Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 282 Fighting for the Position of Clan Leader

Luo Yu looked at Ran quietly. She was a beautiful woman, but there was a heroic look between her eyebrows and a firm gaze. She must have a strong and unyielding character.

Back at the inn, Miao Wenshu secretly explained to them that according to their tribe's traditional customs, the chief is elected by several elders from generation to generation. The most promising candidates are naturally the three chiefs. Anyone else who wants to run can challenge the three chiefs. Whoever can defeat the three chiefs will take the position of chief. However, when the deceased chief was still alive, he wanted to change this tradition. He hoped to choose the most promising and outstanding one among his descendants to succeed him. Naturally, this was strongly opposed by the three chiefs.

Qin Bingrui nodded and said, "If he thinks his offspring are capable, he can let his children challenge the three chiefs. As long as they win, they can inherit his position as clan leader, right?"

Why should the entire feudal dynasty have hereditary succession?

Luo Yu, acting as a ruthless translation machine, slightly modified Uncle Miao's words and told them to everyone.

Upon hearing this, Xia Liang exclaimed, "Why change the system to hereditary when you can ascend to the throne based on your own abilities? There are always people who are more suitable to be the clan leader than the clan leader's descendants..."

Yan Xuan secretly tugged at Xia Liang's sleeve and said, "There's His Royal Highness Prince Ning next to us, so we can't talk nonsense."

Xia Liang ignored him and shouted, "It's unfair to begin with. Those who are born into a good family can inherit their father's title, but the poor have no chance of rising. With the class system solidified, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the poor to rise. It is also very difficult for talented soldiers from ordinary backgrounds to rise to the top. This is not good for either the clan or the country."

Yan Xuan was stunned. This was a treasonous statement. How could she say it so casually? If the current emperor heard it, he would be beheaded at any time.

Xia Liang blinked and stuck out his tongue after saying this: "I'm just talking nonsense, but as long as there is a talented person as the leader, no matter if it's hereditary or not, I support it."

Zhu Jinyou cast his gaze towards Luo Yu and asked her, "Miss Luo Yu, what do you think?"

Luo Yu exclaimed "Ah" and muttered to himself, "Why do you care what I think?"

After a while, he whispered, "I believe that talented people cannot be buried by any system."

Zhu Jinyou smiled slightly and said, "A capable person will not be buried by any system." What a great sentence.

Qin Bingrui stretched himself lazily. No matter whether it was a hereditary system or a democratic system, in the end, the winner would be the king and the loser would be the bandit!

You must get a good night’s sleep tonight. Who knows what big things will happen tomorrow!

Before daybreak, there was a commotion outside the inn, with loud noises, as if someone was fighting.

Someone inside the inn shouted, "The Miao leader, Gelai Adu, has arrived with his troops. He's kidnapped the clan leader's eldest son, Youxian, and says you must defeat him to succeed him. He's taken him back to their Miao territory for a showdown."

Qin Bingrui was woken up and walked out of the room to see what was happening. Feiying and others had already walked into the inn from outside.

"Brother Feiying, what's going on?"

"At five o'clock in the morning, a leader led a group of several hundred people to seize power by force. However, I heard that they failed to seize the succession token of the clan leader, so they captured his eldest son. Their martial arts skills are not low, and it can be seen that this group of people are top warriors."

"This leader gets the news pretty quickly!"

After waiting for a while, there was no movement. It seemed that it was not lively enough!

Qin Bingrui was about to enter the house when a woman led a group of guards into the inn. She looked up at him and said, "My Han Chinese friend, if you can lend me a hand, I will personally lead you to the exact location of the Baitong creature you are looking for."

Luo Yu then came out of the house and replied, "Should I help you seize power or just take your son back?"

Qin Bingrui was even more disdainful: "It's not like we can't find it on our own. Why would we make a deal with you and provoke such a powerful leader? Do you think I want to die?"

"Except for the clan leader and me, no one knows the exact location of that place, let alone how to get in. Furthermore, there are a large number of guards we sent to guard it, so it's not easy for others to get close."

Luo Yu's mouth curled up. This clan leader's wife was indeed not simple.

