Chapter 42: The Siege
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"Yes!" The man answered, took the scroll, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Xie Linxi rolled up the scroll on the table, turned around, handed it to the person behind him, and instructed him, "Give this painting to Xie Fanghua's hand." โ
Xie Yin was startled, and when she turned around, she saw a person standing behind her, and her eyes widened. She had never seen someone so quietly and suddenly appear in the room. Obviously, except for her and Xie Linxi, this room didn't feel that this person was in the house.
"Childe!" A person appeared behind Xie Linxi.
Xie Linxi smiled, "It's not for you, so you naturally can't see it." The words fell, and he shouted behind him, "Someone." โ
"Is this a mountain? How is it not like that? Xie Yin really couldn't see that it was a mountain, only a piece of ink.
Xie Linxi looked at the painting in front of the table, his eyes moved, and he said slowly, "The painting is a mountain." โ
Xie Yin got his approval, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, looked at the painting he had made on the table, a piece of ink, and said puzzledly, "Second brother, what are you painting?" โ
Xie Linxi smiled, "Since that's the case, then you can stay with me!" โ
Xie Yin pursed her lips and nodded, and said softly, "I won't go back, and I won't be able to stay when I go back." is also watching the father and mother regret and frowning, or watching the eldest brother, third brother, and eldest sister panic and fear. I want to stay with you, and when I look at you, I don't feel afraid. โ
"It depends on the emperor's decision!" Xie Linxi paused and added, "It also depends on the attitude of the Marquis of Zhongyong. โ
Xie Yin raised his head and looked at Xie Linxi, "Second brother, will our mansion be fine, right?" Daddy will be fine, right? Mother's going to be fine, right? โ
"If you know it's wrong, go back to your room!" Xie Linxi felt the change in Xie Yin's breath, turned his head, and also swept the remorse on her face, which was different from the remorse of Mrs. Min and Xie Chuan, but the real regret felt that she really shouldn't have done in the past. He was somewhat relieved, softened his tone, and patted him on the head.
At this moment, she suddenly understood Xie Linxi, her second brother, how transparent he has always been and knows what is the most precious thing.
At this moment, she felt at the same time, what does it matter if there is no glory and wealth? What does it matter if the status is not higher than whom? As long as the parents, brothers and sisters are safe and sound, that ordinary happiness becomes unattainable when the catastrophe suddenly comes.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that what did it matter if she didn't be the young lady of the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion? Xie's long house is also one of the best high-ranking households. The mansion that allows the emperor to use five thousand royal forest troops. Looking at the capital, there are not many.
Before today, she still thought that why Xie Fanghua was born and reincarnated in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion? Even if the Marquis of Zhongyong Mansion has monstrous wealth, it will decline one day. At that time, if the Xie family's long room is big, even if it does not bear the name of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, it will not be underestimated. But in just a short period of time, the Xie family's long house collapsed first.
Xie Yin lowered her head, bit her lip, her eyes were red, and she didn't say anything.
Xie Linxi didn't speak.
Xie Yin didn't leave, looking at Xie Linxi, seeing that his face was expressionless, she said in a low voice, "Second brother, did I do something wrong?" I shouldn't be shorter than Xie Fanghua. If it weren't for the reason I pounced on, my mother wouldn't have made a move on her, she wouldn't have made a move, and she wouldn't have been caught with the evidence, and the emperor wouldn't have sent the Imperial Forest Army to besiege Xie's long house. โ
Xie Linmu, Xie Xiang, and Xie Linhu naturally followed. These few people are not very close to Xie Linxi.
Mrs. Min glanced at Xie Linxi and followed Xie Chuan out.
Xie Chuan waved his hand, "Since we can't escape, let's go back and wait for the emperor to deal with it!" The words fell, and he walked out of Xie Linxi's room first. The steps were a little weak and heavy.
Xie Linmu looked at Xie Linxi carefully, and saw that his face had indeed changed. It used to be mild, but now it's cold. He looked at Xie Chuan and Mrs. Min.
Xie Linxi let out a "hmm" and replied briefly.
