HBWnovel Chapter 258 Some Unusual Circumstances
Chapter 258 Some Unusual Circumstances
Chapter 258 Some Unusual Circumstances
Xia's father and the others couldn't see anything wrong, but they felt that the atmosphere was strange. However, they couldn't quite put their finger on what was wrong.
The meal was finished in this somewhat subtle atmosphere.
“Since you live in the capital, if anything happens, you can send someone to find Jiang Feng directly,” Huangfu Qian glanced at Xia Mo without leaving a trace, took out a jade pendant, and handed it to Xia’s father.
Xia's father's heart pounded nervously, unsure whether to accept the call, and he looked at Xia's eldest and second eldest brothers.
Brother Xia frowned and looked at Brother Xia the Second.
Their family had sought refuge with Jiang Wang Huangfuqian. Was Huangfuqian so friendly to the families of all his subordinates?
Xia Mo nodded to Xia Erge, signaling him to continue.
A hint of doubt flashed across Xia Erge's eyes, but he still said, "Thank you, King Jiang."
Xia's father extended both hands and respectfully accepted it, holding it in his hands.
"If Jiang Feng is busy, he may take this jade and come to me," Huangfu Qian said, then clasped his hands in a fist salute, turned and left decisively, his back view free and easy, without any hesitation.
Xia Erge couldn't help but glance at Xia Mo again, realizing that he was probably overthinking things.
"Respectfully seeing off Your Highness..."
Xia Erge took the lead in clasping his hands in greeting, and Xia's father and the others followed suit.
After Huangfu Qian and Jiang Feng, the two outsiders, left, Xia's father and the others returned to their relaxed state.
Brother Xia couldn't help but ask, "Isn't King Jiang being far too friendly to the families of his subordinates? Even when governing subordinates, this isn't the way to do it, is it?"
Xia Erge nodded.
Xia's father said, "We are just powerless commoners. He is His Highness. If he really had any ill intentions, he wouldn't be so polite. There's no use thinking about it now. Let's just take it one step at a time."
“Yes, Father is right,” Brother Xia and the others immediately agreed.
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The next day—
After a day of rest, Xia's father and the others had more energy and decided to go for a stroll in the capital.
It's a rare opportunity to come to the capital; who knows, this might be the only time I'll ever have this chance in my life?
In the southern market of the capital city—
Wearing a face mask, Xia Mo followed behind her father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother as they strolled around the capital city.
"How much is this hairpin?" Xia's father saw a hairpin that suited Xia's mother very well and wanted to buy it as a gift for her. Before asking the price, he glanced at Xia's mother.
Xia's mother understood Xia's father's thoughts and blushed with embarrassment.
"Two taels," the vendor said, taking down the exquisitely carved hairpin. "This hairpin is very suitable for this lady. She looks even more beautiful wearing it. It's a perfect complement to her."
The hairpin is primarily made of wood, but a small amount of silver thread is wrapped around the wood, fitting perfectly with the wooden hairpin body.
The hairpin vendor, while talking, was about to put the hairpin on Xia's mother's head to facilitate the transaction.
"what……"
Mr. Xia was dumbfounded. Although the wooden hairpin was beautiful, it was made of wood! A wooden hairpin worth two taels of silver? That was far too expensive!
“My lord, your affection for my wife cannot be expressed by this cheap hairpin worth only two taels of silver, but this hairpin can still let her understand your heartfelt feelings…”
The vendor's sales pitch was incredibly enticing, and Xia's father, lacking a strong will, bought it anyway.
Fearing that Xia's father would lose face in public, Xia's mother whispered, "No need. I'm busy with work all day, I don't have time to wear jewelry or anything like that..."
Mr. Xia already held the filigree hairpin in his hand. He looked at Mrs. Xia and asked her to suggest that they return it, as he felt bad about it.
Xia's mother stopped trying to persuade her and simply let Xia's father put the wooden hairpin on her head. When she thought that Xia's father had bought the hairpin after hearing the vendor say that it "could also let the lady understand the master's heartfelt intentions," she blushed with embarrassment.
Looking at Xia's mother, whose soul was like that of a young girl, Xia's father's eyes also revealed a deep love.
Xia Mo looked at her eldest brother and second brother, pretended to clutch her stomach, and whispered, "So sweet, so sweet, I've eaten too much sweetness."
Brother Xia and Brother Xia nodded, their eyes filled with envy for their parents' relationship. If they could, they would want to marry someone like that.
"You three, stop being naughty," Xia's mother scolded softly, embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Now that we've come to the capital, shouldn't we contact your third brother?"
"How should we contact our third brother?" Brother Xia nodded and looked at Brother Xia the second.
Unable to fathom Huangfu Qian's thoughts, Xia's parents entrusted the jade pendant, which represented Huangfu Qian's identity, to Xia's second brother for safekeeping.
At this moment, Xia Erge was carefully hiding the jade pendant in a hidden pocket in his bosom.
"Should we look for General Jiang?" Xia Erge suggested.
“...Okay,” Xia’s father felt a little embarrassed, thinking that he had forgotten to ask his third son about their meeting yesterday.
"Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, shouts rang out in the middle of the road, and not far away, horses were galloping rapidly through the middle of the street.
The street is wide, with the central area reserved for carriages and horses, but people crossing the street will cross it directly, diagonally, or straight.
On the road, three ignorant children were playing with a small bamboo ball. When they turned around and saw a horse running towards them, the three children didn't know to run and were so frightened that they stood there dumbfounded.
"Ah, child..."
"Stop the horse immediately! There's a child in the center!"
"..."
People on the roadside screamed in surprise.
But the horse was galloping at top speed and couldn't be stopped by shouting.
At the critical moment...
Xia Mo and her two siblings exchanged glances and quickly leaped to the middle of the road.
The soldiers on horseback kept pulling on the reins, trying to stop the horse, but the horse was just as startled and didn't know how to stop at all!
Xia Mo and her two siblings, each carrying a child, rushed across the road. No sooner had they gone than the horse galloped past them.
The soldier delivering the message finally stopped his horse, so frightened that he tumbled off.
It looked as the messenger's forehead was about to smash into the sharp corner of a low table stall on the side of the street...
Brother Xia put down the child in his arms, rushed out, and grabbed the communications soldier by the back of his collar, saving his life!
The communications soldier looked at the tip of the table right in front of him and was so frightened that cold sweat poured down his back.
"Brother, it's alright," Brother Xia helped the man sit down on the ground and then left.
They are indeed helping people, but this is the capital city. What if they encounter someone who repays kindness with enmity?
When Brother Xia retreated to his parents' side, he looked around like a spectator watching a play, as if it wasn't the three of them who had just saved the person.
Xia Mo winked playfully at Brother Xia and gave him a thumbs up.
She noticed something unusual and agreed when Xia's father suggested leaving.
As summer drew to a close, before the crowd could even notice them, they turned into the alleyway and left.
When the three children and the rescued communications soldier wanted to express their gratitude, they found that Brother Xia and the others were nowhere to be seen!
Many people present exclaimed, "What a kind person!"