Chapter 4: Unmarried couple

After the visitor crossed the threshold, he stopped for a while, as if looking up at the next memorial tablet, he stepped forward to squeeze the incense and make a offer.
Because he was carrying the light, he couldn't see his face clearly, and only glimpsed a tall silhouette, wide shoulders and narrow waist. Judging from the lightness and agility of his movements, he thought it was a young man.
Xi Fuwei returned the gift behind the curtain, and was about to explain the reason of Xi Jiao's absence, but the other party first opened the mouth and said: "Sorrow and change."
The voice was low and no emotions could be heard, but the ending sound had some southern softness, revealing the heels and feet from afar.
"Thank you, Zunjia." Xi Fuwei said, "Dare to ask the Zunjia...?"
"A passer-by has long heard of the name of Young Master Xi, but he has never known that Young Master Xi has a sickness." The person said slowly, "I didn't get to Dongchang Mansion before coming to harass, who knew that I heard the bad news before arriving. I was worried and angry, so I came to meet before the spirit."
Xi Fuwei feels uncomfortable. Her brother, who has not yet been named on the gold list, has already gained such a reputation. It is conceivable that if he had not hurried away, what kind of prosperity would he be like in the future?
just……
The suspicious girl keenly noticed the word "sickness" that the other party said.
"Although my elder brother had been on the bed for a long time before he died, there is no such thing as an illness." She thought subconsciously, "It stands to reason that even after recovering from a serious illness, he caught cold during the autumn test and was unable to get up. ......However, the condition has been fairly stable, how can you say that you are gone?"
But because I don't know the person outside the curtain, I'm not sure whether they just say it casually or mean something.
Xi Fuwei was silent, and only said, "My brother's blessing is so bad, I'm disappointed."
She once again asked about the origin of each other's identity, "I don't know where is Zunjia Xianxiang, Gao's name?"
"The nameless person, it's not worth mentioning." The man said calmly, "There is a difference between men and women. Don't dare to disturb Miss...Farewell!"
Without waiting for Xi Fuwei to stay, he has turned around and walked away.
Xi Fuwei squinted her eyes, immediately got up with her skirt, ran out from the back door, and whispered to the servants who were guarding outside: "Follow the person who came to pay the offer, check his heels and feet!"
After arranging this, she returned to the mourning hall, her face paler: Xi Fucui died of an illness, which has made it very difficult for the Xi family to accept!
If this elder brother did not actually die... but was harmed...
Xi Fuwei didn't know what she would do?
The most important thing is that you can never tell Xi Zongwang about this until the truth is completely understood!
Otherwise, Xi Zongwang would not be able to hold it at all...
The girl was in a mess, and she endured so hard that Xi Jiao came to guard the spirit, and immediately found an excuse to get up and leave.
She went back to her house, ordered someone to study ink and spread paper, and wrote several large characters in one breath. Only after she calmed down a little bit of her mind, she ordered people to summon the magpies to ask: "You will tell about the situation before your brother died, including clues, Say it to me again!"
The eyes of the magpie branch were red and swollen because they were crying day and night in the past two days, and they are still a little trance now.
After hearing the words, he was shocked for a moment, and Fang slowly narrated.
Xi Fuwei listened carefully, interrogating a few words from time to time.
In the end, the magpie sticks were sent away, and people were asked to call the other servants who had served Xi Fucui one by one to ask questions, as a comparison.
After a lot of work, there was no problem.
"Miezhi, these people, we bought in when we were young." Xi Fuwei groaned, "There are both body bonds and years of affection...It is said that we will not betray my brother. "
After all, if Xi Fucui hadn't passed away, she would have to give Quezhi such a maid in the future. Xi Jiao's mother in life used to serve him.
Even if an outsider can get in touch with Magpie through some means, can he still use a better bargaining chip to buy her?
You must know that the magpie branch is not so stunning, but delicate.
"...Maybe I think too much." After thinking about it, the girl sighed and threw down the pen, asking someone to come in and burn the few characters that had just been completed.
Her close maid, Xi Lei, cleaned up and regretted: "Why do you have to burn the word "Miss" so well?"
"I don't make a living by selling words, so what do I keep these?" Xi Fuwei replied casually, and went to see Xi Zongwang and Xi Jiao.
...Since Xi Fucui was young and passed away before getting married, according to the customs at this time, he couldn't stay for a long time, and he was buried the next day.
One evening a few days after he entered the soil for safety, the three Xi family ancestors and grandsons were spending dinner in silence, and the servants came up and told Wen Xianyun to beg to see him at the back door, and said: "Looking at the way your uncle looks like, you are rushing."
Xi Zongwang and Xi Fuwei looked at each other, and they were a little surprised.
"Use it, I'll check it out!" Xi Zongwang pushed the bowl and chopsticks, got up and left.
After going there for a long time, Xi Fuwei coaxed her nephew to finish the meal, and then watched the next person clean up, but there was no sign of her father.
So she went straight to the study, planning to see the situation.
Only when I arrived at the door, I heard a "squeak", the study door just opened, Xi Zongwang and Wen Xianyun let out each other.
Seeing her, her expression is a bit complicated.
Xi Zongwang stopped, and said, "I'll go see Jiao'er, Weier, send Xianyun to the back door."
