"Where's the sound of the piano?"

The girl who was saved was lying on the bed at the moment, her eyes were full of melancholy and sorrow, coughing and wheezing, and after drinking the decoction, she wanted to get up.

"Lady must not move, you are weak and suffering from the cold, it is better to rest in peace."

The maid helped her to lie down and wiped the sweat from her face.

"Where's the sound of the piano?"

"Oh, this is Xu Gongzi playing the piano, don't you know, my son-in-law likes to play the piano all day long, except for reading."

The maid smiled all over her face, and then praised: "My son-in-law's piano skills have not been compared to him in the entire Wusheng County, and it is a blessing to be able to listen to my father-in-law's music!" ”

"Your son-in-law?"

"Oh, lady, the one you scared just now is my son-in-law." The maid hid her face and snickered as she spoke.

The girl thought about it, this Xu Gongzi is also a decent gentleman, polite and polite, and there is nothing excessive in his behavior and speech just now.

But it is said that Xu Xianglin's piano skills, which can be called a must in Wusheng County, have made the birds silent, the grass and trees are still, and even the pedestrians outside the high wall, hearing such a wonderful piano sound, all stopped and stood, drunk in it, as if the clouds were driving the fog.

"The lady is so blessed, as soon as she enters the house, she can hear the sound of my son-in-law's piano, maybe this illness will be cured of Ming'er."

The girl did not answer, closed her eyes slightly, and listened quietly.

Xu Xianglin sat in the backyard gazebo, drinking wine and stroking the piano, drunk in it.

Sanjiu didn't have the heart to listen to his piano, and after a while, he ran to the backyard to remind him that it was time to go back to the study, and then rushed to the door of the mansion, looking left and right like a thief, for fear that the old lady would return to the house.

Xu Xianglin was unmoved, he didn't seem to hear Sanjiu's words at all, he was bitter for Sanjiu, tossing back and forth in the front yard and backyard, only tired and sweaty.

"Sanjiu! You don't go to the study to serve Xiang'er, what are the thieves hiding here?! ”

Sanjiu just ran from the backyard to the front yard and went out of the house, it was really a bit evil, and he bumped into the old lady's sedan chair head-on, and before he had time to dodge, he was caught by Xu Zhao.

Poor Sanjiu tossed back and forth like crazy, if you want to say that this unlucky force comes, you can stuff your teeth by drinking cold water, and now the fun is going to be over.

"Old... Master, madam...."Sanjiu was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, he only felt a chill down his spine, and the hot sweat turned into a cold sweat.

Xu Zhao's face sank, staring at Sanjiu fiercely, feeling more and more that he was a little weird, and asked, "Why are you sweating profusely?" Where are you going in a hurry? ”

"It's... This..."Thirty-nine branches were speechless.

Xu Zhao didn't bother to ask, so he entered the house angrily and went straight to the study.

"Sanjiu, what about Xiang'er?"

"Childe, he's... In the book... Playing the piano in the backyard..."

Xu Xianglin's mother Liu is a warm-hearted person, and she is usually kind to her servants, so Sanjiu did not deceive her.

"What? Quick, go tell him. ”

Sanjiu didn't have time to say more, so he ran to the backyard, and Liu Shi also looked worried, and walked towards the backyard with close steps.

Xu Zhao pushed open the door of the study, and when he saw that Xu Xianglin was nowhere to be seen, he instantly became angry, his ears were red with anger, and he threw the door out, but he heard the sound of the piano in the backyard, and he was even more angry, and rushed to the backyard with a blue face.

"Childe, the master is back!" Sanjiu ran too hard, tripped over the stone again, fell to the ground with a bang, and almost stumbled on the stone steps of the pavilion.

Xu Xianglin came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly stepped forward to help Sanjiu up, and said, "What are you doing in such a panic, quickly take the piano back to the study." ”

"Xiang'er, why do you still have the leisure to play the piano! Oops, we're in trouble! ”

After Liu said that, he pulled Xiang Lin's arm, intending to make amends to Master Xu. But Xu Xianglin stood in place like a pillar, no matter how the Liu family dragged him, he was unwilling to move a small step.

