Chen Jinzhao got out of the car.
Yang Qin Hu and others stood behind him, staring at the tightly shut gates of the Su family.
"Instructor, in my opinion, we should just storm in. There's no need to save face for the Su family," Yang Qin Hu suggested, voicing his truest thought.
Chen Jinzhao hummed, "Proceed."
There was no need for politeness when dealing with the Su family.
Yang Qin Hu led ten team members to prepare to break down the Su family gates and flatten them! Just as they were about to act, there was a slight commotion from behind the gate.
Chen Jinzhao signaled Yang Qin Hu to stop upon hearing the sound.
Yang Qin Hu and the ten team members split to the sides. Then, everyone saw the gates of the Su family's garden being opened from the inside, but the person in the lead was not Su Shan Shui.
Seeing this.
Chen Jinzhao frowned.
He had never met Su Shan Xing before and it was understandable that he didn't recognize him.
Before he could speak, Su Wen quickly walked forward from the crowd and explained, "General Chen, this is my grandfather. He is now in charge of the overall situation of the Su family."
"Where is Su Shan Shui?" Chen Jinzhao was only interested in this person.
Su Shan Xing looked up and waved. Chen Jinzhao saw Su Shan Shui being escorted out from inside, then forced to kneel before him. Su Shan Xing stepped forward and said politely to Chen Jinzhao, "General Chen, I know Su Shan Shui has committed many evils. I have already captured him and his entire faction, and they are at General Chen's disposal."
"Su Shan Xing, you scumbag, what face will you have to see Father in the future?" Su Shan Shui shouted wildly.
"You are a sinner of our Su family!"
Su Shan Xing ignored Su Shan Shui's words and continued to say to Chen Jinzhao, "If General Chen is not satisfied, you can personally enter the Su family to carry out the arrests, or execute them on the spot."
Su Shan Shui's face turned pale with fear, thinking that Su Shan Xing was truly ruthless.
It was precisely because of this that he dared not continue to shout.
Chen Jinzhao did not expect things to escalate to this point. Su Shan Xing had completely sidelined Su Shan Shui in just a few hours. This was the true winner behind the scenes. It was imaginable that without Chen Jinzhao's imposing presence, Su Shan Xing would never have been able to achieve this.
He collected his thoughts and said to Su Shan Xing, "Confiscating property is not necessary. This is not the feudal era. We only need to take away the main personnel involved."
This trial for Su Shan Shui and others was not in an ordinary court, but a military court.
"We will take them away first, but it's best for your Su family members to stay put. Otherwise, we will consider this an attempt to flee, and there might be accidental casualties."
Su Shan Xing quickly said, "We understand."
It was at this moment.
A rumbling sound suddenly came from the end of the road, the sound of tank tracks grinding on the asphalt.
The Su family members were shocked, and Chen Jinzhao also looked towards the end of the road.
Yang Qin Hu and other members of the Zhulong special forces became vigilant, fearing that these people were here to cause trouble. They all cocked their rifles.
They were prepared for battle.
Not long after.
More than a dozen tanks stopped at the entrance of the Su family's garden. A person in military uniform quickly walked up to Chen Jinzhao. When Chen Jinzhao saw the person's appearance, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This was Li Zeng Qi, Wu Ding Feng's secretary. His appearance meant that the Jiangnan military region had returned to Wu Ding Feng's control.
This was not bad news.
Li Zeng Qi saluted Chen Jinzhao, and then Li Zeng Qi said, "General Chen, are you injured?"
Chen Jinzhao shook his head. Li Zeng Qi said with relief, "That's great. Old Wu was always worried about you getting hurt, so he ordered me to quickly send people to surround the Su family. It seems we were half a step behind General Chen."
He turned and saw that Su Shan Shui and others had already been arrested, and he sighed with emotion. He stepped forward and said, "Old Su, I didn't expect us to meet again in this way."
It was fate.
Su Shan Shui's face was grim, and he said nothing.
Chen Jinzhao said to Li Zeng Qi, "Secretary Li, you've arrived at the right time. There's one more main person involved in the Su family, Su Cang Hai, who is missing. Send people to capture him now and do not let him escape."
Li Zeng Qi nodded and immediately took out his communicator to order a search for Su Cang Hai's whereabouts.
A while later, his expression turned grim, and he said to Chen Jinzhao, "Zhulong, that scumbag Su Cang Hai has taken off in his private jet. Our fighter jets are scrambling to intercept. However, Su Cang Hai seems to be acting crazy and has no intention of stopping."
