Chapter 24: Family Conflicts

Half an hour later.

"Kneel!" Pang Wenlan slapped the table and shouted at the third son Pang Tianxiao in front of him.

Pang Tianxiao is tall, but very thin, with dark skin, and his face looks more like a local, and he can only vaguely find a little shadow of his father Pang Wenlan.

He has a prodigal temperament, not as rigorous and upright as his eldest brother Pang Tianpet, nor as indifferent and elegant as his second brother Pang Tianyi.

Even if there is no shooting incident just now, just by virtue of the first impression, it is really difficult for Pang Jindong to have a good impression of this third uncle.

It is obvious that although Pang Tianxiao is full of frivolity and disdain, he is still very afraid of his father.

Before Pang Wenlan's words fell, his knees had already fallen to the ground with a "pop".

"Dad......" Pang Tianxiao lowered his eyes and asked stumblingly, "I...... What's wrong with me?"

"What's wrong with you?" Pang Wenlan pointed at Pang Tianxiao with his hand, and scolded sharply: "If you forget what you have done, just ask your cronie Ah Meng!"

Ah Meng was kneeling beside Pang Tianxiao, touching the ground with his head, not looking at anyone at all.

Although Pang Tianxiao was like a little sheep in front of his father, he was a little majestic in front of his subordinates.

He turned his head and asked Ah Meng through gritted teeth, "What did you do?"

Ah Meng grinned, remained motionless in that position, and replied in a low voice, "Less...... Master...... It didn't work out, so you still confessed!"

"Confess, what do I confess!" Pang Tianxiao was baffled by the scene in front of him, his father's Xingshi asked for guilt, and his subordinates were hesitant, which made him can't help but be annoyed and angry.

He didn't dare to attack his father, so he could only use his subordinates to be angry, and he raised his hand to beat Ah Meng.

"Stop!" Pang Wenlan only said two words, and asked Pang Tianxiao to obediently take his hand back.

Pang Wenlan cleared his throat, simply told the story of the incident himself, and then angrily reprimanded Pang Tianxiao: "Uncle actually sent someone to kill his nephew, such a thing that has lost the morality of heaven and humanity, you can actually do it? Once it spreads, the face of our Pang family will be lost by you alone!"

"What?" Hearing Pang Wenlan's words, Pang Tianxiao's face immediately turned pale, forming a wonderful contrast with his complexion.

He looked at everyone in the room, and asked in a trembling voice: "Dad, you said that I sent someone to kill Pang Jindong? I am his third uncle! How could I do this!"

"Why would you do this? You ask me? I still have to ask you!" Pang Wenlan pointed at Ah Meng and ordered hatefully: "Tell me carefully from beginning to end, what the hell is going on! If you tell me honestly, I will spare your dog's life, otherwise you will die a miserable death!"

Ah Meng raised his head slightly, peeked at Pang Tianxiao, and then replied in a low voice: "The general decided to let his nephew come to Changqing Mountain, which made the third young master very unhappy, because he was worried that Pang Jindong would ......" Ah Meng said this, peeked at Pang Tianpet, who had been silent, and then continued: "The third young master is worried, Pang Jindong is a very capable person, if the general asks Pang Jindong to help the eldest young master govern the Kokang Republican Army, he may make some reputations...... But the third young master didn't want the eldest young master to be famous, so he ......"

After listening to this, Pang Wenlan had to make another summary: "You mean that because my nephew is very talented and powerful, your master is worried that he will help the eldest young master, and the position of the third young master of your family is threatened, is this what you mean?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ah Meng nodded again and again, and said vigorously, "That's it!"

"Dad, don't listen to his nonsense, this bastard is lying!" Ah Meng's words stimulated Pang Tianxiao, and he knelt down and climbed a few steps in front of Pang Wenlan, and said in a voice that was almost crying: "How could I do this! I have never done such a thing! Actually, the eldest brother can do a good job, and the bigger the grades, the better, and my talent as a younger brother will be happy! I have never thought of competing with the eldest brother for power!"

Because this matter is an internal problem in the family, Pang Wenlan is a very traditional person, in line with the idea that "family ugliness should not be publicized", only the people in the family are left behind during the confrontation, and all other unrelated people are all out.

