Chapter 937: Knowing People and Assigning Them to the Right Positions (Part )

"I?"

Yuan Ting had never expected that Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen would suddenly point the "spearhead" at him. He immediately panicked and stood there like a fool.

Looking at Yuan Xiao again, he took a deep breath when he heard Xunzhen's answer, his eyes were vague, his expression was stiff, and his reaction was extremely strange.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen couldn't help but look at each other, with a hint of suspicion between their brows.

"Captain Yuan, you look..." Liu Xunyi frowned slightly, as if he was confused, "Could it be...there is something wrong with our proposal?"

"No, no, no. The deputy sect leader and the eldest lady are very insightful and can recognize changes in the situation. What's wrong with your proposal?" Yuan Xiao waved his hands absent-mindedly and said hesitantly, "I'm just worried that Yuan Ting's ability is mediocre and he can't take on the responsibility. He may fail the trust of the deputy sect leader and the eldest lady..."

"I don't agree with what Captain Yuan said!" Xunzhen raised his eyebrows and shook his head slowly. "Yuan Ting is your son. He is loyal to everyone. He is ambitious and has both literary and martial skills. He is also a leader among the young people in the four prefectures of Shangjing. What's more valuable is that he grew up in the Northeast and is very familiar with the local customs and people. He is also very familiar with the people in the four prefectures of Shangjing and has a high reputation among the young disciples. For various reasons, we believe that Yuan Ting is the best choice to stay in the Northeast and take charge of the overall situation."

"That being said, he is still young and has very little experience in the martial arts world. Since he was born, I have never assigned him any tasks, nor have I arranged for him to work in the palace. I just provide him with good food, drinks, and fun..." Yuan Xiao said self-deprecatingly, "It's not that Yuan is self-deprecating. In my eyes, Yuan Ting is simply a playboy who will never achieve great things. Letting him have fun, cockfighting, running errands is fine, but letting him take over the four palaces in Shangjing... is absolutely not allowed."

Hearing Yuan Xiao's poor evaluation of him, Yuan Ting, who had gradually come to his senses, looked embarrassed, with a hint of shame and resentment in his eyes.

Little did he know that Yuan Xiao deliberately demoted him to the point of being worthless, with the best intentions of protecting him.

Yuan Ting is young and full of energy, and he doesn't know how deep the water of the world is. But Yuan Xiao knows clearly that if Yuan Ting is allowed to stay in the Northeast to take charge of the overall situation, it will seem to be very prosperous, but in reality it will be full of dangers.

After all, if a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If a person is superior to others, the crowd will criticize him.

"Captain Yuan, you are too modest." Xunzhen saw through Yuan Xiao's thoughts and said bluntly, "It is understandable to love your son, but you have to know the limits. If you keep protecting him under your wings, how can he spread his wings and fly high and create his own world? What's more, how long can you protect him? Five years, ten years, twenty years or thirty years? Once you are old and weak and can no longer protect him, where will he go? Do you plan to let him be a playboy for the rest of his life? Live a life of eating and waiting to die? Let go when it's time to let go, and train when it's time to train. Yuan Ting will always be an ignorant child in your eyes, but in the eyes of outsiders, he has long been a young talent with great potential and determination."

"But he is only twenty years old..."

"Since ancient times, heroes have not been judged by their origins, let alone their ages!" Liu Xunyi retorted, "I am not being arrogant, but how many years older can Xunzhen and I be than Yuan Tingchi? What's more, 'Ghost Seer' Qin Ku is about the same age as me, but he is now the head of the Hexi Qin family, one of the four great martial arts families. Back then, the Northern Sage King Luo Tianjin was only in his early twenties when he founded the Sage King's Mansion. 'The First Gentleman in the Martial Arts World' Lu Tingxiang was only in his twenties when he took over the Jiangnan Lu Mansion."

