Chapter 642: Channels
Why did Xie Mulin know so much about Cao Shuqing's affairs? There's a reason for that, too.
After Xie Yinghui left Beijing, although she said that she was going to draw a line with her biological mother, she still couldn't let go emotionally. Both she and Xie Xianzhi wanted to know the news from Cao Shuqing's side, worried that she would really be bullied by Fang Wenshan. But if they want to keep in touch with Cao Shuqing, they are not happy. was calculated once, and they were also wary in their hearts, for fear of being betrayed and sacrificed by their biological mother again. Therefore, they chose to secretly ask someone to inquire.
What can Shemulin do? Of course, I can only help them, otherwise these two children have no way out, and in the end, they will only be noticed by Cao Shuqing and Fang Wenshan and entangled again.
Xie Mulin actually didn't think of many channels, mainly through Xiao Rui to inquire about rumors in the northern army. The follow-up of the case implicated the second-in-command of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, and the subsequent chaos within the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, which was all gossip that was circulated privately by people in the military. Some of Kaipingwei's military attachés were recently transferred from the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, and some people were transferred from Kaipingwei to the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division to serve as the deputy of the new second-in-command.
And then there was Xie Pu, who was secretly plotted by Fang Wenshan, and he was also extremely vigilant in his heart. Even if he has no intention of entanglement with his ex-wife, he must beware of people's bad intentions. Therefore, although the investigation of the case is far away from Fang Wenshan, Xie Pu himself is wary of the current position of this ex-wife. The firm under his name was originally only engaged in grocery business at the two ends of Jiangnan and Beiping, but now it has begun to set foot in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and does not take the upper route, but only conquers the grassroots market, sells the mid-end muslin cloth in Jiangnan, and often deals with the families of middle- and lower-class officers...... This is how all kinds of rumors within Fang Wenshan's family came out, and it is said that they have formed a topic in the local area.
Cao Shuqing is used to being a noble lady, and probably has never taken the families of those little military attaches into account. Except for the wives of a few officials above the fourth grade, she is reluctantly willing to socialize, and she doesn't like to deal with others. This has led to her poor popularity and reputation in the local area, and everyone likes to gossip about her. It's just that she doesn't live in a deep mansion compound, and the people in the family are not as strict as the servants in the prince's mansion. She scolded the concubine and several children at home, and the next day this sentence could become the subject of criticism by other women. She couldn't prevent it, and she didn't notice it at all.
Fang Wenshan often hears cynicism from his colleagues, all of them are laughing at him for not being able to control his wife, the front foot only says that his wife is virtuous, and the back foot wife is bad|Ruined the first two sons and daughters left in the main room, and there are people who look kind to persuade him, it is just that his wife is jealous and domineering, it is absolutely impossible to torture the heirs, if the incense is broken, who will inherit his bloodline in the future?
Fang Wenshan's face was ugly. He didn't know what his wife was doing at home, but now that the whole world knows, he is the last to know, and he can't end it. He used to be a warrior, a general, and a hero in Shaanxi Dusi, but now, he has become a mediocre who is spurned by the emperor, a villain who clings to the powerful for power, a traitor who betrays his comrades, and now he is also said to be a widow who is afraid of his wife, everyone seems to have forgotten his past exploits, he has lost all his friends, even his reputation, prestige and military spirit have been lost.
Whether he regretted attacking Xie Pu in the past, no one knows, anyway, he can only quarrel with Cao Shuqing now. And the number and content of their quarrels once again spread through the mouths of the people around them, and even the local branch of the Xie family's business was heard. In order to prevent being targeted by Fang Wenshan, the people of the Xie family's firm did not play the Xie family's signboard at that time, but relied on another big business with strong backers, selling some goods by the way, and giving profits to that big business, mainly to inquire about the news.
It was a success. Now Xie Pu is very clear about his ex-wife and his current movements, and he can continue to be an official in Beiping with peace of mind, and he doesn't have to worry about when someone will suddenly come out and attack him. And Wen's by her husband's side, she will naturally know the relevant news. When she wrote a letter to her son and daughter, she didn't care about telling some information she knew, so that her daughter could inform Xie Yinghui and let the child know about the current situation of her biological mother.
Since last year, Xie Yinghui has developed a new route to find out about her biological mother. A cousin of Lu Feiyun's family went to Shaanxi to serve as an official, and he happened to be in the same place as Fang Wenshan. The girls in that family are clever and gossipy, and they always like to write letters and chat with the little sisters. Xie Yinghui tossed Lu Feiyun and asked the little girl for a lot of news. Since many of these news were circulated privately by local official wives, businessmen in the market may not have the opportunity to contact them, so Xie Yinghui has a better understanding of the various contradictions between her biological mother and the current one.
Sometimes Xie Yinghui will also talk to Xie Mulin about her heart, seeing that her biological mother chose the wrong man and had a bad life at all, she was quite happy in her heart, and she had a sense of schadenfreude. But at the same time, she was a little worried about Cao Shuqing, what if she was really abandoned by Fang Wenshan? Fang Wenshan is in a bad situation, he has been completely abandoned by the Cao family, Cao Shuqing wants to go back to her parents' house and has no way back, if she falls out with Fang Wenshan again, I am afraid that she will fall into a desperate situation. Unless she can live alone with her subordinates with her dowry, it is said that in order to take care of Fang Wenshan's official affairs, she took out a lot of private wealth, and the losses were quite heavy......
Xie Yinghui now complained to Xie Mulin about her biological mother, and she couldn't help crying: "What is she like this? Back then, I wanted to go with the surname Fang, but since I found that this person was not worth relying on, I just went back to the capital, and I could go back to my hometown in the southwest. The Cao family is still famous over there, and there are people in my grandmother's mother's family who can always take care of her. Quietly, how hard can it be? Don't let people see the joke!
"But she has to make a fuss, and she has to ask the queen to make decisions for her...... When will the queen have a good time with her?! Can you still help her speak?! It's good if you don't fall into the well. Feiyun told me how lively Jingli is now, and I don't have the face to go! When I returned to the capital and saw people I knew before, did they all want to mention my mother to me? And what will they think of me?! What other face do I have?! ”
Xie Mulin could only comfort her: "It's okay, if she makes too much trouble in the capital, you don't need to speak, and the people of the Cao family will suppress her." It will take more than a month for us to enter Beijing, and there will definitely be a new topic by then, and no one will mention her. Besides, you don't have many relatives and friends to explore, isn't it the Yongning Eldest Princess's Mansion? Even with Miss Lu, I also saw it. The eldest brother visits one more Jiao family, but Jiao Yintai is not a tongue-chewing person! None of them will talk about unpleasant things in front of you without a smile. ”
Xie Yinghui cried: "They won't mention it, but they will definitely think about it in their hearts!" My mother would come to me too. I don't want it! I don't want to be seen as a joke! ”
Xie Mulin comforted her with a little headache: "Eldest sister, don't cry." It is impossible for us not to go to the capital for this matter, the eldest brother is going to visit Xie Jiao Yintai, and we also have to meet the shopkeepers of the family. In the past few years, it has not been easy for them to support their family's industry in the capital. As the proprietor, we always have to express condolences and praise a few words, otherwise we will be too sorry for them. Besides, we haven't been back to the family mansion for a few years, so we definitely have to go back to see it......"
"Then I won't go into the city!" Xie Yinghui wiped away the tears on her face, and said with red eyes, "Isn't there a small Zhuangzi in our family outside the city?" I just live there, go to the city and go to the eldest princess's mansion and leave, so I don't want to stay in the city and listen to other people's gossip, let alone see anyone from the Cao family and the Cheng family! ”