Xu Jingfu escaped from prison at night and fled to a farm in the wilderness outside the city. He was rushed by his student Chu Zilan with his men and horses. He killed his relatives righteously. Chu Zilan was seriously injured in the fight with her husband, and now she is lying on the hospital bed with unknown life and death.
Overnight, the wind direction in Shuojing was completely different.
Xu Jingfu's running away was to convince himself of the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, as well as framing and harming important officials of the court in the Mingshui case. The Dali Temple case was tried very quickly, and the entire Xu family was arrested. The only surprise was the fourth son of Chu in Shi Jinbo's house. Some people called him immoral behind his back, but Xu Jingfu was so kind to him, but he helped others deal with his teacher. Some people say that he carried it clearly, after all, Jun'en is more important than Shi's.
But now, he is lying on the sick bed and does not know when to wake up, which is a bit embarrassing. I heard that Xu Jingfu pierced his chest with a knife, and I don't know if he would survive.
In Xiao Mansion, in the ancestral hall, Xiao Jing and Xiao Jue stood side by side.
Xiao Jue rarely comes with Xiao Jing to offer incense. Most of the time, he comes alone.
Bai Rongwei felt unwell two nights ago, and asked a doctor to come to see that she was pregnant. When Bai Rongwei married the Xiao family for half a year, an accident happened to Xiao Zhongwu, and soon Mrs. Xiao also followed. At that time, Xu Jingfu was very tight, and the entire Xiao family was in danger. The miscarriage also fell into the root of the disease at that time, and has been recuperating for the past few years.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xu Jingfu's case fell, Bai Rongwei had good news, and he didn't know if it was destined.
Xiao Jing looked at the tablet in the ancestral hall, sighed, and said, "It's been almost seven years, and I can finally let go of my worries."
Over the years, no one has mentioned it deliberately, but neither Xiao Jue nor Xiao Jing has forgotten about the Mingshui battle.
"It's been hard for you all these years," Xiao Jing looked at Xiao Jue with a smile, a little apologetic in his smile, "The burden of the Xiao family is all on you alone."
"Everything in Shuojing depends on the elder brother to take care of it," Xiao Jue said indifferently: "Why do I work hard alone?"
"You are tough." Xiao Jing shook his head and chuckled, "Although I am your elder brother, it seems that I have never done anything for you. You have never lived for yourself," his eyes fell on the curling smoke. "Now, you can finally take a break for a while."
Whether it was thrown on the mountain as a child, or later entered the Xianchang Pavilion, or finally took over the Nanfu soldiers, they all lived for the Xiao family. Sometimes Xiao Jing felt that he didn't know what his brother wanted, probably because no one had ever asked him what he wanted. When he remembered to ask, Xiao Jue had grown up and was used to keeping everything in his heart.
As a big brother, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't seem to enter Xiao Jue's heart.
Good thing... it would be nice if someone else could walk in.
"After the Xu family's case, it's time to think about your business." Xiao Jing said.
"my business?"
"Don't forget your marriage. Now this matter is a major event for the Xiao family. Your sister-in-law is pregnant. I will let her put these things aside for the time being and let me do it."
Xiao Jue was a little surprised: "No, I'll just do it myself."
"Xu Jingfu's party is still arrogant, I'm afraid you don't have time to show it yourself." Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have experience in this matter and will not go wrong. When I married your sister-in-law, I did it myself. After taking care of it, it looks good in the end.”
At that time, Mrs. Xiao didn't want Xiao Jing to marry a concubine who was not in the right household, and she couldn't defeat her son, so she let it go in a fit of anger. Marriage matters, ranging from bride price gifts to wedding invitations and cakes, were all handled by Xiao Jing himself. .
Having said this, Xiao Jue recalled the time when Xiao Jing stood nervously and cautiously in the silk village, personally selecting the fabric of her wedding dress, and couldn't help but lower her head and smile.
