flstandardbreds Chapter 125 Preparing to return to Beijing
Chapter 125 Preparing to return to Beijing
Xia Xiaorou once told Xia Xiaoying that she could not admit her identity.
Especially in front of the people from the Anguo Mansion.
"What Xia Hanlin? I don't know what you are talking about. My father is a hunter, don't you know? He is in the village. If you have any problems, go find him, don't find me." After Xia Xiaoying finished speaking, she turned and left.
"Miss Xia, where is your sister Xia Xiaorou? I want to talk to her." Madam Luo asked loudly as she looked at Xia Xiaoying, whose expression changed drastically and who ran away in panic.
Xia Xiaoying ignored her, "My sister is not in the village, she went out of town."
Madam Luo thought to herself, no wonder I haven’t seen him for a long time.
It turns out he went out of town.
She looked at Xia Xiaoying's back and smiled. "It's the same thing to tell you. You may not know yet, but the one who killed your father, Xia Hanlin, and your grandfather, Duke Weiguo's family, was none other than Yan Langjun, the owner of Yan Garden. Oh no, you can also call him King Yan. So, you should understand why King Yan suddenly said he wanted to marry your sister, right? This is to dissuade you from investigating his background."
Xia Xiaoying's breath was choked when she heard this.
She knew Yan Heng's true identity, but she didn't know that Yan Heng was also involved in what happened back then.
Xia Xiaoying clenched her fists, pretending not to understand, and turned around to look at Madam Luo with wide eyes.
"Lord Yan of Yan Garden is the King of Yan? Is that true?" She blinked. "But I don't understand what you are talking about, Xia Hanlin and Duke Weiguo."
She shrugged, patted the mule's back, and left.
Madam Luo called out to her several times from behind, but she ignored her.
Watching Xia Xiaoying walk away, Awang's family, who was beside Madam Luo, sighed and said, "Madam Luo, that sister of the Xia family doesn't seem to believe it."
Another woman who came to Xi's house said coldly, "Could it be that this country woman really doesn't understand?"
Madam Luo lowered the curtains and said, "No matter if she understands or not, she will definitely parrot what I said to her sister Xia. If Xia gets scared, she will definitely stay away from Mr. Yan."
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Xia Xiaoying walked to the fork in the road ahead, looked back, and found that Luo Niangzi and her companions' carriage was no longer in sight. She kicked the mule's back hard and quickly hurried to the rented house on Market Street.
Seeing her coming back in a panic, Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes and asked in confusion, "Sister, what happened? Why do you look so pale?"
Xia Xiaoying walked to the door and looked around. She found that there was no sound of passers-by outside the small house. She whispered to Xia Xiaorou, "I just met that Miss Luo on my way back from sending Sister Xianyun home."
Xia Xiaorou raised her eyes, "What did she say to you?"
"She said that our father, Hanlin Xia, and our maternal grandfather, Duke Weiguo, were harmed by Prince Yan. That is... Mr. Yan from Yan Garden." Xia Xiaoying looked panicked and spoke in a low voice.
Xia Xiaorou glanced at the child in her arms.
The child has been born for half a month, and his eyebrows and eyes are becoming more and more like Yan Heng, even his fingers are similar.
Seeing her hugging the child tightly, Xia Xiaoying grabbed her arm more worriedly, "Xiaorou, what should we do now?"
"Calculating the time, Shanliang will be back soon. When the grain he bought arrives, together with the grain harvested from our fields, I will arrange for Hu Biaotou to transport it to the north and sell it. The five thousand acres of land will be left to Brother Yanbo and Hu Biaotou to take care of together, and we will pack up the money and go to the capital."
Xia Xiaoying opened her eyes wide, "But we are the daughters of criminals. What if we are found out after entering the capital?"
"Let Xia Dequan go with us, and let him continue to protect us as a father."
