The drama was going on in the hall of the Qin Mansion. Xia Shang guessed about 70% of it from a few words.
Family struggles for power have existed since ancient times. The heads of the major families look glamorous and respected on the surface, but they have to manage family affairs and make trade-offs behind the scenes. They have more work to do than enjoy themselves.
Being a head of a family is not so easy, nor is it a good job. But there are always some people who want to fight for power.
The Qin family is not a big family. At most, it was glorious fifty years ago, because General Qin retired at that time and came to Yangzhou as a founding hero to expand the Qin family.
Today, the decline of the Qin family is an indisputable fact. What remains are a group of veterans who obey the Qin family's orders, and the old man who is like a living fossil. It can be said that within twenty years, the Qin family will decline and will eventually disappear in the long river of history.
But even in such a family, there are still people eyeing the position of the head of the family.
The current situation is very clear. Qin Feng used the power of the entire family to go to Xiaoqingshan to help an outsider. The key is that there are hidden dangers. What if something goes wrong?
As the leader of a family, Qin Feng's behavior is obviously very inappropriate and will definitely cause some gossip.
However, it seems a bit too much to expand this matter to the level of the family meeting.
Now, all the elders in charge of the Qin family gathered together and made a fuss about the matter of Xiaoqingshan. There must be someone behind this.
Xia Shang understood it in his heart, but it was inconvenient to explain it. He could only whisper to Qin Huairou: "Madam, it seems that my father-in-law has something important to discuss. Let's go somewhere else."
"But..." Qin Huairou was anxious. This matter was caused by her, but now she has to protect herself and abandon her father?
Qin Huairou wanted to say something, but Xia Shang gently pinched her little hand to indicate.
Qin Huairou was worried, but she didn't dare to disobey her husband openly. With so many people watching, she was afraid of being caught again, so she had to leave the house with Xia Shang.
After leaving the hall, the two of them were alone, and Qin Huairou couldn't help but ask the question in her heart: "Husband, my father risked a taboo to touch all the power of the Qin family in order to save you. Now my father is embarrassed by his uncles, why did my husband..."
"Why what?"
"Why..." Qin Huairou hesitated, and those unpleasant words finally couldn't come out, and her expression was a little unhappy.
Xia Shang smiled faintly: "Are you trying to tell me why your husband backed down at the last minute?"
"..."
"Huairou, do you still think your husband is the heartless and ungrateful playboy you used to be?"
"No...husband, that's not what I meant...husband must have his own plans, I'm sorry."
The tall woman's shy attitude when she admitted her mistake was very beautiful. Xia Shang stroked the slender waist of the beautiful woman beside him: "Although your husband is not a gentleman, when we were in Xiaoqingshan, I was grateful to see that my father-in-law helped me with all his strength. Besides, he is Huairou's father. Dear, my father-in-law is in trouble, how can I just leave it alone? But after all, I am not a member of the Qin family. Although I have a thousand words to silence everyone in the room, it is not the time to speak. If I speak at that time, no matter what I say, it will be disadvantageous to my father-in-law. Others will say that I am arrogant and that my father-in-law encourages outsiders to interfere in family affairs. It will not sound good if it gets out. "
"What does the husband mean?"
"I want to visit the old man."
...
The old man of the Qin family has been in Yangzhou for seventy years and is now a hundred years old. After returning to his hometown, he founded the Qin family in Yangzhou and has lived in the current situation. In recent years, the old man has no longer presided over family affairs. He lives a low-key life at home and there are few rumors about him.
Xia Shang has long wanted to meet this old man who is like a living fossil. He has imagined countless looks and postures, but when he saw him with his own eyes, the old man's appearance was far beyond his expectations.
Qin Huairou took Xia Shang to a remote courtyard.
There were no green bricks and green tiles here, only a bamboo fence, a thatched house inside the fence, and a vegetable garden outside the thatched house. In the vegetable garden, there was a short old farmer, holding a hoe in one hand and a scroll in the other. He looked very out of place, and his skinny figure was a bit weird.
No matter what he was dressed up, such an old man could not be associated with the founding hero, the ancestor of the Qin family.
Xia Shang's intention to find the old man was very simple. No matter how the people in the clan made a fuss, since the ancestor was still alive, if he wanted to change the head of the family, he must get the consent of the old man. As long as he could get the support of the old man, everything would be simple.
The old man had lived for so long, his ears and eyes were clear, and his mind was very clear, so communicating with him was not difficult, and his purpose was very strong.
Xia Shang was used to this way of talking, and soon reached an agreement with the old man.
After doing all this, Xia Shang went to pay respects to his mother-in-law, and then took a car back to Yulin County.
After not returning home for a long time, it was unknown what his home looked like. Xia Shang was anxious and had no time to appreciate the scenery along the way.
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At this moment, the Liuzhuang incident was settled on the surface, many people died, and many officials were removed. But the fluctuations and influences in secret have not ended.
The influence of the court did not seem to be as big as imagined, but it caused an uproar among the forces of the underworld and the folk organizations.
Because the sudden appearance of the White Lotus Sect not only failed to succeed, but even did not know who the emperor was, but received information that they were completely wiped out.
There are also rumors that the Water Moon Fairy encountered a mysterious master in the battle of Liuzhuang, and eventually fell, and her life and death are unknown.
This incident is probably the most chilling news for all the people in the underworld.
Even the Water Moon Fairy failed to capture the emperor, but was severely injured by the masters around the emperor. You can imagine how terrible the power of the court is!
However, there are still many mysteries in the whole thing, and very few people know the key.
For example, Xian'er...
On the night three days ago, Xian'er and Xian'er's master saw Fairy Shuiyue kill nearly ten masters of the same sect with the Jade Flute Heavenly Sound Divine Art, and Ye Xian also conveyed Fairy Shuiyue's request. Therefore, the real situation of Fairy Shuiyue is known in Liuyun Xianzong and a small number of people in the White Clothes Sect.
But it does not mean that Fairy Shuiyue was not injured in Liuzhuang. There were masters who secretly observed that day and saw Fairy Shuiyue being severely injured by a mysterious person. Her injuries can be said to be fatal.
From being seriously injured to recovering strength, this is definitely not something that can be accomplished by one's own strength.
During this period, Fairy Shuiyue must have had some adventures.
In the dim hut, Xian'er stood aside. On the bed not far away, Master Xian'er and a person sat opposite each other. The two looked at each other, and there was a faint red light in their eyes, which was very strange.
Master Xian'er looked calm and focused.
The person sitting next to him was confused and unaware of the world.
Looking at his clothes, he was the bandit who said he liked Yue Haitang.