Shock Saint!Opening Zixiao Palace to preach

Ye Chen wiped away the tears he had squeezed out by means, and the expression on his face became serious. It seemed that after the "crying" just now, the fear in his heart was finally vented, and his reason returned, showing a bit of confidence in strategizing Come.

Such a performance was completely in line with the expectations of the Patriarch of the Xiao Family, and also in line with Xiao Bing's previous report. Immediately, the Patriarch of the Xiao Family's eyes lit up, and he looked at Xiao Bing instinctively.

Chapter 801 Goodbye Xiao Tian

"God, come with me!"

The Patriarch of Xiao's eyes flickered, as if he had made a decision, he took Ye Chen straight to the depths of the ancestral mansion.

Xiao Qianling at the side instinctively wanted to keep up, but was stopped by Xiao Bing's step, and could only stand still and wait.

Under the leadership of the head of the Xiao family, Ye Chen soon saw a seemingly ordinary study room, and the study room was quiet.

When the Patriarch of the Xiao family displayed the secret and took out the token, a secret formation appeared in the study.

After crossing the formation, the two saw a secret prison.

There was a stench in the secret prison, and wailing, cursing, or begging for mercy could be heard from time to time.

Following in the footsteps of the head of the Xiao family, Ye Chen quickly walked to the deepest part of the secret prison, and heard familiar voices, which belonged to Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren.

Through the window of the gate of the secret prison, Ye Chen saw Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren in two cells respectively, both of them were being tortured.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren pleaded bitterly, but it didn't work at all. Those torturers were cruel and could make them suffer great pain, but they wouldn't cause them serious injuries directly, and they wouldn't let them have any life. Danger.

After watching for a while, Ye Chen found that Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren had already begun to reveal their past, and they did not dare to hide anything.

But the more they were like this, the more frightened the torturers were, and the more they dared not hold back any hands when they were executing the punishment.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren naturally also discovered this situation. Using their own memories to prove themselves was the only way they could think of. They could only grit their teeth and persevere, hoping to win hope.

"Tian'er, what do you think of this matter?"

The Patriarch of the Xiao Family suddenly spoke. Although they could hear the voices coming from the cell, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren couldn't hear their words, let alone see them, because of the special formation in the cell.

"They... They have been planning for a long time, and they may have already laid out... the layout from the previous generation."

Ye Chen's voice was trembling, it seemed to be fear and anger, and it seemed to be exactly the same as the real Xiao Tian's reaction, no one could find any flaws at all.

"When you were three years old, you were bullied by Ren'er, but you cried and complained to me for a long time. Thinking about it now, everything seems like another day!"

The head of the Xiao family sighed, seemingly remembering the past, but actually wanted to test Ye Chen.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren confessed more and more past memories, and many of them are secrets that outsiders cannot know.

In such a situation, even though Ye Chen had raised some points with Xiao Bing in advance, and wanted to seal Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren's hopes, it still made the head of the Xiao family doubtful.

Another point is that the Patriarch of the Xiao family has ordered people to conduct a secret investigation. Although many secret investigations have been found, and those from hostile forces have also been arrested and tortured, nothing major has been found.

"Father, what are you talking about about the past? No, I didn't cry for a long time, but I was reprimanded by you!"

Ye Chen quietly paid attention to the reaction of the Patriarch of the Xiao family, first pretending to be embarrassed, and then as if he had come to his senses, curled his lips pretending to be wronged.

"Haha...you are still like this!"

The Patriarch of the Xiao Family finally laughed out loud. He had doubts about Ye Chen at first, but Ye Chen's reaction at this moment completely dispelled his doubts.

Perhaps, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren are still confessing more memories, but their aura makes their situation more dangerous.

Ye Chen remained silent, but frowned, as if he had encountered a big problem.

"My God, what did you think of?"

The Patriarch of the Xiao family noticed the change in Ye Chen's expression, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked through voice transmission.

"I'm thinking that there are many children in the collateral line, but the direct line has always maintained a certain number. If it is not an outsider, then..."

Ye Chen didn't finish speaking, but looked at Xiao Tian and then at Xiao Ren with a solemn expression.

The patriarch of the Xiao family's expression suddenly changed. He originally only aimed at the hostile forces. After Ye Chen reminded him, he realized how serious his negligence was.

The Xiao family has inherited it for a long time, and they can even wipe out Jiandao, which is ranked 99 in the Fangshan area, at will.

However, the long history of inheritance also means that their enemies are strong, and there are many internal problems.

Over the years, although the Xiao family has tampered with the succession of the descendants of the collateral line, so that the main line of the direct line can always control the power, but those collateral lines that have been differentiated belonged to the main line of the direct line in the past!

