Chapter Seventy-Five: The Truth About the Fire in the Hou Mansion

Hearing Han Yan ask, Xi Cui could only smile awkwardly, she really didn't remember knowing her. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hanyan seemed to have expected that Xi Cui would not recognize herself, she didn't get angry, but she didn't give her a hint, just smiled in her eyes and continued to walk forward, and when she walked to Xi Cui's side, she put her face in front of Xi Cui, gently lifted the white veil with her side face, and put it back after a while.

Then facing Xi Cui, he looked at Xi Cui with satisfaction with his eyes wide open and an expression of disbelief.

Hime! It turned out to be Ximei! She only remembered that she had given Ximei the deed of sale, and gave her some silver taels to watch her leave the Wang family, and since then she has not asked where she has gone or what she has done. But at that time, Xi Cui's father was still the housekeeper of the Huai'an Hou Mansion, and it stands to reason that as long as she went back to them at that time, they would naturally have a way to find a good place for Ximei. The Hou Mansion hadn't had an accident at that time, and the Hou Mansion housekeeper still had some weight when he spoke outside. But why did Ximei fall into the dust?

Ximei didn't expect to experience so much, Xi Cui saw that instead of gloating, Xi Cui had a sad face. If she stays in a place like Ruyi Pavilion for a few months, if she can't learn to distinguish the real from the way a person looks at her, then she won't be able to mix it up at all, let alone become a famous Oiran in the capital now.

climbed all the way to her current position, and Ximei found that there were only two people she paid the most attention to, Xi Yunjian and Xi Cui. Knowing that Xi Cui had encountered such a thing, she suddenly wanted to come over and see her.

Xi Cui wanted to know what had happened to Ximei these days, but the timing was not right now. She could only leave Ximei in the back room, and wait for her to clean up the outside affairs before talking to her.

After explaining a few words to Duan San, Xi Cui came back to find Ximei. Ximei is no longer the little girl who cares about big and small things before. At this moment, she no longer regards Xi Cui as her opponent, they are more like strangers who are familiar with each other, obviously they have no relationship, but they have become trusting of each other.

Ximei confessed everything she knew without concealment.

She was very unwilling when she knew that Xi Yunjian's heart belonged to Xi Cui, but after experiencing everything in the Wang family, she figured out that Xi Yunjian should like a woman like Xi Cui. But after getting rid of the Liu family, she found that the reality was not like that at all. When she returned to the Hou Mansion to find her father, she was beaten and scolded by her father and mother, she was aggrieved at the time, but she only thought that she had done such a thing, and her father and mother must have been scolded by Mrs. Hou. But she stayed outside the Hou Mansion for many days but never entered it, and her father's attitude became more and more resolute every time, and finally even broke off from her.

Ximei couldn't figure out what happened to her father and mother, who had always loved her. However, when she had been guarding for nearly a month, her mother suddenly found her in the dark and told her to leave quickly, as far as she could from the capital, and it was best never to come back. She asked what was going on, but her mother didn't say anything, just stuffed her with money and forced her to leave.

Ximei had no choice but to act like she walked out of her mother's sight with her baggage, and then secretly walked back. Who knew that she couldn't find her mother, but she was robbed, all the gold and silver were gone, and she almost lost her body. In the end, it was Ruyi Pavilion's Tian mother who saved her, of course, as the treasurer of Ruyi Pavilion, Tian Mama would not save her in vain. She asked her to sign a deed of sale and left her in the Ruyi Pavilion.

When she arrived at Ruyi Pavilion, Tian's mother was not in a hurry to let her pick up guests, nor did she go out to socialize, but just forced her to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and these Ximei had been in contact with some before, so she was naturally handy to learn. Half a month later, she had the opportunity to go out, and the Hou Mansion had turned into a broken brick, she asked the people around her, and then she knew that the day of the accident was the day when her mother secretly came out to find her.

