The sorrow of the Xie family and the Wei family is like a dark cloud at the moment, which is difficult to dissipate. It is really sad. However, some families are happy and some are sad. Since there are such sad families, there are naturally happy families. Their joy is blatant. Being seen by everyone, it makes people really envious in their hearts.
The Xiguogong Mansion, which is directly opposite the Xie family and two streets away, has been really happy these days.
Although there were no weddings, funerals, or birthdays, it was really lively.
Ordinary people occasionally pass by Duke Xi's Mansion three miles away, and they can smell the aroma of strong wine and delicacies, the melodious sound of bells and bells accompanied by the melodious music of the singer, and the sounds of laughter and curses from time to time...
Almost everyone knows why the Duke of Xiguo is so happy... Although they are despised by some people, who ridicule them for putting their grudges with the Xie family above national affairs, but because of the fact that the Duke of Xiguo is behind the scenes, With huge energy, these words appeared in the mouths of ordinary people and some loyal ministers. Not only did the others not have the courage to say it, but most of them came to join in the fun and flattery.
Among them, the crown prince and concubine of Shouguang, who had just got married but had not yet established a career, was very worried. She was one of the people who came to visit the Duke of Xiguo's house today.
Qi Lin followed the large army, took the valuable gifts in his hands, passed through the nine-curved covered bridge with pearls as curtains, fine sandalwood as pillars, springs and mountains, and precious flowers as the background, and walked several more times. There were lotuses in full bloom and a small bridge filled with fragrance, before we reached a fragrant and lively main hall.
The maid opened the door of the hall for Qi Lin and others, and then led Qi Lin and others to sit down in their respective seats. Because of Qi Lin's prominent life experience, he was placed at the bottom of the master's house in the Xiguo Palace. A good location, where you can see everything in the field...
The host of the banquet sitting at the top, who was also a gathering of this banquet, was Wei Dongli, the third son of the current Duke of Xi and the current Zuo Jianyi doctor in the court. Wei Dongli had lost his solemn appearance. Wearing an official robe made of gold thread and fine silk and satin, he sat on his head wantonly, his eyes blurred, his cheeks slightly red, and he was already a bit drunk.
He used expensive glass for the wine glass in his mouth. The transparent glass shone under the bright candlelight, reflecting the colorful light.
The wine in the glass cup is amber in color, but with a little pearly red. The wine has a mellow aroma. Even though Qi Lin hasn't tasted it properly, the aroma of the wine has already drifted into Qi Lin's mouth and nose. middle.
Just as Qi Lin couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, he saw Wei Dongli coming up, hugging the dancing girl with red lips and white teeth next to him, while casually picking up a dish that had gone through the four processes of frying, deep-frying, cooking and boiling. Wei Dongli just took a chopstick and put it into his mouth to eat the horse meat (dragon) and pheasant (phoenix). But while he was chewing, Qi Lin seemed to be able to hear the popping sound of the fat being grilled. , as if making its own sound.
Perhaps because Qi Lin's eyes were too straightforward, Wei Dongli suddenly looked at him. Qi Lin quickly picked up the wine glass and offered an apologetic toast to Wei Dongli, while Wei Dongli also looked at Prince Shouguang's Mansion behind Qi Lin. He drank a glass of wine very generously.
The hall, which was curtained with brocade silk, was filled with fragrance. Among the curtains, in addition to the aroma of food and wine, there are also the singing of white-toothed kaikos and the dancing of slender-waisted dancers with the playing of dragon flutes and the beating of drums.
The dancer's appearance is sultry, the dance is beautiful, and the accompaniment of singing and musical instruments makes the feasters feel so intoxicated.
Therefore, Qi Lin and others were dazzled by these singing and dancing fans in just a moment, and they were all immersed in this drunkenness.
Even though as the song and dance progressed, the lotus flowers were scattered by the sound of drums, messed up by dancing sleeves, and fell like red rain, they still remained unmoved.
Instead, he took advantage of the drunkenness and the break between singing and dancing to start the so-called flattery.
"Thank you so much for Mr. Wei's hospitality today. Mr. Wei is devoted to public affairs and takes care of everything... He still has time to spend time with us idlers like Bai Ding here. Mr. Wei is really a noble person..."
"Yes, Mr. Wei is really a role model for us..."
