Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

Li Family Ancestral Hall at night when the lights are turned on.

The ancestral hall was quiet and silent. In the middle of the hall sat an old woman with silver hair, elegant appearance, ruddy complexion, and no trace of old age between her eyes. When she looked at people, she gave people a sense of majesty.

At this moment, the ancestral hall was full of members of the Li family, but there was no sound, which showed that the old lady's prestige was at its peak.

And she is the current leader of the Li family, Old Lady Li.

Old Lady Li had four sons and three daughters. Among her seven children, she only favored her third daughter, Li Yue'e, who was also the third aunt who instigated the division of Li Zhen's family assets.

Li Zhen's father, Li Mancang, was the eldest son. He was quick-witted and capable of managing the household. He built up a huge fortune in just a few years, but unfortunately he died young.

Shortly after his death, his wife Li Gao was so grief-stricken that she followed Li Mancang, leaving behind the young siblings Li Jianing and Li Zhen.

At that time, Li Jianing was twelve years old and Li Zhen was ten years old.

Next to Old Madam Li stood an old man with a gloomy face and a pair of triangular eyes full of pride. He was Zhang Mingyuan, the chief steward of the Li family and also Li Yue'e's father-in-law. He had followed Old Madam Li since she was in charge of the Li family. Although he was a servant, no one in the Li family treated him as a servant.

The first couch on the left was empty. It was the seat of Li Mantun, the second son of the Li family.

Sitting on the first couch on the right is a handsome middle-aged man in Confucian clothes with a peaceful expression. He is the third brother, Li Youcai, and is also the recognized successor to the position of patriarch.

Following them are the fourth son of the Li family, Li Dayou, the eldest daughter, Li Zhuyu, and the second daughter, Li Bichun and her family.

In the open space in front of Old Lady Li, Zhang Chuang was lying on his back on a stretcher, with thick bandages on his left and right knees, splints on his legs, and his face was pale and lifeless.

Li Zhen and his sister Li Jianing followed his second uncle Li Mantun into the main hall.

"I've met my mother!"

Li Mantun bowed respectfully to the ground. In this family, the majesty of Old Lady Li could not be ignored by anyone.

"Well, sit down!"

Old Lady Li waved her hand and looked at her second son.

The second son has a kind nature. If he were in an ordinary family, it would be understandable. However, living in a large family like the Li family, he naturally knows all the monsters and demons among the people below him, so it is naturally difficult for him to convince others. It is understandable that the position of the patriarch's heir has fallen into the hands of others.

Li Mantun walked to the first couch on the left and knelt down.

Although Li Zhen is the eldest grandson, his previous life was a fool, so he has no status in the family and can only stand aside.

Old Lady Li glanced at Li Zhen and coughed lightly.

Everyone in the ancestral hall immediately pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

"Fool Li Zhen, you entered the hall without bowing. According to the rules of my Li family, what is the crime for disrespecting elders?"

Li Zhen was about to pay his respects to Old Madam Li when he heard a cold snort from the side. Li Zhen looked over and saw Zhang Mingyuan looking at him gloomily.

Li Zhen's heart moved, thinking to himself, it seems that the person who came here is not friendly! Humph! How about this!

He patted his clothes, stopped kneeling and saluted, and sneered, "Who are you? This is the Li family's ancestral hall. The clan leader hasn't spoken yet, so how can you have a place?"

"you you……"

Zhang Mingyuan's face turned pale and he looked at Li Zhen as if he had seen a ghost.

Once upon a time, no one dared to speak to me like this. I was both a close confidant of Old Lady Li and her in-law. In the ancestral hall, I could say whatever I wanted and curse whatever I wanted. No one ever dared to oppose me. But today, I didn't expect to meet a fool who said something that I couldn't refute.

"Humph!"

A faint voice sounded from the ancestral hall. Although the voice was very light, it was like a thunderbolt in the ears of everyone, and they were so scared that they dared not speak.

Zhang Mingyuan's face changed drastically, and he looked towards the couch in the middle anxiously. When he met the old lady's piercing eyes, he was so scared that he sat down and dared not say another word.

"Da Lang, what your master Zhang said makes sense. We are all family members, so why did you hurt Zhang Chuang so badly? Not only did you break his legs, but you also kicked his balls and made him incapable of having sex. The Zhang family has been a single-line family since Ming Yuan. Aren't you destroying their family line by doing this?"

"Old lady, please allow me to report!"

