Chapter 0446: Civil Strife
In the conference room on the top floor of the building, Xia Zhentang, with a serious face, was sitting on the main seat of a conference table.
Around the conference table, more than twenty men and women sat around the conference table.
Outside the conference table, there were many people who couldn't get their turns, and they were all standing there, quietly waiting for the meeting to begin.
"Zhenying, is Zhao Beichen here?" Xia Zhentang asked Xia Zhenying beside him.
Not only Xia Zhenying was present, but Xia Zhenyue, who had been killed by Zhao Yan before, was also there, and even Xia Zhenye, who was the first to be crippled by the Harrier and the Cocoon Prison, was also sitting at the scene.
It seems that the elites of the Xia family are all here today.
When Xia Zhenying heard Xia Zhentang's question, she immediately stood up and replied, "I have been here a long time ago, and I have already come here, but I was intercepted by the third uncle halfway!"
Listening to Xia Zhenying's answer, Xia Zhentang not only did not get angry, but said with a smile: "It seems that the third uncle is still the same, since this is the case, we will not wait for him." ”
"Today's topic is how we should respond to the arrival of Zhao Beichen. ”
"Originally, this issue can be decided by yourself, but this matter may be related to the life and death of our Xia family, so I have to discuss it with you. ”
"Lest this seat make a decision, if something goes wrong in the future, it will cause you to complain!"
Xia Zhentang said this, which made some people at the scene feel a little panicked.
After all, Xia Zhentang is the head of the family, and at the same time, he is also the master of the entire Yuezhou, in fact, he is already the emperor of Yuezhou.
In Yuezhou, everything can be decided with just one word from him, and according to convention, he doesn't need to gather everyone together to discuss at all.
However, there are still some people at the scene who don't think so.
Since the Xia Dynasty was destroyed by various natural and man-made disasters thousands of years ago, their Xia family has never set foot on the peak of Huaxia's full strength.
Even in this small closed world, there are only the titles of the head of the family and the lord, and there has never been anyone who can monopolize power.
The heads and lords of each generation of the Xia family were also restricted by the elders of the Xia family and other families in Yuezhou, making him unable to do what he wanted.
Even when Xia Zhenting was expelled, many clan elders and people from other families raised objections at that time, but in the end, this matter was put into practice.
Because of this incident, Xia Zhentang left an impression of being cruel and unkind and self-righteous in the minds of the clan elders and other family members.
However, because Xia Zhentang's strength is too strong, no one dares to make a bird.
No one raised any objections for more than ten breaths, Xia Zhentang was about to say something more, at this time, a beautiful woman stood up, she glanced around and said: "Since the head of the family has given us the right to speak, then what else do we have to be silent, are you afraid that you will also be expelled by the head of the family because of your objections?"
The woman looked to be in her thirties, with a beautiful face and sharp eyes.
The capable black professional suit looked like a corporate white-collar worker, but her aura told people that he was a serious Jindan powerhouse.
Moreover, her age is definitely not as young as she seems, maybe he is already hundreds of years old, or even hundreds of years old.
However, there is something in her words, and the word "expulsion" she mentioned undoubtedly means that it is a challenge from the homesick master Xia Zhentang.
Who at the scene did not know that in the history of Yuezhou, there was only one person who had been expelled, and that was Xia Zhenting, the younger brother of the current head of the family.
Isn't he saying this tantamount to satirizing the master's inability to listen to the opinions of others?
The faces of the others who heard this changed slightly.
When the woman said this, they were even more afraid to speak.
"Xia Yan, what do you mean by this?" Xia Zhentang didn't speak, but it was Xia Zhenying beside Xia Zhentang who asked.
Xia Yanmei glanced at Xia Zhenying and said, "It's not interesting, aren't I encouraging everyone to speak more?"
"Since the head of the family wants to speak widely, everyone must speak enthusiastically, otherwise, isn't it a waste of the little sincerity that the head of the family has so hard to come up with?"
"You, don't think that if you are the daughter of the third uncle, I won't dare to touch you, you ......" Xia Zhenying was very upset by Xia Yu's words.
Xia Yan is obviously working against Xia Zhentang, and those of them who are loyal to Xia Zhentang can't listen to it.
However, before he finished his words, he was stopped by Xia Zhentang.
"Since Sister Xia Yan wants to say it, let her say it, after all, this incident is different from the past, and I want to hear what everyone thinks. ”
"It's the same for everyone, speak freely, and don't have any worries in your heart!"
