Qiu Xiyin carried the food box all the way out of Xie's house, and as soon as he crossed the Half Moon Lake, Lan Shijiu greeted him and saluted, "Girl, the fourth son has gone up to Yuanbao Mountain."

Qiu Xiyin nodded and handed him the food box, "Let's go up the mountain."

The weather was fine, there were many people climbing the mountain, and there were many Xie Academy students wearing blue and white Zhuzi deep clothes, Qiu Xiyin found Xie Tanwei sitting on a stone and watching the mountain in a daze in a secluded corner near the top of the mountain.

Qiu Xiyin looked at him silently for a long time, stepped forward and quietly fell into his arms, Xie Tan slightly rubbed the opal on her bun, and let out a long sigh.

After a while, Xie Tanwei finally had the strength to speak, and said abruptly, "Yinyin, I'm afraid that you will grow up."

I'm afraid you'll be like them, too, and become unrecognizable for one reason or another—

"That sound will not grow up, and will always accompany the little uncle."

Xie Tan smiled slightly, and then frowned more deeply, "Yinyin, now that your great-grandfather and great-grandmother have moved into the Xie Academy, I will also move with Brother Shu in a few days, you don't want to go back to the capital, just stay with us."

He has an excellent voice and a soft heart, and he will take care of her own upbringing, and will never let those messy people and things spoil her talent and heart.

"Good".

Qiu Xiyin was exceptionally obedient, Xie Tan's slightly tightened brows stretched a little, and he exhaled deeply, "Let's go back."

Qiu Xiyin looked up at him, "But little uncle, I want to go back to the capital to live for a while, my uncle's family has come to the capital, and I always have to go to see him."

Moreover, Princess Chiyang wrote to me that she would return to Liangzhou in half a month at most, and she asked General Fengjiang to find me a cub of a sweaty horse, and she wanted to teach me to ride a horse herself, and if I didn't return to the capital, she wouldn't be able to teach me."

Xie Tan was slightly stunned, "Back to Liangzhou?" ”

Qiu Xiyin nodded, "The princess said that she came to the capital just to borrow it, and sooner or later she always has to go back, she is the Feng family."

Xie Tan was slightly stunned for a while, and sighed slowly, "That's right, she is the Feng family."

The Feng family will not be trapped in this square inch of the capital after all.

Qiu Xiyin looked at him carefully, "Uncle, are you going to the capital with me?" ”

Xie Tan shook his head slightly, "No, I just took over as the head of the Xie Academy, and Brother Shu'er had something like that again, and I stayed in the Xie family because there were still guests in the past few days, and my father should have driven me to the academy soon."

"Then, on the day the princess leaves, is the little uncle going to see her off?"

"No, you can bring me a gift—"

Xie Tanwei suddenly paused when he said this, he remembered the pair of crossbow arrows that Feng Zhinan gave him, she should like those bows and arrows, he didn't have those things, and he couldn't even buy them in the entire Xie family lane.

He was a completely different person from her......

"Uncle?"

"Forget it, let's talk about it then, I'll ask Brother Mian to send you back to Beijing."

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Xie Jiamian sent Qiu Xiyin to the door of Qiu's mansion and was about to turn around, Qiu Xiyin grabbed his sleeve and winked at him, "Cousin Nine, I still have something to ask you for help in the past few days, you come in with me, there is a surprise!" ”

Xie Jiamian was stunned, and was pulled into the door by her, and soon after entering the door, a rich man wearing a brocade cotton robe with a flower and a jade belt around his waist greeted him with a smile on his face, "Yinyin is back?" This is the fourth brother of the Xie family? Sure enough, there are dragons and phoenixes among people! Dragons and phoenixes among people! ”

It was Deng Wenya and Deng Wenzhong's father, Deng Lu.

Qiu Xiyin leaned over and saluted, and shouted affectionately, "Uncle, this is the ninth cousin of the fifth room, not the fourth cousin."

Xie Jiamian hugged his fists, "Little nephew Xie Jiamian, I have seen my uncle."

Deng Lu smiled and returned the salute with a fist, and the huge jade wrench on his thumb was clearly visible in the sun, "The sons of the Xie family really live up to their reputation, come, a little greeting gift, and I hope that Brother Jiu will not dislike it."

Big families, juniors enter the door, no matter whether they are close or not, they always want to give some meeting gifts, Xie Jiamian was reluctant to enter the door just now, in addition to being afraid of troublesome to the enemy, this is also the truth.

Only now that he has entered the door, Xie Jiamian does not twist, and tries to take the purse as naturally as possible, and salutes to thank him.

Deng Lu handed Qiu Xiyin another purse, "Yinyin also has it, I haven't seen it for almost a year, the longer Yinyin is, the more beautiful it is!" ”

Qiu Xiyin grew up in the countryside of Gusu with Qiu Shixing and his wife, and the closest relative was this uncle, Deng Lu was sleek and kind, generous, Qiu Xiyin liked him very much when he was a child, and only later after Qiu Shixing's admonition, he was slowly estranged.