"Second brother, you don't want to paint again, do you?" Xie Linmu looked at Xie Linxi, and he suddenly felt that this younger brother seemed to be different from before. The change is just a matter of the past few days.
"Go back, all of you! What to do, what to do! Xie Linxi waved his hand.
The chief butler came back to his senses, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he hurried out again. When I walked, my steps were sharper than when I came. Obviously, Xie Chuan's military heart is favorable.
"What are you still doing? Why don't you go soon? Xie Chuan raised his voice and scolded angrily.
The chief butler was still stunned, unable to come back to his senses.
"Go and inform the people in the house, don't panic." Xie Chuan spoke, he couldn't let the people in the house mess up first.
The butler suddenly stopped shouting and stood in the doorway. The Royal Forest Army besieged the mansion, didn't something happen? Didn't the lord and the lady commit a crime? How did you get to the lord here is protection?
Xie Chuan is the head of the Xie family's long house, and now he is ready for the worst, although his face is still a little pale, but he calmed down in his heart, covered his nervousness with anger, and reprimanded, "What are you panicking about?" The siege of our mansion by the Imperial Guards is both a siege and a protection. โ
Mrs. Min withdrew from Xie Chuan's arms and looked outside.
"Sir, ma'am, it's not good. The Imperial Guards have surrounded our house. The Xie family's butler stumbled over and shouted in fright.
Xie Chuan patted her, although the wife he married was strong, exquisite, and had a wide range of personal contacts in Beijing, except for a wife of Yongkang Hou, there was no one who could make a heart. But if it weren't for her working up and down for so many years, Jiji camp, the Xie family's long house would not have been able to sit so big today. She has no merit and hard work. It's just that it's planted now.
Mrs. Min was originally a little discouraged, but when she heard this, she immediately threw herself into Xie Chuan's arms.
Xie Chuan looked at Mrs. Min, although there was infinite anger in his heart, but in the end there was a friendship between husband and wife. In addition to wanting to be the wife of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, most of her thoughts are also for him and her children. He sighed, "I'll take it with you when the time comes." Don't mention it to the kids. It's also good to be able to keep the children as a last resort. โ
"You...... You don't care about me? Mrs. Min's body trembled violently.
Xie Chuan stomped his foot and said to Mrs. Min fiercely, "When the time comes, you will do things alone." lest the children suffer with them. โ
Mrs. Min was silent when she heard this.
"You didn't hold the evidence, you didn't have any evidence, and you didn't know who the name of the person behind it was, but you were used as a knife man." Xie Linxi said lightly, "When the time comes, you can only resign yourself to fate." Let's see if the emperor's loyalty to you and your father over the years is enough to open up. โ
"If I tell the truth, will the emperor believe it?" Mrs. Min was not sure what the consequences would be.
"If my mother is telling the truth. Then when the time comes, in front of the emperor, it will be as it is. Xie Linxi turned his head.
Mrs. Min has always been strong, and for the first time she was reprimanded by her husband, especially in front of the children. But now she can't care about anything. It was indeed she who took the Xie family's long room out of the water.
"You! He didn't even know who the messenger was, so he got in. Xie Chuan said angrily, "Even if you want to do this, you should let me know?" I even made an action behind my back! Now the whole family is suffering with you. โ
"I don't know who it is! Only this sentence was written. I had kept the note. But before you reach your study, the note turns black and automatically turns to dust. You were talking to a few of your staff members at the time, and I was a little scared, so I didn't say anything. "I guess the person who sent me the message was able to enter our mansion quietly and deliver it to me, and when I read it, the note was destroyed by itself." I knew that someone wanted to take the opportunity to deal with the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, so after thinking for a while, I decided to take the opportunity to deal with Xie Fanghua that day, and I couldn't miss the opportunity. How did I know that the fire did not burn Xie Fanghua, but she grabbed us. โ
"What? You actually got a dart? Who sent you a letter? Xie Chuan was stunned.
