A two-year-old child staggered out. He hid behind A Niang and poked his little head out to look at Song Xin.
Song Xin was stunned for a moment, "Mom, who is he..."
Song Xin's mother was a little embarrassed, lowered her head and said nothing. Sister Ajiang said with a pale face: "He...he is Song Chou's son."
These words struck Song Xin like a bolt from the blue.
His eyes suddenly turned fierce as he looked at the child, "Is this Song Chou's son?"
Auntie nodded, and the child felt the coldness in Song Xin's eyes and shrank behind her in fright.
Song Xin felt sad in her heart, raised her head, and closed her eyes, "Song Chou not only harmed my whole family, but he even had a child with my mother-in-law..."
"But, this child is not wrong, what does he know..." A hint of murderous intent flashed in Song Xin's eyes, and he suddenly remembered the past events Wei Tong told him, when he personally killed the bully when he was still an infant. My child, I still regret it to this day.
Thinking of this, Song Xin opened her eyes, squatted down slightly and stretched out her hand: "Come, let me take a look at you."
Song's mother and Ajiang were both stunned, but Song Xin's eyes were sincere and showed no malice. The Song family's mother and daughter thought Song Xin would get angry, but he didn't.
The child stepped forward and put his hand on Song Xin's.
"What's your name?" Song Xin asked.
"My name is Song Yi."
"What a great name. Who gave it to you?"
The child looked at Ajiang, and Song Xin understood that this was the name given by her sister. "Is this letting you know about etiquette and righteousness?" Song Xin thought.
"Big brother, who are you?"
"I am your brother."
He picked up the child and said, "Mom, I heard that there are still official servants waiting for me to come back. I will go to the guest house to meet them."
"Song Yi, do you want to ride a big horse?"
"Think!!" The child immediately became excited.
"Let's go together." Song Xin asked the child to ride on the horse, and he led him underneath, and went to the ancestral hall with his mother and sister.
Several children at the entrance of the village had already run to tell the people in the ancestral hall, and the patriarch was waiting outside the hall.
"Song Xin has met the patriarch." He had mixed feelings when he saw the old patriarch who took him in again.
"I'm back, come in quickly." The clan leader said with a smile.
As the patriarch walked into the side hall of the guest house, Song Xin saw several people sitting inside, and he calmly used his spiritual consciousness to sweep inside. I found that there were three people, one of them looked like a county magistrate in official uniform, another looked like a military academy, and the last one was a middle-aged man wearing decent clothes, like a butler of a rich man's family.
"Sir, Song Xin is back." The clan leader said as soon as he stepped into the door of the side hall.
After hearing this, those few people all stood up, bowed their hands to Song Xin and said, "I'm not a great man, I am the magistrate of this county."
"No more?" This is the fourth rank of the 20th rank, but I don't remember being knighted.
"My lord, I don't know. Not long ago, the imperial court sent an official document asking Lord Song to inherit the title of Song Jin."
"So that's it. Even if you bother the county magistrate to come in person for this matter, Song Xin is very frightened."
The county magistrate said: "Sir, we are here today, firstly to help restore your reputation, and secondly to resolve some grudges."
"What do you mean by this, sir? Can you please clarify it?"
The county magistrate pointed to the middle-aged man beside him and said, "This is the butler of the Wei Manor."
"Mr. Wei?" Song Xin's face suddenly turned ugly.
"I have no acquaintance with the Wei family, so why are you here?" Song Xin asked indifferently.
The middle-aged man was obviously very good at observing people's words and said hurriedly: "Sir, the Song family is attached to the Wei family. Anyone who is knighted in this county will be greeted by the Wei family. This time, the master and the young lady also gave special instructions. .”
Song Xin was slightly startled: "Little madam?"
The housekeeper said: "Exactly, the master has recently married a young lady, who is originally from Xianbei. She heard that the Song family has been farming for my Wei family for many years, and now someone has achieved military merit, so someone should be sent to congratulate her."
Only then did Song Xin realize that Tuoye knew that he was returning to his hometown and sent someone to congratulate him.
"Thank you, housekeeper, and thank you Mr. and Mrs. Wei Xuan." Song Xin cupped his hands and said the words to see the guests off.
"Well, since we have met Mr. Song, I will go back first and say goodbye."
After the Wei family left, the county magistrate said:
"Alas, the people below deceived the superior about imprisoning the Lord back then. This county will definitely deal with them severely."
"Since the adults have said so, Song Xin will no longer pursue the past."
The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief. Although Song Xin had no position, he was following Cao Chong, and they couldn't afford to offend him.
"This is the person sent by Prime Minister Cao." The county magistrate began to introduce another person next to him.
"Mr. Song, I was sent here by the Prime Minister. Your Excellency left in a hurry this time. The Prime Minister thought that I should bring some gifts when I go home to visit my mother, so I specially arranged for me to ride a fast horse and deliver the gifts."
"It's just as Brother Mo Yang expected!" Song Xin was secretly surprised.
Then he asked: "Song Xin thanks Prime Minister for your kindness. May I ask when did you arrive?"
"I arrived yesterday. I didn't know where your family was, so I went to find the county magistrate and found it here." The man replied.
"I see, it's been a hard journey."
