It is precisely because Old Man Zhu's residual power is still there that he can suppress all the opposition voices in the family.

Otherwise, in this kind of calamity, a surrender party like Second Uncle Zhu Ying may have already handed over the foundation that the ancestors of the Zhu family had worked so hard to do.

Although Zhu Ying's father also holds important positions in the family, after all, his prestige is insufficient, if there is no old man Zhu by his side, it will be difficult to suppress the opposition within the clan in this kind of internal and external troubles, let alone resist the invasion of foreign clans.

Therefore, the old man Zhu, who was already idle at home, did not ask about any family affairs, and raised flowers and walked birds every day, but now he had to go out of the mountain again and rack his brains for the life and death of the Zhu family.

It's just that even this former head of the Zhu family, a legendary figure of a generation, after a long absence, coupled with his advanced age, although he is old, he is not comparable to Zhu Ying's father.

However, when facing the group of wolves in Yanjing who eat people and don't spit out bones, they also don't have much power to fight back, so they can only blindly defend, and then under the pressure of the wolves, they lose the family property inch by inch.

Even in the face of such a grim situation, before today, Old Man Zhu had never thought of compromising and bowing to those enemies in Yanjing.

The Zhu family is a family that came out of the war, and naturally has a strong and arrogant spirit, especially the old man Zhu, who has personally experienced the baptism of the battlefield, and has a strong and proud backbone.

It's just that no matter how hard the bones are, they will eventually have to face the reality, the Zhu family is really on the edge of the cliff now, even if the old man Zhu is unwilling to admit this, but if he can't come up with any way, the hundred-year-old Zhu family may be about to decline.

For these big families, naturally nothing is more important than the interests of the family.

If it weren't for Zhu Ying's phone call, I'm afraid that Old Man Zhu would have been forced to bow to Yanjing's family by now.

But now that he has other options, of course Old Man Zhu is unwilling to admit defeat, and he has even reformulated a plan in his heart.

If Zhu Ying really found a strong man for the family who was strong enough to fight against the several great families in Yanjing as he said, then the Zhu family would tie that strong man to the Zhu family's chariot no matter what the price was.

At that time, it will not be that his Zhu family is blindly in a passive situation, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, it is time for those guys in Yanjing to taste it.

And at this moment, outside the door of the conference room, after hearing Old Man Zhu's statement, Zhu Ying's heart suddenly had a bottom.

At least his grandfather wasn't going to compromise yet, and that's what he wanted to see the most.

With a soft "squeak", the wooden door of the conference room was pushed open, and suddenly entered the brightly lit conference room from the darkness.

After hearing the movement at the door, several people in the conference room immediately turned their eyes over.

After glancing around the conference room, the corners of Zhu Ying's mouth couldn't help but hook up a playful smile, as he expected, what should be there and what shouldn't be there is here today.

At this moment, there are a total of five people in the conference room, and the gray-haired old man sitting at the top with his eyes closed is the current head of the Zhu family, Zhu Ying's grandfather, and a generation of legends - Zhu Guangrong!

At Zhu Guangrong's hand, there were four middle-aged people sitting opposite each other, one of whom was wearing a black suit and an elegant man who looked quite similar to Zhu Ying, who was his father Zhu Guangwen.

The other three were all sitting on the other side of the conference table, and one of them was somewhat similar to Zhu Guangwen's appearance, Zhu Ying's second uncle Zhu Guangwu.

The remaining two are Zhu Ying's two cousins, who usually have no status in the family, except for eating, drinking and having fun, they don't seem to have done anything else, Zhu Ying doesn't even have any impression of these two cousins, but vaguely remembers the existence of such two people.

"Grandpa, father."

After Zhu Guangrong and Zhu Guangwen bent down and saluted respectively, Zhu Ying nodded to his second uncle again, which was regarded as a salute.

After all, although his relationship with his second uncle is not good, there are still elders and outsiders present, and if he behaves too rudely, I am afraid that he will be tongue-struck.

As for his two cousins, Zhu Ying didn't even look at them, they were just two guys who were eating and waiting to die, not to mention that they didn't contribute to the family, if they just stayed honest and didn't come out to cause trouble, he didn't mind making the respect that the younger generation should have for the two.

But these two guys are so immortal, they actually dared to not contribute to the Zhu family when the Zhu family was in danger, not only did not contribute to the family, but instead encouraged his grandfather to sell the dignity and interests of the Zhu family in exchange for the opportunity to survive, which really made his teeth itch with hatred.

Therefore, it is a pipe dream to ask him to give these two people a good look now.

