One or two branches of plum outside the bamboo

Chapter 325 Sudden Death
The old woman's voice was hoarse, no longer the softness of her youth.

But Yan Qingzhi can still feel her inner emotions, or every woman has a little girl who will not grow up in her heart, and she will only show it in front of the people closest to her.

After seeing her, Su He was always a little uncomfortable. This was the first time Yan Qingzhi had seen this old man with this expression in the five or six years he had known him.

She showed an expression of gossip, but neither of them gave her a chance to gossip.

Su He pushed her out.

"This is what I told you, Yan Qingzhi."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Yan Qingzhi, his serious and warning expression made Yan Qingzhi immediately calm down.

"This is Gu Shuang, the current chief elder of the Gu family. You can call her Auntie."

Yan Qingzhi hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Gu Shuang, and said respectfully.

"Junior Yan Qingzhi greets my aunt."

It may be because the light is not good, Yan Qingzhi only saw Gu Shuang's appearance after getting closer.

Gu Shuang is already a little old, and the skin on her face is loose. She may not have been a good-looking woman when she was young, but her eyes are very bright. Even at this age, Yan Qingzhi can still see the difference between her eyes. see the power of freedom.

"Okay! It's a good girl, let my aunt come over to see..."

Gu Shuang's attention fell on Yan Qingzhi, full of joy.

She didn't wait at the door, but walked in front of her when Yan Qingzhi saluted, and deep down, her old hand held Yan Qingzhi's hand.

Neither of them were women raised in a deep boudoir, Yan Qingzhi was calluses from practicing martial arts all the year round, and Gu Shuang was no less so.

It's just that Gu Shuang didn't dislike it. He looked up at Yan Qingzhi carefully, and his eyes were dazzling.

This is the most beautiful and agile pair of eyes Yan Qingzhi has ever seen.

"This girl is so handsome!"

She squeezed Yan Qingzhi's hand tightly and turned to look at Su He.

"Sure enough, it's the child you taught. It's all your character to stand and walk."

Yan Qingzhi's kung fu movements are all taught by Su He, and her posture and habit between walking are naturally very similar to Su He.

It's just that ordinary people have never noticed it, but Gu Shuang, who just saw Yan Qingzhi once, found many similarities with Su He in her.

Su He looked at her and smiled, with his hands behind his back, he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

The two stood five or six steps away, and no one took a step forward.

Gu Shuang's heart was full of joy, he pulled Yan Qingzhi and said.

"Your uncle is used to being free. He doesn't like the atmosphere of the Gu family. He never stays here. You don't want to learn from him."

Yan Qingzhi was a little embarrassed. She didn't know the relationship between Su He and the great elder of the ancient family. She felt that it was inappropriate to say anything, so she turned to look at Su He, and saw that Su He waved with her, completely following her heart.

Only then did she turn her head to look at the old woman in front of her, and said cautiously.

"The younger generation is afraid that he doesn't understand the rules and disturbs Aunt Qingjing."

As soon as the old woman heard this, she straightened her face.

"What kind of juniors and juniors, where are the courtesy! I have no rules here, such a big yard, only me and Afu, if you come, it will be the most lively!"

As he said that, he was about to pull Yan Qingzhi into the house.

"I heard your uncle talk about you a long time ago, and I thought about what kind of little girl she is to be so arrogant. If you come here, my aunt will give you something good."

Yan Qingzhi didn't like that others were nice to her without asking for anything, and she used her eyes to ask Su He for help when she was a little uncomfortable.

Su He shook his head and hurriedly helped her out.

"A Shuang, the situation outside is not right. When the matter is resolved, you are talking to Qingzhi."

Gu Shuang stopped, and looked at Su He a little strangely.

"Didn't you come to see me with your child?"

Yan Qingzhi's body instantly stiffened, and she felt that this was a proposition.

Su He didn't feel the change in Gu Shuang's mood, he was there to tell the truth.

"This time, Mei Heng, the Zuo Secretary of the Tianjing Division, invited me to come and investigate the corpse control sect."

Yan Qingzhi watched Gu Shuang's shoulders slowly drop, she couldn't bear it, and wanted to say something nice to ease the other party's emotions.