Qiu Xiyin took the purse, the purse was fluttering, obviously loaded with a silver ticket, and from Deng Lu who came to greet Xie Jiamian so actively, the stuff was definitely not a small amount, and he thanked him sweetly, "It's still the best uncle, uncle, you don't know, I've been in the capital for so long, my father gave me a pocket sum of silver, and I gave a thousand taels, and the fourth sister was so angry that she robbed me and broke my hands!" ”

Qiu Xiyin said and stretched out her hand to Deng Lu, Deng Lu saw that her hand was white and soft, and there was something broken, but he still smiled and coaxed, "It's the fourth sister who is not good, Uncle will help you teach her another day!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a purse from his sleeve pocket and winked at her, "The fourth sister is not well-behaved, this is for Yinyin alone, the fourth sister doesn't know, Yinyin must not say it!" ”

Qiu Xiyin grabbed the purse and smiled sweetly, "Uncle is the best!" Uncle, let's go in, the ninth brother will come to our house for the first time to play, and we will take him to meet his grandfather and grandmother! ”

Deng Wenya is about to enter the palace as a concubine, and Mrs. Qiu naturally can't stay in the Yangde Home all the time, and Qiu Shixing, who was left behind, was released to preside over affairs.

I haven't seen her for half a year, Mrs. Qiu has lost a lot of weight, her hair is almost white, and she looks at least ten years old, but she is in good spirits.

When Qiu Xiyin entered, she was discussing Deng Wenya's dowry list with Qiu's family, and when she saw Qiu Xiyin, her face suddenly turned cold.

Qiu's was very enthusiastic, pulling Xie Jiamian and sighing again and again that the Xie family would teach children, and any young master who came out was a dragon and phoenix among people, and told the maid to get a gift, but it was a box of gold bills in the shape of plum blossoms, pierced, with tassels under it, delicate and pleasing, neatly arranged in two rows in the box, ten in each row.

Xie Jiamian was taken aback, and repeatedly excused himself and said that it was too precious.

Qiu Shi smiled, "This child from the Xie family can speak, this idea, where is it worth it, Brother Jiu'er will play with it."

Xie Jiamian pursed his lips and reached out to take it.

Qiu Shi told Qiu Xiyin again, "Your cousin is now stuffy in the house embroidering wedding dresses all day long, I'm really afraid that she will be bored, you have time to talk to her, since Sister Sui is gone, she will talk to you a few more words."

Qiu Xiyin responded, and Qiu sent them to ask Xie for peace.

When they arrived in the capital, it was already afternoon, and after turning this big circle, Qiu Zhengshen had already returned to the house, and was in Xie's streamer courtyard, when he saw Xie Jiamian, he was stunned for a moment, and asked Xie's words, "Which room is this?" I look at the eyes".

I didn't want Xie to know Xie Jiamian, and replied, "It's the ninth brother of Wufang, and his father was kicked out of Xie's house because of bad gambling."

As soon as he said this, Qiu Zhengshen was impressed, and he sighed.

Xie Jiamian's face turned red and leaned over to clench his fists, Xie glanced at him, "What your father did as a bastard has nothing to do with you."

Qiu Xiyin nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes!" Father, the ninth cousin is preparing to take the autumn exam this year, I have to go to my grandfather's house in a few days, the ninth brother will not run back and forth, live in our house for a few days, father, you have to give good guidance to the ninth cousin! ”

Qiu Zhengshen has always liked hard-working children, seeing that Xie Jiamian was expelled from the clan by his father, he was selected for Xiucai at a young age, and now he is preparing to take the Qiuqiu exam, so he responded, "This is natural, only I am not as knowledgeable as the masters of Xie's Academy, and after Brother Mian went back, he still seriously asked the masters for advice."

Xie Jiamian had already dropped out of school to support his mother, where could he ask the masters, he was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly thanked him.

Qiu Zhengshen hurriedly stopped him from saluting, "You're welcome, take this place as your own home, I'll have dinner here tonight, after using it, let's go to the study."

Xie Jiamian has been self-studying at home for three years, and it is easy to meet Xie Tanwei, but he is a disdain for art articles, only thinking about qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and at first glance met Qiu Zhengshen, an authentic two-list jinshi, and did not hesitate to teach, he was overjoyed, and the two asked and answered, until they were close to the son.

Lan Shijiu waited outside, led Xie Jiamian to the guest house, and arranged everything before retreating.

Xie Jiamian remembered the purse given by Deng Lu, opened it, and found that there were two silver tickets of five hundred taels inside, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he had never seen such a generous meeting gift, and it was given to a cousin like him who was separated from the room and had a table of three thousand miles.

He remembered Qiu Xiyin's playful appearance when she winked at him when she got out of the car, and remembered that she said that Qiu Zhengshen "gave her a thousand taels" when she gave her pocket money, and the young man's heart was at a loss, hopeless, and sad.

Even if he wins the lifter, what if he passes the Jinshi? How can it be compared with the rich and hairpin family like the enemy family?

