Under Xia Ya's appeasement, the anger of the ordinary people of the Xia family finally subsided, but this pacification was completely due to the fact that these ordinary people recognized Xia Ya and had nothing to do with the Elders.

Xia Wuxing, who had always sat on the viewing platform without saying a word, was quite like pins and needles in the face of the hostile gaze of those ordinary clansmen when they looked at the elders on the viewing platform.

Finally got to Xia Ya and finally let all the ordinary people disperse, each going to be busy with their own things, Xia Wuxing was about to get up and say a few words to Xia Ya, and simply explained that he didn't expect such a situation at all today, otherwise he would never have contributed to this matter.

However, before he could speak, Xia Ya had already interrupted his idea of explaining with a cold eye, and after snorting unceremoniously at him, he directly hugged Xia Fan and left the dueling arena accompanied by the old housekeeper.

In the face of Xia Ya's act of not giving him face, Xia Wuxing's old face turned black to the bottom of the pot, but because today's events were indeed seen from beginning to end, all of them were the mistakes of the Council of Elders led by him and Xia Wuxian, so that in the face of Xia Ya's attitude, he still had no possibility of attack.

Seeing Xia Ya grow away, Xia Wuxing stood in place and trembled with real anger, as the Great Elder of the Council of Elders, the second person in the entire Xia family after the head of the family, and because of his absolute control over the Council of Elders, in a sense, the right to speak within the family is still above Xia Ya, Xia Wuxing has never been ignored like this!

"Elders, Junkai still has something to deal with, so he won't stay here longer."

Xia Junkai, who had been watching all this coldly, finally spoke.

After saying that, he arched his hand towards several elders, and then turned to leave the dueling arena.

Xia Wuxuan glanced at the other elders expressionlessly, and then said, "Today's incident is a very fatal blow to the prestige of the Elders within the clan. It was evident from the faces of the ordinary people that they were disappointed, suspicious, and even hostile to the Presbyterian Church. Due to the arbitrary and reckless actions of the Elder Innocent, the image of fairness and strictness that the Council of Elders has always maintained within the family is almost collapsing, and this matter must be taken seriously and dealt with, otherwise the Council of Elders will ...... The trust of the entire family will be lost. “

"The second elder, the third elder has just lost his son, so he will be held responsible...... It's not a big deal after all......"

An elder standing beside Xia Wuxing said with some hesitation.

"To put it mildly, Xia Yuan's death is completely self-inflicted! Everyone can see the whole process clearly, if it weren't for the selfishness of the Elder Innocent and our Elders, how could this matter have developed to this point? People are always responsible for their mistakes, and the suffering they suffer is not a reason to be exempt from punishment when they make mistakes. People are doing ...... Heaven is watching! ”

Speaking of this, Xia Wuxing turned his head to look at Xia Wuxing, and continued very seriously: "Great Elder, that's all I have to say, if you can listen to it, it will naturally be good, if you can't listen, I can't do anything." Since you became the Great Elder, you know what the family has been like over the years. Whether you're really thinking about your family as you say, or more for you personally, everyone understands. It's still the same sentence, people are doing it, and the sky is watching! That's all you have to say, do what you want. ”

After saying that, Xia Wuxing didn't pay attention to the reactions of Xia Wuxing and the other elders, turned around and walked straight away like Xia Ya.

For a while, only Xia Wuxing and several other elders of the Council of Elders were left on the entire viewing platform.

"Phew!"

With a loud bang, Xia Wuxing finally couldn't control his anger, and slammed his palm on the seat behind him, instantly smashing the sandalwood chair to pieces!

Several other elders were taken aback by Xia Wuxing's sudden venting, and they didn't dare to let out a chilling atmosphere......

"Let's go...... Let's go to the Three Elders. Today's events are very strange, no matter how many accidents occur, it is unlikely that a first-grade martial artist will kill a third-grade martial artist without a powerful treasure refining. Among them...... There must be a problem. ”

After a violent rise and fall in his chest, Xia Wuxing finally barely suppressed his anger, although angry, Xia Wuxing's mind was still calm, and after thinking about it, he spoke.

"Yes, Grand Elder."

Several elders hurriedly agreed.

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"Okay, I'm still here, everyone else is guarding outside the house and at the door of the courtyard, don't lie down and pretend to be dead, get up quickly, and tell me what the hell is going on."

After carrying Xia Fan back to his bedroom and throwing him on the bed, Xia Ya sat on the chair in the bedroom and said angrily.

Xia Fan, who was thrown on the bed, opened his eyes, and after a round of his eyes, he jumped directly off the bed, and then carefully inspected every corner of his bedroom in Xia Ya's inexplicable gaze.

After making sure that there was nothing missing, he sat down next to Xia Ya with a smile and said, "Anyway, you have almost guessed everything, and I have nothing to explain." ”

"Was this duel your plan from the beginning, or did you just take advantage of it after the duel appeared?"

