Text Chapter 50 Succession Ceremony
Although the Zheng family is not a big family in Lingcheng, its comprehensive strength is actually slightly better than that of the Xue family where Xue Yu is located. It's just that because the Zheng family is not a business family, it does not have its own chamber of commerce.
If Ye Ye can become a close ally through Zheng Xu and the Zheng family, even if he can't compete with Lingyun Tower in a short time, it will be beneficial to the development of the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce in Lingcheng in the long run. The only question is whether Zheng Xu has the potential and value to be invested by Ye Ye.
"If the president can help me return to the Zheng family to fulfill my mother's last wish, I, Zheng Xu, will never forget the great grace of the president!"
After Zheng Xu heard Ye Ye's question, he immediately knelt down in front of Ye Ye and replied respectfully. His tone was sincere, and his eyes were full of determination.
However, Ye Ye just nodded lightly, his expression noncommittal. Immediately, he stopped beating around the bush and said directly to Zheng Xu: "If I can help you awaken the martial spirit, how sure are you that you will defeat your opponent and become the heir of the Zheng family?"
Zheng Xu looked ecstatic, looked up at Ye Ye and said categorically: "As long as I can awaken the martial soul, I will definitely openly defeat Liu Qifen's son Zheng Tiancai at the Zheng family's succession ceremony and win the position of the head of the Zheng family!"
Zheng Xu has never relaxed his attention to the Zheng family since he was expelled from the Zheng family, and not long ago he had learned that Zheng Huan, the head of the Zheng family, was dying soon, so the Zheng family was about to announce Zheng Tiancai as the new head of the family at the succession ceremony. If there are children of the Zheng family who disagree with Zheng Tiancai, they can openly challenge him at the ceremony, and if they win, they can replace him as the head of the family.
This is also the main reason why Liu Qifen was in such a hurry to let him disappear after learning of Zheng Xu's whereabouts. Although Zheng Xu did not awaken his martial soul and did not have the strength to challenge Zheng Tiancai at all, Liu Qifen still hired a killer to prepare to strangle the threat in the cradle just in case.
However, what Liu Qifen didn't know was that after being expelled from the Zheng family, although Zheng Xu had not awakened the martial spirit, he had refined his martial arts through his own efforts.
Wind Shadow Invisible combines body technique and attack, and is the only martial art that can be practiced in the martial arts stage, but its cultivation is extremely difficult, coupled with the fact that there is almost no willingness to waste time in the martial arts stage, so this martial art is chicken ribs for most people.
Although Zheng Xu was in trouble, he always believed that he could awaken the martial soul one day. In order to have the strength to compete with Zheng Tiancai after becoming a martial artist, he cultivated the Wind Shadow Invisible early. Because the use of this martial art in the martial arts stage has a great load on the body, and Zheng Xu does not want to reveal the secret of refining this martial art, he has never shown it in front of others.
But Zheng Xu didn't have the slightest reservation in order to convince Ye Ye of his potential, and after standing up, he solemnly demonstrated the invisible power of the wind shadow in front of Ye Ye.
"Okay! I admit that I underestimated you a little before! Now you don't have to worship me as a teacher, I have also decided to help you! I just hope that after you take charge of the Zheng family, you will not forget what you said today!"
After Ye Ye saw Zheng Xu's martial arts, his face showed surprise for the first time. He had also heard of the martial art of Wind Shadow Invisible a long time ago, but it was the first time he had seen someone successfully cultivate it, and he couldn't help but glance at Zheng Xu in his heart.
After instructing Zheng Xu to go down and rest, Ye Ye directly asked Xiaoyu to make an exception and take out 100,000 golden tickets from the treasury of the Chamber of Commerce to recharge him into the system, and spent 998 universal coins to exchange for a Soul Awakening Pill. Zheng Xu immediately awakened the martial soul after taking the Awakening Pill given to him by Ye Ye, and returned to the Zheng family with Ye Ye a few days later, intending to take back everything he had.
This day is the Zheng family's succession ceremony, and all the forces that are friendly with the Zheng family have sent representatives to attend the ceremony. Ye Ye and Zheng Xu were stopped at the door of Zheng's house, and the Zheng family who was guarding the door just looked at the two of them and wanted to drive them away, as if they didn't recognize Zheng Xu as the son of the Zheng family.
"Let's go, let's go! Our Zheng family only accepts distinguished guests with invitations, not everyone can enter!"
Although the Zheng family's subordinates covered it up well, Ye Ye still saw the clue from the panic that flashed on his face. This person obviously recognized Zheng Xu but still didn't let him go home, obviously loyal to Liu Qifen's doglegs.
Syllable!
Since the other party deliberately pretended to be garlic, Ye Ye didn't mind letting him sober up. As soon as the Zheng family's subordinates finished speaking, Ye Ye slapped him away.
"Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is Zheng Xu, the son of the head of the Zheng family! Even the eldest lady Liu Qifen is not qualified to stop him from participating in the succession ceremony, what are you?"
Ye Ye's voice was very loud, not only alarming the other Zheng family's descendants, but even the guests who came to participate in the ceremony heard it.
In order not to cause a riot, these subordinates had no choice but to take Ye Ye and Zheng Xu to the Zheng family's ancestral hall, where all the work of the ceremony was ready.
