Zhang Xin slowly opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling above his head, only to see that the ceiling was constantly turning. He sat up abruptly from the couch and rubbed his eyes. I felt my head splitting, and then I looked around, and there was no one. His heart was full of strangeness: "What about Brother Nan?" Then he got up from the couch and looked out the window, it was sunny outside, it was a nice good day.

He turned his head to look at the coffee table, where the wine jar and wine glass from last night were gone, and he saw an ashtray in the middle of the coffee table with a note pressed underneath. He picked up the note from under the ashtray, looked at the words on it, his face was a little puzzled, and his eyes were full of uneasiness: "Seeing them going out in such a hurry, could it be that something happened to the Su family?" ”

Then Zhang Xin dialed the number on the note, and more than ten seconds later, a deep voice came from the mobile phone: "Hey! Hello! ”

Although his voice was low, Zhang Zhen still heard that it was Sunan's voice, his heart tightened, and then he said in his heart: "It seems that something really happened in the Su family!" Then Zhang Zhen said into the phone: "Brother Nan, I am Zhang Zhen, I got up and found that I was alone at home, what happened?" ”

In addition to worry, Sunan also had fear and grief in his heart, thinking about Su Jin's death, his eyes were a little moist, and he said in his heart: "Is the Su family in a catastrophe this time?" ”

Then Sunan turned into the phone, and his voice was still so low: "Brother heart, you're awake!" I'm sorry to leave you alone at home! Don't be surprised by poor hospitality! ”

Zhang Zhen still looked worried: "Where is Brother Nan, what happened?" ”

Sunan thought for a while, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "The patriarch is dead, Su Jin is also dead, and the patriarch is exactly the same as Su Jin back then." I don't know how Su Jin is over there, but I haven't gone over to see it yet. Hearing Su Ming say that the blood word appeared again last night, it seems that someone has gone to the imperial tomb again, and this time it is very different from the past, if you can't leave the Su family's compound, you have to die! ”

Zhang sank in his heart, his eyes were full of worry, and then said: "If it is convenient for your family, you will come to pick me up in a while, and I will also go to the Su family compound to see the situation." ”

Sunan said with some comfort in his heart: "This is very good, you wait at home, and I will pick you up in a while." ”

After Sunan finished speaking, he hung up the phone, feeling a little relieved. Then he turned to look at Su Ming who was sitting on the chair, Su Ming's eyes were empty, Sunan looked at him like this, he felt extremely uncomfortable, and said silently in his heart: "Alas! The death of the second uncle hit him quite hard! Then he walked over, patted Su Ming's shoulder and said, "Amin! Don't think too much about it! I'm going to pick up my brother now and see if I can help. ”

Su Ming looked up at Sunan, and said with a strange look in his eyes: "Brother Nan, is my brother in Hangzhou?" ”

Sunan nodded and said, "Hmm! I came yesterday, saying that I had made an appointment for more than 20 years, and I would return to Nanjing in a few days. ”

Su Ming sighed and said expressionlessly: "That's fine, one more person has more strength." Brother Nan hurry up, don't let Brother Cheng wait for a long time, now he has not accompanied Brother Zhen, but he is going to trouble him. ”

Sunan walked out of the door and looked at Gongsun Ying'er standing in the courtyard, with a lot of heart, he went to Gongsun Ying'er's side and stretched out his right hand to pull her left hand. Gongsun Ying'er turned around and looked at him, he smiled slightly bitterly: "Ying'er, I'll go and pick up my brother, I told him about the matter, and he said that he came over to see if he could help." ”

Gongsun Ying'er opened her mouth and said lightly: "Brother Nan, isn't it okay to let outsiders participate in family affairs?" ”

Sunan looked surprised, and said with some anger on his face: "Outsiders? Brother Zhen is not an outsider to me! ”

Gongsun Ying'er didn't expect Sunan to be a little angry, and then said softly: "Okay! With an incomprehensible expression, Sunan let go of her hand and walked straight to the door.

Time is slowly passing, the Su family is rushing to the compound one after another, less than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the people from other veins have arrived one after another, except for Su Jin's family, Sunan and Su Ce.