Li Zhen said slowly.

"My Li family has been passed down for hundreds of years without decline. The most important thing for us to stand firm in the world for so long is the word fairness."

Li Zhen glanced coldly at Zhang Chuang who was lying on the ground and Zhang Mingyuan who was standing next to Old Lady Li, and spoke.

"It is precisely because of justice that my Li family, under the leadership of the old lady, can stand firm and become the number one family in Shenxing Town."

"Although my grandson is incompetent, he is also a descendant of the Li family. He has the blood of the Li family flowing in his veins. Although Zhang Mingyuan has followed the old lady for many years, a servant is a servant. Can a servant climb over the master's head and pee and shit there at will?"

"Or maybe the identities of the servant and the master have switched, and the former master has become the servant?"

"What a master and servant theory!"

A faint voice was heard in the ancestral hall. People couldn't help but whisper to each other, and the atmosphere in the hall was suffocated.

"Old lady!"

Zhang Mingyuan was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud. His gloomy face turned pale and weak, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and the smug look he had just had disappeared.

"Please understand, old lady. Chuang'er definitely did not intend to offend Miss Jianing at that time. It was Li Zhen who relied on the name of his master to deliberately rob Chuang'er of his money. When he failed to rob him, he killed him. Please ask the old lady for justice for my Zhang family!"

"Nonsense!"

Li Jianing raised her eyebrows, took a step forward, and bowed to Old Lady Li in the center of the ancestral hall.

"Old lady, Zhang Chuang often goes to Jianing's house and wants to do something bad to Jianing. Since his brother is at home, he can't do it. So he takes advantage of this opportunity to block Jianing and her brother in front of a secluded cliff. He first planned to push her brother off the cliff, and then tried to do something bad to Jianing. God have mercy on him. If her brother hadn't climbed up from the bottom of the cliff and risked his life to save Jianing, Jianing's innocent body would have been defiled by Zhang Chuang! Old lady, please help your granddaughter!"

"You little slut, you are talking nonsense. How could Chuang'er like you? It's because your brother covets Chuang'er's money..."

Li Yue'e on the side jumped up with a roar and pretended to tear Li Jianing's mouth.

Li Zhen turned around and glared at Li Yue'e. Li Yue'e thought about her broken finger, felt a chill on her back, shrank her neck, and stepped back.

"Niece Jianing, is there anyone who can witness what you said?"

Li Youcai, who was sitting on the couch, suddenly interrupted.

"This... this, no, at the time of the incident, there were only Zhang Chuang and my sister and I on the top of the cliff."

Li Jianing was slightly stunned and spoke in a whisper.

"Is there any physical evidence?"

Li Youcai continued to finish off the opponent.

"No."

Li Jianing's face changed drastically and he said anxiously.

"You have no witnesses and no physical evidence, so how can you prove that what you said is true?"

Li Youcai chased closely and glanced at Zhang Mingyuan and his grandson.

"Yes, where are your witnesses? Where are your physical evidence?"

Li Yue'e next to her seemed to have found a savior and immediately seized Li Jianing's weakness.

"Humph! Lying in front of the ancestral tablets will get you thrown into the pig cage, you little slut, you better think about the consequences!"

Li Yue'e was secretly delighted and looked at Zhang Youcai with gratitude.

"what!"

Li Jianing couldn't help but turn pale.

"Buzz!"

The silent ancestral hall suddenly became lively. The Li family members present looked at Li Jianing and her brother with some disdain, some contempt, some gloating, and some shaking their heads and sighing.

"Also, you said Zhang Chuang pushed Li Zhen off the cliff. We all know that the cliff is bottomless. How could Li Zhen, a fool, climb up from the top of the cliff? This is clearly an attempt to cover up the truth!"

Li Youcai continued to ask.

"This...this..."

Li Jianing stammered and couldn't answer.

When Li Zhen saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly stood up and bowed to the old lady.

"My grandson was indeed pushed off the cliff by Zhang Chuang, but I was lucky enough to hang on a tree branch, so I was lucky enough to climb up and save my sister!"

"Ha! How come you are so lucky to be able to hang on the tree branch after falling off the cliff? Why don't you try jumping off the top of the cliff again? If it's true this time, we will believe what you say!"

Li Yue'e said sarcastically from the side.

"Yeah, aren't you lucky? Then try again!"

As soon as Li Yue'e finished speaking, someone immediately took over.