Although there are no outsiders, Pang Wenlan still leaves some leeway to speak, and this layer of window paper of family contradictions cannot be opened, otherwise several sons, daughters and sons-in-law are likely to openly confront each other.

Despite this, as soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was embarrassed, and they secretly glanced at each other a few times, but they didn't dare to make a sound.

At this time, the most embarrassing person was Pang Jindong, who went to Changqing Mountain to visit his uncle, just to find his relatives, and had no distractions.

Pang Jindong did not want to participate in the Kokang Republican Army, nor was he interested in interfering in his uncle's family affairs.

However, Pang Jindong never thought that although he had no quarrel with others, others had already targeted him.

Of course, Pang Jindong can just walk away and ignore anything that happens here.

But because he added these rights and wrongs to his uncle's family, Pang Jindong felt very unhappy in his heart.

At the same time that Pang Jindong was upset, Pang Tianxiao was still there arguing bitterly, and under the excitement of his words, he rushed forward and viciously strangled Ah Meng's throat.

Ah Meng didn't dare to resist at all, so he had to make a "uh-uh" sound, and looked helplessly at the people in the room, as if begging for help Pang Wenlan shouted: "Stop!

Pang Tianxiao let go of his hand almost as if reflexively, and prostrate on the ground and did not dare to move. I was trembling all over my body, and cold sweat soaked through my clothes.

Pang Wenlan stared at Ah Meng for a long time, and suddenly laughed "haha": "Your means of lying are really not clever!"

Pang Wenlan's gaze seemed to be able to penetrate a qiē, and under the forced gaze of this gaze, Ah Meng became even more nervous: "I...... I'm not lying......"

He felt that he was also starting to break out in a cold sweat, dripping down his back, and the clothes on his body became wet, exactly the same as his master Pang Tianxiao.

"Didn't lie?" Pang Wenlan put away his smile and said all his words, and his tone became as cold as a bone: "According to what you said, your master just wants to be the commander-in-chief of the Kokang Republican Army, so wouldn't it be more direct to send you to kill the eldest young master Pang Tianzhong? Isn't sending you, a cronie, to shoot at such close range in front of me, tantamount to suing everyone that he did it?! I believe that your master is not so stupid as this!"

When Pang Tianxiao heard this, he hugged Pang Wenlan's thighs and said excitedly: "Dad Mingjian!"

Pang Wenlan's analysis made everyone present agree with it, and they couldn't help nodding their heads.

And for Ah Meng, every word was like a steel nail, knocking his heart.

His body began to tremble even more violently, and the sweat sloped down like a waterfall.

Pang Wenlan coughed softly, and his tone was still cold: "I'll give you one last chance, tell me honestly, who instructed you and for what!"

"Yes...... It's ......" Ah Meng's eyes no longer rolled like that, but stared at the ground, as if he wanted to find a gap that he could get into immediately.

"Say!" Pang Wenlan's palm slapped on the table again, as if knocking the table legs into the ground, causing a violent vibration that made the dust in the entire room fly.

"Yes......" Ah Meng's hand slowly raised, and everyone in the room avoided a few steps intentionally or unintentionally, lest he point out to him. Ah Meng's fingertips finally fell on Pang Tianpet's body, and he said in a trembling voice, "Yes...... It was the eldest young master who instructed me ......"

"What?" Pang Wenlan stood up and glared at Pang Tianpet.

Pang Tianpet had been silent beside him, and when he heard Ah Meng's words, his face immediately turned dead gray, and he asked Ah Meng excitedly: "What nonsense are you talking about?!When did I instruct you to murder your nephew?"

Pang Wenlan looked at Pang Tianpet and Ah Meng, calmed down, sat back in his place, and told Ah Meng: "You tell the truth, don't wronged the good guys, and don't let the bad guys go! You don't need to worry about other people's retaliation, I will naturally make the decision for you! But if you dare to say a nonsense......" Pang Wenlan stopped at this point, although he did not tell Ah Meng what kind of consequences the lie would make him face, but the hidden meaning behind it was self-evident.

