Xie family ancestral hall.

"Your Majesty!"

The faint light illuminates the names on the wooden plaques, and the layers of plaques from top to bottom seem to be watching everything below. Although Xie Yang has knelt down here since he was a child, he still doesn’t understand. I like the environment here, it's almost summer, and it's still cold and cloudy here, making people uncomfortable.

However, after following his grandfather to burn incense in front of the ancestral tablet, Xie Yang still knelt very neatly when he heard those two words.

Thanks to his mother hearing that he was brought back from Taixue by his grandfather, she hurriedly sent a maid to bring him a hakama. Although the cover is thicker and the cover is hot at the moment, it doesn't hurt to kneel up.

He knew that his grandfather would be angry when he saw the unprofessional things he wrote, but he didn't expect to be so angry.He even brought him back from Taixue directly, led him straight to the ancestral hall, and began to kneel for punishment.

I don't know how long he will be kneeling this time.

Three days, five days?

Seeing how angry his grandfather is today, Xie Yang estimated that it would take a little longer.

He was starting to feel pain in his knee even now.

It just so happened that Xie father was taking a rest today, and when he heard that his son was brought back from school by the old man at home, before he could find out the reason, he was rushed by his wife to intercede.Father Xie said, "I don't know what trouble this kid got into in the school again", "He should be disciplined", but he hurried to the ancestral hall honestly, not even having time to change his clothes.

When he got to the ancestral hall, seeing his own father's face, Xie's father fell silent in a rare way.

Mother Xie, who came with her at the side, saw her son kneeling in the ancestral hall as soon as she came in, her eyes turned red immediately with distress, and she quickly winked at her husband, but Father Xie didn't seem to see it, and didn't respond at all.

Xie's mother was a little anxious, she gave her husband a hard look, and wanted to go forward by herself, but Xie's father stretched out his hand to hold him back.

It was still possible to see that the handsome middle-aged man in his youth had lost his usual gentle smile, and he shook his head at his wife with a solemn face.

Xie Mu's heart skipped a beat.

She is the head mistress chosen by the Xie family, and she is not an unreasonable person.Although she dotes on this only son who has been looking forward to it for more than ten years, she knows that there are some things that she cannot interfere with.Xie's mother didn't want her only son to become a dragon and a phoenix, but she also didn't want him to get into trouble because of his arrogant temper and lawlessness, so although she felt sorry for her son, she knew that sometimes she needed to keep silent.

Mother Xie clenched her fist in her sleeve, and her carefully cared for nails sank into the flesh——

It's just that I don't know what mistake A Yang made this time, which made my father-in-law so angry.

Of course Xie Yang heard the sound of his parents coming in, but after the two of them came in, they didn't make a sound, so he knew that he had messed up something serious this time.

But this shouldn't be...

In fact, Xie Yang realized long ago that neither his parents nor his grandfather had any expectations for him to be famous. To keep a low profile and temporarily hibernate at the right time is the principle of these aristocratic families that have lasted for thousands of years, just like his father still has What he received was a non-important job, and Xie Yang guessed that he should do the same in the future.

Even his grandfather, who was the strictest to him, only required him to be of good character, without much academic rigor.

So Xie Yang was at most a little guilty of being caught on the spot this time, but he never thought that his grandfather would be really angry, to the point where even his parents didn't dare to intercede.He still remembered the last time it was like this, it was because he didn't know the severity of the attack when he was young, and almost hurt the life of a descendant of Xie's family.

……

Grand Master Xie turned around and glanced at the son and daughter-in-law who had rushed over, his face was tense, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long time, he hit the ground twice heavily with the nanmu walking stick in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Please family law."

Hearing these three words, Xie's mother almost fell down, and even Xie's father yelled, "Father?!"

Mrs. Xie was unmoved.

Xie Yang, who was kneeling, was also a little anxious. He knew that what he did was wrong, but he would not be asked to ask the family law. It was not the first time that his grandfather saw him not doing his job properly, nor was he angry to such an extent.

After much deliberation, he guessed that the fight with his classmates might be the problem.

But when it comes to this, Xie Yang is really wronged.

Although he still maintained his kneeling position, he couldn't help but straighten his back and prick his neck to argue with his grandfather: "Yao Guining made the first move!! I'm just paying him back!!!"

Hearing this, Old Master Xie looked at Xie Yang with lowered eyelids.

There was nothing moved inside, and even a little disappointed.

Xie Yang couldn't help but opened his eyes wide -

Grandfather... Do you believe him?

A sense of grievance suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't help repeating loudly: "Yao Guining made the first move! It wasn't me!! I was right!!"

