Ji Tang

Chapter 966 Enemy Father and Son
The master and servant talked about the pain of separation for many years. It was only then that the quiet young man beside him caught Lao Zhang's attention!
"Is this Xiaolangjun?"

Xie Kuan smiled and nodded: "It's Xiao'er!"

Then he waved to Xie Lin and said, "This is your Grandpa Zhang. I have followed your grandfather at home for decades. Why don't you come over and meet him soon?"

"Lin, I have met Grandpa Zhang!"

This time Lao Zhang didn't refuse. Looking at the quiet and handsome young man, he couldn't be happier.

Regarding the young man, his wife and husband have been thinking about him day and night, and now they are finally back.They will definitely be happy to see the child later.

"I have met Mr. Xie's husband, madam, and Mr. Xie!"

At this time, Lao Liu came from a distance and saluted hurriedly.

Xie Kuan was stunned, he didn’t know this person!So I looked at Uncle Zhang!
"Oh! It's all my fault, I almost forgot to introduce you!"

He pointed at Lao Liu and said: "This is the housekeeper of your sister's brother-in-law's house. Just call him Lao Liu. Your brother-in-law specially asked him to come here to wait for you this time. It's just half a month. I don't think so."

Xie Kuan suddenly realized: "Xie Kuan has met Butler Liu, but isn't the steward of my brother-in-law's house Uncle Zheng? Why?"

Hearing this, Old Liu smiled and said: "I hope that Lang Jun will know that Butler Zheng has retired and is now a worshiper of the Ji family. He is living in Zhuangzi for the rest of his life. The old slave is not talented and was appointed as the steward by the master of the family."

"I see!"

Xie Kuan said with some emotion: "Uncle Zheng can be regarded as a righteous man. I heard that his son was recognized by the Ji family and established a separate sect of the Ji family. What a blessing!"

Old Liu Renyan just smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, okay. Madam and Master are waiting for you to go home. Let's go back quickly. They have been waiting impatiently these days!"

Old Liu also said: "Yes, this is not the place to talk. I have to report to my father-in-law quickly."

"Old Zhang, I've called you here, I'll take the first step!"

After saying this, he saluted Xie Kuan, and Xie Kuan returned a half salute to show respect.

After Xie Kuan saw Lao Liu leaving, he waved his hand: "Let's go home."

The bruises on Ji Song's face have finally faded a lot and are basically invisible unless you look carefully.He was having a headache at the moment, and looking at the handsome kitten standing in front of him, he couldn't hit or scold him.

He raised his hand several times, but seeing her nervously closing her eyes, he couldn't put it down.

You Ning almost dozed off while watching, and it was like this again this time. He said angrily: "Just get used to her. She will get married in a few years. We will see if her mother-in-law will get used to her in the future." Hold her."

"Father and daughter, please take your time and play, I'm leaving!"

The little cat opened one eye to secretly check his father's expression. When Ji Song saw it, he raised his hand again!

"Hey! What a sinner, tell me about you. I told you to take care of yourself at home. How about you go and join forces with Yu'er and those little girls who don't know the heights of heaven and earth to beat up Li Fu and Li Ming? Plus, what's more? Yu’er’s brother?”

"What kind of behavior is this? This is contempt of the royal family. If your father and I hadn't received this beating, how could you guys have been let off so easily? It's okay now. Your father and I's plan was in vain."

He tapped the girl's forehead hard and said angrily: "I will follow your mother to the palace tomorrow and apologize to Li Fu and Li Ming in person, do you hear me?"

The little cat suddenly raised his head and said angrily: "Why? I won't go, but you will go!"

"Hey, have you learned how to talk back? You really thought I couldn't hit you with my palm, did you?"

This made Ji Song so angry that he picked up the ruler and wanted to teach this girl a lesson!
"Master, Master, the young man of the Xie family is back, he's back!"

Ji Song, who had just raised the ruler, was stunned. Now he couldn't care about anything else. He quickly stood up and said, "Is that boy Xie Kuan back?"

Lao Liu panted and said: "Reporting to the head of the family, just now, the Xie family's housekeeper and I picked up the husband of the Xie family. He should be home soon."

"Does Madam know?"

"I know. I saw Madam when I came in just now. She has already gone to Xie's house now."

Ji Song was also filled with emotion. This kid was finally back. If he didn't come back, he would send someone to capture him.Although the father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't say it, they didn't know what they thought about their son and grandson.

This kid is good. He has been away for many years. Both father and son are determined to save face and suffer the consequences. Neither one is willing to bow his head, so the stalemate has continued until now.

