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Chapter 576 Recalling the event

Mr. Xiao has been going to bed very late every day in recent days. At this moment, an old man always thinks about many things. Even if he is lying in bed, it is difficult to close his eyes.

In order to facilitate the work, the Taishi had not only prepared a large collection of books in the study, but also in his bedroom, but also prepared a lot of documents. Naturally, not anyone can watch the contents of these documents.

The night was dark, and the Taishi sat by the desk, wearing clothes, wearing an oil lamp, holding a wolf's hair, and writing something on the paper.

His body was obviously not very good. He coughed twice from time to time, and sometimes he coughed, and his face turned red.

There was a knock on the door outside, and only a gentle voice was heard saying, "Grandpa, haven't you rested yet?"

A sharp light flashed through the Taishi's eyes, but the light quickly disappeared, and his eyes showed a complex look. Looking at the knocked door, he thought something, but there was no answer for a moment.

"Grandpa... have you rested?" The soft voice outside the door rang again, "Lingzhi has made ginseng soup for you..."

Master Xiao finally sighed lightly, got up, went over and opened the door, looked at the beautiful woman in front of the door with kindness, and said warmly: "It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"

"Grandpa, haven't you rested?" Xiao Lingzhi, who was standing outside the door, was naturally a beautiful and refined Xiao Lingzhi, wearing a milky white outer jacket, a jade-colored silk shirt inside, a water-colored gauze skirt, holding a porcelain jar in his left hand, and a jade bowl in his right hand, with a beautiful smile on his face: "You are so old, you should stay up late at night, you have never been in good health... This is the ginseng soup that Lingzhi just made. You should take a sip to replenish your body. Staying up late at night can make some ginseng soup refreshing!"

Master Xiao smiled kindly and entered the house. Xiao Lingzhi poured half a bowl of ginseng soup into a jade bowl, put a jade spoon, and then gave it to Master Xiao.

Master Xiao took the jade bowl and drank half a bowl of ginseng soup. Xiao Lingzhi took the jade bowl and wanted to pour some more for Master Xiao. Master Xiao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, when people are old, you can't be too greedy for anything. The little bowl just now has made me feel much more comfortable. If I drink it again, I will be so full of panic..."

Xiao Lingzhi smiled, packed up the bowl and spoon, picked up the porcelain jar, and said, "Grandpa, then you should rest early. It's midnight, don't stay up too late!" After that, he bowed and wanted to leave.

Master Xiao had already said, "Lingzhi, wait a moment!"

Xiao Lingzhi turned around and asked, "Does grandpa have any other instructions?"

"Um..." Grand Master Xiao pondered for a moment before smiling gently: "Come here to sit down. Grandpa has a few words to say to you!"

Xiao Lingzhi hesitated for a moment, and finally went forward, stood next to the desk, but did not sit down.

"Sit down!" Master Xiao said softly.

Xiao Lingzhi sat down.

"Lingzhi, you are already twenty years old this year, right?" Master Xiao stared at Xiao Lingzhi, stroked his gray beard and asked warmly.

Xiao Lingzhi nodded gently: "Three months left!"

"Time is like water..." Grand Master Xiao sighed: "In this flash, seven years have passed, and you have also grown from a little girl to a beautiful girl!" He stared at Xiao Lingzhi and asked with a smile: "Lingzhi, do you still remember the first time we met?"

Xiao Lingzhi nodded and said, "Lingzhi will never forget this life. If grandpa had not saved Lingzhi back then, Lingzhi would have been no longer alive today!"

Master Xiao waved his hand and sighed, "It's not like that." He leaned on the chair, with a hint of thought on his face, and said softly, "I remember, when I first met you, it rained heavily that day!"

"Yeah!" Xiao Lingzhi nodded, and a strange look flashed in her eyes, but she didn't know why Master Xiao brought up the old story tonight.

"That year was the 80th birthday of the old lady!" Master Xiao smiled at the corner of his mouth: "He is a long life, so my son naturally wants to go back to celebrate her birthday. The old lady has lived in her hometown in Qingpu and rarely leaves there. Even if we all went to Beijing, she still had to live in her hometown and refused to go to Beijing. Now that I think about it, the old lady is in love...!"

Qingpu County is a county government under Kuaiji County, and the Xiao family also originated there, so in the hearts of the Xiao clan, their roots are based in Qingpu County, Kuaiji County.

Xiao Lingzhi just looked at Master Xiao quietly, and for a moment she couldn't figure out why Master Xiao wanted to recall the past tonight, so she didn't say anything.

"That day, heavy rain was pouring. In order to return to my hometown earlier, I rushed back to my hometown to pay homage to the old lady, but I kept going back to my hometown in the rain!" Master Xiao said slowly: "I still remember that when the convoy was about to enter Qingpu County, someone found you on the roadside. At that time, you were just a little girl. For some reason, you fell on the roadside, your clothes were soaked and you were unconscious... When I saw you, you only breathed one breath...!"

Xiao Lingzhi looked sad, lowered her head and said softly: "If it weren't for grandpa's intake that day, Lingzhi would have only become a lonely ghost on the roadside!"

Master Xiao smiled slightly and continued, "I have asked someone to bring you back to the city and hire a doctor... Finally, it was a pitiful person, and I hug you to save your life..." He looked gentle and had a kind face: "Later, when he dressed up, he was a very iconic little girl. At that time, the old lady was in a good mood and liked you very much, so I asked you to worship me as my grandfather. In a flash, it has been seven years... Over the years, you have helped me a lot in public and private life. In my heart, I really regard you as my granddaughter...!"

