Yu Chuxi was checking the accounts. When he heard the report from his servant, his fingertips holding the brush could not help but tremble slightly, leaving an abrupt mark of ink.

The servant did not notice Yu Chuxi's loss of composure, and still reported in detail: "It has spread all over the market outside that Mr. Xie is extremely talented. He wrote this peach blossom poem in one stroke at the poetry meeting that day. Although Cui Cheng, who was called the 'poet ghost', won the championship at that time, after Cui Cheng returned, he told everyone that he was not as good as Mr. Xie..."

Yu Chuxi's mood gradually calmed down, and he outlined it carefully again, rounding out the ink marks with the tip of his brush.

The servant stole a glance at Yu Chuxi's expression and continued, "People outside also said that this peach blossom poem was written for you by Mr. Xie, and that he personally asked Mr. Gu San for a peach blossom."

When the servant said this, he couldn't help but look at a green-glazed porcelain vase on Yu Chuxi's desk. In the vase was a bright, shiny peach blossom as red as rouge.

But today is already a few days after the Xiyuan Poetry Festival, and there is no way it could be preserved so well.

Therefore, the servant was relieved. After all, this was not the matter he came to report this time.

But what the servant didn't notice was that Yu Chuxi's gaze was a little wandering at this moment. It turned out that day, he not only brought back a peach blossom, but also wrote a poem?

What kind of poems did he write?

Yu Chuxi suddenly asked, "Did you copy down the poem?"

The servant nodded, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and carefully placed it on Yu Chuxi's desk.

Although he felt that the rumors he heard in the city were extremely exaggerated, anyone who had worked with Yu Chuxi in the mansion for three years would know the true relationship between the young master and Xie Shu.

But when he heard that this poem was very popular among the people, he could not help but follow suit. Even though he did not understand what poetry was, he quickly found a piece of paper and copied it down. Now it came in handy.

However, after the servant handed the paper to Yu Chuxi, he saw that Yu Chuxi just looked at it silently and did not intend to make any other comments. Naturally, he could not say anything else, but he also secretly sighed that it seemed that the poem written by Mr. Xie was really so good that even the young man could not let it go...

After a while, Yu Chuxi came back to his senses. His eyelashes flickered slightly. He took the paper and said in a cold tone, "Is this what you found?"

The servant panicked and lowered his head, saying, "How could that be possible? I have already found out everything you asked me to investigate."

He spoke quickly and clearly, explaining, "Mr. Xie's family has always lived in Pinglefang in the west. They don't have many friends, and the family relationships are not complicated. There are only three people. Mr. Xie's father, Mr. Xie, was originally from the capital. I heard that he was a civil servant. He came to Nanjing ten years ago and has been unemployed since then. His biological father, Mr. Xie, is a kind man, also from the capital. Since Mr. Xie's parents both died of illness four years ago, Mr. Xie has been the only one in his family."

Yu Chuxi noticed that his words were cumbersome, but he did not urge him and just listened silently.

The servant also realized that he had missed the point, so he changed the subject and said, "The Xie family has a harmonious relationship with the surrounding neighbors. Father Xie often helps a neighboring family, so the two families have a close relationship."

Hearing this, Yu Chuxi's eyes darkened slightly.

The servant carefully considered his words and said, "The family's surname is Wei, with a total of five people. They have always had a bad reputation in the neighborhood. The Wei family often drinks and gambles, and they don't work properly, so no one likes to be on good terms with them... But in addition to giving birth to two sons of the same bloodline, Wei's father and mother also have a pair of beautiful daughters..."

Having said that, the servant couldn't help but hesitate.

In fact, there are very few twins. If a family has twins, everyone around them will know. Twins can conceive like women, but the chances are different. Therefore, some twins have many suitors, while others...

What affects all this is the red mole that represents Shuang'er...

It just so happened that the young master of their Yu family was also Shuang'er, and the red mole was located so far to the side, so the servant couldn't help but wonder whether he should continue talking.

But then he thought, their young master is such a great man, why would he care about these things?

Therefore, when the servant saw that the young master did not let him stop, he hesitated for a moment before he said in detail: "The twin is called Wei Qingtong, eighteen years old this year. Because of the very rare red mole born in the center of the forehead, he was nicknamed "Little Guanyin" by outsiders. He and Mr. Xie have been neighbors since childhood, and the two grew up together. What's strange is that Wei Qingtong, I don't know if it's because of his parents' delay or other reasons, has not yet arranged a marriage. And Mr. Xie has returned to the old house every once in a while in the past three years..."

There is no need to say more about the rest. Although the investigation on this point is not very clear, the young master must be able to understand the meaning through the previous information, so the servant stopped talking.

Wei Qingtong......

Yu Chuxi pronounced the name with a puzzled expression. It sounded like a name that made people feel pity.

