In fact, it was not very far from Baifu Lane this way, but Chen Hao seemed to have deliberately slowed down his steps, and Ru Xi's delicate body didn't feel particularly tired.

When she was about to pass by the big locust tree at the corner, Ru Xi couldn't help but think of the "pseudo-wall knock" before, and Chen Hao glanced at the tree almost at the same time, and at the same time turned his head and pretended that he didn't see the other party looking at it.

When he noticed this detail, Liu Chengyin's face, who had been unsuccessful in chatting and questioning all the way, was even more subtle.

Soon arrived at the Chen family's courtyard, Su Sanniang was still indifferent, and there was no strange or unexpected reaction because of Ru Xi and Liu Chengyin's simultaneous visit. The guest and the host sat down, gave gifts and courtesy, and after a few words, the lively beautiful girl Liu Chengyin deliberately talked and laughed with Su Sanniang affectionately.

Ru Ji only felt a little funny when she looked at it, so she simply held the tea bowl and watched her sell cuteness. Listening to Liu Chengyin's attitude of talking to Su Sanniang and Chen Hao, it seems that he is a childhood sweetheart who has known each other for many years, and he has practiced knife skills with Chen Hao for a few days. But the success of the senior brothers and sisters seems to be more polite, rather than the real teacher.

After drinking a bowl of tea, Ru Xi wanted to interject and inquire about Chen Run. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a knock on the door outside: "Aunt Su, are you at home?" ”

Before Ru Xi could react, Cai Wan's face changed first.

Chen Hao sat opposite Ruxi and didn't say much, and when he heard the sound, he went out to answer the door. Because the Chen family is very small, Ru Xi and Cai Wan in the hall can clearly hear the conversation outside.

"Xiao Run? What happened to your face? ”

"Brother Mao," the young man's clear and gentle voice was as his name suggested, "it's nothing." This is the crockpot that Aunt Su brought me soup a few days ago, and I washed it and returned it to my aunt. ”

Xu was afraid that there were female guests in the hall, and Chen Hao did not mean to let Chen Run enter the door.

"Ahem," Ru Ji immediately decided, "I remember that I still have some things to do." Mrs. Chen, Miss Liu chatted slowly, and Cai Wan and I said goodbye first. After saying that, he immediately got up and bowed slightly to Su Sanniang, and then turned around and went out.

The warmth of the autumn afternoon sun turns everything in a soft glow.

Across the small courtyard, Cai Wan looked at the past, and his eyes instantly turned red.

Outside the simple wooden gate of the Chen family's courtyard, Chen Run, a young man who was just 16 years old, was dressed in a coarse cloth short coat, with patches everywhere from his shoulders to his knees. There is a conspicuous black blue on the delicate face, and the corners of the eyes are still a little red and swollen. If it weren't for the shabby clothes that were very clean, he would be like a young man of the beggar gang.

Ru Ji understood in her heart the mixed tastes of this person from the world, but because of the square inch at this moment, several people looked at each other, and it was inconvenient to say more to Cai Wan. Only said with a smile: "Chen Zhutou, who is this?" ”

Chen Hao frowned invisibly, but still introduced: "This is my neighbor, Chen Run." Towards Chen Runye, he turned sideways slightly: "This is my mother's friend, Miss Pu." ”

Chen Run in the memory of Ruji's previous life is a shrewd and capable young man, and he is very cool and generous in his speech and style. At this time, Chen Run was obviously still a young man, and he didn't dare to raise his head in the face of Ruji and Caiyun, and arched his hand: "The two girls are good." ”

Chen Hao took the crockpot from Chen Run's hand: "Xiaorun, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Run was a little speechless and stopped, looked at Ru Xi and Cai Wan, and then looked at Chen Hao's face, and felt that it was not the time to speak, and just about to say goodbye, he heard Ru Xi ask again: "Little Brother Chen, how did the injury on your face come from?" But you came to ask Chen Zhutou to call the shots for you? ”

Chen Run hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "But since Brother Mao has guests at home, I'll come back another day." ”

"It's important to report the crime, you can talk about it first." When Ru Ji said this, she felt as if she was in a little anxious, and her position was not quite right. People came to find Chen Hao, and he was just a guest at that house, so it was a bit anti-guest-oriented. Hurriedly glanced at Chen Hao, with a flattering smile: "Justice is more important, right, Chen Zhutou?" ”

Because the courtyard was too small, Ru Xi was in a hurry to come over to talk to Chen Run, and the distance between her and Chen Hao was only about two feet at this time.

Chen Hao looked down at her, with a look of gossip that was eager to be covered, the starlight in his bright eyes was gone, and his beautiful face was disgusted and happy, and he was quite in a trance for a moment, and it took almost a second before he settled down: "En, en." ”

Immediately, he coughed twice to hide his feelings, and turned to Chen Run: "Ahem, it's okay, Xiao Run, you come in and say." ”

Because Liu Chengyin was still talking to Su San Niangzi in the hall, Chen Hao took Chen Run to the room where Ru Xi made a record last time to ask.

On the one hand, Ru Xi was worried about Cai Wan's life, but on the other hand, she was also a gossip heart, so she was cheeky and listened to it.

Who knew that the people involved in what Chen Run said were all old acquaintances of Ruji.

To put it simply, three days ago, Chen Run went to deliver cloth to an old customer who opened a ready-to-wear shop, and it happened that there was some accident in someone's store, and a group of people were making noise in the store.

