Chapter 23: Poison
Yuzhang County.
Vermilion Bird Street, Qingning Lane, deep walls and green tiles, high-gate mansions, here gather the most prominent scholars, BMW incense cars, aristocratic scholars and doctors gather during the day, and the lights are like rain at night, and the fragrance of wine is everywhere.
Qingning Lane symbolizes status and fame, prosperous but not noisy, and is a place where students from all over the world are eager to set foot in the fancies.
The courtyard with nine entrances and nine exits is the mansion of the Jiujiang Xi family.
A slave took a letter from Shengjing and stepped respectfully into the small pavilion in the middle of the lake. Hang bamboo curtain in the pavilion, engrave words on the curtain, paint with ink, the wind blows, the ink is injected into the soul, fresh and elegant.
In Xi Lan's words, it is to live and toss around, and to learn from other people's vassal elegance.
In the pavilion, two white-faced and white-bearded old men sat and talked to each other, the breeze blowing, and the bamboo curtain and white hair shook together, like a worldly master.
The premise is to ignore the old man's small actions of sneaking around and regretting chess with bad eyes on the other side.
"Gong Xi." Submit the letter.
Repentance chess can't change the situation of the big defeat, even the current Xi clan patriarch has to call the old man of the fifth uncle hurriedly took the letter, and complained before he opened it: "One or two are not worry-free." ”
"Shaochi doesn't want to marry the Ruyi county lord, so why bother?" It was the old man of the Zhao family who spoke, who had been recuperating in Yuzhang County for nearly two years due to his health, and was often dragged by the Xi clan to play chess.
Even if his vision was blurred, it did not prevent Old Man Zhao from watching the fifth uncle's face become more and more stinky, and he said slowly, "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, don't be a horse and a cow for your children and grandchildren." ”
"The woman deceived me!"
With a bang, the fifth uncle slapped the thin letter paper on the stone table, and said with an angry face, "That Ruyi county lord is vicious by nature, and he murders his own sister, and he has no room for anyone!" This woman must not enter my Xi clan! Otherwise, in the future, you will be rude to the clan woman and make trouble in the house! ”
The big family attaches great importance to the eldest son, lest the brother be distant, so he has taught Xi Lan not to compete with his brother in everything since he was a child, and he is not as attentive to him as the heir, and even the wife he chooses for him is also a candidate who is neither high nor low in background like the county lord of Ruyi, and will not embarrass the future clan wife.
I thought that the county lord of Ruyi was really as quiet and honest as rumored by the outside world, and she was the only daughter of the county lord of Ancheng, which was very suitable for Xi Lan. Who would have thought that they would almost be deceived!
The fifth uncle was still angry, got up and walked a few steps, turned back, and said to his friend: "There was still a letter a few days ago, and the voice outside the words accused me of treachery and disrespect for the elders, and I want to promote this marriage. The county lord of Ruyi, pampered, is not as good as the orphan girl who grew up in the countryside! ”
To be able to describe the county lord of Ancheng with such a vulgar word as a fang, it can be seen that he is really annoyed.
Old Man Zhao stroked his beard with a smile and said: "My good grandson mentioned in the letter some time ago that the little lady has a good character and beautiful appearance, although she grew up in the countryside, she is not inferior to the noble daughter of the Shi clan. In and out of the words, I love it. ”
Although the county lord of Ancheng tried to reverse the reputation of the county lord of Ruyi, he could only confuse the uninformed people, but he could not deceive the wives and daughters of the upper class clan.
Especially Mrs. Song and Mrs. Luo, the women of the big clan who have been favored by Ah Candle, after learning about the dirty water splashed outside, they did not hesitate to clarify it.
Not to mention that none of the noble ladies who witnessed the rat's kicking and breaking their legs in the paddock that day had broken off contact with the county lord of Ruyi, and since they saw her true face clearly, they wished to have never known her.
They already felt sorry for Ah Candle, and then found that someone reversed black and white and slandered her out of thin air in order to protect the county lord of Ruyi, Zhao Suxu and others were even more indignant, and when they wrote a letter to the elders outside, they would always bring a little emotion and reprimand one or two injustices.
