Chapter 1173: Joy before Sorrow
Xu Run didn't expect his mother to be so attentive to Master Xia, and he happened to meet his maternal uncle in Qiushuitang tonight, and said, "Uncle, he hasn't seen Xia Jue for a few months, and they have been very estranged recently, and they have lost their earlier intimacy. ”
Mrs. Xu frowned and said, "What about him?" Although it is not a pity, but it is his own person, he has to inquire about the letter, and he cannot be indifferent. ”
Xu Run thought about it too, so he didn't speak. At that moment, Mrs. Xu asked her mother-in-law to call the housekeeper Xu Mei to come in, and told him to go to the master of the in-laws and ask to take care of Master Xia, even if it was to say a favor in the ministry.
"The little ones are going." Xu Mei responded, he was well-known, he had already known about it, thought about it and said: "Madam, Master Xia's matter is not big, but the person has been taken in the prison of the Criminal Department, and even the people of his family are not allowed to go in to deliver food, I don't know why it is so strict?" I'm afraid that some of them will say that the master of the in-laws may not be willing to help intercede, or someone in the Xu Mansion wants to rectify Master Xia, and the small ones can't be sure. ”
Mrs. Xu was surprised: "You actually know?" So what's going on? ”
Xu Mei said: "I heard it last night. "Tell me what I know right now.
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Even so, I have to do my best, you still have to go to Wang's house, and talk about whether it can be done." ”
"Yes." Xu Mei turned around and went out.
Mrs. Xu turned to her son and sneered: "You all like to go to Qiushuitang, don't think that I don't know that you like women and father-in-law." Hum! This is an example of finding a husband, at least it is also jealous. ”
Not to mention, Xu Run did have a very close relationship with a little minister, and there was a story that he couldn't tell, and he was suddenly blushing with shame, and he was embarrassed.
Here Xu Mei went to Wang's house, and Master Wang listened to the announcement and sneered: "That Xia Qi, as soon as I saw him, I knew that it was not a good thing, but it was a loss for your wife to recognize him as a nephew, how could I open my mouth because of this matter?" Forget it, you go back and say hello to your wife, just say that I can only entrust others, and see Xia Qi's luck. ”
Xu Mei came back and told the truth, Mrs. Xu had no way, unless she went into the house to beg Xu Hao and his wife? The question is how to speak? So I can only let it be.
Let's say that Master Xia, who is in prison, is also powerful, and the righteous Xi Shiyi helps him go around, Zhang Zhongyu is in charge of planning, and he bought the girl's family, and promised a lot of silver to the little girl and Sister Fan, and secretly colluded in the prison to confess.
Immediately, Master Xia falsely accused the little official who arrested him and invited him to eat wine at the little house's house, and called the little servant's daughter-in-law, Sister Fan, to accompany the wine, and the little official wanted to ask him to borrow 1,000 taels of silver, but Master Xia did not agree, so the two had a quarrel, and as a result, the little official took military service in advance and forcibly locked them all.
interceding privately, blackmailing silver taels, writing IOUs and other things have all become evidence. The fan sister also confessed that the little officials often came to her house to drink and have fun, and threatened them to participate in it because of the lack of money, and the little girl's confession was the same.
Master Xia is just a little uninformed, but the emperor is determined to sweep away pornography, and the criminal department does not dare to slack off, but in fact, who will take it seriously?
The Criminal Department interrogated two times, and saw that each other's confessions matched, and Xu Xuan was warned by the second brother, so he didn't care about it, he felt uneasy, and secretly entrusted someone to the Criminal Department to ask for care, so the Criminal Department gave a one-sided light sentence. dismissed the little official, Xia Jue was punished with a cane for twenty, Sister Fan was expelled from Gyeonggi as usual, and the little servant was released and returned home, and the case was closed.
Master Xia walked out of the prison of the Criminal Department triumphantly, thinking that he had won the lawsuit with the ability, and returned directly to the Xu Mansion.
When the janitor's family saw him, they couldn't help but say something nice. Master Xia ran the train with his mouth full of mouth, and said proudly: "I didn't suffer the slightest grievance, those officials and copywriters are all good friends with me, and the prison is my best friend, and there are brothers who have died outside, and one of them is all friends." I've been eating and sleeping well in it these days, I don't know if the third young master knows about it? ”
The big guys said, "I don't know." ”
"Then I'll go in and invite you to drink when I come back."
Master Xia returned to his residence, and waves of people came to visit him from time to time, but Xu Xuan didn't send anyone.
Master Xia thought that he didn't know about it, so he was relieved. Who knew that on the third day, he saw Hu Sheng walking in with a straight face, holding something like silver in his hand, putting it on the table, and saying, "This is given to you by the young master." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Master Xia, who didn't react, just opened his mouth to say "thank you", and the person walked away, he felt that something was wrong, and opened the seal suspiciously, it was full of silver, and there was a piece of paper that said: "Two hundred taels of etiquette." Suddenly, my heart jumped, and after a little thought, I understood what was going on.
Stunned for a long time, Master Xia wanted to wait for Hu Sheng to come over and understand, after all, everyone had such a good relationship, but for two days in a row, not to mention Hu Sheng, no one came over, and even a few masters who usually had a good relationship disappeared.
At this point, Master Xia had no choice but to write a letter of thanks, asking to see Xu Zengfu and saying a bunch of words of gratitude. For the sake of face, he said that there was an official who had something to do at home and wanted to ask him to come over to help with the cooking, but it was difficult to be embarrassed, so he had to pass it temporarily, at least until the spring of the next year came back.
