Ye Qinyu had just arrived in Luo'an, and he was caught off guard by Hengxingxing, but Taixiangxing was almost an empty shell, how could he fight back without money? Yi Ruhai originally wanted to allocate funds from Dingtaihe to feed Luo'an Taixiangxing, but Ye Qinyu disagreed, Dingtaihe had just been recaptured from Xue Huijin, and the people's hearts were still unstable, and Xue Huijin's people planted in Dingtaihe had not been cleaned, and now that the funds were withdrawn, Dingtaihe fell into emptiness, in case it was discovered and then spread, Xue Huijin would inevitably kill back a horse gun, and Luo'an and Haizhou would not be able to save them at that time.

At this time, Taixiangxing is located in the suburbs of Luo'an a warehouse unexpectedly caught fire, the fire soared to the sky, burned a whole night, half of Taixiangxing was destroyed in one fell swoop.

Such a big fire alarmed the Luo'an Mansion, and before Tai Xiangxing's temporary head reported to the official, Xue Peiqi interrogated the head and others, but he couldn't ask the clue when he asked back and forth, not like an inner ghost. Hengxingxing, which has been in the same situation with Taixiang recently, is the primary target of suspicion.

Luo An Shaoyin Song Zhenyuan and Xue Peiqi got close to each other, visited Xue Peiqi's mansion twice in three days, knocked on the side to inquire about the progress of the arson case, and hinted at the relationship between Hengxing Xingxing and King Xi several times, trying to make Xue Peiqi stop.

For a gentleman like Song Zhenyuan, Xue Peiqi didn't even bother to say anything to him. If it weren't for Concubine Song Hui and King Xi, Song Zhenyuan would not even be qualified to be a seven-rank county commander, how could he have jumped from a mere six-rank scattered official to a four-rank Luoan Shaoyin with real power?

After Xue Peiqi's arrogance came up, he couldn't pull back ten cows, and the more the Song family wanted to bully others, the more he had to find evidence to convict him. So Xue Peiqi went out of the city with the guards in the middle of the night, and went to the warehouse ruins of Taixiangxing to search for clues.

The warehouse is the lifeblood of a business, there must be heavy guards, and the fire prevention facilities are readily available, and some warehouses are even close to the far, located on the banks of rivers and lakes, in order to strictly prevent fire, the number one risk factor. The fire in Taixiangxing's warehouse is weird, first of all, the warehouse keeper did not find it, and secondly, the Yishui next to it could not pull the fire water source, and finally everyone in Taixiangxing was silent about this matter, giving people a feeling of knocking out teeth and swallowing blood.

No useful information was found at the scene, but the ashes left over from the burning made Xue Peiqi suspicious, the inventory in the warehouse was mainly silk and tea, the ashes of silk should be loose, and they would melt into powder when pinched, and there was a burning smell of hair, but the ashes of tea should be thick and hard, and the smell was the general smell of firewood. But now looking at the ashes, almost all of them are thick and stiff cords, and the smell is also a single smell of firewood.

Xue Peiqi was contemplating his eyebrows, and Xuexun suddenly noticed a squirming sound, and hurriedly reminded Xue Peiqi. The master and servant quietly followed the snooping man, and they came to a bamboo forest! Xue Peiqi felt that this place was familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, wasn't it the bamboo forest he found when he came back from the Thousand Buddha Grottoes and was thirsty to find a water source! There was silence all around, and the man suddenly disappeared, and he must have taken refuge in that hidden garden!

It's just a mansion, and the master and servant quickly climbed over the outer wall, carefully dodging all the way to the back hall.

I saw that the back hall was brightly lit, I heard a burst of baby crying, and there was a faint sound of two young women coaxing children, Xue Peiqi walked to the porch and looked inside, and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, the two people who were coaxing children inside turned out to be the county lord of Yi'an and Ye Qinyu!

The sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and Yi'an and Ye Qinyu inside hurriedly came out to inspect when they heard the movement, only to see Xue Peiqi stunned in place, his face full of disbelief, which really scared Yi'an and Ye Qinyu! Especially Yi'an, who subconsciously took two steps back with the child in his arms and hid behind Ye Qinyu.

Ye Qinyu quickly recovered his expression, it was reasonable for Xue Peiqi to come to check the warehouse, but he blamed the person he sent to see the scene for being too clumsy, and he noticed it, so he laughed at himself, "I didn't expect Lord Xue to be so smart, and such a secret place was discovered by you." ”

"Qinyu ...... How did you end up here...... Also, and the county lord, you ...... Shouldn't it be grounded in the palace of the concubine Zhu......"

Yi An coaxed the child in her arms who was crying more fiercely because of the fright, and the look on her face was a little sad, and she didn't dare to look at him directly.

Ye Qinyu took two steps forward and looked at Xue Peiqi generously, "Since the second uncle is here, it is better to go to the inner hall to drink a cup of hot tea, this spring is cold, and it is the twilight of the spring, so don't freeze your body." ”

Seeing Xue Peiqi enter, Xuexun consciously stayed at the door, observing the surrounding movements in a timely manner.

Ye Qinyu served hot tea to Xue Peiqi, and after looking at the academic training, he said with a smile, "Are the guards from your Xue family so nervous?" Don't worry, it's safe here, Yi'an and I, two weak women, can't hurt you. ”

"No, Xuexun is worried that there are other people following, so keep an eye on it for safety. None of the people sitting here are outsiders, and they still understand this bit of learning. ”

As he was talking, someone from outside came in to report, "Second lady, the two boats of Chu Jiangdrunk from Xiangzhou have all been resettled in Chengxi Cang. ”

"You're not being followed, are you?"

