They were just overwhelmed by anger. After all, the faith they had served sincerely for many years suddenly collapsed. Such stimulation is enough to make most people lose their minds.
However, her behavior could not safely appease the crowd.
"There was never any problem before you came. Maybe, this is what the ancestors meant!"
The young people in the crowd were already jumping up and down with anger.
They were afraid that their parents and elders would be deceived by this woman again, and they couldn't wait to say, "Look, she has no respect for her ancestors! Even if there are some problems with the ancestors' tablets, she shouldn't destroy them!"
Lin Mengya almost laughed at the young man's crooked reasoning.
What do you call this? There is obviously something wrong with these tablets and the incense, right?
But obviously, teenagers know their own families best, and they poked at the weaknesses of those adults.
Even Gong Ling, a sensible person, looked a little unhappy.
However, it's not like we just put all the blame on Lin Mengya without distinguishing between right and wrong.
After all, there is something weird about it.
He looked at the debris at her feet and said in a deep voice, "The ancestors' tablets were originally made of wood that has not decayed for thousands of years. Even if there are insects, they will not be so broken. The person responsible for cleaning the tablets this month
who is it?"
From the crowd, an honest and loyal middle-aged man immediately ran out.
When he saw the broken tablet, he was so frightened that his head was covered with sweat. He knelt down and cried out again and again.
"You've learned a lesson! I cleaned it up yesterday, and there's really no problem at all!"
Lin Mengya saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so she thought for a moment and asked, "Has anyone come in since you left yesterday?"
The man didn't dare to be careless. He thought about it again and again, and then said cautiously, "Absolutely not! The ancestral hall is such an important place. If it weren't for sacrifices and important matters within the clan, we would never dare to take a step closer. What's more, after I left, I personally fell
Once the lock is locked, there will be absolutely no flaw whatsoever!”
He said it confidently, but Lin Mengya heard other meanings.
The clan members dare not enter, which means this is a hollow place.
In other words, if someone really sneaks in, no one will find out.
"Master, leave this matter to me. I will definitely get to the bottom of the matter and give you a clean slate!"
Gong Ling is not stupid.
If there were not those mistakes, then this matter would most likely be considered to be the anger of the ancestors.
But now it seems that someone has done it intentionally, with the intention of being detrimental to the head of the family.
"No, I have to prove my innocence myself."
Gong Ling wanted to persuade him again, but Lin Mengya stopped him.
No matter how clear Gong Ling's investigation was, these tribesmen still had feelings for her. There is always a knot.
She could not allow these people who were most loyal to the family head to become the most unstable factor in the Gong family.
She looked around proudly and looked at everyone without fear.
"Whether you people here believe it or not, I can tell you frankly that this matter is not God's will or an ancestral manifestation. It is someone who deliberately framed it!"
"This is impossible!"
Someone immediately retorted, and someone else stood up and said righteously, "Everyone of us here will be loyal to the family master. No one will do such a thing that blasphemes our ancestors!"
"But how do you explain the tablets and incense? If you can't do it, don't you think everyone in the world can't do it?"
Facing Lin Mengya's cross-examination, the man's confidence in answering was not that strong.
"Anyway, none of us here can do it!"
Gong Ling sighed and explained, "Master, I can guarantee with my head that no one here will do anything bad to you, Master."
Lin Mengya's gaze was like a steel knife, scraping across everyone present.
"You keep saying that you must be loyal to the head of the family, but now you are questioning your beliefs just because of these unfounded things. It turns out that your loyalty is so shallow, it is really chilling!"
Someone in the crowd was panicking because he suddenly realized that just now they actually wanted to do harm to the head of the family.
Some were dubious. They had no idea that what they just did was completely tantamount to betraying their own creed.
Others, however, were stubborn and stared at her angrily.
Their love for her is also due to loyalty, betrayal and hatred.
Lin Mengya looked at them, feeling helpless.
She knew that this kind of fanaticism and whole-hearted devotion would cause problems sooner or later.
But she didn't expect that it would be so fast, so fast that she had no time to make corresponding preparations.
Perhaps, today's events have already been planned since she didn't arrive here.
She turned her head and looked at Gong Ling.
The latter also had a look of astonishment.
"Master Ling, is there any way in the clan to allow me to prove my identity myself?"
Gong Ling was belatedly, as if he had just woken up from a big dream, he nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, but -"
"What?"
"There is a hot spring in the back mountain. It was originally used by every family head to bathe before hosting ancestor worship activities.
