As the patriarch of the big clan, he must be able to coordinate the strong forces of each house, not biased to the sword*, and he must be able to firmly control the family power in his hands, and there will be no scattered situation, which requires absolute means.

Looking at the situation in the DPRK, it is very likely that the "Xuanwu 'Gate' Change" will be staged again in ten or a few years "There will definitely be disagreements in the clan, and a person with enough skills to control the situation is needed, and these clan elders are already old, and it is unknown whether they can survive until that time.

Among the people of the first generation, all of them are loyal and righteous, and Xiao Song is an outlier, which is also one of the important reasons why the clan elders like Xiao Song to take over the position of patriarch. However, Xiao Song's actions were contrary to the ancestral teachings, so some people among the clan elders also held opposing opinions.

The matter can only be suspended for the time being.

Implementing the family law, there was no need for so many people to watch, so Ran Yan left the ancestral hall with the others and returned to the courtyard.

As soon as she 'wanted' to enter the 'door', she was intercepted by Liu Qingsong.

Liu Qingsong rushed to him, and before he could stand firmly, he said, "I'll go back to Chang'an first." ”

He had a big burden on him, which he had obviously prepared.

"It's okay, the matter of the tenth brother, I think you already know, I can't get out of here, please think about it more." Although Ran Yan felt that Liu Qingsong was unreliable, he never doubted his IQ.

Liu Qingsong smiled and said, "That's nature, that's my future brother-in-law." You speak for me and Kuro. ”

"Okay, have a nice trip." Ran Yan said.

Liu Qingsong nodded and hurriedly left with his baggage. That's basically all the belongings he left in his family, and he thinks that only Mrs. Tai and Jiulang are relatives in this family, and since Mrs. Tai has passed away, he will have nothing to do with the Xiao family in the future.

Ran Yan looked at the back of the thin bamboo pole, and felt a little helpless. Speaking of which, Ran Yan was unintentionally harmed by him so many times, and he should have held a grudge, but Liu Qingsong was too much to hate, nor was he revenge, and he was not happy if he didn't retaliate.

The execution in the ancestral hall over there was 'quite fast', and after about half an hour, Xiao Song returned.

"How about 'spring'?" Ran Yan asked.

Xiao Song washed his hands and was wiping them with a towel cloth. Without pause, he said, "I can't die, but it's better to live than to die." It's not that I'm unrelenting. Her father was one of the stewards of the house, and she was expelled from the house because of her crimes, and her stepmother and brothers must not be able to tolerate her. ”

Ran Yan snorted, everyone has to bear the consequences for their choices, and she doesn't have the strength to think about others at this time, just waiting for the imperial court to summon Xiao Song back to Chang'an.

"Don't worry." Xiao Song hugged her from behind, and said softly, "There is a lot of backlog of cases after the year, and the manpower of the Criminal Department is already tight, and I can't find anyone who can take over immediately from elsewhere, even if the saint doesn't take the funeral, I have to go back to 'handover'." ”

"Hmm." Ran Yan's entire back leaned on his arms, and his heart was much more steady, "Is Liu Qingsong's news reliable?" ”

Xiao Song shook his head: "The holy will is unpredictable. ”

As long as the decree does not come down one day, there are variables.

Even so, we can only wait patiently. After the incident of 'spring', everyone 'privately' turned their attention back to the poisoning of Mrs. Dongyang.

Ran Yanxin felt that Mrs. Dongyang must be angry with her now, if she hadn't been present and diagnosed with poisoning, maybe Mrs. Dongyang would still be able to hide it by means, and she would not have made a mistake because she was in a hurry to do something.

The reason for everything was because Ran Yan said that Mrs. Dongyang was poisoned, and when Mrs. Dongyang fainted that day......

