"The head of the 6721395th branch, Xie Bowen, pays homage to the eldest daughter of our family!"
"The head of the 6721395th branch, Xie Bowen, pays homage to the eldest daughter of our family!"
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The old man's passionate and high-pitched voice echoed in his ears again and again, shaking his eardrums and making his heart tremble violently.
Second Uncle Xie and Fifth Uncle Xie suddenly looked up, looking at Xie Bowen who was kneeling upright with an expression of disbelief, then turned their heads to look at Xie Xihe, not daring to believe what they heard!
Xie Xihe's pupils shrank to the extreme in an instant. No one could see how she moved. They only saw a flash of light and shadow. When they came to their senses, she had already appeared in front of Xie Bowen.
"Dad!" Xie Xihe's mouth was tightly bound. He knelt on one knee in front of Xie Bowen and pulled him up with a sudden force.
Xie Bowen opened his mouth to speak, but when he met his daughter's cold and angry eyes, he swallowed the words back and gave up the idea of kneeling down again.
Xie Xihe's complexion improved a little.
Xie Bowen had already turned his gaze to Second Uncle Xie, who hadn't recovered from his shock yet. He said in a deep voice, "If she were just my adopted daughter, Xie Bowen, she wouldn't be worthy of my Fifth Uncle's kneeling. But she, Xie Xihe, is the eldest daughter of the Xie clan! The granddaughter of the current clan leader! The most honorable legitimate daughter of the Xie clan!"
He questioned, "With such status, does Second Uncle think she is worthy of them kneeling down?!"
Second Uncle Xie came back to his senses suddenly, but he was still in disbelief: "This... How is this possible... She... She..."
How could she be the eldest daughter of this family? !
"Why is it impossible?" Xie Bowen interrupted him, his voice gradually calming as he asked, "Second Uncle, do you still remember the secret letter you received nineteen years ago?"
Second Uncle Xie's pupils trembled, and he immediately recalled: "Are you talking about the letter sent from the clan?"
"That's right." Xie Bowen nodded and continued, "My second uncle personally received the secret letter and delivered it to me. In fact, I had already met the young master before receiving the secret letter."
At that time, Xie Xihe had not yet been born. Judging from the time, her mother should have just become pregnant with her. Xie Chujun personally went out to the ancient martial arts world and finally found him.
There were many causal details involved, but there was no need to tell them. All they needed to know was, "Although our branch of the family is very far removed from the main family's bloodline, and we left the Xie family and came to Kyoto as early as my great-grandfather's generation, as long as we still have the surname Xie, we are descendants of the Xie family."
"Do I need to explain the clan's rules in detail?"
Second Uncle Xie's face was as gloomy as water.
Of course it is not necessary.
Every member of the Xie clan needs to memorize the entire book of Xie clan rules since they can read and remember. Not to mention the elders who have lived to a ripe old age and have already engraved the clan rules into their bones, even the younger generations like Xie Tingyuan, Xie Mingzhu and Xie Yi who have never known the existence of the Xie clan can recite the clan rules fluently.
Article 1 of the Xie Clan Rules: Respect the main family and the legitimate children. Anyone who disrespects the legitimate children of the main family will be punished as a treasonous person, regardless of the reason!
It can be said that everything that all the side branches have is given by the clan. If they only follow the rules of the ancient martial arts world, even if the people of the main family want to kill them, it will only take a word!
Although their branch had been separated for a long time, both the capital for their foothold in Kyoto and the medical skills on which they depended for survival were brought from the clan.
If Xie Xihe was really the legitimate daughter of the master family as Xie Bowen said, then even if she wanted all the assets of the Xie family, it would only take a word for her to do so. Why would they have the right to object and make a fuss?
Uncle Xie Wu couldn't help but recall the words he had used to insult Xie Xihe not long ago, and he felt his hands and feet go weak.
He didn't even need Xuan San and Xuan Qi to suppress him. He was so scared that he collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open as he said, "My eldest lady... My eldest lady, how is this possible..."
"I heard that our family's patriarchal lineage is now dwindling. If she were the eldest daughter of our family, how could she have ended up in the outside world? How...how could she have joined our branch and become your adopted daughter..."
"This, this, this... this doesn't make sense... this doesn't make any sense at all!"
This is the reason why Xie Bowen never revealed Xie Xihe's identity.
No matter from which angle you look at it, this matter is too incredible and too difficult to explain. Not to mention them, even he himself only has some vague guesses so far.
At this moment, he did not intend to explain too clearly, and said lightly: "I only know that this is the order of the young master. He gave the order, and I just followed it. As for why he did this..."
Xie Bowen chuckled: "How about Uncle Wu go and ask in person?"
Xie Fifth Uncle: "..."
If he could meet the young master, would he still covet their money?
Isn't it better to try hard to please the young master and return to the ancient martial arts world, find a way to practice ancient martial arts, and find a way to live for dozens or hundreds of years than those things that you can't bring with you when you are born and can't take with you when you die?
Fifth Uncle Xie was completely depressed, his head almost touching the ground, and he didn't even dare to look up at Xie Xihe.
However, Second Uncle Xie finally digested this shocking news while they were talking and gradually calmed down.
He glanced at Xie Xihe calmly, his eyes flickering slightly as he said, "Although the time and circumstances are consistent, we must rely on evidence to do things. You, Xie Bowen, can't just say that she is the eldest daughter of our family, right?"
"Where's the evidence?"
Xie Bowen's face darkened: "What other evidence do you want?"
Next to him was the stack of documents they had dug out from the secret compartment in his study. He casually pulled out a letter from the bottom and threw it in front of Second Uncle Xie, saying, "The secret letter from that year, my words, and the Xie's Pharmacopoeia that the young master had sent over, aren't these enough to explain the situation?"
"Oh, yes." Xie Bowen thought of something and reached out to pick up a golden needle. "Have you heard of the Nine Transformations and Three Purities Needle?"
Of course I have!
How could they, as members of the Xie clan, not have heard of the Xie clan's most supreme acupuncture technique, the Nine-Turn Three-Purity Needle, which was said to have the power to bring the dead back to life?!
Uncle Xie looked at the golden needles in Xie Bowen's hand and felt his heart pounding. He suppressed his emotions and said, "Of course I've heard of the acupuncture technique that our Xie family is famous for, but it can only be learned by those in the main family. What's the meaning of you mentioning it now?"
Xie Bowen smiled and raised his eyelids: "Then if I say that Xiaoxi has already learned this set of acupuncture techniques and can perform them freely, do you think this is enough evidence?"
Second Uncle Xie opened his eyes little by little.
He stared at Xie Bowen intently, trying to find a trace of joking on his face, but no matter how he looked, he seemed to be extremely serious.
This kind of thing is no joke...
Second Uncle Xie's gaze fell on Xie Xihe, until a certain moment...
"Wan Feng of the Xie family, a member of the 6721395th branch, pays homage to the eldest daughter of our family!"
Xie Wanfeng took a step forward and knelt in front of Xie Xihe with an extremely pious and respectful attitude.
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