Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 19 I'll Pick You Up
The two siblings talked for a while, Xie Zhiyun saw that it was still early, and decided not to stay at home today, but to go back to Su Guogong's mansion.

Xie Zhixing wanted to see her off, but Xie Zhiyun glared at him.

"You should honestly reflect in the ancestral hall. If you don't want to go to ethnology, you should find a way to solve it yourself."

Xie Zhixing was just about to get up, but when he heard this, he fell to the ground again, and replied with a listless head: "Got it."

Xie Zhiyun looked at him again, and then went out.

Maisui has been guarding the door, and when she sees her coming out, she immediately greets her.

"Mai Sui, take good care of the young master, he is still young and not very sensible, you should be calmer and pay more attention."

Maisui was ashamed: "Yes, Miss."

Xie Zhiyun only left this time.

Since he was leaving home, Xie Zhiyun had to say goodbye to his father.

She thought of Xie Zhixing's words just now, and she couldn't help but feel a little silent, so she came to Quanqinzhai all the way with a sullen face, and her complexion did not turn around.

Before he could speak in the future, Su Zhong greeted him.

"Miss, how is the young master?"

Xie Zhijun frowned slightly, her voice was clear and her words were clear, which could be heard clearly by the people in the study on the second floor.

"Ah Xing was beaten severely, and he didn't drink rice water for another day, so he had a low fever, but he is young and in good health, so there is no serious problem."

Xie Zhiyun said: "It's just that he is ignorant and doesn't know how to understand his father, that's why this disaster happened."

Su Zhong said with a sneer: "Master, it's fine if nothing happens."

When it comes to yin and yang, Xie Zhijun is the number one in Xie's family.

"Just now I told Ah Xing that if there is any difficulty in ethnology study, even though I told my father that he loves his children and is sensible, why would he force his children to go to ethnology study regardless of their suffering?"

Su Zhong couldn't even answer the words this time.

Xie Zhijun raised his head and looked at the half-open bamboo window.

They are the biological father and daughter, but they can only talk through the window.

In the end, she didn't say that she wanted to see her father, but said to Su Zhong: "Uncle Zhong, this visit to Yezhou is not short, and the Duke's Mansion has been busy recently, so I won't stay at home for a long time."

As Xie Zhiyun said so, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and he was about to salute and leave.

But at this moment, the listener on the second floor opened his mouth.

It was a very deep voice, clear and bright, like pearls falling into a plate.

Even if you don't see him, you can know his bright moon and cool breeze, his loose posture and crane bones.

"Zhiyun, have you ever advised Zhixing well, he is so perverse and unreasonable, so stubborn, how can he be worthy of a big job?"

These words made the smile on Xie Zhiyun's lips unstoppable.

She lowered her eyes, stood still with her hands down, and quietly listened to how her father, who was sitting in a tall building, commented on their siblings.

And the father upstairs didn't need his daughter's answer, he never allowed anyone to argue, not even the only eldest daughter.

"Your siblings are stubborn by nature. No matter how hard you teach them as a father, you can't change your temper. Last year you refused to get married and quarreled with me. I think you don't understand when you are young and don't care about it. However, during the Chinese New Year you were the same It's really not right for the family members to be cold-faced."

A gust of wind blows, and the swaying snowflakes fall again.

The spring snow that had only stopped for half an hour floated on the ground again, chilling everyone's hearts.

Xie Zhiyun's voice was dry, and she bowed to salute the closed concierge.

"Father taught it right."

This acknowledgment made the father upstairs stop reprimanding him. He paused for a long time before saying: "You are the authentic descendants of the Xie family, and walking, sitting and lying down represent the lintel of the Xie family. Xie's centuries-old foundation."

"Now that you are married and have become a wife of the Wei family, you must be more respectful and self-reliant, be filial to your parents-in-law at the top, and serve your husband at the bottom, and be a good wife of the Wei family."

"Don't embarrass the Xie family."

Xie Zhiyun felt a little cold, and the snowflakes fell into her eyes and brows, but her usual brisk brows and eyes looked much cooler.

Su Zhong stood in the snow, bitter in his mouth and heavy in his heart.

But he is just a servant, what can he say?
At this moment, a footstep sounded from far to near, the voice was firm and powerful, as if it could step into Xie Zhijun's heart.

She raised her head slightly, and saw Wei Ji's tall and slender figure.

He hung a long sword on his waist, wore a strong cloak, and was full of bravery and heroism.

Like the tall pines and cypresses in winter, even if the winter is cold, they are still green and evergreen.

Xie Zhiyun was stunned.

She didn't expect Wei Ji to come to Xie's house, nor did she expect that he would hear those harsh words from his father.

She has heard those words since she was a child, and she is used to hearing them, so it's fine if she doesn't take them to heart, but she doesn't want outsiders to hear them.

Neither can Wei Ji.

But in an instant, Xie Zhijun's heart fluctuated, she looked away, and turned her back subconsciously.

Wei Ji's footsteps stopped.

He took a deep look at Xie Zhiyun, then raised his eyes to the bamboo window on the second floor.

Although there was snow falling today, it was a sunny day, and the sky and the earth were filled with bright colors. The clear light passed through the falling snow and shone on the window paper on the bamboo-patterned windows.

Inside was a shadowy figure, flickering on and off.

Wei Ji stood there motionless, he didn't get close to Xie Zhijun, and he didn't go towards Su Zhong.

He stood there not too far away, and cupped his hands towards the second floor: "Father-in-law is well."