Xia Xiaorou said, "Mother's fake marriage to him shows that she still remembers father and hopes that we can go back someday. We can't let mother down. In addition, I think our father and our maternal family must have been wronged. If their grievances are not redressed, the two of us will have to live in humiliation for the rest of our lives."
Xia Xiaoying sighed, "But the capital is a place where hidden dragons and tigers are everywhere. With our tiny power, how can we have the ability to overturn the verdict on father and the Duke of Anguo's Mansion?"
"How will you know if you don't try?" Xia Xiaorou looked towards the direction of the capital.
The people from the Duke of Anguo's Mansion revealed to them that it was Prince Yan who harmed the Xia Family and the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, but Xia Dequan said that it was the people from the Duke of Anguo's Mansion who confiscated the Xia Family and the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and exposed the Xia Family.
It seems that the truth behind this is not simple.
She told Xia Xiaoying about her worries.
Xia Xiaoying also remembered what Xia Dequan had reminded them that day, asking them to be wary of people from the Anguo Mansion.
"Xiao Rou, are you saying that what Madam Luo said was a lie?" Xia Xiaoying was surprised.
"I doubt everyone's words now. I want to check it out myself." Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes.
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Half a month later, Shanliang returned from another county.
Xia Xiaorou had already finished her confinement. She left her child in the care of Xia Xiaoying, and took Song Yanbai, Hu Biaotou and others to store food in a house they had rented in advance on the market street.
Headmaster Hu led ten men, who took turns guarding the place day and night.
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That afternoon, Wen Xiashu received news that Yan Heng was coming back, and Xia Xiaorou was buying a large amount of food.
"What is that Xia doing? What does she want to do by buying so much food?" Wen Xiashu waved at the people around her and sneered, "While Mr. Yan is not in the village, you should immediately arrange for someone to arrest that Xia! It is a serious crime to hoard food privately! Not to mention the King of Yan, even the King of Hell can't save her."
Mrs. Luo's eyes lit up, "I'll make arrangements and make sure to catch Xia!"
Because of Xia's reasons, she was punished by Wen Xiashu several times.
This time, she must complete the mission and capture Xia Xiaorou!
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Xia Xiaorou left the house and was about to get into the carriage with Xia Xiaoying, Chu Xianyun and the children when a familiar voice called them.
"Xiaorou? Xiaoying? Why are you here?"
They turned around and saw that it was Zhou Maoxun who came.
Zhou Maoxun carried a bow and arrow on his back and wore a bamboo hat on his head, dressed as if he was going out hunting.
Xia Xiaorou just nodded, "Cousin Zhou."
Xia Xiaoying was more polite and smiled slightly, "It's Cousin Zhou, why are you here?"
"Why are you in a foreign land?" Zhou Maoxun looked at their attire and pointed at the child in Xia Xiaorou's arms, "Who is this child..."
Chu Xianyun glanced at Xia Xiaorou and pointed at herself, "Mine."
Zhou Maoxun didn't pay much attention to Chu Xianyun. He hadn't seen Song Yanbai for a long time and thought Chu Xianyun was talking about his and Song Yanbai's child.
Zhou Maoxun no longer suspected anything and just said, "Are you going back to the village? I'll drive the car for you."
Xia Xiaorou politely refused, "No, I have to go somewhere else to do something, and Brother Yanbai is waiting for us."
She nodded to Zhou Maoxun and got into the carriage holding the child.
Chu Xianyun also got in with Xia Xiaoying's two children in her arms.
Xia Xiaoying waved awkwardly at Zhou Maoxun and drove away in the carriage.
Zhou Maoxun watched their carriage leave, sighed, and turned away.
But at this moment, a group of people rode up on horseback, stopped Zhou Maoxun and asked, "Hey, have you seen a carriage passing by? There are several young women sitting in the carriage, as well as two little girls of three or five years old and a baby?"
Zhou Maoxun narrowed his eyes. Isn't this referring to Xia Xiaorou and the others?
Who are these men on horseback?
Why are you asking about Xia Xiaorou?