Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Xie Huazhao scratched his hair, turned his head and asked Lan Yongzhi, "I heard that your grandfather was injured a little, is it serious?" ”

"The injury is not serious," Lan Yongzhi's expression darkened slightly, "It's just that my heart is depressed, and I can't afford to be sick anymore." ”

"How can you not be depressed? I heard that the three disciples of your family who were taken away are all targets that are highly valued and cultivated by the family, and this time the matter is indeed a bit more than worth the loss, how can your grandfather not be angry. ”

Lan Yongzhi didn't speak, and the worry in his expression was obvious.

Xie Qingning thought for a while before saying, "Young Master Lan, heart disease still needs heart medicine, if you want your grandfather to get better as soon as possible and save those disciples, I'm afraid you have to persuade the head of the Lan family to let him endure the pain and cut his love, and be sure to hand over that strange treasure, otherwise the Ye clan may not give up, and in the end it will only end in trouble." ”

"This ......," Lan Yongzhi's expression shook slightly, and he asked after a while, "Is this the only way?" ”

"I'm afraid there's no other way." Xie Qingning replied.

Lan Yongzhi gritted his teeth, immediately got up and said goodbye, and made up his mind to go back to the house to persuade his grandfather to hand over the treasure to calm the anger of the son, so as not to have a rift with the Ye clan and cause endless trouble in the future.

After seeing Lan Yongzhi's figure leave, Xie Qingning said to Xie Huazhao, "Third brother, you'd better not get involved in this matter, and you haven't had much contact with Lan Gongzi recently." ”

"Why?" Xie Huazhao asked with round eyes.

"Didn't the third brother think about who told the prince about the Lan clan's private possession of strange treasures?"

Xie Huazhao was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and said in disbelief, "You...... Are you saying that this matter was done by our Xie Fu? ”

"Or else?"

"This ...... How is this possible! Xie Huazhao blew up on the spot, jumped up and shouted, "Who did it?" Isn't this framing us Xie and unkindness? Tomorrow...... How can we face the Lan family and the Han family in the coming day? How do we gain a foothold in Lanling City? ”

Xie Qingning raised his eyebrows, holding the teacup and did not speak.

After Xie Huazhao calmed down, she said slowly, "Third brother, in order to avoid suspicion, you still don't contact Lan Gongzi recently, otherwise you will also be implicated." ”

"Since you dare to do it, you have to dare to admit it, otherwise what kind of hero is it!" Xie Huazhao was still a little angry, "No, I'll go to the eldest uncle and ask him to find out the informant, maybe this matter has nothing to do with our Xie family, and we can't carry the black pot in vain." ”

Seeing that he trusted the Xie family so much, Xie Qingning didn't know what to say, she raised her hand and stroked her forehead, called Xie Huazhao, who turned around and left, and said, "Third brother, don't be impulsive, think about it, if there is no consent from the head of the family, can Xie Ting dare to report it at will?" Isn't he afraid of being punished by the head of the house? Won't be made the public enemy of the Blue and Han clans? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to gain a foothold in Lanling City? ”

Listening to her analysis of the pros and cons, Xie Huazhao finally calmed down a little, but he still refused to believe that this matter would be related to Xie Zhongshu, and he struggled for a long time before asking, "Seventh sister, how did you know that this matter was reported by Xie Ting?" ”

"The Lan clan and the Han clan refused to tell the story of the strange treasure if they couldn't end the quarrel, so they naturally made up their minds to hide it to the end and not let the Ye clan know about it, and didn't you also say that both clans protected the disciples who participated in the training of Wufu Mountain and prevented them from entering and leaving freely? So how could they possibly leak this? On the contrary, three of our Xie disciples participated in that experience, Xie Tan was frozen in ice, and the other disciple heard that he had died violently, and the only one alive was Xie Ting, so I guess it should be that he told the secret to the prince. ”

Hearing what she said was very reasonable, Xie Huazhao said angrily, "This Xie Ting, he doesn't even care about our friendship with the Lan and Han clans, and I don't want to think that he has made meritorious contributions in front of the prince, but he has offended the Lan clan and the Han clan, how will our Xie Mansion gain a foothold in Lanling City in the future?" I'm afraid that when we go out in the future, we will be pointed at the backbone and scolded, which is really a shame. ”