"The Prime Minister also said that if the twenty-day period is not enough, we can stay for a few more days and return to Xudu in the middle of this month."
"The Prime Minister has returned to Xudu?"
"Yes, counting the days, the Prime Minister should leave today to return to Xudu. These are gifts." Then several officers carried out the gifts, which were several brocade boxes. Song Xin's consciousness swept over and saw some money and brocade.
"The words have been brought and the gifts have been received. I will set off back to resume my life." The man said and was about to leave.
"Since you are going to return to life, Song Xin doesn't want to keep you here anymore." He opened the gift box containing money, took out a bunch and stuffed it into the man's hand.
The man was obviously very happy and thanked him repeatedly. After Song Xin passed through Xuzhou Fairy City and his party, he learned that doing good to others means doing good to himself. Anyway, all the money belongs to Cao Cao. Give some to this man, which will save him from eating dust all the way and getting nothing. In the end, he will go back to organize himself.
The county magistrate also followed the man away. Although this middle-aged man was a junior officer around Cao Cao, he was also someone sent by the prime minister. Those who have been in the officialdom for a long time understand that these people must be well entertained. Naturally, they would not let that person leave on his own. They would give him a gift and show some filial piety.
Song Xin looked at their backs and muttered in his heart: "I really didn't expect that Prime Minister Cao would send someone here. Fortunately, Brother Mo Yang helped me calculate the schedule on the way. I said it was to send gifts and messages, but I'm afraid it was still in my heart. Don't worry about me. The Prime Minister is really suspicious."
When the housekeeper returned to the Wei family, he came to a room. Wei Xuan and Tuoye were inside: "Master, Madam, I have already sent a message to Song Xin."
Wei Xuan looked at the housekeeper, "Has the word been passed on? Can you still recognize whether he is the student from back then?"
The chief steward replied: "It's been passed on, but the villain can't recognize it. The boy from back then really doesn't look like him. Maybe he's dead."
At this time Tuoye said: "Master, I think it's the same name. There are so many people in the Song family, so I must have remembered it wrongly." She said this because she also wanted to help Song Xin get rid of the entanglement of the Wei family.
Wei Xuan said: "Well, Qi'er was seriously injured and confused. Maybe he really remembered it wrong."
He raised his head again and asked, "Well, do you know that those people who were involved in the business of selling babies back then have made arrangements?"
"They would never tell about it."
"Well, it's best to shut them all up," Wei Xuan said.
"The villain understands."
Shortly after the butler bowed and exited, a maid came in and said, "Master, the young master is back."
Soon the guard came in. When Wei Xuan saw his son back, he was so happy that he burst into tears.
Tuoye stood quietly behind Wei Xuan and looked at Wei Qi for a moment before showing a smile.
Wei Qi smiled and asked, "Dad, is this your new aunt?"
Wei Xuan said: "Exactly."
Wei Qi chuckled, walked forward and saluted, "Wei Qi pays homage to my aunt."
Tuoye leaned forward slightly. The person in front of her was the murderer of Tuoshan. Now she wanted to cut him into pieces. But she is no longer the impulsive little girl she used to be. Tuoye knows that she will always have a chance to take revenge.
Late at night, in Wei Qi's room.
"Have your gifts and messages been delivered?"
There was a person standing in front of Wei Qi. He turned out to be the young officer who went to deliver orders to Song Xin during the day.
"Well, I delivered it and told him that he can return within ten days."
"Okay, very good. You can go back and you can take the reward." Wei Qi was very happy.
The young officer went out happily. He felt very happy after getting two rewards in one day.
At this time, Wei Xuan asked: "Why do you want people to pretend to pass orders?"
Wei Qi said contemptuously: "He is a colleague of my senior brother. How can a boy with a humble background be on an equal footing with my senior brother? I heard that Cao Cao doesn't like his men not returning after the deadline, so let this boy stay at home for a few more days. Then we will talk about it." If you use your strength secretly, you might not be able to become that boy’s follower.”
Wei Xuan was silent for a moment and then said, "Oh, just take care of yourself."
He felt that something was wrong with his son. He always gave him a cold feeling, like a moving corpse.
Wei Qi stood up and said coldly: "I have to go out to do some things. Father, please rest early."
"Aren't you staying at home? Your mother-in-law misses you very much." Wei Xuan tried to dissuade him.
Wei Qi looked disapproving and said, "Well, I will be back when the matter is done."
Wei Xuan pulled his sleeve and said, "It's better to stay one more night..."
Wei Qi had no expression on his face, pushed his old father's hand away, opened the door without saying a word, and left without looking back. Seeing his son's figure disappear into the dark night, Wei Xuan's throat couldn't help but throb, and he wanted to speak, but nothing came out.
Tuoye walked in not long after, glanced at Wei Xuan who looked gloomy, and asked softly: "He's gone?"
Wei Xuan suddenly looked up and saw Tuoye, then he smiled and nodded with a wry smile.
...
At the same time, everyone in Songjia Village had fallen asleep. Song Xin was still sitting alone in the courtyard. After waiting for his family members to breathe calmly and fall into a deep sleep, he jumped out of the courtyard wall and rushed towards the Wei Manor.
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