Naturally, Old Man Zhong's inkstone didn't hit the target. After all, even if Old Man Zhong didn't dodge, he had no way to focus. With four younger brothers in front of him, Old Man Zhong could only randomly hit them on the ground one meter away from Old Man Zhong.
"Master," Mother Zhong put her palm on Old Man Zhong's shoulder and lowered her eyes, "You just said that our family does not practice lynching."
How could Old Man Zhong, who was already dissatisfied, speak for Old Man Zhong!
Unexpectedly, Zhong's mother continued, "Since Zhong Hongqian used the Zhenxing Talisman, the second room should also use the talisman to ask. We can't just listen to Zhong Hongqian's one-sided words. Even if she is telling the truth, it is just speculation and not evidence. We must always give people a chance."
What Mrs. Zhong said made sense, and others also agreed.
Although Wu Xingze is a member of the Wu family, he is married into the Zhong family, which means he is half a member of the Zhong family.
In this incident, the head of the Wu family used his life to prove to the Heavenly Master World that he had no problems, and the Wu family had become a scum. Moreover, the Wu family had already lost a head of the family, and the Heavenly Master World did not pursue the responsibility. On the contrary, the Zhong family had lived with Wu Xingze for so many years, but they did not find any problems with Wu Xingze at all, so someone should take responsibility.
Zhong Laoer understood this logic, so he kept saying that Zhong Hongqian did not conceal the truth, hoping to push her to take the responsibility to protect himself.
If it were any other day, he might have succeeded.
Unexpectedly, the head of the Zhong family had experienced too much during his separation, and his attitude had changed. In addition, the righteousness in his eyes was affecting his thoughts little by little, and he did not listen to Zhong Laoer's words and gave Zhong Hongqian a chance. This made this woman who had suffered for more than 20 years even more miserable.
The head of the Zhong family is not a bad person. He has a strong sense of justice, but he is pedantic. But it is precisely such people who often do bad things because his outdated ideas can no longer adapt to the development of modern productivity.
Although the Eyeball Ghost lived a hundred years ago, he was a rare sober person who always thought about how to awaken the Chinese people from the perspective of old views.
It was precisely this kind of thinking that slowly convinced the head of the Zhong family.
If a modern person, with non-mainstream hair color, colorful contact lenses, various rings on his lips and nose, and holey clothes said to old man Zhong, "You have to learn to respect young people, you have to conform to the times", old man Zhong would never accept it. It was good enough that he didn't use a peach wood sword to exorcise the "demon" in his eyes.
But what Brother Eyeball had been studying during his lifetime was the thoughts of humans a hundred years ago. Old Man Zhong and the modern society, one is the world in Brother Eyeball's eyes, and the other is the world Brother Eyeball wants to see. He used his obsession to slowly connect the two together.
Zhong Laoer was labeled with a real charm and said a lot of things.
For example, he really didn't expect Wu Xingze to be the evil master, and the news was leaked accidentally. Once he was chatting with other family members in the study, and Wu Xingze was sitting outside the door in a wheelchair. Zhong Laoer actually suspected that he had heard it, but he was afraid of taking responsibility, so he didn't say anything about it.
Zhong Laoer has always trusted the judgment of the head of the family and thought that the bad guy was the head of the Wu family. He felt that Wu Xingze was a person from the world of heavenly masters and had a bad relationship with his father. After hearing this news, he would either sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice and not secretly remind his father, or the father-son relationship would still exist, but as long as he kept an eye on him, Wu Xingze could only give the head of the Wu family a few words at most, and it was impossible for him to tell the head of the Wu family all the plans.
Moreover, the second son of Zhong had a very dark thought in his mind. What if Wu Xingze reminded the head of the Wu family, and the head of the Wu family was prepared and seriously injured the old man Zhong? Once the old man Zhong fell, Zhong's mother was a woman who was useless, and Zhong Jiu left home to pursue his dreams. As the second son of the family, could he take over the Zhong family
This is the most powerful family in the world of Heavenly Masters, with countless industries and enormous wealth. Who wouldn't want to be the head of the family
Fear of responsibility, negligence and the desire to seize power made Zhong Lao Er conceal key information. When he knew something was wrong, he pushed his daughter to take the blame, which was really despicable.
"What a misfortune for our family..." Old Man Zhong covered his eyes. He could not look at Old Second Zhong anymore. If he did, his eyes would hurt so much that he would have to kill his younger brother himself to vent his hatred.
The third son of the Zhong family, the father of Zhong Hongyi and Zhong Hongyan, stood up and said: "Although the eldest brother can't say lynching, it is difficult to quell the anger of the Heavenly Masters if we don't punish this despicable person, and we also have to make an agreement with the outside world."
With the stairs, Old Man Zhong put down his iron stick, stared at the third brother and said, "Third brother, you are a sensible person."
