Huaxi Chronicle

With the map given by Guanshi Qian, Marshal Wu and Chu Wuge broke through Tianhu Village in only five days.It's just that the debtor Zhang Tianhu was very cunning, taking advantage of the chaos, he used the old, weak, women and children in the village as bait, and led seven or eight of his cronies to escape through the small road behind the mountain.

After Chu Wuge found Guanshi Qian's wife and daughter in Tianhu Village, he sent them to Lanxi Villa.

Seeing that his wife and daughter were safe and sound, Guanshi Qian didn't want to, but he had no choice but to fulfill his promise and go to his home with the treasure box to get the account books.

In the early morning of this day, Bao He took Guanshi Qian to go to his home to get the account book. As soon as he left the gate of the villa, he saw two people outside the gate of the villa talking to the guard at the gate.

The two were a man and a woman, and Bao He recognized that the woman was Lin Zhu, and the man was Xun Feibai's classmate Zhao Shiyi.

The treasure box stepped forward and approached the three of them.Lin Zhu recognized her, and greeted her with a smile: "Miss Treasure Box."

The boy turned around and saw the treasure box, and hurriedly said: "Miss Baoxia knows both of them. They said they wanted to find Miss Xun for something."

"This is Miss Xun's younger sister, you can just take them in."

The boy hurriedly nodded and said yes.

Xun Feibai and Yan Cong'an lived in Yan's house after they got married, while Lin Zhu lived in Xun's house alone.Lin Zhu is a hard worker, not only tidying up Xun Feibai's house, but since Xun Feibai went to Binzhou to rush for the exam last time, he has made some female celebrities to earn money for the family, and he has never asked for Xun Feibai's money.

This was the first time she came to Xun Feibai, and the treasure box was afraid that she was in trouble, so she asked aloud, "But something happened at home?"

Hearing this, Lin Zhu glanced at Zhao Shiyi who was beside him, a blush appeared on his face, and he said a little shyly: "Everything is fine at home, I have some other matters today and I want to discuss with my sister."

Lin Zhu's girlish and shy appearance may not be understood if it is placed in the usual treasure box, but it is often seen on someone's body recently.She understood in an instant, and also took a look at Zhao Shiyi who was on the side.

Seeing what she looked like, Zhao Shiyi didn't back down, and smiled at her generously.

The treasure box withdrew its gaze, and said to Lin Zhu: "Let the boy take you to the study, my uncle is right there now."

Lin Zhu knew that she saw the relationship between herself and Zhao Shiyi, she nodded slightly, and replied in a low voice: "En."

After the boy led Lin and Zhu into the door, Treasure Box took two guards and Guanshi Qian to Huaxi County.

study.

When the boy led Lin Zhu and Zhao Shiyi in, Xun Feibai was reviewing his books at the table, and he couldn't help being a little surprised to see the two of them coming together.

The three of them sat down beside the table, and Xun Feibai casually asked, "Why did you two come to look for me together? But we met on the road?"

Xun Feibai asked so bluntly, Lin Zhu held the teacup in his hand tightly, lowered his head slightly, and was so ashamed that he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing her bowing her head, Xun Feibai thought she was in trouble, and hurriedly asked, "But something happened at home?"

Seeing that she had misunderstood, Lin Zhu quickly shook his head and said, "It's not that there is something wrong at home, it's me, I have something to tell my sister."

Seeing her shy appearance, Xun Feibai didn't understand why, and looked at her suspiciously.

Seeing this, Lin Zhu felt a little shy again, and said, "Sister, I, I..."

Seeing her hesitant to speak, Zhao Shiyi at the side reached out to hold Lin Zhu's hand, and said to her with a smile, "Let me do the talking."

Xun Feibai looked at the clasped hands of the two, and said incredulously, "You, you two?"