Xiao Jing smiled when he saw him, and followed with a smile, and said with some emotion: "When I married your sister-in-law, I was still thinking, when will I see you marry, and I don't know what the girl you will marry in the future will be. Look, think about it now," he paused, "that girl He is really good."
After a moment of silence, Xiao Jue said softly, "I also think she is very good."
"Huai Jin," Xiao Jing stood side by side with him, "you have to cherish it."
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In the Chu residence, Chu Zhao, who had been in a coma for seven days, finally woke up.
The first thing he did when he woke up was to ignore the wound on his body that had not yet healed, dragged the sick body and struggled into the palace, and met the emperor. At first, others thought that since he was righteous and killed his relatives, he was going to cut off the way of the Chu family. He entered the palace this time to drop the last stone into the well. Unexpectedly, the purpose of his entering the palace was to say that he had a marriage contract with Xu Pingting. According to this time, Xu Pingting should have been married to the Chu residence. Since she is already married, even if she does not belong to the Xu family, I implore Emperor Wen Xuan. Seeing Xu Jingfu's help in the past, he spared Xu Pingting's life.
Affectionate, righteous, and clear from right and wrong, such a young man is very popular with the upper class. What's more, Chu Zhao's own health was not healed, and his face was pale and stubborn, which made Emperor Wenxuan think of Xiao Huaijin many years ago, and his heart softened, so he agreed to Chu Zhao's request. But Xu Jingfu's crime was extremely heinous. Although Xu Pingting could be spared from the death penalty, she could not escape the life crime. Since then, she has become the daughter of a criminal minister. Of course, she cannot be the young lady of Shi Jinbo's house.
At least be a concubine.
When Xu Pingting was taken to Chu's house, she kept crying. However, in just a few days, the Xu family collapsed, her parents were dead, and all the people she had made friends with from the previous day were avoided, and now, the only one who could rely on was Chu Zhao.
"Brother Zilan!" As soon as Xu Pingting saw Chu Zhao, she grabbed his arm and cried, "Why did you come to save me now? What the hell is going on? Why did they treat me like this?"
The aloof young lady fell from the cloud into the mud overnight. Apart from panicking, she refused to believe that everything in front of her was true.
"Pingting," the man in front of her still looked at her with gentle eyes, "you will live here in the future."
"What do you mean? Can't I go home?" Xu Pingting said eagerly, "They all wronged my father, brother Zilan, you must have a way, you have a way, right?"
Chu Zilan just looked at her quietly.
Xu Pingting's hand gradually loosened from Chu Zhao's arm, she took two steps back, the panic in her eyes slowly retreated a little, as if remembering an old incident, she asked, "Brother Zilan, I am on the way here. I heard people say... They said that you killed your relatives righteously, and when my father led people to escape, you stopped them... This shouldn't be true, they lied, right?"
Chu Zhao sighed, "It's true."
Xu Pingting's expression froze, and after a while, she cried out with tears: "Then did you kill my father? Why did you do this? My father is so kind to you, he is your teacher. what!"
Tears welled up on the face of the beautiful girl. She was always arrogant, either laughing wildly or getting angry with domineering. There are very few times when she is so fragile and embarrassed, that is, at this time, she does not look like It is "Xu Xiang's daughter", just like all ordinary girls.
Chu Zhao walked to her side, took out the handkerchief, and wiped the tears from her face little by little. If he did this in the past, Xu Pingting would have been extremely happy, but now she looks at the person in front of her with the same brows and eyes as before, her expression gentle and patient, but for some reason, a faint chill appeared on her back. .
"I promised the teacher to take good care of you," he slowly retracted the veil, his tone still the same as before, but it seemed completely different, "I will definitely do it. Pingting, don't be willful."
"There are some things, don't mention them in the future." He whispered: "Be good, everything will pass."
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At night, He Yan and He Yunsheng sat in the house and roasted sweet potatoes to eat.
