Li Zhentian's three sons and the three brothers of the Li family, Li Xinran, Li Jianmu, and Li Zhanping, were kneeling in the mourning hall, their eyes red, obviously they had cried.
In the evening, clan meeting.
The content of the meeting was very simple, announcing the next head of the Li family.
Most of the Li family were present, even the seven elders of the Li family, who usually rarely take care of things, also arrived today.
After Li Zhentian died, these elders are now the most prestigious in the Li family.
The great elder, Li Hongde, is nearly ninety years old. Although he has gray hair, he maintains good health and looks very energetic.
At this moment, he was standing on the main seat. The position that originally belonged to the family head Li Zhentian was now temporarily occupied by Li Hongde.
Li Hongde glanced at the crowd and said loudly: "I believe everyone already knows the content of today's clan meeting, which is to elect the next head of the family."
"The head of the family passed away last night, but at the last moment, he took out this wooden box, which contained the will made by the head of the family."
While Li Hongde was talking, he took out an ancient wooden box with beautiful patterns on it. Rumor has it that the ancestors of the Li family hired the top machine carpenters at the time to design it. It contained the universe. If the wooden box was forcibly destroyed, the contents stored inside would be lost.
will be destroyed.
On the front of the wooden box, there is a big word "李" carved by the ancestors of the Li family. This wooden box has a history of hundreds of years, and every family head will store his will in it.
This wooden box actually represents the inheritance of the Li family in a sense.
There are seven locks on the wooden box, and the seven keys to the lock are in the hands of seven elders of the Li family. Only the seven elders can take out the keys together to open the wooden box intact.
"Now, I will open this wooden box in front of everyone, and check the will made by the family head in front of everyone." The great elder Li Hongde said loudly.
Then, the seven elders took out the keys they were keeping and opened the corresponding locks.
Click click click.
Soon, the seven special locks on the wooden box were opened.
At this moment, almost everyone's hearts became nervous.
His eyes were fixed on the wooden box for a moment.
The great elder slowly opened the wooden box and took out a completely sealed envelope. He showed it to everyone and gave it to the seven elders for inspection.
After some operations, it was confirmed that there were no problems.
The great elder then slowly opened the envelope under the gaze of everyone.
Inside the envelope was a piece of letter paper with a line of writing on it that Grand Elder Li Hongde recognized. It was written by Li Zhentian himself.
The moment the great elder saw this line of words, his body trembled and his expression changed.
"This...this..."
Li Hongde was speechless and his lips trembled!
The other six elders felt strange, and then they all looked at the will in Li Hongde's hand.
After reading it, everyone's expressions changed.
"Great Elder, what is the will? Please tell me who will be the next head of the Li family!"
Finally, someone couldn't help it anymore and asked loudly.
Following the first person's question, many impatient people also started asking.
"Great Elder, stop being so secretive. Who will be the next head of the family?"
"Great Elder, why are you hesitating? Can't you just recite it?"
...
The three brothers of the Li family, Li Xinran, Li Jianmu, and Li Zhanping, all looked at the elder Li Hongde, but none of them spoke.
Xu Qingyun came in quietly from the outside, leaned against the wall, and watched everything with starry eyes.
Seven elders of the Li family, look at me and I will look at you.
After a while, the great elder Li Hongde finally stood up. While showing the will to everyone, he said loudly: "Li Jianmu, the twenty-seventh generation head of the Li family!"
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar.
Li Xinran stood up directly, with a look of disbelief on his face. This chapter has been completed!