Chapter 15: Over the Wall
The freshly peeled grapes fell on the skirt, rolling off a faint trail before falling to the ground.
She glanced at the sweet and sour grapes with regret, twisted the last one, and peeled it slowly.
Qin Ji saw that her attitude towards fruits was more important than herself, so she actually smiled, sat down on the pestle next to her, and watched Yu Mingzhi eat a small grape unhurriedly.
Qi's mother looked at the unannounced and suddenly appeared future uncle, and wanted to speak but didn't dare to say it, but it was somewhat inappropriate for this unmarried couple to live in the same room. She wiped the eldest lady's skirt and repeatedly hinted with her eyes.
Yu Mingzhi's mind was all on the grapes.
Qin Ji seemed to see through her thoughts, waved his hand and ordered, "Trouble my mother is watching at the door." β
"......" Mother Qi didn't dare to say a superfluous word for some reason, nodded again and again, drove the other maids away, and closed the door to let them talk.
"Something?" Yu Mingzhi continued to look out the window.
Qin Ji said: "Come and visit you." β
Yu Mingzhi resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and reminded lightly: "I just saw it yesterday." β
"I want to see you every day. Qin Ji said with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, containing true feelings.
"......" Yu Mingzhi was speechless, this prodigal son is not serious.
After being silent for a moment, Qin Ji said, "This is where the father-in-law's grave is located." As he spoke, he took out a silver-white brocade bag from his sleeve and offered it with both hands, "If Zhizhi wants to give incense to his father-in-law one day, just tell me, and I will arrange it." β
Yu Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, hesitated to take the bag from his hand, and unfolded it to see that there was a piece of paper stuffed in it, which was a map.
She sighed faintly, Qin Ji was quite thoughtful, "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, is it okay today?"
Qin Ji nodded, "Yes." You can't go out like that, though. β
Yu Mingzhi looked down at his dress, raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you say?"
Qin Ji clapped his hands, Qi's mother came in with a stack of clothes, secretly glanced at Qin Ji suspiciously, put the clothes on the side of the chaise longue and went out again. Yu Mingzhi stood up and took a look, the color and style of his clothes were exactly the same as Qin Ji's servants.
"You want me to dress up as your subordinate?"
"My master can only be the emperor. β
Yu Mingzhi said: "I just said it casually. She picked up her clothes and went behind the screen to change, and heard Qin Ji sigh and say: "The master and the wife, there is a difference of one word, but sometimes the meaning is the same." β
Smooth tongued. Yu Mingzhi has seen it too many times, he changed his clothes indifferently, then took off the beads, washed off his makeup, tied up his inky hair with a hair rope at will, and finally put on his head, and a delicate-looking little guy appeared in front of Qin Ji.
Qin Ji nodded approvingly, Yu Mingzhi's original appearance was changed into a man's clothes, and he would still be recognized as a daughter. Now, her face is darker than before, her eyebrows are carefully drawn black, the strap on her head carefully covers the small holes in her earlobes, and she should have worn two more layers of underwear to make her body look stronger.
Yu Mingzhu was slightly uncomfortable by his blazing gaze, and urged, "Can you go?"
Qin Ji got up and said with a smile: "Zhizhi, let's go." β
Yu Mingzhu followed him out of Chengyun Courtyard, and then found that they did not go in the direction of the gate, but walked more and more remotely, and it didn't look like the back door. She looked at the wall that was gradually approaching and asked, "Over the wall?"
"Yes. Qin Ji stood still in front of the wall, his hands interlocked, his knees slightly bent, and motioned for Yu Mingzhi to step on his hand and turn over the wall.
Yu Mingzhi looked at his posture of being a cow and a horse, and suddenly laughed.
Under the spring flowers, the smile is like a flower, brilliant and gorgeous, Qin Ji squinted his eyes and appreciated the fleeting beauty.
Yu Mingzhi looked at his expression and immediately made a straight face, "Do you really want me to step on you?"
"Yes. Qin Ji nodded.
Yu Mingzhi said: "Look at your small body, I'm afraid you can't support it." With that, with the help of the branches of the big tree next to him, he jumped up easily, rode on the wall, and beckoned to Qin Ji condescendingly.
Qin Ji lowered his hand and stretched out to protect her, and said with a smile: "Zhizhi cares about me, I understand." β
"You're thinking too much. Yu Mingzhi lifted one foot to the side of the wall and jumped down with agility.
As soon as she stood firm on her heels, Qin Ji landed beside her and looked at her from head to toe, while Yu Mingzhi didn't look at him and walked straight forward.
In the alley outside the wall, a small, inconspicuous carriage was parked, Qin Ji saw that her pace was steady, and coldly rushed over to grab Yu Mingzhi's hand, jumped on the wheel, and got into the carriage.
There was a pile of incense, candles, paper money and fruit cakes on the seat, and it seemed that Qin Ji had already prepared, just in case.
Yu Mingzhi looked at those things in a daze, and on the other side, Qin Ji was listening to the coachman's report on the affairs in the yamen.
ββ¦β¦ Wan Baoyang's kid has a very hard mouth, and all kinds of tricks are used on his body, and he just carries it down. Chai Siqing has a headache and wants to ask his son if there is a good way. β
Qin Ji leaned against the window leisurely, tilted his head and said, "I heard that he has a very pampered concubine, and now he is hiding in the capital waiting for news. And he sent for her to be found and brought before him. If he refuses to confess, he will apply the same torture to the woman. β
He was calm and calm, as if he were talking about a sparse and ordinary trifle.
"Yes, Childe. The coachman answered, lowered the curtain and drove.
Qin Ji looked back, Yu Mingzhi, who had just heard about the bloody incident, had a calm expression, twisted a few pieces of gold and silver paper with his slender hand, folded them into ingots, and said lightly: "Wan Bao Yang is one of the county orders under my father, and he disappeared after the incident, was he found by you?"
"Not long after I caught him," Qin Ji carefully put Yu Mingzhi's folded ingots into a red paper bag, "It has something to do with Uncle Yue's case." β
"Oh?" Yu Mingzhi couldn't help but sit up straight, "What kind of involvement?"
Qin Ji said: "The fact that Yuezhang was accused of colluding with foreign countries and reselling weapons may be evidence that he forged. On the surface, this kid was arrested by embezzlement and absconding, but the person who instructed him would not think so, and there should be some actions, and I just happened to follow the vine. β
Yu Mingzhi frowned, his eyes dimmed a little, "Wan Baoyang is one of my father's most trusted people, I thought he was afraid of being implicated, so he fled. It was already warm, but she felt a chill on her body - it was naΓ―ve when she went to the Zuo San Cavalry Mansion to avenge her grievances and was arrested. Now that his father's most trusted official is hurting him behind his back, how can it not be shocking?
Qin Ji said: "People's hearts are unpredictable. β
Yu Mingzhi sighed: "I know. β
Qin Ji blinked, and a smile seemed to be about to overflow from his eyes, "But I really know Zhizhi." β
"......" Yu Mingzhi lowered his head and continued to fold the ingots, "You don't have to be so good at finding opportunities." β