The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

"Mother-in-law, I understand, let's talk about it when the eldest brother comes back." Xu Minqing heard that it was the person he met at the alley.

"Yes, it's better for the two brothers to have a discussion." The mother-in-law gave some advice before turning around and entering the kitchen.

Xu Minqing went into the room and put down his things, and stood quietly by the desk, frowning tightly, this matter was a bit weird.Yesterday he didn't take that person seriously, but he touched the door of his house twice in a row. He didn't care about it in front of outsiders, but he still took it to heart, and now he is here with his elder brother for a while. After An settled down at home, he didn't want any external factors to break this tranquility.

He knew his life experience from the beginning to the end. Unlike his eldest brother, he is not the biological son of his parents, but his parents did not disclose it to him when they were still alive. At that time, he enjoyed the love of his parents and had no intention of finding out. , but if you think about it carefully, you can still catch a few unusual things.

The Xu family is innocent, if there is any weirdness, it can only be related to himself, a person of unknown origin, but he doesn't like this kind of inexplicable involvement.Maybe when he was young, he knew that he was not the biological child of his parents. He even rejected his elder brother and wanted to monopolize his parents' attention, and his parents also held him in their hands as he wished. Some sarcastic remarks, he has never been wronged by his parents, even his elder brother has to take a step back, and because of this, he never thought about asking his biological parents, in his opinion, even biological parents may not be able to to this extent.

He knew that he was a bit despicable. When his parents were alive, he robbed his elder brother of his affection. After his parents passed away, he desperately grasped the last straw of his elder brother. Without him, how could his elder brother fall into the trap of leaving Shangpo Village? At this point, no matter how harsh the Xu family is, the elders in Shangpo Village will not allow the Xu family to force the elder brother to leave his hometown. It is rumored that the entire Xu family in Shangpo Village will be ashamed when they go out.

Now, he can clearly feel that his eldest brother cares far less than his dependence on him. On the surface, his eldest brother has changed a lot. All kinds of people love their only younger brother very much, and they do their best for his future. In the eyes of outsiders, no one can do better than the eldest brother, but only he knows in his heart that he is uneasy.

In the past, he could see the end at a glance, but now the elder brother makes him feel like there is a layer of film behind him. He tried hard to tear that film, but he couldn't do it. In vain, he thought he was a smart person, and he could do it. less than something.Outsiders think that the eldest brother has worked hard, but he has an intuition that the things that the eldest brother does are easy for him. Without this way, the eldest brother can quickly find other methods and accumulate enough in the shortest possible time. As long as the big brother wants to do it, there is nothing unsuccessful. Such a big brother makes him afraid that one day he will not be able to grasp it, and he will be farther and farther away from him.

Xu Minqing lowered his eyelids to hide the complex emotions in his eyes. If the person who suddenly appeared was really related to his biological parents, he could not let him and his eldest brother get in touch with him anyway. Otherwise, his eldest brother might find an excuse to let go of his burden. .

How can this be!

"Boy Qing, the meal is ready. I'll put it in the kitchen. You can eat it while it's hot. I'll go home first, mother-in-law. Remember to close the door." The voice of the mother-in-law sounded from the yard.

"Hey, I see, mother-in-law, you can go home at ease." Xu Minqing replied, and walked out slowly.

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The next day, Xu Minqing found an excuse not to leave the academy with his classmates, but walked out after a while behind him. Sure enough, he found that man again in the same place, a middle-aged man, not from a peasant family, However, because of the difficult life, his body was full of vicissitudes of life, and he was wearing bunt clothes, which were a little pale after washing. Obviously, the living environment was not good.

Although he had already made a decision in his heart, after carefully observing this middle-aged man, Xu Minqing felt a little curious, what kind of family were his biological parents?But since he was given away back then, it would be a bit funny to come to him now.

Seeing that the man was hesitant to come but hesitated, Xu Minqing simply walked over and asked straightforwardly, "You came to see me? What can I do for you?"

"Young master...it really looks like... are you really young master?" The middle-aged man's lips trembled, his eyes were both excited and unbelievable.

Xu Minqing frowned and said, "Sit down somewhere and talk, and tell me who I look like and why you came here." After speaking, he turned and walked forward, the middle-aged man was two steps behind before following come up.

