"Exactly, teacher, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Fan asked doubtfully.

Master Zou smiled bitterly and said, "If I had known that you were Xiao Qinyan's son, I probably wouldn't have accepted you as my disciple."

"Huh? Why is this?" Xiao Fan was surprised: "Teacher, are you also a member of the so-called Qingliu party? You also think that my father is a shameless villain who only flatters and flatters superiors and subordinates? So I think that I

As his son, I am not worthy to be your student?"

"Of course I'm not a clean slate." Master Zou said helplessly: "But what your father did is really despising me! But what you said is right. I can't deny you just because of your father. At least I can see it.

I see you are not that kind of treacherous person. The person you just mentioned is me Meng Lang."

"I also know that my father's behavior is indeed inappropriate, and I don't agree with it. I also fell out with him because of some things." Xiao Fan paused: "But as the saying goes, the son does not tell the father's fault, for my father

I will not defend what I have done. But how can those who claim to be clean and honest be better?"

"Oh? Why did Brother Zhongping say that?" Chai Zongliang couldn't help but interject, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

Xiao Fan looked at Master Zou and saw him nodding, so he continued to ask: "What kind of people do you think the Chaozhong Qingliu sect is like?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Xiao Fan continued: "I know that there are indeed many gentlemen in the Qingliu Dynasty in the court who do practical things like Mr. Ke. But most of them are just under the banner of Qingliu. On the surface, they are gentlemen, but secretly they work with the party and attack the dissidents.

The villain’s things.”

Xiao Fan could tell from Master Zou's face that he must have heard about these things.

"Teacher, do you know that a river bandit attacked a passenger ship on the Fuchun River some time ago?"

"I've heard a little bit about this, but why did you mention this?" Master Zou was a little confused.

"Because this was not done by the Jiang bandits at all, but by the so-called Qingliu people. Originally, my father was supposed to be on the boat, and they just wanted to attack and kill him. But due to various reasons, it ended up that I was on the boat, so I

He was injured and jumped into the river, but was finally rescued by Pan'er." Xiao Fan couldn't help but sigh.

"What? How dare they attack and kill the right minister of the court?" Master Zou was shocked and angry. He never expected that there would be such a person in Qingliu, but then he became confused: "Then how did you know that it was Qingliu?

Why?"

"That's because all this is my father's plan." Xiao Fan said mockingly: "Every move of the Qingliu people was within his expectation. This time, most of the Qingliu faction's dark chess in Jiangnan were uprooted by him.

, there were even people in the court who were caught by him."

"Alas," Master Zou didn't know where to start, so he had to say, "Then what do you think of the dispute between the Qingliu in the DPRK and the Houdang?"

"Whether it's Qingliu or the back party, all of them say nice things, but in fact they are just fighting against dissent for the sake of the power in their hands." Xiao Fan said firmly: "Instead of fighting to the death, it is better to do something for the people in a down-to-earth manner.

In practical terms, you should be a pure minister serving the country and the people."

"You are such a pure minister who serves the country and the people. I am indeed right about you." Master Zou laughed happily and said, "I hope you will not forget what I said today."

The next few people drank the tea ordered by Zhao Pan'er, listened to the piano music played by Zhao Pan'er, and enjoyed the scenery of the West Lake in the rain.

But the happy time is always short-lived. After saying goodbye to Master Zou, Xiao Fan took a group of people back home. Before leaving, Master Zou knew that he was busy after marriage, so he asked him to finish his work at home before going to class.

That’s it.

As soon as he got home, Xiao Fan found that Qian had been waiting for him at home for a long time.

"Fan'er, Pan'er, come here and have dinner!" As soon as Qian saw Xiao Fan and Zhao Pan'er, she called them over, and then ordered the maid waiting beside her: "Go and serve the rest of the dishes."

Come up."

"Yes!" the maid responded respectfully and went down to serve the food.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Xiao Fan saw that Qian was a little anxious today and was a little curious.

"It's okay, I just wanted to stay longer, but Wei'er got into trouble again. I'm afraid your father will punish him too harshly when he returns, so I have to go back early to watch." Qian said worriedly.

"Oh? Brother? What trouble did he get into again?"

Suzhou, Xiao Mansion.

A young man with gorgeous clothes and good appearance was playing the piano in the courtyard, with an elegant and indifferent expression. If you didn't look at his appearance and listen to the sound of the piano, he would have a somewhat immortal demeanor.

Xiao Wei's appearance is not as outstanding as that of his younger brother from the same mother. He can only be described as comely. As for his piano skills, he can only barely pass the ear.

But he is extremely conceited, because as the eldest son of the Xiao family, he is never short of flatterers around him.

No, as soon as the song was played, the servants next to him began to flatter him with all their flattering praise, as if he was the contemporary Boya.

"Stop flattering, you know, I don't like to hear this." Xiao Wei waved his hand to stop the servant's flattery: "Tell me, what news did father send?"

"My eldest son, my husband has sent someone to inform the mansion that he will be back soon." The servant reported to Xiao Wei: "The mansion is making preparations to welcome him. I wonder if you have any other instructions."

"What else do I need to give you? Just keep everything as usual. Father is just coming back from a few days away. What's the fuss?" Xiao Wei said disapprovingly.

"Yes." After the servant finished speaking, he looked hesitant and hesitant to speak.

"Just say what you have to say, what's the point of hesitating?" Xiao Wei was very angry and immediately wanted to punish him, but considering that the other party was one of the few servants who were completely loyal to him, he let it go.

"My eldest son, you should still be prepared. If my husband knows about your previous treatment of the people sent by Mr. Ke, I'm afraid he will blame you and punish you." The servant said cautiously.

"Punish me? Why should father punish me? Then Mr. Ke Zheng drove my father out of the court, and now he sent someone here, isn't it just to demonstrate and humiliate my father? What's wrong with me in driving that person away?

"Xiao Wei glared at the servant, his face full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing that Xiao Wei still didn't know where he was wrong, the servant didn't know what to say. Although he had the intention to say something more, he chose to shut up when he saw Xiao Wei's eyes that were choosing others to eat.

Tokyo, Ke Xiangfu.

"My lord, Qi Zhongcheng would like to see you."

Ke Zheng knew that Qi Mu had something to do with him. Although he didn't want to see him, he still reluctantly ordered: "Invite him to the study first. I will be there in a moment."

When Ke Zheng finished changing his clothes and came to the study, he saw Qi Mu pacing back and forth in the study, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Qi Mu heard the sound of the door opening, turned around to look, and then hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Ke, I heard that you sent someone to visit Xiao Qinyan in Suzhou?"

"Huh?" Ke Zheng stared at Qi Mu with eyes that seemed to penetrate people's hearts. It wasn't until Qi Mu felt uncomfortable being stared at that he picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "That's what happened. Didn't he play a memorial some time ago?"

Are you talking about being attacked by unknown river bandits on your way back to Tonglu Province? Moreover, the whereabouts of his legitimate second son are still unknown because of this. Isn’t it natural for me to send someone to express my condolences?”

"But, Prime Minister Ke, you are a scholar and a leader of our Qingliu," Qi Mu said eagerly: "And Xiao Qinyan is just a treacherous prime minister who flatters his superiors and subordinates and manipulates power by offering auspiciousness and bewitching officials.

After extensive construction work, he was promoted to the right prime minister. Now that he has resigned as prime minister and left the capital, it is just his own fault."

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