Yao Chengdong is nearly fifty this year and his children have all graduated from college. As a prince, he usually has his own house when he returns to Beijing, and it is a high-end villa in a high-end villa area.
Change to before.
Late at night, he should have fallen asleep long ago, drinking tea with Duke Zhou and dreaming about yellow beams. But today, he couldn't sleep. He and his eldest brother Yao Chengqing once secretly competed for the position of the head of the Yao family. They were definitely a thorn in each other's eyes. Even if they wanted to get rid of the other party, they were still there.
However, it was hard for him to accept that his eldest brother was killed today. There will be no competition for the future head of the family. It will be absolutely easy for him to become the future head of the Yao family. But... he also realized a serious problem: if the Yao family declines, even if he becomes the head of the Yao family, so what
"Ring ring ring..."
The rapid ringing of the cell phone interrupted Yao Chengdong's thinking and even startled him. When he picked up his cell phone and saw the number on the caller ID, his expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly answered the call and said, "Dad, are you looking for me?"
Yao Qingzun's voice came from the mobile phone: "Chengdong, promise me something."
Yao Chengdong was confused: "What's the matter?"
Yao Qingzun said: "Quit your current job and come back to Beijing to take charge."
Yao Chengdong was stunned for a moment, and then his expression changed drastically. He jumped up from the chair and shouted hurriedly: "Dad, what are you talking about? My current position is very important, how can I resign just because I just say it? Our Yao family... "
Yao Qingzun interrupted Yao Chengdong and said in a deep voice: "Our Yao family is now in a precarious stage. If you don't come back, it will be difficult for our Yao family to survive this crisis. Don't ask me why I have to let you do this. I have I have no choice but to do so.”
Yao Chengdong asked hurriedly: "Dad, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me. I..."
Yao Qingzun interrupted Yao Chengdong again and said in a deep voice: "Don't ask anymore, remember my words, quit your current job as quickly as possible, and return to the ancestral home in Beijing to take charge. In addition, don't be enemies of the Tang family in the future. , try to ease the relationship between the two families."
Finished.
Yao Qingzun hung up the phone and turned off his phone.
Tang Xiu looked at Yao Qingzun's resolute expression, nodded and praised: "As expected of the head of the Yao family, he does things vigorously and resolutely. I'll give you half an hour, it's best for you to solve it yourself."
Yao Qingzun was silent for a moment, and he seemed to have aged a lot. He slowly walked to the cabinet in the bedroom, opened the drawer and took out a medicine bottle from it. Immediately, he poured a glass of water, poured out all the sleeping pills from it, turned around and took a deep look at Tang Xiu, and then drank all the sleeping pills in his hand.
"Succeed the king and lose the bandit. Since our Yao family has lost, I have nothing to complain about. I hope you can give our Yao family some face and let the descendants of the family live on. If... If you, the Tang family, still don't feel relieved. , you can drive my descendants of the Yao family out of Beijing, even out of China."
Tang Xiu felt a little complicated in his heart, but he still made up his mind and nodded. The Yao family and the Tang family are old enemies. Over the years, the Tang family has suffered a lot under the pressure of the Yao family. Although no one in the direct line of the Tang family died at the hands of the Yao family, the vassal families of the Tang family, as well as a large number of talents trained by the Tang family, died at the hands of the Yao family.
then.
There may be some shadow of the Yao family in his father's affairs.
Tang Xiu watched Yao Qing return to the bed respectfully, pulled up the quilt and lay there, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it and took two deep puffs before waving his hand.
"Whew..."
Yami's figure disappeared instantly.
After smoking out a cigarette, Tang Xiu stood up slowly. Looking at Yao Qingzun who had lost consciousness, he murmured: "You just said it, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. This is an eternal truth. Since you wanted to fight with the Tang family in the first place, If you go against me, you should be aware of the consequences of losing. Your son and your grandson are already waiting for you down there, so you won’t be lonely when you get down there.”
This night.
Except for the small episode of Tang Xiu's arrival, everything in the Yao family's ancestral residence seemed so peaceful. Even Yao Chengdong, who arrived at his ancestral home late at night, stood outside the old man's door and did not dare to step in.
Early morning hours.
Yao Chengdong, who had been waiting outside the door for most of the night, looked at the door with furrowed brows. Logically speaking, at this time, the old man should have gotten up long ago. Why has there been no movement until now
"ah… "
An exclamation came from the small courtyard next door.
Yao Chengdong's expression changed slightly, and he rushed to the small courtyard next door. Seeing the nanny sitting in panic and slumped on the ground, Yao Chengdong followed her gaze and looked towards the corner.
"What?"
Two corpses lay in the corner, their blood stains solidified. They were simply covered with a few newspapers, but their whole bodies were not covered. Yao Chengdong sprinted to the two corpses, squatted down to examine them, and suddenly raised his head. As if he realized something, he sprinted to the courtyard next door and kicked open the door of the old man's room. When he sprinted to the bedroom and looked at the old man lying on his back, his hanging heart was relieved a little.
