Chapter 173 Selection

   “I mean, do you have an issue with that?”

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

  As his words fell, the carriage suddenly fell silent.

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

  But in this position, many times have to maintain this cold-blooded.

  No one dislikes power. If you insist that you don’t like it, then you must have never tasted power.

   “If you have, you can say it.”

  Under his gaze, Xu Changge’s agitated eyes gradually calmed down, and he sighed:

   “Father, are you worried about what happened to the Li family between me and Changtian?”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t speak, which was his default.

  The Li family, the surname of Tian.

  The current emperor has been ill in bed for so many years. Although he has established a prince, those princes with outstanding abilities have almost beaten their brains out in order to grab the golden throne.

  Two people have already been sent to Tiandao, which was specially used to detain the royal family.

  Xu Changge took out some tea-drinking utensils from the Sumeru Ring, fiddled with them, and spoke casually.

  The voice is very soft and serious.

  ”Father, when my mother died in front of me, I made a decision to protect Chang’an and their three brothers and sisters.

  ” But when Changan passed away, I was powerless. There are many things in this world that cannot be solved by cultivation, so I agreed to let me take over the Xiangguo Mansion, just to prevent these things from happening again .”

  Speaking,

  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 eagle-like gaze of the other party:

  ”It’s just my father. The prodigal son of Changtian has indeed changed a lot when he turned back, but can he do better than me? If he can’t, then he can only harm him by sitting in this position.”

  Xu Yinhe did not answer this question directly:

  ”I’m still observing, but his methods are very good.”

   “very nice”

  Listening to his father’s evaluation, Xu Changge murmured and nodded:

   “Then Chang Tian is indeed better than me. Father, your subordinates are not very convinced.”

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

   “It’s normal to be dissatisfied, Changge, you are too violent.”

  Those old friends have more personalities than each other, and their tempers meet violent tempers. Although the orders to be implemented are still arranged, the process is very bumpy.

  It’s really bumpy.

  Besides, I don’t even know how much of it is because of his face as the prime minister.

  If he is gone, who can guarantee that it will be carried out?

  And if not.

  A sigh flashed in Xu Yinhe’s eyes.

  Xu Changge was very aware of his flaws in temperament, so he sipped his tea lightly:

  ”I know, so father let Chang Tian take over, I have no objection, as long as he can do better than me.”

  “.”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t speak any more, took out a Tianxun round crystal from the Sumeru Ring, and injected the majestic Yuan Qi like a sea tide.

  Xu Changge hesitated slightly when he saw this scene:

   “Father, this is.”

   “Someone contacted me just now when I was in Marquis Wucheng’s mansion. This time should be Changtian. Yesterday, there was news from Wanxiangzong that the assembly has been completed.”

  Xu Changge smiled lightly:

   “This is your test for him?”

   “That’s right, but according to the news from the Black Scale Guard, he has done a good job these days.” Xu Yinhe replied truthfully.

   Seeing this, Xu Changge stopped mentioning this matter, and asked instead:

   “Xinyao is here?”

   “Yes.” Xu Yinhe.

  Xu Changge’s eyes softened for a moment:

   “Although it’s a bit late, it’s still a New Year’s reunion.”

   “Long day?”

  When the communication wafer was connected, Xu Yuan was discussing some formation-related matters with Xu Xinyao in the secret room, but after hearing this voice, both of them fell silent by coincidence.

  Pause for a moment,

  Xu Yuan thought about his words and nodded:

   “Father, it’s me.”

   “What’s the matter?”

   “I want to confirm some things with my father.”

  “.”

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

   “Because of the 40,000 black scale army?”

  ”No.” Xu Yuan directly gave a negative answer.

  Xu Yinhe frowned for a moment:

   “It’s not because of this, so why did you find your father?”

   Quiet for a few breaths,

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

   “Does Xu Changge know what you are going to do?”

  “.”

Inside the carriage, Xu Yinhe felt a little surprised.

  He didn’t disclose much information to 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 elder brother to know?”

  “.”

  This question stunned Xu Yuan in the interrogation room.

  He didn’t think that the father’s city could not understand what he said.

