The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Seeing Lin Xiang run away, Xu Qilang said to Ji Heng, "It really doesn't look like a girl's family at all."

He curled his lips, expressing deep disdain.

Ji Heng hilariously remained silent. He thought that perhaps Xu Qilang had fallen in love with this maverick girl from the Lin family. Boys tend to like someone more and tease him more.

But Ji Heng didn't say anything.

Ji Heng was still holding two oranges in his hand, and sniffed them up to the tip of his nose. The scent of this orange was not as sweet as that of southern oranges, but the strong bitterness contained in the orange fragrance was also very attractive.

Xu Qilang was about to take the orange in his hand and throw it away, when Xu Qilang's servant, Xu Qian, came to call the two of them.

Xu Qian said, "Grandma asked the two young masters to come over."

Ji Heng raised his head and found that Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Lin were standing on a bell tower on one side. From there, he and Xu Qilang could just be seen. They might have seen Xu Qilang picking oranges just now.

And just now the little girl Lin Xiang ran away all of a sudden, not just because of Xu Qilang's dowry, but because her mother found out that she was mixing with boys.

Ji Heng and Xu Qilang also went to the bell tower. When they arrived, Mrs. Lin was gone, only Mrs. Xu was standing there.

Xu Qilang was thirteen or fourteen years old, when he was restless, he reached out to hit the bell, but was scolded by Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu said to Xu Qilang, "The girl from the Lin family is a girl's family after all. You bullied her and your mother saw her. I don't know what to say in front of Mrs. Lin's family."

Xu Qilang felt uncomfortable when he thought about throwing Lin Xiang with oranges and orange leaves, and murmured, "I didn't bully her."

Ji Heng was also quite uncomfortable and said, "Mother, we didn't bully her."

Seeing that the two of them looked like Chinese cabbage with wilted leaves, Mrs. Xu laughed and said, "Forget it. It can't be like this next time. I think that girl from the Lin family will also be scolded by her mother."

After she finished speaking, Xu Qilang said again, "Auntie, I don't think she looks like a girl, she is careless, and said she wants to show swordsmanship with Brother Heng."

When Xu heard this, she couldn't help frowning, looked at Ji Heng and said, "Do you know any sword skills?"

Ji Heng said, "Master Lin taught a set of double-sword swordsmanship, which is said to be a well-known housekeeping skill in his family. The girls in the Lin family just said this. I didn't expect that the girls in Master Lin's family would also learn kung fu. Unusual."

Mrs. Xu also felt that it was unusual, and said, "According to the eldest wife of the Lin family, the girl in her family was born in the Northwest, so it is reasonable to lose the reserve of a lady in Beijing."

After that, he didn't say much about Lin Xiang.

Xu Shi originally thought that Lin Xiang and Ji Heng were a good match, or it would be good to look at Xu Qilang, but seeing that the girl of the Lin family acted like a boy behind her back, Xu Shi didn't treat her as much as before. Good impression.

She can't ask a daughter-in-law to compete with her son at home.

It seemed that Lin Xiang was really scolded by her mother, so when she saw Ji Heng and Xu Qilang, she quickly turned her face away and avoided them.

Lunch was a vegetarian meal in the temple, after which Mrs. Xu took a nap for a while, and Liu Yiniang took Brother Ying to ask for a talisman. At the end of the afternoon, the family continued to go down the mountain and take a carriage back home. city.

When going down the mountain, I passed by that Anfu Temple again. Mrs. Xu wanted to ask the old monk inside to show Ji Heng a face count, but he couldn't find the old monk. Only the little monk who swept the fallen leaves that he met before was there. Said that the host went to the temple on the mountain to play chess with old friends, and he was not sure when he would come back.

So Xu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​telling Ji Heng's fortune.

When we got back to Ji Mansion, it was not too early, it was already dinner time.

Mrs. Xu felt that she was quite tired today, so she asked the aunts and girls to go back to the yard to rest.

Back in the main room, Ling Shuang, the steward who stayed at home, came forward and said to Mrs. Xu, "Ma'am, after noon, a father-in-law came to the palace to announce that the young master is entering the palace."

Xu was a little surprised, and Ji Heng asked next to him, "Is it something important to say?"

Ling Shuang said, "I didn't say it was important. I went to answer and said that the wife and the young master had gone out of Beijing to offer incense in the temple. They asked someone to ride a horse to call the young master back. The father-in-law said no, so he just stayed for a drink. Cup of tea and go back to the palace."

Xu said, "Is there really nothing wrong?"

Ling Shuang said, "Seeing that he is not in a hurry, I think there is nothing wrong with him? Afterwards, the servant asked him to go to the cashier to pay 20 taels of silver, and gave him ten taels of silver, and gave the other two five taels to the father-in-law. The two little father-in-laws."

Xu nodded to show that she understood, then looked at Ji Heng, and said, "Brother Heng, do you know what's going on?"

Ji Heng thought for a while, "I don't think it's a big deal, it's a big deal, he will let me ride a horse to find me. Mother, my son is hungry, pack up and have dinner."

Xu didn't ask any more questions, and let Ji Heng go to the clean room to wash and tidy up, while he ordered the maid to call the kitchen for dinner.

Ji Heng thought about it carefully, and felt that nothing would happen to the emperor, so he didn't take it too seriously afterwards.