Mrs. Min shook her head, "I didn't do anything more!" The reason why I chose Prince Ying to take Xie Fanghua to the Dharma Buddha Temple to pray for blessings is because, three days ago, when I was delivering soup to your study, a dart hit the ground in front of me, and I picked up the dart to see. Someone spread the word that there would be a fire at the Dharma Buddha Temple today. โ
"Are you talking? What have you done behind my back? Xie Chuan saw that Mrs. Min's face turned even paler, and he suddenly became anxious.
Mrs. Min's face changed.
"Since my mother said that she didn't do anything except send someone to find a fake monk to harm Sister Hua, then I have to ask you. How did you know that the temple was on fire? How did you buy people and send them to the Dharma Buddha Temple when the fire was not lit? Xie Linxi stared at Mrs. Min.
Several people breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Mrs. Min shook her head, "Nothing more than this!" โ
Xie Chuan immediately looked at Mrs. Min, "Yes, Xi'er is right, have you done anything else?" โ
A word wakes up the dreamer.
"If my mother only got a fake monk and harmed Fanghua's sister, even if the emperor blames her, it will not be a big crime of raiding the house and destroying the door. There is no need to run away. Xie Linxi looked at Mrs. Min, "I just need to ask, did my mother do anything other than harm Fanghua's sister?" โ
Although Xie Linmu didn't want to admit that he was inferior to Xie Mohan, but in the end he was inferior to Xie Mohan, for so many years, the old marquis almost no longer established a son, whether it was the affairs of the court, or the affairs of the Xie clan, or the affairs of the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion. All of them were handed over to Xie Mohan. Although he is sick, he acts steadily, his mind is delicate, and he never lets anyone catch any handles. Even the emperor has no place to start. He shook his head.
"Big brother, do you also think that you can be better than the prince of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion in terms of talent? Do you think you can have the ability to bring down the Marquis of Zhongyong Mansion and sit in the position of Xie Shizi? Xie Linxi no longer paid attention to Xie Chuan and Mrs. Min and looked at Xie Linmu.
The two of them were broken by him, their faces were touched, and they lost their voices for a while.
"It's not that my mother knows it's wrong, but she resents that she didn't listen to her father's persuasion and can't help but act in front of Prince Ying and Princess Ying too early, right? Dad didn't know that he was wrong, Xiao thought about what he shouldn't have thought, but regretted not dissuading my mother, right? Xie Linxi smiled lightly and coldly, and broke the two of them.
Xie Chuan sighed and said gloomily, "Your mother's layout thinks that she has done it seamlessly, but the old marquis and Xie Shizi are no longer around, and she can't help but get a Xie Fanghua, so if our Xie family's long house can't even deal with a weak woman, how can we talk about banning the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion and replacing it?" Dad is indeed not satisfied, Xiao thought about what he shouldn't think. โ
Xie Linxi didn't answer, and looked at Xie Chuan, "Dad knows it's wrong?" โ
"It's wrong for my mother, my mother shouldn't instigate your father to be greedy, and she shouldn't condone Yin'er to look at Xie Fanghua unpleasantly." Mrs. Min wiped her tears, "But what's the use of talking about it now?" My mother knows it's wrong, and it doesn't work. Do you have a way to do it? โ
"Mother finally admitted that you are obsessed?" Xie Linxi looked at Mrs. Min.
"We're all confused, what's the use of you talking about it now? Xi'er, it's all mother's right. If you have a way, think of a way. It's not a pity for my mother to die, but you are still young, so you can't die with you. Mrs. Min was full of remorse and finally spoke softly. At this time, she felt that if the Xie family's long house was really destroyed, there would be hundreds of people inside and out. Although it is not taller than the Zhongyong Marquis and has a background, but looking at the capital, it is also one of the top noble families, which is not comparable to ordinary people. Why bother not to be content and strive for a higher place?
Xie Linxi finished a painting at this time, glanced at it, and slowly put down the pen, "The Xie family is from the same line, why bother to fight in the same room?" If you had listened to me earlier, you would not have thought about things you should not have thought about, and you would not have caused great trouble now. โ
"Dad won't leave, second brother won't go, eldest sister and second sister won't go. So how can we bear to go? Xie Linmu was helpless, and when he saw that Xie Linxi was still painting, he said angrily, "Xie Linxi, everyone says that you are smart, is it possible that there is such a big incident now, and our house is about to be raided and destroyed, so you are indifferent?" Even if you don't care, we're all your dearest. โ
"Let's go! I'll stay here, and when the emperor's people come, I can delay you. Xie Chuan waved his hand.
