Zhao Jinqi thanked and thanked before being led out by her mother-in-law.

Zhang held the green jade porcelain teacup in his hand, sat in the hall, looked at the sky outside the courtyard gate, muttered for a long time, and ordered: "Prepare the car, I will personally go to Xie's house." ”

"Ma'am, do you want to go by yourself? Don't be so troublesome, right? Just send a steward to deliver the letter. Zhang's maid asked puzzled.

Zhang got up with a smile, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said, "Be a man to the end, send the Buddha to the West." Since I've taken care of this matter, it's better to run it myself. ”

In fact, she is not at ease.

The father and daughter said that they were relatives of the Xie family, but the Zhang family was not familiar with the Xie family at all, so it was not good to send people over rashly without confirming it.

It's better to talk to the Xie family in advance.

Zhang's first asked people to send a post to the Xie family, saying that there was something important to discuss with Lu Ruilan, the eldest lady of the Xie family.

Lu Ruilan took the post and was very surprised, but for Situ Ying's sake, she was still very polite to Zhang's stepmother, so she hurriedly replied to the post and made an appointment to let her come to the door the next day.

The next day, Zhang took the Situ family's car to Xiefu.

Lu Ruilan saw her in the upper room of the main courtyard of the Xie family's inner courtyard.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they sat down separately.

Zhang said straight to the point: "Madam, I came to visit today rashly for the sake of two people. ”

"Oh?" Lu Ruilan tilted her head, "Please speak." ”

"That's right. A few days ago, the eldest lady of our family went to Leizhou and rescued a father and daughter surnamed Zhao on the way. They came to the capital and got sick, and happened to meet me and my daughter going to incense. Because I heard that it was the eldest lady of our family who had saved them, my daughter was very soft-hearted, so she asked me to take them into the house and ask someone to treat the old man. Recently, the Zhao girl told me that they had come to the capital from Xingzhou in the north to join their relatives, but they found that their relatives had moved away, and before they could ask anyone again, her father was so sick that he fell unconscious. ”

Lu Ruilan smiled when she heard this, and nodded lightly, "The eldest lady and the second miss of the Situ family have done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and they will be blessed in the future." But he was muttering in his heart: Why did he come to tell her about this kind of thing?

Zhang said again: "...... The father and daughter, surnamed Zhao, told me that they were relatives in your mansion. Miss Zhao said that her mother was the eldest aunt and wife in your mansion, and she also said that Xie Wuye was her cousin. ”

"Huh?" Lu Ruilan's heart was shocked when she heard this, and the expression on her face became stern, "You mean, it's our aunt's husband and daughter?" What about our aunt's wife? Also, our aunt has a son, who is older than her daughter, and has become her own son, what about him? Did you come with them? ”

Seeing Lu Ruilan say this, Zhang's heart was determined, knowing that this move was right, he sighed and said, "That's a long story." A while ago, Xingzhou flooded, you know, right? ”

Lu Ruilan nodded in a daze, and a sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

“…… I heard Miss Zhao say that a while ago, the Xingzhou flood flooded Xingzhou. Their Zhao family is also a local clan, but they almost died, and only she and her father escaped with a little softness. Your aunt's wife has passed away in that big water. Zhang said with great regret, "As for Miss Zhao's eldest brother, sister-in-law and little nephew, I don't know of course. If Miss Zhao doesn't take the initiative to say, I can't ask. ”

Hearing this, Lu Ruilan got up, paced anxiously in the hall, shook the handkerchief in his hand, and muttered, "...... My aunt's wife has passed away? I said how to send people to Xingzhou, but I couldn't hear from them. As he spoke, his eyes were already red, and he turned around and took Zhang's hand and said, "Mrs. Situ, thank you for helping us with this." There is indeed an aunt in our family who married into Xingzhou, and she is my father-in-law's sister-in-law. If it is really her husband and daughter, it is indeed the concubine of our Xie family. - Where are they? I'm going to pick them up. ”

"No thanks, no thanks. Why bother? If you hadn't sold us the house, they wouldn't have come to our door. Zhang also wiped away his tears, "You can meet with them and talk about your aunt's wife." I'm an outsider, so I don't want to ask too many questions. ”

"Understood, understood." Lu Ruilan personally sent Zhang out.

After the Zhang family left, Lu Ruilan hurriedly ordered someone to call Xie Dongyi, the uncle of the Xie family, and said to him: "...... Auntie, they have news. ”

"Oh? Found them? Xie Dongyi asked in surprise, "Where are they?" ”

"Don't worry. Just now, the wife of the Situ family came to tell me that a father and daughter surnamed Zhao came to their door from Xingzhou and fell ill. The Situ family saved the father and daughter, and later learned that the father and daughter's surname was Zhao, and they said that they were the aunt's husband and daughter......" Lu Ruilan said slowly.

"What about my aunt?" Xie Dongyi turned his head to look at Lu Ruilan, "They didn't say where my aunt is?" And what about Jinyu? ”

Zhao Jinyu is Xie Changsheng's eldest son.

Mrs. Situ said that Miss Zhao sued her, and her mother ...... Died in the waters. Lu Ruilan said word by word, "As for Jinyu, Jinqi didn't say a word. Mrs. Szeto was an outsider and didn't know anything about it. Jinqi didn't say it, it was probably more than lucky. ”

Xie Dongyi's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he sat back in the chair with his head in his hands, speechless for a long time.

