Although it was a snowy day, the full moon hung high, but the courtyard was full of light, and there was hardly any shadow to be seen on the road. Under the wind and snow, the Xie family corridor does not reduce the splendor of the family in the daylight under the moonlight.

Xie Chengze suddenly stopped and looked at one place: "Who?" ”

A lump suddenly protruded from the shadows under the porch, and then a man in black stepped out of the shadows.

However, a square face shape that is no more ordinary, and there is nothing special about the facial features, it is really a look that is not easy to find out when thrown into the pile.

The man in black said, "The eldest prince, please come over." ”

It is the secret guard next to Xie Yi, the eldest son of the Xie family.

Xie Chengze didn't move, still standing in place, and said: "Everyone is staring at the affairs of the lobby brother, tomorrow morning, Dali Temple will take the lobby brother away, I am afraid it is not appropriate for me to meet the lobby brother rashly at this time." ”

The black-clothed secret guard's face was motionless as if it was embroidered on his face, and he didn't even raise his eyebrows, and repeated Fang Cai's words when he opened his mouth: "The eldest prince, please come over." ”

Such an undeniable repetition made Xie Chengze silent, and I don't know how long later, he finally spoke again: "You lead the way!" ”

There are some things that can't be avoided.

The place where Xie Yi was placed under house arrest was in the courtyard where Su Ri lived, but there were two more guards at the courtyard gate.

Such a house arrest seems to be "not careful", but as a child of the Xie family, Xie Chengze knows that after such a "distraction", it is the Xie family's control over the children of the Xie family, even if Xie Yi wants to escape, he will not be able to escape the entire Xie family's mansion.

This is also the reason why under such an uncaring house arrest, Xie Yi never even escaped.

Xie Chengze was slightly sure in front of the courtyard gate, and then stepped into the courtyard, with a "whoosh" sound, the arrow feathers shook slightly, Xie Chengze tilted his head, and looked at the feather arrow that was close at hand and inserted beside him.

The two bentwood spring couplets hanging by the gate of the courtyard were replaced at the end of this year, and at this time, an arrow was inserted in the bentwood plaque, less than half a foot away from his eyebrows.

He looked back at Xie Yi who was standing in the courtyard.

Handing over the bow and arrow in his hand to the little guy next to him casually, Xie Yi clapped his hands and looked at him with a smile: "Yo, I missed, Cheng Ze don't be angry." ”

Xie Chengze lowered his eyes: "How come?" The lobby brother was too worried. ”

"I just like that." Xie Yi's gaze fell on his face for a moment, and then he took it back with satisfaction, and then walked to his side with a smile, patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said, "I asked you to come here to talk to you about something, and when I go to Dali Temple tomorrow, I have to ask you to bother more, let me come out earlier." ”

Xie Chengze's eyebrows instinctively frowned, and he looked at Xie Yi in front of him: "Brother Lobby, did you do that little guy's thing?" ”

"How could it be me? I'm not stupid. Xie Yi rolled his eyes, and said angrily, "Things are already like this, I'll find someone to kill that little guy again, isn't it just a mess?" I didn't do it. ”

Not really! Xie Chengze lowered his eyes for a moment, and then raised his eyes to look at Xie Yi again: "What about Lord Zhao......

"That's that little guy talking nonsense and biting people, I don't agree with the surname Zhao in my life, and even the people around me have a holiday, he himself wants to murder the master but bites me, what does this matter have to do with me?" Xie Yi waved his hand impatiently, and the fingers that fell on Xie Chengze's shoulder were lightly buckled, and he said impatiently, "Anyway, you have to help me with this matter, do you understand?" No matter how clean the Dali Temple prison is, it will make me uncomfortable, you have to get me out earlier, you know? ”

Xie Chengze looked at him and was silent for a moment, and said, "I can't take over this case at all." ”

"Then use another way," Xie Yi said as he withdrew the hand on Xie Chengze's shoulder, and snorted, "Haven't you found out how this surnamed Zhao died?" Even the murderer was found on Shanxi Road, which shows that it has little to do with me. You're going to help me! ”

"But ......"

"Don't." Xie Yi seemed to be a little impatient with his hesitation, and turned his head to look at him with a sneer, "Have you forgotten who brought you back from Lingnan after the ninth uncle and ninth aunt were killed by bandits in Lingnan back then?" ”

When he mentioned this, Xie Chengze couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "It's the eldest uncle and the eldest brother." ”

Xie Yi sneered when he heard this, and said, "Then who has been taking care of you in the clan all these years?" ”

"It's the eldest uncle, the eldest aunt, and the same cousin." Xie Chengze said.

Xie Yi, who listened to such a reply, laughed, reached out again and patted Xie Chengze's shoulder heavily, and said, "I know that you are a nostalgic person, and I will not forget the love you owe to my family." ”

Xie Chengze lowered his eyes silently.

In Xie Yi's opinion, this kind of silence was already a tacit acquiescence, and he turned around and walked back to the room with a smile.