"No, no, all of you are ridiculous. I am just learning from my father and being loyal to His Majesty. How can it be considered hard work? If you ask me to say hard work, your majesty's work can be considered the real hard work. Woolen cloth……"
"No matter how hard it is to be an official in the court, there is no one who doesn't work hard, but no matter how hard it is, it can't compare to Mr. Wei and your family, who have been loyal to the country for generations... Let's just say that in Dayong, who knows who doesn't? Xiao, our two most famous gods of war in Dayong, as well as the heroic aunt and biological mother of the late emperor, but they all came from the Duke of Xiguo's palace... The harem of the previous dynasty all has the shadow of our Wei family... ..." Sitting next to Wei Dongli, Liu De, the current editor of the Hanlin Academy who was ranked second in the last imperial examination and is about to become Wei Dongli's future sister-in-law, said hurriedly.
"Master Liu, what you said is wrong. Everything in this matter has the shadow of our Wei family. It's just that our Wei family is more fortunate to receive the emperor's favor. Besides... Now, in the court, the only one who can help His Majesty solve problems is our Xiguo family. The Duke's Mansion, the Duke of Yan's Mansion doesn't have many concessions..." As he said that, Wei Dongli suddenly looked at Qi Lin who was sitting below him and said.
Qi Lin immediately felt that as Wei Dongli looked at him, more and more eyes were focused on him. Their eyes were dark and unclear, as if there was some danger hidden in them...
Qi Lin immediately scolded Qi Lan, who was good at making opinions and could only pretend to be miserable and diligent, a thousand times. Then, Qi Lin quickly put a smile on his face and said:
"Master Wei is really humble... The Duke of Xiguo comes from a famous family and has been serving as officials for many years. Master Wei's great-great-grandfather has made great contributions to the expansion of our Dayong territory, but he is known as Dayong’s number one God of War, the Duke of Yan... Although he looks pretty good now... But after all, he came from a grassroots background and lacks some foundation... and lacks some self-cultivation...
Even if I am embarrassed in front of His Majesty now... But, how can it be compared with our Xiguo Duke's Mansion... If it can be compared... How could the matter of the Southern Barbarian Mission be so twists and turns... My father is always Tell me at home, let me learn more from you, Mr. Wei...Don't be like my second brother and learn from Duke Yan and others..."
Qi Lin's ability to speak nonsense to others and to ghosts is really great. After speaking, his tone is sincere and his expression is sincere, making people believe that the Shouguang Crown Prince, who has always been wise and protective, is now In private, this is how he praised the Duke of Xi.
Wei Dongli, who was the most coaxed, was smiling from ear to ear. He quickly asked his favorite dancer to go to Qi Lin's side and pour wine for Qi Lin. Then, he praised Qi Lin a few more times. He even promised that if there was a way, he would definitely bring Qi Lin into the court to serve the country...
I was so happy that I couldn't be happier!
The two people were chatting freely. If others didn't know Wei Dongli's nickname of "Wei Qingqing", they would probably think that the two were close friends who met each other late.
Everyone else was watching the interaction between Wei Dongli and Qi Lin with great interest. Only Liu De looked gloomy and had secretly pinched his hands into a purple color...
[Damn it... Wei Dongli actually treated me like this. He would rather give face to a dude than bother his future brother-in-law... You know, if he hadn't found his own brother... that Nanman How could the royal family easily know the reputation of the Xie Hao family in Dayong... and how could they die in Dayong so quickly and let the Xie Hao family end up like this...]
[Damn it... In order to solve a serious problem for the Wei family, he even gave up his own brother... That's all... Wei Dongli can't be relied on, so what... Anyway... He can always rely on the Wei family... ...It's just a pity...his brother's life...and his whole family...it's a pity, it's a pity...]
When Liu De was still lamenting that he had sent out killers to kill his younger brother and caused his whole family to lose their lives, he didn't know that Skynet was so open-ended that it never leaked out...
Although his younger brother and his child, who was a clerk at Yushuxuan, had died tragically at the hands of the killer, his sister-in-law, who knew the inside story and was pregnant, had known water since she was a child, so when she was chased to the riverside, she was able to He jumped and escaped...
Now, I am hiding in a nunnery in the suburbs... and have even been found by Yue Xiao and others...
－－－－－－－－－－（I am the dividing line）
"Are you Liu Xing's wife, Mrs. Wu?" Yue Xiao rushed to the nunnery in the suburbs with his troops, and finally intercepted Ms. Wu who was about to be ordained and leave Kyoto dressed as a nun and asked.
