Master Su didn't care about Jiang Rui's wild imagination. He saluted back to the senior colonel and pointed to the study. "They are all inside. You can take them away!"
"Yes, Chief!"
The senior colonel stood straight and gave a standard military salute. He waved to four or five soldiers carrying several boxes behind him. Those soldiers filed into the study.
Jiang Rui hadn't resigned yet. He was still Master Su's secretary. Naturally, he followed them in and watched those soldiers carefully putting those priceless antiques, calligraphy and paintings into the boxes. There was also a clerk making detailed records. It seemed that they were going to take all of them away.
Jiang Rui, who knew that those items were priceless, couldn't help but feel anxious. He turned to Master Su and asked anxiously, "Chief, those are your favorite things. What are they …"
"I like them. Haha, I just like them because they are valuable. I'm just an uneducated man who hasn't even graduated from junior high school. Do you really think that I would like to play with calligraphy and painting when I cultivate my mind?"
Old Master Su smiled in a carefree manner. "Don't be fooled by the fact that we old fellows have been accumulating wealth like misers all day long. In fact, it's just because we know that our country isn't strong enough now, so we use this method to increase the wealth of our country. Now, it's time to return it to the national treasury. However, I treat you as one of us, so you can't reveal this secret. Otherwise, it's equivalent to cutting off our source of wealth. Go, bring me the gift list of these years."
Jiang Rui trembled all over. Then he suddenly realized that Master Su, who was willing to live a poor life in this dilapidated siheyuan, suddenly changed his temperament in recent years. He didn't refuse any gifts from others. He only asked Jiang Rui to make a detailed record of the gifts. Jiang Rui thought that Master Su intended to make a record so that it would be convenient for him to return gifts in the future. He didn't expect that it was for the national treasury.
Thinking that Master Su, who had been a miser in his eyes for so many years, had kept it from him for so long, Jiang Rui couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, he had a deep respect for the old men of the four aristocratic families.
However, what he didn't know was that on the night that the current Number One took office, he had secretly visited the four founding fathers of the Great Clans. Only then did they jointly set up this trap. It wasn't just to increase the income of the national treasury, but it also had a deeper meaning that was unknown to others.
"Wait, you can't touch this. This is a gift from Young Miss to the old commander, not an outsider. It's also the old commander's favorite jade carving. You can't take it away."
Although Jiang Rui didn't know whether the old commander really didn't like those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, the Moonlight Lion was a gift from the Eldest Miss, and the old commander played with it every day. He really liked it.
So when she saw that the warrior was about to take the Moonlight Lion away, she pounced on him like a mother hen protecting her chicks, hugging the Moonlight Lion tightly in her arms as she tried to snatch it away.
The senior colonel looked troubled. He looked at Master Su, who was stroking the Moonlight Lion with a reluctant expression. He picked up the gift list in his hand and compared it. Seeing that it was indeed a gift from Young Miss Su, Su Ningxiang, he hesitated for a moment and waved his hand. "It's indeed a gift from Young Miss Su to the old commander. I won't take it away."
"No, I'll take this too. In my hands, it's just a memory and an object to play with. But in the hands of the country, it can be converted into a large amount of wealth and help more people. I think Xiang 'er won't blame me if she knows."
Master Su took a deep look at the Moonlight Lion, and determination flashed in his eyes. He said in an unquestionable tone, "I heard that the Yingjili Royal Family is collecting the works of the Master of the Divine Burin at a high price. When you come back, you can sell them to Yingjili at a high price. Consider it a little interest for those foreign devils who stole so many cultural relics from Shenzhou!"
"But, old commander, this is …"
Jiang Rui was so anxious that he was about to cry. This Moonlight Lion had a very special meaning to the old commander. It was the first time in 20 years that Young Miss Su had expressed her understanding and closeness to the old commander. The old commander liked it not necessarily because it was the work of the Master of the Divine Burin, but more because of the tacit understanding and commemoration that the grandfather and grandson had resolved their grievances.
"You can take it away. No matter how good it is, it has no value in my hands. Only by turning it into practical benefits and maximizing the benefits will it be the most cost-effective."
As the old commander spoke, he pulled Jiang Rui, who was guarding the Moonlight Lion like a miser, and shook his head with a bitter smile. "You, you are good at everything, but you are too serious. I know what you mean. If it was in the past, I wouldn't have been willing to let them take it away. But now, Xiang 'er comes to visit me every few days. We don't need this thing to maintain our relationship!"
Jiang Rui suddenly understood what the old commander meant. Yes, it was because the old commander and the Young Miss still had some problems in their hearts that had not been completely resolved. But since the little magic doctor cured the old commander and he stayed in the siheyuan for one night, the relationship between the grandfather and the grandson, no, the grandfather and the grandson, had improved by leaps and bounds.
It could be seen from the recent series of bold and decisive reforms carried out by Su Zhengnan, the head of the family, who was uncharacteristically strong, that he definitely had the support of the old commander.
Su Zhengdong, the second generation of the Su Family, suffered a great loss of prestige because of the scandal. Su Zhengxi, a clown, was nothing to be afraid of, and Su Zhengbei had always been pure and indifferent to worldly affairs. Su Zhengnan's prestige was at its peak.
First, Su Xu was disappointed. Then, Su Zhenwei, the third generation of the Su Family, committed suicide because he had an affair with his stepmother. Liu Yuee, the protagonist of the scandal, and her son were found dead in France. The Su Family sent someone to deal with it in a low-key manner. This series of scandals made the Su Family badly battered.
