Xiang Yu thought it was ridiculous at first when he heard that a certain family had checked the accounts of the clan's wife. But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He happened to know that the person who wrote this story lived nearby, so he simply made an appointment with him. Meet at the temple.

Before he left, he didn't forget to tell Xiang Ning, "Wait for me here, eldest sister, don't run around, remember?"

Xiang Ning nodded obediently, and then he remembered that he was a sister and he was a brother, so how could he be the one being treated by him again? Admonished?

She wanted to pull back a little, but she didn't want the young man to step on a hot wheel and disappear.

Xiang Ning sighed.

...

Xiang Yu calculated that the eldest sister might be arriving soon, and he had better go and meet the student before the eldest sister arrived.

But before he reached the back door of Anluo Temple, he almost bumped into someone.

The man was stunned for a moment when he saw him, then blinked a few times quickly and recognized him.

"Brother Yu, is that you?"

Tan Jian reluctantly reached the foot of the mountain, and quickly found an excuse to escape from his brother. He said he was going through the back mountain to pick some fresh snow from the pine forest to make tea for them.

Only in this way can he take a breather under his brother's pressure.

Fortunately, I ran into a familiar face.

Tan Jian knew that Xiang Yu and Xiang Ning had moved to Qingzhou County, but he had never seen Xiang Yu and Xiang Ning enter the Tan family's door.

During the holidays, he asked his elder sister-in-law if he wanted to invite them over to celebrate the holidays. His elder sister-in-law always said no, saying that Xiang Yu was very busy with his studies and it was better to stay near the academy.

Under Xiang Yu's efforts, Tan Jian could only shrink his head.

But this does not prevent him from having a good impression of Xiang Yu. At least the two of them are about the same age, and both have not yet taken the provincial examination.

He stepped forward with great interest.

Xiang Yu didn't want to take two steps to the side and frowned at him.

"Second Master Tan, what do you think?"

This tone was a bit wrong, but Tan Jian found that he also recognized him, and he became even more happy.

"Why should there be any politeness between us?"

He moved forward to smooth over the relationship and said with a smile, "You are my sister-in-law's brother, and I am also my sister-in-law's brother. Aren't we half-brothers?"

" Why are you so polite when meeting brothers?" He said, reaching out to pat Xiang Yu on the shoulder.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu suddenly stepped out of the way, and his men were embarrassed and failed.

He looked at Xiang Yu, only to hear Xiang Yu say something strange and sinister.

"I don't dare to take it seriously. The second master Tan is the second master of the Tan family clan, and Xiang is just a commoner in the mountains. How can he be brothers with the second master?"

At this time, Tan Jian finally heard that something was wrong. Looking at Xiang Yu's expression again, The cold eyebrows and cold eyes seemed to have a grudge against him.

Tan Jian didn't dare to speak.

He originally thought that his sister-in-law had a peaceful and gentle temperament, and her brother was about the same... Why was there such a big difference?

Just at this moment, someone came over.

The person who came was none other than the person Xiang Yu had arranged to meet in the back mountain.

"Are you two students from Qingzhou Academy?"

Tan Jian shook his head, Xiang Yu stepped forward and asked the person directly.

"I'm in Xiang Yu, have you made an appointment with me to come here?"

When the man heard this, he quickly said yes. Xiang Yu was very polite and bowed to him seriously.

It was only when Tan Jian was watching that he realized that Xiang Yuli had been very courteous for several weeks, but he just didn't want to be polite to him.

That's why...

Seeing Xiang Yu chatting with this person, Tan Jian was embarrassed and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xiang Yu asked the man a question.

"What Xiongtai said in his letter is that a certain family thought that the wife of the clan had dirty hands and checked the accounts of the clan wife. I wonder which family it is?"

Originally he also asked in the letter, but the person couldn't tell clearly. I just heard it from my uncle. I need to ask my uncle first.

When Xiang Yu asked, he didn't wait for the man to respond. Instead, he saw the second master of the Tan family staggering to the side.

Xiang Yu glanced at Tan Jian strangely.

Tan Jian listened to his heart pounding, and felt inexplicably that a disaster was imminent.

He suddenly understood why Xiang Yu didn't want to see him at all.

He swallowed dryly and was about to leave when the man spoke.

