Graceful spring color

Chapter 47 Fugitive
  Early the next morning, the house became lively, and a group of government soldiers broke in with weapons in hand.

Gongzi Yan's men had already received the order, and when they were in Chen County, they could not take action easily unless there was an order.

As the two parties confronted each other, Songshan put away his usual laughter. His face was as dark as ink and he asked loudly, "You guys who broke into the mansion of a noble family without permission are punished by law."

The leading square-faced soldier replied with disdain, "It depends on what kind of family it is." He looked at the clothes of Songshan and others as he said it. After silently classifying it as ordinary people in his heart, his voice became even more contemptuous, "We I received a message that there is someone here that the higher-ups are looking for.”

He gestured to the soldiers behind him, and a dozen of them were eager to try. If the person they were looking for was really hidden here, it would be five hundred taels of silver!
  Songshan clenched his fists, "Your Chen County soldiers are really impressive. They search private residences as soon as they are told."

The square-faced soldier glanced at him and said, "We are soldiers of the Xie family. If you know what we are doing, get out of here, otherwise I will arrest you and put you in jail."

"Then it depends on whether you have this ability." Several people from Songshan took a step forward and blocked the corridor to the hospital.

There was a sound of swords fighting, and the soldiers unsheathed their sharp swords. "You are a shameless little family, and you will be given a penalty for harboring fugitives. Brothers, rush in."

Songshan looked at these people who were overestimating their capabilities and laughed softly, "Where did the fugitives come from? You guys still want to enter the inner courtyard?"

The noise reached the house, and Wang Yan was disturbed. He frowned and said lightly to Bai Shan who was guarding the door, "Kill."

Baishan got the order and was about to rush over when the sound coming from the courtyard door made Wang Yan stop his steps.

"Stop!" Taifu Xie shouted angrily to stop the two parties.

A strange color flashed in Wang Yan's eyes. Even if the city guard saw the broken branch yesterday and reported it, he wouldn't have asked Taifu Xie to come over in person early in the morning.

A large group of people suddenly gathered at the door.

Taifu Xie looked around with a somewhat solemn expression. He had been worried about Yue'er's safety for several days, and now he rushed to the courtyard regardless of his busy schedule. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a tense atmosphere.

He heard that this group of government soldiers claimed to be members of the Xie family, and even said they were fugitives.

"Are you from my Xie family?" He looked at the leading soldiers with an unhappy expression.

The square-faced soldier shrank like a quail, and the arrogance he had before had long since disappeared. His lips moved and he whispered Nono, "We are the soldiers under Madam. The people in the portrait mentioned above are all fugitives." He said. He hurriedly took out a portrait from his arms, which looked like Xie Fengyue and Zhe Zhi.

Taifu Xie's face turned dark. Why didn't he know that his Xie daughter had become a fugitive in a day or two? Can your own soldiers still come to search the courtyard of the Prince of Langya?
  "You are talking nonsense. You must be trying to get merit and convict at will." He actually felt a little bit wrong in his heart. Maybe it was the madam's secret order, but this man was a talkative person, and some things couldn't be stated openly.

He pointed at the dozen or so people and said to his followers, "These people pretended to be soldiers of my Xie family's mansion, mistaking my Xie family's reputation and arrested them all."

When the soldiers heard this, their faces turned pale and they all hurriedly knelt down and raised their weapons with both hands: "Master, we are really soldiers of the Xie family. You and our swords all have clan emblems on them." Yes!"

Mr. Xie's lips pursed into a thin line, "Take him away! Take him away quickly!"

After he finished doing this, he said to Songshan, "These people have disturbed Young Master Yan Qingjing." Seeing that Songshan's face was expressionless and he did not express his gratitude, he felt slightly annoyed.

Then he asked, "Can my son Feng Yue be at your place?" Song Shan saluted with a cold face, "Thank you, Master, Miss Yue went out to play with my husband a few days ago. She slept late last night and may not have gotten up yet."

He was talking about the head of the Xie family, and did not mention his official position, which made Mr. Xie's expression calmer.

"It turns out that Tong Gongzi went out, and the child didn't tell her family, which made it difficult for her mother and I to find her." He seemed to have accepted Songshan's words in acquiescence, and then replied.

After all the irrelevant people were cleared away, Songshan led him into the inner courtyard.

"Thank you, Master, for waiting a moment. I'm going to report to my husband right now." Songshan bowed and bowed before immediately retreating.

Taifu Xie had a casual look on his face, but his eyes fell on the new tea that had just been served, "This Wang family is really bullying people. A direct descendant dares to make him wait for the Xie family master. Even this tea is not freshly brewed." "

Gongzi Yan arrived late with Xie Fengyue. Taifu Xie stared closely at the figures of the two walking together, with a little more displeasure in his eyes. He would not attack Gongzi Yan, so he could only vent his anger towards Xie Fengyue. .

"Yue'er, didn't your mother say that you are the most sensible person? Why do you stay up all night and linger in Gongzi Yan's mansion!" He said reproachfully.

Xie Fengyue's eyelashes brushed against Taifu Xie who looked unhappy, and she blinked.

She suddenly knelt down, tears filling her eyes: "Father, I don't want to marry the King of Wu. I am in love with the young master, and I hope my father will fulfill my wish."

Gongzi Yan didn't expect that this girl would suddenly act like this. Didn't he just agree on the way here that she would simply admit her mistake and he would take care of anything?
  He lowered his eyes to look at her, her curling posture was so beautiful that she could even salute, and sighed secretly, "It seems that she still can't trust him, and she is unwilling to entrust him with the affairs of Wu Palace."

Taifu Xie was also shocked by the sudden kneeling ceremony. As soon as he moved, he wanted to go down and help her up, but when he thought about Wu Palace, which was related to the Xie family's century-old foundation and his promise to Liu Mu, he stopped abruptly.

"When you stand up to speak, you kneel down every now and then. How can you still have the grace of a daughter from the Xie family." He said stiffly.

Xie Fengyue still kowtowed, her tone pitiful and desolate, "To be honest with my father, I was not with Young Master Yan these days, it was me who escaped."

Taifu Xie frowned. He didn't expect that she would lift this fig leaf with her own hands. Today, it would be better for a girl from aristocratic family to stay outside with Yu Langjun than to go outside and be wrapped up in the dirty world.

Seeing Xie Fengyue bowing his head, he felt angry in his heart. He feels guilty about his daughter, but that doesn't mean she can be above the Xie family's face.

Xie Fengyue immediately said, "When I was outside, I saw the ordinary people gathering together with their families, and I was envious. But when I think of myself," she said in a tearful voice, "I... and my mother are thousands of miles apart, and May is my mother's birthday. In the past, I'm here all the time." Her voice became lower and lower.

After his reminder, Taifu Xie remembered that the eighth day of May was indeed Liu'er's birthday. He pinched his eyebrows and asked, "Did you run out because you wanted to celebrate her birthday with her?"

Xie Fengyue didn't take the ladder he handed her, and raised her head with blazing eyes, "This is just one of them. I want my mother to know that now that I have my favorite husband, I will have to marry someone else just like her."

These words were like a giant ax hitting Mr. Xie's heart hard. He was breathing hard and looked at Xie Fengyue with a complex expression, "You know everything."

(End of this chapter)