"I wonder if there are other important matters at the father-in-law's house? The son-in-law is here to pick up his wife and go home."

For a moment, there was only the sound of falling snow in the courtyard.

Rusty, lonely and quiet.

Crystal snowflakes soon covered his brows and eyes, but it made him a little more gentle.

Xie Yuan on the second floor did not speak again.

No one left the courtyard.

It seemed like a long time passed, until Xie Zhijun's newly warmed hands were frozen again, Xie Yuan said indifferently: "Today I am not feeling well, it is not suitable to see guests, and it is inconvenient to meet my son-in-law, since you are here, I have something to say to you. "

Wei Ji grinned loudly.

"That's a good relationship, and my son-in-law has a little self-cultivation, so I'd like my father-in-law to teach me."

Xie Yuan said: "I know how hard time is. Soldiers must abandon their homes and businesses to protect their homes and defend the country. But if they kill all the year round, they will definitely lose their benevolence and harmony. I also hope that my son-in-law will read more books on weekdays, cultivate his body and mind, and calm his mind. , to dispel evil spirits."

In the whole world, no one dared to say such a thing to Wei Ji.

Su Zhong was sweating on his forehead, his face was pale, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

On the contrary, Xie Zhijun stood still with downcast eyes, as if attracted by the snowflakes under his feet.

But the next moment, Wei Ji smiled.

His laughter echoed in the courtyard, as if to roll up the fluttering snowflakes into the sky.

He bowed his hands to the second floor very freely: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law has been educated."

After all, he looked at Xie Zhiyun.

"Ma'am, after listening to the teaching, it's time for us to go home."

Xie Zhiyun only felt a warm current flowing through her heart, she raised her head and looked at Wei Ji's eyebrows and eyes in the snow.

The sky was bright, and Wei Ji was standing by the fountain that had stopped flowing long ago, his smile was full of unrestrained, free and easy.

For some reason, Xie Zhiyun also looked at him and smiled.

This smile was like a flash in the pan, but it dazzled Wei Ji's eyes.

At this moment, the hibiscus blooms, and the fragrance warms the earth.

He looked at Xie Zhijun seriously, and after a while, he took off the cloak on his body, walked over and flicked it lightly, and it fell directly on Xie Zhijun's shoulder.

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law has brought his wife home, and I will visit you next time."

He yelled loudly, as if he was afraid that Xie Yuan would not hear him, his voice was so loud that the whole inner courtyard could hear him clearly.

Xie Zhijun lowered his head and tried his best to suppress the smile on his lips, but followed him to the layman very obediently.

Xie Zhiyun breathed a sigh of relief when the two of them left the Moon Gate together.

The carriage was waiting in the front yard, Wei Ji first helped Xie Zhijun into the carriage, after thinking for a while, he also followed.

Xie Zhiyun had something to say to him, and besides it was snowing outside, he didn't drive him out of the carriage.

She's not that unreasonable either.

When the carriage was moving forward, Xie Zhijun took the hand stove from the couch and put it on his hand to play with it carefully.

Although it was cold in the late spring, it was much warmer than the deep winter, and she didn't know what was wrong with her, that she was so cold.

It is probably due to emotional instability, from the inside and outside, it will feel extraordinarily cold.

Wei Ji saw that her complexion was getting warmer, and took the handkerchief to wipe her hands.

Only then did Xie Zhiyun look up at him: "Why is the young master here?"

After that, she paused, and said mockingly: "Could it be that you came to pick me up?"

Wei Ji raised his eyebrows, and immediately laughed: "Madam hurried home, and heard that something happened at father-in-law's house, how can my son-in-law not care?"

"If you don't care, I'm afraid it will appear too deserted, isn't it?"

Xie Zhiyun glanced at him: "Tell the truth."

Wei Ji smiled and threw the handkerchief aside, shook his head and sighed: "I still can't fool Madam."

He said: "A while ago, someone came to report that a group of merchants reselling old grain suddenly appeared in the suburbs of Langhuan and Yezhou. It was shoddy, and the rice underneath was all moldy.”

"There were two incidents in total, and the amount involved was more than one hundred taels of silver, which is not a small amount."

Xie Zhiyun frowned, listening to him continue.

Wei Ji's face also turned cold: "When the grain shop wanted to find someone, it was already empty. They were just wandering merchants, they came and went in a hurry, and there was no trace at all. In this way, the grain shop lost a lot Money can only continue to suppress farmers’ rice prices.”

This year has been difficult, and it was hard to get through the winter. Those who had surplus food at home wanted to exchange some money for money. In this way, not only the money could not be exchanged, but also the stored rice would be damaged.

"The price of harvested rice has been suppressed, and there is not enough rice in the grain store, so the price of rice will rise."

In this way, there will be a vicious circle, leading to the decline of people's livelihood.

A seemingly simple trick, but for Yezhou, which has just regained its stability, it has become a fatal danger.

When Xie Zhijun heard this, he also felt that this matter was not simple at all.

"That group is nowhere to be found? Where did they come from? Where are they going?"

Wei Ji said: "They come and go very quickly, but they disappear within three to five days. It is really difficult to investigate, but the sergeants in the sentry battalion are experienced, and they are patrolling these two days, maybe there will be good news."

"I came to Langhuan this time to check for myself and ask the local people if they still have memories. Another thing is to urge the local grain shops not to raise prices arbitrarily."

Xie Zhiyun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. If they are caught, they will be paraded in the street and let thousands of people scold them."

"What madam said is true," Wei Ji smiled slightly, "then act according to madam."

(End of this chapter)