In addition to the Zheng family and guests sitting in two rows, even Zheng Huan, the head of the Zheng family, who was paralyzed and unable to speak, also appeared in a wheelchair. When Zheng Xu saw Zheng Huan, who was in a wheelchair, his eyes were suddenly moist, and he almost couldn't help but kill Liu Qifen immediately to take revenge.
"Calm down! If you are swayed by emotions at this time, all the years of hard work will be in vain. ”
Ye Ye held down Zheng Xu in time, and his eyes fell on a middle-aged woman with a gloomy expression next to Zheng Huan.
This person is naturally Liu Qifen, the acting head of the Zheng family, because she controls the power of the Zheng family by her own means, so even if the Zheng family is clear about what she has done, she can't shake Liu Qifen's status at all.
"Zheng Xu, you have been expelled from the house, and you still have the face to appear in the Zheng family's ancestral hall at this time?"
In the center of the ancestral hall, a young man saw Zheng Xu appear, and a cold color suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he reprimanded Zheng Xu unceremoniously.
It's just that when his gaze swept to Ye Ye next to Zheng Xu, his face instinctively showed a trace of fear, and his previous disdain for Zheng Xu was also put away.
"Zheng Tiancai, we meet again!"
Ye Ye showed a relaxed smile when he saw Zheng Tiancai, like an old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time, and people who didn't know might still think how good the relationship between them was. But Zheng Tiancai still remembered Ye Ye's performance in the Dongyun Chamber of Commerce last time, and when he saw the ridicule on his face at this time, he was even more jealous of Ye Ye while resenting him.
Before coming to the Zheng family, Ye Ye had already informed Zheng Xu of the conflict between him and Zheng Tiancai in the Dongyun Chamber of Commerce, so Zheng Xu was not surprised. When he heard Zheng Tiancai reprimanding himself, he countered without the slightest concession: "I, Zheng Xu, have never done anything to be sorry for the Zheng family, why did you expel me from the Zheng family? Today is the Zheng family's succession ceremony, all the children of the Zheng family must participate, and of course I will not be absent!"
When Liu Qifen expelled Zheng Xu's mother and son, he had already controlled the power of the entire Zheng family, and he didn't bother to find another legitimate reason to directly let people drive them out of the Zheng family. So Zheng Xu's ancestral home is still in the Zheng family, strictly speaking, he has always been a child of the Zheng family, but he has disappeared for a while.
Liu Qifen knew this, so even if he was secretly annoyed in his heart, there was no reason to prevent Zheng Xu from participating in the succession ceremony at this time. However, before sending the killer to the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, Liu Qifen had already confirmed that Zheng Xu had not awakened the martial spirit, so he still didn't take him to heart now, and continued to sit in his seat steadily.
She stopped Zheng Tiancai from continuing to quarrel with Zheng Xu in public, and after giving a look to the elders of the Zheng family who presided over the ceremony, the succession ceremony was officially launched.
Zheng Huan, who was sitting in a wheelchair, looked sluggish, almost no different from a vegetative person except that his eyes could move. Originally, he should be one of the protagonists today, but under the guidance of Liu Qifen, both the Zheng family and the guests almost ignored him.
Only Zheng Xu occasionally looked at Zheng Huan when the ceremony was underway, and his eyes flashed with extremely painful expressions. Zheng Huan also seemed to feel Zheng Xu's gaze, and a tear dripped silently from the corner of his eye, but he couldn't do anything at all.
If there is no accident, after Zheng Tiancai succeeds to the head of the family, Zheng Huan will soon have news of his death. Because he no longer has any use value, Liu Qifen naturally will not let him become a stumbling block for Zheng Tiancai to control the Zheng family. But now that Zheng Xu has returned to the Zheng family, if he can successfully regain the power of the Zheng family from Liu Qifen's mother and son, it is not that there is no hope of saving Zheng Huan.
Zheng Tiancai, as the son of the head of the family, Zheng Huan, is currently the only child of the Zheng family who has awakened the martial spirit, and it is natural for him to inherit the position of the head of the family. I, Liu Qifen, now represent the head of the family, Zheng Huan, and officially pass on the position of the head of the Zheng family to Zheng Tiancai!"
Towards the end of the succession ceremony, Liu Qifen replaced the elders of the Zheng family and walked to the center of the ancestral hall, suddenly skipped the challenge, and directly announced that Zheng Tiancai became the new head of the Zheng family, which immediately caused an uproar.
Zheng Xu immediately walked to the center of the hall and said coldly to Liu Qifen: "Wait! Before the heir of the head of the family takes over the position of the head of the family, he must accept the challenge of his peers, this is the rule of our Zheng family for hundreds of years! Are you in such a hurry to announce that he will succeed the head of the family, do you have no confidence in Zheng Tiancai?"
Zheng Xu's questioning also represented the doubts in the hearts of some Zheng family members, and they all stared at Liu Qifen, not wanting her to break the ancestral rules of the Zheng family at will. As for the other guests in the ancestral hall, most of them looked like they were watching a good show, and they were unwilling to interfere in the internal affairs of the Zheng family.
Liu Qifen saw that Zheng Xu really didn't just come to participate in the ceremony, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "I have already said just now, my son Zheng Tiancai is the only child of the Zheng family who has awakened the martial soul. The other children of the same generation are all martial artists, and if you let them challenge my son, what is it not to send them to death?"
Zheng Xu continued without showing weakness: "The rules of the ancestors cannot be abolished! Even if they don't measure their own moths to fight the fire, it is their own choice! You don't even want to give this opportunity, obviously you don't take other Zheng family members seriously!"