When he woke up the next morning, the old servant of the Song family immediately counted the number of people.

The result was one less person.

He is also the guard of the Song family.

He was eventually found drowned in the river.

The body drifted downstream with the current, but was blocked by a reef on the way, so the people who scattered around to find people didn't go far to find it.

The faces of the group were very ugly, and Yu Kedi even proposed to send Xi Fuwei back to Jining City.

However, Xi Fuwei refused, saying that it was now closer to Song Li, and returning to Jining City would delay the time.

The most important thing is that they encountered such a sniper on the road, who knows what the situation is on Song Li's side?

What if Song Li is also in danger?

It's better to join up with this father-in-law.

These words made the old servant of the Song family cast a grateful glance, he was also worried about his master, but he was ordered to come out to pick up Xi Fuwei, if Xi Fuwei insisted on going back at this time, he didn't let people accompany him, if he let people accompany him, there would not be many people, and if he dispersed a little, even if he went to see Song Li, if he needed help over there, it would not be of much use.

Worried about the lack of manpower, he finally decided not to take the remains of the three people, but buried them temporarily by the river, planning to send someone to move the grave afterwards.

When I set off again, the atmosphere was a lot duller.

However, Yu Kedi, the third brother and Xi Fuwei were as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened.

The old servant of the Song family privately sighed with his subordinates, in the final analysis, it was the Jinyi Guard, the Son of Heaven was pro-army, and these guards of his own family were not comparable.

"Isn't Miss our family?" The subordinate smiled and said, "Our young lady is also calm, not panicked at all, no wonder she can get into the eyes of the master." ”

"Tell the sons and daughters to cheer up, don't lose our young lady's face in front of those two captains." The old servant nodded and advised, "Hurry up, the day after tomorrow will come." ”

In fact, if you are in a normal hurry, you can arrive in the evening of this day.

But because of the loss of three people, I don't know how many enemies are in the dark, let alone how many traps are ahead, and the group can't help but be extremely cautious, so that the speed is greatly reduced.

In the evening, the old servant of the Song family pointed to the front and said that Song Li was currently stationed there, and he could already see it: "The people's levy has not yet arrived, and some roads are already being repaired, but the construction has only started in the end." Otherwise, we wouldn't have had such a hard time. ”

"As long as the father-in-law is safe." Xi Fuwei said calmly, "Rest early tonight, and go quickly tomorrow morning." ”

In the defense at night, the old servant of the Song family pulled the third brother to study it fiercely.

The next day, there was finally no shortage of people, and he breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that there were people around him who fell headlong and were unconscious.

The third brother and Yu Kedi urgently checked and said that it was poisoned, and the poison was mixed with dry food.

"The dry food was put on horseback for the past two days, and it was always guarded by a special person." Hearing this, everyone's faces changed, "How can you be manipulated by thieves?!" ”

The guard in charge of guarding the dry food suddenly panicked: "We are all born to the Song family, and we have worked for the old men for generations, will we still harm the big guys?" And his subordinates also ate this dry food themselves, and when they ate it, they took it with their hands, and they never deliberately selected! ”

The old servant's face turned pale, and he asked the third brother, "What do you think is going on?" ”

"You guess you were targeted when you went to Jining City." The third brother didn't answer, he only asked the two for a bag of dry food, and asked Xi Fuwei for a silver hairpin, and tried all the dry food one by one in front of everyone, and found that only a small part was poisonous, so he picked these out and threw them away, and then said, "This is mixed in while you are not prepared, the purpose is to sow discord and let us kill each other." ”

The guard in charge of guarding the dry rations immediately cast a grateful glance at him.

"Leave that alone." The third brother put away the rest of the dry food and said, "It's right to hurry up!" After meeting with Song Shangshu, we have a way to clean them up! ”

Fortunately, there was no accident on the next road, and after walking for half a day, there was a serious road to go, which was built by the first people to build a solid dirt road.

The old servant of the Song family went down to find a steward to talk, and got a carriage to come over for Xi Fuwei to sit on.

The carriage was surrounded by a crowd and galloped for more than an hour before it came to a stop in front of a makeshift wooden building.

This wooden building is two and a half stories high, and there is a large courtyard at the bottom, and there are no flowers and plants planted, all of which are compacted squares, and there is a watchtower built on the corner.

The watchtower was not intended for military use, but seemed to be for the convenience of observing the terrain.

Song Li was not there at this time, and the steward who stayed here came out to greet Xi Fuwei, invited her to sit down and eat tea, and sent someone to inform: "The master and the old man Bai are going to inspect, please take a rest here, and the little one will send someone to invite." ”

said that it was a little rest, but in fact, after Xi Fuwei freshened up and dressed up, she turned around the entire courtyard, and chatted with Yu Kedi and the third brother for a while, and Song Li came back with a disgraced face.

There were two other people with him, in addition to the guards and servants, one of them was wearing a cloth coat, with gray hair, but his eyes were blazing, and he had the attitude of being old and strong, it was Bai Yingbai who offered advice to Song Li; The other person looked like he was thirty or forty years old, with a pale face and a lovely smile, although he was wearing regular clothes, but when Xi Fuwei saw it, he remembered the lieutenant who went to Jining to pick up the Xu family brothers and sisters to respond to Tianfu last year.