Xia Zhentang was very generous, as if he didn't mean to blame Xia Yu at all.
After listening to Xia Zhentang's words, Xia Yan stopped talking, and sat down directly.
The other people sitting here at the moment are looking at each other, not knowing whether to say or not.
After Xia Yan sat down, a man stood up, glanced at Xia Yan who had spoken before, looked around again, and then faced Xia Zhentang and said, "Didn't the head of the family say it? This Zhao Beichen is actually the nemesis of our Xia family. ”
"In that case, let's just kill it, so why bother?"
His opening seemed to detonate everyone's enthusiasm for speaking, so you and I said everything.
"I also think that it should be killed directly, no matter which so-called prophecy is true or false, a secular teenager is just a teenager, there is no need to be so entangled. ”
"Kill? You think it's too simple, but there are a lot of strong people around him to protect him?
"I don't believe it, he has now come to my Xia family's territory, can't our entire Xia family kill him Zhao Beichen?"
"It's hard to say, if Zhao Beichen is so easy to kill, our family master doesn't need to ask for our opinion here!"
"No, I think we can recruit him!"
In the end, a different opinion finally emerged.
However, Xia Yu, who heard this opinion, showed a sneering expression.
As Xia Qiyuan's daughter, he had certainly heard some things about Zhao Yan from his father.
If Zhao Yan was so easy to recruit, Xia Zhentang would not invite these people to discuss.
What's more, now that the Xia family has offended Zhao Beichen to death, and now they are still thinking about solicitation, but their brains were kicked by a donkey.
Of course, Xia Zhentang would not agree with this opinion, he knew better than anyone that it was impossible for Zhao Beichen to accept the solicitation of their Xia family.
Even if there are no previous grievances, it is impossible to recruit Zhao Yan.
"Everyone be quiet!" Xia Zhentang stretched out his hands and shouted: "This seat doesn't want to kill him, and I can't recruit him, the deity wants to get his secret." ”
"This son is quite not simple, with the strength of the foundation building realm, it is hard to force a person at the peak of Jindan to go away, and in the end I don't know what the result is?"
"Come to think of it, that person at the peak of Jindan, even if he doesn't die, he will be seriously injured!"
"And such a person, he is just eighteen years old!"
"You say, is it possible for such a person to not have some great secrets on him?"
The Jindan powerhouse that Xia Zhentang said was referring to Jiang Yi, before he left, he already knew that Zhao Yan had won, but he didn't know what happened to Jiang Yi in the end.
However, Zhao Yan was able to walk out of the Tianyuan War House safely, which was already very revealing.
As soon as Xia Zhentang's words came out, the scene began to discuss again.
"A strong man who builds a foundation and forces a Jindan peak into a corner?
"That is, in the history of our Xia family, there has never been such a person?"
"Not to mention the Xia family, even among the Xianmen Nine Continents, there has never been such a powerful person. ”
"What's even more terrifying is that this person is only eighteen years old! If he can grow up normally, his future achievements are limitless!"
"What about the limit, if you offend our Xia family, there is only one result!"
"Don't talk nonsense, didn't the head of the family already say just now that he wouldn't kill him?"
"If you don't kill it, you don't kill it, but the head of the family also said that if you want to get the secret on him, if you really succeed, it will be a great thing for our Xia family!"
In fact, these people are talking nonsense, and they don't involve the core issue, that is, how to solve Zhao Yan's matter.
Their remarks were just to echo Xia Zhentang's words.
When Xia Zhentang heard these words, he just shook his head, looking very helpless.
"Big brother, why do we need to listen to their opinions, what should we do, wouldn't it be better for you to make your own decisions?" Xia Zhenying said puzzled.
On the other side, Xia Zhenye and Xia Zhenyue did not speak, because they were injured by Zhao Yan one after another, and they had not yet recovered, and they were too lazy to worry about it.
However, their attitude must be in favor of Xia Zhentang, there is no doubt about this.
At this time, a person came in from outside the door of the conference room, it was a young foundation building powerhouse, he came to Xia Zhentang's side as soon as he entered the door, and left after saying a few words in his ear.
And Xia Zhentang was after the young man left. smiled and said to everyone: "The third uncle has already brought Zhao Beichen here, can't everyone give effective advice?"
These people just talked so badly that when they really asked one person to say a solution, no one spoke.
