Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch

Chapter 17 Patriarch
On a spring afternoon, Zong Xian walked under the cherry blossom trees, listening to the small sound of the wind passing through the branches and leaves, and came to a grand mansion with two doors open. Looking at the road paved with blue-gray stone bricks, there is a sliding door at the end.

He walked in without being polite, he opened the sliding door, and asked aloud, "Is anyone there?"

No one responded.

Zong Xian took off his shoes at the entrance of the entrance and stepped into the corridor with wooden floors. This is not the first time he has come to visit the patriarch. There is a grandfather who is an elder. He has visited this house several times as a guest before. Otherwise, Sasuke wouldn't call him "Big Brother Zong Xian" when he met.

He didn't dare to say that he knew the structure of this house, but he was familiar with some of the areas used to entertain guests in general. On the right hand side of the corridor is the kitchen and dining room. Probably not at home.

On the left is a six-stacked room with low tables and futons neatly placed in it. At the moment sitting in the center is the current patriarch of the Uchiha family——

Uchiha Fuyake.

This is a very dignified man, with short black hair, a rectangular face, and expressionless facial features that give an indescribable sense of oppression. He is wearing a dark blue long gown with the symbol of a flame fan at the center of the back.

"Zong Xian, come in!"

Uchiha Fuyue said.

"Patriarch, I'm sorry to disturb you."

Zong Xian walked into the room and consciously sat down on the futon opposite the patriarch.

There is a teapot and two teacups on the bantam table. The tea in the cups is still steaming hot, and the green tea stems float in it.

"I recently heard that you want to replace me as the patriarch?"

No subtlety at all, Uchiha Fuyue straight to the point.

"Ah! Patriarch, do you already know? I'm still thinking of giving you a surprise when I finally see you!"

"Surprise? Fright?"

"It's almost the same, doesn't it? Surprise, shock... startle is the most important thing."

"Stop talking nonsense, Zong Xian, you kid, you have always loved to talk nonsense." Uchiha Fuyue stared at Zong Xian with a frightening cold expression.

"Since you already know the patriarch...Aren't you angry?" Zong Xian asked curiously.

It's not surprising that Uchiha Fuyue will know his actions. The Uchiha family said that it is not big, there are more than a thousand people, and some things can't be concealed if they want to. It is also a doomed thing, but fortunately Zong Xian did not intend to play any conspiracy and tricks. He wanted to snatch the position of the patriarch from Uchiha Fuyue in an upright manner.

"If it was five years ago, I would probably have hung you up and slapped it, and then thrown it to the border guards so that you won't have time to make trouble for me in your life."

five years ago?
The Nine-Tails Rebellion?
Zong Xian pondered, indeed, the wrinkles on the patriarch's brows over the past few years, and the heavy and gloomy aura on his body has become stronger and stronger.

"And now...if you really have the ability to replace me, it may not be a bad thing for me and the family." Uchiha Fuyue rubbed his eyebrows, the deep dark circles under his eyes proved that he was afraid last night. sleepless night.

It may not be just last night, it is very likely that the patriarch has not slept well for a long time.

The conflict between the village and the family is becoming more and more acute. How can he, the patriarch, sleep peacefully?
If it weren't for this, it wouldn't be the only two children Itachi and Sasuke. Maybe the third child has already been born...

"Of course, the premise of all this is that you really have that ability." Uchiha Fuyue stared at Zong Xian, and said word by word: "If you want the seat of the patriarch, you can, just stay with me, feel free to grab it! Let me see. What kind of patience do you have?"

"I won't make you wait too long, Patriarch."

"Then I'll wait and see."

After all, the two fell into silence at the same time. Zong Xian picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly. His gaze also turned to the lush garden outside the Yuanlang. When I came out, the owner pruned diligently, every branch and leaf was well-behaved, and the whole courtyard was the same, without any inconsistencies.

It's just like--

Like a patriarch who abides by the rules.

"Did you come here just to expose my ambitions? Lord Patriarch?"

Zong Xian was the first to break the tranquility and lifted the teapot to add tea to the cup.

Uchiha Fuyue pushed the empty teacup over.

The teacup was filled with green tea again, and with the shaking of the hands, it swayed into waves.

"Come for you..." Uchiha Fuyue looked at the tea in the cup and said slowly: "I went to see Lord Hokage last night, and he euphemistically expressed Zong Xian that you should not get too close to Jiu. To be more precise, I hope that the Uchiha clan will keep a certain distance from Kyuubi."

"Intimidating?"

"That's right, it's just intimidation. It's not just Hokage-sama who is present, but Hyuga, Oil Girl, Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Kurama, Inuzuka... The patriarchs of these families are also there, and no one wants to see Uchi. Bo is too close to the Nine-Tailed Man Zhuli, and that night five years ago is still fresh in many people's memories."

"Hinata... Thought they would have a grudge against Hokage if a Hinata day errand died!"

"The branch of the Hinata clan exists to protect the clan. In the eyes of those in the clan of the clan of the Hyuga, the difference is estimated to deserve such a death." Speaking of the clan and the branch of the Hinata clan, Uchiha Fuyue rarely showed a little contempt.

"What do you decide to do, Patriarch? You want to punish me for this matter? The third generation of eyes praised me for protecting the nine-tailed man Zhuli last night."

Zong Xian asked.

"Lord Hokage praises you, it doesn't mean you can't punish you."

"It's shameless!"

"I need to give an explanation to the village." Uchiha Fuyue paused and continued: "Uchiha is a part of the village, and it is no longer an internal affair of the family when it comes to the nine-tailed man Zhuli, and all other families in the village are Staring at us, if we don't give an explanation...the families that were originally neutral will probably stand on the opposite side of our family."

"Neutral family?"

Zong Xian laughed sarcastically, "I really don't know that there are neutral factions in the village. Aren't the members of those families widely serving in Anbu and Gen? Can this also be called neutrality? Probably the pommel horse that has declined I was spotted by Anbu and Gen."

"Don't confuse the members who joined Anbu and Gen with the family. Those people don't represent a family. Isn't Shisui also in Anbu? Could it be that he can still represent Uchiha?"

"...Okay! If you're right, then...what's the punishment?"

(End of this chapter)