After leaving the Xu residence, He Yan returned directly to the He family.
Before He Sui and He Yunsheng came back, He Yan took out a small box from the box under the table, and there were a few ingots of silver scattered in it. Fuwang is greedy for money, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't have very big interests, he would never dare to take such a big risk to do things for her.
He Yan's eyes gradually became serious.
Xu Zhiheng was probably scared out of his wits, so he went so quickly to find Mother Qin's whereabouts. She had to find someone before Xu Zhiheng, and it was inevitable that there would be no management.
Looking at the poor few pieces of silver, He Yan sighed.
Could it be that I really have to go to Letongzhuang again
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A gorgeous carriage stopped at the gate of Shi Jinbo's mansion, and the maids walked in with the young lady surrounded.
The servants of the Chu family rushed out to greet them respectfully: "Miss Xu is here."
Xu Pingting held her chin up and stepped into the Chu family's door with her skirt in hand.
When Xu Jingfu occasionally came to the Chu family to look for Chu Zilan, Xu Pingting would also follow. Everyone in the Chu family knew that Xu Pingting was Xu Jingfu's jewel, and they didn't dare to neglect her at all.
Madam Chu came out, saw Xu Pingting, and smiled: "Miss Xu is here, Zilan hasn't returned to the mansion yet, you can sit in the hall and drink some hot tea, and wait for Zilan to come back. ."
Xu Pingting glanced at Madam Chu and snorted as a reply.
Her actions were already very rude, but Madam Chu was not angry, still smiling, she went out and ordered the maids to make some snacks. Xu Pingting looked at her busy figure and raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction.
This wife of Shi Jinbo was born without salt, which was nothing at all. In Shuojing, there were many women who were not beautiful, but she married the beautiful man Chu Linfeng. The comparison of the two naturally caused everyone to talk and joke. Chu Linfeng is also a coveted beauty. She carried concubines to the mansion one room after another, and she carried nineteen rooms. All of them were beautiful and beautiful. In this way, Madam Chu looked even more pitiful.
However, no one dared to look down on this lady Chu. In this mansion, except for Chu Zhao, the outsider, there was not a single concubine who could give birth to Chu Linfeng's children. Xu Pingting had also heard Xu Jingfu say that Chu Zhao was in an awkward position in the mansion. Since she was in love with Chu Zhao, she wanted to share an enemy with Chu Zhao. Therefore, whenever she came to the Chu family, she had to make things difficult for Mrs. Chu, her first-class mother, in order to be good for Chu. Zhao exhaled.
The same is true today.
Mrs. Chu asked her maid to bring snacks and clear tea. Chu Linfeng was not at the house at this time. Mrs. Chu smiled and said, "I haven't seen Miss Xu for some days, and since His Majesty gave her a marriage, I heard that Miss Xu is going to marry us Zilan. Lian Li, I'm also very happy. In Shuojing, only Miss Xu is worthy of Zilan's attention."
Who doesn't like to listen to good words, especially when they say that Chu Zilan loves her, Xu Pingting was also a little proud when she heard the words, and said, "That's natural, how can the woman next to her be worthy of brother Zilan."
Madam Chu smiled, took a sip of the tea on the side, and looked at Mo Tai, the maid behind Xu Pingting.
Xu Pingting noticed her gaze, and said displeasedly, "What do you think my maid is doing?"
"I mean, Miss Xu's personal maid is really beautiful." Madam Chu stroked her temples and said calmly, "After you and Zilan get married, Yingxiang by Zilan will also be there. The life is not bad, go out, it is a beautiful family."
It's good not to mention this, but when Yingxiang is mentioned, Yingxiang's glamorous and compelling face immediately floats in front of Xu Pingting's eyes.
The ink moss is good, but it is far worse than Yingxiang. Not to mention Mo Mo, there are countless women in Shuojing, and there are very few who really want to compete with Yingxiang.
Speaking of which, Xu Pingting suddenly realized that these days she saw Chu Zhao but not Yingxiang.
"Where is that girl now?" Xu Pingting asked.
