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Ultimate Village Doctor-Chapter 746 - 808 Master Wudao
Chapter 746: Chapter 808: Master Wudao Chapter 746: Chapter 808: Master Wudao Chapter 808
In Tianfu City, the Situ Mansion!
The members of the Situ Family gathered together.
During ordinary gatherings, the Situ Family was always lively, but today, although many people had gathered in the mansion, the whole place felt extremely oppressive.
Each member of the Situ Family wore a stern expression, their faces serious.
“Dad is here!”
“The Family Head is here!”
The crowd stirred as an elderly man in his seventies, dressed in traditional Chinese attire, leaned on a walking stick, assisted by a woman, made his way out from the rear, followed by a middle-aged man with a rigid expression.
This old man was none other than the current Family Head of the Situ Family, Situ Mingde, who had retired from a provincial-level position just less than two years ago.
He still wielded great power within the Situ Family.
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As he walked, he occasionally coughed a few times, his complexion appearing extremely pale and yellow.
Seeing him emerge, everyone stood up.
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When Situ Mingde reached the mahogany chair at the head of the room and sat down, he gestured with his hand, his voice somewhat weak as he said, “Please, sit down.”
“I’ve called everyone here today because our Situ Family is facing a serious problem.
Yuande, you manage the business affairs of our family’s enterprises; report on that situation.”
“Yes, big brother!” An old man in his sixties stood up and said with a heavy tone, “Our Situ Family’s companies and industries have recently been targeted by a large amount of unknown funds, especially two listed companies that have been hit with major scandals, leading to a steep fall in share price and malicious buy-ins.
Now, the controlling stake in one listed company has been lost, and the controlling stake of the other one is in grave danger.
I suspect that someone is plotting against our Situ Family in the shadows.”
“Dad, it must be someone targeting our Situ Family, or else so many problems could not have arisen in just a few days.
Who could be executing such underhanded tactics against us in the dark?
I suspect it’s either the Liu Family or the Zhou Family,” Situ Jin said anxiously.
The Liu Family and the Zhou Family were both prominent families in Tianfu City, with strengths not inferior to the Situ Family, and had conflicts with them.
Situ Mingde frowned slightly and said, “The Liu Family and the Zhou Family shouldn’t have the capability to deal such a blow to our Situ Family in such a short time.
If they could, they would have done it long ago; why wait until now?”
“If not the Liu Family and Zhou Family, then who could it be?
The Sun Family?
The Ye Family?
Although these families are strong, the Sun Family has always had a good relationship with our Situ Family, and the Ye Family doesn’t interfere with us, it can’t possibly be them,” said Situ Jin.
Situ Mingde looked at Situ Yuande and asked, “Yuande, do you have any clues or leads?”
Situ Yuande replied, “I’m still investigating, but from the current clues, it seems, it seems…
to be related to the Tang Family.”
“The Tang Family?” Situ Mingde’s expression sharpened, “Are you referring to the one on Tiandu Mountain?”
Situ Yuande nodded.
Situ Mingde furrowed his brows deeply and said, “How could they target our Situ Family, when we have always treated the Tang Family with great respect and honor?
Moreover, haven’t they always refrained from getting involved in mundane affairs?”
“This is not very clear yet, and right now, we can’t confirm that it’s the Tang Family.”
Just then, a jarring ringtone erupted.
It was the telephone in the mansion; Situ Jin walked over, picked up the phone, and after listening for a moment, his face suddenly went pale.
“Dad, something terrible has happened!” Situ Jin shouted.
“What’s all this panic about?
Speak!” Situ Mingde’s heart sank, but he still maintained the dignity of the Family Head.
“Uncle Yuanqing has had a heart attack!”
“What!”
Situ Mingde’s complexion changed drastically, gasping for breath as he pressed a hand to his chest, his expression excruciatingly pained.
“Master,” the woman by his side called out in alarm.
The stiff-faced middle-aged man quickly stepped forward, pressing on Situ Mingde’s chest and massaging it; there seemed to be a flow of energy moving in his palms.
After a moment, Situ Mingde’s pained expression eased somewhat, but his complexion was still horrendously pale.
“Yuanqing, how could Yuanqing suddenly have a heart attack?”
Situ Mingde couldn’t keep his composure any longer.
For someone used to weathering storms like Situ Mingde, the targeted attacks on the family’s businesses or the younger generation being arrested were nothing significant.
But Yuanqing was different; Yuanqing was like a banner for the Situ Family, openly and overtly.
Now that this banner had fallen, the situation had become grave.
For a moment, everyone in the Situ Family’s main hall became panic-stricken.
Even Situ Mingde was so affected, the rest of the Situ Family felt even more as though a disaster loomed, a sense of crisis that threatened to bring calamity down upon their heads.
A servant of the Situ Family hurried in and announced, “Master, Master Wudao from Woniu Temple has come to visit.”
“Master Wudao?”
Situ Mingde’s eyes lit up as he struggled to rise from his chair, “Please, invite the Grandmaster in.”
Moments later, an elderly monk wearing a kasaya entered, followed by a young and handsome novice monk.
“Grandmaster Wudao,” Situ Mingde led the members of the Situ Family in respectful salutation.
The old monk glanced at Situ Mingde’s gaunt face, his eyes intense, and chanted Amitabha, “Amitabha, Layman Mingde, it has been thirty years since we last met, hasn’t it?”
“Grandmaster Wudao, I have always wanted to visit you, but fate did not allow it.
I remember when the Situ Family was choosing a site for our house, it was you who helped us.
Over the past thirty years, the Situ Family has thrived and prospered, depending on your geomancy and divine arts to select a land of great geomantic value for us,” Situ Mingde said gratefully.
“I have come today concerning this matter.
Layman Mingde, are you aware that a great disaster is about to befall the Situ Family?” Grandmaster Wudao declared.
As if thunder had struck, the words sent a pallor spreading across Situ Mingde’s face.
Situ Mingde knew Grandmaster Wudao to be a truly enlightened and revered individual, having personally witnessed the Grandmaster perform rites and capture a haughty serpent that terrorized the neighborhood—a thirty-meter-long fiend that had assumed a spiritual form, far beyond any charlatan’s tricks.
Linking this to the recent troubles within the family, he blurted out in alarm, “Grandmaster, why do you say so?
Can you tell me what great disaster is looming over the Situ Family?”
Grandmaster Wudao raised his head, looking at the dim sky outside.
Although it was midday, when viewed from the Situ Family’s Heavenly Court, the sun looked dismal and pale, and even seemed to be tinged with blood red.