Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 452 Su Guo kills the traitor!

When doing such a big thing, drinking is inevitable.

Su Hang, accompanied by his two sons, had a big drink with County Magistrate Chen in the best restaurant in Meishan. It was past midnight before he returned home drunk with his two sons.

As soon as the two sons got into the carriage, they lay on their backs and snored loudly. They were already drunk and unconscious.

Su Hang was a shrewd man and did not drink too much. After all, he was just a guest and how could he dare to get drunk?

Of course, he was about 70% drunk at this moment, leaning against the carriage with a smug look on his face.

He closed his eyes slightly and whispered, "The Su family is full of idiots! When Su Huan was an official, he didn't think about supporting his brothers and pretended to be honest. Haha, if you don't use your power, you will have nothing when you die.

Humph, these two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe are not good guys either. They have been officials for so many years, but they have never thought about returning home. They also don't know how to support their nephews and nephews. Ha, it would be fine if they didn't support their nephews and nephews, but they even supported a traitor!
Humph, this family will be finished sooner or later! It's a pity that they still don't know how to turn back, and don't think about cutting ties with the traitor and making their position clear to the court. Sooner or later, they will end up being exterminated!"

He said fiercely.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped. Su Hang, who was leaning against the carriage, fell on it suddenly because of the sudden stop. He immediately flew into a rage and cursed, "Ah Gou! What's wrong with you? Can't you even drive a carriage properly?"

The driver was shocked and said, "Sir! Master Su Guo is blocking the road with a sword. He looks like he is coming with bad intentions!"

Su Hang was shocked when he heard this. This was the road from Meishan County to the Su clan. There was a long mountain road here, and there was no one around in the middle of the night.

Su Guo stopped the car with a sword, I'm afraid he really has bad intentions!
But he was not afraid. He lifted the curtain and stood up holding the door, looking down at the person who was standing proudly not far away and taking a look with the help of the infuriating lantern in front of the carriage, hey, it turned out to be that unlucky kid Su Guo.

Su Hang snorted coldly, "Su Guo! You are here in the middle of the night, stopping a car in this mountain. What do you want to do?"

Su Guo patted the sharp sword hanging at his waist and said with a smile: "Of course I came here to kill the traitors of the Su family."

Su Hang was a little scared when he heard this, but his expression was a little angry. He said, "My nephew Su Guo, I am your great uncle. Are you trying to betray your master and ancestors?"

Su Guo smiled and said, "You betrayed your family today just to seek a future for your two unworthy sons. How dare you still call yourself an elder here?"

Su Hang said angrily: "What have I done wrong! Isn't Su Yun a traitor? If we, the Su family, don't cut ties with them, do we have to join the traitors?

You said I betrayed my family, how could I betray my family? Was it to report the rebellion in the family or something? I just wanted the family to cut ties with the traitor Su Yun, how could that be considered betraying the family! "

Su Guo shook his head and said, "Su Hang, you are wrong. My brother Yun is not a traitor. He is the future of our Su family. The Meishan Su family can be exterminated, but as long as Brother Yun is here, our Su family will never be defeated.

Today you want to expel Brother Yun from the family tree, but this is absolutely not feasible. Even if the clan leader agrees, I can't let you do this."

Su Hang saw that Su Guo spoke calmly but his words were firm, and he became even more afraid. He knew very well that a young man like Su Guo was at the age when he would draw his sword and kill someone in a rage. Judging from what he said, it was likely that today would not end well.

The waning moon disappeared into the clouds. The wind-killing lanterns on the mountain road swayed in the night wind, casting Su Hang's distorted face on the wooden boards of the carriage, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, just like his panicked mood at the moment.

Su Hang's Adam's apple rolled up and down, his dry lips moved, and suddenly he put on a smile, tremblingly stretched out his hand covered with age spots, trying to put it on Su Guo's shoulder: "Guo'er, have you forgotten that when you were little, I held you and rode a horse?

That year, your grandfather and father were in Beijing to take the imperial examinations, and your great-grandmother was seriously ill. I asked your uncle and aunt to stay by her side for seven days without taking off their clothes..."

He deliberately raised his voice, but the last part of his voice couldn't stop trembling, and turbid tears rolled in his eyes, "Our Su family is already a big tree that attracts wind, and now Su Yun is involved in the treason case, even your father is implicated, why do you still..."

