Chapter 1161
Xu Haoran didn't even think about it and said, "That's not that simple."
"Just have a martial arts expert capture the leading mountain bandits and cut them down?"
"Isn't there an old saying that you should capture the king before you capture the thief?"
"After taking out their leader, those little minions will voluntarily surrender themselves."
Just as Xu Haoran finished these words, he hurriedly covered his mouth, his face full of surprise.
"Brother-in-law no, are you going to take out the Li clan's patriarch!?"
In the past, when he was in a small city like Ningzhou, Xu Haoran had not been able to feel the true power of a large clan.
After leaving Ningzhou to stay by Li Hang's side for a longer period of time.
Little by little, Xu Haoran was able to feel the immense power that these great families, possessed.
And the absolute strength that those ordinary people simply could not shake.
The longer the history of the family, the more branches they had recorded in their genealogy.
The more branches there are, the larger the family members will be.
The more enemies one had to face when going against a large clan, the more enemies one had to face.
Xu Haoran looked very nervous.
He had thought that coming to Chang'an this time would be similar to travelling.
Whatever he could do around Li Hang, he could do it anyway.
But now Li Hang was surrounded by just a few people.
It would be too dangerous to fight someone's patriarch single-handedly when he was alone in power.
"Brother-in-law, do you want to think it over again?"
"It's the Li family we're dealing with now!"
"Besides, isn't your family also a branch of the Li family?"
"If we really have to do it, uncle will be in more danger too, right?"
Li Hang hooked a hand around Xu Haoran's neck, "You were right in that saying just now, capture the thief first."
"This saying actually has many extensions."
"It would be incorrect to really uproot an ancient family with just the few of us now."
Xu Haoran nodded his head as he listened, "Brother-in-law, you're right."
"So can't we just let go of such a terrible thought for a while."
"It's better to develop the company first, didn't my sister just say that she wanted to make a clothing company?"
"You must need a lot of beautiful models to make a clothing company."
"Chang'an is so full of people, let's be like a star scout and go hunting for those pretty young ladies."
Li Hang smiled without saying anything.
Xu Haoran looked at this smile that appeared on Li Hang's face and suddenly felt a shiver run down his spine.
It was over, it was over.
Because every time he saw Li Hang exude this kind of smile.
Xu Haoran knew that someone was going to be in trouble!
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"Master! Master it's not good!"
Li Lin entered the courtyard in a hurry early in the morning.
At this moment, Li Jin was not doing carpentry in the courtyard, as usual.
Instead, he was sitting on a bench, frowning as if he was thinking about something.
When he saw Li Lin running in with a blast, he didn't raise his eyes.
Li Jin didn't even lift his eyes, still pondering.
"Master I just got word that the young master has found the youngest grandmother and the others."
Li Jin was not surprised that Li Hang had found Li Na and Li Fei.
He knew that with Li Hang's means, it would not be difficult to find the two of them.
What Li Jin was considering now was the real purpose of Li Hang's trip to Chang'an this time.
Li Jin was one of the few people who knew Li Hang's true identity.
The more he knew about Li Hang's true strength, the more Li Jin knew that Li Hang would definitely do something amazing when he went to Chang'an in person.
But Li Jin could not figure out what Li Hang would do until now.
Chapter 1162
In the dark, Li Jin just felt that this matter might have something to do with himself.
Li Lin suddenly spoke up at this time, causing Li Jin to jump up from his chair.
"Master, I have just received news that the young master has challenged the Li family's direct lineage as the son of the eldest young master!"
"What!?"
Li Jin's entire body jumped up from the ground.
An unbelievable look passed over his face.
He finally understood why he had been feeling panicky for the past two days.
He had long known that Li Hang would definitely do something earth-shattering and great in Chang'an.
But he had never imagined that Li Hang would stir up the entire Chang'an storm in this way!
The Li family was a little different from ordinary families.
They were, after all, once descendants of the Li Tang royal family.
The reason why the Li family had been able to take root in Chang'an for thousands of years.
Apart from the fact that the family possessed immense strength.
More importantly, there was a very fine tradition within the family.
This tradition is very complicated to explain.
But it can be explained in a common and understandable term.
That is healthy competition!
After the fall of the Tang dynasty, the Li family had made many efforts to establish regimes and reclaim the honour they had held as a royal family.
They established two regimes in succession as well, the Later Tang and the Southern Tang.
The apparent rulers of these two regimes seem to have had little to do with the Li family.
But the people behind the scenes who actually ruled this regime were the Li family.
It was only that they kept it hidden behind the scenes, not wanting other families to find out.
Unfortunately, the two regimes eventually failed.
Since then, the Li family has learnt a painful lesson.
At the most critical moment for the family, they came up with an unprecedented "family rule"!
Healthy competition!
This rule has many provisions and is very complicated to explain.
But when put together, it can be summed up in one simple and straightforward sentence.
Within the Li family, no matter whether it is the first line or the second line.
As long as they are of the bloodline of the Li family, they all possess the qualifications to challenge the current patriarch.
As long as the challenger is good enough, as long as they can get past the hurdles.
Even a concubine can become a full-blood.
Branch families outside Chang'an were also able to fight their way back to Chang'an and become the main family!
Why was Li Han Chen so arrogant?
Just because they were the main family.
They could mobilise all the power of the whole family.
So Li Han Chen could see no one in sight and be reckless.
In the past, for such a long period of time.
There were more than a dozen times when someone broke the rules and challenged the main family.
There were three successful challenges in total.
It is because of these three successes that the Li family has survived to this day.
The most recent one was over 300 years ago!
Li Jin paced in place, all along Li Jin had been able to count the people and events around him with great precision.
The reason why their Li family in the capital had survived in the midst of the chaos.
It was because Li Jin had been able to calculate everything.
But this time, he had missed out on his own son alone.
He never expected that Li Hang would challenge the main family as a sub-family under such circumstances.
And what was even more unexpected was that Li Hang was not challenging as himself.
Instead, he used his elder brother Li Mu's son Li Fei!
If Li Hang had taken the initiative to challenge on his own, Li Jin wouldn't have been worried at all.
This was because with Li Hang's strength, it would not be difficult to annex the entire Li clan.
After all, Li Hang was in possession of a terrifying power that was enough to shake the entire world.
However, Li Hang had chosen a small person who had always been bullied.
Li Fei was now like a flat boat in the sea, a random wave coming over would be able to wipe him out.
It was too dangerous!
It was really too dangerous!