Xiao Fan had not yet entered the ward to visit the old man, but first met Xiao Zhan in the lounge.

Minister Xiao is a filial son, and he is very famous among the children of wealthy families.

In the most difficult years, how many fathers and sons turned against each other, brothers became enemies, and criticized each other, only Xiao Zhan did not go anywhere, always accompanied the old father, and withstood countless punches and kicks for the old father with his young body.

The old man suddenly fainted and was hospitalized, Xiao Zhan was anxious, and personally accompanied him in the hospital.

Xiao Fan was still clothed and shoeed, walking quietly, barely making a sound. With this, the old man's chief guard once asserted that Xiao Fan's martial arts were not weak.

Few people believe this.

It's really that Xiao Fan looks too weak, almost synonymous with a white-faced scholar, and his face is always pale.

"Dad."

Seeing Xiao Zhan sitting on the sofa in the lounge, Xiao Fan stopped, shouted with a smile, and walked into the lounge.

Xiao Zhan's face was full of tiredness, almost leaning on the sofa, closing his eyes to recuperate, suddenly hearing Xiao Fan's voice, he sat up straight almost as if reflexively, and instantly became extremely majestic.

Among the second-generation children of the Jingshi family, Xiao Zhan is one who pays great attention to the official authority and official body. As the second-generation standard-bearer of the family, Xiao Zhan must stand up. In this regard, Xiao Zhan cools Xiao's father.

"Here we are."

Xiao Zhan said lightly.

Although the two sons didn't fight for themselves, Xiao Zhan's attitude towards Xiao Fan and Xiao Tian's brothers was still very different, and he basically never spoke out in front of Xiao Fan. Xiao Fan is always so calm, whether it is criticism or persuasion from his elders, he just listens with a smile and never refutes. This kind of warm attitude makes the elders helpless.

Moreover, Xiao Fan is only obsessed with those ancient and strange religious texts, almost never mixing with gentlemen, always humble and polite to his elders, gentle and friendly to his peers, purely in terms of personal ethics, it is really impeccable.

In fact, as far as the children of the family are concerned, Xiao Fan's "rebellion" is the most thorough, and as soon as he enters the "empty door", it is equivalent to completely cutting off his career path, and bidding farewell to the road to heaven that will carry forward the family forever. Nowadays, no more than in ancient times, emperors can become monks.

It's Xiao Tian, nonsense is nonsense, as long as one day, he will change his evil and return to the right, and he is willing to enter the official career, but he still has the opportunity to make great strides forward and rank in the cabinet.

After all, everyone has a young time, and it is forgivable to be young and frivolous.

Strictly speaking, the circle of gentlemen is actually closely attached to the circle of wealthy families, without the high position of the father's generation, holding heavy power, how can the scenery in the yamen be prominent, arrogant?

The closest to the officialdom circle is the circle of gentlemen, and many times, the circle of gentlemen plays the role of a bridge, connecting the circle of the rich, the nouveau riche and other circles, and the circle of wealthy families.

But in the eyes of the elders, Xiao Tian is naturally a "mud" who can't support the wall, and his treatment is far worse than Xiao Fan, who is obsessed with religion.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I went on a business trip some time ago, and I just returned to the capital the day before yesterday...... Grandpa's illness doesn't matter, right? ”

Xiao Fan walked over slowly, sat down in the chair on his father's side, said casually, looked up at his father, was suddenly stunned, and his eyebrows couldn't help frowning.

Just now with the sun on his back, Xiao Zhan sat under the windowsill, unable to see it really. Now Xiao Fan can see it clearly, his father's seal hall has a rich black, revealing an indescribable anger, the wings of his nose are red, and the blood light is faint.

This is a great omen.

More than a month ago, Xiao Fan had seen his father, and there was no such omen at that time.

"Well, on a business trip? It is difficult to say about Grandpa's illness now, the doctor's initial diagnosis was a stroke, and he was sent to the hospital yesterday, and the condition has not yet been fully investigated. ”

Xiao Zhan didn't pay attention to his son's gaffe.

Xiao Zhan is not a senior leader known for his shrewdness, his prestige comes more from his fairness and integrity, as well as his strong personality charm.

Similar to the Xiao family, a first-class wealthy family, the old man is still alive, and he has extremely strong political resources in his hands, and a large group of high-ranking officials in the system must have gathered around him, faintly forming a circle with the same political philosophy, and then radiating out and affecting more fields, which is the so-called "political faction" in the mouth of those political observers.

Several other wealthy families in Jingshi who are not on par with the Xiao family also have the same situation, each with their own faction.

These factions have played a pivotal role in all high-level political games.

As the only male in the second generation of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan's status in the entire big faction is self-evident. The old man is old, he doesn't care about mundane affairs, and Xiao Zhan takes care of the daily affairs of the big factions. On the one hand, he is busy with official business, on the other hand, he has to pay attention to the trend of the political situation, Xiao Zhan always feels that his energy is not enough, and he will not pay too much attention to the changes in his son's expression.

Regarding Xiao Fan's business trip, Xiao Zhan was even more unimpressed.

