Chapter 723: Inquiry
Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui read the letter, and it didn't take much time.
Xie Pu's letters to his two older sons are basically the ones that Xie Xianzhi told his younger siblings, and at least half of them are about Huangyan. He didn't mention anything about whether he looked at each other or not, but just told his two sons that he was very optimistic about Huang Yan and asked his sons to treat others well. In addition, it is to instruct some things on the road, to take care of the two old people, arrange the itinerary on the road, along the road should also have a chance to take a walk, learn some human feelings, if you meet a learned and virtuous senior, but also ask for more homework and the truth of life, and so on.
He also mentioned one thing for his two sons to pay more attention to, that is, when passing through Shandong, it is best to put away their own banners, and not rush in front of others in the name of Xie Pu's family. It's not that Xie Pu has a bad reputation on the ground in Shandong, on the contrary, when he was the prefect of Kaizhou in the past, he had a good reputation, remarkable political achievements, and made great contributions to avoiding the flooding of the Yellow River.
When he went to Beiping to take up his post, he was stopped by the elders of Kaizhou in Shandong, and he was invited to a banquet and sang carols, which made him almost delay his trip. This time, his family was passing through Shandong again, and it was best to avoid it as much as possible, so as not to be slowed down by the enthusiastic locals. After all, winter will come at any time, and the two old people who have lived in Jiangnan for a long time may not be able to withstand the winter in the north, and it will be very hard to hurry.
In addition, there is another point, that is, the Hedong River Yamen is the territory of the Lin family, but the Shandong political envoy is now the majority of the Cao family's henchmen. Now the crown prince and the second prince are competing with each other, the third prince has sprung up, and the Cao Lin family is fighting fiercely in the open and secret, which has affected the Shandong area. At present, the momentum of the second prince and the Lin family is not good, and the people of the Cao family want to stab the Lin family again, but the Lin family is dying and struggling, and they don't want the Cao family to take advantage. At this juncture, the family of Xie Pu, a very famous official, passed by, and the people on both sides must have wanted to win people over. As long as Xie Pu sided with any of them, it would help to increase their prestige in Shandong. At worst, it can also prevent the other party from pulling in this powerful arm.
This news may not have reached the capital for the time being, and there has not been any movement on the side of the Cao family's Chengenhou Mansion to win over Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui's brothers and sisters, but it is not okay. The Cao family may use their status as the grandsons of the Cao family to make a fuss, and the Lin family may hype up the old grudge between Xie Pu and the Cao family. And Xie Pu is not very interested in these two families, and he has no intention of getting involved in the dispute between the princes. Anyway, he is now working under King Yan, as long as he accepts the emperor's will, why take the risk and choose a side? He didn't want his eldest son and eldest daughter to suffer another blow to his reputation, so he hoped that when his family arrived in Shandong, they could be as low-key as possible and avoid people in the official face.
Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui were embarrassed, but they didn't expect the Cao family, who wanted to use the river construction case to kill Xie Pu, and the Lin family, who planned to use Xie Pu to attack the Cao family, and the day when they begged Xie Pu for help. The world is truly unpredictable!
Xie Xianzhi said: "This matter was originally a trouble, but now we have to follow the fleet of Yanwangfu to the north, but we don't have to worry about the officials from Shandong coming to harass us." With His Royal Highness King Yan in front of him, whether it is the Cao family or the Lin family, who dares to offend the prince? ”
Xie Yinghui nodded silently, and suddenly wanted to laugh in her heart. When my uncle partnered with my mother, I spent so much effort to frame my father, and what did I get? Now that my uncle's bones are rotten, my mother married Fang Wenshan as she wished, and within two years, there was a quarrel and divorce, and the Wang family disappeared, but Wang Meiru was left to become the favorite concubine of the East Palace, but she was a disgraceful one. If the uncle and mother hadn't had that scene back then, the mother might be able to reconcile with her father and remarry Fang Wenshan, and the uncle's family would still be safe and sound, and they would still enjoy their wealth and prosperity, and Wang Meiru would also be able to successfully become the side concubine of the East Palace, and bring her father to the top, right?
Therefore, if you really have to be kind and hurt others, you will not end well.
Xie Mulin came over and read his father's letter to his brothers. After reading it, she had a feeling that Xie Pu probably didn't expect them to meet Huangyan in the capital, right? Because they stayed in several cities for two or three days on the way to Beijing, the trip was already a little slow. After arriving in the capital, because of Jiao Wenying's request, they directly postponed the departure date and stayed in Beijing to wait for King Yan. If not, it is very likely that they have entered the Jiangbei territory at this time, and most of them will encounter the fleet of Yanwangfu in the Yangzhou area.
The Song family also planned to stay in Yangzhou for two days to discuss the affairs of their children and grandchildren with their old in-laws, Master Yang. And Huang Yan knew that they were there, so it was natural for him to come to the door. As long as Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi's brother sent a letter and arranged for Huang Yan to live in the Xie family's real estate in the capital, this favor would be counted. Xie Pu also mentioned in the letter that Huang Yan had traveled to Yangzhou for half a year when he was a teenager, and if he was a guide for the Xie family brothers and sisters, maybe he could increase his contact with Xie Yinghui and complete the procedure of "seeing each other".
Xie Pu overestimated the speed of his family's hurry, and he didn't expect Jiao Wenying to let the Xie family brothers and sisters stay in the capital, so there was a current deviation, but this result is not bad, in the capital, Xie Yinghui also has the opportunity to have more contact with Huang Yan and understand his temperament.
Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui said a few words of gossip, and then said goodbye to their two sisters. Xie Yinghui also wanted to take a look at the lounge to see if there was anything that was not prepared, but was stopped by Xie Mulin, and he retreated left and right, and mysteriously took out Wen's letter to show her.
Xie Yinghui was originally confused, but when she looked at it, her face became more and more red, and in the end, she couldn't wait to throw the letter away: "What nonsense is your mother talking about in the letter?!" ”
Xie Mulin glanced at her, took the letter back and put it away, and said with a smile: "What are you ashamed of?" At your age, when you arrive in Beiping, you will start talking about kiss, isn't it something you already knew? Now my father is working hard, thinking about you everywhere, and doing everything possible to choose a good son-in-law for you, and I am worried that you will not be able to look down on this girl, so you have to see people in person and be willing to nod before you come to say goodbye. Such a good thing, where is it nonsense? Daddy was afraid that you would be embarrassed, and he didn't even say it in the letter to his brothers, only my mother introduced it to me in the letter, and asked me to remind you that it was all for your face. Now that it's just us sisters in the house, you don't have to squirm in front of me, just tell me the truth, and you just saw that person in the front yard, do you like it or not? ”
Xie Yinghui took a sip of her, her face became redder and redder, but she kept her mouth shut and refused to say anything for a long time.
Xie Mulin looked at her a few times, guessing that she shouldn't have disliked it in her heart, otherwise she would have said "no" a long time ago, so now this is ...... Shy?
So Xie Mulin smiled and said, "What? The eldest sister can't look down on it? That's it. Daddy probably mentioned this in his letter to his grandmother, and if you need it, you can ask your grandmother to make the decision to marry you. But since you didn't like it, then tell your grandmother and let her not mention it in front of Huang Juren. Anyway, when you get to Beiping, there must be something good left for you! ”
Xie Yinghui paused, hesitated for a long time before whispering, "If it's him...... It's really good, can he look at me? ”