Seeing her expression, Zhao Shiyi laughed and said, "It's exactly what you think, Lin Zhu and I are in love with each other. I have already mentioned the matter of the two of us with my family. My parents want to find a day. Settle the matter between the two of us. Lin Zhu said that he had to ask your opinion before agreeing, so the two of us came here to ask, do you agree?"

Zhao Shiyi has been her classmate and friend for many years, and Xun Feibai can trust his character.But when he first heard the news, Xun Feibai was a little stunned.Lin Zhu and Zhao Shiyi only met before she got married, so I don't know when they met.

"How did you two get to know each other?" Xun Feibai asked.

When Zhao Shiyi heard her question, he didn't hide anything, and told Xun Feibai how the two knew each other and how they fell in love.

Lin Zhu usually makes some embroidered handkerchiefs and sachets at home, and sells them to embroidery buildings in the city after they are done.Coincidentally, the embroidery building where Lin Zhu sells embroidered handkerchiefs belongs to the Zhao family.

Zhao Shiyi had no intention of being an official, and he only wanted to earn a reputation by taking part in the provincial examination, which was an explanation to his parents.The Zhao family has been merchants for generations, and if Zhao Shiyi becomes an official, there will be no one to inherit the family property. Although it is a pity to abandon the official career, but thinking of the huge family property, Zhao's father followed his heart.

After Zhao Shiyi came back from Binzhou, Zhao's father asked him to take over the embroidery building at home.

At Xun Feibai's house that day, Zhao Shiyi had some impressions of the little girl when he first saw Lin Zhu.Later, Lin Zhu went to the Xiulou to sell embroidery from time to time. Zhao Shiyi knew her background and took good care of her.

Knowing that he took special care of him, Lin Zhu often cooks some food for Zhao Shiyi in order to thank him.The two people came and went with each other more and more, and a love affair was born.

The young people are full of affection, so they can't hide it from the elders in the family.The two got better within a month, and the Zhao family's parents knew about the two.

Zhao's mother met Lin Zhu in Xiulou, and she was also satisfied with this girl.Zhao's mother is kind, knowing that Lin Zhu's parents are dead, she feels pity for her even more.

Zhao Shiyi knew that Zhao's father wanted to find a suitable marriage with him, and would definitely not agree with him to associate with Lin and Zhu, so he deliberately mentioned Lin Zhu as Xun Fei's righteous sister in front of Zhao's father.

Zhao's father was not very satisfied with Lin Zhu's background, but his wife and children liked it.After learning that Lin Zhu was Xun Feibai's righteous sister, she went down the donkey and agreed to the matter of the two, but the premise was that the two should make an agreement on the marriage first, so as to avoid being said to be private and suffer. People criticize.

Zhao Shiyi asked Lin Zhu for his opinion, and Lin Zhu said that he had to ask Fei Bai for his opinion before making a decision.Xun Feibai recognized Lin Zhu as his righteous sister, and Zhao Shiyi naturally had no objection when Lin Zhu wanted to discuss marriage with her.He has been friends with Xun Feibai for many years, so he is not afraid that Xun Feibai will not agree to this marriage.

This is why the two came to Lanxi Villa to look for Xun Feibai today.

After Xun Feibai heard the ins and outs of the matter, he knew it clearly.One is his righteous sister, and the other is his long-time friend, so he naturally has no objection to this marriage.

She thought for a while, and said to Zhao Shiyi: "Then your father said when to find a matchmaker to get married?"

Hearing her question, Zhao Shiyi also blushed slightly and said: "If you agree, I will ask Dad to invite a matchmaker to come to the door tomorrow."

Although it was a little hasty, but after the two made a marriage agreement, it was justifiable and they were not afraid of being criticized.

Xun Feibai wanted to discuss such an important matter with Yan Cong'an, so she sent a servant to find Yan Cong'an to discuss the engagement of Lin Zhu and Zhao Shiyi.

After discussion among the four, they decided to set the date in two days.

After agreeing on the marriage, Xun Feibai kept Lin Zhu and Zhao Shiyi for lunch.

