When Shi Xiyuan returned to Nujun's Mansion, it was already dark.
He wanted to go to Qiao Lan or Duan Mingjing's yard and ask directly, but he felt it was too reckless.
Duan Mingjing was the legitimate second young master of the Duan family. The old lady added his name to the "Farming Notes". If he wasn't her own son, she wouldn't have treated him so well. The red mole on her hand might just be a coincidence.
I'd better get up tomorrow and go find out more.
With his son in mind, Shi Xiyuan didn't sleep well that night.
He originally wanted to come out early in the morning and squat outside Duan Mingjing's yard, but he felt it was inappropriate. Instead, he knocked on Wang Kaizhi's door and expressed his intention tactfully.
Shi Xiyuan did not explicitly say that he wanted to find his son. He only said that he wanted to taste the fine wines in the capital. Thinking that the second master of the Duan family knew many places, he invited him to taste them together.
Although Wang Kaizhi was puzzled, thinking that Mr. Shi had been looking sad these days and perhaps wanted to drown his sorrows with wine, he nodded and agreed.
He turned around and invited Duan Mingjing to go out for a drink together, and Duan Mingjing readily agreed.
After Wang Kaizhi and Duan Ming got on the carriage, Shi Xiyuan also got on.
Duan Mingjing looked at Shi Xiyuan who suddenly got on the carriage, knowing that he was Wang Kaizhi's subordinate, and thought he had something to report.
But after he waited for a while, the carriage started to move, but the man didn't say anything serious. Why?
Although many masters treat their slaves favorably, I have never heard that this slave can ride in a car when he wants and walk when he wants like his master. Duan Mingjing immediately cast his doubtful eyes on Wang Kaizhi.
Wang Kaizhi was also confused!
Didn't Mr. Shi always advocate keeping a low profile and treat him as an ordinary servant? Why did he come up so quietly today?
Wang Kaizhi hurriedly explained to Duan Mingjing: "Brother Duan, let me introduce you! This is Mr. Shi, who worked for my father and saved my father's life..."
"Mr. Shi..." Duan Mingjing bowed his hands and saluted after hearing this. It turned out that he was not a slave.
Along the way, Wang Kaizhi was in charge, and the two chatted for a while.
Shi Xiyuan has been observing Duan Mingjing's facial features.
Not like Yan Niang, nor like him.
There are many children who are not like their parents, which doesn't mean anything.
Cheng Ying said that the child was already sensible when he was taken away. If it was really the second master of the Duan family in front of him, he would not forget his own mother.
Later, when the wine was served, he gave the second master of the Duan family a few drinks to see if he could tell the truth after drinking.
Shi Xiyuan's idea is very ideal.
However, after arriving at the restaurant, after a glass of wine, Duan Mingjing lay directly on the table, unable to get up.
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Wang Kaizhi sipped the pear blossom wine in the cup carefully, wondering in his heart that the wine was not strong, and he could drink three or five bottles of it. Didn't he hear that the second master of the Duan family used to spend a lot of time and alcohol?
Why did he fall over as soon as he touched the wine? The rumors are really hard to believe!
Wang Kaizhi looked at Shi Xiyuan next to him, who was not drinking either. He was staring straight at Duan Mingjing, as if he was looking at something?
Wang Kaizhi was confused, was there something he didn't know about?
"Mr. Shi, do you still want to drink? Shall I have someone serve Mr. Shi more wine?" Wang Kaizhi asked.
Shi Xiyuan shook his head and withdrew his gaze from Duan Mingjing. "No more drinking. Let's send Mr. Duan home." As expected, he still had to ask the old lady in charge about this matter.
Wang Kaizhi was shocked when he heard this. Sure enough, there was something he didn't know about.
Just like that, we went out for a walk, and ended the drinking party with Duan Mingjing's glass of wine.
Wang Kaizhi felt that he was ashamed of Duan Mingjing, so he took him out for a drink early in the morning and knocked him down, so he helped him back to the backyard, and went to explain to the second lady on the way, planning to accuse him.
Shi Xiyuan followed closely behind.
Two young men helped Duan Mingjing to the bed. Wang Kaizhi stood at the door and bowed his head respectfully to Mr. Shang to apologize: "...It's my fault. I took Brother Duan out to drink early in the morning and made him drunk like this.
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Mr. Shang smiled grandly and said, "My second master always drinks and sleeps, so Wang Langjun doesn't have to worry about it."
The two of them were talking at the door, and a boy with braids rushed into the yard.
"Mom! I didn't bring the picture album I was looking for yesterday!" Duan Yutao ran into the yard in a hurry. Seeing that Wang Kaizhi was there, he sweetly shouted: "Uncle!"
Wang Kaizhi smiled kindly: "Tao'er!"
Seeing this, Mr. Shang asked, "What painting?"
"It's dad's album of flower paintings. I promised to show it to a few sisters!" Duan Yutao rushed to the door.
Marquis Shi Xiyuan was standing aside, and with sharp eyes he caught sight of an jade buckle fastened to Duan Yutao's waist.
Yanniang’s jade buckle!
"Then I'll go in and look for you, and I'll look for you first."
The mother and son entered the inner room and soon found the picture album. When Shang handed the picture album to his son, he suddenly saw the jade buckle on his waist. It looked valuable, but it was not a pendant she had prepared for him.
He opened his mouth and asked.
"Where's your Pixiu jade pendant? How come it turned into a jade buckle?"
"This belongs to sister Hua'er. She said she wanted to change it with me, so I changed it!" Duan Yutao responded neatly.
"Then be careful, don't break it," Shang warned.
"I understand, mother, I'm leaving first! I ran out during the break, so I can't let the teacher find out." Duan Yutao ran very fast.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shang's beautiful and dignified eyebrows wrinkled slightly, bringing a bit of dignity, and then melted when her son looked back with a smile.
When she stepped out of the threshold again and talked to Wang Kaizhi, she suddenly noticed that the old servant behind Wang Kaizhi was acting strangely.
The eye sockets were fine just now, why are they red now?
Do you have a strange disease that makes your eyes red?
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Shi Xiyuanan tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart and calm the surging blood in his chest. He didn't speak until he walked out of Shang's courtyard.
"Wang Xiaolangjun, I have something to tell you. Let's find a place to talk!"
Shi Xiyuan went straight to the pavilion closest to the second room's yard.
What he wants to say is nothing else, but the matter of finding relatives and finding the Duan family!
The second master of the Duan family is most likely his biological son! Not only does he have witnesses, but he also has physical evidence of the jade buckle! That jade buckle was what he gave to Yanniang back then!
Wang Kaizhi looked in disbelief after hearing this.
"Mr. Shi, please wait for me to figure it out." Wang Kaizhi turned around and remained calm.
Mr. Shi likes the second master of the Duan family. He knows that he likes him too. Who doesn't like such a down-to-earth and capable man?
But no matter how much you like someone, you can’t treat them like your son!
In letters written in the early years, my sister told her family that this second master was the old lady’s favorite son and she had been pampering him all these years!
If it is someone else's son, the old lady can just raise it, but she still likes to look like this, she is really evil!
Wang Kaizhi turned around and asked again: "Mr. Shi, have you found the wrong person?"