Jiang Quan seemed to be thirsty for a long time, and raised his head to drink a strong tea. He took a deep breath and the hand that put down the teacup trembled slightly.

"The reason why the Xu Jiayu workshop has been able to stand for a hundred years is that the Xu family has its own special caravan to buy stones. Second, over the years, I have accumulated some good jade masters, and my father was the best jade master of the Xu family at that time.

The jade shop of the Xu family implements a professional division of labor, and the cutting of materials, eye-punching, and light jade are each responsible for their own responsibilities, and the scale is very large. Therefore, the jade polished by Cuiyuxuan has a thin tire and a light body, a crystal smooth texture, a fresh and elegant shape, a clear and clear outline, a delicate and subtle carving, and a wonderful one, which is second to none in the local area.

The person who came called himself Shi Ye and entered the Jade Pavilion to ask to see Mrs. Xu. When the shopkeeper saw that this person was dressed, he didn't dare to slack off, so he led him into the inner room and sent someone to invite the old lady.

When the stone master saw Mrs. Xu, he didn't say a word, so he took out the white jade carving cockroach beast face pattern, saying that it was introduced by the Jiang family in the capital, and wanted Cui Yuxuan to help process the jade, and the processing fee was doubled, and he took out a few stones at the moment.

When Mrs. Xu saw that Shi Ye took out the white jade carved cockroach beast face pattern, she thought that her friend was taking care of the business, and she didn't care about it at the moment, not to mention the processing of materials, the Xu family ate this bowl of rice, so she took this business with confidence.

At the beginning, everything was normal, Shi Ye came once every two months, checked out first, and then looked at the goods, and was very generous, and the tip was enough. After half a year passed, the man brought more and more jade, and the color was getting better and better, and the old lady Xu felt that there was something strange here. ”

Xin Yao's heart moved, and she frowned imperceptibly.

Jiang Quan spoke to himself and didn't care.

"People who make jade know that good materials are hard to find, but some of the jade materials brought by this person are even red in the eyes of Mrs. Xu, which shows that they are not ordinary. He immediately sent a letter to the capital, and consulted with my father in a hurry.

My father has been doing this for decades and has seen countless stones. The stone base brought by the capital these times is rare in density and whiteness. If you say one or two, it's fine. These dozens of pieces, each of which is of the highest grade, is a little strange. You must know that good jade materials need to be paid to the royal family first, and the rest will be purchased by merchants. The two of them thought for a long time, but they really didn't have a clue, so they just waited for the next time the guest came, and then asked in detail.

After receiving the letter, the old lady Jiang in the capital was taken aback and sent your grandfather back to Suzhou immediately. After meeting and talking about the matter, Mrs. Xu said straight that it was not good, I was afraid that it would be a bad thing!

As soon as the two of them put together, they immediately sent the valuable things at home, the jade raw materials accumulated over the years, and the old jade master to secretly send them back to the Zhuangzi of the Jiang family's old house overnight and settle them.

On the second day, Mrs. Xu married Miss Jinxin to your grandfather. In order to prevent accidents, let Miss Jinxin take the huge amount of silver tickets that the Xu family has accumulated over the years, and follow your grandfather back to Beijing, and the silver tickets will be sewn into the mezzanine of her clothes. My father has a master-servant friendship with Mrs. Xu for decades, and he refuses to leave anything, and only entrusts me to Miss.

In this way, I followed the young lady to the capital. As soon as he arrived in the capital for half a month, it was reported that the imperial court had arrested Liu Ming, the commander of Hami, and ordered him to be beheaded on the spot, charged with hiding tribute. ”

Jiang Xinyao slowly closed her eyes. The city gate caught fire, and the fish in the pond were affected, and no one could escape.

Jiang Quan's deep voice sounded again.

