The Stepmother is Unkind

The same dock, the same station, five days ago, the Ye family came to pick up the Xie family, and today it was the Ye family who saw the Xie family off.

The adults said goodbye to each other, quite calmly and politely, and the scene was calm.

The children are different, reluctant to part and hug each other tightly.

It was mainly Xie Ce, who unilaterally forged a deep friendship with Ye Xiaolang-jun. At this time, he had to part ways, holding Ye Xiaolang-jun and not letting go.

Ye Xiaolangjun was indeed a little unconvinced because of his grandfather's praise for Xie Ce. In addition, the Fourth Madam Ye repeatedly told him to let Xie Ce go, so it was inevitable that he would be emotionally blocked.

However, Xie Ce is indeed very well-behaved, and the two of them have been harmonious in one place these days.

A child with pure feelings. At this time, his well-behaved younger brother was about to leave. Ye Xiaolang-jun didn't give up on his face, and hugged Xie Ce back.

Xie Ce: "Brother Ye, write a letter."

Ye Xiaolang-jun nodded seriously: "Okay."

The adults looked at the two children and smiled kindly.

Fourth Madam Ye also smiled and said, "Look at how well these two children get along."

My aunt also echoed: "Ce'er loves reading more these days. If she can read with her, it will complement each other."

Yin Mingyu looked at the two children with a smile in his eyes. He was thinking about Xie Ce's careful thoughts. Now it is like this. If he is older, Ye Xiaolangjun, the older brother, may be led by Xie Ce's nose. Do not know at all.

Ye Daru has been teaching for many years, and he likes to see students with outstanding talents. He has taught Xie Ce in the past few days, and he is more and more happy and eager to love talents. Students, take them with you and teach them in person."

In other words, the upbringing of the sons of the aristocratic family is different from that of the children of ordinary families, and it is impossible for the Xie family to keep the heirs to study in Qizhou, just to express his love for Xie Ce.

Both adults are counted.

When Mrs. Xie replied to him, she also expressed her praise and affirmation of Ye Daru with regret, "Ce'er will benefit a lot from your teaching for a few days. If you can follow him for a long time, it will definitely be more beneficial..."

Xie Ceren was young and didn't know how to distinguish other meanings in the words of his elders. He only heard the words of his great-grandmother and thought he was going to keep him. He was shocked and looked at his great-grandmother, his eyes widening.

Immediately, he quickly let go of Ye Xiaolang-jun, and hurriedly shouted: "I won't stay!"

The small body folded at Ye Daru, the action was too fast and almost fell over, staggered forward a few steps, stabilized the small body again, turned around and ran to the boat.

Nanny Tong and other maids were originally standing by Xie Ce's side, but he almost fell, so they stretched out their hands to protect him. When he ran away again, they hurriedly followed, for fear that he would bump into or have an accident when boarding the boat.

However, Xie Ce ran out a few steps, stopped abruptly, ran back, ran to Yin'er, took the sheep rope from her hand, and then dragged the sheep to put it on together.

Sheep likes land, not boats, and follows him slowly.

Xie Ce's speed was much slower than before, but his footsteps were very firm.

Firm, even Brother Ye, who was just reluctant to part, didn't even look back.

Jun Ye Xiaolang: "..."

other people:"…"

Should we praise him for being polite and not forgetting the sheep?

Yin Mingyu held back a smile and coughed lightly, reminding everyone to return to their senses.

Madam Xie couldn't help laughing and laughing. Seeing Xie Ce stably got on the boat, she turned around and said to Ye Daru: "Reading thousands of volumes is beneficial, and traveling a thousand miles is not something to gain. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely teach him to go out to study more, and come visit again for study."

Ye Daru stroked his beard and nodded, "The old lady is right, waiting for you at any time."

After the Xie family boarded the boat, the boat lifted anchor, Xie Ce was completely relieved, and stood on the deck and waved cheerfully to Ye Xiaolangjun who was on the pier.

Ye Daru lowered his head and saw his grandson looking at Xie Ce on the boat with envy and thoughtfulness.

Yin Mingyu and his party set off again.

Xie Ce was thinking about Ye Xiaolangjun and wanted to write a story to him. Yin Mingyu would tell him when he had nothing to do, and then sent him to write a letter, as his children remembered as much as they wanted.

