Chapter 822

Of course, Zhen Jiang did not think this was a bad thing; at the very least, because of this, she had luckily met Duan Yu.

Duan Yu had saved her life.

So she had to keep her promise.

Before Duan Yu gave his permission, she would absolutely not reveal the source of the white paper and snow salt.

Of course, this was only one of the reasons for keeping her promise.

Watching Zhen Jiang, who stood before the hall without saying a word.

Zhen Jian gradually lost his patience, turned his gaze to Lady Zhang, and said with a frown: "Sister-in-law, it's not that I, as your uncle, am saying this, but the Zhen clan is not the Zhen clan of any one person."

"I don't want to do anything too extreme either."

"The second brother still has two sons who will need to be recommended as filial and incorrupt officials and enter the court as officials in the future; if the Zhen clan is gone, then everything will be gone."

"Zhen Jiang... you really need to be disciplined!"

Zhen Jian's gaze shifted from Lady Zhang to Zhen Jiang, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Hearing Zhen Jian's words, Lady Zhang, who was sitting in the main seat, panicked completely.

"Jiang'er..."

Lady Zhang said with a trembling voice: "Jiang'er, just hand over the production methods for the snow salt and white paper to your uncle and the others."

"Your two brothers..."

Zhen Jiang clenched her hands tightly, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.

A family—how could they go to such lengths?

Bullying, house arrest, threats...

All for this wealth.

"Uncle..." Zhen Jiang bit her lips as she looked at Zhen Jian: "By doing this, aren't you afraid that it will spread and be ridiculed by the world?"

"My father is gone, and you are bullying our branch like this; aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

"I have said it before, if this white paper and snow salt were mine, I would definitely give them to you!"

"But I have said many times that this white paper and snow salt are not mine!"

"I don't know the production methods either; no matter how you threaten me, I cannot give them to you!"

"You can target me, but to bully my mother like this and threaten my two brothers—does your conscience not bother you!"

"The Zhen clan has hundreds of years of family business; will it really be destroyed because of this white paper and snow salt?"

"What Inspector sending troops to help—that's just an excuse!"

"I will say it again, I do not have the production methods for the white paper and snow salt, and..."

Zhen Jiang bit her lips, tears swirling in her eyes: "And, even if I did, with you acting like this, I would absolutely never give them to you!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zhen Jian suddenly rose from his seat and flicked his sleeves: "Stubborn and unyielding, simply stubborn and unyielding!"

"When has the Zhen clan ever produced such unfilial descendants as you!"

"Sister-in-law, this is the good daughter you have raised."

"This is the good daughter of the second brother."

"She would rather watch the Zhen clan be destroyed than make a choice for the Zhen clan."

A visible fire of anger rose in Zhen Jian's eyes as he said: "I am now the head of the Zhen clan, and I have the right to be responsible for the Zhen clan."

"Sister-in-law, please don't blame me, your eldest brother, and don't say that because the second brother is gone, I am bullying your branch."

"I am considering the entire Zhen clan."

Zhen Jian looked at Zhen Ren of the third branch and Zhen You of the fourth branch and said: "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, summon the entire clan immediately; I am going to expel their branch from Wuji County."

"Since they are unwilling to hand it over, then fine, we don't want it either!"

"From now on, your branch no longer belongs to the direct line of the Zhen clan; don't say that I, your eldest brother, am being ruthless."

"I cannot bring myself to commit fratricide, and I am not leaving you without a way to survive."

"From now on, you can go wherever you want, but you must leave Wuji County, and from now on, the Zhen clan's trade routes in Jizhou will have nothing to do with you."

Zhen Ren and Zhen You, hearing Zhen Jian say this, were also startled.

Expelling Zhen Yi's entire branch from the Zhen clan.

This...

This was no joke.

If they really did this, then Zhen Jiang and her two brothers, as well as everyone in their branch, would no longer be able to call themselves the Zhongshan Zhen clan.

"Hurry up, what are you standing there for!" Zhen Jian shouted angrily: "The Zhen clan does not need such selfish and unfilial clansmen."

Lady Zhang, sitting in the main seat, was already terrified.

Her gaze even looked at Zhen Jiang with a hint of pleading.

"Jiang'er, Mother begs you, just hand it over to your uncle," Lady Zhang pleaded.

Zhen Jiang, standing before the hall, felt a sense of helplessness wash over her.

Even Zhao Yun, standing behind Zhen Jiang, was furious.

Zhen Jiang shook her head slowly.

She did not blame her mother.

Because her mother did not know the truth either.

Because she still had two brothers who needed to be recommended as filial and incorrupt officials and enter the court as officials.

She could understand all of this.

But in this massive Zhen clan, no one could understand her.

No one believed that she really did not know the production methods for the white paper and snow salt.

One was the debt of upbringing, the other was the debt of saving her life.

Zhen Jiang found it difficult to choose.

However, at this very moment, a cry of alarm rang out from outside.

"Eldest Master, Third Master, Fourth Master, it's bad, it's really bad!"

"The Yellow Turban thieves have arrived outside the city!"