"I've worked hard today, Song Zhu, why don't you ask my uncle to freshen up?" Song Li introduced Bai Ying to Xi Fuwei, Xi Fuwei saw that he and Bai Ying were equals, so he came up to perform a family ceremony, and after a few words of greeting, Song Li hinted that Bai Ying should avoid it for the time being.

Only then did he introduce the man who was in regular clothes with Xi Fuwei, and said very vaguely, "This is an adult from Tianfu." ”

The man in regular clothes hurriedly said that he didn't dare to take it, and said, "Our family is just on the order of His Majesty, come and take a look." ”

Xi Fuwei said in her heart that he was indeed the father-in-law in the palace.

At present, the project has just started, and Emperor Yongle has sent an attendant over, and I don't know whether to attach importance to it or not to worry about it or for other reasons?

Just thinking about it, I heard the man in regular clothes ask, "I just heard the person who went to find Song Shangshu say that the way over the young lady was not very peaceful?" ”

"Exactly." Xi Fuwei calmed down and said, "On the way, not only did I see Zou Yiang, the only son of the Zou family, a wealthy family in Jining, who was captured by Jianwen's remnants, but also three guards were murdered by thieves, so that people were panicked all the way...... I don't know how Daddy's side is? ”

"The old man is also in some trouble here, but fortunately, thanks to His Majesty's blessing, there is no danger." Song Li nodded with a heavy face and said, "It is precisely because of these things that I want to pick you over." After all, although this place is hard, it is convenient for your father to take care of you. Otherwise, if you are left alone in Jining City, if you are angered by thieves and have a mistake, how can you explain to your stepmother and sister-in-law when you turn back for your father? ”

Xi Fuwei naturally wouldn't pierce his words, and sighed a few words.

The man in regular clothes was furious, saying that Emperor Yongle personally ordered the dredging of the canal and the relocation of the capital to Beijing, which was a great thing for the benefit of all the people and for a thousand years...... In short, it is necessary to investigate, it must be investigated, and it must be investigated thoroughly!

Of course, Song Li and Xi Fuwei's father and daughter echoed each other.

Regular men's ...... Well, he claimed that his surname was Gu, and his father-in-law Gu looked kind, but in fact he was resolute, and after communicating with the father and daughter for a while, he asked Yu Kedi and the third brother to be helpers, and planned to tidy up the entire Wenshui side.

After he left, Song Li asked someone to change the refreshments and said, "There are more people on the bank of Wenshui now, where can I check them one by one?" It's just a show. What the hell is going on along the way? Why are there three people missing? ”

Xi Fuwei said: "Maybe Jianwen Yu is doing ghosts, but I didn't expect that a girl like my daughter would also be targeted by them." ”

Song Li said: "I knew that the road was so uneven, so I asked you to come over for a few days." ”

"Daddy's words are outside, and he can't ask for his daughter's worries for his father." Xi Fuwei said with a calm face, "If the father doesn't call his daughter here, the daughter will be sad." ”

"Two days ago, Shen Steal Lan came to investigate the case, and by the way, he told his father about the marriage, what do you think?" When Song Li heard this, he asked with a smile.

Xi Fuwei said fluently: "Parents are in charge of marriage matters." ”

"What if the old man doesn't want to agree to this family business?" Song Li said lightly, "After all, you also know that if it weren't for you, it would have been Jia Niang who married him." ”

"Daddy, there is such a thing as marriage, and the twisted melon is not sweet." Xi Fuwei said, "I don't want to say more about who was who was not my daughter, after all, my sister and Youqing didn't have enough fate, what do you think?" ”

Song Li sneered and said, "You have a deep relationship with Shen Thief Lan!" If Jia Niang had known the fate of talking to your aunt and nephew earlier, she shouldn't have done that more! ”

"The great kindness of the righteous sister, the daughter remembers it in her heart." Xi Fuwei was skeptical of this before, but after calming down and thinking about it, she felt that it was only a lie.

Maybe Song Jianiang did feel compassion after hearing about the Xi family, but she may not have really explained it to Shen Thief.

Because Shen Steallan never mentioned that Song Jianiang had asked him to take care of the Xi family's aunt and nephew.

Xi Fuwei didn't think that Shen Weilan was the kind of person who snatched the credit of others.

What's more, when Song Jianiang suspected that Shen Steallan was having an affair with Xi Fuwei before, she did a lot of things, but she never managed to get Xi Fuwei into her hands.

At that time, Xi Fuwei confirmed that the relationship between herself and Shen Weilan was still innocent, and the relationship between her superiors and subordinates was simple.

If Song Jianiang had entrusted Shen Stealing Lan to help the Xi family's aunt and nephew, why didn't she bring this up to Shen Thief Lan to ask for someone?

But at this time, Song Li's words were conclusive, and Xi Fuwei was not easy to fight with him.

After all, Song Li's mood is understandable, no matter how bad Song Jianiang is, she is also his biological daughter who is the pearl of the palm, not a cheap righteous daughter like Xi Fuwei can compare.

So he said, "When I go back to Yingtianfu in the future, I will bring Jiao'er to thank Sister Yi!" ”

"It's all my own family, there's no need to see each other like this, what to thank or not thank." Song Li heard this, was silent for a moment, his face softened, and said, "In the future, you sisters will work together and live a good life, and your stepmother and I will be relieved." ”