"Father. Bai Zhen walked into the room and carefully closed the door.

Bai Yaotang stopped his pen and raised his eyes to look at him: "What's wrong?"

Bai Zhen took out a wooden box from his arms and handed it to his father: "This is what Master Hou asked me to transfer to my father." ”

Bai Yaotang was slightly stunned, and stretched out his hand to take it: "When did it happen?"

Bai Zhen said: "On the day of the appointment." I was in the Hou Mansion on the day the little prince came to be hired, and the Hou Ye called me over and asked me to keep this. If anything happens to the Hou Mansion, let me pass this on to my father and the little prince, there is a letter for the two of you. The letter stated Brother Xia's hiding place, and Hou Ye wanted his father to give this wooden box to Brother Xia after discussing with the little prince. ”

Bai Yaotang glanced at the locked wooden box and asked, "Haven't you opened it?" The lock hanging on it was very old, and the keyhole had been rusted, and it was obvious that the wooden box could only be opened by brute force.

Bai Zhen was slightly stunned: "Master Hou asked me to hand it over to my father, so I haven't seen it." ”

Bai Yaotang nodded, and asked again, "What about the prince of Qi, did you tell him about this matter?"

Bai Zhen said: "I mentioned this box, but I didn't say much, and he didn't ask." It's not too late for my father to let him know after he's seen it, right?"

Bai Yaotang looked at the wooden box, stretched out his fingers and pinched the lock, tore off the lock with a slight force, and opened the box. At the top are two letters, one with the words "Unreturned to the Virtuous Brother" and the other in a blank envelope. After a deep sigh, he tore open the envelope and pulled out the paper inside.

Bai Zhen stood next to him and waited, and suddenly said again: "By the way, a few days before I left for Fengyun Xuan, someone came to the mansion to steal this box, and the little prince said that it was from the Remnant Feather Gate." ”

"Remnant Feather Gate?" Bai Yaotang frowned and raised his head to look at him, "What's the situation?"

Bai Zhen shook his head: "I don't know the specifics. When I was meditating at night, I felt that someone had entered the room, and I followed the sound, and before I could see anyone, I was stabbed. I carried a short knife with me, and I used it as a weapon to fight him a few times and barely rushed to the outside of the house. The little prince would not go to rest until around the hour of the child every day, and that night he was about to cool off outside, and he rushed over when he heard my voice. Hao Xuan confronted that person, and I was able to escape. ”

Hearing his son's simple description, a hint of surprise flashed in Bai Yaotang's eyes: "Sounds like he's strong?"

Bai Zhen said: "Indeed, it was also in West Lake before. Hao's reaction speed was very fast, and the martial arts skills that night were even higher to my shock. ”

"I'm asking about the assassin......" Bai Yaotang explained, thought about it and said, "That's it, let's continue with Ran Haoxuan." How strong is he compared to you?"

Bai Zhen thought for a moment, and said uncertainly: "I can probably top three victories, right?" Maybe it's more than that. Especially the light skill, his light skill is second only to the second uncle among the people I have seen. ”

Bai Yaotang was stunned, and his eyes flickered a few times: "He is much stronger than I imagined." From this point of view, the prince of Qi did not treat him badly. ”

Bai Zhen said casually: "There is probably no disadvantage, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is good to him." ”

When Bai Yaotang heard this, he immediately asked, "What did you say?"

Bai Zhen was taken aback by his father, and didn't understand what he meant for a while: "What did my father ask?"

Bai Yaotang asked, "The prince is not good to him?"

Bai Zhen felt that he was speechless, and only after a moment did he say: "Father also knows that I don't have much contact with the little prince, so I can't make any evaluations." But in my opinion, the little prince treats Hao Xuan as a subordinate from the bottom of his heart. If you only talk about the relationship between master and servant, the little prince is absolutely excellent to him. But if you take into account the relationship between the Ran Palace Master...... "The point is stopped, and I don't say much."

Bai Yaotang didn't know what he was thinking, and sighed after a while: "How is he?"

Bai Zhen frowned, then shook his head: "I really can't say this well." ”

Bai Yaotang's eyes were puzzled: "Since he has already expected the catastrophe of the Trojan Marquis Mansion, why is there any need to marry Qinghan to the prince of Qi?"

Bai Zhen muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it now that I can only let the little prince marry her?"

"Oh, why do you say that?" Bai Yaotang was stunned and looked at him strangely.

Bai Zhen said: "Just like Brother Wen said, who would marry a woman who has no power and no power, who has a deep hatred of blood, and even a ruined appearance? Otherwise, Ziyu won't marry her now, and my father won't let me marry her, who else ......" The more he spoke, the lower he became, and finally his voice gradually disappeared.

Bai Yaotang smiled: "I won't let you marry?" When did I say that I wouldn't let you marry her?"

Bai Zhen raised his head in surprise, his face full of joy: "So my father agreed to let me marry her?"

Bai Yaotang smiled: "I won't object, but can you marry?"

Bai Zhen was stunned, and the smile on his face slowly dimmed. Oh, yes...... Even if his father didn't object, how could he not consider Wen Lun and Mu Qinghan's feelings? It was reasonable for him to marry Mu Qinghan as his wife.

