First, there are lotus flowers at home, which are as clean as snow

Today is the first day of the fifth month, and it has only been a few days since the dry corpse incident was resolved, and there are only a few days left before the Dragon Boat Festival.

After rejecting the invitation and warm hospitality of the magistrate, the five people who dealt with the dried corpse walked towards their respective destinations.

Compared to others, Li Xuanyi is almost there, although he has a purpose, he has no destination.

He left home this time to find his cousin, "White Jade Lotus" Li Xuanqing.

Li Xuanyi was born in a wealthy family, if you praise other people's families for being rich, they are rich and rival the country. Then, it is not an exaggeration to say that his family is rich and has become an enemy country.

I remember when I was a child, my family was prosperous, in addition to my grandfather, grandmother and father, there were also my own uncles. This is their lineage, and there are other branches of relatives who are constantly in contact. Every time it's time to eat, just their children can go up to a dozen people.

But since the death of grandpa and grandmother one after another, there have been changes in the family one after another.

First, his father died of a serious illness, and then his mother died of excessive grief. Immediately afterwards, the little uncle, who was younger than himself, was not afraid of heaven and earth, and disappeared even more mysteriously.

In this way, everyone pointed the finger at their "lucky" second uncle.

The relatives who used to come and go always greeted each other with smiling faces also came one by one with murderous anger and left angrily. With the second uncle's tough methods, there is no sign of decay in the family.

But in this way, Li Xuanyi also lost his childhood.

Without his parents, Li Xuanyi is like a parapet in his own home. For some reason, his second uncle didn't want to see him.

Even if he went to ask for peace every morning, the second uncle's face was indescribably serious, and when he saw him, he said "um", and hurriedly asked him to leave.

Not only the second uncle, but even the subordinates in the family are far away from him.

In addition to the second uncle's daughter and his cousin Li Xuanqing, only the old housekeeper Li Xiao is the best for him. Li Xuanyi really wants his family to return to the way it was before, but how can he understand what kind of power struggle there is behind this family with mountains of wealth.

Li Xuan took it for granted that the reason why others stayed away from him and that the housekeeper and his cousin were close to him were all related to his identity. Because he is a master and someone else is a servant, there is a distance between them. If he behaves kindly, does not regard himself as a master, does not treat himself as a master, and does not treat others as slaves, then everyone can live happily together.

Although I tried very hard to be good to others, it was obviously ineffective. However, Li Xuanyi, who is still a child, is not discouraged, but more kind and humble.

After a long time, I got along with these servants and the old mother's children.

As time passed, Li Xuanyi grew up day by day, and at the same time, his position in the Li family became stronger day by day. And his second uncle is also aging day by day. The second uncle still has no son, only such a pearl in his palm.

Although he loves his daughter incomprehensibly, how can such a big family business be handed over to a woman. Besides, those relatives have been suppressed for so many years, and their children have all become gentlemen, except for ruining the family style and property, there is no threat to his Li family's uncles and nephews.

And in this battle, the scale of victory fell steadily to Li Xuanyi's side. Because it is not only Li Xuanyi who has grown up, but also those companions who play with him, and the children of those old family servants.

Now there is a strange phenomenon, as the descendants of father and son, mother and daughter, for different masters, they have become two factions. And the current head of the Li family, although he knows that these children are an obstacle, because of their parents, he can't drive them away.

And the uncle and nephew in the whirlpool of this family feud have no appearance of fighting at all. Li Xuanyi is still kind to everyone in the family, including his second uncle.

The second uncle, on the other hand, has frequent contact with the powerful.

Originally, the children of these merchants could not participate in the scientific examination, so the people of the Li family set up private schools and contributed money to subsidize students from all walks of life. Therefore, their Li family has a very deep relationship background in officialdom.

During this time, what the second uncle saw was only a small part. But the intention is already obvious, it is to use the relationship of these officials to make itself win in this battle.

But as they drank the wine and received the gifts, they did not see any movement. The reason for this may only be known to the second uncle and the officials who come and go.

But one thing is certain, that is, the second uncle sees all kinds of people every day, but he just doesn't see Li Xuanyi.

In the past, when Li Xuanyi asked his second uncle to say goodbye, his hometown would look at him coldly, and then respond coldly. But now, the second uncle always turned his back to him, and he didn't want to say a syllable, just waved his hand and signaled him to step back first.

Even if they meet halfway, they treat him as if they were air.

According to the old housekeeper Li Xiao, he looks exactly like his father when he was young. And the second uncle is the real culprit behind the murder of his father, so he naturally doesn't want to see him.

But Li Xuanyi didn't believe it, he was sure that his father really died of illness, and his third uncle was lost by himself, not the second uncle.

When everyone focuses on two people, there is one person who doesn't buy anyone's account and does what he wants.

This person is Li Xuanqing.

