Imperial Exam Daily

After the matter of the house was settled properly, Yang Ye chose a good day to move into the new house.

Although the house purchased first was larger than the house in Wenyang County at the beginning, but the house in the county was gradually expanded, and it was even larger than the courtyard in Sanjin in the capital.

Although the houses in the capital are not as spacious as those in the county, they are already a big industry in the capital where every inch of land is expensive.

Now, although there is an extra quilt in the family, the masters are only Yang Ye and Axi. There were only three servants in the past. Thinking of Axi's hard work in taking care of the quilt, he bought two more from the dental shop. , a brother, and also invited a nanny.

The number of people seemed quite large, and the mansion had more than enough room for everyone, and there were still many vacant rooms.

After moving into the new home and everything was on track, it was already March, and the cold weather in late spring was very freezing.

Yang Ye tucked his neck into his collar as much as possible, arched his hands in his sleeves backwards, and hurried out of the palace.

Li Cheng chased after him and went out with him.

Yang Ye glanced at Li Cheng, saw that he was in the same posture as himself, and couldn't help shaking his head. In the past, Mr. Li, who never left his fan in Wenyang County in winter, now his neck shrinks without grace. That stinky look back then.

He couldn't help feeling: "Marriage really makes people look unkempt."

"The main reason is that it's cold in Beijing."

Yang Ye sneered: "Come on, you."

Seeing his disgusted look, Li Cheng sneered back: "You run away without a trace every day, I'm afraid you don't know how many people have complained in front of the emperor."

"The border barbarians are about to make a move, and the quarrel is so fierce today, you are not afraid that the emperor will send you to solve it."

Yang Ye didn't bother to care about these things, and there was something wrong with commuting to and from work on time: "The war at the border has to be taken care of by the Ministry of War. I'm a civil servant, and the emperor can let me go to the front to fight. Those old things in the court have no sons. Hug, naturally I have free time to see which official walks fast and which official walks slowly, I can't compare with them."

Li Cheng said with a smile: "You are used to running on people."

The two walked for a while talking and laughing, and seeing that there were fewer officials walking around, Li Cheng glanced behind them obliquely, and whispered, "Have you noticed that after Xue Yinsheng returned to Beijing, he always looked up and down?" you?"

Yang Ye looked back with lowered eyes, and saw a familiar figure not far away.

He frowned, since he met Xue Yinsheng on the day when Ah Xi was born with a quilt, he was looking into the past, but it has passed for a long time, but there is still no clue.

He also noticed that Xue Yinsheng seemed to be paying close attention to him, but he never took the initiative to have any communication with him whether he was in court in the hall or working in various departments. For a while, he really didn't know that Xue Yinsheng was there What's your idea.

In the past, he could always catch a glimpse of his figure, once or twice, but it was inevitable to be suspicious if the number of times was too many, but he couldn't take any practical actions. What if other people also like to go out of the palace at this time , but now Li Cheng also saw something was wrong, so he affirmed his own idea.

After parting with Li Cheng, he deliberately walked, walking slowly, looking at the stalls on the road from time to time, bought a rattle and shook it, and observed Xue Yinsheng's actions. As expected, when he reached the intersection, Xue Yin Sheng still walked the same path as him.

After making sure that Xue Yinsheng was following him, he suddenly quickened his pace, turned around and entered a small alley.

I saw Xue Yinsheng raised his head and looked around in the crowd. After searching for a long time, he didn't see him. Finally, he shook his sleeves, but instead of heading towards his own mansion, he strolled towards their mansion instead. Let go.

Now it was Yang Ye who followed Xue Yinsheng.

He was very familiar with the way back to his home, so he knew where to hide, and following Xue Yinsheng all the way didn't make him feel anything wrong.

Xue Yinsheng was actually heading towards the Yang family's mansion, but he stopped at the corner of the street outside Yang's mansion, hiding there and looking straight at the gate of the mansion.

Yang Ye couldn't figure it out even more, he didn't come to look for someone, and what he was doing sneakily outside the courtyard.

He waited patiently outside for a while, estimated to be a quarter of an hour, the door of the house opened, and Axi walked out from inside.

"The door is open, and the master will be back later."

"Yes."

A Xi looked around at the door, looking left and right to see the several roads back.

Recently, Yang Ye came home after he came down to court, but he only knew that Axi was there to pick him up at the door for two out of three days, but he didn't know that in this cold sun and windy weather, Axi opened the door so early and waited for him to go home.

Feeling warm in his heart, he turned his head and saw Xue Yinsheng was leaning on the wall, stretching his neck to look at Axi, his brows were tightly intertwined, and he was about to step forward but stopped.

Yang Ye wondered if Xue Yinsheng followed him in the past so that when Axi came out to greet him when he returned home, he could see Axi from a distance?

There was a moment of stalemate.

"The master is back and let me know."

Axi explained to his servants in this way, Xue Yinsheng finally couldn't hold back at this moment.

"Zixiang!"

He stepped forward a few steps and stood at the door of Xue's house.

Ah Xi thought it was Yang Ye who came back, and when he turned his head and saw the person, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, he stood at the door for a while, and then went out to salute Xue Yinsheng: "I don't know why Mr. Xue visited the cold house? "

"Zixiang, you have grown taller, and you have also grown up."

Ah Xi sneered: "We haven't seen each other for nearly ten years, if I haven't grown up, then I'm really dead."

