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Chapter 30 Su Wan
"The storm came so suddenly?"

Su Daoshan was a little surprised.

These days, he heard a lot of gossip, and after digesting and reorganizing his original body's memories, he had some understanding of the Su family's situation.

The Su family's troubles began more than ten years ago.

The Su family's position as a noble family originally came from their great-grandfather Su Qihong. It was natural that Su Qihong was still very important when he was alive. Even after Su Qihong passed away and his grandfather Su Jingyan was only a fifth-rank official in Kyoto, the Su family's position in Yishan City was as stable as Mount Tai.

However, more than a decade ago, a major case swept the government and the country. Less than half a year later, Su Jingyan retired and returned to his hometown, Yishan City.

Su Daoshan had very little information about the case, and his memory was vague. After all, he was only one or two years old at the time, and had no idea what had happened. He only heard a few fragments of it as he grew up.

But no matter what, the Su family should have been affected to some extent by this major case.

It was also from that time that the Su family gradually began to go downhill.

Now, more than ten years have passed. Such a long time is enough for people to see clearly whether a sick tiger is really sick or not. It is also enough for people to be awed and change enough. So one day, Mijia appeared as a challenger.

Among the six great families in Yishan City, the Yue family, Zhou family and Wang family are closely connected. They are also local noble families, but in terms of the number of clan members and clan power, these families are much stronger than the Su family.

It can be said that if Su Qihong had not led the Su family to rise, the Su family would now be nothing more than a small family in the market. In front of these old local tyrants, let alone being on an equal footing, even if they wanted to hold the stirrups for someone, they might not be qualified to be in the front.

The Mi family is the Zhou family's in-laws and allies, and is also a local big family.

The population of Sujiabao is only over 1,360, while the total population of Mi's family exceeds 2,000!
Moreover, they not only have a large number of people, but also strong strength. Not counting ordinary recruits, the total number of Su family members in the sect and the military is only 17. But the Mi family has more than 30 people distributed in various sects and the military, and their reputation and voice are far higher than the Su family.

The Mi family has long wanted to take the top spot.

Just as the young and strong male wolf in a wolf pack will inevitably challenge the old and weak wolf king, when the Su family is weak enough and the Mi family is strong enough, replacing the Su family as a noble family becomes the will of the entire Mi family.

As far as Su Daoshan knew, the contest between the two sides had lasted for several years before he traveled through time.

At first, the Mi family only played dirty tricks on the business. With the help of the Yue family, Zhou family and Wang family, they continued to encroach on the Su family's business. But in the past year, perhaps they have tested the bottom line and weaknesses of the Su family, and their actions have become more and more aggressive, and their attitudes have become more and more arrogant.

Half a year ago, Su Jingqi, the eighth uncle and one of the only three sixth-rank masters in the Su family, received a secret message. While rushing to Chongguang City, he was attacked and killed outside the city.

Three months ago, the Su family's largest and most important industry, the weaving and dyeing workshop in Jinse Town, was attacked by a large group of masked warriors. The entire workshop, including the raw materials and goods in the warehouse, was burned down. Later, refugees and bandits followed one after another, and attracted a large number of crazy puppets.

Of the seventy-six people in Jinse Town, including the stewards, craftsmen, workers and guards, only two survived. One was returning to Yishan City to hand over the bills and luckily missed the chance. The other pretended to be dead in a well full of corpses for three days until the Su family arrived.

It must be said that the two stabs by the Mi family were accurate and ruthless. The Su family was already in a downward spiral, and the death of Su Jingqi and the fire in Jinse Town made things even worse.

Few people in Yishan City know about these two things.

In this chaotic world, people are trapped in isolated cities every day, just like frogs in a well, not only are they closed off from freedom, but also from vision and information. Ordinary people have no way of knowing about secret confrontations between families outside the city.

But the decline of the Su family is visible to everyone.

After Su Jingqi's death, the armed forces in the hands of the Su family were stretched to the limit. Not only did they significantly reduce their participation in the defense of Yishan City and some joint affairs, but they were also unable to carry out necessary industrial protection, caravan transportation and other activities outside the city.