But later, because the mountain road was rugged and difficult, we were led here. But if there is a dispute about the identity of the family head, we can go there to verify it."
Sure enough, there was a way to verify it. She quickly asked, "How to verify it?"
"This, it's a long time ago, I have to check the ancient books."
Gong Ling didn't know it either. In fact, the head of the Gong family had always been cautious about inheritance, so there was never any controversy.
But the little girl who was the first to accuse her of being a fake said with a bit of pride in her eyes, "It is rumored that the head of my Gong family was born with a vision. Only the true bloodline of the head of the house will appear, and others will definitely not.
There will be!"
"Oh? How do you know so clearly? Could it be that someone had anticipated that there would be a dispute, so they told you how to verify my identity?" ??
Her eyebrows were cold, which made the little girl look a little less arrogant.
But he still mumbled in dissatisfaction.
"Don't care who told me, in short, if you don't dare to go, then you are lying!"
Lin Mengya withdrew her gaze and looked at the people around her.
"Hmph! Since I proposed it myself, I will naturally not regret it. But you must reflect on it carefully, so that you don't even know it is being made into a raft by someone else!"
After saying that, she walked out of the ancestral hall first, followed closely by Gong Ling.
The few young people who were clinging to her also followed her.
The mountain road is indeed not easy to walk.
But Lin Mengya always held her back high and walked leisurely on the mountain road.
Behind him, followed a large number of clansmen.
Bai Ji and Bai Zhi also followed diligently, and they only looked at the tribesmen with cold eyes.
"Miss, why don't we go back! I think the people here are going crazy!"
Bai Zhi couldn't bear to see her young lady being wronged, so she waved her little fist and said angrily.
Baiji gave her a tug and used his eyes to signal her to stop talking nonsense.
Lin Mengya smiled indifferently.
"We can't leave. If I leave now, the Gong family will be doomed."
"But they are a bunch of lunatics! How respectful they were to you before, but now they have turned against you and don't recognize you anymore. What are you going to do with such tribesmen?"
She glanced at Bai Zhi, stretched out her hand, and gently patted the back of the other person's hand as comfort.
"Silly girl, sometimes you can't just look at things at face value. They have been slaves serving their master for generations. In their hearts, the master is not only their master, but also their god. If someone insults me in front of you
, will you be angry?"
Bai Zhi's little face wrinkled, and her heart softened again. "But you can't let them go so easily!"
"Of course."
Lin Mengya curled her lips, with a hint of danger hidden in her smile.
The Gong family must not engage in blind worship.
Besides, she didn't want to turn the Gong family into a feudal aristocracy with divine power.
If the Gong family wants to survive smoothly and become a family that lasts for thousands of years, then it must turn blind obedience to a certain person, or the identity of the family head, into responsibility and love for the entire family.
Only when everyone is proud of the family and can rationally judge whether their personal behavior is beneficial to the family.
At the same time, the realization of personal value and the realization of family value must complement each other in order to continue to develop.
Next to her, Bai Zhi, who had been listening attentively to her young lady's words, had a question mark on her head.
She really didn't know what the young lady was talking about, and she didn't dare to ask.
He could only nod his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and then praising his young lady's wisdom and prowess.
Lin Mengya could only touch her little head as encouragement.
Forget it, she shouldn't embarrass Bai Zhi and the others.
While he was talking, Gong Ling's voice came.
"Master, we're here."
Lin Mengya stopped and saw a stone tablet erected in front of a cave not far away.
"Ask the Heart Cave."
When she read these three words, her heart suddenly became clear.
Due to the differences between men and women, Gong Ling carefully selected ten women from the clan after asking about the characteristics of how to judge the identity of the family head.
Among these ten people were Granny Sha and Granny Ran, whom Lin Mengya was familiar with, and the little girl.
The remaining seven are also highly respected people in the clan.
These ten people ensure that they will never be bribed by anyone to give false testimony.
In front of all the clan members, Gong Ling politely sent the person into the Questioning Heart Cave.
"Master!"
Before leaving, he stopped Lin Mengya.
The latter turned his head, his eyes clear and calm.
"What if, I mean what if, after you confirm your identity?"
Lin Mengya hesitated slightly, and then asked, "Master Ling asked, are you sure whether I am true or false?"
To be honest, at this stage, Gong Ling's heart is the most chaotic.
He not only hopes that Gong Ya is true, but also fears that she is true.
Because of this, all tribesmen will have a layer of moral shackles on their hearts.