Li Xuanqing is the pearl of the second uncle's palm, and like his cousin Li Xuanyi, he has loved to play with those children since he was a child.

Due to the care of his cousin and the advice of the parents of those children, Li Xuanqing is a collection of thousands of favors. And Li Xuanqing, a child, has a full sense of justice since he was a child, and often pleads with his father for the mistakes of those children.

And every time he pleaded, his father would definitely agree. Whenever there is a child who has been helped, it always makes her flutter.

After growing up, Li Xuanqing's sense of justice not only did not decrease, but rose to a chivalrous spirit. And when she learned martial arts, she had the idea of "the world is uneven, and I can't do it without me".

But after all, she is a flower in the greenhouse, and her father doesn't want her to be out all day long, so he doesn't let her go out all the time, but just invites some martial artists to come to the house to spar and talk about some things to her, the purpose is to make this girl put her heart at home. As long as you don't get into trouble outside, it doesn't matter if it's a chicken flying and a dog jumping at home.

At first, this move was quite effective, and after defeating several martial artists, he always had to show off to his cousin who was studying martial arts at the same time. There are many people in the family, and occasionally I will have a few tricks with Li Xuanyi, but the result is always a tie every time.

In this way, Li Xuanqing felt that his martial arts were better than his cousin, why could his cousin go out and walk the rivers and lakes, but she couldn't. And when she heard the stories of some heroines in the rivers and lakes, she couldn't bear it even more. I mentioned it to my father many times, but I never got my consent, and this fire could only be sprinkled on the martial artists during the competition.

If there is fire in the heart, it may not be light or heavy when you start to do it.

Among these martial artists, a few of them wanted to make a name for themselves in the rivers and lakes, but they had bad luck and had to accompany the princess to practice boxing. Originally, they were very disgusted with this kind of life, but they had to endure it for the sake of life.

But now that he was beaten, he was still criticized by the other party's bad words, and the fire in his heart was also ignited. So regardless of it, he took out ten successful forces to fight the other party.

As soon as one was handed over, the martial artist realized that the seemingly pampered little princess in front of him was not a flower that had been hiding in the greenhouse since childhood. The prejudice against her is also formed because of the identities of both parties.

After only more than ten rounds of fighting, the martial artist couldn't support it.

He saw Li Xuanqing's hands blooming like lotus flowers, and his body was dancing like spring swallows. In the blink of an eye, there was Li Xuanqing in front of him and behind him, and nothing else.

The warrior didn't know how he had been knocked down, how he had gotten up, how he had returned to his room. When he came to his senses, it was because there was a knock on the door.

The door opened, and there were Li brothers and sisters standing outside, who had come to apologize.

Li Xuanqing naturally didn't want to apologize, she thought that she had done nothing wrong, and she was defeated because the other party's martial arts were not good. What's more, through this incident, she understood that those martial artists had always looked down on her and had never used real kung fu.

Although those people are no match for her when they exert their full strength, they have been kept in the dark for so long, and anyone has a fire in their stomachs.

Therefore, when her cousin came to ask her to apologize to the martial artist, she was 120,000 unwilling.

Li Xuanqing has always believed that her martial arts are better than her honest cousin who has no sense of existence. But when she saw her cousin angry for the first time, she became scared.

In the end, in desperation, I had to apologize to the other party.

Although he accepted the other party's apology, on the second day, the martial artist still asked the head of the family, Li Tianshou, to resign.

Li Tianshou knew that he couldn't keep the other party, so he had to give him some more money and let him leave.

In the days that followed, the martial artists also left one by one.

Li Tianshou didn't say much, not only did he not stop him, but he didn't invite other martial artists.

There were so many fewer people in the house all of a sudden, and the entire Li Mansion became quiet. But the real reason is Li Xuanqing's departure.

The yearning for life in the rivers and lakes, as well as the long-term suppression and deception, made this girl unable to bear it anymore and secretly ran away from home on a dark and windy night.

Li Tianshou, who learned of this, was so anxious that he couldn't hit his head against the wall. After spending a lot of money and entrusting many people, Li Xuanyi finally brought people home.

Seeing his daughter, Li Tianshou did not accuse angrily, nor did he hold the child in his arms excitedly. just said lightly: "The outside world is very exciting, if you want to play, go play, but don't leave without saying a word in the future, you have to have someone by your side." ”

Since then, there has been another chivalrous heroine in the rivers and lakes, and others don't care too much about whether she has someone by her side.

This time, though, things got a little bigger.

As the old saying goes, if a woman doesn't stay, she stays and stays to become an enemy. Li Xuanqing is twenty-two years old this year, although he is a pure white jade lotus, but as parents, he hopes that his children can marry a good family.

And in terms of age, many ladies who are the same year as Li Xuanqing are beautiful, and their children will peek at people taking a bath.

