The next day, at the Lu Family Ancestral Hall in the eastern suburbs of An Rong City.
The Lu Family Ancestral Hall was just a place name. There used to be a magnificent Lu Family Ancestral Hall here. But now, the Lu Family Ancestral Hall had long been dilapidated and rebuilt. Now, a Chinese-style mansion was built here, called the Grand Ye Mansion.
Obviously, this Flourishing Ye Mansion was one of the properties of the Ye Family. However, the Ye Family might have wanted to avoid arousing suspicion, so the ownership of this mansion actually fell into the hands of a rich man in An Rong City. Last night, Lu Qingshan found this rich man and asked him to sell the mansion. After the rich man learned of Lu Qingshan's identity, he agreed without hesitation.
Therefore, this morning, the mansion had been renamed to the Lu Family Ancestral Hall. This was to show many people that the Lu Family had returned, and that the underground forces in An Rong City now had the surname Lu.
At the same time, Lu Qingshan sent an invitation to open an incense hall, preparing to announce to the people of An Rong City that he, Lu Qingshan, had taken over Wolong Hall and Wuyi Hall. From now on, Wolong Hall had the surname "Lu" again.
There were many rules in the Elder Brothers Society's incense hall, and it was divided into two types: the Great Incense Hall and the Small Incense Hall. Without a doubt, this time, Lu Qingshan came back to open the Great Incense Hall.
However, the rules for holding a big incense hall were very complicated. Moreover, the elders of the Elder Brothers Society were required to be present. However, there were not many elders left in the Elder Brothers Society. The few remaining elders had been killed by the Ye Clan last time. Therefore, when Lu Qingshan held a big incense hall this time, the situation was somewhat miserable.
Fortunately, Lu Qingshan was a bit lucky. He actually found an elder of the Elder Brothers Society in the area of the Lu Family Ancestral Hall. This old man was over a hundred years old. He suffered from severe cataracts, and his eyes were basically blind. After the Ye Family took over Wolong Hall, they didn't respect the opinions of these elders at all, so this old man was basically ignored.
This old man was called Xie Deyuan, and he used to be a member of the Elder Brothers Society. The members of the Elder Brothers Society called him "Boss Xie". The people in the hall were naturally in charge of writing documents and setting up the rules and etiquette of the gang. They were considered the "clerks" of the gang. Although Xie Deyuan did not know martial arts, his position in the gang was very high. In the past, the rules of the gang were very strict. Those who could be called "boss" in the gang could only be the gang leader, the vice leader, and the senior members such as the Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, Hall Master, etc.
Although Xie Deyuan didn't know kung fu, since he was "Boss Xie", he was naturally not an ordinary person in the gang. Although Boss Xie didn't know kung fu, he used to be a civil official during the Republic of China. He could be considered a real "cultured person". There weren't many cultured people in that era, so Xie Deyuan was indeed respected by the brothers in the gang.
Unfortunately, those years of the past could only remain in Xie Deyuan's memory. Now that "Boss Xie" was down and out, he never thought that he would be able to appear in front of everyone as the leader of the Elder Brothers Society in his lifetime. Even though his eyes couldn't see clearly anymore, he could still feel the feeling of being respected and respected, and it was a really good feeling.
Indeed, when Xie Deyuan stood in the middle of the hall in his white robe and presided over the various etiquette of the gang, his white hair fluttered in the wind, there was an indescribable majesty to him.
Today, Xie Deyuan was the only remaining elder in the Pingchuan Province. However, his appearance finally made the Great Incense Hall feel a lot more "official" this time. In addition, although the other elders were gone, their descendants and disciples dared to come and support them, so it was considered quite decent.
Lu Qingshan once said that the descendants and disciples of the elders who supported him in the past were not willing to support Lu Qingshan. This was because the descendants and disciples of the elders were very realistic and believed that it was impossible for Lu Qingshan to regain control of Wolong Hall and the Elder Brothers Society. Therefore, these descendants would definitely not do "unprofitable business". However, now that they knew that Lu Qingshan had gained control of Wolong Hall and Wuyi Hall, these people took the initiative to congratulate him. This was because they all realized that it would be beneficial to have a good relationship with Lu Qingshan.
This was the reality. In this world, there were very few people who would offer help in times of need, but there were many who were willing to add flowers to brocade.
Lu Qingshan could be considered to be used to the coldness and warmth of the world. He was naturally very clear about the nature of these people. However, he still greeted them with a smile. Since the other party was willing to add flowers to brocade, then so be it. He just had to pretend to be courteous and give them some face so that they could meet again in the future.
This time, Lu Qingshan was naturally the absolute protagonist. Qin Lang naturally would not steal the limelight. However, Qin Lang naturally still made a name for himself. This event this time, on one hand, was to congratulate Lu Qingshan. On the other hand, it was to oversee this place and prevent anyone from causing trouble. After all, Lu Qingshan had just taken over Wolong Hall and Wuyi Hall. It was possible that the Ye family would find this opportunity to take revenge.
This time, the Great Incense Hall Opening Ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Xie Deyuan. Speaking of this matter, there was no time to rehearse at all. Moreover, Xie Deyuan had not presided over it for decades. However, he quickly got into the mood and even gave people the feeling that he was more imposing and elegant than he was a few decades ago.
This time, the Great Incense Hall Opening Ceremony was mainly to confirm the matter of Lu Qingshan as the successor of the Elder Brothers Society. Not only that, Lu Qingshan was also the hall master of Wolong Hall. He was responsible for the management and revival of the entire society. As for the people of Wuyi Hall, they were all placed under the banner of Wolong Hall.
This time, the structure of Wolong Hall was completely restored to its previous structure. The society was divided into the eight inner halls and the eight outer halls. The eight inner halls were Dragon Hall, League Hall, Incense Hall, Sitting Hall, Accompanying Hall, Assembly Hall, and Executive Hall. The eight inner halls each had twelve "masters", which were equivalent to the twelve elders. Among them, Xie Deyuan was still the "master" of the Assembly Hall. These "masters" were the elders of the society. They were practically above tens of thousands of people and below only one person.
The eight outer halls were divided into ten ranks. They were also known as "Ten Cards" or "Ten Sects". However, in reality, there were only eight cards. This was because it was taboo for the members of the society to be ranked "Four" or "Seven". Thus, the eight outer halls were divided into Pai Ba First Master, Sage Second Master, and Heng Hou Third Master. After that, there was the Fifth Steward, Sixth Patrol Wind, Eighth Commandant, Ninth Signboard, and Tenth Camp Gate.
The eight inner halls and eight outer halls each had their own duties. This formed a large society with clear rules.
As for Qin Lang, he became the guest elder of the Elder Brothers Society. Lu Qingshan even handed over an ancestral money to Qin Lang in front of everyone. This money had an Eight Trigrams on the back and the words "Golden Orchid Prefecture" written on the front. It was equivalent to the Elder Brothers Society's command token. This meant that as a guest elder, Qin Lang, he had the authority to monitor the entire society. When necessary, he could represent the leader to "clean house".
Some people who didn't know of Qin Lang's background didn't care about Qin Lang being a guest elder at first. After all, many societies had such guest elders. However, when they saw Lu Qingshan give money to Lu Qingshan in front of everyone, these people realized that this guest elder, Qin Lang, was not a simple person. They felt that they couldn't offend him.
The ceremony of opening the hall of incense lasted for a full hour before it ended. During this time, no one came to cause trouble. However, in order to avoid trouble, Qin Lang specially had Monk Jianxiang and Wu Yingmeng look around, worried that something would go wrong.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
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