Chen Jinzhao said in a deep voice, "Once he approaches the border, shoot him down directly."
Su Shan Shui's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "No, you can't do that. Publicly shooting down Su Cang Hai's private jet is illegal!"
Chen Jinzhao looked at Su Shan Shui expressionlessly and said coldly, "It is better to suffer calamities from heaven than to bring them upon oneself."
His mind was made up, and no one could dissuade him.
Li Zeng Qi looked somewhat embarrassed. Chen Jinzhao saw his predicament and said lightly, "Don't worry, I will bear all the consequences. I was too soft-hearted with these people before. Only later did I realize that one must cut the grass by the roots, otherwise, the wild grass will grow again with the spring breeze."
"Understood!"
Chen Jinzhao added, "Secretary Li, please temporarily seal off the Su family. I need to return to the Jiangnan Military Region to discuss some matters with Old Wu."
"Received!"
Chen Jinzhao got into the car with Su Shan Shui.
At this moment, Su Shan Shui's hair was disheveled, and he no longer had his usual imposing demeanor. He looked like an ordinary old man, and no one would have guessed that he was once the king of the Jiangnan region!
The two sat in the back seat of the car. Su Shan Shui spoke first, "Chen Jinzhao, do you think you've won? The outcome in the capital is yet to be decided. Once Xu Han Chen is defeated and eliminated, you will also lose miserably."
Temporary success or failure meant nothing.
Chen Jinzhao really wanted to slap Su Shan Shui twice to make the old man come to his senses. His days of commanding the wind and rain in Jiangnan were over.
"Shut up. Old Xu's abilities are far greater than you imagine. Do you think Han San Li can do anything to Old Xu? Should I laugh at your naivety?" Chen Jinzhao said coldly. Su Shan Shui let out a sneer and turned to look out the window. In fact, he was not too disheartened.
This outcome was much better than he had imagined.
When he heard that Su Shan Xing had usurped power, he was extremely angry. But after calming down, he felt that this might be an opportunity to preserve the Su family. Therefore, he ordered his men not to act against Su Shan Xing, staging this act of self-inflicted injury with Su Shan Xing, completely separating Su Shan Xing's lineage from Su Shan Shui.
This was much better than the Su family being uprooted.
Although the foundation was damaged, the remaining foundation could still continue for another hundred years.
Of course.
This was only Su Shan Shui's one-sided thought. He believed that Su Shan Xing did not have such intentions, but simply wanted to usurp power.
No one could resist the temptation of power.
As Su Shan Shui pondered the fate of the Su family, Su Shan Xing had already returned to the council hall. The once bustling council hall was now occupied only by a lonely grandfather and grandson – Su Shan Xing and Su Wen. Su Wen smiled and said to Su Shan Xing, "Grandpa, I didn't expect you to have prepared so much for today. Fortunately, your hopes were not in vain."
Su Shan Xing sat in the main seat, silent, his face looking rather grim.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Su Wen asked.
Su Shan Xing looked up and glared at Su Wen, scolding sternly, "Su Wen, when did you get involved with Chen Jinzhao? How come I never knew?"
"You hid it too well, didn't you?"
In everyone's eyes, Su Wen was just a simple and honest young member of the Su family. Who could have imagined he was hiding so deeply?
Su Wen did not know why Su Shan Xing was suddenly angry, and frowned, "Grandpa, if we're talking about hiding oneself, is there anyone who can compare to you?"
Su Shan Xing shook his head inwardly.
He had indeed been preparing this contingency plan for many years, but he had never intended to usurp power. He even hoped that the Su family would achieve new glory under Su Shan Shui's leadership. If not for what happened tonight, Su Shan Xing would never have rebelled, let alone forced Su Shan Shui to kneel.
Everything he had done was merely to preserve the foundation of the Su family.
But Su Wen was different. Su Wen was clearly undermining the foundation of the Su family, and if this continued, the Su family would eventually be ruined by him.
This was what made Su Shan Xing furious.
Su Wen suddenly thought of something, looked deeply at Su Shan Xing, and sneered, "Grandpa, if you still want to continue the Su family's foundation by clinging to these outdated rules, then I dare to assert that within ten years, the Su family will still decline. This is treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
"What is rotten should be overthrown and restarted, not merely prolonged!"