Chapter 53 Almost dead
Xie Qiongshu quietly took out the letter.
The old man didn't notice it, and neither did Xie Xiaocao.
Only Xie Lingjiao, with her sharp eyes, saw it immediately. Sneak over and want to watch together.
"Grandpa's handwriting is so beautiful!" she sighed again.
I feel that grandpa's bragging about great-grandpa may not be all a filter. It seems... great-grandpa is a man with both talent and appearance!
In addition to some words of encouragement to grandpa, this letter contains some words of encouragement.
He also explained the origin of his great-grandfather.
It is said that he comes from the Jiutu Xie family and is the legitimate son of the twenty-seventh head of the family.
"Jiutu Xie's family?"
Looking like he was very powerful, Xie Lingjiao looked at her fourth cousin, "Fourth brother, is my great-grandfather's family very rich?"
It’s more than just having money.
Jiutu Xie's family is a big family in the north.
Money and power.
Xie Qiongshu: "Of course, the Xie family has wealth that cannot be spent in a lifetime."
The wealth of the family is comparable to that of the national treasury.
True, wealth can rival a country.
Xie Lingjiao imagined it, her heart pounding. She couldn't even imagine how wonderful her life would have been if she were really a young lady from such a wealthy family.
"Then Fourth Brother, why did Grandpa move to such a far away place?"
This was not mentioned in the letter.
I just told my grandpa that although the Xie family is rich and powerful, the intrigues within it are very uninhabitable. You must not go back until the day you absolutely have to.
"Fifth sister wants to know?"
Naturally, the less people know about the secret that Grandpa has not revealed, the better. If it were anyone else, Xie Qiongshu would definitely ignore the other party's inquiry.
But the person stuck next to him is Wu Mei.
"Yeah!"
Xie Lingjiao loves to eat melons, so naturally she will not miss such a secret.
Nod hard.
Both eyes read: Fourth brother is so smart, he will definitely know!
Xie Qiongshu does know.
He asked Xie Xiaocao to get a candle and bake the envelope a little on it.
The writing appears.
Xie Lingjiao hurried over to take a look.
Grandpa's handwriting has always been handsome and regular, without any cursive or other shapes that Xie Lingjiao couldn't understand.
"Hiss!!"
This envelope records the reason why Grandpa moved.
Xie Lingjiao finished reading.
Take a breath.
He murmured: "No wonder Grandpa Tai wants to run away. This aristocratic family is too scary. Fortunately, I was not born in a rich family, otherwise I would have been reincarnated long ago."
About sixty years ago.
Xie Fei, the third son of the Xie family, discovered that there was a poison master hiding in his home. That person made a special trip to poison the direct descendants of the Xie family, and all the direct descendants who were poisoned were covered up as having died of illness or accidental death.
At first, with no evidence in hand, Jaffe did not tell anyone about the incident.
But then more and more people died.
Xie Fei had no choice but to inform the patriarch, his father, of the matter with only speculation.
The two investigate secretly.
A few days later, the clan leader also "passed away unexpectedly."
Later, Xie Fei's eldest brother inherited his father's position and became the head of the Xie family.
The eldest brother doesn’t believe in poison masters.
Thinking that there was a curse on his family, he started looking for a master to remove the curse.
Later, Xie Fei found out that the person who poisoned the Xie family was brought back by his second brother, the woman who was about to become his second sister-in-law.
And his second brother knew everything the woman did.
Even those accidents were caused by him to cover up the mistakes of the woman he loved.
Confused! !
Xie Fei deplored that his brother did not know the difference between right and wrong, and allowed the poisonous woman to kill his siblings, and also helped destroy all evidence. He also understood that his elder brother, who had become the eldest brother, seemed to have already understood the truth, but he pretended to be dumbfounded and asked the master to exorcise the evil spirits.
Disheartened.
Xie Fei traveled far away.
Settled in the distant Qiyang County.
"Great grandpa died young...could it be because he was poisoned?" Xie Lingjiao felt scared.
But then I thought about it, what effect could human poison have on her?
She is a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum!
You won't be poisoned no matter what.
"It's possible." Xie Qiongshu folded the letter, easily restored it to its original shape, and put it back in Grandpa's wooden box.
"Fifth sister, is there anything else?"
Seeing that Wu Mei was still following him eagerly, Xie Qiongshu didn't feel angry. He asked: "Or is there something else you want to know?"
Xie Lingjiao didn't know what she wanted to understand.
But she always felt that there was something to be gained by following her fourth brother.
It’s just that the fourth brother eats melon too quickly.
She didn't understand it at all, and the fourth brother exposed the mystery.
"Um... is Fourth Brother busy today?"
"Huh?"
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Xie Qiongshu thought for a few seconds, smiled, and said: "There is indeed something. Today's discovery should be informed to the ninth brother."
Xiaochi?
Although my great-grandfather's family is very rich, it is indeed a big deal to be surrounded by crises, but why did I only tell Xiao Chi?
Isn't Xiaoqi older?
Don't they usually notify him? No matter what happens, there is still dad...
"Sister. Fourth brother?"
Since he decided not to take the imperial examination anymore, Xie Chi didn't read any books related to the imperial examination in the past few days. But he couldn't find any other direction for a while, so he had to look through some miscellaneous books.
Trying to find your way through it.
"Sister, Fourth Brother, do you have anything to do with me?"
"There is something."
The smile on Xie Qiongshu's face was not as natural as when he was facing Fifth Sister, and became a little lighter. "I just found out about Grandpa's origins with Fifth Sister. Now I'm here to inform Ninth Brother."
Xie Lingjiao: "There is also Qimei!" Qimei also knew.
It’s just that she doesn’t know much about literacy.
I don't know that comprehensively.
"Well, yes." Xie Qiongshu said, "Seventh sister also knows about this. So ninth brother, do you want to hear it?"
Being able to let my fourth cousin go there in person, it seems that my great-grandfather has an extraordinary background.
"Fourth brother, wait a moment."
Xie Chi replied to the fourth cousin calmly.
Then he turned to his sister and said, "Sister, please wait for me."
Put away the book you just read and tidy up the small desk.
Xie Chi came to the stone table in the front yard.
The speaker is my sister.
The stories told by Xie Lingjiao are vivid and vivid.
It just takes more time.
It took a long time to fully describe what Xie Qiongshu could explain in a few sentences.
"That's how it is."
Xie Chi nodded.
Since my great-great-grandfather was once a member of a noble family, it is not surprising that he has such precious items in his hands.
But, "Fourth brother, do you have anything else to say?"
Xie Chi felt that the fourth cousin should have something to say, otherwise he wouldn't have made this trip.
Xie Qiongshu smiled slightly.
Knocking on the stone table slowly, "Ninth brother, do you know that the direct lineage of the Jiutu Xie family was almost extinct sixty years ago?"
It died until there was only one single seedling left.
According to legend to this day, there is only one direct descendant of the Xie family, the sick Xie Nian.
Xie Nian has no heirs.
Apart from him, the only direct descendants of the Xie family are the third son whose life and death were unknown sixty years ago.
And that third young master is their great-grandfather.
Xie Qiongshu: "The head of the Xie family must be chosen first from among the direct descendants."
Unless the direct line is dead, it will be the turn of the side branch.
Xie Lingjiao was confused by what she heard, and she asked confusedly: "Does this mean that if we go to Jiutu to run for the position of clan leader, we will be much more competitive than others?"
"But, the patriarch's position won't be very comfortable, right?"
(End of chapter)