Chapter Ninety-Eight: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice
Needless to say, the result of the public discussion is needless to say, Zhao Yu is mad in front of all the clansmen today, which makes people feel that he has lost his mind, and with Liu Ying's survival, the clansmen only think that he is faint. What's more, if Xiao Changfang leaves the clan, the whole clan can get benefits, and Xiao Changfang does not leave the clan, and they will not protect the clansmen, so everyone does not want to see Zhao Yu who is standing on the side of Xiao Changfang, and votes on the spot, so that Zhao Jing will officially inherit the position of the head of the clan and preside over the affairs of the clan. As for Zhao Yu, he didn't even have the position of a clan elder.
Zhao Yu was so angry that he scolded, and even rushed forward to grab the votes in the hands of the owners of each house, but fortunately he was pulled away, and he scolded uncleanly. Zhao Jing knelt down with a flushed face and begged him: "Father, please don't say any more, this is the ancestral hall, and the ancestors and ancestors are all watching from the hall." Zhao Yu scolded him instead: "Son! Since you know that your ancestors and ancestors are watching from the hall, how can you do such unfilial things?! Zhao Jing hung his head and wept silently.
The eighth old lady snorted coldly: "There are three unfilial people in Yuli, which is said to be a Yiqu, trapped in injustice, and unfilial." Zhao Jing attaches great importance to the overall situation, refuses to bend to you, and traps you in injustice, this is a person of great filial piety. You have such a good son, it is really your ancestors who burned high incense. Don't think that if you are Lao Tzu, you can do whatever you want. The clansmen handed over the patriarch to Zhao Jing, because they trusted him to do a good job, if he blindly fooled you and missed the clan's major affairs, this son still has to be replaced! If there is no one in your clan, it's a big deal to change someone to be the patriarch! β
Zhao Yu glared at him: "You dare?!" We are the Zongfang! Then he sneered and said, "Do you think that if you help this son take away my position as the patriarch, you can kick me aside?" Dream! I'm his son. Does he dare to listen to me? Believe it or not, I went to the government to sue him for a crime of disobedience and unfilial piety?! β
Zhang said with a cold face: "If you want to sue, the whole clan will testify for Zhao Jing, and then you will be charged with false accusation." Whatever happens, don't expect your people to save you! β
Zhao Xiu also interjected on the side: "Uncle Yu, you are really confused, you will have to rely on your children and grandchildren to support you in the future, and it will be good for you to do things absolutely well?" β
Zhao Yu was stunned, his expression hideous and tangled. He was really angry, and he couldn't wait to kill Zhao Jing, an unfilial son, on the spot! But Zhao Xiu's words also made sense, and he beat his son to death. Who will he rely on when he gets old in the future? Although he has a grandson, if he beats his son to death, will the grandson still be filial to him?
There are also people among the people who have befriended him, if it weren't for the fact that he is not accurate today. People don't want to vote to give him up as patriarch. But seeing that he couldn't get off the stage at this moment, he couldn't help but persuade him: "Why are you suffering?" Brother Jing was originally in charge of clan affairs, and you were the shopkeeper at home, and you have always been safe. Now it's just that the patriarch position has been given to Brother Jing in advance, what's the harm to you? You can still be your old lady, just enjoy yourself at home, and don't have to worry about it a little. Didn't you always say that the clan was burdensome. Looking forward to getting rid of it sooner? Now that my wish has come true, what are you going to toss? Could it be that it is really for a room? The little long house is self-inflicted. I have calculated you before, and you still have to stand on their side, what are you trying to do? β
Zhao Yu was full of bitterness and wanted to confide in the clansmen, but looking at the clansmen around him, he closed his mouth again, thought about it, and then said angrily: "What do you know? Am I speaking for Xiao Changfang for my own selfishness? Nowadays, our clan, except for the small long house, has no officials, if it is difficult for outsiders, who can be expected to go? How stupid is it to drive this only official out now?! He glanced at Zhang secretly: "Even if there is an old aunt, she is only a woman in the house, can she manage the affairs outside?" Besides, she is also old, and she still doesn't know how many years she can protect her people! β
Zhang was angry and amused when he heard it, and turned his head to ignore him. Zhao Wei was angry, so he said: "Uncle Yu, I don't know how the official in the small long room came about, but there are two more talents in the clan this year, maybe when will a few jinshi be produced, isn't that much more reliable than the official in the small long room?" Do you expect Zhao Jue to support the clan? In the past five years, he has not even come back to worship his ancestors, and he has not asked about the disasters suffered by his clan. The first time I sent my son back, I still thought that my grandmother and I were going to be poisoned and rushed back to take over the family business. Are you really sure that when the clansmen encounter difficulties, Xiao Changfang will take action? β
Zhao Xiu also said coldly: "Their family can even be ruthless with their own brothers, where can they be affectionate to the clansmen?" β
Zhao Ze raised his head suddenly: "I said it, I didn't kill my brother!" β
Zhao Xiu glared at him: "What's the hurry?" Is your heart weak? I'm talking about your grandfather killing my father, the emperor has made up his mind, do you have an opinion?! β
Zhao Ze choked and turned his head away hatefully. Of course, he didn't dare to have an opinion, and he wasn't stupid.
