Big man

Before Xiao Fan entered the ward to visit the old man, he saw Xiao Zhan in the lounge first.

Minister Xiao is a dutiful son, well-known among the children of wealthy families.

In the most difficult years, how many fathers and sons turned against each other, brothers became enemies, and criticized each other, but Xiao Zhan never went anywhere, always accompanied his old father, and withstood countless punches for his old father with his young body.

The old man suddenly fainted and was hospitalized. Xiao Zhan was anxious and accompanied him in the hospital himself.

Xiao Fan was still wearing cloth clothes and shoes, walking quietly, hardly making any sound.Based on this point, the head of the old man's guard once asserted that Xiao Fan's martial arts is not weak.

Few people believed this.

In fact, Xiao Fan looked too weak, he was almost synonymous with a white-faced scholar, and his face was always pale.

"dad."

Seeing Xiao Zhan sitting on the sofa in the lounge, Xiao Fan stopped, smiled and yelled, and walked into the lounge.

Xiao Zhan's face was full of tiredness, he almost leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes and rested his mind, suddenly heard Xiao Fan's voice, sat up straight almost like a conditioned reflex, and instantly became extremely majestic.

Among the second-generation descendants of the Jingshi family, Xiao Zhan is the one who pays great attention to official authority and style.As the standard-bearer of the second generation of the family, Xiao Zhan must stand up.In this aspect, Xiao Zhan is exactly like his father.

"coming."

Xiao Zhan said something lightly.

Even though the two sons did not fight for him, Xiao Zhan's attitude towards Brother Xiao Fan and Xiao Tian was quite different, basically he never spoke harshly in front of Xiao Fan.Xiao Fan is always so calm, no matter whether he criticizes or advises his elders, he just listens with a smile and never contradicts.This kind of lukewarm attitude made the elders helpless.

Besides, Xiao Fan is only obsessed with those eccentric religious classics, he almost never hangs out with dudes, he is always courteous to his elders, gentle and friendly to his peers, purely in terms of personal integrity, he is really impeccable.

In fact, as far as the children of the aristocratic family are concerned, Xiao Fan's "rebellion" is the most thorough. Once he enters the "Buddhist School", it is tantamount to cutting off his career path completely, and bid farewell to the Tongtian Dao that carried forward the family forever.Today is no better than in ancient times, the emperor can become a monk.

On the other hand, Xiao Tian, ​​nonsense is nonsense, as long as one day he corrects his evil ways and is willing to enter the official career, he will still have the opportunity to make great strides and become a member of the Taiwan Pavilion.

After all, everyone has a time when they are young, and being young and frivolous can be forgiven.

Strictly speaking, the circle of dandyism is actually closely attached to the circle of wealthy and aristocratic families. Without the high position and power of the father's generation, how can the dandyism be so prominent and arrogant?

The closest to the officialdom circle is the dandy circle. In many cases, the dandy circle acts as a bridge, closely connecting the wealthy circle, the upstart circle, and other circles with the wealthy family circle to communicate with each other.

But in the eyes of the elders, Xiao Tian is naturally a "mud" who can't support the wall, and his treatment is far worse than that of Xiao Fan who is obsessed with religion.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I went on a business trip some time ago, and I just returned to the capital the day before yesterday... Is Grandpa's illness all right?"

Xiao Fan walked over slowly, sat down in the chair next to his father, said casually, raised his head to look at his father, was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Just now, with his back to the sun, Xiao Zhan sat under the window sill, unable to see clearly.Now Xiao Fan could see it clearly, his father's seal had a dense black mass, exuding an unspeakable hostility, his nose was flushed, and blood was faintly visible.

This is a bad omen.

Xiao Fan had seen his father more than a month ago, and there was no such ominous manifestation at that time.

"Well, are you on a business trip? Grandpa's illness is hard to tell now. The doctor's preliminary diagnosis was a stroke. He was sent to the hospital yesterday, and the condition has not yet been fully investigated."

Xiao Zhan never noticed his son's gaffe.

Xiao Zhan is not a senior leader known for his shrewdness. His prestige comes more from his impartiality and integrity, as well as his strong charisma.

For a first-class wealthy family like the Xiao family, the old man is still alive and has extremely strong political resources in his hands. There must be a large group of high-ranking officials gathered around him, and they have faintly formed a circle with the same political philosophy, and then radiate out from it. It affects more fields, which are the so-called "political factions" in the mouths of those political observers.

Several other wealthy families in the capital who are not on par with the Xiao family have the same situation, each with its own faction power.

These factions have played a pivotal role in previous high-level political games.

As the only male of the second generation of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan's status in the entire faction is self-evident.The old man is old and doesn't care about common affairs. The daily affairs of the big faction are all taken care of by Xiao Zhan.On the one hand, he is busy with official duties, on the other hand is complicated family affairs, and on the other hand he has to keep an eye on the trend of the political situation. Xiao Zhan always feels that he does not have enough energy, so he does not pay too much attention to the changes in his son's expression.

Xiao Zhan didn't care much about Xiao Fan's business trip.

