The Xiao family's mansion

Fenglin Pavilion was originally the place where the Empress Dowager Xiao met the Xiao family when she returned to her parents' home to save her relatives. Since the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao, this place has become a place for the core members of the Xiao family to discuss.

Since the guards who beat Yelu Nan escorted the killers sent by the Xiao family into the city and read out their crimes, the core members of the Xiao family gathered from all sides of the Linhuang Mansion to the Fenglin Pavilion of the mansion, they did not expect that the matter would be revealed so quickly, and they were completely caught off guard.

These people started to denounce the Yelu family's face-tearing behavior from the beginning of entering the Fenglin Pavilion, and scolded for nearly half an hour before they remembered to deal with their own mess. As a result, he scolded people very happily, and when it came to discussing serious matters, he didn't make a sound, and lowered his head one by one, as if he didn't exist at all. Even if you come up with a few ideas, you can't satisfy everyone.

They knew very well in their hearts that although the guards did not name the mastermind behind the killer, the length of stay in several important mansions of the Xiao family and the deliberately raised voice were enough to prove that the people of the Yelu family already had conclusive evidence in their hands to determine that the mastermind was their Xiao family. It's just that because there are many foreign envoys gathered in Linhuang Mansion at the moment, the so-called family ugliness is not publicized, in the final analysis, it is still the internal strife of the Liao State, and outsiders can't be allowed to see the jokes, so they didn't expose it mercilessly, and just saved a little face.

As the Xiao family's highest hopes, Xiao Fengqi is naturally one of the important people who was summoned by the head of the family, but after he entered the Fenglin Pavilion, he found an inconspicuous corner and sat down, and didn't say a word from beginning to end, as if he didn't exist. Although he did not participate in any discussions, he saw the various performances of his great-grandfather, grandfather, father, uncle, and cousins.

"Little Seven!" Xiao Fengjia, Xiao Fengqi's fourth brother sat beside him, reaching out to poke the younger brother who always had a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Don't put on this expression, why are we also a family." By the way, didn't they consult with you before making this decision? ”

"Didn't you tell the fourth brother?" Xiao Fengqi asked rhetorically, and when he saw Xiao Fengjia shaking his head, he snorted coldly, "They deliberately want to hide it from us, and they want us to help clean up the mess, where is there such a cheap thing in this world?" Let them toss, I'll see what flowers can be tossed. ”

"You also don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, they want to die, is it up to them?" Xiao Fengjia didn't look down on these people very much, but they were all close relatives, and he couldn't really ignore them, he looked at his younger brother, "What are you angry about?" There's no need for that! ”

"Fourth brother, I'm not angry, I just don't think it's worth it. We helped once, there was a second time, you say, how many messes have we helped clean up over the years? We didn't break the disaster, but we carried the pot, just because we were close relatives? We treat them as dear relatives, what do they treat us for? Xiao Fengqi's sneer became more and more obvious, "If it weren't for their hands stretching too long, why would you and I end up where we are today?" ”

"That's right." Xiao Fengjia sighed, "The two courtyards guard us like thieves, and this group of people in the family still thinks we can mix more!" ”

"Don't talk about it first, fourth brother, take a good look at your people. It doesn't matter how many people we plant it, it doesn't matter if I plant it, but your people definitely can't. Xiao Fengqi raised his chin, "The people under your command are the foundation of our family, and they are the most feared by the Yelu family, if something goes wrong with your people, it will be completely over." ”

"Understood." Xiao Fengjia nodded, "I'm not so lacking in heart, do you know why my grandfather and uncle ignore me for half a month?" ”

"They asked you for someone?" Seeing Xiao Fengjia gently bowing his head, Xiao Fengqi's face instantly became ugly, "A bunch of fools! He snorted coldly, "I thought Ye Luling was the stupidest person I had ever seen in my life, but I didn't expect that the stupidest thing was in our family." ”

"When they borrowed someone from me, they didn't say what they were going to do, but I felt that my people were the lifeblood of our family, and I couldn't hand them over easily, and I wouldn't have a place to cry if I didn't go back. So, without thinking about it, they refused, they were so angry, they saw me for half a month, as if they didn't see me. Xiao Fengjia shoved his hand stove into Xiao Fengqi's hand, "Fortunately, I didn't promise them, who is General Zhenguo, and who is the military advisor of their family, assassinate them...... Didn't you rush to find death by yourself? ”