Although the father is anxious, he also knows his daughter's temper, so he doesn't dare to mention it directly, but he just asks his daughter if she has any thoughts in this regard.

But where is Li Xuanqing the kind of person who settles down to teach his husband and children, after asking several times to no avail, Li Tianshou has a decision that marriage has always been the order of his parents.

Blind date, naturally to find the right person, this concept has existed since ancient times, and the idea of Gao Pan is even in the history books.

For merchants, although they have thousands of wealth, they do not have the corresponding status. Those officials who usually greet each other with a smile look down on them for doing business in their bones. Shinong industry and commerce, business, is always the last. Even if she is a singer in the Qinglou, her attitude towards down-and-out scholars is often better than theirs.

At this time, they will find ways to build relationships in order to improve their status.

There are many ways and means to pull relationships, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so.

The Li family is a very good family, not only in the business field, but also in interpersonal relationships.

In the DPRK, the Li family has many, many connections. But having a relationship does not mean that the status is the same, so Li Tianshou wants to climb high and find the son of an official in the court.

Finally, after searching for countless goals, Li Tianshou finally locked on a target - Ye Tianhua.

Speaking of which, the Li family and the Ye family do not have a deep relationship.

Ye Tianhua's father is called Ye Fei and was born in a poor family. However, Ye Fei was gifted and intelligent since he was a child, and was favored by a gentleman in the "Renyi Hall of the Chinese Academy of Learning" and accepted into the door.

After graduation, Ye Fei went to Beijing to take the exam and received financial support from the Li family. After high school, he was grateful to the Li family. But he was afraid that he would get too close to the Li family and become the handle of hostile forces, saying that he colluded with officials and businessmen. Gradually, the two families stopped contacting.

Now, Ye Fei's position in the court is quite stable, and his son has already reached the age of marrying a wife and having children.

Unfilial piety is great, which makes Ye Fei not pay attention to it.

At a gathering of colleagues, Ye Fei met Li Tianshou again.

Now Ye Fei has learned that the Li family is not an ordinary merchant family. He is one of the two heads of the Shang clan among the four major clans of "scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants", and his status is not lost to the Chinese Academy of Studies. Moreover, his family often helped the imperial court to take out money for disaster relief, which was appreciated by the emperor and gave him a white jade ingot.

The officials in the DPRK and China all use the relationship with the Li family as a capital to show off. It's just that, as a reader, I still divide the hierarchy very strictly in my heart.

For the active estrangement back then, Ye Fei felt both regret and shame. I have the heart to step forward to make friends, but I am afraid that the other party will turn their faces on the spot and lose face. But Li Tianshou was very open-minded, regardless of his previous suspicions, and took the initiative to talk to him.

With this exchange, Ye Fei seemed to be back in the past.

At that time, he was just an unknown examiner, living in a private post opened by the Li family.

At that time, Li Tianshou often came to the hotel to discuss knowledge with everyone. Although born in a merchant family, Li Tianshou is proficient in classics, history, children, and collections.

Ye Fei believes that if Li Tianshou participates in the scientific examination, he will be the top of the list.

In this conversation many years later, Li Tianshou not only did not feel dissatisfied with his estrangement, but vaguely mentioned the marriage of his children.

There is a reason why Li Tianshou chose Ye Fei.

The status of Chaozhong is much higher than Ye Fei, but there are many people around them who help them. Even if they have their own funding, they may not be able to take the first place in the credit.

But Ye Fei is different, the two already have a relationship. And his status in the DPRK is not up or down, if he wants to be the head of the auxiliary government, the only one who can ask for help is this in-laws. If the daughter adds blessings to their Ye family, then the status of the Li family will definitely reach a higher level in the future.

But Ye Fei thought that Li Tianshou was anxious about his daughter's lifelong event, and said it inadvertently during the conversation. But what Ye Fei didn't expect was that since then, Li Tianshou often asked him out for tea, and most of the people he talked about were his son Ye Tianhua.

It wasn't until later that Ye Fei realized that Li Tianshou really wanted to marry him.

Marriage is a big event, how can it be child's play.

This sentence is often said by parents to their children, but in the face of this matter, Ye Fei, as a father, also had to think carefully.

Previously, he had heard about Li Tianshou's daughter.

In Ye Fei's mind, women should not go out of the door, not step out of the second door, be good at knitting female workers, and be familiar with the "Daughter's Classic" and "Martyr's Classic".

A wild girl like Li Xuanqing, who is crazy outside all day long, is naturally not the best candidate for his daughter-in-law.

Since he is dissatisfied with Li Xuanqing, will Ye Fei refuse this marriage, and will Li Xuanqing's departure be related to the Ye family?

If you want to know what will happen next, please continue to watch "Xuanhuang Siyu" - Looking for Relatives, Episode 2 - The Dragon Boat Festival