Waves of gentle summer wind hit Xie Ruqing's carriage. Xie Ruqing saw that the sky in the morning was as gloomy as late autumn, which made his already unhappy mood even more dull.
Xie Ruqing looked back at the landscape painting in his hand, with light smoke, gurgling water, and a quiet artistic conception. It was his favorite at first, but when he looked at it now, he still lacked interest.
The summer breeze blew the curtain decorated with jewels. Xie Ruqing's casual bead curtain was hung on the small silver hook. Then, what came into view was the rain like flying flowers dancing lightly, like an ethereal dream, and the slightest drizzle. It kept falling in front of Xie Ruqing's eyes, just like the sadness in Xie Ruqing's heart at this moment.
"Senior brother, what's wrong? I have troubles at home, and I'm worried." Chu Ci sat opposite Xie Ruqing for a long time, taking in all his senior brother's reactions, and then said.
"You insist on rushing to sit in my carriage. If you want to sit, sit down for me. It's better for you not to be in my carriage. Although the content of the alliance between the two countries has been finalized, it has not been signed yet. You ride in my carriage and tell the truth." Xie Ruqing said.
"What are you afraid of? Those disobedient guys in my post have all been dealt with. I'm sure there won't even be a hair left. And you, Da Yong, now have many praises for you, senior brother. Besides, I just killed the chicken for you. Look, who dares to come to you for your displeasure~" After Chu Ci said this, he suddenly stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, as if he was recalling the smell he had just received last night because he had dealt with thirteen troublesome guys. The smell of blood...
"Be careful with your ten thousand year ship... That's all, you won't listen to what I tell you... Anyway, you won't suffer..." Xie Ruqing always has many things to say to this junior brother, but seeing that See, Chu Ci now looked like something was going in one ear and out the other. After thinking about the large pile of unresolved matters at home, he no longer wanted to be nagging...
After all, he always persuaded Chu Ci to do things, but in the end, it was he who had the lawsuit on his head...
Chu Ci was already prepared to be "recited" by his senior brother. Unexpectedly, Xie Ruqing actually raised it high and put it down gently today. He felt confused in his heart. After thinking about it, he continued the question he asked earlier. Question smiled and said:
"Senior brother did not deny what I said just now. It seems that there is indeed something troublesome at home~"
"Well... let me think about it carefully. Senior brother has a wife, five sons and one daughter, and countless grandchildren... Who could make senior brother so distressed..."
"This is definitely not my good sister-in-law. Although my sister-in-law is a little younger, she is really smart and does things in an orderly manner. Besides, senior brother, you are not willing to worry about my sister-in-law. As for your grandson, senior brother Most of my granddaughters are still young, and no matter how hard they are, they won’t be able to tell me...
Some of my grandchildren are starting families or getting married, and I hear that most of them have good reputations...
As for my niece, she has a lively and resourceful temperament, quite similar to my temperament when I was young... She will definitely not be able to suffer losses, and she will not cause any big trouble..."
"It seems...the only ones that bother senior brother are my five good nephews..."
"Senior Brother, why don't you tell me what is bothering you? Although I have no son, I only have a daughter who I know and she doesn't know me. But no matter what I say, I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs running away. …
Besides, the authorities are obsessed with the beholder... Senior brother, if you have any troubles, please tell me. " Chu Ci analyzed it very seriously, and then came to Xie Ruqing and said in a very gossipy manner.
"You have so many ears and eyes. You should already know a lot in your heart, but you still want me to tell you..." Xie Ruqing looked at this junior brother and said lightly.
"Senior brother, you have really wronged me. No matter how powerful my ears and eyes are, they are only as powerful as those in Nanman. This is your Da Yong, senior brother. How can I make waves?" Chu Ci was exposed, but he didn't care. Annoyed, he said with a smile.
Xie Ruqing shook her head helplessly as she had done many years ago, poked Chu Ci's head, and said:
"You... you're really good at pretending to be confused..."
"That's all, let me tell you... I am indeed troubled by my five sons..."