"If they could think of that, they wouldn't have done this stupid thing." Xiao Fengqi rolled his eyes, "Great-grandfather and grandfather followed them to make trouble, I didn't expect it, I thought they would stop it!" ”

"Block? On the surface, it is an assassination mission, but in fact, it is not to attack the Yelu family? Great-grandfather is good everywhere, only one thing, always thinking about the glory of the Queen Mother when she was there, and how to do it when the Queen Mother was at every turn. Xiao Fengjia couldn't help but roll her eyes, "To put it mildly, how long has the Queen Mother been dead, these eyes don't look forward, but always look behind...... Our family is going to be in their hands, it's no wonder it's good! ”

"Fourth brother!" Xiao Fengqi patted Xiao Fengjia's arm, "This is not nonsense, let them know, and they will want to toss you again!" ”

"If they have the ability, they will avoid letting the horses come." Xiao Fengjia didn't care at all, "But you have to be careful, they don't know how to know about your relationship with Ye Luling, and they want to splash this basin of dirty water on you!" ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry, you won't let them succeed."

After speaking, Xiao Fengqi stood up and was about to walk in the direction of the door, but was stopped by Xiao Fengjia.

"What are you going for?"

"It's too aggrieved in the house, I'll go out to take a breath."

Originally, Xiao Fengqi's sitting position was not very noticeable, and the people in the room were worried, no one thought of him, and as soon as he stood up, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"Xiao Qi, why did you come? The big guys have been discussing it for a long time! ”

"Grandfather, grandson has been here a long time ago, but you didn't see it." Xiao Fengqi turned around and saluted his grandfather.

The current head of the Xiao family is Xiao Fengqi's grandfather Xiao Shengning, who was also a general who led soldiers and fought in the early years, but now he has been away from the battlefield for many years, and he has been fighting with the Yelu family in the past two or three years, so he knows very little about the situation outside. Therefore, this time he planted such a big heel, and his inside and face were lost, which made him feel very uncomfortable. originally thought that the grandson he valued could respond positively and give himself a good plan to get through this difficulty, but he didn't expect that people not only didn't say a word, but also prepared to leave it alone. That's why he deliberately said why he was late.

"The elders are all here to discuss big things, you junior don't listen well, what are you going to do?" Xiao Shengning's displeasure had been clearly expressed, and he glared at his grandson, "After listening to it for so long, you don't have anything to say?" ”

"Me?" Xiao Fengqi's attitude was very cold, "No." ”

"If something so big happens, you don't have anything to say? How should our family survive this? ”

"Grandfather, they captured the assassins, what do they have to do with our family?" Xiao Fengqi's face was expressionless, and he also dragged Xiao Fengjia over, "Could it be that these killers were sent by my grandfather?" ”

"Bastard!" Xiao Pingyuan, Xiao Fengqi's uncle slapped the table hard, "How did you talk to your grandfather?" ”

Xiao Fengqi didn't even look at Xiao Pingyuan, and took Xiao Fengjia's arm and walked out.

"Stop!" Xiao Shengning looked at him with no one in his eyes, his anger rushed to the top of his head, and he slapped the table fiercely, "Evil obstacles! If it weren't for you, my family wouldn't be where it is today! ”

"Grandfather is right, it's because of him!" Xiao Fengshi, the second cousin who has always been at odds with Xiao Fengqi, jumped out first, pointed at Xiao Fengqi and said, "If it weren't for his friendship with that Yeluling and the fact that he sent someone to assassinate that kid from the Qi family, we wouldn't have thought of assassinating the Xia Mission, the source of all this is from him." If the people of the house of Jerod do not forgive, we will hand you over. Don't think that grandfather and uncles value you, you think how important you are, there are more promising children in the Xiao family, there are not many more of you, and there is a lot less of you! ”

"A promising child? Is the second cousin talking about himself? Xiao Fengqi and Xiao Fengjia stopped and looked at the people in this room, their eyes swept from their great-grandfather, grandfather, uncle, and brother one by one, and the ridicule on their faces became deeper and deeper, and they didn't want to hide it at all. Xiao Fengjia stopped Xiao Fengqi, narrowed his Danfeng eyes, and said with a smile, "The second cousin is quite worthy of himself, I don't know where the second cousin is tall?" He turned his head sideways and said to Xiao Fengqi, "The majesty of this Fenglin Pavilion is not there, any cat or dog can come in!" ”