In the moonlight, the people standing in the courtyard had been left behind.

They are all children of the Xie family, serious masters of the Xie family, but they didn't even enter the house when they came to the courtyard, let alone a cup of hot tea.

The guards at the gate of the courtyard were like rocks, but this did not mean that the others of the Xie family did not know about the things in the courtyard.

A maid hurriedly walked in from the gate of the courtyard, walked to Xie Chengze's side and bowed slightly, and said, "Son, the eldest lady invites you to come over." ”

Xie Chengze nodded his head and said, "Lead the way!" ”

Mrs. Xie's residence was not far from Xie Yi's courtyard, almost standing against a wall, so it was not unusual for the things in Xie Yi's courtyard to be known by Mrs. Xie so quickly.

walked into the hall behind the maid, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard someone exclaim: "Chengze, but that kid left you in the courtyard again?" ”

It's the big aunt.

Xie Chengze lowered his head and said: "It's okay, Ben just said a few words and left." ”

"How's that going to work?" As soon as these words came out, he was immediately interrupted by Mrs. Xie, who took the hand warmer handed by the maid and handed it to him, and then pulled him to sit down at the table.

The hand stove was very warm, but it didn't make him feel any warmth, Xie Chengze opened his mouth, and excused himself: "Auntie, I still have something, ...... tomorrow"

"Then drink hot tea before leaving." The woman who pulled him to the table and sat down said with a smile.

She has a dignified appearance and a kind smile, and a woman who can enter the Xie family's branch as a wife is not bad, and she can't find anything wrong with others.

Since he was picked up from Lingnan, his aunt has always taken good care of him, and even some people in the clan often joke that he is better than his own Xie Yi.

Xie Chengze took the teacup that was pushed in front of him and lowered his head to drink tea.

A slight whimper rang out.

He didn't know how many times he had seen this scene. But...... He put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the woman in front of him, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

A hint of tension and eagerness flashed across his face.

The woman wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and after a while, she raised her face and looked over with a pair of beautiful eyes: "Chengze, your eldest aunt just thought of Yi'er's unsuccessful ......."

The low whimper plunged the otherwise warm room into a mournful atmosphere.

A few maids hung their heads silently, not daring to say more.

"If he is like you, why did he let the old ancestor pick someone else?"

Xie Chengze looked at the woman in front of him and said, "Don't worry about the eldest aunt, the elder brother is smart, and it will be natural to be sensible in the future." "Chase the book

I will be sensible in the future...... Well, his cousin is already in his thirties, but he is still an ignorant child in front of his parents.

"That's what I thought, too." The woman raised her eyes as she spoke, looked at Xie Chengze in front of her, grabbed his hand, and said, "Only this time, I heard that the people from Dali Temple will come tomorrow to take Yi'er away." Chengze, you and your cousin grew up together, you should know that no matter how ignorant Yi'er is, she will never hurt anyone. ”

No...... Harm.

The dark temple and the rats walking around in it flashed in front of me. The door of the temple that had been knocked open at dawn and the whimper of the same woman still rang in my ears.

"Cheng Ze don't be afraid, your cousin is a little naughty, his aunt has already reprimanded him, and he won't next time."

Xie Chengze raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of him who was wiping away her tears, and said softly: "Don't worry, aunt, Chengze will definitely not let someone wronged the lobby brother." ”

Hearing this promise, the woman breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him apologetically: "When Yi'er comes back this time, the eldest aunt will definitely discipline him strictly......

"Say anything about strict discipline!" Someone walked in from outside the door with a heavy shout, took off his cloak and handed it to the servant beside him.

The person who came was about fifty years old, dressed in a literati robe, with a long beard, and an elegant face, but the expression on his face at this time did not match his elegant appearance.

He looked angry, looking very angry.

The eldest uncle also came.

Xie Chengze stood up and saluted.

"Good boy." Master Xie stepped forward to help him up, looked at him, his eyes were full of relief, "Why do you want to do these false gifts with your eldest uncle?" ”

Xie Chengze bowed his head and said: "The ceremony cannot be abolished." ”

"You grew up with Yi'er in my big house, in the eyes of your uncle, what's the difference between you and Yi'er?" Master Xie snorted heavily, and then slapped it on the table angrily, "I said a long time ago that there should be no bastard son like Xie Yi, and Cheng Ze is our son!" ”

"How can you be forgiven for doing such a wrong thing?"

"This bastard is so!"

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she immediately lowered her head and wept, and after a short time on her relieved face, she burst into tears again, and she hid her face and cried: "But ...... But this bastard is also our only son! I don't ask him how rich he is, I only ask him to at least have no worries about his life. ”

"Don't say it, don't say such things in front of Cheng Ze. He is a person from Dali Temple, do you want him to be implicated because of Yi'er's affairs? ”

"Cheng Ze, listen to your uncle's words, don't care about him, just treat your lobby brother as if he is dead." Master Xie patted Xie Chengze's shoulder as he spoke, and said with a straight face, "Don't care about your aunt's words, you must not let this bastard thing affect your future." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Xie trembled, and immediately covered her mouth and cried.

