Late at night, the lanterns were lit on the ninth floor, and the pear blossoms under the lamps were bathed in the watery moonlight. The breeze blew and blew the window lattice. Xie Haoan looked out the window and saw catkins and fireflies flying in the air.
"Thank you, Mr. Six, this is a contract. Take a look, is there anything wrong with it? The two hundred and sixty thousand taels of silver notes are valid for three days. After three days, I hope Mr. Xie will deliver it on time. If Mr. Xie is not careful, It doesn't matter if you forget, I will bring someone to the door of the Duke's Mansion to remind Mr. Xie Liu." Manager Mo from Die Lianhua personally brought the person, wrote the contract, and respectfully sent it to Xie Hao'an.
"I know, I, Xie Hao'an, don't have much for anything, but have the most money. Naturally, I won't miss you a penny for this money." After saying that, Xie Hao'an picked up the langhao pen, signed his name with a wave of his hand, and used The ink pad pressed the fingerprint.
"Of course, of course, Mr. Xie Liu is absolutely right. Mr. Xie, you are so charming and elegant, and you are so charming..." Before Na Guangshi could finish his compliments, he was interrupted by Xie Hao'an:
"Stop talking nonsense, a moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold, the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy. Please take me to find my daughter quickly. If it delays my meeting with my daughter, I will only ask you."
Mo Guanshi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xie Hao'an was also a drunkard. Come to think of it, the education of the Xie family was not as good as the legend said: "Of course, of course, I will take you there myself. I promise not to delay A spring night between you and your little girl~"
"Uncle Six, you don't really want to spend the night with that... then... what should we... do..." Xie Yi looked at his uncle, bit his lip, and asked.
"Hahaha, gentlemen, please rest assured. We, Die Lianhua, don't have much in anything, just this room. Thanks to the Sixth Young Master, we have a beautiful woman to accompany you tonight. Naturally, we, Die Lianhua, will not wrong you young masters. We will We will arrange a good private room for all the gentlemen, and we will definitely prepare all the fine wines and delicacies for you. If the gentlemen still need it, we Die Lianhua still have some girls who are both beautiful and beautiful~"
"No need, just find a few of us in your largest box tonight. You can arrange the wine and food. As for the girl, just call Zhixiang to accompany Liang Liulang. There is no need for the rest of us. The girls here will entertain us, and we can arrange it freely." Seeing the two little girls being uneasy here, Chen Hao immediately stood in front of them, preventing Namo Guanshi from continuing to look at and communicate with each other, and then said something unprecedented. A lot of words.
"Yes, yes, what General Chen says is whatever it is. I will ask someone to make arrangements for you. Thirteen, come and take all the distinguished guests down to the largest box in our house."
Chen Hao and Liang Liulang were about to leave following a thin servant named Shiliu. When they stepped down the steps, Chen Hao and Liang Liulang turned back in tacit understanding. They met Xie Haoan's eyes, and the eyes between the three of them were flowing. , his eyes were complicated, as if everything he wanted to say was left unsaid.
Xie Hao'an nodded and watched Chen Xi and others leave. His appearance was still light and breezy, but only the jade pendant that had been pulled off at some point and was being rubbed in his hand revealed Xie Hao'an's complicated mood at the moment.
When Steward Mo asked him to follow, Xie Hao'an swallowed nervously and temporarily stopped what he was doing. Xie Hao'an walked especially slowly tonight, as if his feet were weighing a thousand pounds. When Steward Mo was about to notice something unusual, When asked, Xie Hao'an took a deep breath and followed up with Steward Mo at a rapid pace. Seeing this, Steward Mo stopped asking any more questions. He was only responsible for taking Xie Hao'an to find Jiao Niang. It's not his mother, so as long as Xie Hao'an's actions do not affect their interests of Die Lianhua, he will naturally not ask any more questions.
"Xie Sixth Young Master, this is it. My dear lady is waiting for you. This is the key to the room. You can open the door yourself~" Manager Mo and Xie Hao'an stopped in front of a red wooden door, and then, He took out another key from his arms and handed it to Xie Haoan with a flattering smile.
Xie Hao'an took the key from Steward Mo's hand, looked at the lock on the door, then chuckled and said, "Lock it, why are you so afraid that people will escape."
Guanshi Mo only smiled to apologize, but did not explain out loud.
"Okay, go down. If you have the courage, stay and listen to what this girl and I are doing." Xie Hao'an said jokingly.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. Thank you, Mr. Six, for your permission." Steward Mo quickly stepped back with a smile.
Seeing that the obstructive person was finally gone, Xie Haoan relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief. He stood at the door and stared at the faint black figure for a long time. Then he used the key and creaked open the room. Door.
The girl had already taken off her veil and stood behind the gauze curtain. She was tall and beautiful, casting a long shadow on the ground, attracting the man's endless reverie.