And Xia Yan, who was sitting at the back of the conference room, looked at the dozens of Jindan powerhouses in front of him with a sneer, thinking of the two words "waste" in his heart.
Like the small world of Yuanzhou, although there are many Jindan powerhouses in Yuezhou, there are really not a few who can really get on the table.
The reason why these people were able to achieve the Jindan realm was entirely due to the superior cultivation environment of this Yue Continent, if these people were brought to other continents, or sent into the secular world, it would be difficult to say whether they could have today's achievements.
And Xia Zhentang looked at Xia Yan at this time and asked, "Sister Xia Yan, this seat sees you sneering, it seems that you have a different opinion?"
"I think you should have the same opinion as the third uncle, why don't you talk about it before the third uncle comes in!"
After listening to Xia Zhentang's words, the people at the scene looked at Xia Yu at the same time.
The third old lady and Xia Zhentang disagreed, and it was no secret in Yuezhou.
In the past ten years, Xia Qiyuan and Xia Zhentang have hardly spoken.
In the high-rise office area on the 39th floor, Xia Zhentang has been to almost anyone's office, but he has never been to Xia Qiyuan's office.
Although Xia Qiyuan's status in the small world of Yuezhou is second only to Xia Zhentang.
Of course, the people here also know that the reason why Xia Zhentang snubbed Xia Qiyuan so much is inseparable from the expulsion of Xia Zhenting.
Another thing is that when Xia Zhentang heard that Zhao Yan was the nemesis of the Xia family, he wanted to send someone to deal with Zhao Yan, but Xia Zhenyuan came back to stop him.
These people already know that the baby who was not killed at the beginning has grown into today's Zhao Beichen.
Judging from today's situation, the joke of the Jing family at the beginning has become a reality, and this Zhao Beichen is likely to be the nemesis of the Xia family.
Because of these two things, Xia Zhentang's impression of Xia Qiyuan will not be too good, and it can even be said to be disgusted.
And today, these two people who gave Xia Zhenting a headache actually came to the small world of Yuezhou at the same time.
And coincidentally, they also met Xia Qiyuan, who was close to them.
If the current Xia Zhentang has no hatred for Xia Qiyuan, it must not make sense.
"I'm sorry, thank you very much for inviting me here, but, as before, I have never had any opinion on family matters. ”
"Of course, even if you have an opinion, you won't necessarily take it!"
What does that mean?
So is there an opinion or no opinion?
Hearing this, Xia Zhentang's brows furrowed, and then asked, "It seems that there is really an opinion, so let's talk about it?"
"Really let me say?" Xia Yan also looked at Xia Zhentang with strange eyes and said, "If I say it, don't you regret it?"
Hearing this, everyone at the scene raised their hearts to their throats.
They all seemed to have a premonition that Xia Yi was going to say something, could it be that Zhao Beichen hadn't arrived yet, and their Xia family was about to pinch up?
At this time, Xia Zhentang's brows furrowed even more, he seemed to have guessed what Xia Yan was going to say, but his words had already been spoken, could there be any reason to take it back.
However, his expression became a little indifferent at this moment: "You say, I really want to hear what you have to say?"
"Okay!" Xia Yu got up from his seat, squinted at Xia Zhentang and said, "My opinion is, please invite the second brother back and return the head of the family to him!"
What the?
Xia Yi actually said that?
Everyone was taken aback, you must know that changing the head of the family is not a trivial matter, the Xia family is the master of the entire Yuezhou, and this change of head of the family is equivalent to changing the emperor.
Besides, the lesson Xia Yu said just now was not "let", but "return".
From his words, everyone can understand that the position of the head of the family was originally Xia Zhenting, but why was the head of the family Xia Zhentang in the end?
What really happened back then?
These people now recall the expulsion of Xia Zhenting in the first place.
Could it be that Xia Zhenting's expulsion also has something to do with this matter?
However, at that time, Xia Zhentang accused Xia Zhenting of treason.
Treason is a big crime, in the clan rules of the Xia family, traitor is punished with capital punishment, but in the end, Xia Zhentang just expelled Xia Zhentang.
At that time, because of this incident, many people in the Xia family still thought that the head of the family, Xia Zhentang, was favoritism because he was Xia Zhenting's own brother?
But now that I think about it, it's really terrifying.
If this matter is really as Xia Yu said, then this Xia Zhentang is really insidious!
"Xia Yan, what nonsense are you talking about!" Xia Zhenying broke out again, as a loyal supporter of Xia Zhentang, how could he let Xia Yan "slander" Xia Zhenting like this?