"You just said that the prince promised to marry her?"

Bai Zhen was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and hurriedly said, "Yes, I asked him." ”

Bai Yaotang said in a low voice: "It's really strange. ”

Bai Zhen asked, "Dad is wondering why he is willing to marry Qinghan as his wife?"

Bai Yaotang asked rhetorically: "Aren't you strange?"

Bai Zhen spread his hands: "It's strange, and I can't figure it out." He himself said that it was because Hou Ye was kind to him, and he didn't want to be ungrateful. This reason is plausible, but I don't think it's credible. ”

Bai Yaotang said briefly: "Reason." ”

Bai Zhen said: "Regardless of Qinghan's current situation and status, it is just a 'bad luck', and it should be cut off from the little prince's mind to marry." He originally married Qinghan because of his parents' orders, so for him, marrying is just a family affair that is right for everyone. The little prince is a prince, and the woman he married is going to be the princess of Mo. Such an ominous woman will affect his reputation. ”

Bai Yaotang asked, "So what?"

Bai Zhen said: "If there is no reason why he has to marry Qinghan, he can't marry her." ”

Bai Yaotang smiled: "I'm just wondering about the reason why he had to marry." ”

Bai Zhen laughed with him for a while, his heart ached, but he couldn't laugh. After a while, he suddenly said, "Dad, I have a question I want to ask." ”

Bai Yaotang said: "If you want to ask, just ask." ”

Bai Zhen took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "If it is a father, what choice will her beloved woman make if she marries someone who is unlikely to bring her happiness?"

How could Bai Yaotang not understand his son's thoughts? But when he heard him smell it so bluntly, he could only answer perfunctorily: "I'm not you, I don't need to choose." ”

Bai Zhen's voice was slightly amplified: "Then can you help me make a choice?"

Bai Yaotang smiled lightly and asked, "What qualifications do you think I have to choose for you?"

Bai Zhen was stunned, and when he heard the sentence "What qualifications do you have", he was completely stunned. A father who says such things to his son...... For a moment, Bai Zhen even wondered if the person standing in front of him was his father?

Bai Yaotang got up according to the table, slowly paced to the window, and looked out: "It's not that you don't know how to choose, it's that you don't dare to choose." ”

Bai Zhen slowly clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "It hurts that I love someone but can't say it, let me watch the person I love go to a catastrophe, how can I do it?"

"Tell me why you gave up marrying her. Bai Yaotang looked at him deeply, and his voice was low, "Because she doesn't love you, because you feel that you can't face Wen Lun, or is it because you are afraid that you will bring disaster to our family?"

Bai Zhen opened his mouth, but he could only smile bitterly: "Dad, why do you ask knowingly?"

Bai Yaotang said: "I can't make a choice for you, but I hope you can make a decision that you won't regret." The only thing I can tell you is that the thing I regret most in this life is that I failed your mother again and again for one reason after another. My father and uncle, my friends, and even ridiculous fame and fortune. Choosing between them and your mother, the one I give up will always be your mother. It wasn't until I lost your mother that I really looked at how stupid I had been doing for so many years. I'm not a good father, but as a father, I don't want you to do something I regret for the rest of my life. ”

Bai Zhen lowered his eyes and didn't answer, but asked after a while, "What are you hiding from me?"

Bai Yaotang asked, "What do you mean?"

Bai Zhen said: "Slaughtered the people of the Trojan Marquis Mansion." ”

Bai Yaotang smiled lightly: "What do you think I know?"

Bai Zhen took a deep breath and said the words that had been turning in his heart for a long time: "The slaughter of Trojan Marquis is definitely related to what my father experienced back then, and I want to know what happened back then. ”

Bai Yaotang asked rhetorically: "What if I don't want to tell you?"

Obviously, he didn't expect his father to say this, and after being stunned for a moment, Bai Zhen pursed his lips: "If my father doesn't want me to know, I won't ask again." ”

Bai Yaotang asked, "Then will you go behind my back to check?"

Bai Zhen shook his head: "No." ”

Bai Yaotang looked at him silently, looked at him for a long time, then sighed, and turned his gaze back to the window.

Bai Zhen couldn't guess what he meant, hesitated for a long time, and asked tentatively, "You don't believe it?"

Bai Yaotang laughed softly: "You are really too similar to me when I was young. ”

Bai Zhen pursed his lips: "Then will my father make the same choice as my grandfather?"

"Yes. Bai Yaotang replied affirmatively, "Even if I was angry at my father's orders and choices, I would still make this choice if I stood in this position as a father." ”

Bai Zhen lowered his head and said, "Then I understand." ”

Bai Yaotang asked, "Then how do you choose?"

Bai Zhen's voice was filled with helplessness: "I listen to my father." ”

Bai Yaotang was not surprised, but brought the same helplessness as his son: "Sure enough." ”

Bai Zhen said: "However, I will not be angry about this. ”

Bai Yaotang smiled: "I hope so." ”

Bai Zhen said: "It's a little late, I still have to go to Brother Wen." If it's okay, can I leave first?"

Bai Yaotang knew that he needed time to sort out his thoughts, so he nodded: "Go ahead, don't tire yourself out." ”

Bai Zhen responded: "I know, my father is relieved." ”