"Enough!" Su Guo took a step back suddenly, avoiding the hand extended by Su Hang. The black hem of his clothes fluttered like a black butterfly, and he pointed his sword horizontally. The cold light flashed across the night sky like a silk thread.

Su Hang cried out in pain, staggered back, and fell on the footboard of the carriage. Blood dripped from his fingertips, spreading dark red patterns on the bluestone slabs.

Su Guo's eyes were like sharp blades tempered with ice, and he said coldly: "Twenty years ago, before my grandfather died, he held my father's hand and said, 'The character of a scholar lies in keeping his heart.'

Su Yun, the 'traitor' you mentioned, wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms to learn from history and compiled Annotations on the Four Books to benefit the people. Which of these is not a hundred times better than your petty and mean behavior?"

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the carriage. Su Ming, Su Hang's second son, drunkenly opened the curtain, reeking of alcohol and with a red face.

He stared at Su Guo with bloodshot eyes, pointed at him and cursed: "Su Guo! Don't be so ungrateful! If it weren't for father's intervention, your house would have been..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Guo shook his wrist lightly, and the sword flower suddenly bloomed, and the cold light flashed across the car window like a meteor.

With a scream, half of Su Ming's index finger fell off, and blood splattered on the curtain of the carriage, forming a hideous pattern.

Su Ming shrank back into the carriage in horror, howling like a pig being slaughtered.

Su Hang's face turned pale instantly, as if his soul had been taken away. He staggered back half a step, almost unable to stand: "You... you dare to hurt my son!"

His voice was full of shock and fear, and he pointed at Su Guo with trembling fingers, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Hurt him? I'm here to kill people today, not just to hurt people!" Su Guo took a step forward and pulled Su Hang out of the car. Su Hang fell to the ground with horror on his face.

Su Guo stepped on Su Hang with one foot, and his words were as cold as ice, with endless sarcasm and anger in his tone: "When my father was demoted to Huangzhou, it was Brother Yun who sold his ancestral property and sent food thousands of miles away.

Uncle Su Zhe was wrongly imprisoned, and it was Brother Yun who went alone to Kaifeng Mansion to appeal for justice.

What about you? You used the title deed of the Su Family Ancestral Hall to curry favor with the corrupt official, and now you are blaming us?"

The night wind whistled and swept dead leaves across the mountain path, making a humming sound, as if it were the cry of wronged souls.

Su Hang slumped on the ground, all the alcohol turned into cold sweat, soaking the clothes on the back.

He finally saw clearly that the young man in front of him, whom he once regarded as a playboy, had the unruly eyes of Su Shi and the sharpness of Su Yun.

But his painstaking plan was nothing but a joke under the gleaming sword.

There were a few wolf howls in the distance, which sounded particularly mournful in the silent night.

Then the cries for help became more shrill, so much so that the howling of wolves in the distance could no longer be heard, as if they were frightened by what was happening here.

Su Guo threw Su Hang's body and head onto the carriage, and then said to the driver who was already pissing himself with fear: "Send these three traitors back to the ancestral temple and tell the clan leader that if he dares to bury these three people in the ancestral tomb, then this branch of my family will move out of Meishan and have nothing to do with the Meishan Su family anymore!"

This branch of Su Xun is known as the old branch of the Su family in Meishan. Su Guo made a decision for his father.

When the coachman heard Su Guo's words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he would survive tonight.

He trembled and said, "Where are you going, Mr. Guo?"

Su Guo smiled carefreely and said, "I killed someone today, so I will naturally wander around the world. Oh, it doesn't matter if you tell my clansmen that I, Su Guo, will go to find my brother Yun, and I, Su Guo, will also become a rebel!"

As he spoke, Su Guo disappeared into the darkness. After a while, the sound of horse hooves could be heard on the mountain path, and soon the sound faded away.

The driver looked into the carriage with trepidation, and saw that Su Hang, his father and his two sons were scattered in different places, all of them were safe. The whole carriage was filled with the smell of blood, which made him feel uncomfortable in his stomach.

But he didn't dare to delay, so he got in the car quickly and headed towards Meishan Su's in a hurry!

When the east was already bright, the smell of blood mixed with the morning mist poured into the Su clan ancestral hall.

The driver collapsed on the doorstep, pointing to the carriage with trembling fingers, and uttering incoherent sobs. When the sun rose, Su Chun's hand holding the bronze pipe suddenly tightened, and the unextinguished sparks in the pipe splashed on the blue brick floor, leaving charred marks.