  Is this kind of questioning now because his previous judgment was wrong, or because the other party deliberately wanted him to admit it himself.

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

  Don’t ask directly: Dad, are you planning to let me inherit the throne?

  After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan said calmly:

   “Aren’t you doing this to test my mettle?”

  ”Yes.” Xu Yinhe’s answer was very short.

  Hearing this, Xu Yuan’s eyes flickered for a moment:

   “In this case, I think Xu Changge’s consent is required for this matter?”

  The sound of steady breathing came. After a while, Xu Yinhe took on a serious tone and asked:

   “Changtian, I can understand what you said, do you think I am going to hand over the Xiangguo Mansion to you, not your elder brother?”

  “.”

  Ah?

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

  Those things before are all speculation.

  Maybe, this father just wants him to be the second in command to assist Xu Changge?

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

  The structure of the Xiangguo Mansion is doomed to have only one top leader. The second leader can be Lou Ji, Hua Hong, or even anyone in the staff, but it must not be their brothers. one of the people.

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

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

   Their generation may not know how to fight, but what about their next generation?

  Thinking to this point, Xu Yuan no longer hesitated, and expressed his own judgment:

   “Father, you can understand it this way.”

  Hearing this firm answer, Xu Yinhe smiled rarely:

   “Oh, you are right, are you willing?”

  Xu Yuan let out a long breath, this old man actually came to test him in this kind of thing:

   “Father, I want to know more now if Xu Changge knows about this?”

   “I know.” Xu Yinhe glanced at the eldest son opposite again.

  Xu Changge had a relieved smile on his face.

   Make guesses from limited information, and insist on yourself under questioning from your father.

   is pretty good.

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

   “Then Xu Changge has no objection?”

  Xu Yinhe did not answer directly, but said meaningfully:

   “Changtian, the Xiangguo Mansion has the final say for the father.”

   “But brother’s opinion is very important.” Xu Yuan was unusually persistent on this issue.

  “.”

  Hearing this, Xu Yinhe smiled and looked at Xu Changge’s expression, and replied in a low voice:

  ”Well, probably not, you know your eldest brother’s temperament, but how did you find out, just based on the two painted skins that my father gave you?”

  Xu Yuan sighed, with a helpless tone:

  ”I’m too familiar with Xu Changge. I made this judgment more because of his bad temper. He should have had many conflicts with Aunt Lou Ji and the others during the years he was in charge, right?”

   “.” Xu Changge’s eyes twitched.

   “.” Xu Yinhe glanced at him calmly.

   “.” Xu Changge sighed silently.

  Xu Yuan is right.

  Lou Ji and Wu Zigeng, who manages the Tianan Martial Arts Academy, almost got into a fight with him in the Xiangguo Mansion last time because of the end-of-year funding.

  However, Xu Yuan hasn’t finished his sentence yet, so he rambled on:

   “Xu Changge looks good to outsiders, but in the eyes of your father and your old friends, he is probably just a kid.”

   “.” Xu Changge.

  ”And he’s still the kind of brat who likes to pretend and boss around. I don’t know about the others, but Aunt Lou Ji’s personality probably can’t stand him.”

  “.”

   “Also, Xu Changge’s pair”

   “Long day.”

  ”.” Xu Yuan immediately turned off the microphone.

   “When you return to the Imperial Capital to engage in an engagement, the Brotherhood will go out of the city to pick you up.”

   “.” Xu Yuan.

  ”.” Xu Xinyao tried hard to hold back her laughter beside her.

  For a while, the atmosphere froze.

  In the end, it was Xu Yinhe who brought the topic back:

   “Okay, Changtian, you came to me just to confirm this?”

  Xu Yuan coughed lightly, and said in a low voice:

   “Cough, there are two more things, one small and one big.”

  ”Oh?” Xu Yinhe raised his tone slightly.

   “The little thing is that I want to ask my father one thing.”

  Xu Yuan whispered, and glanced at Xu Xinyao at the side after hearing the words: “There is a leader of the Pingshui Gang in Vientiane City, and he knows my identity.”

