A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

As a family, the family's invitation to celebrate Mrs Yu's birthday was naturally sent to Qi Wenyan.

only--

Qi Huan originally thought that this should be nothing.

But for some unknown reason, he actually came back that day.

It's just that he appeared relatively late, and the banquet was about to start at this moment, so he dismounted at the gate.

and--

He still came empty-handed.

"Third Master." The butler who was in charge of receiving guests at the gate was a little flattered, and hurriedly led people out of the gate to help Feng Lin tie the horse.

Qi Wenyan said indifferently "Yes", and walked in without looking sideways, and asked casually, "Where are you hosting the banquet today?"

The housekeeper said: "It's still in the big garden building. Male and female guests are seated separately, in the front and back yards."

After a pause, he added: "The Shizi and the Second Master have also passed away."

Qi Wenyan raised his hand.

He was walking in his own home, so naturally he didn't need someone to lead the way.

The housekeeper was also a little afraid of his official authority and temper, so he consciously stopped his pace after following the screen wall, and then...

Let out a slow and long breath.

As for Qi Wenyan returning empty-handed to celebrate his birthday——

These people at the door are all selectively blind, just pretending that they can't see.

It is well known that my third master is not treated well by the old lady, and now that he came back at this juncture, no one would be surprised if he came back on purpose to make trouble.

even--

It can be predicted that when the old lady saw this third master, she decided to affect her mood.

Qi Wenyan turned into the big garden with Feng Lin, and walked directly towards Baoxia along the corridor.

By this time, almost all the guests, both regular and uninvited, had arrived.

He walked in a hurry, passing by the busy servants from time to time.

When the master and servant walked halfway through the corridor, Feng Lin suddenly stopped and looked straight at a figure passing by in the garden.

Qi Wenyan noticed something was wrong, so he stopped and cast a glance at him: "What's wrong?"

The man in the garden walked quickly, and disappeared in the depths of a path in an instant.

Feng Lin stared in that direction with a solemn expression: "The person who passed by in the garden just now looks familiar... but he only took a quick look at the profile, so he didn't see it clearly."

In today's mansion, not to mention the servants of his own family, even those who came to celebrate his birthday were mostly people Qi Wenyan knew, and in Feng Lin's eyes, the so-called familiar people would be more.

but--

Qi Wenyan still believed in Fenglin's vision and vigilance following him for many years.

He gave him a wink.

Feng Lin immediately nodded knowingly: "Yes!"

Then he jumped over the railing, went straight into the garden, and chased in the direction where the figure disappeared.

Qi Wenyan continued to walk in the direction of Baoxia as if nothing had happened.

After walking a short distance, I saw Chi Yunchuan walking his baby on the corridor with great interest.

Qi Yuanchen was wearing a snow-white cloak, a small one, and ran after Qiao Yue who was almost a head taller than him, insisting on stuffing the hand stove he was holding to the little girl.

Qiao Yue frowned and refused to answer: "I don't need this, it's in the way."

The hand furnace was actually a bit big for Qi Yuanchen, he couldn't even hold it with one hand, so he had to hold it with both hands.

Hearing this, he also seriously lowered his head to look at the hand stove, wrinkled his little face pitifully, and said weakly: "Take it, I'll find candy."

The two families often communicate, and every time they meet, Qi Yuanchen follows Qiao Yue, like a little tail that cannot be shaken off, gradually Qiao Yue also finds out a pattern——

This kid does have the habit of hiding snacks on his body.

Sometimes it's candy, sometimes it's dried fruit, sometimes it's snacks or fruit...

In short, when you see him anytime, anywhere, he can figure out what to get out of him.

Children, ordinary people don't have snacks to eat all the time, Qiao Yue is not the kind of child who can't control his mouth, but after getting acquainted with Qi Yuanchen, he is not polite to him.

Hearing this, she also took over the hand stove.

He wears thick clothes in winter, and Qi Yuanchen has short arms and legs, so it is inconvenient to search for things.

The two of them got together and tinkered for a while before they took out a small bag wrapped in kraft paper from Qi Yuanchen's purse.

He peeled it off bit by bit carefully, and there were indeed several colorful candies in various shapes inside.

Candies are just ordinary candies bought in the shop, but Qi Huan was bored at home, so he extracted some pigments from various fruits and vegetables and mixed them in, and asked the old gardener who knew a carpenter in the front yard to carve a few rows of small molds, and repainted them The candies melted and colored, and then solidified and formed.

The taste is not much different from the original, just to coax the children——

Children prefer colorful and unique things.

especially--

Still a little girl.

