Chapter 1 There are strange things in the country
Da Chen, the winter of the first year of Xining, Lin'an City.
The snow fell one after another, bending the red plums, making it difficult to see the road ahead. The air is filled with the sweet smell of red beans, walnut kernels, longan and red dates mixed together, and today is Laba Festival.
A handmaiden in a double bun and dressed in green clothes walked briskly on the cloister with a small tray, and the snow shoes hit the wooden path, making a crisp tuk tuk sound.
Walking to the door, she shook the snow foam on her body, lifted the curtain with one hand, and walked in.
"The third lady is still coughing this morning, why did she still open the window? If you are seen by your wife, it is time to reprimand you again. ”
As she spoke, she laid the tray on the small table, stepped forward quickly, and closed the window with a snap.
There was a piece of rice paper on the table, on which a red plum tree was drawn, and the snowflakes outside the window fell in, hitting the painting, and the red plum seemed to be pressed with frost.
A look of surprise flashed in the maid's eyes, and she exclaimed, "How long has the window been open for the third lady, and this painting is full of piles, it's too bad, the slave will cook ginger soup for you." ”
The surname of the lord of this house is Xie, and it is Xie Baolin, the magistrate of Fuyang County, under Lin'an City.
Today, because it is Laba Festival, the family went to the nearby mountain temple to ask for Defu porridge. Only the youngest Xie Sanniang caught a cold last night, was pressed on the head by his wife, and stayed at home.
Xie Jingyi looked at Qingping's hurried appearance, and was quite emotional, she had not seen a little maid who dared to take care of her for many years.
In her last life, she changed from a little lady from a county family to a noble daughter of a big family in Houmen, and at her grandmother's birthday banquet, in front of everyone, she ruthlessly broke off her relatives and set up a female household.
re-entered the deep palace as a female official, from an unknown little zhangyi, all the way to the palace order of the three products of the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions.
The people in the entire Bianjing City know one sentence: The generations of rivers and mountains are wonderful, who has been the enemy of Xie Jingyi?
"I'm just opening the window to breathe, the smell of medicine in the room is very stuffy, if the window is open for a long time, the snow foam on the painting will have melted a long time ago, where can I still pile up frost? How did you go for so long? I've been hungry for a long time. ”
The panicked Qingping was frightened when she heard Xie Jingyi's voice. Xie Sanniang is known as the Bodhisattva of Joy, her voice is as soft and glutinous as a sticky bean bag, and she is rarely angry, but she actually heard the difference from that gentle voice today.
Qingping thought about it and stammered, "Don't be angry, Sanniang, I had to go back to the yard early after bringing the porridge, but the front yard came to report, saying that someone from the Yongping Hou Mansion in the capital had come and there was something important to look for." What kind of Hou Mansion is this, it is scary, the porter does not dare to slack off, and now there is only one master in the house, Sanniang, but he is not here. This is delayed. ”
Yongping Marquis Mansion? Xie Jingyi hooked the corners of his mouth mockingly.
All the misfortunes of the Xie family started from the Laba Festival in the first year of Xining and from the Yongping Marquis Mansion, which is a regret that no matter how powerful she is later, there is no way to make up for it.
His father, Xie Baolin, was originally from Fuyang County, and his ancestors were farmers for three generations. After winning the lift, he married his classmate Zhai Yuanyang's sister-in-law Zhai.
The Zhai family is a well-known cloth merchant in Lin'an City. The Xie family relied on Xie Baolin's "little gui" and the Zhai family's "little wealth" to barely have a place in this Lin'an City, and it was simply a relationship with the Yongping Marquis Mansion in the capital city.
can be partial, Yongping Houfu came to recognize his relatives.
It was said that the old marquis of Yongping Houfu was seriously ill, and he couldn't do it when he saw it, and he thought about the family reunion, so he sent people everywhere to find the eldest son who was unfortunately lost.
At that time, she had never seen the world, and was fooled by the people of the Yongping Marquis Mansion, and sent someone to the temple to find Daddy and Auntie to return. His father, Xie Baolin, believed this statement, immediately took leave, and moved his family to Beijing. can meet bandits on the way, and the family is separated by yin and yang......
People say that father and son recognize each other and tell each other from the heart, and there is a way that the storm is urging you to be busy!
