Like last time, Xie Ze asked Li Ran for a bowl of noodles and two side dishes, but he didn't ask for wine, just a cup of tea.

The noodles and side dishes were served, Xie Ze looked at Li Ran, who picked up the chopsticks and picked them slowly, but did not send them to his mouth, and sighed in annoyance.

"First, it rained yesterday, you shouldn't have come out." Xie Ze frowned.

Li Ran hung her head and didn't speak, there is a first, there is a second, and maybe a third......

"Second, I'm too busy to take care of ......"

Li Ran looked up at Xie Ze and met Li Ran's gaze, Xie Ze's words paused, and sighed in annoyance again.

"I mean, if you're fine, don't come here all the time. There's nothing lively to see in this area, on the other side of the lake, the yin is extremely heavy, you are a little girl...... Later, I will come back when I have something. ”

Li Ran lowered her eyes, hummed lowly, picked up a noodle, and sent it to her mouth.

Xie Ze looked at a very obvious snot mark on Li Ran's forehead, sighed in annoyance again, pulled the handkerchief from Li Ran's hand, and reached out to wipe the snot mark on her forehead.

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Wang Ji's second brother, Wang Fang, the second master of the Wang family, and his daughter-in-law and second grandmother Ming, along the horizontal alley, talked and laughed in a low voice, slowly and leisurely, all the way over.

Seven or eight steps away from the small restaurant, Wang Fang saw Shi Nan and the others standing on the edge of the lantern halo with a vague figure, and hurriedly raised his hand to stop Ming Er's grandmother, "You wait here, it looks like General Xie's little guy over there, I'll take a look." ”

Grandma Ming Er hurriedly stopped.

This small restaurant was recommended by General Xie to her Erlang, and her Erlang often brought her here, and it would not be unusual for General Xie to be here.

Besides, I have met twice before, one time was when she went back quietly, Erlang went in to accompany General Xie to eat a bowl of noodles, drink some wine, and say a few words, and the other time, Erlang went in to say hello and came out, and with her, he changed places to eat noodles.

Wang Fang walked to the door of the small restaurant, and at a glance saw Xie Ze facing him, and ...... with his back to him It's obviously a girl, and her eyes are round.

Ming Er's grandmother is an extremely clever and keen, and when she saw her Erlang's ghost-like appearance, she rushed over a few steps, and when she rushed to Wang Fang's side, she saw Xie Ze stretching out his hand and wiping Li Ran's forehead with a handkerchief.

Wang Fang reacted very quickly, pushed Ming Er's grandmother, and hurriedly retreated and even forgot about the inconvenience of his legs and feet.

Fortunately, the two elders were neat, and before the two of them fell down, one hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang Fang, and the other stretched out his arm for Ming Er's grandmother to help him.

Wang Fang pushed away the long follower, and rushed forward in a hurry, while waving his hand constantly, signaling to hurry up.

Ming Er's grandmother and a long-follower, one on one side was holding Wang Fang, and two people plus two long-followers ran away.

ran out of the alley, and then went straight out, until he passed the noodle restaurant at the mouth of the alley, Wang Fang gasped and stopped, leaning on the long follow, his legs were weak and trembling.

Grandma Ming Er supported her knees with her hands, panting, she was running all the way, she was sweating all over, and her throat was hot and painful!

"Did you see something just now?" Wang Fang took a breath, motioned for the two elders to stay away, approached Ming Er's grandmother, and asked extremely uncertainly.

"What about you? Did you see that too? Grandma Ming patted her chest one after another.

"It's General Xie, and he's ...... Looks like someone? Is there a person? ”

Wang Fang's heart settled a little, it seemed that he was not dazzled or hit a ghost.

"I look like the one from the Li family, the fourth sister."

The fourth sister has three words, and the second grandmother of Ming said it very lightly.

"Do you see clearly?" Wang Fang stayed for a while, looking at Ming Er's grandmother, his heart fell a little more.

"The one on her head that covers her sideburns, the one all over the capital, in the most conspicuous place of the Yao family's old number, has been put for half a year, and it can't be wrong."

Ming Er's grandmother was very sure that she took a fancy to the sideburns, felt that it was too expensive, hesitated for a month or two, and then when she was determined to buy it, she had already put it on the sister's head, and she was deeply impressed by this sideburns.

"Hurry home!" Wang Ji was stunned for a while, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal the long entourage and the coachman.

Wang Fang and Ming Er's grandmother hurriedly returned to the mansion and went straight to the main courtyard of Mrs. An.