The auntie saw the ghostly talisman on the paper that did not match the foreword, and said, "He's a child, what's he tossing about."

Mrs. Xie didn't care. Her husband would teach you loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, and righteousness. However, some progress occurred subtly, and it was difficult for them to notice if they didn't really walk out of the house to see it.

Moreover, such a young child has a lot of forgetfulness, but Xie Ce has always remembered to write a letter to Lord Ye Xiaolang, and his interest in reading with her husband is also higher, just to be able to write a few more words in the letter.

Even the old gentleman said, Xie Ce Linghui, if you teach more, it will definitely not be bad.

Every time Mrs. Xie looked at Xie Ce's vibrant eyes, she felt that the Xie family had a bright future, and she didn't care about the loss of some money. Every time she stopped, she would send someone to deliver a letter to Xie Ce.

Qizhou Ye Family—

Every time Ye Xiaolang-jun received Xie Ce's letter, he always had an extremely dazed expression.

Fortunately, Yin Mingyu would attach a story to the letter in the name of Xie Ce, which somewhat made up for his confusion when he received the letter from Xie Ce.

When Xie Ce was in Qizhou, he also wrote a letter and sent it to Nanyue together with the letters from Mrs. Xie and Yin Mingyu.

Xie Qin is the prefect of South Vietnam, the parent official of the entire South Vietnam state, any decree can be issued to the county magistrates of several counties under his control, but it is very likely that it will not be too smooth.

At first, Chu He found that Nanyue was complicated and did not intend to mix it up. After all, he had no power or power. He was neither a local official with real power in charge of a county like a county magistrate, nor was he an important official position, and he was not reused by Shangguan.

But now that Xie Qin came over, the whole of South Vietnam regarded them as one, and Chu He could not help worrying about Xie Qin.

Xie Qin didn't come here to fight for power and profit, but just wanted to do some practical achievements, "Whether it's civilizing the people, building roads and doing business, or helping the local people in agricultural affairs, no matter how big or small, you can do it."

Therefore, he was extremely patient, took the trouble to explore the situation in South Vietnam slowly, and even personally visited under the rule to record the situation in various places.

As the long history of the prefect, Chu He is both a friend and a close friend, so naturally he can only accompany him.

The scenery is beautiful, but it is also dangerous. At this time, the doctor brought by Xie Qin and the foreign doctor found in the local area are of great use.

But there are times when it teaches people to laugh and laugh.

The doctor who is willing to follow the Xie family to release Lingnan is not only for the power and remuneration of the Xie family, but also for the advancement of medical skills and the medicinal materials in the mountains and plains of Lingnan.

Sometimes people encounter a poisonous snake and insect. The doctors and doctors from the capital are afraid of falling behind. They teach the doctors from Lingnan to take the medicinal materials first, and they rush very hard. If they accidentally get bitten, they will deal with them on their own. Doctors in Lingnan helped to detoxify.

Because of their self-testing of poison, the two scholars Xie Qin and Chu He, as well as the guards of the Xie family, quickly mastered the detoxification methods of many poisonous snakes and insects, which was also an unexpected joy.

But every time it happened, Chu He would ridicule Xie Qin: "You Xie family has such a big business, can't you support a few doctors?"

Xie Qin was quite peaceful, "When a doctor enters this place, it is just like you and I see an out-of-print rare ancient book, and it is human nature to be unable to help it."

Chu He couldn't imagine it, and asked suspiciously, "You Xie Jingming can't help but feel for the rare ancient book?"

"nature."

Xie Qin even lost a goldfish and rented books at high prices.

That's all, you don't have to share it with your friends.

Xie Qin looked forward and asked the guide sideways, "Is it the Butterfly Valley?"

The guide replied respectfully: "Yes, at the end of this road is the main road. The road leads directly to Butterfly Valley. Inside is a Butterfly Immortal Temple, where the incense burns constantly, and people around come to worship Butterfly Immortal all year round."

Xie Qin and Chu He looked at each other, and then Chu He curiously asked about Butterfly Valley and Butterfly Fairy.

As if the guide had said it a thousand times, he gushed about the legend of the Butterfly Valley, which is very familiar to the whole of South Vietnam.

"A hundred years ago, the barbarians and the rogues were not as powerful as they are now, but they were already on the same page, and they often fought over various big and small matters, often resulting in casualties.

