The scholar hurriedly said: "Young Master Xiao didn't come in person, but only let his relatives send it with a burden, saying that it was a gift brought by a distant relative of an adult." It's just that the threshold of Jingzhao Yin Mansion is too high, and ordinary people can't enter, so they asked him to hand it over. ”

Xu Shao stared at the mahogany makeup box in front of him, and said with a smile: "My family's distant relatives? Is the threshold for my home too high? - No matter how high it is, it can't be higher than the threshold of the Zhuguo Gong, right? It is still the threshold of the hot Fan Yang Festival envoy of Daqi. He shook his head as he spoke, "Brother Ping, it's still tender." Be careful of other people's ways. Well, go and prepare a carriage and a prayer for me, and I'm going to go to the Zhuguo Mansion. ”

Xu Shaozhi said that because Du Hengshuang has always had a grudge against the Xu family, her children do not have a particularly good impression of the Xu family.

It stands to reason that the Xu family can be regarded as Brother Ping's foreign family. His maternal grandmother, Fang Yuniang, is Xu Shao's house-filling.

It's just that Du Hengshuang's temperament was too hard in his early years. Although Xu Shao has always been kind to her, she has never regarded Xu Shao as a stepfather.

Xu Shao didn't blame her. And he also knew that the two sisters-in-law he was originally married to made the life of these two girls not easy. However, his second son Xu Yanbang has married Du Hengshuang's sister-in-law Du Hengxue, and Xu Yanchao, the third son born to himself and Fang Yanniang, has already married Xiahou Wushuang, the little county lord of the Xiahou family.

Fang Yuniang has handed over the responsibility of housekeeping to Xu Yanhui's wife Xie over the years, and she revolves around Xu Yanchao's three children every day, and she is very happy.

However, even though the relationship between the Xu family and the Xiao family is getting closer and closer. Xu Shao didn't dare to take it at all.

The scholar listened to Xu Shao's instructions, and said with some astonishment: "But my lord, why don't you go to the Zhuguo Mansion to spread a word, and invite Young Master Xiao to come to our house to sit?" ”

Xu Shao shook his head, "No need." I went to see it for myself to be reassured. ”

"Yes, sir." The scholar bowed down and went to prepare the carriage and horses.

Xu Shao took the car of Jingzhao Yin Mansion and came to the gate of the Zhuguo Mansion in Chongkang Fang.

His kinsman went up with him and called the door.

I heard that Jing Zhaoyin came in person, and Menzi was busy ordering people to spread the word.

After a while, Brother Ping was dressed neatly. Come out to greet Xu Shao.

"Lord Xu, is there something wrong? Just send someone to say it. I can just go to your house, so why bother to go myself? Brother Ping smiled as he led Xu Shao to the gate.

Xu Shao said with a smile: "It is not easy for you to be an official in Chang'an alone. Logic. I should take care of you more. But your dad is so good. There's nothing I can do to help. ”

"Lord Xu is polite." Brother Ping smiled politely. The experience in Chang'an in the past few years has indeed been very effective. Although it is not as quiet as Xu Shao, he is also a leader among the younger generation.

Come to the middle hall of the Zhuguo Mansion and sit down. Xu Shao said a few words of greeting, and then turned the topic to the things that Brother Ping sent him, "I saw the things you forwarded today." ”

Brother Ping smiled, and he knew that Xu Shao had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace. It seems that what the woman said also has some truth. In this case, should I take her back to see her father?

"Lord Xu, I am also entrusted with this matter. On that day, I happened to pass by your house and saw a woman wandering in front of your door with a few subordinates, so I asked about something. The woman complained to me, saying that she was a distant relative, but she hadn't seen her for many years, and I was afraid that no one in your mansion would recognize her, so she was not allowed to enter. I had a bad heartbreak, so I responded to her request and helped her transfer the token to the adult. Brother Ping arched his hand and spoke eloquently.

Xu Shao didn't believe a word, but he couldn't find any obvious flaws in it.

Because Brother Ping'er said these things, it happened in front of his Jingzhao Yin Mansion, as long as he went back and asked, the truth would be revealed immediately. So Brother Ping will definitely not deliberately lie in this regard.

But is that the truth of the matter?

Xu Shao smiled, "Oh? The doors of my house are going to be banging. Since you are a relative of my family, how can you be so lazy?! He asked Brother Ping again, "Can you invite that woman out and let me see her?" ”

The meaning of this is actually to say that this woman has a great relationship with Brother Ping, otherwise she would not live in his house.