After the two left, Xun Feibai and Yan Cong'an said: "There are many things in your village, so you don't need to go with me, I can go back alone. I plan to go home tomorrow to have a look, but I need something else Things need to be dealt with."

The day after tomorrow, the matchmaker came to the door for the first time to talk about marriage, and only accepted the lottery and asked for the name. It was not a big deal, and there was really no need for Yan Cong'an to be there.She thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. But you will bring Lin Tong with you in the future."

Xun Fei knew that she was worried about his own safety, so he didn't refuse, he just nodded in response.

The two of them caught money and took care of things, and Sifang and Chaozhou had already known about it.Yan Cong'an guessed that someone bought Tongtianhuzhai and kidnapped Guanshi Qian's wife and daughter to the mountain. He originally wanted to blackmail Guanshiqian so that he would stop talking nonsense, but he never thought that Marshal Wu would lead his troops to wipe out Tianhuzhai directly.

Without Guanshi Qian's wife and daughter as handles in their hands, those people should have thought that Guanshi Qian had already defected, and in the current situation, I don't know what they will do next.

Yan Cong'an thought for a while, and then said: "The new manager of the villa has been here for a while, and most of the things have been taken over. The autumn harvest is in the end. I will finish the chores as soon as possible in these two days, and I will directly take over Let Xiaojin go back to Yan's house. After you finish the engagement matters, you can go back to Yan's house directly in the future."

The engagement matter can't be completed in a day or two, so it's more convenient to live in Yan's house.Yan Cong'an's arrangement is quite appropriate.

Xun Feibai knew that his wife was considerate of him, so he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart. He was about to go up to him and "thank" her personally, but he heard a knock on the door.

Boom, boom, boom.

The two looked up, and saw the treasure box frowning, walked quickly into the study room, bowed and said: "Third lady, I was negligent for a while, and let the money manager escape."

"Escaped? How did he escape?" Yan Cong'an was a little surprised when he heard that, with the skills of the treasure box, how could Guanshi Qian escape from her grasp.

"There is a secret passage in the study room of Steward Qian's house. He took advantage of my unpreparedness and escaped through that secret passage." Bao He said angrily, "The treasure box is not doing well, please punish the third lady."

Steward Qian's family often has secret passages, and he can easily escape in the hands of the treasure box. This matter should have been planned for a long time, perhaps when he said that he would give them the account books.

"Guan Qian is cunning and changeable. You are not to blame for this matter. Did you get the account book?" Yan Cong'an asked.

The treasure box took out two account books from his pocket and handed them to Yan Cong'an: "I have checked it, and it is true that the account books for smuggling salt are correct."

It was precisely because she lowered her head to look at the account books and relaxed her vigilance for a moment that Guanshi Qian escaped.

Yan Cong'an took the account book, opened it and flipped through it a few times.This account book records very detailed records, when each private salt is sold, where it is sold, and how much profit it makes are all recorded in the book, and each account has the signatures of Qian Guanshi and Yan Guangyi.

Although Guanshi Qian has escaped, this account book is of great use.

"Now that I have the account book, what does Cong'an plan to do next?" Xun Feibai picked up the account book on the table and asked.

"This account book can already prove that Guanshi Qian and Yan Guangyi sold private salt together. If I sue the officials directly, Yan Guangyi will definitely be sentenced to death. But I want to catch Guanshi Qian and Fang Tianhu so that the truth about the murder of his parents will be revealed to the world. , bring all of them to justice, and let them get the punishment they deserve."

Xun Feibai flipped through the account book in his hand, and immediately noticed something strange, and said, "There is something wrong with this account book."

Yan Cong An heard the words and looked at her sideways. Xun Feibai pointed to the account book and explained: "This account book only records the sales of sea salt, but it doesn't record when the sea salt was purchased, the quantity purchased, and the inventory. geometry."

After being reminded by Xun Feibai, Yan Cong'an also picked up the account book again and looked through it carefully. It is true that the account book only has outgoing accounts but no incoming accounts.