This person is none other than Fu Yao, the nephew of Shopkeeper Jiang of Jixiang Seal Shop.

He just returned to Qingkan County yesterday to ask his uncle, but for some reason, his uncle was very tight-lipped and told him not to ask anymore.

Fu Yao said at that moment, "I'm sorry, Brother Xiang, my uncle refused to tell me anything. Maybe that family is too powerful."

Xiang Yu frowned when he heard that the family was too powerful.

Tan Jian on the side was sweating coldly. He didn't dare to say anything more to Xiang Yu and quietly turned around to leave.

Xiang Yu didn't pay much attention to him and just asked Fu Yao, "I wonder where uncle Fu is from? What does he do for a living?"

Fu Yao told him directly.

"My uncle lives in Qingkan County and opened a seal shop called Jixiang Seal Shop."

Fu Yao also wanted to tell Xiang Yu that next time he sends a letter to himself, he can send it directly to his uncle's print shop, but Before he could say anything, Xiang Yu's eyes suddenly widened.

"Shopkeeper Jiang?!"

Fu Yao was surprised, "Brother Xiang knows? That's my uncle."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Yu's eyes suddenly turned red.

What else could Shopkeeper Jiang know about and be inconvenient to explain? Whose business could it be?

And when I think back to what Fu Yao wrote, everything is very relevant to his eldest sister’s situation!

He looked at the second master of the Tan family who was sneaking away, and suddenly took two steps forward, staring at Tan Jian.

"Tell me, was it your Tan family who did this?!"

The facts were in front of him, and there was no way Tan Jian could deny it.

Tan Jian broke out in cold sweat. He wanted to calm Xiang Yu and calm down his anger, but he didn't know how to say it.

And when Xiang Yu thought about so many people from the Tan family, surrounding his eldest sister to check her accounts, no one supported her and spoke for her, she was the only one relying on her own innocence for support.

He only felt that his blood was surging violently.

His eyes looked red, and Tan Jian was frightened.

"Brother Yu, please calm down..."

"Calm down? Your Tan family humiliates and bullies my eldest sister like this, how can you tell me to calm down?!"

Tan Jian was trembling, and Fu Yao on the side finally understood. .

The clan wife who was bullied was actually Xiang Yu’s eldest sister!

At this time, the hurried words of several young novices came from the side.

"...it is said that the Tan family uncle has come in person with the Tan family members. The host asked us to go and greet him as soon as possible!"

After the little novice monk finished speaking, he ran to the front yard.

And Xiang Yu also heard the key word in this sentence-Uncle Tan family.

It turned out that Master Tan was here too...

He immediately abandoned Tan Jian and went straight to the front yard.

He went very fast, and a whirlwind rolled up beneath his feet.

Before Tan Jian could breathe a sigh of relief, he realized something.

"Brother Yu, what are you going to do?!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiang Yu had disappeared.

...

The largest source of sesame oil money in Anluo Temple every year is the Tan family of Qingkan.

When the host received the news from the Tan family, he was already prepared. When he saw the eldest son of the Tan family coming in person, he was surprised.

In previous years, the Tan family did not hold a big memorial ceremony for Mrs. Xiang's birth mother. Although he was able to accommodate people, Mrs. Xiang's siblings asked for very little. They just fasted and lit lamps, so he couldn't say anything.

But this time it's different.

The host saw with great discernment that Xiang Yi and Yang Zhen had gone to the foot of the ancient pine tree not far away, and then turned the corner under the corridor outside the main hall and whispered to Tan Ting.

"Don't worry, Mr. Tan, the seven-day waterway with the sole surname has been vacated for Mrs. Xiang's late mother. I will mention it to Mrs. Xiang at that time, just saying that it is a gift from Buddha."

The host said it so clearly, and he also wanted to agree with this . Let’s confirm again, the eldest son of the Tan family.

After all, this sounds really unbelievable.

Tan Ting nodded, his eyes paused slightly under the ancient pine tree not far away, and when he saw her talking to Yang Zhen with her head tilted, she said.

"Well, as long as you don't mention it's my intention, that's all."

Before he could finish his words, a violent whirlwind swept over from the other side of the corner.

The young man's angry shouts went straight into Tan Ting's ears.

"There's no need for you to pity us!"

