Mrs. Xu San is the second daughter of Mrs. Cao, after Mrs. Cao gave birth to four sons in succession, she had two daughters, and the eldest daughter Neixiu was not good at words, and she learned etiquette from her husband early, and she was dull and unlikable.

The second daughter is different, born with a hearty character, very good at coaxing people to be happy, was pampered by Mrs. Cao in the palm of her hand, she likes female red and loves to write, Mrs. Cao invited the best gentleman to teach her, so that she was quite famous in calligraphy at a young age.

Because she cherished it too much, Mrs. Cao was extremely picky about the choice of her second son-in-law, and the second daughter chose a family affair when she was fifteen years old.

Mrs. Cao came forward to withdraw her marriage for her second daughter, and it was not until Mr. Xu San came to the door to ask for marriage that Mrs. Cao married her second daughter.

This marriage also failed to save the second daughter of the Cao family, she is still sick in the house all the year round, everyone only knows that there is Mrs. Xu San on weekdays, but it is difficult to see her, so that when Mrs. Xu San is mentioned outside, she just said: "That sick seedling is still alive, but it's a pity that Xu Laosan." ”

Xu Qinghuan's eyes fell on Xu San's husband and wife.

Except for the lack of dexterity in his legs and feet, Master Xu San is very ordinary in other places, with a bit of civility on his face, very gentle and polite.

Mrs. Xu San was different, she was wearing a brown coarse cloth dress, no ornaments on her head, no traces of rouge and gouache on her face, her skin was dull, wrinkles were criss-crossed, and her eyes were as dead and silent as a dry well, as if she had long since died of life, and she was a widowed old woman.

The husband and wife stood there, as if they were more than ten years apart.

Xu Qinghuan stepped forward to salute Master Xu San and Mrs. Xu San.

Mrs. Xu San nodded and instructed her subordinates: "Serve tea to the lady and the eldest lady." ”

Mrs. An Yihou smiled: "The third sister-in-law has seen the outside, so call me my younger brother and sister at home!" ”

The Xu family is divided into two rooms, the long room inherits the title of Marquis Anyi, the old Marquis Anyi fought on the battlefield when he was young, and only gave birth to two sons in succession in his forties, that is, Qinghuan's father Xu Changxing and uncle Xu Changting.

The second room took over the clan affairs in Fengxiang County, the three sons under the second old lady, the eldest master Xu passed away early, the second master Xu and the third master Xu were older than An Yihou, so when they returned to the clan, Mrs. An Yihou performed a family salute and directly called her brother and sister-in-law.

Mrs. Xu San didn't say anything, just picked up the tea and drank it.

Master Xu San just wanted to break the silence and say a few homely words to ease the embarrassing atmosphere.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu San raised her head and looked at Mrs. An Yihou: "Madame, can you find out who framed the prince?" ”

Mrs. An Yihou shook her head: "Not yet." ”

"Don't you think it's strange, Madame?" Mrs. Xu San's hands were yellowed by the Buddha's fragrance, and her thin fingers slowly turned the cup in her hand, "That murderer knows the prince so well, he doesn't look like an ordinary person. ”

After speaking, Mrs. Xu San stood up straight and walked to the inner room, but after walking a few steps, she suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qinghuan: "Miss, a girl, it's best not to get involved in these things, so as not to regret it in the future, you go back to the capital early, Fengxiang has nothing to live in." ”

Master Xu San hurriedly bowed his head and apologized to Mrs. An Yihou: "Don't mind, madam, she is ...... this character"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard Xu Qinghuan beside him say, "Thank you, third aunt." ”

Mrs. Xu San's body stiffened: "Thank you for what I did." ”

Xu Qinghuan said: "When the third aunt said this, she was reminding us to pay attention to the people around us. ”

Mrs. Xu San listened, opened the curtain, and was about to step in.

"But I can't just leave it alone," Xu Qinghuan looked at the shrine not far away, "Just now I have asked the Buddha to bless my family with safety, but if I don't work hard, how can the Buddha reach out." ”

Mrs. Xu's hand froze in mid-air, and it took a while to retract her foot and turn around: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Xu Qinghuan smiled and said: "The newly appointed prefect is my father's old acquaintance, I heard that he will come to Xu's house early tomorrow morning, the ancestral home of the prefect is also from Fengxiang, and she is a talented woman, I can't say anything about ......you."

