Chapter 102: Returning Home
A horse-drawn carriage stopped next to the breakfast stall on the corner. ≥,
There were only a few guests sitting in front of the stall, instigating bean juice, taking a bite of freshly fried golden fragrant fritters, and listening to the freshest gossip news at the moment.
Lin'an City has always been peaceful, few major events happen, but this can't kill the idle nature of the people of Lin'an City, who loves gossip and miscellaneous talk, the same thing, and who to say, how to say, and then change someone to continue to say, a pass ten to a hundred, one person a mouth, from the alley to the alley, the story may give birth to several different versions, it is no exaggeration to say that the neighborhood harmony in Lin'an City and this idle time is inseparable from the relationship.
"Hah, did you just see it? Lu Xiaobawang's cowardice! ”
"See! If I were him, I would definitely slap him! Grab the Tao lady to the house again! Hey! ”
"Phew, just you? Not to mention anything else, what can you eat about your tigress? ”
"You know a? The one in my family is also fierce in front of you, in private, she has to do what I want her to do! Don't listen? Watch Lao Tzu slap her! ”
"You're just talking! I see my sister-in-law glaring, and you're going to hide under the table. ”
The man who exposed it was a little unbearable on his face, so he only stared and scolded stubbornly: "Let go of your mother's fart!" Who was Lao Tzu afraid of? You called her! Look at how Lao Tzu cleans her up in front of you! ”
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the other two people who sit at the same table with him also have some unhappy trivial matters at home, and when they see that he is anxious, they are afraid of making things bigger. Busy laughing and snorting.
"It's my brother's mistake, just tell me casually, how do you know that you are in a hurry."
"Haha, they're all brothers, I'm invited for today's meal."
The man who used to talk ruthlessly was just slapping his swollen face to support the fat man, and he would never dare to let him play majestic in front of his daughter-in-law, so he went down the slope when he saw this. The three of them grinned and patted each other on the shoulder, said some polite words, and swept away the previous unpleasant things.
"Huh." One of them said, "Speaking of which, our city has not been very peaceful lately. Brothers, you need to be smart! ”
"What's wrong?"
"A female corpse was found in Xie's house. You know that, right? ”
"Yes! Didn't it say that a maid committed suicide by throwing herself into a well? ”
"Do you believe that?" The person who spoke rolled his eyes and said, "It's the people in the Xie Mansion who think that this matter is not very clean and have suppressed it." ”
"How do you know?"
"Hey, hey." The person who spoke said with a smug face: "My mother-in-law is on an errand in the Xie Mansion, and this inside information is from him." ”
"Really? Then tell the brothers! ”
"What's the hurry? Isn't that what I'm about to say? The speaker looked around with some scruples, and then lowered his voice. The god said mysteriously: "Yes." We have a flower thief in Lin'an City. Sneaking to the Xie Mansion, I happened to meet this unlucky girl, so I forced the person. This maid is still an innocent yellow flower girl, and she was humiliated, so she couldn't think of jumping into the well. ”
"Is there really a flower thief?"
"If you want me to say it! There is no use for catching fast farts in our city, and we eat three meals a day in the dog's stomach! ”
"Mother! You have to be quiet! Catch you carefully and go to the board! ”
……
Sitting at the table next to them was a well-dressed man with a white beard, who heard the conversation behind him, and his hand holding the bowl was gloomy.
"Little Er, check out." He stood up with a blank face, dropped a dime of silver, and turned to walk towards the carriage.
Xiao Er, who came to clean up after hearing the sound, was taken aback by the silver, a bowl of bean juice is only worth a few copper plates, this old man casually lost a dime of silver, could it be from other places? He heard that the place in the capital is expensive, and a bowl of bean juice and a dime of silver is also possible! Could it be that this old man is from the upper capital? That...... Do you want to find money?
The man didn't know that the dime of silver he casually dropped had caused a moral battle in Xiao Er's heart, but even if he knew, he would definitely not take it to heart, after all, he didn't take that bit of silver in his eyes at all.
The man slowly approached the horse, looked at the door of Tao Sanniang's bun shop, stretched out his hand and smoothed the horse's mane, and murmured: "If you want to come to Deng Babai, you have to have a good time with that peach blossom lang Yu Shenghong before you stop, too, this way to be a coachman for me, but he is stuffy, in this case, let's go back first." ”
The steed paced back and forth, shook its head, tilted its head and snorted.
The man smiled, turned around and sat down in the front of the car, but he didn't use the horsewhip at the front of the car, only shouted softly.
"Old man, it's back."