Grand Master Xie was completely indifferent, and the golden nanmu crutch hit the ground a few more times, silently urging the servants standing beside him.

Xie Yang bit his lower lip tightly.

Shocked, angry and wronged at the bottom of his heart, he even thought a little angrily that when he returned to Taixue, he would definitely find a chance to beat Yao Guining, so that he would not be wronged.

The wooden staff with a thick bowl mouth was held in the hands of several tall and strong servants, but the people holding the staff looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to pull the Xie family's precious lump first.

The current scene reminded Grand Master Xie of something, the veins in the hand that was holding the head of the cane bulged, and it even trembled slightly.

He closed his eyes hard, and said to his grandson, "Go by yourself."

Hearing this, Xie Yang let out a harsh breath.He stood up vigorously, lowered his head without looking at his grandfather, stepped heavily, walked to the bench, turned over vigorously, until the whole bench rattled.

Father Xie winked at the servants holding sticks repeatedly, Mother Xie's nails in her sleeves had already been broken off by herself, and the blood on her fingers dripped out at the same time as the tears on her face.

She swayed and almost fell down several times.

Father Xie supported his wife, then turned around and whispered, "Send Madam back".The servant who came was waved away by Mother Xie, who forced herself to stand up straight.

With the muffled sound of hitting the flesh one after another, Xie's mother's teardrops fell down one after another like a broken thread.Father Xie couldn't help turning his head away, unable to bear to take a closer look.

Mrs. Xie just looked at it so steadily, his gaze never blinking.

Xie Yang was full of dissatisfaction, and confronted his grandfather with his neck stuck, but his heart skipped a beat when he touched the dirty tear in the corner of the old man's eye.

Grandpa, grandpa...Grandpa, he, is he crying? !

Did he really make his grandfather so angry this time? !

For a moment, all his grievance and anger turned into panic and bewilderment, and he hastily averted his eyes.

——He was wrong, is it okay if he is wrong? !

At worst, when he meets Yao Guining in the future, he avoids him! !

Xie Yang opened his mouth, but what came out of his mouth was an uncontrollable cry of pain, followed by his mother's convulsed inhalation.

Xie Yang had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

He knew his grandfather's character, he would hit as much as he said, and he would never hit less because of his begging for mercy.At this moment, it's better to keep your mouth shut and get through it quickly, anyway... not ten... well, there is a little pain.

The wooden stick made a sharp arc in the air, but there was not much strength left when it fell on Xie Yang.

Everyone knows that this is Xie's baby pimple, and Xie's father and mother are staring at him non-stop, who dares to do something serious?If this little young master is really taken as a precaution, their whole family will not be enough to be buried with him.

That's it, Xie Yang now has the time to think about things, if it's really a solid plan, the delicate and expensive young master would have been unconscious long ago.

Although Xie Yang avoided his sight here, he still felt heavy eyes on him.

It seemed to be looking at him, and it seemed to be looking at someone else through him.

Xie Yang couldn't help but raised his head again, the meaning in the old man's eyes was too complicated for him to see clearly.

Under this gaze, Xie Yang almost mistakenly thought that his grandfather would call a stop the next moment, or step forward to stop him, but he didn't.

When the staff stopped, his mother rushed to his side with tears in his eyes, but his grandfather was still watching, just watching.

—Who is the grandfather looking at?

This sudden doubt was interrupted by his mother's mourning and crying, Xie Yang had no choice but to speak slowly to comfort his mother.

He thought that today's matter would be over here, even Xie Mu had already greeted people, and wanted to bring his son back to the room, but unexpectedly——

"Kneel down."

This time, Mother Xie couldn't bear it any longer. Regardless of her husband's previous obstruction, she argued in tears: "Father!! Ah Yang, he was beaten just now, so he can't kneel anymore!!"

Father Xie hesitated for a moment, although he also realized that his father was determined, but seeing his son's miserable situation, he couldn't help but speak out to dissuade him.

Grand Master Xie was unmoved.

No one can shake the majesty of the old master in Xie's house. Even if Xie's father and mother are unwilling to do so, they can only watch their son kneeling in front of the ancestral tablets with injuries all over his body and hissing heavily. .

Mother Xie could hardly bear it, she covered her face and cried and fell into her husband's arms.

Father Xie couldn't help but complain when he looked at his father.

Then, I saw the old man leaning on crutches and moving to his son's side step by step.

The old man lifted his clothes and slowly bent his knees...

"father--?!"

"grandfather!!!"

For the time being, the moth that happened in the family in the capital has little to do with Chu Lu. His plan is going well. It should be said that with the Beifu army, the small fish and shrimps sent by King Jingning are not a threat at all.

