shield beside him. The light shield flickered on and off, causing rapid ripples, but it eventually stabilized.
Qiu Linxuan's angry attack was unable to break this bond, and all the family heads were a little shocked.
"Haha, since you are so stubborn, I can only take your life." Seeing that Qiu Linxuan wanted to strike again, Ji Xin made a hand seal. I saw a flash of light on the stone platform where Qiu Linxuan was, and he had disappeared. Also missing were two stone statues.
The Xiangtang fell silent. Seeing the other party's cunning methods, how could these family heads do it again? Even Lu Zhan, who had been aggressive just now, also fell silent.
"Everyone, let me ask you, if someone dares to raise troops without authorization, attack Hanlu City, and take the lives of three young masters, what should be done?" Seeing that everyone became quiet, Ji Xin's eyes swept over everyone indifferently.
There was silence in the hall, and all the family heads looked at each other, wondering what Ji Xin meant by what he said. Lu Zhan's heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong, but his face remained unmoved.
In the end, Ji Bi stood up and said loudly: "According to the rules of our Iron Hand Province, attacking the main city and killing the lord's heirs are serious crimes of treason. All families in the province should attack them together and destroy them all." clan, take over their territory.”
"That's right, Lu Zhan, your Lu family united with other families to station troops in Yediyuan, and now you dare to send troops to attack Hanlu City without permission. What kind of crime should you do?" Ji Xin suddenly turned her head and looked at the unwilling Lu Zhan below. , scolded sternly.
"Yes, I am stationing troops in Yediyuan, but it is only to prevent major changes in the province, and I have no intention of sending troops. Lord, now that internal and external transportation is isolated, please do not slander anyone." Lu Zhan stood up angrily and looked towards him with a look of sorrow and indignation. Ji Xin.
"Did I accuse you wrongly?" Ji Xin sneered, "Someone, bring up those thieves' confessions."
Soon, the chief historian came up with a volume of documents.
"Read, let the family heads listen to the good things they have done." Ji Xin looked coldly and looked at the stone gate in the distance with his hands behind his hands.
Chang Shi opened the memorandum, cleared his throat, and read it aloud. The eloquent thousands of words are nothing more than a list of the Ji family's sins, an attempt to subvert the ancestral system, and an unfavorable move for everyone in the world.
"Today, there is Zilie of the Lu family, who respectfully accepts the destiny of heaven, and together with the righteous and brave men of the Gu family, the Ba family, the Cang family, the Qiulin family, and the Murong family, serves as a righteous teacher, defeats Ji Bao, saves the people from ashes, and restores the majesty of a shepherd. Like those who are like-minded. , you can send your troops to kill the thieves together." Chang Shi finally finished reading his message in a slightly hoarse voice.
Wow, there was a noisy sound in the Xiangtang. The heads of the families were all whispering and looking at the heads of the families listed in the memorandum.
"This is a fake book." Ba Zhi said in shock, "I already told you before I left not to use weapons without authorization. I will never be so bold."
"Fake book? Haha, look at the big seal on it for yourself." Ji Xin stretched out his hand to grab it, and the text flew out of Chang Shi's hand and flew in the direction of Bazhi.
Strangely enough, these family heads couldn't break through these light shields, but Xiwen flew into them without any hindrance.
Catching the message flying in front of him, Ba Zhi quickly unfolded it and saw the big seal of his Ba family at a glance. This seal is the public seal of the family. I kept it specially when I left. I only took my private seal with me.
There is a formation on this seal, but there is no secret technique in it, so the seal can only be a blur. Looking at the message in his hand, Bazhi's hands couldn't help but tremble.
Lu Zhan looked at Ba Zhi's situation and said sadly, "Brother Ba, don't look anymore, Xiao Er Lang should have taken action. It's so hateful, they must have fallen into someone else's trick. Don't even think about surrendering and begging for mercy today. Setting up such a scheme and inducing my family to send troops is just a trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys, and we are the chickens in others' hands."
As he spoke, he turned to look angrily at Ji Xin on the stage, "Jixin, it seems that you are unwilling to let me go. You rebelled against the ancestral system of the shepherds, but you imitated the despicable human race and forced us to give up our ancestral property to your Ji Xin." Being a dog wagging its tail begging for mercy under the family's door is an evil act that both heaven and man will kill, and everyone can punish it. Children are just doing justice for heaven.
Even though you have trapped us here, the Ji family doesn't have so much help outside. I, the son of the Lu family, will definitely destroy Hanlu City.
Today, I want to see, no matter how powerful your Ji family formation is, can it withstand the attacks of all the family heads? Ba Zhi, Gu Ping, Cang Si, Murong Yinggao, and other family heads, do you still think that the Ji family can spare your lives? It would be better to fight to the death. "
As he spoke, he silently glanced at the other side, groaned, his hair and beard danced wildly, and his momentum increased so much that the red light shield also undulated.
Ji Xin snorted coldly, flew her fingers, and lit up the light shields one after another. Lu Zhan and others disappeared, along with the stone statues behind them.
"The four of you also join the battle to help our ancestors destroy the enemy." Seeing that the heads of the families in the hall had no movement, Ji Xin turned to the four governors of his family and said,
"As ordered." The four governors agreed with their hands raised, and each of them made a seal. Four beams of light fell from the sky, and the four of them disappeared one after another.
"Everyone, if there are still people who are following them, please come out." Ji Xin put his hands behind his back and looked at everyone in the hall with a smile.
But the tribesman standing behind him, pretending to be Ji Ye, saw that his hands were shaking slightly, and black blood was flowing out from his fingers. Obviously, it was not a big deal for him to put so many people into the formation at one time. burden.