The elders of the tribe flocked to the scene, and exclamations arose one after another.

Su Hang's head rolled in front of the incense table, and a few drops of blood flowed down the dragon-beard-patterned table onto the ancestral tablets.

Su Hang's brother Su He fell down on the futon, his cloudy eyes almost popping out of their sockets: "Evil creature! This is going to cut off the incense of my second branch!"

"The one who should be punished is the termite!" Su Jiang from the third room slammed the table and stood up, dragging the wooden chair on the blue brick floor with a harsh sound. "Su Hang colluded with foreign officials and used the ancestral hall deed to exchange for his future. He is the calamity of the Su family!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the ancestral hall suddenly exploded.

Some people scolded Su Guo for patricide and rebellion, while others secretly praised him for cutting the Gordian knot. The noise of the argument almost overturned the eaves of the ancestral hall.

Su Chun stared at the blood-written words left by Su Guo, the ink staining the rice paper into a hideous black mass. "If the traitor is buried in the ancestral tomb, the old house will be moved out immediately", the strokes were as sharp as a sword, and in a trance, they overlapped with the handwriting of Su Shi when he was young.

His thoughts drifted back to twenty years ago, when Su Shi was demoted and Su Hang proposed at the clan meeting to expel the old branch of the family. It was because of his efforts that Su Xun's branch was able to survive.

"Chief! The government officials are here!" The servant stumbled in and knocked over the bronze crane incense burner in the corner.

Upon hearing this, Su Chun quickly turned his head to look at Su He with a fierce look in his eyes. Su He first lowered his head, then suddenly looked up and looked at Su Chun.

It was Su He who ordered someone to secretly notify the county government!
Amid the smoke and dust, the detectives' black boots trampled the morning light onto the ground.

The chief constable shook off the chains and said in a cold voice: "Su Guo murdered his uncle in the street. Now, following the order of Lord Chen, arrest the murderer and his accomplices!"

The ancestral hall suddenly became silent.

Su Chun looked at the tablets of his ancestors and suddenly remembered Su Guo reciting the "Three Character Classic" in front of this incense table when he was a child.

Now, that chubby little boy has become a wanted criminal by the imperial court.

He took a deep breath and knocked his pipe heavily on the incense table: "The children of the Su family act according to their own actions. Su Guo killed someone and has fled abroad. It has nothing to do with my Su family."

As dusk falls, the lanterns outside the ancestral hall light up one after another.

Su Chun was sitting in the meeting room. The candlelight stretched his shadow very long. The driver was kneeling in front of him. Su Chun asked softly, "Su Guo said he went to look for his brother Yun?"

The driver said quickly, "Yes, yes, Master Guo did say that. He said...he said he wanted to be a rebel, too."

Su Chun snorted and said, "Okay, keep your mouth shut about this matter. Just say that Su Guo killed someone and ran away. Don't say anything else."

The driver kowtowed repeatedly and then left.

At this time, Su He and Su Jiang rushed in, arguing as they walked.

The tip of Su He's gold-embroidered shoes rolled heavily over the blue bricks, causing the candle tears to splash: "Brother! My second brother's body is still warm, so doesn't he even have the qualifications to be buried in the ancestral tomb?

"Su Guo, that rebellious son, committed paternal treason. If we don't give our second brother a dignified burial, how will the Su family maintain their reputation if the news gets out?"

The veins on his neck bulged, and the golden python pattern embroidered on his cuffs twisted like a living thing as he trembled. "Also, if you don't draw a clear line with Su Yun now, when the court comes to punish you, the entire Meishan Su family will be buried with you!"

Su Jiang suddenly loosened the jade belt at his collar, and the copper buckle hit the table with a dull sound: "Su He, don't use the court to pressure others!
Su Hang colluded with County Magistrate Chen and sold all the deeds of the ancestral hall to County Magistrate Chen as a token of his allegiance. This was going to cut off the century-old foundation of the Su family!
If he were to enter the ancestral tomb, all his ancestors would have to crawl out of the tomb!"

He grabbed the secret letter on the table and threw it on the ground, "Look at what's written on it? It's a letter accusing the Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers of colluding with the enemy. Every word of it is saying they want to annihilate our entire Su family!"

