Chapter 70: After the Fact

With the jade plaque representing the status of the three gods of [Tianshu], [Tianji], and [Tianquan], the withered sheep walked silently on the crowded Chaoyang Street, and an indescribable complex emotion welled up in his heart. [This article is from]

Since leaving Xie Mansion, Dry Yang has never called Xie An a brother-in-law, because he feels very awkward.

As the second-generation Tianshu Divine General of the Taiping Army, he actually has a brother-in-law who is a big official in the court, and what is even more amazing is that this brother-in-law is not more than a few months older than him.

Of course, the withered sheep will feel awkward, because he doesn't know the relationship between Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of their Taiping Army, and his brother-in-law Xie An, so to speak, Chen Bei, who taught him martial arts, can also be regarded as his relative because of Xie An's relationship.

[Take a look around to see if the Great Zhou court is as unbearable as the rumors say......]

Recalling Xie An's tone of educating the younger generations when he said this, the withered sheep was really a little crying and laughing, and after thinking for a while, he had to admit that his brother-in-law was worthy of being a big man in the official residence and criminal department, but when he spoke, he had a momentum that ordinary people did not have, which made what this person said inexplicably persuasive.

At least, after withering sheep gave up his grievances with the Liangqiu family for his sister Yiyi to be able to integrate into the Xie family, he really couldn't find any motive to oppose the court, and the reason why he rejected his brother-in-law Xie An's solicitation with such beautiful words before was just that withered sheep didn't want to seek wealth through his sister's relationship, and besides, he stayed in the Taiping Army for more than ten years, and he always had a good sense of belonging to it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed the rooftops of the city's houses and remote alleys, and occasionally the assassins from the Dongling and Jinling clans were still running back and forth, during which several assassins stopped to look at him, and then turned around and hurried away.

The withered sheep knows. The assassins recognized him, but they didn't pay attention to him for some reason, for example, his brother-in-law had given an order to the Dongling and Jinling assassins under his command to let him go, so as to facilitate the departure of the withered sheep and his party from Jijing, from this point of view, the withered sheep was still quite grateful to his brother-in-law, after all, the people let him go for his sister's sake.

Since the other party doesn't come to find trouble, the withered sheep obviously won't be idle and take the initiative to cause trouble. bought a bag of steamed buns on the street to feed his stomach, and went straight to the joint location he agreed with Wei Hu, Wei Xuan and others.

As for the silver taels for the payment, before leaving, his brother-in-law Xie Anming gave him a hundred taels of silver by secret gift, although the small amount is unimaginable that it is from Xie An's handwriting of the powerful man in the court, but in the eyes of the withered sheep. On the contrary, he had a good impression of his brother-in-law, after all, the other party's move was not to buy him, but to sincerely consider the entanglement after he left Jijing.

Thinking of this, the withered sheep sighed to himself, sighing that his sister had indeed found a good home, and he didn't need him to worry about it.

A code for the joints of his companions was found on a wooden post outside an inn, and the withered sheep walked straight inside. From the shopkeeper, he asked about the room where his companions were staying, and then went up to the second floor.

"Tuk Tuk!" Because the experience of the past few days has made the withered sheep really a little haggard, and he is too lazy to knock on the so-called code.

"Who?" Inside the house, Wei Hu's inquiring voice came. With a bit of vigilance.

"You Uncle Withered Sheep!" The withered sheep pushed the door and walked in, ignoring Wei Hu's eye rolling, and looked at the other four companions except Wei Hu and Wei Xuan in surprise as they drew their swords.

"Scared me to death, I thought the officers and soldiers were coming...... "One of his companions patted his chest. With trepidation, he retracted the blade into its scabbard.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, I heard this. The other three companions who drew their swords also nodded their heads again and again, looking at their frightened appearances, it seemed that they were really frightened by the withered sheep.

"There's no [tail] in the back, is it?" Speaking the black words on the underworld, Wei Xuan pretended to poke his head out of the house, and then closed the door, in fact, he has become a chess piece in the hands of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and naturally knows that the officers and soldiers will never appear at this time, but in front of his companions, he still needs to behave, the more careful the better, so as not to arouse suspicion.