The fourth lady hurriedly said, "Go and call the doctor!" "What a doctor! Nieces and daughters-in-law don't know how to heal! The sixth lady hurriedly turned around and beckoned to Ran Yan, "Come here!" ”

Ran Yan suddenly remembered that it was the sixth lady who asked her to go for diagnosis and treatment that day, which was already the size of a sesame seed, but the sixth lady, that was Li Ke's mother-in-law, if this matter was not a trap, Ran Yan would not believe it!

It's been used for no apparent reason! Ran Yan sighed, once this inner house is linked to political affairs, it is really more dangerous, fortunately, this is just a pawn for people, what if it is for her 'life'?

It's complicated here, and Ran Yan doesn't want to stay any longer.

Fortunately, it didn't make her wait too long, and when she suffered until the third day, she finally came to a holy decree, Zhao Xiaosong immediately rushed to Chang'an, and took the funeral, replacing the one-year filial piety period with 36 days, and Song Guogong temporarily went to the post of Qizhou Assassin to keep filial piety for Mrs. Tai.

Although Xiao Song and Mrs. Tai's ancestors and grandchildren have a relatively close relationship, they are not sons after all, and it is not too much to take away the funeral.

The next day, Ran Yan returned to Chang'an with Xiao Song.

Ran Yan abandoned the carriage and rode with Xiao Song instead. She has good equestrian skills, but she has never ridden a horse for a long distance, and her big 'legs' have worn off a layer of skin after half a day, but she is anxious, gritting her teeth and insisting, and has never told Xiao Song that when she rests halfway, the blood has been dripping down the feet of her 'trousers' to the ground, and she was ordered by Xiao Song to stop.

When he returned to Chang'an, it had been twenty-two days since Ran Yunsheng disappeared.

Ran Yan rushed back to Anshanfang in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the house, he felt a suffocating depression, from the big 'gate' to the inner courtyard, no one dared to speak in a normal voice.

"Is it Ah Yan?"

As soon as Ran Yan arrived in front of the main hall, someone greeted him.

Ran Yan was stunned for a moment, and then recognized that this was actually Ran Pingyu! I haven't seen it for a short time, Ran Pingyu has been thin from the image of Maitreya Buddha to the sunken cheeks of the bones, because the weight loss is too rapid, the skin on his cheeks is saggy, folds have appeared, and his temples are white, and he looks more than ten years older than before.

"Third uncle!" Ran Yan's heart was sour, and he greeted him.

Ran Pingyu couldn't help but wipe his face and make himself look 'spirited', "You are in such a hurry, have you eaten?" ”

"Let's not talk about this first, third uncle, what about Liu Zhisong?" Ran Yan really hopes that Liu Qingsong can be reliable this time and do some facts.

Ran Pingyu and Ran Yan entered the house together, sighed and said, "He and Ah Yun went out, as soon as he came back, he wanted to explore the princess's courtyard, but because of the strict guards, he couldn't find it carefully, there were many Lang Jun inside, and I don't know if Shilang was among them......"

Ran Pingyu's voice choked for a moment, and his sighing voice trembled slightly, and he eased down before explaining, "But fortunately, half a month ago, the 'attendant' guard of the Xiao Mansion came over and said that the Holy Lord received the impeachment of the Imperial Historical Observatory, saying that Princess Baling had kidnapped the good people of Tibet 'privately' and seriously injured several people, and there were a large number of Ah Furong 'transactions' in private, the evidence was very detailed, and the Holy Lord was furious and put Princess Baling under house arrest. ”

Ran Yan nodded, no wonder Xiao Song was so sure that the Holy Lord would definitely recruit him back, the Criminal Department was already very busy at this time, the first person was sick and the second in command was not there, and such a tricky case was added, and the manpower was even more stretched.

Moreover, the three divisions will be tried, and the criminal department will participate in the trial headed by the 'waiter' of the criminal department, and there is no suitable substitute for fear, so you can't let the dignified Sanpin Shangshu go to the trial.

"Your third aunt hasn't eaten for a few days, go see her." Ran Ping Yu said.

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