"So," Xie Qingning didn't want to take advantage of Xie Huazhao, but when things got to this point, she could only push the boat down the river, so as not to be splashed with dirty water on her body by someone with a heart, and cause her endless trouble, "If the third brother doesn't want our Xie clan to be ashamed and scolded, we should go and explain this matter to the head of the family, and let him severely punish Xie Ting, so that we can explain to the Lan family and the Han family, and prevent us from having a hard foothold in the city in the future!" ”

After she reminded him, Xie Huazhao hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, I'll go to the eldest uncle, if I wait for the Lan family and the Han family to come to their senses, I'm afraid it will be too late." As he spoke, he ran out of the house, looking at his figure and hurried away, Xie Qingning sighed, thinking that it would be okay so far, as long as the Lan clan was willing to hand over the strange treasure, the disciples of the two clans who were taken away would naturally be safe and sound, and Xie Ting would also become the finger of a thousand people, she was happy to see that the third elder Xie Tian had lost his most proud disciple, and she was also happy to see that the Xie clan was struggling in Lanling City from now on, it was really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Five days later, the prince of Zhengyang released the news that if someone deliberately swallowed the strange treasure obtained in the Wufu Mountain, he would report the matter to the heavens truthfully and deal with it by the Night Emperor himself.

After the prince of Zhengyang left, the Xie family took the initiative to hand over Xie Ting to the city lord, claiming that this son betrayed everyone in order to cling to the prince, and his behavior was despicable and shameful and deeply disliked by the Xie family.

Two days later, Xie Ting was killed in the long pavilion ten miles away, and I heard that the Yuan Shen was forced to burst alive, and the death was very terrifying, which was shocking.

After hearing about this result, Xie Qingning sat in the courtyard and did not speak for a long time.

She thought that Xie Zhongshu was cold by nature, and after listening to Xie Huazhao's advice, he would definitely be willing to hand over Xie Ting in exchange for the safety of everyone in the Xie family, but he was sick and rushed to the hospital, but he never thought that in this way, how would the world view Xie Fu? Not to mention that Xie Tan and Xie Feng suddenly suffered a catastrophe and died innocently, even Xie Ting, who was an elder's disciple, also ended up like this, wouldn't it make all the disciples of the Xie clan disheartened, thinking that Xie Fu had no ability and ability to protect them at all? It also made the small clans attached to the Xie clan feel that the big tree behind them was not strong, so how could they continue to help each other? Xie Zhongshu is forcing everyone to deviate from the Xie family, and it is difficult to work together!

Besides, even if the Xie family handed over Xie Ting to calm the public anger, the Lan family and the Han family would not have guessed that Xie Ting was not the only person who did this? Wouldn't this account be counted on the Xie family's head, and it would be settled one by one in the coming day? Therefore, Xie Zhongshu can only drink doves to quench his thirst, and treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Xie Qingning sighed, and couldn't help but think that before Ye Hanxiao left, he had ordered An Ran to bring her a sentence, saying that this matter was too big, and if she came forward to help her return to the Xie clan genealogy at this time, it would only make her the target of public criticism, but he had already entrusted this matter to the city lord to handle, presumably he didn't dare not do it, and it could be regarded as fulfilling her wish.

There was nothing wrong with these words, but Xie Qingning still felt that Ye Hanxiao deliberately let An Ran enter Xie's mansion to talk to her, in order to prove to everyone that they had a great relationship, so could the whistleblower also have something to do with her? But if she becomes the target of the Lan family and the Han family, what good will it do to Ye Hanxiao? She didn't believe that Ye Hanxiao would do such a thing that harmed others and herself, so what was his purpose?

In Shengjing City, thousands of miles away, Ye Hanxiao, who was drinking with a large group of princes and grandsons in Beijing, suddenly sneezed twice, and An Ran, who was frightened, hurriedly asked, "Shizi, are you caught a cold?" ”

"How so?" Ye Hanxiao blinked, and the little girl Xie Qingning, who was only more than six years old but always looked calm, dignified and introverted, remembered the "trouble" she left her, and she couldn't deal with it in the future, so she could only ask for help from herself, and said inexplicably, "Someone is probably thinking about this world." ”