The years are like water, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the birthday of the old man.

Xiao Yuanyou and Xin Yi went to the Hou Mansion together.

The elder's memorial day is a relatively important day in the Xiao family, not only this one, but several other elder cousins have also sent their heirs to worship.

In the end, the Xiao family prospered because of the boss.

When Xiao Yuanyou and Xin Yi Dao, the altar offerings had been arranged, and the people who came to worship did not have a special position.

As the eldest grandson, Xiao Yuanyou stood in front with Xin Yi.

As Xiao Hou said, Princess Jin Jin did not appear.

"Everyone is here." Presiding over the ceremony is the elder brother's own brother, the third old uncle.

Xin Yi didn't pay much attention to the other movements, and his eyes fell on a man standing on the side waiting to salute.

Princess Jinjin's eldest son, Xiao Rong.

Xiao Rong disabled the children of the Gu family three years ago and was locked up by Xiao Hou for a period of time.

The smile is five years younger than Xiao Yuanyou, and he has also passed the age of the crown, and I don't know if it was raised when he was locked up or what.

There is some flesh on the cheeks, like baby fat that has not yet disappeared, but the facial lines are very hard, and the eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Xiao Hou, which is very bright.

Such a face makes people look extremely weird.

Probably aware of Xin Yi's gaze, Xiao Rong's eyes turned slightly, secretly looked at Xin Yi, and secretly winked at her, the corners of his lips curled slightly, but he didn't pay attention to Xiao Yuanyou on the side.

Xin Yi was stunned, in such an atmosphere and solemn ancestral hall, he still wanted to tease his sister-in-law.

No wonder two years ago, he injured the young master of the Gu family for a flower girl in a flower building.

Xiao Yuanyou frowned, the temperature of the ancestral hall seemed to have dropped a little, and his clear voice had a terrifying coldness, slowly breaking the solemn atmosphere in the room,

"Today is my grandfather's sacrifice day, Xiao Rong, what are you wearing? Do you think this is a brothel in Hualou? ”

The others were also a little aware of the subtle movements of the smile, but they couldn't see his expression from other angles, and when Xiao Yuanyou said this, the room was suddenly silent.

Although the color of the clothes Xiao Rong was wearing was not very bright, most of the patterns were embroidered on it, which looked very eye-catching.

Bang!

Xiao Hou trembled angrily, slapped his face on the table, and said angrily,

"Come on, Xiao Rong misbehaved in the ancestral hall, blasphemed the immortals, and pulled out the rod and scolded twenty times."

not only despised his brothers and sisters-in-law in front of his ancestors, but also did not respect his ancestors at all, and dressed brightly.

Is this worth it?

In the crowd, someone moved his feet slightly, as if he wanted to stand up and plead for Xiao Rong.

Xiao Yuanyou put one hand behind his back and said slowly,

"Father also please calm his anger, Xiao Rongnai is the son of Princess Jinjin, and his temperament inevitably has some of the naïve romance of his grandfather, plus he has a lively temperament, just forget the small punishment, forget the cane punishment.

In the end, today is my grandfather's sacrifice day, or should I be happy so that my grandfather can be happy. ”

His expression was serious, and his affection seemed to take into account the overall situation, and his family affection, and pleaded with Xiao Rong.

But the words 'innocent and romantic, lively and lively' made Xiao Hou hateful.

Speaking of which, Xiao Rong was also very well-behaved when he was a child, and he was very smart, but when he grew up, he was obsessed with women and did not want to make progress.

Two years ago, lingering in the Hualou brothel caused such a big incident, not only losing the face of the entire Hou Mansion, but also losing a daughter to enter.

After the young master of the Gu family was beaten, he was in a coma for seven days, and finally woke up, and he could recognize people without being stupid or stupid.

It's just that, surprisingly, half of the Gu family's young master can't move anymore, and he has become a paralyzed person, and he can only be with the bed for the rest of his life.

Young Master Gu's father and mother heard that they were struck by lightning, and felt that there was no hope for the future, and it happened that Xiao Hou came to the door with a gift to make amends.

Mrs. Gu spat on Xiao Hou's front door,

"I don't want your family to apologize, and I will cripple your son on the bed to eliminate my hatred."

It's just that the Xiao family is not an ordinary family, not to mention anything else, although the boss is dead, the credit is there.