"Zilan doesn't have to wait for her, so she does some light work in the yard on weekdays." Madam Chu smiled and said, "Miss Xu also knows that Zilan has a gentle temperament and a kind heart, and always treats women very kindly. Since Yingxiang is the maid he grew up with, she is more special than other servants."
Mo Tai couldn't help but say, "No matter how special she is, she's just a slave!"
Xu Pingting clenched her hands into fists, her fingernails embedded in her palms, and her face was extremely ugly.
Yingxiang is a thorn in her heart. With such a fox beside Chu Zhao, how can she rest assured? If it wasn't for Chu Zhao's protection, Yingxiang would have died thousands of times. When she was young, she once joked that she was going to sell Yingxiang. Chu Zilan, who had always been obedient to Xu Pingting, ignored her for half a month for the first time.
At that time, Xu Pingting understood that Chu Zhao wanted to protect Yingxiang. If she dealt with Yingxiang the same way she dealt with the little lady who was interested in Chu Zhao, Chu Zhao would never forgive her.
Xu Pingting didn't want to let Chu Zhao and her separate, and didn't want Chu Zhao to think that she was a vicious woman. I have endured this for many years. But she and Chu Zhao had not yet had a marriage contract. Could it be that she would become Chu Zhao's wife in the future, but she still had to tolerate a vixen dangling under her nose every day
Madam Chu looked at Xu Pingting's face, sighed, and said, "Miss Xu is still young and has never been a family in the mansion. It's just that once you get married, your life will be completely different from when you were a girl in the past. You see, there are nineteen concubines in this Chu mansion, and everyone treats me with respect, and it looks good, do I really have no grudges?"
"This woman, when she's not married, she can be jealous, and it's okay to be petty, but if she's married, others will say that you are jealous and rude, and that you are doing your duty in vain."
Xu Pingting was furious when she heard it, "Who dares to say that I am jealous?"
"Even if you don't say it, that's what you think." Madam Chu said with a smile, "So, if Miss Xu has someone she really despises, she must send them away before she gets married, otherwise there will be many people in the house. It's a small matter, but it affects the couple's relationship a lot. You are still young... If it hurts your relationship, it's not good. "
Her words were concerned, and her smiling face was full of joy. Of course, Xu Pingting knew that Madam Chu was trying to sow discord. But what she said was what she cared about the most. You must know that keeping Yingxiang means leaving a thorn in her heart. If this thorn is not removed, she will not be happy in her life.
"What if the person I want to get rid of is protected by someone?" Xu Pingting asked.
Chu Linfeng found nineteen beautiful concubines, and none of them, smart or stupid, could compete with the mediocre woman in front of him. To be honest, aside from her identity, Xu Pingting still admires Mrs. Chu. If she doesn't have some means, how can she hold down the big Chu family
"It's not easy." Madam Chu said, "I heard that Mr. Xiang was a mentor to His Royal Highness, and there is a lack of smart and caring people around His Highness. If His Highness asks for it, who would dare not obey?"
Xu Pingting's eyes lit up.
She forgot about this, she couldn't deal with Xiang Xiang, but the prince could, but in the face of the prince, could Chu Zhao still refuse
For a time, Xu Pingting was so excited that even Chu Zhao didn't want to wait any longer. She stood up, glanced at Madam Chu, and showed her first smile of the day, "Thank you Madam Chu for clarifying my doubts. There is still something to do today, I will change it. Come again tomorrow." He hurriedly left with the maid.
After Xu Pingting left, the smile on Mrs. Chu's face faded. The old woman beside her asked in a low voice, "Madam, His Highness the Crown Prince really wants to take Yingxiang away, and the Fourth Young Master has nothing to do."
"Chu Zilan is used to knowing how to protect herself. Even if she loves that girl, she can't destroy her future for a cheap servant. I never thought of asking him to deal with the prince."
"Then you..."
Mrs. Chu picked up the tea cup in front of her and took a sip. After a while, she said, "Yingxiang was asked by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, because Xu Pingting meant it. I will naturally let Chu Zilan know about this matter. Little bastard. He is very vengeful, his face is not obvious, and his heart may be full of anger, I just want him to fight with the Xu family."