The Zhang family is determined to kill me, Li Zhen was furious, humph! Then you can see my method.

"Why are you silent, you little slut? You failed to seduce my Chuang'er, so you ordered your brother to beat him up severely. Is this what you call justice? Humph!"

"Yes, yes!"

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. Li Zhen keeps saying that justice lies in the hearts of the people. Is this what he calls justice? Haha, it makes me sick!"

The Li family members who were watching said all kinds of things.

"Who said I don't have any witnesses?"

Li Zhen bowed to the old lady who was kneeling in the middle of the ancestral hall, with a smile on his face.

"Who? Did you see a ghost?"

Li Yue'e's expression suddenly changed and she looked at Li Zhen nervously.

The crowd watching was stunned and turned to look at Li Zhen.

"Da Lang, where is the witness you mentioned? Bring him up here for me to see!"

Old Madam Li looked at Li Zhen with a puzzled look on her face.

"it's him!"

Li Zhen pointed at a person and said to Old Lady Li.

"Ha ha!"

"Haha! I'm dying of laughter!"

"Is this Li Zhen a fool?"

"Li Zhen is a fool to begin with. Although he is smart sometimes, he still acts foolishly at critical moments!"

Second uncle Li Mantun had a look of regret on his face, probably regretting what he had for dinner tonight.

Old Lady Li looked at Li Zhen with a kind face.

"Da Lang, could the witness you are talking about be him? I will give you another chance!"

"Yes, old lady, the witness your grandson is talking about is him!"

Li Zhen pointed at Zhang Chuang lying on the stretcher and said in an affirmative tone.

"Alas, a fool is still a fool after all! I thought there was a spirit in the underground of Mancang! It seems that it will be difficult to protect Jianing and his brother tonight!"

Old Lady Li shook her head and said disappointedly.

"Chuang'er, wake up! The old lady is asking you a question!"

Li Yue'e took a step forward, knelt on the ground, hugged Zhang Chuang's head and shook it gently.

"Well, mother, it hurts!"

Zhang Chuang woke up and saw his mother Li Yue'e at first sight.

"Chuang'er, Li Zhen's brother and sister said that you pushed Li Zhen off the cliff and intended to rape Li Jianing. Is this true?"

Old Lady Li glanced at Zhang Chuang and asked softly.

"No, he is slandering me! Li Jianing is ugly, how could I be interested in him? It is obvious that Li Zhen is greedy for my money..."

Old Madam Li frowned. The situation was not favorable for Li Zhen!

Li Zhen glanced at his sister, took a step forward and shouted in a deep voice.

"Don't lie!"

A brain wave rushed straight into Zhang Chuang's mind.

With a buzzing sound, Zhang Chuang felt his head spinning.

Thump, thump! My heart was beating violently, and the blood rushed to my face. I felt so ashamed of lying that I wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

He hated himself for lying, and his mind was protesting strongly against his despicable behavior.

His mouth also escaped his control and opened involuntarily.

"This young master has had his eyes on Li Jianing for a long time, but that bitch refused to obey, so this young master had no choice but to push the annoying idiot Li Zhen off the cliff. If he hadn't climbed up in time, I would have succeeded!"

It feels comfortable, really comfortable. After saying this, it seems that even the pain in my crotch is not so painful anymore. It feels so good!

After Zhang Chuang said this, he felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his head, and a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Wow!"

The ancestral hall was in an uproar.

"Today's events turned out to be just as Li Zhen said. Zhang Chuang is such a jerk!"

"Serves you right! Let me tell you, Li Zhen's attack was too lenient. If it were me, I would cut him into pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

"It is! It is!"

"How despicable!"

Second uncle looked ashamed.

Everyone was talking about it.

"Chuang'er, Chuang'er, why are you talking nonsense? Are you possessed by evil spirits?"

Li Yue'e stepped forward and put her hand on Zhang Chuang's head to test the temperature.

"It's not burning! What's going on?"

"Mother, old lady, everything Chuang'er said is true. If there is one untrue word, I wish you to be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

Zhang Chuang swore solemnly.

"It's over, it's over!"

Li Yue'e rolled her eyes and was about to faint.

But then she jumped up and shouted angrily.

"Witchcraft! Witchcraft! It must be witchcraft!"

"There is no such thing as witchcraft. Justice is in the hearts of the people. Even God can't stand it!"

Li Zhen's lips curled up, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face.