Chapter 226: Dog Tycoon
The Song family's ancestral hall is in the west of the city, and is mainly composed of the four branches of the same generation as Duke Song.
Although that branch of the Song clan was not as prominent and wealthy as the Duke of Song's Mansion, they were also very well-off. In the past, they had a very high status in Beijing thanks to the Duke of Song's Mansion. However, since the sudden collapse of the Duke of Song's Mansion, the Song family spent a large sum of money to "buy out" the relationship with the Song Hong lineage, and the remaining Song clan members have been extremely low-key.
The sudden visit of the Black Armored Guards startled everyone.
Looking at Xiao Yan and Gu Helian standing in the mansion, Fourth Master Song felt uneasy. He set his gaze on Song Tangning, who was more familiar to him, and forced a smile.
"Isn't this Tang girl? Why are you here so late and making such a big noise?"
He approached her and said affectionately, "You haven't been here for quite some time. Your great-aunt is really thinking about you. A few days ago, she was wondering if you had forgotten her. If she knew you were here, she would definitely be happy. I'll send someone to tell her..."
"I won't bother the old lady anymore."
Tang Ning's words stunned Master Song Si and also made the others around him feel a little uneasy.
"When I broke up with Song Hong and the others earlier, I had already publicly expelled myself from the Song family. Fourth Master Song's words of great-aunt Tang Ning are unworthy."
"I came here today for two reasons: first, to fulfill what I promised the other day: to ask Fourth Master Song to open the ancestral hall, remove me and my father's lineage from the Song family register, and move my parents' coffins from the Song family ancestral tomb. Second, to deliver a letter of severance of kinship on behalf of Third Master Song Tan, to remove Third Master Song Ru's concubine from the family register."
Fourth Master Song's face changed drastically. Song Wenli, who had previously met Song Jinxiu, came over and said anxiously, "Tang Ning, what nonsense are you talking about? What you said in anger at Prince Cheng's mansion that day was just a spur of the moment. No one in the clan took it seriously. Besides, your uncle..." Thinking of Tang Ning's relationship with the Duke's Mansion, he changed his words, "Besides, Song Hong has nothing to do with the Song family anymore. Why are you still angry with him?"
"Yes, Tang Ning, please stop talking nonsense. Your father and his family have been buried for many years. How can you disturb their peace by moving their graves?"
"Yes, if we move the ancestral graves, won't they have no family to rely on in the future?"
The other people around were also talking at once, and some were even angry and accused Tang Ning of making trouble.
"You're just a little girl, what are you doing? You're a daughter of the Song family, how can you be removed from the family at will? What will people outside say if they find out?!"
"You actually want to move the grave! That's the resting place of our ancestors. How can we tolerate your nonsense?"
"That's right, are you crazy? You've disturbed the peace of our ancestors. Can you bear the consequences?!"
Gu Helian hadn't had a good rest for several days, and his eyes were stained with blue and black. Listening to those people talking nonsense and taking advantage of their seniority, he said to Tang Ning with some impatience:
"I've told you long ago that these people are shameless. When you broke up with the Duke's Mansion, it was public knowledge, known throughout the capital, but no one ever tried to dissuade you. They tacitly allowed you to expel yourself from the Song family. Now that you've gained power without the Duke's Mansion, they keep calling you a Song family girl."
"You!" The Song family members shouted angrily, "You are talking nonsense!"
Gu Helian scoffed, "If I'm talking nonsense, then when she left the Duke's Mansion as a little girl, did any of you come forward to speak up for her? And who has ever publicly denied what she said in Prince Cheng's Mansion?"
"The so-called tribesmen are greedy for life and afraid of death, seeking profit and avoiding harm, climbing up to the powerful and trampling on the weak, and are extremely shameless."
As he spoke, he looked at Tang Ning and said, "Why would you discuss this with people like them? Just destroy the Song Family Ancestral Hall. There's no need to waste words with them."
Fourth Master Song was so angry at Gu Helian that he almost fell backwards, and the people in the Song family also glared at him.
Tang Ning said calmly, "Master Song, you should know whether I was angry with someone that day. The girls of the Rong family are trustworthy and will never go back on their words."
