The Fan Family's Patriarch's face was pale as he sat in the Fan Family's meeting hall. He looked at the Fan Family and said, "Everyone, what do you think about Little Zheng's death?"
Everyone in the Fan Family had an angry expression on their faces. Fan Guangliang stood up and said, "Father, I've carefully examined the scene. Little Zheng was poisoned, and it's a very powerful poison. Little Zheng hasn't eaten for a long time, so it's impossible for him to be poisoned by anything he ate or drank. The only way to poison him is to release poisonous gas in the air. However, Little Zheng's cave residence was almost completely sealed, so it's very difficult to spread poison through the air. Unless someone was standing in Little Zheng's cave residence and directly poisoned him, the chances of success wouldn't be very high. I think we should control all the outsiders who come in contact with Little Zheng's cave residence and carefully interrogate them."
The Fan Family's Patriarch looked at Fan Guangliang and nodded, "That's a good idea. However, Little Zheng's cave residence doesn't allow people to casually enter. Moreover, there's an alarm formation inside. If someone really enters, then the alarm formation will sound. Therefore, you have to be careful when you investigate. The other party either has a way to enter the cave residence without anyone noticing, or they're a formation expert who can deal with the alarm formation in advance."
Fan Guangliang nodded and said, "Yes. Father, rest assured, I'll be careful."
The Fan Family Patriarch nodded, then he looked at the others and said, "Do you have any other opinions?"
The Fan Family members frowned. To be honest, although they were very angry about Fan Zheng's death, they also looked at the scene and didn't find any clues. Even if they wanted to raise an opinion, they couldn't.
In fact, there were some people in the Fan Family who were very happy about Fan Zheng's death. The Fan Family was a large family, and it was impossible for a large family to not have any conflicts. It was impossible for them to be peaceful all the time. Fan Zheng was a genius, and he had suppressed too many people. The resources he occupied were enough for a lot of people to use. His death not only opened up a position, but also made the Fan Family's resources more abundant. Therefore, there were some people who were secretly happy about Fan Zheng's death.
However, Fan Minghui didn't think so. He looked at the Fan Family Patriarch and said, "Father, I think this matter might be related to the Life and Death Arena."
When the Fan Family Patriarch heard Fan Minghui, he couldn't help but stare. Then he frowned and said, "Tell me your reason. Why do you think that this matter is related to the Life and Death Arena?"
Fan Minghui replied, "Our Fan Family controls several Life and Death Pendulums, so Elder Tang wouldn't just sit by and watch. If we set a precedent, then he wouldn't be able to control the Life and Death Pendulums in the future. When we controlled the Life and Death Pendulums in Thundercloud City, although he didn't do anything to our Fan Family, he still executed the people in the Life and Death Pendulums, including our Fan Family's people. I think he wanted to use this method to warn us. But this time, he didn't do anything to the people in the Life and Death Pendulums, instead, he directly attacked the Life and Death Pendulums. He sent Zhao Hai to Thundercloud City to make a scene, in fact, he wanted to give us a warning. If we hand over the Life and Death Pendulums and stop controlling the Life and Death Pendulums, then I think Elder Tang wouldn't do anything to our Fan Family.
"Enough!" Before Fan Minghui could say the words' think thrice ', the Fan Family Patriarch stopped him. The Fan Family Patriarch coldly looked at Fan Minghui and said, "Fan Minghui, what do you mean? Do you think Old Tang would dare to challenge our Fan Family? "He's a toothless tiger. How dare he challenge the Fan family? Even if he dared, how could he poison Xiaozheng to death silently? You stopped me when I was about to take care of the other people in the Life and Death Arena. Fan Minghui, are you still a member of the Fan family? What benefits do you get by speaking up for the Life and Death Arena? Get out of here immediately. In the future, you don't need to care about the Fan Family anymore. Scram! "
Fan Minghui stared blankly at his father. He had worshipped his father since he was a child. He always thought that his father was a wise and powerful man. However, as he slowly grew up, he discovered that his father wasn't as wise as he thought. Now, in the Fan Family's meeting room, aside from the Fan Family's members, it could even be said that aside from the Fan Family's direct descendants, there were no other people present. Although this seemed to guarantee that these people were absolutely reliable, it also restricted the family's development. It was impossible for a family to develop just by relying on the direct descendants. His father obviously didn't think about this. He only wanted to seize the power of the Fan Family in the hands of the direct descendants. He simply didn't think about giving other people a chance.
