The imperial capital, the Ouyang family of one of the Four Pillar Kingdoms.

Ouyang Xin, the head of the Ouyang family, sat at the table, and even though the doctor strongly told him not to smoke, he still lit a cigarette.

The ashtray is filled with cigarette butts.

The butler stood aside with a worried face, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"Don't have a phone yet?" Ouyang Xin's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice.

At this time, in Shanghai, the central capital, thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, the governor Shangguan Liang was in full swing to carry out a plan to suppress bandits, which was not a good thing for the Ouyang family.

Although Shangguan Liang is mainly aimed at the Meng family, at this moment, the Ouyang family and the other families are still in a delicate tacit understanding, once the Meng family suffers the fatal blow of Shangguan Liang, it will also cause an unprecedented crisis to Ouyang Xin's plan.

As the leader of the Four Pillars, Ouyang Xin has always been strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. He was confident that even if he didn't go to Shanghai, he could command the battle in Shanghai very well.

But he was clearly overthinking.

The hijacking incident that occurred yesterday made him feel that the forces of all parties in the big chess game in Shanghai will change.

Shangguan Liang will spare no effort to increase his armed forces in order to fully control the situation in Shanghai and constantly compress the living space of other families. In other words, the battle between them has changed from the previous economic war to a hot war.

And this situation, for Ouyang Xin, is the most unwilling to see. Because the influence of the Ouyang family in the armed forces of the Celestial Empire has been seriously diluted, since Ouyang Xin's generation, the Ouyang family has rarely had middle and senior officers in the army, and among the next generation of the Ouyang family, none of them have the will to join the army, so that Ouyang Xin currently has almost no powerful army to call.

This situation has been exposed for a long time, but he did not make a choice at the first time, so that the family is in a passive state.

What's even worse is that almost all of the young generation of the Ouyang family are mediocre people, they grew up in glory and wealth, and they have no ambition to care about the world at all, seeing that their health is getting worse and worse, but they can't find anyone who can take over the position.

The butler nodded, his face solemn.

"Are they still in the council chamber?" Ouyang Xin seemed to remember something, and then asked.

The butler nodded and said, "The people sent out have returned, and they are discussing it in the council chamber."

"There's a fart in the discussion, and I can't come up with a solution." Ouyang Xin slapped the table and said coldly.

But then, he clutched his chest and coughed several times. This was not the case before.

"Master......" The butler stepped forward with a worried face, but Ouyang Xin waved his hand to stop it. He clasped one hand to his chest, and then asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, what is the situation now?"

The butler's face was worried, and his eyes flashed with panic that could not be concealed......

The housekeeper was worried, and when he saw Ouyang Xin's body, he gritted his teeth, but he still spoke: "Shangguan Liang sent Du Yunlong to serve as the commander of the bandits, and at present, the more than 1,000 thugs recruited by Miss Lin have been dismissed on the spot......

At this point, the butler paused.

Seeing that Ouyang Xin's expression hadn't changed much, he continued, "As for the situation of the other families, there is no definite news yet."

"Oh......" Hearing the butler's words, Ouyang Xin's face was complicated, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, and he said to himself, "I don't know what Ruoqiu plans to do next, I hope she won't let me down."

As soon as Ouyang Xin's words fell, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside. The housekeeper frowned, and just wanted to open his mouth to reprimand, but saw that it was Ouyang Xin's second son, Ouyang Ying, who ran in in with a panicked face.

"Dad, it's not good, something is wrong...... Ouyang Ying looked panicked, and she didn't know what was going on.

Seeing his son panic like this, Ouyang Xin frowned, took a deep puff of cigarette, and then said coldly, "What are you panicking about? When the sky falls, Lao Tzu is staring, what are you afraid of?"

Ouyang Ying was stunned for a moment, but her expression was very complex

Mixed.

"Say, what's going on? Panic like this." Ouyang Xin glanced at Ouyang Ying and smoked silently. No one saw that his right hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly.

Ouyang Xin has absolute authority within the Ouyang family. Including his sons, they all have a natural fear of him. It's just that what happened at this moment was too serious, and Ouyang Ying rushed in desperately.

"Dad, I just received information from below that several of our bases in Shanghai, including industries, have been seriously impacted. Even some important industries were closed overnight, and the losses were serious." Ouyang Ying's body couldn't stop trembling, and her forehead was also covered with cold sweat, but she didn't have time to wipe it off.

It seems that he had thought of this result a long time ago, Ouyang Xin took a deep puff of cigarette, and then spit out the depression in his heart along with the smoke, and then said unhurriedly: "Have you checked, who is behind the trouble?"

As he spoke, he already had a vague answer in his mind.

"Shangguan Liang!" Ouyang Ying gritted her teeth, and then said, "It seems that there is still Yi Li......