Seeing this, the clansman who persuaded Zhao Yu stared at Zhao Ze twice, covered his disapproval, and persuaded Zhao Yu again: "Hurry up and get rid of your anger and end this matter." You shouldn't have been involved. The little long room is self-inflicted, the little second room doesn't care about them anymore, they are in the capital, and Zhao Jue is also an official, can't you live a good life? You have to send someone to kill you. If it weren't for Xiao Erfang's vigilance, he really told them to calculate, and Xiao Changfang could really escape the past? The people have eyes, how can they be so easily deceived? At that time, Zhao Jue's official position will be gone, and the title will be no heir, and there will be one less county duchess in our clan, and there will really be no one to support the overall situation at that time. The little long room can't be carried by yourself, why do you bother to fold yourself in? Now that you've got a beauty, it's better to go home as soon as possible and have fun. β
Zhao Yu listened, although he didn't nod immediately, but his expression had turned a little bit, and Zhao Jing was secretly relieved when he saw this. Only Liu Ying felt that it was not good, and begged with tears: "Master, have you forgotten what you promised the eldest lady before?" Brother Ze is here, but I can only count on you alone! You can't leave him alone! β
"Presumptuous!" The eighth old lady straightened her face, "What are you?" Dare to enter our Zhao family's ancestral hall? Why don't you get out of here?! β
The faces of the clansmen were also full of disapproval, Liu Ying gritted her teeth, and wanted to beg Zhao Yu to open her mouth again, but the clansmen who persuaded Zhao Yu just now said: "You girl is so unconscious, don't you see that your master is in trouble?" Your master has returned to his hometown to take the exam. Homework is the most important thing, everything else is trivial. Is it out of the clan, what does it have to do with him being a half-grown child? Wronged again. There are also adults in his family. If you really care about the old relationship between the master and the servant, hurry up and find a place for him to settle down first. β
Liu Ying glared at him secretly, where did he think that Zhao Yu had been persuaded by this clan, although his face was still uncertain, he was no longer as crazy as Fang Cai. He scolded his son with a straight face: "Son! Didn't you hear what your uncle said? Your brother has just arrived home, and he doesn't even have a place to stay, why don't you hurry home and ask your daughter-in-law to clean up the yard?! β
Zhao Jing was stunned: "Father? "Could it be that my father wants to keep Zhao Ze at home? Is he really old and confused? Just now, the whole clan took Zhao Ze's family out of the clan. Father is going to leave Zhao Ze behind the will of the clansmen, what is the purpose? Zhao Ze may not even have the qualifications for the imperial examination, and Zhao Jue is just a low-level military attachΓ©. No matter how bad the Zhao family is, it won't bow to Zhao Jue, right?
Zhao Yu was annoyed again: "What? I am your son, and if you take away the position of patriarch, forget it, and now I will even leave a guest to live at home. Can't you do it?! β
Zhao Jing could only grit his teeth and respond. If Zhao Ze was just an outsider, he really couldn't say anything.
Seeing this, the eighth old lady sighed and shook his head. With Zhao Yu such a father here, even if Zhao Jing becomes the patriarch, life will not be easy, but it is a hundred times better than letting Zhao Yu continue to stay as the patriarch.
The time is not early, and the purpose of convening this clan conference has been achieved, Zhao Jing wants to rush home on his father's orders to arrange Zhao Ze's accommodation. Zhang discussed with the eighth old lady and announced the dissolution of the conference. And every house of the house went back to his house.
