In the evening, Pei Mian was also tasting tea with others, and sprinkled fine salt in the tea soup.

"I took the initiative to ask my brother to investigate Xue Bai, and this is the second of the two things that Xue Bai asked me to do."

"Why didn't you just kill him?"

"It's a long story." Pei Mian said: "The benefits of salt and iron, the sage has long intended to take them, but it is not for the sake of face, and the brother slave does not dare to touch the benefits of the salt merchants." Xue Bai instigated Yang Yan to come out, and gave mature and feasible methods such as 'people's collection, official collection, and commercial transportation', hitting the foundation of the brother slave in one fell swoop. This matter is related to Xue Bai's life experience, we didn't know before, he turned out to be Xue Ru's outer room......"

Gradually, the tea soup boiled.

Pei Mian said to the end.

"There is some truth in Da Xi Yingying's speculation, if he can cultivate such a Xue Bai, turn danger into disaster again and again, and also take advantage of the relationship with the Yang family, there must be a lot of power behind it. King Qing is older and adopts Li Ying's son, and he is the only person other than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who can get General Gao's affection, and General Gao's help also makes sense. ”

"King Qing also wants to compete for the crown?" Li Jingzhong, who was sitting on the other side, dressed as a businessman, and muttered: "It's whimsical, except for His Royal Highness, the Ten Kings' Mansion is full of waste. ”

"That being said, it is inevitable that there will be people who want him."

Speaking of which, Pei Mian gave Li Jingzhong tea and gave advice.

"They said they could work together, and I thought they could. His Royal Highness is the most virtuous of the princes, and his name is right, so he can take this opportunity to subdue those who support King Qing. ”

"Yes." Li Jingzhong nodded and said, "But remember, the East Palace doesn't cause trouble easily. ”

Donggong doesn't cause trouble easily, but once it gets involved, he will deal with it decisively and ruthlessly.

"Don't cause trouble." Pei Mian said: "I gave Xue Bai a little inconsequential news, and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight." ”

~~

Da Xi Yingying gave tea to Xue Bai and Du Wulang.

The tea soup spilled on her skirt and burned her thighs, and she pulled her skirt to hide the panic in her heart.

Over the years, opening casinos to make friends with powerful people gave her the illusion that her power was comparable to Yang Yuyao, and at this time she suddenly realized that even King Qing's power was so great, and King Shou had really fallen into the most wasteful of the kings.

It's all Yang Yuhuan's fault!

It is precisely because of her that King Shou's face will be thrown to the ground fiercely, stepped on by thousands of people, stepped on by thousands of people, and he can't stand up as if his backbone has been removed.

At this time, in the face of Xue Bai, what she experienced was the powerlessness, inferiority, panic, and overwhelm when King Shou was ridiculed.

"Xue Langjun is the female envoy next to the right minister...... Fornication? ”

"I asked you, not you."

Da Xi Yingying was originally unwilling to be tempted, but she was pushed back by such a tough sentence, and finally accepted her cleverness and spoke honestly.

"Ji Wen was the first person to discover Xue Langjun's background, and he had an enmity with Xue Langjun, so he used him on the right. As soon as Pei Mian heard about the salt method, he said to the right that there was a driving force behind this matter, and it should be investigated. As for me, I've always been clearly checking Xue Langjun's ......"

Xue Bai didn't hide it from Du Wulang anymore.

He already trusted him, but he was not worried about his ability, but it can be seen from the Kangjia Restaurant that Du Wulang was a little stunned, but the things handed to him would be done honestly, without self-righteous thoughts or bad habits.

When Du Wulang first came into contact with the secret of Xue Bai's background, he was surprised but not too surprised.

Looking up, there was a nest of magpies on the branches of the trees not far away, and he couldn't help but think in his heart that Xue Bai was not Xue Sanniang's own brother.

"I told them all my speculations." Da Xi Yingying said: "I speculate that you are King Qing's people......"

She glanced at Du Goro's face this time, hoping to see something from this easy-to-handle face, but unfortunately, Du Goro had that surprised but not strange expression from the beginning.

She couldn't help but regret what she said to Li Linfu, originally thought that Xue Bai would not know.

Xue Bai didn't get angry, but asked, "Didn't you think about supporting King Qing instead?" ”

"What?"

Da Xi Yingying couldn't help but be surprised, and then lowered her head.

As a person who is the king of Shou, she has a sense of humiliation when she listens to this kind of words in person.

Xue Bai said: "Go on, who do you all suspect?" ”

"Zhang Jiuling, although he is dead, his protégés and old officials are all over the world." Da Xi Yingying said: "The right minister speculates that some of you must be Zhang Jiuling's protégé, and in addition, Zhang Jiuling's wife's surname is Tan, which has the same surname as the buyer on your deed, and the right minister has already sent someone to check......"