Bury two sweet potatoes in the fine ash under the stove, and after a while, remove the ashes, the sweet potatoes are fully cooked, and you can smell the fragrance before peeling off the skin. , The incense can't wait for people to swallow their tongues.
He Yan picked up a big sweet potato and threw it into He Yunsheng's arms.
"He Yan, eat less." While eating himself, he reminded the person on the other side, "I heard that the wedding dress that Governor Xiao ordered for you was made according to your previous size. If you eat it like this, What if I can't wear the skirt and can't find a new wedding dress?"
He Yan threw a sweet potato rind at his head, but He Yunsheng bowed his head to hide, she said, "Your sister, I have a slender waist and a good grip, why can't I put on a skirt and worry!"
"Anyway, I've never seen a girl who could eat like you before she got married." He Yunsheng muttered. He saw that their neighbors and sisters on the street got married. Other brides started to starve a few months in advance, so as to teach themselves to look light and cute on the day they got married. Only this one in his own family, for fear of eating less, no Half of the consciousness to get married.
What can I do if this continues, He Yunsheng thought worriedly, don't go to Xiao's house, others thought that their He family didn't feed He Yan enough
"You are so young, why are you thinking so much?" He Yan taught him earnestly, "Dad doesn't think much of you." He Yunsheng was probably the head of the family early, and sometimes He Yan felt that he was more like a father than He Sui. . Old-fashioned, not as cute as when she was younger.
"The case of the Xu family is over, and Dudu Xiao will have nothing to do after this." He Yunsheng sullenly said, "Isn't the next big thing to do is marrying you? He Yan, what do you think? So big?" He Yunsheng became angrier the more he thought about it, "Aren't you nervous at all?"
The sweet potato was too hot, so He Yan blew it before taking a bite, and replied vaguely, "Don't be nervous."
He Yunsheng was speechless. Okay, let's go up and down the house together, he is the only one who is nervous.
He Yan glanced at him with a worried look, and smiled: "What do you want to do so much? Isn't there a few days before we get married? Yun Sheng, you are still young, and you don't know what's going on in this world. What will happen tomorrow? , No one would have expected that, why would you have to worry about yourself. For example, the Xu family, how glorious it was in the past, who would have expected such a day to come."
Speaking of this, He Yunsheng also came back to his senses and sighed: "That's true, at the celebration banquet that day, you and Miss Xu family were married by the emperor. Now your wedding date is approaching, the marriage of Miss Xu family, this It's impossible to complete my life." He frowned, "At that time, people in Quan Shuojing compared you to Miss Xu's family, saying that our family couldn't compare to the Xu family. I was really mad at me, and I'm afraid no one will do it now. Say this."
After all, the Xu family has already fallen, and the crime is extremely disgraceful.
He Yan nibbled at the sweet potato for a while.
To be honest, the fact that Chu Zhao led people to "righteously destroy relatives" was beyond her expectations. No matter how she thought about it, it was wrong. He Yan thought about it and thought that this might be a game made by Chu Zhao, but he ended the game cleanly, and there was no evidence. On the surface, it seemed that he chose loyalty between Shi En and Jun En, but after thinking about it carefully , he did not lose anything in this matter. On the contrary, he cut off his involvement with Xu Jingfu neatly and temporarily won the trust of the emperor. Except that he himself lay on the collapse for a long time.
But the matter of injury can be big or small. How to say it depends on the doctor's mouth. After all, no one will bring the doctor to the door to verify whether he is really that dangerous.
He Yan didn't want to think badly of people, so every time he thought about it, he quickly swept away, unwilling to think about it. Forget it, what does Chu Zhao have to do with her? Why waste time on people who are not very important.
He Yunsheng talked to her for a while before getting up and leaving.
After He Yunsheng left, He Yan swept the sweet potato peels off the ground, and washed them before going upstairs. Speaking of which, she hadn't seen Xiao Jue since the day Mrs. He was buried. Xu Xiang's case has finally come to an end, but it does not mean that it is all over. The people related to Xu Xiang and the people involved in the Mingshui battle cannot be solved in a day or two.
