Chapter 77 Showdown
A ray of light broke through the darkness, and the quiet Zhang family gradually became lively. The servants began to cook fire and cook. The Zhang family members began to practice martial arts and fight to help themselves. A new day is coming.
Everyone in the Zhang family was doing their own things and making contributions to the Zhang family. The busyness was approaching noon. There was a commotion at the gate, but the team led by the head of the Zhang family returned. After a while, the news spread throughout the Zhang family. After a short rest, the family leader Zhang Lie held a regular meeting to inform him of the situation of the family. This is also the rule of recalling the time of the incident. Therefore, this kind of meeting is usually called a briefing meeting.
After lunch, the meeting started. At the Zhang family, which was passed down through martial arts, the meeting was very pragmatic, so it would not be argued endlessly like the government meetings, but there was no result, and there was no point in talking nonsense. Basically, they would raise questions clearly and discuss them again. Even if there were differences, they would vote to resolve them immediately. Even if they found out that it was wrong later, the entire Zhang family would be responsible and would not blame someone.
The meeting was not in the hall, but in the side hall next to it, there were not many people in charge, so the place was large enough, and the guards would be arranged, so there was no chance of interference. In addition to the important figures of the head of the family and some elders, the guest representative Liao Qing was also included. It can be seen that the Zhang family still respects the people recruited, which is also a strategy.
Let's get back to the point, wait for everyone to arrive, close the venue and start the meeting. First, the head of the family informed the results of going out to attack hostile forces. Because the distance was not far and the opponent was not strong, the problem was solved in one day and the task was completed very successfully.
Then the Great Elder informed of the family affairs, but the Great Elder stood up expressionlessly and said in a straight voice: "Everything at home is normal, nothing big is happening."
Then he changed his tone and said a little heavy: "However, there is one thing to be reported to the head of the family. According to a reliable tip, the young man Han Qiu, who was shown as the great benefactor of my Zhang family and saved the head of the family, was actually a spy sent by the Huo family. Last night, he wanted to inform him, but he was finally discovered and caught a detailed worker disguised as my subordinate of the Zhang family. Han Qiu was caught on the spot, not only did he not argue, but he even spoke wildly under our efforts to persuade him, saying that our Zhang family is not worth mentioning. Just when we thought of grabbing him and waiting for the head of the family to come back, he actually asked him to run away in front of everyone. I was really ashamed. The elders and Liao Keqing present could prove this matter, and many family children could also ask."
The few people who followed the eldest elder and Liao Qing immediately agreed: "It's true."
Zhang Lie's originally gloomy face became more and more blue. He forced himself to stop the attack and continued to ask: "I dare to ask the Great Elder where the news came from and how he believed the words, and then he concluded the crime of Young Master Han Qiu. If even those who helped us kill the five first-class masters of the Huo family are not trustworthy, then who is trustworthy? Since the Great Elder is so arbitrary, then bring the person who made detailed and informed people here. I want to see who has such courage."
The other two people who were saved by Jin Qiu were also gloomy. If the head of the family had not responded, they might have had an attack. No one could understand their thoughts. Under the threat of death, they could turn defeat into victory and destroy all their enemies. Those who have never experienced it will never understand. Therefore, it is obviously not something they can accept that the sentence of their benefactor so simply was not something they could accept. However, the words of the elders later made them even more angry.
Scan the expressions of everyone, the elder said slowly: "That little work has been killed. As for the person who informed you, it is Liao Keqing invited by the head of the family to come back."
If Zhang Lie had a little doubt just now, then the matter would be clear now. Even ordinary people know that such a so-called witness who is inconvincing is how can he be easily convicted or a person who has great kindness to the Zhang family? So Zhang Lie looked at Liao Qing without any doubt, but hatred.
Liao Qing didn't expect that the Great Elder would do such a trick. In this way, Liao Qing might have to follow the Great Elder and would never be able to enter the camp of the head of the family again. It was indeed a cunning person and should not be underestimated. Fortunately, Liao Qing had other plans, otherwise he would give the Great Elder a lot of food.
Thinking of this, Liao Qing did not explain much, but said lightly: "Everything is as the Great Elder said, without any doubt."
Zhang Lie turned to the elder who sat down calmly and said, "Is this your explanation?"
Although he was a little surprised by Liao Qing's calmness, he did not show any signs of it. When the head of the family asked, he still said without any anger: "This is the truth. Do the head of the family have any questions?"
Obviously, the Great Elder understood the character of the head of the family. No matter how absurd he was or how angry he was, he had to cooperate with him to settle the matter. With such confidence, the Great Elder naturally showed his firmness in his speech.
