Chapter 1747 Family Rules Above All

At this moment, in the Hong Family Ancestral Hall, there was a dark-skinned young man who was being questioned by Hong Chengli and the deacons and elders.

Hong Chengli asked him whether he had ever done private work at sea with Hong Haotian?

The young man quickly denied it and said that he had a backache a few days ago and had been recuperating at home and had not been anywhere.

Hong Chengli used the same old trick again and said with a sullen face: "Someone saw you and Hong Haotian boarding the boat together, what do you say?"

The young man denied it, "Village Chief, there's no need for me to lie about this kind of thing. I didn't go and I didn't even know that Hong Haotian went out to sea. Who testified? I want to confront him face to face."

Hong Chengli smiled and said, "Isn't it enough that I talked to you? Aren't my words convincing enough?"

The young man shook his head quickly: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

"Then what do you mean?" Hong Chengli slapped the armrest of the master's chair and shouted in a deep voice: "If you don't follow the family rules, you are unwilling to tell the truth."

Hearing the word "family rules", the young man was suddenly at a loss.

He never expected that disaster would strike him while he was staying at home.

Hong Chengli signaled to the tribesmen around him with his eyes, rushed over and held down the young man.

The young man hurriedly said: "Patriarch, I really didn't participate in that incident. If that incident has anything to do with our Hong family... I can even help the family!"

This young man is much smarter than Hongwu.

He had already smelled something unusual. He felt that Hong Chengli must have some purpose in using family rules to torture him.

Therefore, even if he didn't know the inside story, he was willing to help Hong Chengli do some things to avoid physical pain.

Sure enough, when Hong Chengli heard these words, a smile appeared on his face. He waved his hand and asked the tribesmen to let the young man go.

"Are you really willing to help with some things at home?"

The young man swore, "Of course I am willing. For the sake of my ancestors, even if it means risking my life, I will always put the interests of my family first."

"it is good."

Hong Chengli said: "Since you said so, I will believe you."

The young man breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Chief..."

Hong Chengli interrupted him and said, "Don't thank me yet. When I said I believed in you, I meant I believed in your loyalty to the family, not that I believed in you. It has nothing to do with the incident with Hong Haotian."

"To tell you the truth, that matter is of great importance and is related to the survival of our Hong Village. Therefore, in order to eliminate all possible dangers, I hope you will make a sacrifice for Hong Village."

The young man asked in surprise, "What sacrifice are you talking about?"

Hong Chengli said: "In order to protect the interests of the village, Hong Haotian chose to hang himself. Only a dead person can completely keep these things to himself. Only a dead person will not attract police investigations and save more than 40,000 people in our village from being annihilated. Do you understand what I mean?"

The young man's face instantly lost all color: "Chief, you can't do this, I really didn't do anything!"

Hong Chengli sighed, "I'll let Hong Jian have a good talk with you. If you can be like Hong Haotian and not cause trouble to Hong Village, then your family will be taken care of by the entire village, and your child will get the best education. I can even promise that when he grows up, he can study abroad and I can arrange a stable job for him."

"Your name will also be recorded in the family tree, and your spirit tablet will be placed in the Hong Family Ancestral Hall for future generations to worship... All of this is based on your willingness and consciousness. If you need Hong Jian to take action, then all the promises will no longer exist."

After saying that, Hong Chengli looked at Hong Jian, who stood beside him with an expressionless face.

Hong Jian took a step forward and pulled out a sharp three-edged military bayonet from his waist.

When the young man saw this scene, he was so scared that he stepped back and bumped into two strong men behind him.

He trembled, looked at Hong Chengli and begged: "Patriarch, please let me go, I really don't know anything."

Hong Chengli said: "It's not a question of whether I will let you go, but whether the country will let our Hong Village go! I don't know whether you did it or not, but someone wrote your name, so sacrificing for the family is your only fate."

The young man suddenly became furious when he heard this. He shouted hysterically, "Why? My life is my own! No one can take it away! I have never betrayed the village. Why do you want to kill me? Is there no law in this world?"

Hong Chengli said seriously: "There are royal laws in the world, but in the village, family rules are more important than heaven!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Hong Jian, who immediately walked towards the young man with murderous intent.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted at the entrance of the ancestral hall: "Get out of the way! Let's see who dares to disobey the law!"

Hong Chengli and a group of elders and deacons stood up and looked at the stranger who was running towards them from the main hall of the ancestral hall.

After getting closer, Hong Chengli discovered that the other person was actually the secretary of the Chaojiang Municipal Party Committee, Liu Fusheng.

"Secretary Liu? Why are you here?"

Hong Chengli's face was gloomy and he looked at the Hong clan members guarding the door with displeasure.

Those people immediately rushed forward and tried to stop Liu Fusheng.

Hong Chengli was furious when he saw this: "What are you doing? This is the secretary of the Chaojiang Municipal Party Committee. Are you trying to rebel by stopping him?"

Liu Fusheng stood there, watching his performance coldly without saying a single word.

Hong Chengli suppressed his anger and put on a smiling face: "Secretary Liu, why didn't you say hello to us in advance when you came to Hong Village, so that I could prepare in advance... Let's go to the village committee and sit down!"

The Hong Clan Ancestral Hall and the village committee are in different places. The so-called village committee has long become the activity center for villagers. Usually no one works there.

Hong Chengli's attitude clearly showed that he wanted to get Liu Fusheng away.

Liu Fusheng ignored his words and walked around him and into the ancestral hall.

Hong Chengli asked coldly, "Secretary Liu, what can I do for you?"

Liu Fusheng said: "Nothing, I was just strolling around. Today I went to Hong Haoyu's house and talked to that guy for a while. He should have told you, right?"

Hong Chengli shook his head and said, "No, this kid is really something. He didn't even tell me that you were coming to inspect Hong Village. How rude."

While the two were talking, Liu Fusheng had already walked up to a dark-skinned, terrified, and timid young man.

To the left of this young man stood a man in his thirties with a cold expression.

The two of them were very close to each other. The cold man put one hand behind the young man's back, and the young man didn't even dare to straighten his back because of his action.

Liu Fusheng waved to the dark-skinned young man and said, "You look familiar to me. Come here. I have something to ask you."

Hong Chengli and the other deacons and elders all changed their expressions.

Hong Jian was using a three-edged military bayonet to point it at the dark-skinned young man's lower back, telling him not to talk nonsense.

But Liu Fusheng asked him to go through. In this situation, if the young man moved even a little, wouldn't everything be exposed?