Xue Bai's face was light and breezy, but in fact, his right hand was unconsciously tapped on his leg. He didn't have pen and paper with him, and he was trying to jot down this important information.

Li Linfu's list of suspicions is still very long, and Da Xi Yingying has actually forgotten some of them.

Some of them are dead, some are still alive, as important ministers who once supported the deposed prince Li Ying, they are all suspicious, and may even have sheltered Xue Pingzhao in the past ten years.

So, who might be able to get close, Xue Bai also had a list in his heart.

Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang, Zhang Jiugao, Li Shizhi, Pei Yaoqing, Wei Jiansu, Cui Lian......

In Datang, the door is very important.

It is favors, relationships, and fame, and even the imperial examination is negotiated in advance by the nobles and ministers.

The identity of Xue Ling's son is not enough to support Xue Bai's ambition, and Xue Pingzhao's identity is to rebel against his sins and enter the lowly status.

Therefore, Xue Bai can only barely be regarded as a high-ranking disciple only by first obtaining the name of Xue Ling's son, and then winning Xue Pingzhao's favor in secret.

……

"Xue Langjun, what do you want the slave family to do?"

"There's no hurry. In the future, the information of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion can be sent to Fengwei Building at any time. ”

Xue Bai clearly asked her to send the information, but her tone seemed like she didn't need to do anything.

Da Xi Yingying hurriedly got up and sent it off.

"In the future, don't kidnap beautiful teenagers anymore, bad Yuyao's reputation." Xue Bai got up and walked out.

"The slave family doesn't dare. Xue Langjun walked slowly. ”

At the same time, she didn't forget Du Wulang, bowed again, with an affectionate smile, and said: "Du Langjun, it seems that there will be more exchanges between neighbors in the future." ”

"Ahh

Seeing such a big beauty coming to the front of him and bowing down to give him ten thousand blessings, Du Wulang hurriedly took two steps back, waved his hand and said, "Don't have to deal with it much, that ...... In the future, the food of Qingliangzhai will be handed over to Fengweilou, and the food can be delivered every day. ”

Although the beauty is current, he has not forgotten what he should do.

Da Xi Yingying's eyes lit up, thinking that in this way, she could explain the past on the right minister's side, and couldn't help laughing softly: "What a good way, can Du Langjun take the time to discuss with the slave family?" ”

"No, no, you can ask the steward to come to me."

Du Wulang said that, and ran to chase Xue Bai when he was busy.

Da Xi Yingying sat down slowly with the tea case, still feeling that the fright had not dissipated.

She regretted a little that she didn't be bold enough to tempt Xue Bai, and after thinking about it, she knew that the other party had a deep hatred of blood and tenacity, and she would definitely not look down on herself. As for Du Cheng, I don't know if he is unenlightened or a hypocrite, but it's hard to say for the time being......

~~

"Xue Bai, I think this is very inappropriate."

"What's wrong?"

"This big lady seems to have taken a fancy to me. Seriously, that's how she looked at me...... She once saved me and taught people to make life difficult. ”

Du Wulang said, sniffed, and felt that there was still a fragrance on Da Xi Yingying's body.

He could smell musk, with some ambergris, which was easy to make people emotional, and he couldn't help but sigh again.

Xue Bai glanced back at him and said, "Men should also be self-respecting, and they can't be shaken when they are taken by women." Only those who respect themselves can be invincible. ”

He said it very sincerely, and indeed chose self-respect under the temptation of most of them.

Du Wulang felt this righteousness and nodded thoughtfully.

"You're right, men should be more respectful."

The two walked out of Qingliangzhai and transferred to Fengwei Building, Du Wulang went to arrange for the exchange of food boxes with neighbors, and Xue Bai went to discuss with Du Yan alone.

~~

Night.

In the main room of the Du Mansion, I heard Lu Fengniang muttering again.

"Uncle Niang said that she found a good family for Wulang, she was born in the Pei family, the granddaughter of Pei Kuan, the imperial historian, Pei Gong once served as the envoy of Fanyang Festival and the envoy of Hebei Interview, so he is close to my Lu family."

"I can't climb high." Du Youlin responded casually and turned over.

Lu Fengniang didn't follow, took his shoulder, and said, "How can you climb high?" Gorou will be in time for next year. ”

"Then we'll talk about it later."

Lu Fengniang has been worrying about these things recently, looking forward to Xue Bai marrying her niece next year, and Wulang marrying the daughter of the Pei family again, double happiness.

