I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 790: Shen Zhuang, a Despairing Man

As soon as Shen Zhuang finished speaking, it was like throwing a piece of ice into a boiling pot of oil, instantly triggering a thousand layers of reactions.

There was a moment of dead silence in the hall, and then an even greater uproar broke out!

Shen Lanxi and Shen Qingyu were relatively calm and did not react too much. In contrast, Shen Qian and Shen Yuan were frightened and broke out in cold sweats.

They were not surprised by the truth behind the Li family's instigation of the Shen family, but were shocked that the old man was sitting in the flower hall of Shen Garden and knew everything about what was happening thousands of miles away. This strategy made the two of them feel a little fearful in their hearts.

Especially Shen Yuan.

Shen Zhuang knew that he was wronged, but still acquiesced to his fight with Shen Qian, which was clearly a warning to him.

As for the clansmen who had been secretly dissatisfied with Shen Zhuang before, their expressions suddenly changed after hearing the horrifying truth, and their eyes looking at Shen Hang also changed from sympathy to complete anger and contempt.

"Shen Hang! You... you are so heartless! The old man trusted you so much, yet you colluded with outsiders to frame the Shen family. You are not worthy of being a descendant of our Shen family!"

"No wonder you were so eager to get us here! You said it was all for the Shen family's reputation and future, but it turns out you were harboring evil intentions! You wanted to drag all of us down with you for your evil ambitions!"

"Old Master, please be wise! We...we were truly deceived by him! We had no idea he had secretly made such a deal with the Li family. If we had known he was such a traitor, a traitor worse than pigs and dogs, we would never have believed a single word he said!"

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. At this moment, everyone is eager to prove their "innocence" and "innocence", and put all the blame on Shen Hang who is lying on the ground, as if this can clear themselves of suspicion.

Shen Hang curled up on the ground, his ears filled with the angry accusations and curses of his tribesmen, but he seemed to be deaf to them, and looked at Shen Zhuang with a distracted look:

"I was wrong! I was really wrong! I'm not a human! I'm a beast! I'm a fool possessed by a ghost!"

"Old man, you are so powerful, you must have a way... Please bring them back! Please!"

Shen Hang's regret at this moment made the Shen family tremble with fear. Thinking carefully, didn't they have the same plan as Shen Hang?

Because they are of the same clan as the Shen family, every New Year holiday, unknown people would come to the Shen family under the pretext of visiting them to curry favor. They knew very well that these people had bad intentions, and they could get countless benefits by just saying a few words. No one could resist such a good thing.

The old man could even find out about Shen Hang, let alone their little thoughts.

Shen Zhuang, in his high position, took in everyone's reactions and said calmly, "The sages said, 'cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world.' I'm already in my seventies, and I boast that after half a lifetime of contemplation, I can barely be a pillar of the nation. I don't want to look back on my life and realize that I haven't even improved my own virtue."

His words carried the desolation of decades of decline and prosperity. Although he was clearly reflecting on himself, he made everyone in front of him feel ashamed.

"Old man..."

Shen Zhuang raised his hand, his eyes falling on Shen Lanxi's face. "I once entrusted my life's work to Axi, but he was left with nothing but his body, and his child lost the support of his parents at the most vulnerable moment."

Shen Lanxi's eyes flickered slightly, and just as she was about to speak, Shen Zhuang had already shifted his gaze to Shen Qian. "You are my first son, and I am the strictest with you. I originally wanted to raise you to be an upright and upright pillar of society, but things just didn't go as planned."

Shen Qian, “…”

"And you." Shen Zhuang looked at Shen Yuan beside him again. "You've always been fickle-minded, with high expectations but low skills. I thought I'd find you a close friend and maybe you'd take on the responsibility of getting married. But I never expected that you'd end up harming someone else's daughter."

Shen Qingyu's face was heavy and he looked at Shen Zhuang with burning eyes. This was the first time he felt Shen Zhuang's inner thoughts at such a close distance.

Shen Zhuang shook his head with an almost wry smile, "And there's Old Four... Aze, Ajie... When I count them carefully, none of them are what I want."

"And you!" Shen Zhuang raised his eyes, looking at the clansmen who had once called him brothers. "I sacrificed my little family and used all my efforts to support this century-old family. Now that disaster is imminent, all you think about is how to sacrifice my granddaughter!"

"Clan leader!" Third Uncle heard Shen Zhuang's determination and stumbled forward, falling to the ground. "We were foolish in this matter. Please don't act impulsively."

"Yes, Chief! We admit our mistakes and accept the punishment. You can't just ignore us!"

"I can't control it." Shen Zhuang said in a bleak tone, "I have protected you for fifty years. I have done my best. What happens next depends on your own luck. Lan Xi, show me around."

At this moment, he really woke up.

He gave up the young man in the Red Mansion and became Shen Zhuang in the world of fame and fortune. If in the end he still has to sacrifice the blood of the man under the camellia tree, why bother to be Shen Zhuang?

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the other side.

After being sent away, Jiang Huashan and her group didn't really leave. Shen Jiao saw that they were all very concerned about the old man's final decision, so she took the three of them to the teahouse just across the corridor from the flower hall to rest for a while.

Outside the window, heavy rain was pouring down. The dense raindrops hit the eaves and window frames madly, making a deafening noise. The whole world was shrouded in a white mist.

"Boom——!"

Thunder roared, and at the same time, a chaotic and shrill wailing and crying suddenly erupted from the flower hall next door. The sound was so clear and terrifying that it penetrated the rain curtain!

Fu Suier, who was holding a teacup, was so frightened by the sudden noise that his hand shook and the warm tea almost spilled out.

Shen Jiao suddenly turned her head, her eyes cast sharply in the direction of the flower hall. Another flash of lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the complex emotions intertwined in her eyes.

Shen Mianzhi lowered his eyes, looking down at the tea in the celadon cup in front of him, which was rippling due to the thunder. He sighed softly, "It seems that Grandpa...didn't change his mind in the end."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a loud "clang" and the heavy carved wooden door of the hall was suddenly pulled open from the inside!

Several bodyguards in uniform black suits and with stern expressions filed out.

They pushed and shoved the elderly uncles with indifference, almost violently, and drove them away. They called it a drive because, amidst the chaos, some desperately clung to the vermilion pillars under the corridor, crying and shouting, refusing to let go; others slumped to the ground, refusing to get up even as the cold rain soaked through their clothes.

"Old man!!"

The worst off was Shen Hang. He knelt in the heavy rain, kowtowed repeatedly towards the flower hall, his face smeared with blood mixed with rainwater. His voice was hoarse and desperate, "Please! Save my children! I'm willing to exchange my life for them!"

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