Relief

Deputy Castle Master Xu brought two people back to the villa, one was his family's famous dandy young master, and the other was an unknown disciple. The doorman took a second look and almost noticed the cold sweat on Xie Zhixu's back.

Entering the front hall, the first thing you see is a white jade screen wall. In Xie Zhixu's impression, this is the most valuable furniture in his family. It was a housewarming gift from a friend when the villa was built.He later found out that this friend's surname was Liu, and he was the Jiuzhezi who had been hiding from the world for a long time in Qiongshan.

Hou Daizhao set fire to the whole villa, even the mansion gate was newly built, but the white jade wall remained.There is also a painting hanging on the screen wall - in the depths of the crimson cherry forest, against the blue and green mountains, hundreds of people lined up neatly, smiling at the painter.

In the very center of the front is a grand master's chair, the person on the chair, Xie Zhixu almost thought it was his father.

Knowing what he was thinking, Xu Tao leaned into his ear and whispered, "So that one has already been burned, and this one is a new painting."

Who else in the new painting is qualified to be ranked at the top, Xie Zhixu knows it all.

He asked, "Who drew it?"

"Who else is there? It's Mr. Mike, of course, depending on his strength and skills."

Xie Zhixu suddenly felt the anger of being betrayed, and thought that Mr. Mai painted the portrait of the owner of the village for his father, how could he paint Hou Daizhao again?What is the difference between this and the second minister.

Xu Tao poked him in the side and bent his elbow: "What are you thinking? The discounted price of 50 taels is enough to paint two paintings. If you don't make money, why don't you just drink the northwest wind?"

Bypassing the screen wall is the patio courtyard, the main corridor ends here, and the moment the sky falls, it will almost blind people.Xie Zhixu closed his eyes reflexively, opened them again, and stared at the fresh pear blossoms in the courtyard speechlessly, covering his field of vision like spring snow.

The mountains outside the village are full of red cherry blossoms, and the white pears in the village are bitterly cold.

"There is a lot of blood, red is unlucky, use white to get rid of dark." Xu Tao said.

They followed Xu Hui around the courtyard, Xie Zhi opened his mouth in vain, but said nothing.

"Don't open your mouth," Xu Tao reminded him, "look stupid."

The servants who passed by from time to time in the corridor all had faces that Xie Zhixu didn't recognize, and they would respectfully say hello to Deputy Castle Master Xu, and then shave the three of them with scrutiny.

Xie Zhixu tried his best to follow Xu Hui naturally, it doesn't matter if he is not natural, Xu Tao is also very nervous, anyone who is watched all the way like this will be nervous.

"Ewha should have thanked her long ago." Xie Zhixu said.

"This is a tree that suppresses the undead," Xu Tao replied, "it doesn't bear fruit, it only blooms white flowers."

The layout of the manor hasn't changed much, Xie Zhixu recognized that they were going to Xitaiyuan, where Xu Hui occasionally lived in the manor temporarily.

As soon as he stepped out of the corridor, he was stopped by someone, his knife-like eyes were always ready to cut people into pieces.It was Wang Suiqu.

Xu Hui stopped in front of Xu Tao and Xie Zhixu, frowning, his whole body was as powerful as Wang Suiqu.

"Vice Castle Master Xu," Wang Suiqu glanced back, only to be blocked by Xu Hui, "The Castle Master told me yesterday that Vice Castle Master Xu came back from a business trip and never returned to the castle to report on his work. Instead, we have to wait and prepare to go back.”

Xu Tao made a vomiting expression behind Xu Hui's back. He always hated Wang Suiqu's tone of voice, and it seemed that he was not afraid of Wang Suiqu.

"Are you ready today? Who did you bring? Yo, it's Young Master Xu, and this is...?" Wang Suiqu's eyes turned to Xie Zhixu.

Xu Hui said coldly: "My work and yours should not overlap, Deacon Wang."

The implication is that you mind your own business.

Wang Suiqu: "Why not! I am solely responsible for the security in the fort, and I will not let anyone suspicious! Just you, stand up, I have never seen you in the fort." He pointed to thank Zhixu.

Xu Tao sneered and said: "Wang Suiqu, you are not cheap, you are crazy to want to be promoted, how do you know my father's subordinates, you also want to be the deputy castle master? Talk to the castle master, let's talk to the castle master here." What are we talking about."

Wang Suiqu ignored Xu Tao, still staring at Xie Zhixu, scanning him from top to bottom as if he could see the hidden sword hidden in the sole of his shoe and the poisonous needle in his sleeve ready to go.

"What's the matter with you." Wang Suiqu doubted.Xie Zhixu clenched his palms tightly. In order to prevent being recognized by others, Qing Jingtian stayed in the dark compartment of the carriage. He was unarmed at this time.