Chen Run not only wanted to deliver the material, but also received the balance of the material money, so he had to wait. At this time, I saw that the quarrel quickly escalated into a fight, and the people who came to make trouble were obviously prepared, and the shopkeeper of the ready-to-wear shop was beaten to the point that his head was bleeding.

Because he was a regular customer, Chen Run knew that the shopkeeper of Sui was an honest man with kindness and duty, so he couldn't stand it, and came over with the people from the shop next to him to persuade him.

And the person who led the fight was Shi Zhonglang's henchman, Li Ya.

Ru Xi and Cai Wan couldn't help but change their faces when they heard this, and even Chen Hao stiffened when he heard the word "Shi Family", and the atmosphere in the room instantly became a little dignified.

Chen Run couldn't help but be a little frightened: "Brother Mao, but the Shi family is very powerful, can't be offended?" ”

"Nothing." Chen Hao immediately said, "At the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the area of the first good, there is no person who cannot be sanctioned by the royal law." ”

Ru Xi remembered the past, and the new and old hatreds came to her heart together, and she also snorted: "They are still far from covering the sky with one hand." Brother Run, is there a young lady in the shopkeeper of Sui? ”

Chen Run's face couldn't help but blush: "Well, I heard, I heard that this incident seems to be because of that lady." ”

Ru Ji and Cai Wan glanced at each other, this matter had caused a lot of trouble in their previous lives, and the master and servant were very impressed.

The story is very simple and old-fashioned, the shopkeeper of Sui is a little older, and the lady in the family is young and beautiful, and she is not very peaceful. I don't know how to hook up with the amorous Shi Zhonglang, although Shi Zhonglang is only eighteen years old at this time, he is a veteran of flowers, and he has learned a lot of crooked ways from his father, Master Shi, who is good at eating, drinking, and prostituting. Later, Shi Zhonglang was able to be different from the Ximen officials who were famous through the ages, and it was around this time that he began.

Sui Niangzi may not have the intention of murdering her husband, but Shi Zhonglang did not take the lives of civilians seriously, and asked Li Ya to take people to provoke and make trouble two or three times, and finally smashed the store and seriously injured the shopkeeper of Sui. The shopkeeper of Sui has no relatives in Beijing, and Sui Niangzi is not well taken care of, and she returned to the west after being sick for half a year, and Sui Niangzi became Shi Zhonglang's outer room.

In her previous life, Ruji was fifteen or sixteen years old, so when this incident happened, she hadn't married into the Shi family, and she hadn't heard any news. But later, I heard the inside story, and it was two years later that someone turned things over, just in time for the third master Shi Ben to return to Beijing to report on his work.

According to the meaning of the eldest master Shi Gan, just take the money and go out to settle it. General Shi Ben was furious and asked his soldiers to tie up Shi Zhonglang and beat him half to death. Yuan also said that he was going to be sent to Yamen Ming for punishment, and the chickens and dogs at home jumped for a while, and finally asked Mrs. Shi to hold it down.

That was probably the only bit of righteousness that Ru Ji had ever seen in the Shi family, and then General Shi Ben returned to the Chenzhou army, and Shi Zhonglang also regained the gold of Hu Tian and Hudi. Bottle. May career.

Ru Ji thought about it and asked again: "How was the shopkeeper of Sui injured?" Is this the first time those people have come back to make trouble? ”

Chen Run was a little surprised: "How does the girl know that it's not the first time?" The owner of the wonton stall next to him said that it was the second time. Last time, I smashed something, but I didn't do it. The shopkeeper of Sui was a little scared and did not report it to the yamen. I heard that the Shi family is very powerful, there is a master who is a general, and a lady who is married to the royal family, and the common people can't afford to mess with it. ”

Ru Xi snorted: "What mother, there is an aunt in the Shi family who is just a concubine for Prince Qi." ”

Chen Hao pondered for a moment: "I know." He looked sideways at Ru Xi: "How did you know that Sui Niangzi had something to do with this matter?" Are you familiar with the Shi family? ”

Ru Ji almost wanted to laugh three times: It's so familiar that it can't be more familiar!

"My Mrs. Chi is very close to the Shi family." Ru Xi tried her best to restrain the hatred for the Shi family in her memory, but the tone of ridicule and contempt was naturally inevitable, "After all, things gather like things, and people gather in groups." I also heard about Sui Niangzi. If the trouble continues, the shopkeeper of Sui is only afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. ”

Chen Run was taken aback: "Really? Are they going to kill people? ”

Chen Hao's eyes were a little cold: "What is the Shi family not daring about." ”

If you listen to the meaning of this, does Chen Hao have any relationship with the Shi family? Thinking back quickly on his previous life, he didn't remember that Chen Hao had any obvious intersection with the Shi family.

Could it be that it is General Shi Ben and Su Sanniang?

Ru Xi was suddenly shocked, in the second life, she seemed to have vaguely heard that the third master wanted to remarry, but for some reason it didn't work out.

That should mean that Chen Hao disagrees?

But it's not right, if Chen Hao's opposition is tight, or even like the vague feelings brought out by his words at this moment, then the last time he saw General Shi Ben begging to see Su Sanniang outside the Chen family, Chen Hao shouldn't have reacted like that.

At that time, the two of them were obviously eavesdropping together!