When it was found out that the person who spread rumors in the division might be related to his uncle, Tong Yuqing still had a trace of luck in her heart, forcing herself to think that everything might just be Liu Zhenning's conspiracy and had nothing to do with her uncle. But after listening to Qiu Linghe's words yesterday, the last bit of fire in Tong Yuqing's heart was also poured out, and she was thinking about how to persuade her father to temporarily remove her uncle from his position, and then make another arrangement when the matter is investigated. But what happened next made her unexpected, Tong Fengyi issued an order to remove Liu Zhenning without notifying anyone, and "persuaded" Tong Baiyi to return to his home for "vacation" for half a year. After learning the news, Tong Yuqing immediately ran to his father, wanting to ask the ins and outs of the matter, didn't his father believe in his uncle? How could it be ...... suddenly?

Tong Yuqing ran to the door of Tong Fengyi's office and was about to knock on the door, when she suddenly heard a "bang" in the room, she was so frightened that she didn't bother to knock on the door and rushed in, only to see two red-faced people standing in the office, it was her father and uncle, the two had obviously just experienced a fierce quarrel, and the loud noise should also be the result of one of them overturning the official document in anger.

Facing Tong Yuqing who suddenly broke in, Tong Fengyi and Tong Baiyi were a little stunned, but this expression disappeared before they could stay on the faces of these two people, so that Tong Yuqing only noticed that her father scolded her, "There are more and more rules!" What have you learned in the past two years? Have you forgotten even the most basic etiquette? Or do you think you're ignoring my existence now that you're still the director! ”

Tong Yuqing was scolded by her father so much that she didn't dare to raise her head to look directly into his gaze, so she didn't notice that her father's eyes were not fixed on her when he said the last sentence.

After a while, Tong Yuqing's voice sounded in the office, "Father, Yuqing knows that she is wrong." It won't be like this again. ”

Tong Fengyi waved his hand angrily, "There is no one who is worry-free, what are you looking for me?" ”

Tong Yuqing glanced at Tong Baiyi, who also looked pale, and did not answer.

Tong Fengyi followed his daughter's gaze to his younger brother and sighed secretly, "Bai Yi, you go back first." Remember! This is the last ......"

"I'd love to know what you're going to do to me if this wasn't the last?" Tong Baiyi completely ignored his brotherly affection and said something that made Tong Fengyi and Tong Yuqing shudder. Tong Yuqing looked at his uncle in shock, only to feel that if the gaze he was looking at his father now was a sharp sword, it would be enough to stab him all over his body.

After the cold wind blew out of the office, Tong Fengyi walked over and hugged his daughter in a daze, "Let's go to your Uncle Qiu's house, there are some things that should let you know." ”

In the Overseer's Study

Qiu Ze couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Tong Fengyi bring Tong Yuqing, and his gaze at Tong Fengyi was also questioning.

Tong Fengyi tasted the big red robe that Qiu Zeyuan had just made for him and said: "I used to hide it from her because she was still young, but now that she has grown up, she will have to face these things sooner or later." It is better to know late than to know early, and it is better not to know early. ”

Qiu Zeyuan stopped talking nonsense and asked, "Bai Yi still refuses to give up?" ”

Tong Fengyi shook his head calmly, but he couldn't hide his despair indifferently, "It's okay." Didn't we expect him to turn back? ”

Tong Yuqing listened to the words of her father and Uncle Qiu like a dumb riddle, and was puzzled, but she didn't dare to ask. At this time, Qiu Zeyuan moved his big-leaf yellow rosewood palace chair in front of Tong Yuqing, "Yuqing, I know you have a lot of questions now. Uncle Qiu told you a few things, and after listening to it, the doubts in your heart will naturally disappear. Thirty years ago, Puxi's overseer was not Lu Tiansheng, but a man named Feng Yongjun. This Feng Yongjun is brave by nature and can fight well, but he is reckless, and his ambition is to annex Pudong and dominate Puxizhou. Our army, which was not yet known as the Far Army but the Ji Army, was defeated five times in the seven major battles, and if this battle continued, the Ji Army would be completely annihilated. My father and your grandfather discussed that the only way was to negotiate peace, and originally they thought that Feng Yongjun was just greedy for money and lustful, and the price of peace was insignificant to Pu Dong. But he didn't expect Feng Yongjun to ask Pu Dong to send a proton before he would give up. As you know, my father is the only son of mine, and he can't let me make any mistakes no matter what. At that time, your father had already been in the financial department for some time, and if you sent him to Puxi, your grandfather's efforts for more than ten years would be in vain. So the only person who has weight and a suitable person is your uncle. I remember he was only five years old at the time......"

Speaking of this, Tong Yuqing has already guessed that there is no matter at all that his uncle took the initiative to invite Ying to Puxi as a hostage, how can a five-year-old child understand this?