But I don’t know if it was because he had expected it, but the moment Yu Chuxi found out, he felt like everything was settled.

It turns out that Xie Shu really has someone, and that person is his childhood sweetheart and the love of his heart?

At this moment, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Yu Chuxi's mind, absurd, ridiculous, and resentful. Even Yu Chuxi didn't know that jealousy could really change a person beyond recognition.

But thinking of Xie Shu, he finally calmed down and asked the most crucial question: "Then what happened to him falling into the water before?"

Seeing that Yu Chuxi's question was to the point, the servant did not dare to delay any longer and said, "I have found out that Mr. Xie fell into the Qinhuai River half a month ago. Mr. Xie went to play on the river that day and was accidentally knocked into the water by another boat. Although I haven't found more details, you may not know that that day was the Qianqiu Festival, and many people went to the Qinhuai River for a boat trip. I heard that Wei Qingtong also went out that day..."

These rumors are far more widespread than imagined.

Pinglefang is located in the west of Jinling City. There are hundreds of households living here, high and low. Among them is an alley, which is called Taoni Lane by local people.

Of course, "Tao" is just an elegant name. In fact, this alley is made of yellow mud. It is narrow and dark. It was originally called Taoni Lane.

The courtyard walls here are very low. If you stand on tiptoe, you can even see the scene in the next courtyard. Except for a square courtyard where no one lives, basically everyone has lived here for generations, so the neighbors are very familiar with each other.

That morning, after finishing their household chores, several families could not help but gather together to talk with relish about the gossip they had just heard.

The object of this gossip once lived near them and was the owner of the square courtyard next door, Xie Shu.

Who could have imagined that the former neighbor would become famous throughout the entire Jinling City, and who wouldn't talk about him when he went out now?

Although Mr. Xie was originally a scholar and everyone knew that his family was different, they never thought that Xie Shu would be so powerful now...

Even if Xie Shu was not here, they would still try to reminisce about their old relationship through their words.

Everyone was so engrossed in the conversation that they didn't notice a drunk old man walking towards them.

When the old man came up to them, everyone couldn't help but show a look of disgust.

It turned out that there was a family that everyone usually avoided.

This family is the Wei family, and they live at the end of the alley.

This man is Old Man Wei, who is in his forties but looks like he is in his fifties or sixties.

Old man Wei came back this morning cursing. He lost the whole night in the gambling house yesterday. The hateful thing was that the gambling house refused to let him buy on credit and insisted that he pawn something.

He also said that if he didn't pay, he would ask Old Man Wei to send his twin children over. Old Man Wei had no choice but to take out the most precious thing in his box, a translucent red stone.

After seeing the stone, the gambling house owner finally gave in. But Old Man Wei knew that the stone must be worth more than the debt he owed, so he asked the other party to make up for it. As a result, the other party not only refused to make up for it, but also beat him up and threw him out.

Old man Wei was naturally cursing in his heart. If he had known earlier, he would have given the stone to the pawn shop first.

What made Old Man Wei even more angry was that he had been short of money recently. Now he had lost all his money. How would he get through the next few days?

Old Man Wei couldn't help but complain, why hasn't Xie Shu come yet?

It turned out that the stone that Old Man Wei had mortgaged to the gambling house was given by Xie Shu.

Over the past few years, Xie Shu had given his family a lot of things, but Old Man Wei knew very well that Xie Shu was doing this for someone, so there was no way that Old Man Wei would just sell Wei Qingtong away.

Fortunately, Wei Qingtong always listens to him...

But why hasn’t Xie Shu come for a long time?

When Old Man Wei approached, he heard that Xie Shu had attended a poetry meeting a few days ago and had become famous, even catching the eyes of the sons of powerful officials!

Old man Wei was naturally excited. He was worried that if Xie Shu left the Yu family in the future, where would he get the money? Now he was relieved.

Old Man Wei was just about to ask about Xie Shu again, but when he saw that the neighbors on both sides were all looking at him with rejection, he couldn't help but get very angry. In addition, he had drunk a lot of wine, so he started to yell and curse: "You bastard, you still think you can't see me? Do you know who Xie Shu is? I will be his father-in-law in the future!"

As soon as he said this drunken talk, everyone burst into laughter. The others said happily: "Xie Shu has now married into the Yu family and become a son-in-law. The master of the Yu family is his real father-in-law!"

At this moment, Wei Qingtong, who had just walked out of the house, also heard it.

A trace of embarrassment and shame appeared on his face. How could these people say that when they knew nothing? No matter how rich the Yu family was, Xie Shu didn't like that person at all...

Those people didn't notice him either, and continued, "Now Xie Shu has written a love poem for her husband. Old Wei, tell me, why should he recognize you as his father-in-law?"

