In the spring of the 32nd year of Jing's lunar calendar, February had just entered. An unprecedented storm began to slowly turn from darkness to light. Moreover, this turmoil did not spread from the densely populated cities like before, but started in the mountains and wild areas, often raging towards inaccessible places.
Therefore, there was almost no ripples about this turmoil in the city, and the only people who knew about it were only a few well-informed people, and since it had nothing to do with anyone, there was no need to spread it around.
On the contrary, for those remote villages that are usually far away from the hustle and bustle of cities and towns, this storm has blown into the hearts of the people from underground.
Liwang Village. It is located on the edge of Lianfeng City, close to the border of Jingxi, and even further away from the town than from the boundary of Jingbei. It is one of the most remote villages in Jingxi's jurisdiction.
Everyone in the village has the same surname, and people with other surnames are not allowed to settle in the village at all. Now Liwang Village is considered a larger village, with a total of 86 households. Some households have as few as four or five people, and some have more. More than a dozen mouths.
The most powerful speaker in Liwang Village is not the head of the village, nor the squire from a wealthy family, but the clan leader. Even if it is a big deal, if the clan leader speaks, the young and old in the village will follow it. Anyone who dares to resist will be dealt with directly according to the family law.
Speaking of family law, the family law of this kind of wealthy family is lynching. Its cruelty is not much easier than those in the yamen dungeon. The most severe punishment can also take away lives.
However, it is precisely because of this strict clan concept that the entire Liwang Village has continued the family tradition since hundreds of years ago, forming a unique heritage and customs.
If a family wants to survive for hundreds of years, it certainly cannot rely on itself. At least there must be a sufficiently wide flow of population to bring vitality. Otherwise, these dozens of households will not be able to be used for decades, let alone hundreds of years, and they will collapse. Lose.
Therefore, there are three remote mountain villages of similar size adjacent to Liwang Village, creating a virtuous cycle of mutual mobility of the population.
The three villages that share the same population with Liwang Village are all villages with the same surname. The situation in the villages is similar.
It is not a good thing for the clan to be too loud for the dynasty. It will hinder the rule to a certain extent, and even the laws of the dynasty are attenuated to a certain extent in these places.
The main reason for this situation is "too far".
The Jingjiu Dynasty was too big. Such a large territory could be ruled as impregnably as it is now. The root cause is that the existence of the teleportation circle infinitely shortened the sense of distance, and it was also like a chain that tightly tied all the places to Jingjiu. On the chariot. But this is talking about the general direction, and it makes no sense at all for a small place like Liwang Village. It takes two days by oxcart to go to town. How many days do you think it takes to get there from a big city? It won’t arrive in less than ten days!
It is precisely because of this place that is not covered by the teleportation circle that many people in the village have never been to a place further than the town in their lives. A trip to the nearest big city is considered to have seen the world, so the villagers' cognition Most of them were gradually formed from the clan itself, with little influence from the outside world.
In the center of Liwang Village is the tallest and largest building in the village, the ancestral hall. This is the core place of Liwang Village. Daily clan elders’ meetings are held here, and important matters are also held here.
In the back room of the ancestral hall, in a secluded secret room, five patriarchs and elders of Liwang Village sat together, each looking serious.
"Brother, what should we do now? Are we really going against Xuan Qingwei?" An old man with half-white hair sitting at the bottom said in a hurried tone, as if he was very anxious.
"What about Xuanqingwei? This is Liwang Village! It's the territory of our Li family!" Sitting in the upper middle position is Li Yanqing, the patriarch of Liwang Village and the chief elder of the Ancestral Presbyterian Church. Present here are the five people from the Presbytery, gathered together.
Li Yanqing is nearly eighty years old, but he has a strong body and a slightly red face. At first glance, he looks like an old man with a hot temper. Now he patted the armrest of the chair vigorously, his tone was angry, and a bit of majesty emanated from his body.
The members of the Li family have been transferred from generation to generation. Now these people in the Presbytery are all brothers of the same generation, so when no one else is around, they call each other according to their row number.
"But brother, that's Xuan Qingwei! He kills without batting an eyelid. If he goes against them, if he offends them..."
Before Li Yanqing could speak, the person on the left took over and said, "So what if I'm angry? There are nearly a thousand people in Liwang Village, plus thousands of people in the three villages of the in-laws. How dare they start killing? Humph! The Yamen's people People can only bluff, look what they have done recently? They put up a bullshit copper cabinet just to provoke an internal fight within our clan! Their ambitions are simply too arrogant!
Moreover, he actually wants to interfere with our customs that have been in existence for hundreds of years. The reason is actually some evil monk? They can think of excuses like this to coax a little baby. In addition to the fields, there are mountains and forests here. Every family is a common people in the mountains and plains. What can the evil monks plot?
Let me see, aren't those Xuanqing guards the ones who are really uneasy and well-intentioned? We in Liwang Village must not bow to them, otherwise there will never be peace in the future! "
Of the five elders, four of them were obviously on one side, and the remaining one was not opposed, but just felt uneasy.
That's Xuan Qingwei! Even though it is rare to see Xuan Qingwei come to a remote place like Liwang Village with his own eyes, how can he not be afraid of his evil reputation? However, the situation in Liwang Village is indeed special. For hundreds of years, the yamen have rarely come here to take care of it, let alone Xuanqingwei? So in the end, although the person was worried, he didn't speak any more, so he accepted most of the opinions.
Seeing the last person, Li Yanqing remained silent. Li Yanqing nodded with satisfaction. He has been the patriarch of Liwang Village for more than 30 years. Who dissatisfied with him inside and outside? The people in the Presbyterian Church are all brothers he is familiar with, and now he has expected to reach a unified opinion.
Li Yanqing raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "To be precise, this time it was a thing called the Black Flag Camp under the Xuanqing Guard. Their people started the matter, and they formed that bullshit propaganda team. Talking nonsense everywhere, relying on some small favors is like fooling the countryside, it's just a bastard.
I have contacted Sancun, and they basically have the same idea as us, which is one method: ignore it!
No matter what they preach or what benefits they give, don't pay attention to it, and it's best not to even look at it. Just let the people in Black Flag Camp work in vain, let's see what else they can do. "
"What about Meng Xue?"
"What the heck, don't we have a private school in our village? If the ancestral hall has to spend some money to build a larger school, whose children in the village can't get into it? Why do we go to the Black Flag Camp to do a private school?"
