Chapter 255

Cui Ning sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and said to the official guarding the door, "Let her in." ”

Neng came in openly, but the servant girl began to hesitate, wondering if she had annoyed the adult.

There was still a slight drizzle in the sky, although the stone table in the courtyard was under the tree, but the sparse canopy might not be of much use, the maid looked at Cui Ning's face without joy or anger, and handed over the umbrella flatteringly, "Cover the rain, adults." ”

It's not that Cui Ning has a lot of official authority, it's just that after experiencing a lot of things, Cui Ning remembered what her grandmother said when she was in Qinghe, and later learned the rules and took it seriously.

"No, sit down. Cui Ning said.

The courtservant girl had no choice but to take the umbrella and lean against the table, and sat down on the stone bench opposite. The lush foliage kept the rain out, but the stone bench was still stained with some moisture, and the dampness and cold penetrated through her clothes, making her feel uncomfortable.

"What do you call a girl?" Cui Ning smiled, looking a year or two younger.

"Slave and maid Yingliu. Yingliu breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui Ning said, "Don't be nervous, I'm bored when I'm outside, I'm looking for you to come in and chat." ”

Yingliu silently glanced at the rain, and said in her heart, is this how the sky talks?

Cui Ning has already seen what kind of character this girl is, she is not afraid of the sky and the earth, she is not afraid of making trouble, and she is actually very good at looking at her eyes.

"What is the matter with your wife looking for Justice Peng?" Cui Ning guessed that it should be related to the case or the funeral.

Yingliu hesitated for a moment, and sure enough, "Madame said that we adults can't always stop in the side courtyard, and I want to ask Judicial Peng when we can move to the main hall." ”

Don't ask about the facts of the case and ask later?

"Didn't explain anything else?"

Yingliu shook her head, "Back to my lord, no." ”

Cui Ning couldn't help but rub her fingers, "I'm in a hurry with Lord Wei, but it's a bit rude, I wonder if it's convenient to go over and see Madame now?"

Yingliu thought of his wife's current situation, how dare she make decisions without permission, but listening to Cui Ning say it so politely, it was a bit like sitting on pins and needles.

Cui Ning was understanding, "Why don't you go and report it first." ”

"Yes, yes, the slave and maid will go and go back. Yingliu got up and bowed, and hurriedly withdrew from the courtyard.

Looking at her back almost deserted and fleeing, Cui Ning touched her face and said to herself, "Is it suddenly no longer liked?"

When Cui Ning was a child, Master pinched her face all day long and sighed: This little face looks so attractive!

She was born with good bones, and she looked innocent and cute when she was a child, but after her facial features are opened, she will never be graceful and amiable. Her physiognomy is suitable for pretending to be a fairy, and when she gradually fades away from immaturity in the future, she will become less and less approachable.

It's just that Cui Ning hasn't understood until now that the master is looking at the silver of the white flowers through her face, of course, it is not rare enough.

After a short time of half a cup of tea, Yingliu ran back panting, and curtched on his knees, "My lord, Madame is invited." ”

Cui Ning got up and straightened out her clothes, and told the officials to inform Wei Qian, and then followed Yingliu over.

The garden in the south of the Yangtze River is completely different from the straight style in the north, and the small garden on one side must be built to cover up the twists and turns, full of interest, and the courtyards will not all be enclosed with walls in a regular manner.

In the garden of Suzhou City, the area of Yang's Mansion is only medium, but it took a lot of time to walk from that small courtyard to the main courtyard. Along the way, the flowers and willows are divided, and the clothes are inevitably contaminated with moisture and dark fragrance, and they still feel interesting outside the house, and they are very uncomfortable when they enter the house, especially the warm fragrance in Mrs. Yang's house.

The maid at the door opened the curtain, and Yingliu lowered her voice while leading Cui Ning into the house, "Madame is too sad and sick, so I can only invite adults to the bedroom." ”

The strong fragrance that comes to the face is indeed mixed with the smell of medicine.

"Madam, Master Cui has arrived. "Yingliu Road.

Mrs. Yang was waiting for a long time, and when she heard the voice, she was supported by the two maids, and when her eyes fell on Cui Ning, she was slightly stunned, and then squeezed out a wry smile, "The concubine is sick, and the family is troubled, if there is any rudeness, I hope Lord Cui will forgive me." ”

"Madame is polite, the lower official should not have bothered at this time, but it happened to be on patrol, and Suzhou was in charge of the lower official, so he was in a hurry to meet his wife. Cui Ningshi saluted and said, "Madame's day is mourning." ”

Cui Ning saw Mrs. Yang for the first time, and was secretly surprised in her heart, Yang Beijia is forty or fifty years old, and his wife looks like she is only in her twenties?

Even more surprising was the lady's appearance.

Chang'an beauties are like clouds, fat and thin, Liu Yiniang, who has made countless Langjun fall for her, met the bearded girl in Xishi, her appearance is extraordinary, she once thought that the most beautiful woman in the world is about that, you can see this Mrs. Yang, Cui Ning only knows that in appearance, there are also people outside the world!

The facial features of Mrs. Yang in front of her are not necessarily more delicate than those of Hu Nu, but when this person leans there, it is as if it is a hand-me-down porcelain that the craftsman has spent his whole life burning, and there is no flaw. Whoever sees it, can't help but love it, or offer it carefully.

