"Actually, I rarely ask about these things, but as far as I know, I probably haven't yet." Xie Xingzhi said, "Since you have chosen to take this official career, you have been preparing for a long time, so you should also know something about my third uncle's style of acting." ”

Speaking of which, the situation of the Xie clan in Hedong is somewhat similar to Xiao Qingyan's current strategy.

The Hedong Xie clan relied on Xie Zhao, a military general, to control the military power, and Xie Yi was led by Xie Yi as a think tank behind the scenes.

Xiao Qingyan wanted his second brother Xiao Qingyu to take over the military power, and as the head of the family, he decided the layout of the family.

The difference is that Xie Yi is not in good health and has no intention of entering the court as an official in person, if a suitable monarch appears, Xie Yi will also choose to stand in line at the right time, but he probably will not take the initiative to find and cultivate a monarch by himself.

He just wanted to find a relatively stable balance point in the contest of forces of all parties, so that the Hedong Xie clan could survive in this balance point for a long time, just as they had done in the past few years.

And Xiao Qingyan's goal is more than that.

She wants to protect her family, but also wants to rejuvenate the country, rip off the carrion of the Great Jin Dynasty little by little, and do not seek to completely change the world, at least within her ability, so that more people can have a chance to survive in the troubled times as much as possible.

More greedy, she wants the people struggling in the bottom quarry to survive a little better, even if only a little.

Xie Xingzhi suddenly stretched out his hand to her, Xiao Qingyan was thinking about it, and subconsciously retreated.

Her reaction was a little bigger, and both of them were a little stunned for a while.

Xiao Qingyan was slightly embarrassed.

Xie Xingzhi smiled on his gentle and elegant face, took a piece of hay from her hair, looked at her with dark jade eyes, and his voice was mellow like the wind on the river in March.

"You...... Afraid of me? ”

"It's not." Xiao Qingyan said.

Behind them were barren mountains dyed red by the flames, but out of the corner of Xiao Qingyan's eyes, he only noticed the hem of his clothes floating from the opposite side, the pale cyan silk clothes were embroidered with silver silk bamboo leaves, and they were blown by the wind so that they almost clinged to Xiao Qingyan's legs.

Xie Xingzhi asked again: "Is that because you don't want to have fellowship with me?" ”

Xiao Qingyan hesitated whether to move his leg away and said, "No." ”

Not far away, there was the sound of soldiers shouting and packing, and Xiao Qingyu and Zhao Kuang were both looking at the two of them intentionally or unintentionally.

Xie Xingzhi's sigh was blown away in the wind: "I once thought that if you and I could meet, we would no longer need to communicate with pen and ink on the silk book, and we might talk at night with candles and wine." ”

"Nozomi." Xie Xingzhi took a step forward and took her hand, "We have pure fellowship and have nothing to do with the world, can't we?" ”

Xiao Qingyan looked at the hand holding her wrist and gently withdrew her hand: "Impossible." ”

She no longer avoided it, and looked up into Xie Xingzhi's eyes: "I once told you in the silk book that I may enjoy the joy of living in the countryside, but I will never be able to be an idle cloud and wild crane that is beyond the world, you know what I want in my heart, then I should know that Xiao Qingyan's thoughts and deeds in this life will be aimed at this, and after death, I will not hesitate to use the people who should be used, and I will not hesitate to eliminate the obstacles that should be eliminated, which may also include you, including the Xie family behind you." ”

These words were really cold-blooded, but Xiao Qingyan didn't want to maintain the superficial illusion to deceive himself, so he simply cut it open and made it clear from the beginning.

It's better to be drenched in blood for a while than to drag mud and water in the future, and everyone is uncomfortable.

The cold wind poured into his mouth, and Xiao Qingyan choked on the cold, coughing violently, but the next moment the wind disappeared.

She put down her hand and saw that Xie Xingzhi had shifted a little, and her beautiful figure blocked the wind and dust coming from the front for her.