Lu Ruilan sat beside him and quietly accompanied him.

She still remembers that her aunt Xie Chang is the youngest daughter and the only daughter of the older generation of the Xie family, and she has been married for more than 20 years.

When Lu Ruilan married into the Xie family, this aunt had already married into the Zhao family of the Xingzhou clan as the wife of the eldest son of the eldest son.

At that time, Lu Ruilan's father-in-law Xie Fu was the prime minister, and the prime minister's sister got married, and the pomp was naturally unusual.

Ten miles of red makeup, hundreds of people to marry, for a while to be a beautiful talk.

It's a pity that within a few years, the Xie family suffered misfortunes one after another, first Lu Ruilan's mother-in-law died of illness, and then two years later, her father-in-law Xie Fu also followed.

Xie Fu was still serving as the prime minister at that time, and as soon as he died, the people behind the Xie family did not pick up, and the Xie family had to withdraw from one of the five prime ministers, and he was defeated.

To be honest, Lu Ruilan is not familiar with that aunt, and her feelings are not very deep.

But for the two brothers, Xie Dongyi and Xie Dongming, they have a lot of respect for that aunt.

Among the Xie family's generations, their father Xie Fu is the eldest, and there are two unreliable uncles Xie Qi and Xie Shuang, and this aunt Xie Chang is the most compatible with Xie Fu, and she is also an elder who can speak better.

As soon as she left, the two unreliable uncles became the only remaining elders of their Xie family......

If you give them the money of the elders again, it will really be a dumb person to eat Coptis chinensis, and you can't talk about the bitterness.

"Don't be too upset. People die like lights go out, so let's think about how to find my aunt's body and bury her well. Lu Ruilan persuaded in a low voice and handed over a handkerchief.

Xie Dongyi took it and wiped his tears, and said sadly: "Call Dongming back." There is also the East Fence. Dong Li definitely doesn't remember his aunt. My aunt went back to the capital in the year she was born to see my father and the newly-born Dongli. At that time, my aunt still had a four-year-old nephew, who was smart and well-behaved......"

Lu Ruilan saw that Xie Dongyi became more and more sad the more he spoke, and her heart was also very heavy, so she hurriedly tried to divert Xie Dongyi's attention, "Then I'll call them back." Dong Li has often gone to Shen's house recently to help Prime Minister Shen Dacheng compile books. On the side of the imperial court, it was said that it would be appointed in the New Year, and I don't know if we can get back the position of deputy prime minister of our Xie family. ”

Xie Dongyi's thoughts really turned to Xie Dongyi's official position, "Quickly call them back." The matter of the East Fence, let him not worry. I heard from the people in the barracks that General Murong Chen, Marquis of Changxing, is going to escort the queen back to Northern Qi Province again, and he will leave after the New Year, and stay in Northern Qi for a month and then come back. ”

"Are you going back to Northern Qi again?" Lu Ruilan's eyebrows jumped slightly, and her eyes looked away, "Your Majesty is really affectionate to the queen......

"It's not that His Majesty is deeply affectionate, it's the queen's brother and sister affection." Xie Dongyi smiled, "The sick Emperor of Northern Qi is said to be sick again, and this time it seems to be quite strict." Several princes of Northern Qi each pulled a group of courtiers, and they couldn't wait to copy the guy immediately. ”

looks like it's not too high to look lively.

Lu Ruilan nodded with a smile, and personally poured Xie Dongyi a cup of tea and sent it to him, "Fortunately, there are frequent civil strife in Northern Qi, otherwise we have few people in Dongyuan, and we can't help Northern Qi." ”

"yes. This is called shrimp has a shrimp road, and crabs have a crab road. Xie Dongyi said with emotion.

Lu Ruilan got up and ordered someone to invite the second master Xie Dongming and the fifth master Xie Dongli to come in.

It didn't take long for Xie Dongming to hurry over.

Xie Dongli entered the door after Xie Dongming, and when he came in, he saw the two eldest brothers' eyes red, and the two sisters-in-law also had sad faces.

"What's going on?" Xie Dongli has never seen his brother and sister-in-law like this.

"Dongli, you're back." Lu Ruilan beckoned him to sit down, "There is news from my aunt's family in Xingzhou." ”

"It doesn't seem to be good news." Xie Dongli dusted off his robe and sat down.

He really didn't have any impression of this aunt, but he also knew that the two brothers respected her very much.

“…… My aunt's family was all lost in the Xingzhou flood, and only my uncle and little cousin escaped. Xie Dongyi said hoarsely, his nose was still a little blocked, and he had cried just now.

"Oh?" Xie Dongli looked at Lu Ruilan, "Sister-in-law? ”

Lu Ruilan pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said bitterly: "This father and daughter are also pitiful, they finally escaped from the Xingzhou Dashui and wanted to come to the capital to find us, but they went the wrong way, lived in a black shop in the south, and met robbers, and the soft on their bodies were robbed." Fortunately, he met the eldest lady of the Situ family who went south to Leizhou and saved the lives of their father and daughter. Later, when they came to the capital, they found our old house, and were taken in by Miss Situ Er, who asked them for medical advice. ”

"So, isn't it the news from the people we sent to Xingzhou?" Xie Dongli groaned and said, "Where are the father and daughter of the Zhao family?" ”

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