The emperor dealt with the rebellion of the king of Wu, and the courtiers had seen his ability and courage. Now there are too many ministers willing to serve the emperor.

A while ago, in the incident of the emperor being poisoned, it was only said that the emperor had a fever and cold. Now that the weather is cold and the illness is cured, he can approve the red seal by himself. It is also good to stay away from Pihong and Gai Yuxi, so as not to cause more gossip.

In the golden autumn season, it is the time when the crabs are plump, and this time is also the last batch of crabs.

A while ago, the king of Wu rebelled and fought a war, and the canal transportation was cut off for a while. Many items in the capital were out of stock at one point, but the Xu family made some war money. Because of her family relationship, she knew that a war was going to happen. Before Jiangnan, she had a lot of goods transported from Jiangnan to Beijing to stock up. After the war, the supplies in Beijing were in short supply, so she sold all the things she had stockpiled before, and made a fortune. Then he used the money to buy some shops in the south of the city under Ji Heng's name for rent. Ji Heng needed money, mostly at his own account, and separated from Ji's mansion.

King Wu was arrested and escorted to Beijing, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal became unimpeded again.

Xu's caravan transported goods from Jiangnan to Beijing, and they also specially brought hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake. It is not uncommon to say that when living in Jiangnan, there were too many good crabs.

Now I live in the north, and the crabs in the north are not delicious. If you want to transport crabs to Beijing from the south, the crabs are very expensive.

The caravan brought a lot of crabs to Ji's family, and Mrs. Xu was not stingy, and gave them to Zhang's family, Liu's family, Lin's family, and some crabs that should be given to her, and Mrs. Xu gave them all. .

So there is not much left in Jifu's own family.

Ji Heng asked the boy to hold the piano and carry a basket, and together with Xu Qilang, he went out that day to visit Xia Jin's residence in Walnut Lane in the south of the city.

After so many months of recuperation, Ji Heng can be regarded as worthy of Zhao Zhili. He spent a lot of money and good medicine on Xia Jin. It is impossible to restore the original innocence.

The carriage stopped in front of the yard, Xu Qilang jumped out of the carriage without stepping on the stool, while Ji Heng stepped down on the stool, Xu Qilang was afraid that he would fall, so he reached out to help him.

The concierge at the door is an old man from Henan, he is very honest and loyal.

Seeing Ji Heng coming, he hurried forward to greet him and said, "Young Master Ji, are you here?"

Ji Heng nodded, "I haven't come here after being busy for a while, how is your son doing these days."

The concierge said, "Young master reads books, practices calligraphy, sings music and practices the piano every day. There is nothing wrong with it, but he doesn't go out."

Ji Heng sighed softly, took Xu Qilang and Baoqin into the yard, the concierge went to entertain Ji Heng's coachman, led him to drive the carriage into the side carriage yard, helped feed the horses, and chatted with him homely.

Xia Jin received Ji Heng and Xu Qilang in the small hall. He was in good spirits. Ji Heng asked Baoqin to send the crabs to the kitchen, saying, "My mother sent the crabs from Jiangnan. The [-]-day shipping is still quite fat, and it is quite rare in Beijing, so I will bring you some. It is said that crabs are hair, and injured people should not eat more. But it’s okay to have a taste.”

Xia Jin thanked him, and said something else, and asked the servant girl Mianzhu to bring him the preserved fruit that he made himself, with sweet-scented osmanthus in it, which was very sweet.

Xia Jin himself still likes to sing. Ji Heng and Xu Qilang were eating preserved fruit, so he sat there, beating time on the small table and singing to them.

In Xia Jin's eyes, Ji Heng and Xu Qilang are still young, so getting along with them is very casual and pleasant, without thinking too much.

When Ji Heng took Xu Qilang and Baoqin to say goodbye, Xia Jincai looked at Ji Heng quietly and asked, "Have you heard from Ji Yong?"

Ji Heng asked Xu Qilang to wait for him by the carriage outside the door first, and then he said to Xia Jin, "Your Majesty is busy, he didn't write me a letter, but he wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that everything is going well. , in good health."

Xia Jin was also relieved, showing a calm smile, but her tone was looking forward to, "I don't know when he will come back."

King Wu's rebellion was suppressed, and the crime of treason would definitely end up killing everyone. Even if Princess Xiang'an who married into the Zhao family was not implicated and killed, I'm afraid life will not be easy in the future.

The relationship between her and Zhao Zhili will only become weaker, and it is reasonable for Xia Jin to have some hope.

Ji Heng didn't say much, but said, "I should be able to come back this year."

As he spoke, he looked at the sky and said, "Brother Xia, I'm leaving first, and my mother asked me to go back earlier today."

Xia Jin used to be a famous actress in Beijing, and his face was the guy he ate. How many people were fascinated by him, but now his face is ruined. Although he tried to treat himself as peacefully as possible, when he met Ji Heng and Xu Qilang, he never Covering his face, however, it is very difficult for him to go out and let others see him. These days, he stays at home and never goes out.

He didn't send Ji Heng to the door, but stopped at the second door, watching Ji Heng go out.

In the carriage, Xu Qilang sighed again and again, "Princess Xiang'an is too much, what a beauty is ruined just like that."

Ji Heng didn't say anything, but he also sighed.