The Silo River Valley is the collective name for a narrow, rarely populated wilderness, but in fact, it is not a canyon.
The terrain here is flat and open. Even when the big river flowed through, there were many forked tributaries. Now, most of those former tributaries have dried up. Only a few river channels still have streams and small rivers flowing quietly, moisturizing the surrounding land. .
In a large plain area in the middle of the Xiluo Valley, there is a raised hill.
Or it can only be regarded as a hill with a good view. Dozens of people have gathered on the hill at this moment. These people are old and young. Except for a few who look too old, they are just sitting in silence surrounded by a group of juniors. On the straw mat aside, the other older people were huddled together in a criss-cross direction. They didn't dare to move their hands, but their faces were almost touching the other party's face, and the spittle could make them move. It splashed all over the face, made everyone blush, and the atmosphere was heated.
Most of the younger juniors were not qualified to interrupt, but just listening to them would blush and stare, clenching their fists, wanting to rush up and join the battle group and knock those hateful-looking old people to the ground.
The sun was high in the sky at this time, but the sunshine in winter could not give people much warmth. Some thin elderly people were still unable to do anything even if they wore thick coats, and had to put on a thin quilt to keep them warm.
After being noisy for a while, the most ferocious-looking of the oldest old people here slowly said, "Okay..." His voice was not high and a little hoarse. When he raised his two snow-white eyebrows, he seemed to be extremely angry, "It's not just a matter of arguing for a day or two. Although it is rare for people from all families to get together today, they are not children anymore. I thought If we win the argument, the land will be divided among the families, right?!"
The originally fiery scene on that side has cooled down slightly.
On the other side, facing an old man with a naturally angry face, an old man with white beard and white hair, with a long and narrow face, and an expression that was half-smiling but not smiling, seemed to be born neither sad nor happy. Hearing this, he also spoke, " Be quiet, we'll just wait until the county guard arrives."
The old people over there who had already made a real quarrel snorted angrily and returned to sit on their straw mats. They just sat there and still stared at the old people in the distance, with a rather unyielding attitude. .
After the old people on both sides had evacuated the place, the last few old people who stayed in the place stopped. They looked at a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar who was sitting alone on a straw mat and looking into the distance not far away, and pointed to a few more. The old man who sat back on the straw mat cursed and pointed for a while before returning to sit down on his own straw mat.
Eighteen straw mats, no one was absent.
The scene didn't cool down for long, and a group of younger people turned around and looked into the distance in surprise, followed by the old people with clear eyes and ears, until the person with the weakest hearing among the people present also felt the vibration on the ground and turned his head, seeing the person in the distance. A glimmer of blood has already galloped up the hill.
Like a bloody city wall, everyone present was surrounded!
A young and shameless young master dismounted first and strode over.
Except for a few people who followed him and seemed to be extraordinary at first sight, none of the hundreds of people dismounted from their horses.
A group of old people stood up quickly and were about to bow to the young man, but they heard the man wave his hands from a distance and said with a smile, "No courtesy, no courtesy. All of you are Luochuan's grandfather, when he was the prefect, he led a group of people." We are all seniors who have served Lijun, and now that we are old, we still have to worship me, a junior, which is not appropriate!"
After hearing this, all the old people looked at each other and gave up their intention of prostrating themselves on the ground. The younger ones around them did not receive such treatment, and they all knelt down to salute.
Luo Chuan strode to the largest and most special one in the center of the eighteen straw mats. He turned around and cupped his hands to the elderly people present, "Seniors, how can I invite you to this desolate place despite the cold weather? It's my fault that I came out cold in the countryside. I came out in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. I happened to arrive at Linshui Town the day before yesterday and happened to be invaded by a five-level monster, so I killed it." He said to Luo Changgong He waved his hand in the direction, and the eighteen blood knights got off their horses. Each of them took a package still stained with blood and handed it to the eighteen people accompanying them. "It is said that the flesh and blood of this monster is the most replenishing blood. , I will give it to you seniors, hope you will accept it! Come, let’s sit down and talk, you all should get up too.”
Luochuan sat down first, with Siqi and the young female Taoist standing behind him. The old coachman, Chen Shu, and two Wangchuan sword cultivators lined up on both sides.
All the elderly people looked at each other, then thanked each other and sat down one after another.
Seeing everyone sitting down, Luo Chuan took the lead and said, "Everyone, this junior invites everyone to gather in the Xiluo Valley today. Everyone understands the meaning, which is to gather the strength of the senior families to make use of this land. Junior He has a very direct temperament, and some of his words are unpleasant to say. This place is so green, with so much fertile land lying unused, and so many people huddled together to the point of starving to death. This is really a bastard. "Very well, I don't have any unnecessary intentions. I am just saying these words to set a tone for this alliance of the eighteen major surnames, which is to clear all obstacles to the use of the Xiluo Valley by the people!"
He scanned the audience with sincere and tough eyes, "I will kill those maggots who once dared to obstruct this matter. I will make those decisions that no one dared to make. Those interests that were once entangled and could not be resolved, today Solve it," he paused and his voice was sonorous and decisive, "seniors, please speak freely!"
As soon as the words fell, there was silence everywhere.
The eighteen surnamed old people sitting on the straw mat looked at me and I looked at you. No one spoke first. On the contrary, the younger followers standing behind them all had bright eyes and panting. ox.
The old people were not in a hurry, and Luo Chuan, who seemed a little impatient with his previous words, was not in a hurry either. The people on the mound were silent for a long time, and a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar sitting very far forward saluted with his hands. After that, he was the first to speak, "The eldest son, Jing'an, Wang Jianyou, the eldest son of the king's family, is also the representative of the Wang family this time. I heard that the eldest son killed and robbed people in the square of Shuangjing Town this time. Liu Mingzheng, a female agriculture officer, executed the highly corrupt treasurer Li Daoxing and the three most notorious criminal officials in the bustling city of Cangyan City. He also dismissed Lin Su, the judicial officer who was unfairly punished, and now... The officials of the Cangyan Mansion are in charge, and the people of Cangyan are all celebrating and praising the eldest son for his kindness. The people believe that Cangyan will become more prosperous under the leadership of the eldest son, but... the people are also a little worried. ....."
Luo Chuan looked at the middle-aged scholar with a calm expression, "What are you worried about?"
The middle-aged scholar seemed to be hesitant. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and saluted, "Cangyan's ability to push away the clouds and see the dawn is all thanks to the eldest son. If the eldest son leaves Cangyan one day, what will happen to us, Cangyan people..." Is good?!!"