Reborn in a lifetime, she doesn't even want to give that family a slut!
Xie Jingyi's eyes rolled, he picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and said suspiciously, "Yongping Marquis Mansion? The last three generations of our ancestors have lived in Lin'an, when did they get involved with the capital, aren't they liars? This year is the year of the father's grading examination, and the eldest brother is going to take the imperial examination again, this good porridge is very important, don't let people bother Daddy and Auntie. Let's first probe the reality of the man. ”
Qingping nodded, put on a scarlet-colored cloak with white rabbit fur for Xie Jingyi, and carried a hand warmer into her arms, and then picked the curtain and stepped forward to lead the way.
The courtyard of the Xie Mansion is not big, and after a while, it will be in the side hall of the front yard.
In the room stood a servant woman in her thirties, dressed in a thick gray squirrel skin, with a pair of eyes looking around, pacing impatiently.
Seeing Xie Jingyi enter the door, he arched his hand indiscriminately and looked behind her, "This little lady, hurry up and find your master to come out, there is a happy event from heaven." ”
Xie Jingyi took a sip in his heart, and there was a happy event from the sky, it was simply blood mold from the sky!
In her previous life, she was blind to the dog's eyes, so she didn't see the contempt in this woman's eyes, the pair of your family hit the shit luck, and the strength of the green smoke in the ancestral grave simply filled the whole room, and it really stenched.
If you really have the heart to confess your relatives, how can you only send one mother-in-law here?
Xie Jingyi flicked her sleeves and waited for Qingping to remove the cloak for her, then she sat down slowly, raised her eyebrows, and glanced at the mother-in-law, "What a noble family the Yongping Marquis Mansion is, even cats and dogs are knowledgeable." What is the reason why you can't even bow to the Lord's house? ”
The servant woman was stunned for a moment, smiled cheekily, and saluted again, "The old slave is really happy, so I lost my manners." Look at the little lady's words and actions, she should be a person who can call the shots. I am the steward of the Yongping Hou Mansion, Mama Wang, the Hou Ye is seriously ill, and I am thinking about the eldest son who was lost many years ago, and I searched in every possible way, only to know that it was the Lord Xie of the mansion. ”
"It just so happened that the Duke of Qi sentenced the two Zhejiang roads to appease the envoys, and the old slave came to Lin'an with their big ship to pick up your family and go back to the Hou Mansion for the New Year, so that you can see the last face of the Hou Ye."
When Xie Jingyi heard this, he looked at the princess in surprise, "Your old marquis is seriously ill, and he is about to drive to the west, are you so happy that you lose your courtesy?" ”
Mrs. Wang's smile gradually stiffened......
Xie Jingyi's eyelids rolled, "Mama, don't think I don't like what I say." In the past few days, there have been several cow ghosts and snake gods who claim to be in this and that house...... Our Xie family has been ancestors for three generations, and they all grew up drinking the water of the Fuchun River. As soon as Mama came here, she changed her ancestors, and I didn't beat you out, I have already cultivated yourself. You said that, do you have a certificate? ”
Mrs. Wang's face sank, she wasn't the first to come? It doesn't make sense!
She thought, and happily took out an envelope from her arms, "Here is our handwritten letter from the Marquis of Yongping, stamped with the seal of the Marquis of Yongping." There is also a jade pendant inside, which is the same as the one worn by Master Xie around his neck, which is exactly the same. ”
As she spoke, she wanted to stuff these into Xie Jingyi's arms.
Xie Jingyi frowned and glanced at Qingping.
Qingping crossed her hands on her hips, crossed to the middle, and took the letter in the hands of Mrs. Wang, "You mother-in-law, my little lady's slender jade hands are also something you can touch?" ”
Xie Jingyi's eyelids jumped, and he didn't look at the letter, so he stuffed it into his sleeve and said casually: "Mama, don't think I don't like what I say." In the past few days, there have been several cow ghosts and snake gods who claim to be in this and that house...... Our Xie family has been ancestors for three generations, and they all grew up drinking the water of the Fuchun River. As soon as Mama came here, she changed her ancestors, and I didn't beat you out, I have already cultivated yourself. You said that, do you have a certificate? ”
Mrs. Wang was dumbfounded......
What the hell is this? There are such brazen people in the world! The voucher was just given to you, why don't you turn your face and deny it!