The elders of Mingjia Village were furious when the phone was suddenly hung up on.
His face was flushed red, and he slapped his thigh hard: "You little brat, how dare you hang up on me!"
Even if Lu Zheng didn't want to enter Mingjia Village, he still had to have someone tie up that kid, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get rid of this knot in his heart.
He immediately picked up his phone and called the security guard again.
As soon as the call connected, the clan elder asked, "Are Lu Zheng and the others still at the door?"
The clan elder was clearly holding back a great deal of anger.
The security guard could tell from his voice. The guard who answered the phone twitched at the corner of his mouth and said cautiously, "Yes, I am."
"What do you mean 'here'? We're leaving right away. Does he really think he's something special? Ha! He can't just tell me to stay and leave as he pleases. I'm not from Mingjia Village. Does he think he's some big shot just because he has a little bit of power?"
The clan elder was already furious, and now that he'd been told this, he was about to vomit blood.
"Get them in here. And if they try to leave, stop them. If you can't stop them, then get out of here!"
After hanging up the phone, the elder threw it violently to the side.
After throwing away the phone, the clan elder cursed, "You bastard, you dare to bully me? Do you think everyone in my Mingjia Village is trash?"
“Dad, I think Mingxiang spoils him too much. He’s become so unruly that he’s practically defecating and pissing on your head.”
The clan chief shook his head: "Ming Xiang should have been my dog, Ming Family Village raised her. Now she's turned around and tied up an outsider to make me look bad."
To these people, their clansmen were indeed no different from dogs.
In fact, these clans all lived in the same village. Although they all had the surname Ming, their blood ties were very weak, and they could only be said to have shared a common ancestor.
According to the custom, people of Mingxiang's generation who marry other people with the surname Ming in the village cannot be considered close relatives, but only distant relatives.
It's not uncommon for the clan chief to treat her like a dog.
"Go and gather all the people in charge of the clan, and of course, Mingxiang's parents should also be gathered here."
...
The security guards were already walking towards Mingxiang.
The security guard gave Ming Xiang and his group a wry smile and said, "Mr. Ming, I'm sorry, but the clan leader said you have to go over there, or he said he'd fire us all."
Lu Zheng said with a smile, "We were planning to go in anyway. Alright, open the door."
"You can't drive your car in. You have to walk in with us. We'll drive your car into the parking garage for you in a bit."
The Ming family has too many rules, such as not being allowed to drive home at night, and no one in the village except the clan chief's family being allowed to keep large dogs.
A curfew will be in effect at 9 p.m.
You can only apply to leave your home if there is a special emergency, such as when your child is sick.
Of course, doctors have special privileges, or they might live in other people's homes. In any case, under normal circumstances, after 9 p.m., apart from security guards patrolling the streets and doctors being able to move around, the only people who can walk normally are clan elders and the six privileged families.
When Lu Zheng heard these words, he was dumbfounded and said, "Isn't this just a local tyrant?"
"Harmful……"
The security guard leading the way muttered under his breath, "Clan village, do you know what a clan village is? If the clan chief were in the old society, he could kill you on the spot if you didn't listen to him. Look at the old hill behind Mingjia Village, how many bones are there?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered Ming Xiang standing beside him and quickly explained, "President Ming, don't be angry, I didn't mean to..."
Mingxiang shook her head: "I also feel disgusted by the clan villages on our side."
She suffered greatly from it.
If Mingxiang hadn't been smart enough back then, she wouldn't even have the chance to go home now.
Her parents may never be able to hold their heads high again.
You know, these days, even if someone in a village has a million or two, people will still make fun of them.
It was only because Mingxiang truly possessed an absolutely astonishing talent, capable of building his own business empire and providing sufficient benefits to the village, that the villagers' perception of his family changed.
While such clan villages do have some advantages, such as the severe consequences for anyone who dares to bully a villager.
However, the drawbacks are also obvious. Apart from the administrators, everyone else in the village is more like a sheep being raised in a pen.
The human bones on the mountain behind the village, one after another, were actually all ancestors of the Ming family.
They might have committed a very minor offense, such as simply contradicting their patriarch, which was enough to warrant such punishment.
Although the people of Mingjia Village no longer have that privilege, the power of the clan chief to expel someone from the clan genealogy with a single sentence is still considerable.
Mingxiang was also feeling somewhat suffocated by this.
"Go further ahead, see that big courtyard? That's the clan chief's house."
"Huh, he has security guards standing so straight at the entrance?"
Lu Zheng looked ahead and saw four security guards holding controlled knives standing at the gate of the old clan chief's house.
This guy really thinks he's the emperor.
Lu Zheng was speechless.
Mingxiang sighed: "These security guards don't dare to kill people, but the old patriarch wants to show how powerful he is here, so the people at his gate have to carry knives, and he also has a very special way of addressing them."
Lu Zheng asked curiously, "What?"
"A bodyguard with a sword."
"Huh??? With... with armed guards? I'm impressed..."
The security guard gave a wry smile: "You'll get used to it. Anyway, he pays us, and he pays quite a lot. Everyone makes money. He's willing to let us call ourselves whatever we want, as long as it doesn't demean our dignity."
After a brief silence, Lu Zheng suddenly chuckled and said, "It seems this old patriarch is quite naive. Such a person is not difficult to deal with. But I'm curious, how did he become the patriarch?"
Logically speaking, someone who can sit in the position of clan leader should be very capable, so why does he seem a bit like an idiot right now?
Mingxiang sighed and said, "It's hereditary. His father was really capable. Back then, our Mingjia Village and Northwest Village had a bad relationship over the irrigation canal, which often led to fights, but no one ever thought of killing anyone."
"But that very night, his father led several men to that village and killed the entire clan of six. The key thing is that, by some unknown means, he was released after being imprisoned for three years."
"His two henchmen were sentenced to death, but he, the ringleader, got away with it."
“Northwest Village has sued several times, but it’s no use.”
“Since then, his father has become the new patriarch, and it has been sixty years since then.”
"Why……"
Lu Zheng sighed softly, "It's just like the old emperors."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