"Mother, I'm not leaving."

"You kid, you've been stubborn since you were a child, you're old and weak, why haven't you changed at all, if you don't leave, your father will find him, and you haven't learned his temper."

"Dog minion, join forces to lie to me and see that I don't break your legs!"

Sanjiu held the qin, didn't take a few steps, and bumped into the angry Master Xu head-on, so frightened that he retreated again, standing behind Xu Xianglin shivering, and didn't dare to breathe.

"Master, Xiang'er is too bored to study, so he went to the backyard to play the piano to relax, you can spare him this time." Mother Xu stepped in front of Xiang Lin and stopped Xu Zhao, who was trembling all over.

"Get out of the way!" Xu Zhao slammed his might, Xu's mother fell to the ground one by one, and Xiang Lin hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother up, with a trace of hatred in his eyes, staring at his father coldly.

"Little rabbit, it's a good time, it's sunny and daylight, you don't concentrate on reading, you actually carry me behind your back to have fun, it's really rotten wood that can't be carved!"

"Dad, since you know that I am a rotten wood, why bother with me."

"You?! Are you trying to me off! Is it worthy of the ancestors of the Xu family? ”

"Dad, Xiang'er acts above board, and has never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, how can I be sorry for my ancestors and ancestors."

"My Xu family has a prominent reputation, but I didn't expect to end up in ruin and disgrace when I came here, and I gave birth to such a rebellious son, which is really unfortunate for the family!"

In the eighth year of Emperor Yongming of Qiwu, Xu Zhao was young and promising at that time, full of poetry and books, and coupled with the great business of the family, the high school character, the career can be described as smooth, and he once did the post of Yangzhou Huiji County. At that time, Xu Zhao was so majestic, powerful and wealthy, and those small local county orders were respectful to him.

Who would have thought that the good times would not last long, since Xiao Daocheng, the king of Qi, established himself as the emperor, the discipline of the court and the central government was chaotic, and the internal fighting was a wave of unsettled and rising waves, Xu Zhao thought that he was worry-free, but he was framed by the traitors and villains in the court, and his official position was cut, if he didn't make all his family fortunes, he was afraid that he would not even be able to save his life.

Since then, the Xu family's business has not prospered, and the court has been cold, let alone thinking about becoming an official. After Xu Zhao got a serious illness, his temper became more and more irritable, and he was even more indifferent to the relatives and servants around him.

It is rumored that on the night of Xu Xianglin's birth, the heavy rain poured, and the black clouds suppressed half of the sky, and Xu Zhaofu knelt on his knees in the courtyard, praying for the blessing of God to be safe, but he saw that the cumulus clouds broke in mid-air, and the Wenqu star was shining, and it was extremely bright, and then escaped into the black clouds.

Xu Zhao was overjoyed, thinking that my son would be able to become an official in the future and revitalize the family business.

Who would have thought that the son who was pinned on by Xu Zhao had high hopes was neglected with poetry and books all day long, only caring about leisure and fun, and he had not been in the middle of the grade for three years, and there was no successor to the huge family business, and at this moment he openly confronted his father, which was simply desperate.

"Dad, I don't want to be an official."

"What?! You don't want to be an official? Then wouldn't my Xu family's family business be ruined, and the Xu family will never have a bright future! ”

"Dad, it's not that Xiang'er doesn't want to revive the family business, although the days are quite peaceful now, but how easy it is to be an official, my Xu family is no longer the Xu family of the past, even if you get an official and a half position, it is also an inferior official product, there are many local villains in the imperial court, and there are many people who have no talent and no virtue, if you enter the official career, you will be persecuted everywhere, and at that time, our Xu family will really never come out."

"Nonsense! Becoming an official is the only way out for our Xu family! ”

"There is no poor family in the upper grade, and there is no scholar clan in the lower grade, can't my father see through this situation?"