Xu Zengfu politely served tea to the guests, and the unwilling Master Xia sent this excuse into the inner house again, and asked a steward to relay it, and about half an hour, the steward came back and said: "The young master already knows, saying that Mr. Xia is doing the right thing, but unfortunately the young master has something to do today, and it is too late to send you in person." ”
Xia Jue, who still had the last glimmer of hope in his heart, heard this, and his heart suddenly felt like ashes, and he said listlessly: "Thank you, and thank you to the prince and all the masters, who have taken care of you for the past few years." I'm moving out today, and I can't thank you in person, please Haihan. ”
"It's okay, I'll tell you about it." The steward agreed.
Helpless, Xia Jue had to go home to pack his luggage, and asked Zhang Shou for a big car, he also had a car and a horse, and the family took two little girls, a cook, and the coachman was a cook's man.
A corn garden. Xu Yu, who was the first to run to the Yuchun Mountain House after school, saw that the Zhu Nephrite sisters were not there, and asked where the girl was? The maid said that she would follow her wife out of the city in the afternoon to recite the scriptures.
Xu Yu came out and went to Xixiangxuan, Mu Lanxiang was not in the house, and the little girl said that she went to the Yuelou to find Miss Jin.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Yu took advantage of the sunset to go down the hillside, and walked up the veranda halfway up the mountain to the Yuelou platform.
There is a pool in front of the moon tower, and the glass string lamp is hung under the eaves, and the lights reflect the waves on the water surface, as if a few golden snakes are swimming in the water.
Xu Yu walked in, and the six windows facing the water were open, rolling up a Hunan curtain. Lan Xiang and Jin Ju, both wearing thin white shirts, lay on the railing outside to watch the shadows in the water.
When Xu Yu approached, Lan Xiang smiled at him and said, "You skipped school again?" ”
"When, truancy?"
Xu Yu sneered, walked over next to Lanxiang and leaned on the railing, it turned out that the reflection of the moon appeared on the water surface, like a jade hook immersed in the water, plus the still blue sky, faintly bright and dark stars, the red light and shadow of a few lights, the water surface was as calm as a mirror, and there was no wave.
Jin Ju held a mountain in his hand, shaking and shaking. Xu Yu stretched out his hand to ask for it, but there was not a word on it, so he said: "It is also considered to be clear, so as not to be stained by ink stains and stain your eyes." ”
Jin Ju said speechlessly: "I was about to ask you to paint, why did you push it so cleanly?" ”
The tempers of the two people are not quite right, just like Shi Xiangyun, who is growing up, advises Jia Baoyu to study and improve, Xu Yu is also impatient with Jin Ju's Taoism, and hurriedly returns it to her, saying, "I don't dare to understand." ”
Mu Lanxiang smiled lightly, Xu Yu turned his head to look at her, and Jin Ju over there also sneered, making Xu Ye unable to understand, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Jin Ju smiled: "Don't sue him." It was Lan Xiang who just smiled and didn't say a word.
Xu Yu said: "Good sister, tell me quickly, and let me be happy." ”
"Who is your sister, obviously I am my sister." Mu Lanxiang pursed her lips slightly, she had the most gentle temperament, and she had always been obedient to Xu Yu, "I won't say it, you can look in the mirror yourself." ”
Xu Yu, who was confused, ran to the house and looked in the mirror, it turned out to be a pom-pom with a purple and gold crown, there seemed to be a little spark, so frightened that he quickly raised his hand to shoot, the spark fell down and floated in mid-air, it was a firefly.
Xu Yu, who thought it was funny, stretched out his hand to catch it, the fireflies flew out, Xu Yu chased after them, and the fireflies escaped from the window, who knew that Jin Ju outside the window casually pounced with a fan, and the wrecked firefly happened to fall on Lan Xiang's shoulder.
Seeing this, Xu Yu shouted: "Fireflies are on you, be careful to fly into your ears, you want to eat your brain." ”
"Nonsense." Mulan Xiang lowered her head and wanted to reach out to catch it, but in an instant the fireflies flew up, and stopped at the heart of the white lotus flower in the middle of the day, flashing and shining brightly.
Xu Yu suddenly smiled and said: "This is exactly, how many people in the pure world have seen it!" ”
Lan Xiang smiled: "It's good that your article is like this." ”
"Why do you say such a detour?" Xu Yu was not happy, "Only the female pedant here likes to speak, how long did you see the beauties of ancient times say these common words?" ”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard Jin Ju's laughter, Xu Yu hurriedly said, "Good sister, don't take it to heart, I'm a fart." ”
Jin Ju hugged Lan Xiang and asked with a smile: "What is this, did you learn it from your brother-in-law in Dongfu?" ”
Xu Hao didn't understand, Shi Zuoqin, who had just come over, said: "It seems that he and Brother-in-law Xu are the same, and everyone says that he is afraid of Shufang." ”
Mu Lanxiang remembered Yu'er's recent appearance in front of Lu Shufang, and she also felt funny, but Xu Yu said in her heart that it was my sister-in-law, how could I laugh with her? You can see what they think of me.
However, Xu Yu was free and easy by nature, and he didn't go to his heart, but said with great interest: "It's rare for us to play together these days, the weather is good tonight, why not be here, invite everyone to eat, don't live up to this good autumn color." ”
The three girls all said yes, and Xu Yu smiled: "Then I'll write an invitation." ”R1152