When Xia Tian and Ning Ruirui returned here, the villa had been cleaned inside and out.
However, there were seven or eight elderly people lying in the living room who could not move. Mother and daughter Nie Xiaoli were taking care of them.
As for Ning Ruichen, she collapsed on one side from exhaustion, panting heavily from time to time.
"Sister, brother-in-law, are you back?"
Ning Ruichen showed a resentful expression, "If we don't come back, will we die of exhaustion here?"
Xia Tian looked puzzled: "What are you doing? Where did these people come from?"
"It's the basement of the villa."
Ning Ruichen pointed at Ning Ruirui and explained: "Didn't Sister Ruirui chase her to the basement before? I just wanted to follow her to see the situation, but ended up getting lost down there, and then..." He pointed.
Pointing to the old people on the ground: "I found them, they were all locked in cages, half dead."
"They are all elders in the clan, and they have all been promoted to the clan elders' association."
Nie Xiaoli explained to Xia Tian at this time: "I just don't know why I was locked up in the basement."
Xia Tian curled his lips: "There's no need to guess, it must be because of disobedience."
Nie Xiaoli instantly understood the meaning of Xia Tian's words. These people must be unwilling to disagree with her grandfather Nie Yuntian, so they were all locked up.
"Where's Xiaozao?"
Ning Ruirui asked casually.
Nie Xiaoli replied: "She was feeling a little unwell just now and has fallen asleep now. I'll wake her up."
"That's okay. Let Xia Tian take a look at her when she wakes up."
Ning Ruirui suggested.
"Yes, stewardess wife, you don't have to be so anxious."
Xia Tian looked at Nie Xiaoli calmly: "Let her sleep for a while before we talk."
Ning Ruichen finally took a breath and said to Xia Tian: "Hey, brother-in-law, please take care of me. Give me a shot to restore my strength."
"Just die."
Xia Tian glanced at him, raised her leg and gave him a kick, then kicked him to the sofa next to him.
"Hey, okay, I feel comfortable."
Ning Ruichen slumped down on the sofa and said OK to Xia Tian, "Thank you, brother-in-law."
Ning Ruirui looked at the old people with some surprise: "Is there anything wrong with them? Why do they look like..." "Not dead."
An old man with a short mustache said two words from between his teeth, but his tone was a little stiff: "That old boy Nie Yuntian wanted to kill us, but unfortunately his methods were not ruthless enough, and he is still alive today."
Nie Xiaoli glanced at the old man and found that he looked strange. He couldn't help but ask, "Um, can I ask who you are?"
"and who are you?"
The short-bearded old man slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Mother Nie, "Well, you girl looks familiar."
Mother Nie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I am from Nie Changsheng's family, and Nie Yuntian is my father-in-law."
"Then you should be from the Zhang family."
The short-bearded old man snorted softly, "The same year you got married, I entered the clan elders' association and was imprisoned by Nie Yuntian."
"Ah, I remembered it too."
Mother Nie's eyes lit up, she pointed at the old man with the short beard and said, "Are you the fifth uncle?
The year I got married, an uncle from the clan happened to commit a crime and was later said to have been arrested and imprisoned. It has been twenty years now."
The old man with the short mustache couldn't help but curse: "That old boy Nie Yuntian is deliberately framing me. I am just against him being the head of the family, so he deliberately made me look bad and locked me in the dungeon!"
"Then all of them...are they also from the Nie family?"
Nie Xiaoli pointed to a few other people and asked softly.
The short-bearded old man glanced at Nie Xiaoli and seemed a little dissatisfied, but still replied: "Yes, they are also old people from the Nie family. Because they opposed Nie Yuntian, their limbs were broken and they were locked up in the dungeon."
"Actually, it's not just them, there are also some young people."
As he spoke, he added a few words: "It's just that those young people were taken away after being detained for only two years. I don't know where they were taken."
Xia Tian lazily said: "Most likely, they were sent to the bottom of Huangshan Mountain to serve as nourishment for the spiritual veins."
"Hey, don't talk nonsense."
At this time, Huang Yi came over from the basement carrying some things, "Those people were actually sent to other places by Nie Yuntian. I have never seen them."
"I didn't tell you, why are you so nervous?"
Xia Tian glanced at Huang Yi, curled his lips and said: "However, now that your spiritual veins are gone, you can only be an ordinary person."
Huang Yi didn't mind at all: "There's nothing wrong with being an ordinary person."
"What about Huangshan?"
Nie Xiaoli said with some worry: "Without spiritual veins, will it die directly?"
"That won't happen."
Huang Yi said calmly: "Mountains, rivers, lakes and seas all have their own cycles of heaven.
In addition, I am not dead yet, and my roots are still there, so I can slowly accumulate my spiritual energy."
Ning Ruirui looked at Xia Tian at this time: "Isn't there still half of the spiritual veins in your needle? Why don't you give it back to him?"
"Yes, there is still a little bit, but..." Xia Tian replied casually, but when he was about to say something more, someone directly interrupted him.
"However, he promised a long time ago that those spiritual veins are for me."
Sister Jinsi suddenly jumped in from the window sill on the second floor and said with some dissatisfaction: "You just threw me at the bottom of Huangshan Mountain. It's a little too unloyal."
Xia Tian glanced lazily at the golden-haired monkey: "Who are you?"
"Hey, are you pretending not to know each other so quickly?"
