The two of them quickly descended the mountain. As soon as he arrived in the mansion, the 'waiter' maid beside the Dugu clan immediately greeted him and whispered, "Jiulang, the old lady asked the slave to tell you that the justice of the country is angry, you should be careful." ”

Xiao Song didn't have time to change his clothes, so he straightened the placket and hurried to the study.

"Ah Tao." Ran Yan stopped the 'waiter' who was about to leave and asked, "Do you know what the matter is?" ”

Even though the 'private' in the house said that Ran Yan was from a low background, except for a good-looking face, there was no good place at all, but in terms of face, no one dared to give her the slightest pleasure. Ah Tao squatted down and saluted, "Mrs. Huijiu, it's about Sister Ling Xiang, as for the specific situation, the slave doesn't know." ”

"Thank you." Ran Yan bowed slightly.

For Ran Yan's thanks, Ah Tao was already surprised, and left after a polite word or two.

Ran Yan couldn't disturb the conversation between their father and son, so she had to go back to the room and let people watch it, if the two of them fought again, she would have to persuade them to fight.

In the study.

Syllable! With a bang, Song Guogong slapped the letter in his hand on the case, and was furious, "Xiao Yuezhi! That's how you do things?! Our Xiao family, how did you come out with such an unscrupulous descendant! Say! What is the ancestral motto of our Xiao family! ”

"Loyalty, integrity." Xiao Song must follow him now, otherwise, he will be able to fight again immediately.

Song Guogong gasped twice, smashed the paper on him, and said angrily, "You still know!" The clan 'handed over' this matter to you, and you did it in a hurry? What are your rules for being a Xiao family? ”

Xiao Song was investigating the matter, but he decided to hold his troops first, rather than eradicating the opponent's chess pieces one by one, it was better to keep them and 'touch' the melons along the vine. Ran Yan is good at dealing with corpses, but he is only good at dealing with living people.

In order not to startle the snake, he had to endure Song Guogong's temper, he wanted to explain well, but who knows if the wall has ears? People's hands can reach to Chang'an... What's more, this is our home!

"Speak!" Song Guogong jumped to his feet.

"Father, the top priority is to take care of my grandmother's death, as for Ling Xiang, she died in the name of martyrdom, and the Holy Lord has posthumously gifted her as a widow, what else is there to pursue?" Xiao Songyun said these words lightly... However, in fact, Ling Xiang watched him grow up, every time Mrs. Tai taught him, Ling Xiang would always do everything possible to help him, in his heart, Ling Xiang was as close as Shu Niang, and this revenge must be retributed!

Although Song Guogong was furious, he was father and son in the end... Xiao Song's subtle emotional changes, he could clearly feel that the words of reprimand came to his mouth, but he didn't continue, just gasped... I sat down on the table.

After staring at Xiao Song for a long time, he said angrily, "You'd better think about how to 'communicate' with the clan!" ”

Thinking of this, Song Guogong's anger rose again, and he waved his hand and said, "Before I change my mind, hurry up and take a walk." ”

Xiao Song bowed down in a proper manner, got up and retreated. Xiao Song and Song Guogong have been working against each other for more than a year or two... I couldn't be clearer about his 'sex'... Although he is 'impatient', he is definitely a wise man... Behind this matter, I only need to calm down my anger a little and understand it when I think about it.

When Xiao Song returned to the courtyard, Ran Yan sat on the porch reading a book, and when he saw that he was still dressed as neatly as before, he knew that he hadn't pinched it.

"Have a good rest these days, and we will return to Chang'an in three days." When Xiao Song saw Ran Yan, his mood was much brighter.

Ran Yan didn't ask, only answered, and said, "Can you pick those orchid 'flowers' on the slope?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Song said with interest, "What is it for?" ”

"It has many uses, it can be used as a meal, and it can also be used as a 'medicine'." It was the first time for Ran Yan to see such a large piece of orchid 'flowers', so he instructed Wanlu to prepare a basket and go over again tomorrow morning.

"I think my father's resignation has been handed in." Xiao Song suddenly sighed and said.

Ran Yan was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that the ancients had filial piety, as a son, he had to keep filial piety for three years, and he couldn't get rid of plain clothes, the so-called three years, the length of each dynasty was different, in fact, it was not a full three years, like the law of the Han Dynasty stipulated that it was twenty-six months, and the Tang Dynasty stipulated that it was twenty-seven months.

As a grandson, Xiao Song naturally doesn't have to serve for three years, and he is an important minister of the court.

For important officials of the imperial court, if the saint does not want them to withdraw from the political center, they will generally adopt the method of "seizing the funeral", replacing one year with one day, so the day of the mourning becomes 27 days, which is 36 days longer.

Song Guogong is no longer in the cabinet, but in terms of past merits, no one can deny that he is an important minister of the imperial court.

But at present, there is no need to take the funeral at all for an official position of Qizhou Assassin History, Datang is not short of talents at all, and as soon as Song Guogong leaves, he can immediately find a suitable person to take office. So the position he is in now, whether he wants to mourn or not, depends on what the saint thinks.

"What do you think?" Ran Yan asked Xiao Song. She felt that Song Guogong's current mood must be very contradictory, and the funeral meant that he was still very important, but let go of filial piety, it was also the saint who fulfilled his filial piety.

"There will be no mourning." Xiao Song said. He saw that Ran Yan seemed to have questions, so he said, "The saint never does meaningless things, to put it mildly, Mrs. Tai's body and bones have been bad after the New Year, and they have been diagnosed and treated by the Tai Doctor, if the saint wants to know Mrs. Tai's condition, how can he not know?" And the palace presses your life 'woman' grade is not sealed, I am afraid that it is the best of both worlds prepared by the saint. ”

Li Shimin gave Xiao a sentence of "the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board 'swings' knows the honest minister", naturally he values him very much, and Li Shimin's heart is also relatively broad among the emperors, even if some unpleasantness happens later, but relatively speaking, it is also a trivial matter. He estimated that he was 'touching' Mrs. Tai's limit, so he deliberately pressed Ran Yan's life 'woman' grade not to seal, which was a hint.

If Song Guogong kept filial piety for three years, Li Shimin would take the opportunity to promote Xiao Song's official, on the one hand, to fulfill his filial piety, and on the other hand, to tell him clearly: Look, I still attach great importance to you.

"It can be said that if I am promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, the saint will be especially favored because of my father's face." Xiao Song smiled helplessly. Just relying on his current qualifications to enter the cabinet will definitely attract a lot of criticism, which is not a good thing.

In ancient times, relying on family ability to climb to a high position was also a man's ability, and there was nothing to be ashamed of, but as a person with talent and means, he may want to prove himself more than get glory and wealth.

"Jiulang, madam, there is a 'waiter' maid outside the 'door', come and ask Mrs., saying that Mrs. Dongyang ordered it." Evening Green stood at the bottom of the stairs and reported.

"What?" Ran Yan frowned. To be continued.

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