Later, the son of the patriarch of the Yi clan fell in love with a barbarian girl at first sight, and the two secretly fell in love and privately settled for life. "

Chu He shook his fan and interjected with a smile: "Isn't it possible that the later article failed to elope and was blamed?"

The guide flattered: "Lord Chang Shi said, it is true."

Chu He turned to Xie Qin and said with a smile, "Jing Ming, you don't like to have fun, maybe you don't know, this book has been written like this for thousands of years."

The study is full of Yin Mingyu's words, and she has a few comments when she sees the rise.

Xie Qin said: "If you want to be fascinating, you need to have a previous relationship. One of them was forced to get engaged, and he couldn't resist several times, so he decided to take the risk."

The guide was startled, "Hey, I've taught the Presbyterian again! That's it!"

Chu He smiled and said strangely: "Lord Inspector is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and even knows how fascinating the script is."

Xie Qin looked indifferent, did not reply to him, and instructed the guide: "Go ahead."

The guide followed the speculations of the two and continued: "It was the first time that the two eloped and were caught by the clan.

The two are deeply in love, and they are unwilling to bow their heads no matter what, and suffer so much.

The elders in the clan felt sorry for the two, so they quietly let them go, hoping that the two would go far away, but unfortunately, the guards noticed it before they went far. "

Just as they were on the road, the guide pointed to the south and said, "It is from here to chase all the way to the Butterfly Valley in front, and the Butterfly Temple is the place where the pair of lovers fell to their deaths.

The two tribes were extremely remorseful. Later, in order to commemorate the two, they built this temple, and the two tribes released their previous suspicions and moved to live near the Butterfly Valley.

Later, rumors of Die Immortal's efficacies spread, and other tribes nearby also began to worship Die Immortal, and the incense became more and more prosperous. "

Xie Qin and Chu He both swept across the road that was as wide as the official road in front of them, and finally bumped into one place, then moved away to look at the increasing number of pedestrians on the road.

The guide said proudly: "The third day of March is the most important festival in South Vietnam. Every March, there is a grand blessing event in Butterfly Valley, and adults can come to watch it on the third day of March next year."

Chu He said with some regret: "I came late this year, and I didn't catch up with such a big celebration."

Xie Qin's eyes swept across the numerous and deep ruts on the ground, and said, "We can watch it together next year."

Chu He smiled, "What's the fun of the two of us coming out? Wouldn't it be more agreeable to be with you when my younger brother and sister come?"

Xie Qin also did not say when Yin Mingyu would arrive, so he did not reply.

Chu He rode on the horse, shook his head boringly, raised his folding fan, covered his head and looked forward.

They walked along the road, and the more people walked, the more and more people smelled the fragrance of flowers. At this time, everyone walked to the corner, and Fang Yi went around the mountain. Suddenly, the mountains and fields were full of purple and red, and above the flowers, there was another There are countless butterflies dancing like a fairyland.

Everyone was amazed, all of them involuntarily reined in the reins and stopped in place to watch.

Chu He praised: "Butterfly Valley is worthy of its name."

Xie Qin nodded slightly, thinking that Yin Mingyu must like this place very much.

Afterwards, he planned to take this scene into his eyes, and after returning to Zhou Ya, he presented the scene on the painting and sent it to Yangzhou.

When everyone walked to the temple, there were indeed people coming and going, and the incense continued.

Xie Qin raised his head. The valley here is gentle and there are dozens of miles. There is even arable land in the distance. Except for the mountain they had just bypassed, the mountains are all farther away. Just a legend.

The guide asked diligently, "Two adults, do you want to go in and worship the Butterfly Immortal?"

Xie Qin dismounted, handed the reins to the guards, and slowly stepped into the temple, looking at the Die Immortal Temple and the two tall stone statues enshrined in front of them, a man and a woman.

The man looks like a squat, and the woman looks like a barbarian, but the robes are flying, with a little elegant feeling, and the fragrance and mist are lingering underneath, and there is indeed a fairy spirit.

Chu He was on the side, shaking the paper fan, and suddenly asked the guide: "This butterfly fairy is more spiritual, but is it a marriage?"

The guide nodded.

Chu He stopped bowing and stood quietly beside Xie Qin.

And as soon as they entered the Die Immortal Temple, someone in the temple looked at them carefully, and then exited from the Die Immortal Temple to report the letter.