The account books in their hands are not complete, and there should be other account books.

She put down the account book, looked at the treasure box and asked, "Only found these two account books?"

The treasure box nodded and said: "This account book was taken out by Manager Qian from the alcove behind the painting in the study, and there were only these two account books in it. Afterwards, I searched the study carefully from the inside to the outside, and found out Nothing else was found."

"Perhaps the remaining account books are not in the Qian's family, or not in the hands of Manager Qian." Xun Feibai guessed.

Not in the hands of the Qian family?Where would that be?Guanshi Qian's room in the West Garden was spot-checked as early as the second day of his detention, and no such things as account books were found.

If it is not in the hands of Guanshi Qian, who will it be in?Could it be Yan Guangyi?

Two days later.

Outside Xun's house.

Matchmaker Wang held the red paper with Lin Zhu's birth date written on it, and said happily, "Miss Xun, don't give it away again. Just wait for my good news."

The last time she arranged a marriage proposal for Xun Feibai and Yan Cong'an, she got a lot of rewards.This time the Zhao family invited her to be a matchmaker, and if it became a reward, it would not be uncommon.

Xun Fei smiled and said, "Thank you for your trouble."

"It should be, it should be." Matchmaker Wang agreed with a smile.

Sending Wang Matchmaker away, Xun Feibai was about to turn around and close the door, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a carriage coming at the entrance of the alley, the driver was none other than the treasure box.

The car stopped, and Yan Cong'an got out of the carriage wearing a light blue skirt.

Xun Feibai hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand, and said with a smile, "Why did you come here, have you ever been back home?"

"I've already gone back to settle down. I saw that it was still early, so I wanted to come and look for you." Yan Cong'an straightened the broken hair at her temples, and said with a smile, "The matchmaker left?"

"Let's go, we can set the date of marriage only after we finish the horoscope tomorrow." Seeing her tired face, Xun Feibai blamed her, "I came back so early today, I must have been doing things yesterday, and I didn't have a good rest ?”

Although the tone was reproachful, it sounded pleasant to Yan Cong'an's ears.Seeing Xun Feibai's serious expression, she couldn't help teasing, "It wasn't because I was busy with work that I delayed my rest, but because Fei Bai wasn't by my side last night, and I felt a little lonely and sleepless, so I went to bed late."

She paused, then pretended to be wronged and said, "Could it be that Fei Bai didn't miss me last night? I was the only one tossing and turning, thinking about someone who couldn't sleep."

The two had been sleeping together for many days after they got married, and Xun Feibai was used to sleeping together, last night she also lay on the bed for a long time before she was able to fall asleep.

Hearing what she said now, she turned around and joked: "The ancients said that not seeing each other every day is like three autumns, and you can't deceive me." She purposely approached Yan Cong'an's ear, and said in a low voice, "I am too. I miss Cong'an very much, tonight I want to get rid of this pain of lovesickness with Cong'an."

Yan Cong'an's face was flushed when he heard the words, and he gave her an angry look and said, "The sky is bright and the sun is bright, don't talk nonsense." After she finished speaking, she felt puzzled, and stretched out her hand to pinch Xun Feibai again.

Xun Feibai grabbed Yan Cong'an's hand, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, and said with a smile, "You were the one who made fun of me first, so you will despise me now, and you really have wronged me. What's more, what I said What you said from the bottom of your heart is nonsense."

Yan Cong'an turned around and stopped talking to her, swearing in his heart that this little bastard was really getting bolder and dared to say anything stupid.

Seeing this, Xun Feibai hurriedly pulled her into his arms, coaxing him in a low voice, "Don't bother me from Cong'an, I don't see you for a day, I'm very Siqing." He kissed her sideways, "Cong'an Wait here for a while, I will tell Lin Zhu, and I will go home with you."

Soft-spoken, sweet as honey.

Yan Cong's unhappiness dissipated from An Xin's heart, and she couldn't help but softly replied: "Yes."