Xiao Lingzhi hurriedly got up and knelt down at Master Xiao, "Lingzhi cannot repay her great kindness in this life!"

"Get up quickly." Master Xiao hurriedly said, "What are you doing?" He actually got up from the chair, stepped forward quickly, helped Xiao Lingzhi up, and sighed, "Lingzhi, I know your concern for me over the years. Look at the only one who can take me to heart with you. None of my descendants can match you in filial piety... I am not yet old and my eyes are dizzy, and these things are clear!"

Xiao Lingzhi shook her head and said, "Compared to grandpa's life-saving grace, what Lingzhi did was all her duty..."

Master Xiao nodded slightly, returned to the chair and sat down with a trembling tremblingly, and said warmly: "Lingzhi, you have been sleeping very late every night for a while, and you have lost a lot of weight... Is there anything difficult in your heart? If there is something difficult, even if you tell grandpa, although grandpa is old and weak, some things can still help you!"

"No...no..." Xiao Lingzhi lowered her head.

Even a fool could tell that the girl must have a big heart in her heart.

Master Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying softly: "It's late at night, you go back and rest first. Think about everything more easily, you can't hurt your body... Remember grandpa's words, there is no hurdle in the world that cannot be overcome. Grandpa has encountered countless storms in his life, but he still comes one by one...!"

Xiao Lingzhi nodded and looked up at the kind old man, "Grandpa, Lingzhi understands. You... rest early!"

Master Xiao smiled gently, raised his hand, waved it gently, and signaled Xiao Lingzhi to go down and rest.

Xiao Lingzhi picked up the porcelain jar, bowl and spoon, and walked to the door. Master Xiao suddenly said, "Children, some fate is destined by God and cannot be forced. It should be yours, and it cannot be run away, it is not yours... don't worry too much!"

Xiao Lingzhi's delicate body shook slightly, turned around, and gave a gift, then she retreated.

Master Xiao looked at Xiao Lingzhi leaving, shook his head, sighed, his eyes filled with complex expressions.

He was silent for a while, then pulled up the clothes he was wearing, lifted up his wolf hair, and started writing again. After a short while, he finally put down his pen, picked up the paper full of handwriting and looked at it, took an envelope from the side, and put it in.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door again.

He was walking in a hurry, and soon, the door that was brought by Xiao Lingzhi was pushed open. Xiao Huaijin, the Minister of Works, rushed into the room in a hurry. He looked gloomy, clenched his fists with both hands, looked left and right after entering the room, and saw Master Xiao sitting by the desk, and immediately walked over to this side.

Master Xiao frowned and said lightly: "Why are you so panicked? I have been teaching you to calm down when encountering things. How many years have you not made any progress?"

Xiao Huaijin came forward with breath, "Dad, I've entered the palace... I've entered the palace..."

He was not clear about what he said. Master Xiao frowned and looked at him, "I'll talk after I breathe, this day... I can't fall!"

Xiao Huaijin was calm and lowered his voice, "Dad, I followed your order and ordered people to monitor the movements of the two brothers of the Han family. Tonight, the Xihe Prince of Qing Kingdom went to Han Xuandao's mansion and left in the middle of the night. After the Xihe Prince left, Han Xuandao entered the palace late at night...!"

Master Xiao looked calm and sat on a chair, like a mountain, stroked his beard and said, "Did you send someone to guard outside the palace? Han Xuan said whether he had left the palace?"

"No!" Xiao Huaijin said: "I went in for half an hour and didn't see you. Then I must have really entered the palace and met the priest. If the priest stopped and didn't see you, Han Xuandao would have come out long ago!"

Master Xiao narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashed, and he pondered for a moment before he said lightly: "Someone reported that before Prince Xihe came to the palace to meet the emperor today, several people came from Qing State, including a member of the official affairs clerk... In other words, Qing State must have had an order...!"

Xiao Huaijin hurriedly asked, "Dad, do you know what decree has come from Qingguo?"

At this time, Master Xiao had long lost his previous kindness and gentle expression, replaced by a cold expression, and a hint of cold light flashed in his eyes: "I did not read it in person, so I didn't know the content of the will. However, after Mr. Qingyuan left the palace, he told me that after Prince Xihe entered the palace, he looked very bad and was quite unconstrained. In my opinion, it must be caused by the will. Prince Xihe was from Shang Zhongli, and he was determined to unite with my Dayan. If he could make him so unconstrained, it might be a fire in the backyard...!"

"The fire broke out in the backyard?" Xiao Huaijin didn't understand yet.

Master Xiao sneered: "The Hou Party of Qing Kingdom is very powerful. This decree was probably issued according to the Hou Party's wishes..."

Xiao Huaijin frowned and said, "Dad, what will the Houdang mean?"

Master Xiao looked at Xiao Huaijin coldly. Although this son is now considered a high-ranking and powerful, he has never been considered a powerful figure. In other words, this eldest son always finds it difficult to see some major situations clearly.

Thinking about the younger son who was far away from the border, and looking at the eldest son in front of him, Master Xiao always felt helpless.

"The rear party... has been blocking the alliance between Qingguo and our Dayan!" Grand Master Xiao could only explain: "If I was not wrong, Qingguo's will be recalled to the Qingguo mission!"

Xiao Huaijin was stunned and then showed an incredible look, "This... how is this possible? Is the Qing Kingdom's rear party crazy?"

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