The Xia Patriarchal Council is located directly behind the patriarch's mansion, which is about three times the size of the patriarch's mansion in terms of area.

The entire Council of Elders consisted of a total of seven elders, and all the internal and external affairs of the Xia family were under the jurisdiction of the Council of Elders.

Under normal circumstances, the seven elders would deal with their own part of the family affairs in the presbyterian mansion on a daily basis, and most of the matters that these elders had the right to make decisions directly.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to regard the Council of Elders as the heart of the Xia family.

On the contrary, as the Xia family patriarch, Xia Ya did not have many issues that he needed to deal with personally, most of them were screened by the Council of Elders, and the elders themselves did not have the authority to make decisions.

If the head of the family is a personal leader, it is not a good thing for him or the whole family.

Therefore, for a long time, the successive heads of the Xia family in Qingyang City have always controlled the development of the entire family, and they have always only ruled vertically and grasped a general direction.

As for the specific implementation process, it is natural that others share it.

Judging from the composition of the entire Xia family's power structure, the patriarch has the highest authority and the power to act arbitrarily in some cases.

The Council of Elders is nominally under the premise of being led by the patriarch, and at the same time, it is also able to form a countermeasure to the patriarch to a certain extent.

Generally speaking, such a power structure can prevent the Xia family from becoming a hall of words and minimize the development risk of the entire family.

Of course, the advantages are often the coexistence of the disadvantages, and such a power structure minimizes the development risk of the Xia family, but also makes the Xia family lose the spirit of forging ahead.

has made the Xia family as dead as a pool of stagnant water over the years, although it has not experienced any major setbacks, it has also never seized any opportunity for rapid development.

There are always some people who can only focus on their own one-third of an acre of land, and the more they have, the more they are afraid of losing, and the more they hate all possible variables.

But a lot of times...... Standing still often means killing yourself!

Xia Fan was thinking about the question of the Elders' Church, and at the same time, accompanied by Ye Yi, he stepped into the courtyard gate of the Elders' Council.

The two didn't have much communication along the way, and Ye was still completely thinking about his own thoughts, which gave Xia Fan a lot of room to think.

In the twenty years that he was a killer, in addition to his crazy self-training, as long as he had a little free time, he couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces before the family was wiped out.

In addition to being filled with remorse every time, the biggest gain that this kind of memory brought to Xia Fan was that he could see almost all the pros and cons of the entire family clearly in those twenty years from an outsider's perspective!

It's just that before he was restarted, the clearer Xia Fan recalled, the more painful it became.

The more you see it thoroughly, the more you regret that it was too late to be sensible.

When you are ignorant, you always wantonly hurt, and when you really grow up, you want to make up for it, but you find that it is already irreparable.

But apparently, Xia Fan was far luckier than everyone else.

Because he has a chance to do it all over again!

At this time, many people had gathered in the courtyard of the Council of Elders, which was somewhat unexpected by Xia Fan.

As Xia Fan and Ye still walked into the courtyard, all the eyes of everyone in the courtyard were focused for a while.

The courtyard of the presbyterian church is naturally extremely spacious, but in order to keep the elders happy, the various rockeries and streams in the courtyard occupy most of the area, so the real empty area is not large.

At this time, dozens of people gathered in this courtyard, and the empty space in the courtyard was basically filled.

"How can there be so many people?"

Ye still looked at the people in the courtyard and asked with a frown.

Although she didn't know much of these people, most of them looked familiar, and each of them was a steward among the Xia family's servants.

"Since my eldest brother wants to take advantage of this incident to pour dirty water on me as much as possible, he has to make a big deal out of this matter and gather all the stewards of the family, which is clearly going to kill me."

Xia Fan leaned into Ye Yi's ear and said softly with a smile.

Such a close state made Ye still very unaccustomed, but except for subconsciously turning his head and slightly distancing himself from Xia Fan, Ye still didn't make any other reaction.

As soon as Xia Fan's words fell, several elderly people walked out of the presbyterian mansion one after another.

And after a few old men, it was Xia Junkai who supported Li Mingda and the two together, and Xia Ya followed behind Xia Junkai and Li Mingda, with a serious face.

The first few old men to come out were the seven elders of the Xia Patriarch's Elder Association, and the seven most powerful people in the entire Xia family except for the head of the family.

As these people came out of the house, the eyes of the dozens of stewards in the courtyard who were originally focused on Xia Fan and Ye Yi immediately shifted.

After seeing Xia Junkai's appearance of supporting Li Mingda without the slightest frame, there was a strange look in his eyes.

Obviously, Xia Junkai's move to buy people's hearts has a very good effect.

"Xia Fan! You know wrong! ”

The eldest of the seven elders had just walked out of the house, and after seeing Xia Fan, he immediately scolded in an extremely majestic voice.

Xia Fan was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at the elder who scolded him, and then bowed, and with the cushion of the salute, his face was already filled with an extremely unhappy expression in due time, and he snorted and said, "Great Elder, Xia Fan doesn't know what mistake he made!" ”

"Huh, you don't know? Before you came, Junkai had already told us the truth about the matter, and because of his special status, he was not suitable for disciplining you, so he could only submit this matter to the Council of Elders for adjudication! Without the permission of the Council of Elders, you have resorted to lynching of the family stewards on the basis of your own unwarranted speculations and assumptions! Who gave you such a right! Do you still have clan rules in your eyes! With such arbitrariness and lack of awe, it seems that over the years, the family has really made you lawless! The impact of this incident is too bad, and we will definitely punish you severely! ”

The Great Elder also snorted coldly, his eyes glaring at Xia Fan and saying angrily.

The dozens of stewards in the courtyard turned their heads to look at Xia Fan again, and discussed with each other in a whisper.

Before Xia Fan came to the courtyard, they actually almost knew what was going on, so at this time, while these people were whispering to each other, they looked at Xia Fan with a little unkind eyes.

Xia Fan has always had a negative impression on them, and they have the same status as Li Mingda, so in this matter, they will naturally have an emotional tilt towards Li Mingda.

Especially when they saw Xia Junkai helping Li Mingda out, Li Mingda's miserable appearance made them empathize with him.

Xia Ya, who was standing behind, listened to it with a tight heart, the Great Elder was a typical scolding Huai, but there was no change in expression on his face, and he still stood quietly.

If it was before yesterday, when it comes to Xia Fan, he wouldn't have such a strong determination.

"Great Elder, this is too serious, isn't it? Besides, if I really say that I am arbitrary and have no clan rules in my eyes, I seem to be ...... It's not as good as you. ”

In the face of the reprimand of the Great Elder, Xia Fan did not show a little weakness, but instead said a sentence in a weird way.

And as Xia Fan said this, the entire courtyard was as quiet as death in an instant!