Chapter 447 Baby Master

After Lin Xueruo handed over the purse, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but when she returned to the Fangfei Courtyard where she lived, she couldn't help it.

"Where's the water? Isn't it ready yet?" Lin Xueruo urged.

The maid hurriedly brought a basin of warm water sprinkled with various spices.

Every time Lin Xueruo came into contact with Xie Xingchuan, she always washed her hands carefully, and this time was no exception.

At this time, her face was full of disgust, and she washed her hands back and forth three times before putting them down.

But the personal maid whispered: "Miss, although Master Xie has an ugly face, he is tall and is said to be extraordinary on the battlefield and has unlimited future."

Lin Xueruo glanced at the maid, and casually threw the handkerchief she used to wipe her hands on the maid's face: "Is he good or not, do I need you to say it?"

The maid immediately dared not speak.

Lin Xueruo's eyes fell on the magnificent furnishings around her. She was taken in by Madam Xie when she was very young. The Fangfei Courtyard where she lived was larger and more gorgeous than Xie Xingchuan's courtyard.

She recalled the declining Lin family. Now several young ladies were crowded in one courtyard. Xie Xingchuan was really the best marriage she could get now.

Even if she hated the face under Xie Xingchuan's mask, she would do a good job on the surface. After she got married and had a child, she would live in the capital like her aunt, and she would not have to face Xie Xingchuan all the time.

Thinking of this, Lin Xueruo felt that what she had done now was not enough. She told the maid: "Let the small kitchen make a tonic soup, and I will personally deliver it to Zhige Courtyard later."

In Zhige Courtyard, Xie Xingchuan casually pulled out a long knife from the weapon rack in the courtyard, and then threw the green purse he had just taken into the air. The knife flashed, and the purse had become fragments on the ground.

Xie Xingchuan threw the knife back onto the weapon rack and strode into the room. The servants behind him immediately cleaned up the purse fragments.

In the evening, Lin Xueruo came to deliver the soup in person, but she was stopped before she entered the yard.

"Miss, the young master has gone to bed. If you have anything to tell me, just tell me." Xie Xingchuan's follower Xiaosong said with a smile.

Lin Xueruo was not surprised to hear this. She didn't want to see Xie Xingchuan's face, so she asked someone to pass the tonic soup over.

"Xiaosong, this is the tonic soup I made for my cousin. You should remind him more often and let him take care of his body." Lin Xueruo looked very gentle, as if she was really an innocent girl who loved her cousin.

Xiaosong took it attentively and agreed to it.

Lin Xueruo felt that she had done her best, so she left with satisfaction.

It was only a short while after she left that the tonic soup was served to Xie Xingchuan, who waved his hand casually: "Drink it."

Xiao Song immediately smiled and said: "Master, don't expose your cousin. She delivers soup and things all day long, and I feel tired just watching her."

Xie Xingchuan didn't care about this little thing. The reason why he always tolerated Lin Xueruo was because if there was a conflict, Madam Xie would definitely rush over to take sides.

Seeing Xie Xingchuan's serious face, Xiao Song didn't dare to continue joking and said: "The main courtyard sent someone to send a message saying that Madam was tired in the afternoon, so you don't have to go to the main courtyard to accompany her for dinner."

Xie Xingchuan's mouth curled up a sneer. Logically speaking, he had just returned home, and Madam Xie should pretend to be nice. Not to mention welcoming him, at least the mother and son should have a reunion dinner.

But Madam Xie didn't want to have dinner with him, so she was too lazy to pretend.

In the past, Xie Xingchuan would be sad about such things. Now that he has experienced life and death on the battlefield and has seen what real family members look like, he feels that it is indeed the case, but he is not sad at all.

"Have you found the person?" Xie Xingchuan asked.

Xiaosong nodded and said, "Master, there are Madam's people everywhere in this mansion. If you bring them into the mansion, I am afraid it will alarm Madam."

Xie Xingchuan did not doubt Madam Xie's control over the Xie Mansion. In this mansion, except for a few of his confidants, the other servants probably listened to Lin Xueruo's orders more than he did.

"Take the person to my private residence. I will meet her in the evening." Xie Xingchuan said.

Late at night, the lights everywhere dimmed, and the entire Xie Mansion seemed to fall asleep. Xie Xingchuan changed into black clothes and jumped over the Xie family wall in a few jumps like a kite turning over.

The noise he made was very small, like a drop of water falling into the lake, and did not attract the attention of anyone in the Xie family.

His private residence was the one that Old Lady Gu had helped him bargain for. Although no one had lived in it for a long time, Xie Xingchuan had already brought people to clean it in advance, so it looked quite clean.

He pushed the door open and walked in. Someone was already waiting inside.

Two people, a man and a woman, were tied up and lying together.

Xiaosong lit a candle, and then tore off the cloth covering their eyes.

"Bang."

A piece of silver fell on the middle-aged woman.

After seeing the money in the faint candlelight, the eyes of the tied couple lit up.

"Answer honestly, and you can get more silver if you answer well." Xiaosong said.

The two nodded hurriedly. Seeing the silver, they didn't care about their current situation: "Just ask me, my wife and I will tell you everything, and I will definitely not dare to lie to you."

The masked Xiaosong left the room. Xie Xingchuan was in the shadows. At this time, he spoke: "In which year did you leave General Xie's mansion?"

The middle-aged woman froze when she heard this question, but her husband was already urging her: "I'm asking you a question, why are you standing there like an idiot? Do you still want the money? Does your son want to get married?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Eleven years ago, I remember it was a spring."

"Why?"

"I am a servant in Master Xie's yard. The master fell seriously ill in winter and never got better. The lady was so anxious that she took him to seek medical treatment everywhere, but he didn't get better for years. One day in the spring, before they came back, they received news that the whole yard was All the servants were sent away. I was a bought servant, and I was freed from slavery and left the Xie Mansion. It is said that some of the family sons did not leave the mansion, but were sent to farms in other places. "

Xie Xingchuan asked: "Don't you know the reason?"

"I am just a servant. The masters don't tell us the reason, and we don't know it either. At first I thought the young master was gone, but later I heard that the young master was fine. I privately guessed that it was probably because Madam Xie felt that we didn't serve him well, so she sent us all away and chose better people to serve him. Madam Xie really loves the young master." The middle-aged woman muttered.

Xie Xingchuan's heart trembled when he heard this, and he asked: "Madam Xie really... loves the young master?"