"Hehe, Xiaoying is back, come and sit down."

Looking at this grandson whom he has always loved very much, Zhu Guangrong's face finally showed a smile of relief, and even the anger aroused by his second son Zhu Guangwu just now couldn't help but reduce a little.

Compared with the brothers Zhu Guangwen and Zhu Guangwu, Zhu Guangrong still loves his eldest grandson more, not because of the next generation.

In fact, Zhu Guangrong has no less than five grandchildren, but he has a unique preference for Zhu Ying, which also makes many juniors of the Zhu family jealous of Zhu Ying.

Zhu Guangrong even thought that after a hundred years, he would directly skip his two sons and pass on the position of head of the family to Zhu Ying.

It wasn't because of his blind love for Zhu Ying that he had this seemingly ridiculous idea.

It's because he knows very well that his eldest grandson's skills and abilities are above his two sons, and if Zhu Ying takes over his own governance of the Zhu family, it will obviously be a very good choice.

Although Zhu Guangwen's ability and skill are also good, in comparison, Zhu Guangwen's personality is too old-fashioned, if it is placed in a peaceful and prosperous era, he may be able to keep the foundation of the Zhu family, and even open up a few more points.

But now that the Zhu family is in the midst of internal and external troubles, it is obvious that a careerist with the essence of a hero needs to stand up and lead the Zhu family out of the predicament, rather than letting a minister who guards the land lead the Zhu family to perish step by step.

Coincidentally, Zhu Ying is the careerist who can lead the Zhu family to glory in Zhu Guangrong's mind, so he attaches so much importance to Zhu Ying.

Regarding Zhu Ying's indifferent attitude towards the three of them, Zhu Guangwu's faces were a little unpleasant, but they were also Zhu Ying's elders, and they didn't even say a greeting after seeing them.

However, Zhu Ying still nodded to Zhu Guangwu, so even if he was still a little unhappy in his heart, Zhu Guangwu snorted coldly afterwards and did not reprimand.

How much the old man loves him, the eldest grandson, the Zhu family is obvious to all, if Zhu Guangwu doesn't let go at this time, it will inevitably fall behind, and it will leave a bad impression in the old man's heart, although he has never had a good impression in the old man's heart.

At this critical moment, he didn't want to make a fuss, because of some unnecessary friction, which would lead to all the benefits and credits that were about to be in vain.

Since Zhu Guangwu didn't say anything, the two Zhu family members sitting next to him naturally didn't dare to speak.

With the two of them, it is impossible to have the opportunity to sit in this conference room on weekdays, but today they were able to come in because of Zhu Guangwu's light.

After Zhu Ying sat down next to Zhu Guangwen, Zhu Guangwen poured him a cup of hot tea very intimately.

Zhu Guangwen also loves his son, and he is not very interested in the battle for fame and fortune.

Therefore, even after knowing some of the old man's thoughts, he did not have any dissatisfaction and loss, but felt much more relaxed in his heart.

At this moment, I heard that Zhu Ying also had a way to get out of trouble for the Zhu family, and Zhu Guangwen was also quite happy in his heart.

"Xiaoying."

Looking at Zhu Ying, who took a sip of tea, Zhu Guangrong smiled and slowly asked: "Let's not talk too much, since everyone has already arrived, then you can quickly talk about it, who is the martial arts powerhouse you said on the phone who is willing to help our Zhu family, and where is he now?" ”

Although he didn't see anyone returning to the family with Zhu Ying, Zhu Guangrong didn't think that Zhu Ying's previous phone call was joking with him.

After hearing Zhu Guangrong's question, everyone focused their eyes on Zhu Ying and waited for his answer.

Zhu Guangwu leaned back on the chair even more, one leg was still shaking, and his eyes were full of disdain when he looked at Zhu Ying.

Can you fight against the martial arts powerhouses of Yanjing? What are you kidding, there are more than a dozen martial arts masters of the five major families of Yanjing combined, and this is not counting those hidden old monsters that may exist.

If you want to be able to support such a suffocating lineup, you have to invite at least five or more grandmasters to sit in front of it, and you can barely do it, and is this possible?

Not to mention Zhu Ying, a child who is no more than twenty years old, even if the entire Zhu family has worked hard for so long, he has not been able to invite even a single grandmaster to help.

There are only so many grandmasters in Huaguo, and none of the Zhu family has ever visited the door, and in the end, they still returned in vain.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if this kid really took shit luck and said that he moved a certain grandmaster to take action for the Zhu family, what kind of improvement could it bring to the current situation.

Although the strength of the martial arts master is strong, it also depends on who it is.