"Where have you been?" Wei Hu asked in wonder.

The withered sheep didn't speak, took out the three jade plates from his bosom and threw them on the table, and then took the jade plate that belonged to him and was engraved with the word Tianshu.

Compared to Wei Xuan's thoughtful expression, Wei Hu was obviously startled, pointed to the two jade plates and stammered, "You...... You...... Speaking of ......this, his originally relaxed face gradually became solemn, he looked at the withered sheep with suspicious eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Withered sheep, what's going on?" ”

Under Wei Hu's gaze that was almost forced to confess, the withered sheep sat down at the table slowly, took the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, and said lightly, "Just now, I went to see someone......

"Who?" Wei Hu asked in a deep voice.

"The ...... of Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department"

Wei Hu's tiger eyes faintly flashed with a glimmer of light, and his right hand unconsciously touched the saber on the side.

As if noticing Wei Hu's movements, the withered sheep said lightly, "Are you sure you want to draw your sword?" With that, he poured Wei Hu a cup of tea and handed it to him, and it was clear that the withered sheep actually cared a lot about their friendship with Wei Hu, even though they looked down on each other.

Probably thinking of the kindness of the withered sheep risking the danger to save himself and the others from the prison of the Great Prison Temple, a trace of embarrassment flashed in Wei Hu's eyes, he frowned, slowed down his tone, and asked in a low voice, "Withered sheep, what's going on?" As he spoke, he reached out and took the teacup handed by the withered sheep, showing in disguise that he still trusted the withered sheep.

Seeing this, the withered sheep felt a little comforted in his heart, and after sighing slightly, he said in a complicated tone, "Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is my brother-in-law......"

"Poof......" Wei Hu, who was drinking tea, squirted out a sip of tea, almost spraying Wei Xuan's face, he stared at the withered sheep with wide eyes, and stammered and asked, "You, you, you, what did you say?" - Xie An, the secretary of the criminal department of the imperial court, is your brother-in-law? ”

Before the words fell, except for Wei Xuan's eyes, a look of sudden realization flashed, and the other four people gasped in shock, after all, they have been in Jijing for a long time, where would they not know that Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is the most powerful minister in Jijing at the moment.

"Hmm......" the withered sheep nodded.

Wei Hu scratched his head when he heard this, and said with a little embarrassment, "Don't force me to draw my sword, withered sheep." Explain! ”

The withered sheep nodded, and then briefly explained the matter between him and his sister Yiyi, which solved everyone's confusion.

"There is such a coincidence...... After hearing the withered sheep's explanation, Wei Hu understood the reason and asked curiously, "So, the sister who helped you rescue us from the prison of the Great Prison Temple that day is the daughter of your ram family?" ”

"Hmm!" The withered sheep nodded.

There was a brief silence in the room, and Rao was Wei Hu, who had a big personality. I don't know what to say at this time, it's not that I suspect that Withered Sheep is a companion who has been with him for a long time, but the problem is that one of his relatives is too special to accept that they are a little difficult to accept.

"You...... What are you going to do? Licking his lips, Wei Hu asked tentatively.

It seemed to see the concerns in Wei Hu's heart. The withered sheep sneered and sneered, "What? I'm afraid that I will betray you to the court for the sake of wealth? ”

"That's not ......" Wei Hu smiled wryly, after all, in his opinion, since the withered sheep has such a brother-in-law, where do they need to use their heads to get ahead in the imperial court, to put it mildly, as long as the withered sheep is willing to nod. Naturally, his brother-in-law would arrange everything for him.

"Alright," said the withered sheep with a long sigh, "I'm still me." Your withered sheep uncle ......"

"You kid, don't think that having a great brother-in-law can show off in front of me......" Wei Hu pretended to grit his teeth in annoyance, but he was really relieved in his heart, after all, he also cared about the friendship with the withered sheep. I don't want the withered sheep to leave because of this.

"Hey! So what about this? - Can this be used to show off in front of you? The withered sheep showed off the jade plate of the Tianshu Divine General in his hand, and hit Wei Hu as always.

Wei Hu was speechless. After all, the withered sheep relied on his own ability to kill Geng Nan and take his jade medal, as for the other two......

