The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 80

As soon as Xu Yuxing heard this, he knew that Xie Yujiao must have taken the matter of arranging refugees to him again, which was very similar to Master Xie.It's not that Xu Yuxing didn't persuade Master Xie before, this kind of thing is thankless, and the court has to force it to do it, but don't try to be a bully and just do it.Who knew that Xie Yujiao would take advantage of him not being at home to take on such matters, which immediately gave Xu Yuxing a headache.

Fortunately, Shen Shihu told Xu Yuxing in detail what happened in Qinglong Mountain yesterday, and Xu Yuxing finally understood that if Qinglong Village cannot be settled properly, it will definitely be a great disaster in the Moling Jiangning area in the future .

Xu Yuxing only frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Although Jiaojiao is ill now, our Xie family can't go back on what we say, but there are more than 30 families and 120 people, which is not a small number. I'm afraid it won't be easy, so why don't we go to the county government first, talk to Mr. Kang, let the court come forward to settle this matter, it's better than others say that our Xie family makes our own decisions, if there are dishonesty among this group of people in the future, no matter what I can ask the court to settle it."

After all, Xu Yuxing was old Jiang, so after analyzing the matter in detail, he still felt that it was best to communicate with the court.The second steward at the side heard Xu Yuxing's words, and only said: "Uncle, you don't know. Mrs. Kang went there a while ago. Mrs. Kang has been worrying too much recently, and there are still a lot of things in the yamen. If it weren't for that, this group of people Even the bandits dare not come to our Jiangning County boundary to make trouble."

When Xu Yuxing heard the words, he suddenly realized, and said: "It's just that this matter is of great importance. Now that Jiaojiao has fallen ill, Mr. Kang is no matter how worried he is. He is an official of the court, and these things that should be taken care of should still be taken care of." It's in charge, the second housekeeper, I'll leave it to you to deal with the affairs of the county government."

Liu Fugen nodded and said yes, Shen Shihu said again: "I chatted with those people in Qinglongzhai yesterday, and I learned something. I originally wanted to tell the eldest lady, but now I just tell the uncle." Shen Shihu As he said that, he only frowned, and continued: "It turns out that those people wanted to blackmail our Xie family because they listened to the advice of those two old guys from the Jiang family!"

When Xu Yuxing heard about Jiang's family, he thought of his aunt and grandma, and his expression was startled.When Xu Yuxing heard that Xie Yujiao had brought the Jiang family into disrepair, he felt that this matter could not be passed so easily.People in the countryside will retaliate, and the Jiang family is not the kind to get along with each other. When they treated the eldest aunt like that, I knew that this family was very corrupt, but I didn't expect it to be so vicious.

I just heard Shen Shihu continue: "It turns out that although Qinglongzhai has established a cottage, it has not done many harmful things. It just robbed several bully landlords in Moling. At that time, the common people applauded. The county magistrate of Moling is a useless person." , I heard that there were bandits in the territory, but I was too scared to provoke them, and the several landlords were not united, so this Qinglongzhai became bigger. Later, I heard that the Jiang family was also an unscrupulous landlord, so I went to rob Jiang. Who knew that the two old thieves from the Jiang family were persuaded and came to provoke the Xie family again."

In fact, according to Shen Shihu's intention, he wished to bring a group of people to Jiang's house again, scare those two old things again, and it would be best if they were scared to death.But looking at Xu Yuxing like this now, it didn't seem that interesting, so he just bowed his head and waited for Xu Yuxing to speak.

Xu Yuxing lowered his eyebrows and thought carefully for a moment, then raised his head: "Since this matter is over, let's forget it. Now there are only two old people left in the Jiang family, and they probably won't live for a few years. Why bother for this?" It's getting hot on the lawsuit." In fact, Xu Yuxing knew in his heart that if this matter got serious, the eldest aunt who lived in Xie's house would definitely have the hardest time. The grievance was made because of her, and now Xu and Xie Yujiao, who have been imprisoned, suffer. I'm afraid she will feel more and more uneasy.