"Okay, you go down and get ready first, I'll be there later!"

"Yes, sir!"

When Lao Liu left, he glared at the kitten who was eavesdropping with his ears pricked up, and said fiercely: "There is no need to discuss this time. You have to go if you go, and you have to go if you don't go. You have no fault in this matter!"

After saying that, he didn't care about the aggrieved kitten and left cruelly. He was worried that his heart would soften again later.

Xie House.

Xie Lian has been on sick leave these days and has been at home. The situation in the court is changing at this time, and the differences between the courtiers and His Majesty are getting bigger and bigger.He just couldn't stand this endless and pointless quarrel.I simply asked for leave and refused to go.

"Are you going to stay at home like this?"

Mrs. Zhang became very angry when she saw her husband walking back and forth. It has been like this since she went home on leave, which made her upset!

"Come on, when I was away from home before, you complained that I didn't care about the family. Now that I'm at home, I'm annoying you again? Have you taken advantage of all the reasons?"

Mrs. Zhang raised her eyebrows when she heard this and said quietly: "What? No?"

"Of course. That's fine. It's whatever you say!"

I thought about being tough, but when I saw my wife's expression, my expression immediately changed.

"Hmph, count you acquainted!"

After waiting for a while, Ms. Zhang said worriedly: "We promised to arrive in three to five days. It's already been half a month, why haven't we come back yet?"

"How about we send someone to look for it?"

Xie Lian was also very annoyed by this matter, but when he heard the madam's unreasonable suggestion, he rolled his eyes: "Looking for it? How to find it? There are thousands of people on the official road every day, and we don't know which road they took. , what’s the difference between this and finding a needle in a haystack?”

Mrs. Zhang also felt that this was unreliable. Suddenly her eyes lit up, she poured tea for Xie Lian tenderly, and even served it to him thoughtfully. This shocked Xie Lian!
"Madam, if you have something wrong, just tell me. You are not used to being a husband like this!"

Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes, but still smiled and said, "Aren't you the Minister of Household Affairs?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded her husband's forehead and said, "Think about it, Kuan'er is also a county magistrate. He stayed at the inn most of the time along the way. Ask your colleagues to help check and see what they are doing." Where have you been?"

Zhang thought it was a sure thing, but Xie Lian shook his head repeatedly.

"No, no! This is a public weapon for private use. I don't care about it. Don't even think about it!" "You are so stupid. If I follow you, I will be blind!"

Mrs. Zhang almost couldn't breathe, and her face turned red with anger. She had seen pedantic people, but she had never seen such a dull person.Is this considered a public instrument for private use?It's just asking someone to check it out. It's not a national secret. What's the point?

"Mom, where is my brother? Why haven't I seen him?"

Just when Mrs. Zhang was about to enforce the 'family law', she saw her daughter running in.This made Xie Lian breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why haven't you seen your brother? They don't know where they are at the moment. You said they were too, and they looked very steady at all. We agreed to do it in three to five days. How long has this been going on?”

You Ning noticed something was wrong as soon as she came in, but she didn't expose it. She had seen such things so many times when she was a child that she was no longer surprised.

Hearing his father's words, You Ning was stunned: "You didn't receive the news?"

"what news?"

This is what Xie Lian and Zhang asked at the same time.

"I saw Butler Liu come back just now. He said that he had picked up his brother, sister-in-law and others. Has he not come back yet?"

Xie Lian and Chang Shi were stunned, looked at each other, and quickly shook their heads: "No, I haven't received any news at all!"

"Master, madam, look who's back!"

At this time, the voice of the housekeeper Lao Zhang came from outside the door.

Everyone was stunned at first, then overjoyed and hurriedly ran outside!
Xie Lian walked outside the door and saw a man with a short beard and a slightly excited but still steady expression.Who else could this be but his own son?
"Unworthy Zikuan, please pay respects to your father and mother!"

He turned around and looked at You Ning, smiled and said, "Sister!"

You Ning couldn't help but shed tears. He stepped forward to hug his brother, slapped his back and said harshly: "You still know how worried your sister and parents are about you when you come back? You are just a heartless person. It’s so cruel to not go home for so many years!”

At this time, a woman held a pink and jade-carved little girl in her arms, and a quiet young man beside her stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Unworthy daughter-in-law has seen her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and has not served you and your elders for many years. It’s my daughter-in-law who has lost her duty, and she wants her father-in-law and mother-in-law to punish her!”

"My grandson Xie Lin has met her grandparents!"

The girl in her arms also said softly: "Grandpa and grandma!"