He stretched out his palm, patted his third brother's shoulder, and then slapped the blue and white porcelain vase next to him that was more than a meter tall.
Everyone: “…”
Although the master's eyes have been cured, I'm afraid they are half ruined.
Mother Zhong came over and pinched Old Man Zhong's wrist, helping him to put it on the arm of the third child: "It's here."
The Zhong family head coughed twice to ease the awkward atmosphere: "Ahem, since the third brother said so, then..."
Before he even said the words "Please punish me according to the family rules", Zhong's mother spoke up first: "The second son did the wrong thing. Although Xi Si was a bit nasty, he is not an accomplice after all. It is wrong to treat him like Wu Xingze."
Everyone looked at Zhong's mother. Was she trying to plead for Zhong Lao Er
Facing everyone's questions, Zhong's mother continued, "Since the head of the family said that the family rules will not be changed, then we will not change them. Jiusheng has been working hard outside in recent years. As a mother, although I am angry that my son is wasting his great talent, I want to respect his dreams and understand his pursuits. I have read a lot of books outside and have a new understanding of the new rules of society."
What she said made sense. Zhong Hongyi looked at Zhong's mother with a gleam of admiration in his eyes.
Mother Zhong: "For the situation of the Second House, the outside world handles it like this. We cannot determine the punishment, it is up to the country and the government. We can inform the law enforcement department about the murder of the head of the Wu family by his own son, hand over the Second Brother Zhong, and explain his role in it. If the law finds him guilty, then he is guilty. If the law judges that he was merely negligent, then that is negligence."
"This is a bit too light. We still have to follow the family rules." Old man Zhong was dissatisfied.
Mother Zhong pinched his back and seeing that he was obedient, she said, "But there is not only one Criminal Law in the world, and there are more ways to punish than imprisonment. Our Zhong family is called a family, but it can also be called a family business. Businesses have their own rules and regulations. Does the second house's case count as poor supervision?"
"Okay!" Zhong Hongyi acted as a supporting role on the side.
"Does it count as negligence causing the death of a partner?"
"Okay!" Zhong Hongyan shouted following his sister.
"Does it count as knowing the harm and not reporting it, causing serious injuries to your immediate supervisor?"
"Forget it!" This time it was Zhong Laosan who spoke. His daughter and son both spoke for Zhong's mother. Even if he didn't say anything, he would be considered to be in the same group as Zhong's mother. Rather than being misunderstood, it would be better for him to just obey!
"In this case, according to the general corporate regulations, isn't it reasonable and legal to remove him from his post and ask him to hand over the company's property according to law?" asked Zhong's mother.
"Yes." Now everyone spoke at once, and everyone realized that the situation was completely on the side of Zhong's mother.
"Well, then, we should respect the wishes of the head of the family, abolish the second branch's magical power, confiscate half of his property, leave 30% to his wife and daughter, and send him to the law enforcement department to explain the situation. Let the law decide whether he needs to serve his sentence. Is this the appropriate approach?" asked Zhong's mother.
It was natural and appropriate, and no one had any objections. This kind of handling could not only give the Wu family and the Tianshi world an opportunity to communicate, allowing them to see the Zhong family's selflessness, but also did not vent their anger on others, nor did they resort to lynching and harming Zhong Laoer's body. It was handled very properly.
The only one who felt it was inappropriate was Patriarch Zhong. He began to wonder how the phrase "respect the Patriarch's wishes" came to this conclusion. Was this what he meant from the beginning
However, after Mother Zhong finished explaining the punishment for Zhong Laoer, the pain in his eyes was gone, and he could see things clearly. The four double images became two, and he felt very comfortable.
After everything was done, everyone dispersed and got busy preparing for the evening's ancestor worship activities.
Mother Zhong sat on the chair, looking very tired. She had been busy all night, and she was really tired when she had to deal with all these chores just after the master of the house came to an end.
Zhong Hongqian stood in the middle of the hall in a daze. She came here this time to prepare herself for punishment. Even if she was sent to the Wu family, her magic power was sealed and she was thrown into a ghost cave, it was possible.
Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, nothing happened to her, and her father was sent away.
In Zhong Hongqian's opinion, this ending for her father was much better than the ending she had originally imagined for herself.
The Wu family ghost cave is so terrifying that people without magical powers will have their pulses cut off and die within half a day after entering. The cause was found to be myocardial infarction. In fact, they were tortured by evil spirits.
And if the case is handed over to law enforcement agencies, even if there is a possibility of punishment in the end, it will not be too severe, after all, the father's crime does not warrant it.
She thanked the head of the family and Zhong's mother and stood there, not knowing what to do.
She respected her father since she was young and was obedient to her husband after she got married. She never took the initiative to do anything and didn't know what to do.
