Volume 1, Chapter 62, Little Xi’er’s Life Experience
Xu Yunjin's sudden question made Yuan Xuan a little unable to react.
"I know. He and my father have known each other since childhood. I heard from my father that he was robbed by bandits when he went out a few months ago. Mr. Ji resisted and was hacked to death and his body was thrown into the wilderness. What happened?"
Ji Ruwei had a close relationship with Yuan Xuan's father, Yuen Long.
Ji Ruwei's father was once a personal guard around Yuanxuan's grandfather, and he didn't get married and have children until he was in his late twenties.
Many years ago, Ji Ruwei's father went to war with the elder statesman. Later, he led a team to divert the enemy in a battle and never came back.
After Ji Ruwei's father died, the Yuan family took on the responsibility of taking care of the three young Ji Ruwei brothers and their mother.
Because of the intervention of the Duke of Jingguo, the orphans and widowers of the Ji family were not bullied by outsiders and the Ji family's family business was preserved.
Therefore, Yuen Long and Ji Ruwei have known each other since childhood, and Yuan Xuan naturally also knew Ji Ruwei.
"Do you know who else is in the Ji family now?"
Hearing Yuan Xuan talk about the cause of Ji Ruwei's death, the anger in Xu Yunjin's heart instantly reached its peak.
"I know that Ji's family is very small. Mr. Ji also has a mother and his eldest brother's family. His eldest brother Ji Ruen opened a bodyguard agency in his hometown in the south. I heard that it is now a good business.
Mr. Ji had been married for three years and had no children. Mrs. Ji was pregnant before his death. However, after Mr. Ji died, a maid who was serving Mrs. Ji jumped out and said that the child in Mrs. Ji's belly was not Mr. Ji's, and that Mrs. Ji was still pregnant.
With my lover…”
Before Yuan Xuan finished speaking, Xu Yunjin suddenly slapped his palm on the stone table. The stone table couldn't bear Xu Yunjin's huge force and it broke into pieces.
"Nonsense, how dare they, how dare they slander others so shamelessly!"
Yuan Xuan didn't expect Xu Yunjin's reaction to be so big, and quickly looked at Xu Yunjin's hand.
"Is your hand okay? No matter how angry you are, you can't hurt yourself like this."
Taking into account the differences between men and women, although Yuan Xuan was worried about Xu Yunjin, he did not move to check whether Xu Yunjin's hand was injured.
"I'm fine."
Xu Yunjin calmed down the anger in his heart and said to Yuan Xuan.
"What happened to make you so angry?"
I have known Xu Yunjin for more than half a year. Every time I meet him, he warms my heart like a little sun. This is the first time Yuan Xuan has seen Xu Yunjin get so angry.
"Senior brother, do you think Xiao Xi'er is cute?"
Xu Yunjin did not reply to Yuan Xuan's words, but suddenly called him "Senior Brother" and asked Yuan Xuan a question that made no sense.
"Huh? She is indeed cute and well-behaved. She looks much grown up compared to when she was in Chenyu County. You have raised her well."
Yuan Xuan thought of the little baby in the cradle next to Xu Yunjin while eating. The four-month-old girl was wearing red clothes, with a pink and tender face, and she was sleeping peacefully in the cradle.
It looks very cute.
"Xiao Xi'er is the child of Master Ji and Mrs. Ji. You said such a cute child became an orphan at birth because of those evil people?"
Xu Yunjin said with a tear falling from the corner of her eyes. If she was disgusted with He Xiang and others before, now she has turned this disgust into hatred, wishing they would go to hell as soon as possible.
"What?"
Yuan Xuan didn't expect to hear this shocking answer. Why would the junior sister say that Xiao Xi'er is Lord Ji's daughter? Is there another hidden reason behind Lord Ji's death?
"The first time I met Mrs. Ji was on the way to Fengqing County. At that time, she was about to give birth alone in the barren mountains and old forests. Because of the difficult labor, Mrs. Ji begged me to let the child be born safely no matter what.
Later, the child was born, and Mrs. Ji also died of hemorrhage. Before she died, she entrusted Xiao Xi'er to me and told me the truth about Mr. Ji's murder. She only asked that one day when the enemy suffered retribution, they would be told to the couple.
The soul in heaven comforts the two of them."
Xu Yunjin calmly talked about the past that she didn't want to mention, but Yuan Xuan's heart was in turmoil. He had a premonition that what Xu Yunjin was going to say next would be very important to them.