She stayed in front of the Hou Mansion until dark, and actually told her to meet a crazy woman. Although the woman was crazy, she kept saying that she was originally from the Hou Mansion, and she knew all the people in Xi Cui's mansion in the Hou Mansion, but she had never seen that woman. In order to determine whether she was from the Hou Mansion or not, Xi Cui asked her a few questions, and the answer was correct although it was messy but could be put together. After confirming that the person was really from the Hou Mansion, Xi Cui asked her if she had seen the housekeeper and his wife, but the man cried, picked up a stick and waved it at Ximei, she scolded the housekeeper and his wife, saying that they gave medicine to the people in the house. Ximei saw that she couldn't say clearly for a while, and it was not too early to see the time, so she was afraid that Tian's mother would be angry, so she left her some food and left, thinking that she would come back to ask her another day. By the time she came back, the madman was gone, and only after asking her surroundings did she know that she had disappeared since he had seen her that day.

After she went back that day, Tian's mother talked to her and asked her where she came from. After knowing that she was originally from the Hou Mansion of Huai'an, she was silent for a while, and it was about two days before Tian's mother talked to Ximei again. She told Himi that the madman she had met was not missing, but had been killed and buried in a wasteland in the suburbs. As for the words that came out of the madman's mouth, they were true, more than 100 people in the Huai'an Hou Mansion were all burned to death in the mansion, and those corpses did not even show signs of struggle, it seemed that they were indeed drugged. As for whether it was the medicine given by the housekeeper, it is unknown, because the housekeeper and his wife also died, but one thing is certain, that is, the housekeeper did receive money from Lao Keqin, the eldest son of the Lao family, before the accident in the Hou Mansion. I heard about this from Lao Keqin's personal guard, and it can't be wrong.

Tian's mother said implicitly, she didn't say what Lao Keqin did to give the housekeeper money, and she didn't say what the two things were related, but everyone with a little brain could understand that the Lao family had always been at odds with the Huai'an Hou Mansion before, and no one believed these two things!

After Tian's mother said this, she left Ximei about three days to figure out what to do. In the past three days, Ximei didn't go anywhere, didn't eat anything, just sat in bed and thought about the whole thing.

She didn't know what she should do next, but she wanted to know what Xi Cui would do if the Huai'an Hou Mansion was destroyed and Xi Yunjian was also dead? So she came out of the room, found Tian's mother, and asked her about Xi Cui's situation.

How could Mother Tian know the situation of a maid in the Wang family, but she still told her about Yun Ting's situation. When she said that Yun Ting was going to be taken to kneel on the street, her first thought was that it must be Xi Cui. Sure enough, she really saw Xi Cui. It turned out that Xi Cui was still desperately trying to protect his master.

She felt that she must also find one thing to do, so that she could live better, no longer be bullied, no longer whisper, and live with a beautiful and beautiful life. Then she thought of revenge, she knew that her father and mother had betrayed the Hou Mansion like herself, so they deserved their death as if they were now forced to fall into the dust, but the Lao family should not be so unkind, and they would kill them after using them. In the same way, the Liu family should not treat themselves like this, and they want to discard themselves after using it! But at that time, she couldn't do anything, although she was not angry, she could only accept the reality. But Tian's mother can help her, she gives her the opportunity to change her status, even if they just take what they need.

So Ximei studied harder, and Tian's mother also taught her more attentively, and she changed Ximei's name to Hanyan. And then spread the reputation of Hanyan early, but did not let Hanyan come out to meet everyone, after satisfying everyone's appetite for a month, Hanyan finally appeared but has been covering his face with a scarf, but the enchanting eyes are enough to turn all beings upside down, with the bewitching dress, the red clothes are like fire, the dancing posture is graceful, and the soul is seducing, but the expression is cold and arrogant. Soon Hanyan became famous and became a popular oiran among men.

And when she came to Xi Cui today, she naturally couldn't simply worship her family. She knew what Xi Cui wanted to do most now, and what she could do for her, of course, she wouldn't do things for her in vain.

Now she had remained silent after she had said this, and she was waiting, waiting for Xi Cui to find the meaning of her words. If she could find out, then they could cooperate, otherwise she should consider whether it was time to cooperate with Xi Cui.

