No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 369 Xueyang's suicide note
A letter written nearly 20 years ago, although the fine paper has turned yellow, the handwriting on it is still very clear.

Mr. Xueyang is indeed worthy of being a great Confucian of the generation. Although this letter was written when he was old, sick and weak, his handwriting is elegant and elegant, with a bit of free and easy style.Xie Yan was taught by the great Confucianists in the imperial court since he was a child, and his calligraphy is also very good, but it is still a bit inferior to Mr. Xueyang.

In the letter, Mr. Xueyang clearly explained his own life experience, and his biological mother was indeed the saint from the Hongshan tribe in southern Xinjiang.Entrusting such an important matter to an outsider shows Mr. Xue Yang's trust in Su Taifu, or in Su Taifu's character.

The life experience of Mr. Xueyang is actually a somewhat clichéd story. Back then, the holy lady of southern Xinjiang met the young Patriarch of the Xiao family who was traveling in southern Xinjiang by chance.Two people who don't know each other's identities can be regarded as love at first sight. Nanjiang women have always been passionate and passionate, and the two quickly fell into it. Finally, the Nanjiang saint left Nanjiang for the Central Plains with her sweetheart.

As for her identity, it is actually not difficult to guess. Back then, the Huang family of Luohe was discussing marriage with the Xiao family. Although the head of the family was young, he was the head of the family after all.After some exchange of benefits, the Nanjiang Saintess took over the identity of a prodigal daughter of the Huang family who had died, and became the daughter of the Huang family ever since.

The Hongshan tribe already had Central Plains blood, and the holy girl lived in seclusion before and after marriage. Others only thought that this aristocratic girl was physically weak and disliked people, so they didn't think much about it.Later, the holy girl gave birth to Mr. Xueyang. Mr. Xueyang became famous at a young age, a genius that has never been born in generations of the Xiao family.

Perhaps his father also knew that his wife's identity was inappropriate, so he handed over the position of head of the family to his son early on, and he took his wife to retreat in the old house of Xiao's family.The old patriarch died of illness just after he was 50 years old, and soon after, the saint also died of illness. After the only Patriarch and his wife of the Huang family who knew about it also passed away, no one in this world knew that the Xiao family had ever been born. An alien mistress.

In fact, the Huang family didn't know that the appearance of the saint from southern Xinjiang was not much different from that of the people from the Central Plains. Whether it was Dongling or Dasheng, both had vast land and rich resources, and the appearance of people in many places was slightly different.The reason why the Huang family agreed so simply was because they thought that the girl was just a commoner girl from a humble background. If they knew that she was from southern Xinjiang, the Huang family would probably not agree.

Mr. Xueyang explained his life experience in the letter, and then wrote that his mother told him about her identity and the troubles she might bring to the Xiao family before she died.The lady told him to destroy the jade pendant after she passed away, and not to let anyone know his life experience.

But Mr. Xueyang has his own opinion. His mother abandoned the tribe and married into Xiao's family with the token of the Saintess of Nanjiang. People from Nanjiang may not come to him.If one day people from southern Xinjiang came to the door and learned that the Xiao family had destroyed the token, it would be a disaster for the Xiao family.

Even if someone hates the Xiao family because of this, and uses this incident to attack the Xiao family, the Xiao family, which does not have any cards in their hands, can only be ravaged by others.

Mr. Xueyang's guess was not wrong. Someone came to him not long after his mother passed away.The other party has no real evidence. After all, more than 30 years have passed and the saint is dead.But those people took away the youngest sister of Mr. Xueyang, and wanted to test her blood in a unique way in southern Xinjiang. When Mr. Xueyang found someone, the little girl was almost drained of blood. He died when he was sixteen.Mr. Xueyang also learned from his sister that those people discussed that once they got the jade pendant, they would bring all the unmarried daughters of the Xiao family back to Southern Xinjiang and kill all the men.It was the time when Mr. Xueyang's reputation was at its peak, and the younger sister he raised had suffered so much at the hands of those people, naturally Mr. Xueyang was not polite.The Xiao family's power in Yangxin was overwhelming, and those people from southern Xinjiang suffered heavy losses in several fights and had to retreat.

Many years later, shortly before Mr. Xueyang passed away, someone approached the Xiao family again. This time they asked Mr. Xueyang to hand over the jade pendant and two granddaughters who were five and seven years old respectively.Master Xiao said that those people left after visiting, but this is actually not correct.Those people did not leave Yangxin, they were left in Yangxin forever.

This letter was written after this incident.