Su Zhengnan learned from the painful experience. After a secret talk with the old commander for a night, he accused Su Zhenwu at the family meeting of being used by others for his own selfish desire, which made the Su Family lose face. As the head of the family, he expelled Su Zhenwu from Yan Jing and returned to his ancestral home to settle down, never to step into Yan Jing again.
Su Zhengdong, who had just lost his grandson and son, thought that Su Zhengnan took the opportunity to make trouble for him. Flushed with anger, he argued with reason and wanted to protect Su Zhenwu. But after seeing the surveillance video that Su Zhengnan threw out, he suddenly trembled with anger, cursed Su Zhenwu as a bastard, and almost fainted.
It turned out that the video clearly recorded the whole process that Su Zhenwu sneaked into his room and drugged his stepmother, Liu Yuee. The filth in it was self-evident.
Su Zhengdong was disheartened, feeling that the whole Su Family was pointing fingers at him behind his back. His dirty deeds were exposed by his son, so he really had no face to stay in the courtyard of the Su Family anymore. He took the initiative to find Su Zhengnan and applied to recuperate in the courtyard of the Su Family on the grounds that he was not well, and he completely withdrew from the decision-making circle of the Su Family.
That night, the two brothers had an open and honest talk. Su Zhengnan told Su Zhengnan that someone in the family spread rumors, saying that all this was a trap set by him in order to monopolize power and remove the biggest obstacle of Su Zhengdong's family.
Su Zhengnan sighed softly and took out a letter for Su Zhengdong to see. This letter was sent by Liu Yuee after she arrived in France and had a premonition that things were not good. She specially spent a sum of money to ask someone to send it secretly, including the video of Su Zhenwu drugging Su Zhengwu. In the letter, Liu Yuee described in detail the detailed process that her son was controlled and coerced, including that she was also coerced to seduce Su Zhenwei. Although she married Su Zhengdong because she coveted the power of the Su Family, she also had the professional ethics of a mistress. She really never thought of betraying Su Zhengdong, so she specially installed the video that night and filmed the scene of Su Zhenwu drugging Su Zhengdong.
Liu Yuee, the woman who made Su Zhengdong lose face, still had a little affection for him after all. Even if this affection was not love, she was grateful because he gave her a decent identity and let her live the life she dreamed of. After reading the letter, Su Zhengdong burst into tears. Perhaps Liu Yuee's true feelings were revealed, which made him feel very touched.
After reading the letter, Su Zhengdong burst into tears. Perhaps Liu Yuee's true feelings made him deeply moved. Recalling that he could not go further in the political circle because of Su Ningxiang's breaking of the engagement, he retreated to the second line indignantly. Over the years, he had put all the anger and responsibility accumulated in his heart on Su Ningxiang. He even blamed Master Su for not speaking for him at the critical moment, which filled his heart with resentment and distorted his mentality. He spared no effort to attack Su Zhengnan's branch and even mocked and ridiculed Su Ningxiang. However, the branch of the second branch had always tolerated him and did not care about him, which made him feel extremely ashamed when he suddenly came to his senses.
She really wanted to say sorry to Su Zhengnan, but she finally moved her lips and didn't say anything. After a long sigh, she moved to the residence of the Su Family in the suburbs the next day and lived a life of abstinence from worldly affairs.
Without Su Zhengdong, the biggest obstacle, Su Zhengnan finally showed his fangs. He used the power of the head of the family to clean up and reorganize the Su Family. He drove out some old guys who had been flaunting their seniority and fanning the flames of the Su Family from the family meeting. He drew in some people and suppressed some others. Soon, the atmosphere of the Su Family was cleaned up and showed a scene of prosperity.
It was worth mentioning that Su Xiangrong did not get rid of him but entrusted him with important tasks. Perhaps Su Zhengnan hid him so well that he did not give himself away. Or perhaps Su Zhengnan still needed him.
Just when Su Xiangrong was complacent and secretly cursed Su Zhengnan for being a fool, extreme joy turned to sorrow. The department of national security broke into his home in the middle of the night, arrested him, and interrogated him overnight. He was charged with stealing other people's documents, opening a false account, and offering a reward for hiring killers to kill.
Su Xiangrong was unwilling to admit it. What a joke! Hiring killers to kill was a very serious crime, especially when Ding Ning's life and death were unknown at that time.
However, he did not expect that the National Security Agency had already carried out a careful investigation and showed that he stole Su Zhenwei's bank account and killed him when the Su Family kept it a secret after Su Zhenwei committed suicide.
The evidence that Su Zhenwei transferred a reward of five million yuan to buy Ding Ning's life made him feel discouraged like a frosted eggplant, so he had to confess to the crime process. Only then did he realize the power of the state. Unless the state did not want to investigate, no secret could really be hidden forever.
However, he still hoped that Zhao Tianya would get him out, so he gritted his teeth and insisted not to betray Zhao Tianya. However, he did not expect that Zhao Tianya not only did not want to get him out, but also feared that he would leak secrets. That night, a mysterious person sneaked into the interrogation room of the National Security Agency and poisoned Su Xiangrong's water, causing Su Xiangrong's death on the spot.
The National Security Bureau was furious and worked overtime to carry out a thorough investigation. In the end, they found that a national security personnel on duty had absconded that night. They immediately chased after him, but on the highway more than two hundred kilometers away from Yan Jing, they found that the national security personnel had rushed into the bottom of a large truck in a panic. Even the car had been crushed into a piece of scrap iron. The person could not be more dead than he was.
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