"Then you can't wait for death here!" Xie Lin Mu hurriedly said, "Didn't you say that the Royal Forest Army is coming?" If you don't leave, it's too late. Wait for the Kingsguard to come. It's too late to leave. โ
Xie Chuan closed his eyes, "Your second brother is right, you can't leave." Even if we could go, where could we go? I'm afraid I can't even get out of the boundaries of the capital. โ
"Let's go? Dad, what are you still standing for? Are you really waiting to raid your house and destroy your home? Xie Linmu looked at Xie Chuan.
Xie Chuan stood and didn't move, Xie Xiang stood and didn't move, and Xie Yin didn't move.
Xie Linhu heard that he was going to escape, although he was young and liked to play, he also knew that his life was important, and immediately followed Xie Linmu.
Mrs. Min was dragged two steps by him.
"Xie Yin, come here, your second brother will wait for death to die, and the eldest brother will take you away. Father, mother, let's go. Xie Lin Mu angrily stretched out his hand and dragged Mrs. Min.
"Second brother? Don't you don't speak, what the hell should you do? Xie Yin saw that Xie Linxi ignored the chaos in the house, everyone's panicked and anxious faces, and only focused on painting, and she couldn't help but have red circles.
Xie Linmu was speechless for a while, his eldest sister likes Zheng Yang like a flower in her heart, looking forward to marrying him every day, if she can't marry him, how can she stand it?
Xie Xiang cried, "I like Zheng Yang, if I can't marry him, I might as well let me die!" โ
Xie Lin Mu was anxious, "When is it?" Do you still want to be the daughter-in-law of the Zheng family in Xingyang? Saving your life matters. โ
"I don't want to escape, can I escape? Can escaping end well? Xie Xiang cried, "I'm about to get married to Zheng Yang." Will the Xingyang Zheng family still have a fugitive daughter-in-law at that time? โ
"Let's run! Surrounded by the Royal Foresters, where can there be a good end? Shelin said.
"Second brother, you speak!" Xie Yin grabbed Xie Linxi's sleeve, but he didn't dare to pull him hard, obviously knowing Xie Linxi's temperament, although he has a gentle temperament, but if he touches deeply, he knows that he can't touch his reverse scales.
Xie Linxi remained silent.
Xie Yin looked at him, and seeing that his expression was cold, she bit her lip, "Did the Imperial Forest Army really surround our mansion?" So what do we do? Is it really going to raid the house? โ
Xie Linxi paused, was speechless, and continued to paint.
Xie Yin was also so frightened that her face turned white, but compared to other brothers and sisters, she was the closest to Xie Linxi, the second brother, and walked quickly to Xie Linxi's side, looked at his ugly face carefully, and shouted, "Second brother? โ
Mrs. Min looked at Xie Linhu and finally couldn't help crying.
"Mother, do you want to cut off your head?" Xie Linhu's little face turned white, and he immediately stepped forward to hug Mrs. Min's legs, "Mother, I don't want to die yet, I haven't played enough......"
"Mother, how can this be? Why are you so careless? Xie Xiang's eyes turned red, "What should we do now?" โ
It has never been a trivial matter for the emperor to send the Imperial Forest Army. If it is light, it will be distributed, and if it is heavy, it will be raided and destroyed.
Xie Xiang and Xie Yin stepped into the threshold beside Xie Linmu and Xie Linhu, and when they heard this, their faces turned white and their bodies shook.
Xie Linmu's body shook.
"Why, you ask? It's not your mother yet, I asked him to endure it, and she couldn't bear it. After several twists and turns, he ran a hundred miles away, found a thief, pretended to be a fake monk, and went to the Fafo Temple to harm Xie Fanghua while there was a fire. I didn't agree, she told me that it would be done, and that it would be done seamlessly, and no one would be able to find out, and that the thief would just be killed afterwards. But what? The fake monk was caught red-handed. Now in front of the emperor, he has already explained that he was instructed by the Xie family's Changfang. Now the emperor has decreed that 5,000 royal forest troops will besiege the Xie family's long house and wait for disposal. Xie Chuan said angrily.
