After receiving Hai Rui's order, Xiao Er immediately stepped forward and retrieved the confession from Zeng Hong, who was full of solemnity.

Just as Zeng Hong was still thinking about what to do next, Hai Rui's unusually flat voice sounded in Zeng Hong's ears.

"Since the patriarch has personally confirmed it, can he hand it over to this official?"

Hai Rui's voice was not loud, but in Zeng Hong's opinion, it was full of undoubted meaning, not to mention, this was not a tone of discussion, but an order!

When Zeng Hong heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and he also subconsciously clenched his fists, since he served as the patriarch of the Zeng clan, no one dared to speak to him for a long time.

After a while, I saw Zeng Hong come back to his senses, turn his gaze to Hai Rui, clench his teeth, and say word by word.

"Your name is Hai Rui, right, good, good, I remember you!"

Hai Rui didn't care at all about Zeng Hong's threatening words, but met Zeng Hong's gaze directly, and then spoke quite calmly.

"Yes, that's right, this official is Hai Rui, you'd better remember this official's face clearly, don't recognize the wrong person!"

When Hai Rui said this, he looked around, swept his gaze away from those Zeng clansmen who were full of resentment, and said coldly.

"There is a way, the gentleman's Ze is cut down in the fifth generation, even if your ancestors are called the four saints and three sages, but it has been passed down to your generation, and the gentleman's virtue, I'm afraid there is not much left, right?"

"In the final analysis, you are just a group of insects who rely on the glory of your ancestors, oppress the people, and act as a blessing!"

Hai Rui's face was full of contempt when he said this.

Immediately, I saw Hai Rui turn his gaze to the statue of Zeng Shen, who was as tall as two people and had gilt all over his body, not far away, and continued to add.

"If Zong Shengquan has knowledge, I don't know how he will feel after learning that his descendants have fallen to the point where they are today!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he pretended to sigh.

At this moment, seeing Hai Rui's disrespectful words, those Zeng clan people were already surprisingly angry, if their eyes could kill, then Hai Rui would probably have died tens of thousands of times!

Zeng Hong, who had been silent since before, saw this situation and had to stand up and defend it.

"What do you mean, sir?"

When Hai Rui heard this, he turned his gaze to Zeng Hong, chuckled, and then pretended to be surprised.

"It turns out that the patriarch can understand the words of the official, in that case, why do you take the words of the official as a deaf ear?"

"Didn't you hear that the official asked you to hand people over to the officer?"

When Hai Rui said this, he suddenly raised his tone, Zeng Hong only felt an invisible pressure enveloping him, and even his breathing became short.

Seeing that Zeng Hong, the patriarch, was humiliated, some of the hot-tempered Zeng clansmen couldn't bear it anymore, even if they wanted to break through the encirclement of the guards and come up to seek justice.

However, before they could make a move, they were easily controlled by the guards, and what awaited them next was an extremely cruel end.

Seeing this, Hai Rui glanced over those Zeng clan people who wanted to resist, and immediately commanded coldly.

"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"

"Yes, sir!"

As soon as Hai Rui's words fell, the guards replied deafeningly.

Seeing the bright blades in the hands of those guards and the fierce methods, the remaining Zeng clan people completely lost the courage to resist.

After doing this, Hai Rui looked at Zeng Hong again and asked.

"Hmph, the official will ask you one last time, do you pay this person or not?"

When Zeng Hong heard this, he immediately involuntarily turned his gaze to those members of the Zeng clan who were not far away, headed by Zeng Xian, and were members of the Southern Sect branch.

"Patriarch, please save us, if we fall into their hands, we will not end well!"

"Yes, patriarch, save us, we have been wronged, we have nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect!"

"Patriarch...... Patriarch ......"

After hesitating for a long time, I saw Zeng Hong take a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

After that, I saw him turn his gaze to those members of the Zeng clan who were not far away, led by Zeng Xian, and the members of the Southern Sect branch, put on an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel, and then said in a deep voice: "Shut up for me, aren't you ashamed enough?" ”

"There are all the human and material evidence, what else do you have to say?"

"You are deeply favored by the emperor, but you don't want to serve the court, but collude with the White Lotus Sect to brutalize the people, from now on, I announce as the sixty-first patriarch of the Zeng clan that I will officially expel you from the Zeng family's genealogy!"

Hearing Zeng Hong's words, those Zeng clan members led by Zeng Xian and the members of the Southern Sect branch suddenly turned to ashes and showed despair.

They know very well in their hearts that in order to preserve their family, they have been treated as outcasts and completely abandoned!

After Zeng Hong finished doing all this, he turned his gaze to Hai Rui and said calmly.

"Your Excellency, you can take these people away now!"

Seeing Zeng Hong so decisive, Hai Rui couldn't help but glance at Zeng Honggao, the reason why he acted like this was to see if this Zeng Hong could withstand his own attack.

"This Zeng Hong, it seems that you need to pay more attention!"

Hai Rui thought so, and after looking Zeng Hong up and down, he withdrew his gaze, arched his hand, and immediately spoke.

"Well, since the patriarch is so cooperative, there is no need for this official to continue to stay!"

Immediately, I saw Hai Rui wave his hand violently and command in a deep voice.

"Come on, take them all to the official and interrogate them severely!"

"Yes, sir!"

As soon as Hai Rui's words fell, a soldier stepped forward and took down those Zeng clan members who dared to resist before, as well as the Zeng clan members of the Southern Sect branch headed by Zeng Xian.

Zeng Hong looked at the clansmen who were taken away by the guards, clenched his fists tightly, at this moment, he wanted to devour Hai Rui alive to vent the hatred in his heart.

"Hai Rui, you wait for me, my Zeng family will never let you go, I will let you understand that the price of offending my Zeng family is something you can't afford!"

Zeng Hong looked at Hai Rui's departing back and secretly swore in his heart.

At this moment, Hai Rui seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly stopped, only to see him summon a soldier and whisper a few words in his ear.

When Zeng Hong saw this, an extremely bad premonition flashed through his mind.

"Is it difficult, this Hai Rui plans to kill people and kill him, or is it ......?"

Just when Zeng Hong was panicking about this, he was guessing in his mind about Hai Rui's intentions.

I saw that the soldier from before came to Hai Rui again, and respectfully handed the three burning incense sticks to Hai Rui's hand.

After Hai Rui took the incense from the soldier's hand, he glanced at Zeng Hong and said to himself.

"After all, this official came here today, just to invite some people who have colluded with the White Lotus Sect to go back and assist in the investigation, not to have any opinions on the sect saint!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he walked in front of Zeng Hong by himself, and came to the long table covered with red cloth, and bowed three times to Zeng Shen's tablet quite solemnly, and then inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner.

After doing all this, Hai Rui did not stay too long, but turned and left.

And Zeng Hong looked at the three sticks of incense inserted on the incense burner, the whole person seemed to have been greatly insulted, his face became extremely ugly, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

"Ah, Patriarch, what's wrong with you?"

"Quick, come on, the patriarch has fallen!"

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and ask the doctor to come over!"

With the fall of Zeng Hong, the sixty-first patriarch of the Zeng clan, the scene suddenly fell into chaos.

(End of chapter)