Because the elder brother had already paid the food expenses for the mother-in-law for this period of time, Xu Minqing had always been used to thrift, so the silver taels on his body were kept close to his body, and he brought the middle-aged man into a nearby teahouse , I found a corner and ordered a pot of tea.

Xu Minqing asked Xiao Er to back down, and when he was about to pour tea for the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man stood up suddenly, and Xu Minqing gave him a strange look.

"Young master, let me serve you, how can I let you do anything?"

Xu Minqing withdrew his hand, didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, the middle-aged man straightened up a little, poured a cup of tea neatly and smoothly, and brought it to Xu Minqing respectfully, as if he had repeated such movements a thousand times Thousands of times, but when it was his turn to pour tea, he was somewhat restrained, as if he was not used to facing Xu Minqing on an equal footing, even when he sat down, he only sat on half of his buttocks, and his body leaned forward slightly.

Xu Minqing lowered his eyelids and took a sip of tea. He already figured out the identity of this person in his heart. He must have been a servant of a rich family before he fell into trouble, and someone who resembled him was the master he had served.

Xu Minqing didn't feel any ups and downs in his heart, put down his teacup, looked at the opposite side calmly, and said, "Who are you?"

"Little Master..."

"Don't call me that, my surname is Xu." Xu Minqing corrected.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Xu," the man is very good at reading people's eyes and acting. Seeing Xu Minqing's displeasure, he quickly changed his words, and there was a look of relief in his eyes, "The little one is Jiang Feng, a servant of the Jiang family. , The young one is serving the third young master of the Jiang family, the young young master looks exactly like the third young master, the young one will never admit it wrong."

Seeing Jiang Feng's sad emotions, Xu Minqing corrected impatiently: "My surname is Xu, not Jiang." Only with a surname of Xu can he be associated with his elder brother, and no one can separate him from his elder brother.

Jiang Feng hurriedly shouted: "No, the young master must be named Jiang. I have inquired about it. The young master was adopted by the Xu family, and now the Xu family does not recognize the young master at all. There is no need for the young master to regard himself as the Xu family. To know the Jiang family..."

"Shut up!" Xu Minqing frowned and scolded. He didn't have the slightest affection for the people in the Xu family's big house, and even thought of retaliating against them because of their ruthlessness towards his elder brother. All of them were rejected, and the parents who raised him were named Xu, and the eldest brother was from Xu's family.

Although he was brought up by Xu Xingda and his wife who could not read a single word, and although he grew up in the fields, the scolding of this 12-year-old boy at this moment made Jiang Feng tremble. The young master is worthy of the Jiang family, even if he is down and out and never knows his life experience, but he is so calm and natural at such a young age.

Seeing the anger in the young master's eyes, Jiang Feng knew that he had feelings for his adoptive parents and his family, and it was not something he could fool casually. He had to make the young master accept his true background in a roundabout way. He didn't think the young master would refuse I belong to the Jiang family.Yes, although there is still a lack of further confirmation, he has already determined in his heart that the young man in front of him is his little master, otherwise how could there be such a similar appearance and aura in the world.

Jiang Feng's attitude was even more respectful: "Mr. Xu, is it the young one?" Since the first day he saw the young master, he tried to find a way to investigate the young master's past, tracked down the Xu family in Shangpo Village, and learned that he had been arrested since he was a child. As for the Xu family's adoption, he has already confirmed the young master's identity to [-]% or [-]% in his heart, and there is only one key person's final confirmation, "I want to tell Mr. Xu about the Jiang family's situation."

Xu Minqing nodded his chin slightly, so Jiang Feng sat back in his original seat and talked about the situation of his main family, the Jiang family.

The Jiang family was well-known to many big families in the Northland 12 years ago. When Tai|Zu Zu was still alive, Jiang Dashi was as famous as Fu Xiang, who is now famous, and even more famous than the latter. He was even more relied upon by the old emperor, and was named the crown prince and Taifu. Later, like Fu Xiang, he became a minister of Tuogu, and assisted the little emperor to hold the power of the court. It can be said to be prominent for a while.

Speaking of the Jiang family and the Fu family, the former is a real aristocratic family that has been passed down for several generations, while the latter is described as a nouveau riche in the words of later generations. Supporting the Fu family appeared in order to balance the court so that the family would not talk about it, but the old emperor did not expect the powerless situation. With the ministers strong and the master weak, the ambitions of the ministers expanded step by step, and the relationship with the queen mother became even stronger. The close Fu Xiangrong couldn't allow the Jiang family to constrain him everywhere in the court, and finally ransacked the entire Jiang family's home for unwarranted charges.