Sister Jinsi's eyes widened and she said with great dissatisfaction: "I am Sister Jinsi. My name is Pei Jinsi. I have seen you at the bottom of Huangshan Mountain before, but now I am pretending to be stupid."
"I promised a female monkey, but it's not you!"
Xia Tian said casually.
Sister Jinsi became increasingly dissatisfied: "Are you trying to default on your debt?"
"Okay, now is not the time to argue."
Ning Ruirui had a slight headache, pinched her eyebrows, and said: "The matter is far from over. Nie Yuntian just went out and will be back at any time. Let's think about how to end it."
"Little long-legged girl, what's the point of this? Just kill her."
Xia Tian answered casually.
When the short-bearded old man heard Xia Tian's words, he couldn't help but be a little stunned: "You, who are you? How dare you say such words? Do you know who Nie Yuntian is and how powerful his methods are.
Even I fell into his hands, you are just afraid that the end will be worse, so you should escape as soon as possible."
Ning Ruichen couldn't help complaining: "Old man, have you stayed in the basement for a long time and your brain is already wet?"
"Let it go, let it go!"
The old man with the short mustache was furious: "Which branch of the Nie family are you from? Do you know the rules? I am the elder! How dare you disrespect me?"
"Sorry, my surname is not Nie!"
Ning Ruichen said with disdain: "Besides, you Nie parents are all terrible. I don't even have the interest to respect Nie Yuntian, let alone you."
Only then did the short-bearded old man come to his senses and asked blankly: "Who among you is the Nie family? Who has the final say in the Nie family now?"
Xia Tian said lazily: "Now in the Nie family, my stewardess wife has the final say."
"Who are you talking about?"
The old man with the short mustache looked confused.
Nie Xiaoli didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he said directly: "It's me, my name is Nie Xiaoli, Nie Yuntian is my grandfather, and I have the final say here now!"
"This... is so unreasonable. How can the Nie family allow a woman to be the head of the family!"
The short-bearded old man came to his senses and immediately became furious: "Although Nie Yuntian has done many evil things, he is still a man of the Nie family. Women are just throwaway water. How can a loser with a cheap surname deserve to be the head of the Nie family?"
Ning Ruichen grabbed the words again and cursed: "Old man, it seems that not only are you out of your mind, but you also deserve a beating."
"You deserve a beating too."
Xia Tian couldn't help but glare at Ning Ruichen.
"Brother-in-law, aren't you? I am helping Xiaoli."
Ning Ruichen showed a wronged expression.
Ning Ruirui was also quite speechless. These people had obviously been imprisoned by Nie Yuntian for so many years, and they did not agree with Nie Yuntian. But in comparison, they did not agree with the idea of women being the masters of the country, and they still pretended to have feudal ideas in their minds.
of waste.
"From now on, my flight attendant wife will have the final say in the Nie family. Anyone who disobeys will be beaten."
Xia Tian threatened casually.
"Even if we kill all the Nie family, we still can't let a woman make the decision!"
The short-bearded old man was obviously a stubborn old man, and he said coldly: "No Nie family member will support a female child taking charge of the family..." "Whoever says no, I will support it."
A sloppy Taoist priest opened the door and walked in, lazily saying: "I, Nie Yunmeng, will be the first to support, and I will support it vigorously. If anyone is dissatisfied, I will be the first to kill him."
The short-bearded old man was a little angry when his words were interrupted, but when he saw the slovenly Taoist priest's face, his eyes widened immediately: "You, you are the fourth brother?"
"it's me."
The sloppy Taoist priest said calmly: "Not to mention too much, in short, the head of the Nie family will be Nie Xiaoli from now on. There are enough elders of these clans, so you can express your stance directly."
The short-bearded old man hesitated for a while, looked at the slovenly Taoist priest, then at Xia Tian and Nie Xiaoli, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Then I have no objection."
The other people had just been rescued, and they were all led by the old man with the short mustache, so naturally they had no objections.
"Okay, Xiao Li, from now on, you are the head of the Nie family."
The sloppy Taoist priest looked at Nie Xiaoli and said firmly.
Nie Xiaoli said hesitantly: "Grandpa is not out yet. He will be back in the evening or tomorrow."
"According to the clan rules, if the head of the family behaves improperly and harms the family, the clan elders can directly choose another head of the family."
The sloppy Taoist priest directly said to Nie Xiaoli: "If the number of votes exceeds one-half, there is no need to inform the current head of the family. The new head of the family will directly succeed and take over the power of the family."
"But are there enough tickets here?"
Mother Nie asked worriedly.
"The elders' meeting is usually eighteen people."
The sloppy Taoist priest laughed: "If it were normal, it would definitely not be enough votes. After all, the clan elders' association is also controlled by the seventh and third sons.
But now the seventh child has not come back, and the third child is dead.
There are already nine clan elders here, including me, more than half."
"It doesn't matter if you have enough votes or not."
Xia Tian lazily yawned, "Since she wants to be the flight attendant wife, she must be the wife. It doesn't matter who else comes."
"Such a loud tone, you really think I'm dead!"
A loud shout came from outside the door, followed by a loud "bang".
The door exploded with a bang! "I'm still alive, but I just want to seize power. You are worthy of it!"
Nie Yuntian, with his sleeves behind his back and his hands behind his back, walked in aggressively with a dozen people.