General Xiang's gaze suddenly fell on Ximen March's face, and he carefully observed who this child who came with Yunhua was similar to. Simon March had never been scrutinized by such a serious gaze, and he was wronged for a while, and lowered his head with tears. Old General Xiang's stern eyes suddenly brightened, and he smiled lightly and said, "If the old man didn't guess wrong. Zhang Yunhua knew that Xiang Yuanchao had guessed Ximen March's life experience, so he hurriedly got up and interrupted: "General Xiang, can you take a step to speak." He knew that if Su Mengtang was here, he would definitely not want Ximen March to hear about his parents. When Coral told Qiuqiu's life story in the Art of War Hall, he couldn't stop it, and Qiuqiu was hurt, and he couldn't regret it, this time, he wanted to protect another child.

Mother Wang heard that the atmosphere was wrong, so she secretly made a color earlier, so that the little maids quietly retreated. Seeing Yunhua get up at this time, she held a glass cup with melons and fruits, walked to the table and said with a smile: "Master Xu is drunk, son, sit down, this is the Western Regions peach and melon sent by the Cheng family girl this morning, and the second son of the Cheng family personally brought it back from the Western Regions, and I heard that their Cheng family's mother and daughter were in our house, so they were sent here." Miss Cheng asked someone to divide two portions, one for the master and the young master to use for the banquet, and one for the two old ladies to eat when they came back from the incense, and I put it here. After that, he glanced at General Xiang and walked back to the hall.

When General Xiang heard this, he knew that Wang's mother was reminding him that now that the Cheng family's foreign guests were in the house, it was inconvenient to publicize what was happening at home. He said to Yunhua: "Let's eat first." Then he divided the melon and fruit among the people, and drank the second bowl of wine by himself. Li Zhuo then regretted his question, which caused the atmosphere that had just become hot to be depressed, so he told a legendary story that he had heard from the tea guests in the Cloud Pavilion, wanting to make everyone laugh.

After he finished speaking, General Xiang still only had a gloomy face, and there was no smile at all. Seeing the old general's attitude, even if they wanted to laugh, they held back and only bowed their heads to eat vegetables. Li Zhuoran only said that this story was not funny, so he began to tell another story of painting a fan, and halfway through the story, he found that only Ximen March listened to it with relish, and the others still didn't hear it, so he had to finish the second half of the story, and the voice fell, and General Xiang happened to put down his chopsticks, and the meal was finally finished. Old General Xiang stood up: "The old man is a little tired, go and rest first, you young people, please take care of yourself." After that, he glanced at Xiang Kang with a stern gaze and said, "Kang'er, come here, my father has something to ask you." Xiang Kang had already expected that Xiang Yuanchao would ask him alone, so under everyone's gaze, he walked to the back room with the same pace as General Xiang.

Before closing the door, General Xiang went straight to the carved Arhat couch and sat down, and said, "Kang'er, you kneel." Xiang Kang walked forward in front of Xiang Yuanchao, knelt down slowly, and heard his father say: "You are ten years old, and I have rarely punished you, why do you want to kneel today?" Xiang Kang said: "I shouldn't make up nonsense and deceive the identities of your two children." Xiang Yuanchao saw that he didn't know what was wrong, and said angrily: "Am I going to have trouble with you for this matter?" Who is that girl? The daughter of the prince of Guihe! That boy, although his surname is Ximen, is very similar to General Han Qingzhi's eyebrows. How dare you dare to provoke Prime Minister Shi Cheng? ”

Xiang Kang heard that his father already knew the identity of Ximen March, so he only said: "Father, you just said that Guihe and the crown prince are the king of sin, but Brother Zhao Hong was also your student, don't you know what kind of person he is?" We didn't provoke anyone, it was Shi Miyuan who set up the king and wiped out Zhao Hong's brother's family. Hearing this, General Xiang suddenly got up and moved forward, Xiang Kang only felt a gust of palm wind blowing, and he was slapped heavily. He raised his head and looked at Xiang Yuanchao, very surprised, since he was a child, his father rarely did anything to him. General Xiang tried his best to suppress his voice, and pointed at Xiang Kang with bruised muscles: "You are not allowed to say this kind of thing again in your life, if I hear it, I will not have your son." ”

Xiang Kang was afraid that Xiang Yuanchao would be angry, so he got up and helped his father back to the Luohan couch, and he retreated and knelt down, saying: "I don't say it, but the facts are clear there, does my father really plan to deceive himself for the rest of his life?" When you were in Luyang Academy, you taught us a few in the first class, those who practice martial arts, should know good and evil first, and follow the way of heaven. Then you are looking forward to Shi Miyuan, but why. Xiang Yuanchao heard his son's question, and didn't speak for a while, Xiang Kang continued: "Besides, Brother Zhao Hong's blood and bones, can we sit idly by?" The child of General Han Qingzhi was personally adopted by Mr. Su back then. Why is it that in other people's place, the orphans who raised them can, in our Xiang family, which is full of loyal martyrs, since the change in Huzhou, they can't even be mentioned? ”

