He seemed to be talking about someone else's business, but the meaning behind his words made people feel chilly.
"My father felt that there were too many silverfish in the clan. If he wanted to make the family strong, he had to clear it out first. He thought that his grandfather was supporting him, but he forgot that how could those silverfish survive without nourishment. After the defeat, my grandfather wanted to appease the uncles in the clan. Pushed father out."
This push would kill him.
Tang Ning was shocked when she heard this, and couldn't help but said angrily: "How could he do this?"
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes coldly: "Why not? Driven by interests, everyone is an ant. My grandfather has been aloof for a long time, and he cannot tolerate anyone provoking authority."
"He is not a very capable person. He can't suppress those clansmen who have dissident intentions. He originally wanted to use my father to fight with others and hurt both sides, but he didn't want to end up almost shaking his own position. In order to protect himself, he naturally I can only sacrifice a son I don’t like very much.”
Tang Ning felt chills in his bones when he heard this, not only because of the indifference and callousness of the grandfather in Xiao Yan's words, but also because of his statement that everyone is an ant.
She opened her mouth, wanting to ask why Xiao Yan ended up on this path since his father was not as vicious as the rumors said. He obviously had a better way and a better choice, and he would not lose to Chao Zhong. Anyone, but why would he choose to purify himself and enter the palace, becoming a eunuch and a traitor that everyone shouts about?
What about the so-called patricide of his father and brother?
But facing his cold face, she suddenly didn't dare to ask.
She was afraid of poking his scars and afraid that the truth would be embarrassing.
Tang Ning quickly changed her voice and whispered: "I think what brother said is wrong. Although interests are important, there are always things that are more important than interests in this world."
"Have it?"
"Of course!" Tang Ning said decisively, "No matter what happens in the future, I will never sacrifice the people I care about."
Xiao Yan turned to look at her: "The person you care about?"
Tang Ning nodded heavily: "I care about my brother, my aunt, and Aru, Huawu, sister Ayue, sister Qin..."
At first he was smiling slightly, feeling that the words "I care about brother" made his heart collapse, but as more and more people came out of her mouth.
The collapsed heart seemed to have been poured into mud, and it was so hard that his face was dark. When he glanced at it, his eyes drooped, and he suddenly reached out and took away the cup in Tang Ning's hand.
"So many people want you to care, you are so generous."
Tang Ning: "...Brother?"
What is he saying?
Seeing her looking at him blankly, Xiao Yan felt a breath holding in his heart and panicked. He banged the cup on the table, turned around and said, "It's getting late, you should go back."
Tang Ning: "??"
Xiao Yan said outside: "Come here, take the girl back."
Tang Ning: "..."
Seeing Jinyun come in, she was filled with doubts.
Aren't they having a heart-to-heart talk?
Why did my brother suddenly get angry and chase me away...
…
When they came out of Hexi Hall, Jinyun held an umbrella to see Tang Ning off. When they arrived in front of Tang Mansion, Hua Wu, who had received the news, was already waiting there.
After handing the person into Hua Wu's hands safely, Jinyun said to Tang Ning:
"The governor asked me to tell the girl that the case of the Song family will be decided in the next two days. Song Hong and Mrs. Song, as well as the third room of the Song family, Song Qin, are exiled to Huangfu. Song Shulan and the brother and sister from the third room of the Song family were repaired by Song Jin. The credit for reporting corruption in the Lu family has been preserved."
"The Song family's property was confiscated except for the belongings of their second wife. The Song clan paid a large sum of money to expel Song Hong's lineage from the Song family."
"The governor said that the girl has no intention of getting involved with the Song family anymore. In the past two days, we will find someone to move the coffins of your parents to the Song family's ancestral tomb. You can decide whether to move the tomb to another place or move it back to the Rong family."
After saying that, Jinyun paused.
"And what's your last name? It depends on whether you are the wife of Sui Rong or something."
Tang Ning was still thinking about Xiao Yan's sudden anger, but she came back to reality after hearing Jin Yun's words: "Brother asked you to do it?"
Jinyun nodded: "Of course it's the governor."
Tangning felt relieved. She thought she had done something wrong to offend her brother. After she relaxed, she saw that Jinyun was still waiting for her reply.
She thought for a while and then said: "My grandfather is the only one left in the Rong family. When he died, he didn't want to work hard and just found a place outside the city. There is no need for Aniang and the others to move there. I want to be on the mountain behind the academy." Leave a separate forbidden area separated from the academy, bury A Niang and the others there, and later move my grandfather’s tomb there as well.”