Who really dares to come to the door and beat someone's son like that, and besides, if he is beaten like that, his own son can't get up from the bed.

Let them reconcile with the Xiao family, that is absolutely impossible.

In the end, Young Master Gu, who was beaten into a paralyzed man, lay on the bed and said resentfully,

"I don't want Xiao Rong to make amends to me, I heard that Xiao Rong has two sisters who look like Luo Shen and have outstanding demeanor, so let his Xiao family send a daughter over, I am lying on the bed now, and I always need someone to bring tea and water in front of me."

Mrs. Gu never looked down on Princess Jinjin, and was not happy, "How can a concubine and daughter who can't be on the stage be worthy of my son, no, no." ”

Young Master Gu pouted, "It's just a maid who brings tea and water, what's not worthy?" ”

However, what kind of family is the Gu family, even if they want to toss the Xiao Hou family, they will come quietly.

The Gu family let the matchmaker come to the door with a shake.

Princess Jin Jin felt that the sky was about to fall, and she trembled,

"Young Master Gu heard that he has become a paralyzed person, not only eating, but also wiping his body in the toilet and other things have to be served, my daughter has grown up with thousands of pets, how can she marry such a person?"

Even Xiao Rong jumped three feet high, "Okay, okay, I should have beaten him to death if I knew it." It's a hundred. ”

Xiao Hou couldn't hold back his gentle face for a long time, pressed Xiao Rong on the stool and whipped him ten times, and then threw him in the courtyard for a year.

As for what the Gu family said about sending their daughter over, they have been dragging it out now, only saying that their daughter is still young and wants to be taught in the house for a few more years.

A pair of sisters, now they are dragged in the house, and none of them can say goodbye.

Xiao Hou wanted to beg Xiao Yuanyou to go to the Gu family to talk, but he was blocked by Xin Yi that day, if he went to Xiao Yuanyou to intercede, it would not be a deep sense of righteousness, and he couldn't save face.

It's good that Xiao Yuanyou didn't intercede for Xiao Rong, this plea, Xiao Hou was even more angry, and immediately said,

"You don't have to plead, come and drag the second son down to fight."

After Xiao Yuanyou and the others were dragged down, they didn't say anything more, with a faint regret on their faces, and slowly stood back to Xin Yi's side.

Xiao Rong hated it in his heart, but he didn't dare to argue anymore, he knew the pain of the rod, and he was afraid that if Xiao Yuanyou added twenty rods to thirty or forty, what would he do?

Xin Yi glanced at Xiao Yuanyou, then lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, waiting for the sacrifice to begin.

After a while, there was a muffled sound of a stick hitting the flesh outside, mixed with Xiao Rong's screams of pain.

It was not the mother-in-law in the house who tortured, but a few sturdy male servants.

Xiao Yuanyou took Xin Yi to incense the old man with an expressionless face, and slowly inserted the incense in front of the tablet.

The others were silent, and some heard Xiao Rong's mournful crying, and their faces couldn't bear it.

But no one came forward to intercede.

It is obvious that Xiao Yuanyou wants to teach Xiao Rong a lesson, is it better to offend Xiao Yuanyou and please Xiao Rong, or to please Xiao Yuanyou and ignore Xiao Rong?

Besides, Xiao Rong is indeed inappropriate, and the people present think that they still have normal views.

With a dull sound, the ritual of sacrifice was quickly completed.

The Hou Mansion prepared a banquet for the clansmen who came to worship to dine together.

"Master Hou, patriarch, Her Royal Highness the princess has come down." Xiao Hou's entourage reported at the door.

The patriarch is the third old uncle, looked at Xiao Yuanyou with an expressionless face, and bowed his head,

"Let her in."

Before the words fell, the light at the door dimmed, and Princess Jin Jin walked in with the support of a maid and a mother-in-law, her face was a little pale, and she looked even weaker than in the previous two years.

Probably to coincide with today's festival, she is wearing a plain dress, and she seems to be able to dissipate at any time.

After Princess Jin Jin came in, she saluted the third old uncle.

The third old uncle waved his hand casually, "You don't look good, don't worry." ”

Princess Jin Jin reversed the innocent lotus she had seen before, and took the lead in apologizing.

"It was my negligence that made Rong'er rude in the ancestral hall."

"Master Hou, it's not too much to be punished with a rod he received, but can you ask Master Hou to read that he hasn't been punished again after he has just recovered?"