Xia Ya asked with a cold face.

Although the attitude seems to be bad, there is not much anger in his eyes.

On the contrary, there is a bit of relief that cannot be concealed.

"The duel was an accident, but since this accident has happened, of course you have to take this opportunity to do something of your own. Since you became the head of the family, the Council of Elders has always been a big tumor, and it is impossible to solve the problems of the Council of Elders completely overnight, so you must come step by step. Attacking the prestige of the Elders' family and isolating the Elders' Church is only the first step, and the next step is to further cut off the Elders' influence and control over the entire family. ”

Xia Fan restrained the smile on his face, his expression became serious, and continued: "My idea is very simple, the current Qingyang City looks calm on the surface, but in fact, it is turbulent. Under internal and external troubles, the family must have one and only one voice! ”

"Only when any power has swelled to the point where it can no longer expand its scale needs to establish a class of multiple voices in power, and avoid the possible harm and influence of the centralized state on the entire force through the division of power. But during the period of development, an absolutely strong voice is far more effective than the so-called division of power! It is far more reliable to place your hope entirely in the wisdom of one person than in the wisdom of a group of people. Because the more people involved in decision-making, the average level of wisdom will only be lower! ”

"Yes, what is more troublesome is that everyone has their own interests, and the more people who want to speak out, the more contradictions will be brought about by various different demands. In this case, most of the energy will be consumed in infighting, and there will be no benefit to development. ”

Xia Ya nodded in agreement.

looked at Xia Fan's eyes with a little more surprise.

In his impression, this was the first time in more than ten years that Xia Fan had talked to him about the problems within the family!

"So now that I have the opportunity for this duel, of course I'm going to find a way to maximize the impact it can have. But in fact, before the duel started, I didn't think that the whole thing would go so smoothly. It can only be said that Xia Yuan is more stupid than I imagined, and Xia Wuxian has really been accustomed to the attitude of the elders in these years, when a person loses the due awe and starts to become arrogant and arrogant from cautiousness, it means that this person is not far from failure. ”

Xia Fan made his own explanation of what happened today.

"So what is the purpose of pretending to be seriously injured? Is it just to have a reasonable excuse to kill Xia Yuan? Besides, in my opinion, keeping Xia Yuan should be more useful than killing Xia Yuan, if it had been placed in the past, I would have thought that you would have killed you because you couldn't see the difference. But now, I don't believe you can't see through these things.

Xia Ya frowned slightly, and asked a little puzzled.

Xia Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

If it weren't for the tragedy of the family two years later, he would have used a more gentle way to deal with the affairs within the family, so as to minimize the damage caused to the entire family by this internal purge.

But the problem is that his time is extremely precious now, and he can't afford to waste too much on this kind of thing in the slightest.

Even if it damages the strength of some of the family because of this, he will not hesitate to do it.

As long as you can buy as much time as possible, it's worth it.

So under such considerations, Xia Fan did not hesitate to kill Xia Yuan on the spot according to the expected assumption, the purpose was to stimulate Xia Wuxian!

As for the appearance of pretending to be seriously injured, it is actually more to paralyze the killer who is hidden in the shadows.

He didn't expect this kind of small trick to hide from Xia Wuxing's old foxes, and it was enough to paralyze the killer hidden in the shadows while influencing the ordinary clansmen of the entire family.

As for whether the old foxes led by Xia Wuxing can see the problem, it doesn't really matter.

While the truth is often in the hands of the few, the minority obeys the majority.

It's just that there is no way to explain these things to Xia Ya, so in the face of his father's inquiry, Xia Fan smiled bitterly, and then could only reply: "I have my own thoughts, but these thoughts can't be declared, so I hope you can choose to believe me." I knew what I was doing and I knew what the consequences would be, but the fact that I did it anyway proves that I have a reason to do it. It may be very capricious to say this, but I still hope to ...... You can accept this willfulness of mine. ”

Xia Ya's eyebrows raised slightly, and after staring at Xia Fan for a while, he nodded slowly.

Got up from his seat and walked out of the bedroom door.

When I walked to the door of the bedroom, I paused, and said without looking back: "You have always been very willful, the difference is that the previous willfulness made me sad, but now the willfulness makes me happy." I'm glad that you've finally grown up, maybe you grew up a long time ago, but I don't know. But that doesn't matter, you just need to remember that I am your father, since you have your own ideas, then feel free to do it boldly, no matter what, I will support your choice without reservation. The most terrible thing in life is not failure, but looking forward and backward in the face of the possibility of failure. ”

After speaking, Xia Ya stepped out, and soon there was the sound of the door of the house opening and closing.

"You have an amazing father who has nothing to do with the realm of martial arts."

Ye still looked in the direction of the bedroom door, and suddenly spoke.

"Yes, I agree with you."

Xia Fan smiled and nodded, then climbed back into his bed, continuing to disguise himself as seriously injured and dying