"I heard that the cause of this incident was because of the ** competition for favor. That year, the first emperor passed his birthday, and there was a favored lady in the palace who gave a piece of good white jade pendant, and the first emperor loved it very much, and often wore it to show people. I didn't want to be found out by the person who had a heart, so I secretly sent someone to the west to investigate, and then the incident happened in the east window.

This matter is deeply involved, I heard that the first emperor destroyed all the files, and everyone who knew the inside story was given a ban. The old lady and I couldn't inquire. I only know that Liu Ming is just one of the little ones!

Later, the matter quickly found out to Shi Mingwei, and the man was timid and afraid of death, so he went around to the bottom. The imperial court immediately seized Cuiyuxuan, and the old lady Xu and his party were implicated and sent to prison, and Liu Ming and Shi Mingwei were beheaded.

Although the Jiang family did not participate, they gave people the opportunity to enter because of their unintentional mistakes. The imperial court thought that Mrs. Jiang was an upright official, and only dismissed his official.

Because of her own mistakes, Mrs. Jiang ruined her friend's family, and she blamed herself in her heart. begged people everywhere and made money, just to save the Xu family. ”

Xin Yao listened to it wonderfully, and couldn't help but say: "It is said that people will be cold when they go to tea, and my grandfather has lost his official position, and it is estimated that no one will make a move." There are often people who are icing on the cake, but there are no people who send carbon in the snow! ”

Jiang Quanshen nodded approvingly, and sighed: "Miss expects the score to be exactly right, and the Xu family's affairs are too deeply involved, and they are in the limelight, which one is willing to take risks to help?" Helplessly, Mrs. Jiang sold most of the Jiang family's property, on the one hand, she was imprisoned, so that the Xu family could suffer less guilt inside. On the other hand, they ran around and begged each other to see if they could get rid of their sins.

I thought that money could make ghosts grind, but I didn't expect that those corrupt officials in the court were holding silver openly and secretly, but when they turned around, they patted their butts and turned their faces and didn't recognize people. Old lady Jiang felt that something was wrong, and sent someone to spend a lot of money to inquire carefully, and then he understood the twists and turns. ”

"Is there something else going on here?"

"That's right!" Jiang Quan paused, and a sneer on his face gradually rose.

"Zhou Yujing, the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion of Annan, that is, your grandmother, met your grandfather by accident at the Lantern Festival, and she secretly promised with a heart. For the sake of his beloved daughter, the Hou Ye has already greeted him up and down, and the picture is your grandfather's person. ”

Jiang Quan's unhurried words, listening to Xin Yao's ears, were tantamount to five thunderbolts, no wonder...... No wonder......

Mrs. Jiang immediately called her son and daughter-in-law, this matter is related to the young couple and the daughter-in-law's mother's family, he can't be the master, so he told the truth. When Miss Jinxin heard this, she immediately expressed her willingness to invite herself to the court, and only asked the Hou Ye to raise his noble hand and let the Xu family go. Of course, your grandfather would not agree, and in the end, the young lady forced your grandfather to write a letter of resignation and send it to the Marquis of Annam's mansion. ”

Jiang Quan grinded his back molars and said, "A few days later, everyone in the Xu family came out of prison, and only the family property was confiscated. Two white-haired old men hugged their heads and cried on the street, this time they flew to the crosspot, and finally exchanged for a thousand gold, and a pair of children and daughters flew away.

The young lady took her parents and servants back to Suzhou Mansion by boat, and lived in the old mansion of the Jiang family, and I followed my father back to Qingyang Town. A month later, the news came from the capital that your grandfather was marrying Zhou Yujing, the eldest lady of the Marquis of Annan. It is said to be ten miles of red makeup, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

A year after the marriage, the old lady Jiang became ill due to guilt in her heart, and she couldn't afford to get sick, so she called your grandfather on her deathbed and asked him to take care of the Xu family no matter what. Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang Qin Se and Ming, husband and wife, the old lady did not accept two colors for her life, and only five months later, Mrs. Jiang went with her.