The horse neighed, flicked its tail, spread its hooves and ran.
Zhao San, the gatekeeper of Xie Mansion, heard the sound of horses' hooves from a distance, and when he looked over, the man who was sitting in the front of the car was suddenly startled, and hurriedly nodded and came out, helping to pull the reins of the horse.
The man got out of the front of the car in his whole robe and casually threw a grain of broken silver into Zhao San's arms.
"Reward."
His voice was cold, but it was like fairy music in Zhao San's ears.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is Xianle, after all, this is the first God of Wealth in Lin'an City.
"Thank you, Master San." Zhao San smiled and bent over.
Third Master Xie nodded indifferently.
"Wait for the horse, and return the reward."
Zhao San did not have the slightest resentment to serve a horse, only smiled and said yes, carefully pulled the reins of the horse, and watched Master Xie San enter the mansion.
Master Xie San went to Changxi Courtyard to greet Mrs. Jin.
In the past few days, Mrs. Jin has been in charge of the house again because of the sleeping bed of Mrs. Xie San, and for a while, Changxi Courtyard was very lively, or holding account books, or holding clothes, or there was nothing at all to show her face in front of the old lady.
Mrs. Jin is old, and her methods are still very vigorous and resolute, and with the four big girls of Mama Jin and Bao Lubao Scarf Cuckoo Du Li from the side, this family is even more powerful than when the Liu family was in charge.
At this time, Mrs. Jin was flipping through the account book, and faintly heard the voices of the maids in the courtyard greeting her. The sound is uneven, so some of them are not really heard.
"Who's coming?" She asked, tilting her head.
Mama Jin tilted her head and listened carefully, and said with a smile: "It's the third master who is back." ”
"I'm back from Ann." Old Madam Jin nodded knowingly, "His daughter-in-law is sick and in bed now, so she should come back and see." ”
Mama Jin sighed lightly, "The third lady looks like a tough person on weekdays, how can you say that she will fall ill when she falls ill?" ”
"In the end, it is a woman's family, who does not have this disease and that disease behind her back?" Old Madam Jin shook her head.
As he was talking, Master Xie San had already stepped in, knelt on the ground and saluted uprightly.
"The son greets his mother."
Old Madam Jin looked at her third son, who looked tired. I felt a little unbearable.
Speaking of which. Among the four sons raised by Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Jin, except for the fourth son, Xie Zhen, who is very arrogant and has always done what he wants, the most brilliant reader is actually not Xie Jin, the eldest son of the current official cabinet scholar. is not the second son Xie Qian, who is now in charge of the family school. is now the third son of the businessman.
Thank you. The word from Ann.
Secret, avoidance. From the peace, with the encounter and peace.
It seems that Xie Yan was destined to be on a par with the eldest brother and the second brother as soon as he was born. can only be subordinated to the two.
Xie Yan was most disgusted with businessmen when he was young, and felt that the businessmen were not more innocent than the literati, and they were more determined to gain fame and fame. Xie Yan was young and frivolous, but he was proud that the knife could hurt people, but the old lady Xie who heard the wind in the capital sent his henchmen back overnight, detained Xie Yan in the study, and handed over his resignation when he went to court the next day. Emperor Jing in the court put down his suspicions, smiled and held up the old lady Xie with his own hands, and the resignation was naturally not allowed, but the extra grace allowed the old lady Xie to return to his hometown to recuperate for a period of time, and the old lady Xie knocked in front of the palace to thank the emperor.
Old lady Xie returned to Lin'an Xie Mansion, and before she had time to wash off the dust, she hurried to Xie Yan's study, dodged the wolf in Xie Yan's hand with one hand, and broke it into two on the spot.
It is said that Xie Yan is also a genius, when he left the house that day, he just took a few silver tickets with him, but when he returned home a year later, he actually earned a few stores for the Xie family. Since then, Xie Yan has abandoned literature to engage in business, shouldering the expenses of the Xie family's housekeeping, with many stores under his hands, and the scenery is infinite, and he has become the third master of Xie San, who is now known as the living God of Wealth.
But Mrs. Jin knew that no matter how calm and calm the third son was in front of people, there must be a knot in her heart that could not be untied. In the final analysis, it was the Xie family who owed him.
At that moment, Mrs. Jin bent down and personally helped her son up, pulled him to her side and sat down.
Master Xie San smiled slightly and calmly sat beside his mother.
Mrs. Jin took her son's hand and never let go, and asked a few words about business in a warm voice, but Xie Yan only said that it was fine, but his expression was obviously a little absent-minded.