Qiao Yue's eyes were shining brightly, and he no longer disliked it immediately. Holding the hand stove in one hand, he joined Qi Yuanchen's two heads together to pick candy happily.

The little girl picked out a peach-shaped green candy and stuffed it into her mouth, tasted it carefully, puffed her cheeks and mumbled: "It seems to taste like cucumber."

Qi Yuanchen picked out a red bunny-shaped fortress for her again as if offering a treasure, but Qiao Yue blocked it: "I haven't finished eating yet."

So Qi Yuanchen held it for her obediently, and continued to show off his gallantry: "My sister made it, I still have it, I'll get it for you after I finish eating."

Qiao Yue, the little girl, knows good and bad, and she won't look good after eating his food, so she picks a candy and stuffs it into his mouth, "Then finish eating first."

The two walked to the next steps and sat down side by side.

Qi Yuanchen was wearing a small cloak, and Qiao Yue was holding a hand stove in his arms, chatting about the interesting things between the clinic and the neighbors in the past few days.

Chi Yunchuan sat on the railing a little away from them, leaning against the porch pillar, rubbing his chin and watching them with relish.

After realizing that there seemed to be someone beside him, when he turned his head and saw Qi Wenyan who had also stopped and stared at the two little ones, he relaxed his vigilance for an instant, joking cheerfully: "Your young master is really amazing. , Our sister Yue is not a good-tempered little girl, but she was coaxed by him for a while."

Qi Wenyan sneered, without saying yes or no.

But in order not to surprise the two little ones, he lifted his robe in a good-tempered manner, and found a railing to sit down on.

Feng Lin on the other side followed the direction where the suspicious person left and searched all the way there, but after turning two turns, he encountered several female relatives enjoying the scenery and chatting in the garden, blocking the way.

In order not to offend the female relatives, Feng Lin could only pretend to have gone the wrong way, and retreated to avoid suspicion.

But because of this, he completely lost track of that person.

Reluctantly, he continued to search around in the garden to try his luck.

But the Marquis of Changning's mansion is no better than the imperial palace, it is impossible for the guests who come to the banquet to forbid them to bring their attendants and personal maids, there are many strangers in the mansion, Feng Lin searched around but did not notice this person's trace.

At this time, Dongfang Mu had already turned around from the depths of the garden, and "unexpectedly met" Ye Xunyi who was wandering alone in the yard.

Ye Xunyi was ordered by Qi Huan to chase away guests. At that time, she really wanted to leave in a rage, but Yun Zheng didn't let her go. In order to calm Yun Zheng's heart, she could only stay in this mansion, but she really didn't want to. She used to deal with people, so before the banquet, she found a secluded place by herself and stayed in the garden.

Dongfangmu came over.

Ye Xunyi raised an eyebrow at him.

The two exchanged looks with each other, and they both knew each other well.

Dongfang Mu said: "Then I'll leave first, I hope you and His Royal Highness Prince Ning can achieve what you want, don't make me busy with this."

Ye Xunyi curled his lips coldly: "It's a matter that is settled, but this opportunity to expose is missing. No matter how unsatisfactory the result is, it won't be so bad. You can go quickly, so as not to cause trouble."

Dongfang Mu walked away.

But just two steps away, he stopped again, and suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, I went to find that man named Yang Huaizhen again later, and asked him for some inside information. Your original right-hand man Yushi is also a person with secrets, you know a lot of things, but you really don't know anything about him?"

It is not that Ye Xunyi has never been curious about the whole story of the grievances between Qi Huan and Yang Chenglian's family. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the conflicts between the two families can be regarded as retaliation against each other. A fledgling Yang Qingyun...

This initial motivation is worth pondering.

But the reason why she didn't check it was because she was trapped in Prince Ning's Mansion and was under the control of others, so there was no way to check it.

Either they have to turn to Yun Zheng for help, or they have to ask Dongfang Mu...

She was also fed up with the situation of begging for help everywhere in a low voice, so she simply didn't think about it.

Now that Dongfang Mu took the initiative to mention it again, she just followed her heart tightly: "What secret?"

Dongfang Mu said: "According to what Yang Huaizhen said, that Yang Chenglian falsely used the identity of his ancestor, and he also used this as a threat to get half of the Yang family's property. He said it was from the Marquis Mansion." That Miss Qi found him and told him about it, that he was asked to come to Beijing to report on Yang Chenglian, but he was greedy for money and did not report, but took advantage of the problem to share the Yang family's property."