Zhong Hongqian was very angry when she saw her pitiful appearance. Some of the pitifulness was just her own imagination. Zhong Hongqian got rid of the messy marriage, and her father who had been oppressing her was also sent away. And the property allocated to her by Zhong's mother made her a little rich woman. What was there to be afraid of!
Even if the miscarriage in the past hurt her body, medicine is so advanced now, and she is still young. If she hires a professional doctor, nutritionist and fitness coach to take care of her and stay in a good mood, she will definitely recover her health.
But Zhong Hongqian always looked confused, as if no one wanted her, and it seemed like she would have to live like this for the rest of her life.
"You follow me." Zhong Hongyi said to his cousin.
"What? Where?" Zhong Hongqian asked.
"Jiuyi has opened a company outside. Everything is developing new and he is short of people everywhere. You need to help him. You have good magic power, right? I just heard you say that you have been practicing diligently over the years." Zhong Hongyi said.
Those evil spirits must be suppressed by someone with magical powers, otherwise they will rebel at any moment.
Zhong Hongqian shook her head: "My magic power is average. My father always said that my magic power is very poor."
"It's okay, as long as he's better than my younger brother." Zhong Hongyi made the decision.
Old Man Zhong: “…”
What's he doing? He was still sitting in the hall. Didn't these two people avoid him when they talked? Since Zhong Jiu became a director, he would poach someone every time he went home. This time he finally left early. Why did Zhong Hongyi also start poaching the Zhong family's girls
What do they think the Zhong family is? A human reserve
The word "human reserve" suddenly popped up in Zhong's mind. He had never seen such a word before. He was shocked by his own idea and asked Zhong's mother: "What kind of eyes did you replace for him?"
Mother Zhong said calmly: "I found it on the 9th."
It means that if you ask your son a question, he will know nothing about it.
Zhong Hongyi also turned her face away. She would never tell the head of the Zhong family that his eyes, as a great Taoist priest, were replaced with the eyes of a vicious ghost.
Old man Zhong blinked and finally sighed. Although this eye was a little strange, it was indeed not bad. It made everything develop in the right direction.
"By the way, you just said that you have been watching the movies shot by Jiu? Don't you forbid such messy things to be seen in the house?" Old Man Zhong asked Mother Zhong.
"I watched it online. I watched it online. I didn't bring the movie theater home." Zhong's mother said, "There's also your movie 'The Record of Keeping Integrity' online. I watched it, too."
Old Man Zhong: “…”
He wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't know where the anger came from, and in the end he remained silent.
Mother Zhong pushed Old Man Zhong back to his room to rest. When the two of them entered the room, Old Man Zhong said, "Well, after the New Year, I'll find "The Fallen Family" and show it to you."
Mother Zhong: “…”
She looked at her husband as if she didn't know him. What could her husband, who was as hard as a rock in a toilet, say
Old man Zhong was so angry at her look that he said angrily: "Why are you watching? Do you think you want to watch the movie made by that unfilial son? No! Luo Huai saved you a while ago, and I just want to support his movie. I am doing this for Luo Huai's sake! Don't you know that Lihun was saved by someone? Let me tell you..."
"I know." Zhong's mother said, "I didn't expect you would like Luo Huai."
"How could I not like such a cute child? You are blind at the time and haven't even seen what he looks like. Let Jiuniang take him home so that you can thank him." said old man Zhong.
Mother Zhong: “…”
This old man wouldn't accept the good news, would he? Then why did she rush to send her son away so hastily, and why didn't she even spend the New Year with him
While Zhong's mother was regretting, Zhong Jiujiu had already rushed to the city where Luo Huai lived without stopping.
Zhong Jiu was certainly not here to spend the New Year with Luo Huai. Of course, if Luo Huai felt sorry for him and invited him to stay for a New Year's Eve dinner, he would reluctantly agree.
He came to find Wu Xingze.
Before leaving the Zhong family, Zhong Jiu suddenly realized that even if Luo Huai's soul-summoning ability was stronger than the Soul-Snatching Bell, it would not be strong enough to pull old man Zhong's soul from his body to this city from the Zhong family thousands of miles away.
It was the Soul-Snatching Bell that first summoned the soul and brought Old Man Zhong here, but was intercepted by Luo Huai halfway.
In other words, Wu Xingze is in this city!
Zhong Jiu decided to come to Luo Huai's house because he wanted to find Wu Xingze before the evil spirits in the Soul-Snatching Bell got out of control and to save the souls from being reincarnated so that people nearby would not be harmed.
At the Zhong family, he had already asked Zhong Hongyi to find some of Wu Xingze's belongings. Now there were Wu Xingze's clothes and hair in the bag.
Zhong Jiujiu found a deserted place to perform the ritual. His hair turned in one direction, and he followed the direction and searched until around nine o'clock in the evening, when he found Wu Xingze's body under a bridge.
Wu Xingze's surroundings were clean and tidy, without any trace of evil spirits. Not only that, even his soul was gone.