"Dad, it's time to get up."
Yao Chengdong called.
No movement!
** Yao Qingzun was lying flat on his back, completely motionless.
Yao Chengdong was stunned for a moment. He knew that the old man's sleep quality was very poor and he would wake up at the slightest movement. But I kicked open the door outside and called him again, but there was no movement at all. After hesitating for a moment, Yao Chengdong was about to call again when his peripheral vision swept over the counter.
Pill bottle
He walked over quickly, grabbed the medicine bottle in his hand, looked at the instructions on the medicine bottle, his pupils shrank instantly, and with a bit of panic, he rushed to the bedside and shouted: "Dad, wake up."
Shout out!
No response!
Yao Chengdong's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he hurriedly put his hand under the old man's nostrils. What frightened him was that the old man was not breathing at all. Then he grabbed his hand on the old man's wrist and placed it on the old man's heart.
"How could this happen?"
The blood on Yao Qingzun's face faded completely, and he staggered back for several seconds, his whole body cold. Two lines of clear tears fell down his face. Tears could not hide the pain in his eyes.
Beijing, Tang Family.
Tang Xiu sat in front of Tang Guosheng, Tang Guoxing and Tang Guosheng. There are six people on both sides: Tang Yunpeng, Tang Yunde, Tang Yunqing, Tang Dong, Tang Min and Tang Yan.
"Really dead?"
Tang Guosheng's eyes were filled with complex light, and his voice became particularly low.
Tang Xiu nodded and said, "It's really dead. It's suicide."
Tang Guosheng closed his eyes and slowly opened them after a while. He stood up and walked to the bookcase on the side. He took out a bottle of wine and sat back far away. Then he poured the bottle of wine in front of him and murmured to himself: "Old man, we have been fighting all our lives. Now that you are ahead of me, as my opponent, I still have to give you a good send-off. In the next life, I hope we will not be rivals again."
Finished.
Tang Guosheng smashed the wine bottle into pieces, suddenly raised his head to look at Tang Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "Xiu'er, this matter ends here. The head of the Yao family has died, and the Yao family has suffered heavy losses. Even if they want to fight with him now, We, the Tang family, may have lost our courage if we broke up with each other."
Tang Xiu said: "There is something I need to tell you in advance."
Tang Guosheng asked: "What's the matter?"
Tang Xiu said: "Yao Chengdong will resign from his current position soon and return to Beijing to take over as the head of the Yao family."
Tang Guosheng's eyes lit up and he asked quickly: "Did you do it?"
Tang Xiu nodded and said, "I did it. Yao Qingzun called Yao Chengdong before he died."
Tang Guosheng rubbed his hands, with an excited expression on his old face, and said: "Now in the entire Yao family, the only person with a very important position is Yao Chengdong. As long as he retires from his current position, the Yao family will no longer be able to do anything for him." consider."
Tang Xiu smiled slightly, clapped his hands, and suddenly the door was opened from the outside. With a hint of smile, Guang handed a stack of information into Tang Xiu's hands, and then exited the room.
"What's this?"
Tang Guosheng raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.
The other Tang family members in the room also looked curious. They didn't know what the information in Tang Xiu's hand was, and they didn't know what Tang Xiu was planning. However, looking at Tang Xiu's half-smiling expression, they had a vague feeling that this information might be very important to the Tang family.
Tang Xiu handed the information to Tang Guosheng and said: "If our Tang family and Yao family didn't have such a big hatred before, now our two families have a blood feud. Even if our Tang family wants to let the Yao family go, In the future, when the Yao family gets bigger, I'm afraid they will also attack our Tang family. In order to avoid trouble in the future, I think we have to do something!"
Tang Guosheng did not ask any more questions, but looked at the information with Tang Guoxing and Tang Guoshou. The more they watched, the weirder the expressions on the three people's faces became. By the end, the three of them had expressions of fear.
"You can forgive God's sins, but you can't live if you do your own sins. If we publicize this information, I'm afraid the Yao family will be doomed. Everyone will push down the wall and beat the drum. Yao Qingzun is dead, and the Yao family has suffered heavy losses. If Yao Chengdong continues If you step down from that position, there are so many families and forces in this document... Why don't you eat up the entire Yao family alive and wipe it out!" Tang Guosheng was silent for a long time before he couldn't help but sigh deeply. road.
Tang Guoshou also nodded and said: "Yes, after all, there are only a few people who help in times of trouble, but there are countless people who add fuel to the fire. The Yao family will eventually have to share the evil consequences they have planted."
Tang Xiu smiled and said: "I promised Yao Qingzun that our Tang family will never take action against the other descendants of the Yao family again. But if we don't take action, others will have nothing to do with our Tang family. There is a good saying: The snipe and the clam are like each other. The fishermen will profit. Let’s just sit back and wait for our Tang family to divide the Yao family’s wealth!”