Princess Jinjin's voice was not loud, light and faint, and she couldn't hear any emotion, but she had a voice that no one could refuse.

It was Xiao Hou's order to scold Xiao Rong with a cane, and whether to punish or not to punish it depends on Xiao Hou's meaning.

Xin Yi thought it was strange, could it be that this Jinjin princess had changed her path?

Don't cry or make trouble, but make amends first, this is a salute before the soldiers?

Haven't you been studying the art of war behind closed doors for the past two years?

Xiao Hou looked straight at Princess Jinjin,

"This is at my grandfather's sacrifice, he can be so forgetful, what else can I expect from him?"

"Wait for the future when he will be angry with me at my ritual?"

Xiao Hou's face was not good, and he reprimanded Princess Jin Jin in front of so many people.

Princess Jin Jin accepted the one just now that she couldn't refuse, but straightened her body and said in a low voice,

"What Hou Ye said is, it's mine, it's just that Rong'er is also Hou Ye's child in the end, will the child be paralyzed on the bed like the young master of the Gu family in the future?"

"So what are you waiting for? Hou Ye should have beaten him so much that he couldn't get out of bed two years ago. ”

Xin Yi wanted to applaud Princess Jin Jin in his heart, these two people who have a deep love and are righteous, regardless of everyone's opposition, are they going to be together?

After reprimanding Princess Jinjin, Xiao Hou beckoned everyone to go out to eat the banquet.

Princess Jin Jin stood there, leaning on the maid's body, watching everyone walk out, and finally her eyes stayed on Xiao Yuanyou's body, with some unpredictability.

When Xiao Yuanyou left, Xiao Hou's follow-up treatment of Xiao Rong also came down.

From now on, Xiao Rong knelt in the ancestral hall for three days, and then was grounded for a year, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, copying scriptures, praying for the elderly, not touching meat, not approaching women, and not stepping out of the courtyard for half a step.

This punishment can be described as very severe, and it is strange that Princess Jin Jin did not cry, make trouble, or plead, but silently put everything her son needed.

It's a bit of a way to not die in silence, but to explode in silence.

What happened at the old man's sacrifice ceremony, the emperor also knew about it in a blink of an eye, and immediately announced that Xiao Hou entered the palace, and before he could see the ceremony, an inkstone was smashed down.

"Your good son actually did those things in the ancestral hall, do you think those punishments are enough?"

"Xiao Yuezhi, you listen to me, Princess Jinjin will only be a concubine who can't be on the stage in this life, I am not afraid of the opposite of her country, it is just a war."

"Let me tell you, back then, Yuan You said that the death of the boss was abnormal, and I also scolded him, and now, I might as well say bluntly, for so many years, Yuan You has never given up finding the truth."

"You'd better not have done anything in it, otherwise, don't talk about Princess Jinjin, even you, and you won't be able to protect yourself."

Xiao Hou's body trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, Weichen has a clear conscience, that is Weichen's father, how could Weichen be poisoned?" ”

"I don't care if you're ashamed or not." The emperor glared, "I tell you how you came to be a marquis, and I can give you how to masturbate." ”

"There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add!" Xiao Hou clenched his fists.

The Emperor sneered, "If there is evidence, do you think I can still let you live well in the world?" ”

"Princess Jin Jin is still trying to give her child a knighthood? Even if Yuan Yu is not there, the son she gave birth to will definitely not occupy Yuan You's place. ”

"I have always been a reasonable person, if it weren't for being too reasonable, how many golden princesses would have been pinched to death by me."

"Little Hou Ye, I can tell you that if you have a little bit of bad treatment for Yuan You, you, the Hou Ye, have also done it."

"In the future, I won't go to Yuanyou's place, and disturb them to give birth to my grandson!"

"Cui Hai, send Marquis Xiao out of the palace."

Xiao Hou, who was reprimanded with a split head and a face, was sent out of the palace like this.

He held back the fire in his heart, and went out of the palace gate without saying a word, and went back to the Hou Mansion.

……

Xin Yi said that he wanted to investigate the truth about the death of the old man, and he really began to investigate.

Over the years, she has also had some manpower, given by the old lady, given by Xiao Yuanyou, and by herself.

She didn't avoid Xiao Yuanyou when she investigated this matter, and even asked him where to start.

In fact, Xiao Yuanyou has been investigating since he was able.