  Speaking of this, Xu Yuan stopped.

  Xu Yinhe listened carefully and asked:

   “You want to save his life?”

   “Hmm.”

  Xu Yuan nodded, and said truthfully: “I think his ability is very good. It’s a pity that he died like this.”

  Xu Yinhe didn’t answer this question right away, sitting on the futon and sipping Lingchao tea from Tianshan.

  For a while,

  He made a sound slowly:

   “Chang Tian, ​​did you think about this, or Xinyao?”

  Xu Yuan asked slightly hesitantly:

   “Does it matter?”

   “Very important.”

  “.”

  Xu Yuan thought carefully, but the answer was indeed ambiguous:

  ”Father, many people’s achievements are limited by the platform. I think the upper limit of this Baizhao is far more than that.”

   “So, you are so talented?” Xu Yinhe asked.

  ”Yes.” Xu Yuan nodded, and briefly explained the reason for his judgment.

  “.”

  After listening to the narration, Xu Yinhe did not agree or refuse, but spit out a sentence meaningfully:

  ”Chang Tian, ​​if that person is really smart, he won’t make things difficult for you.”

  noon,

  West of the city, the main house of the Pingshui gang leader’s mansion.

  The room is very quiet, the sunlight is printed into the room through the open door and window lattice, the dust is constantly jumping and flying in the light, and the table in the middle of the house is a light meal that has already been enjoyed.

   is very simple, but very warm.

  The middle-aged man with half-white temples stood at the door, watching his daughter bouncing and running towards the outside of the courtyard with tender eyes, and looked sideways at the woman beside him.

  Under the sun, as the woman of the Pingshui gang leader, the woman’s face looked a little too mediocre, but Bai Zhao looked at her with gentle eyes.

  When she first arrived in Vientiane City in her teens, she took him in and worked as a long-term worker in her butcher shop. Ten years have passed by.

   “Why do you look at me like that?”

  The woman’s voice sounds very gentle.

  Bai Zhao shook his head, said with a smile:

   “It’s nothing, you look as good as when you were young.”

   “It’s 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, this time you and Qingqing will be picked up after you leave the city .”

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

   “Did something happen?”

  Bai Zhao smiled, and said two words indifferently:

   “Avoid disaster.”

  After more than 20 years of being together, Bai Zhao knew that he couldn’t hide it from the other party, so it’s better to be more direct.

  The woman asked, but it is obvious that this kind of avoidance is not the first time:

   “Seriously?”

  Bai Zhao shook his head:

  ”It’s not serious, but for the safety of you two, it’s better to leave the city in advance. I’ll come back in two days, maybe I’ll be back in a couple of days.”

  The woman didn’t say anything more when she heard the words, and smiled softly:

   “Qingqing and I are waiting for you outside the city.”

  Bai Zhao looked at the back that was already out of shape due to the years, shook his head and smiled, and was about to turn around and close the door to enter the house, but in the end he stopped and gritted his teeth:

   “Zhang Qu.”

  “.”

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

   “If you have something to say, finish it at once.”

  Bai Zhao said very seriously:

   “Thank you for all these years.”

  “.”

  The woman was slightly taken aback.

  The sunlight in the courtyard suddenly became a little brighter, so big that she couldn’t really see him standing in the shadow.

   Subconsciously glanced a few times, the woman turned around and spat:

   “Nervous, I… Qingqing and I are waiting for you outside the city.”

  “.”

  Bai Zhao didn’t answer. After silently watching the other party leave, he slowly turned to the door and cleaned up the scattered dishes on the table himself.

   Sure enough, every time this happens, she will hide her worries.

  It’s like spitting on him while helping him to stitch his wounds when he started.

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

  ”In the end, it’s still nothing”

  Speaking,

  Bai Zhao saw the picture of his family having dinner here before, and smiled:

  ”It’s not completely empty”

  Lighting a roll of cigarettes with a torch, the smoke rose, and Bai Zhao slowly drew a short dagger from his waist.

  His hand was steady, but he could see his slightly trembling lips through the transparent edge of the dagger.

   got stuck last night

   or2

  

  

  (end of this chapter)