"You know," Madam Chu sneered, "The ending of the fight with Xu Jiadou is a dead word."
"I'm waiting for the day he dies."
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He Yan didn't know anything about what happened in the Chu family. Since the celebration banquet, she hasn't seen Chu Zhao again. I think it was probably because they were busy with Xu Pingting's marriage. After all, the Xu family still valued this daughter very much.
On this day, in the evening, He Yan went to pick up He Yunsheng from school.
In the early winter of Shuojing, it was dark and early, and there were not as many people on the road as before. In addition to hawkers who sell hot soup, people still prefer to stay in a warm house.
A group of young men came out of Helu Academy, and He Yunsheng was surrounded by them, which was completely different from what He Yan saw last time.
"Yunsheng, in the future your brother-in-law will be the famous General Feng Yun, and you are still the best!"
"How can this be called Yunsheng's greatness, this is called Yunsheng's elder sister! Can your elder sister be like this? Can't you do it!"
He Yan was listening by the wall and felt that something was wrong. How could it sound like he was scolding her
He Yunsheng is now in the academy, and everyone is unwilling to take care of him, and he has become a person who has to be attached to it. It is nothing more than having a sister who is a mistress and a brother-in-law of General Feng Yun. There is actually a shameless person who posted it and said that he was going to be a guest at his house, bah! He didn't know the man.
With great difficulty, the group of cowhide candies were pulled away. He Yunsheng was carrying a cloth bag on his way home, and was patted on the back inadvertently. When he turned around, He Yan reached out and rubbed a hand on his head. , "You're walking so fast, what's the game?"
He Yunsheng was stunned and looked around, "Why are you here?"
"I dealt with some official business today," He Yan said solemnly, "I passed by your academy on the way home, and I will wait for you to go back together."
"Don't come to the academy to find me in the future," He Yunsheng walked forward with his head sullen, looking like he was in a bad mood, "These lunatics don't know what to do when they see you."
He Yan smiled and guessed what happened to this young man, and said, "I see, we Yunsheng don't like to be in the limelight, so we won't come to you next time. Hey, I guess it's time for Dad to go home later, Qingmei will stay up at night. Porridge, let's go buy some mutton buns and eat them back."
"I know what to eat." He Yunsheng complained, but he obediently followed He Yan to buy buns.
The mutton buns on the streets of Shuojing have thin skin and large fillings, and the price is not expensive. He Yan carried the paper bag and walked home with He Yunsheng, turned into an alley, and took out a bun for He Yunsheng, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat a pad first."
He Yunsheng refused, "No, do you want to grow into the glutinous rice balls of the Wang family next door?"
Tangyuan is a pig raised by the Wang family next door, and it is also the fattest pig on the street. When walking, you can only see a round and white mass, so it is obviously a giant, but it has a cute name of "tangyuan".
He Yan looked him up and down and took a bite, "I know you love beauty at such a young age, and I told you, you are growing taller now, how can you grow taller if you don't eat much? It's okay to come down, anyway, you won't be too bad in the future."
She didn't know what nonsense she was talking about, He Yun was angry, and was about to teach her not to speak so casually in the future, but saw He Yan suddenly frowned and pulled him quickly behind him, before he had time to ask What happened, the half steamed bun in He Yan's hand had already come out, and hit a shadow on the wall accurately. The next moment, several shadows appeared from nowhere on the four walls. They rushed towards their siblings.
"Be careful, Yunsheng!" He Yan pushed He Yunsheng to the corner of the alley with one palm. He Yunsheng was stunned by the sudden assassination. When he turned over and sat up, he saw He Yan fighting with the group of men in black. Their purpose was not him. He Yunsheng shouted: "Help, kill me—"
However, this street was already sparsely populated, and now at night, there were not many people. Even if there were people, the timid would not dare to come here. He went to school without any weapons, and even if he wanted to rush in to help with his bare hands, he was only halfway through when he was slashed by a man in black, knocking him to the ground.
"Yunsheng!" He Yan was anxious. He bent to avoid the blade of the person in front of him, bent his elbow, and hit the person's abdomen. The person was knocked back, and He Yan took advantage of the situation and snatched his knife, and knocked over several people's knives sideways.
