Huaxi Chronicle

Yan's Mansion, East Garden South Courtyard.

In March of Yangchun, everything recovers.

Peach red willow green, full of spring.

Chu Wuge half-lyed in the rattan rocking chair by the lake, eating jujube paste crisps, and drinking the Yuqian Longjing fried just the day before yesterday.Occasionally, there is a spring breeze blowing on the face, leisurely and comfortable, very happy.

Yan Cong'an on the side was not as happy as she was, but instead frowned and looked at the note in his hand with a worried expression.For more than ten days in a row, the content of this note remained unchanged: read the book at home, and read the account at the business.

Yan Cong'an's expression was indifferent, and he tore the note into pieces with four fingers, and discarded it in the water bowl on the desk.

Chu Wuge patted the jujube paste residue on his hands, squinted his eyes, looked at the lake not far away and joked: "People make you unhappy, what kind of anger are you taking with the note?"

Yan Cong'an didn't answer, picked up the fish food on the small case, got up and walked to the lake.

She glanced at the lake, grabbed a small handful of fish food and sprinkled it in the lake.The fish food fell into the lake, causing layers of ripples, which soon attracted nearby fish to swim over.Yan Cong'an sprinkled a few handfuls of fish food nearby, and more and more fish gathered by the lake.Instead of feeding more fish food, she picked up a handful each time and threw it at different positions of the fish school.

Fish eat more and eat less, and most fish are tightly packed together.The heads of the fish collided, and the tails of the fish slapped their companions hard.Schools of fish followed the direction of fish food, turning around on the shore, competing for food.Those who are lucky can eat two bites, and those who are unlucky follow the fish school to and fro and swim left and right, but they can't even compete for a bite of fish food.

Chu Wuge got up from the rocking chair beside him, walked to Yan Cong'an's side, and looked up at the fish in the lake.The koi by the lake 'rubbed their shoulders' and 'pushed their backs', the waves on the lake were churning, and the water was splashing in all directions.

She couldn't help but tsk-tsk twice, with a playful look in her eyes, she glanced at Yan Cong'an inexplicably and said, "It's really pitiful that this fish fell into your hands."

Yan Cong'an remained silent, ignoring the ridicule of the people around him, and just like before, he fed fish food into the lake.

Although she was looking at the lake, she was thinking about other things.

That day when she went to Xun Feibai's house, although she didn't show it on the surface, she was quite shocked in her heart.Yan Cong'an was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, and the people around him, except the servants, were either rich or noble, so he couldn't imagine what a poor family would look like at home.She already knew that Xun Feibai's family was poor, but she never cared about it.

She didn't enter the house that day, but only looking at the furnishings in the courtyard, Yan Cong'an could tell that there was no difference in the house.Irregularly cut and unpolished stone tables and benches, teacups missing a corner, and an empty stove. There is no tea foam in the house. The only food that catches the eye is a few sweet potatoes and things in a bamboo basket next to the earthen stove. Vegetables stumbling around in a small field on the side.

That day at Laoshan Chang's house, although Xun Feibai recognized her as a friend, Yan Cong'an had already expected that with Xun Feibai's temperament, he would not take the initiative to invite her after knowing her life experience.In recent days, she has always thought of Xun Feibai from time to time, how such a poor family can raise such a warm-hearted person.

She approached Xun Feibai on purpose, first to verify for herself whether Xun Feibai was really as upright and kind as the guards had investigated.The second is to make a deal with her after I get acquainted with her.

This transaction is fair and just in Yan Cong'an's eyes, and it is also mutually beneficial for the two of them.But Yan Cong'an also knew that if Xun Feibai could really accept her terms and agree to the deal, it also showed that Xun Feibai was not as simple and clean as he thought.

How to treat Xun Feibai, Yan Cong'an was very hesitant.She didn't want to drag Xun Feibai into the game, but in the current situation, Xun Feibai was indeed the most suitable candidate. If she found someone else, it would be a waste of time.

Yan Cong'an has always acted decisively, so hesitation is really not like her temperament.She thought that that person was Xun Feibai, but she subconsciously wanted to act more cautiously.

She thought, maybe Xun Feibai was too clean and pure, which made her feel a little unbearable.

Chu Wuge first watched the school of fish vying for food with relish, but after a long while, he felt a little bored.She raised her foot and wanted to sit back in the rocking chair, but when she turned around, she tripped over her foot.Thanks to her many years of martial arts practice, she reacted quickly, she just staggered a bit, then stabilized her figure after shaking, and did not kneel directly to the ground.

Chu Wuge turned around and glared at the 'wicked man' who deliberately caused trouble, only to see that the 'wicked man' took back his left foot that he stretched out just now, slowly sat back by the desk, picked up his teacup gracefully, He took a sip lightly, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a faint smile.

Seeing her appearance, Chu Wuge remembered that she must have pretended to feed the fish just now, then approached step by step, moved behind, and waited for the opportunity to deliberately trip her.

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry in her heart, and she cursed herself that she was so complacent, what would she do to provoke this person who must be punished.The two of them have known each other for more than ten years, when did he get a bargain from her.

Chu Wuge straightened his clothes, gave a fake cough, and then rolled his eyes, instead of sitting back in the rocking chair, he took a small stool from the side and placed it beside Yan Cong'an, leaning over to her side on purpose , said in a low voice: "Come on, don't get angry with 'fish', I'll tell you the business."

