Chapter 22 Xu Family Affairs
On this day, Xu Shu returned home, and as soon as he changed out of his official uniform, someone came to report, "There is an old man at the door of the master, saying that he was sent by the old man, and he saw that the master had something." As he spoke, he handed the prayer note to him.
"Hmm." Xu Shu replied lightly, but did not react until he took the post and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment. "What about others?"
"Go back to the master, wait outside the door."
"Let him in." Xu Shu's face was a little dull, and he strolled to the flower hall.
When I arrived at the flower hall, I saw an old man waiting there, and when I saw Xu Shu, I stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Master Xu." β
Xu Shu glanced at him and felt a little embarrassed, "Are you?" β
Fu Bo said respectfully: "It's the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion below." β
Xu Shu nodded and said, "This worship post has your master's name written on it, I remember"
"The relatives of our lord are waiting, and I saw the relics of the lord before his death a few days ago, and I used the name of the lord to come to Anyang to see Mr. Xu when I was suspicious." Fauber said. At the beginning of yesterday, I remembered that my uncle mentioned Xu Shu as a little strange, so I kept my eyes on it and did not visit in the name of Lu Mingyuan.
"Kinship?" Xu Shu frowned, "What did you leave behind?" I want to send you not far away? β
Fauber did not speak, but took a letter from his sleeve and handed it over. Xu Shu took the letter suspiciously and looked at it, it was the marriage letter. Xu Shu was stunned for a long time after seeing it.
Seeing his expression, Fu Bo couldn't help but think of what he said at the beginning of the month about refusing to recognize the marriage contract. It was when he was apprehensive in his heart that Xu Shu slowly spoke: "This is indeed the case." β
Seeing that he should respond, Fauber's heart relaxed slightly. Suddenly, Xu Shu tore the letter into two pieces with a tug of his hands, and then quickly crumpled it.
"Master Xu?!" Fauber was shocked and shouted, but the paper marriage letter was already in pieces.
Xu Shu responded calmly: "Steward Xu, don't be impatient. As he spoke, he called the servant to give a few orders, and then turned to Fu Bo and said: "The paper marriage letter was indeed made by me and Brother Xu Xian, but at that time, I was drunk with him and agreed to it indiscriminately. After many years, I didn't expect it to be turned out. β
When Fauber saw him say that, he was already at a loss. Xu Shu stroked his shoulder and continued: "What I said is true, otherwise why didn't the paper marriage contract sign the name of the three generations of my family and the eight characters of the dog." β
Fauber was momentarily stunned.
"Besides, the dog has already discussed with the grandson of Shoufu a few days ago, so I'm afraid this marriage contract can't be counted." He explained. At this time, a servant also came over and handed a wooden box to Xu Shu in his hand.
Xu Shu nodded, took the wooden box and continued, "But this matter is my fault after all, Brother Xu Xian is deceased, and I can't clarify it in time." Here is a thousand taels of silver, you can take it back, and sue the relatives of the sΓΉ clan for the right to make amends to the Xu family. β
As he spoke, he opened the wooden box, and saw that the silver taels of white flowers were already inside.
Fauber looked at the wooden box and frowned, feeling the need to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
"Old man, I'm sorry for you." Seeing that Fu Bo didn't speak, Xu Shu put the wooden box into his hand.
Fu Bo stood for a long time, and he really didn't know what to do, so he had to accept the wooden box: "So I can only go back and tell the truth......"
After Fu Bo left, Xu Shu looked down at the crumpled confetti in his hand, and frowned slightly.
"Where's the eldest young master?" He looked up and asked the servant beside him.
"Back to the master, the young master hasn't come back yet."
"Hmm. When I came back, I asked him to come to my study...... And don't tell anyone about today. He finally explained.
Over there, Fu Bo waited for Yin Liang all the way to Hangzhou Mansion with a heavy heart.
