The brothers Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi immediately went to the front yard to entertain the guests. They also piggybacked on Xie Huizhi, who wanted to sneak out.

Xie Yinghui took the opportunity to pull Xie Mulin to retreat, and while walking in the direction of the second gate, she curiously looked in the direction of the flower hall in the east wing. Who knew that such a coincidence, a young man dressed as a scholar happened to stand by the window of the flower hall and looked out, and glanced at Xie Yinghui. He was stunned, his face was slightly red, he hurriedly turned his head, and when he heard Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi's brother enter the door, he immediately greeted him.

Xie Yinghui also blushed, hurriedly lowered her head and did nothing, sped up two steps under her feet, and quickly stepped into the second door, only then did she turn her head and look at the window of the flower hall, and her feet stopped unconsciously.

Xie Mulin saw it clearly, blinked, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Eldest sister, what's wrong?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Xie Yinghui turned her head a little uncomfortably, and continued to walk forward with her eyes flickering, "I don't know what the identity of the guest is?" Why did his father entrust him with a letter? Our family was stranded in the capital by accident. How could my father know that the person he entrusted would meet us in the capital? ”

Xie Mulin glanced at Xie Yinghui strangely: "Even if we don't meet in the capital, we have to go north through the canal, this person must have followed the fleet of Yanwangfu into Beijing, right?" Naturally, it is also a canal. Based on the situation of our family, if you really encounter the fleet of Yanwangfu on the road, you must avoid the side, and there is a high probability that you will come forward to meet you, at least send a post to say goodbye. Besides, our family's fleet is also generous to show my father's official position, and we are rushing all the way under a clear banner, so as not to call people who are not long-sighted to come to the door to ask for trouble. When the people of Yanwangfu saw it, they would definitely come to the door to say hello, right? Since we will definitely meet with the fleet of Yanwang Mansion, this guest will also know where our house is, and take the initiative to come to the door! "Isn't that obvious?

Xie Yinghui was a little sneering: "Oh, it's true. How did I not think of that? But if we were really unlucky and we didn't meet him on the road, wouldn't my father's letter be in vain? I'm just worried about that. ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "Before we set off, the things that should be discussed with my father and mother have already been discussed, if there is anything important, the fleet of the Yan Wangfu will go south, and my father can also ask the people of the palace to give us a message." But now my father asked a complete stranger to send us a letter, and this person was still dressed as a scholar...... I guess he is very likely to be a son from Beiping, who went to Beijing to participate in next year's Spring Festival, maybe he wants to borrow our place to stay, or his father wants to ask the family to take care of his daily life. If that's the case, even if we're not in the capital, it's not a big problem. Cai Laotian and his wife and the shopkeeper Mao will definitely take care of the guests. ”

Xie Yinghui thoughtfully: "That's right...... Beiping is so far away, and it is cold and snowy in winter, and it will definitely be too late to rush into Beijing to take the exam next spring, and it is reasonable to enter Beijing before this winter. But after such a long time, it is not easy to live in the capital, and if that guest is shy in his pocket, his father intends to help him and take him in for a year and a half in our family's mansion, it is not surprising. It's just that...... I saw that the man was not dressed like a poor man. "Especially that person is tall and straight, with a fair complexion, handsome facial features, and generous manners, he is clearly from a scholarly family, and he is not poor at all!

Xie Mulin listened to his eldest sister's words and looked at her funny: "The eldest sister is very careful. I didn't even see what the guest looked like, and the eldest sister even noticed what he was wearing? ”

Xie Yinghui blushed and took a bite of her: "What nonsense?!" My father didn't know what he said in the letter, and he was in such a hurry that he called a stranger to bring it over, so you don't know how much to care about?! ”

Xie Mulin couldn't help but smile: "What's this? When my brothers see the guests and bring back the letter, I'll know! ”

The guest only stayed at Xie's house for less than an hour before leaving. Xie Xianzhi originally wanted to stay for dinner, but was politely rejected by the other party, so he had to send people out of the gate, and instructed his coachman to send the guests and servants with their luggage to the small village outside the city.

When the brothers were seeing off guests in the front yard, Xie Huizhi had cleverly sneaked back to the inner house. He was so hungry that he couldn't wait for the meal, so he found his second sister's yard to beg for snacks, but he didn't expect that the eldest sister Xie Yinghui was also here.

Xie Mulin hurriedly asked him, "What is the identity of that guest?" What about Daddy's letter? Is it at Big Brother's?! ”

Xie Yinghui also stopped flipping through the book in her hand and looked at it with concern.

Xie Huizhi quickly stuffed two or three pieces of dim sum into his mouth, snatched the teacup from Xiangtao's hand and drank all the tea in it, and then replied: "The one who came was a lifter, surnamed Huang, called Huang Yan, a person from Beiping Mansion, it seems that he has been under the curtain of the political envoy of Beiping for more than two years, and he has done a good job, and he has the heart to participate in next year's Spring Festival, so he took advantage of the fact that winter has not yet arrived, and hurried to the capital first." His father admired him very much, so he asked him to bring a handwritten letter to him, so that he could borrow it from our house, and save money to rent a house or a hotel outside. He brought quite a lot of letters, some for the eldest brother and the second brother, some for the second sister, one for the old lady, and one for the second old lady, along with Cai Laotian and the shopkeeper Mao. However, the letter from the shopkeeper Mao seems to have been sent by another guy. Aunt Qin's brother also came back from Yangzhou, and he was in the same boat as Huang Juren, so he probably went to Luolang Lane this time. ”

Xie Mulin hurriedly asked, "What about the letter?" Are they all there with Big Brother? ”

"It's all at the eldest brother's, you can ask him in a moment." Xie Huizhi stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth again, and said with a smile, "Father is really interesting, and he also sent so many letters to Huang Juren." This is lucky, we are still in the capital, and Huang Juren is walking with his friends at home, so he inquired about the address of our house early and came to the door. If we are unlucky, we happen to be on the way north, even if we meet the ship of Yanwangfu and go to say hello, we don't know that there is a messenger Huang Juren following behind! Our family is full of old and weak women and children, and if a stranger comes to see us, we may not meet him, so wouldn't we miss it? In fact, my father only needs to ask Huang Juren to bring a letter to Cai Laotian or Shopkeeper Mao, so why bother to bring so many people's letters?

"And this Huang Juren is also a little interesting, what about our family's big house, can't we live in his master and servant? There are not many people in the family, and as soon as we leave, most of the house will be empty! The eldest brother and the second brother asked him to stay, but he had to go to live in a small village outside the city, saying that it was quiet enough for him to study and prepare for exams. What are they reading? What does the New Year have to do with the word 'quiet'? ! ”

Xie Mulin raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xie Yinghui.