Chapter 496

When I came outside the Unnamed Courtyard, I was followed by no less than 30 people, but the incident shook the entire Li family, causing more and more people to gather here.

But at this moment, the gate of the Unnamed Courtyard was still closed, but it seemed extraordinarily quiet.

"Junior grandson Li Shaobai, come to see me." I stood outside the door, arched my hands in thought, bowed slightly, and instantly broke the calm.

Only a soft sigh sounded from inside, and the door was slowly opened. The old man was holding a cane, and the woman was supporting him on the left, appearing in front of everyone.

"Follow me to the ancestral hall." The old man took a stooped step, as if he had expected it, and immediately led the way.

My mother followed behind and gave me a meaningful look.

I nodded secretly and followed directly, without speaking during the whole process.

The other members of the Li family also formed a tacit understanding, they followed silently, and their expressions gradually became dignified.

When they arrived outside the ancestral hall, there were no less than a hundred members of the Li family who had gathered from all directions. It seemed that they all had received the news. The scene was very lively and full of discussions.

Even the upper echelons of the Li family were alarmed and came together.

"Today... something big is going to happen to the Li family."

"Will the eldest grandson go to the ancestral hall as soon as he returns?"

"Does the old man really mean to make him a prince?"

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However, I didn't see Li Qinghao among these figures, and I don't know if he was afraid of being slapped in the face by me, which made him afraid to come.

"Enter the ancestral hall." The old man said full of vicissitudes, and stepped into the ancestral hall first.

"Yes." I followed and entered, and found that there were many spiritual tablets enshrined inside, and the censer was full of high incense.

"Take incense." The old man waved his hand.

As soon as my mother heard it, she immediately took out the incense in the ancestral hall, handed it to me, and winked at me, implying that I should be more serious.

"Since I am the grandson of Li's parents, there is no need to make a big fuss. I pay homage to the ancestors three times and offer incense to the ancestors." The old man said.

At this moment, all the figures who entered the ancestral hall subconsciously shut their mouths, not daring to speak freely.

I took a deep breath, and immediately followed the old man's instructions, held the high incense in my hand, paid homage to the ancestors three times, and then erected it in the incense burner, and put it down one by one.

After finishing all this, the old man looked at me quietly, but did not speak.

I stood in front of the coffin, motionless, waiting for the old man to speak, I knew he had something to say.

After a while, the old man suddenly said in front of all the Li family members: "Do you... want to be the prince?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience gasped and looked in disbelief.

"He even asked about the prince when he came here."

"From the tone of the old man, does this mean that he is going to be the prince directly?"

"The six princes have worked hard for so long, but they can't get the old man to nod and admit that Li Shaobai has been treated like this since he came here? It's not fair."

"It's so unfair. Even the eldest grandson can't be so partial."

I had expected these words a long time ago, and some people would definitely think they were biased. The reason why the old man asked this question was definitely to maintain justice and give a condition for becoming a prince.

Simply, I nodded my head and said unabashedly: "Yes, I think."

"No, you have to come up with something convincing. If other princes are convincing, you can also participate." The old man glanced around, shook his head slightly,

As soon as the words were blurted, the audience boiled.

"Yes, if you want to be a prince, you must have something convincing."

"If not, I think it's fine this time, the eldest grandson's status is already very high."

"The meaning of the old man is very clear. For the sake of fairness, all six princes can participate."

"That is to say, any prince today may become the crown prince!"

At this moment, Li Ji's face was red and swollen, and he was helped in by the fourth elder. He stared at me with extremely resentful eyes, and said through gritted teeth, "Li Shaobai, you are considered to be very powerful today, but if you want to become the prince , you have to get past me first."

Speaking of this, Li Ji glanced at the third son Li Jin, "The other sons are fine, third son, if you don't want to be trampled on your head in the future, you can take advantage of it now, and fifth son, you are our sixth son The most powerful among them, are you willing to let others take away the crown prince?"

"My grandson, I'm sorry. The old man said that he made it very clear. We are all qualified to participate." Li Jin took a step forward and stood in the middle of the crowd, as if he wanted to compete.

Immediately afterwards, Li He, the taciturn fifth son, also left the crowd and stood a few meters away from Li Jin.

Li Ji evoked a vicious smile, and looked at me coldly, his meaning was very clear, that is, he thought he was not strong enough, but he couldn't get it, and he wasn't allowed to let me get it.

I ignored him, just ignored him, then looked at Li Jin and Li He, and said with a smile: "As the eldest grandson, I will let you go first, Fatty Three, let me start with you."

"I, Li Jin, own most of the property outside, and my performance in the Li family over the years is obvious to all. No one in the six branches is dissatisfied, and the crown prince is one, and it must be me." Li Jin's expression changed, as if he didn't like it very much. The title I gave him directly frowned.

Li He snorted coldly and said, "Li Jin, you think highly of yourself. Among all the princes, who doesn't know that I, Li He, are the real first prince? It is the most hopeful of the entire Li family, and the head of the side branch must respect me when he sees me."

As the two spoke, some people supported Li Jin and some supported Li He for a while, and there was no one-sided situation.

I listened absent-mindedly to their argument, thinking why Li Qinghao hasn't come yet?

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Li Jin and Li He brought out a lot of their own conditions to compare with each other, but they still couldn't tell the difference. Even Li Ji was a little anxious, as if he knew that he was self-defeating, and wanted to use the two of them to target me. As a result, it was accidentally turned upside down in the nest.

I raised my hand impatiently, suppressing the tense atmosphere, and asked lightly, "Is the quarrel over? Then it's my turn, right?"

Regardless of whether others agree or not, I immediately said: "Do you have to compare conditions? Then... does Tiejiang count?"

"Tie Jiang? You are just the commander of Tie Jiang who was demoted, not the boss, this is a fart!" Li Ji was anxious, and couldn't help interjecting to make things difficult.

"A small commander, what are you? Besides, Tiejiang is fighting fiercely with Tianmen, and we don't know who will win."

"In terms of conditions, who are you better than? At best, you have the status of an eldest grandson, and you are nothing more than an idiot."

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After listening to Li Ji's words, I couldn't help laughing deeply, and asked back: "Who is the idiot? The reason why I can stand here today, instead of being imprisoned in Zhonghai, can't you guess Li Ji? Why is your father?" It’s been a long time, can’t you guess it too?”

"What do you mean?" Li Ji was taken aback for a moment.

I put one hand behind my waist and said calmly: "Actually, the overall plan of Tiejiang's downfall is controlled by this prince. You say that this prince is just a commander? Yes, it is indeed, he is in command of the entire Tiejiang. commander."

"Tianmen? I'm sorry, the prince can destroy Tianmen within a month."

"In other words, this prince is not only the young master of Tiejiang, but also China's well-deserved...the number one person at the pinnacle of underground power."

Three short sentences came out of my mouth, and the audience was in an uproar.

Li Jin and Li He were depressed at that time, and they were like children playing house in front of me.

Especially Li Ji, this guy was choked by my three words, his face turned green, and he still couldn't believe it, saying: "The first person...how is this possible? Who are you lying to? How could Zhong Hai let you go?" past you?"

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