But before she could speak, there was a sudden noise outside.

The sound spread at a fast speed, with the sound of gongs, the movement of knocking wooden stakes, someone shouting loudly, and the sound of wind and water, and the sound of bones burning.

Yan Qingzhi immediately turned her head to look in the direction of the voice, she carefully discerned what everyone was clamoring for.

Su He's face suddenly turned ugly, and Gu Shuang squinted his eyes as if some emotions were brewing.

"They seem to be talking about fire and murder!"

Yan Qingzhi was a little nervous, and when she didn't know anything, she didn't know what she could do.

Su He also looked in the direction they came from, and after a while, the fire was already blazing.

"Don't worry, they're not targeting us."

Su He and Yan Qingzhi were just leading the way for Mei Heng, no matter what conflict he had with Gu Rong, it didn't affect the overall situation.

Yan Qingzhi's nervousness did not calm down.

"Who are these people? What is their purpose?"

She did not understand the factional disputes in the Gu family, nor did she know what impact the arrival of Su He and Mei Heng had on this balance.

Naturally, he didn't know what the purpose of his trip was.

"You are here with your aunt, this old man goes out to have a look." Su He frowned and explained to Yan Qingzhi.

Yan Qingzhi followed and took a step forward, placing her hand directly on the spear behind her, but Su He didn't wait for her to speak, and had already climbed over the wall.

At the other end of the village, the fire was blazing into the sky, and the fierce fire dispelled the surrounding wet and cold. Yan Qingzhi looked up and was worried.

On the other side, Mei Hansheng also stood in the direction of the door and looked out, asking Mei Heng a little nervously.

"Young master, at such a time, will someone take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack..."

Mei Heng didn't care, so a Xuanwei pushed his wheelchair outside and looked at the fire on the other side.

At this moment, the shouting of the killing had stopped, and only the fire fighting in the village was left.

Su He stood on the top of the wall and watched the surrounding villagers flock to the wooden building in the middle of the village with their own buckets.

There was no fire alarm at this time, and the firefighting depended on many people. Those who killed outside before have all changed back to their former identities, carrying buckets among the crowd. Those who knew their identities were already dead. .

No one knew what they had done, and their traces were all wiped off in the hasty and messy footsteps of everyone.

Some clan elders who stayed in the village of the ancient family began to walk out of their gates and commanded one by one.

This fire started suddenly, but it was hard to put out.

By the time the fire was extinguished, it was almost [-] hours, and several yards around the wooden building were affected.

It is not easy to put out fires in this era, and such fires cannot be put out by a little water. In fact, the so-called firefighting is actually just to prevent the spread of the fire. Waiting for the wooden building to burn out, the fire will naturally go out.

The surrounding voices gradually quieted down, but everyone waiting in the yard became nervous.

Today is obviously a sunny day, and because the fire place is not far from here, the smoke is shrouded, and the yard is full of smoke and fire.

Everyone stayed up all night, standing or sitting, gathering in the courtyard to watch the excitement outside.

Until someone knocked on the door from outside.

"Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law! Open the door!"

The knock on the door was urgent and flustered, and Afu, who was waiting at the door, rushed over first and pulled the door open.

A dark half-old boy was standing at the door anxiously.

"Mother-in-law! The patriarch grandpa is gone, and the clan elders are waiting for the chief elder to preside over the overall situation in the open space in the village!"

Afu didn't know whether it was because she was getting old and slow to respond or her ears were not very useful. She leaned forward a little and asked dumbly.

"Puppy, what did you say?"

The little boy was about to burst into tears when he saw this.

"Mother-in-law, what about the Great Elder? The patriarch grandpa is gone! It was burned down by the fire! The clan elders are all in the open space, saying that the chief elder is in charge of the overall situation!"

Hearing this, Afu was shocked.

Not only A Fu but also Yan Qingzhi was shocked. Before she could see the patriarch, she died! ?
She looked at Su He subconsciously, what is this situation, it won't involve us!

As soon as we got here, the patriarch was already dead. According to the normal routine, is it the protagonist among them? The halo shrouded the world of others to solve this murder case one by one, and the patriarch whose bones are still cold will be fair! ?