When he heard Ouyang Ying finish speaking, the housekeeper's face had changed greatly. And Ouyang Xin's body couldn't help but tremble slightly. This old man, who does not change his face in the face of any crisis, looks so helpless at this moment.

Because, the Ouyang family has never experienced such a situation for hundreds of years. It is understandable that Shangguan Liang dealt with the Ouyang family, but how could this Yi Li ...... With his understanding of Yi Li, although it was not like he had discussed it with Shangguan Liang, it also made Ouyang Xin's face instantly turn blue.

"Yi Li, we and he have always known that the well water does not interfere with the river water, why would he ......?"

"Dad, since Yi Li left the Central Committee and went to Shanghai to serve as a supervisor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he wore a pair of pants with Shangguan Liang, he is asking Shangguan Liang for credit!"

"Damn! In the first place, I shouldn't have let him out of the center and raised tigers!"

This Yi Li was originally the director of the Special Investigation Bureau under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in charge of imperial intelligence work. Later, he offended Ouyang Xin by secretly collecting Ouyang Xin's information. Ouyang Xin put pressure on Xun Tiansheng, and Xun Tiansheng was not allowed to put him in the following place and serve as a supervisor of the Shanghai Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although it is also L9 level ***, this matter has always been lingering in his heart, and Liang Zi with Ouyang Xin is also over.

Speaking of the supervisors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are the heads of overseas agencies sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the states, and are responsible for supervising the states. At the same time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has established intelligence supervision agencies in various localities, so the supervisors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can be said to be experts in intelligence.

Ouyang Xin has been shrewd all his life, but this time, he calculated himself.

His fists were clenched together. This most prestigious old man in the whole heaven seemed so old at this moment. The unburned cigarette in his hand fell on the table, and the blood on his face was even less pitiful.

Seeing Ouyang Xin's appearance, the housekeeper immediately stepped forward to support him, with a deep look of concern.

Ouyang Ying also took a step forward, her face was complicated, she seemed to be struggling with something, and her face was in pain.

"Dad, what now?" Ouyang Ying asked in a trembling voice, "The council hall is all noisy, how many uncles ...... They ......"

When he said this, he hesitated for a moment, and finally did not say what was going on.

Ouyang Xin glanced at him coldly. At this time, Ouyang Xin had gradually calmed down, stared at Ouyang Ying and asked, "Are they blaming me for not making a choice at the right time?"

"Dad...... They all ......" Ouyang Ying wanted to say a few words, but when she saw Ouyang Xin's gloomy eyes, she instinctively closed her mouth.

"Hum ......"

Ouyang Xin snorted coldly, and said word by word, "A bunch of waste."

At that moment, the old man was not seriously flustered, but deeply disappointed, disappointed in these people in the family.

He seemed to be a little tired, and slowly sat down in the chair with the help of the butler, then waved his hand and said, "You all go out, I'm a little tired, I want to rest for a while."

"Dad......" Ouyang Ying's face was written

Full of urgency. There was such a big thing in the family, and everyone was waiting for Ouyang Xin's decision. Those clan uncles outside were all arguing, and if it was one step later, they would use the power of the Council of Elders to directly abolish Ouyang Xin's position as the head of the family, and let Ouyang Xin be responsible for this decision-making mistake.

"You go out, it's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, they want to quarrel, let them quarrel." Ouyang Xin waved his hand weakly.

Seeing that Ouyang Ying hadn't gone out yet, Ouyang Xin sneered and said, "What, you want to wait for me to go out and say something to you, so that you can be the head of this family, right?"

Ouyang Ying was stunned for a moment, but didn't say a word, just lowered her head and didn't speak.

"Get out." Ouyang Xin suddenly picked up the ashtray from the table and threw it at Ouyang Ying.

Ouyang Ying didn't dodge and let the ashtray smash on him. Then, he knelt down with a thud and said, "Dad, if we let the clan uncle seize power, we will be miserable."

Ouyang Xin glanced at his son, sighed deeply, and said, "I'm not dead yet. The Ouyang family is not yet their turn to speak. You go out."

Ouyang Ying's body trembled violently, and then slowly stood up from the ground. It's just that his expression has become numb, and his eyes are full of deep loss.

Just then, another man rushed in. Ouyang Ying glanced at the man, but he felt very strange, he had never seen this person by his father's side before.

The man walked in and didn't speak, just glanced at Ouyang Ying......

"It's okay, you can say it." Ouyang Xin seemed to have known that this person was coming, so he nodded and said.

"I contacted Yi Li, and he said that it was okay to stop the attack, but let Ouyang Yu preside over the Ouyang family. If this condition is acceptable, he will help the Ouyang family fight against Shangguan Liang." The man spoke.

Hearing his words, Ouyang Ying's mouth opened, and his face was full of shock and uneasiness. Then, as if he thought of something, his body trembled violently, and his eyes became hollow.

Because he heard a name: Ouyang Yu, his eldest brother.