At that time, the people at the beginning of the month had been waiting in Hangzhou for a long time. Seeing that Fauber had returned, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Fauber, how's it going?" The beginning of the month said anxiously.
"Little ...... Mademoiselle......" Fauber frowned, not knowing what to say.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Xiao Xiao was also anxious when he saw that he couldn't swallow it.
"What is this?" When he saw that he was still holding a wooden box in his hand, he took it,
I didn't expect it to be white silver when I opened it. The crowd was amazed.
"What's going on?!" Moon frowned and asked.
"Yes...... It was given by Master Xu. Fauber looked awkward, and replied intermittently.
At the beginning of the month, he suddenly remembered something, the hand in his sleeve was already clenched into a fist, and he asked anxiously, "Fu Bo, what about the marriage contract?" β
"Tear ...... Tear ......," Fuber muttered with a slumped face.
Suddenly, everyone was shocked and angry, and they already knew seven or eight points in their hearts. Then I listened to Fauber complete the details little by little, and the anger gradually turned to panic.
"Yue'er ......" Ying Ruolan looked at the silent moon, feeling very worried, but she didn't know how to comfort her.
Hang Zhongxuan was also speechless, although she had been prepared in her heart, but when it really happened, how could they persuade her? After all, I did everything possible to come from Chengzhou, but I didn't expect to get such a result.
"Uncle Hang, Aunt Lan...... I'm out of the way. At the beginning of the month, he lowered his eyes and whispered, but his eyes were flushed with red tides.
Patting her cheek with her hand, trying to hold back the tears rolling in her eyes, she barely pulled out a smile, "Hmm, I'm really fine...... I, I'm going out for a walk......" he said and staggered towards the door, looking dejected.
"Yue-" Ying Ruolan wanted to call again, but she didn't expect to be pulled by Xiao Xiao's sleeve.
"Mrs. Hang, let Miss go out for a walk...... Xiao said, her eyes also red. Seeing Xiao Xiao say that, Ying Ruolan also guessed that it was probably the meaning of the beginning of the month. So he summoned the little servant and asked him to follow her quietly behind her to keep her safe.
At the beginning of the month, I walked for a long time, and when I came back to my senses, I found that I didn't know when I arrived outside the Xu Mansion.
Raising his eyes to look at the two big words "Xu Fu", his eyes suddenly became sour, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and he saw a man in a brocade robe riding a horse, and his air was lofty.
At the beginning of the month, he suddenly panicked, hurriedly turned his back, and hid behind the locust tree.
When the man dismounted, a few domestic servants also came out of the Xu Mansion to help lead the horse, and there was a humane who looked like a housekeeper: "Young master, you are back." The master is waiting for you in the study. β
At the beginning of the month, I heard a meal and poked out half of my head.
I can't see my appearance, I can only see an ink-colored straight coat with a straight back. He answered lightly and then entered the house.
At the beginning of the month, I watched it, and tears welled up in my eyes, dripping to the ground. She bit her lip lightly, raised her sleeve and rubbed it twice, but she didn't expect that the more she rubbed, the more tears overflowed, and finally she whimpered, and she didn't dare to cry, so she could only shrug her shoulders desperately and suppress it.
"What is Yun Xiang looking at?" On the teahouse diagonally opposite Xu's house, a man was looking at the woman in front of him and asked.
"Mu Yan, there is a girl under the tree opposite, standing there crying for a long time." The woman leaned against the window and did not look back.
When the man heard this, he leaned over and saw a woman in green clothes standing under the tree outside the door of Xu's mansion, "Probably which woman is thinking of Xu Shiheng again." He frowned slightly.
Yun Xiang nodded, "It's pitiful to cry." "Let her also be a little worried.
"Alright, don't look at it." Mu Yan turned around and said, "Eat the snacks quickly, I'll send you back in a while......"
"Oh, okay."
In early summer of June, the locust flowers have bloomed.
The flowers bloom beautifully, and the flowers hurt people.