In the end, so many years have passed, and the insiders of the year have long since dispersed, some left, and some died.

Xiao Yuanyou has searched for all the clues he can find, but he has found nothing.

However, Xin Yi did this, and he didn't feel that it was too much, but was a little moved.

Because Xin Yi took his hand and said softly,

"Fifth brother, you still have me."

The two seemed to have reversed their roles and comforted each other.

It is indeed a fan of the authorities, and a bystander is clear.

really gave Xin Yi some questions, such as why did the old man go to comfort those homeless people?

What prompted him to go?

If you go, you will go, how did you come into contact with those displaced people?

Also, where did those homeless people go back then, and where are the servants who went with the old man to visit the homeless people, and so on.

There are some things that Xiao Yuanyou also thought of, and he has checked them repeatedly, and those found situations can be used.

In the end, the two of them discussed again and again, and began to look for the old servant who was waiting by the old man's side.

Xiao Yuanyou hasn't looked for it, he has searched for it many times, and he hasn't even given up looking for it.

Xin Yi had to persuade Xiao Yuanyou, "Let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven, grandfather has a spirit in the sky, if there is really a grievance, we will definitely find clues." ”

Xiao Yuanyou looked at Xin Yi a little dazed, his eyes were obscure.

In the end, I still agreed with the news that Xinyi dialect wanted to find the old servants around the old man.

Perhaps this is a breakthrough, and the conspiracy is sometimes more open and effective than the conspiracy.

When it comes to the matter of the boss, Xiao Yuanyou's mood is still a little low, and the melancholy in his eyes seems to be a thick fog that cannot be dissolved.

Xin Yi took care of him intimately, and did not refuse some of his special requests.

Finally, Xiao Yuanyou finally got happy, and Xin Yi decided to go to the place where the old man visited the homeless people.

That place is now a charity hall, which is specially used to take care of the families and children of the displaced people back then.

The horse-drawn carriage drove slowly, and the market was bustling with activity.

Xin Yi sat in the carriage and looked at the booklet that Xiao Yuanyou gave her, recording the whereabouts of those displaced people back then.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside, and someone shouted, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”

This sudden change caused chaos in the market.

Dare to run a horse on the streets of Shangjing, either the government is tolerant, or the noble court.

On the street, parents hurriedly hugged their children to the side, peasants and men carrying burdens stumbled to the side, and the vendors did not have time to collect the things on the stalls.

The carriage is even more difficult to avoid.

The driver who drove for Xin Yi today was the one who followed Xiao Yuanyou to the battlefield back then, and one of his arms was injured and he couldn't lift heavy objects.

He immediately pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, Rao was so skilled that he still collided with the galloping horse on the opposite side.

But it's okay here, Xin Yi, a former servant, was caught by Zhenxiang in time, and there was nothing wrong with the person, but the booklet in her hand was thrown vigorously and flew out of the car window.

As for the galloping man, the other party overturned and fell to the ground directly from the horse.

If you fall, you don't fall badly, you can even get up immediately, push away your entourage, and come over angrily to find trouble.

"Didn't you hear you when you got out of the way? Dead man, are you deaf? The bad master Ben wrestled, and he was really looking for death......"

The coachman hurriedly came over and shouted,

"Childe, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, it's a female dependent, please ......"

However, while the man on the horse was cursing and swearing, he had already lifted the curtain and was ready to look inside.

"Ah......", all his scolding was gone, and the person screamed and was kicked away by a big fan in the carriage.

Maka twisted her ankle inside, jumped out of the carriage, and turned her hand joints with a 'pop' sound.

"Who do you say is deaf? Who dies? This girl sees that you want to be deaf, you want to die, open your dog's eyes and see, this is Suzaku Street...... Is it where you go wild? ”

Zhenxiang's burly body stomped to which pestle, his feet stomped, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he approached the people on the ground step by step.

The coachman also came forward to apologize,

"This son, your horse is too fast, we can't avoid it, I'm really sorry."

"The small one is from Xiao Wulang's house, if there is any offense, I will definitely report it to the master and apologize."

The coachman can be sent by Xiao Yuanyou to follow Xin Yi, it must have been screened layer by layer, although he looks like a military general, his heart is actually very fine, and he is also very stable and old-fashioned.

