The Song family's ancestral hall is in the west of the city, and is mainly composed of the fourth branch of the family that is of the same generation as Duke Song.
Although that branch of the Song clan is not as prominent and wealthy as the Mansion of Duke Song, it is also very well-off. In the past, they had a very high status in Beijing thanks to the Mansion of Duke Song. However, since the sudden collapse of the Mansion of Duke Song, the Song family spent a large sum of money to "buy out" the relationship with the Song Hong lineage, and the remaining Song clan members have been extremely low-key.
The sudden visit of the Black Armored Guards startled everyone.
Looking at Xiao Yan and Gu Helian standing in the mansion, Fourth Master Song felt uneasy. He set his gaze on Song Tangning, who was more familiar to him, and forced a smile.
"Isn't this Tang girl? Why did you come here so late and make such a big noise?"
He approached her and said in a very intimate manner: "You haven't been here for quite some time. Your great aunt is really thinking about you. A few days ago, she was wondering if you had forgotten her. If she knew you were here, she would definitely be happy. I'll send someone to tell her..."
"I won't bother you anymore, old lady."
Tang Ning's words stunned the Fourth Master Song, and also made the others around him feel a little nervous.
"When I broke up with Song Hong and the others earlier, I had already expelled myself from the Song family in public. The Fourth Master Song doesn't deserve to call me great-aunt Tang Ning."
"I came here today, firstly, to fulfill what I said that day, to ask the Fourth Master Song to open the ancestral temple, remove me and my father's lineage from the Song family, and move my parents' coffins out of the Song family ancestral tomb; secondly, to deliver a letter of severance of kinship on behalf of the Third Master Song Tan, to remove the third concubine's daughter Song Ru from the family register."
The fourth master Song's face changed drastically. Song Wenli, who had met Song Jinxiu before, hurriedly said, "Tang Ning, what nonsense are you talking about? You were just angry at the Prince Cheng's mansion that day. No one in the clan took it seriously. Besides, your uncle..." Thinking of Tang Ning's relationship with the Duke's Mansion, he changed his words, "Besides, Song Hong has nothing to do with the Song family. Why are you still angry with him?"
"Yes, Tang Ning, please stop talking nonsense. Your father and his family have been buried for many years. How can you disturb their peace by moving the grave?"
"Yes, if we move the ancestral graves, won't that mean they will have no one to rely on in the future?"
Other people around were also talking at once, with some angrily accusing Tang Ning of making trouble.
"You are just a little girl, what are you doing? You are a daughter of the Song family, how can you be removed from the family at will? What will people outside say if they know about this?!"
"You actually want to move the grave. That is the resting place of our ancestors. How can we allow you to mess around?"
"That's right, are you crazy? You have disturbed the peace of our ancestors. Can you bear the consequences?!"
Gu Helian hadn't had a good rest for several days, and his eyes were stained with blue and black. Listening to those people talking nonsense and taking advantage of their seniority, he said to Tang Ning impatiently:
"I told you a long time ago that these people are shameless. When you broke up with the Duke's Mansion, everyone in the capital knew about it, but no one from them tried to persuade you to leave the Song family. They tacitly allowed you to expel yourself from the Song family. Now that they see that the Duke's Mansion has lost you and has gained power, they call you the daughter of the Song family all the time."
"You!" The Song family members shouted angrily, "You are talking nonsense!"
Gu Helian sneered, "If I am talking nonsense, then when she left the Duke's Mansion as a little girl, did any of you come forward to speak for her? But who has ever denied what she said in Prince Cheng's Mansion?"
"The so-called tribesmen are greedy for life and afraid of death, seeking profit and avoiding harm, climbing up to the high and trampling on the low, and are extremely shameless."
As he spoke, he looked at Tang Ning and said, "Why would you discuss this with people like them? Just destroy the Song Family Ancestral Hall. There's no need to waste words with them."
The fourth master Song was almost knocked over by Gu Helian's anger, and the people of the Song family also glared at him angrily.
Tang Ning said calmly, "Master Song, you should know whether I was angry with someone that day or not. The girls of the Rong family are very trustworthy and will never go back on their words."