And on the other side of the prince... He Yan's heart is very heavy, the prince is by no means a good prince, but as a minister, she is also a minister without real power, and she cannot influence the emperor's decision.
She looked out the window of the bed, in the city of Shuojing, the storm was about to come.
Just thinking about it, suddenly, a ray of cold light rushed towards her, He Yan's expression froze, and he subconsciously reached out to catch it, the thing rubbed her palm and scratched the skin of her palm slightly. Yan looked down, and she grabbed a long dart.
There was something tied to the dart, He Yan was startled, and when he took it off, his expression changed suddenly. What was unfastened was half a hairpin. The hairpin looked like a magnolia flower. He Yan was no stranger to it. This was the hairpin she gave to He Xinying.
Ever since the last time he saw He Xinying, He Yan was always worried that the girl was disheartened and found short-sightedness. It's all He Yan's heart, sometimes it's a piece of jewelry, sometimes it's a piece of fabric. She is not very good at choosing these things for girls, so she is very careful every time she chooses. She had Chiwu send this magnolia hairpin to her not long ago. Hearing that He Xinying liked it, she put it on her head.
How come here
There was also a piece of paper wrapped around the hairpin. He Yan opened it and looked at it. There was a place written on it, which looked like a restaurant and teahouse.
Someone caught He Xinying to blackmail her
But this restaurant and tea house is in the downtown area, and there is no curfew recently. If you have to do it, how can you choose such an eye-catching place
He Yan thought about it for a long time, and was worried that He Xinying's thoughts had the upper hand. She picked a piece of men's clothing from the box and put it on. Chiwu was not there today—since the case against Xu Xiang came out, Chiwu was busy at night too.
After taking care of herself, she sneaked out the door in the dark, guessing and asking along the way, and finally found the place written on the note.
It is indeed a tea room.
This tea room has been renovated into a small garden. From the outside, it looks more like a residential house. Not far from the square is the city, and there are soldiers and horses guarding the city from time to time. He Yan thought for a moment, then lifted his foot and walked in.
Outside Xiaoyuan, there were two plain-clothed children standing. When they saw He Yan, they didn't ask anything, but said, "Miss, please come here." It was as if they had been waiting for her here for a long time.
He Yan paused, she came wearing men's clothes, and her men's clothes were not foolproof, but they were enough to fool most people. But these two children directly said "girl", and they would never see through their true body at a glance because they had unique vision. I'm afraid that the person waiting for her inside already knew her behavior. quite deep.
In He Yan's heart, she faintly guessed a person, but she wasn't sure yet, and she didn't quite understand why the other party did this.
The boy took He Yan into the small garden, bypassed a garden, and entered the tea room. There was no one in the hall outside the tea room. Going all the way to the corridor, there are smaller tea rooms on both sides of the corridor, and He Yan followed the child to the last one.
The boy said, "Miss, please come in." After saying this, the two of them ignored He Yan and left.
He Yan pushed the door and walked in.
In the tea room, light and shadow shook, and the room was full of tea fragrance. Behind the long table, sat a handsome man in a long sleeved robe with a gentle smile, and said softly, "Ahe."
"Fourth Young Master Chu," He Yan heard his own voice, "what do you mean?"
"It just feels like I haven't seen A He for a long time, and I just want to talk to A He." He replied warmly, not at all displeased by He Yan's indifference.
He Yan raised his hand and showed him the hairpin in his hand: "Where is Miss He?"
"Wei House."
He Yan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Chu Zhao again. After thinking for a while, she threw the hairpin in her hand on the table and sat down opposite Chu Zhao. She looked at Chu Zhao and said calmly, "You lied to me?"
"If not," Chu Zhao said, "How could Ah He come to see me?"
I didn't think so before, but now hearing him say "A He" one by one, He Yan felt uncomfortable, paused, and asked, "Then why is the fourth son of Chu so anxious to see me?"
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