The Rong family members are dying, but the academy is still very popular. As long as the academy continues, there will be many people paying homage to them. I think my grandfather will be happy to come.
"As for me, I just want to go to Song."
She called Tang Ning from now on.
Jinyun nodded: "Okay, then when you choose the place, ask Hang Li to come and tell me, and I will take someone with you to move the grave of the Song family."
Seeing Jinyun bowing and retreating, Tang Ning quickly called him: "Commander Jin."
"Girl, do you have any other instructions?"
"Brother's waist injury hasn't healed yet. He had another hard time today. When you go back, check on his injury. If the wound opens again, be sure to reapply the medicine. I saw him earlier as if he had been caught in the rain. You remember to ask the kitchen to make some ginger soup for my brother to dispel the cold, so that he will not catch a cold."
Tang Ning remembered the bloody look on Xiao Yan's waist earlier and couldn't help but say a few more words.
"Brother has a strong temper and never shows his timidity to others. The wound on his waist keeps getting better over and over again. You should keep an eye on brother more and don't ask him to keep struggling. If the wound doesn't heal, you must go find him. Sister Qin, also, it’s getting so late today, please let me rest early so that I don’t get too tired, because I won’t be able to finish all the things in the court.”
Jinyun listened to the little girl's nagging instructions with concern in his words. When he mentioned the injury on Xiao Yan's waist, his almond-shaped eyes were filled with distress. He deliberately sighed softly: "The governor has a cold temperament, how can my subordinates control him? If you talk too much, I'm afraid you'll be punished."
Seeing Tang Ning frown, he said:
"But the governor is willing to listen to what the girl has to say. He treats you differently."
Tang Ning thought of Xiao Yan's indulgence towards her, pursed her lips and said, "Then if there is anything wrong with him, come and tell me."
Jinyun lowered his head: "Okay."
Tangning was helped into the mansion by Hua Wu. When Jinyun raised his head, his expression was full of smiles. She originally thought that the governor was wishful thinking, but the girl's care and indulgence towards the governor might not even be noticed by herself.
The governor was injured on the waist, but she knew that her injury was "not healed", which was not the case for ordinary siblings.
Jinyun turned around and went back to the governor's mansion next door. When he went all the way to Hexi Hall, he saw his governor sitting coldly in front of the case, turning over the files in his hands.
His face was indifferent and his eyebrows were still the same, but the resentment on his body could float away from him eight hundred miles away.
Seeing him coming back, Xiao Yan only glanced at him briefly: "Sent him back?"
Jinyun said: "Send it back."
Xiao Yan shook the file in his hand and said, "What can I say?"
"I have already told the girl everything the governor has told me."
Seeing that Jinyun didn't say anything after finishing speaking, Xiao Yan was even more worried. That little heartless guy didn't say thank you to him, and didn't care why he was angry?
The cold white fingers turned the pages of the file a little harder, and the evil spirit almost filled the air.
Jinyun saw that the file was about to become the soul of his own governor, and then he suppressed laughter and coughed: "Oh, by the way, I forgot, the girl just gave instructions that the injury on the governor's waist has not healed, I asked my subordinates to give you medicine for your health, and also asked me to ask the kitchen to make you some ginger soup to prevent you from getting wet in the rain and cold."
"The girl said that the governor has a strong temper. She was afraid that you would endure the pain and not tell her, and she was also worried that your wound would open again if you messed around. She told her subordinates to go find her if you really felt unwell."
Xiao Yan's endless resentment stopped and he suddenly raised his head: "Did she say that?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he faced Jinyun's suppressed smile. His eager joy suddenly turned to embarrassment. Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Are you tired of living?"
The file in his hand was about to fly out, Jinyun said seriously: "I don't dare, but the governor is feeling unwell now?"
Xiao Yan: "..."
As soon as he raised his hand, the file hit Jinyun with a "swish" sound.
Jinyun quickly dodged and retreated out of the door. He smiled while holding the door panel and said inwards: "It's late at night. Lord, please go to bed early. If you feel unwell at night, don't hold on, lest the girl worry..."
"boom!"
An inkstone flew directly over the threshold and fell outside the door, dying with eyes closed.
After Jinyun narrowly avoided it, he didn't dare to tease him anymore, so he quickly turned around and ran away.
Xiao Yan's white jade-like face in the room was tense, and when his sword eyes were angry, his ears were burned red by the candlelight in the room. Under the flickering light and shadow, his neck hidden in his collar was also vaguely dyed red.