"By the way, your brother-in-law gave you these two jade plates like this?" Glancing at the jade plaque on the table, Wei Hu asked a little depressed.

"Hmm! - The exact words were, [Grab your stuff and get out of here!] If you don't leave Jijing within two days, I will ask the Dongling people and the Jinling people to see you off! Recalling his brother-in-law Xie An's tone at that time, the withered sheep was also a little depressed, after all, he had planned to take a sneak peek at his sister.

Secretly glancing at the depressed expression on the withered sheep's face, Wei Hu didn't answer very interestingly, and changed the topic and said, "Those two jade plates ......"

As if seeing through Wei Hu's thoughts, the withered sheep shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Anyway, it is impossible for me to concurrently serve the position of three god generals at the same time, you can look at these two jade plaques yourself!" ”

Hearing this, Wei Hu subconsciously glanced at Wei Xuan and the others, a few traces of longing flashed in his eyes, and then he hesitated and said, "Is this good?" - Isn't it a bit out of line? The above ordered me to wait until I recapture the jade medal from those three traitors, this counts, this ......"

"Hey!" Hearing this, the withered sheep pursed his lips and said heartlessly, "Why don't I go back?" - Let's talk about it first, Ji Hong won't talk about it for the time being, then Fei Guo is my brother-in-law...... cough, he is a general under Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he is deeply valued, if you still plan to assassinate him, let alone whether you can succeed or not, even if you are lucky, I am afraid it will be difficult to leave Jijing alive...... I won't mention it, you have already seen the horror of that woman, and in addition, there is a woman in this Xie Mansion who is not inferior in threats......"

"Huh? Compare to [Yan Hu Ji]? Wei Hu looked at the withered sheep suspiciously, and he still can't forget the powerlessness he felt in front of Liang Qiu Wu that day.

Lowering his head, the withered sheep whispered, "Haven't you ever wondered where the assassins [Jinling Zhong] are referring to?" ”

"Isn't it the Jinling Dangerous Building......" Speaking of this, Wei Hu's voice stopped abruptly, as if he was trembling all over, and said in disbelief, "Black widow? The woman on the underworld in Jinling? [Onihime] Jin Ling'er? ”

The withered sheep shrugged.

Wei Hu was completely silent, after all, [Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Wu is okay to say, because this woman is a military general, although the force is strong, but she is not good at tracking, take that day as an example, if it were not for the battlefield of the exercise, surrounded by officers and soldiers, he Wei Hu would never even be able to escape, but [Ghost Ji] Jin Ling'er is different, this woman is an assassin, extremely good at tracking and assassinating, if she bumps into her, there is absolutely no possibility of escape.

Seeing that Wei Hu didn't speak, Wei Xuan stood up. Glancing at his companions, he lowered his voice and said, "In my opinion, only a few of us know about this matter after all, as long as I don't say it, how can the top of the hierarchy doubt it?" - I will wait for a bite to kill is to recapture the ...... from the hands of Fei Guo and Ji Hong after injuring them" When he spoke, he looked at Wei Hu intently, after all, the relationship between this person and Wu Heng, the candidate for the third generation of coaches, was not ordinary, if he didn't nod. This can only be done.

After being silent for a while, Wei Hu was finally defeated by his long-cherished wish to become a six-god general, gritted his teeth and nodded heavily, and said, "Okay." That's it! - But how? ”

Hearing this, Wei Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he knew that only by becoming a six-god general would he be valued by the terrible woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, otherwise, it was very likely that he would be abandoned by her casually. Thinking of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his package, Wei Xuan didn't want to cut off his bright future in the future.

After thinking about it, Wei Xuan said in a low voice, "That's it." After leaving Jijing...... Hmm, after Wei Hu's leg injuries are healed, let's try it in private and win. can hold the positions of [Tianji] and [Tianquan], the two god generals, the one who loses. Just as a deputy...... Do you have any questions? ”

Except for the withered sheep, Wei Hu and the others glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

After the discussion, Dry Sheep, Wei Hu, Wei Xuan, and others packed up and left Jijing, after all, they stayed in the prison of the Great Prison Temple for a few days, and they undoubtedly had a shadow in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to leave early.