Xie Hao'an didn't have any lust in his eyes at this moment. He just walked forward slowly and gently opened the gauze curtain with a fan. When he saw the beautiful woman in front of him clearly, his pupils suddenly dilated, and his words seemed to be stuck. In his throat, he couldn't speak for a long time, and his beautiful eyes were gradually stained with sadness.
When the charming lady saw Xie Hao'an's appearance clearly, her reaction was exactly the same as Xie Hao'an's. Both of them had tears in their eyes and looked at each other speechless.
"Brother An..."
"Sister Shu..."
Xie Hao'an and the woman named Jiao Niang didn't know how long it took before they calmed down, and then they spoke at the same time.
The two confirmed each other's identity and immediately hugged each other. Especially the woman named Jiao Niang, who was already bursting into tears at this moment. She cried and said:
"Brother An! I thought... I thought... I would never see you again..."
"Stop crying, stop crying, Shu'er, what's going on? How could you end up in such a place?" Xie Hao'an comforted her cousin whom she hadn't seen for many years, and then asked aloud.
"I...I sold myself here!" The woman named Jiao Niang bit her lip and blood flowed out. Then, with blood mixed in her mouth, she said these incredible words .
"What! Why did you sell yourself here, Shu'er! I remember that my uncle was already the magistrate of Yuzhou many years ago.
Three years ago, when the imperial court bestowed a number of titles, my uncle also received the title of viscount due to his considerable political achievements... You are his and his aunt's biological daughter! How come you are here! "Xie Hao'an said in disbelief.
"Ha... So what if I'm my biological child... So what if I'm a legitimate child... It's the same... Brother An... My father, my brother... they all don't want me..." Jiao Niang heard Xie Hao'an's words, laughed at herself, and then said.
Xie Hao'an couldn't help but frown when he heard these nonsensical words. He continued to ask: "What's going on, Shu'er, please tell me slowly...tell me carefully from beginning to end, and I'll make the decision for you!"
"Brother An, do you still remember the last time you and I met..."
"I remember it was my fourth aunt's birthday. My fourth aunt had just recovered from a serious illness. My mother was very happy and took my third brother and me to Yuzhou to congratulate my fourth aunt on her birthday. That day was the first time we met. , you were just a little kid at that time. You should still be at the age when you were held in the arms of your fourth aunt and good uncle, but you had already learned to hold the hands of your three brothers and walk. That day, you stumbled all the way. Come up to me."
"Yes... At that time, I had the love of my father and mother, and the love of my three brothers... But... Brother An, do you know... After my birthday that day, my mother only a year later because she helped my father to relieve the people in famine, But the old illness came back and left me."
"...I know...my mother was very sad at that time and cried for a long time...Later, I remembered that it was my father who personally sent the imperial decree to Yuzhou for the fourth aunt."
"Yes... It seems like yesterday that my uncle came to express condolences at my mother's funeral... The pity of my father and brothers for my mother who lost my mother when I was young seems to be vivid in my mind... I thought I lost my mother, but at least I With the love of my father and brothers, I am the happiest girl in the world, but everything has changed... Everything started to change six years ago..."
"Six years ago...what happened? Why, my mother and I didn't know anything...even the Gu family didn't know anything..." Xie Hao'an frowned and asked.
"Of course... my father and brothers would never let our Gu family know about these things... Six years ago, my father quietly took in a concubine in Yuzhou. His surname was Hu, and he was extremely beautiful. He also brought A daughter who is only one year older than me also entered the Murong family. I thought it was nothing. My father had been a widower for my mother for many years and had never even taken a concubine. Now that I am older, I think It is human nature to find someone to take care of your daily life..."
"But... I didn't expect..." When Murong Shu said this, she couldn't help but choke again.
"I didn't expect anything! Shu'er, please tell me quickly!" Xie Hao'an was very anxious.
"Unexpectedly... that person was not the concubine my father took on a whim, but his old sweetheart who had been living outside for more than 20 years! Even the daughter Hu brought in was an adulterer and an adulterous wife. Their own flesh and blood! My mother was still alive at that time! How dare they! How dare they let down their mother like this!"
"What! Your father is such a person! It's too much! He was originally just a foreign barbarian whose family was ruined. It was his grandfather who saved his life when he was running a caravan. He treated him as his own son, providing basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Mr. Cultural Relics , no one of them has treated him badly! He even betrothed his fourth aunt to him, and helped him donate money to become an official, build his ancestral graves, and find his hometown!
If it weren’t for our Gu family’s support all the way! How could he, a foreigner from a foreign land with no money or status, gain a foothold in the officialdom, and still enjoy the good life of becoming a general? What a shameless person! "
"These things! Don't your brothers have any opinions!?" Xie Hao'an gritted his teeth angrily. All the heartless people in the world should be killed!
