Chapter 7 The Xiao family is in constant misfortune

It was already past dusk, and under the dusky sky, most people on the street had returned home. The road was deserted and desolate. Nie Quan couldn't help but beat his heart as he looked at the stone road that was getting darker and darker as he walked.

At the end of a dark and far-reaching road, Nie Quan finally saw the grandfather's house that Su Qingtian mentioned.

This is a large mansion. The two stone lions in front of the door look majestic and domineering under the light of the lights. The vermilion door is covered with neat door nails.

Two armored soldiers were on duty with their heads high and their chests held high. Each had a big sword behind them, and their right hands were tightly grasped on the handle of the knife on their backs, as if one person was in charge of the defense.

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Xiao Mansion?!

Nie Quan looked at the big characters on the plaque and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

This little girl actually led her all the way here?!

This is General Xiao's mansion, why did it become her grandpa's house?!

Although the county where Nie Quan is located is far away from here, they are all within the border area, so they have more or less heard the story of Xiao Mansion in front of them.

It is said that for some reason, Old General Xiao angered the current emperor. In anger, he demoted the Xiao family to Fengcheng Town to guard the frontier. From then on, the Xiao family had no such name in the capital, and its reputation and reputation declined all the way.

The branches related to the Xiao family were also squeezed out. The Xiao family was entrenched in this remote place with mountains and rivers, and gradually no one cared about it.

Even if the dignitaries in the capital spurn the Xiao family, for the people in the border areas, the Xiao family is already the patron saint in their hearts.

Ever since General Xiao came here with a group of Xiao family men, the frontier fortress has not been invaded by foreigners for many years.

The people finally realized what it means to live and work in peace and contentment and what it means to live a life full of hope.

They no longer fear with fear that the city will be attacked in the middle of the night, that they will not be able to see the sun the next day, and they no longer worry that there will be no work or way out to survive.

In the past years of General Xiao's management, in addition to stabilizing the surrounding wars, he also worked with the government to clean up the official roads and eliminate the roving bandits, so that the business exchanges in the frontier can be carried out normally.

Many people have lived a prosperous life relying on these stable pipelines, and the trade in surrounding small counties has also increased. With the money in the hands of the people, they can buy houses built with cows, and the reclamation of farmland has naturally increased.

The cousin of Nie Quan's daughter-in-law was a traveling merchant. Every time he made money from a trip, he would bring some novel gadgets to his daughter, which made the little girl very happy.

No matter how you look at it, the little girl in the car cannot be related to the Xiao family.

Just when Nie Quan thought he had made a mistake and was about to drive away in the carriage, Su Qingtian in the carriage suddenly opened the curtain, jumped out of the carriage, and walked straight to the gate of Xiao Mansion.

"Stop! Leave the rest of General Xiao's residence far away!"

The soldier strode forward to stop the little girl who was only as tall as his own legs, and scolded her coldly.

Nie Quan, who was following Su Qingtian, was so frightened by the aura of the soldiers that he broke into a cold sweat. He was just a government servant and could not compare to these veterans who were fighting on the battlefield.

What's more, these are the soldiers led by General Xiao. Even though they have retired and are on duty in the mansion, they are not something anyone can offend.

Nie Quan ran a few steps and put his arm around Su Qingtian's small body, trying to protect the little girl and move back. Unexpectedly, the girl actually spoke without fear.

"I am Xiao Gang's granddaughter, and my name is Su Qingtian."

This sentence made the three of them freeze on the spot. Fu Bing did not expect that this little baby would have the courage to announce herself, while Nie Quan did not expect that she was really the granddaughter of General Xiao.

After saying that, the little boy lowered his head and kept digging in his sleeves with his little hands.

Under the gaze of six eyes, she took out a green jade plaque. She held Nie Quan's arm around her waist with one hand and handed the jade plaque to Fu Bing on her tiptoes.

"This is my mother's jade sign. Grandpa can recognize it."

The two soldiers looked at each other and finally took the jade token from the little girl's hand.

Under the bright light, the soldiers clearly recognized that this jade tablet was almost exactly the same as the young master's. When he reversed the order, the three characters Xiao Hongyan appeared immediately.

Isn’t this the eldest lady’s real name?!

The expressions of the two changed slightly, and they had a tacit agreement to leave one of them to watch Su Qingtian and Nie Quan, while the other hurriedly entered the house holding the jade token.

Nie Quan naturally saw Fu Bing's expression clearly and subconsciously looked down at the little girl in his arms.

Su Qingtian seemed to be hungry. After handing over the jade sign, she took out a piece of pastry and started to nibble on it. She looked up and saw Nie Quan looking at her. She thought the man was also hungry, so she took out a new pastry from her sleeve and handed it to him.

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Nie Quan shook his head and glanced at the little girl's sleeves. She was wearing a long-sleeved cardigan. How many things were hidden in these small sleeves?

Seeing that Nie Quan refused to eat, Su Qingtian ate up the first piece of cake in a few mouthfuls, and then happily ate the second piece.

While the two of them were waiting in this quiet street, the Xiao Mansion was already in chaos.

Xiao Nan, the youngest son of Dalang of the Xiao family, was struggling and dying.

Three days ago, he suddenly fell into a high fever and coma. He invited all the doctors in the city to see him, but they were unable to do anything. Everyone expressed regret and hinted that the Xiao Mansion was prepared to send the white-haired man to the black-haired man.

The border is remote. Even if he rushes to the capital to ask a famous doctor to see him, Xiao Nan's small body may not be able to survive that long.

"Is there really nothing you can do?"

Xiao Yichen was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at his little nephew who was all red and hot and had difficulty breathing.

His voice was choked with sobs, "Really...can you really not even save the only flesh and blood of your eldest brother?"

He hammered down the armrests of his wheelchair angrily, but his disabled body was unable to vent his anger and even found it difficult to stand up.

Xiao Hanyue, the eldest son of the Xiao family, is Xiao Nan's father and the eldest son of General Xiao. He was wounded by a poisonous arrow on the battlefield and fell into a coma and has not yet woken up.

My sister-in-law has been taking care of my eldest brother all these years, but finally she died of illness last year due to overwork.

now……

Thinking of what happened to the Xiao family over the years, Xiao Yichen's face was filled with sadness.

Ever since the Xiao family was demoted and left the capital, the whole family has been in bad luck. Many people in the family have died and been injured. Those who used to be healthy would fall down immediately if they fell ill.

If you're lucky, you can slowly recover after a while, but if you're not lucky, you'll die.

Even the domestic livestock were not spared, none survived more than three years, and the horses were kept far away in the suburbs and did not dare to be kept in the mansion at all.

Although Xiao Yichen had never returned to the capital, he had heard from traveling merchants that people in the capital laughed at the Xiao family's poisonous cave, a place where evil spirits would be poisoned to death if they entered.

However, this mansion was given by the emperor and cannot be moved away without permission.

I originally thought that the misfortune, whether it was poisonous ghosts or evil spirits, would be enough for them as adults, but I didn't expect that it would now extend to the younger generation.

The man's eyes couldn't help but turn red. He stretched out his hand to hold his nephew's hot palm, and the suppressed tears in his eyes were about to fall.

"Could it be said that our Xiao family is really..."

Disaster star coming to the world?
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