Chapter 1326 Once and Now
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Ji Mo De Wu Zhe
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, old man Bai nodded.
"That's right, the ancient martial arts sect and the aristocratic family have the strength to collapse any secular family, so no one dares to provoke them easily! Even if there are official deterrents, it will only make the ancient martial arts more fearful!"
"Oh? Could it be that each of the seven major families in Longhai has the shadow of the ancient martial arts forces behind them?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised and asked.
"Some have it, some don't."
Old man Bai shook his head.
"Longhai, after all, is one of the most prosperous metropolises in China. If the ancient martial arts forces have ideas, the officials will not agree! In comparison, the ancient martial arts forces mostly control some secular forces in the second and third tier cities...Of course, there are also That kind of hidden world forces do not participate in secular affairs, but they are the most terrifying! I think you should know this better than me."
"Yes."
Xiao Chen nodded, no one would easily provoke those real hidden forces!
Because once provoked, it may be a disaster!
There used to be a big sect in the southwest, which provoked a hidden world force, and overnight, this big sect disappeared!
The people inside all evaporated, it can be said that chickens and dogs will not be left behind!
This is also the biggest move by the hidden world forces in recent years!
"Xiao Chen, do you know who made the five-year competition?"
Suddenly, old man Bai asked.
Hearing this, not only Xiao Chen was curious, but even Bai Ye sat up straight.
Because he didn't know it either, he only knew that since he could remember, there had been a competition for five years, the survival of the fittest, the strong went up and the weak went down, forming its own system!
"Who?"
Xiao Chen looked at Mr. Bai and asked.
"During the war, Longhai was invaded by overseas forces... Later, hidden forces appeared to help the official and drive away the overseas forces. So far, the official, the hidden forces, the helm of the Longhai family and the Qinghong Gang, Together, we formulated a five-year competition!"
Old Man Bai said slowly.
"Oh?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised, so many forces were involved?
But when he thought about it again, he felt that it was normal, driving away foreign forces was destined to share the benefits.
Everyone needs to have their cake and eat it!
"In order to prevent these families from becoming big, the government proposed this system...Because of this system, the big families in Longhai are also competing with each other and checking and balancing each other."
When old man Bai said this, a flash of memory flashed in his eyes.
"Dragon Sea back then was the most glorious moment. In the chaotic world, heroes emerged in large numbers! Even the officials are very afraid!"
"Grandpa, did you just say Qinghong Gang? Qinggang and Hongmen?"
Bai Ye couldn't help asking.
"Well, the Green Gang and Hongmen back then are not what they are now... Hehe, when you get old, it's easy to recall the past."
Old man Bai smiled.
"Back then, the Qinghong Gang participated in the formulation of the rules, but because the government needed the Qinghong Gang's national strength, it was proposed that the Qinghong Gang could not participate in the five-year competition... Later, hehe, the Qinghong Gang still collapsed. Divided into two, no longer let the officials be so afraid."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen was thoughtful.
In the five-year competition, the seven major families were checked and balanced, and the Qinghong Gang, the only one not to be checked and balanced, was finally split into two. In this... what role does the official play?
Old Man Bai noticed Xiao Chen's expression, and there was a flash of appreciation in his eyes.
"We won't mention what happened back then, it's already passed... now, it will be another era of turmoil, and the development of the seven major families is still beyond the official acceptable range, so... the rules may have to change again gone."
"Rule change? What do you mean?"
Bai Ye frowned and asked.
"As far as I know, in addition to the seven major families, in the past three years, there have been three other families that have risen rapidly... and they are the forces that have been supported to contain the seven major families and even replace the seven major families."
Old Master Bai looked at the two of them and said slowly.
"Huh? Are the officials going to take the seven major families under the knife?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised.
"That's right, and it's not like this kind of thing hasn't happened before... Didn't the Sun family collapse a few years ago?"
Old man Bai nodded.
"Grandpa, this time...which companies are they targeting?"
Bai Ye couldn't help asking.
"Don't worry, there is no Bai family yet, but... this is just the second move of the above. Who knows what the next move will be? The above, I hope to be able to truly control Long Hai, not like the current situation." .”
Old Man Bai said slowly.
Xiao Chen didn't make a sound, he thought of the few words Guan Duanshan had said to him before, about the Seven Great Families.
Guan Duanshan said at the time that what the higher-ups need is obedience, not...negotiation.
However, Xiao Chen didn't care to listen, so he didn't take it seriously.
But now, after hearing what old master Bai said, he suddenly thought of it.
"Xiao Chen, do you have any plans to develop in Longhai for a long time?"
Suddenly, old man Bai asked.
"Huh? What?"
Xiao Chen was thinking about it, woke up, and asked apologetically.
Old man Bai didn't care, and asked again.
