After breakfast, An Huajin did not go to the Xu family immediately. Instead, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Gu Qingyan.
When she set off for Fenggupo, she only replied in a hurry, "I have been checking the details of Nanqi and Nanliang buried in the Nanyang Palace day and night. I haven't spared time to reply to the letter. It's fine, don't be anxious."
Now this letter is just as brief, "I have found out an old grudge involving Zhang Zaifu. Thanks to Huaian, I will get Zhang Zaifu out of the prison and send someone to Nanyang City."
When writing this letter, An Huajin thought about it for a long time, and when writing it, he also paused for a long time. In the end, he wrote the story in such a short way, and even though there were thousands of words beside it, he did not write a single word.<
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An Huajin put down his pen, stuffed the letter into the envelope, sealed it carefully with wax, called An Yan, handed the letter to him, "Send to the capital immediately."
"Yes!"
An Yan held the thin letter and left.
Although the old slave added new charcoal fire to the house, the ice flowers on the window had not melted for a while. An Huajin stood in front of the window and drew the ice flowers on the window with his fingers, circle after circle, stroke after stroke.
She drew a stroke and continued for a long time. She didn't stop until the ice she scratched melted.
My fingers were stained with ice flowers, which were cold to the bones and cold to the heart and lungs.
The old slave brought an exquisite and compact hand stove and handed it to An Huajin, "Little Princess, it's cold on the road. Please bring the hand stove to keep warm."
An Huajin nodded, took the hand stove, and held it in her hand. The coolness on her fingertips gradually warmed due to the heat radiating from the hand stove. She put on her cloak and left the yard where her mother lived.
Shen Yuanzhi has been waiting for An Huajin in the study all morning. He stayed up all night last night and thought about many things about Xu Jing. The more he thought about it, the more he studied it, and found that he could find many clues, which he did not understand when he was young and who did not know the truth.
, now once someone lifts this veil, it seems that the clouds and fog are lifted.
Zhang Chengze’s words are just a little bit confirmed.
Originally, he couldn't wait to go to the Xu family to ask Xu Jing whether he really did it? Uncle Xu, whom they had respected since childhood, actually did such a thing, but after gradually finding out the truth in all likelihood, he instead
Not so impatient anymore.
Even if we kill him, what will happen? Uncle An and his two brothers will not be able to survive again, and everyone who participated in the battle of Yuxueling will not be able to survive again.
An Huajin pushed open the study door, glanced at Shen Yuanzhi, who had not slept all night and looked obviously depressed, and said, "Let's go."
Shen Yuanzhi nodded, picked up the cloak, quickly put it on his body, and left the study.
The two of them walked all the way to the door.
Shen Yuanzhi looked at An Huajin's face and found that she looked very good. Compared with his appearance, which had not slept all night, she had no expression on her face. He immediately stopped and grabbed her, "Wait a minute.
I'll take a moment."
An Huajin tilted his head, "Huh?"
"Go back to the study and wait for a while. I'll be here soon." Shen Yuanzhi said nothing and ran away.
An Huajin: "..."
If there is something I haven’t done all morning, I have to go out and do it.
An Huajin could only turn around and go back to the study to wait for him.
An Huajin sat in the study for a while, about two cups of tea. Shen Yuanzhi came back soon as he said. He opened the door and said refreshed, "You can go."< /p>
An Huajin glanced at him and saw that he had washed his face well and changed into clean and well-fitting clothes. The fatigue from a sleepless night and the depression on his face had gone away, and he looked refreshed and clear. He nodded and left the study.
The two of them rode out of the An family's old house, out of Nanyang City, and headed all the way to the Xu family.
The Xu family is in Qingzhou, which is not close to Nanyang City. It takes half a day to walk on horseback.
After the heavy snowfall, the weather was very cold, and the cold wind was even more violent than when it snowed. It blew on people's bodies like knives, and the cold was bone-deep. An Huajin held the horse's reins with one hand and held the hand stove with the other, but he didn't feel it at all. Cold.
"It's no longer possible, take a break, I'm freezing to death." Shen Yuanzhi shouted when he was halfway through the journey.
An Huajin reined in the horse's reins and rolled his eyes at him, "Who told you to love beauty and wear so little? If you don't freeze to death, who will you freeze to death?"
"You heartless little girl, didn't I do this just to avoid losing face? I can't just go to him and question him looking so sloppy." Shen Yuanzhi chewed his teeth and muttered, "Who knows why he is so cold? ."
An Huajin threw the hand stove to him and said, "Hold it! It will work more or less."
Shen Yuanzhi took the stove, held it in his hands, looked at the tightly wrapped cloak and said, "Why don't you let me wear your cloak?"
"You are so beautiful."
Shen Yuanzhi: "..."
He is indeed beautiful.
He held the hand stove and played on the spot for a while. When he felt that it was not too cold anymore, he threw the hand stove back to An Huajin and said, "Let's go!"