Mrs. Jin knew it in her heart, so she smiled and said, "Okay, my mother won't keep you anymore, you can go back and have a look." ”
Master Xie San, who was told by Mrs. Jin, didn't seem to see his mother's teasing gaze, smiled indifferently, bent down and bowed to leave.
As early as when the carriage entered the city, there were secret guards who came to Chonggui Yuan to report the news of Xie Yan's return, and Yun Lai heard that the master Deng Babai had entered the city together in disguise as the coachman of Xie San's chauffeur this time.
Xie Yuren's unpromising subordinates hid on their own.
Xilai asked, "How should Senior Deng be placed?" ”
Xie Yu said lightly: "Since he came here as a coachman pretending to be the third master, he will be placed in our Chonggui Courtyard, and he and Old Man Jiang will be taught to relieve their boredom." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person fall from the long railing of the verandah outside the house, and it was Yunlai who was hiding above.
Yun Lai quickly rolled in and hugged his young master's leg and wailed, "Young master, don't mind! There are also our people in this city, where can't the master live? If I lived in our yard, I would be miserable! ”
"Out of breath." Xie Yu glanced at him and said in disgust: "Get out, why don't you hide soon?" ”
was making a fuss, and listened to the eyeliner planted in the house to report.
"Senior Deng didn't seem to follow, the third master came back alone, and now he is talking to the old lady."
Yun Lai breathed a long sigh of relief, patted his chest and exclaimed, fortunately, fortunately.
Xie Yu kicked him angrily and lightly.
"The third master has now come out of the Changxi Courtyard."
"The third master is walking through the garden."
"The third master has entered the courtyard gate."
Every step that Master Xie San took in Xie's mansion, someone came to report to Xie Yu.
Xie Yu bowed slightly, and strode out of the study with his whole robe brushed up.
When Master Xie San came in, he saw his proud adopted son bowing his head and bowing his hand.
"Yu'er." Master Xie San's throat moved slightly, and his eyes showed a little relief.
He stepped forward to help his adopted son, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed, "Okay! You are stronger than the last time my father saw you. ”
Xie Yu smiled but did not speak.
Under the porch, there was a pleasant sound of the hairpin ring shaking, and a beautiful woman came slowly, dressed beautifully, and a phoenix in her hair was ready to fly.
"The master is back." Now it is easy to be the green night blessing of the Liu family.
Master Xie San's eyes darkened, the hand that slapped Xie Yu's shoulder hung weakly behind his back, and he smiled reluctantly: "Yu'er, let's go in and talk." ”
Xie Yu glanced at Qingye, then faintly withdrew his gaze and walked into the hall with Master Xie San.
Qingye, no, she should be called Liu. Liu Shi smiled slightly, and did not take the deliberate ignorance of Master Xie San and the glance swept by Xie Yu to heart, and slowly followed.
In the hall, all the maids and maids had quietly retreated.
Master Xie San sat on the main seat, Xie Yu sat under him, but Liu Shi stood on the side of the hall with his head down, not seated.
In front of people, she was Mrs. Xie San, but behind her was a dead man.
Xie Yu smiled and invited her to sit on the main seat.
"Mother is standing so far away, and people who don't know think that their mother is angry with their father."
Liu Shi hit a spirit, but he didn't expect his mind to be so leaky.
Her original name was Qingye, and she was the son of the twelve dead soldiers around the young master, who was good at the art of disguise, and once used the pseudonym Que'er to call by Liu's side. Later, the Liu family was unchaste, and after the young master noticed it, he asked her to pay more attention to the behavior of the Liu family every day, and faintly wanted her to replace the Liu family. A few days ago, Liu's adulterer/husband was caught and raped together, and after the young master shot Liu's with his own hands, he asked Xilai to call her to dress up in disguise, and she was able to appear in front of people as Liu's appearance, as for the lack of a maid named Que'er in Chonggui Courtyard, who cares? But I didn't expect that she was able to mess with her real appearance in time, and always remember to imitate Liu's demeanor, and her behavior was easily found by the young master!
When did the real Liu family lower his eyebrows in front of Master Xie San?
"It's a shame for you to remind me." She nodded with a smile, staggered forward, and sat down on the other side of Third Master Xie.
Master Xie San glanced at her lightly, took out the money bag from his sleeve, and threw it away.
"Good learning, reward."
"Get the money and get out."
Liu's charming smile suddenly froze on his face. (To be continued.) )
ps:Today's chapter is particularly dangerous.,The code word software seems to be broken.,I was forced to quit n times over and over again.,Scared me to death...... It's still in the draft, and I didn't lose it~