His sister's suspicion hurt Xia Yi very much. Even if her worries were reasonable, Xia Yi still felt sad. Shouldn't family members trust each other unconditionally?

Xia Yi sat on the branch in a daze, looking at the scenery in the distance in a daze.

The branches sank slightly, and a figure appeared beside Xia Yi, Xiao Jiu appeared, and jumped to Xia Yi's shoulder.

"I'll just say, this kid is absolutely fine, he looks worried, but he still has the leisure to monitor the situation over there. Xie Qingshan's voice sounded, obviously not speaking to Xia Yi.

"Old Xie, are you also gossiping about me behind my back?" Xia Yi turned his head and glanced at Xie Qingshan, who was sitting next to him, angrily.

The two adults sat on a branch the thickness of a small arm, the branch only sank slightly, and did not make a moan that was about to break, and the weight of the two was actually very light.

Xie Qingshan said with a smile: "How can this be said to be 'gossip'? I am enlightening Xiao Jiu, she doesn't have much confidence in you." ”

Xiao Jiu stretched out his front paws and scratched Xie Qingshan in the air, angry that he said bad things about himself in front of his master.

"You're lying! you're misinterpreting me!" Xiao Jiu defended herself angrily, and she looked at her master worriedly, for fear that he would believe this bad man's words.

"Xiao Jiu won't distrust me, if you want to enlighten you, there is still some possibility for her to enlighten you in turn!" Xia Yi said lightly, obviously he didn't believe Xie Qingshan's words.

Xiao Jiu suddenly showed a satisfied smile, and smiled proudly at Xie Qingshan, laughing at him for his failure to sow discord.

Xie Qingshan looked at Xia Yi with a wry smile: "Your trust in her is too blind, right?"

Xia Yi smiled: "Is there one?"

Xiao Jiu saw the opportunity and hurriedly shook his head cooperatively: "No, the master has always made judgments based on the actual situation, and has never been a favoritist!"

Xia Yi stretched out his hand at Xie Qingshan: "Look, the eyes of the masses are bright!"

Xie Qingshan gave them a blank look at the master and servant speechlessly, you two are bullying people here, and you are embarrassed to say, "Your eyes are bright"? You two are simply too thick-skinned, worthy of being a pair of master and servant.

Xie Qingshan thought to himself that arguing in front of the master and servant was asking for his own suffering, so he decisively changed the topic and mentioned what Wu Liang had promised Xia Yi before.

"I heard that Emperor Shang suppressed the matter of your reward for you?" Xie Qingshan looked at Xia Yi amusedly, wanting to see if he could still laugh.

Xia Yi can really laugh, and he smiles brighter than ever before: "I also heard about this." ”

Xie Qingshan knew Xia Yi very well now, looking at his smile, he could tell that he really didn't care about this matter, which made Xie Qingshan very curious, even more curious than he accepted Chu Hongjiao's challenge.

"Then you can still laugh?" Xie Qingshan asked.

Xia Yi nodded, and said in a natural tone: "If you didn't have expectations for this matter from the beginning, you naturally wouldn't be disappointed. ”27KK

Xie Qingshan was silent, and after a while, he said slowly: "As far as my personal experience is concerned, the closer you are to the capital of the Great Shang Dynasty, the stronger the cohesion of the Great Merchants, especially the people of Chaoge City, their belief and worship of the Shang Emperor have reached an incredible height, but in you, you can't see the slightest respect, why is this?"

Xia Yi replied amusedly, "What's so strange about this, do you have a lot of respect for a murderer who tried to kill you?"

Xie Qingshan shook his head, as if he didn't agree with Xia Yi's answer, he continued: "Even if it is the case according to what you say, it can't be a complete reason. You have been very indifferent to Emperor Shang before, otherwise you would not refuse his reward, and your words do not explain everything. ”

Xia Yi was stunned for a moment, and he began to ponder Xie Qingshan's words.

Xiao Jiu, who was squatting next to him and kept quiet, suddenly spoke: "The master said at the beginning that he was destined to be extraordinary in this life, and Emperor Shang was also destined to be a great emperor, but two great people were too close to each other, and it was impossible for them to be safe." ”

Hearing this, Xia Yi and Xie Qingshan were both stunned.

Xia Yi touched his chin and muttered to himself, "Was I such a stinky fart in the first place?"

Xiao Jiu immediately corrected Xia Yi's statement: "It's not a stinky fart, it's self-confidence!"

"Well, it's still Xiao Jiu, you know me. Xia Yi nodded with satisfaction.

"That's it, I'm the one who knows the master best in the world, no less than Xia Ye!" Xiao Jiu raised his head proudly and wagged his tail at Xia Yi.

Xie Qingshan, who was about to complain, heard the conversation between the master and servant, and suddenly had no desire to complain, if he interjected and complained, I am afraid that he would be immediately besieged by two cheeky guys, and he was thin-skinned, and he would definitely not be able to defeat these two thick-skinned guys.

"You didn't believe that Wu Liang could fight for a reward for you from the beginning?" Xie Qingshan asked.

Xia Yi nodded and said: "You may not know how sensitive the word 'reward' is between me and Emperor Shang, and I understand the dean's kindness, but on Emperor Shang's side, I will not trust it anyway, even if it is the dean, I guess he will find a way to suppress it." ”

Xie Qingshan shook his head slightly, and said puzzledly: "Speaking of which, this incident has been of great help to Emperor Shang, if he forcibly suppresses your reward, I am afraid that many people will be disappointed." ”

Xia Yi raised his head, looked at the blue sky above his head, and said sarcastically: "For the help of Emperor Shang, I'm afraid that only a small number of people will know the inside story, so as long as this matter is handled in a low-key manner, not many people will think of it and fight for me." As for those who know the inside story, how can they be upset for me? Emperor Shang is their master, who would be dissatisfied with the master for the sake of a stranger?"

Xie Qingshan laughed: "It seems that my previous decision was correct." ”

Xia Yi said with a whimsical heart: "You mean the matter of joining the academy?"

Xie Qingshan nodded: "The contradiction between you and Emperor Shang is beyond my imagination, originally your previous complaints, I thought it was a complaint, who would have thought it was true." If your situation in the Great Shang Dynasty is so bad, then wouldn't it be beneficial for me to join the Longxiang Academy? ”

Although Xia Yi has a lot of dissatisfaction with Emperor Shang, he still has some feelings for Longxiang Academy.

"In Longxiang Academy, you are the person personally recruited by the dean, and the strength of the realm is not low, and the Shang Emperor can't do anything to you. Xia Yi said a good word for Long Xiangyuan and Wu Liang.

"That's your bias. Xie Qingshan said: "No matter what, this is also the Great Shang Dynasty, it is the world of the Shang Emperor, if he wants to target me, he can always find an opportunity, I don't want to live in a place where people will be targeted all the time, if you are not here, I will leave the Great Shang Dynasty after I break through, at least I will not stay in Chaoge City." ”