Chapter Ninety-Nine: Inventory
Leaving Rong Chenghan's group, Liu Ruoxi followed Mrs. Liu to sit in the carriage, unusually quiet. Mrs. Liu noticed it.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Second Mrs. Liu glanced at Liu Ruoxi carefully, thinking that she was still frightened and did not recover. First, the horse pulling the cart died, almost causing a car accident. Then, he met Rong Chenghan's horse team. Liu Ruoxi is young, she usually grew up in the deep boudoir, when has she seen so many fierce soldiers, and Rong Chenghan's actions at the beginning are really scary. Even she was frightened, let alone Liu Ruoxi.
Mrs. Liu took Liu Ruoxi in her arms, as if Liu Ruoxi was still a child, and gently patted Liu Ruoxi's back to comfort her.
"Don't be afraid." Second Mrs. Liu softly comforted Liu Ruoxi, "He is also a child of the clan in the capital, although he looks a little fierce, he is very polite." "The car can't go, Liu Ruoxi can still deal with it calmly, and now it's like this, naturally it's more because she was frightened by Rong Chenghan later, so Mrs. Liu comforted Liu Ruoxi like this.
Liu Ruoxi was thinking about her thoughts, and when she heard Second Mrs. Liu say this, she couldn't help but raise her head. Looking at the way Mrs. Liu talked about Rong Chenghan, it was obvious that she liked this person a little.
Liu Ruoxi couldn't help but feel the alarm bell in her heart.
"How can my mother say that he understands etiquette?" Liu Ruoxi immediately said, "Approaching the capital, there are people coming and going on the official road, if he is really like what his mother said, how can he gallop on horseback." His eyes are broken, so he doesn't see us people, and there are cars and horses parked there? Near, he trampled on us! ”
"This ...... And it's no wonder he's gone. Second Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "You don't know, he went to the north to fight at the age of thirteen with his father Prince Yongjing, and this time it will be several years. After being away from home for so long, I finally came back, and who could not be happy if I left it alone. Looking at his age, he is actually not very old. It's still a child, and I'm anxious. It also makes sense. What's more, his horse really stopped when he said it. ”
"I heard your father say that this kid is very good at martial arts. I think I am very sure of my riding skills. …… You see how polite he was to us later. is not like a person who relies on his family background and military exploits to be arrogant. He also exchanged the war horse for us. …… It's very good to be a person. ”
Liu Ruoxi was a little weak, and the second Mrs. Liu just saw this Rong Chenghan, and she had so many good feelings, which really made people angry and a little helpless. Think about it calmly, though. Rong Chenghan's performance in front of Second Mrs. Liu, it is no wonder that Second Mrs. Liu praised him so much.
Yes, how can such a person who is a person of civil and martial arts be able to follow his father to the battlefield at a young age, and can repeatedly make military exploits, how can he be a simple person. If he wanted to please Second Mrs. Liu, it would naturally be an easy matter.
However, why did he please Mrs. Liu's second wife.
The question in Liu Ruoxi's mind flashed.
"Mother, you also said it. He is a child of the clan, although he is young, he may not have seen fewer things. He had just returned from the border pass and had made great achievements. He is young, of course, he should be cautious. He must have seen our carriage and recognized who we were. Don't dare to offend us. He galloped like this today, if he still trampled on us, he would be able to join him when he turned back to the imperial history. ”
"You can't say that. Sister-in-law. What's wrong with you today? Second Mrs. Liu finally felt that Liu Ruoxi was a little different from usual today, so she asked in surprise.
"Not really." Liu Ruoxi said, "Mother, this person is not a good person at first glance. Mother, you always treat bad people as good people, and I'm worried about you. ”
"Well, whether he's good or bad, it's none of our business." Although Mrs. Liu said so, she inevitably added, "People later changed to our war horses, and he didn't need to do this." It's not like you said. ”
"Mother, things gather in kind, people in groups, look at the people he brought." Liu Ruoxi had no choice but to say again, doing everything possible to touch Rong Chenghan in front of Mrs. Liu.
"Oh, you reminded me of that." Second Mrs. Liu said suddenly, "I think the slightly older general who followed him is a little familiar, it seems to be your fifth uncle Liu's clansman." I can't remember which room it was in or what it was called, but it seems that I heard your fifth aunt tell me, and I also made military achievements on the front line. ”
The next trip passed in the chatter of Mrs. Liu's second wife, and it was not until she arrived at Zhuangzi in Qingxi that Liu Ruoxi's ears were clear. She was very helpless, but the good impression that Rong Chenghan left on Mrs. Liu Er was really unbreakable.
When I got out of the car, I saw the war horse again. Fugui is a little scared of this horse.
"Good life takes care of it, this is not an ordinary horse we use to pull the cart, and we have to return it to others when we go back." Mrs. Liu also gave a special order.