Thinking about the marriage, she thought of something.

"Lang Jun, how old do you guess the third mother of the Xue family is? Looking thin and small, in fact, only one year younger than Wulang, the original relatives found a good marriage for her, but Xue Ling accepted the dowry and gambled it all, and couldn't get the dowry, so the other party repented and asked the Xue family to pay for the dowry, so it has been delayed so far...... A few days ago, I told the Liu family about this, and I don't know which maid heard it, and it was rumored that I was saying goodbye to Gorou, but fortunately, I blocked their mouths in time. ”

Du Youlin has always only looked at the portal when arranging the marriage of his children, and he didn't even know which Xue Sanniang was, so he shook his head and said: "The door of the Xue family is lower, not to mention that it is such a father-in-law, it is not a good marriage." ”

The couple reached a consensus.

Lu Fengniang sighed and said, "Tomorrow they will move out......

~~

It was still dark, and Qinglan had already gotten up.

She hadn't slept well all night, and her mind was full of things about moving, so she just got up early and started tidying up.

After collecting the clothes to dry, she carried a small lantern and walked from the back yard to the main courtyard, and when she passed by the back garden, she saw someone walking by on the window on the courtyard wall.

"Huh? Ma'am? ”

Qinglan ran to the window, glanced at the verandah, and saw Du Cheng's door closed gently, thinking that she couldn't sleep and came out to look at the stars.

She walked to the main courtyard, blew off the lantern, and gently pushed open Xue Bai's door to enter, smelling a faint fragrance, the curtain was pulled, presumably he was still sleeping.

put the washed spring shirt at the head of the bed, picked up the old clothes, and was about to leave, Qinglan turned around again, secretly lifted the curtain and looked inside, and when she got closer, she could see some fine sweat on Xue Bai's forehead in the faint moonlight.

Sure enough, the quilt was still too thick.

didn't dare to wake him up, she quickly went back to the back yard with her clothes, washed it with her mattress, and when the day was bright, seeing that Xue Bai had not yet gotten up, she first arranged breakfast for Liu Xiangjun and the children of the Xue family.

After packing up their belongings, Xue Bai didn't get up until early afternoon, and they set off to move.

The luggage was loaded into the car, Qinglan went out, and couldn't help but look back at the Du Mansion that had lived for almost ten years, and saw Caiyun running over crying.

The anticipation and excitement in her mind were thrown away again, and she ran back to hug Caiyun and cried.

"Woo...... Caiyun Qinglan, we're going to separate......"

Caiyun wiped her tears and pinched Qinglan's face, reluctant to exert herself, so she had to scold: "You little conscienceless ......"

"Alright." Lu Fengniang said: "It's all in Chang'an City, and I will come back from time to time." ”

Everyone in the Du family will also go over to help clean up, and Du Wulang will go back to Fengwei Building to arrange some wine and food, and bring them over in the evening.

A group of carriages and horses went west from Shengpingfang in Wannian County, crossed Suzaku Street, and entered Changshou Fang.

Yang Yuyao sent Xue Bai a lot of slaves and maids, and at this time the house had been cleaned and was waiting outside the door.

"Congratulations to Xue Langjun on returning home."

"It's hard work for Uncle Deng to make a trip."

Deng Tong greeted him with a smile and said, "It's inconvenient for Mrs. Qiu Guo to come over, Xue Langjun still has something missing, just talk to the villain." Xue Zhai has been divided and sold over the years, and it can only be restored like this for the time being, can Xue Langjun be satisfied with it? ”

Xue Ling lost money in gambling and sold his ancestral property, leaving only two courtyards in the southeast corner of the original six-entry mansion.

At this time, Liu Xiangjun walked into the door with his children and was immediately stunned.

"A-Niang, why was the courtyard wall broken through?" Xue Xian looked at it, "Is Xu Stealing Chicken next door gone?" ”

Immediately, a maidservant girl stepped forward, said ten thousand blessings, and said: "Congratulations to the eldest lady to return home, not only the west front yard, but also the east backyard and the west backyard have been bought, it is Mrs. Qiu Guo to repay Xue Langjun's life-saving grace......"

Liu Xiangjun was taken aback, and almost wanted to retreat, after all, he recalled his past upbringing, forced himself to calm down, pulled Xue Bai, and whispered: "Liulang, your grandfather still owes a lot of gambling debts, if you let the creditor know, I'm afraid it's not good?" ”

Xue Bai scared the creditor a lot yesterday, and responded: "It's okay, the creditor won't be held accountable." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the person sent by Yang Zhao to give gifts over there arrived, and turned around to deal with it.

