Chapter 1369
Bang!
As the cries echoed, Elder Zhuge had no qualms about smashing his head heavily on the ground.
The sound of his head hitting the ground resounded in the ears of everyone present like a great bell.
Zhuge Qing was dumbfounded.
The people of the Zhuge family were dumbfounded.
The noblemen outside the door were also all confused.
What was going on with this ……?
Terrified, amazed, not daring to believe ……
A gaze locked on Zhuge senior became complicated and varied.
No one expected that the picture would take a sudden turn.
Zhuge Qing’s eyes rounded and he raised his hand to pinch his face: “Even the Chegod of Akiyama would not dare to make such a turn as my grandfather did, right?”
What happened to the promised meeting with that madman?
Why did he really kneel down to greet him at the drop of a hat?
Subconsciously, Zhuge Qing’s eyebrows lowered and he looked at the wooden box in his hand with curiosity.
Just as he was about to open the wooden box and take a peek.
Buzz!
Bang!
Elder Zhuge, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly swung his dragon head walking stick and smacked Zhuge Qing on the ankle.
Zhuge Qing ate the pain and his five senses twisted.
Without waiting to scream out, Elder Zhuge shouted sternly, “Qing’er, why don’t you kneel down to your benefactor?”
Zhuge Qing: “? 0?”
Immediately following, Elder Zhuge knelt down again and turned his head to the Zhuge family members behind him and shouted angrily.
“You and the others, why don’t you kneel down to your benefactor and kowtow to thank him for recreating the great kindness of the Zhuge Family?”
The crowd looked puzzled and terrified.
Today, thousands of magnificent families are knocking at the door to congratulate them.
At a time of glory for the Zhuge family, the whole family knelt in public, shameless?
“Kneel down!”
Seeing that the crowd did not move, the corners of Zhuge’s forehead bulged with veins, and he roared angrily.
Boom!
All the people of the Zhuge Family, including Zhuge Qing, did not hesitate any longer and knelt on the ground in unison.
In front of the mountain gate, the nobles of the magnificent family were all dumbfounded.
Was this …… really the Zhuge Family, the overlord of Western Shu?
“Elder Zhuge, what is going on?”
“Elder Zhuge, we are here to congratulate you, you …… should not behave like this!”
“My God, what exactly is in the wooden box, and who is it in the dark?”
……
The exclaiming clamor was like a tidal wave.
Whoosh!
Amidst the clamour, the sound of breaking wind rang out again.
Dang!
A piece of rice paper came across the sky, overbearing and fierce, like a piece of iron, directly into the top of the Zhuge Family’s mountain gate plaque, into the wood.
Hiss~
There was a sound of cold air being drawn backwards.
Old Master Zhuge and Zhuge Qing and the others looked up in fear.
Under the attention of all the people.
The rice paper slowly dropped down, and a few large iron-painted words leapt onto it.
“If you are told to kneel, you must kneel. For such a great favour, thank Chen Dong, not me!”
Mr. Chen?!
Master Zhuge’s face changed dramatically, as if his heart had been hit hard by a heavy hammer.
Zhuge Qing, who was beside him, asked in shock and confusion, “Grandpa, what is going on here? What is in the wooden box?”
“Don’t ask, don’t care.”
Master Zhuge squeezed out a few words from his teeth, and his gaze turned determined as he sternly ordered, “From now on, the Zhuge Family will close its doors and thank its guests, so all of you can go back to your homes!”
The voice was resounding and resolute.
There was not even a minimum of politeness.
The whole room was shocked by the words.
The faces of the noble families present turned red, and some even had eyes that did not hide their anger.
What the hell kind of sense is this?
People were knocking on the door to congratulate them, but the Zhuge family was ignoring their manners and rejecting them outright?
There was silence.
The atmosphere seemed to have frozen to a frosty point.
Zhuge Qing’s face turned red and blue as he hurriedly discouraged him, “Grandpa, this is a big mistake, for fear of being hated.
Because he was so shocked, Zhuge Qing even forgot to lower his voice when he dissuaded him.
These words also fell on the ears of the crowd.
Immediately, some people became indignant.
“What exactly is the meaning of Elder Zhuge’s move? We came to congratulate the Zhuge Family, and now we are going to let us bump our noses into the dust?”
“Old Master, it’s not that we can’t understand that there is a reason for what happened, but we are not faceless when you are being so abrupt and rude.”
“The Zhuge family is worthy of being the hegemon of Western Shu, this threshold is so high that we can’t even hope to reach it!”
……
The crowd was furious.
Even if the Zhuge family has now achieved the position of hegemon, a number of the magnates and nobles present will have to look up in the future.
But …… Master Zhuge’s words and actions have offended the crowd!
What the crowd wants is not really to knock on the door to congratulate the Zhuge family, but to …… have a face!
The most important thing is the face of the noble family.
This is a way of rubbing everyone’s face in the mud!
Zhuge Qing’s heart was beating wildly as he listened to the people’s complaints, and even as he knelt on the ground, his whole body was paralysed.