"The deputy sect leader and the eldest lady are rare talents, and they are rare in a century. Qin Ku, Luo Tianjin, and Lu Tingxiang are also geniuses, and it is reasonable that they will achieve great things early." Yuan Xiao seemed to disagree with Liu Xunyi's lobbying and waved his hands to refuse. "On the other hand, Yuan Ting is neither good at literature nor martial arts, his intelligence is mediocre, and his talent is dull. How dare he compete with the bright moon?"

"If I remember correctly, when Captain Yuan founded the Yuan Mansion in Shenzhou under the order of the Young King of Qin, he seemed to be only a few years older than Yuan Ting today." Xunzhen teased, "As the saying goes, 'a tiger father will have a dog son'. You, Yuan Xiao, are a hero, how can your son be a 'bear'?"

"Miss, you are too kind! Yuan is just a piece of rotten wood. After middle age, he is still neither high nor low. How can he be called a hero? How can a mere dog son be compared with dragons and tigers?"

"This……"

Seeing that Yuan Xiao was stubborn, Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen both looked hesitant.

Their original intention was not to deliberately make things difficult for Yuan Ting, nor to push him into trouble. Instead, they saw that he was different and intelligent, so they wanted to promote him. However, they did not expect that their good intentions would be rejected again and again by Yuan Xiao.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen, who had already done their best, could only sigh and regret. In order to avoid misunderstanding, they decided not to force the issue.

"Is there any father in the world who would belittle his son like this?"

However, before Liu Xunyi could compromise with Yuan Xiao, Yuan Ting, who had been silent all this time, could no longer suppress his inner shame and anger, and resolutely refuted with an unusually firm tone: "Thanks to the deputy clan leader and the eldest lady for thinking highly of me, Yuan Ting is willing to stay in the Northeast and swear to defend the four prefectures of Shangjing to the death."

"Ting'er, stop talking nonsense..."

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Yuan Ting sneered at Yuan Xiao's panic, and fell to his knees with a plop. He raised his hand and swore solemnly, "I swear to heaven, if anyone dares to take advantage of the situation, I will fight to the death! In other words, if the family survives, the people are there, if the family is destroyed, the people are gone!"

"Ting'er, you..."

"I'm already grown up, so I don't need to worry about where I'm going anymore." Yuan Ting interrupted Yuan Xiao's advice righteously, "From childhood to adulthood, my only wish is to be an upright man. I don't want to live under my father's protection all my life, doing nothing all day and ultimately accomplishing nothing. I hope to make a name for myself like the deputy clan leader and the eldest lady."

"Asshole! Don't you know how much you are capable of? How dare you compare yourself with the deputy sect leader and the eldest lady..." "Do you know why mother died of depression?" Yuan Ting was furious. He looked at the worried Yuan Xiao with grief in his eyes and said word by word, "It's because mother has always relied on you and regarded you as everything in her life. Once she lost your care, your love, your protection, and even her position in your heart, mother was like a lost soul, like a child who couldn't find his home, and had no idea how to continue living. At that time, she had already lost the faith and courage to live for herself, and she had never truly lived for herself in her life. Therefore, when you alienate her and ignore her, she will be depressed and desperate, and finally..."

"Why do you mention your mother for no reason? You said these words... Do you want to make your father die of grief and shame?" Yuan Xiao recalled his deceased wife and his heart was instantly torn and burning.

"No!" Yuan Ting said with a sad expression, "I said all this just to tell Dad that I don't want to live under your protection forever, nor do I want to rely on you forever, and I don't want to become another 'mother'."

"you……"

Yuan Ting's words were like a thunderbolt, hitting the softest part of Yuan Xiao's heart, making him confused and speechless. For a moment, he couldn't control his emotions and burst into tears.

"Yuan Ting, the dead are gone! Not only are you sad, your father is also full of regrets, otherwise he wouldn't have doted on you so much. As a son, how could you bear to deliberately expose his scars?" Liu Xunyi has been displaced since childhood, and he hates to see the sorrow and joy of family members. At this moment, seeing Yuan Xiao and his son "love and hate each other" because of the past, his mood gradually became extremely heavy, "Since Captain Yuan loves his son so much, we will discuss this matter in the long run..."

"Deputy Sect Leader, can I..."