Yang Huaizhen is a common man who is trying to survive in the cracks. He has met Qi Huan, and he knows that the girl's identity and background are not simple, so when Dongfang Mu threatened him, he seemed to say everything, but secretly tampered with it. In the confession, it only said that Qi Huan asked him to sue Yang Chenglian, but did not say that Qi Huan actually ordered him to seize Yang Chenglian's family property.

These two confessions seem to have little difference...

But under careful scrutiny, it is enough to mislead the point.

Ye Xunyi was indeed led astray, and frowned, thinking: "That means Yang Chenglian's identity is forged? The grievances between Qi Huan and him have been deep, and he found out about him. He wants to use this to inform him and completely destroy him." His family was crushed into the dust?"

Yang Chenglian is an official, if he impersonates someone else in the imperial examination, he will get rid of his reputation and be punished according to the law. What's more, if he is involved in some old case of murdering people and impersonating others, it will be even more serious.

"After Concubine Wen's downfall and Yang Chenglian's resignation, their family has already collapsed, so it's meaningless." Ye Xunyi said, "What's the use of knowing he has a problem? Maybe I have to help Qi Huan deal with it he?"

Dongfang Mu didn't comment.

Ye Xunyi didn't understand why this person was so interested in the grievances between Qi Huan and Yang Chenglian's family, and now in order to dismiss him, he could only perfunctory: "I will find a way to investigate later, let's not talk about it today Alright, you get out of here first."

"Okay." Dongfang Mu nodded.

He could have come here today pretending to be a servant of Prince Ning's Mansion, but Ye Xunyi would not be so brazen as to put the suspicion on himself, so he asked him to change into another servant's clothes and sneak in by pretending to help carry birthday gifts of.

There is basically no problem going out now.

But Ye Xunyi was still not at ease, so he stayed in the garden for the time being out of prudence.

In the end, he was also afraid of something. Dongfang Mu hurried back soon after he left, and asked him: "Is there any other entrance and exit in this garden so I can go out of the mansion?"

Ye Xunyi couldn't help but become more vigilant: "What's wrong?"

"There are always people in the corridor over there, they should be guests who came to the banquet, but judging from their casual appearance, they don't look like ordinary guests." Dongfang Mu said.

At this time, the banquet in Baoxia was about to start, and there were almost no servants walking around in the corridor.

It's too eye-catching for him to walk over like this.

"There are a few other exits, but they all have to take a detour." Ye Xunyi said, "There are people everywhere in this garden today, and it's inevitable that we will meet people anyway, it's the same wherever we go."

She also didn't want to sit at the table in advance, so she simply accompanied Dongfang Mu to look over there.

It was also a coincidence that someone from the mansion had already come over and called Qi Wenyan and the others: "Third Master, Doctor Chi, the banquet is about to start, and the son of the elder son came here to find two people to sit in."

Qi Wenyan and the two adjusted their robes and got up, picked up the two playful little ones, and left together along the corridor.

Ye Xunyi hadn't seen Qi Wenyan for a long time, and she felt jealous and resentful towards this man in her heart, watching from a distance, her pupils constricted, and her eyes turned cold.

People who practice martial arts are still instinctively alert to dangerous people and things.

Listening to the names of the Qi family, Dongfang Mu suddenly realized: "It turns out that it is Master Qi, the famous Shaoqing of Dali Temple. No wonder I feel uncomfortable when I look at me from a distance."

Qi Wenyan's name is very famous in the capital of Dajin, no matter in terms of his background or his reputation in the court, he can be regarded as a man of influence.

Dongfang Mu was obviously very interested in him, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

but--

It is precisely these two eyes that cause extra problems.

Qi Wenyan, who was walking slowly, suddenly stopped.

He looked back, his eyes were sharp and accurate, and he shot directly in this direction.

Chi Yunchuan next to him and the boy who was leading the way also stopped in their tracks and looked over in unison.

Ye Xunyi and Dongfang Mu sighed secretly.

The next moment, Qi Wenyan raised his voice and asked, "Who is there?"

To be honest, Ye Xunyi was so flustered that his mind went blank for a moment.

But you have to hide at this time, in case you are considered a thief, the mansion will be searched all over the mansion, and this movement will only directly cause trouble.

As a last resort, she could only bite the bullet and lead the "low-browed and pleasing to the eye" Dongfang Mu out from behind the flower garden.

She and Qi Wenyan are considered to have a feud now, so her expression was directly hostile, and she passed him to look at the young man leading the way: "If you go out this way, you can go to the gate, right? I'm going to pick up something from the carriage. Getting a little lost in the garden."

