Chapter 610: The Temptation of the Patriarch

Linjiang City, Chen Mansion!

These days, the door of Chen Mansion has been closed tightly, and the entire Chen Mansion seems to be shrouded in a thick layer of haze.

It was so overwhelming that everyone couldn't breathe!

The perception of the servants in the Chen Mansion has become more and more obvious. During this period, they are walking on thin ice with fear. They dare not even take a breath on weekdays!

The atmosphere in the entire house was so depressing that it almost reached freezing point!

Now in Linjiang City, the Chen family has been reduced to a existence that everyone calls for beatings, and its prestige has plummeted.

Everyone knows that the decline of the Chen family is a foregone conclusion!

After the news came that the eldest son of their Chen family was beheaded in public, the Chen family was bound to become a complete laughing stock. And the prestige and momentum accumulated by the Chen family over the years also disappeared.

Especially after their head Chen Hongsheng was exiled, the once huge Chen family seemed to collapse overnight.

Those aristocratic families that were close to the Chen family in the past have shunned them. Partners who once had a close cooperative relationship with the Chen family have also renounced their relationships and drawn boundaries with the Chen family. They are afraid that they will be involved in any relationship with the Chen family and suffer consequences. Disaster!

When the wall fell and everyone pushed back, everyone with a discerning eye knew that the Chen family was doomed!

Although judging from the current situation, Prince Lin's Mansion has not completely killed the Chen family. After Chen Junru was executed and Chen Hongsheng was exiled, Prince Lin's Palace seemed to let the Chen family go and did not take any further action against the Chen family.

But everyone knows that this is only temporary!

There is no way Prince Lin’s Mansion will let go of the Chen family!

And a family like the Chen family has no qualifications to compete with Prince Lin's Mansion!

His only chance is to unite many family forces in Linzhou and put pressure on the court, so that he can have a chance!

But obviously, the current Chen family has completely lost this qualification!

Today, the Chen family can only be like fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered by Prince Lin's Mansion!

It was precisely in the face of such a crisis that the Chen family became increasingly chaotic!

With Chen Hongsheng being exiled, the position of head of the Chen family was naturally vacant!

These days, the Chen family has no leader, and everyone in the house is in panic! At the same time, people from several branches of the Chen family emerged one after another and gathered in the Chen Mansion.

The reason is to compete for the position of the new head of the Chen family.

Even if the Chen family has declined, even if the Chen family is now facing an extremely serious external crisis. But the temptation of being the head of the Chen family still makes these collateral disciples covetous.

This is their best chance!

Now that the main line of the Chen family has been cut off, this is the only chance for these collateral descendants to rise to power and become the main line of the Chen family!

Therefore, these days, the Chen family has been fighting openly and secretly within the Chen family, and the struggle can be said to be fierce. Those collateral bloodlines that used to be low-key have emerged one after another, each using their own methods.

In the past few days, there have been countless rounds of quarrels and even fights in the Chen family!

At this moment, inside the Chen Mansion.

The atmosphere is solemn!

There are many figures standing in the hall.

These people are all descendants of the Chen family. They are men and women, including younger generations and several middle-aged men. They are hostile to each other and seem to have just had a quarrel.

The huge hall was as noisy as a vegetable market.

In the center of the hall, there were several old men with gray hair sitting in their dying years. These old men are the highest-ranking and eldest elders in the Chen family.

Originally, they had retreated behind the scenes and ignored family affairs, but now that the head of the Chen family has been exiled and the Chen family has fallen into chaos, they, the older generation, have to step up and take charge of the overall situation!

These old men's eyes are deep and downcast, and they also have different thoughts!

One of the old men stopped everyone's quarrel, scanned the hall with gloomy eyes, and said solemnly: "Now is not the time for you to fight among yourself!"

"Now our Chen family is facing a life-and-death crisis. As the Chen family, you should unite and deal with the outside world as one, and find a way to overcome this difficulty!"

The old man's words briefly shook the scene.

But after a while, a discordant voice still came out: "What can we do about this? We have already offended Prince Lin's Mansion to death, can Prince Lin's Mansion let our Chen family go?"

"It's all the good deeds of Chen Hongsheng and his son. We didn't do anything and ended up suffering for no reason. How can we explain this?"

The person who spoke was a young man who was a collateral descendant.

After he spoke out, many people immediately agreed.

What happened to the Chen family during this period has nothing to do with them. As collateral children, they obviously did nothing, but they were insulted and ridiculed by the common people during this period. Now they have to worry even more. Will it be liquidated?