"Old House, Old House!" Su He suddenly laughed shrilly, and the oriental pearls on his hair crown rang softly as they swayed. "When Su Shi and Su Zhe were in their heyday, did they ever look at our branch?
Now that they have committed a rebellion, you want to sacrifice the future of your entire family?"

He suddenly approached Su Chun, and the wind from his clothes extinguished a candle, "Chief, what did Su Guo say before he killed someone and escaped? Do you really want to hide it?

He is going to join Su Yun and become a rebel! If we don't draw a clear line with the old family now, our entire family will be charged with treason!"

Su Jiang picked up the bronze candlestick and smashed it hard on the ground. The candlestick collided with the blue brick and sparks flew out: "Draw a clear line? Why do you think the court won't deal with us now?
Once they deal with Su Yun, they will turn around and swallow us up!
The reason why no one in the imperial court dares to touch us now is because Su Yun really beat us so hard that the imperial court had no power to fight back.

All the civil and military officials in the court have kept a way out. Who dares to touch us? If Su Yun really replaces Song in the future, their entire family will probably not be in good shape!

The secret letter left by Su Guo clearly stated that Su Hang was using the family tree as a bargaining chip to sell out the entire Su family. You insisted on burying him. Did you collude with County Magistrate Chen long ago?"

The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense, and Su Chun's pipe left deep sweat marks on his palms.

He suddenly coughed loudly, and the ashes in the pipe fell out: "Shut up!"

The old voice carried unquestionable majesty, "Su Hang does not care about the clan, but colludes with outsiders to plot against the clan's ancestral property. According to clan rules, he should be expelled from the family tree.

But he is of the Su family bloodline after all..."

He paused, looking at the two of them, "…but if you want to bury him in the ancestral tomb, you must first seek the consent of the two brothers Zizhan and Ziyou, otherwise you really can't act rashly. Zizhan is Su Guo's father. If he agrees, Su Guo will naturally have nothing to say."

Su He's pupils suddenly shrank: "Brother! For the clan's affairs, do we have to consider the opinion of the old man? The old man hasn't been back for many years!"

"Even if you don't come back, you are still a member of the Meishan Su family!"

Su Chun suddenly flew into a rage, and slammed his pipe on the sandalwood table, knocking over the teacup. "The reason why the Meishan Su family is so prosperous today is because of our cousin Su Huan, and later our cousin Su Xun and his two sons Zizhan and Ziyou. Hehe, there is also Su Yun, who you regard as a traitor!
Without them, our Su family would be nothing in Meizhou!"

His eyes were like knives. “You keep talking about the old house and the side branches. If it weren’t for the rise of the old house in the past few decades, would we side branches be able to live a good life?
Humph! In my opinion, your brother Su Hang deserved to die! He also felt that Su Yun ruined his son's future. Hahaha, if there was no Su Yun, would Zizhan and Ziyou be able to reach their previous positions in the officialdom?

Hehe, and moreover, most of the credit for our Su family’s success today should be attributed to Su Yun!"

Dusk seeped in through the gaps in the window frames, distorting the shadows of the three people.

Su He was furious when he heard this, but suddenly sneered: "Thanks to Su Yun? What contribution did he make to the Su family?"

Su Jiang laughed and said, "I knew that the clan leader has a clear mind.

Su He, you are pretending to be ignorant here, so let me tell you how Su Yun made great contributions to the clan.

When Su Yun was doing business in Meishan, most of the people he employed were members of the Su family. Later, he stopped doing business, and that business was taken over by our Su family.

The fertile land he donated to the clan is just a small matter. On the contrary, the business he left behind has brought our Su family so much more income over the years.

Hehe, your family must have made at least tens of thousands of taels of gold over the years, otherwise how could Su Hang afford to support his two sons to study. And several sons in your family are all able to go to school. You won’t have forgotten this, right?

Haha, there is another thing. After Su Yun became an official, not to mention that Zizhan and Ziyou also benefited from his favor, let’s just talk about our Meishan Su family. Didn’t we also receive any benefits from his kindness?
In those days, Su Yun was an official who held the position of prime minister. When he was at his peak, even the head of the Road Transportation Bureau came to Meishan to get close to Su.

Our Su Group has been able to achieve such great development over the years. You don’t think it’s all thanks to you, Su He, right?
Tsk! Su He, listen carefully. If you insist on burying Su Hang, ask your ancestors first whether they agree or not! "

Su Jiang's words made Su He's face turn pale, but he didn't know how to refute.

(End of this chapter)