"Oh... I really guessed it right, but... the news coming from outside, senior brother, all your five sons are the best among men... What's there to worry about... Could it be that you are finding fault with the eggs? Bar……"
"Hey...if that were really the case, I wouldn't tell you...
My eldest son, Xie Haowen, is a talented and resourceful child. He has been with me since he was a child... I have always felt most at ease with this child... But in the past few years, he has aspired to be the top civil servant. When I became the prime minister of Dayong, I realized that this kid... was so scheming that he even planned to use his wife, children, and even brothers and sisters... and put interests before love...
I tried to persuade him several times...but...I discovered it too late in the end...Now, I'm afraid that a hundred years from now, I'll leave him alone, eager for quick success...and there's a danger of overthrowing at any time..."
Chu Ci nodded and said: "This is very dangerous... That day, when I saw my eldest nephew for the first time in the court, I felt that this nephew smelled of officialdom all over his body. Although there is nothing wrong with such a temperament, Even... in this court, you can have a prosperous life...
But... the Xie family is a big family. If the head of the Xie family blindly pursues fame and wealth and neglects family ties, he will suffer a loss... Isn't it like me... If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. No wonder, senior brother, you are so frowning. No more exhibition...
However, senior brother, I don’t think you need to worry too much about your eldest son... After all, this child is just too smooth, and coupled with your teachings, he has become a man who must firmly hold power now. The person in the palm of your hand...
There is nothing that always goes smoothly in a person's life. Let's just say that your emperor looks young, but he is a person who can't get rid of the sand in his eyes... Don't worry, your boss will have to make a living in the hands of your current emperor sooner or later. It was wasted... It would be nice to wait until you really suffer and know what it means to provide help in times of need..."
"My eldest son...for now, I can only place my hope on this..."
But... that's not the only thing that makes my family worried. My second son and fourth son make me worry even more... Although they both have some talents, they are very confused when it comes to love, and they don't do enough. Courageous and indecisive...one mistakenly marries a snake or scorpion into the family, another spoils a concubine and destroys his wife...all know that they are wrong...but they all can't muster the heart to deal with the matter...In the end, they suffer the consequences of my still young grandchildren. and granddaughter..."
"Oh, no, now, it is my wife who is suffering...the second and fourth sons both want to leave their children to me and my wife to educate them, and hide away on their own...Fortunately, my wife is smart, It was handled very appropriately..."
"Senior brother's second son is a world-famous scholar, and his fourth son is also well-known in the literary world. I didn't expect that they are all so confused and cannot be reused... To put it nicely, it means that the Bodhisattva is indecisive. To put it worse, it means that he is under your wings, senior brother. I have been here for a long time, and I think that if the sky falls, you and your sister-in-law will be the ones to bear it... I have lost the courage and determination to deal with things..."
"There are five brothers... To be honest, it is the second and fourth children who have really seen the most various things in the world. One has gone out to study for many years and has witnessed the suffering of the world. The other has truly become an ordinary official and has experienced everything. , I accumulated experience everywhere, and then I was promoted and returned to Kyoto... But I didn't expect that after so many hardships, I became what I am today and my temperament... But "
"I think it's just that, senior brother, you were too soft-hearted towards them, and that's why you ended up like this...
First, your second son, he seems to be just an academy administrator, a scholar obsessed with poetry. He doesn’t understand the many twists and turns of the officialdom, nor does he understand too much about the world. He lives in seclusion in the world, focusing on the mountains and rivers.
However, the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu. In addition, he has traveled all over the world. What is the truth? He does not understand. How can he not really understand these things about how to live in the world and decide to kill? Now I am indecisive and can't be cruel. I always think that the woman can't cause any trouble, and I am a scholar, so I can't be too harsh on a woman...
It's just a bad habit of scholars... As everyone knows, in this world, there is nothing to be pitiful about a woman who can even abuse her own children...