"Well, come up and tell us the terms of exchange!"

The clan leader's wife, Ran, was invited upstairs.

At this moment, Zhu Jinyou, Yan Xuan and others came out together, and everyone found a meeting room.

The clan leader's wife, Ran, briefly explained the situation. It turned out that the clan leader had a token of succession in his hand. As long as the elders recognized the next clan leader, they could pass the token on. Only the one who got the token would have the right to command the military forces of the three parties.

This Gelai Adu was the most skilled of the three leaders. He commanded a highly skilled army, with 300 elite soldiers capable of defeating thousands of ordinary troops. It was Gelai Adu who had initially invaded Han territory. Later, he allied with another Dulong leader to invade Han territory, but was ultimately defeated by the Han army, suffering heavy casualties. Over a thousand soldiers alone were killed, the majority of whom were Dulongs.

Now that the patriarch has passed away, Gelai Adu's ambition to become the leader is even more urgent. He personally led his troops to the door that night to snatch the succession token, which shows that he had been stationed nearby for a long time. The main reason he did not kill people this time was that Ran hid the token in a place only she knew. Adu had no choice but to snatch the eldest son of the patriarch back and wait for the patriarch's wife to take the token to exchange for her eldest son.

Ran was clear-headed and spoke slowly, his eyes revealing his unyielding spirit.

Luo Yu frowned slightly and asked, "So, will you take out the token in exchange for your son?"

Ran shook her head. "If Gelai Adu seizes the position of clan leader, my children and I will be doomed. That's why I spoke to the elders last night about the hereditary system. Only in this way can we protect our You family from extermination and the people of the tribe from the suffering of war."

Qin Bingrui translated what Ran said to several people, wanting to hear their opinions.

Zhu Jinyou asked Luo Yu with a half-smile: "Is what you are looking for worth exchanging your life for?"

Luo Yu knew that he was trying to trick him again, so he pretended to be unaware, but a plan came to his mind.

"Master Zhu, what if we help the Ran family regain the position of clan leader and then make her submit to the imperial court? Wouldn't that make the southwest region peaceful? We wouldn't have to fight and waste manpower and resources, which would be better for everyone, right?"

"So you want me to help her, and by the way, help you find that white cocoon shell."

Qin Bingrui sneered: "Master Zhu, don't you want to pacify this border tribe for the imperial court? After all, they have 20,000 strong soldiers. Are you deliberately trying to make us do what you want?"

"Miss Qin, you're really confident. Do you think we can really defeat Ge Lai Adu's army?"

"If the problem can't be solved, then bringing back the clan leader's wife's son will be fine. As long as the token is in Madam You's hands, wouldn't it be easy to recruit her?"

"If the other three leaders refuse to obey, what does it matter if she is willing to submit?"

No matter which side spoke, Yan Xuan couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Luo Yu smiled and said, "Then we will each side up, and whoever has more people will follow their lead. But Master Zhu, you have to express your position. How do you do it?"

Zhu Jinyou smiled and said, "What I mean is, we can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Anyway, whether one of them is defeated or not, it has nothing to do with us, right?"

Song Si nodded and said, "In the end, we just need to pick up a ready-made one."

Luo Yu thought to herself that this guy was really hard to trick, but she had to get the chassis. If she didn't find it soon, the three major forces would really be in turmoil. The more people knew about the chassis, the more trouble she would have. She estimated that it would be difficult to get close to the chassis, let alone take it away secretly.

Qin Bingrui was too lazy to pay attention to them and asked everyone to raise their hands to express their opinions.

As a result, Qin Bingrui, Luo Yu and Xia Liang decided to go to Gelai Adu's territory to recapture the clan's eldest son You Xian, while Song Si, Feiying and the other two stood on Zhu Jinyou's side.

Xia Liang stared at Yan Xuan, and only then did Yan Xuan stand on her side. He Yuan naturally followed Yan Xuan, and the final result was five to five.

Qin Bingrui smiled cunningly. Luo Yu looked at Ran and told her the choices of both sides, asking her to take sides as well.

Zhu Jinyou: ...