The gunshots outside alarmed the people in the old house.
Everyone in the Juyi Hall had their own thoughts.
Ji Lingfeng propped himself up in his seat and looked around: "Have the elders figured it out?"
"… "
The second elder and the fourth elder exchanged glances with each other but said nothing, responding to all changes with the same attitude.
Ji Lingfeng's lips were pale, as if he knew they would not compromise easily, and he turned his gaze to the people from the hall.
"what about you?"
"… "
Everyone he saw lowered their heads and avoided his sight.
At this time, silence is the answer.
The entire Juyi Hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
"Heh." Ji Lingfeng's complexion was visibly bad, and his lips were pale. Anyone could tell that he was very ill. This was the first time in the past two days that he had shown obvious signs of illness.
Everyone knows it.
Ji Lingfeng had tried hard not to reveal any clues before, and he must have been worried that they would find out. Now that he didn't hide it, he couldn't hide it anymore.
"Do you think I won't do anything?"
When he suddenly said this when everyone around him was quiet, anyone could see that he had murderous intentions.
Xie Yun frowned and looked straight at him: "Ling Feng, don't be impulsive."
She knew very well what Ji Lingfeng would do if he reached the last step.
But once he does this, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame after his death and become a madman and a laughing stock in everyone's eyes.
They had lived together for decades and were husband and wife. Xie Yun couldn't bear to see him end up in disgrace.
Ji Lingfeng glanced at her, his pale lips pursed into a straight line, with extreme forbearance.
Xie Yun took a deep breath and spoke to the elders on his behalf: "Second Elder, Fourth Elder. You should know very well what will happen next. Do you really want to make a bet with him?"
Several elders, led by the Second Elder and the Fourth Elder, did not speak. They looked at each other and there was a slight sense of relaxation.
Xie Yun seized the opportunity and said, "I can tell you in advance that you will definitely lose. He is not kidding you! We are all doing this for the good of the Ji family. There is really no need to end up with a situation where both sides suffer losses. Just sign it!"
The Second Elder saw her sincerity and said hesitantly, "But Madam, this is not a trivial matter. We can never agree to hand over the family to someone who is not even in the family tree."
"Even if we have to hand it over to her in the end, at least it has to pass our multiple levels of assessment before we can make the final decision."
The so-called assessment is actually nothing more than an agreement with the new patriarch on how to distribute benefits and seek a balanced interest point.
The Ji family seemed to be flourishing, but actually, things were already raging inside.
After Ji Wushuan passed away, Ji Lingfeng was pushed to take over the position of clan leader, but he was not a legitimate direct descendant.
In order to manage the family, Ji Lingfeng actually divided interests with several elders and major halls. In other words, he weakened the power that originally belonged to the clan leader and allowed those below him to have a certain say.
Now that Ji Lingfeng is at the end of his rope, if they want to replace him, from their point of view, of course they have to overturn the previously agreed division of interests and redistribute the interests.
They want to get the lion's share of the redistributed benefits.
The patriarch will be marginalized and turned into a mascot.
This was also something they had discussed privately before.
That's why they refused to sign the things Ji Lingfeng gave them.
"So Chief, we can't sign."
(End of this chapter)