The fact is as expected by the Great Elder. Although Zhang Lie's face was ashen and angry, he could not speak for a long time, the major officials who supported the head of the family looked at the head of the family and hoped that he would decide. The elders also held their breath and were extremely nervous. No matter how confident the elders were, they would have some ups and downs in secret, for fear that Zhang Lie would lose his mind and fight with him for the sake of outsiders.
The atmosphere in the venue was a bit stagnant, and everyone was afraid to show off. In fact, Zhang Lie was also very angry. On weekdays, the elders often took off their backs, and there were many constraints when doing something. Just like when discussing whether to sell the Jingyuan Pill a few years ago, the family had obviously reached an extremely dangerous time, but they just reported the family rules of the ancestors and refused to sell them, saying that the relics of ancestors were ominous, and the revival of the family was on this Jingyuan Pill.
But I didn't think about it. There was a lot of clan extermination there. I had this idea. In the end, I made a lot of benefits and made a lot of concessions. Then I auctioned the Jingyuan Pill and survived the difficult times. Now I think about it, it's not that others don't understand, but maybe it's just to make the writer's concessions. They got the benefits, but they didn't give any effort, just opened their mouths.
Later, I did verify my ideas and decided that I could do everything for this family, gaining a lot of effort, deceive my superiors and subordinates step by step, shirking my responsibility, not doing anything serious, and specifically dragging my back. However, these are not as good as this time, I blatantly framed my benefactor, even if I miss it all, I would not care about it.
If I retreated this time, I would not have to be the head of the family in the future. Zhang Lie's sharp eyes swept across everyone, and saw the expected eyes of the tribe members who followed him out to fight, the look of the cringe of the elders, the guest minister Liao Qing, whom he invited, had no expression on his face, and the calm and confident expression of the elder.
Zhang Lie hesitated again. This matter had been done. His benefactor was just forced to leave. Fortunately, he was not trapped in a jealous state and still had room for maneuver. For the sake of this family, could he still kill them? He could only find a way to restore his benefactor's reputation and make other plans. This can be considered a half-step step. It seems that he will not be able to take ruthless measures against the family members after all.
Just as Zhang Lie was about to speak, a sudden colic came from his abdomen, and he felt like stars were coming out of his eyes, sweating was raining, and even he couldn't stand steadily, so he had to sit down.
At this moment, Liao Qing, who had been expressionless, shouted: "The Great Elder has an order. The head of the family believes in slander and wants to be unfavorable to us. He has put medicine in the meal and do it quickly, otherwise I will die in a moment or three minutes. Kill!"
After the last shout, he started to attack the head of his family recently. He took advantage of the pain and sweating and had no energy to take care of it. He just slashed away with one knife. There was no suspense. The man's blood splattered three feet and fell to the ground. The matter happened too quickly, but it was extremely fierce. When a person died, the originally shocked elders had not yet come to their senses, and before they could recover, the head of the family had recovered, but without saying a word, they rushed over fiercely.
The elder who was about to call him put his words in. Since he saw blood and died, the already tense atmosphere was like a tight bowstring, breaking with a "bang". Now, it was not his command. Let's talk about whether his people and the other party believe it or not, at least they have to deal with the current situation. Otherwise, the head of the family will not keep his hands. If he dies, there will be nothing to say.
The two factions, which were originally not harmonious, are now even exploding all the conflicts in the past, each looking for their own opponents, killing them to the death for a while. Even the family leader Zhang Lie reacted and faced the elder with a gray face. However, Liao Qing, the initiator, did not have anyone to deal with him. It turned out that both sides had similar people. After Liao Qing killed one, the head of the family was at a disadvantage.
In fact, how could the food of the head of the family be so easily poisoned? Not to mention that the people who cook are all servants of the Zhang family for generations. Even if the food is delivered to the table, they will also test the poison. This made the boss Zhang Lie believe that it was poisoned by the great elder, because only by bribing people from both sides can this explain the matter.
In fact, it is just a plant found by Liao Qing. This plant will cause severe pain after people eat it for half an hour, but in fact it has no negative effects on toxicity. Instead, it can clean up the toxins and have a little sourness. Only by going to the meal can this odor be eliminated. This can explain why the people in Zhangfu did not check it out.
Otherwise, they would not have simply provoked the two sides to fight with just Liao Qing's roar. The previous conflict was the trigger, and the frame-up of Jin Qiu was also the trigger. Only by poisoning could it truly tear open the mask of normal hypocrisy and face the bloody facts. This signal has revealed the fact that you die and die.
Chapter completed!