Mrs. An finished the evening class, and was ready to rest, frowning and looking at the two hasty Wang Fu and Ming Er's grandmother, hearing Ming Er's grandmother's words Seeing General Xie and the fourth sister of the Li family together, Mrs. An stood up with a call, immediately sat down again, and repeatedly ordered to hurry up and invite Mrs. to come over.

Wang Fang and Ming Er's grandmother took advantage of the time to drink a cup of tea, and Mrs. Xie arrived in a hurry.

"Say it." Mrs. An took a deep breath and motioned to Wang Ji and Grandma Ming.

"Say it." Wang Fang looked at Ming Er's grandmother.

Ming Er's grandmother nodded, "Erlang and I watched the new play of Caixi Class and wanted to eat bowl noodles, so Erlang took me to a small rice shop behind Daqing Palace, that rice shop was told to Erlang by General Xie, and Erlang said that General Xie often goes."

When we arrived at the door of the restaurant, Erlang first saw General Xie's little servant waiting outside, originally, we thought, I came back and asked Erlang to accompany General Xie to talk, who knows, General Xie is not alone.

General Xie is facing outward, and the sister is facing inward, but the sideburns on her head are the one from the Yao family's old number, and the back, it is her, and it will not be wrong. ”

"General Xie is giving her ......" Wang Fang raised his hand and made a wiping motion.

"General Xie is wiping the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, look like that...... The two of us didn't dare to look at it more, so we left quickly, and Erlang's feet were also broken. Grandma Ming answered the question.

"Isn't that the first time?" Mrs. An stared at Grandma Ming Er and asked.

"I don't think it's the first time." Grandma Ming replied very affirmatively.

Mrs. Xie stared widely, her expression was sluggish, and after a moment, she gasped sharply, and turned her head sharply to look at Mrs. An, "A-Niang?" ”

"You go back first, I'll talk to your aunt." Mrs. An first motioned for Wang Ji and Ming Er's grandmother to go back.

"Auntie." Watching Wang Ji and Ming Er's grandmother go out, Mrs. Xie looked at Mrs. An, and this voice was full of mixed feelings.

"I have to tell my sister and her grandmother about this matter quickly, and I will ...... tomorrow morning."

Before Mrs. An finished speaking, she was interrupted by Mrs. Xie, "I'll go now, I can't sleep this night." ”

"It's fine." Mrs. An thought for a moment and nodded.

"Then I'll go." Mrs. Xie stood up, and just after taking four or five steps, Mrs. An stopped her, "You wait, I'll go with you, this is a big matter, we have to discuss it carefully." ”

"Yes." Mrs. Xie responded, raised her voice and called the girl's mother-in-law to come in and wait, and hurriedly went out, while ordering the preparation of the vehicle, she changed her clothes, went out to get in the car, and went straight to the Xie family Zhuangzi outside the city with Mrs. An.

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Xie Ze watched Li Ran climb into her big car, watched the big car go away, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed annoyedly.

"General, just now, Second Master Wang and Second Grandmother Ming have come." Shi Nan saw the opportunity and stepped forward to report.

Xie Ze, who was about to turn around and get on the horse, paused, and after a moment, he made a plausible hum, took the reins and got on the horse.

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Li Ran slept very deeply this night.

The next day, just after breakfast, the mother-in-law came in to report: the sixth lady of the Wang family came to visit the fourth lady.

Wang Ji smiled brightly, the small piece of rare green lotus in the lake behind their house had bloomed, and she specially came to invite Li Ran to their house to enjoy the lotus flowers.

Li Ran had some doubts in her heart, but she still went out with Wang Ji happily and went to Wang's house to enjoy the lotus.

She has nothing to do, and she is very willing to go to Wang's house.

got into the car in the second gate of the Chang'an Hou Mansion, Wang Ji was a little careful, looked at Li Ran and said with a smile: "Girl, forgive me, please come to my house, it is the order of the wife and the mother-in-law."

The grandmother said, Auntie and Grandma, I want to talk to you. ”

Li Ran sighed softly.

The aunt and grandmother of the sixth lady are the aunt and grandmother of General Xie.

"Okay." Li Ran responded very simply.

Only then did Wang Ji lift the curtain and order, and the car left the Chang'an Marquis Mansion and went to Wang's house.

The car stopped in the second gate of Wang's house, and Wang Ji took Li Ran and went straight to the back garden.

When he arrived at the back lake, he walked halfway along the Jiuqu Bridge, Wang Ji looked at Mrs. A-Niang Xie who came out of the water pavilion, paused and smiled: "Just in front, I won't go." A-Niang said, it's not for me to know. ”

"Hmm." Li Ran responded, and then moved forward.

