Seeing that both sides looked at each other, Wei Liang quickly introduced them: "Wen Zhong, these three are all brothers of their own clan, the fifth brother Wei Shen, the sixth brother Wei Gui, and the ninth brother Wei Chang; the three brothers, he is the students I accepted earlier, Li Ling and Li Wenzhong, and are now officials in the court." Because he didn't know whether Li Ling had any plans to retain his identity, he just gave an vague introduction.

But as soon as this was said, the expressions of the three brothers of the Wei family changed slightly: "Li Ling? Is Lord Li, who made contributions in the northern border before?" Now Li Ling's reputation in the capital area is still quite large, so they naturally heard of it.

Li Ling did not hide it, and smiled and clasped his fists: "I dare not, I am just here, but I was ordered to do some errands and do my duty well, and I can't claim any credit."

"Mr. Li is too humble..." The expressions of the few people changed a little, and they looked at Wei Liang in surprise. Unexpectedly, this other branch's son actually accepted such a good student, and he looked at him very respectful to him. I have to remember this.

After a brief introduction, Wei Liang asked again: "Why are the three brothers here at the wharf?"

"Of course we are here to pick you up home." Wei Shen said with a smile.

"How can I do what I can do to help my three brothers pick him up in person..." Wei Liang said in panic. As a branch of the Wei family, he had never had any presence in the clan. Even though he had become a court official, he had never seen anyone take him seriously when he came back several times before. It was really beyond his expectations that people were so polite today.

Wei Gui smiled and said, "Zhongxian, you are so dissatisfied. We are brothers of the same clan. Since you know that you are back to Beijing this time, you should come to pick you up. Besides, this is the meaning of the old lady. He hasn't seen you for several years and is waiting at home now. Look there, the car is ready, so you can go home first." With his finger, Wei Liang and Li Ling saw a somewhat old carriage parked in the corner not far away, with a single horse and a single person, which looked really shabby.

If only Wei Liang were here, and the brothers were like this, it would be better to not follow him. But now, he looked at his students with a little embarrassment and said, "Three brothers, Wei Liang refused to obey, but Wen Zhong also came to pick me up to Beijing, so..."

Just as the three of them frowned slightly and wanted to say something else, Li Ling immediately cooperated and spoke: "You guys, you have seen it too. There are many servants and luggage coming with the teacher. I'm afraid you can't handle it at all. Why don't you let me send the teacher back to the capital first, settle down, and the teacher will go back in two days, how about it?"

As he said that, without waiting for a few people to give the answer, he waved his hand and called over the dozen or so carriages waiting in front of him, and called on Wei Liang's entourage to put them in the car. Seeing that he was so self-conscious, the three Wei brothers were suddenly annoyed, especially Wei Chang, who stepped forward to make an obstruction and shouted: "Slow down!"

Then, he looked at Wei Liang again: "Zhongxian, this is what the old lady means. Are you going to make your own decisions if you don't follow his orders?"

He had a little threatening expression in his words, which made Wei Liang's face change, and he hesitated a little: "This..."

"Even if you become an official, you can't forget that you are the identity of my Wei family. Now you have returned to Beijing. Do you don't even understand this kind of etiquette?" Wei Shen also spoke, and even put a big hat on his head.

When he saw that his teacher was targeted, Li Ling's eyebrows quickly frowned: "Three, you are so bad..." He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Wei Gui's words: "Mr. Li, this is my own business in the Wei family. You are an outsider, don't talk too much!"

According to today's customs, it is really such a rule. It is difficult for outsiders to interfere with and judge the internal affairs of the family. As the saying goes, it is difficult for honest officials to judge family affairs. This is still the power granted to the clan by the government. Sometimes, even some illegal things can be acquiesced to the clan to make judgments without the need to go through the official government.

Hearing this, Li Ling tskated, his eyebrows quickly tucked together, looked at Wei Liang, who looked embarrassed, and snorted, "That may not be!" He knew that his teacher was really not difficult for the family as a child of the Wei family, so he could only be the evil person when the student came forward.

When the three of them looked at him impatiently, Li Ling stepped forward and blocked the teacher: "My teacher and I are not outsiders. Youdao will be a teacher for one day and be a father for life, so when it comes to true, I can be considered half a child of the Wei family!"

Four people, including Wei Liang, were shocked. Is there such a shameless statement?

Then, without waiting for them to react, Li Ling continued, "In addition, as a child of the Wei clan, my teacher is abiding by filial piety, and it is natural to go back to Beijing to pay homage to the elderly in the clan, but it is also necessary to divide the importance of the three elders. Let me ask you, which one is the most important thing about loyalty and filial piety?"

