The Stepmother is Unkind

The investigation went well, which should have been a happy event, but Xie Qin stood at the window, as if he was teaching ice and snow to seal it, his whole body was full of heavy and oppressive coldness.

Xie Ce was with Mrs. Qi, and only Yin Mingyu and him were left in the house.

Yin Mingyu was also silent, sitting on a chair and quietly looking at the direction of the clan temple. It was pitch-dark, like an abyss, full of rot and sin, and the ordinary looking people in Butterfly Valley, It's ignorant and cruel.

They hadn't even seen it with their own eyes, and shuddered at the slightest imagining.

"Only the heaviest punishment can curb the heart of sin."

Xie Qin's firm voice sounded in the silence.

Yin Mingyu listened to his voice and slowly raised his head. There were stars in the sky. Under the stars, everything would be invisible, whether it was good or bad...

If they were rich and unkind, their hearts full of eyes, they really only had pleasure, and they didn't care about the life and death of the people, they probably wouldn't be uncomfortable.

They are all living people, they cannot turn a blind eye, hear but not hear, and do what they can do with their own will and method, as evidenced by the bright moon and stars.

Of course... Gods and Buddhas can too.

The next day the group had to return to the state city, because they wanted to arrive before dark, and they didn't want to rush too much on the road, so they were ready to leave at dawn.

Yin Mingyu was thinking about things, left Xie Qin and Xie Ce, left the inn first, and went straight to Die Immortal Temple.

It was still early, and it was still deserted outside the Die Immortal Temple, but as soon as Yin Mingyu stepped in, he saw Liu Niangzi and the other two young ladies worshipping Die Immortal with a devout look on their faces.

And the three little ladies were guilty of being thieves. As soon as they heard the movement, they immediately turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Prefect. All of a sudden, her face and neck were all red, and they said hello: "Mrs. Prefect..."

Yesterday, Mrs. Liu raised her arms, and everyone responded, but now she is twitching again.

Yin Mingyu was amused, raised his hand and said, "You continue, how can you come to Butterfly Valley and not pay homage to Butterfly Immortal?"

The other two little ladies smiled shyly and continued to pray.

Liu Niangzi also remembered what happened yesterday, and came here again today to seek marriage.

People go from one extreme to the other and are easily out of balance.

Yin Mingyu didn't show his face, and only said warmly to Mrs. Liu: "Bring me an incense stick."

Madam Liu was surprised, and immediately took a stick of incense and handed it to her respectfully. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Madam, do you also worship Die Immortal?"

"Is there anything wrong?" Yin Mingyu said with a calm expression, and he said it as a matter of course, "The purpose of building a temple is to receive incense, so why not worship incense?"

It makes sense, but... Butterfly Immortal Temple is for marriage!

Lady Liu's expression was complicated, but Madam Prefect was so calm that she let go of the inexplicable burden in her heart and continued her unfinished prayers.

For Yin Mingyu, the point is not what the gods and Buddhas care about.

She didn't kneel, just held the incense and closed her eyes to pray—

Butterfly Immortal is above, I am a simple person, and I only want money.

I am content and happy, I do not seek daily gold, but only a trickle, a steady stream.

I am also flexible. If the previous one fails, bless me with more ill-gotten gains, but they can be used for the common people, so that Xie Qin can make up the money.

If the previous one doesn't work...

You two are so useless.

On the other side, everyone had already arrived outside the Die Immortal Temple. Mrs. Qi got into the carriage directly. Xie Qin and Xie Ce stood under the carriage and looked left and right.

"Father and mother?"

Xie Qin summoned guards, and upon inquiring, learned that Yin Mingyu was actually in the temple, so he walked to Die Immortal Temple.

Xie Ce also followed behind his father.

As soon as the father and son stood at the gate of the temple, they saw Yin Mingyu standing in front of the Butterfly Immortal statue alone, and three other little ladies standing beside them waiting boredly.

When the little ladies noticed Xie Qin, they all looked surprised and wanted to say hello.

Xie Qin raised his hand slightly, interrupted their unspoken words, and walked towards Yin Mingyu.

Xie Ce also crept up without making a sound.

Yin Mingyu still closed his eyes and muttered to the two butterfly fairies in his heart—

Even if you have spirits, you should teach the clansmen to die of anger, but I am able to bend and stretch, and take back the sentence I thought before, I did not take the opportunity to scold you.

If you can't do it, you can't do it, everything depends on yourself...