"Since I'm here today, I must be taking my parents' coffins away. Even if you don't expel them from the clan temple, my father's lineage will no longer be a member of the Song family. But if things get ugly, it won't be my reputation that's hurt."
Master Song Si heard the ruthlessness in her words and felt shocked. How could the little girl who always smiled at everyone she met become so cold-hearted?
He didn't dare to confront her forcefully, so he could only soften his brows and whisper, "Tang Ning, we are all close relatives, why do you have to make such a fuss?"
"It's not me who's making trouble, but some people don't want me to have peace."
Tang Ning was obviously not too cold, but the coldness in his words was clearly heard by everyone.
"I didn't want to come here now, and I don't think it matters whether my surname is Song or not. I hate Song Hong and his mother, not other members of the Song family. If I can save everyone's face, I don't want to do anything too extreme. It's a pity that there are always people who try to use this matter to control me, a girl from the Song family."
"As long as I stay in the Song family, someone will bother me. As long as I still have the last name Song, someone will disturb me."
As she spoke, she looked up at the Song clan members across from her.
"I only have two things to do tonight. If the Fourth Master Song opens the ancestral hall, I will do what I should do and leave immediately. I will never bother other people in the Song family in the future. But if you are embarrassed, don't blame me for not thinking about the feelings of our past relatives."
"If the Song family ancestral hall collapsed tonight and the ancestral graves were dug up, I'm sure you wouldn't want to see that."
As soon as Tang Ning finished speaking, Xiao Yan walked forward calmly, and Gu Helian also snorted coldly and stood on the other side of Tang Ning.
The black-armored guards who were originally standing in front of the courtyard took a step forward together. They were wearing light armor and wearing swords on their waists. The sound of their footsteps was so dark and eerie that everyone in the Song family changed their faces.
They may not be afraid of Tang Ning or Gu Helian, but they are all terrified by the famous Black Armor Guards and Xiao Yan, who stood there without saying a word, with a calm face and indifferent eyes, but as powerful as a sheathed blade and intimidating in power.
It seemed as if they would destroy the Song family in the next moment.
"Tang Ning..."
Seeing Song Tangning's cold expression, the fourth master Song could only look aside and said, "Master Xiao, this is all a misunderstanding. I have already restrained the clan members, and no one would dare to bother Tangning. Someone must be deliberately trying to harm my Song family."
"Tang Ning was provoked at a young age, but the clan has no intention of bullying her. I hope that Governor Xiao can persuade her. Although the Song family is not as strong as before, it is still her father's family. She is a woman. If she leaves the clan, she will be criticized no matter the reason, and it will be difficult for her to get married in the future..."
"With me here, who dares to make things difficult for her?"
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, Tang Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't have time to figure out what he meant.
Gu Helian, who was standing beside him, sneered, "What a bullshit marriage! My little Haitang is as beautiful as a flower and has a huge fortune. Half of the entire Zuozhou will belong to her in the future. If she wants a man, she can just wave her hand and many young talents will rush to marry into her family. Who dares to point fingers?"
Xiao Yan: "…"
The corners of his mouth suddenly straightened and he looked at Gu Helian coldly.
Gu Helian didn't feel the low pressure around him at all, and just said impatiently: "Tonight, either you open the ancestral hall and deal with Xiao Haitang's matter, or I will bring people to smash your Song family's ancestral hall. Anyway, this shabby place is not worth a few taels of silver."
Everyone in the Song family blushed, thinking that Gu Helian was humiliating them, but their eyes fell on the row of sparkling gems inlaid on the gold belt around his waist. The luminous pearl that was collected as a treasure by other families was brightly inlaid in the center of the buckle.
Everyone's faces turned even redder.
Big dog owner!!
Tang Ning "heard" the thoughts of everyone in the Song family. He silently glanced at Gu Helian's blinding waist, turned his head and said to the fourth master Song:
"Fourth uncle, I hope you won't embarrass me."
When this uncle of the Gu family goes crazy, she can't control him.