Xi Cui patiently listened to Ximei's words, and after a short silence, she asked, "How could that Tian's mother know so many things?" Where did she find it? ”

Ximei finally smiled, and Xi Cui really found the crux of the problem. "Do you know when men are most likely to tell the truth? That is when the beauty is in the arms after the wine and food are full. Therefore, Tian's mother doesn't need to deliberately ask questions to know a lot of secret things, let alone the things she intends to ask. ”

"But I haven't met Mother Tian at all, but with your introduction, I'm not sure to cooperate with such a person, although I need the information she provides." Although Xiao Yu Zai Xi Cui knew Ximei's intentions well, she still wanted her to say it herself, because she hoped that Ximei could really trust herself, after all, there were not many people left in the Hou Mansion.

"Of course you don't have to cooperate with Mother Tian, I can give you the news you want, but I have one condition." Speaking of this, Ximei hesitated, she didn't know if Xi Cui would agree.

"I want Linglong to be someone else's slave like we used to," as for Liu Qian, she can deal with it herself. "I also want to be able to enter the ancestral hall of the Xi family after I die, and you must promise that you will never tell the secret of the fire in the Hou Mansion, and no one will criticize my parents."

Xi Cui looked at Ximei, smiled, and nodded, "You can rest assured that no third person will know about today's events, and your parents' spiritual positions will always remain in the Xi family ancestral hall." She directly ignored Xiao Zhi who was standing on the side, which made Xiao Zhi very dissatisfied, but she was helpless, after all, she was not alone now.

Hanyan girl left, there was a bustle outside, Xi Cui watched Ximei's figure disappear through the window, although she looked infinite now, but she still couldn't help but feel sorry for her, after all, they grew up together since childhood......

Before the spirit, Xi Cui knelt down in front of the spirit, although the Liu family was forced by Qi Yu to come, but he didn't stand when he came, and at this time he took the initiative to come up and support Xi Cui.

At this moment, there was the neighing of horses at the door, followed by four men in guard suits, and after several people stood on either side, a man's voice came from the door, "Sorry, sorry, it's late...... Is there a spirit? The voice came in with a purple brocade robe, and among the crowd who were all dark or white, Lao Keqin's crimson brocade robe was particularly conspicuous. I saw him laughing and walking inside, as if he was participating in a wedding banquet, without the consciousness of seeing the funeral. Behind him was Lao Xuefen, dressed in pink. The brother and sister walked up to Xi Cui with the same smile, and Lao Keqin said, "Miss Xi Cui is really sorry, our brother and sister are still late." But we didn't mean to be late, but we're going to find the murderer for you. After saying that, he clapped his hands, and several more people came in from outside, carrying a bag of hemp, which seemed to be still moving.

Several men threw the sack to the ground, then untied it, and a mess of human heads poked out of it. Although this person had been beaten to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, the Liu family still recognized him at a glance as the little guy who took Xi Cui's family away. With Liu's shout, the people present understood what was going on, the Lao brothers and sisters sent the murderer to Xi Cui to test Xi Cui's reaction?

If Xi Cui ignores it, she will definitely say that she has been making a show for the past few days, and she herself doesn't care about her family at all, but if she takes revenge directly, and is suspected of setting up a private court, they are here to make trouble!

Who knew that Xi Cui just glanced at the little guy lightly, and then said to Lao Keqinfu, "Master Lao, dare to ask where to find him?" Can you inform the government? Xi Cui had heard from the government before, that my family was killed by robbers, dare to ask if this person is related to the robbers? ”

"At this time, shouldn't you directly avenge your family and kill him first? Where do we find him? What kind of robbery is simply a pretense made up by the government, do you believe it? Lao Xuefen looked at Xi Cui with a smug expression, but she didn't notice that the brother standing next to her had already darkened his face. Isn't the head of the criminal department that Lao Keqin is about to take over the prison business?

