Xia Sheng looked darker than a few months ago, he was already taller and stronger than Dong Sheng, such a big man shrunk on the wheel of the carriage with a very sense of existence, but he didn't look like anyone's coachman, but more like a thug. Seeing that the master came out of the second gate, he hurriedly jumped down from the wheel and stood beside the carriage.

Rong Shi said to the mother-in-law of the Lin family who sent her out with Ren Yaoqi: "I'll explain a few words to the child, you guys should step back first." ”

Rong's tone and demeanor were very gentle, but after all, she had been a princess, so a few maids and ladies hurriedly bowed and retreated without saying a word.

Only then did Rong say to Ren Yaoqi: "Dongsheng came back in the middle of the night yesterday. ”

Ren Yaoqi's heart moved, she came back in the middle of the night yesterday, and today the Rong family brought Dongsheng to look for her? Originally, she told Rong that she would find an opportunity to visit her, if she had something to say, why not wait until then? After all, according to the Rong family's usual style, they would not come to the Lin family.

Is there something important to explain to her?

Ren Yaochi couldn't help but glance at Xia Sheng, but Xia Sheng still had the same expressionless face that had not changed for thousands of years, and he really couldn't see why.

Rong touched Ren Yaoqi's head, and the look on his face gradually became serious: "I'm afraid the Han family is not as simple as it seems. ”

Ren Yaoqi was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said, "What did Xia Sheng find out this time?" ”

Rong Shi looked at Xia Sheng, Xia Sheng lowered his head and said: "Han Dongshan did stay in Jiangnan, but he is not from Jiangnan, he left Yanzhou with the Yanbei people who went south to hide the Liao people, and he was not ten years old when he left, and he grew up in Chuzhou in Jiangnan until he was 17 years old before he returned to Yanbei to escape the famine." Han Dongshan said to the outside world that he was a native of Shangzhuang Village, Zhuqiao Town, Chuzhou, and the little one went to Zhuqiao Town this time to find that there was a plague near Chuzhou after the famine. ”

To prevent the spread of the plague. Local officials' treatment of villages where most of the population is infected is to lock them down, keeping the people inside out of contact with the outside and leaving them to fend for themselves. Because once the epidemic is infected, nine times out of ten they will lose their lives, and there is no possibility of diagnosis and treatment, but the result of this is often that no one in those infected villages can survive, and the whole village will be infected and die of the disease at the very least, and then be burned down.

"Then from whom did you confirm Han Dongshan's identity?" Ren Yaochi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Although Shangzhuang Town was gone, Han Dongshan was not the only one who escaped before the plague. The little one originally thought that he couldn't go any further, and he didn't want to see the inscription on the bridge when he passed by a newly built stone bridge on the original site of Shangzhuang Town. It turned out that the bridge was built by a merchant to remember his ancestors, whose father was from Shangzhuang Village, and his father had left home with the seller's uncle before the plague after the drought and locust plague. The younger one went to the merchant later, and his father was still alive. ”

Xia Sheng paused, and then said: "That old man is about the same age as Han Dongshan, and the little one roughly described Han Dongshan's appearance to him and asked him if he knew the person who came from Yanbei back then, and he didn't want him to insist that the person he said in his mouth was his childhood partner, and his name was not Dongshan Xishan, but Zu Ge'er." ”

"Brother Zu?" Ren Yaochi frowned. "What's the last name?"

Xia Sheng shook his head: "This Zu Ge'er followed a woman named Li Niang at the foot of Shangzhuang Village, and Li Niang called him Zu Ge'er, and the old man didn't know what their surnames were. Liniang relied on helping others to make some money when she was busy with farming, and she was very poor in Japan. Later, my brother was older. Just herd cattle for people. Li Niang said that Brother Zu was his son, but the old man said that once when he went to look for Brother Zu, he heard Li Niang call Brother Zu Young Master. ”

"After all these years, can he still remember this clearly?"

He said that he couldn't remember if it was someone else, but this was very special to the mother and son back then. Except for their Yanzhou accent. When Brother Zu grew up, he did some work like the children in the village, but his body, hands and face were always clean, and he didn't fight or go to the river to bathe and fish with others. Because of his delicate appearance, some people suspect that he is a female doll. What's even more strange is that sometimes they are so poor that they can't even open the pot, but Li Niang still insists on letting her brother go to private school, and when she can't hand over the repair, Li Niang goes to wash and cook for Mr. Teach, sewing and mending, which causes a lot of gossip and is still the same, and later there are many women in the village who want to drive them away with brooms. However, Liniang later died of an illness, and soon after Chuzhou was hit by the disaster, Zu Ge'er fled from Shangzhuang Village alone. After he left, someone secretly went to the house where they lived before to try their luck and see if they could turn out some food, but they didn't want to turn out a blood-stained cursed grass puppet from under the bed board of the bed where Li Niang lived before her death, and the strange thing was that the name on the grass puppet was not from Shangzhuang Village. ”

Ren Yaochi looked at Xia Sheng: "Who is the name on the grass puppet?" ”

Grass puppet cursing the enemy is a folk spell in Yanbei, whether it is useful or not, but people born in Yanbei know the way, and even Ren Yaoyu, who grew up in the boudoir, has used it before.