Brother Ping also smiled, shook his head and said, "If you want to see her, you have to go to the Xinfeng Inn in Dongshi." She is in Chang'an, except for your relative, she is unrelated. Even if I helped her once, I didn't know her well, so I couldn't let her live in my house. Besides, you also know that I live here alone, and she is also a single woman, how can she live under the same roof as me? Does her reputation still exist? ”

Xu Shao stroked his long beard under his chin with his hand with satisfaction, and said with emotion: "Blue is better than blue." When your father was your age, he was far less old and dignified than you. After speaking, without waiting for Brother Ping to speak, he asked again: "The woman said that she was a distant relative of my family, but what kind of relative did she say?" ”

There are many kinds of relatives. Sometimes, some people think that the same surname is a relative, because 500 years ago it was a family......

Brother Ping said calmly: "She said that your original wife was her distant aunt. Her mother and your original wife are distant cousins. ”

After listening to Brother Ping'er's words, Rao is Xu Shao's concentration is different from ordinary people, and he was also shocked by the words "distant cousins".

He was stunned for a long time before coughing lightly, "She said it was the daughter of my original wife's distant cousin?" He asked Brother Ping'er again, "Do you know who my original wife is?" ”

Brother Ping also wanted to confirm whether what the woman said was true, so he nodded lightly and said, "I heard my sister-in-law hear it once, saying that his mother was originally the county lord of the previous dynasty. However, his health has not been good, and he died early. ”

"Did Yan Bang tell you?" Xu Shao couldn't help but glance at Brother Ping a few more times, but from Brother Ping'er's face, he couldn't see the slightest clue.

This matter is very important, and it may be related to the life and death of the entire Xu family. Xu Yanbang shouldn't be so stupid and tell Du Hengxue such a big secret, right?

That incident, if you tell Du Hengxue. It is equivalent to telling Du Hengshuang, and of course, it is equivalent to washing the necks of the entire Xu family and sending them to Xiao Shiji, waiting for him to cut them......

At this moment, Xu Shao chose to believe in his son. The deepest thing in this, Xu Yanbang shouldn't tell others.

"Yes, my original wife is indeed the county lord of the former Great Zhou. But she passed away very early, even before the founding of the Great Qi Kingdom, she passed away for a long time. Xu Shao's face showed a sad look and sighed softly. revealed the endless longing for the original wife.

Brother Ping was stunned. He looked at Xu Shao silently, and from Xu Shao's face, he couldn't see the slightest clue. Xu Shao's reaction, what he said to the woman. It's just eight poles that can't hit the edge.

Who should he trust?

Xu Shao? This notoriously cunning old fox? Or the woman who met in the water?

From the proximity to the distance. He should have believed Xu Shao.

But he has been influenced by his mother-in-law Du Hengshuang since he was a child. He was always deeply wary of Xu Shao.

"Master Xu, do you know which cousins your original wives are?" Brother Ping asked tentatively again.

Xu Shao took a deep breath. Regaining his composure, he smiled and looked at the eagerness and nervousness on Brother Ping'er's face, and said slowly: "No, I don't know." ”

When Brother Ping heard this, the expression on his face was very strange. It seems to be relieved, and it seems to be overwhelmed. His brows gradually tightened, but his eyes stared at Xu Shao's expression without blinking, as if he wanted to see some clues from it.

With Xu Shao's ability, of course, he was disappointed.

Brother Ping looked at Xu Shao fixedly for a while, reached out to the tea bowl on the table next to him, moved it over and took a sip.

"It's going to be tough." Brother Ping pondered for a long time and put down the tea bowl, "However, she asked me to send a burden to Lord Xu, saying that after Lord Xu saw it, he would definitely think of her mother." ”

"Have you seen what's in that baggage?" Xu Shao asked after him.

Brother Ping nodded, "Of course I want to check it out." If that woman lied to me, she was actually ill-intentioned, and it was filled with something bad in an attempt to disadvantage adults. If it were sent from my hand, wouldn't I be a servant of the tiger? - Naturally, I want to check it in detail. ”

He knew that inside the bag was a mahogany makeup box, and inside the box was a jade bracelet inlaid with gold and jade. The jade quality of the jade bracelet is perfect, the inlay is exquisite, and it is not something that can be made by the folk jewelry building at a glance. - It is fundamentally a created thing. It was created by the craftsmen of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty.

As soon as he saw the bracelet, he believed three points.

Brother Ping'er's family has been extremely wealthy since he was a child, and his knowledge of these things is no worse than that of any child of a family.

