Su Lingwei's eyes flickered slightly, her face full of humility.
"Lingwei believes that the next head of the Su family cannot be decided by Lingwei alone, nor can it be decided by the head of the family alone. It needs the approval of the elders in the family."
Everyone echoed this sentiment.
They all say that the next head of the family needs to be recognized by everyone, but in reality, they are all making their own ulterior motives.
Because none of them would approve of Su Xing, and only if Su Xing fails to become the head of the family would others have a chance.
Su Hongshuo could naturally see what everyone was thinking. He sighed inwardly and directly pointed out their thoughts.
"I know you all want to be the head of the family, but there can only be one position for the head of the Su family. What do you suggest we do?"
Just when everyone thought Su Hongshuo was about to lose his temper and reprimand everyone.
Unexpectedly, Su Hongshuo said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, then let's split up the family. I'm tired of all these years. Rather than fighting back and forth, it's better to split up the family quickly. After the split, it's up to you whether you continue to support each other or develop your own businesses."
Everyone was quite surprised to hear this.
"A division of the family?! Clan chief, are you kidding me?!"
"Hmph! Don't try to scare me with the idea of splitting up the family!"
"If we're splitting up, how will we do it?"
…
Su Hongshuo sat in the chair, looking somewhat dejected. Although he knew that after the family split, the original Su family would disappear completely, he was really tired and didn't want to keep going like this.
Most importantly, his efforts were seen by others as nothing more than authoritarianism.
If that's the case, it would be better to separate the family.
Just then, Su Xing, looking travel-worn, rushed back. Seeing so many people in the hall, he assumed they were discussing the fire at the Wei family's residence.
"Father! Your son is back. I'm sorry to have worried you!"
After Su Xing entered the hall, he knelt down in front of Su Hongshuo and kowtowed.
Upon seeing Su Xing, everyone was startled and quickly stood up and took a few steps back.
Su Hongquan immediately covered his mouth and nose, "Why are you back?! You not only want to implicate the Su family, but you also want to kill us all?!"
Su Xing was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Hongshuo with a puzzled expression.
Su Hongshuo said in a deep voice, "I haven't had a chance to talk about the matter in Fukang County yet. Now that you're here, you can tell them about it yourself."
Seeing the weariness in Su Hongshuo's eyes, Su Xing assumed it was due to the recent events and felt a pang of self-reproach. He then stood up and began to tell everyone about everything concerning Fukang County.
"Are you saying that all of this was a scheme orchestrated by the magistrate of Fukang County and the Wei family? But how dare they? Those are the people of an entire city! You wouldn't have had your daughter frame all of this to escape punishment, would you?"
Su Hongquan didn't believe what Su Xing said. After all, they were the people of the city, and Jia Ren was just a minor county magistrate. How could he have such audacity?
Su Xing has always been a good-tempered person. He doesn't care what others say about him, but he can't let it involve the people he cares about.
“Princess Yong’an was sent to Fukang County by imperial decree to manage the plague, so how could she be abusing her power for personal gain?!”
The group of young masters who had gone to Fukang County to help earlier have returned to Jinzhou City today.
If Uncle doesn't believe me, he can go and ask someone else!
Moreover, the condition of the people in Fukang County is now under control, and as long as they take their medicine on time, they will recover in a few days.
Although my third uncle's medical skills were not excellent, he should still know what a plague is like.
If there really was a plague in Fukang County, how could it have been brought under control so quickly, and how could those infected have recovered so rapidly?!
After Su Xing finished speaking, Su Hongshuo added, "Xi'er just wrote to say that the Emperor has sent Imperial Censor Xie to Jinzhou to investigate this matter. If you have any doubts, you can discuss them with him when he arrives."
The Imperial Censor is coming?!
Everyone fell silent, exchanging bewildered glances, their eyes filled with shock.
Su Hongjue spoke first, "Patriarch, what are you saying? We are all family, so we should naturally be of one mind. Nephew and Princess Yong'an are both members of the Su family. Even if they have made a mistake, we will not say anything to Lord Xie. Besides, I believe what my nephew said!"
Regardless of what others say, I, Su Hongjue, hereby declare that no matter what happens, the fourth branch of the family will definitely stand by my nephew's side!
Seeing this, others also began to express their opinions.
Although it was hard to believe that Jia Ren and the Wei family had poisoned the people of the city, they had no choice but to believe it since Su Xing had said so.
Moreover, the Imperial Censor is coming, so Su Muxi probably wouldn't dare to lie.
Only then did they realize that the fire at the Wei family's residence might not be so simple.
"Brother, could the fire at the Wei family's house have been a cover-up, with someone being murdered to cover it up?"
Su Hongquan, who had been all smiles and mockery, became uneasy.
Su Hongjue analyzed with a worried expression, "The reason why Jia Ren and the Wei family dared to do such a big thing with such impunity must be because someone is backing them up. Now that the Princess of Yong'an has exposed the matter, that person behind them has silenced the Wei family..."
Upon hearing this, the others also became nervous.
"The Wei family has at least several hundred members... The person behind them is too ruthless!"
"Will our Su family be in trouble?"
…
Su Hongshuo coldly observed everyone's reactions without uttering a word.
Not wanting everyone to worry, Su Xing analyzed, "If the person behind this wanted to take action against the Su family, they could have done so long ago. There's no need to go through all this trouble, using the people of Fukang County as a pretext."
Burning down the Wei family's house was a last resort to silence witnesses.
Burning down the Su family's house wouldn't do that person any good.
Su Hongquan nodded, "My nephew is right!"
Hearing this, the others felt much relieved. "That's right! If the person behind this wanted to harm our Su family, they would have done it already. There's no need for them to go through all this trouble!"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion.
Some people advocated simply taking over the Wei family's business.
Some advocate keeping a low profile, pretending to be the victim, and demanding an explanation from Xie Chi.
In the end, it was Su Hongjue who asked Su Hongshuo for his opinion.
"Patriarch, what are your thoughts on this matter?"
Su Hongshuo sneered, "Heh! What I think is unimportant. Anyway, we're going to split up the family, so you can decide for yourselves!"
Su Xing was surprised, "Separate families?"
If the family were to split up, the Su family would instantly fall apart and be gradually devoured by other powerful families.
After all, the principle that a single chopstick is easy to break, but a bundle of chopsticks is hard to bend is quite simple.
But now his father is actually saying he wants to divide the family property…
It seems something has happened.
In fact, he knew that his father was also unwilling to be the head of the Su family, but out of a sense of responsibility, his father still obeyed his grandfather's arrangement and took the position of head of the family.
Over the years, his father has worked diligently to maintain the Su family's position in the Jinzhou business community.
Therefore, his father must have been extremely disappointed with the Su family to bring up the matter of dividing the family property.
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