Fortunately, because the Xu family considered that Xu Shiyan left in a carriage, the horses they chose for them were relatively docile, and the speed of running was not very fast. And when Li Yun returned to chase Xu Shiyan, most of the horses in the inn stables he took away were horses used to hurry, and the speed was naturally much faster than ordinary horses.

Therefore, although Xu Shiyan was half an hour ahead of Li Yungui, Li Yungui quickly caught up with Xu Shiyan.

Li Yungui slowed down his horse slightly, tried his best to stay side by side with Xu Shiyan, and talked to Xu Shiyan while carefully driving the horse: "Shiyan, calm down, I'm afraid there is fraud in this matter." ”

Xu Shiyan bit his lower lip tightly, didn't look at Li Yungui, just grabbed the reins and vigorously hit the belly of the horse he was riding with his calf, so that the horse sped up a little, leaving Li Yungui behind.

Li Yungui had no choice but to speed up the horses under him, and then overtook Xu Shiyan. Li Yungui drove the horse carefully, and at the same time slowly persuaded Xu Shiyan: "Not only are you anxious, but I am also anxious, but it is not a way for us to be anxious, not to mention that the matter has happened for half a month, but there is no latest news yet, it can be seen that although my father is now in prison, he is still safe in a short time." ”

"So Shiyan, now our top priority is not to rush back, but to find a way to rescue my father."

Xu Shiyan's tense expression finally relaxed, and Li Yungui hurriedly said when he saw this: "I have some ideas in my heart now, you stop first, and we can talk about it." ”

Xu Shiyan glanced at Li Yungui quickly, his eyes were full of suspicion, but he tightened the reins in his hand, which slowed down the horse.

When the horse changed to walk slowly, Xu Shiyan was about to turn his head, and just as he wanted to speak, a ball of white balls jumped out of Li Yungui's arms and plunged straight into Xu Shiyan's arms, with several cat meows.

Xu Shiyan saw that the white ball in his arms was Arnold, and immediately retracted his hand, and after making sure that Arnold would not fall off the horse, he looked sideways at Li Yungui, who was walking side by side, and asked with a slight pout, as if he was a little unhappy: "Are you serious, do you have a way to save your father?" ”

Li Yungui smiled: "I just have some clues." ”

"You ......"

Xu Shiyan glared at Li Yungui, and was about to ride a horse in a hurry, but Li Yungui stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and scolded with a smile: "You listen to me first, how can you grow up and become more and more uncontrollable." ”

"I'm concerned about it!" Xu Shiyan said angrily.

"Good, good." Li Yungui smiled dotingly, and when he saw that Xu Shiyan seemed to have stabilized his emotions, he let go of his hand, pointed to a small stall at the end of the road in front of him, and said, "Let's go to that stall first to take a breath and rest, what about you, relieve your emotions well, and I'll ask the store about the way." ”

Li Yungui inquired about the way to the nearest city, he left the drawings to the coachman when he left the drawings when he left, and then chased Xu Shiyan for a while, and when he caught up, he couldn't figure out the way back.

Fortunately, they were not far from the nearest city, and it only took two hours to ride a horse. After Li Yungui asked for the way, he thanked the store, paid for the tea, and walked out with Xu Shiyan.

After the two got on the horse, Xu Shiyan asked, "Where will we go?" ”

"A small town." Li Yun returned, "Let's go there for one night first, inquire about the situation in Kyoto by the way, and then think about it in the long run." ”

Xu Shiyan nodded when he heard this, and responded: "Okay." ”

At the same time, Kyoto Xu's house.

At this time, the atmosphere in the lobby of the Xu family was very tense, and the old lady Xu, who should have been in the Qin capital, and Xu's father, who was rumored to have been put in prison, and a group of Xu family members, all sat or stood in the hall. In the center of the lobby, there are two kneeling people, a man and a woman.

The kneeling man and woman were the third couple of the Xu family, and their only son, Xu Shiyan's second cousin Xu Ruyu and his wife Luo Shi stood aside with their heads down.

On the main seat in the middle of the lobby, Mrs. Xu sat on it with an angry face, and on the lower left of her sat Xu's father and Xu Shiyan's eldest brother Xu Shishuo, sister-in-law Mo, and second brother Xu Shiyu; In the lower right, Xu Shiyan's uncle Xu Qianzhi, aunt Ji, and Xu Shiyan's cousin Xu Xiangnan, sister-in-law Sun, and third cousin Xu Zexi are seated.

There was silence in the lobby, although there were fourteen people standing, it was extremely quiet, and no one dared to speak out at this time, which made the old lady Xu unhappy.

In the end, Mrs. Xu couldn't bear it, the crutches in her hand knocked heavily on the ground, and her voice was not threatening and angry: "Third child, do you know it's wrong!" ”

The third child of the Xu family was about to speak, but it was his wife Feng who grabbed the conversation: "Mother, although we are at fault, it is also for the good of the Xu family!" ”

Old Taijun Xu was even more angry when she heard this, and the crutches in her hand pointed directly at Feng: "Shut up!" You think I don't know that it's the third child you instigated, otherwise how could the third child do such a disobedient thing! ”

The third child of the Xu family saw that Mrs. Xu was really angry, and hurriedly said: "Mother is angry, the child knows that he is wrong." As he spoke, he glared at Feng Shi and said viciously: "Shut up!" ”

Feng couldn't help but shudder when he saw this battle for the first time, although he was dissatisfied, he still didn't speak again.