When Shen Shihu heard Xu Yuxing's words, he was a little disappointed. He slightly raised his head and glanced at Xu Yuxing, but he could only lower his head and remain silent.When Shen Shihu came out of the study, he was a little out of breath. When he thought about how majestic Xie Yujiao brought him to Jiang's house to make a big fuss, and now Xu Yuxing let the past go, he felt aggrieved.

Zhou Tianhao heard that Liu Fugen was going to the county government, so he asked Yun Song to go with him. Liu Fu was worried that it would be hard to talk about the resettlement of refugees. Now that Yun Song was going with him, he didn't worry that he couldn't explain clearly. At any rate, the little follower next to Mr. Yang also knew the cause and effect of this matter.

Seeing that Zhou Tianhao wanted to let him go, Yun Song was a little worried, so he just asked, "Master, won't you go with me? What should I say if Mr. Kang asks?"

Zhou Tianhao frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Let's just say that I am recuperating at Xie's house, and it will take a few days before I can return to his place."

"Slaves don't dare to say that." Yun Song shrank his neck and said, "If Mr. Kang hears that you are injured, he will definitely come to see you in person. Mr. Kang is still wearing a heavy filial piety at this moment, and Miss Xie is sick again. How unlucky is it?"

Seeing that what Yun Song said made sense, Zhou Tianhao only held his chin and thought for a long time before he said, "Then you say that I have found a lifesaver, and I want to stay at Xie's house for a while longer to repay the favor, is this the head office?"

Yun Song had always known that Zhou Tianhao never played cards according to the rules, so when he saw what he said, he could only nod in agreement, and said: "Then the young master will repay his kindness here, and the servant will go to the county government and come back."

Xie Yujiao slept for a long time in the afternoon, and didn't wake up until it was time to light the lamp. She felt a lot looser and heard Xu Yuxing talking to Xu Huiru outside.

"Your cousin is not in good health recently, so you can spend more time with her when you have nothing to do."

Xu Huiru nodded obediently, looked up at Xu Yuxing, and couldn't help but say, "Father, if you marry your stepmother and give birth to a younger brother, will you stop loving me?"

"What are you talking about? How can I not love you?" Xu Yuxing paused, and then said: "I don't plan to marry any stepmother, you think too much."

Xu Huiru looked at Xu Yuxing with red eyes and said, "I just saw that my cousin was sick, and I felt sad. Now that I have a cousin, although the whole family is happy, it is my cousin who suffers the most. If it was before, my aunt must be the time I stayed with my cousin all the time, but now I came here for a while in the morning, and now I left again, isn't it because I don't love my cousin?"

Xie Yujiao didn't expect Xu Huiru to be so sensitive, but hearing what she said, she really didn't feel worthy of her.Fortunately, Xie Yujiao knew the nature of patriarchy in this world early on, so she can figure it out a little bit.Besides, what Mrs. Xu said to her earlier in the morning made her feel unhappy. Now that she saw Mrs. Xu, she might not be able to say anything good, so it would be better if she didn't come.

When Xu Yuxing heard this, he couldn't help but feel bad. Xu Huiru lost her mother since she was a child, and has been raised by others until she was a child. She used to think that she was cute and sensible, but she didn't expect that there were so many things in her heart.

Xu Yuxing's originally agitated thoughts were completely thrown away by her weeping question.

"Stupid boy, what are you talking about, Daddy promises that as long as you don't like it, you won't have a stepmother and younger brother."

After Xu Huiru heard this, she became more and more sad. She originally wanted Xu Yuxing to find a continuation, but she was worried that she would be left out, so she felt conflicted in her heart for a while, so she buried herself on Xu Yuxing's shoulder and cried: "Daddy, you know that's not what I mean, I... I just feel uncomfortable."

Xie Yujiao couldn't help but said at this time: "Why is my cousin acting like a baby again? She is clearly bullying me because I have lost my father, and deliberately acting like a baby in front of me makes me feel uncomfortable!"

Seeing that Xie Yujiao woke up, Xu Huiru hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, opened the curtain and said, "Cousin is awake, is she better?"

Xie Yujiao just nodded, leaned back a little, saw Xu Yuxing also walked in, and said, "Jiaojiao, you must not be angry with your mother, she is actually doing it for your own good."

