Xu Qinghuan looked at Sister Xian: "Sister Xian, this matter is quite involved, and I can't explain it in a sentence or a half."
Sister Xian nodded. She wanted to ask her mother about it, but her mother said the same thing. She shouldn't talk to her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, I understand," Sister Xian said, "I won't ask anymore, let alone inquire about the Kong family."
Xu Qinghuan smiled slightly: "Let's go to grandma's place first. After dinner, you come to my yard and I will have a good chat with you."
Sister Xian was a little surprised, she didn't expect her sister-in-law to be willing to tell her this.
Sister Xian nodded immediately.
After dinner, Xu Qinghuan and Sister Xian went to the house to make tea.
There was no one else in the room. After having a cup of tea, Sister Xian seemed less restrained. Xu Qinghuan smiled and said, "Why did Sister Xian think of asking the Kong family?"
Sister Xian pursed her lips: "I heard from my mother that the uncle of the Jiang family asked my mother for news about the Kong family."
A hint of shyness appeared on Sister Xian's face when she mentioned the uncle of the Jiang family.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Is the Jiang family..."
Sister Xian nodded: "The uncle of the Jiang family and I have been engaged for a long time." At this point, Sister Xian shook the handkerchief nervously, "I'm worried that the uncle of the Jiang family will accidentally get involved with the Kong family."
It’s something that happened, so I was a little confused in the garden just now.”
Sister Xian would not be so worried just because the Jiang family inquired about the Kong family. There must be other reasons.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Did Mr. Jiang have someone send a message to you?"
Sister Xian nodded: "Uncle Jiang said that a friend he had made with him was related by marriage to the Kong family. The friend said that there was obviously something fishy about the Kong family. Originally, the disaster was not brought to the Kong family. This time, Mrs. Kong seemed to say
If it is not good for the Kong family, the entire Kong family will be destroyed."
Miss Li's case was interrogated by someone trusted by the emperor. Uncle Lei had not come back to inquire about the news. Xu Qinghuan did not expect to go around and hear news related to the case from Sister Xian's mouth.
"Are the in-laws of the Jiang family ready to help the Kong family?" Xu Qinghuan asked.
Sister Xian nodded: "I said I wanted to help ask for the inside story, but this case involves too much." At this point, Sister Xian hesitated, "I don't know if the uncle of the Jiang family sent me such a verbal message.
You want me to mention this in front of my elder brother and sister-in-law, if I say a few words and cause unnecessary trouble to the family..."
Until now, Sister Xian doesn’t know whether it’s right to tell her sister-in-law this.
"There is no such thing," Xu Qinghuan said with a smile, "avoiding talking about it is not a way to solve the problem. Besides, I handled the Jian Wang case together with the uncle. The Jiang family asked about three people because of the relationship between the two families.
Madam, it's reasonable. The Jiang family is just asking for information and has not directly asked the Song family for help, so you don't have to think too much."
Xu Qinghuan picked up the tea and took a sip. Uncle Jiang's friend was an in-law of the Kong family. This reminded Xu Qinghuan of someone. Li Xu's fourth brother also did some business in the north.
Could Uncle Jiang’s friend be Mr. Li?
The relationship between the brothers of the Li family and Li Xu is relatively good, but the fourth master Li rarely interacts with Li Xu.
Grandma Li Si was a nice person and often came to her house to talk, but she didn't know what the gap between the two brothers was. Every time she mentioned this matter, she would inevitably sigh.
It stands to reason that a family should not have any irreconcilable conflicts. After Li Xu made great achievements in Northern Xinjiang, all the brothers of the Li family took up positions. Li Changyan also found a vacant son for Mr. Li Si, but he did not expect that Li Si
He refused to join the job, so the father and son had a big quarrel. It was New Year's Eve, and Li Changyan kicked Fourth Master Li and his family out of the Li family. Because of this, Li Changyan even said that all the relatives of the Li family were not allowed to take in this family.
people.
Mrs. Li was worried about her son and secretly sent people to find Fourth Master Li. As a result, Fourth Master Li and his family left Taiyuan Mansion overnight.
Li Xu led people to chase him, but the two brothers didn't know what they said. When Li Xu came back, his face and hands were injured. The two brothers must have had a fight.
She took care of Li Xu and cleaned Li Xu's wounds. Li Xu looked at the official document in his hand and didn't say a word all night. Early the next morning, Li Xu went to Datong and came back a month later.
Li Xu has returned to normal, but he never mentioned what happened that night again.
Li Xu didn't want to tell the inside story, even if she asked, there would be no results, and it involved the grievances between their brothers. Mrs. Li reminded her many times that women should not stand between their brothers. The implication was that Li Xu
She and Grandma Li Si were the ones who instigated the relationship between Mr. and Li Xu, and it was not appropriate for her to interfere anymore.
But secretly, she sent people to find Mr. Li and wanted to give them some items to tide them over. Mr. Li refused to accept them at first, but later kept half of them, which was just enough for them to live temporarily.
Fourth Master Li always had a hard time living away from home, but they never moved back to the Li family. Mrs. Li couldn't help crying secretly when she mentioned this incident during New Year's holidays.
The atmosphere was ruined many times because of this, and Li Changyan simply ordered everyone not to mention Fourth Master Li at home, and no one could have any contact with Fourth Master Li, otherwise they would end up like Fourth Master Li.
Xu Qinghuan came back from her thoughts and looked at Sister Xian: "I asked the third aunt to send a letter to the Jiang family and invite Uncle Jiang to be a guest. I will ask him if there is any inside story."
Sister Xian looked grateful: "Sister-in-law is so kind. I don't even know how to thank you."
"No need to thank me," Xu Qing said with a smile, "I just like to think about the case and want to find out what happened."
"I heard that my eldest sister-in-law and my eldest brother have handled many cases together. Can my eldest sister-in-law tell me about it?"
Song Chengxuan had just finished processing the official documents and walked back to the yard.
"Uncle," Yin Gui stepped forward and said, "grandma is talking to the young lady from the third room."
Song Chengxuan did not let Yin Gui report: "I know."
When Yin Gui walked away, Song Chengxuan vaguely heard the voices in the main room and walked slowly over. It happened that Sister Xian was asking Xu Qinghuan about the cases with great interest.
I just mentioned the Fengxiang case. Obviously, the two of them just got started. If this continues...
Song Chengxuan frowned slightly, wondering why she was busier than him.
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Li's small courtyard.
Mrs. Li looked at Mr. Li with a smile on her face: "We are all going to Taiyuan, why are you coming to Beijing at this time?"
"My son is going to Datong Mansion," Fourth Master Li said. "I heard something happened to the Kong family and eldest sister, so I wanted to come to Beijing to have a look."
Mr. Li's eyebrows were full of anxiety: "Mother, what's going on? Sister, she..."
Mr. Kong and his eldest sister took great care of the Li family. He couldn't recover for a while after hearing the bad news, so he hurried into Beijing and asked his mother when he entered.
Mrs. Li sighed: "Master Kong Wu is too confused. I don't know if anyone in the Kong family is involved with King Jian."
"Mother," said Mr. Li Si, "where is my ninth brother? I'll go find my ninth brother and ask."
As soon as Mr. Li finished speaking, Li Changyan said in a deep voice: "Don't cause trouble to your ninth brother. He is already tired enough. You don't understand the affairs of the yamen. Don't ask for information casually. It really involves your ninth brother. Let's see how I follow
You settle the score." Although he gave birth to nine sons, the first eight failed to live up to expectations, and only Jiulang was reliable.