"Well, I don't have any plans for now."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"Hehe, you will have this plan."
Old Master Bai looked at Xiao Chen and said with a smile.
"Huh? Why?"
Xiao Chen was taken aback.
"Do you know why old man Su handed over the Su family to Su Qing? As far as I know, your relationship with that girl of the Su family is not ordinary."
Old Man Bai smiled a half-smile, and even asked a little narrowly.
"Why? There should be no one to choose Mr. Su after that incident happened in the Su family, right?"
Xiao Chen thought about it and said.
"No, not only because of this, but also because... the Su family is one of the families targeted by the higher-ups!"
Old Man Bai looked at Xiao Chen and said slowly.
"Huh? The Su family?"
Xiao Chen frowned.
"That's right, the Su family."
Old man Bai nodded.
"Why the Su family?"
Xiao Chen was a little strange.
"Hehe, that's the reason why the persimmons are so soft! Old man Su's health is not good, and it hasn't been a day or two, and then he doesn't care about the Su family's affairs... The ranking of the Su family among the seven major families keeps falling It's ridiculous that the Su family is fighting for power, but they don't know that they have become a piece of fat!"
When old man Bai said this, he shook his head and glanced at his grandson again.
"Grandpa, what do you see me doing? Don't worry, the Bai family will never fight for power. Whoever dares to fight for power, I will kill his whole family!"
Bai Ye said seriously.
"Ah."
Hearing what Bai Ye said, old man Bai was not angry, but smiled instead.
"My old bone is still there, and whoever wants to move it doesn't need you."
"Yeah, grandpa can live to be one hundred and eighty!"
Bai Ye nodded.
"..."
Old man Bai was a little speechless.
"Old man, does old man Su know about this?"
Xiao Chen thought about it and asked.
"That old thing must know."
Old man Bai nodded.
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen Su Qing... It is undeniable that he may feel guilty towards the sisters of the Su family and like her very much, but how can he hand over things like the helm of the family so easily?
He's betting that you won't miss the Su family, that the Su family will remain the Su family in the future... He doesn't want to bet, but if he doesn't bet, the Su family may be powerless to resist when the higher-ups attack! "
"..."
Xiao Chen didn't make a sound, he was still digesting what Old Master Bai said.
"So, based on various reasons, he chose Su Qing, and he also chose you."
Old Man Bai said slowly.
"So it is."
Xiao Chen nodded, he had already figured it out.
"However, don't blame him. If I were him, then I would definitely do the same thing, even more thoroughly than him."
Old man Bai smiled.
"How thorough, Grandpa."
Bai Ye asked curiously.
"Let Su Qing and Xiao Chen hold a wedding, and completely tie Xiao Chen to the Su family's chariot! It is best to let them have another child while they are alive, and let one of the children be named 'Su', In that case, the Su family is still the Su family."
Old man Bai said directly.
"..."
Xiao Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, luckily it didn't fall into the hands of Mr. Bai.
"Xiao Chen, now you are called 'Xiao Ba Clan', are you interested in participating?"
Old Master Bai looked at Su Qing and asked.
"The seven major families have a position of 'Leader', but it has been vacant for the past few years... because the first few of the seven major families are of equal strength, and no one is convinced by the other! In addition, the higher-ups also want this kind of situation. , so there has been no one in the position of the leader!"
"Alliance?"
Xiao Chen was taken aback for a moment, he knew about the five-year competition, but he really didn't know that there was such a thing.
"Old man, what's the benefit of being the leader?"
"Yes, the leader must be one of the seven major families and play the role of leader...Of course, the so-called 'leader' is only relative..."
Old man Bai explained.
After a few minutes, Xiao Chen understood.
"Old man, being the leader at this time, wouldn't that be a thorn in the side of the boss?"
Xiao Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
"How do I feel, are you going to put me on fire?"
"No, because you are familiar with the above, and they also trust you... Therefore, they will reluctantly agree to let you be the leader! Otherwise, when they want to disintegrate the seven major families, no one will be able to be the leader .”
Old man Bai shook his head.
"Um, I'm not familiar with those politicians... about Xuanyuandao, I was almost targeted by the former one, and this grudge has also become big."
Xiao Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and said.
"Hehe, you've already said that it's the past, isn't it? As long as the current person stands by you, that's enough."
Old Man Bai said with a smile.
"Xiao Chen, how about it? Think about it? As long as you agree, my Bai family will wave the flag for you and support you to become the leader of the alliance!"
Hearing Mr. Bai's words, Xiao Chen was a little helpless, why did he think about it again?
People from the Dragon Emperor came to him and asked him to consider joining the Dragon Emperor.
Now, Mr. Bai asked him to consider becoming the leader of the alliance!
This made him very helpless. Could it be that outstanding people are so sought after?