Mrs. Xu San suddenly raised her voice and said, "I've been sick for many years, even the old people don't recognize me, you go back." ”

Mrs. Xu's figure disappeared behind the curtain.

But after a while, a housekeeper's mother came out of it, and the housekeeper's mother saluted and said: "The third lady said, the maids around the eldest lady are not used to steal the fruit, just come and get it at the end of the day." ”

Xu Qinghuan looked over and saw that the clothes on Feng Xiao's chest were raised high, and he didn't know how many things were in it.

Feng Xiao looked at Shang Qinghuan and was not ashamed: "Miss, am I a lot fatter, I should make my clothes wider in the future, so as not to lose the face of the Hou Mansion." ”

Faced with Feng Xiao's scheming, Xu Qinghuan didn't know how to praise it.

Coming out of Master Xu San's courtyard, Mrs. An Yihou was worried: "Qinghuan, do you want to ask the third lady for help?" She won't go, and what can she do? The prefect of Fengxiang, Lord Wang, is not your father's old acquaintance. ”

Xu Qinghuan said: "Maybe soon." ”

Lord Wang Yun, the prefect of Fengxiang, was a famous Qing official, but unfortunately he died at the hands of that traitor.

However, this is the time when Lord Wang is in high spirits.

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"Didn't see that?" Mrs. Xu looked at her son.

Xu Qingshu nodded: "The official Sun Chong said that the letter written by pretending to be Xu Qingan is very important evidence, and it has been sealed and will have to wait until the prefect personally reviews it." ”

Mrs. Xu's hand clenched slightly.

Xu Qingshu was a little surprised: "Why did my mother want to read that letter." ”

Mrs. Xu said: "I just want to know if I can find clues about the murderer from that letter." ”

Xu Qingshu shook his head: "I guess I can't see it, even the gentlemen in those pen and ink shops on the street can also imitate human handwriting, and if you want to borrow a letter to find someone, wouldn't it be looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

Mrs. Xu said, "Is there any other way in the yamen?" ”

Xu Qingshu took a sip of tea: "Sun Chong took people around to find people to ask, to see if there are any murderers who have had a holiday with Xu Qing'an recently, Xu Qing'an is causing trouble everywhere, and a few days ago he made a big fuss in Guiyang Restaurant, and he doesn't know how many people who hate him, if you want to say that there are those people who are suspected, it may not be easy to find out." ”

Second Mrs. Xu's eyes suddenly flashed, but she quickly calmed down: "What you said also makes sense." ”

"It's a pity that Sister Wan," Xu Qingshu said, "When I was in Beijing, the Zhang family also asked me about Sister Wan's situation, and the Zhang family still wanted to marry the Cao family, how about my grandmother?" My mother didn't help at my uncle's house, so why did she come back? ”

Second Mrs. Xu said: "Sister Wan hasn't been buried yet, and I'm useless there." ”

Xu Qingshu frowned, and thought of the Zhang family: "Xu Qing'an is too much, laughing at Zhang He so much, now Uncle Guo's family still refuses to eat eggs, thanks to my friendship with Zhang He, I was not angry with the Zhang family." ”

Mrs. Xu had no intention of listening to this: "Tomorrow, the prefect will visit, have you thought about what to say?" ”

Xu Qingshu was full of confidence: "The murderer's methods are cruel, it can be seen that he is a habitual offender, there is no similar record in the case files in this county, so he will take all the case files in Linxian County to check, maybe he will look for clues." If you send someone to bring all the men whose household registration is not in Fengxiang to the yamen for questioning, there will definitely be a result. ”

Second Mrs. Xu looked at Xu Qingshu and smiled: "My brother has really grown up, you have to be careful of Xu Qing'an, don't steal your limelight." ”

"Him?" Xu Qingshu scoffed, "It's just a waste." ”

After sending her son away, Mrs. Xu Er walked into the inner room and saw Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu's eyes couldn't help but be sour, and she punched Mr. Xu on the shoulder: "You really want to kill me." ”

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Say a few words, the relationship between the characters of the Xu family looks at the bottom of the chapter.