Seeing that Ah Xi's words were very rusty, Xue Yinsheng sighed: "Zixiang, my father knows that you blamed me for what happened at the son-in-law's mansion that day."

Now that the words are so clear, it is inconvenient to pretend not to know, Axi bluntly said: "Since Mr. Xue made a choice that day, why bother to make another trip today."

"Zixiang, being a father also has some unavoidable difficulties. When the new emperor ascends the throne, the Xue family's status is not as good as that of the previous dynasty. At that time, everyone in the capital thought you died of illness. If I openly recognize you again, the emperor will be suspicious! "

"Okay, then I want to ask Mr. Xue, how did I "die of illness"?" Axi looked straight at Xue Yinsheng with sharp eyes: "If Mr. Xue really cares about the relationship between father and son, it is best to tell the truth. Let's waste each other's time by saying some more high-sounding words."

Xue Yinsheng looked at Axi in front of him, the little brother who was so soft-tempered in the past, but now he has learned to be aggressive. Looking at the eyebrows and eyes similar to his mother, he felt a little dazed, like Ji Qing when he was young He seemed to be back again, because of this, when talking about the past, he felt extremely guilty.

Ah Xi saw Xue Yinsheng's silence for a long time, he was a little impatient: "If Mr. Xue has nothing to say, then I will go back first."

"That day when my father went back to the mansion, he heard that you hadn't returned home for a day. Even though he sent his servants to look for it, but there was no result for a few days, my father thought it was because you scolded you a few days ago and you hid Dai Lin's family, after repeated inquiries, there is still no news. At this time, there is news in Beijing that your father-in-law is about to return to the imperial court. You are not ignorant of your grandfather's fiery temper. In desperation, I had no choice but to say that you died of illness, but my father never stopped looking for you in private!"

Ah Xi actually laughed when he heard the words, his brows were full of sadness: "Father probably found the news that I was sold into a brothel, even if I got it back, it would be an insult to the family. How could the lintel of Xue's family let a Such a little brother will continue to go back to be the eldest son, and if grandpa finds out, it is estimated that Aunt Xiao and younger sister will be doomed, how could Lord Xue let such a thing happen."

Xue Yinsheng's eyes were startled: "Zixiang!"

Seeing his reaction, Ah Xi knew that she had guessed right, and was completely disappointed.

At that time, he was indeed sold to a brothel outside Beijing. In order to preserve his reputation, he handed over the token of the Xue family that he carried with him to the madam, and asked her to send a letter back to the capital to ask his family to redeem him. Kuan, due to the prestige of the Xue family, seeing that he was too young to receive guests, he really asked someone to go to the capital.

But after waiting for more than ten days, before he got the news, he probably knew that the family might not send anyone, so he climbed into the water tanker and got out when the guards were lax. He had revealed that he was from the capital city, so he naturally didn't dare to run in the direction of the capital city, so he went in the opposite direction and fled all the way to Wenyang County.

At that time, he kept thinking about whether his father would come to Wenyang County to take him back one day, and whether his grandfather would come again. For days and months, it has been years in a flash. After eating the last meal, there may not be the next meal In those days, his hope had already been wiped out.

"Master Xue, in order to protect everyone, he will do everything as if there is no leakage."

"Zixiang, Dad was deceived by lard, but later he went to that brothel to look for you, but he didn't know your whereabouts. Dad knew that he owed you was not clear, so you took the quilt and returned to Xue's house , Dad will definitely make up for you and your little grandson."

"It's not appropriate to raise the son of a subordinate official elsewhere, Mr. Xue?"

Yang Ye put his hands behind his back, his eyes were so cold that there was no light, Xue Yinsheng was taken aback when he saw the sudden appearance, knowing that Yang Ye had heard everything, he said with a smile on his face, "My son-in-law."

"Don't, my lord can't afford to be a good son-in-law and a low official. Our Axi's parents have both died since he was a child. Master Xue, please don't go around and recognize relatives."

Xue Yinsheng's expression was very ugly: "Zixiang's blood is flowing from the Xue family, he will always be the son of the Xue family."

Yang Ye refused to give an inch: "He married me, Yang Ye, and he is already a member of my Yang family. Our Yang family is a small family, and we cannot compete with the Xue family."

"Yang Ye, don't go too far!"

"Master Xue knows who is going too far." Yang Ye took Axi by the hand, and said to the servant beside him, "Seeing off the guests."

Xue Yinsheng was stopped outside the door, watching Axi and Yang Ye return to the mansion.

"Master Xue, please go back."

After Ah Xi returned to the courtyard, he went straight into the house and picked up the babbling little quilt from the nanny, his face seemed very calm, seeing Yang Ye staring at him, he said: "I didn't know he would come today. "

"I know." Yang Ye touched his face: "Don't be sad."

"I'm not sad. If I was sad, I would have vented it on the day when I was born. It's not worth wasting my mind with such a person. When I was in danger, he, as a father, pretended to be deaf and dumb for that little reputation. , I just feel that my mother has paid wrongly all her life.”

Yang Yesi and the conversation between the two of them just now recalled that the first time Axi told him about his life experience, he seemed to be at odds with that aunt. Judging by the way he saw Xue Yinsheng looking at Axi today, he still had two feelings. If it wasn't for this, she wouldn't have followed him secretly to see Axi.

Thinking about it, Aunt Xiao was still inseparable from what happened back then, but Xue Yinsheng wanted to protect his concubine and daughter, and at the same time wanted Axi to return to him. , he will never let Ah Xi get involved with that kind of scum again.