"Second lady, please rest assured, we didn't go to Yishui, and no one will find out."

"Okay, Uncle Wen has worked hard."

"Huh...... If it doesn't work, the old slave will retire first...... Oh! This、Isn't this the second master? The old slave was clumsy, and he didn't recognize it just now! The second master forgives his sins! ”

"Uncle Wen doesn't need to be polite."

Uncle Wen still smiled and nodded, and then bowed and left.

What he just said was that Chu Jiang was drunk...... Xue Peiqi remembered the night when he had a spring breeze in Yi'an in the suburbs of Changxing last year, and suddenly became a little cramped and uneasy, secretly glanced at Yi'an on the side, and quickly turned his face away.

Ye Qinyu saw that the child was still crying, so he got up and took it, "It's really weird, it's not usually like this, why don't you call the nurse?" ”

"No, I have been taking care of Ying'er and Ying'er during this time, the child is used to me, it is estimated that she has eaten too much tonight, she is a little uncomfortable, I will hold and coax her for a while to eliminate food."

Yi'an was about to take the child back, Ye Qinyu suddenly looked at Yi'an seriously, but said to Xue Peiqi in his mouth, "It's the first time the child has seen the second uncle, is it okay to let the second uncle come and hug him?" Maybe it won't make a fuss. ”

When Xue Peiqi heard this, he stood up a little nervously, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Chunyue to be a father, and I don't even have a family affair yet!" Come, second uncle hug, this is the eldest granddaughter of our Xue family......"

Seeing Xue Peiqi coming over, Yi'an became more and more nervous, her brows were twisted, and she bit her lower lip uneasily.

Xue Peiqi carefully took the child in Ye Qinyu's arms and coaxed it carefully. Strange to say, after the child arrived in his arms, he gradually stopped crying, and struggled with two little hands to touch his face.

Xue Peiqi was also happy to see the child's appearance, kissed her forehead, and said to Ye Qinyu and Yi'an excitedly, "Did you see it, did you see it?" She's inviting me to play with me! You see......"

Ye Qinyu also smiled, "I didn't expect the child to be really sticky to the second uncle, but don't tease her too much, if you are too excited, it won't be like sleeping, and what if you always want to find the second uncle in the future?" Let's put her to bed earlier. ”

Xue Peiqi nodded, then shook her leisurely and coaxed her to sleep.

He didn't seem suspicious...... Yi An breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the child really slowly fell asleep, and Xue Peiqi walked over lightly, wanting to return the child to Ye Qinyu. However, Ye Qinyu did not answer, but signaled him to hand it over directly to the child's mother.

Xue Peiqi was a little nervous, but he still walked over and gently handed it to Yi'an, Yi'an didn't dare to look up at him, but when he took the child, he was close after all, and the two of them could feel each other's breath, both strange and familiar......

At the moment of handover, Xue Peiqi looked at Yi'an, a little stunned, and held the child for a long time without letting go.

Yi An saw him staring at him blankly, his face turned crimson, and he hurriedly hugged the child, turned around and left the hall.

Xue Peiqi looked at her departing figure, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until Ye Qinyu called him several times. Xue Peiqi came back to his senses, threw Ye Qinyu a sentence of "It's convenient to go out", and hurriedly followed Yi'an out of the hall.

He caught up with Yi'an in three or two steps, blocked in front of her, stared at her and said a little fiercely, "Do you remember the events of that night?" ”

Yi'an was a little flustered, and after handing the child over to Ying'er to take down, she said sadly, "That time, we were all wrong...... Don't mention it again......"

"It's you who proposed to stay outside the city, and it's you who got drunk first, and now Yun Danfeng said lightly, 'Don't mention it again', forget it?!"

Yi An was forced to be a little stunned by him, turned to look at him and gritted his teeth and said, "Otherwise, how are you going, second uncle?" Yes, it's all wrong, isn't it time to stop the horse from the precipice?! ”

Xue Peiqi pursed his lips, as if he had made up a lot of determination, and said bluntly, "Leave Chunyue, and when the world forgets your marriage to him, I ask Your Majesty to marry you." ”

Yi An looked at him, his eyes changed from shock to sadness, and finally laughed, "It's okay if you're someone else, but you're Chunyue's brother, do you want to marry the former eldest sister-in-law?" Aren't you afraid that the spittle of the world will drown you? Even if you are not afraid of the gossip of the world, how will you pass the level of your father Xue Chengming? He can't even accept Ye Qinyu's stump finger, can he, an abandoned woman with a child, accept it? ”

"Nope! You are different, you are the lord of the county, as long as Your Majesty decrees, my father will not be able to refuse! ”

Yi An looked at Xue Peiqi, who was so anxious that he was incoherent, and inexplicably felt a little funny, so he laughed at himself, "Heh, I miss me Liu Yi, no matter how you are Prince Xiang, now you want to use the royal power to force the Xue family to accept me twice...... Even if I can afford to lose this person, I am afraid that I can't afford to lose the father and mother of the spirit of heaven, how can I disgrace their reputation...... Master Xue, these words will not be mentioned again in the future, if you still remember our old relationship, please withdraw from the case of King Xu as soon as possible and reflect on yourself. Now I am also a person who has experienced the destruction of my family and the death of my family, and I have walked through the ghost gate again, and the past has long been downplayed. It's just that how you should face the Xue family in Haizhou in the future, how to face Xue Chunyue and Ye Qinyu, is really a question you should think about, I think they almost died in a foreign land because of you, and now, you should also distinguish between friend and foe! ”