Hexi

Chapter 242 You Know Nothing About Them

The extended slap was not a slap, but a push against Su Yan's face.But Su Yan was caught off guard, and almost staggered and bumped into the pillar after being pushed.

Just when he was about to yell, Su Shou had already come to him, and he, who had adhered to the rules all his life, grabbed Su Zan's lapel with one hand: "Are you trying to mess with me?!"

Su Yan was stunned. Their brothers, including the third child who lived far away, were very harmonious since childhood. He respected his elder brother very much, but sometimes he was also naughty.Just now, he did have doubts in his heart, but it was just a joke-like temptation. He didn't expect Su Shou to have such a big reaction!

"What's wrong with you?"

After the murmured words came out, Su Shou's angry eyes gradually went out.

Su Yan looked at the loosened skirt, and raised his head again: "Brother's appearance is very unusual. Could it be that I was right, you don't treat sister-in-law...to Xie's family as outsiders seem?"

The moonlight shone on Su Shou's back, blurring his face hidden in the shadows.

For a while, only the wind and trees were moving in the yard.

After a long time, Su Shou turned his head: "Go into the house."

Su Yan watched him cross the threshold, then quickened his pace to follow in, then turned around and closed the door.

The previous dignified atmosphere continued in the room, Su Shou moved the paper in front of him, obviously trying to ease his mood.

"You don't know anything about the Xie family."

After these words, the room seemed even more silent.

Su Shou spoke again in the silence. "My marriage with Lan Yun was a conspiracy of the Xie family from the beginning to the end."

Su Yan couldn't help but stepped forward: "At the beginning, it was obvious that the father and mother came to the door to propose marriage after discussing it, and our Su family took the initiative to propose marriage, so why did it become a plot by the Xie family?

"Besides, our family has been in contact with the Xie family for so many years. We also know the Xie family's family style. Besides, their family has a rich family background. Why do they need to plot against us?"

"No matter how rich their family background is, after all, their relationship with the palace is not as strong as ours. Our Tiangongfang has the most comprehensive and deepest lockmaking skills in the world. They can't compare to this alone."

Su Yan was stunned for a moment: "The Xie family wants this skill from the Su family? How is this possible?"

"What's impossible?" Su Shou said, reached out and pushed open the mechanism bracket on the wall next to it, and took out a withered and yellow bamboo tube from it.As if there were still wax marks on the opening, he took out a roll of paper and put it in front of Su Yan, "This is the confession I got from Xie's family 16 years ago. .”

Su Yan picked it up and looked at ten lines at a glance, and then looked at it carefully for the second time, then raised his head and looked at Su Shou in disbelief.

"How did you find out?"

"From the time when Xie's family agreed to this marriage without saying a word." Su Shou lowered his eyes and looked at the reflection of the table. "I remember that when we were young, we lived in Xie's family for half a year. I don't know if you still remember the past six months?"

Su Yan nodded. "I remember. It was very lively at that time. There were many children of the Xie family, and the school at home was very famous. Children from several prominent families in Huizhou City also studied in it."

"That's right. At the beginning, the old lady of the Xie family was not interested in me as the eldest son-in-law, but the son of another family named Huang. The Huang family and the Xie family were related, and they lived in the same city and had a lot of contacts. The old lady did not want her daughter to marry far away. , very satisfied with Young Master Huang."

Su Yan was surprised: "How do you know?"

"Don't worry about how you know. All in all, I couldn't believe it when I heard that the Xie family agreed so happily. In order to confirm that the Xie family really meant this, I went south to visit teachers and friends to Huizhou. I sent someone After a secret investigation, I found out that before that, there is a big trouble now."

"What's the trouble?"

"The inspector censor found out that they had embezzled a batch of tribute silk, and that batch of silk was originally intended to be used for the queen's birthday."

Su Yan thought about it for a while, and asked suspiciously: "The queen was seriously ill more than ten years ago, could it be that the emperor wanted to hold a grand banquet to celebrate the queen?"

"Of course it was that time."

"How dare the Xie family? That's a tribute to the birthday banquet of the empress, who is so respected by the emperor!"

"In short, the Xie family did suffer a big setback that time. But at that time, Mr. Huang's father had already held an important position in the Six Departments, so he was capable of dealing with the Xie family. But they didn't take advantage of the trend to get closer to the Huang family. This relationship, on the contrary, half a year later, they agreed to the Su family's marriage proposal."

"They broke up with the Huang family?"

"No." Su Shou looked at him, "I found that the friendship between the two families is still there. This is where I was puzzled at the beginning. But I don't know the place well, so I can't find any useful information.

"Later, I changed my goal and wanted to find out why the Xie family took a fancy to me again. In the end, I found out. It turned out that the reason why my father proposed marriage was because he happened to meet someone who was going to visit relatives in Cangzhou on the way out. My father-in-law and Lan Yun's family of three.

"That night, my father and my father-in-law had a happy conversation, and my mother-in-law asked Lan Yun to borrow the kitchen of the inn to cook for them. My father was very satisfied with Lan Yun. After seeing her for a few years, he saw that she had become so versatile. Jiu Jin inquired about her marriage.

"My father-in-law didn't shy away from it, and said directly that he hadn't promised marriage. After my father came back, he immediately discussed with my mother and made a decision to come to propose marriage."

"...You mean, uncle and aunt of the Xie family intentionally let the sister-in-law show her face in front of father that night?"

"At the beginning, I lived in Xie's house, and every time Lan Yun came to see me, within a quarter of an hour, my mother-in-law would call her back." Su Shou's eyes sparkled, "But if she is with Mr. Huang, my mother-in-law is She will definitely not stop it. She will bring Lan Yun to Huang's house every now and then."

Su Yan was silent.

He remembered that when he went to stay at Xie's house for a short time, it was because the capital was suffering from smallpox. At that time, Xie Yun was in the capital again. The servants urged him to return to Huizhou to avoid the epidemic several times. Xie Yun invited their brothers to visit together, so they went Huizhou.

Mr. Huang is also impressed.The Huang family is also a local aristocratic family, and Mr. Huang is quite talented, and he was the best among the group of children in the school at that time.

But he didn't see at all that Aunt Xie wanted him to be his son-in-law. He always thought that Su Shou's becoming Uncle Xie was a certainty...

"Why did they do this?" He was puzzled. "What can they bring to the Xie family if they conspire with the Su family's ancestral skills?"

At this time, Su Shou didn't answer immediately.He frowned, looked at the yellowed paper in his hand, and said after a while: "No matter why, this is an idea they shouldn't have. Since they had this idea, the friendship between the two families has ceased to exist."

(End of this chapter)