After leaving the Yuanmen headquarters, not long after the head of the Ye family returned to the Ye family, the housekeeper told him that the young master was back. Looking at the man who walked in from outside the door and hadn't had time to take off his coat, the head of the Ye family couldn't help but smile on his face.

His children have grown a lot and are able to take charge on their own.

"I'm back."

Ye Ziteng heard this, and when he was about to walk towards the stairs, he paused, looked back at the Ye family master who was sitting on the sofa, and said yes.

"In a hurry?"

"No, there's no task at hand." He also hadn't been home for a long time, so he didn't rush to pick up a new task after a task was completed, but returned home.

Although there is nothing to do when I get home, I still have to come back and see. Chapter 4: The Father and the Son

After hearing this, the head of the Ye family reached out and patted the sofa beside him, "If you are not in a hurry, then come and sit down, and I will talk to you." ”

waited until the action of the Ye family master slapping the sofa stopped, Ye Ziteng's footsteps didn't mean to move, he just stood in the middle of the stairs and the sofa, looking at the position next to the Ye family master so quietly.

The head of the Ye family obviously didn't plan to force Ye Ziteng to sit down, this child was not close to him, usually their father and son met outside, and this child was no different from him to an outsider. He also knows that the estrangement created when he was a child does not disappear so easily. So in the past few years, he has tried not to force him.

Fortunately, this child has his own set of rules for doing things, and nothing has gone wrong in big or small things.

After the two sides were silent for a while, Ye Ziteng still walked towards the Ye family master with his feet up, and then sat down beside the Ye family master.

"What are you talking about?" Ye Teng lowered his eyes and looked at the coffee table in front of him, on the wooden coffee table was placed a set of old tea sets, the tea set had flowing water-like lines, and the undulating trend of flowing water was carved according to the grain direction of the wood.

He knew he wasn't a good chatter, but he wasn't good at anything that needed to be expressed in words. Just as someone once said that he was like a wooden stake, even if someone poked him, he might not ask what you were going to do.

As a father, the head of the Ye family naturally understands his son's character, so before Ye Ziteng asked this question, he had already thought about the topic to talk about.

"In the past six months, how are you?" In fact, there is nothing to talk about at all on this topic, and the news about the young master of the Ye family will be sent to his table every day.

For example, what task did the young master take today, such as what people did the young master meet today, and then ...... The young lord is still looking for Miss Xia Ke.

Yes, since he came back from Devil's City half a year ago, he has been looking for that little girl named Xiake.

Sometimes even the head of the Ye family himself wonders if his son is enlightened, so he is so obsessed with that little girl. But the real answer is only known to Ye Ziteng himself.

Ye Ziteng was not used to this kind of occasion, he had never sat and chatted with the head of the Ye family like this before, and there was only one topic they talked about the most, and that was the Ye family.

So he naturally won't know whether you have been doing well in the past six months, in fact, it is just a polite model. Most humans like to use this mode to start the next topic, and also to avoid embarrassment on both sides.

Ye Ziteng did not answer the question of the Ye family master in a hurry, but honestly recalled his life in the past six months, and found that the tasks he had done in the past six months were not as dangerous as before, so he replied: "It's okay." ”

He doesn't greet politely, so it's okay, it's really okay.

"En," the Ye family head nodded, turned his head to look at his son, and found that he was looking at the tea set on the coffee table with his eyes lowered. Although Ye Ziteng's body sat straight, and even his waist was straight, he could still know what he was looking at at a glance, "I went to the headquarters for a meeting today, there are two things, do you want to hear it?" ”

Ye Ziteng, who had been lowering his eyes, raised his eyes and turned his head to look at the Ye family master, with some confusion and confusion on his face.

"One is about the dead city that appeared some time ago, and the other is about the penal hall."

The head of the Ye family saw Ye Ziteng's doubts, and opened his mouth to explain which of these two things was mainly about.

Ye Ziteng also knows a little about the dead city. Even if he didn't bother to inquire about these things, there would still be people who mentioned them in his ear.

For example, Liang Zhousheng, whom he met when he came back this time, told him about the dead city. Of course, he had heard many versions of the events of the Dead City before this. Even the Qilu branch is also analyzing the incident in the dead city. But what the result was, he didn't know.

"Let's talk about the punishment hall first."

As soon as Ye Ziteng finished speaking, the head of the Ye family sighed, and then showed a look that he had already expected.

"Today, the Jade Hall Master threw an olive branch to our Ye family."

No matter how simple a sentence is, it contains a lot of complex meanings.

When Ye Ziteng heard the news, he was also taken aback. He moved his lips with his mouth open, but he was not in a hurry to say something.

