Chapter 83 Xiao Clan’s Past

Chapter 83 Xiao Clan’s Past

Chapter 83 Xiao Clan’s Past

As soon as Xiao Xia returned to the Warrior Academy, he saw Xiao Zhurong squatting at the door.

"Ya Lang, what are you doing squatting here?"

Xiao Zhurong stood up and said, "Of course I'm waiting for you. The master of the family is looking for you!"

"I'm going to the dormitory to copy some things first!"

Xiao Zhurong shook his head. "I was afraid that you would enter the Warrior Academy and make mistakes that you shouldn't have made, so I squatted at the door."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Xia frowned.

Xiao Zhurong glared at him, "Li Zhen is talking nonsense everywhere, is he making it up?"

Xiao Xia was immediately furious, "Where is Li Zhen?"

"He has been dismissed by the master of the family, and the master is also very angry. Why can't you restrain yourself?"

Xiao Zhurong sighed, "You all have the surname Xiao! If this gets out, it will be a bad reputation."

Xiao Xia put her arm around his shoulders and whispered, "First, I want to tell you a secret. Actually, my last name is not Xiao, but my mother's. Second, I was tricked by that woman and almost got into trouble!"

"what?"

Xiao Zhurong was shocked and asked, "Aren't you a member of the Xiao family?"

Xiao Xia smiled and said, "I am Xiao Moke's grandson, but this is a huge secret, you must not tell anyone."

Xiao Zhurong nodded, "I know, I won't say anything nonsense. You just said that you were tricked by that woman?"

Xiao Xia was a little annoyed and said, "You couldn't resist it even if it was you, but it wasn't serious, it was just a kiss, and Li Zhen happened to see it, so why did he say that?"

"You said you were all naked!"

Xiao Xia was furious, "Damn it! I'm going to kill this bastard!"

"Hey! Go see the master first! He's waiting for you."

The two walked quickly towards the main house...
Ever since Xiao Hu's death, the head of the family, Xiao Cong, has been in a very depressed mood and has stayed indoors all the time. It is the third son Xiao Yu and the fourth son Xiao Gui who are the ones running around to the outside world.

In the study, Xiao Cong smiled slightly and said, "What Li Zhen said may not be true!"

Xiao Xia said helplessly: "That bastard deliberately exaggerated. In fact, it was just a kiss, and there was no other action. Xiao Mannu knew that I didn't believe Xiao."

Xiao Cong nodded, "Her father knows. I told her father that since they have different surnames, it doesn't really matter. Do you like her?"

Xiao Xia quickly shook her head. "That woman is as vicious as a snake. I try to avoid her. I just wasn't prepared and she almost succeeded. Fortunately, Li Zhen saw me in time, otherwise I would have been in big trouble."

Xiao Cong stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, then slowly said, "There are things I haven't had time to tell you, and you don't know about them yet. If I told you earlier, you would be on guard."

"Excuse me, Master, what can you tell me?"

Xiao Cong sneered and said, "After the Han king's ship let us go, it turned around and went directly to the Jiangning Xiao family. Xiao Hong not only presented all 38 treasures kept by the Jiangning Xiao family to the Han king, but also clung to the Han king's thigh and was appointed as the military officer of the Han king's palace. This was originally Xiao Hu's position. Then, Xiao Mannu suddenly brought people to Jiangdu. What do you think her real purpose is?"

"She wants to get the formula of Dragon Tiger Pill from me!" Xiao Cong shook his head. "You don't know Xiao Hong and his daughter at all. They are people who will do anything to achieve their goals. When the Xiao family of Jinling won the Three Xiaos Fighting Competition, Xiao Hong actually gave Xiao Lin a highly imitated copy of the Qi and Liang family tree. Xiao Lin saw through it and rushed to Jiangning to ask him for it. Only then did he give Xiao Lin the real thing. He doesn't even have the most basic credibility.

Do you think Xiao Hong would let his daughter sacrifice herself to you in exchange for a formula that he didn't even know existed? This is not the principle of Xiao Hong and his daughter. They would never do anything that would put them at a disadvantage. "

Xiao Xia nodded, "This is also what I find strange. I thought this woman was born fickle and seduced people everywhere."

"She used to have a bad reputation, but not this time. Xiao Mannu is already engaged. Her future husband's family is the Jiangning Wang family, the Wang family that 'the king and the horse share the world'. If there is no special mission, she will never use her beauty easily."

