Chapter 117 Minglu City

The reason why the Wu family wanted to harm Shen Zexi was that they knew that Shen Shixu was the top scorer in the high school entrance examination, and they were afraid that he still hated the fact that they broke off the engagement, so they wanted to establish a good relationship with the Shen family.

But the Shen family didn't want to bother with them anymore and didn't buy their account.

The Wu family set their sights on Shen Zexi, thinking of using the heirloom issue to force Shen Zexi to come back, and then make it a fait accompli.

But they don't know what went wrong and the person they arranged died.

The Wu family's goal was to get Shen Zexi back, drug him, and have him and their girl married. Then they could directly blame the girl on the Shen family.

With this "in-law" relationship, they spent a lot of effort to win over Shen Zexi. Shen Shixu respected this big brother very much. With Shen Zexi speaking well of them, not only would they not be held accountable later, but they might even be able to rise to the top.

The candidate was the girl who was engaged to Shen Zexi before. Shen Shixu made a big fuss at that time, and the high branch that the Wu family had finally climbed up also abandoned them.

The girl was never married after all, and Shen Shixu made quite a fuss at the time, so no one who was prominent was willing to marry that girl.

There were some people who were not as good as the Wu family who came to propose to her, but the Wu family looked down on her, so they did not marry the girl off and have kept her until now.

As for why the man the Wu family had managed to marry didn't marry Miss Wu, we have to thank Xu Wanda, the prefect of Minglu City.

The person the Wu family hooked up with was Xu Wanda's brother-in-law. The Wu family wanted to send the girl over as a successor. Later, after Shen Shixu made a big fuss about it, Xu Wanda's brother-in-law still wanted to marry the girl Wu home.

But when Xu Wanda heard about this, he came to his house and asked him to cancel the engagement and find another wife if he wanted to remarry.

It’s better not to get involved with a girl who comes from a family with evil intentions like this.

Xu Wanda thinks that he is not a good person and is very thick-skinned. He has received a lot of benefits from the wealthy businessmen in Minglu City.

But he was not so shameless as to do nothing for others and take their money for free, especially when he took half of their property.

What's more, he is a smart man. Shen Shixu's name is very famous in Minglu City. Everyone knows that the Shen family in Minglu City has produced a child prodigy.

Xu Wanda's intuition from his many years as an official told him that this kid would most likely become his colleague in the future. Even if not, it would be of great benefit to him to get to know a capable person.

So even though his brother-in-law was unwilling, Xu Wanda forced him to cancel the engagement and found him a new wife.

The subsequent results also showed that Xu Wanda had a good vision. Shen Shixu was ranked first in the imperial examination and had a promising future, which was highly valued by Emperor Wu An.

Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi rushed to Minglu City on the third day without stopping day and night. When Shen Shixu returned to the Divine Mansion and got off the horse, he was completely exhausted.

He had been tossed around on the horse for three days and his bones were almost falling apart. When he got off the horse, he seemed to have lost the feeling of his legs and fell straight down.

Xiao Jinyi was much better than him, he just looked a little tired, everything else was the same as usual.

At this moment, he stretched out his hand and hugged Chen Shixu who was falling down, and with his other hand, he passed through his legs and picked him up, then walked up the steps to the door in one step.

Because I was holding Chen Shixu in my arms, I didn't have hands to knock on the door. I lowered my head to look at Chen Shixu in my arms.

Shen Shixu stretched out his hand and knocked on the door a few times. After a while, he heard footsteps running. It was the housekeeper of the Shen Mansion who opened the door.

When Butler Shen opened the door, he saw a strange young man at the door. Just as he was about to say that the family would not see any visitors in the past few days, he heard a familiar voice.

"Uncle Shen, I'm back!"

"Young Master!" Butler Shen was very surprised to see Shen Shixu in Xiao Jinyi's arms, but when he saw his young master lying in someone else's arms with a pale face, Butler Shen became worried.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Butler Shen watched Shen Zexi and Shen Shixu grow up. In his eyes, these two children are not only the young masters he has to serve, but also like his own sons, even more important than his own sons.

"I'm fine, I'm just too tired on the way back."

Hearing what Shen Shixu said, Butler Shen also knew why he was so anxious, and quickly let the two people in and closed the door.

She ran inside happily, shouting, "Master, Madam, the young master is back."

Hearing the noise, Shen's father and mother hurried out of the house. When they saw their son being held in the arms of a strange young man, they immediately understood the identity of the man.

Shen Shixu patted Xiao Jinyi's arm, motioning him to put him down, and then quickly walked towards Shen's father and mother.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

When Shen's father and mother saw their youngest son coming back, they felt relieved. They knew that if their youngest son came back, nothing would happen to their eldest son, so they were relieved.

Start to care about how your younger son is living in Beijing?

Although Shen Shixu had said it in the letter when he wrote it, what he said in the letter was not always as true as what he said in person.

Before Shen Shixu said these things, he first introduced Xiao Jinyi to the two of them.

While the family of three was talking, Xiao Jinyi had already straightened her clothes, trying to leave a good impression when Shen Shixu introduced herself.

At this time, she heard Shen Shixu mention her, and bowed to Shen's father and mother with a respectful attitude, "Uncle, aunt, hello, I am Ah Xu's fiancé Xiao Jinyi!"

Father Shen didn't like this future son-in-law very much. When he thought that it was this boy who took the cabbage back from their house, Father Shen became angry.

On the contrary, Shen's mother treated Xiao Jinyi very well. Perhaps it was in line with the old saying that the more the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she was. Although Xiao Jinyi was not a son-in-law, he was almost the same.

They didn't talk for long. Shen's father and mother saw that Shen Shixu was tired, so they asked him to go back to his room and have a good rest. Shen Zexi's matter was not very urgent.

Shen Shixu did not go to save Shen Zexi first. He was very tired now and just forced himself to be energetic and agreed to what Shen's father and mother said.

Just before going to rest, he handed his token to Father Shen and asked him to go to the county government office and find Xu Wanda to show him the token.

Shen Shixu knew that Xu Wanda was a smart man. When he saw the token, he knew he was coming and would protect Shen Zexi's safety.

Xiao Jinyi was also arranged to rest. The two of them relaxed and fell asleep and slept until the next morning.

After a good sleep, I felt so hungry that I could eat a cow.

Mother Shen had long expected that the two would definitely be hungry after waking up, so she ordered food to be prepared early and arranged for someone to wait outside. As long as there was any movement in the room, the food would be delivered.