He knew that Xu Shao's original wife was the county lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty. If that woman said that her mother was the cousin of Xu Shao's original wife, that is, her mother was also the daughter of the clan of the previous dynasty and the Great Zhou, either the county lord or the princess.

But he also knew that Emperor Dezhen of the previous dynasty had three princesses who were particularly famous.

One is Princess Asahi who was slaughtered by Uncle An, the other is Princess Chaoyang, who was originally Uncle An's aunt, but later turned against him, and the other is Princess Chaoyun who died in Uncle An's arms. Other women should only be clan girls, not real princesses of Da Zhou.

Coupled with the fact that Princess Asahi and Princess Chaoyun are dead, could it be that this woman said that her mother is Princess Chaoyang?

Isn't that right?

Princess Chaoyang originally had only one son, An Zichan, who had already been beheaded by the thief Dou De. Later, many years later, she went to the depths of the desert and married Jieli Khan as Khatun. Just a few years of hard work are not enough for her to give birth to an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl.

Could it be that it is the mother of the other county lords of Da Zhou?

Brother Ping asked his doubts.

Xu Shao lowered his eyes, stroked his robe belt with his bony palm, and said, "If what she said is true, it is probably a certain clan girl." However, the clan daughters of the Great Zhou, who were within the Great Qi, were all dead. Where did she come from? ”

Those county lords of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty, before the establishment of the Great Qi State, died one after another. After the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, a number of people died one after another. Whether it is a normal death or a "death", in short, the family who married these women of the Great Zhou clan of the previous dynasty did not want to keep them......

Of course, it is quite possible that these women still have children left.

But the question is, even if this woman is real, how does she know what happened back then?!

Xu Shao knew very well that his wife conspired with others to hunt down and kill Ouyang Zi, the wife of Qi Boshi (Emperor Yongchang, the founding emperor of Great Qi), who got the news from Qi Boshi's concubine Wan at that time, and then cooperated with Empress Xiao in the Great Zhou Palace.

Wan was dead, and Empress Xiao committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam in the palace when King Yijun (now Emperor Yonghui) led his troops to take the lead in attacking Chang'an.

Xu Shao was very sure that neither of them divulged the true situation at that time.

Because if you have said all the circumstances at that time, King Yijun, that is, the current emperor of His Majesty Yonghui Emperor, it is absolutely impossible to let go of Xu Shao and the Xu family.

The revenge of killing the mother is not shared.

Although his wife couldn't let her subordinates kill Ouyang Zi, it wasn't that they didn't want to, but that Ouyang Zifu had a big life and was saved by Xiao Xiangsheng, and only one Xiao Xiangsheng died in the end.

And Xiao Xiangsheng is now the feudal official with heavy troops in hand - Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, the father of Xiao Shihe, the Duke of Zhuguo!

It can be said that Xiao Shiji's ups and downs all his life came from this incident.

Otherwise, maybe he wouldn't have suffered so much, and of course, he might not have been able to climb to such a high position.

And judging from the care and trust that King Yijun has always given to Xiao Shiji, Xu Shao is very sure that Ouyang Zi knows that it was Xiao Xiangsheng who saved her, and he also knows that Xiao Xiangsheng died unjustly in the prison of the former Great Zhou because of this incident. Also, Ouyang Zi should have told her second son Qi Yizhi (Emperor Yonghui) about this matter, and even all the later favors of Emperor Yonghui to Xiao Shiji came from the source of this matter.

That's the opportunity.

Xiao Xiangsheng gave his son the opportunity he gave his life in exchange.

Of course, Xiao Shi's outstanding military talent is also the most important factor.

If Xiao Shiji didn't have such skills, he would at best be a courtier under Emperor Yonghui, or a rich man.

If you want to be able to worship the marquis and be a big man, you still have to rely on the real skills of real swords and guns.

Xu Shao was thinking a lot, but it was only a matter of a moment in his mind.

Brother Ping said: "The woman said that she came from outside the Saiwai. Her mother married far away back then, and she was not a person from the Central Plains. ”

"Oh." Xu Shao responded, feeling that this was not impossible. There were indeed a lot of daughters of the Great Zhou clan who were close to each other back then. Moreover, these clan girls who are close to each other are obviously more powerful than the clan girls who stayed in the Central Plains, they not only live a prosperous life in other countries, but can even affect the political situation in the Central Plains.

But in this case, there is another problem.

If it was the daughter of the Great Zhou clan who had been married early, how could she know what his wife did back then? And is there a token of his wife's message?

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