"Mother, why did our horses eat any poisonous horse grass?" Liu Ruoji finally had the opportunity to guide Mrs. Liu to another topic.
Mrs. Liu's complexion changed.
"This matter must be thoroughly investigated." Liu Ruoxi said to Mrs. Liu, "If you want to say that you ate it by mistake, I really can't believe it." Mother, you also heard the words of that military man. The cavalry at their border knows the horses best. He said that there is poisonous horse grass in the capital, and the feed we eat for the horses that pull the cart is carefully selected, if it is not for the heart, how can the horse eat that thing! ”
Mrs. Liu didn't think of this, and couldn't help frowning.
"It's a blessing that nothing happened to us. If it's unfortunate, we don't know where or where now. Liu Ruoxi said again.
Someone in the house deliberately poisoned their horse, and the purpose was naturally not to have a grudge against the horse and kill the horse, but to the people in the carriage.
Some people don't want them to go to Zhuangzi smoothly, and even want them to die!
This matter, Mrs. Liu Er was a little afraid to think about it.
"Mother, this matter can not be ambiguous. There are two if there is one. With this thought, it won't work this time, and it will attack us next time. Liu Ruoxi said.
"Perhaps...... I don't want us to come to Zhuangzi. …… If you want to kill us, shouldn't you......" Mrs. Liu is kind-hearted, so she is very reluctant to think about things in the worst way, and she is reluctant to think about others, especially the family.
However, the facts are in front of us, and there is no escaping them.
"When you go back, you must find out carefully." After thinking about it, Mrs. Liu also made up her mind.
The Zhuangzi who came to Qingxi was to find a proper family for the begonia to settle down, and this matter was not difficult to do, and soon, Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoxi selected one of the several families recommended by Zhuangtou. This family has cultivated the land of the Qi family for generations, and is deeply favored by the Qi family, and the family has a simple population, all of whom are extremely strict-mouthed and very proper.
Mrs. Liu called the family surnamed Jiang, instructed carefully, and rewarded a few rulers and some silver taels.
“…… Just recognize the relatives, it should be regarded as one more relative. Whoever asks, when you speak, you can't say that you can't leak your mouth. ”
The family was originally grateful, thinking of repaying, but now such a thing is good for them, and there is no reason not to agree, so they are grateful.
After this was done, Mrs. Liu was relieved, and she could go back and explain to Mr. Liu.
"Go to Zhuangzi in Wolf Mountain again?" Mrs. Liu asked Liu Ruoxi, and asked her if she wanted to stay in Zhuangzi for a night and go back tomorrow.
"Mother, it's better to go back as soon as possible about the horse." Although Liu Ruoxi really wants to relax in Zhuangzi, she has important things to go back to solve now.
"It's fine. I should go back and handle the matter of registration as soon as possible, so as not to change anything. Mrs. Liu said, because of the carriage, she was also alert.
Everyone only had one meal on the Zhuangzi, and with all the soil prepared on the Zhuangzi, they hurried back. When it was getting late, Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoxi returned to Liufu. When entering the city, Liu Ruoxi had already sent someone to the Hanlin Courtyard to inform Second Master Liu, so the mother and daughter got off at the second gate, and Second Master Liu was already waiting in front of the shadow wall with someone.
"Well, it's not hurt." Second Master Liu caught up and looked at his wife and daughter carefully before relieving himself.
"I have already told the old lady, and I have also told the eldest brother that everyone is in the old lady's house now." Second Master Liu took Second Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoxi to the door, and told him.
When Second Master Liu received the word from Liu Ruoxi in the Hanlin Academy, he was immediately surprised, and immediately went home, and told Mrs. Liu and Master Liu and others about it.
"I have sent someone to take care of the people in the stables, and the third brother has taken someone to inquire in person. …… Are you sure you have eaten poisonous horse grass? ”
"Sure." Liu Ruoxi nodded and said, "When I met people who came back from the northern border guard, there were soldiers who raised horses who saw it, and they knew this best." ”
As for seeing Rong Chenghan, Liu Ruoxi felt that there was no need to tell Second Master Liu in detail.
The three of them arrived at Mrs. Liu's house, and Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu/Grandma and others were all there, and Mrs. Liu had a scorched face, and she was also here.
"But fortunately, hearing the news, people were scared to death. My heart is so anxious that my body is uncomfortable, so I have to come and see it with my own eyes. My younger siblings and three girls are fine, and my heart is also relaxed. It is the blessing of the ancestors. Everyone came to condole, and the eldest lady asked Liuda/Grandma to help her, and she also came to talk, wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"There has never been anything like this in the house." Old Mrs. Liu frowned and said, "The third child has been gone for a long time, how can I come back." ”
"Don't worry, the old lady, no matter which one is this poisonous hand, it will harm the second wife and the third girl, our master will go, and the security will find people out." Mrs. Liu San glanced at Mrs. Liu and Grandma Liu.
As he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Master Liu San walked in with a calm face. (To be continued......)