The people of the Zhuge family were even more frightened, their faces turning blue and red as they spoke up to dissuade Master Zhuge.
This was an act of public anger that even an overlord would not be willing to bear.
It is better to have one more friend than one more enemy, in any cla*s, it is not too much to ask.
The Zhuge Family had just forged its position as the hegemon of Western Shu, and yet it had abruptly and recklessly closed its doors to thank its guests.
Yet.
Master Zhuge suddenly stood up with his upper body, his hair on end, like a raging lion, and shouted angrily.
“My words are the words of the Zhuge family, and I don’t give a D*mn if I say I’ll close my door and thank my guests.”
His voice was like a bell, echoing across the room.
It was overbearing and brutal.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Immediately afterwards, Elder Zhuge clasped his fist, “Everyone, go back!”
Immediately afterwards, Elder Zhuge’s gaze drifted and he looked into the distance, “Is the benefactor still there? Would you please show yourself and enter the Zhuge Family? The Zhuge Family is only welcoming your Excellency today.
The voice echoed.
These words were like a sharp knife that pierced the hearts of the noblemen in the audience.
The crowd retreated amidst a chorus of grievances.
Zhuge Qing and a group of people from the Zhuge family looked at the retreating tide of people, their faces pale, wanting to detain them but not knowing how to speak.
As the head of the family, Master Zhuge represented the Zhuge Family, and when he refused to let 10,000 people go with one word, he also represented the Zhuge Family!
No one in any powerful family would be able to do such a ridiculous thing.
Let alone a family head, an old man!
He waited for a long time.
He could not help but feel frustrated as he did not receive a response.
The crowd had already dispersed, and the Zhuge Family was back to its usual coldness.
“Grandpa …… have you gone mad?”
Zhuge Qing looked at Elder Zhuge, even forgetting his superiority and inferiority, and scolded him outright.
“Crazy? What madness?”
The old man Zhuge looked back at Zhuge Qing, but his eyes were harsh and piercing, and his whole aura had changed dramatically, and he was full of vigor and power.
“I ……”
Zhuge Qing was at a loss for words.
The next second.
Elder Zhuge slowly got up, pointed to the wooden box in Zhuge Qing’s hand, and laughed soundly.
“The roots of the Zhuge family have returned, why isn’t the old man mad?”
“With the existence of this supreme treasure, not to mention Western Shu, even if it were the world, what could the Zhuge Family do to me?”
“The heirloom left behind by the old ancestor, lost and found, open the ancestral shrine and kowtow to the holy grace of the old ancestor Kong Ming!”
Boom!
Zhuge Qing was dumbfounded, his features tensed to the extreme, fine beads of sweat instantly seeped from his forehead, and he looked down at the wooden box in his hand, murmuring as if in a dream.
“Grandpa, this, this is …… God, God and Ghost, the eight formation diagram?”
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The low murmur was like a mosquito’s voice.
So much so that only the nearest Zhuge senior could hear it clearly.
The crowd of Zhuge family members not far away were still full of bewilderment and trepidation.
The next moment.
Old Master Zhuge was beaming with joy and excitement as he grabbed Zhuge Qing’s wrist and strode towards his home.
As he walked, he waved his hand and ordered.
“Close the door and thank the guests, from today onwards, Zhuge Qing will no longer hold any position within the Zhuge Family.”
What?!
With a single word, the whole room was shocked.
Even Zhuge Qing, who was being dragged by Elder Zhuge and striding forward, was fiercely surprised and looked at Elder Zhuge with eyes full of dismay.
“Grandpa, did Qing’er do something wrong?”
As soon as the words came out, the shocked crowd all focused on Elder Zhuge with curiosity and confusion.
In the Zhuge family, it was no secret that Zhuge Qing was the next generation’s successor, and it was even something that everyone had recognized.
It was not like the rest of the family, which was simply a competition or a continuation of the bloodline.
The fact that Zhuge Qing is the next generation’s successor is not only a matter of bloodline continuity, but also a matter of ability that has long since convinced the whole family.
The most crucial thing is that Chen Dong and Zhuge Laozi are the two pillars of support.
With these two pillars in place, Zhuge Qing was the worthy successor, even the successor of the next generation handpicked by Master Zhuge!
Since he is the successor, Zhuge Qing will have to infiltrate all corners of the family earlier, understand the operation of the family, familiarize himself with the affairs, etc. etc. ……
The first thing that you need to do is to get to know the family’s business.
The first thing you need to do is to get the best out of the situation.
But now, with a single order, Zhuge Qing’s affairs have been cut off.
Apart from the fact that Zhuge Qing had done something that had caused Elder Zhuge’s thunderous anger, what other reason could there be for Elder Zhuge to impose such a “heavy punishment” on Zhuge Qing?
Master Zhuge did not respond immediately.
In full view of everyone, the old man walked forward with Zhuge Qing in his arms, with his face in the air.