Perhaps it was because the Xiao family suffered big losses several times in a row, after which the Xiao family was peaceful for many years.

Before his death, Mr. Xueyang still left the token and told the descendants of the Xiao family that if people from Nanjiang no longer came to the door, they would try to return the jade pendant to Nanjiang after 30 years, and the Xiao family would have nothing to do with Nanjiang from then on.

After all, after several generations, the blood relationship between the Xiao family and Nanjiang has become very thin.

If the people in Nanjiang still intend to coerce and need the Xiao family to donate their unmarried women, the head of the Xiao family will hand over the jade pendant and all the information related to Nanjiang collected by Mr. Xue Yang to the court in exchange for the court's protection of the Xiao family. .

Mr. Xueyang did not tell his son these things, but told his eldest grandson—Xiao Cheng.

Xie Yan finished reading the letter and remained silent for a long while.

After thinking for a while, he put the letter in front of Master Su.Taifu Su hesitated for a moment, but picked it up and read it again.After reading the letter, both of them were speechless for a while.

It was the last years of Dongling when people from Southern Xinjiang came to Xiao's family, so naturally they had nothing to do with Xie's family.When Mr. Xueyang died of illness, although the country had been established for ten years, the court was still busy with internal and external wars. How could there be time to take care of the private affairs of these local families?

In the impression of the world, Mr. Xueyang is a great Confucian with peaches and plums all over the world, and a talented man with a sense of immortality. How could he have imagined that he secretly fought with the people of Southern Xinjiang for decades without disturbing anyone? Long?
Taifu Su sighed and said, "It's unbelievable that the direct lineage of the Xiao family has Southern Xinjiang blood, but...Southern Xinjiang can be regarded as the territory of Dongling and Dasheng after all..."

Xie Yan shook his head and said: "Teacher should understand Mr. Xueyang's painstaking efforts. At that time, it was not peaceful. Both the imperial court and the people's vigilance against foreign nationalities had reached the highest point. Once the news leaked out, even if the imperial court did not do anything, those who are also People from the aristocratic family may also rush to clean up the house. Perhaps it is for this reason that the old Patriarch of the Xiao family retired early."

When you are young, you can do everything you can't do for love, but it is impossible to live for love all your life.The old patriarch fulfilled his love, but planted a huge hidden danger for the descendants of the Xiao family.Mr. Xueyang is well-known all over the world, but he has never stepped out of his faith in almost his whole life, so it may not be because he is doing the aftermath for his parents.

Taifu Su was silent for a while, but still could only shake his head and sigh.

He naturally understands these principles, but it is a bit embarrassing to think about his teacher's life and the current situation of the Xiao family at this time.

"How does the lord plan to deal with the Xiao family?" Taifu Su asked.

Xie Yan said calmly: "Teacher was joking, the Xiao family is a subject of Dasheng, since they have never done anything wrong, how can we deal with it? The only one to deal with... I am afraid that is the third son of the Xiao family who intends to kill his brother."

After hearing this, Grand Tutor Su also heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Thank you for your generosity. Xueyang Academy, what is your plan?"

Xie Yan raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Su, and said calmly: "Xueyang Academy was built by the Xiao family, and the court has no reason to take it away from others. As for the relationship between the Xiao family and Xueyang Academy...Xueyang Academy was indeed created by Mr. Xueyang himself. But it didn’t depend on him alone. Even if Mr. Xueyang’s line really had something on his mind, I don’t believe that the rest of the Xiao family would do rebellious things with them.”

The Xiao family is a Yangxin family, and the flourishing family is not the only branch of the direct line.But the direct descendants are the only ones who have the blood of Southern Xinjiang. Even if the direct descendants really have different intentions, how many descendants are willing to mess around with them?
Even, once the news spread that Mr. Xueyang's descendants had Southern Xinjiang bloodlines, the first to oppose them would be the offshoots of the Xiao family, followed by the families that pursue bloodlines and inherit the orthodoxy, and then the imperial court.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the people of Nanjiang may not be outsiders, but in the eyes of the aristocratic family, the people of Nanjiang are definitely not their own.

Therefore, Xie Yan is not in a hurry, nor is he worried that the Xiao family will do something that is not good for Dasheng.

Grand Tutor Su nodded, and finally felt relieved.

If Xie Yan said a bunch of nice words, he would be worried.

Since Xie Yan expressed his thoughts so openly and honestly, he really didn't intend to do anything to the Xiao family.If possible, Taifu Su still hopes that the line of his mentor can be passed on safely.