He cried so hard the day he was sent away, he didn't understand why he was separated from his parents, and he didn't understand what he was about to face. But I know, and your father knows, that there's nothing we can do to stop this from happening. ”

Qiu Zeyuan choked up a little, and eased up a little before continuing: "Later, Feng Yongjun was betrayed by his own subordinates and was in a different place. Your uncle took advantage of the chaos in Puxi to escape. He didn't say a word for a long time after he came back, and we thought he had lost his voice by accident, but just as we were getting a doctor for him, he suddenly spoke, and he said that he had just not been home for a long time and we were a little strange, and we were already ashamed of him, and we were getting kinder and better to hear him say this. Your father and I thought this nightmare would end there, but we didn't expect that the real nightmare had just begun. Your uncle was respectful and courteous to your father in front of everyone, especially in front of his elders, but he was always sneering at your father in private, and threatened to give him back everything that had happened to Puxi. At first your father told me that I didn't believe it, until one day I saw with my own eyes that your uncle commanded him......"

"Zeyuan, you don't have to talk to the child so carefully." Tong Fengyi suddenly interrupted Qiu Zeyuan's words. Qiu Zeyuan looked back at Tong Fengyi, who looked exhausted, and sighed silently.

"In short, your uncle has always held a grudge against your father, against me, and even against Pu Dong since he returned at the age of eleven. Over the years, he has done a lot of things that violated the ancestral teachings of the Tong family, enriching his own pockets, forming parties for personal gain, and dereliction of duty...... Your father and I can turn a blind eye to these things, and it's a big deal to clean up the mess for him. But this time, he colluded with foreign insults in an attempt to bring down the Financial Secretary and destroy the Far Army, and we cannot allow him to be presumptuous under any circumstances. Only then did he suspend his job and let him go home and think about it behind closed doors. ”

Qiu Zeyuan's words made Tong Yuqing's heart knot slowly open, but the other heart knot became tighter and tighter. My uncle's actions were hateful, but they were not without reason. If he hadn't been sent to Puxi as a hostage...... Tong Yuqing smiled bitterly in her heart, there was no such if, even if there was only a 1 percent chance of winning the battle back then, the old Overseer and his grandfather would not choose to negotiate peace, even if there was only a 1 in 1,000 chance that they would not send hostages to Puxi, even if there was only a 1 in 10,000 chance that they would not take a five-year-old child as a hostage. But after sending the hostages, will Pudong be too peaceful? Is exchanging a temporary peace for a relative who hates the family to the core, is it the best choice for Pudong? If his uncle's hatred has really penetrated into his bone marrow, then with his understanding of Pu Dong, the Qiu family, and his father for more than 30 years, even if he can't make the Yuan Army perish, it is completely possible to make the Yuan Army's vitality greatly damaged. If that were the case, wouldn't it all go back to 30 years ago? This is a complete dead end, and there is nothing that can make Tong Yuqing stand out from the encirclement.

Just as Tong Yuqing was meditating, a pair of warm and strong hands held her hand. She looked up at the owner of the hands and muttered, "Father...... I ......"

"Don't say anything, Yuqing, Father fully understands what you were thinking. But Father wants you to remember that the old Overseer and your grandfather did nothing wrong. Of course, your uncle didn't do anything wrong when he was five years old. But after all, we have committed an unforgivable sin against your uncle, and we can and should accommodate him in the smallest matters, but we must not compensate for his suffering alone with the inheritance of our ancestors and the lives of tens of thousands of people in Pudong. If he still refuses to turn back, then we can only let him live in the house from now on. So it was when the father was there, but if the father was not ......"

Tong Yuqing's heart suddenly panicked, and she looked at Tong Fengyi in horror, but all she saw was her father's plain gaze, "You are the daughter of the Tong family, and the future Lady Overseer." You have to listen to it, and you have to bear it. ”

Tong Yuqing shook her head like a rattle, but Tong Fengyi no longer paid attention to her daughter's emotions, and then said: "If your father is not here, you will also send your uncle to the end of his life, so that he can die properly." ”

"Father's ......"

"Alright. You already know what you need to know, and your father tells you what to do. You go and play with Yoyo for a while, my father still has something to discuss with your Uncle Qiu. Tong Fengyi really couldn't bear to see his daughter suffering anymore, some disasters were destined to be borne by himself, pretending not to know, pretending not to see may be the only way to reduce heartache and maintain sanity.

Tong Yuqing, why didn't she understand what her father said? But the residual sensibility told her not to become a senseless person. However, Tong Yuqing is Tong Fengyi's daughter after all, and her ability to pretend to be confused is indeed Tong Fengyi's true inheritance.

She forced herself to take care of her entanglement, and asked calmly: "Uncle Qiu, father, since you have found out that your uncle colluded with Lu Tiansheng, you should also know that Brother Ling is entangled in this matter, how do you plan to deal with him?" ”