Yan Qingzhi touched her face. In theory, the person who came from her journey should be the protagonist! ?
But I don't know anything!
When Yan Qingzhi was in a daze, Mei Heng, who was leaning on the wheelchair and listless, suddenly waved in her direction.

Yan Qingzhi was a little surprised. She looked at the old lady beside her who was still asking the child, and seeing that the other party was not paying attention to herself at all, she turned around and walked to Mei Heng's side...

The news of the death of the patriarch swept through the entire ancient village in an instant, and all the people in the village began to run.

The sparrowhawks in the village also flew from various places to different locations.

Some people simply want to get the message out, while others just want to seize the opportunity to operate.

The people of the patriarch's line have all been in place, and the purpose is to elect another acting patriarch from their own faction as soon as possible.

The other factions also began to operate around, wanting to give themselves more opportunities.

The old lady closed the door with a shocked face, and the other door was slammed again. Afu sighed deeply. She turned around and opened the door to see a pleasing smile.

Before the smoke over the Gujia village had cleared, the whole village was noisy like going to a market.

In such an atmosphere, no one noticed that Yan Qingzhi left Gu Shuang's yard alone.

In the open space in the middle of the village, a large group of people were standing or sitting together, and behind them was the broken wall that had just been burned.

From the burnt ruins, there are still blue smoke floating from time to time. The temperature of the fire has not dissipated, and the other end has been lively connected to this farce.

Gu Yong's wife looked much younger than him, dressed in plain white and covered in linen, crying beside the row of corpses that had been burned to charcoal.

Behind her are two middle-aged men and several children of different ages.

They either howled loudly or sobbed softly.

It's just that there are not many people around to comfort them. Most of them are standing there with their hips on their shoulders, arguing with each other and arguing with each other. They all have their own opinions on the rest of the mess.

Gu Shuang, Su He, Mei Heng and his party arrived at such a time.

Seeing their arrival, some people who are not good at quarreling seem to have seen a savior, and they all hurried out of the way.

"The Great Elder is here!"

"Big elder..."

Hearing the movement, the crowd gradually quieted down.

Gu Shuang changed into a more solemn dress, with heavy gold ornaments on his head, and walked all the way through the crowd to the row of black charcoal.

The woman kneeling on the ground crying slowly raised her head, looking at Gu Shuang as if she saw a savior, not even caring about the image, and even crawling on Gu Shuang's trouser legs.

"Great elder... Great elder, my master is wronged to die!"

Gu Shuang sighed deeply, bent down and pulled the woman up.

"Get up, the murder of Gu Yong's patriarch is a major event for our Gu family. No one can be deceived, and they will definitely give you an explanation."

Since the woman heard the news of Gu Yong's death, she has been in a state of confusion, and it was not until this moment that she really had a backbone.

The relatives in the family came together one by two, with all kinds of thoughts. The two sons in the family were not her own. She was afraid that she would take more things, and they were like gourds with sawed mouths. Not a single fart.

His young child is still studying abroad at the moment, and seeing that the family property is about to be divided, he does not know when he will be able to come back.

Even after this incident, she didn't dare to let her son come back.

Her parents looked powerful, but one or two encouraged her to stand in line. Gu Yong was dead. What was the use of her standing in line as a woman who was not in power? She had to take her own life on the line!
What's more, there are a lot of corpses here at the moment. She doesn't even know which one is her own man. She was beaten by the wind and waves like this. She couldn't do anything except sit here and cry. How could she dare to do anything? thing.

Until Gu Shuang appeared, she didn't know what to do!
She was pulled up by a handful of old Gu Shuang, wiped the tears from her face, and bowed to the other side embarrassedly.

"Let the elders laugh."

Gu Shuang nodded in return.

"The old lady understands your mood, but you also have to take responsibility. Don't forget, you are the clan's wife, and there is a big family behind you."

It was the first time that woman was asked to straighten her waist since she got married, and she instantly understood what Gu Shuang meant.

She can't take into account a large family, she only knows that she still has a son, no matter what, she must strive for as much as possible for her own child.

(End of this chapter)