"Since I'm here today, I must take my parents' coffins away. Even if you don't open the ancestral hall to remove them from the family, my father's lineage will no longer be a member of the Song family. But if things get ugly, it won't be my reputation that's hurt."
Master Song Si heard the ruthlessness in her words and was shocked. How could the little girl who used to smile at everyone she met become so cold-hearted?
He didn't dare to confront her forcefully, so he could only soften his brows and whisper, "Tang Ning, we are all close relatives and the same clan, why do you have to make such a fuss?"
"It's not me who's causing trouble, but some people don't want me to have peace."
Tang Ning was obviously not too cold, but the coldness in his words was clearly heard by everyone.
"I didn't intend to come here now, and I don't think it matters much whether my surname is Song or not. I hate Song Hong and his mother, not the other members of the Song family. If I can save everyone's face, I don't want to do anything too extreme. It's a pity that there are always people who try to use this matter to control me, a daughter of the Song family."
"As long as I stay in the Song family, there will be people harassing me. As long as I still have the surname Song, there will be people disturbing me."
As she spoke, she looked up at the Song clan members across from her.
"I only have two things to do tonight. If Fourth Master Song opens the ancestral hall, I will do what I need to do and leave immediately. I will never bother anyone else in the Song family again. But if you find it difficult, don't blame me for not remembering our past kinship."
"If the Song family ancestral hall collapsed tonight and the ancestral graves were dug up, I'm sure that wouldn't be what you wanted to see."
As soon as Tang Ning finished speaking, Xiao Yan walked forward calmly, and Gu Helian also snorted coldly and stood on the other side of Tang Ning.
The black-armored guards who were originally standing in front of the courtyard took a step forward together. They were wearing light armor and had swords on their waists. The sound of their footsteps was so loud that everyone in the Song family changed their faces.
They may not be afraid of Tang Ning, they may not be afraid of Gu Helian, but the famous Black Armor Guards, and Xiao Yan who stood there without saying a word, with a calm face and eyes, but like a sheathed sword, with an intimidating power, made everyone terrified.
It seemed as if they would destroy the Song family in the next moment.
"Tang Ning..."
Seeing Song Tangning's expression of indifference, the Fourth Master Song could only look aside and said, "Master Xiao, this is all a misunderstanding. I have long since restrained everyone in the clan. No one would dare to bother Tangning. Someone must be deliberately trying to instigate this and harm our Song family."
"Tang Ning was provoked at a young age, but the clan has absolutely no intention of bullying her. I hope that Governor Xiao can persuade her. Although the Song family is not as strong as it used to be, it is still her father's family. She is a woman, and if she leaves the clan for any reason, she will be criticized, and her future marriage will be difficult..."
"With this Governor here, who would dare to make things difficult for her?"
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, Tang Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't have time to figure out what he meant.
Gu Helian, who was standing beside him, sneered, "What a bullshit marriage! My little Haitang is as beautiful as a flower and has a fortune. Half of Zuozhou will belong to her in the future. If she wants a man, she can just wave her hand and many talented young men will rush to marry into her family. Who dares to point fingers?"
Xiao Yan: “…”
The corners of his mouth suddenly straightened and he looked at Gu Helian coldly.
Gu Helian, however, didn't feel the low pressure around her at all. She just said impatiently, "Tonight, either you open the ancestral hall and take care of Xiao Haitang's matter, or I will bring people to destroy your Song family's ancestral hall. Anyway, this shabby place is not worth a few taels of silver."
Everyone in the Song family blushed, thinking that Gu Helian was humiliating them, but their eyes fell on the row of sparkling gems inlaid on the gold belt around his waist. The night pearl, which was collected as a treasure by other families, was brightly inlaid in the center of the buckle.
Everyone's faces turned even redder.
Big dog owner!!
Tang Ning "heard" the thoughts of everyone in the Song family. He silently glanced at Gu Helian's blinding waist, turned his head and said to the fourth master Song:
"Fourth uncle, I hope you won't embarrass me."
When this uncle of the Gu family goes crazy, she can't control him.
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