However, unless it is a blood feud, no one will use blood on the grass puppet, at most it will be pricked with a needle. Because the blood sacrifice will cause the person who casts the spell to be devoured, which is equivalent to the life of the same enemy.

Xia Sheng said: "At that time, it was a disaster year, and I couldn't eat enough, so no one in the village cared about the villagers after the villagers who found the grass puppets were startled, but a few bold teenagers in the village ran to see the person because of curiosity, and they happened to follow, and the literate people recognized those words at that time, but unfortunately after so many years, the person couldn't remember too clearly." Speaking of this, Xia Sheng glanced up at Ren Yaoqi, "The little one has no way, so he tentatively asked if the name of the person on it was surnamed Ren, and the person thought for a long time before he remembered that it seemed that he was really a person surnamed Ren." ”

Xia Sheng also asked out of caution at that time, but after receiving an affirmative answer, he was taken aback

"But this is not accurate, that person is not young, and there are mistakes in memory." Xia Sheng saw that Ren Yaoqi didn't speak, thinking that he was scared of her.

After thinking about it, he hesitated and said: "But it's a coincidence that the little one saw the bridge this time and found the person who repaired the bridge, but in addition, no one knows the bottom of Han Dongshan, I heard that there were still a few people who left Shangzhuang Village and went north with Han Dongshan, but they didn't leave any traces in Yanbei." "Han Dongshan has lived in Chuzhou for so many years, and since no one knows his roots, this is a strange thing in itself.

After Xia Sheng finished speaking, no one spoke, and the place where they stood was under the shade of a locust tree, and the mottled and swaying points of light were projected on Ren Yaoqi's face, making her expression flicker and darken, making it difficult to see clearly.

Rong's gentle voice brought Ren Yaoqi back to his senses from his contemplation: "If you want to marry your children, the most taboo thing is not to know the root of the Dao. The Han family has grown up in Jizhou for generations, and there is no problem with this, but Han Dongshan is a person...... It's not simple, I'm afraid there are some problems with his real origin. I came here today to give you a reminder, I saw that the Ren family and the Han family were very close to each other on the Duanyang Festival, and I heard that the two families still have the intention of getting married. Speaking of this, Rong sighed, "It's a pity that I can't say this in front of your grandparents, but I will send a letter to your mother." ”

If the Rong family talked about these things in front of the Ren family, the first thing the old lady of the Ren family thought of was to sacrifice the royal mansion and interfere in the marriage of the children of the Ren family, and also implicate the third wife. And what the Rong family said, not only would the Ren family not believe it, but maybe they would also let the Ren family sell the news that the people who offered the palace would leave Yanbei at will, putting the palace in danger.

Ren Yaochi understood what Rong meant and nodded: "I know what I mean, grandmother, you don't have to worry too much." ”

Rong touched Ren Yaoqi's head again, and said lovingly: "Qi'er, you are a smart and good boy. Rong Zhilu said, the matter of investigating Han Dongshan was asked by Ren Yaoqi to Xia Sheng, and he didn't want to really find out some signs.

Ren Yaochi smiled at Rong and glanced at Xia Sheng again: "This time the matter is fortunate to be born in Xia. ”

Xia Sheng was still standing aside, he was a person who didn't talk much, and he didn't know how to respond to Ren Yaoqi's praise, so he didn't say a word.

Rong patted Ren Yaoqi's hand and sighed: "If you encounter something, send a letter over, you are young, and many things cannot be solved by yourself." ”

Ren Yaochi nodded obediently, and when Rong saw that the matter was almost explained, he said goodbye to Ren Yaoqi, and Ren Yaochi personally helped Rong to get into the carriage.

When the curtain of the car was lowered, Xia Sheng suddenly said, "Miss Biao, I brought two people back for you this time, but it is inconvenient to bring them here today." ”

Ren Yaochi was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that before Xia Sheng left, she said that she wanted Xia Sheng to teach her a few martial arts maids.

Xia Sheng scratched his head with a horsewhip: "These two girls were bought from a street juggling team, because they have to practice basic skills since they were young, and they will learn faster, otherwise it will be too late to find younger children to start practicing from an early age." If you think they are small, start teaching, and if you dislike them from a bad background, look for the small ones. ”

Ren Yaochi said with a smile: "Since you brought them back, it means that they have good qualifications, and then let Sister Chu Chu and them help me see how people are." If you are born...... As long as there is no trouble in the future. ”

Chu Chuzheng was standing aside and hadn't gotten into the car yet, when he heard this, he smiled at Ren Yaoqi and nodded: "Miss Cousin, don't worry." ”

Ren Yaoqi was really relieved.

(To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )