In the afternoon of the same day, Shen Xi stayed in Xie Mansion for a family banquet and saw Xie Qian's concubine Jin for the first time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

To say that it is beautiful, Shen Xi really didn't think that the Jin family was so moving, after all, she was a woman who was nearly forty years old, and she had passed the most beautiful period of a woman's life, the Jin family was very knowledgeable, and it was Xie Qiantian's great "gift" to be able to eat at the banquet table, and he lowered his head and did not speak during the banquet.

Xie Qian's younger brother Xie Di has been talking to Shen Xi.

Xie Di and Shen Xi are Jinshi in the same year, and now he is a member of the Military Election Division of the Ministry of War.

Xie Qian did not intend to tell Xie Di the news that he was about to "stop the war" in the imperial court.

At the dinner table, except for Xie Di and Shen Xijian who occasionally said a few words, everyone else was silent...... This is the basic etiquette at the dinner table, and the food is not spoken.

Xie Pi was a little dazed, and looked at his wife Shi Xiaojing from time to time, for fear that Xie Qian would directly test his knowledge during the banquet and let him lose his prestige in front of his wife.

Fortunately, Xie Qian did not take the test for his son during the banquet, and after the meal, the female relatives returned to the inner courtyard, and Xie Qian called Xie Pi to the study to take the school examination, and only Shen Xi and Xie Di were observed.

The content of Xie Qian's examination is not complicated, it is all some basic four book meanings.

Shen Xi thought to himself, if Xie Pi didn't even know this, then don't take the Jinshi exam, and there would be no such simple questions in the college exam.

In the end, Xie Qian actually nodded with satisfaction and said approvingly: "Very good, very good." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, maybe Xie Lao'er is really old, for learning or something, it has been abandoned for too long, and it is difficult to pick it up again, but it is too difficult for an old man in his fifties to put down his official duties and study knowledge.

It wasn't until the last shift that Shen Xi came out of Xie's mansion, he ate well at this family banquet and was not energetic, he wanted to leave before, but because of the situation, he survived until the end.

Shen Xi took the carriage home, on the way Yun Bo did not speak, Shen Xi was lying on his back, dozing in a daze, suddenly heard Yun Bo "Woo", the carriage stopped suddenly, Shen Xi almost fell headlong, he sat up straight, lifted the curtain and asked, "Yun Bo, what's wrong?" ”

"Master, there is someone at the door."

Yun Bo said, looking nervous.

Only then did Shen Xi know that he was almost home, he got off the carriage, and at a glance saw a person standing in front of the carriage, who seemed to suddenly jump out from the side of the road to block the carriage's way.

This person's body is stubble, as if he has not eaten enough, and he does not seem to have much energy.

"Who?"

Shen Xi looked carefully, Yun Bo was a little nervous, after all, his master was an official, and he had just returned from the south to suppress bandits, so it would not be bad if it was the remnants of the thieves.

The man replied respectfully, "Lord Shen, it's small." ”

In a word, Shen Xi vaguely remembered where he had heard it, maybe it was the passage of time, the sound was not very real, and he couldn't see clearly in the black light, Shen Xi thought for a while and asked, "Is it Peng Yu?" ”

"It's small."

The man walked over and respectfully kowtowed to Shen Xi.

When the chariot and horse gang brothers guarding the door heard this sound, they came over with lanterns and sticks, and were about to drive them away, but they were stopped by Shen Xi.

Shen Xi said: "It's okay, get up, go, go to the house and talk." Don't pestle, this is your own people. ”

Peng Yu suddenly came to visit, and he seemed to be very depressed, Shen Xi knew that Peng Yu should be in trouble.

At the beginning, he helped rescue Li Jin and Hui Niang from the prison of the Criminal Department, and the person who did the activity was Peng Yu, who was the only one who knew the identity of the buyer and the seller, and threaded the needle from it. Shen Xi thought to himself: "Could it be that Peng Yu is downcast and wants to come to the door to blackmail me, give him silver or make it convenient for him?" ”

Peng Yu didn't know that he was being suspected by Shen Xi, so he followed Shen Xi step by step, didn't dare to look up, and leaned into the courtyard.

When Shen Xi arrived at the main hall, he asked people to light the lamp, and told Yun Bo and the others to wait outside, and he wanted to talk to Peng Yu alone.

When there were only two people left in the hall and the door was closed, Shen Xi returned to the Taishi chair and sat down, and asked, "Peng Yu, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Peng Yu is not easy to follow, he looks young, but he is in a shadowy position, and the people he deals with on weekdays are officials, and he also understands that the visit is suspicious, so he knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed:

"Lord Shen forbears, the small one is really desperate...... At the end of the first year, there was a human trafficking exposed, and the imperial court investigated it to the end, and finally four people from the criminal department were beheaded, more than 20 people were assigned to the army, and the villain was dotted up and down, so he escaped by luck, but he lost his position as the imperial horse supervisor. ”

"The villain has never had a way out, and most of the money in the family is used to bribe Shangguan, and the only remaining bit is empty, so he wants to come to the adults and follow the adults to eat!"

"Adult, the small ones are old and the young, you can take pity on them and let the small ones ...... Follow you, before and after the saddle, there is no ambiguity. ”

Shen Xi didn't want to agree to this kind of request, because Peng Yu was involved in a major case in the Criminal Department, if he was left by his side and turned around to be investigated, even Li Jin and Hui Niang might be implicated.

Killing people is the best choice, but Shen Xi is not this kind of person, after all, Peng Yu is kind to him, and he is too bad to take revenge, and he once promised Peng Yu that he would open his own mansion in the future to ensure that Peng Yu has a future.

