Returning to Yunling again, the clansmen from all the side branches of the Xiao family had already arrived, and Qian Feng and his party also escorted the coffin to arrive.

In order to avoid having too many dreams at night, Xiao Qingyan put aside all other things, and first completed the burial in accordance with the rules of Yunling, and then made time to meet with the clansmen of the side branches.

The people of the side tribe got the news early in the morning and were summoned to the hall, and when they saw that Xiao Qingyan was not there, they began to talk about it.

"How can a teenager take on the responsibility of being the head of the family? Uncle is also confused? ”

"The head of the family was originally meant to be made by the descendants of the main family, and the descendants were just this single seedling, who would not give it to him? Do you want to give it to us? ”

"Having said that, but Jiulang is only fifteen years old after all, a doll, wouldn't it make people laugh at me that I have no one in the Xiao family?"

"Heh, if we don't let Jiulang be the head of the house, won't the people outside laugh at us? Our Xiao family has no one in the first place. ”

All the words you have spoken have been carried out behind the screen of the Lord's seat.

Long before these people arrived, Xiao Qingyan was already sitting behind the screen, listening to Xiao Qingxuan introduce her to the people outside one by one.

Regarding these people, Xiao Qingyan has known everything about these people for a long time, and now he has matched the deities one by one.

Qian Feng came in from outside the door with a person and saluted the screen: "The head of the family, someone from the county king's mansion wants to see you." ”

Everyone was stunned, and saw Xiao Qingyan walking out from behind the screen in light clothes.

For a while, the sound of embarrassing light coughs came and went.

The people in the county king's mansion didn't know why, and said respectfully to Xiao Qingyan: "Xiao family master, Lord Neishi learned that you are back, send the villain to say, the case of Xiao Yulin and others has been tried, after all, the matter is related to the Xiao family, if the Xiao family master has anything to add or has other proposals, please inform him." ”

Xiao Qingyan said without hesitation: "The country has national laws, and the family has family rules, since they have violated the national law, then they should be dealt with by the Lord Neishi according to the law, and the Xiao family has no objection." ”

What Xiao Yulin's father and son did, Xiao Qingxuan had already told all the clansmen in 1510.

Hearing this, everyone understands that if Xiao Qingyan is willing to let go, Neishi will turn a blind eye, but what about Xiao Qingyan, he wants the lives of Xiao Yulin and others.

No wonder the master would let him be the head of the house, at a young age, he was really decisive and cold-blooded.

After sending off the people from the palace, Xiao Qingyan sat down on the main seat and glanced at the elders in the hall.

"Please come back, firstly, because my new head of the family, I should meet with you, and secondly, I have one thing to tell you, in my opinion, the northland is turbulent, it is no longer a place to live for a long time, and going south is the long-term way, if you are willing to go south, the lord's family will make proper arrangements for you, if you don't want to, I will not force it, but if you stay in the north in the future and encounter difficulties, I am afraid that the lord's family will not be able to help, whether to go or stay, it is best to make up your mind today."

"What? South? ”

"Leaving the Northlands? How does this make our Xiao family's ancestors all in the north, how can we easily give up our ancestral business and go to the southern barbarian land? ”

"If you go to the south, you will be a guest from another country, and you will send people under the fence ......"

"Kuro, is this your idea, or is it ......"

As expected, most people are reluctant to leave their homes.

Xiao Qingyan said: "Seeing that it is going to be cool in autumn, my grandfather and uncle are not in good health, so I have already gone to the man first." ”

That is to say, the two elders of the main family also nodded.

For a time, the opposition of the crowd was less than half.

"It's just, isn't it too unfounded? Your Majesty is still in Luojing, as long as Your Majesty is still here, there should be no major changes. ”

"Yes, Empress Dowager Yang has targeted us all these years...... Could there be a greater calamity? ”

Xiao Qingyan's fingertips touched the tips of his eyebrows, and Moyu's fingers slid across his skin, hard and cold.

The Jin people's nostalgia for their homeland is deep-rooted, and they want them to leave their hometowns and travel thousands of miles to make a living on other people's territory.

"I will not force you, but we are all of the same roots, and I will only explain to you what I should say, lest you complain that the lord is alone and ignores you.

"I know what you're thinking, Empress Dowager Yang is dead, and there will be much less resistance from the court to the Xiao family, with the prestige of the Xiao family in Yunling, ......"

As he spoke, Xiao Qingyan smiled knowingly.

"I suppose someone has already made overtures to you, right? For example, Zhao Wang's party? ”

Xiao Qingyan took everyone's micro-expressions into his eyes.

She accepted King Zhao's conquest in Beijing, and King Zhao must have exaggerated the matter, and used the prestige of the Xiao family in Yunling to win people's hearts, and even the people of their Xiao family were affected.

Xiao Qingyan: "The Great Jin Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, the monarchs and ministers have different intentions, to say something that shouldn't be said, our majesty is difficult to protect himself, can you expect the court to do anything?" There are no eggs under the nest, whether to die for the country, or to retreat bravely from the rapids, and then seek another day, you each decide. ”

"Jiulang, you have to let us think about this matter."

"Our Xiao family has a weak foundation in the south!"

At this time, a voice seemed very abrupt: "I have already thought about it, and I will voluntarily follow the Lord's family to the south." ”

Xiao Qingyan followed the prestige in the past, and was Xiao Yusu, the uncle of the Ningping side branch.

She remembered that Ding was thin in the side branch of Ningping, and this uncle only held a low-level and low-level civil service in the government office near Ningping.

"Okay, then please ask the clan uncle to leave for home on the same day, sell the property in his hand as soon as possible, exchange it for cash, and when he arrives on the north bank of the Yongjiang River, someone will answer."

Xiao Qingyan waited patiently for three days, and half of the side branches were willing to go south together.

She wants to support the King of Yunling to stand on his own south of the Yongjiang River, and these clansmen who are willing to follow are her human capital in the south.

In fact, she doesn't like this family-based development model, but the current Jin people's thinking is that the family is more important than everything, and it is not impossible to cultivate people with foreign surnames, but it takes too much effort, time, and cost, and she can't afford to wait now.

She wanted to talk to those hesitant clansmen one last time, and was about to go out when Xiao Qingxuan bumped into her head-on.

"Third brother?"

Xiao Qingxuan's eyes were red, and he handed her a letter: "Jiulang, something happened to my grandfather." ”

Granduncle?

Xiao Qingyan quickly read the letter and suddenly clutched the letterhead into a ball.

On the way south, my uncle and grandfather encountered the rebel army scattered from Guanzhong, and in order to protect their property, they died under the chaotic saber, and the people were gone, and the property was also looted.

Xiao Qingyan stood in front of the window, clutching the crumpled paper, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Uncle and grandfather are gone, but grandfather is fine, Xiao Pei has some connections in Nanjun, so he rushed to Nanjun with light travel first, so he escaped.

But how could it be so coincidental? The rebellious army in Guanzhong has been in the north, how can it go south?

Grandfather...... Grandfather he...... You know?

Xiao Qingyan shuddered suddenly because of his own thoughts.