And Xie Qin looked at the half of the incense in her hand, and didn't know how long she had been begging in the Marriage Temple, her face became more and more cold, and she raised her hand and patted the back of her head gently.

Yin Mingyu's head taught him to pat the ground forward, and subconsciously opened his eyes, looking for the culprit.

Xie Qin said coldly: "If you don't insert it into the incense burner, it's time to burn your hands."

Only then did Yin Mingyu realize that there was only half of the incense left in his hand, so he hurriedly stepped forward and inserted the incense into the incense burner himself.

When she returned, she still did not know how to restrain herself. She put her hands together and planned to complete the final procedure.

Xie Qin couldn't bear it any longer, so he grabbed her wrist and pulled her away.

Xie Ce covered his mouth and snickered, and followed with brisk steps.

The three of Liu Niangzi still stood there.

From the moment when the governor started to pat Mrs. governor, the eyes of the three of them were wide open. That kind of natural and intimate action was not like what a calm governor would do, at least in their imagination, it would never be. Have.

The surprise in their eyes never subsided until the three of them watched the governor's family go out and looked at each other again.

Based on their expectations and imaginations about marriage, it should be a fairy couple who is beautiful, but the governor and the governor's wife don't seem to be glued and affectionate all the time, but they are extraordinarily comfortable.

They can't describe...

"gone!"

There were shouts from outside, and the three picked up their emotions and hurried out.

Before the convoy set off, Patriarch Hu, Patriarch Fan and others came to see him off one after another. Xie Qin was a little indifferent, but except for Yin Mingyu, no one else noticed the difference in his attitude.

Before Yin Mingyu returned to the carriage, Xie Qin said softly to her, "Next time you come, you must step down here."

Yin Mingyu turned his head to look at Xie Qin, then looked back at the two clansmen who were still standing in Butterfly Valley and Taniguchi, and replied, "I believe in Lord Lang."

In the evening, their convoy will return to the state city before the city gates are locked.

Chu He has been dealing with Xie Qin these days, and he simply stayed in the guest room of the prefecture's house, which was his own. Therefore, as soon as the three members of the Xie family returned, he immediately went to greet him outside the prefecture.

When the little gentlemen saw him, their eyes instantly became extremely eager.

Chu He grew up to such an age, and he has only received such eager eyes from the little ladies.

Yin Mingyu glanced at him sympathetically, and without leaving a word, took Xie Ce in first.

Xie Qin also did not answer Chu He, and taught the little princes who insisted on being sent to the prefecture to go home.

The little princes said goodbye to the prefect, and bowed to Chu He, and then left together.

Chu He was even more strange. He stared at Xie Qin and asked, "Jing Ming, what have you done?"

Xie Qin didn't tell him the answer until he entered the back house.

Chu He: "…"

Why is his best friend always cheating on him?

But the more close friends, the more used to pit.

At this point, Chu He could only recognize it and sat down at the stone table with Xie Qin.

Yin Mingyu was on the rocking chair next to him.

She is lazy and hard to change. When she is playing, she is full of energy. When she is not playing, she can lie down and never sit. When she returns to her own place, she habitually lies on the rocking chair first, which is comfortable and comfortable.

But Xie Qin and Chu He sat next to her and began to discuss the Butterfly Valley very seriously.

Chu He: "The ship they mentioned probably came from the port. If it is as you guessed, let the guards mix in and enter the hole, which will be easier to investigate, and it will be easier to deal with the inside and outside in the future."

Xie Qin nodded and said, "I have the same plan. I have already told people to rush to the port. If I really bring people in, I will wait for the opportunity to sneak in."

The uncontrollable anger on Chu He's face, "If you really never abducted people from outside, it would be a pity that all the people in Butterfly Valley would die!"

Xie Qin's eyes were also cold.

Yin Mingyu didn't want to listen to these serious things in her spare time, but their conversations kept in her ears, she listened, she had some bold associations, and interjected: "Could it be that Lingnan disappeared thirty years ago? Are people also involved in this?"

Xie Qin and Chu He also had similar suspicions in their hearts, but if it was true, how many people would have been buried in the Butterfly Valley from thirty years ago to the present?

They are officials, and they dare not imagine what kind of suffering the people will suffer...

Yin Mingyu waved a fan, slapped a moth away, and said, "The two clans don't seem to be in harmony, which is contrary to the content of the fairy tale of the butterfly. The two clans that have hated each other from generation to generation will really love a song and cry. , shake hands and make peace?"