Although Dry Sheep wanted to stay in Jijing for a few days and wanted to see his sister a few more times, but in the end he gave up, after all, his appearance caused an almost irreparable rift in the relationship between his sister Yiyi and his sister Liangqiu Wu, and besides, he did want to travel around the world to see if the truth was as his brother-in-law said.

As for the final belonging of the two god generals, after recovering from his injury, Wei Hu finally defeated his companion and replaced the [original Tianquan God General] Ji Hong, after all, his martial arts were originally on par with the withered sheep, but sometimes he was just impulsive; And Wei Xuan, with his martial arts, also replaced the [former Tianji Divine General] Fei Guo, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu's ability to see people is not bad. This is a later story, and I will not make specific statements here for the time being.

Looking back, Xie An's mansion said that although the withered sheep left Jijing, the relationship between Liangqiu Dance and Yiyi failed to restore the previous intimacy.

On April 11, the day after the withered sheep and others left Jijing, Xie An went to the palace to return home for a routine morning court.

While Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er were freshening up, Yiyi, who had gotten up a moment earlier, had already ordered the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Well, it was breakfast for four people, Liang Qiu Wu, Yiyi, Jin Ling'er, and their husband Xie An, after all, the time of the early dynasty was in Mao, and at that time, Xie An had no appetite, so he gradually developed a good habit of going to the early court first, and then returning to the house to eat with the women.

Of course, sometimes Xie An would be called by Li Shou, the Son of Heaven, to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall for breakfast and secretly drink some morning wine or something.

As for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this unimaginably poor squeamish woman never gets up before three o'clock, and when she gets up, the Xie Mansion can almost prepare for lunch, and sometimes the eldest grandson Xiangyu can't even catch up with lunch.

What the? To call her?

Since the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was once woken up from his sleep, glared at him with a fierce eyes that were almost indifferent, whether it was Xie An or the other three daughters, they made up their minds not to wake up that woman again, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu at that time was really scary.

"Husband......" called softly, Yi Yi handed the bowl full of rice in her hand to Xie An, it is not difficult to see from her weak voice and weak behavior that she still apologizes deeply to her husband for the incident a few days ago, although Xie An does not really blame her.

"Did Sister Yiyi change her rouge today?" While taking the rice bowl, Xie An said with a smile.

"Huh?" Surprised by her husband's carefulness, Yi Yi nodded slightly.

"Hmm...... That's great! - It's perfect for you! Xie An praised Yi Yi without hesitation, after all, Yi Yi was in a low mood in the past two days, as long as he had the opportunity, Xie An would try his best to get Yi Yi out of the shadow of the incident two days ago.

Praised by her husband, Yi Yiqiao's face was slightly red, and a little joy appeared in her eyes, and at this time, Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er walked out of the inner room.

"Morning, Sister Ling'er, and ...... Miss ......" when the last two words were spoken. Yi Yi subconsciously looked away, and even his voice became vague.

On the other hand, Liang Qiu Wu, after being slightly stunned, also looked away very tacitly, and showed an extremely reluctant smile on his face, and replied stiffly.

"Morning ...... Early, Yi Yi ......"

After speaking, Liang Qiuwu fled to Xie An's left-hand seat like a thief and sat down, seeing that Yiyi was about to serve her a meal, he blurted out. "That...... I'll ...... it myself," she seemed to notice the strange expressions of her husband Xie An and her roommate Jin Ling'er, smiled, and stood up to serve the meal.

"It's better to be a concubine......" Yiyi whispered.

"No, I'll do it myself......" Liang Qiu Wu shook her head a little embarrassed. After learning that Yi Yi was originally the daughter of the Ram family of a big family in Jinling, she could no longer let Yi Yi serve her as usual, because that would make Liang Qiu Wu feel that she owed the other party more.

The two girls scrambled, never thinking that their fingers touched a piece, and Xie An clearly saw that Liang Qiuwu and Yiyi were shocked. They all withdrew their hands and stood in place, deliberately avoiding the other party's gaze, making the atmosphere in the room extremely awkward.

