Chapter 390 [Quartet Gathering]
Jin Changjie did not come in person. It is said that he was in poor health. However, as a veteran in the Sect of Life, he could not be too indifferent to Zuo Qiang's death. He appointed his eldest son Jin Zhiheng to pay condolences. Among the eight elders of Qianjimen, no one came to pay condolences in person except Zhang Zutang and Lin Chaotong. He only entrusted his nephews or subordinates to come, or sent someone to give them a wreath. From this, it can be seen that Zuo Qiang is not very good, and it can be seen that Qianjimen's cohesion is not as good as before.
Although Su Le appointed Zhang Zutang to organize Zuo Qiang's funeral, after Lin Chaotong arrived, he had become the actual chief minister. In terms of identity, he was Zuo Qiang's sworn brother and had a very close relationship with the Zuo family. In terms of status, his prestige in Qianjimen was far superior to Zhang Zutang. On the other hand, if Su Le had not appointed Zhang Zutang to handle the funeral for Zuo Qiang, Zhang Zutang would not have been in this muddy water at all. Deep in his heart, he was negative in handling Zuo Qiang's funeral, and the people around him were even more discouraged. In his opinion, this was the last thing he did for Qianjimen. Even though this matter was a perfect merit last night, it ended with beginning and end.
On the day when Jin Zhiheng arrived at Shen Hai, he knelt down in front of Zuo Qiang's spiritual position. Zuo Qiang and his father's peers should have done this in terms of etiquette. Most of the old men from Qianjimen had never seen this junior figure of the life-seeking sect. In fact, Jin Zhiheng's trip to Shen Hai is the first time he made public appearance at Qianjimen. He is 33 years old this year. He has been doing border trade business with North Korea and Tsarist Russia in the past. He is low-key. The old men from Qianjimen have an impression of him as Jin Changjie's son, and they know almost nothing else. In terms of popularity, Kim Zhiheng is not as good as his younger brother Jin Zhishen. Kim Zhishen often takes his son to the front of others. Jin Changjie often shows up with his youngest son, full of the intention of supporting him.
Jin Zhishan has outstanding martial arts skills and is unruly. He is very famous in the Northeast and is known as a flying general. It is said that the nickname is due to his superb archery skills. Among the people who came to pay their respects to mourn, Zhao Qianchou and Jin Zhishan are sworn brothers. He thought the Jin family would send Jin Zhishan here this time, but he did not expect that they would be the boss. This situation has rarely been seen in the past. Perhaps Jin Changjie used this method to express his importance to Zuo Qiang's death.
Lin Chaotong did not think that his brother Zuo Qiang had received the respect he deserved. Except for the Scholar Sect, no other elders of Qianjimen came in person. Although they sent their children to pay their respects on their behalf, the importance was obviously not enough. Since Zuo Qiang was shot dead by the police, the body has not been brought back. Zuo Qiang's godson Jiang Xun has no news yet. Lin Chaotong has learned that Jiang Xun's disappearance is related to Su Le, which annoyed Lin Chaotong, so Su Le asked Xue Zhan to come out again and asked him to take over Zhang Zutang's position. All of this was done secretly on his back and had not made any explanation to him until now. Although Lin Chaotong had long acted as not caring about the internal affairs of Qianjimen, it did not mean that he had completely withdrawn from the world. He was still the elder of Scholar Sect.
Xue Zhan's out-of-mountain means that Su Le wedged a thorn deeply into his heart, and this feeling made him restless.
Whether as the leader of Qianji Sect or the landlord of Shen Hai, Su Le should come out to entertain the people of Jin Zhiheng who came from afar. When he called Pang Runliang to arrange this matter, Pang Runliang told him that Lin Chaotong had already made arrangements and was at Jiqing Restaurant at 6:30 that night.
Jiqing Restaurant is Zuo Qiang's private property. The restaurant has a business area of about 700 square meters and more than 30 private rooms of all sizes. The business is quite good on weekdays. After Zuo Qiang's death, the restaurant also temporarily closed down. One is to pay tribute to the boss Zuo Qiang, and another reason is to take stock of the property. Zuo Qiang left a lot of property, but he died too suddenly, so he failed to leave any will. The distribution of his estate fell on Lin Chaotong. For fairness, Lin Chaotong asked someone to liquidate all Zuo Qiang's property and prepare to distribute it fairly to Zuo Qiang's children and family.
So that night, Jiqing Restaurant became the venue for Qianjimen. Su Le wanted to be the host, but since Lin Chaotong made arrangements, he would not come forward anymore. Su Le also made sufficient mental preparations for the dinner where Lin Chaotong was hosting. Although he had just met Lin Chaotong in a hurry, Su Le could still feel that he was not friendly to him. It was already a sure thing that Zuo Qiang died under the police's indiscriminate guns, but some different versions of rumors were still spread outside. Among them, there was the saying that Su Le set up a bureau to kill Zuo Qiang. Su Le knew in his heart that the people who spread these rumors came from inside Qianjimen. After his father's death, Qianjimen has now become a mess. There are not many people who are truly loyal to him, and more people are just making their own calculations.
Su Le went to Jiqing Restaurant that night to take four people with him just in case. In addition to Lao Mo and Minglong, he also called the Luo brothers. Although the number of people was not large, his combat effectiveness was beyond doubt.
According to the arrangement of the dinner, all the entourages were arranged to have dinner on the first floor. Su Le's dining location was on the third floor, in the largest private room in Jiqing Restaurant.
When Su Le arrived, everyone else had arrived. Lin Chaotong and Zhang Zutang, the Qianji Sect elders, Shang Daoyuan, Pang Runliang and Zhao Qianchou, and the rising stars who represent the elders, such as Jin Changjie's son Jin Zhiheng, and Shangguan Fenghuo, the apprentice of the Qianji Sect elder Yin Gongbao. Meng Qiuran, who is also the Qianji Sect elder, also sent his nephew Meng Guoxiang. In comparison, the Jiguanmen did not value Zuo Qiang's funeral. Except for Shang Daoyuan attending, the other two elders just gave wreaths and did not send anyone to pay their respects. Maybe someone would not come until the funeral day.
There is another character among them that deserves everyone's attention. Zuo Qiang's second son Zuo Zhongyang rushed back to Shenhai at 5 o'clock this afternoon and was with his elder brother Zuo Zhongxiang. Originally, both brothers should have been guarding the spirits in the mourning hall, but Lin Chaotong asked him to come with him, so he came with him.
The chief's seat was empty, of course, left for Su Le. Su Le walked into the room, and there was no smile on everyone's faces. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely depressed.
Seeing Su Le come in, most of them stood up to greet him, but Lin Chaotong did not stand up, but instead greeted indifferently: "Young Master is here, sit down!"
Chapter completed!