And at this time, Xia Zhenyue, who had not spoken, also spoke: "Xia Yu, what did you think when you said this?"
"Unwarranted rumors, do you want my Xia family to be ridiculed from now on?"
At the same time, Xia Zhenye, who had not spoken and could not speak, also looked at Xia Yu with unkind eyes.
Since Xia Zhenye was injured last time, he has not been able to speak, and he has not even been able to take care of himself.
Even so, Xia Zhentang did not give up treating him, and his loyalty to Xia Zhentang was evident.
At this time, none of the people around expressed their opinions.
Although the Xia family is big, there are really few people who can really speak.
Except for a few people around Xia Zhentang, Xia Yu dared to speak, and the others were just a few people.
Under Xia Zhentang's dictatorship, of course, no one dared to put forward opinions easily.
Xia Zhentang's expression was very cold at this time, and he stared at Xia Yu with his eyes at this time, as if he wanted to kill Xia Yu with his eyes.
And Xia Yan seemed to be fearless, he dared to look at Xia Zhentang, and even showed a smug smile: "What, regret it?"
"That's what you asked me to say, after so many years, you seem to have forgotten how you came to be the head of your family!"
"And how did you treat the second brother after that, didn't you have the slightest repentance for the things you did?"
"Aren't you afraid that Uncle and his old man will be chilled to see all this above the Nine Heavens?"
Xia Yu, who was smiling just now, was getting more and more excited at this time.
It seems that as soon as he thinks of what Xia Zhentang did, he doesn't get angry.
"Enough!" Xia Zhentang finally couldn't help it, he said coldly: "This seat asked you to give your opinion, but it didn't let you talk nonsense!"
"The position of the head of the family in this seat was handed down to me by my father himself, not from an unknown origin as you say. ”
"I know that under the influence of the third uncle, you have some opinions about this seat, but this is not a reason for you to talk nonsense. ”
"Nonsense?" At this time, an old man's voice came from the door of the conference room.
Everyone can hear that this is Xia Qian coming from afar.
As soon as this voice appeared, most of the people at the scene stood up.
Xia Qiyuan is currently the highest, oldest, and most prestigious person in the Xia family.
To a certain extent, in Yuezhou, if there was anyone who could influence Xia Zhentang, it was only him.
Therefore, after hearing Xia Qiyuan's voice, it is impossible for these Xia family members not to stand up and show their respect.
Not long after, Xia Qiyuan's figure appeared at the door.
And behind him, there were a few younger people.
None of those people present knew each other, including Xia Zhentang and Xia Zhenying.
Because, until this time, Zhao Yan and their masks had not been taken off.
However, although he didn't know Zhao Yan's faces, Xia Zhentang was able to guess their identities.
They are Zhao Yan and the others.
Because there is another person behind these people, and that is Yue Rongqin.
At this moment, Yue Rongqin's body was trembling, he didn't want to come, but he had to come, and now, Xia Zhentang was close at hand, how could he not be afraid.
In fact, what he didn't know was that Xia Zhentang didn't expect him to pass on Zhao Yan's news, let alone stop Zhao Yan.
He originally wanted him to bring Zhao Yan over, as long as Zhao Yan came to Yuezhou, pinching the circle and flattening it, didn't he have the final say?
As soon as he appeared at the door, Xia Qiyuan continued what he had just said: "The head of the family said that Gardenia is talking nonsense?"
"Do you dare to say that in front of the old man?" Xia Qiyuan asked as he looked at Xia Zhentang with a face.
"Third Uncle, why are you doing this?" Xia Zhentang shouted to Third Uncle, but this attitude did not show any respectful meaning.
Even his tone was a little cold.
Obviously, he didn't expect this third uncle of his to say the same.
At this moment, everyone at the scene can already confirm that the old family must have passed the position of the head of the family to Xia Zhenting, but I don't know what the reason is, but it was Xia Zhentang who inherited the position of the head of the family in the end.
"Why bother?" Xia Qiyuan stared at Xia Zhentang coldly and said, "Old man, I have been pretending to be deaf and dumb for two hundred years, and I am a person who is dying, and I want to tell the truth!"
As soon as he heard this, Xia Zhentang's face instantly became gloomy.
Of course, he knew what Xia Qiyuan was going to tell the truth, if he said the truth, then they wouldn't have to deal with Zhao Yan, and they would be directly in a mess inside.
