Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 367 One bite of rice

   This is a proposition, Li Xin coughed violently and looked back at the Princess Qinghe.

   "How did you know about her?"

The Ninth Princess blinked and gritted her teeth: "I've lived in that garden for so long, and I can't listen to what others have to say. The servants of the Qi family said that you almost became the uncle of the Qi family. "

   Rumors kill people...

  Li Xin said with a bitter face: "Heaven and earth conscience, I just fed the fish with that Miss Qi a few times, but I didn't do anything else..."

   The nine princesses were about to speak when Mu Ying's voice came from outside the carriage.

   "Princess, Marquis, someone is blocking the road ahead, saying that he wants to see Marquis."

   Li Xinru was amnesty and said quickly: "Let them wait, I'll come down right now."

   At other times, Li Xin would have to ask who he was before deciding whether to see him or not, but at this time, even if an evil dragon blocked the way, Li Xin would not hesitate to meet.

   He turned his head and said to the nine princesses: "Your Highness, wait here, I'll go down and see what's going on."

   Jiu Gongzhu rolled his eyes at him and said nothing.

  Li Xin quickly jumped out of the carriage.

At this time, they had already left Qiyang County for some distance, and those who saw them off had long since disappeared. It stands to reason that there are six or seven hundred soldiers in the vicinity of them, and no one would dare to block the road anyway. .

   Seeing Li Xin jumping out of the carriage, Mu Yingcai whispered in his ear: "Master Hou, they are right in front, there are forty or fifty people."

  Li Xin gave him a surprised look.

   "I thought you were talking nonsense, but someone is really blocking the way?"

   Muying nodded and said, "It's the Xiao family."

  Jing'an Hou coughed, then laughed.

   "Interesting, they dare to come to see me."

   It was early summer, and it wasn't too hot, but everyone had changed into single clothes. Although Li Xin was a marquis and a minister of the Ministry of War, he usually liked to wear Yulinwei's uniform.

  Because of the pure black Yulin Wei uniform, the white tiger embroidered on the chest is very handsome.

  Li Xin and the nine princess carriages were in the middle of the team. He passed the crowd and slowly paced to the front of the team. Xiao Mingli, who had changed his surname to Xiao, and the Xiao family were all waiting by the side of the road.

  Li Xin walked over.

   "Everyone."

   He glanced at these people with a calm expression: "What's the matter?"

  Li Xin is from Qiyang, and he speaks Qiyang dialect, so he can communicate well with these Xiao family members.

  Xiao Mingli leaned on crutches and walked slowly to Li Xin. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Li Houye is leaving, so the old man will bring his family to see him off."

   A mocking smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

   "You don't need Mr. Xiao's kindness. For so many years, Li Xin didn't know your Xiao family and lived well."

  Xiao Mingli took a long sigh and said slowly: "Knowing that Marquis was angry about what happened back then, this old man didn't dare to ask for forgiveness, he just wanted to resolve this grievance."

   This gray-haired old man bent down towards Li Xin.

   "Qinglan's mother left early, and the old man didn't know how to teach his daughter. Knowing that she was pregnant at the age of sixteen or seventeen, she was so angry that she didn't eat for several days."

   "Later, the old man asked her to abort the child, and was going to find her a lower-level one. If she married her, she could barely live a life, but she refused."

  Xiao Mingli lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "I beat her and she scolded her. The old man really has no choice but to drive her out of the house. Otherwise, our Xiao family will become the laughing stock of Qiyang County when the child is born."

   Actually, old man Xiao is right, the social environment of Dajin is somewhat similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty in another world. Although the etiquette system is not yet appalling, remarriage will be talked about, not to mention the pregnancy before marriage.

   From the Xiao family's point of view, apart from being a little ruthless, the Xiao family did nothing wrong.

   "The Lord Hou is in it, so naturally he should hate the Xiao family. This old man has nothing to say. I'm here to send it to Lord Hou, just to let the Lord know the details of the past, and not continue to hate the Xiao family."

  Li Xin closed his eyes and was silent for a long time.

   Finally, he opened his eyes and asked, "Master Xiao said that my mother is to blame for herself?"

   "Qinglan was still young at that time, what did she know?"