"Master Ji was not robbed and killed by some bandits at all, but because he discovered that He Xiang's cronies were operating near Cheng'an County.
Mr. Ji's intuition was not a good thing, so he sent someone to investigate carefully and found out that those people came to look for gold mines near Cheng'an County.
Mr. Ji followed the other party for several days and finally got some information. However, he was discovered and killed at the last moment, pretending to be a bandit robbery.
When Mrs. Ji was packing up her husband's belongings, she discovered the secret letter that Mr. Ji had not sent out before she knew the truth about Mr. Ji's death.
Mrs. Ji originally wanted to take the letter back to her hometown in the south and then deliver the letter from the south to the capital to avoid He Xiang's eyes and ears. However, she was intercepted and killed on the way back to her hometown and accidentally ended up in Fengqing County. I rescued her. It seemed that Mrs. Ji's whereabouts had been leaked.
It’s this big maid.”
Xu Yunjin was so angry at the end that she was so angry that when Mrs. Ji leaned into her ear and told her these things before she died, she wished that all those people would go to hell.
Unexpectedly, they forced Mr. Ji and his wife to lose their lives, and finally made an upright official who loved the people as much as his children die with a cuckold on his head, slandering a woman who loved her husband and her children as much as her life.
Are they really not afraid of retribution and the death of their descendants one day?
"I see. No wonder my father always felt that there was something fishy about the sudden incident in Mr. Ji's family. He sent people to investigate but found nothing. It turns out that it was He Xiang and others who did it."
Yuan Xuan did not expect to hear such heinous things from Xu Yunjin. He Xiang's party was simply doing many evil things.
"Are Xiao Xi'er's grandmother and uncle in danger?"
Xu Yunjin suddenly thought that He Xiang could do this to Mrs. Ji, a pregnant woman. Will Mr. Ji's family be spared?
"Ji Ruen's family is fine, but Mrs. Ji's natal family, the Xin family, is probably still being talked about."
Ji Ruwei's wife, the Xin family, is from a well-known scholarly family in the local area. The family tradition is very strict. The old man in the family was once a third-rank official, and he is a good match for the Ji family. Especially the combination of Ji Ruwei and the Xin family.
A good story.
Nowadays, there are many promising children in the Xin family who are serving as officials in other places, and there are several direct descendants who have participated in scientific examinations and gained fame. The eldest maids around the Xin family have been trained since childhood.
So when the news of the Xin family's elopement with Renzhutai was revealed by the personal maid and spread to the local area, the Xin family's reputation plummeted.
Even the Xin family's younger sister Xin Zhitong, who had been engaged since birth and was only ten and a half years old this year, had their engagement annulled, and the Xin family suddenly became a local laughing stock.
"Xiao Xi'er, what are your plans? Should you send her back to Ji's family or continue to raise her in your family?"
Xiao Xi'er's identity must not be revealed to outsiders. If outsiders knew it, the Xu family would disappear from this world quietly.
"If Prime Minister He is not removed, Xiao Xi'er's identity will not be exposed. She is not anyone's daughter, but my sister Xu Chenxi."
Xu Yunjin told Yuan Xuan categorically that for the sake of Xiao Xi'er's safety, she could only wrong Master Ji for wearing this cuckold.
I also feel wronged to the Xinji family. They were obviously friends with Qin and Jin, but they will be treated as enemies in the future.
"Did Mrs. Ji say that Master Ji found the location of the gold mine?"
Yuan Xuan naturally supports Xu Yunjin's decision, and he also feels that Xiao Xi'er's current home is the best one in the Xu family.
"No, but I guess they haven't found the gold mine yet, because Mr. Ji mentioned in his letter that the mountains in Cheng'an County are very steep. If you look for gold mines in a short time, you may not be able to find them."
Xu Yunjin guessed that He Xiang and the others only knew that there was a gold mine in Cheng'an County, but they had not yet found the specific location.
"I will tell my uncle about this matter as soon as possible and ask him to send someone to investigate. The magistrate of Cheng'an County has not yet been decided. It seems that our people will be involved."
Yuan Xuan was very concerned about this matter. His uncle and the others had worked hard for many years to suppress half of He Xiang's power.
If someone like He Xiang finds the location of the gold mine first, then their half of the power will probably rise again.
The two of them talked in the yard for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest. They had to go to the county early tomorrow morning. This chapter has been completed!