It seems that it is too good, but it is also a very distressing thing!
"That's right, the ancient martial arts sect and the aristocratic family have the strength to collapse any secular family, so no one dares to provoke them easily! Even if there are official deterrents, it will only make the ancient martial arts more fearful!"
"Oh? Could it be that each of the seven major families in Longhai has the shadow of the ancient martial arts forces behind them?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised and asked.
"Some have it, some don't."
Old man Bai shook his head.
"Longhai, after all, is one of the most prosperous metropolises in China. If the ancient martial arts forces have ideas, the officials will not agree! In comparison, the ancient martial arts forces mostly control some secular forces in the second and third tier cities...Of course, there are also That kind of hidden world forces do not participate in secular affairs, but they are the most terrifying! I think you should know this better than me."
"Yes."
Xiao Chen nodded, no one would easily provoke those real hidden forces!
Because once provoked, it may be a disaster!
There used to be a big sect in the southwest, which provoked a hidden world force, and overnight, this big sect disappeared!
The people inside all evaporated, it can be said that chickens and dogs will not be left behind!
This is also the biggest move by the hidden world forces in recent years!
"Xiao Chen, do you know who made the five-year competition?"
Suddenly, old man Bai asked.
Hearing this, not only Xiao Chen was curious, but even Bai Ye sat up straight.
Because he didn't know it either, he only knew that since he could remember, there had been a competition for five years, the survival of the fittest, the strong went up and the weak went down, forming its own system!
"Who?"
Xiao Chen looked at Mr. Bai and asked.
"During the war, Longhai was invaded by overseas forces... Later, hidden forces appeared to help the official and drive away the overseas forces. So far, the official, the hidden forces, the helm of the Longhai family and the Qinghong Gang, Together, we formulated a five-year competition!"
Old Man Bai said slowly.
"Oh?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised, so many forces were involved?
But when he thought about it again, he felt that it was normal, driving away foreign forces was destined to share the benefits.
Everyone needs to have their cake and eat it!
"In order to prevent these families from becoming big, the government proposed this system...Because of this system, the big families in Longhai are also competing with each other and checking and balancing each other."
When old man Bai said this, a flash of memory flashed in his eyes.
"Dragon Sea back then was the most glorious moment. In the chaotic world, heroes emerged in large numbers! Even the officials are very afraid!"
"Grandpa, did you just say Qinghong Gang? Qinggang and Hongmen?"
Bai Ye couldn't help asking.
"Well, the Green Gang and Hongmen back then are not what they are now... Hehe, when you get old, it's easy to recall the past."
Old man Bai smiled.
"Back then, the Qinghong Gang participated in the formulation of the rules, but because the government needed the Qinghong Gang's national strength, it was proposed that the Qinghong Gang could not participate in the five-year competition... Later, hehe, the Qinghong Gang still collapsed. Divided into two, no longer let the officials be so afraid."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen was thoughtful.
In the five-year competition, the seven major families were checked and balanced, and the Qinghong Gang, the only one not to be checked and balanced, was finally split into two. In this... what role does the official play?
Old Man Bai noticed Xiao Chen's expression, and there was a flash of appreciation in his eyes.
"We won't mention what happened back then, it's already passed... now, it will be another era of turmoil, and the development of the seven major families is still beyond the official acceptable range, so... the rules may have to change again gone."
"Rule change? What do you mean?"
Bai Ye frowned and asked.
"As far as I know, in addition to the seven major families, in the past three years, there have been three other families that have risen rapidly... and they are the forces that have been supported to contain the seven major families and even replace the seven major families."
Old Master Bai looked at the two of them and said slowly.
"Huh? Are the officials going to take the seven major families under the knife?"
Xiao Chen was a little surprised.
"That's right, and it's not like this kind of thing hasn't happened before... Didn't the Sun family collapse a few years ago?"
Old man Bai nodded.
"Grandpa, this time...which companies are they targeting?"
Bai Ye couldn't help asking.
"Don't worry, there is no Bai family yet, but... this is just the second move of the above. Who knows what the next move will be? The above, I hope to be able to truly control Long Hai, not like the current situation." .”
Old Man Bai said slowly.
Xiao Chen didn't make a sound, he thought of the few words Guan Duanshan had said to him before, about the Seven Great Families.
Guan Duanshan said at the time that what the higher-ups need is obedience, not...negotiation.
However, Xiao Chen didn't care to listen, so he didn't take it seriously.
But now, after hearing what old master Bai said, he suddenly thought of it.
"Xiao Chen, do you have any plans to develop in Longhai for a long time?"
Suddenly, old man Bai asked.
"Huh? What?"
Xiao Chen was thinking about it, woke up, and asked apologetically.
Old man Bai didn't care, and asked again.
"Well, I don't have any plans for now."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"Hehe, you will have this plan."
Old Master Bai looked at Xiao Chen and said with a smile.
"Huh? Why?"
Xiao Chen was taken aback.
"Do you know why old man Su handed over the Su family to Su Qing? As far as I know, your relationship with that girl of the Su family is not ordinary."
Old Man Bai smiled a half-smile, and even asked a little narrowly.
"Why? There should be no one to choose Mr. Su after that incident happened in the Su family, right?"
Xiao Chen thought about it and said.
"No, not only because of this, but also because... the Su family is one of the families targeted by the higher-ups!"
Old Man Bai looked at Xiao Chen and said slowly.
"Huh? The Su family?"
Xiao Chen frowned.
"That's right, the Su family."
Old man Bai nodded.
"Why the Su family?"
Xiao Chen was a little strange.
"Hehe, that's the reason why the persimmons are so soft! Old man Su's health is not good, and it hasn't been a day or two, and then he doesn't care about the Su family's affairs... The ranking of the Su family among the seven major families keeps falling It's ridiculous that the Su family is fighting for power, but they don't know that they have become a piece of fat!"
When old man Bai said this, he shook his head and glanced at his grandson again.
"Grandpa, what do you see me doing? Don't worry, the Bai family will never fight for power. Whoever dares to fight for power, I will kill his whole family!"
Bai Ye said seriously.
"Ah."
Hearing what Bai Ye said, old man Bai was not angry, but smiled instead.
"My old bone is still there, and whoever wants to move it doesn't need you."
"Yeah, grandpa can live to be one hundred and eighty!"
Bai Ye nodded.
"..."
Old man Bai was a little speechless.
"Old man, does old man Su know about this?"
Xiao Chen thought about it and asked.
"That old thing must know."
Old man Bai nodded.
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen Su Qing... It is undeniable that he may feel guilty towards the sisters of the Su family and like her very much, but how can he hand over things like the helm of the family so easily?
He's betting that you won't miss the Su family, that the Su family will remain the Su family in the future... He doesn't want to bet, but if he doesn't bet, the Su family may be powerless to resist when the higher-ups attack! "
"..."
Xiao Chen didn't make a sound, he was still digesting what Old Master Bai said.
"So, based on various reasons, he chose Su Qing, and he also chose you."
Old Man Bai said slowly.
"So it is."
Xiao Chen nodded, he had already figured it out.
"However, don't blame him. If I were him, then I would definitely do the same thing, even more thoroughly than him."
Old man Bai smiled.
"How thorough, Grandpa."
Bai Ye asked curiously.
"Let Su Qing and Xiao Chen hold a wedding, and completely tie Xiao Chen to the Su family's chariot! It is best to let them have another child while they are alive, and let one of the children be named 'Su', In that case, the Su family is still the Su family."
Old man Bai said directly.
"..."
Xiao Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, luckily it didn't fall into the hands of Mr. Bai.
"Xiao Chen, now you are called 'Xiao Ba Clan', are you interested in participating?"
Old Master Bai looked at Su Qing and asked.
"The seven major families have a position of 'Leader', but it has been vacant for the past few years... because the first few of the seven major families are of equal strength, and no one is convinced by the other! In addition, the higher-ups also want this kind of situation. , so there has been no one in the position of the leader!"
"Alliance?"
Xiao Chen was taken aback for a moment, he knew about the five-year competition, but he really didn't know that there was such a thing.
"Old man, what's the benefit of being the leader?"
"Yes, the leader must be one of the seven major families and play the role of leader...Of course, the so-called 'leader' is only relative..."
Old man Bai explained.
After a few minutes, Xiao Chen understood.
"Old man, being the leader at this time, wouldn't that be a thorn in the side of the boss?"
Xiao Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
"How do I feel, are you going to put me on fire?"
"No, because you are familiar with the above, and they also trust you... Therefore, they will reluctantly agree to let you be the leader! Otherwise, when they want to disintegrate the seven major families, no one will be able to be the leader .”
Old man Bai shook his head.
"Um, I'm not familiar with those politicians... about Xuanyuandao, I was almost targeted by the former one, and this grudge has also become big."
Xiao Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and said.
"Hehe, you've already said that it's the past, isn't it? As long as the current person stands by you, that's enough."
Old Man Bai said with a smile.
"Xiao Chen, how about it? Think about it? As long as you agree, my Bai family will wave the flag for you and support you to become the leader of the alliance!"
Hearing Mr. Bai's words, Xiao Chen was a little helpless, why did he think about it again?
People from the Dragon Emperor came to him and asked him to consider joining the Dragon Emperor.
Now, Mr. Bai asked him to consider becoming the leader of the alliance!
This made him very helpless. Could it be that outstanding people are so sought after?
It seems that it is too good, but it is also a very distressing thing!