"What's the matter with this expression?" Wang Suiqu said, "Are you looking down on me?"

Xie Zhixu: "?"

Xu Tao: "?"

Xie Zhixu and Xu Tao looked at each other inexplicably. Through Xu Tao's eyes, Xie Zhixu saw his stiff skin, which was loose because of no muscle support, which was indeed a bit weird.

"Use this kind of offensive look again, and I'll screw your head off," Wang Suiqu said, "Smile."

Xie Zhixu: "..."

Xu Tao: "..."

Xie Zhixu acted accordingly, and said with a trembling voice: "Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao can't laugh."

"Am I so scary?" Wang Suiqu looked puzzled and satisfied.

Xie Zhixu: "..."

Xu Tao: "..."

Xu Hui couldn't bear it anymore, he pushed Wang Suiqu away with his palm, scolded, and opened the way with the momentum of the deputy castle master, and led the two to continue to Xitaiyuan.

"Try not to speak, lest someone recognize your voice." Xu Hui reminded Xie Zhixu without looking back.

The Xitai Courtyard is not the same as before. The courtyard gate has at least doubled in size, from a stone arch to a jade arch. Entering the courtyard, the original simple bamboo, wood and flowers have been replaced by precious flowers.A few servants were sweeping as usual, and the round and bright stone road inlaid with broken jade and glass did not even have a single fallen leaf, and it was spotless.

Deacon Xu's yard has become the yard of Vice Castle Master Xu.

Xu Hui took them into the house, went out to find someone by himself, and asked Xie Zhixu to wait for a while.

"Who are you looking for?" Xie Zhixu asked Xu Tao, "Is there anyone you can trust survive?"

Xu Tao shrugged: "I don't know, the old man thinks I'm unreliable and never discusses with me."

The two waited in the house for a while, and the servants in the courtyard seemed to have left, and there was no sound around.

After almost a stick of incense, footsteps came from the door, it sounded like there was more than one person, a girl was talking:

"Second Uncle... Dad told me to come over too, I don't know what to do..."

The voice was so familiar that they exchanged surprised glances.

Immediately afterwards, a thick male voice sounded: "Didn't you say that Xiaotao is here? You two haven't seen each other for so long. If you don't hurry up, how will you get along after getting married!"

Xu Tao jumped up against the case, and the next moment he looked at his expression, he was about to yell.

The door opened, and Xu Hui led the two into the room.The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, well dressed and dignified, her father had a beard, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a ruddy complexion. The father and daughter were not similar in appearance, and the girl was much more beautiful.

Xu Tao yelled: "Uncle, there is something wrong with you! When did Wanyuan get engaged to me again? Are you worried that she won't get married?"

The middle-aged man's name is Qin Zemu, he is the last among Xie Wen's sworn brothers, Xie Zhixu and Xu Tao both have to be called Xiaoshu.

Xie Zhixu thought that Xie Wen's three brothers had died two years ago, but now it seems that flames can also recognize people, and only the third uncle and Brother Xiaotao were burned to death.

"Xiaotao!" Xu Hui glared at his son, beckoning him to speak carefully, then turned around and closed the door tightly.

Qin Zemu didn't care about Xu Tao's rudeness, and put his arms around his shoulders kindly: "Hey, don't you still blame that kid Wu Tao for not being up to date, my daughter hasn't married yet, he died first. Boy, Let you pick it up cheap!"

Xu Tao: "So when did Wu Tao make an engagement with Wanyuan!!"

Xie Zhixu was silent at the side, he couldn't believe that my uncle was so idiotic.I used to know that my uncle's brain is not good, and my father never let him participate in the decision-making of the village's affairs, but I didn't know that he didn't even understand the taboo of human life, and offended both the living and the dead with a single sentence.

Wanyuan was a very restrained girl in Xie Zhixu's memory, she was also a little angry at this moment, but she tugged on her father's sleeve: "Stop talking."

Xu Hui walked around the four corners of the room, closed the windows one by one, came over and grabbed Qin Zemu's shoulders, pushed him down on the chair and sat him down.

"Qin Si, be more reliable. I called you here today to discuss something important. Wanyuan, you sit too."

Xu Hui still knew his fourth brother well.Although everyone knew that Qin Zemu's mind was not bright, but he himself didn't feel it at all, and was often incompetent and furious because Xie Wen held meetings with everyone to discuss not bringing him.As long as anyone made him feel that he was valued, he could immediately go through fire and water for this person.

But IQ determined that Qin Zemu could only be a tool man, and he didn't even question a stranger in the room.

Xu Hui motioned to Xie Zhixu: "Master, you can take off the headgear."

Xie Zhixu took off his face as he said, feeling that his entire face was washed with sweat.