But that was a hundred years ago...

All three stopped talking.

In the end, Chu He was not as calm as their husband and wife, and said with hatred: "Check! I will read Nanyue's classics again tomorrow!"

Yin Mingyu did not interfere, and after sincerely encouraging the two of them, he went back to the house to hide.

Xie Qin did not do it himself. After giving it to Chu He along with the bag of soil, he went back to write the secret book and sent it to Beijing.

Only Chu He realized that he was doing the work on his own again, and hated the couple Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu very much.

When Xie Qin sent this seal out of the prefecture, Jingzhong had just received his report of 50,000 taels of the seal.

With the special permission of Emperor Zhao, Xie Qin's secret fold can be heard directly in the sky.

Not long ago, Emperor Zhao received Xie Qin's secret document and sent someone to check whether the ship was docked at a port near the capital.

The person Xie Qin sent to deliver the secret book, who traveled day and night, actually delivered it before the ship. Emperor Zhao's undercover guards guarded the port for two days, and then squatted and guarded the cargo ship.

Followed all the way until the batch of things were sent to a mountain forest on the outskirts of Beijing.

All the fields around that place are owned by Duke Zhongguo's mansion.

After the batch of goods entered the forest, the prince of Zhongguo Gongfu also came out of the village, quietly entered the forest, and came out after a long time.

It just so happened that the news found by the Xie family in Yangzhou was also sent to Beijing, and the head of the Xie family presented it to His Majesty.

The merchants that the ship belonged to were the family members of Mrs. Zhongguo Gong's family. They had grown up with the backing of the Zhongguo Gongfu over the years, and naturally they were also doing things for the Zhongguo Gongfu...the King of Peace to collect money.

Emperor Zhao couldn't even say "this may be a false accusation" for his son.

There is no certainty about what it is in the secret book, but if you are not afraid of people, why hide it? In particular, Emperor Zhao is getting older, and the successor has not yet been decided. When it comes to the throne, there has never been any warmth at all.

Emperor Zhao became ill after turning around, and he has not recovered until now, and he has retired early.

It was not until the 50,000 taels of secret wallets came up that Emperor Zhao's mood improved a little, and he summoned Patriarch Xie.

"Jing Ming's temperament is exactly the same as Xie Qing's. It's too upright. It's your daughter-in-law, the white fox woman, who often does unexpected things."

Emperor Zhao's old face had a slight smile on his face, and the Xie Patriarch hadn't returned home, and he didn't know what happened, so he showed a look of doubt.

"Hahaha…"

Emperor Zhao glanced at Mi Zhe and laughed loudly, but after a few laughs, he coughed violently.

The old **** offered a glass of water worriedly, and after Emperor Zhao drank it, he patted his chest and smoothed it out, before he laughed jokingly: "This white fox heroine from the Xie family has the chivalrous spirit of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and she actually took it out of the hands of the local forces. I want 50,000 taels, Jing Ming will report it, and it will be used for people's livelihood."

Xie Patriarch was slightly startled, and in front of Emperor Zhao, he disapproved and said, "How can you scrape the people's cream..."

Emperor Zhao's expression turned cold, "The wealthy family is powerful, and I don't know how many people they have seized to have such power. Jing Ming and the Yin family are just tit-for-tat."

Moreover, Jing Ming clearly stated in the secret agreement that it was the noble family in Nanyue who acted recklessly and held his wife and children hostage first. In order to deal with it, they could only do this temporarily.

The Xie family owner naturally knew about this, and actually did not blame them for their expedient measures.

The Xie family has a high position, but it is also deeply involved. Although it is not like walking on thin ice, if the emperor is jealous, he will not be able to feel at ease.

Although their family style is like this, father and son have such temperaments, and they are bound by it, but after Yin Mingyu married, it was because of various unexpected actions that opened up a new situation for the Xie family.

Xie family head went out of the palace and returned to the mansion, and talked with Mrs. Xie about the new situation in Nanyue, and praised Yin Mingyu, "It's a blessing for my Xie family to be so bold and careful, and to be able to help Dalang."

As long as Mrs. Xie knew that their current situation was safe, her tense heartstrings finally loosened, and she sighed: "I regret teaching Erniang and Ce'er to follow, and I feel bad for Dalang without Erniang by his side. Difficult."

Head Xie patted her hand and said, "They support each other and will come back safely."