Why doesn't Xie Yujiao understand this point? Xu was spoiled by her family since she was a child, and when she got married, Master Xie made all the arrangements properly.If Master Xie hadn't died of illness, Mrs. Xu would still be just a beautiful lady in the golden house, how would she know about these things outside.

"Of course I know these things. It's just that I get annoyed after hearing too much. Now that I think about it, it's really boring." Xie Yujiao lowered her head and closed her eyes a little. Blessings can be enjoyed for a long time.If she hadn't stood up at the beginning, the Xie family would have been in a panic now, and she couldn't stay out of it.

"It's good if you can figure it out. Don't think too much about other things now. Just take care of your body first. As for the family affairs, there are two housekeepers around, so there is nothing to mess with. There are also those refugees. As for the matter, I have to say something more, you promised too lightly."

Why didn't Xie Yujiao know this? It's just that she brought hundreds of people from Xie's house, and there were 34 young men in Qinglong village over there. If the two sides really fought, it would be a big scene.Besides, Xie's house brought all the men from the dealer, and she really didn't want them to have any trouble, so she stepped forward and took this matter to Xie's family.

Xie Yujiao was a little weak, and when she saw what Xu Yuxing said, she pursed her lips on purpose and said, "Uncle, stop talking, I couldn't help it at the time, the people from Bailai were blocking the way, if there was a fight, I would be stepped on." It is possible to die, and I can only hope to spend a few silver to buy peace. I thought to myself, the price offered by the kidnapper is 10 taels of silver. The situation of 1000 taels of silver, why not do it!"

When Xu Yuxing saw Xie Yujiao say this, he immediately showed a bit of helplessness on his face and said, "I can't say no to you, you are just like your father, you always have a series of reasons to spend money, I am a hard-working person, and I can only work hard and earn more When the silver comes back, it will fill up the hole for you."

Xie Yujiao thought of the ledgers she had seen before, on which Master Xie was still writing in the expense column: Yu Xing's comment: this is not an example; Yu Xing's suggestion: just this one time, and she couldn't help laughing.

When Xu Yuxing saw that Xie Yujiao's spirit had improved a lot, he also felt relieved, and only told her to rest well.Xie Yujiao slept all day, and now she couldn't sleep, so she simply leaned up and chatted with Xu Yuxing about the matter, and asked him, "Have you seen that young man surnamed Yang? He looks very strange to me." not simple."

Xie Yujiao came from modern times, and her vision of people must also have the experience of her previous life. Although Zhou Tianhao often had a kind of harmless smile on his face, he looked very friendly, but the more such a person, The more people feel unfathomable, that's why Xie Yujiao deliberately distanced himself from him.

As for the lost Linghua mirror, Xie Yujiao looked at it carefully, and there was indeed a dent in the back. As for whether it was caused by a sharp arrow, it is unknown.

Xu Yuxing took the mirror in his hand and looked it over several times, only frowned and said: "If this place is really caused by arrows, then this mirror really saved his life." Xu Yuxing only clicked Looking at the depression, he continued: "Look, such a bronze mirror can be shot into a hole. If it is shot on a person, it won't make a hole?"

Xie Yujiao didn't think anything at first, but at this moment when Xu Yuxing said this, she also felt very thrilling, and then thought that Zhou Tianhao had saved Xu's after all, so she said: "If what the boy said is true, I am really inadvertently saved his life."

Xu Yuxing knew that Xie Yujiao was careful, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, I will prepare the food and drinks in a while, and I will go to meet this Mr. Yang. I heard about this Mr. Yang when I was in the capital. It is said that his health is not very good. , I didn’t expect that at such a young age, I have already fought on the battlefield.”

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she only raised her eyes and said, "Uncle still doesn't know! The reason why I say he is not simple is that it is not just about going to the battlefield. We went to Qinglongzhai yesterday. He exchanged that box of counterfeit silver for him, who knew where he went, and who knew what method he used, but he convinced that Boss Xiao, and they brought those refugees down the mountain together. It was also for this reason , I just agreed to resettle these refugees, which can be regarded as repaying his kindness for saving his mother."