Everyone sat in the compound as they did back then, but this time there was no patriarch on the platform at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Suddenly, an old man who was over seventy years old stood up, and said to Su Ming with eager eyes: "Su Ming, why hasn't Sunan come back yet?" ”

Su Ming looked at the old man, his face was still sad, and he said, "Third uncle, Sunan went to pick up people, he should be there in a while!" "This old man is Su Jianxing's third brother Su Jianqi.

Su Jianqi's face changed from eagerness to anger, and then he said, "Who is picking up?" Suce? ”

Su Ming looked at his expression and said in his heart: "I can't tell him to pick up my brother, and it's also the Nanjing Zhang family, otherwise they will definitely not be able to sit still, and they can't make extraneous branches at this time!" Then he opened his mouth and said to Su Jianqi: "Third uncle, I don't know who he picked up, I guess it was Su Ce, he only told me to pick up someone and come back." ”

Su Jianqi's face softened, then he sat down slowly, turned his head to look at the two people on the right and the one on the left, the two on the right were over sixty years old, and they were both gray. The man on the left was nearly seventy years old, full of white hair, his face was full of wrinkles, he was a few years older than the two on the left, his eyes were deep, as if he was thinking about something, and suddenly saw Su Jianqi looking at him, so he said: "Third brother, now that the second brother has passed away, we must first elect the patriarch so that we can preside over the overall situation." ”

Su Jianqi nodded, and it could be seen from his eyes that he agreed with his suggestion very much, and then said, "Okay!" It's better to think about it thoughtfully, first ask Su Ming to see if the second brother has any last words. ”

When the Su family arrived at Su Jianlin's generation, there were six brothers in the family, the eldest Su Jianlin, the second Su Jianxing, the third Su Jianqi, the fourth Su Jianjing, the fifth Su Jianguo, and the sixth Su Jianjun. Now the eldest died of illness the year before last, and the second died unexpectedly. The four of them are the most qualified in the Su family, the four of them, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Su Jianqi stood up.

He looked at Su Ming, and then asked, "Did the second brother have any last words before he died?" Is there a designated patriarch heir? ”

Su Ming had an expression that he had already known that they were going to ask such a question, took out a suicide note from his pocket and slowly walked to Su Jianqi, handed the suicide note to him, didn't say a word, and then returned to his place and sat down. Su Jianqi took the suicide note, the suicide note is the Su family's special white deer paper, Yingze is bright and clean, the black characters on the white background do not look dazzling, and the craftsmanship is passed down from generation to generation by the Su family.

He slowly opened the suicide note, read it carefully, and passed it on to the three of them to read it one after another. After all four of them read the suicide note, they didn't speak. Su Jianjun couldn't hold back and said to the three of them: "Wait for Sunan to come back, just follow the second brother's wishes." The three nodded one after another.

Everyone waited in the courtyard for nearly an hour, and Sunan walked into the gate of the Sujian compound, followed by Zhang Xin. Many people in the courtyard looked at Zhang Zhen behind Sunan with strange faces, and kept muttering, "Who is this?" The Su family doesn't have such a number one, right? ”

When Su Jianqi saw Sunan coming back, he stood up and said loudly: "Everyone is quiet, now that the patriarch has passed away, the clan cannot be without a patriarch for a day, we will choose a new patriarch to preside over the overall situation in accordance with the patriarch's last wishes." ”

Then he opened the suicide note and showed it to everyone, and then said: "This is written by the patriarch himself, and the paper is also the unique white deer paper of our Su family, there will be no fake." ”

He read it word for word according to the suicide note: "I've been restless lately, and I always feel that my time is running out, and it's time to appoint a new patriarch." After so many years of observation, the person who is suitable for the position of patriarch is none other than Sunan, if I really have three strengths and two weaknesses, please immediately let Sunan be the patriarch of the Su family, and preside over all the big and small things in the clan......"

Hearing the word Sunan, the people in the audience didn't have much objection. Sunan's face was calm, and there was no surprise in his eyes. While thinking about walking on the stage, he said in his heart: "Now that it's such a mess, how can I clean it up, Su Jin's kid has encountered an accident again, so it's even more difficult!" Will the Su family disappear from my hands? Who was that guy on the phone in the morning? The enemy is in the dark, and I don't know if anyone will continue to die next, but I have no way to do it, I can't find out, I can only wait. "He didn't have any faith at all.