Xiao Xia gradually understood, "Master, it's because of King Han!"

Xiao Cong sighed, "You made the King of Han suffer a great loss at the Jiangnan Canal. How could he swallow this anger? He must have wanted to deal with you. He just happened to borrow the Jiangning Xiao family's hand. Any formula is just an excuse. He used the beauty trap to capture you. You just followed her to Jiangning obediently. The King of Han had you in his hand without any effort."

Xiao Xia felt a little scared, Xiao Mannu almost succeeded.

He bowed and saluted, "Thank you for the timely reminder, Patriarch!"

Xiao Cong smiled and said, "As soon as Li Zhen said that, I understood. In the past month, I have also seen through many things. You may not know that when I was young, I was the emperor for two years, the last emperor of Xiliang. Later, I surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. The emperor named me Shangzhuguo and Duke of Ju. Later, the King of Jin committed a crime and was demoted, and I was also demoted to a commoner."

Xiao Xia was really shocked. It turned out that the head of the family, Xiao Cong, was the last emperor of Western Liang. He was so low-key that no one could tell. It seemed that in history, Xiao Cong was the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, which should have happened during the Daye period.

No wonder the head of the family lost the Three Xiaos Fight and refused to see the emperor. He was the last emperor of Western Liang, so it was understandable. Wasn't Chen Shubao killed by Yang Jian before his death?
Xiao Xia asked puzzledly: "Then why wasn't the head of the family placed under house arrest and surveillance in Chang'an like Chen Shubao?"

"That's a good question. I surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, but Chen Shubao was captured. The two are different, and the treatment is also different. Moreover, Xiao Hu lived in Chang'an for a long time. He was actually a hostage. He was released back to Jiangdu because of the King of Han."

Xiao Cong sighed, "Over the years, our Xiao family has lived in Jiangdu with our tail between our legs, keeping a low profile as much as possible. Only Xiao Hu was unwilling to accept his fate and moved around the court, finally clinging to the King of Han. I guess he was released back to Jiangdu with the mission of monitoring me.

Last time, the Xiao family warriors were shot dead at the dock, I thought it was the emperor's doing, to kill me, so I used the excuse of transferring treasures to hide in Jinling, but I was intercepted by the King of Han on the way, which scared me. Fortunately, you saved my life."

"Xiao Hu's murder is not that simple!"

Xiao Cong nodded, "Xiao Hu is the real eldest son of the Xiliang royal family, and I am the illegitimate eldest son. This is why Xiao Hu is a hostage. Do you understand?"

Xiao Xia said after a while: "But... you are the last emperor of Xiliang!"

"That was to protect the bloodline of the legitimate son. It was already the fifth year of Kaihuang, and the Western Liang Dynasty was doomed. That's why my father allowed me, the eldest son of a concubine, to ascend the throne. But just two years later, the Western Liang Dynasty was destroyed.

But the Sui Emperor did not kill me, and even made me a duke. This made Xiao Hu very disappointed, and he kept blaming me for taking his throne. "

"That's why the patriarch is so accommodating to Xiao Hu, but his character is not good. So what if he is the legitimate son?"

Xiao Cong said calmly: "His bloodline has nothing to do with his character. The Jiangnan Dynasty attaches great importance to bloodline. Among the four of us brothers, only Xiao Hu is the legitimate son. The other three are illegitimate sons. They all tried to protect him, but they still failed."

Xiao Xia suddenly frowned, "That's not right! Xiao Hu had even gone to the ship to meet the King of Han before, why didn't he kill him then?"

"I guess the King of Han originally wanted to kill us all, take away our treasures, and then frame the Jiang thief. Chang Sun Sheng must have been instructed by the emperor to kill Xiao Hu, to get rid of the Xiao family's legitimate son before he came to Jiangdu. Otherwise, how could Chang Sun Sheng, a dignified Shangzhuguo, become the King of Han's lackey?"

"Will the head of the family be murdered by the King of Han again?"

Xiao Cong smiled and said, "I received a letter from the princess yesterday. She has guaranteed me that I will be fine. But you must be careful. Your father will soon be restored to the throne. They will not accept this and will definitely make a final struggle. The struggle at this time is the most dangerous."

Xiao Xia nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)