What can be important about the business trip of the Religious Affairs Bureau?

Unless it is related to religious leaders in several sensitive directions such as plateaus, Tianshan, grasslands, etc., it will attract the attention of the high-level.

Xiao Fan has no intention of caring about his grandfather's condition for the time being, and he has to figure out the earth-shattering changes that happened to his father first. It is unbelievable that a high-ranking official like Xiao Zhan, the core figure of the second generation of a wealthy family, will have a sign of blood.

Xiao Fan never talked to his father about the "Wuji Nine Phases" he practiced, which was not actually a Taoist school in the traditional sense, but an ancient inheritance of the same era as Zhou Yi.

The inheritance of Wuji Gate, medical divination and astrology, feng shui kanyu, formation talismans and other techniques are readily available, as well as extremely profound internal qi training techniques. But the foundation of all this lies in the word "phase".

The phase is not only a person, but also a name, a family, a tomb, all things, a universe, heaven and earth, and creation.

When Xiao Fan was very young, he followed his master very secretly to study the "Wuji Nine Phases", and for more than 20 years, he had already reached a very high level in the way of "Phases".

But how can these things be mentioned in the most orthodox red family like the Lao Xiao family? I was afraid that as soon as Xiao Fan opened his mouth, he would be scolded by his father and even imprisoned by the angry Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan is the staunchest atheist.

Since ancient times, doctors do not heal themselves, and they do not treat each other.

Physiognomy generally does not show himself physiognomy, let alone deduce numerology for himself. By extension, he does not tell fortunes to his closest people. On the one hand, concern is chaos, and it is impossible to deduce the number from an objective and fair standpoint. On the other hand, it is unpredictable.

Whether it is fortune-telling, or divination, there is a risk of revealing the secrets of heaven.

If the person who is in phase is self-reciprocating, or deduces the number of evolutions for those closest to him, he must spy on the heavens. It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil, in this way, it is the confrontation between the phase and the heavenly machine, and the stronger the ability of the xiangshi, the more powerful the heavenly machine will be to counterattack. The further you go, the more unpredictable the heavens become.

But with such an obvious omen of murder on his father, Xiao Fan would never ignore it.

"Dad, during this time, have you encountered something very unpleasant at work?"

Xiao Fan asked casually.

Just now, the fingers of his right hand moved slightly, and he had already started a hexagram. The hexagram shows that the great omen on Xiao Zhan's face seems to be related to changes in the external environment.

In front of his father, Xiao Fan didn't dare to openly start a hexagram with "Taihao Shenyi". Xiao Zhan is the closest blood relative to him, and the power of heavenly concealment is huge, and simple divination can only get some extremely vague information.

Xiao Zhan snorted and said, "There are many things that don't go well at work, how many things can be happy?" ”

Xiao Zhan is too upright, too fair as an official, and offends many people at work. Several other wealthy families are not so on the opposite side of the old Xiao family. Especially the old Wang family, which is almost an open opponent.

The old man of the Wang family and the old man Xiao are the founding fathers of the same weight, and their prestige in the country is no less than that of the old man Xiao. What is especially important is that Mr. Wang is several years younger than Mr. Xiao, and his body has always been healthier than Mr. Xiao.

Although Xiao Fan is not very concerned about these political matters, the situation on the bright side is still very clear.

How to say it, it is also the most authentic descendant of a wealthy family.

At this stage, it goes without saying that whether a family is prosperous for a long time, the health of the old man is an important reference index, and even the most important reference index. To put it to the extreme, whoever can laugh at zuihou depends on which old man can live longer.

As soon as the old man fell ill, such an obvious evil omen appeared on Xiao Zhan's face, and coupled with the vague pointing of the hexagram just now, Xiao Fan almost immediately deduced that this situation might be related to the high-level game.

In fact, the so-called bad omen is completely invisible to ordinary people. Even if he is a physiognomy master, his attainments are not high, and his skills are not enough, he can't see it. The sign of blood light on Xiao Zhan's face can only be observed by a powerful person of Xiao Fan's level.

Although it is a great omen, according to Xiao Fan's deduction, it will not be fulfilled immediately, and there should be some time.

But that's not the point.

The point is that the omen is already here, and if it doesn't happen in the next few months, it's almost irreversible. In other words, it will happen.

Don't say a few months, even if it happens every few years, decades, Xiao Fan is categorically difficult to accept that such a situation happened to his father.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are of course natural laws, but the end of life and tragedy are completely different concepts.

"Dad, it seems that you have been working very hard during this time, let me rub your arms and straighten out your breath."

Xiao Fan stretched his eyebrows and said with a smile.

"Okay."

Xiao Zhan nodded in agreement.

He opposes his son to engage in "feudal superstition", but he does not object to his son learning Chinese medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and massage, which is the quintessence of the country and should be carried forward. Xiao Fan did demonstrate his medical skills at home from time to time.

When talking about Xiao Fan with other family members, they usually say that Xiao Fan is studying the art of Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and rarely mentions topics such as religion.

Somewhat cover it up.

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