It was rare to see a look of surprise on his son's unsmiling face, and the head of the Ye family also laughed lowly twice, and while laughing, he continued: "I was also taken aback at the time, so I didn't take this olive branch right away. ”

The Penal Hall is independent and above the five major families, and in the past thousand years, the master of the Penal Hall disdained to be in the company of the five major families, so although the Penal Hall has a transcendent status, it is ultimately weak.

The current hall master of the penal hall, Yu Langchun, is also a proud person, he has inherited the arrogance of the previous hall masters, but he understands the current situation better than the previous hall masters. Therefore, this arrogant talent would throw an olive branch to the Ye family at such a critical time.

The olive branch could not be given for nothing, so while throwing this olive branch, the master of the Jade Hall also asked the Ye family for a letter of nomination.

This petition is the one he made at the meeting.

"But later, I took it anyway." After pondering for a long time, the head of the Ye family continued: "Our Ye family has walked steadily for decades, and we have not made any movement when the other four families are in dire straits, and even sometimes when they fight in the Ye family's territory, we will ask for some compensation at most." In the past few decades, the other four families have almost competed, and if they go down, they should covet our Ye family's lone piece of fat. ”

When talking about the development of the Ye family, the tone of the Ye family master was particularly heavy.

It's not that he didn't want to fight, but at that time he understood that as long as the Punishment Hall didn't make a move, then the five major families would always be the five major families.

As for how the Ye family should develop, Ye Ziteng didn't think that he would have more opinions than his father, so after the head of the Ye family said that he would take the olive branch, Ye Ziteng's focus was no longer on the question of whether to cooperate with the Punishment Hall.

"Do you have any conditions from the Punishment Hall?"

If people dare to give you benefits, naturally it is not without requirements. So Ye Ziteng was very curious, what were the requirements given by the Punishment Hall.

Speaking of this, the Ye family master said another thing.

"The conditions given by the Jade Hall Lord are related to the Dead City Incident."

"Something to do with the Dead City incident?" Could it be that the headquarters has already made a ruling on the incident in the dead city? Ye Zi moved, and the two long legs that were originally overlapping were put down, and his straight back was slightly relaxed.

The Ye family master nodded, "As a result of today's meeting, Yuanmen is going to make a move against the dead city." ”

As if he had expected it a long time ago, Ye Ziteng did not have any surprised expressions when he learned of the decision of the headquarters.

Yuanmen and SL organizations have been fighting for so long, and the two sides have long understood each other.

As long as one party is interested, the remaining other party is definitely going to join in the fun.

"And the Jade Hall Master's request is the candidate for this mission."

"Does he have the right person?" Ye Ziteng frowned slightly, he didn't have any contact with the Jade Hall Master, he was brought to the Punishment Hall to think about it, but the person he saw was also Chen Shu and not the Jade Hall Master.

To tell the truth, he really didn't have much impression of this Jade Hall Master. The only impression he had was made worse by the fact that he was the culprit of Xia Ke's disappearance in Devil City.

This man also said that he wanted Xia Ke to be his heir, so he sent Xia Ke to Devil City. Why is it that Xia Ke has only been missing for half a year now, and he has found a new candidate?

Is......

"I don't know the right person yet," the head of the Ye family noticed Ye Ziteng's emotions, and didn't understand why his son looked indifferent just now, why did he suddenly have such a little bit of gnashing of teeth, and he didn't know if it was his delusion, "But it's also quite interesting." ”

Interesting? Ye Ziteng didn't quite understand, and turned his head to look at the head of the Ye family.

"The people who went to the Dead City this time are the same people from the Devil's City half a year ago. Of course, it also includes you and Chen Shu. ”

"What is his purpose?"

Ye Ziteng's legs that he had just put down were folded together again, and his back was straightened again. Ever since Xia Ke's disappearance, he has been extremely sensitive to the events of half a year. Not only him, but everyone in the Yuanmen who knows about the actions of Devil City will be very sensitive as long as they hear something related to Devil City.

The Ye family master spread his hands, "The purpose of the Jade Hall Master is not clear, but according to Fairy's speculation, the Death City incident and the Devil City incident are inextricably linked. ”

It is inextricably linked to the events of Devil's Town......

Ye Ziteng was no longer in a hurry to ask anything, but fell silent by himself.

He still has the note he left on him before Xia Ke disappeared half a year ago, and he still remembers the contents of it clearly.

He was the only one in the entire Yuanmen who knew that Xia Ke was not a so-called traitor, and the woman described on the arrest warrant was definitely not her.

She only said that she had found a way to recover her body, but she never said what it was, let alone where she would go. She asked him to help her handle a half-year suspension, and now, half a year is almost up. If she doesn't come back, she will probably be expelled from school.