Chapter 160: Division
"Here they are!"
When the subordinates guarding the door entered the compound to report, Yang Tongling and the others immediately looked full, and almost all came to the gate of the compound and bowed respectfully to Ye Ye and Yang Sihai, who had just arrived.
"Welcome back to the head of the family and meet President Ye Ye!"
These people have neat voices and respectful demeanors, and they are all staunch supporters of Yang Sihai.
Seeing them so attentive, Yang Sihai also felt a little relieved. However, when Yang Sihai found that Yang Xiangyun and the others were not among them, a trace of vague anger flashed in his eyes.
"Get up, let's go in!"
Ye Ye nodded at Yang Tongling and the others, and took the lead in crossing them and walking towards the Yang family's compound.
Yang Xiangyun, who was sitting in the middle of the compound just now, saw Ye Ye come in with Yang Sihai and others, and finally couldn't help but feel a little weak, and hurriedly got up and said hello to Yang Sihai: "Family master, don't come unharmed!"
"Yang Xiangyun, as a member of the Yang family, if you don't come to greet me, it doesn't matter, in the face of the lord of our Yang family, he is so rude, what should he be guilty of?"
Yang Sihai stepped out from behind Ye Ye and scolded Yang Xiangyun very angrily, with a helpless look of hatred in his eyes.
But Yang Xiangyun obviously wouldn't change because of Yang Sihai's words, he just glanced at Ye Ye coldly, then turned his head and said in a flat tone: "Our Yang family has never had a lord, the head of the family is laughing!"
"You!"
Yang Sihai was furious, pointing at Yang Xiangyun and about to lose his temper.
At the critical moment, Ye Ye suddenly grabbed him, stepped forward and took the initiative to say to Yang Xiangyun: "You are Yang Xiangyun, one of the elders of the Yang family, then you should know the family rules of the Yang family very well! Even if the clan elders are qualified to make suggestions to the head of the family, the decisions made by the head of the family must be obeyed by anyone! Am I right? Now that the Yang family has surrendered to my Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, if you still want to stay in the Yang family, you must obey my orders!"
As soon as Ye Ye said this, Yang Xiangyun and the clan elders standing behind him all changed slightly, they didn't expect him to be so tough from the beginning. But Yang Xiangyun was also a strong man in the Martial Sect realm after all, although he knew that he was not Ye Ye's opponent, but he would not immediately retreat because of Ye Ye's threat.
"I only remember that the Yang family's decision at that time was to let the head of the family go to the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce for help, not to let him submit to the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Yang family, so the decision of the head of the family did not seek the opinion of the elders of the Yang family, and I never approved of the Yang family's surrender to any force. If President Ye is willing to help our Yang family get out of trouble, we should pay a considerable amount of compensation, but if you come to Xiangcheng to subdue the Yang family, I, Yang Xiangyun, will never welcome it!"
Yang Xiangyun glanced at Yang Sihai and talked about the original intention of the Yang family to send Yang Sihai to Lingcheng for help. He said that he was only willing to accept Ye Ye's paid assistance, and was never willing to follow Yang Sihai to surrender to the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, and his attitude was unusually firm.
Although the clan elders standing behind Yang Xiangyun did not speak, they also did not change their attitudes because of Ye Ye's persecution, as if they were full of confidence in their choice.
Yang Sihai, Yang Tongling and the others couldn't help but feel a little strange, because although Yang Xiangyun usually opposes them everywhere, he has never been confused in major matters related to the fate of the family, and this time he is a little abnormal for some reason.
Including the clan elders behind Yang Xiangyun, everyone who can become the elder of the Yang family is not a stupid person, Yang Sihai couldn't figure out why they were entangled in this matter, and reacted violently as if they had been stepped on by the tail.
However, the Ye Ye of the four major families in Xiangcheng had already been probed through the spies of the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, but as if they had seen through Yang Xiangyun and the others, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Yang Sihai and the others may not know, but the investigation ability of the spies of the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce is several levels higher than that of the Yang family, and they have found out the Yang family's movements clearly before Ye Ye left Lingcheng, but Ye Ye did not tell Yang Sihai.
The reason why Yang Xiangyun and others resisted him so much to accept the Yang family was that in addition to their own unwillingness to surrender, the promises of the Song family and the Wang family were also the driving force for Yang Xiangyun to insist.
In fact, when the news of Yang Sihai's submission to the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Yang family first came to Xiangcheng, the pattern of Xiangcheng had quietly undergone great changes. The Chen family, the sworn enemy of the Yang family, fully contracted their defenses and planned to carry through the difficult times alone. After receiving the news, the Song family and the Wang family had quietly conspired several times, and finally reached an agreement on a merger not long ago.
The two families not only decided to concentrate their efforts on dealing with the threat from the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, but also secretly bribed Yang Xiangyun, who opposed submission, as an internal response, encouraging him to split the Yang family, and promising to help Yang Xiangyun completely control the entire Yang family after the two families unified Xiangcheng.
And Yang Xiangyun was originally opposed to the matter of taking refuge in the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, and when he found that it was impossible for him to change the decision of Yang Sihai and Yang Tongling and others, and the Yang family could no longer rely on his own strength to dominate Xiangcheng, he decided to completely take refuge in the Song Wang family and fight Yang Sihai and others to the end.