"That's what the fourth brother said." Xiao Fengqi didn't wait for Xiao Fengshi to argue, and then Xiao Fengjia's words said, "The second cousin said just now that it was because I sent someone to assassinate Ah Feng, so you got inspiration from here and thought of assassinating the mission." I have a question for my second cousin, do you have any evidence to prove that I was the mastermind behind the assassination of Ah Feng? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Xiao Fengshi was speechless when asked, he listened to what his father and his eldest brother said, so he decided that Qi Zhifeng's assassination had nothing to do with Xiao Fengqi. He looked at Xiao Pingyuan, hoping that his father could say a few words for him, but as a result, his father looked away and didn't look at him at all.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, the second cousin can impress us, even the king and the two courts have confirmed that the mastermind is Major General Yelu, but the second cousin wants to frame this charge on my head. Could it be that my cousin wants to overturn this verdict, is he going to overturn the case for Major General Yelu? It turns out that the affection between the second cousin and the major general has reached this point, it is really ...... Enviable! ”

"You're spewing blood!" Xiao Fengshi was so blocked that he couldn't speak, and his face turned red, "Don't listen to this kid's nonsense, there's no such thing at all, I'm ...... I ......"

"Xiao Qi, don't worry about your second cousin, he has always been unscrupulous, don't take it to heart." The eldest elder of the Xiao family, Xiao Fengqi's great-grandfather Xiao Zhi glared at Xiao Fengshi fiercely, and turned his head to pose with a very kind look, "If you want to complain, you will blame me, I didn't let them tell you and Xiaosi, so I did this on my own initiative." This is also because I didn't think about it, I didn't think that the people of this mission were so powerful, so that the people of the Yelu family held the handle. Xiao Qi, you have always been smart, what should I do about this? ”

"I didn't expect the people from the mission to be so powerful?" Xiao Fengqi's gaze swept over the faces of the people in the room, and several of them unconsciously lowered their heads, "Grandpa, you and your grandfather don't know the origin of this mission, and it's understandable, but the uncle, the third uncle, the ninth uncle, the lobby brother, the third cousin, and the eighth cousin, should know very well the origin of this Zhenguo general, when you led the troops, you didn't deal with her less, and you didn't suffer less in her hands, what kind of person is she, don't you count it in your hearts?" Or do you think that there are not enough people in our family who have died at her hands, and it is appropriate to throw all the family resources into it? ”

"Wait a minute!" Xiao Pingyuan stood up and asked with a frightened expression, "What is the general of Zhenguo you are talking about...... Be...... It's her? ”

"Uncle, why can't you lead the troops anymore?" Xiao Fengqi's gaze stayed on Xiao Pingyuan's right arm, "Who seriously injured your right hand?" Don't you remember? ”

"How...... How...... How could it be her? Xiao Pingyuan began to tremble unconsciously, he looked at Xiao Fengshi, who had the first idea, "You...... You didn't say it...... I...... I want to know that it's her, and I will never agree! ”

"Dad, who?" Xiao Fengshi looked dazed, looked at his father, and then looked at his eldest brother, "Why do you all have such expressions?" It's just a little-known general, why don't you ......?"

"Little General?" Xiao Pingyuan raised his hand and slapped Xiao Fengshi hard, then felt uneasy, and followed up and kicked twice, "The general of the Chinese army of the Shen family has become a little general in your mouth?" You're really amazing! You bastard who has not done enough to do more than enough to lose, you want to kill your father and your brother! Taking two heavy breaths, he looked at Xiao Fengqi, who had nothing to do with him and looked indifferent, "She is the envoy of Great Xia?" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Fengqi nodded, "When they entered the city this morning, I took a look, the envoy was Shen Cha, the general of Zhenguo, and her deputy was Jin Jing, the military advisor. Seeing the few people who were named, their faces turned pale and pale, and they sneered, "Okay, you don't need to be like this." Although they knew that the killer was out of the Xiao family, they would not punish him now. From now on, be honest, don't toss around, don't give the handle to others yourself. After speaking, he didn't look back, and pulled Xiao Fengjia out of Fenglin Pavilion.

The brothers walked around the yard for a while and sighed at the same time.

"There's such a bunch of idiots around......"

"I'm so tired!"