"Whether it is possible or not is not up to you!" Facing the unwilling Yuan Ting, Liu Xunyi's face darkened and his tone became unquestionable, "To judge a person's goodness or evil, one must first look at his filial piety. Captain Yuan will not agree to this matter, so it's useless to say more..."

"Deputy Sect Leader..."

Whether out of grief or gratitude, Yuan Xiao actually stood up tremblingly, and slowly knelt in front of Liu Xunyi under the surprised gaze of others. No matter how he supported him, Yuan Xiao refused to get up.

"Captain Yuan, what are you doing..."

"The deputy sect leader is not only generous and righteous, but also humble. Yuan... I am lucky to have met a true hero like the deputy sect leader in this life!" Yuan Xiao tightly grabbed Liu Xunyi's arm and said excitedly, "Yuan Ting's words just now... made me feel mixed emotions. You and the eldest lady are right, he is no longer an ignorant child, now he... sees things more clearly than me, thinks more clearly than me..."

"Captain Yuan's intention is..."

"I promised to let him stay here to protect the family business. I just hope he won't disappoint the deputy clan leader and the eldest lady." Yuan Xiao looked at the troubled Yuan Ting with complicated eyes and forced a smile, "I also hope he can take this opportunity to gain experience and be more promising than me in the future."

"father……"

"Ting'er, this matter is of great importance, you must not treat it as a joke! You are not only carrying the burden of the Yuan family, but also your Uncle Yan, Uncle Lei and Uncle Hong. They are as close to you as brothers. If you stay in the Northeast to take charge of the situation, you must treat them equally and not favor one over the other." Yuan Xiao said seriously, "Also! When encountering problems, ask for advice from your predecessors, don't be greedy for merit and rush forward, don't act on your own, and don't show off. When you have nothing to do, go to the Hong Mansion in Taizhou, the Yan Mansion in Jeju, and the Lei Mansion in Qingzhou, and don't just guard your own little piece of land in Shenzhou..."

"Kid, remember this!"

"I have discussed this matter with Yan Shun and Lei Zhen. They have no objection and have agreed to leave some good people to assist Yuan Ting." Xun Zhen said, "I will leave it to you and your son to explain it slowly when you return."

"Thank you for the trust of the deputy sect leader and the eldest lady!" Yuan Xiao pondered, "It's just that Hong Si..."

"I will give my own explanation in front of Temple Hong." Xunzhen interrupted Yuan Xiao's worries nonchalantly.

"That's great. We must not let Yuan Ting's matter cause any rift in Hong Temple." Yuan Xiao sighed and changed the subject, "I wonder if the deputy sect leader and the eldest lady have any other instructions for Yuan Ting?"

"I believe that the four captains will be able to explain the affairs of the four prefectures in Shangjing to Yuan Ting. I don't want to interfere and just talk about it. Today... I only want to tell him one thing." Liu Xunyi waved his hand and called Yuan Ting closer. Then he straightened his eyes and asked carefully, "Do you know the Tiger's Den and Dragon's Pond?"

"The tiger's lair and the dragon's pool are home to two exiled immortals. Seniors Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan are famous, and I have heard of them for a long time." Yuan Ting asked curiously, "I wonder what the deputy sect leader wants to do?"

"To be honest, besides the two seniors, there is also the 'world's number one doctor' Granny Taohua and a 'three-year-old child' in the Tiger's Den and Dragon's Pond. They are my lifesavers." Liu Xunyi said solemnly, "They saved me, but caused unnecessary trouble because of it. I have always felt guilty about this and don't know how to repay them."

"What the deputy sect leader means is..."

"I don't want them to become the target of public criticism for saving me, and I don't want anyone to have bad intentions and disturb their peace. Besides, they are old and young, and they have been living in seclusion in the mountains for many years, which may be inconvenient. I hope that when they need help, someone can come forward at the first time to help them solve their problems, which can also be regarded as a way of expressing gratitude on my behalf. Yuan Ting, do you... understand what I mean?"

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(End of this chapter)