Will this prevent them from feeling resentful?

"That's right, it was all done by Chen Hongsheng and his son. Prince Lin wants to settle the score, so they should be the ones to deal with? What are they doing to implicate us?"

"It has nothing to do with me anyway, so you can't let me take the responsibility, right?"

"Although we are all members of the Chen family, what does the Chen family's benefits have to do with us in daily life? Now we can't let us take the blame when there is trouble, right?"

"..."

In the hall, everyone was talking.

Obviously, they have put all the problems on Chen Hongsheng and his son.

Now that Chen Junru is dead and Chen Hongsheng has been exiled, it is estimated that he will never have the chance to come back in this life. If there is any problem, naturally you have to blame it on them.

Likewise, as the head of the Chen family, Chen Hongsheng naturally has to take the blame!

In the hall, there are a group of people who are also silent, with different eyes and thoughts!

The three old men in the hall had gloomy expressions.

"Shut up!"

One of them scolded coldly.

After all, the old man was an elder of the Chen family, and his prestige still existed. As he spoke, the hall soon became quiet again.

The young man who was somewhat unconvinced still shut up!

"You are all members of the Chen family, and you all have the blood of the Chen family flowing in your body. The rise and fall of the Chen family is closely related to you. If the Chen family falls, do you still want to have a good life like today?"

The old man's gloomy eyes swept over them.

These elders did not like Chen Hongsheng. As the head of the family, Chen Hongsheng was too strict in controlling the family, which violated their interests.

They have always wanted to seize power from Chen Hongsheng and pull Chen Hongsheng down from the position of head of the family!

Now, their goal has been achieved!

But they never thought that when facing the crisis of the Chen family, these people in front of them only thought about fighting for power and profit, only thought about the immediate interests, and no one was willing to consider the interests of the family, which made them extremely disappointed!

Although they don't like Chen Hongsheng, they have to admit that Chen Hongsheng is indeed a qualified person in power. He can control these people in front of him and can protect the foundation of the Chen family!

And this group of people in front of them...

The words of the old man made many people silent!

What they fear most now is to be liquidated by the Lin Wang Mansion.

That's why they can't wait to get together with the Lin Wang Mansion, wanting to take advantage of the last opportunity to get more benefits from the Chen family and leave themselves a way out.

Of course, there are also many people who are lucky.

They have no grudges with the Lin Wang Mansion, and have never offended the Lin Wang Prince. I don't think it will implicate a collateral child like themselves.

"My Chen family is now in internal and external troubles. As children of the Chen family, you have the obligation to work together to overcome the difficulties!"

The old man's cold eyes swept across everyone's faces: "Now, who can take charge of the overall situation and find a way for the Chen family to overcome this crisis?"

When the old man's eyes swept over, many people present immediately avoided his sight, and many people lowered their heads.

No one dared to respond!

What a joke, survive the crisis?

It is the Lin Wang Mansion that has to deal with the Chen family, who has the ability to do so?

Everyone knows that the Lin Wang Mansion has been killing like crazy these days? !

Even the Lin Wang Army has been drawn into the city, showing a tough attitude, with an attitude of killing the wrong person rather than letting him go, and not talking to you at all!

Why does the Chen family fight with the Lin Wang Mansion?

And these days, the Chen family has really experienced the betrayal of friends and relatives, and the close partners of the past have avoided them one by one, and they have fallen to the bottom.

Let them fight among themselves, they can quarrel and get more excited than the other. But if they are asked to solve the crisis of the Chen family, there is no way at all.

This scene was seen by the three old men in the hall, their eyes were full of disappointment and serious expressions.

These people are really unworthy of reuse!

At this time, they finally missed Chen Hongsheng.

At least Chen Hongsheng is still there, why did the Chen family fall to such a leaderless point?

It's a pity that Chen Hongsheng was dragged down by his useless and rebellious son!

The old man glanced at everyone present, exchanged glances with the other two, and finally made up his mind.

"Now the Chen family is facing a life-and-death crisis. If it can't survive, my Chen family will be completely torn apart, either completely reduced to the bottom, or divided by other families..."

"The Lin Wang Mansion will definitely not let my Chen family go. When the Lin Wang Mansion takes action, everything will be too late!"

At this point, the old man's voice sank slightly, his eyes swept across everyone present, and said coldly: "If anyone among you can help the Chen family survive this crisis and let my Chen family continue to stand in Linjiang City. Then, he will be the next head of the Chen family!"