The fifth uncle snorted coldly, "I heard that the little lady Qin and the little granddaughter of the old man Song are both princesses, not to mention the side, this alone will throw off the eighteen streets of the county lord of Ruyi." ”
He was still haunted by the deception of the county lord of Ancheng, and he couldn't wait to scold, doing whatever he wanted, the fifth uncle asked someone to bring paper and pencils, wrote a bunch of them, and asked someone to send them to the county lord's mansion to vent his anger!
Old Man Zhao shook his head helplessly, the Xi family attaches great importance to the heir, but he has always favored one over the other, which will inevitably make Xi Lan unhappy.
Fortunately, everyone knows the true temperament of the county lord of Ruyi, otherwise she would have really let her enter the door, not only giving birth to a pair of resentful couples, but also making the house restless.
Old man Zhao said: "It's better to call them back, if you don't want to get married, you don't want to get married, let them go, but you can't stay in Shengjing anymore, so as not to cause more trouble......"
The fifth uncle's face was unhappy, and he was still scolding the county lord of Ancheng with muttering in his mouth, "This fang's intentions are sinister, I am not as good as her!" I'd rather hire an orphan girl in the countryside than Xue Ruyi! ”
The letter was quickly sent to the county lord's mansion, and the county lord of Ancheng thought that the Jiujiang Xi clan had agreed to the marriage of the county lord of Ruyi and Xi Lan, and finally showed the first smile on his face in the past few days.
Who knew that when you uncover it, the whole person is almost going to explode!
“…… Recently, the lord of Ruyi County has a great reputation, and Rao is we have also heard of it, and his cruelty to his compatriots and sisters is terrifying, how dare he be with him? How dare you hire her as a wife? ”
“…… From now on, the family affairs will be stopped, and they will be mentioned again in the future. ”
“…… I, Xi, would rather hire orphan girls in the countryside than Xue's Ruyi! ”
The county lord of Ancheng looked at the words of the above and was furious!
"What a Jiujiang Xi clan! What a Jiujiang Xi clan! ”
She tore up the letterhead fiercely, her face was hideous as if she wanted to eat people, Jiujiang Xi's family, they dared to humiliate her like this!
The whole world is not the royal land, why do the scholars think that they are superior and above the royal family!
Lord Ancheng gritted her teeth with hatred, the successive humiliations in the past few days made her often angry, she couldn't sleep at night, her face was not as good as before, and even a few white threads appeared in her hair.
She's going to see Your Majesty!
She didn't believe that the Jiujiang Xi clan dared to openly disobey and ignore the holy decree!
Mother Qian was afraid that the county lord of Ancheng would do irreparable things under the impulse, so she persuaded her repeatedly, even if it was for the sake of the face of the county lord of Ruyi, she had to endure this evil breath.
"The Xi clan is nearly eighty years old, and he is a person who is about to enter the soil and has not many days, why should the county lord be like him! The slave heard that the head of the Xi family has a very strong relationship with the current master mother, so why don't you start with her? ”
There are only two Xi Lan brothers in the Jiujiang Xi family, although the head of the Xi family continued a few years ago, but it has not been released, and over time, the county lord of Ancheng sneered at the word "affection" for them.
She said with a disgusted face: "How could a person as unrighteous as Xi Wuchang listen to the words of a rural woman. ”
The head of the Xi family has a single name, and the word is impermanent.
An Chengjun said in his heart, if she knew that Xi Lan's biological mother and Xi Wuchang were separated, why would she ...... So that now he is humiliated and his wishful thinking is frustrated.
It's a pity that no matter how much you regret it, there is no way.
The county lord of Ancheng calmed down, and could only find a way to calm down the matter first, and then do some good deeds in the name of Ruyi to reverse the situation.
When the turmoil passes, she will go to the palace again and ask His Majesty for marriage.
The county lord of Ancheng closed his eyes, and the sentence "I'd rather hire an orphan girl in the countryside than Xue Ruyi" lingered in his mind, and he only felt angry and eager to scratch Qin Candle's little slut's face! She wants to see if in the future, if her limbs are cut off and her appearance is disfigured, the old immortal thing of the Xi family will not say this!