Old Man Wei's face flushed red, and he said angrily: "What a bullshit love poem, he likes my Wei Qingtong!"

After this was said, everyone stopped mocking her as wantonly as before. After all, everyone knew Wei Qingtong, and she had not yet married because of her parents' burden.

But everyone thought again, there were some honest and decent families who didn't mind these things and wanted to marry Wei Qingtong, but Wei Qingtong didn't like any of them.

When everyone thought about what Old Man Wei had just said, they all started to wonder, could it be that Wei Qingtong was really waiting for Xie Shu?

But Xie Shu is already a married man, what is he doing?

In fact, everyone usually feels sympathy for Wei Qingtong and would never think of this.

But it just so happens that Xie Shu has become famous now, and it is said that he is deeply in love with her husband. Therefore, even if Wei Qingtong and Xie Shu have known each other since childhood, without a proper name, who would think that they are a good match?

At this time, Wei Qingtong could see the changes in everyone's expressions. He no longer cared about anything else and quickly ran to Old Man Wei, helped him up, and said anxiously: "Dad, what are you talking about? You are tarnishing my reputation!"

The old man Wei finally came to his senses. Yes, how could he tarnish Wei Qingtong's reputation? From now on, Wei Qingtong would have to have a clean record to get married!

After Wei Qingtong helped Old Man Wei into the house, everyone dispersed.

Meanwhile, inside the house, seeing Old Man Wei coming back drunk again, Old Lady Wei couldn't help but yell, "Where did you go to gamble again? Don't you even know how to leave some money for the family? The eldest and second sons still need it."

Thinking of the tight days these days, Old Lady Wei turned to Wei Qingtong next to her and said in a harsh tone: "Qingtong, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but why haven't I seen Master Xie for a long time these days? If he hadn't promised me that he would marry you, I would have married you to someone else long ago!"

Wei Qingtong lowered his head in silence, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.

In fact, when Wei Qingtong went to buy vegetables this morning, he also heard these rumors. He didn't believe them at all.

How could Xie Shu write love poems to others? The only person he likes is himself.

But now, Wei Qingtong was wondering if Xie Shu would regret it?

Wei Qingtong still remembers that day when Xie Shu clearly saw him but pretended not to see him and got on the Yu family's carriage. Although he knew that the two of them needed to avoid suspicion, Wei Qingtong was still very sad.

The Yu family is so wealthy and has more money than they can spend in several lifetimes. So what if they are with someone they don't like?

Wei Qingtong couldn't stand the thought of hearing stories about the deep love between Xie Shu and her husband often in the future. Xie Shu had clearly promised him before that she would divorce Yu Chuxi soon.

Wei Qingtong didn't dare tell his parents about this, because both Old Man Wei and Old Lady Wei hoped that Xie Shu could get something back from the Yu family, preferably to take over a few properties.

But Wei Qingtong didn't want to waste his time like this. He was already eighteen years old, and Xie Shu was his best choice. If he really listened to Old Lady Wei and married someone else as a concubine, he might as well follow Xie Shu.

Thinking of this, Wei Qingtong made up his mind that he had to find an opportunity to meet Xie Shu and ask him to divorce quickly.

Xie Shu was reviewing today's book in the study.

In the past few days, Xie Shu has been following his own schedule. He gets up early to exercise, and in the morning he begins to repeatedly recite one of the "Book of Songs", "Book of History", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn Annals". In the afternoon he gives detailed explanations of the Four Books - "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius".

Because there is a very entertaining activity popular in Daqing, called "Xingjuan". After the exam, there is also an examination by the Ministry of Personnel, and the standards are: body, speech, writing, and judgment.

Needless to say, body and words are equivalent to an interview, and "书" means calligraphy, and "判" refers to literary talent.

Therefore, Xie Shu not only had to practice calligraphy but also had to paint. His daily schedule was very tight. His only free time was playing chess with his husband after dinner.

Therefore, every time this happened, Xie Shu would feel a little more relaxed.

He walked out of the study and wanted to knock on his husband's door as usual, but he didn't know if his husband had finished his work now.

Just as Xie Shu raised his hand, the door was suddenly slammed open by the owner. Fortunately, Xie Shu reacted very quickly. He hurriedly held the door open and looked at the man inside helplessly.

Who made my husband angry today?

Yu Chuxi had not expected that it was Xie Shu standing outside the door, and he happened to see a different side of him from usual. His expression changed a lot for a moment, and what bothered him was the person in front of him, so he really couldn't put on a good face.

But when Yu Chuxi looked at Xie Shu, he saw a faint smile on the corner of Xie Shu's lips, like a spring breeze blowing, rippling the still water of a river.

At this moment, Yu Chuxi suddenly thought that maybe he could trust him again.

He was so sure that there was a hint of indulgence in his lowered brows and eyes.

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