"......" raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. Xie An sighed helplessly, stood up, and took the bowl from Liang Qiu Wu's hand and the rice spoon from Yi Yi's hand. said, "Alright." Come for the husband! As he spoke, he filled a bowl of rice for Liang Qiu Wu, and then said to the second daughter who was a little overwhelmed, "What are you still standing for?" Sit down! ”

"Oh, oh......" The second daughter woke up like a dream, hurriedly returned to her seat and sat down, bowed her head to eat, and said nothing.

Looking at Liang Qiu Wu and then at Yiyi, Jin Ling'er took the lead in breaking the strange atmosphere in the side hall in the spirit of arranging for her husband Jun Xie to solve problems.

"Husband, yesterday the concubine heard that in the martial arts exercise outside the city, General Yan Kai defeated our army's camp in Xinfenghe......"

As if sensing Jin Ling'er's intentions, Xie An glanced at her approvingly, making the latter feel a burst of sweetness in his heart.

"Hehe, my husband has also heard about this," nodding, Xie An turned his head to look at Liang Qiuwu, and said with a smile, "Especially the battle report of the battle between the two Eastern armies, it is really exciting!" ”

Xie An thought that Liang Qiuwu couldn't help but interject when she said this, after all, she attached great importance to her Eastern Army, but this time Xie An miscalculated, and Liang Qiuwu only made a [hmm] sound, and there was no movement.

"......" hit a soft nail, and Xie An looked at Jin Ling'er with some embarrassment.

Jin Ling'er understood, pretending to be careless and said to Yiyi, "Yiyi, did you buy the rouge you gave Yu a few days ago in the city?" Yu likes that color very much......"

"Well......" Like Liangqiu Dance, Yi Yi whispered and there was no movement.

Jin Ling'er's face stiffened, and she glanced at her husband Xie An's gaze that had entrusted her with a heavy responsibility, and she didn't give up, and once again provoked the topic and said, "Speaking of which, the husband hasn't accompanied the concubines and sisters to visit this Kyoto......

"Sister Jin wants to shop, right?" Xie An teased.

Jin Ling'er is a few years older than the other three daughters, and she doesn't care if her husband tells her heart, and she says in a coquettish tone, "So what? Since Yu married you, he stayed in the house every day and suffocated to death! ”

"How can this be said like Xiangyu......"

"That's the case, little thief, tell me, since the old lady married you, have you ever taken the old lady to Jijing? - No matter whether today or tomorrow, whatever you say, I want you to take me and my sisters to the market shop! ”

"Hey, hey, Sister Jin has been following Xiangyu these days, and she hasn't learned anything else, but her rude Sister Jin has learned seventy percent...... I've been busy for a few days! ”

"After dinner, then!" Throwing a wink at Xie An, Jin Ling'er said in a slightly rude tone, "So the husband has nothing to say, right?" ”

"Sister Jin is really ......" pretended to sigh helplessly, Xie An secretly glanced at Liang Qiuwu and Yiyi's second daughter, unfortunately, the second daughter did not react, which made him and Jin Ling'er, who jointly performed the scene just now, feel very embarrassed.

"Xiao Wu? Yiyi? My husband promised to take me and a few others to the street market today......" Jin Ling'er repeated again as if she didn't believe in evil.

"Oh......" Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi responded, and when they raised their heads, they accidentally bumped into each other's sight, and hurriedly lowered their heads.

"......" Jin Ling'er opened her mouth, finally gave up, and looked at her husband depressedly.

[The old lady is out of line, husband, you can figure it out yourself!] ]

As if seeing the information contained in Jin Ling'er's eyes, Xie An let out a long sigh, he finally realized what it was like to be sandwiched between the four girls.

Facts have proved that for half a year in the future, Xie An seemed to be in the middle of fire and water, and it was not until half a year later that the embarrassment between Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi gradually eased, if not counting the restless and unobedient little girl of the eldest Sun Xiangyu, who deliberately jumped out to stir up trouble......

If you insist on using a certain word to describe Xie Fu, I like to hear it, ah, no, it is happy, happy, and lively.

Well, it's ......

ps: Let's write the fifth volume in the next chapter, and this volume will focus on Xie An. It's rare to write 150,000 words and then go back and rewrite the protagonist, ha, haha......