Mrs. Xie twitched the corners of her mouth, thinking of the extremely quiet mansion, and said melancholy: "The mansion is too quiet, I will probably get married in a few months, and you and I will be left..."

The head of the Xie family asked, "I know that I'm getting married, won't my mother and my sister go back to Beijing?"

"Mother is not thinking about Shu, the letter is all about what drama she listened to, where did she go to play, how can she still remember us?" Madam Xie only showed her resentment in private, "Not to mention mother, Ce'er is also expected to play in Nanyue. Wild."

Xie Ce is really playing wild, but Yin Mingyu is the one who is more wild.

The story of the Butterfly Valley Cuju competition was spread from the people who went to the incense that day to everywhere, and people from the state city were no exception.

Everyone has the heart to follow the crowd, and the heart of the crowd was initially led by a few people.

Yin Mingyu, the prefect's wife, has become a figure talked about by the entire state city. In a short period of time, as long as she travels, the people of the state city will not fail to recognize her ostentation.

Before, she wore men's clothes to go shopping in the market, she took the little ladies from the state city to play Cuju, and the little ladies imitated her dress, and the capital city fashion brought by Mrs.

But it's just a sign.

After the Butterfly Valley Cuju Competition, the little princes fell in love with Cuju. From them, the little princes of each family also began to play Cuju, and then there was a tendency to spread to the entire state city.

If this is left unchecked, it is only a matter of time, and this Cuju fever will sweep the entire state city.

But Yin Mingyu likes to enjoy the fruits to the full after she has achieved her goals. She didn't plan to take it slow, so she held the previously postponed Cuju competition of the little ladies.

It was still in her new house, but the people watching the game were not only Yin Mingyu and Mrs. Qi, she also invited the wives of various families, the elders of these little ladies.

Yin Mingyu brought it well, and the little ladies learned quickly.

When Mrs. Liu returned home, she basically remained the same as before, with very slight changes. Therefore, Mrs. Liu Sima didn't realize until she saw her daughter running wildly on the court with a ball under her feet. Also, no, charming, weak, too!

Look at the speed of the wind, look at the strength of the kick, look at the straight back and the big half of the other little ladies in the high places...

Mrs. Liu Sima couldn't believe her eyes, she stared at the man on the field, and when she came back to her senses, she got angry and wanted to scold her daughter for coming down regardless of the occasion.

The wives of other families next to them also looked at Madam Liu in amazement. Compared with Madam Liu, although their daughter was also running on the field, she was completely inconspicuous.

But the ladies glanced at Mrs. Liu Sima's expression, and then exchanged their eyes. They had to admit that Mrs. Liu's current appearance was much more pleasing to the eye than the delicate appearance that she had deliberately shrunken and starved.

On the field, Liu Niangzi kicked the ball into the Ju gate accurately and celebrated with her clap teammates with a smile.

Mrs. Liu Sima watched this scene, stood up suddenly, and was about to speak.

Yin Mingyu interrupted at the right time, holding Mrs. Liu Sima's wrist, and said happily: "Mrs. Liu, look at how wonderful Mrs. Liu is! How on earth did you have such a daughter? Teach me and Mrs. Jiedushi to like her whenever we talk about her. Incredible."

Mrs. Liu Sima's shouting stopped in her mouth at once, her face blushed slightly, and after a while, she smiled and said, "Mrs. Inspector's praise, a little girl can't be."

"How can you not be, Mrs. Liu, you are too modest."

At this time, Mrs. Qi in the seat also turned her head and said: "Your daughter, I didn't pay attention to it before, but now she looks quite savvy, and I really like it."

Mrs. Liu Sima couldn't help showing her joy.

Then Mrs. Qi glanced at Yin Mingyu and decided to intervene as well, and said again: "I don't know how you plan to marry her? If you don't mind the civil and military affairs, there are many outstanding descendants in the Lingnan Army..."

Mrs. Liu Sima was instantly overjoyed, and her previous annoyance was completely gone, so she graciously agreed, "It's a little girl's honor to have you as a matchmaker, no matter how civil or military, it's all good, all good!"

When the wives of other families heard this, even the burly daughter of Liu Sima's family could be matched by Mrs. Qi, and their daughters could also be used as matchmakers. They all stared eagerly at Mrs. Jiedushi and Mrs.

Yin Mingyu said euphemistically: "Mrs. Jiedushi has been in Lingnan for a long time, and she knows many people, so it is convenient to be a matchmaker, but I am new here..."