Mrs. Xie, who was standing at the door of the Water Pavilion, smiled and turned sideways to let Li Ran in.

The curtain around the water pavilion is half hanging, and the breeze is blowing.

Li Ran stood at the door of the Water Pavilion and looked at the old lady Shen who was sitting on the low couch in the middle of the Water Pavilion.

In the entire water pavilion, there were only Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Xie, and her.

"Fourth sister sit here." Old Madam Shen motioned for Li Ran to sit next to her, "I asked Sixth Sister to invite you over, I want to have a good talk with you." ”

Li Ran walked over and sat down, and when she saw Mrs. Xie pouring a cup of tea for her, she hurriedly stood up and took it.

"Alas, let's talk about some old words, it's all an old matter of the Xie family." Old Madam Shen looked at Li Ran and took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said slowly.

Li Ran moved, facing Old Madam Shen upright, to show that he was listening.

"Let's start with the Shao family.

The Shao family was the first slave of the Xie family, and they have been loyal servants of the Xie family for four or five generations.

When he arrived at the Shaw Family, he was Aze's mother, and in the generation of the Shaw Family's ancestors, the Shao family had a little grandson who was extremely intelligent and unforgettable, and he was the grandfather of the Shaw Family, Shao Guoan.

The Xie family has been a person who loves talents for generations, so they released the Shao family to help the Shao family establish a clan.

Shao Guoan and the children of the Xie family grew up together, and before the age of twenty, he was admitted to the Jinshi, with a bright and bright future.

Shaw is the eldest granddaughter of Shao Guoan, she has been beautiful and smart since she was a child, and like the children of the Shao family, Shaw has been attached to the Xie family since she was a child, and Aze's father, as well as them, grew up together. ”

Old Madam Shen pointed to Mrs. Xie who was sitting on the brocade stool in front of the couch, was silent for a while, sighed lowly, and then continued:

"At that time, the family and the country were all at the juncture of life and death, and it was an extremely difficult time, and Aze's grandfather and I were thinking about those things that were related to the life and death of the Xie family, and we were careless, until Aze's father threatened him with death, and the Shaw family would not marry. Alas. ”

Old Madam Shen sighed lowly.

"I didn't take a fancy to the Shao family, not because the Shao family was once a slave, and the Xie family is not shallow in the family's opinion.

I didn't like Shaw Brothers because of her unscrupulous means, as well as her selfishness and eagerness for quick success. What she fancied was not Aze's father.

Her grandfather Shao Guoan was also unscrupulous, he was more eager for quick success than Shao Brothers.

Shao Guoan is single-minded, and in his hands, let the Shao family stand side by side with the Xie family and the Wang family.

Aze's father, Xie Ling, the head of the household, as you can see, is a person who can afford the Xie family. Since he was born, he has been raised as the patriarch of the next generation of the Xie family. Alas. ”

Old Madam Shen sighed and was full of regret.

"The Shao family and the Shao family are not in love with Aze's father, they are in love with the future patriarch of the Xie family.

We can all see it clearly, but Aze's father ...... Alas, later, Aze's father married Shaw.

Before getting married, Aze's grandfather and the elders of the Xie family agreed: give up Aze's father, the next patriarch of the Xie family, and choose someone else.

Aze's father, just looking at his family affairs, he can't afford the Xie family.

To give up the whole branch of Aze's father, is ...... Aze's grandfather hated the Shaw family and the Shao family.

Only me, Grandfather Aze, and a few clan elders know about this matter.

At that time, I didn't dare to say it because the fortunes of the country were in turmoil, and the Xie family was also at a critical juncture of life and death.

If this matter is known to the Shaw family and the Shao family, and I don't know what will happen, Grandfather Aze and I are afraid that we will not be able to take care of the various tricks of the Shaw family and the Shao family, so we will hide it first.

Shaw is extremely smart, has a lot of means, and has a lot of tricks, and in her heart, she only has herself. ”

Li Ran lowered her eyelids and listened silently and intently.

Old Madam Shen was silent for a long time before she continued: "A year after the Shao family entered the door, they gave birth to Aze, and three years later, they gave birth to Aze's younger brother Arun. ”

Li Ran raised her eyes to look at Old Madam Shen.

Old Madam Shen met Li Ran's gaze and wanted to laugh, but tears rolled down.

"The two children are excellent, Bing Xue is smart, and they are made up of powder, especially Ah Run, who always laughs non-stop, like a dumpling.