I'm afraid that he will work hard all his life, and when he gets old, he may not be able to give her a "pocket money" that she can look at as soon as he makes a move......

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Xie Jiamian tossed for half a night, and fell asleep at dawn, feeling that soon after closing his eyes, there was a knock on the door outside, and he was busy dressing and opening the door.

Lan Shijiu stood outside the door with a cold face, holding a huge tray with one hand, "Just now, Miss Huizhong came to pass on the girl's words, the girl is going to the Ningjun Palace's palace today to go to Princess Chiyang's appointment."

The girl's brother is thin, there is only one eldest brother, and now he is not allowed to return home in Xie's Academy, and the young master of the Deng family is still young, so he can only bother the ninth master.

This is the uncle's newly made spring shirt, and it hasn't had time to send it to the academy, and it's too late to make a new one, so the ninth master will wear it, and I hope the ninth master won't dislike it."

Lan Shijiu said this long series of words with a cold face, which was really disobedient.

Xie Jiamian silently took the tray, changed his clothes and washed up, Lan Shijiu came over with a food box, and said, "The girl went to accompany the old lady to use the morning food, the girl said that the old lady of our family has a strange temperament, so I won't invite the young master to go with me, and I will ask the young master to go directly to the Weeping Flower Gate to go to the Ningjun Wangfu together."

Xie Jiamian, "......"

Qiu's cousin's temperament - really, there is no need to say such a thing as Mrs. Qiu's eccentric temperament, right?

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The Great Xiao folk style is open, as long as the boudoir woman is accompanied by her brother, she can go out, and it is not uncommon for a girl from a small household to go out alone.

Qiu Xiyin and Xie Jiamian entered the Ningjun Palace, and as soon as they arrived at the Weeping Flower Gate, Feng Zhinan greeted them, exempted the two of them, and said, "The eldest princess heard that you were coming, and she said that you read the Bible well last time, and said that she wanted to meet you."

Qiu Xiyin nodded, and went with her to see Rong and the eldest princess, not wanting Ning Shenzhi to happen to talk to her at Rong and the eldest princess.

For such a long time, Qiu Xiyin was much less afraid of Ning Shenzhi, and his face was as usual to greet Rong and the eldest princess.

Xu is because Ning Shenzhi is here, the eldest princess Ronghe is in a very happy mood, and her attitude is also very kind, she rewarded Xie Jiamian with a set of four treasures in the study room as a meeting gift, and held her hand and said sadly, "Hengzhi sent it to study, this evil obstacle has been busy all day and has not seen anyone, and finally got some time, and would rather go all the way to find Chonghua than accompany my old woman."

Now Anan is about to leave, an old woman of mine is lonely in this huge county palace, Anan has been praising you to me, saying that you are a good lady in the whole capital, and she is only good with you.

Anan is gone, and this evil obstacle doesn't know when he will be able to marry a wife and have children, so you have to come and accompany my old woman more."

Ning Shenzhi coughed embarrassedly, "Grandmother."

Rong and the eldest princess glanced at him, soothed Qiu Xiyin's hand, "Don't be afraid of him, he will look scary."

Qiu Xiyin, "......"

Ning Shenzhi couldn't help coughing again, the white eyes of Rong and the eldest princess were almost flying to him, "What cough?" Take medicine when you're sick! Qiu San girl, you don't have to pay attention to this evil obstacle, you have to come to see my old woman more in the future, and bring your cousin.

My old lady is old, and she likes to see you handsome girls and boys, all of them like shallots, and she is happy to look at them."

Qiu Xiyin complied, and the eldest princess sighed and let go of her hand, "Go and be stubborn with Chi Yang, be careful."

He also told Feng Zhinan, "Anan, the third girl Qiu is not as honest as you, you should be careful, don't let her fall."

Feng Zhinan responded and left with Qiu Xiyin and Xie Jiamian.

The eldest princess Rong and the eldest princess watched their backs go away, and said to Ning Shen, "This Xie family is the Xie family, and the children come out one by one, and they don't have to be very good, but standing next to Qiu San's stunning girl is not inferior by half a point, just like the golden boy and jade girl in front of the Bodhisattva."

Ning Shenzhi was silent, and Rong and the eldest princess couldn't help but roll their eyes again, "You coughed twice just now, what's wrong at this time?" Dumb? ”

Ning Shenzhi stretched out his hand and clenched his fists, "If grandmother doesn't give orders, the grandson will retire."

Rong and the eldest princess waved her hand, "Let's go, let's go, I'll be angry when I look at it!" ”

Ning Shenzhi saluted again, turned around and left, Rong and the eldest princess watched his back disappear far away, and sighed deeply, wronged......

For three days in a row, Qiu Xiyin went to Ningjun Wangfu to find Feng Zhinan to learn to ride a horse accompanied by Xie Jiamian, and also went to ask Ronghe for the eldest princess every day, except for the first day, he didn't meet Ning Shenzhi again.

On the evening of the third day, Feng Zhinan said to her, "Tomorrow I will wait for you at the door of your house, and we will go to run horses outside the city together, the martial arts arena of the county king's mansion is small."