"The Chen family will be left to him to take the helm in the future!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the hall!

The next head of the family?

Many people's eyes suddenly lit up!

The head of the Chen family, this is the goal of many people!

Becoming the head of the Chen family means being able to control the resources accumulated by the Chen family for decades. This kind of temptation is not small!

But soon, the eyes of these people dimmed again.

What a joke, help the Chen family through this crisis?

How to get through?

They are insignificant, can they persuade the Lin Wangfu to let them go?

What a joke!

They don't have the ability!

Not to mention that the Lin Wangfu will not let them go, even if the Lin Wangfu really let them go, the Chen family has been seriously injured after this incident and is no longer the same as before.

And what the Chen family will face next is other covetous families and many enemies they offended in the past!

In such a situation where the vitality is seriously injured and isolated, who dares to guarantee that they can help the Chen family through these crises and difficulties?

No one dares to guarantee!

No one has the ability!

There was a commotion in the hall, and there were discussions.

But after waiting for a long time, no one still stood up to be the first bird to come forward!

This scene made the faces of the three old men in the hall extremely gloomy and ugly!

Their huge Chen family couldn't even find a capable person?

When these people have nothing to do on weekdays, they pat their chests and guarantee that they have extraordinary abilities and that the Chen family will surely flourish in their hands!

Now that something has happened, have they all become mute?

Have they all become cowards? !

Not to mention whether they have the ability or not, but now there is not even one person who has stood up?

The hall gradually became quiet, and many people showed hesitation, and were eager to make a move, but in the end, no one stood up!

The atmosphere was dull!

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Since none of you can do it, let me do it!"

The voice was loud and resounded in the hall, resounding!

In the hall, everyone looked back at the same time.

The next second, when they saw the person coming, many people's faces changed immediately!

"Chen Xu, is it you?!"

"You traitor, you have the face to come back?!"

"You betrayed the head of the family, betrayed us, and you still dare to come?!"

"Come on, catch this traitor and punish him according to the family law!"

"..."

The crowd in the hall was boiling, with angry expressions and fierce glares.

At this moment, outside the door of the hall.

Chen Xu, dressed in a green brocade robe, stood at the door. When facing the angry eyes of the crowd, his expression was normal, as if he didn't take these people seriously at all.

"This is my home, why can't I come back?!"

Chen Xu held his head high, ignored the hostile eyes of these people, and looked into the hall.

In front of the hall, the eyes of the three old men also turned gloomy instantly.

"Chen Xu, what are you doing here?!"

In the government office that day, Chen Xu stood up to testify against Chen Hongsheng, which led to Chen Hongsheng's exile.

From that day on, he became a traitor to the Chen family!

I thought he had already hidden away, but I didn't expect that he would dare to come back openly today?

At this time, many people noticed that there were several guards following Chen Xu. These guards had a good aura, swords on their waists, and expressionless faces, which made many people afraid.

"Grandpa, uncles!"

Chen Xu bowed slightly to the elders in the hall, and then said calmly: "I am also a member of the Chen family. Now that the Chen family is facing the danger of life and death, I naturally have no choice but to come and do my part!"

As soon as this was said, someone stood up and accused him angrily: "You still have the face to say it? The Chen family has fallen to the point where it is now thanks to you. If it weren't for you, a traitor, how could the head of the family be exiled?!"

Facing the accusation, Chen Xu sneered: "What virtue do I have, how can I have the ability to drag the Chen family down with me?"

"The Chen family can fall to the point where it is today, and it is inseparable from all of you present!"

"You are all the culprits!"

Chen Xu's words made many people change their faces.

"Nonsense!"

"You, a traitor, dare to frame us!"

"Come on, catch him for me!"

"..."

Angry voices soon came from all around, as if to drown Chen Xu.

But Chen Xu turned a blind eye, his eyes still calm.

The guards of the Chen family arrived, but when they saw the four guards with strong auras around Chen Xu, they couldn't help but be afraid.

They didn't dare to step forward for a while!

In the hall, three elderly men stared at Chen Xu with gloomy faces: "You betrayed Chen Hongsheng, causing the head of the family to be exiled. How do you explain it?!"

Chen Xu raised his eyes and looked at the three elders in front of the hall calmly, saying word by word: "If I don't do this, the Chen family will be finished!"

"I am saving the Chen family!"

"..." (End of this chapter)