"You say, Gongzi Wei really received two whips from Lord Wei?"

Xie Wan looked up from behind the bookcase, and a drop of ink fell on the transcribed scriptures.

"The little ones don't dare to lie." Wu Xing said: "You don't know how ruthless Master Wei is, he didn't listen to what Wei Gongzi said at all, and said that you have other plans to defend Wei Gongzi, girl." The little one couldn't listen anymore, so he rushed back. ”

Xie Wan was silent for a moment, put the pen back on the shelf, but muttered, "Lord Wei can only do this." The current situation is extremely unfavorable to Wei Gongzi, as the party who is at a loss, regardless of whether the matter is true or not, and whether the family affair is knot or not, if Lord Wei does not make some moves at this time, it will be too easy for people to take advantage of loopholes. ”

Wu Xing nodded, and said, "But it's too much for Lord Wei to talk about girls like that." ”

Xie Wan didn't care, and stood up with a smile: "What's the matter?" It didn't make sense for me to do that. If I were him, I was afraid that I would have to think the same way for the first time. After speaking, he smiled and said: "You don't care what he thinks of me, you just need to follow Wei Gongzi these days, if he has anything for you to do, you can do it for him." ”

Wu Xing's jaw retreated.

Yufang looked at his back and stepped forward and said, "The girl treats Wei Gongzi and waits for Ren Gongzi, but there is really a world of difference. ”

Xie Wan smiled, sat down and copied the scriptures again.

Xie Rong stepped into the backyard wing at dusk, and Xie Wei was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a female commandment in a daze.

The room was dim, except for a little light reflected in the mirror, and the whole room seemed to be full of melancholy.

"Wai Wei."

Xie Rong whispered from within the threshold. Xie Wei paused slightly, and slowly turned his head. A tear slipped from the corner of her eye. The white and delicate wings of the nose fluttered slightly from the sobs.

Xie Rong walked in. He took the flint out of the drawer and lit the lamp before turning his head to look at her.

The pursuit of perfection is his usual style. Whether it's writing an essay or educating children. Fourteen-year-old Xie Wei has grown into a slim girl, and she is still full of generosity and grace. Such a girl will be the center of attention wherever she goes. In his eyes as a father, such a daughter is naturally more than enough for any kind of son.

His daughter is his pride.

"Father."

Xie Wei whispered softly and lowered her head.

He curled the corners of his lips slightly and stroked her hair indulgently. "Your mother said you hadn't eaten properly for days."

"My daughter made a mistake." Xie Wei shook his head. As she moved, tears fell more like beads of broken thread.

Xie Rong smiled and looked at her, "My daughter has grown up and has become more crying. Come and tell your father, which shop do you want to make a wedding dress in Jingshi? ”

Xie Wei raised his head with teary eyes, his lips trembling slightly, "Father, don't you blame your daughter?" ”

Xie Rong said with a smile: "I heard that Luo Yifang's embroidery skills are good. But Jin Yusha is famous, and my daughter is married, of course, I have to choose the best. ”

"Father!"

Xie Wei threw herself into his arms, hugged him and cried bitterly.

Xie Rong stroked her back. He didn't speak, but looked at the picture of Hanmei on the opposite wall, his eyes as far-reaching as the dark night.

Standing outside the door were Huang and Mama Qi, who were waiting here.

Mama Qi sighed softly: "The third master's love for Sister Wei. It's really rare. Ordinary fathers and daughters have reached this age, and their feelings have become estranged. ”

Huang glanced at her. Suddenly, his gaze became a little complicated.

Xie Wei cried a lot, until she felt that Xie Rong's clothes were soaked under her face. before sitting up straight.

"Father doesn't know?" She hooked her head and kneaded the silk in her hand.

Xie Rong looked at her, "You are my daughter, what are you thinking, how could I not know." ”

Xie Wei pursed her lips and was speechless. Xie Rong paused, and then said: "Silly girl, my father doesn't need you to sacrifice so much, is it in your eyes that I am a person who needs to use my daughter to open up a career of scholars?" If so, I am not a worthy father, and even less worthy of your affection. Even without Master Wei, I would definitely succeed. ”

"I know." Xie Wei's eyes turned red again, "But I just want to help you with something, I want to prove that I didn't become your daughter for nothing." I don't want to see you go so hard in officialdom alone. Wouldn't it be better if this could help my father get help from the Wei Mansion? And I'm not at a loss. ”

Xie Rong stroked her head, "I know how you feel. But, silly boy, I still don't want you to pay such a price. Because of the character of the Wei family, things are still under control, so they will not be passive, but if you meet someone from the Wei Mansion, or Wei Xian is a scoundrel and shameless person, your sacrifice will not only be completely in vain, but will also bring extremely bad consequences, do you understand? ”

Xie Wei looked at him in a daze and nodded.

Xie Rong stroked the top of her head, raised his lips and said, "Father is really angry with what you did, even if you marry like this, you won't get the respect you deserve." But the father does not scold you, because the father knows his daughter's heart. ”

Xie Wei's eyes moistened again.

Xie Rong gently wiped her tears and said, "Let's go, eat first." Your mother is waiting for us outside. ”

After dinner, Wei Bin followed Chen Shifeng, a staff member who came with him, to talk in the room for half a night, and then asked someone to send a message to Xie Rong, and agreed to meet in the main courtyard after breakfast to discuss the matter.