As for the cloth shops in the market town, they became like a river without a source of income. Some closed down within a month, while others changed their business and withdrew from this industry that was once profitable.

Without the competition from the Su family, the Mi family rose to become the dominant force in the weaving and dyeing industry in Yishan City. The number of its cloth shops doubled. Many shopkeepers, assistants, tailors, and craftsmen from the Su family's cloth shops were poached by them. Now they are the most popular.

At this point, even the most slow-witted person knew that there was a problem between the Su and Mi families.

Originally, everyone was waiting for the Su family to counterattack. After all, it was an old family, and the position of the family was so important to the family, how could they give it up?

But the Su family seemed to be stunned. After half a year, not only did they not fight back, but they also significantly reduced their defenses.

In this way, the Su family's tiger skin was exposed.

People were surprised to find that, at some point, the sick tiger of the Su family had become so weak that it could not only fail to intimidate the provocative wild dogs around it, but it could only swallow its anger even when the wild dogs dared to pounce on it and bite its butt.

It’s not that they don’t want to fight back, but they are simply too weak to do so.

Facing the Mi family, the Su family's silence looked like a cat lying on the ground with its soft belly exposed.

Su Daoshan didn't know what the elders of the Su family thought.

But it seemed that the Su family was ready to lose its position as an aristocratic family. Especially when thinking back to what he had seen and heard in the Su family these days - the days were peaceful and quiet, and it was hard to tell that the Su family was ready to fight to the death with the Mi family.

In this case, it should be a peaceful handover.

Unexpectedly...

"Go out and take a look." Su Daoshan said.

Soon, he took Pingting, Huamei and Sister Xing'er out of the Su family compound.

As he passed through several courtyards and alleys, Su Daoshan truly felt what it meant to be in a state of panic.

Whether it was the women cooking and washing clothes, the horsemen harnessing the carriages, the stern-faced housekeepers, or the whispering maids, everyone's eyes were filled with confusion and uneasiness. It was the same outside. The noisy and bustling teams going out of the city in the past, whether they were going hunting or burning charcoal, were gone. There were few people on the streets. Almost everyone gathered at the big martial arts training ground in the east of the fort. The women and children were outside the ground, while the men gathered in the ground.

Everyone gathered in groups of three or five, whispering to each other.

Relying on the unique characteristics of a scholar, while Pingting and the others were still trying to squeeze in with people they were familiar with to inquire, Su Daoshan had already obtained the information he wanted.

The news cannot be concealed, and it is impossible to conceal it. The convoy that captured people last night came back with a lot of noise. This morning, an order was issued to prohibit leaving the city and for the militia to be on standby. The guards in the fort were all dispatched, with people deployed in all directions.

Only a fool can't see that there is a problem.

However, the detailed information was deliberately cut into several parts and leaked out. For example, someone first heard that something happened outside the city last night. No one knew what it was. After a while, someone found out that a workshop of the Mi family was attacked.

After a while, there was news that not only the Mi family's workshop was attacked, but also the Mi family's second housekeeper was arrested. Of course, these had nothing to do with the Su family. It was just that the Su family and the Mi family were not on good terms, and now the Mi family suspected that it was the Su family who did it.

The warriors of the Mi family have already been dispatched outside the city in large numbers, and there are also people of the Mi family in the city who are eyeing the vicinity of Sujiabao with ill intentions.

Some people know whether it was the Su family who attacked the Mi family, while others are confused.

Everyone just digested it on their own.

Su Daoshan had seen this a lot in his previous life. Sometimes gossip or even rumors that have been debunked are actually the best way to spread the word. A lot of information cannot be thrown out all at once, as people will not be able to accept it. And there must be some information gap between the upper and lower levels.

Therefore, this method of allowing everyone to inquire through channels and participate in discussions is the most effective way.

By the time the war with the Mi family really started, the upper echelons had basically understood the details, and the people below were also somewhat prepared. Any complaints and grievances had already been exposed in the discussion. It was very smooth to give orders after letting people guide them quietly.

