Unparalleled Concubine

"Because one day, I will find the person in your mouth to settle his sins."

"I've found him."

Li Xin was expressionless.

"When I get a little taller, I can go to him to settle the score."

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

Li Xin is already the Marquis of Jing'an, Minister of the Ministry 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 lightly at the gray-haired old man in front of him.

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

"Master Hou, please."

Li Xin said: "If I come back this time, I am not a Marquis of Jing'an, nor a servant of the Ministry of War, but just a penniless little bastard, will Master Xiao recognize my mother, will he come back in a hurry, and be with me?" Say this?"

Xiao Mingli has told lies many times in his life, and he should have been familiar with it long ago, but this time he couldn't tell a lie. After a long silence, he said shyly, "Probably... no."

"That's it."

Li Xin chuckled: "In the eyes of your Xiao family, etiquette is more important than family affection, and power and status are more important than etiquette. I don't need to say more about what my mother did in those years. I just want to say that she has lived alone in Qishan all these years. You worked hard at work, embroidering and earning money every day, and in the end you could hardly keep your eyes open, can your Xiao family see or not?"

"The Xiao family can deny her, but is she missing a bite of food?"

"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 stay in the mountains with her child and stay up all night in summer to keep her child away from mosquitoes? ?”

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

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, as Master Xiao said, my mother was right and wrong in the past. The Xiao family raised her for sixteen or seven years, and then she suffered by herself for sixteen or seven years." , I think it should be worth it, right?"

"I sent someone to check the background of your Xiao family. There is a Xiao family town in Qiyang County, and you entered the Xiao family county from there. Up to now, the Xiao family is in Xiao family town, and there are at least a thousand acres of land. , you sent her a bite to eat, didn't you?"

"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, a beautiful wife and a beautiful maidservant, how happy he is, as long as he remembers that he still has a sister, my mother will not die at the age of 33." died!"

"But 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 a little.

"Your family is not short of her meal, but you didn't give it!"

"Now this Marquis can actually give your family a bite to eat, even with just a word from me, your family can jump out of Qiyang County, no longer just a small landlord, but can become a number one in Yongzhou family."

Having said that, Li Xin was expressionless.

"But this sentence, the Marquis is not willing to say, this meal..."

"The Marquis doesn't want to give it either."

Chapter 368 The culprit

People are not plants, as long as they are human, they will have feelings. Logically speaking, no matter how Li Xin's mother is, the Xiao family should not be so indifferent, but this is the case in this era, with strict etiquette and rules, but the Xiao family is also a scholarly family Second, Xiao Mingli and his eldest son Xiao Xiuqi are both famous scholars.

It is this level of fame as a scholar that makes the Xiao family pay special attention to rules, and also makes them ignore Xiao Qinglan.

To be honest, if the Xiao family could stick to the rules and ignore Li Xin until now, even though Li Xin would ignore them, he wouldn't hate them so much in his heart.

After all, they are also restricted by the times, and their thoughts are imprisoned by this era.

However, after these Xiao family members knew that Li Xin was well-off, they still took the initiative to post and recognize their mother. This shows that the so-called etiquette and rules are not so important in their hearts.

That's why Li Xin hated the Xiao family so much.

Xiao Mingli smiled wryly, and said: "The matter has come to this point, the Xiao family dare not ask Lord Hou to take care of them anymore, they just want to come and explain to Lord Hou."

After he paused, he continued.

"The other thing is, after Master Hou left, Qinglan will have no descendants' incense in Qiyang County. The old man means, can the grandchildren of the Xiao family burn some paper for Qinglan during the festivals..."

The old man Xiao lowered his head, and said with some fear: "Master Hou, don't worry, the Xiao family dare not get involved with Master Hou again..."

Li Xin remained silent.

Xiao Mingli let out a long sigh.

"During this time, the old man thought carefully about what he had done these years, and found that he was really sorry for Qinglan. It was just that the old man was angry at her for not being obedient and wanted her to go home by herself, so..."

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "I've already brought my mother's spiritual tablet, and her old man will not lack any incense, but the tomb is there, so it's not impossible for you to burn paper, but only the younger generations of the Xiao family are allowed to go. Mother probably doesn't want to see you."

Xiao Mingli quickly lowered his head and said, "This is natural, this is natural."

Li Xin turned around with his hands behind his back.

"Besides, you are not allowed to use my mother's name to do evil in Qiyang County. I have left someone in Qiyang County. If the news spreads to the capital, the Xiao family will not only change their surname!"

Li Xin turned and stepped on the carriage, and the team slowly walked away.

The Xiao family was left behind, standing on both sides of the road to watch them off.

After the convoy had left, Xiao Zhiping, the second son of the Xiao family, walked behind Xiao Mingli.

"Father, what did he say?"

Xiao Mingli nodded slowly: "He asked the descendants of the Xiao family to visit Qinglan's grave."

Xiao Zhiping breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "Only this level of relationship exists. If someone in Yongzhou Prefecture wants to move our family, we must consider this Li Houye. This time, we have finally found a backer for our family." .”

Xiao Mingli let out a long sigh.

"This relationship is too thin. He forced our family to change our surname. Others can tell at a glance that he is not compatible with our family."

Xiao Zhiping smiled wryly: "It's pretty good to be able to recover to this level. If he doesn't nod, the Xiao family may not be able to stay in Qiyang County."

If the people from the Xiao family couldn't visit Xiao Qinglan's grave, then some people in Qiyang County might think that the Xiao family had a grudge against that Marquis of Jing'an, and they tried to curry favor with Li Xin by suppressing her.

This person is most likely the county magistrate Zhou Yang.

Xiao Mingli stood there silent for a long time, then turned around slowly, and said to his second son, "Zhiping, do you know what he said to Weifu just now?"