The old general heard the grievances in Xiang Kang's words, and said to him: "It is precisely because the Xiang family is full of loyalty and martyrdom that we can't destroy the merits saved by generations because of your and my mistakes." Prime Minister Shi Cheng's power is now better than that of the previous dynasty, it can be said that he holds the power of life and death in the Manchu Dynasty, and he is afraid of us, the old ministers who are the first emperors and reused, and he used seven or eight battles for his father, and he died nine times in exchange for his trust, so there can be no mistakes. Xiang Kang took two steps forward, put his hand on General Xiang's knee and said: "Brother Zhao Hong is also a person who is not wrong, he can be mutilated for no reason, even if his father is blameless, can he keep peace for a lifetime." ”

Xiang Yuanchao was told by his son that he was in the sore spot, and his heart throbbed, he stroked his chest with his palm and said: "Even if it is difficult to ascend to the sky, the old man must keep this family, and keep the merits and foundation of his ancestors." He patted Xiang Kang's shoulder, and his gaze gradually softened: "Fortunately, in a few years, my father will be able to retreat with his whole body, and return to his hometown with your mother. Xiang Kang heard his father's thoughts of begging for help and giving up, his heart was half cold, and he said: "I only think that my father has been working under Shi Miyuan for all these years, and he is Taoguang and bears the burden of humiliation, but my father really only seeks self-protection and has no heart to serve the country." ”

Xiang Yuanchao sighed, got up and paced a few steps forward, and said quietly: "You just asked about your father, but you can ask yourself," Xiang Kang was a little confused, not knowing what his father was referring to. Xiang Yuanchao turned his head and motioned to stand up: "Even if you are blameless, can you keep peace for a lifetime?" Even if you have a common mind, if you can't escape the scourge of killing, how can you serve the country? King Ji and General Han, who are civil and martial, can be killed for no reason, even if his father can promise the country with his body and kill the evil, what can he do? It's only going to be worse than what they do. ”

Xiang Kang was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say, and suddenly there was a faint laughter of Ximen March outside the door, Xiang Yuanchao was reminded by this laughter, and said to Xiang Kang: "What the girl said just now, I don't know if it was taught by Yunhua, and it is exactly the same as what Prince Guihe said in Luyang Academy ten years ago. In the past, the court regarded the Jin State as a mortal enemy, and only the crown prince told me alone one day that he thought that he should join forces with Jin to resist Mongolia, and said that the Mongols continued to encroach on the lands of Western Liao and Western Xia, and may have intended to annex, and now they have all been fulfilled as he said. You see, even with such a strategy and vision, without peace, it will be a void after all. In addition, the child's identity is so special, she should have been cautious, but she is too sharp, which is definitely not a good thing. Xiang Kang hurriedly said: "This kid used to be very stupid, and I don't know what's wrong today, when he said this big truth, even Yunhua was surprised, maybe he was excited for a while." ”

Xiang Yuanchao snorted, sat back on the Luohan couch, and said: "The father can pretend not to know about the affairs of those two children, but they must not stay in our house for a long time, there are many people here, in case the news is leaked, none of the people who are here just now, plus our Xiang family, and even the Cheng family, who are guests here, will not be able to escape." Let's not talk about you children, are you willing to be implicated in Ruoxue for no reason? "Knowing a son is better than a father, General Xiang knows Xiang Kang's thoughts, and has already seen the affection between Xiang Kang and Cheng Ruoxue, the eldest girl of Cheng, so as to guide his son to understand current affairs.

Xiang Kang opened his mouth and said with difficulty: "What does my father mean, let me drive Yunhua and them away?" They're your students, how can they.。? Xiang Yuanchao smiled and said, "Being a father is already too busy to take care of himself. Besides, when Yun Hua led two children with such identities, when he entered my general's mansion openly, did he ever think that I was his teacher? How many Shi Cheng's eyeliners are there in Lin'an City, and if you are not careful, it will lead the disaster to the Xiang family. Xiang Kang hurriedly defended Yunhua and said: "Yunhua has been in Qingyun Mountain for many years, and he doesn't know a lot about the things under the mountain. Even if it is Zhuo Ran and Jinshu, they only know that you don't allow me to mention the prince and General Han, but they don't know that you are now obeying Shi Miyuan's orders. ”

Xiang Yuanchao nodded and said, "You don't have to defend them, I just said that I was tired later, so I won't send them out of the house." After saying that, he lay down on the couch and slept with his clothes, Xiang Kang was very helpless, so he had to come out and explain to everyone.