Wherever his eyes touched, everyone avoided him. Only Ji Bi looked excited and looked at his brother proudly.
Seeing that no one responded, Ji Xin slowly took two steps back and slowly sat on the coach. The blood stains on her hands were wiped on the quilt quietly.
Poof, there was a cracking sound coming from Ji Xin's body, but his expression remained unchanged and he allowed the blood on his back to fall on the chariot. Fortunately, the jade platform is so high that the head of the family below cannot see what is happening on the stage.
In the Xiangtang, the red light changed violently, and the surrounding walls rattled, making a scary sound. These family heads should have been sent to a certain space in the formation. Although we cannot see how these people fight, it is conceivable that with so many masters gathered together, the aftermath of the battle still affected this place.
If they fight directly in the city, with such power, there is no telling how many people will die.
Listening to the continuous sounds, Ji Xin frowned slightly, suppressed his smile, and sighed deeply, "Everyone, our Ji family is not going to kill all the families. As long as you can agree to the restructuring, you will at least be a prefect or something like that." High-ranking officials are indispensable for their glory and wealth. As long as they hand over their military power, why do they have to fight with each other?
For example, Lu Zhan and his ilk brazenly launched an army and started a rebellion. Not only did they die, but their clan members suffered as well. Why bother? Maybe some people are still lucky enough to rely on their own cultivation and the large number of people to try to escape from this place. Let me tell you clearly that it is absolutely impossible. Please take a look. "
As he spoke, Ji Xin flicked his long sleeves, and a scene appeared in the Xiangtang. He saw countless soldiers and civilians in the city, all sitting cross-legged beside the altars, with their eyes closed and expressions of pain. There was a huge red light on the altar, and beams of light shot toward the Xiangtang, like a large and dense net.
"The Blood River Illusionary Formation was launched by me together with the clansmen in Qin City. Every person with the Ji surname spared their own essence to activate the formation. No matter how advanced your cultivation is, how can you defeat the enemy with just a mere effort? With the combined efforts of thousands of people, I call on all the clansmen in Qincheng to offer their last drop of blood for the Ji family." Ji Xin looked a little tired and waved his hand to brush away the screen in the hall. 33
"If we agree to the restructuring, can the lord let us out?" A family head asked from afar.
"Yes, as long as you agree to the restructuring, you will leave here safely. After all, the huge Iron Hand Province still needs you to control the people. Without you, how can the Ji family support such a large province." Ji Xin straightened up. After a while, he gestured to the surroundings.
"However, please don't leave these days. There is a rebellion outside by the Lu family. After the rebellion is quelled, I will let you go back. Today, I swear in front of my ancestors that if you still kill each family after agreeing to the restructuring, God will He will be killed."
When he said the last sentence, Ji Xin's voice suddenly rose, like thunder, and he looked at the family heads in the audience with bright eyes.
These family heads looked at each other. Ji Xin had reached this point and could not leave now, so they had no choice but to agree one by one and agree to this restructuring.
"Okay, from now on, every family and my Ji family are one, and they should be rich and powerful, and advance and retreat together." Suddenly Ji Xin raised his eyebrows, "Please wait a moment, the Lu family and other rebellious thieves have been defeated. .”
As his voice fell, pillars of light lit up one after another in the Xiangtang, and the stone statues reappeared in the hall one by one, with mottled patterns on their bodies and many damages. The most miserable one has lost half of its body.
Soon, the four governors of the Ji family appeared one after another, their bodies covered in blood, some from their opponents and some from their own. At their feet were the family heads who had just disappeared.
Qiu Linxuan's body was covered in blood and flesh, his head had sunk down, and he seemed to be dead. The remaining people were also covered in blood, their breath was weak, and they had already passed out.
"Detain these traitors and deal with them separately after the chaos is calmed down." Ji Xin ordered, and a dozen guards rushed forward beside the jade platform and dragged several family heads to the side hall at the door.
During the dragging process, these guards deliberately walked through the middle of the Xiangtang. On the smooth floor of the hall, long blood stains appeared.
"Everyone, there is one more thing. Since the beloved ministers have agreed to the reform, please sign your names. Chief Shi, take out the edict." The Chief Shi took out a pile of gold silk, and each gold silk was equipped with a jade pen. .
Ji Xin took a piece of gold silk and stroked the surface of the silk carefully, "In addition to this edict, I also ask each family head to hand over his private seal as a token. I will send people to each family to announce the edict, so as to prevent anyone from misjudgment. It cost you your life."
As he spoke, he flicked his fingers, and these golden silks flew like butterflies to each family head, including one for Ji Bi.
These family heads opened the edict, which stated that their family agreed to change the system of Guiji, required the surrender of clan soldiers, not to disobey, etc., and finally signed their names.
Unlike other family heads who were hesitant, Ji Bi wrote his name without even looking at it. As soon as the jade pen touched the gold silk, writing appeared on the hard silk surface, which avoided the problem of signing someone like Ji Bi who was not a cultivator.
Putting his private seal on the gold silk, Ji Bi held the silk in both hands, knelt on his knees, and raised it respectfully above his head.
Ji Xin smiled slightly, stretched out her hand, and the golden silk returned to her hand. With Ji Bi taking the lead, the other family heads followed suit and each signed their names.
"Okay, my dear friends, Ji Xin will never forget your contribution to the dragon today. In the past few days, you and I, the monarchs and ministers, will practice peacefully here, waiting for the outsiders to punish the rebels." Ji Xin raised his head and laughed, and suddenly saw the sight in front of him. Ji Bi from the platoon said, "I forgot that the emperor's brother can't practice. That's all. Come out."
As the words fell, the red mask around Ji Bi suddenly disappeared.
Some people died, but not completely...