The answer to this question is obvious. Not to mention in the capital, even in any of the Dayue places, no one dares to say that filial piety is more important than loyalty. So after the three of them gave the standard answer, Li Ling took the opportunity to say: "That's it. Since loyalty is before filial piety, then my teacher, as the imperial official, should be loyal to the court first and then talk about filial piety to the elders.

"This time, the teacher was ordered to return to Beijing. He should have handled the affairs of the court before going home. Otherwise, if it was spread, it would be criticized. Although the few officials in the court were not officials, they always knew this rule since they were in the capital. I think with the wisdom of the old lady, I will be able to understand it.

"So, what I mean is to first settle the teacher in the inn, wait until you meet the officials of the department, explain the errands at hand clearly, and then go home to pay homage to Taigong to fulfill his filial piety. I wonder what the three of you think?"

After saying this, the three Wei brothers were stunned and could not even make a stronger statement if they wanted to refute it. As for Wei Liang, his eyes lit up and he looked at his students with joy. He was still so eloquent and could solve his problems.

In the end, the three Wei brothers had to leave in disappointment, but Li Ling agreed to them on behalf of his teacher that he would go home as soon as possible to apologize. Then, their teachers and students walked straight into the luxurious carriage and headed to Luoyang City leisurely and comfortably.

After warming up my body and drinking another cup of warm soup, Wei Liang slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and looked at his students and said, "You have guessed that I will be in trouble when I come to Beijing, so I came to pick me up?"

Li Ling nodded with a smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the teacher."

"Don't make fun of me with such words." Wei Liang smiled and waved his hand, then smiled, "I had long expected the difficulties to go back to Beijing this time, but I didn't expect that they were so anxious that they wanted to take me home so that I could submit."

"The teacher also guessed that they had bad intentions?"

"What's hard to guess? My second brother of the same clan has always been valued by elders such as Taigong and others. He believes that he is the hope of my Wei family's future, but to this day, he still cannot make progress in the position of the Ministry of Justice. Now, my son, who is not favored by them, has to climb to the position of doctor first, how could they be willing?" Wei Liang smiled bitterly.

Li Ling looked at his teacher. He actually understood everything, but sometimes he didn't dare to resist like himself. However, this time the matter was extraordinary after all, so he still asked boldly: "Then has the teacher thought about how he should deal with this matter?

"If I expected it was right, the Wei family members wanted to take you home and convince you to give up their official position to the son of the sect named Wei Jie. Moreover, they will definitely use all kinds of means to force you to submit, such as using family affection as a influence, or directly oppressing the authority of the clan. Have the teacher ever thought about what choice would he make when facing such a situation?"

Wei Liang's face became a little ugly. He was silent for a while before sighing: "To be honest, since I knew the appointment of the court, I have thought a lot on the way to Beijing. But until today, I have not had a proper solution."

"You are unwilling to give up this future, but at the same time you are worried that once you have a rift with the clan, you will ruin your reputation?" Li Ling did not avoid it and immediately pointed out the key point.

Although Wei Liang was slightly stunned, he nodded and admitted: "Great opportunity. If I push it, there will be no further possibilities in this life. But the entire Wei family is indeed very good to me, let alone the power of this clan... Once I am really disliked by them and I am given a bad reputation of being unfilial, I am afraid that in the officialdom and in Shilin will be difficult in the future."

Zhongxiao is the moral foundation of a scholar. The former may be difficult to define, but the latter can be completely controlled by his own clan elders. Sometimes their words can affect the entire Shilin's view of a scholar. Once someone is labeled as an unfilial statement, he will be completely ruined.

This is also the biggest concern of Wei Liang. Facing the clan, he really doesn’t even have the ability to resist.

Li Ling looked at his entangled face and sighed, then suddenly said: "If the teacher really makes a decision, the students are willing to help you. If you can't completely tear your face with the clan, then I will be the evil one!"

"Hmm?" Wei Liang looked at his student with some surprise, "How can this make it? The Wei family's power in Heluo is greater than you think. You can't do anything randomly and put yourself in danger." Although he was moved, he still couldn't accept the students' kindness.

"Teacher, you are underestimating my methods. Just don't worry, I will handle everything properly and will never make you embarrassed, let alone make your reputation damaged." Li Ling promised seriously.

Seeing his expression, Wei Liang was really convinced. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then let you try it? But I want to go with you. After all, this is my business. How can you, a student, face it alone?"
Chapter completed!