Xiao Qingyan's throat was a little astringent, she pursed her lips, and slowed down her cold and hard tone slightly, but what could be said ...... Maybe it's still like a knife, at least she's hurt in her own heart.

She said: "Jinzhi, I am different from you, you have traveled a lot, and there are many friends in the same way, but I have no friends and no friends, you are my only acquaintance, you, you are very important to me, so I don't want to lie to you with nice words, if your Xie family blocks my way in the future, I will not show mercy to the Xie family because of you, can you guarantee that you will not complain about me at that time?" How should you and I face each other? ”

Xie Xingzhi's slightly stunned expression fell into Xiao Qingyan's eyes.

"Xihe, you seem to be very sure that the Xie family will be an obstacle to you."

This sentence is yes.

Xiao Qingyan secretly held her breath, and suddenly realized that she shouldn't have spoken too clearly, the person she was facing was Xie Xingzhi, who could understand her with just a few words, and could also understand her purpose.

"You want to move the Warriors?" Xie Xingzhi asked softly.

Really.

Xiao Qingyan's heart sank, there is such a person with a "heart", I really don't know if it is her luck or misfortune.

The Shi clan monopolized the officialdom, annexed a large amount of land, concealed the population, raised private soldiers, accumulated a lot of wealth in their hands, lived a luxurious life, but indulged in drinking and having fun, Huang Lao Taoism, the national disaster always took the interests of the family as the primary consideration, ignoring the people of the country, and occasionally a few people who were willing to worry about the people's livelihood and social welfare were also regarded as outliers, and in the blink of an eye, they were drowned in the torrent of the Shi clan fighting for power and profit.

The Xiao family is also a scholar family, and Xiao Qingyan himself now has to follow these guidelines to achieve his goals.

But because she was in it, she saw more clearly that if these ills of the scholar clan were not solved, no matter where the court was moved and how many lords were replaced, it would just be a vicious circle that began again and again.

Looking at Xie Xingzhi's clear and clear gaze, Xiao Qingyan smiled bitterly: "Look, you understand me so well, when I face you, I will always have the intention of killing you and killing your mouth, in this way, do you still dare to have fellowship with me?" ”

"Xihe, it's time to go!"

"Shichiro!"

Xiao Qingyu and Zhao Kuang's shouts came at the same time.

Xie Xingzhi didn't hear it, he only lowered his eyes and looked at Xiao Qingyan, but he didn't answer her directly: "This thing you want to do, many people have wanted to do it, but do you know what happened to them?" ”

"I know."

Since ancient times, few people who have tried to oppose the aristocratic gate lords and carry out reforms have been able to die well.

Xie Xingzhi asked her, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Xiao Qingyan smiled indifferently: "No one wants to die, my life is not easy to come by, I cherish it very much." ”

She was a person who had died once, and the process of her death in her previous life was a bit tragic, and she often appeared in her dreams to this day, and the pain often made her sit up in terror at night, and she was covered in sweat.

"As long as I want to, find a quiet place, raise some private soldiers, and then waste a little thought, let myself live a good life, watch the sunrise and sunset at night, and live until I am old, but after a hundred years, in addition to a handful of loess, what can I leave behind? My precious life was wasted in such a mess and waiting for death. ”

Xiao Qingyan looked up at the sky that was swept clean by the wind, she didn't know why she came here, her death in her previous life was considered to be a sacrifice for the country, so she once thought that this might be a recognition of her merits and a second life.

She didn't dare to waste this life, since she came to this world once, she must always be worthy of this commendation.

She said to Xie Xingzhi: "I want to do something, within my ability." ”

Similar ideas and ambitions have been shared by Xie Xingzhi in the past.

He asked, "What if it fails?" "He once failed and put his soul into it.

But Xiao Qingyan just said: "Then come again, this road is not passable, change the road, if there is no road, just dig a road out." The tone is casual and natural.