He walked to the stage, looked at the relatives in the audience, his eyes were complicated, and his heart was intertwined with worry and helplessness, and then he said: "Now I stand on this high platform in accordance with the old patriarch's wishes. It's my duty, and so are you. Now that our Su family is in a situation of life and death, each of us must work together to hope that the Su family can survive this difficulty. ”

Su Jianguo looked at Sunan on the stage, and said with some worry in his eyes: "Sunan, then what are you going to do next?" ”

Sunan looked at him, his eyes were full of helplessness, and then said: "Everyone will live in the compound, don't separate, originally thought that everyone would gather again tomorrow." I didn't expect everyone to basically come today, except for my son Su Ce and Ah Jin's family, they all came. I am very touched that in times of crisis, our Su family is still very united. ”

At this time, someone in the audience asked, "Then where did Su Ce go?" ”

Sunan's heart sank, and his eyes were full of worry and said: "I don't know, his phone can't get through, he said before that he went to Xi'an to play with friends, and he hasn't returned yet, and it's been half a month." ”

Another voice in the audience said: "Xi'an? Could it be that Su Ce entered the imperial tomb that caused the death of the patriarch? If that's the case, you, Sunan, aren't worthy of being the patriarch! ”

Sunan sighed and said categorically: "If it is really Ce'er's trouble, it is because I have no way to teach, and I will not be the head of the Su family." ”

A voice from the audience said, "Then who is this person you brought?" He's not from the Su family, is he? And at this critical moment, he shouldn't be here. As soon as the words fell, everyone on the stage looked at Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin looked at everyone, and he was not panicked, and suddenly said:

"I really don't belong to the Su family, my surname is Zhang, my name is Zhang Zhen, and the Zhang family in Nanjing ......"

Before he finished speaking, several voices said at the same time: "Nanjing Zhang family!" Sunan, you are so bold, your son went to the imperial mausoleum, and you brought the enemy home, what do you mean? ”

Sunan was just about to speak, but he heard Zhang Zhen say: "Your Su family's great enemy is still entangled in the hatred with the Zhang family, it's ridiculous!" Even if you kill me now or go to Nanjing, what can you do? Can you recover from the current situation? Do you know why Su Jin's family didn't come? For he is dead, and perhaps the same as your deceased patriarch. Maybe someone from your Su family will die tonight! You should solve this problem first, and then come to me to seek revenge, I Zhang Zhen is waiting for you in Hangzhou, and then you can fight alone! ”

Another voice said, "Humph! You dare to curse the Su family, I will kill you! As soon as the words fell, a person flew out of the crowd and attacked Zhang Xin with both hands in the shape of fists.

Zhang Zhen looked at the approaching fists, and flew his feet into the air with force, and at the same time met with both palms. The fists collided, and the man was shocked and flew out, and kept falling. Seeing this, Su Jianxing slapped the chair under the seat with one hand, flew towards the man, took him in his arms, slowly fell to the ground, and pushed him aside.

Su Jianxing said angrily: "Su box! You give me a retreat, Zhang Zhen said it is not reasonable, now the patriarch and Su Jin have been killed one after another, Su Ce's whereabouts are unknown, and now we are suffering every day. Any of us could die tonight, and it is no longer possible for the Su family to leave the compound to protect themselves. Now our most important thing is to deal with tonight, not the feud with the Zhang family, and it is not who went to the imperial tomb to trigger this curse. ”

Sunan looked embarrassed, and said with some anger in his heart: "What the third uncle said is right, now we are all in the compound, so we can take care of it." Brother Zhen is a friend I invited, and he is here to help the Su family. Originally, my brother only came to Hangzhou to visit my old friend, and he was going back to Nanjing in a few days, but today he heard that there was such an accident in our family, so he came uninvited to help us. Everyone believe me Sunan once, I know that everyone is for the good of the Su family! ”

Su Jianjing also stood up and said to everyone: "Since Sunan is now the patriarch, we should listen to him, this is also the last wish of the old patriarch, and now unite our Su family to have the possibility of survival!" ”

Su Jianguo and Su Jianjun also nodded, giving Sunan confidence. Sunan spoke again: "Brother and I will go to Su Jin's house today to understand the situation, and the other things will be troubled by the four uncles!" ”

The four of them nodded at the same time, and then said, "That's fine!" ”

Time passed slowly, and at twelve o'clock in the evening, there was a sudden cry in the Su family's compound, and another person died in the same condition as the patriarch, quietly dying on the bed.