Xia Fan, who had returned to the courtyard, walked in front of the old housekeeper who had been waiting outside for the first time, looked at the old housekeeper with a respectful face, and said with a smile: "Regarding the injuries in your body, I need some relatively rare medicinal materials to refine a pill. And the matter of refining medicine can only start after I have reached the level of a martial artist. All you need to do in the meantime is to wait patiently, which should not take more than three days. ”

Seeing that the old butler seemed to want to ask, Xia Fan directly waved his hand to stop it, and continued: "I know you have a lot of questions in your heart, but please let me explain these questions to you slowly in the future." And, as for all the things you have seen and heard today, which do not match my previous image, I hope you will keep it a secret for me. Don't let anyone but your father know. ”

After speaking, Xia Fan smiled heartily, and then walked directly towards the outside of the courtyard, and the departing figure turned out to be very free and easy.

The old butler looked at it in a daze, and was a little distracted for a while.

It happened to be the voice of Xia Ya calling him from inside the house.

After taking a deep look at Xia Fan's figure that was about to disappear at the gate of the courtyard again, the old housekeeper re-bent himself and slowly entered the house.

After Xia Fan left the courtyard, he continued to put his hands behind his back, hunched his waist, and took the figure-eight steps that swayed three times.

Compared to when I was in the yard and house, it was like two completely different people.

For him now, the appearance of a stubborn loser would be a very good disguise, at least to make his hypocrite eldest brother and many people in the family who supported him continue to despise him and underestimate him.

Only in this way will some of the other party's actions be less cautious, so that it is convenient for him to fish in troubled waters, so that his father gradually understands what kind of person his eldest brother is, and slowly corrects the dangerous wind direction in the family.

But at the same time, Xia Fan must ensure that in this process, he can get the absolute trust from his father, otherwise it will be impossible to reveal Xia Junkai's true face, so he will show his edge when facing the old housekeeper and his father.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and the same is true for governing a big family.

Therefore, he really has some important things to do at present, such as figuring out the specific year he is in, so that he can confirm the current situation of the family through the memories in his mind, especially ...... How long is it until that tragic annihilation?

Although the ring that led to the destruction of the family in the previous life was wearing on his hand at this time, and it seemed that it could no longer be the fuse in it, Xia Fan would never be naïve enough to think that the Xia family would be able to avoid that catastrophe because of this.

There is always an incomprehensible inevitability in the occurrence of many events.

Otherwise, there would not be so many people who believe in fate.

The other most important thing is that he must improve his strength as soon as possible, and the past twenty years as a killer have made him very clear that in this land, fists will always be more powerful than reason.

While Xia Fan was silently thinking about it in his heart, he always had that kind of underbeat smile on his face, and according to the bastard look he remembered at the beginning, he performed perfectly in his true colors.

This is not a difficult task for Xia Fan, as the best killer in the Black Hand organization, he can effortlessly disguise himself as any kind of specific image at any time.

Twenty years of killer career has already allowed Xia Fan to hone his ability to hide himself to a certain extreme, and the real hiding is not in completely disappearing, but in being out of the crowd.

Therefore, whether it is a prince and nobleman, a literati, or a rogue dealer and pawn in the market, as long as Xia Fan is willing, he can vividly incarnate in it.

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At this time, in the main house of the Xia family, Xia Ya was slowly pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, with a frowning look on his face, as if he was thinking about something.

The old butler stood quietly on the sidelines, like a shadow of silence.

"Uncle Zhou, have you noticed that the second brother is compared to the past...... Seems a little different? ”

After a long time, Xia Ya finally stopped, turned his head to look at the old butler in the corner, and asked.

The old housekeeper bowed slightly, paused, and said slowly: "There are big birds in the clan, and the clan is in the court, and it has not flown or chirped for more than ten years. ”

Xia Ya was stunned for a moment, never expecting to hear such a comment from the old housekeeper's mouth.

Mainly because he knows too well how high the vision of the family's great steward is!

The entire Xia family, the direct lineage, and various servants and family warriors add up to more than a thousand people, and among these people, there are absolutely only a handful of people who can get a positive evaluation from the old housekeeper!

Even when he was able to succeed to the position of the head of the Xia family, it was entirely because the old housekeeper was the only one who thought he was worthy of inheriting the position of the head of the Xia family at that time.

A simple comment made Xia Ya's father make a decision without hesitation when he was dying.

Otherwise, with Xia Ya's situation of having two older brothers above his head at that time, he would not be able to sit on the position of the head of the family no matter what.

So over the years, Xia Ya has always been respectful to the old housekeeper, but the old housekeeper has always adhered to the way of subordinates and has never acted arrogantly.

"Uncle Zhou, this evaluation ...... Wouldn't it be too high? What a bastard that kid has been all these years, let's all see. In this Qingyang City, in terms of the degree of smiling, if he recognizes the second, no one will be able to recognize the first. This...... It doesn't look like it's pretended, does it? ”

Xia Ya hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

Although his own son was evaluated like this by the old housekeeper, which made him very happy in his heart, those facts must be faced after all.

"Family master, just now when I was waiting in the courtyard, I arranged for a few subordinates to ask the second young master what he had done before he came here. As a result, the feedback I got was that the second young master passed by the Hundred Beasts Garden before coming here, and then ...... He directly ordered the Hundred Beasts Garden to be removed, and asked Liu Mingda, the steward who had been in charge of the Hundred Beasts Garden, to go to him tomorrow with all the accounts related to the Hundred Beasts Garden over the years after demolishing all the Hundred Beasts Garden today. ”

The old butler said calmly.

Xia Ya raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "What does he want to do?" ”

"Family master, we all know that the accounts of the Hundred Beast Garden are the most chaotic of all the family assets, because this is the only family property that belongs to the second young master in the family, so naturally there will be a lot of messy things in it. Maybe...... The second young master's insistence on making such a hundred beast garden was a bait in itself. ”

The old butler owes himself and speaks.

"What do you mean......"

Xia Ya blinked, and immediately gasped: "Impossible, right?" Can the little bunny have such a scheming? Uncle Zhou, it's not that I don't believe you, it's really what you guessed, it's too unbelievable, if that kid is really as shrewd as you think, why have you defiled yourself all these years? It is impossible for everyone in the family to be disgusted with him, so what good can it do him? ”

Listening to Xia Ya's inquiry, the old housekeeper's mind involuntarily remembered the free and easy back of Xia Fan when he left.

If he is really a stubborn loser in his bones...... How could it be possible to get out of such a grandiose air in his manners?

Originally, the old housekeeper who was still a little puzzled before, but at this time, with the communication with Xia Ya, he gradually sorted out a fairly clear vein in his mind.

It must be so!

The old butler's originally cloudy eyes froze slightly, and he immediately shook his head helplessly.

Xia Fan, Xia Fan...... You've fooled everyone......

The old butler, who thought he had seen through the truth, said with a wry smile: "I think that for the second young master, maybe being able to live peacefully until now is the biggest benefit." ”

Xia Ya suddenly frowned again, of course he understood what the old butler meant, but he would never believe the old butler's judgment.

"Junkai is not that kind of person, there is no need to mention this matter again. However, since the second child has changed for the better, regardless of the reason, it is worth encouraging. In this way, Uncle Zhou, pick two blood servants for him, and serve him around, anyway, he is old enough, I will talk to the Council of Elders. If he can get the two blood servants to be truly loyal to him through his own skills, I will believe that this kid is indeed well hidden. ”

After pondering for a while, Xia Ya finally made a decision.

"Yes, Master."