Yan Cong'an glanced at her, sat a little further away and said, "Don't get so close, just speak up if you have something to say."

Chu Wuge sat up straight helplessly, put away the laughter on his face, straightened his expression and said bluntly: "Do you know that it was not only your parents who fell off the cliff back then, but also a driver?"

Yan Cong'an has always remembered the events and consequences of Yan's father and mother's death, and she has known about it for a long time.There is indeed something suspicious about the coachman, the coachman is not a prostitute servant of the Yan family, but a long-term worker newly hired six months ago.She sent someone to check him back then, but the coachman was innocent, and there was no abnormality in his family before and after the accident.

Because of this, the Yan family gave the coachman's widow a pension of fifty pennies because of the accident.

"I know, I sent someone to check, but there is nothing unusual." Yan Cong'an said calmly.

Chu Wuge shook his head, and said seriously: "It was the same back then, but not now."

Yan Cong'an's eyebrows twitched, and he asked, "How do you say?"

Seeing her solemn expression, Chu Wuge stopped his hypocritical thoughts and said bluntly: "After the coachman died, there were only orphans and widows left in the family. The coachman's wife, Mrs. Liu, was weak and sick and unable to go out to work. money, but the child is young and no one in the family earns money, so if he wants to make a living, he can only live frugally."

"A few years ago, the mother and son lived frugally, and it was not unusual to live in seclusion. But last year, the two sold their ancestral home and moved out of Huaxi County to Binzhou City."

"It's a little unusual now. The Liu mother and son changed their old style after they arrived in Binzhou. They wore silk and satin and served slaves and maidservants. The two lived in Lanfang Lane in the west of Binzhou City. Although they were only a small The second house, but the second house in Binzhou requires at least [-] guan to buy it. The [-] guan compensation from the Yan family is probably a drop in the bucket."

After Chu Wuge finished speaking, he picked up his own tea and drank it all in one gulp.

Yan Cong'an lowered his head and said nothing, playing with the teacup in his hand, his eyebrows were slightly drawn, and his eyes were dim.

Chu Wuge poured himself another cup of tea, and then said: "After investigating this matter, I became suspicious, and I specially sent someone to investigate the cause of the driver's death back then, and I found something else."

She paused and then said: "Although the coachman fell into the bottom of the cliff with your parents back then, he didn't fall to his death, but was stabbed to death before he was thrown down the cliff."

Yan Cong'an put down the teacup upon hearing this, and when Chu Wuge talked about the Liu family, she guessed that the death of the coachman must not be simple.However, she did not find out that the coachman was assassinated to death.

Back then, the coachman and his parents fell off the cliff together. The result of the investigation by the government was that the road was slippery in rainy days, and the carriage accidentally fell off the cliff.She suspected that the death of her parents was premeditated, but she didn't think the coachman was involved.

If the coachman is driving ahead, he should be able to jump out of the carriage at any time.To kill her parents, one only needs to throw the carriage into the cliff, why bother to die together.

It was precisely because of this that she checked the coachman's house, so she did not investigate further.

Yan Cong'an didn't doubt that the news was wrong, she knew Chu Wuge's ability, since she said it was stabbed to death, there was nothing wrong with it, she wondered why she couldn't find out such a simple matter back then?

Seeing her frowning and thinking, Chu Wuge guessed what she was thinking, and explained: "It's normal if you can't find it. The police officers who searched back then were all sealed up with a lot of money. It's also because of this incident after many years. Some people lost their vigilance and their tongues were not strict, so the news was leaked."

As soon as Chu Wuge finished speaking, Yan Cong'an asked coldly, "Who is that person?"

Without mentioning the name, Chu Wuge knew that she was asking who was hiding the truth of the matter with a lot of money.She raised her finger to dip the tea in the cup, wrote four characters on the case, and then wiped the water away with her hands.

Mrs. Yan.

When she actually saw these four words, Yan Cong'an didn't feel surprised. Just now she thought of countless people in her mind, and this person was among them.

Why did Mrs. Yan hide the truth back then, she knew at a glance, it was nothing more than the dead, how could the dead be more important than the living.

At that time, the third house was dominant, except for the second house who had no intention of fighting for power, the eldest house and the fourth house were unwilling to be inferior to others, and they were in a difficult situation with the third house in the dark.Mrs. Yan, however, let it go and sat on the fishing platform by himself.He has been in charge of the family for many years, and the technique of check and balance has already been perfected, but after a long time, he lost control.

The Yan family is peaceful on the surface, but under the calm river surface there is already an undercurrent. If you are not careful, huge waves will be set off. When the mud and sand are falling, the Yan family will only fall apart.But at this critical juncture, the situation changed suddenly, Sanfang Yan Guangxin and his wife died unexpectedly, and Sanfang declined since then.

Mrs. Yan seized the opportunity to suppress the remaining two families, and returned all the power to Mrs. Yan. Since then, the situation has turned around, and the Yan family has once again returned to calm.

A tiger's poison does not eat its offspring, and Yan Cong'an did not think that the old man Yan would be involved in the death of his parents.But now thinking about what happened back then, even if Old Master Yan hadn't participated, if he hadn't contributed to it, how could the troubles have reached the point where brothers fought against each other.

Thinking of this, Yan Cong'an secretly sighed, he really took advantage of the word and did not hesitate to act coldly.