There is also the one who spoiled his concubine and killed his wife. It was because the Xie family was behind him that they had no fear. This kind of thing could be done. This time... I remember that the one who went to jail was also the fourth son of my senior brother. …
In my opinion, arrest him, give him a good beating, and tell him what family honor and decency are. If it doesn't work, let him resign. If he resigns his official position, then cut off his family income, then you agree to let him take it with him. When that concubine goes out to live alone, take a good look at how long she can follow him honestly. As for the children, you don’t lack these grandchildren. If there is a next time and you can’t make up your mind, just There is no need to look for you, and there is no need to look for my sister-in-law to be the evil person..."
"There are also your two remaining sons. Although I am in Nanman, I still know a lot about them. For example, senior brother, your third son and the child you had with my sister-in-law..."
"It's nothing more than..."
Chu Ci's words were eloquent and rude. Most of the current appearance of the Xie family's children was because of Xie Ruqing's existence. The Xie family was like a big tree in the sky, which made them more or less inadvertent. It was caused by the idea of relying on the power of the Xie family to solve everything...
However, just as Xie Ruqing thought that Xie Haowen was taking full advantage of family ties, Chu Ci also believed that as Xie Ruqing got older, he became more and more forward-thinking in doing things, especially towards his relatives, which can be said to be indulgent in every possible way... ...Although the children of the Xie family are quite young, no matter how open-minded and tolerant Xie Ruqing is, he still cannot cultivate a bastard. However, the principle that spoiling a child is like killing a child is very applicable...
After all, nothing is immutable, let alone people who are fickle...
Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Xie Ruqing. After all, Xie Ruqing is just a person and a father. No matter how powerful he is in the court and known to all women and children in the world, in front of his children, he can only be a father... …
It is instinct for parents to love their children. It is also instinct to want the best for their children. There are very few who can provide strict education to their children from beginning to end...
If it weren't for Chu Ci, even if he had a daughter now, he would have no experience in raising children. Someone else might not be able to detect Xie Ruqing's fault in these things...
No matter how wise people are, most of them will become parents one day. How can parents feel that it is completely wrong for parents to love their children...
"Junior brother... Thank you very much for today... If it weren't for you... I'm afraid I would still be in trouble... Maybe even... maybe, in the end, I won't be able to wake up and will just blame my children for not living up to expectations... "Xie Ruqing heard Chu Ci's words word for word, and accepted what Chu Ci said humbly. Then, he was silent for a long time, and finally, he spoke gratefully...
"Why are you thanking us? Although one of us brothers is working for Dayong and the other is working for Nanman, you and I always wish each other well... not to mention... this time, I can find my daughter. It’s also thanks to you, senior brother, who manipulated it, and thanks to you, senior brother, that Chu people were stopped outside Kyoto..." Chu Ci said with a smile.
"I want to help you both publicly and privately, Mr. Yu, the people of Chu want to find your daughter, but it is because they feel that the blood of the princess of Chu is supreme and noble. Perhaps, this blood can be as good as Just like the Princess of Chu, she would lead the people of Chu to annex the world. As a minister of Dayong, she would definitely not allow such a thing to happen. How difficult it is for the people to live and work in peace and contentment now, then destroying all this would be How easy…
Yu Zi, you and I are brothers in the same sect. We are not brothers who are better than brothers. Although, Master said, there will be no end to death between you and me, but at least for now, your only bloodline... I have to find a way to help you keep it..." Xie Ruqing For some reason, looking at Chu Ci's smiling face at this moment, she didn't feel like teasing him at all. Instead, she said with emotion, how long had it been since he and Chu Ci had such a conversation without any calculation like today? Well...therefore,
"...Senior brother, we are getting old...you and I can no longer travel around the world to promote Master's thoughts...but...you and I are just like the one who came back from the study tour that year and stayed at Mr. Zhai's house. Just what I thought about at night...
After all... the power to decide the fate of the people is in our hands..." Chu Ci heard the meaning of Xie Ruqing's words. At that moment, he didn't know what to say other than being grateful. He was silent for a long time and then Said this...
"Yes... we have gained so much... some things... maybe we are destined to lose..."
