"I mean, do you have any objections to that?"

Xu Yinhe quietly looked at the slightly excited look of the eldest son in front of him, and his voice was very light.

And as his words fell, the carriage fell silent.

Xu Yinhe's question is a bit cold-blooded.

But in this position, a lot of times you have to stay cold-blooded.

No one doesn't like power, and if you insist that you don't like it, you must not have tasted power.

"If so, you can say it."

Under his gaze, Xu Changge's slightly excited eyes gradually calmed down, and he sighed:

"Father, are you worried that the kind of thing that happened to the Li family between me and Changtian?"

Xu Yinhe didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

The Li family, surnamed Tian.

The current emperor has been sick in bed for so many years, although he has set up a crown prince, but those powerful princes have almost beaten out their dog brains in order to grab the golden throne.

Tiandao, which is specially designed to imprison the royal family, has already sent two of them.

Xu Changge took out some tea-drinking utensils from the Sumeru ring, and opened his mouth casually while fiddling with it.

The voice is soft and serious.

"Father, when my mother died in front of me, I made a decision to protect the three brothers and sisters in Chang'an.

"But when Chang'an died, I couldn't do anything, there are many things in this world that can't be solved by cultivation, so you let me take over the Xiangguo Mansion I agreed, in order not to let these things happen again."

Speaking of which,

Xu Changge poured a cup of fragrant tea, gently pushed it in front of Xu Yinhe with his hand, and raised his eyes to stare at the other party's eagle-like gaze:

"It's just father, the prodigal son of Changtian has indeed changed a lot, but can he do better than me? If not, then he will only harm him by sitting in this position. ”

Xu Yinhe did not directly answer this question:

"I'm still observing, but his methods are very good."

"Very nice"

Listening to his father's comment, Xu Changge muttered and nodded:

"Then he is indeed stronger than me in this long day, and those subordinates of yours are not very convinced, father."

Xu Yinhe picked up the teacup and took a sip, commenting:

"It's normal to be dissatisfied, Changge, you are too strong."

Those old friends have more character than the other, and they have a violent temper when they encounter a violent temper, although the orders to be implemented are still arranged, but the process is very bumpy.

It's really bumpy.

Moreover, I don't know how much of it is because of his face as a minister.

If he's gone, who can guarantee that he'll be able to carry it out?

And if you can't.

A sigh flashed in Xu Yinhe's eyes.

Xu Changge was very aware of the flaws in his temperament, and took a sip of tea:

"I know, so my father asked Changtian to take over, I have no opinion, as long as he can do better than me."

“.”

Xu Yinhe didn't speak again, took out a Tianxun round crystal from the Sumeru ring, and injected the majestic source qi like a sea tide.

Xu Changge hesitated slightly when he saw this scene:

"Father, you are."

"Someone contacted me when I was in the Marquis Wucheng Mansion, this time point should be Changtian, yesterday the news from the Vientiane Sect has been assembled."

Xu Changge smiled lightly:

"Is this your test of him?"

"Sort of, but the news from the Black Scale Guard has been doing very well these days." Xu Yinhe replied truthfully.

Seeing this, Xu Changge didn't mention this matter more, and instead asked:

"Xin Yao is also there?"

"Hmm." Xu Yinhe.

Xu Changge's eyes softened for a moment:

"It's late, but it's a New Year's reunion."

"Long days?"

When the communication wafer was connected, Xu Yuan was discussing some formation-related things with Xu Xinyao in the secret room, but after hearing this voice, both of them quieted down.

After a moment's pause,

Xu Yuan considered his words and nodded:

"Father, it's me."

"What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you to confirm something with my father."

“.”

Xu Yinhe was not surprised by this at all, after all, he only said to let him negotiate before:

"Because of the 40,000 Blackscales?"

"It's not." Xu Yuan directly gave a negative answer.

Xu Yinhe raised his eyebrows for a moment:

"It's not because of this, then why are you looking for a father?"

Quiet for a few breaths,

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and went straight to the point:

"What you want to do, does Xu Changge know?"

“.”

Inside the carriage, Xu Yinhe was a little surprised in his heart.

He didn't reveal much information about the third son, but it seemed that the third son had already seen what he wanted to do.

Glancing at the eldest son sitting opposite with a smile in his eyes, Xu Yinhe asked in a low voice:

"What do you need your big brother to know?"

“.”