Although the uniform costumes of the servants of each mansion are different from each other, even Qi Wenyan, it is impossible for him to remember what clothes all the servants of the rich and noble families in the capital wear.

He just locked his gaze on Dongfang Mu's belt with the word "Qiu" engraved on his waist with incomparable precision.

Dongfang Mu lowered his brows and eyes all the time, avoiding showing his face directly.

Ye Xunyi quickly explained: "This is the personal attendant of Mr. Qiu's family from Honglu Temple. We met in the garden, but he also got lost, so I brought him out along the way."

In fact, even if she didn't have that waist card, she wouldn't dare to let Dongfang Mu pretend to be from Prince Ning's Mansion when the two of them were blocked together.

She is a female family member, and if she wants to take her with her, she also takes her maidservant, so what's the point of bringing a servant around?
The Young Minister of Dali Temple has always been known for his sharp eyesight. Ye Xunyi, who was flustered, was panicked in her heart, but she tried her best to straighten her back, with a calm expression on her face, hiding her guilt.

Fortunately, Qi Wenyan seemed too lazy to deal with these trivial matters, and didn't delve into anything further.

But he ignored her, and directly led the group of people to move on and leave.

Ye Xunyi was very annoyed by his arrogant attitude, but it was inconvenient for him to attack. When they walked over, his expression was obviously a little annoyed.

Dongfang Mu's gaze was glued again, staring at Qi Wenyan's back, and murmured thoughtfully: "This Master Shaoqing of Dali Temple looks very kind."

Ye Xunyi came back to his senses and didn't think much about it: "Maybe I met him on the street by chance."

The looks of the Qi family are all outstanding, especially this third master, who has an excellent temperament, walking on the street is the focus of everyone's attention.

"No." Dongfang Mu shook his head resolutely, "It's not a face I've seen occasionally on the street, I always feel familiar, he looks like someone..."

But in a moment of haste, he couldn't remember who Qi Wenyan looked like, but out of instinctive vigilance, he always felt that the feeling here was weird.

Ye Xunyi urged impatiently: "Aren't you leaving quickly? Wait for him to react and come after him?"

Dongfang Mu's thoughts were interrupted, and the corner of his mouth was pulled, so he didn't stay any longer, and left quickly.

He didn't show his face just now, and even if Qi Wenyan wanted to second-guess them afterwards, as long as Ye Xunyi bit him to death and refused to admit it, no one could do anything about it.

Anyway, Yun Zheng and Ye Xunyi came to Qi's house today for a big event, and if they want to promote the situation, they have to stand up in the name of Prince Ning's Mansion, so even if Qi Wenyan suspects that he is the key person, that's okay. It doesn't matter anymore.

At that time in Fulin Garden, Qi Huan was sitting with Yu's house, which made the old lady feel uncomfortable. She didn't have the mood to talk to a roomful of female guests who complimented her.

Finally, the banquet was about to start, and she didn't want to go with Qi Huan, so she took the opportunity to send Qi Huan: "I feel a little cold, I need to add some clothes, you can take all the aunts and aunts to the table first. "

In front of outsiders, Qi Huan still gave her such a little face.

Shi Shiran stood up and gave a blessing: "Okay, then we will go there first."

She led all the female relatives here to go out, just in time to meet Yun Xi, who was hurrying over with a hand stove in his hand.

It stands to reason that she was just adding a charcoal fire behind, and she should have brought the stove long ago, but because this girl is usually lively and loves to play, both Qi Huan and Xing Luo just thought she was playing somewhere else, so they let her go He didn't go back to find her either.

Seeing her coming, Xing Luo took two quick steps to meet her, and said angrily in a low voice, "Where did you go? You still know how to come here?"

Yun Xi's face was obviously pale, but something was wrong.

But in this cold day, for the convenience of doing things, she didn't wear a lot of clothes, people would have this kind of face after being outside for a long time, and Xing Luo didn't care too much.

Yun Xi's expression was obviously a bit dazed, but seeing Qi Huan with a group of female family members, she didn't say much, but came up to her and handed the hand stove she was holding: "Miss, the hand stove."

After delaying for a while, the hand stove doesn't feel very warm anymore.

Qi Huan didn't care too much, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips...

Just as she was about to speak, Yun Xi spat out a mouthful of black blood.

In the nick of time, subconsciously afraid of soiling Qi Huan's clothes, she hastily bent down and raised her hand to cover her mouth, blocking it.

But when I bent my waist, I couldn't lift it up again, and I vomited several mouthfuls of blood.