"Great Elder, I know you are worried about the damage to the family's strength, but he ignored his brotherly love, forced my wife and children, and even sent people to assassinate Yu Tian'er several times. I didn't know it before, but it was because I failed to fulfill my responsibility.
, but now that I know, if I don’t ask any more questions and call me father from now on, will I still have the nerve to agree?”
Long Hongfei no longer had the unpredictable expression on the elder's face, and looked at Long Xingcheng and said: "Although I really can't provide evidence for what Long Yilin said, he embezzled hundreds of thousands of gold coins from the family and killed Tian Tian.
Everything about the child is well-documented and has witnesses, so you can never rely on these things."
Long Xingcheng didn't say anything, he just stood there with a gloomy face, looking at Long Hongfei with a look of resentment.
"Since we have acquiesced, let's do it according to the family rules..." Before Long Hongfei finished speaking, the first elder interjected: "I suggest that Long Xing be removed from the position of elder. In addition, because there are still many things that have not been investigated clearly.
, lock him in the backyard first, and then punish him after everything is found out."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but soon they understood what Long Yuxiang meant. It turned out that he still didn't want Long Hongfei to execute Long Xingcheng. Although the evidence was now in front of him, he still wanted to keep Long Yuxiang alive.
life.
"I also agree with the First Elder." The Third Elder also stood up and said solemnly: "We will not impose punishment until other matters are investigated."
"I agree too."
"I agree too."
The Fifth Elder and the Fourth Elder both stood up and expressed their agreement. In fact, Long Xingcheng's violation of the clan rules was already a capital crime. Whether other matters were investigated or not was irrelevant. However, in order to save Long Xingcheng's life, everyone could only find this excuse.
.
They can't explicitly say that they want to avoid Long Xingcheng's death, because the family has family rules, and they cannot violate them even if they are elders. Of course, rules are dead, but people are alive, and there are always ways.
"I don't agree." Long Hongfei made it clear this time that he did not intend to let Long Xingcheng go. Regardless of everyone's objections, he said solemnly: "Although there are many things about Long Xingcheng that have not been investigated clearly, just assassinating Tian
The case of my son is enough for execution, and there is no need to investigate other matters."
"So many things happened while the second elder was managing the family. As the first elder, I failed to supervise things well, so I asked the head of the family to punish them." The first elder suddenly said in a deep voice.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Even Long Xingcheng did not expect that the Great Elder would use his own identity to threaten Long Hongfei in order to protect him.
Long Hongfei's face also looked ugly. The great elder's reputation in the family was extremely high, and it was impossible to punish him. At this time, the third elder, the fourth elder, and the fifth elder looked at each other and all said to Long Hongfei.
: "Head of the family, the great elder has been in seclusion. We are managing the family affairs. Now that such a big thing has happened, it is because of our poor supervision. Please punish the head of the family."
With a gloomy face, Long Hongfei looked at the four elders. It was simply impossible to punish all the elders, but he would not accept it if Long Xingcheng was not punished.
After a long time, Long Hongfei said coldly: "Okay, then lock Long Xingcheng and Long Nanfeng in the backyard. As for the others, they will be punished after the matter is fully investigated."
After finishing speaking, Long Hongfei turned around and walked out the door with an angry look.
Long Feitian ran out after Long Hongfei and said angrily: "Father, is this the matter?"
"Those old guys are protecting him, and that's all they can do for the time being." Long Hongfei sighed and said helplessly: "Let's do it step by step. First, remove his position as elder. He has no power.
Let’s start slowly.”
"Just imprisoning him in the backyard is really too easy for him." Long Feitian said angrily: "According to what I said, since they voluntarily plead guilty, they have all their names of elders removed. I want to see what they do.
?”
Long Feitian knew that the backyard was basically where the retired elders of the family retired, and the conditions were even better than the front yard. The elder imprisoned Long Xingcheng there with no intention of punishing him.
"Haha..." Long Hongfei couldn't help but smile and said: "It is indeed a relief to do this, but that is impossible. Although the elders can sometimes have an impact on the development of the family, some of the things they have done to check and balance the family head
Wrong decisions are still very effective, so the Presbyterian Church cannot be eliminated. This is the tradition on the mainland and the need for family development."
Although Long Feitian didn't think so, he didn't object and could only sigh helplessly: "Okay, let's do it step by step. Today, we will remove his elder position so that he has no power, and then we can clean it up.
It’s much easier.”
"Otherwise." Long Hongfei suddenly shook his head and said, "Although the Great Elder and the others protected Long Xingcheng, it seemed that they wanted to prevent the family from weakening, but in fact they did so to resist me."
Seeing the confusion on Long Feitian's face, Long Hongfei explained: "Although I have been out of seclusion for less than a month, I have taken back a lot of power in my hands. Not only Long Xingcheng, but also the power in the hands of the elders have been reduced a lot. They
Everyone felt the crisis, fearing that I would take away all the power and sideline them, so they stepped forward to help Long Xingcheng to put pressure on me. At the same time, they also told me that they are united enough and I am not the only one.
Can withstand it.”
"How could this happen?" Long Feitian frowned and pondered for a while, and then he realized that everyone likes power, and no one is willing to hand over the power in their hands.
"Everyone likes power." Long Hongfei smiled and said, "I am no exception."
After a pause, he continued: "And Long Xingchen's own talent is not much weaker than mine. The reason why his strength is worse than mine is because he puts most of his energy on fighting for power. Now he is imprisoned.
In the backyard, he can practice with peace of mind. If my estimate is correct, it won't take long for him to break through to King Wu. By then, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with him. After all, each King Wu is to a family.
They are all very important.”
"Tian'er, what your father said is right, so you must be careful in the future." Miao Fengyi also warned in time.
"I will be careful." Long Feitian nodded, then turned to look at Long Yilin behind him and said, "What are your plans?"
"Me?" Long Yilin looked at Long Feitian in surprise and asked, "Don't you want to kill me?"
"Kill you?" Long Feitian laughed and said: "If you took the initiative to confess Long Xingcheng's crimes when I caught you, you would be dead now. Although your behavior was foolish and loyal, I am very
I admire you, so I decided to spare your life, but by identifying Long Xingcheng in front of everyone just now, you not only offended Long Xingcheng and his family, but also several elders."