Tao Yao lowered her eyes and pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked Liu Yunjin: "Master thinks, I can still marry him?" ”

Liu Yunjin looked at Tao Yao, who was so confused, but couldn't help but sigh after all, she seemed to wave her hand casually to let Qiu Baoxing retreat, and then said to Tao Yao: "Whether you marry him or not is not decided by this matter."

For you, this matter is just like the weather outside the window, whether it is sunny or rainy, when it is sunny and when it rains, it is not up to you to control. ”

Tao Yao said: "But if I hide in the house and don't go out, whether it's wind or rain outside, it has nothing to do with me."

He can't give me a room to live in, so why should I go out and share the storm with him? ”

Liu Yunjin also nodded slightly when he heard this: "What you said is also reasonable, then it depends on you whether you think he is worth it for you to bear the wind and rain with him." ”

Tao Yao pondered for a long time, got up and bowed to Liu Yunjin: "Master Xie for advice." ”

Liu Yunjin smiled at the corner of his lips: "Accompany me to finish this game of chess." ”

Tao Yao also nodded in response, and went back to sit on the couch again, and the two slowly played chess in this spring night, looking at the shadows of the trees outside the window, which was a little more comfortable.

On the other side, Chu Ping left Taoyao, so he quickly whipped his horse, but he had already returned to the Chu family after a cup of tea, he rode to the second gate, turned over and dismounted, with a cold face, and did not even say hello to Jiurong who greeted him with a smile, only threw the reins of the horse to him, and strode towards Jiale Hall.

The meal had already been set up in Jiale Hall, and the old lady greeted Chu Ping, who came back with a smile: "Why did you come back so late today?" ”

Chu Ping only bowed to Old Lady Chu, and then said to Chu Yuanshan, who was sitting on the main seat: "Grandfather, my grandson has something to ask, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Chu Yuanshan looked at Chu Ping who was so abrupt, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's time to eat, if there is anything you can't ask after eating." ”

Chu Ping pondered for a moment, and finally sat down first.

However, seeing him sit down with such a gloomy face, Chu Yanran and the old lady of the Chu family on the side were full of curiosity: "What's wrong?" What's going on? ”

Chu Ping hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's okay." ”

Chu Yuanshan was even more puzzled: "What do you have to say, what do you want to ask me, your sister and grandmother can't listen to it?" ”

Chu Ping looked up at Chu Yuanshan, and after all, he only asked: "Grandfather, have you heard of the Panyu Chu family?" ”

Chu Yuanshan's chopsticks paused for a moment, and he silently withdrew the chopsticks, and looked at Chu Ping with twisted eyebrows: "What have you heard?" ”

Chu Ping originally thought that Chu Yuanshan would flatly deny it, saying that he had never heard of the Panyu Chu family, so he could eat this meal safely, but now looking at his grandfather's expression, and then looking at the old lady who also stopped chopsticks on the side, he knew that this matter was really not simple, could it be that the Chu family was really involved in smuggling.

Chu Ping said: "Grandfather, can you go to the study to talk?" ”

When Chu Yuanshan heard this, after a while, he slowly picked up the chopsticks and said, "I'll talk about it after eating." ”

Chu Ping saw that his grandfather had changed his calm appearance again, and the tension in his heart was a little less.

"Yes." Chu Ping responded respectfully.

Chu Yanran on the side was stunned and asked, "What is the Chu family in Panyu?" Does Panyu also have family members with the surname Chu? ”

When the old lady saw the question, she scolded her: "I can't stop your mouth when I eat, so I don't inquire about things that have nothing to do with you." ”

Chu Yanran flattened her mouth: "Obviously, the eldest brother asked first, why did you say me." ”

So he ate by himself, and he didn't care about others, but Chu Ping, Chu Yuanshan and the old lady of the Chu family ate this meal unpleasantly.

After the meal, Chu Yuanshan led Chu Ping to the study alone, and after ordering people to serve tea, they were not allowed to approach, let alone come in to serve.

Chu Yuanshan slowly walked around the table case, sat on the Taishi chair behind the table, and looked at Chu Ping standing opposite him, his body was straight, and he looked like he was coming to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"Ask whatever you want." Chu Yuanshan picked up the teacup and slowly played with the tea leaves.

"Grandfather, is the Chu family involved in smuggling?" Chu Ping asked bluntly.

This is the most important and the most difficult to answer.

Chu Yuanshanbo's hand holding the tea stalled for a moment, and then slowly moved again: "No." ”

Chu Ping saw Chu Yuanshan's contemplation and hesitation clearly, and his heart suddenly fell to a low point: "Grandfather, please tell me the truth!" Is the Chu family really not involved in smuggling in the slightest? ”

Chu Yuanshan listened to Chu Ping's aggressive tone, and looked up at him unhappily: "If you don't believe me, why do you come to ask me." ”

Chu Ping was very angry: "Grandfather, I naturally believe you, I believe in this Chu family where I grew up, no matter how anyone tells me that our Chu family has a criminal department and is suspected of smuggling, I will definitely not believe it." Unless, you tell me personally!

Now, I just want to ask my grandfather to tell me the truth, is the Chu family really not involved in smuggling? ”

Chu Yuanshan looked at Chu Ping's undulating chest, twisted his eyebrows and said, "Are you deaf?" I've already said it, no! ”

Chu Ping didn't believe it anymore: "If it really doesn't, when I asked for the first time, my grandfather would have told me no directly, instead of hesitating for so long!"

And what's going on with the Panyu Chu family? Why did my grandfather and grandmother be so suspicious when I mentioned it at the dinner table? What secrets are there in the Chu family, which I, the eldest son of the long house, can't know? ”

Chu Yuanshan scolded: "Evil obstacles! Is that the tone you should have when you speak to me? ”

Chu Ping's heart was turned upside down, the earth shook, as if his faith from childhood to adulthood collapsed in an instant, he really couldn't believe that the white and flawless family he had been proud of since he was a child would be involved in these heinous crimes of exterminating the nine clans.

He pouted to Chu Yuanshan to kneel, tilted his head and pleaded: "Grandfather, please tell me the truth, tell me that these are all fake, and the Chu family has nothing to do with smuggling!" Please! ”

Chu Yuanshan looked at Chu Ping, who was so distressed, and finally sighed, and said to him in a deep voice: "The Chu family will not be involved in those dangerous things, even if the Panyu Chu family is wiped out by the nine clans, it will not be implicated in the Hangzhou Chu family." ”

The worry in Chu Ping's heart immediately decreased by three points, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Then these two Chu families, what is going on." ”

Chu Yuanshan got up, stepped forward, and helped Chu Ping up, then continued to pace and said slowly: "You heard well, the Hangzhou Chu family and the Panyu Chu family are of the same root, and your great-grandfather was born in the Panyu Chu family.

However, your great-grandfather is not from the Chu family, but just an insignificant side branch.

And your great-grandfather died early when your great-grandfather was young, your great-grandmother's ancestral home is Hangzhou, after your great-grandfather died, she was helpless in Panyu, so she led your great-grandfather back to Hangzhou.

……”