But Su Daoshan never expected that this time it was the Su family that took the initiative to attack.

"Su Wan is..." After sorting out this information, Su Daoshan gradually figured it out and murmured, "Is she placing her bet on the big gathering?"

The answer is not difficult to guess.

If Su Daoshan originally thought that the Su family was ready to compromise and give up their position, then everything that happened today was enough to show that at least Su Wan did not have such an idea.

The Su family may not be without a chance to turn the tables.

As we all know, when the catastrophe of annihilation came, all the major dynasties were reduced to ashes. The survivors in different regions relied on the organization of the aristocratic families to gather in isolated cities and block the attacks of the You Clan and the Crazy Puppet.

The mountains and rivers support the people. Everyone is fighting for survival, fighting for the parents and children left behind, and fighting for the continuation of the family.

This is the cohesion and ruling power that only a family can possess.

If an unrelated court official were to issue orders, not to mention resisting the You Clan, even the mature order system would collapse. This is why, even though Xiguo Taizu later established a new national order, he also ruled the world together with the aristocratic families and clans.

Because of this, the position of aristocratic family is not something that anyone can achieve. Although the Mi family has the upper hand in the fight with the Su family, in fact, no matter how powerful they are, they cannot avoid a hurdle if they want to replace the Su family.

That's the big gathering!

The Grand Meeting is a meeting held every three years for the noble families, the sects and the court to discuss major issues. The situation, the future plans of the noble families, the sects and the court, how to cooperate with each other, the focus of eliminating the crazy puppets, where to build new bases, etc., must be determined in the Grand Meeting.

This is also a rare opportunity to gather all major forces.

If the Mi family wants to sit on the throne of the aristocratic family, they must obtain the recognition and support of all relevant forces in this meeting and replace the Su family. Without this procedure, in this small piece of land in Yishan City, the Mi family will have to coil even if they are a dragon, and lie down even if they are a tiger!

On the other hand, the big meeting is also an opportunity for the Su family to fight back - as long as they can prove that the attack on the Su family was done by the Mi family and put the Mi family in the dock, under the powerful will of this ruling system, the Mi family will be slapped to death without even a murmur!

By then, even the Yue family, Zhou family, and Wang family will have to draw a clear line between themselves and the Mi family.

The problem the Su family had been facing was that they couldn't beat him, and they had no evidence! Even though everyone in Yishan City and even the entire Beijun knew that "Chang Wei was beating Lai Fu", they just had no evidence!

In the past twenty years, as humans have gained a firm foothold, they have expanded their power outside the city. The major families have also moved some industries outside the city. On the one hand, it is because the city needs more land to grow food and cannot allow other industries to occupy space or even cause pollution. On the other hand, it is also because of the need for competitiveness.

Every inch of land in the city is valuable and the cost is too high.

Therefore, the Mi family behaved very well in the city, and the attacks on the Su family all took place outside the city. The world outside the city was so chaotic, who could tell what happened? Refugees and bandits, demon cultivators, and even the crazy puppets of the You clan could all be the murderers. Without evidence, why should they be blamed on the Mi family?

I have to say that the Mi family did a flawless job.

Coupled with the power of the other three great families, the lid was kept tightly shut. The Su family didn't even have the slightest chance to fight back, let alone lift the lid.

But what no one expected was that at this critical moment when the big meeting was approaching, Su Wan suddenly used a precise and fierce attack to directly penetrate the Mi family. Not only did she destroy the most important workshop of the Mi family, but she also captured their second housekeeper!
It is obvious that they are heading for a big gathering.

This made Su Daoshan look at his gentle and elegant elder sister with new respect.

The industrial workshop outside the city has always been the core secret of each family. Not only is the location known to very few people, but the guards are also very strict. It is not just a target placed there. Moreover, as a core figure, Mi Xiang's whereabouts are secretive, and even few members of the Mi family know his route.

But Su Wan was able to hit the target with one strike.

It was hard for Su Daoshan to imagine how much time and effort Su Wan had secretly prepared for this.

(End of this chapter)