This question stunned Xu Yuan, who was in the secret room of interrogation.

He didn't think that his father's city could not understand the meaning of his words.

Now this kind of questioning is because he has made a mistake in his previous judgment, or because the other party deliberately wants him to admit it himself.

But how can this kind of thing be brought to the table?

Do you ask directly: Dad, do you plan to let me inherit the unification?

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan said in a flat voice:

"Aren't you doing this to test my size?"

"Yes." Xu Yinhe's answer was brief.

Hearing this, Xu Yuan's eyes flashed for a moment:

"In that case, I think this matter has to be agreed by Xu Changge?"

The sound of steady breathing came, and after a while, Xu Yinhe brought a serious tone and asked rhetorically:

"Changtian, I can understand what you said that you think I am ready to hand over the Xiangguo Mansion to you, not your eldest brother?"

“.”

Yes?

The tone of this father's question made Xu Yuan feel at a loss.

The previous things were speculation.

Perhaps, this dad just wants him to be a second-in-command to assist Xu Changge?

As soon as the idea of hesitation arose, Xu Yuan vetoed it.

The structure of Xiangguofu is destined to have only one leader, and the second-in-command can be Lou Ji, Hua Hong, or even any one of the staff, but it must not be one of the two brothers.

After letting him do things and getting acquainted with the people below, Xu Changge can only be a puppet, and this kind of structure will not have a stable power center at all.

If this father did this, he would be burying a hole for future infighting.

Their generation may not fight, but what about their next generation, what about the next generation?

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan no longer hesitated and said his judgment:

"Father, you can understand it that way."

Hearing this firm answer, Xu Yinhe smiled rarely:

"Heh, you're right, would you?"

Xu Yuan exhaled a long breath, this dad actually came to test him in this kind of thing:

"Father, I want to know if Xu Changge knows about this now?"

"Yes." Xu Yinhe glanced at the eldest son on the opposite side again.

Xu Changge had a relieved smile on his face.

Make a guess from the limited information and insist on yourself under the questioning of your father.

Very good.

At this time, Xu Yuan's voice sounded again:

"He has no opinion on Xu Changge?"

Xu Yinhe did not answer directly, and said meaningfully:

"Changtian, Xiangguofu is the final say for his father."

"But the opinion of the eldest brother is important." Xu Yuan has an unusual insistence on this issue.

“.”

Hearing this, Xu Yinhe smiled while looking at Xu Changge's expression, and replied in a low voice:

"Well, it shouldn't be, you also know your eldest brother's temperament, but how did you see it, just by virtue of the two painted skins that your father gave you?"

Xu Yuan sighed, his tone a little helpless:

"I'm too familiar with Xu Changge, I make this judgment more because of his stinky temper, he should have had a lot of conflicts with Aunt Lou Ji and them over the years, right?"

“.” The corners of Xu Changge's eyes jumped.

“.” Xu Yinhe glanced at him coldly.

“.” Xu Changge sighed silently.

Xu Yuan was right.

Lou Ji and Wu Zigeng, who manages the Tian'an Martial Arts Pavilion, almost got into a fight with him in Xiangguo's Mansion last time because of the year-end appropriation, slapping the table, and there were countless conflicts in the quarrels.

However, Xu Yuan's words were not finished, and he babbled:

"Xu Changge looks beautiful to outsiders, but in the eyes of your old friends, father, most of them are just a hairy boy."

“.” Xu Changge.

"And it's the kind of hairy boy who likes to pretend and like to be arrogant, I don't know about the others, but Aunt Lou Ji's character shouldn't be able to bear him."

“.”

"Also, Xu Changge's pair"

"Long heaven."

“.” Xu Yuan immediately closed the microphone.

"When you go back to the imperial capital to get engaged, you will go out of the city to pick you up for the brotherhood."

“.” Xu Yuan.

“.” Xu Xinyao tried to hold back a smile next to her.

For a moment, the atmosphere froze.

In the end, it was Xu Yinhe who spoke out and pulled the topic back:

"Okay, Changtian, you came to me to confirm this?"

Xu Yuan coughed lightly and said in a low voice:

"Ahem, there are two more things, a small thing, a big thing."

"Oh?" Xu Yinhe's tone was slightly raised.

"The little thing is the one thing I want to ask you, father."