He first pointed out that there was no fault on his side in this collision, and then reported it to the master's door, and at the same time his posture was very low, but he didn't admit the fault at all.

As soon as his text came out, and Maka's martial arts came out, it just complemented each other, weakening the bad impact caused by Maka's violent kick.

It's his fault that people focus their eyes on each other, even if they are kicked by Maka, they deserve it.

Moreover, Xiao Wulang's name is also very useful in the capital, and most people will leave when they hear it.

is not reasonable, is it possible to blackmail the emperor's adopted son?

As for ordinary people, Xiao Qingtian's name is very useful.

However, the coachman had a very good idea, how could this man who could ride a horse on the street be an ordinary person?

"Oh, it turned out to be Xiao Wulang's mansion? This is Xiao Goro's sister? I didn't expect that I would still be able to meet Xiao Wulang's sister? Ouch, I don't know if there's a match. I'm ......."

When the coachman saw that the man still wanted to get up to see Xin Yi, he immediately blocked the front,

"This son, if there is nothing to do, we will leave first, there are still things to do."

The coachman didn't want to know whose family this person was, and he wanted to come forward and tease his wife?

"What's the hurry, didn't I bump into you? Make amends to Xiao Xiaomei, it's all mine, not ......"

"That's right, Xiao Xiaomei, my name is Lu Ren, and I am the eldest grandson of the eldest princess of Xiangyang...... We ......"

Xin Yi didn't have the idea of greeting any passers-by, she called 'Uncle Yang.' ’

Uncle Yang, the coachman, immediately went to the window of the car to listen to the instructions.

Xin Yi lifted the corner of the carriage, "A roster has just flown out, you can take a look around, but someone has picked it up." ”

The roster is not important, but it always depends on this when going out to do errands.

Uncle Yang heard that he had lost something, and he was also anxious, how could he not know what Xin Yi's purpose was when he went out?

At the moment, he was even less interested in greeting Lu Ren, so he immediately called Zhenxiang over, drove the carriage to the side of the road, and asked Zhenxiang to look at not to let irrelevant people approach, and he was looking for the roster that flew out on the side.

Lu Ren couldn't understand the disdain of Uncle Yang and Zhenxiang at all, and wanted to step forward to pester Xin Yi to speak, but he was frightened by Zhenxiang's snapping wrist and didn't dare to step forward.

He seemed to hear Xin Yi looking for something, so he rushed all the little guys on the side to help find it.

"Isn't this Lu Gongzi? Someone here just reported that you are in the city, are you very bold? ”

A lazy, cold voice rang out.

Lu Ren paused, turned his head, and saw a young official walking slowly with an errand officer.

"Yan Nameless...... What's the matter with you......" Lu Ren's face turned green when he saw the person coming, and he immediately sneered at him.

"Third Brother Yan......" Xin Yi's eyes lit up when he heard the voice, he opened the curtain and cried out in surprise.

Yan Wuming smiled at Xin Yi and fiddled with the curtain she lifted, "You go in, the things outside are too dirty, be careful of the long needle eye, and Yuan You won't settle accounts with me when the time comes." ”

Lu Ren,...... He reacted in hindsight, as if to say that he was dirty?

This swallow is nameless! slandered him so much in front of the beauty.

However, this also made Lu Ren more sure that the beauty that he glimpsed in it was Xiao Wulang's sister.

He let out a 'ha' and exclaimed,

"Okay, you're nameless, it's just a little thing, you don't meddle more."

As he spoke, he glanced at him contemptuously.

Yan Wuming's face was expressionless,

"This official is a squire of the criminal department, in charge of the criminal law, running the city, touching the law, you say it's a trivial matter?"

"As a member of the royal family, I was so forgetful, the prison of Zongzheng Temple has been empty for a long time."

This is to throw Lu Ren into the Zongzheng Temple.

Lu Ren's body stiffened, and it was King Fu who was in charge of Zongzheng Temple, and he was the most upright person.

"Ben Gongzi won't tell you, go first." It's a pity in his heart that he can't say a few more words to Xiao Xiaomei, and he can't continue to entangle with Yan Wuming.

Fortunately, he knew that it was Xiao Wulang's sister, and when the time came, he would go and make friends with other sons and daughters of the Xiao family, so he took Ma Yang and left.

As soon as Lu Ren left, a beggar-looking person slowly touched him, and not only that, but also presented the roster that Xin Yi had just flown out.