Her swordsmanship is pretty good. Although there are many of these people, they are not so good when it comes to their skills, but they fell under He Yan's sword after a short while. He Yan didn't take their lives, but kicked the last person with one kick. He Yunsheng hurried over with panic in his eyes, "He Yan!"
"It's neither big nor small," He Yan deliberately wanted to make him relax, and deliberately joked: "I said I wanted to call my sister."
He Yunsheng didn't care, he just grabbed He Yan's hand and looked up and down, "Aren't you hurt? What happened to you just now? How did you push me out?"
"Your small body is not enough to block a knife." He Yan said, "Go and bring the torches on the wall, I'll ask you a few words."
He Yunsheng was still a little nervous, but He Yan urged him a few times before going to the wall to get a torch. Holding the torch, He Yan walked to the nearest person and squatted down, stunned at first glance. She didn't attack the vital points of these people, but the man was bloodied from the corners of his mouth, motionless, and at first glance he was dead.
She took a torch and looked at the rest of the people, all of which were the same.
"What's going on?" He Yunsheng was very sensitive to murder because of the Fan Cheng incident. At this moment, the people lying on the ground lost their breath, and he couldn't help but panic, "Why are these robbers dead? You clearly..."
"There is poison in his mouth, and when he is caught, he bites the poison and commits suicide," He Yan stood up, his eyes shining brightly under the light of the torches, "They are not bandits, but dead men."
"Dead man?" He Yunsheng was stunned for a moment, "Dead man... How come to kill us... No, it's to kill you."
When he was pushed out by He Yan just now, those people didn't take the opportunity to kill him, but kept pestering He Yan. But He Yan had been in Liangzhou before, and it was not long before she returned to Shuojing, and there was no enemy family. How could someone deliberately want her life
At this time, there were voices of people and the sound of horses' hooves coming from outside. Accompanied by the light of the fire, a large group of people ran over with torches. He Yan looked up and saw that it was the city guard. Thinking about He Yunsheng's loud voice just now, it still alarmed the people around him. He was smart and went to find the nearby city for defense.
"What's going on?" The officers and soldiers headed turned over and dismounted, and when they saw the corpses all over the floor, their expressions suddenly became solemn.
He Yunsheng was afraid that they would suspect He Yan and himself, so he hurriedly said: "Master, as soon as we got here, these people jumped out to kill us, my sister fought with them, and these people can't beat my sister. , swallowed the medicine and committed suicide.”
The young man was still a little nervous, but he was much better than the last time he was on the boat, at least he could finish a sentence.
"Sister?" The officers and soldiers looked at He Yan suspiciously. A woman, to deal with so many men, the men are defeated? Sounds a little weird.
He Yan didn't look flustered, and only took out the seal from his arms, "Wu'an Hou He Yan."
Hearing this, the officers and soldiers were taken aback, but He Yunsheng believed 70% of his words. Who doesn't know the Marquis of Wu'an? That confidante, a marquis, is also a strange woman who is the 'favorite' of the right army governor, and now it is widely known in the capital of Manshuo.
"It was the Marquis of Wu'an." After confirming that the official seal was genuine, the leader of the officers and soldiers was much more respectful, only looking at the corpses all over the ground, still a little puzzled, "You said, these people are ambushing here to attack you and want to take your life?"
He Yan nodded.
"Wu'an Marquis, who are these people?"
He Yan shook his head, "As a dead man, he is someone who wants my life wholeheartedly. It's just that I have no enemies in Shuojing, so I am very doubtful."
"Report to the officer," she said.
He Yunsheng raised his head.
"I can't solve this matter alone. Someone at the foot of the emperor dared to attack the officials of the imperial court. What if it's not me but the helpless common people who are ambushed today? Perhaps, the people of Shuojing City The city guards may not have enough manpower, so they are negligent." The woman usually treats people with kindness, and when the smile is put away, she looks a bit cold and harsh, "In my opinion, this matter is still left to the government. You say What, my lord?"
The officers and soldiers wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and said with a smile, "Naturally, naturally."
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