The former guardian envoy, now the general of the Northern Territory, had met this ancestor of the Xie family when he was young? And from what the old man meant, the two of them had a good relationship?
Chen Chao didn't know how to answer at this moment.
The old man didn't care, he just smiled and said: "Follow me into the ancestral hall to see?"
After hearing this, Chen Chao had no reaction, but the old man sitting outside the ancestral hall suddenly moved his eyelids.
Chen Chao quickly shook his head and said: "Since this is the Xie family's ancestral hall, it must be an extremely important place. How can this junior enter without permission?"
The old man smiled and said: "What's so great about it? Wasn't the Xia family's ancestral hall trampled to pieces by Ning Ping before? These ancestral tablets are more important than life for those of us named Xie, but for you, they are just
Just some broken wood."
Facing this old man, Chen Chao felt a little confused for the first time in his life. He didn't know how to deal with it. The other man didn't show any hostility, but was so kind, which made him a little at a loss.
The old man smiled and said, "You want to be my son-in-law, Mr. Xie, but you don't want to look at these broken pieces of wood?"
Chen Chao really had no choice but to refuse this time and could only say: "Then this junior will be offended."
The old man smiled and led Chen Chao to the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall was not big and the decoration was ordinary. It was just like an ordinary house. However, this was too ordinary and made people feel something wrong. After all, it was a Xie family's ancestral hall.
, there is no way it should be like this.
The old man opened the door, and Chen Chao followed him in. There was an ancestral hall, and there were only a few tablets enshrined in it, not many.
Chen Chao was a little lost.
The old man seemed to understand Chen Chao's thoughts and said to himself: "How long do you think this ancestral hall has been established? How long has the Xie family existed?"
Chen Chao suddenly understood a truth. Although the Xie family was now a behemoth in the Liang Dynasty, in the final analysis, it had only been established for more than two hundred years. In terms of background, if the Bailu Xie family was left aside, the Xie family in the divine capital was nothing.
The background can be said.
In addition, the first head of the Metabolic family lived long enough, and now he is actually only the second generation.
Such an ancestral hall was indeed somewhat beyond Chen Chao's expectations, but it was also within reason.
"I also know about the Xia family's ancestral hall. They worshiped countless ancestors. When those ancestors were still alive, the Liang Dynasty did not exist yet, so how much sense of belonging do they have to the Liang Dynasty?"
The old man smiled slowly and said: "People, living in this world, must know how to be reverent and how to stand in line, especially for people like me. If I make a wrong choice, the entire Xie family will die because of me."
Chen Chao was silent. During this meeting, the old man spoke much more than Chen Chao.
"When Your Majesty went north, my tribe advised me to make some decisions, but I didn't. Actually, it wasn't because I was far-sighted, but because I couldn't see clearly. Since you can't see clearly, you shouldn't make random choices. I understand this. Mr. Xia
The head of the family didn’t understand, so the entire Xia clan was gone.”
The old man chuckled and said, "But based on what they have done over the years, this is a matter of course."
In the words of the old man, the destruction of a wealthy family was probably as ordinary as the death of a wild dog on the roadside, not worthy of being taken seriously.
Chen Chao finally asked: "Senior, why are you telling me this?"
Chen Chao would not believe that just because of his relationship with Xie Nandu, the old man would tell him so many things.
The old man smiled and said, "Do you know how to buy a horse?"
Chen Chao nodded. This is something that the nobles in the capital have fun and entertainment. Probably every major racecourse will select their best horses, and they will compete at the racecourse every once in a while to see which horse is the fastest.
Decisive victory, while those noble people bet on horses for entertainment.
"When buying a horse, what you consider is not your vision or the horse's ability, but whether the owner who raises the horse has the ability. As for the horse itself, if it comes from a small racecourse, it is lucky to win once or twice, but
Most of the time, they are just running around."
The old man continued: "Since the founding of the country, our dynasty has followed the imperial examination system of the previous dynasty, and also abolished some methods of selecting officials. It seems that if you want to be an official, you only need to study hard, take exams well, and get good grades.
That's fine, but is this really the case? A student from a poor family, if they say it's been ten years of poverty, it really is ten years of poverty. If you want to buy a book, you may not be able to buy it. If you can't buy it, don't you have to borrow books and copy them?
But those with good family backgrounds can have whatever they want to see, and they can also invite many knowledgeable gentlemen to give careful guidance. How can students from poor families have this ability? Therefore, the word fairness has always been just a nominal term.
But it has never been implemented.”
The old man sighed with emotion: "Young people like you can reach this point only because of yourself. I'm afraid it's not the case, right?"
Chen Chao's eyes were complicated.
The old man quickly smiled and said: "The reason why I tell you so much is not because I want to express my complaints. I just want you to know a truth. No one in the world should be nice to you, and no one should be nice to you at all.
In return.”
Chen Chao said: "This junior will remember Mr. Xie's kindness in my heart."
The old man shook his head, "I don't say these words because of your words."
Chen Chao looked at the old man with some confusion.
The old man smiled and said: "No matter how much we talk, it's better to do something."
Chen Chao asked: "What do the seniors want the juniors to do?"
Chen Chao felt that he should have understood what the old man meant.
The old man shook his head again and said with a smile: "No."
Chen Chao was startled.
The old man added: "At least not for the time being."
"Jianqi Mountain forged flying swords and gave them to the sword cultivators. I didn't tell them what to do on the spot."
The old man said: "When I first met Ning Ping, I probably didn't ask him to do anything. In fact, up to now, I haven't asked him to take action even once."
Chen Chao was silent for a moment and said softly: "So this is what senior thinks."
The old man smiled and said nothing.
The old man continued: "That girl from Nandu has great ambitions, and no one of Xie's generation can compare with her, but I won't live that long, and I won't be sure of Xie's future by then.
, we can only plant the rice seedlings first.”
The old man's calmness made Chen Chao not feel uncomfortable, but felt that it should be so. If the old man had been showing kindness to others and talked about feelings with him, Chen Chao would have felt a little strange.
Somewhat uncomfortable.
The old man said: "If one day that girl wants to drag Mrs. Xie into the abyss, Mrs. Xie will have to rely on you."
Chen Chao exhaled a breath and said softly: "Senior, how can you be so sure that I won't drag Mr. Xie into the abyss with her?"
After hearing this, the old man had a different emotion in his eyes for the first time. He looked at Chen Chao as if he didn't expect him to say that.
The old man smiled and said: "Does this mean that a woman will follow her husband?"