Fan Minghui knew that his father had to deal with a lot of things every day. It had been a long time since he had any contact with the Fan Family's side branches. Therefore, he simply didn't know the current situation of the Fan Family's imperial branch.
Right now, the life of the Fan family's side branches wasn't easy. They were the head of the Fan family, but they were constantly being suppressed by the direct descendants. The resources that were given to them were getting lesser and lesser, all of it being severely withheld by the direct descendants. Now, the people of the side branches were complaining everywhere. Under these circumstances, how could his father still want the Fan family to develop? How could that be possible?
If he wanted the Fan Family to develop, he had to use both the direct descendants and the side branches. This made the side branches think that following the Fan Family was their only way out. But now, the Fan Family's side branches were being treated harshly. This made the side branches not take the Fan Family's development seriously. In their opinion, no matter how well the Fan Family developed, the ones who would benefit would be the direct descendants. It had nothing to do with them. Under such circumstances, how could they do their best for the Fan Family?
As for the people who weren't part of the Fan Family, they were just guests who relied on the Fan Family. The Fan Family was very lenient towards them. If you want to join the Fan Family, then it would be very good. But once you join the Fan Family, then everything would change. Not only would they not be able to keep up with the resources, they would also be given dangerous missions. Many of the guests were already dissatisfied with this. In the past, when the Fan Family arranged for the guests to fight Zhao Hai, Zhao Hai only won 20 battles. However, the number of guests who ran away reached nearly 200, which was ten times more than the number who died in battle.
But this time, Elder Tang sent Zhao Hai to the Thundercloud Star to cause trouble. It was clear that he wanted to teach the Fan Family a lesson. This was because the Fan Family was still holding onto the Life and Death Arena. This was a clear warning. But his father actually said that Elder Tang was already a toothless tiger. How could this be possible? If Elder Tang wasn't someone to be feared, then why would he send Zhao Hai to the Thundercloud Star to cause trouble? This was equivalent to slapping the Fan Family's face. Was this something that someone who wasn't someone to be afraid of would do?
In Fan Minghui's view, although the Fan Family controlled the Life and Death Arena and made them a lot of money, it was unwise for them to become enemies with Elder Tang. When the Fan Family was in trouble, Elder Tang didn't hit them when they were down. Instead, he gave them a large amount of dividends every year, allowing the Fan Family to have a chance to recuperate. But now, the Fan Family was plotting against Elder Tang. How could Elder Tang not be angry?
When Zhao Hai left the Thundercloud Star, Fan Minghui persuaded his father to give up the Life and Death Arena that the Fan Family controlled. This way, the Fan Family would be able to ease their relationship with Elder Tang.
However, his father didn't agree. Not only did he not agree, but he also wanted to take over all the Life and Death Arena in the Thundercloud Star. He said that aside from sending Zhao Hai to deal with them, Elder Tang didn't have any other methods. They didn't need to be afraid of Elder Tang.
At that time, Fan Minghui strongly opposed this. However, he was scolded by his father. After that, Fan Zheng was killed. Fan Zheng was in seclusion in a secret cave of the Fan Family. Not to mention outsiders, even the Fan Family didn't know the location of this cave. But he was poisoned to death in the cave. This in itself explained the problem.
Wanting to poison a person to death in the core area of a heavily guarded Great Family wasn't something that ordinary people could do. Aside from the possibility that it was done by one's own people, there was only one other possibility. And that was that the person who dealt with you was a very powerful force. Moreover, this person had a very good understanding of you and your family's every move. Only in this way would one be able to poison someone to death silently.
The place where Fan Zheng died was the core of the Fan Family. Aside from some direct descendants of the Fan Family, only a few loyal servant clans knew about it. Now that Fan Zheng was dead, Fan Guangliang wanted to investigate everyone except the Fan Family. Therefore, he didn't make a move on the servant clans. Fan Minghui didn't approve of this. These servant clans had followed the Fan Family for several generations or even more than ten generations. They were very loyal and had long regarded themselves as part of the Fan Family. If they were to suddenly make a move on them, what would the other servant clans think? Wouldn't this cause the Fan Family's servant clans to become estranged from them?
