Chapter 173: Each one takes the needs (Part 2)

The guards in Zhouzhuang were all concentrated in the Zhou family's ancestral temple. Only some servants held various sticks and knives in their hands and nervously guarded their respective courtyards. Xu Changqing walked along without any obstacles. When he passed by Hanyue Xiaoyuan, he felt that the formation he used to trap the old lady of the Zhou family was broken due to the change of Feng Shui pattern. The old lady of the Zhou family no longer had Hanyue Xiaoyuan. Xu Changqing originally didn't want Mrs. Zhou to be involved in the Zhou family's affairs, but now God is pushing him to experience the level of breaking up family affection, and he can only continue to move forward and cannot turn back.

In the Zhou family's ancestral temple, all the Zhou family members who are now in the Zhou family village are gathered. They all look serious and the atmosphere is extremely tense. Compared to the Zhou family's direct descendants who are sitting on the left side of the hall and are few inhabitants, the Zhou family members on the right look much more prosperous, with more than 30 people in total. Moreover, the clan meeting that was supposed to be only the Zhou family members could attend, Zhou Ranfeng, the head of the Zhou family's side department, forcibly brought several outsiders in, which shows that the Zhou family's side department is extremely powerful.

In the middle of the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall, a handsome young man of twenty-five or six years old knelt on the ground, his body curled up, trembling constantly, his pale face was filled with panic, and beads of sweat as big as beans poured out like spring water, which wet a large piece of it on the ground. Behind this man, there were five young men in luxurious clothes, but compared to the fear of the people in front of him, these people looked relaxed and did not feel the tension inside and outside the hall at all, as if he was confident that he would be fine.

In the center of the hall, under the tablets of the ancestors of the Zhou family, Mrs. Zhou looked at the Zhou family's children kneeling below with a pale complexion. Her hands holding the crutch kept trembling. Zhang, who was beside her, had already taken out the heart-saving pill and was ready to take it to the old lady at any time.

"Xiao Qi, what else do you have to say?" Mrs. Zhou took a deep breath, looked at her young grandson with regret, and said in a deep voice.

"Xiao Qi knew she was wrong! Xiao Qi would never make any more mistakes again," the young man kneeling in front cried bitterly, kowtowed hard, begging: "Grandma, save Xiao Qi! Don't hand Xiao Qi over to those outside, they will kill Xiao Qi."

"If I had known today, why should I be there?" Mrs. Zhou turned her face aside. She couldn't bear to see her grandson's appearance and said sadly: "You used to do evil, but you did not hurt anyone's life. I turned a blind eye to you and fooled you! However, you did this time so cruelly that it made the mountain god angry and aroused the anger of the people. If I protect you again, the Zhou family's thousand-year foundation would be destroyed."

Seeing Mrs. Zhou's determination, the young man knew that begging her was useless, so he turned to look at his father Zhou Ranyan, looked at him with a sad face, and said in pain: "Dad, save the child! The child doesn't want to die."

After all, my heart was connected. After hearing my son's plea, Zhou Ranyan could no longer sit still. He pushed Zhou Ranming away his arm to suppress his penis, walked to his younger son and knelt down, saying, "Mother, the so-called "raising is not taught," if you really have to take responsibility, it should be my father who has not disciplined his son well. I hope my mother can remember that she was ignorant when Xiaoqi was young and gave him a way out! As for the people outside, let the son calm their public anger!"

Zhou Ranming was deeply saddened to see his brother doing this. At this time, he saw the cold smile on Zhou Ranfeng's face opposite him, and anger rushed over his head. He didn't care about the unity of the Zhou family, and suddenly stood up, walked to Zhou Ranyan, clasped his fists to Mrs. Zhou and said, "Mother, although Xiaoqi likes to do something wrong, he has never hurt anyone's life. There must be something strange about the woman's death, and I hope my mother will observe it clearly!"

At this time, the children of the Zhou family's direct descendants also stood up and knelt behind Zhou Ranming, begging Mrs. Zhou to suspend the punishment before the matter was found out.

"Hmph! The head of the family seemed to be insidious, with thorns, as if they were saying that my children and grandchildren deliberately instigated Zhou Qingwen to do such cruel things." Zhou Ranfeng also stood up at this time. He was the head of the old men Xu Changqing saw in the ancestral temple that night. He saw him step forward a few steps, raised his hand at the old lady Zhou with a arrogant expression, and said with a sneer: "My grandchildren have a much better reputation outside than Zhou Qingwen, which is well known! And on the night of the incident, they were discussing business with several large merchants outside the pass until Linchen the next day. These can be asked. It is impossible for them to do something that is so angered by the gods with him as Zhou Qingwen said, and force the Li woman to death. In my opinion, this must be because Qingwen's nephew wanted to find more people to punish them to reduce the blame, and I hope the old lady will be careful!"

At this moment, the children of the Zhou family's side also stood up one after another, swearing to guarantee their brothers, and their momentum was much stronger than those of the direct line.

At this time, one of Zhou Ranming's daughters said anxiously: "You have money dealing with those merchants all year round, so they naturally speak to you!"

"Miss Second, don't you have long-term money exchanges like us, why didn't you talk to us?" The people from the Zhou family's side department seized the talk and made fun of it. Over the years, the monthly payments of the Zhou family's direct descendants were not enough for them to spend, so they gave these people in the side department the opportunity to use a lot of money to corrupt them. Except for Zhou Zhenglin and Zhou Qinglan, all the children of the Zhou family were rotten to the core, and they were proficient in eating, drinking, gamble. This is no wonder that the people from the Zhou family's side department looked down on their direct descendants so much.

These words from the Zhou family in the sidelines made the children of the direct line blush and could not refute. Both Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Ranming showed regret, regretting that they wanted to indulge these younger generations.
Chapter completed!