"Ah...brothers...they are not my brothers anymore! No! They will never be! They are beasts! Beasts!" When Murong Shu heard these words, she seemed to have gone crazy, and kept moaning and roaring, His eyes were bright red, and tears fell down like broken pearls.
"What good things have your brothers done to you!?" Xie Hao'an was sensitive to the fact that there must be some ulterior secret in this. She, her younger sister, liked sticking to her brothers the most since she was a child, like a little tail. , does not allow others to say a bad word about his brother, and his brothers also dote on this sister very much, and the brother-sister relationship is often envied by others!
But now... these people must have done something terrible and harmful!
Xie Hao'an knew that the trouble was serious, and he also knew that this incident must have left an indelible impression on Murong Shu... But after weighing it, he continued to encourage Murong Shu to tell him the situation.
"My good brothers...like me, we all hated the mother and daughter at first, and felt that our father was not sorry for our mother in Heaven. We wanted to write to my grandfather more than once, and wanted to let him make the decision... ...But in the end...we still cared about the relationship between father and son that we have had for so many years...and did not reveal this matter to my grandfather..."
"But I didn't expect that only three months after this incident... I don't know why, but my good brothers all started to fall in love with my illegitimate sister. My illegitimate sister seemed to be able to read minds. Generally, I can accurately guess what my brothers are thinking, and can also predict the future, preventing many family disasters from happening..."
"So wonderful? There must be something weird...doesn't anyone among you brothers and sisters suspect it?"
"Yes! We were all suspicious at first...but my illegitimate sister inadvertently saved the lives of several brothers...and also created some weird things...such as shampoo, Toothbrushes and other items...have made Yuzhou earn a lot of money over the years..."
"But, as my father and brothers continued to accept her, my illegitimate sister began to come to find trouble with me...first she accused me of stealing her things, and then she accused me of beating her. The maid...even...even...slandered me for pushing her into the water! But I have never done any of these things...no..." When Murong Shu said this, she even broke down in tears...even in desperation. I wanted to hit the wall with my head!
Fortunately, Xie Haoan stopped her with quick eyes and hands, so no major incident occurred...
"Don't your brothers and father have any doubts... You have been together day and night for so many years, don't they still believe in your character?"
"I don't know... they believed me at first... but... later, they didn't believe me anymore, they didn't like me anymore, they only remembered the birthday of the illegitimate daughter! They didn't remember my birthday. ! Even... my fiancé and my illegitimate daughter and sister were secretly communicating with each other behind my back... My good brothers and father... also persuaded me to give up, saying not to do evil and beating up the mandarin ducks..."
"But I am their sister! I am Brother Zhuang's fiancée! My fiancé and my illegitimate sister are in love! Why! I still want to give in! I won't let it! I won't let it go until my death! "
"Too much bullying! Just because you won't let go! They want to sell you to a place like this! What about their humanity!" Xie Hao'an overturned the table angrily!
"Ha...they have the most respect...how could they sell me here...On the first day of the new year this year, Mr. Hu and his daughter were poisoned for some unknown reason...after being ill for a long time, they picked up one Fate...I originally thought that evil will be punished...but I didn't expect that after Murong Minle woke up from the poison, she said that it was me who killed her and her mother! It was me who poisoned her!"
"I refused to admit it, but I didn't expect... my personal maid, Xiaodie, actually confessed, saying that everything was under my instructions, and that I bought medicine to kill people because of jealousy!
I can't argue, I can only swear on my mother's spirit tablet! Unexpectedly... each of my brothers slapped me in the face... They said that I was shameless and had done something wrong, and I even swore on my mother's spirit tablet!
Then, my father took the initiative and threw me into a village in the countryside..."
"I was tortured there every day... I thought that when they got over their anger, they would be willing to take me back...
But I didn't expect...I waited for so long...and waited for nothing...all I waited for was...a fire that killed me! "
"What! They want to set you on fire!"
"Yeah...how ironic...my biological father and my biological brothers actually sent their cronies to set fire to kill me! They locked me in that room alone! I was the only one! I I watched the beam fall from before my eyes with my own eyes! Hahaha!" Murong Shu had shed all her tears at this moment, leaving only her crazy laughter, which made people's hair stand on end.
"Shu'er...how did you run out..." Xie Hao'an hugged the crazy girl sadly, patted her back repeatedly and comforted her. He waited for the girl to calm down before asking.
"I thought I was going to die... But just when I was about to die... the boss of Die Lianhua passed by, and I begged him to save me...
He told me that he never saved useless people, and asked me what I had that was worth saving for him... I said that I was willing to sell myself to him, to be his most profitable tool, and his murderous dagger, as long as he was willing to save me. I'm willing to do anything! I just want to survive and avenge myself..." Murong Shu was only a young man, but the words she spoke at this moment carried the smell of death like an old man...
"I'll take you home... okay... Brother An will avenge you..."
"You can go back...I can go back..."
"I will... I will go back..."
