Xie Daozhong was busy in the yamen until he returned home in the evening, at this time Xie Daoyong was chatting happily with Xie Huai'an, Xie Huaichang sat on the side gloomily, his face was in a trance, and he was silent for a long time, always waiting for Xie Daoyong to ask him before he spoke, Xie Daozhong has never liked the second son's taciturn and absent-minded appearance, and when they saluted, they immediately sent the two to leave.

Xie Daoyong held the teacup and sighed: "Look at your black-faced face, you are so indifferent to your own son, you really don't want to see ghosts." ”

Xie Daozhong snorted coldly: "I didn't expect you to treat me either." ”

Xie Daoyong waved his hand, signaling that he didn't want to talk more about this topic, and asked instead, "What did you think about what I said yesterday?" ”

Xie Daozhong did not answer immediately, he lifted the hem of his robe and sat on the Taishi chair, with a solemn expression on his face, and the index finger of his right hand unconsciously rubbed back and forth on the wrench on his thumb, and the wrench was embossed with the word "Xie", which was a token passed down from generation to generation by the Xie family patriarch.

Xie Daoyong looked at the wrench and said coldly: "Are you afraid of breaking the rules of your ancestors, or are you afraid of completely burying your ancestral property?" ”

Xie Daozhong glanced at him and said, "How can the ancestral rules be changed when they say they will be changed?" ”

Xie Daoyong said: "The ancestors never thought that there would be such a day in the world. ”

Xie Daozhong said again: "The emperor hasn't moved yet, you jumped up and down in a hurry." ”

Xie Daoyong snorted coldly: "For thousands of years since the third generation, which family have you seen tied to the emperor of the dead country have a good end?" ”

He said these rebellious words, Xie Daozhong was rarely not angry, he paused for a while, and then said slowly: "What nonsense do you say, if you spread it, you will be killed." ”

The smile that had been piling up on Xie Daoyong's face all year round disappeared little by little, and he also said in a cold tone, "Big brother always regards me as a rebel of the Xie family, thinking that all I want is to send the Xie family to a dead end. ”

Xie Daozhong was stunned for a moment, and immediately retorted: "I have never regarded you as a rebel of the Xie family!" ”

"Then you expelled me from the house for eighteen years, and never asked me about my life and death for eighteen years, even when I married a wife and had children outside, you never came to a letter, every year the family is reunited, and you never thought of calling me back, in the years when I went to the capital, if it wasn't for the sister-in-law who sent someone to bring money every three months, where would I be able to hold up now?" Xie Daoyong turned his face to him, his eyes calm and deep: "Now that I have come for the survival of the Xie family, you are still doubting my intentions." ”

Xie Daozhong stopped talking again, and the hall fell into a long and cold silence, and the sunset outside the window passed through the sky inch by inch, and finally took away the last trace of afterglow, and the maids came in to light the lamps in the flower hall, and respectfully invited the two masters to move to Santang for dinner. Xie Daozhong stood up and went out first, Xie Daoyong followed, from the flower hall to the third hall, this section of the road walked quietly, and no one spoke.

As soon as they entered the door, Wanlan was keenly aware that the atmosphere between the two was not right, she gave Wan Tian a look, stood up and served Xie Daozhong to take a seat, added soup and set dishes and chopsticks for him, and presented a cold towel to wipe his hands: "Today's weather is stuffy and hot, specially prepared plum soup for my father and uncle to relieve the heat, and took the well water for a day, does my father plan to use it at this time, or will I use it after dinner?" ”

Xie Daozhong raised a little spirit, and raised his hand to Wanlan's seat: "Use it after dinner, you and Ah Tian will both sit, and let the girls serve." ”

Wanlan and Wantian both sat down as they said, Wantian looked at her father and uncle, and said with a smile to Xie Daoyong: "Yesterday, I saw that my uncle liked to eat that wine stewed meat and tofu, and today I made it again." ”

Xie Daoyong's love seemed to have been cleaned up, and he praised Wan Tian with a smile: "It's still Ah Tian's heart." ”