When the news came, the Xu family was like a mourner, and they all collapsed. The old lady and the old lady broke their bodies in prison, and they heard that their friends and husband had both passed away, and they died of illness within a few years, leaving the lonely young lady to live alone. In those years, I watched the young lady cry all night in pain, and my heart ......"

Jiang Xinyao's face was full of tears when she heard this, and suddenly she lost her voice, and when she looked up, she saw Jiang Quan's eyes full of tears, and her always indifferent face showed a rare trace of warmth.

Jiang Quan has long passed the age of not being confused, but he has not married yet, thinking that there is a person hidden deep in his heart, this person he can only watch from afar, but he can never get close.

Xin Yao couldn't help but sigh in her heart, wiped her tears and didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

Jiang Quan came back to his senses, coughed dryly and continued: "Miss fell ill in bed after being hit repeatedly, so thin that she was not human-shaped, and she had nothing to love but to die. After the lord got the news in the capital, he said that he would help the coffin to return to his hometown, so that his parents would return to their roots. The people of the Hou Mansion couldn't find a mistake, so they had to agree.

So the old man took his underage brother and Zhou and returned to Suzhou Mansion. In the early years, the roots of the Jiang family were in Suzhou Mansion, and the mansion was also ready-made. The old man buried his parents in the coffin of the ancestral grave, and lived in the ancestral house for a year under the pretext of keeping filial piety.

During this year, the old man personally took care of the young lady's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and did not borrow the hands of others, so that the young lady's illness slowly recovered. At the end of the year, Zhou Yuyan sent people to urge him several times, but the old man delayed for a while, and he was afraid that she would find him, so he went back.

After the old man returned to Suzhou Mansion, he studied hard in the cold window, during which he was forced to have the same room because of Zhou Yuyan's calculations, and gave birth to his eldest son, that is, your uncle. Three years later, he was admitted to the Jinshi and asked to serve in a bitter cold place. Zhou did not accompany his son because he was young, and the master secretly took the young lady to take office together.

After the rumors passed, the young lady sent me to secretly open a very small jade pavilion in the capital to explore the way. Miss said that this is the hard work of the Xu family for several generations, and it can't be destroyed in her hands, so there is no need to make it bigger, just keep the signboard. I secretly observed and found that except for the Hou Mansion of Annan, no one had inquired into such an inconspicuous shop.

A few years later, Master Hou transferred your grandfather to the capital, and the Zhou family took his eldest son with him, and my young lady had to return to Qingyang Town. The young lady who returned to Qingyang Town was a little disheartened, the power of the Hou Mansion of Annan was in full swing, and the old man, as the son-in-law of the Hou Mansion, naturally had smooth official luck, and he would do something in a few years. The young lady is afraid of becoming a stumbling block to the master, and wants to take a group of old servants to go away.

Unexpectedly, the old man had already realized it, and sent someone to send a letter to Miss, saying that if she was gone, he would not survive, and let Miss wait for him for a few years. When the young lady saw it, she burst into tears, and she was reluctant to give up her love for so many years. So, we settled down in Qingyang Town. My lord comes back for more than ten days every year, during which I went to Hotan and Myanmar several times to buy jade.

Within a few years, my father died. Before dying, I swore to be loyal to the Xu family and Miss for the rest of my life, and one day, let Cuiyuxuan return to the eyes of the world. I know that this is my father's wish. Back then, in the city of Suzhou, up to the eighty-year-old man and down to the three-year-old child, no one knew Cuiyuxuan.

So Fourth Miss, Jiang Quan begs you, although I don't know why the master must hand over the Jade Xuan to you, but please don't live up to the master's entrustment. This is not the work of the master alone, it is the common effort of several generations of the Xu family, and it is also my father's last wish! ”

Xin Yao sighed heavily: "It stands to reason that you are a member of the Xu family, you should be surnamed Xu, why did you have the surname Jiang, and what happened later?" ”

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