He thought that his secrecy work was done seamlessly, but in fact, the spies of the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce had already informed Ye Ye of this matter, so Ye Ye's attitude towards Yang Xiangyun and the others was not surprised, but his eyes became more and more cold.
"It seems that you don't understand the meaning of what I just said! Now it's not a question of whether you welcome me or not, but it's an indisputable fact that the Yang family has become a subsidiary force of my Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, since you are unwilling to surrender, I can let you go in large quantities! Immediately pack up your things and get out of the Yang family, now the Yang family has no place for you!"
Ye Ye did not break the fact that Yang Xiangyun and the others were secretly bought by the Song and Wang families, but strongly stated that they would be expelled directly from the Yang family.
As soon as these words came out, not only Yang Xiangyun and the others looked ugly, but even Yang Sihai and Yang Tongling and others were dumbfounded.
"President, no! Yang Xiangyun is one of the only three martial arts powerhouses in our Yang family, if we lose him, our Yang family's strength will be greatly damaged!
After Yang Sihai heard Ye Ye's words, he hurriedly pleaded solemnly with Ye Ye, his eyes were full of anxiety.
Yang Tongling walked up to Yang Xiangyun in person, and said in an urging tone: "What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you ask for the president's forgiveness right away? Or do you want to leave the Yang family for a long time, so it doesn't matter if you are expelled from the house?"
Yang Xiangyun and the others struggled, and they didn't know what to do for a while. They didn't expect Ye Ye to be so tough, and they planned to expel them from the house on the first day they came to the Yang family.
Although it is not that they will not be able to survive without leaving the Yang family, the task given to them by the two Song kings is to split the Yang family, and if they are all expelled from the house, how can they complete the tasks assigned to them by the other party? In the future, even if the Song and Wang families successfully unify Xiangcheng, Yang Xiangyun and the others will be embarrassed to ask the other party to fulfill their promise.
But now, if they immediately surrender to Ye Ye, their prestige in the Yang family will definitely plummet in the future, and it is estimated that no one will listen to what they say. Without the influence of the past, it must be much more difficult for Yang Xiangyun to split the Yang family, and it is also difficult to complete the tasks assigned to them by the Song and Wang families.
Just when Yang Xiangyun and the others were in a dilemma, Ye Ye finally spoke again.
"For the sake of the Yang family master's intercession for you, I will give you another chance! As long as you can take my move, I will forgive you for your rudeness just now, and I will also retain your identity as the elder of the Yang family, and I will not even ask you to obey any of my orders in the future! But if you can't accept it, you are not allowed to have any objections to my opinion in the future, otherwise you will be directly executed!"
After Ye Ye finished speaking, he looked straight at Yang Xiangyun, waiting for his reply.
The other members of the Yang family also focused their eyes on Yang Xiangyun's body, and there was a faint hint of expectation in their eyes. Especially the young disciples of the Yang family, they were all full of curiosity about this legendary number one powerhouse in the southwest, and wanted to understand Ye Ye's true strength a little bit through this move.
"Hmph, you have already cultivated to the peak realm of the Martial Sect, and your cultivation is much higher than mine, how can I win compared to you?"
After Yang Xiangyun groaned for a while, he finally raised his head and said to Ye Ye. Although he looked like he was refusing, Ye Ye could hear a hint of leeway from his tone.
"It seems that you still don't think it's fair enough! In that case, then I'll take a step back and suppress my cultivation to the same level as you! If you're still not satisfied, then immediately take your people and get out of the Yang family!"
After Ye Ye understood the subtext of Yang Xiangyun's words, a sneer couldn't help but flash in his eyes, and he proposed to Yang Xiangyun again.
"Okay! I agree to take you!"
As soon as his words fell, Yang Xiangyun couldn't wait to answer him, for fear that Ye Ye would suddenly regret it.
The other members of the Yang family saw Yang Xiangyun so brazen, and their eyes showed disdain. Even if he is the patriarch of the Yang family, he can't stop the young children of the Yang family from pursuing fairness and justice.
However, since Ye Ye took the initiative to propose, Yang Sihai and the others did not stop it, and immediately retreated and gave up a piece of empty land in the middle to Ye Ye and Yang Xiangyun.
Yang Xiangyun looked at Ye Ye opposite, and a trace of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes. He believed that Ye Ye, as the president of the Jade Leaf Chamber of Commerce, would not dare to be untrustworthy in front of the public, so he would definitely suppress his cultivation before attacking him. But Yang Xiangyun didn't believe that in the same realm, he couldn't even accept Ye Ye's move. Even if the other party had the reputation of being the strongest in the southwest, Yang Xiangyun was full of confidence in himself, and even faintly planned to kill Ye Ye directly while he was unprepared.
But after glancing at Yang Sihai, Yang Tongling and others not far away, Yang Xiangyun finally dispelled the idea of assassinating Ye Ye, and was engrossed in preparing to take Ye Ye's attack. I saw him leaning forward with a horizontal step, his eyes staring closely at Ye Ye's every move, like a rock entering a state of full defense.
"Look!"
Ye Ye was disdainful of Yang Xiangyun's self-confidence, and when Yang Xiangyun had just made a defensive posture, he instantly rushed towards Yang Xiangyun.