"Thank you, my lord." Taifu Su raised his hand to refill tea for the two of them, and said, "I want to visit Xiao's house tomorrow."

Xie Yan said: "Teacher can do as he pleases."

Taifu Su showed a somewhat relaxed smile on his face, and said: "I have met the eldest son of the Xiao family several times. Mr. Xueyang can rest assured that he will entrust the Xiao family to him. He must be a good person. He must also Knowing his grandfather's painstaking efforts, it may be of some help to the current situation in southern Xinjiang."

Xie Yan and Su Taifu were talking in the room, while Luo Junyao and Su Rui played with Su Xuan for a while but were a little tired.

Su Rui took Luo Junyao to rest in the flower hall on the other side, while Su Xuan went to her mother's yard.He will live in the Prince Regent's Mansion most of the time in the future, and he can only come back to see his family when he is free.Although Su Xuan is young and mature, he is still a child after all, and he still wants to spend more time with his mother.

"Why do I feel that Ah Xuan seems to be much more lively?" Su Rui couldn't help but look at Su Xuan's back.In fact, I can't see any changes. Su Xuan is still a calm and elegant young man, but somehow he feels that he looks a little more lively.

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "When the children play together, they will naturally become more lively."

Su Rui said: "It's as if we don't have children in our family. Ah Xuan was very stable at home in the past."

He is so steady that at such a young age, he actually has a bit of an elder brother's dignity among his brothers.

In layman's terms, children don't like to play with him.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "You don't even look at it, who are the people who are playing with him now."

Su Rui couldn't help but smile when she thought of the children she saw at the Prince Regent's Mansion last time.

Right.

Others don't mention it, just that chubby little fat man looks a little too lively, and their Su family doesn't have such a lively and active child.

"By the way, you haven't encountered any trouble these days, have you?" Luo Junyao asked curiously.

"Trouble?" Su Rui raised her eyebrows in confusion, and soon she understood again, and said with a smile: "What trouble can there be? At most, it's just a few words of sarcasm."

"You said that you have a strange yin and yang, which shows that it is really not good." Luo Jun shook his head.

Su Rui said: "They don't dare to say it in front of me, they just get together in private to say something, and I don't know them well, so what influence can it have?"

Luo Jun shook his head, "That's good." Su Rui is different from her, Su Rui has always been popular.Even though she is getting closer to the girls from Budao Academy now, she is not alienated from her original friends from Linglong Academy.

Even occasionally, a few close friends were invited to play with Song Xie and the others.When Luo Mingxiang and Luo Junyao got married before, Su Rui also brought a few girls whom he had been friends with to Luo's house to join in the fun.

Those who would mock Su Rui were mostly those who had a normal relationship with Su Rui or were out of reach at all, so Su Rui naturally wouldn't mind.

Luo Jun shook his eyes and asked with a smile: "Sister Su Rui, if someone wants to pursue you now, will you agree?"

"Pursuit?" Su Rui was taken aback.

Luo Jun said: "I just admire you, want to ask for marriage or something..."

Su Rui shook her head and said, "Probably not."

"You don't want to get married like Minmin, do you?" Luo Jun shook his head.

Su Rui smiled and said: "I really talked to Minmin about this, I'm not as courageous as her, but I want to take advantage of these two years to do something I want to do. If there is a suitable person at that time, the other party I think I can accept it, and I won't refuse." It's not that she has made up her mind to be a loner for the rest of her life.

Luo Junyao couldn't help but said in his heart: Are you really brave?Minmin is just planning to run away from home, but Miss Su has already practiced it by herself, and even got a good reputation in the exam.

"Then what if the other party doesn't care or even supports you no matter what you do?" Luo Junyao asked.

Su Rui laughed and said, "Where do I have such good luck? Even my fiancé met something strange. Don't you want to show off His Royal Highness the Regent to me?"

"Of course not. Apart from Ah Yan, there are still many good men in this world." For example, my elder brother.

"Yeah, I got it." Su Rui smiled and said, "Then let's see if you meet it. It's okay if you don't meet it. It's rare to have this opportunity. It's better to be free for the past two years."

Su Rui is really open to this. Anyway, with the Su family's background, it doesn't matter if she really can't get married in the future. At worst, she can say that she sees through the world and becomes a nun.

She has money and property in her hands and can support herself.Even if her parents are gone in the future, her brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nephews don't want to see her, she can already live alone at that age, so she won't be a drag on the Su family.

Seeing her indifferent appearance, Luo Junyao could only sigh in his heart, and silently prayed for his elder brother.

(End of this chapter)