Chapter 99: The Position of Patriarch
"The person standing outside the dungeon is none other than Liu.
But the feeling she gave me was completely different from before.
In the past, she was gentle and respectful at home, and she was low-key and quiet.
But at that time, she stood proudly, with the attitude of a superior.
I called her Mrs. Liu, and she actually agreed. Then, without saying a word, she fed me a poison pill and asked me to keep it a secret for him.
Every half a month, someone will send me an antidote. If you dare to tell anyone about this, I will die from a ruptured stomach.
To save my life, I naturally agreed."
When Chen Ping said this, he looked at Chen Jia and pleaded:
"Master, I didn't mean to betray you, Master. I had no choice..."
Chen Jia frowned and waved his hand, "Go on, what happened next?"
"Later... later she asked me to look after the young master in the mansion, and I helped him in order to survive."
"Was it you who pushed me down the mountain?" Chen Jia asked.
Chen Ping waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, it wasn't me, it was arranged by the Second Master himself."
Chen Ping carefully glanced at Chen Jia's expression, and seeing that he looked extremely gloomy, he quickly said:
"Originally, Madam Liu wanted Second Master to kill you directly, but Second Master couldn't bear it and hesitated for a long time before making up his mind."
Chen Jia sneered: "Hearing you say that, I should be grateful for my second brother's kindness in sparing my life."
Chen Ping didn't dare to speak.
After a while, Chen Jia came back to his senses and asked again: "What else do you know?"
“Then Liu poisoned me, so naturally I found someone to help me detoxify.
But the doctors said that I was poisoned by a strange kind of Nanli poison that most people cannot cure.
Later I asked Liu, and she admitted that she was from Nanli."
After hearing this, Chen Jia understood and had known this for a long time.
"What else? Why did she want to enter our Chen Mansion?" Chen Jia continued to ask.
"She said she was persecuted by her family and fled here with her mother, who had no choice but to send her to the Chen family.
When her mother came looking for her again, she had already become the master's concubine and had given birth to the second son. In order to escape, she designed the drama in Cangzhou.
"Then why did she go to Yu's house again?"
"Because the greedy and lustful head of the Yu family is originally from Nanli. They are in the same group."
Chen Jia narrowed his eyes and asked, "So what you mean is that the Yu family is the lair of Nanli's spies?"
Chen Ping nodded.
"Later, Liu came to our Chen family with Yu Qingyue. Her purpose was to make the Chen family work for her, so that she could better exchange what she had with Nanli."
Chen Jia shouted outside: "Fu Long, did you hear that?"
Fu Long came in from outside and said, "I heard it."
"Then go back and tell your general to take people to the Yu family's house and confiscate it. Also send someone to keep an eye on Yu Qingyue and Nanny Ding."
"OK."
After hearing this, Fu Long turned and left.
Chen Ping realized it belatedly and asked, "Sir, are you going to deal with the head of the family?"
Chen Jia asked in reply, "After he released a Nanli spy, he collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, which was against the righteousness of his country.
If I don't take action now, am I going to have to watch helplessly as the entire Chen family is dragged into an irretrievable situation by him?"
After hearing this, Chen Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Master, you are wise."
The encirclement and suppression of the Yu family went very smoothly.
Yu Qingyue reacted immediately after learning that the entire Yu family was imprisoned.
He set out in the middle of the night with his personal maid Linghua to meet Chen Fang in the capital.
But Yu Qi had already sent people to keep an eye on Yu Qingyue, so how could she escape?
When Yu Qi came to the house the next day, in the Chen family's flower hall, the old lady of the Chen family was sitting on the left of the main seat, and Chen Jia was sitting on the right.
Yu Qi sat below Chen Jia.
The old lady had already sent someone to tie up Madam Ding, gag her, and throw her aside.
Yu Qi bowed to the old lady to express his gratitude, and then left the Chen Mansion with Madam Ding in a grand manner.
As soon as Yu Qi left, the old lady ordered the ancestral hall to be opened and summoned members of the Chen family to a meeting.
An hour later, everyone gathered at the Chen Family Ancestral Hall and offered sacrifices to the ancestral tablets.
After everyone sat down, the old man from the second house couldn't wait to speak:
"Sister-in-law, what is the purpose of opening the ancestral hall today?"
The old lady sat in the main seat. Before she could speak, the fat old man from the third room interrupted and said:
"Sister-in-law, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to sit in this position. The head of the family is Chen Fang now, and this position should be left vacant when he's not here."
The old lady sneered after hearing this: "Oh, really? What if I really want to sit today?"
The third master smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, even if someone must sit in this position today, it will not be you, but the descendants of the Chen family."
At this time, Chen Jia suddenly said, "Then I'll sit down."
After hearing this, the Third Master looked Chen Jia up and down with a half-smile:
"Jia'er, it's not that my words are unpleasant to the ears, but our Chen family has never had a disabled patriarch.
If this gets out, it will damage the reputation of our Chen family."
The fourth master listened nearby and nodded as well.
But the next second they were all stunned because Chen Jia stood up from the wheelchair.
He walked up to the old lady, helped her up and arranged her in the seat next to him.
Then he calmly sat in the position of the head of the family.
Seeing this, the second master stood up excitedly: "Jiaer, is your leg... okay?"
Chen Jia smiled and nodded at the second master.
The rest of the people were half happy, half shocked and couldn't laugh.
The third master was shocked: "You...your legs..."
Regardless of the reactions below, Chen Jia said calmly:
"I'm sure you all know about the Yu family's confiscation of property."
The happy group of people nodded in agreement.
At this time, the fourth master jumped out and said, "Chen Jia, even if your leg is healed, it is not your turn to sit in the head of this family."
Chen Jia looked at the Fourth Master with a half-smile: "Oh, then who does Fourth Uncle think should sit down?"
"Don't forget, the current head of the family is Chen Fang."
"So, Fourth Uncle means that this position can only be reserved for Chen Fang?"
"Yes."
Chen Jia laughed after hearing this and said, "Fourth Uncle is really a loyal fan of Chen Fang.
Indeed, it was his third and fourth uncles who put in a lot of effort for Chen Fang to become the head of the family.
Now that I'm the one doing it, all your previous efforts will be wasted."
When the Third Master heard this, he could no longer sit still. He stood up and said proudly:
"So what?"
After hearing this, Chen Jia said to the crowd, "Everyone here, is there anyone who wholeheartedly supports Chen Fang? Please stand up and express your stance."
The third master glanced back and saw half of the people in the hall standing up one after another.
Seeing this, Chen Jia smiled and said, "Now that you have come forward, it really saves a lot of trouble."
Then he clapped his hands and said, "Come here, capture him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Long came in from outside with a group of people, looking aggressive and all of them drew their swords.
Seeing this, the third master shouted loudly:
"This is our Chen family's ancestral hall. Who are you to dare to act wildly here?"
"Fu Long, a lieutenant under the command of Right Guard General Yu Jin, Duke of Zhenguo, has been ordered to apprehend Chen Fang's accomplices."
Fu Long spoke while his hands did not stop moving.
Hu Bu Long Xiang took a few steps forward and put the knife on the third master's neck.
The other people in the ancestral hall were stunned when they saw this and didn't dare to say a word. The whole hall fell silent in an instant.
Only the third master turned around and glared at Chen Jia: "Chen Jia, what do you mean?
Are you going to use this method to deal with us just to get the position of Patriarch?"
Chen Jia calmly picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then said casually:
"Uncle San, you didn't even listen to me finish my words before you rushed to admit that you were Chen Fang's man. You really asked for this."
"You...you should tell me, even if I am Chen Fang's man, so what? What law have I broken?"
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