Tan Ting turned around, saw Xiang Yu's furious face, and heard him gritting his teeth.

"Your Tan family is a noble family, but my sister has always been a humble commoner in your eyes, so even if she is the clan's wife, you can check her accounts at will and question her without any regard for her dignity!"

Xiang Yu sneered again and again, "Since you look down on me, why are you pretending to pay us now? You think we are humble, so you can give us money to bow down?!"

He was so angry that after questioning angrily, the entire Anluo Temple For a moment it was so quiet that even the birdsong disappeared.

Tan Jian, who was chasing him from behind, froze and didn't even dare to step forward and look into his elder brother's eyes.

Tan Ting's expression froze, but he did not defend himself during the questioning.

But he didn't think they were despicable, and he didn't mean to use money to make them bow down. He subconsciously turned his head and looked behind him, and saw that Xiang Yi had already hurried over.

Xiang Yi felt a little bad at first when the Tan family uncle proposed to send them here. Thinking about his younger brother's temper, he was afraid that he would conflict with Tan Ting.

The last time they met, Xiang Yi was scared after knowing it afterwards.

In the past, younger brother Tong Shi could be suppressed by the Tan family's reputation if someone caused trouble, but in the provincial test, reputation may not be useful, and they may need Tan Ting's help.

Xiang Yi has always been unwilling to have a quarrel between Xiang Yu and Tan Ting because of this consideration.

But he never expected that Xiang Yu would know about the audit and bump into Tan Ting.

She ran forward anxiously.

When Tan Ting saw her, his heart tightened inexplicably. He was afraid that she might think like Xiang Yu. Just when he was about to say something, he saw her pull Xiang Yu away.

"Brother Yu, do you know what you are talking about?!"

Xiang Yu saw his eldest sister, and thought that he asked Xiang Ning to write that "interesting story" in the letter, and the eldest sister's reply was very expressive. None, not a word was revealed at all, the clan wife who was framed was her.

He simply couldn't imagine how she felt at that time? !

Xiang Yu's voice trembled, "Sister, the Tan family is so bullying..."

"Okay, stop talking!"

Xiang Yi's usually emotionless face darkened to the extreme.

Her reaction was beyond Tan Ting's expectation.

The next breath, Tan Ting saw her turn around and bowed deeply to him.

"Xiang Yu is young and doesn't know how to behave. The uncle has a lot of knowledge. Don't behave like a child. I apologize to the uncle for him."

Under the plain white clothes, on her pale face, her eyes were half-downcast. With heavy worries.

But he didn't mean to blame Xiang Yu. It was his fault that he couldn't forgive her.

She shouldn't have apologized to him...

The eaves bells under the tall hall didn't move at all.

In the stagnant air, Tan Ting's eyes fell on his wife who lowered her head to apologize to him, and her heart felt inexplicably stuffy to the point of panic.

He pursed his lips and remained silent, reaching out to help her, but the moment he touched her, she backed away without leaving a trace.

Tan Ting felt extremely stuffy.

He had never found a chance to apologize to her before, and she seemed to have overheard this, and there were some words that she never said in her heart.

But now he knew that these words should come out of his mouth, whether she listened or not, he should say them.

"You don't need to apologize for Brother Yu. Brother Yu said that these are all things that should be done. This matter is the fault of the Tan family, and it is even more my fault."

He paused slightly, looked at her, "You have been wronged. "

The words that had been lingering in his mind for a long time finally came out.

But Xiang Yi couldn't help but look up at him while apologizing.

Tan Ting knew that she probably didn't expect it, but Xiang Yu snorted coldly at this moment, "What then?"

he asked, and Tan Ting's eyes became more focused on her.

He wanted to compensate her, but he was afraid that she wouldn't want it...

Xiang Yu seemed to have read his mind and snorted again, "Although our Xiang family is poor, we still don't lack people like your Tan family." Two dollars!"

"Xiang Yu!" she called to Xiang Yu.

Tan Ting was silent amid the different looks on the two siblings' faces, and his tone was calm.

"Brother Yu, just say whatever you want me to do."

After hearing this, Xiang Yu wished he could answer him, "Please, Uncle Tan, please make peace with my sister immediately." But in the eldest sister's stern look, she just hated saying Vomited.

"Tomorrow, I will take my sister back to Xiang's house!"