Cui Ning looked at the beauty and was a little distracted, and asked casually, "Madame is not in the prime of life?"

Mrs. Yang took out a handkerchief and was about to wipe the sweat that had just come out, and when she heard the words, she couldn't help lowering her eyes and half-covering her lips, and moved away for a moment, "The concubine is Jiao again, and she only married into the mansion last year." ”

Huh?

Cui Ning finally gathered his thoughts.

She only guessed that Yang Ling was remarrying, but she didn't expect Mrs. Yang to also remarry. I only married into the house last year, and there is a relationship between husband and wife, and I am afraid that it is not deep.

"Madame is sick, and the lower officials will not spare the bend. Do you know who in this Jiangnan Province is not going to deal with Yang Beijia?" Cui Ning didn't expect to get any answer at all, just a little temptation.

Mrs. Yang didn't think about it, "The concubine has never known about officialdom. ”

I'm afraid that not only don't I know anything about officialdom, but I don't know much about Yang Beijia!

Cui Ning saw that although she tried her best to make a sad appearance, and her health was indeed not good, she couldn't see too much grief after all, and what she did was just a face.

The two talked for a while, and Cui Ning already knew a lot of things.

Mrs. Yang's behavior looked suspicious at first glance, but after a little understanding, it seemed that everything could be explained, but Cui Ning always felt a little weird, but she couldn't remember where the disagreement was for a while.

She has just arrived, and she doesn't even know a lot of basic information, so she doesn't plan to test it further for the time being, "Mrs. Guan's face is tired, so the lower official won't bother much, and another day when the lady's condition recovers a little, the lower official will come to visit again." ”

Mrs. Yang bowed her head slightly, and ordered, "Yingliu, send it to Master Cui." ”

Cui Ning didn't refuse, and on the way back, she chatted a lot of news from Yingliu's mouth.

However, what he never expected was that when he arrived in the side courtyard, Cui Ning was stopped by the official at the door.

I don't know where the original gatekeeper went, and there were a few more eye-catching officials at the gate of the courtyard, and then I saw that there were many more people in the courtyard.

"Master Cui, the Inspector, how dare you stop outside?"

Before Cui Ning could say anything, Yingliu took the lead in questioning, looking upright and indignant, as if she was not a maid in the house at all but Cui Ning's subordinate.

When those people saw Cui Ning, they couldn't hide their surprise on their faces, but in the end, they were well-informed and knew that Master Cui was a girl who had not yet reached the end of their lives, so they quickly reacted and saluted Cui Ning, "I've seen Master Cui." ”

Cui Ning looked at a few people, "Is the assassin here?"

In this Suzhou city, at the moment, I am afraid that only Thorn Shi can take people in and out of the other driving mansion at will.

"Exactly. "That's human.

At this moment, in the morgue, Wei Qian and Cheng Jianshi continued the autopsy with a simple salute.

Cheng Yujing looked at the person lying in the coffin, and his heart was full of mixed feelings for a while. He and Yang Purlin had known each other before coming to Suzhou, when the imperial court did not attach so much importance to the imperial examination now, he was a famous family, and he did not take the path of the imperial examination to enter the office, compared to Yang Ling's bumpy official road, he was smooth sailing.

When I first met him in Chang'an, Cheng Yujing noticed this person who seemed gentle but actually had a wolf nature, not to mention, from Peng You, you can get a glimpse of his shadow, no one in Suzhou does not know that Peng You is a ruthless character, and Peng You was brought up by him! It's ridiculous that so many people are blind, and they really think that others are harmless.

It's all fools. Cheng Yujing snorted.

But in the final analysis, he has been fighting with Yang Ling for many years, and even he himself is reluctant to admit that Yang Ling is far better than him in terms of talent and hard work.

Cheng Yujing and Yang Ling, one casual, the other gentle, at first glance are humble gentlemen, but in fact their personalities are very different.

Earlier, I obviously felt that each other was very personable and talented, but a mouth was about to fight for a red face, and before entering the court as an official, I could barely be regarded as a friend, and after becoming an official, it was more than half a sentence of speculation. Until the two of them became superiors and subordinates, and they were the first and second leaders, the relationship was almost the tip of the needle.

Although Cheng Yujing felt that the two were different and did not conspire with each other, he still admired him.

Since the Taizong period, the imperial court began to suppress the family and reuse the Hanmen scholars, but after several generations, the family is still standing, and the career of the Hanmen scholars is still difficult.

Cheng Yujing's ability to sit firmly in the position of the assassin is inseparable from his own plan, but it is more because Yang Ling did not make up his mind to pull him off the horse.

It's not that Yang Ling still cares about the old feelings, it's just that it is difficult for him to go further in a short period of time.

At this moment, Cheng Yujing is the winner, but he can't be happy.

That person's fanaticism for power makes him seem to have inexhaustible strength forever, no matter what time he is holding Zhizhu and high-spirited, he has become a corpse without temperature at this moment, gray in color, and gray on his temples. It doesn't look any different from a normal corpse.

"Cheng Thorn History, Cheng Thorn History?"

Wei Qian shouted a few times before Cheng Yujing withdrew his gaze and looked at him, "Hmm, did you find anything?"