Xie Linmu's face changed, "Why is this happening?" โ
"The emperor sent 5,000 Imperial Forest Army to besiege our mansion, and now the Royal Forest Army is on its way." Mrs. Min said.
"Mother, what happened?" Although Xie Linmu's eldest son is not as smart as Xie Linxi's second son, and his talent is not as good as him, he is not bad, especially Mrs. Demin, who likes it, and listens to Mrs. Min in everything. From the moment he came in, he noticed that the two of them looked wrong, and if they were angry with Xie Linxi, it shouldn't be like this.
Xie Linhu was suddenly stunned, "What do you mean that your head is about to fall off?" โ
"When do you still know how to play? My head is about to fall off! Mrs. Min scolded.
"Dad, mother, what's wrong? Let's rush here? Xie Linhu said unhappily, "I and the little girls in the yard were playing with people, and we were playing with Xingtou, when we were interrupted by the people you sent. โ
Xie Linmu was stunned.
Xie Linxi didn't raise his head and said, "Big brother, why don't you ask what your father and mother have done, and then come to question me?" Although I am not angry and not liked by my father, I also know what to do and what not to do, but as the eldest son, you have always not advised your father and mother, have you known what to do and what not to do for so many years? When the words fell, he sneered, "I don't think you know, because you dream that the Xie family's Changfang will replace the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, and you can be Xie Shizi." โ
"Second brother, what's wrong? Are you so angry with your father and mother again? Seeing that the two of them didn't answer, Xie Linmu turned his head and asked Xie Linxi, who was painting without raising his head, with a bad face.
The two glanced at the four of them, their faces were completely gray, and they didn't answer.
"Dad, mother, what's wrong?" Xie Linmu, the eldest son of the Xie family's long house, took the third son Xie Linhu, the eldest lady Xie Xiang, and the second lady Xie Yin into the house, and saw that the two of them had a gloomy face, and asked out loud.
Xie Chuan was suddenly depressed.
Mrs. Min choked.
Xie Linxi shook his head, "I can't get out of Nanqin." You have lived a long time, and you still don't understand the wrist of the emperor and the wrist of the Marquis of Zhongyong? When the words fell, he said ridiculously, "You don't understand this, and it's ridiculous to think that Xiao wants to be loyal to the Marquis Mansion." โ
"Even if Southern Qin can't tolerate it, you can go to Northern Qi, or even further. Out of Southern Qin, the world is so big, there is always a way to live. Mrs. Min said.
"What's the use of leaving? Skynet is magnificent, sparse but not leaky. The whole world is not the king's land. Where can you go? Xie Linxi said lightly, "You guys just dispel this thought!" Since he did something wrong, he waited for the emperor's disposal with peace of mind. โ
"Yes, Xi'er, even if we don't do it right, it's too late. As soon as we get old, we are beheaded. But how can you children stay with us? Mrs. Min wanted to step forward to take Xie Linxi's bi again, but looking at his appearance, she didn't dare to step forward after all.
"What else do you do? Didn't hear me? Xie Chuan looked at the second son without the slightest urgency on his face, and seemed to be indifferent to the Imperial Forest Army's encirclement of the Xie family's long house, and he suddenly said angrily.
Xie Linxi retracted his gaze, did not answer, and continued to make the unfinished painting on the table.
But even if you escape, what can you do? It's nothing more than being wanted and fleeing, and living a life where you can't see people in the future.
Today's Xie family's longhouse is surrounded, that is to say, at the moment when the Royal Forest Army is besieged, not to mention people, not a single fly in Xie's longhouse can't fly out.
You don't have to think about it to know that it was his parents' idea, and now the Imperial Forest Army is surrounding the Xie family's long house, making them scared, frightened, since ancient times, which mansion the Royal Forest Army surrounds, which mansion is nothing more than a raid.
Xie Linxi glanced out, only to see his brother, brother and two younger sisters hurrying to his yard.