Xu Yuan whispered, and glanced at Xu Xinyao on the side when he heard the words: "There is a leader of the Pingshui Gang here in Vientiane City, and he has learned my identity."

Speaking of which, Xu Yuan nodded to the end.

Xu Yinhe listened carefully and asked:

"You want to save his life?"

"Hmm."

Xu Yuan nodded and said truthfully: "I think he has a very good ability, but it's a pity to die like this." ”

Xu Yinhe didn't answer this question immediately, and sat on the futon and carefully sipped the Lingfang tea sent by Tianshan.

Ban Yu,

He spoke slowly:

"Changtian, do you think about this, or does Xin Yao want to do it?"

Xu Yuan asked with a slight hesitation:

"Is this important?"

"It's important."

“.”

Xu Yuan thought about it seriously, but the answer was indeed ambiguous:

"Father, many people's achievements are limited by the platform, and I think this white edict ceiling is far more than that."

"So, you're so lovely?" Xu Yinhe asked.

"Hmm." Xu Yuan nodded, and briefly explained the reason for his judgment.

“.”

After listening to the narrative, Xu Yinhe did not agree, nor did he refuse, but spit out a sentence meaningfully:

"Changtian, if that person is really smart, he won't embarrass you."

noon

In the west of the city, the mansion of the leader of the Pingshui Gang, the main house.

The room was quiet, the sunlight filtered through the open doors and window lattices, the dust danced in the light, and a light meal was eaten on the table in the middle of the room.

Simple, but cozy.

A middle-aged man with half-white sideburns stood at the door, looking at his daughter running towards the courtyard with gentle eyes, and looked sideways at the woman beside him.

Under the sun, as the woman who is the leader of the Pingshui gang, the woman's face looks a little too mediocre, but Bai Zhao's eyes looking at her are very gentle.

When she first arrived in Vientiane City as a teenager, she took him in, worked long hours in her family's butcher shop, and insisted on not letting him be a son-in-law when she got married.

"What do you think of me as this?"

The woman's voice sounded gentle.

Bai Zhao shook his head and said with a smile:

"It's nothing, you're as good-looking as you were when you were younger."

"I am not ashamed to say these things in broad daylight."

The woman rolled her eyes, not charming, but Bai Zhao liked it very much, smiled, and said in a low voice: "Qu'er, someone will come to pick you up after you and Qingqing leave the city this time." ”

The woman looked at her husband beside her, and saw something strange in his eyes:

"Is that what happened?"

Bai Zhao smiled, and spit out two words very indifferently:

"Avoid trouble."

After more than 20 years of mutual affection, Bai Zhao knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, so it was better to be direct.

The woman asked, but it was clear that this was not the first time that this had happened:

"Serious?"

Bai Zhao shook his head:

"It's not serious, but for the safety of both of you, it's better to go out of the city in advance, I'll come in two days, maybe I'll be back in a decade or two."

The woman didn't say anything more, but smiled softly:

"Qingqing and I are waiting for you outside the city."

Bai Zhao looked at the back that had been lost because of the years, shook his head and smiled, and was about to turn around and close the door and enter the house, but in the end, he still paused and gritted his teeth:

"Zhang Qu."

“.”

The woman walking in the courtyard turned around with some confusion and looked at her husband at the door:

"If you have something, you can say it all at once."

Bai Zhao said very seriously:

"All these years, thank you."

“.”

The woman was slightly stunned.

The sunlight in the courtyard suddenly became a little bigger, so big that she couldn't really see him standing in the shadows.

After a few subconscious glances, the woman turned around and said:

"Nerves, I.. Qingqing and I are waiting for you outside the city. ”

“.”

Bai Zhao didn't answer, and watched silently after the other party left, then slowly turned to the door and personally cleaned up the messy dishes and chopsticks on the table.

Sure enough, every time like this, she hides her worries.

It's like helping him stitch up his wounds and spitting him at the same time when he started home.

After carefully collecting it, he sat silently on the main seat, looked at this luxurious room that he had worked hard all his life, and sighed:

"In the end, it's still nothing"

Saying,

Bai Zhao saw the picture of the family eating here again, and smiled:

"It's not all empty"

Lighting a roll of paper cigarettes with a fire fold, the smoke rose up, and Bai Zhao slowly pulled out a short dagger from his waist.

His hand was steady, but through the dagger's translucent blade, he could see his lips trembling slightly.

Stuck last night

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(End of chapter)