Man Bao seemed to feel his kindness. Most importantly, she remembered the longevity lock hanging around her neck. She took two steps forward, looked at Xia Xia carefully and said, "Mother Xia's family is happy."
Xia Xia grabbed her hand, looked her over carefully, and finally settled on her eyes. He nodded affirmatively, "Okay, okay, okay."
He remembered something, looked behind her, frowned and said, "Where are your parents?"
Man Bao paused and said: "My father and mother passed away fourteen years ago."
Although Xia Xia had guessed a long time ago, he still couldn't help crying when he heard it, and cried: "I knew it, I knew it, Xin Niang's child is so filial, and Zhou Yin is not a person who doesn't keep his promise, how could he be so filial? Whether to go back or not, I clearly agreed to settle down and write back to tell the address, and I will often come back to pay respects to the ancestors... "
"But I didn't expect them to die fourteen years ago, didn't they just leave soon..."
Man Bao didn't speak for a while.
After Xia Xia had finished crying and wiped away his tears, he narrowed his eyes to look at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, "Who are these two?"
Man Bao hurriedly introduced: "These two are my juniors."
After a pause, she introduced Bai Shan emphatically, "He is still my fiance."
Xia Xia was surprised, and quickly asked: "Since your parents passed away, who raised you? Who arranged this marriage with you?"
Man Bao glanced at the other two old people standing aside, smiled and said: "I was still young when my parents passed away. Due to some accidents, I couldn't even tell about their deaths, so I was brought up by my uncle and aunt. Yes, I didn’t know my background until two years ago.”
Man Bao briefly talked about the involvement of Zhou Yin and his wife in Yizhou King, and mentioned that her father has now been posthumously named Mianzhou Shepherd.
Back then, after the incident broke out, because her household registration was at the Zhou family in Qili Village, and her father also recorded the household registration of Luojiang County, no one knew that Zhou Yin was married except for the emperor, the prince, and Wei Zhi who had investigated in detail. .
Moreover, Xia's family has no immediate family members, and the incident happened in Mianzhou and Yizhou, so the reward was directly handed down to Zhou's family.
Except for the people in Qili Village, no one knew that Zhou Yin was married, and few people knew that Zhou Man's mother's family was in Shangzhou.
As for Shangzhou, not to mention ordinary people, even the officials only know about this one thing. Who would go out of their way to find out who the Xia family behind Zhou Yin is
So Xia Xia didn't know anything about it, but he knew about the Yizhou king's rebellion. When the incident came out, everyone was secretly worried that there would be another war.
After all, Shangzhou is sandwiched between the capital and Yizhou. If the king of Yizhou goes to the capital, he will most likely pass through Shangzhou.
He just didn't expect that this matter would have something to do with Zhou Yin and his wife.
Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu, who came with Xia Xia, focused on Zhou Man's last sentence, "Now I am working as an imperial physician in the palace".
Old Man Du couldn't help but interjected and asked, "It is rumored that there is a little genius doctor in the capital, she is a girl, and she is a female official in the palace, isn't she a little lady?"
Naturally, Man Bao can't admit that he is a little genius doctor, so Bai Shan nodded and said, "That's her."
Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu couldn't help but let out an "Ah", they became more enthusiastic in an instant, and said to Xia Xia one after another: "If Mr. Xia knows about it, he can rest in peace."
Man Bao immediately asked: "I don't know what other relatives my mother has here. What did my parents say when they left?"
As soon as the words fell, a yamen servant came in to report: "My lord, Xia Yi brought it here."
Magistrate Zhai asked, "Why is it taking so long?"
Even the seriously ill Xia Xia has come, why is Xia Yi so slow
The yamen servant glanced at Chief Xu and said, "Xia Yi is not at home, the younger one found him at Chief Xu's house."
So it took a little effort to go back and forth.
The county magistrate Zhai also took a look at Xu Lichang, smiled and asked Xia Yi to come in.
When Xia Yi came in, he was a little dazed and nervous, but when he saw so many people standing in the lobby, he felt even more uneasy.
He was called back by people from the Li Chang's family in the shop, but he stared at the Li Chang's house for a long time but no one came back, but was brought by the yamen servant who came to the door.
Unlike Du Lao Zhu, who is very old, has some prestige, and is occasionally invited to the county government to discuss matters, he is a very ordinary and ordinary person. In the past thirty years, the number of times he has entered the county government can be counted with one palm. There are many.
So he was a little uneasy, he stepped forward restrainedly, first knelt down to salute the county magistrate, then looked at the others tremblingly, mainly at Chief Xu, hoping he could give some hints.
Xu Lichang didn't even look at him, as if he didn't know him.
Zhai County Magistrate invited Zhou Man to sit down, and then sat down and Xia Xia, who was leaning on the wicker chair, smiled and said: "Master Xia, Master Zhou is not just an imperial physician, she is also an editor of Chongwenguan."
The people present, including Chief Xu, didn't know how big the editor was, but it sounded like he was very powerful, at least he should be older than the county magistrate Zhai, otherwise he wouldn't have waited for Zhou Man to take his seat before sitting down.
So Xia Xia was relieved after hearing this, and was so happy that he couldn't speak.
Only then did the magistrate Zhai invite Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu to sit down. Of course, Mr. Xu was also included, so only Xia Yi, who had just gotten up from the ground, was left standing in the room.
The county magistrate Zhai didn't intend to ask him to sit down, and said directly: "Since everyone is here, let's start."
He is not stupid, he has roughly guessed the things involved, although it is not uncommon for an only daughter to have a wife, it is also rare.
He knew the entanglement behind this with his toes, and now that Zhou Man's family property should have fallen into the hands of others, there may be many things involved.
Even when Zhou Yin and his wife left Shangzhou fourteen years ago, there might have been some insider entanglements, but now is not the time to bring up those events.
Although he is very curious, as a county magistrate, the most important thing is to rule safely.
So he said: "The two old men from this county and Songhua Lane are here, so they can not only solve Mr. Zhou's doubts, but also mediate for you, otherwise it will be ugly in the court."
Zhou Man nodded approvingly, and said to County Magistrate Zhai, "I don't want to do that either. If I really go to court, if word spreads, I'm afraid I'm going to use my power to suppress others."
When the two sang together, Xia Yi looked confused, but Xu Lichang was dripping with cold sweat.
The county magistrate Zhai knew the beginning and asked Xia Yi, "Xia Yi, what is your relationship with Xia Yan?"
Xia Yi was stunned for a moment and then said: "My lord, Xia Yan is my uncle."
"Since it's your uncle and he has an only daughter, why did you live in his house? Do you have the deed to No. 23, Songhua Lane?"
"Yes, yes," Xia Yi said nervously, "My lord, my uncle died, and my younger sister married and left with her brother-in-law. This house is also an ancestral property. After discussing it with the elders in the clan, they felt that I was theirs. I am the closest relative of the family, so let me inherit the property, and we have passed the deed."