Xi Cui walked up to the little guy, the man was already crazy, he didn't know how to recognize people at all, he just kowtowed, his mouth was open but he couldn't make a sound, Xiao Chuan said that his tongue was cut off. Looking at his hands again, he couldn't find a piece of good meat at all, maybe he would have been scrapped a long time ago. Lao Keqin brought such a person over just to test Xi Cui's courage and see if she dared to use this matter to make trouble, and by the way, he also wanted to see how far Nangong Yufeng could defend Xi Cui. He just wanted to make Xi Cui ugly in front of the public, just to see what would happen to Nangong Yufeng after he found out.

But he looked at Xi Cui's eyes looking at him, and she seemed to see through herself at a glance. That coldness, calmness, made him feel chills in his heart. And Xi Cui really saw through his heart, because there was a small widow by her side.

Different people react differently to people or things that they are afraid of, and people like Lo Keqin are more inclined to destruction. When something makes him feel uncomfortable, the first thing he thinks of is to destroy him instead of running away, Xi Cui is such an existence for him at this moment, and he has a strong desire to crush her in his heart, and this desire continues to increase as Xi Cui stares at him for more time. Xiao Yi has actually been reminding Xi Cui constantly, but Xi Cui can't control her heart, she wants to torture him in every possible way, even if it is to take her own life, at least at this moment, she thinks so.

They kept confronting each other like this, even Lao Xuefen felt the murderous aura on her brother, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, but Xi Cui didn't mean to back down at all, she kept staring at Lao Keqin's eyes, with a little mockery, a little disdain, wanting to see him collapse.

Lao Keqin finally couldn't hold it anymore, he suddenly raised his hand, and the tiger's mouth opened and rushed towards Xi Cui's neck. Xi Cui's eyes didn't blink, just waiting for him to pinch him hard. The expected pain did not come, but the green tendons on Lao Keqin's forehead burst out, his eyes were red, and his face was in pain.

Then Xi Cui was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace.

This taste Xi Cui is very familiar with, it is Nangong Yufeng. How did he come? Wasn't he supposed to be in the palace at this time?

Xi Cui didn't have time to ask before he was sent out by Nangong Yufeng with both hands, and it was Duan San who took over.

From beginning to end, Nangong Yufeng's gaze stayed on Lao Keqin's claws, his tiger mouth tightly clamped Lao Keqin's shoulder, watching his face distort and deform because of pain, but the anger on his face did not diminish at all.

"Nangong Yufeng, do you really want to work against me for this woman?" Lao Keqin let out a hoarse wail, and Lao Xuefen was already frightened and stupid, and she didn't know what to do at all.

"What do you call this woman? Is there anyone in the whole capital who doesn't know that Xi Cui is my Nangong Yufeng! You came to the door to do something to my woman, why did I work against you for her? Do you want me to watch my woman die at your hands and do nothing to be an enemy of your family? Don't say that I Nangong Yufeng won't talk about this reason, as long as it's a man, he won't say that! His hands tightened until he heard the sound of bones breaking, and Lao Keqin's face was covered with beads of sweat.

Seeing him let go, Lao Xuefen hurriedly asked someone to help his brother up, and approached Nangong Yufeng with courage, "Nangong Shizi, what do you like about that woman?" For her, you first turned against the Wang family, and then became enemies with my Lao family? ”

Nangong Yufeng didn't even look at her, walked straight to Xi Cui's side, checked her up and down to see if she was injured, and then put her mind at ease, and coldly returned to the Lao family brothers and sisters and said, "What do you think my Nangong Yufeng lacks now?" I was born as the son of King Li, and I am destined to inherit the title, and I don't care about any general or first minister. I made such a little feat, it was to prove that I could do it, not for some false fame and power. In that case, why do I need to be polite to you from the Wang family, the Lao family? I don't care who you are or what you can give me. But this woman is different, she is what I care about, there is only one such a person in this world! ”

When he said this, his hand was always on Xi Cui's shoulder, and through the clothes, Xi Cui still clearly felt the temperature of his palm, with solid strength, at least at this moment, which made her infinitely relieved...... (To be continued.) )