Therefore, the family's opposition to her cultivation is not because they look down on her cultivation, but because of other reasons. ”

Yuan Lai was interested: "What's the reason for that?"

Xie 18 said with some emotion: " There is no dynasty that will never decline, of course, there is no family that will never decline, how many times in history to change the dynasty and the famous family is not like the grass in the garden, growing up a batch of new ones, and dying at the same time a group of old ones, no family can escape this fate, the only difference is that some families can live for a shorter time, and some families can last longer, my father once said that the reason why our Wang Xie family can stand for a hundred years, and until now there is still no sign of decay, it is only because the family knows how to master a degree。 ”

He sighed and said, "Father said that you should never touch what you shouldn't touch, this is the foundation of our survival." ”

Xie Eighteen's tone was a little embarrassed, and there was also some melancholy that did not fit his age, he was not very old, but since he was the heir of such a wealthy nobleman, he would inevitably understand the dirtiness of this world earlier than the children of the poor family of the same age.

Just like the princes in the deep palace, which one didn't learn the survival tips of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil at a young age?

"Our family is the emperor's courtiers, is the emperor's arms, and even some people outside say that our Wuyi Lane two families are the backbone of the empire, this kind of words are not good words but evil words, the emperor can't only have my courtiers, and it can't be only one arm, the reason why Daqi can be so strong, deterring the four yi, there are our Wang Xie two families internally, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest outside, and there are Northwest tiger and wolf generals who are famous in the cultivation world, and the emperor still has Beizong in his hands on that miraculous power, these are the emperor's arms, which can not be missing, but if that arm is not good, then he can use other arms to cut off the disobedient one...... That's why the emperor is the emperor, so our Xie family is just a courtier. ”

"How can you be obedient? That is, do your own thing, don't cross the line, the practice of the Northern Sect is only practice, those who are in the army are only responsible for training, and those who are civil officials are only responsible for being civil officials, and our Xie family is the life of being a civil official, just like I will take the imperial examination soon, and then get a good ranking, and then I will become an official...... There are no exceptions, and there can be no exceptions, especially for the men of the family, if any brother suddenly wants to throw a pen or touch the magic power, the family will not allow it, and the one in the imperial city will not allow it. ”

Xie Eighteen said a lot of things that should not have been said in one breath, which made Yuan Lai a little surprised, many of these words belonged to the family affairs that could not be publicized, but Xie Eighteen said it to an outsider without any scruples, of course it was inappropriate, but Xu is still young, and being young has the advantages of being young, such as having the right to say something that should not be said.

"So, do you understand?" Xie 18 asked.

Yuan Lai nodded and said, "I understand." ”

The reason why Xie Shibai said so much means that the reason why the Xie family can survive forever is that they know how to exercise restraint, and don't touch the areas that should not be touched, otherwise they will dislike the emperor.

And if the emperor does not like it, the heavens will send disaster.

Yuan Lai finally understood why the people of Wang Xie's two families, whether they were today or in the past few lifetimes, had never been in the army, nor had they been cultivators, it was not impossible to do it, it was really impossible to do it.

However, Xie Caiwei wants to practice, not only to practice, but also to worship the most powerful sect in the world.

This is undoubtedly a very unusual thing, if it is taken out by the family's political enemies to make a fuss, it will make the emperor frown, and it will even affect the fate of the family.

"But she's a woman. Yuan Lai spoke.

This is a declarative sentence as well as an interrogative sentence.

Xie Eighteen smiled in a low voice and said seriously: "Fortunately, the little sister is a daughter, otherwise do you think she would have the opportunity to go to Xilinbi to answer any questions? If she was a man from the Xie family but tried to cultivate, she would have been dealt with by the clan rules a long time ago!"

Yuan Lai was silent, he could hear that Xie Eighteen's words were true, even if he didn't know much about Daqi.

"Fortunately, she is a woman, and the woman is the one who will marry out sooner or later, and sooner or later she will no longer be the Xie family, so she has the opportunity to practice, but even so, now she is still surnamed Xie, this matter cannot be of any benefit to the family, only disadvantages, so the family does not want her to take the Beizong exam. Xie 18 said.

"What do you mean by saying this to me?" Yuan Lai asked.

Xie 18 glanced at the door, and through the door, he could see a faint figure, which was the shadow cast by the morning sun on Xie Caiwei, a little blurry and a little gloomy.

"Xiaomei's father, who is also my father, is now the patriarch of the family, Xiaomei is deeply loved by her father, and because of this, even if the rest of the uncles in the family oppose Xiaomei's cultivation, but my father has not publicly expressed his position, but not opposing it does not mean that I support it, I know that my father is also hesitating, he is the patriarch, of course, he can't let his daughter cause damage to the family, so these days my father has been hesitating, hesitating whether to interfere in Xiaomei's affairs. ”

Xie Shibai has been sitting very upright, just like every man in the Xie family, but at this time, he leaned forward slightly, looked at Yuan Lai very seriously, and said: " Father wants to see Xiaomei today, it should be to talk about this, my father is swaying, may be permissive or blocked, I am Cai Wei's brother, of course I don't want her efforts to be in vain, so I hope you can accompany her to go over, just say that you have partnered with Cai Wei to take the Northern Sect together, of course, this is useless, I just want my father to see that Xiaomei has done so much, and even has found a companion for the common assessment, this is like a boat, maybe it will affect my father's decision. ”

Yuan Lai already understood what Xie Shibai meant, after all, he was an outsider, and as an outsider, he sometimes had an advantage, that is, when he was present, maybe Xie Caiwei's father would consider that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, if he blocked his daughter's way in front of outsiders, it would definitely not be the head of the family.

That would be face-saving.

If that father had a wavering balance in his heart, Yuan Lai might be able to make an untraceable bargaining chip and influence the final dumping direction.

Xie Eighteen's eyes were still unfriendly, and he didn't hide it: "That's what I want to say, my little sister kindly brought you home from the river, I think you should always know how to be grateful." I don't want you to tie the grass ring, it's just a small favor, can you help?"

Yuan Lai listened, then smiled, and then he stood up, and without saying yes or no, he directly pushed open the door of the small building.

Outside the door, the sun shone from the Qinhuai River, and Xie Caiwei stood at the foot of the stone steps, facing the sun, her back was beautiful and lonely.

She heard the door open, turned around, and saw her brother in the room, who was very nervous, and the young man who was smiling warmly.

"I heard that your father is a big official in the court, can you take me to see it from afar?"