Instead of worrying about that, he might as well worry about himself, so as not to be discovered by Qin Bi, and to recover his father's debt or something.

Staying in Chenshan Academy is indeed a good choice, he doesn't have to hide in the middle of Kuangxi City.

Chu Lu dialed his calculations, and it has been three days since the news of "the bandit was suppressed" reached the mountain. Even if the ending is counted, the matter should be resolved. According to Qin Bi's temperament, it probably won't Staying here for a long time, I guess it will be two days before I leave.

But just to be on the safe side, Chu Lu decided to stay in the academy for another three days before leaving.

In fact, Chulu was not in a hurry all the way. After all, the temple was there, the monks couldn’t run, and the system on his body was still chanting “vacation and vacation” in the ear of the host every day, which really made people nervous.

In fact, if Chai Zhu hadn't been accidentally involved in the matter of King Jingning, they might have detoured to Juzhou now to see the magnificent scenery of Xiaran Ju Mountain, but it seems good to see the beautiful mountains and clear waters in the forest right now .

There was Su Qingzhi who whispered in his ear every day, Chu Lu actually thought this place was good at the moment.

On the contrary, Su Qingzhi's rainbow fart about the location of the academy accidentally gained the favorability of the system, and the system reminded the host several times to be nice to this child.

There is no need for the system to specifically remind him, Chu Lu has a good impression of the other party, he is a good boy with integrity.

It's just... It would be better if I could be less persistent in some places.

Ever since he found out that Chu Lu's copying skills are superb, this extra-curricular activity has turned into running around the academy with Chu Lu, looking for the calligraphy that Huo Xiang left here back then, and then having Chu Lu copy a copy to make a copy. collect.

Chu Lu: "..."

To be honest, he himself doesn't remember leaving so many words here.

Perhaps there were not so many at the beginning, but there are masters and students who add bricks and tiles year after year...

Because of the wrong estimate of the situation, he agreed too easily, which caused Chu Lu to be dragged around the academy these days.But if you have to say it, it doesn't feel too troublesome.After all, what he was copying was his own handwriting, so it was really not difficult for him.

But Su Qingzhi, looking at his increasingly thick collection, couldn't help but let out a sigh of happiness——

"As expected of Brother Yan, this word can almost be mistaken for real."

Chu Lu: "..."

In fact, if you want to, it doesn't hurt to take it seriously.

At this moment, Chu Lu was waiting in Su Qing's house. It was not the first time he had seen this room full of words, but he was still not quite used to it.

There are obviously no decorations, but the ink stains are used to create a sense of crowding.

Chu Lu couldn't help but wonder: Sleeping in such a room, is it true that you won't have nightmares?

However, Su Qingzhi obviously didn't have this trouble. He looked around the room, and finally found a new vacancy to hang, and hung the scroll with the wet ink in his hand on it, then turned around and urged Chu Lu hurried to the classroom building.

Chu Lu's current appearance age is about the same as these students, and after changing into similar clothes, he has been mistaken for a student by the masters in the academy several times. Su Qingzhi and the others find it funny and playful, but unexpectedly He directly pulled Chu Lutong to attend the class.

Chu Lu didn't hold back, so he had to change into a long gown and blend in with the crowd, and couldn't tell them apart for a while.

In the class, I was called by the teacher several times. The unfamiliar faces made the classmates look suspiciously, and those who knew the inside story laughed and shook their shoulders and shoulders, and the teacher knocked on the head a few times with the scroll.

Chu Lu cooperated several times, but later he felt that he was making a fool of himself, so he refused to enter the dormitory with them.

But right now he was a little thankful for Su Qingzhi's proposal.

On the side of the direction they were going, the mountain chief with a gray beard was leading the two of them forward.

Su Qingzhi also saw those shadows, looked around for a while, recognized the person, and couldn't help gloating: "What trouble did that kid Liu Changting get into? He even asked the head of the mountain to invite his father here."

After a pause, he said again: "...the guard next to Zhifu Liu is really mighty, Liu Changting probably can't carry it with one hand."

Hearing Su Qingzhi's words, Chu Lu couldn't help turning his head to look at him, his expression complicated for a moment.

- Guard?

As for Su Qingzhi's lack of eyesight, even if he was beaten in the back alley of the teahouse that time, he would not be wronged.

Chu Lu looked at the excited young man next to him, who seemed to be eager to join in to watch the fun, so he could not help but gently tugged at him, and reminded him in a low voice, "Let's go, it's getting late."

Su Qingzhi came back to his senses with an "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhssesses" and was full of regrets that he couldn't go to join in the fun.

Chu Lu lowered his head slightly, but frowned.

——Qin Bi?

How could he be here?

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