An Huajin took back the stove and continued to move forward.
When the two arrived in Qingzhou, the sun had already set.
After entering Qingzhou City, the two went straight to the Xu family.
The Xu family is a wealthy family in Qingzhou City. Some of the children in the family are those who practice martial arts and join the army, and some are academically motivated. Although the Gu and Cui families are far apart, they still have many descendants, distributed in various places. The youngest son of the Xu family, Xu Jing served as a soldier in the Nanyang Army when he was young. Later, due to changes in the Xu family, he was discharged from the Nanyang Army and returned to Qingzhou City, where he became the prefect of Qingzhou City.
Six months ago, he was deeply hit and tortured by illness. He resigned from the post of governor of Qingzhou and recuperated at home. This recuperation lasted for half a year.
The Xu family's old house is also quite old. You can see some of the vicissitudes of life from the plaque on the door and the two stone lions at the door.
Shen Yuanzhi got off his horse and went to knock on the door.
The doorman quickly opened the side door. When he saw Shen Yuanzhi and An Huajin, he immediately said enthusiastically, "Princess An, General Shen, why are you two here?"
Shen Yuanzhi had already packed up his mood when he changed into clean clothes and left the house. He smiled and said, "The little princess and I were out on business. We happened to pass by Qingzhou City and came to visit Uncle Xu."
Naturally, he would not say that he came specifically to confront Xu Jing to settle the score.
The doorman hurriedly opened the door and said, "You two, hurry in and invite me. The younger one will go and report to the third master."
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Xu Jing, the youngest son, was the third eldest son in the Xu family, so the servants called him the Third Master.
Shen Yuanzhi nodded, and together with An Huajin handed the horses to the doorman, stepped over the threshold and walked inside.
The two of them come to the Xu family once or twice a year, even more often when they were young. They are very familiar with the Xu family. Xu Jing's first wife gave birth to a daughter and a son, the eldest son Xu Qingyan and the eldest daughter Xu Qingling. .
Eight years ago, An Huajin was able to successfully steal from the Xu family and escape with Xu Qingling hiding in Xiuling Mountain, thanks to the help of Xu Qingling's eldest brother Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan is also special among the Xu family's children. He doesn't like martial arts or literature, and prefers business. He is not recognized by the Xu family. He ignores the family's opposition and insists on going his own way. After all, he has not relied on the Xu family to make a career for himself. A whole world.
In these years, Xu Qingyan traveled all over the country and only returned to Qingzhou City once a year. He only stayed in Qingzhou City for one night at a time. He went to Nanyang Prince's Mansion more often. Sometimes he could stay for two or three nights in Nanyang Prince's Mansion.< /p>
After receiving the news, the housekeeper came out and greeted the two of them with a smile. He said to An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi, "Did the little princess and the little general hear that Mr. Yan was back? Why did they rush to talk about it on this day?"
An Huajin paused.
Shen Yuanzhi's steps also paused.
Did you just catch up with Xu Qingyan’s return?
Xu Qingyan and An Qichen are almost the same age. Their parents have been good friends, and their children have naturally known each other since childhood. They are very good friends. When they were young, An Qingyan, Xu Qingyan and several other children of similar ages often took An Huajin with them. , Shen Yuanzhi and other younger brothers and sisters played together. Both An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi liked Xu Qingyan as their brother very much.
Unexpectedly, by coincidence, he returned to the Xu family today.
The two of them looked at each other. They had not seen Xu Qingyan for a year. Logically speaking, they should be happy to hear that he was back. But on a day like this, the two of them came with a purpose. Even if they learned that he was back, they would not be happy. I can't be happy.
In the end, it was An Huajin who smiled first and said, "Really? Brother Qingyan is back? We really don't know. We just stopped by to visit Uncle Xu."
The housekeeper smiled and said, "That's a coincidence. Mr. Yan has just entered the door not long ago, only half an hour later. He hasn't seen the third master yet."
When the housekeeper mentioned Xu Jing, he dropped the smile on his face and sighed, "It is also because the third master has not been well since autumn, so Mr. Yan found a doctor from outside. It is said that he can cure old diseases.
I hope the third master can get better."
An Huajin smiled, "Since it's a coincidence that Brother Qingyan hasn't visited Uncle Xu yet, let's go visit Uncle Xu with Brother Qingyan."
The housekeeper immediately said, "I will send someone to tell Mr. Qingyan that you two should go to the main hall to have a rest first. This winter is really cold. It reminds me of the heavy snow that fell so early more than ten years ago.
The snow that winter fell so high that the eaves were so high. I wonder if it will be the same this year."
What he was talking about was that when An Huajin was still in her mother's belly, it was a rare heavy snowfall that year. Her mother went north to Mobei to borrow troops while carrying her, and she was injured.
An Huajin responded, "The snow this year will not be light."
Since Dark Flame said that Gu Qingyan mentioned the heavy snow this winter, it must be that the snow this winter is really heavy.