Of course, Xie Wan quickly learned the news.

This was actually what she expected. Now the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and Wei Xian Xie Wei insists on each word, which makes things very tricky, but no matter what, the two parties have to spread out the words first, and then take the opportunity to touch the bottom of the other party, so as to decide how to go down next. This is necessary for Wei Bin, and it is also important for Xie Rong.

Although Wei Bin blamed Wei Xian for every word yesterday, after such a thing happened, he may not be willing to accept a daughter-in-law who has been misjudged before marriage. So from this point of view, the Wei family's father and son and even Xie Wan's intentions are the same, that is, they have to find a way to make this matter yellow.

But it's easy to say, in the case that Wei Xian has no witnesses to testify. It's very difficult to achieve the goal.

Xie Wan still sent Wu Xing to spy on him.

Although Wei Xian was whipped twice by his father, his father did not eat his son. It was impossible for Wei Bin to beat him to death, and he was beaten in the upper body. So there is no obstacle to action. And when he saw Wu Xing coming to Xiaoxiang Courtyard for the third time, he was finally sure that he was sent by Xie Wan, so he simply asked him to stay and wait with him, so as not to be asked about it.

Xie Qigong set up a banquet in the main courtyard, so before breakfast, the father and son of the Wei family arrived at the main courtyard, Xie Rong personally greeted him under the corridor, and after the meal, he began to get into the main topic.

The Wei family has Chen Shifeng to speak on their behalf. "It's really regrettable that something like this happened. Although our son only strayed into the back garden of your mansion. happened to help the eldest girl of your mansion, which caused a misunderstanding, but because of the recklessness and recklessness of the son, he was also severely punished by Lord Wei yesterday.

"Based on the fact that Lord Xie and our Lord are officials in the same dynasty, there are many opportunities to help each other in the future, Lord Xie may as well consider it, and need us to apologize or compensate for property, as long as the Wei Mansion can afford it. Lord Wei will definitely not shirk. ”

When these words came out, the attitude of the Wei family was obvious.

Wei Xian just strayed into the back garden because of a bureau of the second girl in your mansion, and unintentionally met Xie Wei who fell, and then helped him out of enthusiasm. As for what you saw, of course it was a misunderstanding. In the end, if it weren't for the warm-heartedness of our son-in-law. and it will not be calculated by you. To compensate, you can. If you want to get married, you don't need to mention it.

Xie Qigong's face changed when he heard these words. But Wei Bin, who was silent, swept a slight sweep of his face, and he immediately lost his momentum again.

What can people do if they are unreasonable? Xie Rong has already said that he is a second-class master! He is a person who can affect Xie Rong's future at any time!

He is not deliberately rude, but because he has lived in the countryside for a long time, the biggest official he sees on weekdays is only the prefect of Zhizhou, and such a serious second-grade Beijing official is an unattainable figure for him. It is precisely because the distance is so far away that they don't know how to get along, just like the ordinary people who tremble when they see the county officials, and are suddenly summoned by the Son of Heaven, and sometimes they can talk endlessly.

It's easy to ignore things that are far away.

Xie Qigong was glared at by him, and finally faced up to his identity.

The only person who is qualified to talk to Wei Bin at the moment is not him, it is Xie Rong, who has entered the Hanlin Academy. Thinking of how ignorant he seemed when they first arrived at the mansion yesterday when he rushed ahead of Xie Rong, hinted at Wei Bin's overt and covert exaltation, and asked the teacher about his guilt!

After Xie Rong listened to Chen Shifeng's words, his face was very calm, he pondered for a while, and said: "Wei Gongzi is still young, even if he made such a mistake, it was also because of the contempt mansion. If it weren't for the fate of this Pingshui meeting, Gongzi would not have visited the mansion twice. Since the lord has severely punished the son, then the Mansion must not stand idly by, and this cost of injury medicine should be paid by the Mansion of the Emperor. ”

After that, he said to Pang Xin behind him: "You go and get five thousand taels of silver tickets and compensate Wei Gongzi for injury medicine." ”

His tone was soft and gentle, sounding sincere. But when Chen Shifeng heard this, he couldn't help but look at Wei Bin.

They all underestimated Xie Rong. Right now, he took out five thousand taels of silver as compensation, this is not showing weakness to the Wei Mansion, he is showing his strength in a high-profile manner! is borrowing these five thousand taels of silver to tell Wei Bin that they are not short of silver, and they are not rare for him to compensate at all!

If Wei Bin accepts this compensation, then when they in turn calculate with him the compensation for the damage to Xie Wei's reputation, what will they take to compensate? How much money do you have to pay? The budget they had discussed last night did not exceed two thousand taels of silver.

But if they don't accept this compensation, what position will they take to talk to Xie Fu about financial compensation?

It's not a matter of worrying about a few dollars, but whether it's worth spending the money. And what is even more difficult to say is that with Xie Rong's attitude, after losing money, can this matter really be over?

Chen Shifeng was speechless, and Wei Bin was even more speechless.

There are really few civil officials who can use money to smash people, and there are really few who have such confidence. It just so happened that there was no arrogance in his Xie Rong's tone, although he knew that he was a little forceful, but people couldn't even grasp him. (To be continued.) )