"It's really against you, even your father dares to teach you a lesson? Sanjiu, take the whip! Let your mind clear today! ”

Sanjiu panicked, didn't know what to do for a while, and looked at his wife and son in a daze.

At this moment, Xu Zhao suddenly stepped forward, snatched the qin from Sanjiu's arms, and smashed it on the stone pillar of the pavilion, the qin immediately broke in half, the strings cracked, and fell to the ground with a snap.

"If you dare to commit disobedience again, it's like this!" Xu Zhao glared at the three of them, turned around and left in a huff.

This fall completely shattered Xu Xianglin's heart, he looked a little numb, squatting beside the stone pillar, his violently trembling hands gently stroked the body of the piano, turning it over and over, and then wanted to connect the broken strings, but to no avail.

Xu Xianglin sat slumped on the ground, staring at the broken piano with a foolish look, and his eyes turned red in an instant.

"Xiang'er? Catch Ming'er's mother to buy you another one, your father didn't whip you, thank God. ”

"Childe? Get up, the piano is broken. Sanjiu wanted to pick him up, but he couldn't pull him.

"Sanjiu, take good care of Xiang'er, I'll go and persuade the master." Mother Xu said that she went to the front yard.

Sanjiu saw that Gongzi was very sad, and he didn't dare to disturb him, so he stood a few steps away and waited quietly.

"Throw it away."

After touching it for more than an hour, Xu Xianglin stood up from the ground, his eyes were dull, and he went straight to the study, and he didn't look back at the piano.

But she said that the girl who was rescued by Xiang Lin had eaten soup and food, and her spirit was finally much better, and she was ready to go out of the room to find the person who played the piano, but the subordinates repeatedly dissuaded her, so she did not have the door to leave the room.

"The sound of the piano was there just now, why can't I hear it all of a sudden now?" Obviously, the girl liked the tune a lot.

"Maybe my father-in-law is tired of bullets, go back to the room to rest, you, lie down and rest, I'll go out and have a look." The maid went out.

"Childe, Mrs. Feng has woken up and looks much better." The maid talked and chatted with her before, but she only knew that this girl's surname was Feng, and the other Feng ladies seemed unwilling to tell her.

"Got it, let's go down." Xu Xianglin was sitting at the desk in a daze, with a sad face.

He thought about it carefully, his father was angry now, if he knew that I had saved an irrelevant strange girl, the news would reach his ears, and the entire Xu Mansion would probably be restless.

Xu Xianglin suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurried to the side room, the room was empty, and the servant who served the girl did not know where to go, only the girl was lying on the bed.

"Lady?" Xu Xianglin thought that Feng Niangzi was sleeping, and spoke softly, for fear of disturbing her.

"It turned out to be Xu Gongzi." The girl was about to sit up and respect each other as she spoke, and Xu Xianglin motioned for her to lie down and not move.

"Shicai is playing the piano?"

"It's just a hobby, it's insignificant, it's insignificant."

"Childe is good at the piano, listening to what the next person said, he was all praised."

"The lady praises falsely, although the piano is good, but there is no one who listens to the music, what does it mean, it is not an elegant style music." Xu Xianglin shook his head and waved his hand while humbling himself.

"How can this be said, the sound of Gongzi's piano can be heard in the entire Xu Mansion, how can there be no one who listens to the music?"

"Alas, there are many people who hear the sound of the piano, and those who lead the piano...."Xu Xianglin shook his head and sighed as he spoke.

The two of them talked to each other and chatted with interest, and Xu Xianglin forgot all his worries.

Xu Zhao has always been very strict with his rebel, there is a servant by his side, called Ah Diao, who has been standing for a long time, looks thin and ugly, and has thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and secretly stares at Xu Xianglin under Xu Zhao's orders, but whenever there is a disturbance, he must report to him in time.

Seeing Xu Zhao enter the main hall, Ah Diao hurriedly chased after him, and he was ready to tell Xu Zhao everything that happened in the morning.