Xie Qin noticed out of the corner of his light, and after walking around again, he took the guards out of the Butterfly Immortal Temple and went around to the rear.

The Butterfly Immortal Temple is located just in front of the Butterfly Valley. Once you reach the Butterfly Temple, there is a wide road, followed by a huge stone screen, which divides the road on the left and the right.

On the stone screen, there are huge symbols engraved on the left and right. According to Xie Qin's recent review of the book, this is the local script, representing the two characters "man" and "fluke".

Chu He also knew it, and asked the guide casually, "Is this the place where the two ethnic groups live?"

The guide replied, "Exactly."

Xie Qin and Chu He walked to the right, and two roads paralleled behind the stone screen. There were various butterfly-shaped stone statues in the middle, and two villages with distinct characteristics and styles could be seen from a distance.

At the end of the road, there is a tall and simple building between the two villages, built on the mountain.

Chu He approached Xie Qin and said with a chuckle, "It seems that it doesn't mean that the past suspicions are really cleared up."

"It's hard to say living next to each other."

When the two of them were talking, a group of people hurriedly walked out from the other side of the Qi clan. It was the Qi clan chief and the young clan chief that Xie Qin had met at the reception banquet before.

When the Qi clan leader saw Xie Qin, he imitated the Han people's salute and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Prefect is here, and it is a shame to welcome him from afar."

Xie Qin nodded and said lightly: "This official just passed by here when visiting, the patriarch is not polite."

Hearing the words, the head of the Qi clan smiled even more, and invited the group to go in for a short rest.

Xie Qin thought for a while, then declined, and asked casually, "Patriarch Fan, I don't know what the building at the end is..."

The head of the Qi clan glanced at it and took it back. He smiled and said, "That is the clan temple of our two clans. To be honest with you, it is actually the place where we worship the Butterfly Immortal, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to enter."

Xie Qin nodded and left.

The head of the Qi clan repeatedly kept him, and seeing that he insisted on leaving, Pianzi sent Xie Qin and others away together.

After Xie Qin and the others left, the barbarian patriarch got the news and hurried over. When he saw that the new governor had left, he immediately walked back with a disappointed face.

The Qi clan chief glanced at his overindulgent face, and said coldly: "Hu clan chief, the two clans are the most important thing, don't make any mistakes."

The barbarian patriarch looked unhappy and sarcastically said, "This remark also reminds the patriarch Fan not to be greedy enough to harm the two clans."

The two parted unhappily.

After the barbarian patriarch returned, he threw himself at the stunning concubine on the bed. His concubine already knew his virtue and didn't even wear clothes, but just lay under the thin brocade and let him do whatever he wanted. for.

The patriarch of the Qi clan brought his son Fan Zhe back to their home, and the young patriarch Fan Zhe asked, "Father, do you really think that Governor Xie really passed by here?"

The head of the Qi clan looked grim and thoughtful.

The young patriarch said impatiently: "Father, we didn't receive a letter from Beijing before. The lord doesn't want Xie Qin to get in the way, why don't..."

The head of the Qi clan frowned and reprimanded: "I can't hold my breath! Not to mention that there is no Xie Qin, there is also a nearby governor; if his identity is in an accident, can he be good?"

"Then what to do? You can't let it go, can you?"

The young patriarch's expression changed, and he made another suggestion, "Father, do you remember what Wang Ye said in his letter, let's try to hold that Inspector Xie, so that we can hold down the right Prime Minister Xie in Beijing. I heard that Inspector Xie's Family members have to come to Lingnan, why not…”

The head of the Kazuya clan thought.

"Father, that envoy Qi Jiedu just wanted to get into the office, and he didn't care about anything at all. The surnamed Xie is in Lingnan, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and there is no way to ask for help. If we hold his wife and children, we will definitely let him be a rat."

The young patriarch strongly persuaded: "Father, the old emperor is not in good health, and it is only two years of hard work. We are going to achieve great things, and we can't look forward to the future."

Hearing this, the head of the Qi clan also made up his mind and said coldly, "Zhe, I'll leave this to you."

The young patriarch immediately showed a determined smile, "Dad just don't worry."

Xie Qin and others rushed back to Nanyue Prefecture before the sky completely darkened.

Chu He went back to rest, and as soon as Xie Qin entered the back house, Qingyu and Hongsi greeted him, and while serving, they said, "Langjun, Young Madam, they have written a letter."