Wu saw that the people who came were finally no longer those vicious killers. Even though they might be implicated by the Liu family in the end, because Yue Xiao and others came to find her, it finally meant that she no longer had to hide around for fear of being with her children. My son lost his life, so... he just sat paralyzed on the ground for a moment, then cried and said:
"Hey... Mr. Qingtian... You are finally here... My life can be saved!" Wu said, crying and hugged Yue Xiao's master Zhao Ce's lap.
"Ms. Wu, if you have anything to say, just tell the adults. I will definitely make the decision for you... Let go first, let go." Zhao Ce said while hurriedly trying to get Wu to let go.
"Ms. Wu, let go of my master. I came to you this time because I have something important to ask you. I want to ask you, as Liu Xing's wife, do you know why Liu Xing is just a clerk? But he paid off his gambling debt overnight. Where did this money come from?
Also, why did your entire family die, instead of going home to collect their bodies, you came to hide here. "
When Mrs. Wu heard this, she thought of her husband and son, whose family was destroyed and buried in the fire. She cried even more uncontrollably and said:
"Sir... you must make the decision for me... The peasant woman and her husband Liu Xing were just farmers who farmed the land honestly. In the past few years, my husband, who valued the most brotherly feelings, in order to be able to provide The eldest brother raised the money to go to Beijing to take the exam, so he sold a few acres of paddy fields at home and came to Kyoto.
This Kyoto is so big and prosperous that it makes their eyes dazzled... My husband is addicted to gambling, and my eldest brother, after finishing second in high school... divorced in order to marry the daughter of a wealthy family. wife……
The current situation... is all a crime... and has innocently implicated others..."
"If you commit evil, tell me clearly what kind of evil you have committed and who you have implicated."
"Kill the evildoer! Kill the evildoer! He also implicated the fourth young master of the Xie family in it!"
"Be specific."
"Here's the thing...
My eldest brother has disowned me as a poor relative since high school, but my husband still misses his eldest brother every day, and I won’t listen no matter what I say...
Unexpectedly, just because my husband values friendship, a few months ago, my eldest brother suddenly came to our door, gave us a bag of money, and stayed with my husband for a few days. I thought it was because of my conscience. , who knows, he wants my husband to help him with things, so he is so kind to him! "
"Your husband agreed?"
"My husband initially disagreed, but my eldest uncle gave us money, bought us a house, and played emotional cards with my husband-in-law every day...
My husband agreed in a moment of weakness... behind our whole family's back! If not he was going to die! I don’t know anything!
I don’t know what’s going on with my eldest brother... He has some deep hatred against the Xie family...
He first asked my husband to find a southern barbarian, and specifically told that person that the fourth son of the Xie family had some pictures in his hand. Anyway, they were things that scholars like...
Later, my eldest brother specially found an orphan copy and sold it to Yushuxuan where my husband worked. My husband told the rich man from Nanman about this, and then the rich man took the fourth son of the Xie family with him. After arriving at Yushu Xuan, my husband was responsible for receiving them, and put medicine in their tea, which made them faint...
Then he killed the southern barbarian, and according to my eldest uncle's wishes, he slandered the fourth son of the Xie family..."
"After my husband finished doing this, I originally thought that nothing would happen, but my eldest brother insisted on letting my husband take the whole family out to hide, but I was just pregnant and the fetus was unstable. My husband is with my eldest brother, can you wait a little longer... until my pregnancy is more stable...
I didn’t expect...I didn’t expect...waiting turned out to be waiting..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" When Wu said this, she couldn't help crying again, while Zhao Ce and Yue Xiao looked at each other sadly, and then Yue Xiao said:
"Ms. Wu, apart from what your husband told you personally, do you have any evidence to prove that what you said is true?"
"Evidence! Everyone is dead, what evidence can I have! Wait... Yes! Sir! I remembered! There is something! It can prove that what I said is true!" Wu originally had no master, but suddenly He seemed to think of something again and said quickly.
"What is it!" Yue Xiao asked immediately.
"Yes..." Wu stood up extremely cautiously and whispered into Yue Xiao's ear so that no one else could hear her.
After Yue Xiao heard this, he quickly called two friends with strong martial arts skills who had been guarding the door. After whispering, the two people immediately ran out of the place and went in the direction Yue Xiao said. , but unexpectedly... In the end, the way was blocked by several unexpected people...