Mrs. Xu was so angry that Feng Shi breathed for a while, put one hand on the table and eased, his tone was a little looser, but his voice was still hard: "Boss, you speak for me and the third child." ”

Xu Qianzhi stood up when he heard this, bowed to Old Taijun Xu, and said respectfully: "Yes." Then he sighed heavily and said to the third elder of the Xu family: "Third brother, do you know that there are so many daughters of important ministers in the court, but why does the emperor pay so much attention to Shiyan, the daughter of a businessman?" ”

Feng Shi muttered nonchalantly: "It's not because Shiyan that little girl is good-looking and spreads as if there is nothing in the sky and on the earth, the emperor naturally thinks about it." ”

Xu Laosan glared at Feng Shi again in annoyance, and lowered his head embarrassedly: "Big brother, I ......"

"Because behind Shiyan, it is the Xu family! What the emperor wants, where is Shiyan, what he wants, it has always been the Xu family behind Shiyan! Xu Qianzhi, "The Xu family has been in business for generations, and the family property and connections accumulated over the years should not be underestimated, and in our generation, they were directly promoted to the imperial businessman, why is this?" It's just because the emperor is thinking about our Xu family's property. Fortunately, the second brother was the first to see the emperor's thoughts, and since he was named the emperor's businessman, he began to work hard to manage the relationship with the ministers of the court and China. ”

"The emperor wanted to know how rich the Xu family's family property was, so he was given the position of imperial businessman, but he didn't expect that the second brother would not hesitate to spend more family wealth to win over the courtiers, so that even if he wanted to take down the Xu family, he had to think carefully about the consequences of moving the Xu family."

The emperor couldn't do anything about the Xu family, so he set his sights on the descendants of the Xu family. Shiyan is the only daughter of our Xu family, if Shiyan is brought into the palace by the emperor, and then something happens, then it will not be difficult to bring down the Xu family. The second brother was aware of this possibility because the emperor had already noticed it, so he couldn't bear the pain and sent her to Qindu when Shiyan was six years old, thinking that if she was far away from Kyoto, maybe she would be able to stay away from right and wrong. ”

"It's just that what I never expected was that the emperor still knew about the existence of Shiyan. The song that was circulated everywhere was actually sung by the emperor after he knew about the existence of Shiyan, so he sent people to the Qin capital to sing it everywhere. This is also the reason why our Xu family spent so much financial resources to suppress it, but it still couldn't stop its spread. ”

Xu Qianzhi flicked his sleeves, sighed deeply, and said, "Third brother, you are really confused!" ”

Xu Laosan was shocked after hearing these words, and muttered with a pale face: "It turns out that my mother has not allowed the existence of the Xu family to spread the word of the world for so many years, and this is the reason. ”

Father Xu hung his head, and his voice was full of pain: "Over the years, my mother, eldest brother and I have doted on Xiaoyan so much, but I feel guilty about her in my heart." The reason for building a garden for her in Qindu was because that garden was the only place she could go to in Qindu; hired a special master for her because she could not be sent to the school; Even when she was eight years old, her mother died, and I didn't allow her to come back for the funeral on the grounds that she was frail, because I was afraid that the emperor, who had been eyeing the Xu family at that time to find a breakthrough for the offspring, would find out about her existence. ”

Father Xu felt a lot of guilt for Xu Shiyan in his heart, and how sad his voice was at this time, that is, Xu Lao Taijun, who had never spoken, had tears in his eyes: "Xiaoyan was born in the Xu family, but she has been hiding in Tibet since she was a child, and she was forced to separate from her biological parents and brother at the age of six, and sometimes she can't see each other for a year. But she is sensible and has never told me about it, she is the treasure of our Xu family, and the treasure that our Xu family hides is invisible! ”

Mrs. Xu choked up and said: "I am in Qindu, every time I go to a banquet held by some big families, there will always be some young girls at the banquet who are sent out by their families to perform, reciting poems, playing the piano, dancing, painting, and then being touted by a bunch of people. Every now and then, I think that if my family can come, they will definitely be better than them. But my Xiaoyan can't come out, so she can only stay in Xu's house. ”

"At that time, I thought, it doesn't matter, I just need to keep Xiaoyan well, let her grow up quickly and hurry up, and when she becomes a parent, I can let the world know that our Xu family also gave birth to a good girl, that girl is smart and beautiful, empathetic and knowledgeable, better than any other girl, but I didn't wait, I didn't wait!"

Mrs. Xu was already in tears when she said this, crying with her head down on crutches with both hands, while Father Xu also hung his head and clenched his hands into fists.

Because the only people who know about this matter are Mrs. Xu, the eldest of the Xu family and Xu's father, and the others now understand why their parents are so fond of Xu Shiyan, and often instill in them the idea of "you must treat Xu Shiyan well".

The lobby fell silent again, except for the staccato sobs echoing through the room.