Xie Lian and Mrs. Zhang quickly helped their daughter-in-law up, looked at her gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law, and said hello repeatedly.When I saw the girl in my arms, I couldn't take my eyes away anymore.

"Is this a little fish?"

Mrs. Wu smiled and nodded. Mrs. Zhang could no longer bear it and quickly picked up the little girl in her arms, calling her "little girl."

"Are you Lin'er?"

Xie Lian looked at the young man who was so quiet and still holding a book in his hand, and said excitedly.

"grandfather!"

Xie Lin also smiled and agreed.

"Okay, okay, grandpa's good grandson, I have made you and your mother suffer all these years. Don't leave when you come back this time. If your father wants to leave, let him go alone. He has no ability, and he drags his wife and children to suffer. Let’s see if grandpa doesn’t take care of him!”

Holding my grandson's hand and never letting go, it was like holding a diluted treasure, for fear that it would disappear as soon as I let go.

The young man was a little reserved, but the care in the old man's eyes could not be deceived.Gradually, he merged his long-lasting memory with the figure of the old man in front of him, and shouted with red eyes: "Grandpa!"

"Hey, grandpa is here!"

"Grandpa's good grandson, you have suffered a lot these years. Didn't your father say you like reading? What's the big deal? Grandpa will send you to Taibai Academy in a while. Taibai Academy knows, right? That's our university. The largest academy in the Tang Dynasty has the best teachers and the best resources. There are books there that you can never finish reading in a lifetime. You can read them whenever you want."

"Thank you grandpa!"

Xie Lin's eyes gleamed when she heard it, and Xie Lian felt heartbroken when she saw it.Poor child, with such an unreliable father, he couldn't even hope to read a book. Thinking of this, he gave his son a fierce look, which made Xie Kuan confused!

"Yes, yes, go to the academy to study. That academy was built by your uncle. My family can go there whenever they want. Then I will ask your uncle to choose a good teacher for you."

"Thank you grandma!"

Zhang and Xie Lian were pleasantly surprised. This child was so sensible, which made them completely relieved.

"Silly boy, how can you thank your grandparents? Your grandparents are the closest people to you in this world. You don't dare to say that again in the future. You don't see many people outside!"

Only then did Xie Lian look at his son. He blew his beard and glared: "You kid, you still know how to come back? Over the years, others have thought that I, Xie Lian, have no son. You are really good at it!"

"My son is unworthy and makes my father worried. It was my son who was wrong before, so I asked my father to punish me!"

After saying that, she knelt down on the ground. When Mrs. Wu saw it, she also knelt down next to her husband and said: "As a wife, I cannot advise my husband. I have not been able to show filial piety in front of your two elders. If you want to punish me, just punish your daughter-in-law!"

"you you"

Xie Lian pointed at the two of them and was speechless.

"What's going on? Why did you kneel down as soon as you got home? Brother Kuan, it's not okay to make your father angry just after you got back!"

Everyone was stunned and looked back, only to see a man in a purple robe whose age appeared behind them, looking at them with a smile.

"Brother-in-law?"

"Hey, you too, why are you so unreliable? It was agreed to be three days, but it's been half a month since you came back. I thought you were caught by some goblin on the way and became a son-in-law! "

"What are you talking about? Be more serious!"

You Ning pinched her husband hard, feeling angry.

hiss!Ji Song bared his teeth, this bitch is really aggressive!
"You Ning, don't be rude!"

When Xie Lian saw his daughter being so rude, he immediately scolded her.

Ji Song quickly said: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, it's just a joke!"

Then he pointed at the two people kneeling on the ground and said, "What's going on? Why do you let them kneel down?"

After speaking, he said to the two of them: "Get up, my father-in-law is joking with you! You too, can't you tell that you are joking?"

Mrs. Wu looked at her husband, wondering who this person was, waiting for her husband to make up his mind!
"Since my brother-in-law said it, let's get up. My father must be joking with us!"

After speaking, he secretly glanced at his father. Xie Lian just pretended not to notice and just snorted to express his dissatisfaction!
"Okay, okay, brother Kuan is back after a long time. You should be a big man and don't remember the villain's mistakes. Don't be like him. When you get back, I will take care of this kid for you. It's too shameful. You haven't been home for so many years. , You really deserve to be beaten!”

Ji Song quickly winked at his father-in-law, and the meaning was self-evident: It's almost done, don't scare him away again, there will be no place to cry when the time comes.

Xie Lian just couldn't let go of his face. Since Ji Song said so, he gave him a step down, glared at his son, and pulled his grandson into the lobby.

(End of this chapter)