When Xu Yuxing heard this, he finally understood, and he just said, "I mean, you have never been such a worthless person, and I thought it was those bandits who saw that our Xie family had money, and thought they had found the big money." Trees, I can’t wait to curry favor with each other, it turns out there is a reason for this.”

Xie Yujiao lowered her head and smiled, then said again: "Uncle wasn't there at the time, there were still many young lads who wanted to join him in the martial arts, and you know that since ancient times there has been a saying that a good man should not be a soldier. The imperial court has not started to recruit soldiers, and those who go to join the army by themselves will be regarded as military households, why are those people fooling around with him?"

"Hearing what you said, I'm a little curious about Mr. Yang, so wait until I meet him."

Just as Xu Yuxing was about to get up and leave, a servant girl came outside and said: "Madam has prepared food and wine in the hall of the outer courtyard, please come over."

Seeing Xu Yuxing leave, Xie Yujiao breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that it was Ziyan who came to deliver the message, she asked her, "I asked you to serve Young Master Yang for a few days, what are you doing here again?"

Ziyan only smiled and said: "Young lady slept soundly earlier, I came back early in the morning, Mr. Yang has his own servant, so I don't need to serve her."

Xie Yujiao thought about Zhang's mother being sick at home these few days, so she didn't talk about her, and just sighed: "Forget it, I don't need you to serve here, you can go home today and serve your mother." .”

Ziyan knew Xie Yujiao's good intentions, so she only smiled and said, "Girl, then I will really go back, girl, wait for me, and I will go to the house to sleep at night."

The wine table was filled with toasts, and there were all kinds of delicacies on the dinner plate. The cook of Xie's family was a master chef in the restaurant in Jinling City in the past, and he could easily cook the home-cooked dishes for this table.

Xu Yuxing personally served wine for Zhou Tianhao, toasted and said, "I met the Marquis of Jinyang in the capital a few years ago, but I didn't expect Young Master Yang to look quite similar to your father."

Zhou Tianhao remained silent, with a faint smile on his brows, it turned out that the Marquis of Jinyang was Zhou Tianhao's biological uncle, since ancient times there were nephews who followed his uncle's name, so Zhou Tianhao and Marquis of Jinyang were somewhat similar, which is true talk.What's more, his cousin Yang Yichen is well-behaved and sensible. He never caused trouble since he was a child, so it is very effective to use his avatar to block everyone.

"I've never heard my father mention it. I will definitely ask my father when I return to Beijing." Zhou Tianhao only smiled lightly.

Xu Yuxing put down his wine glass, waved his hand and said, "It's just that I saw it once in a while at the wine table, how can I remember it? Even if Mr. Yang mentions it, Lord Hou may not be able to remember it." He looked down on a lot, but also because he saw through the intrigues in the officialdom, so he would rather do business with foreigners than register with the Ministry of Rites and do business with the imperial court.

May I ask how many merchants in the world do not want to be imperial merchants, but Xu Yuxing just doesn't want to be.

Seeing that Xu Yuxing no longer doubted his identity, Zhou Tianhao also breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, he remembered Xie Yujiao's illness.The little maid Xie Yujiao sent to serve her disappeared in the afternoon, and Zhou Tianhao was too embarrassed to ask those women, for fear of being laughed at. Now that he finally met someone who knew the truth, he couldn't help it.

"I don't know what's wrong with Miss Xie's health? Speaking of which, the disease was also caused by me. If I had been more careful that day and didn't fall into that cottage, Miss Xie wouldn't be afraid because of me."

Zhou Tianhao understood that if he hadn't entered on purpose that day, Xie Yujiao wouldn't have spent the night trying to save people, let alone get sick from exhaustion.In this way, it seems that he is indeed the cause of Xie Yujiao's disease.

It's just that Xu Yuxing's words were a little strange to Xu Yuxing, and seeing Zhou Tianhao's self-blaming appearance, he turned a corner in his heart and thought: This Mr. Yang came all the way from thousands of miles, did he really come here to repay his kindness? ?Then how does he plan to repay his favor?Right now, everyone in the Xie family's house knows that the Xie family has everything they need except a son-in-law who comes to visit...