The Xie family raised the patriarch from a very young age, according to the convention, Aze turned one year old, and his grandfather should take him by his side every day for half an hour and an hour.

But until Aze was eight years old and Arun was five years old, his grandfather and I never raised their brothers except for waking up in the morning and dusk.

After the Shaw family married in, Aze's grandfather adjusted Aze's father step by step, and the Shaw family and Aze's father were getting farther and farther away from the Xie family center day by day.

Shaw is a very smart person, in those years, all kinds of tricks, completely useless, she instigated Aze's father, defected to the emperor, and asked for a piece of the dragon merit, with this dragon merit, after the new dynasty is determined, who is the head of the Xie family, it is impossible to leave the Xie family.

She is, indeed, extremely intelligent and has excellent eyesight.

At that time, although Daliang was about to fall, Daliang was still there, and the Xie family never did anything to betray the country and abandon the Lord.

Shao persuaded Aze's father, and Aze's father took Aze and Run to a Zhuangzi of the Xie family under the pretext of checking on the green seedlings, and then from Zhuangzi, a detour to He County, where Shao Shi returned to his parents' house first, and then went to meet with the county from his mother's house.

On the day when the Shao family arrived at his mother's house, Huang Ningbu raided. ”

Old Madam Shen sighed deeply and was silent for a long time before continuing:

At that time, the Xie family had some self-preservation power, and the Shao family was worried that the Xie family would not protect her and the Shao family, so they went to Zhuangzi and Hexian in sixteen hours an hour, and called Aze's father as anxiously as a spark, saying that she was in danger and her life was no longer guaranteed.

At that time, Aze was only eight years old and had just learned to ride a horse, and Arun was only five years old.

Aze's father left Aze and Arun behind, and only Aze's master, Shanyong, protected the two of them, and rushed to answer the call.

Aze's father rushed to the Shao family's Zhuangzi, and the Xie family's guards had already arrived.

The first raid by the Huangning Department was Hexian.

Later, the corpses of Shin Yong, Aze and Arun, were found, and no one was seen alive or dead. ”

Li Ran reached out and picked up the tea that was already cold.

Old Madam Shen looked into the distance without focus.

There was silence in the water pavilion, and the wind entered through the curtain and came out through the curtain.

"Shaw didn't care, Aze's father knelt in front of Aze's grandfather and me, and said: Stay in Qingshan, he and Shaw are still young, and there will be many children in the future.

Aze's grandfather was so angry that he cut off Aze's father's descendants.

He and Shaw are not worthy of being parents. ”

Li Ran put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Old Madam Shen, who met her gaze and said with a wry smile: "I and Grandfather Aze are not worthy." ”

Li Ran turned his head to look at the lake.

"Eighteen years ago, the Wang family was summoned to the capital, and the next year, the Xie family also arrived in the capital.

Two years later, the emperor returned from the war and brought back Aze and the white tiger.

Aze used the name Xie Ze back, and only used this name.

It's already hard for him.

Xie family, I'm sorry for him. ”

"Why are you talking to me about this?" Li Ran looked at Old Madam Shen and asked.

"Second brother and second sister-in-law, yesterday in the small restaurant behind the Daqing Palace, I saw you and Aze." Mrs. Xie replied softly.

"Is there anyone else in the Shao family?" After a moment of silence, Li Ran looked at Old Madam Shen and asked.

"Nope." Old Madam Shen met Li Ran's gaze in a light tone.

"Where's Xie Run?" Li Ran then asked.

"I don't know." Old Madam Shen looked at Li Ran, "In the future, if the girl knows Arun's whereabouts, I hope to tell me......" Old Madam Shen choked in her throat for a moment before continuing: "This is extravagant hope." ”

Li Ran sat upright, for a moment, looked at Old Madam Shen and asked, "Finished?" ”

Old Madam Shen looked at Li Ran, opened her mouth, but couldn't speak, and after a moment, she nodded, "Yes." ”

Li Ran stood up, turned around and walked out of the Water Pavilion, got on the Jiuqu Bridge, and walked straight.

Mrs. Xie stood up, followed to the door of the Water Pavilion, watched Wang Ji meet Li Ran from the shore, and walked out together, before turning around and looking at Old Madam Shen, "Auntie?" ”

"I'm fine, let's go, let's go talk to your old lady." Old Madam Shen helped Mrs. Xie to stand up, and said in a low voice.

"Hmm." Mrs. Xie helped Mrs. Shen and went to the main courtyard of Mrs. An.

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Li Ran returned to Cuiweiju and sat under the porch, from noon to evening, from evening to late at night, until he was very tired, and then went into the house to sleep.