Xi Fuwei glanced at her father with a bit of doubt. Although she said that she had been kissing Wen Xianyun for several years, she knew that Wen Xianyun’s mother and the mistress of Wen Xianyun’s generation were especially strict, so Xi Although the family has always been casual, when in contact with Wen Jia, he has always held a rigorous and well-regulated frame of family style, so as not to be looked down upon by future mother-in-law.
There has never been a precedent for deliberately giving Xi Fuwei and Wen Xianyun a chance to get along privately.
"Fuwei." After Xi Zongwang took three steps and left in two steps, two unmarried couples were left outside the study.
Wen Xianyun's eyes were a bit complicated. He looked at the girl in plain clothes and skirts in front of him, gently called her boudoir name, and said, "You have lost a lot."
Xi Fuwei frowned and looked at him a few times. Wen Xianyun has always had the reputation of being both talented and handsome in Dongchang Mansion. Although this statement is not without the bonus of background, it is also somewhat similar.
He has a long stature, delicate eyebrows, and a gentle temperament. He wears a white robe shirt against the rising new moon at the moment. He subconsciously thinks of the four words "a gentleman like jade".
"Master Wen has also reduced a lot." Xi Fuwei noticed that his cheeks were also thin, nodded lightly, and said, "Please take care!"
Having said this, he wanted to turn around and walked towards the back door.
Upon seeing this, Wen Xianyun sighed a little helplessly, and said: "Fuwei, in the current situation of the Xi family, it is natural that you can't go out of the cabinet after your brother is full! Actually, in the words of my father, This kind of affectionate and filial prospective daughter-in-law is exactly what my Wenjia wants! So your previous concerns can be solved by my family."
Pointing towards the main house, "My father-in-law is very old and stays in this country. Once we get married, it is inconvenient to take care of it. Secondly, this place is where Brother Fucui grew up. I am afraid that my father-in-law lives here. I feel more sad when I touch the scene!"
"As for Jiaoer, he should go to school at his age."
"With all due respect, Brother Fucui has gone. I am afraid it will be difficult to get a good husband in this village."
"For his future, the Xi family will move to the city sooner or later."
He looked at Xi Fuwei softly, "If you have other concerns, just tell them! You and I have a marriage agreement, although they are not married, they are always a family. Isn't your troubles also my business?"
"...You came here today to tell your father these words?" Xi Fuwei also looked at him and asked softly, "Then why not go to the front door, but the back door?"
"..." Wen Xianyun hesitated for a while, then said, "It's my mother, she... she has some ideas. But you know, my father has always been in charge of my family, but now my father is still in the field, I don't want to mess with my mother. Angry, this hides the trail."
Xi Fuwei squinted and said, "You would be wrong to do this! My father is your biological father, isn't Lingtang also your biological mother? Parents kindness, we are children, we can't repay in this life! Not to mention my brother Gone, Jiao’er is young and not enough to support the portal. The Xi family’s fall is an expected thing! It was originally Gao Panwen’s family, and now it’s harder to drag you down."
Wen Xianyun smiled, his smile was very weak, almost nothing but the bottom of his eyes: "Fuwei, are you tired of me?"
Seeing Xi Fuwei stunned, he said slowly, "Although you have always been reserved, but you are also filial. Brother Fu Cui went there. If you leave your relatives, let alone what the outside world thinks, how can the father-in-law not worry At this moment, my family doesn't mean to retire, but you are trying to alienate me... I think about it, but it can only be your heartfelt bored and unwilling to marry me."
"It's just that I don't understand. I'm in Dongchang Mansion. I don't dare to say that I'm a first-class son-in-law. I think I'm still good-looking."
"Over the years, I dare not say everything to you and the Xi family, but I have taken my heart."
"You and I have been kissing for so many years, so why have you always been close to me... Now you are trying to retire?"
"...You think too much." Xi Fuwei frowned for a moment before saying, "I have lost my mother since I was a child, and I have always envied the affection of others. So you said that the reason why you came sneaking through the back door is because you are afraid to provoke Lingtang. Angry, I naturally want to advise you not to hurt Lingtang's heart."
After prevarication, she turned around, "It's getting late, let's go!"
At first, Wen Xianyun seemed to want to say something, but when he saw it, he laughed. He didn't say anything, and quietly followed her footsteps.
Xi Fuwei led him to the back door, glanced at the green horse outside the door, and said lightly: "Be careful on the road." The door was about to close.
Only his hand lifted the latch, Wen Xianyun, who had already crossed the threshold with one foot, suddenly turned around, and inserted something into her temple with a thunderous force!
Xi Fuwei was startled by his actions, and subconsciously took a step back, hurriedly touching the hairpin to pull it off, and looking intently, it was a silver hairpin with a lotus pediment.
Wen Xianyun watched her movements, her eyes were dull and unclear, she just smiled, and said: "Fuwei, I'm leaving, take care."
Xi Fuwei frowned and watched him get on his horse and leave, closing the door both lightly and lightly, before turning around, and saw Xi Zongwang standing on the steps not far away, thinking: "Weir , I look at this kid, is it really interesting to you?"
"What's the use?" Xi Fuwei glanced at the hairpin in her hand and said calmly, "Wen's Patriarch and Patriarch's wife are still young and powerful, and it is not his turn to call the shots! So it doesn't matter if he really likes me. Not to mention. The family is like this now, how can I leave the cabinet at ease after a year?"
She pursed her mouth and asked, "Daddy, what did he say to you in the study just now? I think you seem to be persuaded by him?"