"It is indeed the eldest young master who instructed me to murder Pang Jindong, and then frame the third young master of our family!" Ah Meng slowly raised his body, looked at Pang Wenlan squarely, and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead from his sleeve, which seemed to be mixed with some tears.

also faced with accusations, Pang Tianpet's appearance was much more stable than Pang Tianxiao. Although his expression was a little excited, his tone was not angry: "You are my third brother's subordinate, even if I want to murder my nephew, how can I let you do it?"

Ah Meng turned his head, looked at Pang Tianpet, and begged bitterly: "Big young master, you have also seen that Ah Meng is not afraid to be obedient, he did his best! But Pang Jin Dongfu has a great life and has not been injured at all! For the sake of Ah Meng's hard work without merit, you can let our family go!"

Hearing this, Pang Tianpet finally couldn't hold it back, and stood up "openly": pointed at Ah Meng's nose and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Pang Wenlan glanced at Pang Tianpet, and coldly ordered: "Sit down!" Immediately after, Pang Wenlan turned to ask Ah Meng: "Listen to what you mean, is it the eldest young master who kidnapped your family and coerced you to do these things?"

"General Gao Ming....... that's what happened...... Ah Meng said, two lines of tears rolled out of his eyes and rolled down his cheeks to the ground. "How dare Ah Meng do anything wrong, it's really a last resort! Now that things have developed to this point, Ah Meng has no choice but to tell the truth! I also hope that the general will make the decision for Ah Meng and ensure the lives of Ah Meng's family!"

Pang Wenlan asked again: "What is the purpose of the eldest young master?"

"The eldest young master didn't say it, I ...... I didn't dare to ask......" After a pause, Ah Meng added: "It's just that I happened to hear the eldest young master mention it, as if it was Pang Jindong who had some enemies abroad, and found the eldest young master to ask for help...... I also heard the eldest young master say that this matter kills two birds with one stone, and I can take the opportunity to get rid of the third young master......"

As soon as Ah Meng's voice fell, the room immediately fell into a deathly silence, everyone peeked at the others, but no one dared to say anything.

After a long time, Pang Tianpet sighed and broke this terrible silence: "Dad, this Ah Meng is lying! I haven't done these things at all!"

Pang Wenlan glanced at Pang Tianpet, gritted his teeth and asked, "Really?"

Pang Tianpet's body shook a little, looked at his father with dull eyes, and asked sneeringly, "Dad, you don't believe me?"

Facing the scene in front of him, Pang Jindong was a little confused.

Uncle Pang Tianpet is capable, and he is favored by his uncle, and his succession as commander-in-chief of the Kokang Republican Army is a sure thing.

And the third uncle Pang Tianxiao is idle, immoral and incompetent, and is very disliked by his uncle, just serving as an inconsequential errand.

This means that the future of the eldest uncle is bright, while the third uncle is bleak.

Between these two men, if one of them has a grudge against the other and tries to take the blame, the latter should also be against the former, and the former has no reason to embarrass the latter, because the latter poses basically no threat to the former.

But if the latter is ambitious, then the former is the biggest obstacle in his path.

However, the scene that Pang Jindong sees now is different from this common sense, when Ah Meng claimed that he was instructed by Pang Tianxiao to frame Pang Tianzhong, his uncle Pang Wenlan didn't believe it at all, and immediately exposed the lie.

But when Ah Meng said in turn that he was coerced by Pang Tianzhong and framed Pang Tianxiao, not only did his uncle stop saying anything, but others did not refute it in the slightest.

For example, it's like a class where a junior student accuses a good student of plagiarizing his or her homework, and the teacher believes it.

In addition, Pang Jindong can conclude that Ah Meng is a slippery guy who has told a lot of lies, as for which one is closer to reality between the two very different statements, or whether both are both lies, Pang Jindong can't make a judgment.

If it is said that Ah Meng was instructed by Pang Tianxiao, there is enough reason.

But if it is instructed by Pang Tianzhong, the reason seems to be more sufficient.

Pang Jindong can't say how many enemies he has now, whether overt or covert, Pang Tianzhong is in charge of the Kokang Republican Army and has extremely extensive relationships with all parties. It is not impossible for him to be bribed by others to get rid of himself.

After thinking about it, Pang Jindong only came to one conclusion, that is, he should not come to Changqing Mountain.