Although Liu Xiangjun was distressed by his son's indifference, it was festive after all, and he took out copper coins to reward the slaves and maids, and in the end, he finally couldn't help crying.

Xue Xinxin saw it, and thought that A-Niang was reluctant to pay for it.

……

Qing Lan was still the first time she arrived at Xue's house, and looked around curiously.

This house is slightly smaller than the Du house, and it was once divided into four courtyards, and the layout is still a little strange after it is bought back and renovated, but at least it is not like Xue Bai said that there is no separate house.

She wanted to pick a place for Xue Bai to live, and after looking around, she felt that the east wing of the backyard was a little crowded, so she turned to the west backyard.

Passing through the small door, her eyes lit up.

At that time, this courtyard was probably sold to a tasteful little Beijing official, and the small courtyard was full of flowers and trees, and rockeries and small pavilions were arranged.

A main room is hidden behind a bamboo garden, secluded and elegant, except that the orientation is not very good, and the doors and windows are open to the west.

The courtyard wall was covered, and after the redemption was returned, it was not completely demolished, but a small door was opened. It is convenient to come and go, and it can be a separate courtyard when the door is closed.

All in all, she looked very satisfied, and wanted Xue Bai to choose this small courtyard to live, and felt that he was the son of the Xue family after all, so he should take care of his parents first, and besides, she was really not good at interfering as a maid.

Standing there and hesitating for a while, Xue Bai happened to come over.

"Which house do you like?"

"Lang Jun, it's all right."

"You have to pick one."

Qinglan couldn't help but point to the main house in the west backyard, and said in a low voice: "It's very good there, it's ......"

"Then let's stay there."

Xue Bai didn't mean to be humble to others, nodded casually, and settled the matter.

Qinglan saw that the house had been cleaned and the bed was still new, so she hugged the futon to make it, and then went around to the ear room to see, although it was a small room, there was a south-facing window, and outside the window was the garden, and she was more and more satisfied.

So she laid out her futon in the ear room.

……

After placing the luggage, Togoro arrived with food and drinks.

After a small family banquet, everyone in the Du family left in front of the dusk drum, leaving only the Xue family to speak in the lobby.

The house was sold before the young children remembered, and they had not yet recovered from the shock.

"Auntie, our family used to be so big."

"yes."

"But I don't dare to sleep in a room by myself, can I still sleep with my mother?"

As Xue Jiuniang said timidly, everyone laughed.

"There's no bunk to sleep in the future, it's such a big room." Xue Xian finally showed a childish smile.

Only Xue Gengbo was blindless, and sighed dignifiedly: "Alas, Ah Lang doesn't know which friend he was taken to hide from debts, how good it would be if he could see this situation." ”

Xue Xian's smile immediately froze, and he glanced out of the hall, worried that the courtyard door was not closed.

And when he looked back at Xue Bai again, the sense of uneasiness dissipated, and he felt that it was better for that grandpa not to come back, and the sixth brother was the real head of the family.

~~

At night, everyone who had moved to a new house went back to their rooms.

There are only two people in the main house in the west backyard, Xue Bai and Qinglan.

Qinglan put down the candlestick, turned her head to look, and saw that Xue Bai was already lying down.

"Lang Jun got up so late, did he go to bed so early?"

"Well, it's not good to read and write when it's dark, and it's the same if you get up early tomorrow."

"Really? Lang Jun never seems to have gotten up early. ”

"Yes later."

"The family uses tiger buckets, right? In the evening, did Lang Jun and Erniang go to find a thatched house? ”

"yes, I didn't find it."

"Then I'll sleep in the ear room, and it will be convenient for Lang Jun to call me if he has something in the future."

Xue Bai heard her voice gradually lowering, turned his head to look, and saw her wearing a spring shirt under the candlelight, showing a kind of natural loveliness at home.

Qinglan originally wanted to chat, but when he saw it, she was shy and ran back to the ear room.

Lying on the bed, covered with the quilt, feeling that there was only a wall away from Xue Bai, he was a little panicked in addition to joy.

The relationship with each other is one step closer, and she still needs to adapt.

Xue Bai closed his eyes and felt the responsibility of the head of the family.

He had come out of the snow alone, and now he had to take on a portal.

It has nothing to do with blood, he needs a portal, and this portal also needs him......

The floor plan of Xue's house is paintball, and in the front, the thicker black line in the middle is the courtyard wall that divides and sells. This chapter has 5000 words, let's take a look first, I haven't finished writing the next chapter, I'm going to send it later, don't wait, you can read it tomorrow morning. Yesterday, I forgot to ask for a monthly pass, and I dropped a lot of people at once, asking for a monthly pass, asking for a subscription~~

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