There was a hint of joy in Xie Qin's eyes, he waved his hands to teach the two to retreat, and then strode towards the study.

He was a little surprised when he saw three letters on the desk, and then read them one by one, and saw that one of them was actually written by Xie Ce.

Xie Qin spread the three letters from home on the desk, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Qingyu was carrying a washbasin towel, and red silk came in with tea.

Xie Qin got up to wash up, and suddenly asked the Nanmeng woman, "Is there any change?"

Qingyu shook her head, "No, always stay in the house."

Hong Su also said: "She doesn't say a word, and she doesn't eat much, like a wooden man."

Xie Qin frowned slightly and instructed: "Don't be hungry and thin."

Qingyu and Hongsi looked at each other, came down, then exited Lang Jun's study, and walked outside the wing where Nan Duo was imprisoned.

Hong Su glanced at the door of the wing with some disapproval, and said in a low voice, "It's not good to be hungry and thin, so she has to eat more, otherwise the young lady came to see it and thought we were too small~"

Qingyu glanced at her amusingly, "Who are you and us?"

Hong Su snorted: "Then you can't teach the young lady to think that Lang Jun lied to her."

Qingyu nodded, "Eat more."

In the room, Nan Duo crouched weakly on the bamboo couch, and vaguely heard the words from outside—

"Hungry and thin...not good...eat..."

"Young lady..."

"Mind... eat more..."

She couldn't really hear it, she only heard these words, and after thinking about it for a while, she looked up at the door in horror, her lips trembling in horror.

Their young lady... actually eat, eat...

Nan Duo's face was pale, and she stumbled to the bed, hugging her legs and huddled together.

After a while, Qingyu and Hongli brought the old woman in and asked her to eat.

Nan Duo covered her ears and shivered at the corner of the bed.

Qingyu asked the old woman to carry it over, but when Nan Duo saw them approaching, she waved her arms frantically and overturned the dishes directly.

Hong Silk suddenly became angry, "What's wrong with eating it or not?"

Nan Duo shuddered with fright, her face was even whiter, and her eyes were full of fear.

Red Silk: "…"

Why did he suddenly change from a wooden man to a frightened rabbit?

However, being looked at so pitifully by a weak and beautiful woman, she couldn't stand up, so she had to teach the mother-in-law to clean up, and the two of them went out first.

The two studied it, and they didn't know what was wrong with her, but it was not easy to trouble Langjun with such a trivial matter, so they thought about how to make that Nan Duo eat more in private.

But the two of them tried their best, and they even forced people to feed them, but that Nan Duo was weird, and was getting thinner and thinner visibly.

Hong silk looked at her frightened eyes, and was about to despair...

Thousands of miles away, on the Xie family's boat, it rained a few days ago, and the water was turbulent, and some sections of the water even had to be stabilized by the tracker.

Yin Mingyu hid in the cabin for a few days, and finally waited until the weather was clear and the water was calm, then he got out of the cabin and stood at the bow to look at the vast sky and water, the picturesque scenery on both sides of the strait.

People, in such a situation, will naturally feel that the chest is broad and comfortable.

Yin Mingyu smelled the fresh smell after the rain on the tip of her nose, closed her eyes slightly, and felt the breeze on her face.

Xie Ce walked over with small steps and asked suspiciously, "Mother, do you want to write a poem?"

Yin Mingyu opened his eyes suddenly, turned around, and asked inexplicably, "What poetry do I write?"

Xie Ce tilted his head and said, "Mr. writes poetry."

Yin Mingyu remembered that in the morning, the old gentleman in a wide-sleeved robe was also standing here, stroking his beard and reciting poetry with pride, and thinking about her image just now, he suddenly choked.

Xie Ce asked happily again: "Mother write poetry, teach me!"

Yin Mingyu: "…"

She still has self-knowledge, teasing children and teasing children, if her poems teach Xie Ce, it is purely a misunderstanding.

Therefore, Yin Mingyu cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Mother can only lead by example, teach you to be kind, be open-minded, read and write poems, you need to ask the old gentleman for advice, and let him teach you to memorize poems. Bar."

Xie Ce scratched his head, "Oh", and turned back.

Yin Mingyu faced the river bank again, remembering the unruly and wild look of the old man, and he couldn't look directly at himself standing on the bow, so he walked down angrily and changed to another place to blow the wind.