Mr. Cui Sanye was very quick and after living in the capital for a few days, he found out Cui Yuandao's new residence. He learned that Cui Yuandao was now living in the residence of Academician Gao of the Hanlin Academy. Academician Gao was in poor health and had already retired. When he heard about Cui Yuandao's situation, he specially invited Cui Yuandao to live in his house. Because Cui Yuandao had always had a close relationship with him, he agreed.
Mr. Cui San came with a cart full of gifts and souvenirs, knocked on the door of Academician Gao's house, and finally met Cui Yuandao, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Cui Yuandao was playing chess with Academician Gao. When he heard that Master Cui San was coming, he originally didn't want to see him. However, Master Cui San had been coming for several days in a row. After all, he was living in someone else's house and he couldn't cause too much trouble to the host. Besides, he was a family member after all, so Cui Yuandao finally asked Master Cui Liu to invite Master Cui San in.
When Third Master Cui saw Sixth Master Cui, he called him "Sixth Brother" with real feelings, held Sixth Master Cui's hand for a long time, sighed, and told Sixth Master Cui about the clan's affairs, then said sadly: "You know, we really don't know what's going on. How come everything was fine before we left, but not long after, we heard that uncle changed his mind... ... There was a big fight at home, my father got sick from worry, and the clan members below were so angry that they bullied the fourth and fifth brothers. The misunderstandings got bigger and bigger, and my father was so worried at home that he forced himself to send me to the capital to apologize to my uncle..."
If these words had been said before, Mr. Cui Liu would have definitely felt guilty, after all, no one knew the whole story better than him - it was also because of his own absurdity that someone used the evidence to threaten Cui Yuandao, which led to Cui Yuandao going back on his word and falling out with the clan.
But now, Master Cui Liu was not at all moved----Master Cui San was downplaying it now, but when the fourth and fifth brothers wrote to him, they made it clear that they were bullied by the clan members in every way, and some clan members even deliberately said that they had secretly cooked the accounts and swallowed up the clan's public property, which made the clan members very excited and the fourth and fifth brothers almost lost their lives.
The clan has always followed the lead of the old man of the Cui family. If he hadn't spread the word, how could the people in the clan dare to be so unscrupulous
Thinking of this, Cui Liuye snorted calmly: "We didn't expect that, no matter what, they are still clan members. Why would they force my fourth and fifth brothers to death?"
... ... Master Cui San glanced at Master Cui Liu coldly, and managed to suppress his anger. How could he push Master Cui Si and Master Cui Wu to death? Others didn't know, but Master Cui Liu didn't know it himself? If Cui Yuandao hadn't tricked the clan and joined Xiao Heng, would his family be so angry
He glanced at Mr. Cui Liu with a forced smile, lost interest in acting, shook his sleeves and walked leisurely into the flower hall. Seeing Cui Yuandao standing in front of the long table, he took a few steps forward, saluted, and called Cui Yuandao "uncle."
Cui Yuandao looked up at him, then nodded after a while: "It's the Third Brother, what are you doing here?"
Third Master Cui took a few steps forward, knelt down and kowtowed to Cui Yuandao across a table. "To answer your uncle's question, I am here to visit you on your father's orders. My father is worried about you at home, so he asked me to come and greet you. I would also like to ask you if you have offended me in any way. My father said that we are all brothers, and even if I have done something wrong, please understand and don't act on impulse."
Cui Yuandao listened quietly and did not keep Cui Sanye in suspense. He shook his head calmly and said, "It just so happens that I have a letter to send to my eldest brother. Since you are here, that's fine. You can take it back to your father for me. In addition, tell him that I originally did not agree with the actions of the clan. I was forced to do so in the past. Now, no matter what the reason is, since we have parted ways by mistake, we should go our separate ways from now on."
This really means that they are going to cut ties completely. Mr. Cui San's heart skipped a beat and he felt very indignant at the same time.
The family had done so much for Cui Yuandao, but he just said he wanted to go his separate ways so casually and with such a condescending attitude.
The anger in Master Cui San was aroused, and he didn't want to be humble anymore. Seeing that Cui Yuandao still had no intention of giving in, he stood up and looked at Cui Yuandao and asked in a deep voice: "Uncle, please forgive me for being disrespectful. I just want to ask you, for so many years, the clan has respected you very much, even my father has been very respectful and tolerant to you. You can be dissatisfied with us, but I don't understand what kind of reason can make you ignore all the clan members and betray the clan?"
Cui Yuandao's eyes fell on Master Cui San. Seeing that he was furious, as if he had suffered a great injustice, he could not help but chuckle and shook his head: "Old Third, at this point, it is meaningless to say these things. I have already written down what you want to ask in the letter. You can go back and give it to your father. If he understands, he will understand."
This is what it means to drive someone away.
Cui Sanye had been holding back his anger for a long time, and he didn't want to stay here any longer to show his affection to others. He snorted coldly and turned around and left without hesitation. He had brought a cart full of gifts when he came. Cui Liuye chased him to the door and asked the driver to put the gifts back. Cui Sanye turned around and stared at Cui Liuye for a while, then suddenly ordered the driver with a surly face: "Go, drive all these things to the front and throw them at the street corner to give to the beggars!"
His face was expressionless when he spoke, but there was a fierceness in his eyes, which frightened Cui Liuye. After Cui Sanye disappeared from the entrance of the alley, he returned to Gao's house with lingering fear to meet Cui Yuandao.
Cui Yuandao was reading a book. When he heard the noise, he asked without even looking up, "Did he leave?"
"Let's go," Master Cui Liu pursed his lips and called his father hesitantly, "Third brother was not very happy. He gritted his teeth and asked the driver to take all the gifts to the street to give to beggars... Dad, we have made such an embarrassing scene with the clan this time. In the future..."
"You will have to rely on yourself from now on." Cui Yuandao took over his son's words and pointed out the current situation in a concise manner: "The clan's affairs cannot be reversed. It is useless to say anything more at this time. If you regret it again, people will think you are fickle and have become a traitor. You can only try your best to stick to it. No matter what, you can never turn back. You should also do your best. The feud with the clan has already been formed. What we should worry about is not the future, but our lives."
Seeing Master Cui Liu's eyes wide open, Cui Yuandao chuckled: "What's there to be curious about? You also grew up in the Cui family, don't you know what kind of person your uncle is, and what attitude the family has towards traitors?"