Chapter 561 Stepping Down as Patriarch
Kong Wange was also surprised that the old lady would come. She was taken aback at first, but then quickly went to greet her: "Grandma, what brings you here?"
Qi Peishan's sharp gaze swept over the members of the medicine sect who had just spoken, and he said in a deep voice, "Some petty people are spouting nonsense. If I don't come, am I supposed to wait for them to cause trouble?"
The person who had just been shouting about the medicine didn't dare to meet the old lady's gaze at all and immediately shrank back.
Uncle De, being older, was able to keep the situation under control. He looked at the old lady with a frown and said, "Since you're here, then let's speak the truth. This girl wants Zheng Ning to step down from the position of family head. It's unreasonable and unacceptable."
"Zheng Ning is someone you've watched grow up. Others may not know how the Wen family got to where it is today, but you certainly do, so you wouldn't play along with this girl's nonsense, right?"
"Nonsense? Wen Zirou killed my daughter, and you think what Wan Ge did today is nonsense?" The old lady gripped her cane tightly, slammed it against the ground, and glared at Wen Zhengning. "De Cai, you're wrong. How could I know how the Wen family got to where it is today? If I had known that he got here by stepping over Zhiyi's corpse, I would have risked my life to prevent him from sitting in this position for twenty-six years!"
Uncle De's expression changed, and his brows furrowed deeply: "Grandma, you can't say that. Zhiyi's poison was administered by Wen Zirou, and it has nothing to do with the head of the family!"
The old lady glared at Uncle De: "Don't try your tricks on me. I may be old, but my brain isn't rusty!"
Uncle De's lips trembled slightly, but he remained silent.
At this moment, Kong Wange stepped forward and patted the old lady's arm reassuringly: "Since Wen Zirou has already taken all the blame upon herself, and Uncle De insists that my mother's death has nothing to do with Wen Zhengning, then there is no point in saying more, and we don't need to get entangled in this any further."
Uncle De was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then breathed a sigh of relief, but then became somewhat hesitant, as if she had something to say next.
Sure enough, the next moment, Kong Wange changed the subject: "But even putting aside my mother's death, as the head of the Wen family, he should set an example and his moral character should not be compromised in the slightest. Am I right?"
Uncle De had no idea what she was up to, so he could only frown and say, "Zheng Ning has been the head of the family for so many years. He has always been strict with himself and lenient with others. He cares about his patients and has both virtue and talent. Everyone can see this and there is no fault in him."
"Oh?" Kong Wange looked at Wen Zhengning: "More than 20 years ago, the Wen family, under the strong advocacy of my uncle, sold a 'calming pill' that claimed that an ordinary blood-tonifying and qi-nourishing pill could cure cancer, which almost killed thousands of people. Isn't that a mistake?"
These words caused an uproar among those present.
The younger members of the medicine lineage, unaware of what happened back then, immediately lost their temper and retorted, "What nonsense are you spouting! How could our patriarch possibly do something so heinous!"
"That's right, you really will stop at nothing to smear the patriarch!"
"Selling counterfeit medicine is illegal and a crime. If the family had already done it, would they have waited for you to bring it up today? They would have been taken away by the police long ago!"
The members of the medicine group were all talking at once, completely unaware that Wen Zhengning and Uncle De's expressions were getting increasingly grim.
Kong Wange's expression held a hint of sarcasm: "What you're saying is true. I'm actually also curious about how my uncle managed to escape the condemnation of the police and the media back then, after selling fake medicine."
She looked at Wen Zhengning with icy eyes: "Since everyone is here today, why don't you answer our questions together, Uncle?"
He never expected Kong Wange to bring up this old story. Uncle De finally felt a little flustered and gritted his teeth, saying, "What rumors have you heard, you little brat? You dare to throw all sorts of mud at the head of the family!"
“Feng Decai, the younger generation of the Wen family doesn’t know about this matter, do you not know either?” It was Qi Shu who spoke, and the whole room fell silent for a moment when he spoke.
What's the meaning?
Could it be... that the head of the family really did this?
The younger members of the medicine lineage looked at each other, none of them daring to utter a sound.
"It's pointless for you to deny it now. We old guys all know that this happened back then. Of course, it was eventually dropped, but that was because we were concerned about the Wen family's reputation. It doesn't mean we can pretend it never happened!"
"To be honest, if Wan Ge hadn't brought this up, we would have almost forgotten about it over the years. But since it's been brought up today, let's talk about it properly!"
Another old manager of the acupuncture clinic said with a stern face: "Back then, when Wen Zhengning sold the medicine, patients came to us and we found out that he had secretly sold so many of those calming pills under the guise of being able to cure cancer. If we had known earlier that he was doing such a heinous thing, we would have prevented it from happening in the first place!"
Uncle De completely lost his temper: "You bunch of old fogies, don't you know why the patriarch did what he did back then? The Wen family was in dire straits at the time. Without some extreme measures, would the Wen family be what it is today? You would all be begging on the street corner by now!"
The old steward sneered, "So what if we're begging? If we can't afford delicacies, we can eat radishes and cabbages. We can still be content. It's better than carrying a bad reputation and having a guilty conscience for the rest of our lives!"
"You're saying all this now? Where were you all before!" Uncle De gritted his teeth in anger. "If you had so much backbone, why didn't you expose the head of the family back then?"
The reason they didn't go is because, ultimately, they are members of the Wen family.
At that time, apart from Wen Zhengning, there was indeed no one else suitable to take the position of family head.
But things are different now.
Their pulse points are now quite prominent.
What happened back then is no longer a secret that can't be told.
The old steward didn't speak, and Uncle De thought he had been rendered speechless by the other party. He was feeling quite pleased with himself when he heard Kong Wange chuckle: "Uncle De has said so much, so you're admitting to Wen Zhengning selling fake medicine back then, right?"
Uncle De suddenly paused, realizing he had fallen into a trap.
Why did he blurt out what the other person was saying in his haste?!
Those who are unaware of the inside story of acupuncture and medicine, what don't they understand now?
What Kong Wange said before was true; Wen Zhengning really did sell fake medicine, harming countless people.
This kind of thing, at its mildest, is a matter of morality; at its worst, it's a crime.
One of the younger members of the acupuncture and moxibustion family spoke up first: "Wen Zheng has committed moral failings and should step down as head of the family!"
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