It was precisely because Fan Zheng's cave was very secretive that those who knew about it couldn't make a move. This also ruled out the possibility of an insider making a move. If it wasn't an insider, then it was an outsider. There weren't many outsiders who knew about the place and had the ability to make a move. But the Life and Death Arena's Elder Tang was someone who had the ability to do so.
Fan Minghui didn't dare to underestimate Elder Tang. Elder Tang had controlled the Life and Death Arena for so many years. Aside from the Fan Family, no other family dared to control the Life and Death Arena. This already explained Elder Tang's methods. And now, what the Fan Family did was tantamount to touching Elder Tang's reverse scale. It would be strange if Elder Tang would let them go. Because of this, Fan Minghui believed that this matter was done by the Life and Death Arena.
He only spoke out his thoughts. He just didn't want the Fan Family to suffer any losses. He did it for the good of the Fan Family, but this was the result. This time, he wasn't just scolded, he was directly kicked out of the Fan Family's core circle. This method really made him feel bitterly disappointed. At the same time, he also felt his father's stubbornness and stupidity.
As a son, Fan Minghui began to use the word 'stupidity' to describe his father. It could be seen how disappointed he was with his father. However, Fan Minghui didn't directly contradict the Fan Family's head. He only looked at the Fan Family's head deeply before turning around and leaving the hall. The other members of the Fan Family looked at him with ridicule. Nobody spoke up for him. At this time, Fan Minghui had completely given up on the Fan Family.
Fan Minghui began to come into contact with the family's matters when he was very young. He understood his father very well. He knew very well that if he dared to contradict his father, then his father would very likely get angry and kick him out of the Fan Family. He might even kill him. No one knew better than him what kind of person his father was.
Fan Minghui left the hall. When he walked out of the door, he turned his head to look at the hall. This glance was filled with heartache, but it was also filled with determination. He had already decided on the path he would take in the future.
After driving Fan Minghui out of the meeting hall, the Fan Family's Patriarch's face was still ashen. He turned his head to look at the crowd and coldly said, "Investigate, investigate with all your might. Find out who poisoned Little Zheng. I don't believe that this matter was done by outsiders. Investigate from the inside. As long as there is a suspect, arrest them. It's better to kill the wrong person than to let them go."
Don't let them go. "Upon hearing the Fan Family's Head's words, the hearts of the members of the Fan Family trembled. They knew that the Fan Family's Head was truly angry this time. It seems like he wouldn't let this matter rest until the truth comes to light.
In fact, these people didn't know that the reason why the Fan Family's Head gave such an order and said that the person who killed Fan Zheng must be someone from the Fan Family. He wanted to prove that he was right. He wanted to prove that Fan Minghui was wrong. When the time comes, he can openly teach Fan Minghui a lesson. He believed that Fan Minghui's opposition to his decision was the biggest provocation to his prestige. He wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, he drove Fan Minghui out of the family's core power. At the same time, he wanted to prove to everyone that he was right and that Fan Minghui was wrong.
What Patriarch Fan didn't know was that as he grew older and the time he spent in power grew longer and longer, his desire for power grew bigger and bigger. He liked the feeling of being able to decide the life and death of others with a single sentence, and even the direction of the family with a single sentence. He liked this feeling, so he would use all his strength to suppress anyone who dared to challenge his dignity, even if that person was his son.
Under his command, the Fan Clan went all out. First, the servant clans that knew the location of the Immortal's Cave were unlucky. Their entire clans were controlled, and some of the people who worked for the Fan Clan outside were also called back. All of them were under the control of the Fan Clan.
Afterwards, this matter was blown out of proportion. The direct descendants of the Fan family began to use this matter to suppress their opponents and the disobedient collateral relatives. The entire Fan family was in a state of panic. Whether it was the collateral relatives of the Fan family, the servant families of the Fan family, or the guests, everyone was in danger. The Fan family was also in a very dangerous situation.
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