"The doctor said that she was overthinking and damaged her vitality. She was not in good health when she was a child. In the past two years, Mr. Xie has gone. She is the only one supporting the family. Even if there is no such thing, sooner or later she will be sick. Once, Mr. Yang doesn't have to blame himself." Xu Yuxing only opened his mouth and said.

Zhou Tianhao has always known that there are distinct levels in ancient times, and everyone's ladies are very expensive. There are very few people like Xie Yujiao who can come out to take care of common affairs. Water chestnut.However, no matter how powerful she is, in Zhou Tianhao's eyes, she is nothing more than a little girl.

Zhou Tianhao picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Kang Guangshou had already told him about the Xie family's wealth.This Jiangning area has always been a land of fish and rice, and there are few wars. The few big landlords here add up, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the country is as rich as an enemy.Now that the war in the north has not ended, one day, the imperial court will still speak to these people.

At that time, she is a weak woman without a backer, so I am afraid she will be very passive. If she knows that most of the family property that she has worked so hard to keep will be confiscated by the court in the future, I don't know what Xie Yujiao will think?Zhou Tianhao felt a little guilty when he thought of this, he only frowned and raised his head for a while, and drank the wine in the glass.

In Xu Yuxing's eyes, Zhou Tianhao's brows were tightly furrowed, but it had another meaning. Xu Yuxing only thought that Zhou Tianhao felt sorry for Xie Yujiao's illness, and that's why it happened. With some thoughts, I just asked: "I would venture to ask, did Mr. Yang really come to Jiangning this time to find the owner of the mirror, and thank you in person?"

Zhou Tianhao was also questioned for a while, if he answered "yes", now the mirror has been returned to Zhao, it seems that this matter is over, and he can leave in two days.If you answer "no", then you will be even more confused about what you mean.Zhou Tianhao couldn't answer for a while, but Xu Yuxing laughed first, and said: "If Mr. Yang can't answer for a while, it's the same with Jiaojiao after two days."

Xie Yujiao had been raised in the embroidery room for two or three days, but she was able to get out of bed. Because Xu had offended Xie Yujiao last time, she felt uncomfortable, so she didn't dare to come to see her during the day, and only dared to come over when she fell asleep at night. , Xie Yujiao knew she would come at night, so she deliberately went to bed early, just waiting for Mrs. Xu to come.

Mrs. Xu has been feeling sad for the past few days, no matter how Xie Chaozong spit bubbles in front of her and pretended to be cute, she couldn't make her laugh. When Mrs. Xu came over this day, she saw Xie Yujiao lying on her back again, as if she had fallen asleep. So he sent the maids out, and sat in front of Xie Yujiao's bed, sighing: "Jiaojiao, mother knows that you are angry with me, all mistakes are mother's fault, mother will never mention your marriage again , don't take it to heart."

In fact, Xie Yujiao stopped being angry a long time ago. If she was too serious about this evil old society, she would have pissed herself off early in the morning.Now seeing Xu crying with snot and tears, I feel a little soft-hearted, I can't help but turn my head, wipe the tears on Xu's face with my fingers, and said depressedly: "Mother, don't say that I'm not angry, I'm just sick and don't have the energy to talk about it."

Don't look at Xie Yujiao who is usually capable and intelligent, but as the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain road, and illness goes like a thread, coupled with the recent light diet, her face has become more and more slender and delicate, with a pair of big eyes embedded in her palm-sized cheeks , let Xu look very distressed, he just hugged her and kept calling his heart.

Mrs. Xu hugged Xie Yujiao and cried for a while, finally calmed down, and remembered what Xu Yuxing said to her today, and said: "Then Mr. Yang is really the second young master of the Marquis of Jinyang, you Uncle said that he looks very similar to his father, and I heard that the family is not yet married..."

Now that Xie Yujiao had a conditioned reflex when she heard the word "pro", she just frowned and asked Xu, "Why have I been ill for a few days, has he left yet?"

(End of this chapter)