What's the matter with the Religious Affairs Bureau's business trip?

Unless it is related to religious leaders in several sensitive directions such as the plateau, Tianshan, and grasslands, it will attract the attention of high-level officials.

Xiao Fan has no intention of caring about his grandfather's condition for the time being, he has to figure out the shocking changes that happened to his father first.It's unbelievable that a high-ranking official like Xiao Zhan, a core figure of the second generation of wealthy family, would show signs of blood.

Xiao Fan has never discussed it with his father. The "Wuji Nine Phases" that he practiced is actually not a Taoist school in the traditional sense, but an ancient inheritance that is contemporary with the Zhouyi.

Inheritance of the Wuji Gate, medical divination, astrology, geomantic omen, formation and talismans, and other techniques are all available, and it also includes extremely profound internal energy training techniques.But the foundation of all of this lies in the word "phase".

A person who is a relative is not only a person, but also a name, a family, a tomb, all things, the universe, the heaven and the earth, and good fortune.

When Xiao Fan was very young, he secretly followed his master to study "The Nine Phases of the Promise". After more than 20 years of intensive study, he has reached a very high level in the field of "phase".

But how can these things be mentioned in the most orthodox red family like the old Xiao family?I'm afraid that if Xiao Fan opens his mouth, he will be scolded bloody by his father, and even imprisoned by the enraged Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan is the most staunch atheist.

Since ancient times, medicine does not heal itself, and mutual understanding does not exist.

Physiographers generally don't look at themselves, let alone deduce their fortunes.From this extension, I don't give fortune-telling to the people closest to me.On the one hand, if you care about it, you will be chaotic, and you cannot perform magic deduction from an objective and fair standpoint.On the other hand, it is unpredictable.

Whether it is fortune-telling or fortune-telling, there is a danger of leaking secrets.

If the auspicious person is self-awareness, or deduces the number for the closest person, he must spy on the secret.It is human nature to seek good luck and avoid evil. In this way, the fortune teller is fighting against the secrets. The stronger the fortune teller is, the more powerful the secrets will be.The further you go, the more unpredictable the secrets will be.

However, Xiao Fan could never ignore such an obvious ominous omen on his father's body.

"Dad, have you encountered any unpleasant things at work during this time?"

Xiao Fan asked casually.

Just now, the fingers of his right hand moved slightly, and he already made a hexagram.The hexagrams showed that the ominous omen on Xiao Zhan's face seemed to be related to changes in the external environment.

In front of his father, Xiao Fan didn't dare to openly use "Taihao Shenyarrow" as a hexagram.Xiao Zhan is his closest blood relative, and the power of celestial secrets is very powerful. Simple divination can only get some extremely vague information.

Xiao Zhan snorted and said, "There are so many things that go wrong at work, how many things go well?"

Xiao Zhan is too upright, too fair as an official, and offended many people at work.The other big families are not so right with the old Xiao family.Especially the old Wang family, who are almost open opponents.

Mr. Wang and Mr. Xiao are the founding fathers of equal importance, and their prestige in the country is no less than that of Mr. Xiao.What's more important is that Mr. Wang is several years younger than Mr. Xiao, and he has always been healthier than Mr. Xiao.

Although Xiao Fan didn't care much about these political matters, the situation on the surface was very clear.

In any case, he is also the most authentic direct descendant of a wealthy family.

At this stage, it goes without saying that the old man's health is an important reference indicator, or even the most important reference indicator, for a family to prosper for a long time.To put it to the extreme, whoever can have the last laugh depends on which old man can live longer.

As soon as the old man fell ill, such an obvious ominous omen appeared on Xiao Zhan's face, coupled with the vague direction of the hexagram just now, Xiao Fan almost immediately deduced that this situation might be related to the high-level game.

In fact, the so-called bad omens are completely invisible to ordinary people.Even if you are a physiognomy master, you don't have high attainments and skills, so you can't tell.The sign of blood on Xiao Zhan's face can only be observed by a powerful person like Xiao Fan.

Although it is a bad omen, according to Xiao Fan's deduction, it will not come true immediately, there should be some time.

But this is not the point.

The point is that the ominous signs have already appeared, and if there are no shocking changes in the next few months, it will be almost irreversible.In other words, this thing is bound to happen.

Not to mention a few months, even if it happens in a few years or decades, Xiao Fan absolutely finds it hard to accept that this happened to his father.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of nature, but dying and suffering misfortune are two completely different concepts.

"Dad, it seems that you have been working very hard these days. Let me rub your arms and straighten out your breath."

Xiao Fan stretched his eyebrows and said with a smile.

"it is good."

Xiao Zhan nodded in agreement.

He opposed his son engaging in "feudal superstition", but he did not object to his son learning Chinese medicine acupuncture and massage. This is the authentic national quintessence and should be carried forward.Xiao Fan did demonstrate his medical skills at home from time to time.

This point is appreciated by the elders of Xiao's family. When talking about Xiao Fan with other elders, they usually say that Xiao Fan is studying acupuncture and moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine, and rarely mention topics such as religion.

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