"The old thief surnamed Fu slandered the old man for plotting against the little emperor in an attempt to usurp the throne. The old man was caught on the spot and thrown into prison. Within two days, news spread that the old man hanged himself to death. Before he died, he left a statement of guilt. No one in the Jiang family would plead guilty. The Jiang family has a deep influence among the literati in the south. After the old thief surnamed Fu killed the master, he was forced by pressure from inside and outside the court and sentenced the rest of the Jiang family to be exiled to the North. They were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for three generations. Most of them died when they encountered fleeing thieves, only the old and the weak, women and children reached the border, and the young ones were lucky enough to survive." Jiang Feng's voice choked up.

Xu Minqing did not connect the Jiang family in Jiang Feng's mouth with the famous Jiang family more than ten years ago. Even now, among officials, the mention of Jiang's family is familiar to many people. Xu Minqing has heard of it before, but I don't want to be involved with such a Jiang family one day.

However, Xu Minqing's expression was still calm, and Jiang Feng's sadness, anger and hatred did not arouse his sympathy.

Although Jiang Feng's voice was lowered to avoid attracting the attention of those around him, talking about the past still made his eyes bloodshot, and the veins on his clenched fists were exposed. If someone surnamed Fu was in front of him, he would definitely rush forward to kill him impulsively. When he got up, he almost gritted his teeth and burst out word by word: "Those thieves must have been arranged by Fu thief, just to eradicate the weeds and roots, and by the way, push the disaster to King Dingbei, because Fu thief knows that the roots of the Jiang family are in the south. , the Jiang family was loyal to the imperial court and could not let the Jiang family stay in the south, but he was also afraid of pushing the Jiang family to the side of King Dingbei, so he dispatched the Jiang family to the north and murdered them halfway. There were indeed many officials at that time A denunciation was launched against King Dingbei."

It's not that Xu Minqing didn't know what happened more than ten years ago. When the little emperor ascended the throne, King Dingbei's side didn't stabilize. I'm afraid he was powerless about what happened to Jiang's family, and he was restrained by someone who cared about him, so he couldn't spare any manpower to rescue Jiang. Family trips are also possible.

"Then what happened to the third young master you mentioned?" Xu Minqing asked softly. Based on the time, he must have just been born at that time.

Jiang Feng wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, and said: "The third young master is the youngest master. He was only married for a year when the disaster happened, and the young master was just born. The young mistress was weak and weak after giving birth. When she first left Beijing, three The young master used the money donated privately by others to buy off the yamen servant. In fact, the third young master also arranged for another young lady because he expected that Fu thief would not let it go, and knew that the Jiang family might never return. Take the young master and escape."

"You just identified me as your little master just because of my similar appearance?" Xu Minqing frowned slightly. Even if he escaped from birth and wanted to find someone, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

"No, it's not," Jiang Feng became excited again, "I know that there is a servant girl next to the young mistress who is from the north, and she fled to the capital in the early years. I remember that the maid's maiden name is Chen, and the young mistress and the young master It was agreed that if they survived, they would go to the Chen family in the border town to meet."

The reason why Jiang Feng was sure that the young man in front of him was the young master was not only similar in appearance, but also because Xu Minqing's adoptive mother was surnamed Chen.

Xu Minqing frowned and asked: "Then you haven't looked for the Chen family all these years?" If so, why haven't you found the little master he said for so many years, even though he already believed what Jiang Feng said in his heart.

Jiang Feng wiped his face and said: "I went to look for it. After I settled down at the border, I started to look for the Chen family, but when I found it, I was told that the Chen family had moved away. No one knew where the Chen family had moved. , and later because we found the bodies of the young mistress and her party, we thought..."

"I thought someone betrayed them and they all died." Xu Minqing continued.

"Yes." Jiang Feng replied weakly, but soon regained his strength, "I don't know why Luxiu did this back then, but as long as I find the natal family of Xu Gongzi's adoptive mother, I will definitely know what happened that year to let Xiao The master has kept his name incognito, Mr. Xu can rest assured, the little one will go to search immediately, and the truth will definitely be found out."