Zhao Xiu and his brother helped their grandmother back to their home, and before they were discharged from the hospital, they heard Zhao Ze suddenly say loudly: "I didn't kill my brother, no matter what you say, if you haven't done it, I have a clear conscience!" β
Zhao Xiu turned his head with a cold face and glanced at him disdainfully: "If you know that you have done it, and you still want to say such things, then you are an out-and-out hypocrite; If you have done it, but you have forgotten about it, thinking that you really haven't done it, and you think that everyone else is lying, then you are a coward, because you dare not face the facts! Whether you do it or not is not something you can decide with a word, people are doing it, the sky is watching, there is no impermeable wall in the world! After that, he ignored him and helped Zhang to leave.
Zhao Ze's face was depressed, he clearly remembered that he had not killed his younger brother, but he couldn't remember what happened in the two days after his brother's death. His mother said he was sick at the time, very sick, so he couldn't remember what had happened. But his grandmother told him that he was sick after his brother's death, and no one knew where he was when his brother died, because many of the people who were waiting around him died, and his mother ordered him to be beaten to death, because he had not taken good care of him, so that he became ill. But he had a headache and brain fever later, and his mother never killed any more girls......
The insider at the time, his mother was still in prison, and he firmly denied that he had killed his brother, and Hongyan, Qingyan, and the nurse were all dead. Aunt Qian said that it was his mother and his grandfather's family who were killing people. Otherwise, why would a loyal maid like Hongya die?
He's starting to waver, could it be that he's really done something bad?
Liu Ying whispered to him: "Brother Ze? Zegoer? β
Zhao Ze looked at her listlessly, she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother, don't panic, you still have us by your side." Although we can only live in the Zongfang now, one day we will take back the family business in the second room! This should have been Uncle Jue and his brother's thing, and sooner or later Uncle Jue would teach their little second room a lesson! As long as my brother studies with peace of mind, when my brother wins the exam in the future, and enters the cabinet to worship the prime minister, even if the little second room has a fate, I have to kneel in front of you and beg for mercy! β
Zhao Ze frowned, he always felt that Liu Ying's words were a little wrong, but she was a powerful person beside her grandmother, and now she was the concubine of her uncle Zhao Yu, and he couldn't treat her as his own girl anymore, so he could only shut up and not speak.
Zhao Yu enthusiastically dragged him back to his house to live, and asked him to leave it alone what others said: "With me, others don't dare to snub you!" β
Zhao Ze smiled bitterly, if this uncle and grandfather were really so capable, their little long house would not be expelled from the clan, and he would not be kicked out of the second-room old house. Can he really count on this elder?
Zhao Xiu's ancestors and his entourage returned home, sat down in the front hall and drank tea, all breathing a sigh of relief. Zhao Wei smiled and said: "When I thought that Xiao Changfang had been driven out of the clan by us, I was relieved, and I was no longer afraid of his family's calculations in the future." β
Zhang said: "Don't take it lightly, his family is not so easy to deal with, your uncle Zongfang Yu is also on his side, God knows what will happen." Then he said to his granddaughter, "I know you don't want to see your Uncle Yu, but he has a sentence that makes sense." You are too powerful in front of people, and what people outside want to talk about doesn't affect your reputation. β
Zhao Xiu said nonchalantly: "I'm not afraid, if outsiders know that I am powerful, they will not provoke our family lightly." I'd rather have a great reputation than be a cowardly and virtuous lady to be bullied. β
Zhang smiled helplessly, there was nothing he could do with her.
At this time, a mother-in-law said outside the door: "Old lady, young master, girl, the little one has something to report." β
Zhao Xiu hurriedly said, "Come in, what's the matter?" β
The mother-in-law walked into the house cautiously and lowered her hand to report: "Back to the old lady, young master, girl, I went to the ancestral hall with the girl, and was stopped by Liu Ying in the old man's room on the way. This man is Chen Laosan, who was originally from our house, but he didn't want to go to Xiaochangfang five years ago, and now he dares to come back! β
"Chen Laosan?" Zhang's brows furrowed, "You mean...... Chuncao's brother, Pearl sister-in-law's man, Chen Laosan? (To be continued......)