Sad cries and sighs came and went, and Master Xie turned his head and wiped his red eyes.

Xie Chengze looked at the scene in front of him, and after being silent for a long time, he finally bowed his head and bowed, and said: "Don't worry, uncle and aunt, I will do my best in this matter." After saying this, he turned around and walked out.

Behind him, Master Xie's angry shouts of "let that bastard die" still came from time to time.

The moment he walked out the door, a hint of mockery flashed across his face.

……

……

The shouting and quarreling did not stop until the thin figure left the courtyard.

Master Xie sat down on the chair as if he had suddenly lost his strength, clutched his chest and said, "Xie Yi, this bastard, this time I really stabbed the big basket!" ”

The anger in Fang Cai's tone was not fake, but genuine disappointment.

A good sister-in-law of the long house, if he becomes a weapon, which of the juniors of the entire Xie family can surpass him?

It's just such an unsuccessful thing, do you really think that little trick can fool the old lady? If he could really be deceived, Yi'er's entry into officialdom would not make the old lady refuse to speak so far.

"If he really has the ability to Cheng Ze, the old lady would have taken him to his knees to teach him personally." Master Xie took the tea handed by Mrs. Xie and drank it all, "It's a pity that those who have the ability are not biological, and those who don't have the ability are biological." ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but complain to Mrs. Xie: "Look at you, what kind of thing did you give birth to?" ”

Mrs. Xie, who listened to this number, was aggrieved for a while, but she didn't forget to say back: "It's like I've come out of a life,"

Didn't she give birth to this Yi'er with him? The matter has come to this, and she can still blame her.

This blame is, of course, nonsense.

"This idiot!" Master Xie snorted heavily, but after the incident, he had already scolded in private for an unknown number of times, and it would be useless to continue scolding at this time.

"I don't know if I'll be able to get away with it this time." Thinking of this, Master Xie had a headache.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xie hurriedly poured a cup of tea for him, pushed it in front of him, and said, "Didn't Chengze promise to help?" ”

"Promise to help?" Master Xie sneered when he heard this, then squinted at her and said, "You are really, you have used the same method so many times, even a fool knows that something is wrong, not to mention that Cheng Ze is not stupid." Yi'er's bastard threatened in front, and you cried and cared for the back, how many years have you used it to give a sweet date, and I don't know how to change it. ”

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she said disapprerovantly: "It's useful." I know he is smart, but so many people see the grace of you and me in his nurturing, filial piety is greater than the sky, what can he say? ”

"Say what?" Master Xie snorted coldly, "Do you remember what he promised you earlier?" ”

Mrs. Xie recalled and said, "It seems that there is something wrong with Yi'er, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"It's a big problem." Master Xie snorted, "He only said that he didn't wronged Yi'er, let me ask you if Yi'er wasn't wronged?" ”

His son himself knows that Yi'er is probably not completely wronged in this matter.

Hearing this, Mrs. Xie's face changed greatly on the spot: "How dare he ......?" ”

Compared with Mrs. Xie's ugly face, Master Xie just sank his face, and then sneered: "After all, working in Dali Temple, the old lady arranged him in the position of Dali Temple, although he didn't mean to let him take the difference for the time being, but he also valued it very much." What kind of right and wrong is most afraid of being involved. For example, the account office that collects money is most afraid of such things as greedy for money, because once it is involved, it is difficult to tell. ”

"He works in Dali Temple, and he handles cases, so he is naturally most afraid of being involved in the rights and wrongs of the case." Master Xie snorted, "I think he just doesn't want to care about it this time, if it weren't for me thinking that something was wrong and coming over, I'm afraid I would have let him fool him like this." ”

Fortunately, he came, and he used both soft and hard things with his wife, and asked Xie Chengze to respond.

At the mention of this stubble, Mrs. Xie couldn't help but glance at him and said, "You just said that Dang Yi'er is dead, and you said that he is our son, and I still think what you said is true!" ”

"How?" Master Xie rolled his eyelids and sneered, "If I don't say that, how can he let go of his mouth to help me?" Do you think that in the past, when Liu Bei was the Marquis of Guwu, why did he say that if Liu Chan was not successful, you would replace him yourself? As soon as these words came out, how could Wuhou replace them? So in the end, I did my best and died. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Xie couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Cheng Ri is talking nonsense, this matter is not said from the outside, but praising Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness." ”

"There are thousands of people and thousands of faces in everything, you see him as benevolent and righteous, but I think he is not like this." Master Xie sneered and said, "I don't think about the affairs of famous people in the history books, I only know that this set is useful to our family's Chengze." ”

Even if Yi'er is not Adou, Chengze is not Wuhou. He can also ask Cheng Ze to do his best for Yi'er and die.

"Moreover," the teacup in Master Xie's hand paused in mid-air, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, "What happened back then...... Oh, I'm not afraid of him being disobedient. ”