Wanyuan covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice.

Qin Zemu blinked and stared at him for a while, but he didn't see how excited or shocked he was, so he just said in a daze, "Nephew, so you're not dead."

Xie Zhi humbly sighed, I'm afraid Qin Zemu couldn't understand what it meant for him to appear in Xu Hui's courtyard at the villa.

"Uncle, Wanyuan, long time no see."

Tears flickered in Wanyuan's eyes: "I thought... I thought you had..."

Wanyuan is a good girl, in the past when Xie Zhixu and Xu Tao got into trouble when they were mischievous, it was Wanyuan who interceded for them in front of their elders.She is knowledgeable and interesting in reading and etiquette, she is very pleasing to the elders, and her words are effective. Although she is young, she seems to be the elder sister who knows how to take care of others.

Xu Hui got straight to the point: "Qin Si, the young master is back, do you have any thoughts?"

Everyone looked at Qin Zemu, and Qin Zemu's face turned even redder, which showed that he was thinking seriously.

"You have to tell the castle owner about this," Qin Zemu said solemnly, "it's not a trivial matter for the eldest nephew to come back."

Xu Hui: "???"

Xu Tao: "!!!"

Xie Zhixu: "..." Xie Zhixu wanted to flee through the door.

Wanyuan panicked: "Father! How could you do this!"

"What's wrong with me? Is what I said wrong?" Qin Zemu said seriously, "Now all the affairs in the castle are in the hands of the castle owner. If the elder nephew wants to do anything, he can just talk to the castle owner."

Xie Zhixu: "No need, no need, I just came back to see everyone, and I will leave tomorrow."

Xu Tao: "Uncle, are you an undercover agent sent by Hou Daizhao?"

Xu Hui took a deep breath and said patiently: "Qin Si, have you forgotten who killed your elder brother and sister-in-law? Are you handing Jing Hui over to Hou Daizhao to send him down to serve his parents?"

"Second brother, you have misunderstood the owner of the castle. The owner of the castle said that the eldest nephew is neither useful nor threatening to him. From the perspective of the elder brother, he originally wanted to enlarge the size of the nephew. Who knows that the fire is not easy to control. , It was all burnt out. But fortunately, the elder nephew escaped, and the castle owner will definitely let the past go."

A burst of fire rushed straight to his forehead, and Xie Zhixu said: "Uncle! Do you want to say that Hou Daizhao killed my father and murdered my mother, or he is justified! I still want to kneel down and thank him for letting go!"

Qin Zemu was taken aback.

Wanyuan wiped her eyes with her sleeve, her eye circles were red: "Xiao Jing, don't be angry, my father didn't mean that, and you also know that what he thought and what he said were different things. He doesn't even know what it means to let the past go."

How can ordinary people have children to smooth things over for their parents.

Qin Zemu: "Shut up! Why don't I know!"

Xu Hui slapped heavily on the wooden handrail. After he became the deputy lord, he became even more powerful than before: "Qin Si, you have to think clearly, the way to deal with enemies in Taoism has always been to destroy people all over the house, in order to avoid future troubles. Do you think that if Hou Daizhao kills his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he is not afraid that Jing Hui will seek revenge on him? If you hand Jing Hui over to Hou Daizhao, you will kill your eldest nephew with your own hands!"

Qin Zemu: "I..."

Xu Hui: "You and I are the closest brothers of the eldest brother. Do you think that Hou Daizhao has no doubts about you and me in the past two years? Hmph, I was just pretending to surrender, to preserve my strength, and not be afraid of his suspicion. But you, I I know very well that you turned to Hou Daizhao because you were not valued by your elder brother, and you felt resentful, so you turned to Hou Daizhao. No need to quibble! I just ask you, have you been reused and realized your value at Hou Daizhao? You are the elder brother's Brother, you are a second minister who betrayed the Lord again, does Hou Daizhao dare to use you! You should think about it carefully, Hou Daizhao will not give you what your elder brother didn’t give you. Jinghui, earn a reputation for loyalty, and after a hundred years, you will have the face to meet your elder brother on Huangquan Road!"

This was the first time that Xie Zhixu heard the inside story of the night of surprise two years ago with his own ears. He never imagined that his uncle would betray his father for such a reason.

Of course Hou Daizhao won't use you!

No one will use you!

You are an incomparable idiot!

He thought desperately, dad, why did you find a brother who doesn't have a brain?You know, a person without a brain will not only fail to accomplish anything, but will also do bad things!

Xu Hui's words seemed to echo in Qin Zemu's empty mind, his face was blank with no meaning, and he had no idea for a while, "Then...then what do you want to do?"

Xu Hui finally waited for this sentence, and sneered: "I want to make this mountain villa the territory of the Xie family again."