One generation to two generations, those collaterals may still be willing, but as the years go by, as the collaterals get farther and farther away and decline, will those people really be willing?

Since they are not reconciled, wouldn't those collateral families resist?

Perhaps, Ye Chen still doesn't know many secrets of the Xiao family for the time being, but how can the patriarch of the Xiao family be in power, so how can he not know many secret records?

In the long inheritance years of the Xiao family, collateral rebellions did not happen just once or twice. Although most of them were suppressed, there are still examples of collateral rebellions succeeding!

Those successful offshoots will naturally beautify themselves, and uglify the failed direct line, and even strictly speaking, the blood of the Patriarch of the Xiao family can be regarded as the blood of the offshoot of the successful rebellion.

But as the head of the family, how could the head of the Xiao family not know the twists and turns?

"Could it be that there is really a collateral lineage that wants to rebel, and has secretly prepared for many years to replace the bloodline of the direct lineage step by step, and then complete the rebellion without bloodshed?"

The Patriarch of the Xiao family was full of thoughts, and he no longer cared about Ye Chen, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren's affairs. Instead, he wanted to immediately call a meeting of many elders of the direct line to discuss this matter.

Because he knew very well in his heart that if this matter was not handled well, it would be a disaster for the entire direct line.

Such consequences may be slightly better than the crisis faced by the entire Xiao family, but for the entire direct line, there is still no difference!

Their direct descendants must not just go down like this, let alone allow any collateral descendants with ulterior motives to succeed!

"Come out with me!"

The Patriarch of the Xiao family felt more terrified the more he thought about it, and turned around in a hurry to leave the secret prison.

Ye Chen nodded, he knew that his goal had almost been achieved, and he didn't need to say anything more at this moment.

In fact, as early as he met Xiao Qianling and discovered the incompatible relationship between the direct lineage of the Xiao family and the collateral lineage, he had a plan in mind.

Rescuing Xiao Qianling at that time happened to be the basis of their cooperation.

Of course, all of this has a lot to do with Xiao Qianling's side line not being reconciled to being squeezed out and wanting to stand up.

It's fine if the side line is suppressed, the key is that there are outstanding children in the side line, but they are still being targeted, and if they want to be used to refine them into death guards, it is not something the side line can bear.

"Xiao Qianling, what will you do next?"

Seeing that the Patriarch of the Xiao family was out of control, Ye Chen couldn't help thinking about how to deal with the relationship with Xiao Qianling next.

Chapter 802 Direct Lineage and Collateral Lineage

Returning to the meeting hall of the ancestral mansion again, the expression on the face of the Patriarch of the Xiao family has become extremely dignified. The elders belonging to the direct line rushed to him one after another, and everyone also had a dignified expression on their faces.

They have all heard the news from the Patriarch of the Xiao family, and they know how serious the matter is.

The direct line of the Xiao family is in charge of the power, and the collateral line is restrained by the direct line. The situation has hardly changed over the years.

However, whenever a new head of the Xiao family takes office, some of the original direct lineages will be divided into collateral lines, which have been accumulated from generation to generation, and some of the collateral lines must be dissatisfied.

The most important thing is, those former direct descendants who were divided into collateral descendants, didn't they really have the means to keep the direct descendants in advance?

Just like the current head of the Xiao family, he has many heirs under his knees, but in the end only one person can take over.

At that time, the other descendants who were originally direct descendants will have to be divided into collateral descendants as the superiors gradually become stronger.

Although the inheritance mastered by those people is strictly prohibited by the clan rules, who can guarantee that no one will violate the clan rules?

Even if the price of violating the clan rules is extremely high, who will care about those at the end of Shouyuan?

Especially some unwilling losers, wouldn't they think of a way to secretly use the inheritance they have mastered to cultivate power?

Perhaps, some of the secrets of the Xiao family's rebellion in the past were only known to the heads of the generations, but some secret rumors are not unknown to everyone in the Xiao family.

"Elders, Tian'er discovered a problem this time, please pay attention to it!"

I don't know what the Patriarch of the Xiao family was thinking, but when he spoke, he actually gave part of the credit to Ye Chen.

However, everyone present also knew that Ye Chen discovered Xiao Tian's problem, and because of Xiao Ren's obstruction, he discovered Xiao Ren's problem.

"These are what I should do, and please elders must pay attention to this matter, and don't let things happen in the clan that most people don't want to see."

Ye Chen hurriedly bowed respectfully to the elders, and opened his mouth to express his attitude.

After all, he is wearing Xiao Tian's face now, for the sake of the next plan, he must not reveal any flaws.

Fortunately, although there were more than a dozen elders present, none of them could understand the mystery of the Taoist mirror secret technique and see through Ye Chen's disguise.