Shen Xi nodded: "Get up." ”

"Adult, if you don't agree, the little one won't get up."

Peng Yu said with a handful of snot and tears, "The little one can't even take care of his wife and children now, the family's money has been exhausted two months ago, and the family is starving during this time, if the little one is not forced to be helpless, he will not dare to disturb Lord Shen, but the little one doesn't know who else to go to except Lord Shen." Woo, Lord Shen, you can give the poor little ......"

Shen Xi said: "It's okay, friends have the meaning of wealth, you should come to me." Although I don't have a shortage of officials for the time being, it's still no problem to feed a few people. As I said before, you help me with things, but if I have something to eat, I will never let you go hungry. Get up and speak! ”

Hearing Shen Xi's promise, Peng Yu stood up gratefully, but he still didn't dare to straighten up and bent down to show respect.

Shen Xi walked to the door, opened the door, and asked Yun Bo to prepare some simple food, and soon the meal came in - it was the meal prepared for him at home in the evening, Shen Xi had a banquet in Xie Mansion, and he was not hungry, so he let Peng Yu enjoy it.

Peng Yu went to the table, eating the food in a big gulp, the gobbling up look, obviously hungry, Shen Xi asked about the situation next to him.

“…… Adult, don't worry, your business, the small one didn't leak half a sentence, and it didn't do any good to the villain, did it? Even if I have an accident in the future, I won't say anything unfavorable to adults. ”

Peng Yu gave Shen Xi a promise.

Shen Xi knew how worthless the so-called principles were when people encountered a desperate situation, and he didn't have the luxury of asking Peng Yu to be held in the neck by someone, not to mention, but only to let Peng Yu keep the secret and make some interest exchanges for the sake of interests and his family.

Shen Xi said: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?" It's okay to do this kind of business once or twice, but if you do more, something will always happen, what are you going to do in the future? ”

"As long as the adults can give them food, they can do any errand." Although Peng Yu was hungry, he didn't finish all the meals, and he was going to pack most of the rest with oiled paper and take it back to his wife and children for snacks.

Peng Yu suffered a great change, his family was not a wealthy family, and he basically went bankrupt in order to try to rescue him, and now his life is miserable.

Shen Xi asked Yun Bo to bring ten taels of silver and put it in front of Peng Yu: "You take it first, this is for you to settle your family, what do you do, go back and make arrangements, you will settle your family over there, and then come and obey the orders!" ”

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie!"

Peng Yu knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Xi again.

Shen Xi didn't want to arrange Peng Yu by his side, no one wanted the secret in his heart to be known by a second person, and whether Peng Yu was of the same heart as him was still doubtful. In addition, even if the secret is not leaked to outsiders, if the family learns by chance, he will be ashamed.

From the very beginning, Shen Xi knew that he and Hui Niang were in a bad relationship, if he hadn't come with Tiancong, he would have been unforgettable from the first sight of Hui Niang, and he would never have come to this point.

At this point, Hui Niang has the same mind as him, which is to let the original Sun Hui Niang die completely, and from then on have no worries and accept the current new identity.

"Peng Yu, I believe you, but others won't leak this matter, right?" Shen Xi asked.

"My lord, no one else knows that you did it, if you don't worry, cut off the villain's tongue, as long as the adult can reward the little wife and children with a mouthful of food, the little one is dead, and he will keep the secret for the adult."

Peng Yu cried while expressing his loyalty to Shen Xi, he knew that this was a necessary attitude, otherwise Shen Xi would not be able to rest assured that he would be by his side. You must know that his act of coming to Shen Xi in distress is itself coercive.

Of course, Shen Xi would not cut Peng Yu's tongue, comforted him, and personally sent Peng Yu out of the house.

waited for people to go away, Shen Xi was always relieved, and the case was finally leaked, but the court didn't know which people were really dead and which people were rescued, but if someone stabbed out what happened to Hui Niang in the fire that day, in fact, no one needed to prove that he Shen Xi did it, and others could guess it.

Obviously, others are not related to Hui Niang, who would rescue an irrelevant widow?

Seeing that Shen Xi was depressed, Yun Bo came over and asked, "Master, who is that person?" Give him ten taels at a time...... Isn't it a bad guy? ”

"It's not a bad guy, this person is sincere, he has helped me before, and now my family is in trouble, so I borrowed money from him first to respond to emergencies."

Shen Xi didn't say anything about the favor he owed Peng Yu, mainly because he was afraid that Peng Yuzhen would stay in the Shen Mansion in the future, and others would make a fuss about it.

Normally, Peng Yu will naturally keep his mouth shut, but if he drinks too much, it may not be. So Shen Xi blocked the road first: "Don't mention this matter to anyone in the future, I will arrange for him to do things, but I won't stay in Shen Mansion." ”

"Yes, sir." Although Yun Bo didn't understand why, this was Shen Xi's confession, and as a subordinate, he didn't need to get to the bottom of it.

Shen Xi asked Yun Bo to go home earlier, and soon only two chariot and horse brothers were left in the entire mansion to keep vigil.

Entering the study, Shen Xi felt lonely for a while, this was different from when he was in the army, although he was not accompanied by his family when he was marching and fighting, he always had something to do at hand, and there were all kinds of people dangling in front of him.

But when he returned home, he felt very lonely without his relatives. At this time, he would rather return to the noisy and intriguing Shen family than face the lonely lamp alone here, hanging from each other. (To be continued.) )