The whole person’s aura seemed to have changed dramatically, and he was many years younger, no longer the late and decrepit look he had before ……
“Grandfather, what has Qing’er done wrong to warrant such a heavy punishment from grandfather?”
Zhuge Qing was anxious and gritted his teeth as he continued to pursue the question.
He was the future successor of the family, and the fact that he had to bear the weight of the crown if he wanted to wear it was something he had understood from a very early stage.
But now his grandfather had directly removed all the heavy burdens from his shoulders at the drop of a hat, which was already a direct removal of the crown from his head!
“Shut up!”
Elder Zhuge turned around and laughed, “Grandpa is not punishing you, this is giving you a chance!”
A chance?
Zhuge Qing’s eyes erupted with a brilliant aura as he snapped awake.
Could it be ……
Subconsciously, his gaze dipped down and glanced at the long wooden box in his hand.
For a moment, Zhuge Qing’s breath stopped, his expression shocked while his face was rapidly reddening.
The greatest treasure in the wooden box was the foundation of the Zhuge Family!
It was the foundation of the Zhuge Family that had prospered for a thousand years after the death of our ancestor, Zhuge Kongming.
With the theft of the treasure, the Zhuge family’s status in Western Shu fell into decline.
“Thank you, grandfather, for your kindness!”
Zhuge Qing came back to his senses and was so ecstatic that he almost knelt down straight away.
“Go to the clan ancestral hall!”
Elder Zhuge said with a smile.
Ten minutes later.
Bamboo shadows were rustling.
The ancestral shrine of the Zhuge Family stood in the middle of the bamboo forest, baptized by the years, showing its solemnity and austerity.
In front of the lofty ancestral shrine, Zhuge senior dragged Zhuge Qing along quickly.
In the bamboo forest, the steps of an old man and a young man were as fast as they had ever been.
As they approached the ancestral shrine, Zhuge’s eyes grew red with tears, and his emotions became uncontrollable.
Just as he reached the gate of the ancestral hall, Elder Zhuge finally let go of Zhuge Qing.
There was a loud poof!
Elder Zhuge’s knees went weak and he knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the clan ancestral hall in a reverent manner.
“Unfilial descendant, kowtowing to the ancestors of all generations for their blessings, the most precious treasure has been lost and recovered, even if my descendant goes to the Yellow Spring, I still have the face to meet the old ancestors!”
The words echoed through the bamboo forest with sorrow and sobbing.
Zhuge Qing looked at Elder Zhuge, who was kneeling on the ground, and his gaze drifted, “Grandfather ……”
He reached out his hand to help Old Master Zhuge up.
But the old man flung his hand away and said solemnly, “Qing’er, opening the door of the ancestral shrine and losing the most precious treasure in my grandfather’s hands has been tormenting me all these years, and when I came to the ancestral shrine in the past, I was ashamed and had no face to see the ancestors. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do that.”
Zhuge Qing’s lips were noisy, but no longer dissuaded, and quickly walked to the clan ancestral hall gate.
A rumbling ……
The heavy door of the ancestral hall was slowly pushed open.
Under Zhuge Qing’s watchful eyes, Zhuge senior knelt on the ground and slowly walked forward, kowtowing with tears every now and then.
The sound of his head hitting the ground again and again, in the silence of the bamboo forest, hit Zhuge Qing’s heart like a drum jar of gold.
The ancient old man, at this moment facing his family ancestors, his shame dispersed, but despite his crippled body, he showed incomparable devotion.
By the time Elder Zhuge knelt down and reached the front door, his forehead was cracked and blood was flowing down his face, and Elder Zhuge was sweating profusely and panting.
But the old man was unaware of it, looking inside the ancestral hall and laughing soundly.
“Grandpa, get up.”
Zhuge Qing stepped forward and helped Old Master Zhuge up.
His scarlet and tearful eyes gazed into the ancestral shrine, sweeping over the long distance to focus on the tablets of the Gods and Goddesses, behind which stood a stone statue.
That stone statue was the ancestor of the Zhuge family, who had started the thousand-year glory of the Zhuge family – Zhuge Kongming!
“Qing’er, grandfather’s cutting off all your positions in the family is not a heavy punishment for you.”
From today onwards, the Eight Divine Ghost Formation Diagram is entrusted to you, so practice it to death.
“Even if the Zhuge family is the hegemon of Western Shu, you can’t master this power and money as well as the Eight Divine Ghost Formation Diagram.”
“Qing’er understands, and will live up to grandfather’s high expectations.”
Zhuge Qing had already guessed that, and at this moment, he excitedly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Elder Zhuge.
Only just as his head was lowered, Elder Zhuge raised his hand to stop it.
“You shouldn’t kneel to grandpa, you should kneel to Old Master Kong Ming and the ancestors of the Zhuge Family through the ages.”
After a pause, Elder Zhuge added in a deep voice of gratitude, “And Mr. …… Chen Dong, if it wasn’t for the merit of being a follower of the dragon, would there have been a time when my Zhuge Family’s fortunes would have been turned upside down?”