"Third uncle, there are some words, our own family affairs should be solved by ourselves behind closed doors, and today I will gather everyone together to deal with these people behind you. ”
"At this moment, we can't mess around, we have to be unanimous with the outside world!"
Xia Zhentang couldn't let him say it anyway, Xia Yan's words just now had already made most of the people present doubt his position as the head of the family.
If this Xia Qiyuan, his own uncle, the third old lady who has a very high prestige in the Xia family, wants to say the same, how can he, the head of the family, still be?
Of course, even without the third old lady, the people present have already begun to waver.
It's just that these people are some people who don't worry about it, what does it have to do with them who is the head of the house?
Fighting again is also a matter within the main vein of the people, and these branches of them, whether it is strength or power, they can't speak, they appear here, but they are just making up the numbers.
Just like just now, let them go all the way, and if they come up with something worthwhile, they will shut up.
"To whom?" Xia Qiyuan said and turned around, stretched out his hand to remove Xia Zhenting's mask, revealing Xia Zhenting's resolute and vicissitudes of life, and then he turned around and said, "Deal with him?"
"Hiss......" someone at the scene made this sound in surprise.
"Isn't that Xia Zhenting, why did he come back?"
"That's right, just now Xia Yu was still saying that he wanted the head of the family to invite him back, and now he appeared here? Could it all be planned?"
"It's hard to say, the head of the family and the old lady have not been on good terms all these years, what will he do?"
"Could it be that my Xia family is really going to change drastically?"
Listening to these people's discussions, Xia Zhentang's eyes looked at Xia Zhenting's face and said, "You're really here!"
"yes, is it interesting for you to invite me to say these things now?"
This sentence is not wrong at all, since Xia Zhentang wants Zhao Yan to come, then he must have thought that Xia Zhenting will come.
Moreover, the person Xia Zhentang has to deal with today is except Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan was standing beside Xia Zhenting, he was still wearing a mask at this time, he looked at Xia Zhentang's face, and he couldn't stop laughing.
In fact, when he first came in, Zhao Yan was still struggling with how he should solve Xia Zhentang.
Because what he is going to face will be the entire Xia family.
If he wants to destroy the entire Xia family, he can't do it, but Qu Shengnan doesn't know where it is, if Xia Zhentang is forced to do extreme things, everything will not be easy.
There is also the fact that the killing ring is something that can only be done at the last moment, and he Zhao Yan will not encounter that time.
At least on today's planet, no one has cornered themselves.
What he didn't expect was that there was a problem within the Xia family.
Actually, it is appropriate to say that there is a problem with their Xia family.
This problem is that Xia Zhentang's position as the head of the family is not justified.
What Zhao Yan never expected was that the position of the head of the Xia family should have been Xia Zhenting's.
Before, this Xia Qiyuan just wanted to push Xia Zhenting to the top, but he didn't say that the position of the head of the family was originally Xia Zhenting's.
As for the secret, it may only be known to Xia Zhentang, Xia Zhenting and Xia Qiyuan.
However, at this time, Xia Zhentang didn't seem to have the heart to pay attention to Zhao Yan.
What he had to think about now was how to stop Xia Qiyuan from telling the secret of two hundred years ago.
"Originally, this seat has already let you go, and now that you have come to find death by yourself, then don't blame me for being ruthless as a brother?" Xia Zhen's expression was already cold to the extreme.
His grand cause has not yet begun, and now he is facing such a challenge, how can he be so human?
As for whether this position of the head of the family is legitimate, what does it matter? He has been running the Xia family for two hundred years, and the entire small world of Yuezhou knows that he is the master of the small world.
Now Xia Zhenting has come back and said that the position of the head of the family should have been his? Who would believe it?
"Have you ever been in love?" Xia Zhenting said very calmly: "You and I were originally a pair of good brothers. ”
"You are also a good big brother I admire very much, in order not to make you feel lost, I even gave you the position of the head of the family!"
"However, what I never expected was that this big man of mine would actually kill me in order to make his power more stable?"
"Even in order to put me to death, he did not hesitate to concoct the crime of treason!"
"Excuse me, big brother, how did I rebel against the clan, just because I let those dead soldiers go?"
As soon as everyone at the scene heard the words "gathering the dead soldiers," they all became excited.
Moreover, at this time, their gaze at Xia Zhentang became unfamiliar.
Obviously, they didn't know about Xia Zhentang's training of the Dead Soldiers.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Xia Zhentang actually denied it?