What she meant was that she couldn't be a matchmaker in Lingnan, but the enthusiasm of the ladies didn't disappear at all. Instead, they began to inquire about whether there was a young man of the right age in the capital and elsewhere.

Suddenly, a lady asked very earnestly: "Mrs. Governor, I heard that Chu Changshi is not married yet? I don't know why he is not married?"

And this sentence seems to wake up the ladies. There are school-age daughters at home. As soon as Chu He came, some people thought about him, but they were not familiar with him at first, and the men in the family were afraid because of his relationship with the prefect. .

It's different now. Now even the barbarians and the fugitives are on good terms with the new governor, and they are also on good terms with the governor's wife.

Can't feel or see from a distance, Chu He is right in front of him.

For a time, the ladies didn't even care about the Cuju competition, they all gathered around Yin Mingyu, enthusiastically approached, and fought for their daughter.

Yin Mingyu: "…"

This enthusiasm, without the original defensiveness, she was a little bit overwhelmed.

But things like marriage are friends, and they must not agree for Chu He at will.

But... In order for them to integrate in South Vietnam as soon as possible, and she can play happily in the future, Chu He shouldn't mind paying a little bit, right?

So Yin Mingyu said vaguely: "I don't understand the reason, and I don't want to be a matchmaker rashly. I'll go back and find out, and then reply to the ladies."

The ladies were extremely satisfied when they got such an answer, and they flattered Yin Mingyu with all their heart.

Yin Mingyu originally believed that he was very good at coaxing people, but now he really saw the skills of these ladies to flatter people, and surrounded by praise, he couldn't help but flutter.

So much so that she was still amazed when she sat on the carriage back to the state office. In comparison, her little tricks were nothing compared to her real abilities.

Yin Mingyu returned to the prefecture's house with this kind of self-humility. He did not directly talk to Chu He, but only told Xie Qin about Chu He's status as the first son-in-law candidate in the minds of various ladies in the prefecture.

"Second Mother, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate for us to treat Yaoqing like this."

Yin Mingyu asked innocently: "How is Langjun going to treat Chu Langjun? Why don't I understand?"

Xie Qin looked at Yin Mingyu wordlessly, and Yin Mingyu blinked back at Xie Qin.

In the end, the husband and wife tacitly looked away and stopped discussing the matter.

In the state office's register room, Chu He suddenly sneezed, and the dust on the register shelf flew up, showing off his might in front of him.

Chu He held the register and sneezed again, holding the register in the courtyard, and then he gradually recovered.

But this sneeze was like a signal, and the officials of the prefecture government suddenly became very enthusiastic about him. There were many invitations every day, and most of them invited him to have a banquet at their home.

What's even weirder is that these officials seem to be vying for him, and their words will be cynical to other invited officials, which is quite intriguing.

Chu He, the clever third flower, stood at the center of the fight, rarely at a loss.

He suspected that he was too busy, so he had these inexplicable thoughts, but in the mood to get through more state officials, after being invited to the appointment, their family was more enthusiastic, and the enthusiastic teachers were flattered.

When Chu He talked to his friends, he was still at a loss.

Xie Qin said nonchalantly, "Yao Qing, if it's too hard, you might as well find some help."

Chu He sighed, "How can you help me at ease?"

Xie Qin said: "Since you are taking the time to instruct those little gentlemen, some small things that do not hinder you can be left to them."

Chu He thought for a moment, and then he said quickly: "If these little gentlemen are close to us, they can naturally use them to take advantage of the officials of the state city. The more eager they are, the more polite they are to us!"

"I was really confused at first. Maybe that's why the officials of the state government are so enthusiastic about me, but I didn't expect them to respect their teachers and learn from them."

Xie Qin: "…"

Since his friend has already completed it, he doesn't need to add it.

Chu He smiled and asked, "How did you come up with this method?"

Xie Qin coughed lightly, then calmly said, "Inspired by Ming Yu."

Chu He stroked his palms and suddenly realized, "I remembered, I heard from my younger brother and sister earlier that she now holds the Cuju competition, all of which are run by the little ladies. The little ladies get some training and make progress, and their families will naturally treat their younger siblings. To get closer, my younger siblings only need to watch the game, and I can save myself a lot of trouble.”

"Three birds with one stone, wonderful!"

Xie Qin...is a gentleman.

Xie Qin nodded and acknowledged what Chu He said, "Ming Yu always knows how to save his heart and effort."

Chu He sighed, "A group of three can be a teacher, regardless of gender."

Sechin agrees.