Xiao Mingli gritted his teeth and said, "The hateful thing is the person who lied to her. He hasn't heard from that person for more than ten years. Whenever he comes back, even if he takes Qinglan into the room as a concubine, Qinglan won't be burdened with more than ten years. Years of infamy, this is the end!"

   Having said that, Xiao Mingli raised his head and glanced carefully at Li Xin.

   "Master Li, you are in the capital, have you seen... that person?"

  Li Xin nodded: "I see."

Xiao Mingli let out a long sigh and said, "No matter what, the Xiao family should go to the capital to ask that person for an explanation. Since he recognized you, he didn't treat you badly. The Xiao family has a small business, so they won't get involved. ."

   Li Xin sneered: "Who told you that I recognize him?"

   Xiao Mingli was stunned.

  Because the person he sent to the capital to inquire about the news has not come back, to this day he still thinks that Li Xin inherited the family business of that scumbag in the capital, so he has such prestige.

  Li Xin raised his head slightly and said proudly: "Master Xiao, listen carefully, this Marquis of Jing'an of Dajin is also the first Marquis of Jing'an of Dajin, and has nothing to do with that person."

   Xiao Mingli opened his mouth slightly, and the whole person froze.

   Li Xin sneered: "Do you know why I can climb so fast in the capital?"

   "Because one day, I'm going to find the person you mentioned to settle his sins."

   "I've found him."

   Li Xin was expressionless.

   "When I'm taller, I can go to him to settle the account."

   Xiao Mingli was stunned, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

   Li Xin is already the Marquis of Jing'an, the Minister of War, and the consort of the court, but he is still not tall enough, that is to say, that person is taller than Li Xin?

   How tall should that person be?

   Li Xin took a deep breath and looked at the gray-haired old man in front of him lightly.

   "Master Xiao, I want to ask you a question."

   "Master Hou, may I ask you."

Li Xin said, "If I come back this time, it's not the Marquis of Jing'an, nor the Minister of War, but just a penniless little gangster, will Master Xiao recognize my mother, and will he rush back and join me? Say this?"

  Xiao Mingli has lied many times in his life. He should have been familiar with it a long time ago, but this time he couldn't tell any lies. After being silent for a long time, he said, "Probably... not."

   "That's it."

Li Xin smiled: "In the eyes of your Xiao family, the face of etiquette is greater than that of family, and the position of power is greater than the face of etiquette. Whether my mother did it right back then, I don't need to say more, just say that she has been alone in Qishan for so many years. I worked hard and made money every day with embroidery, but I couldn't open my eyes anymore, can you see or not?"

   "The Xiao family can deny her, but they have to eat her?"

"Master Xiao also said that she was still young at that time, did Master Xiao ever think about what it would be like for a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old woman to take her child in the mountains, and in the summer to drive away mosquitoes for her child, what it would be like to stay up all night. ?"

   These are the stories that my uncle once told Li Xin.

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, as Mr. Xiao said, there was a right and a wrong in what happened back then. The Xiao family first raised her for 16 or 17 years, and then she suffered by herself for 16 or 7 years. , I think it's time to arrive, right?"

"I sent someone to check the background of your Xiao family. There is a Xiaojia Town in Qiyang County, and you entered Xiaojia County from there. Now, the Xiao family is in Xiaojia Town, and there are still thousands of acres of land. , did you send her a bite to eat?"

   "You don't recognize her, so you can't help her?"

   Li Xin looked coldly at Xiao Xiuqi behind Xiao Mingli.

"Master Xiao's son, the eldest son of your Xiao family, if I remember correctly, he has five concubines, and how happy his wife and maid are. If he remembers that he still has a sister, my mother will not be thirty-three. Dead at age!"

   "But everyone in the Xiao family seems to have forgotten that there is such a person as her."

   "She just got a cold!"

   Li Xin's voice trembled.

   "Your family doesn't miss her meal, but you didn't give it!"

"Now Ben Hou can actually give your family a bite to eat, and even just a word from me, your family can jump out of Qiyang County, no longer just a small landlord, but can become a top rank in Yongzhou. family."

   Having said that, Li Xin was expressionless.

   "But this sentence, Ben Hou does not want to say, this meal..."

   "I don't want to give it either."

   (end of this chapter)