"Tian'er is too polite!"

"Not bad, grown up!"

Ye Chen had a good attitude, and the dozen or so elders of the direct line were naturally willing to give face to the Patriarch of the Xiao family, and praised him one after another.

However, whether it is Ye Chen, the head of the Xiao family, or the dozen or so elders present, they all know very well in their hearts that what they are saying now is just a scene.

Although the dozen or so elders all belong to the direct lineage, because of their different ages, they are already several generations old.

Some of their descendants may have been divided into collateral lines that are not valued. In the past few years, they may not have any status in the collateral lines.

Although the direct lineage now binds them together with benefits, with the continuous development of the Xiao family and new people coming to power, when some of them get old, their descendants will be completely reduced to mediocrity.

Under such circumstances, it can be said that most of the elders have a little bit of suspicion.

"Elders, this matter is no small matter, I decided to thoroughly investigate the internal affairs of the family!"

The head of the Xiao family waited for a while, and only after the elders calmed down a little, did he solemnly explain his decision.

There are collateral branches of the Xiao family who want to rebel, no matter what, they cannot tolerate it.

At least on the surface, it hurt the interests of everyone here.

And if you want to investigate thoroughly, you naturally need the support of all the elders present, but you also need to guard against all the elders present to prevent the mole from hiding among them.

It can be said that this incident is a great challenge, if one is not careful, it will be a disaster for the Xiao family.

"What the Patriarch said is right!"

"we agree!"

More than a dozen elders expressed their opinions one after another, while Ye Chen watched quietly from the side, like a junior who was brought to increase his knowledge and cultivate his abilities.

In fact, ever since he saw that the Patriarch of the Xiao Family had summoned many elders to discuss major issues but never let him leave, he knew in his heart that the Patriarch of the Xiao Family wanted to train him.

The reason is also very simple. The current son of the Xiao family, except for him as a counterfeit who seems to have no problems, any other son of the direct line may be replaced by others.

Under such circumstances, if someone else came to receive training suddenly, there might be a risk of leaking the secret.

The head of the Xiao family couldn't bear that kind of risk, and neither could the many elders present.

The Patriarch of the Xiao family and the elders are very efficient. At the beginning, they communicated with words, but in the end, they communicated directly through sound transmission.

On the one hand, Transsion's communication saves time and allows them to make more preparations earlier.

On the other hand, it is because this matter is too important, even if they are determined to thoroughly investigate the Xiao family, they still need to keep it secret.

Otherwise, once the news leaks out, it may make the Xiao family panic.

What's even more frightening is that once the real culprit behind the scenes got the news and lurked, how could they continue to investigate?

Of course, the Patriarch of the Xiao Family and all the elders also know that what happened this time may not be entirely due to someone within the Xiao Family wanting to rebel, and there may also be hostile forces from the Xiao Family secretly using means to deal with the Xiao Family.

But whether it is internal or external troubles, they must solve everything in the shortest possible time!

After the meeting was over, Ye Chen stopped staying.He found Xiao Qianling who was confined, and walked straight to Xiao Qianling's mansion.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to Xiao Tian's mansion, but he knows in his heart that Xiao Tian's mansion may have been listed as a forbidden area long ago, and everyone will be thoroughly investigated.

What's more, he didn't know much about Xiao Tian's temperament and past, if he really went to Xiao Tian's mansion and revealed some clues, it would be a real trouble.

On the way home, Xiao Bing was there to protect her, but Ye Chen quickly discovered the problem.

Before today, Xiao Qianling was the banner figure of the collateral lineage, and received much attention and attention from the collateral lines of the Xiao family.

But because of today's incident, the collateral descendants of the Xiao family didn't dare to approach Xiao Qianling easily when they saw Xiao Qianling again, some of them even showed veiled ridicule and hostility in their eyes.

"Can you bear the price?"

Ye Chen secretly sent a voice transmission to Xiao Qianling. He knew that Xiao Qianling was not willing to perish, but no matter whether their cooperation was successful or not, I am afraid that Xiao Qianling would not be able to return to his former state.

After all, in the huge Xiao family, the collateral lineages look down on those who are willing to serve as slaves and handmaids for the direct lineage.

Chapter 803 Undercurrents surging

"I just want to live..."

Xiao Qianling's answer was simple, but not simple.

His words were filled with strong bitterness, the kind of bitterness in which being in a big family, but without the slightest freedom, and even life was not guaranteed, made Ye Chen's footsteps pause for a moment. .

Ever since he entered the prehistoric world, Ye Chen had never experienced that kind of pain, but he knew very well in his heart that that kind of painful torture was unbearable.