After a few days of continuous autumn rain, the sky finally cleared.

On the second day of the restoration of the sunny day, before Ning Yutong had time to see the subordinates that Yan Feng had recruited for himself, someone from the Kyoto Yamen came to Ning Mansion, saying that a male corpse had been found in a bandit den outside Beijing, and it was suspected that it was Ren Jingzhi, who had been missing for a long time......

How could it be Ren Jingzhi?

Ning Yutong didn't believe it at all, but she had no choice but to follow those officers and soldiers to the mansion.

Ren Fangqi also went, Ning Yutong saw this Lord Ren, who had aged a lot in a short period of time, and didn't know what to say for a while, the two of them came to the morgue of the official mansion in silence, and the moment they saw the corpse, Ning Yutong's brows moved.

The male corpse in front of him had long been unable to see his face, and the corpse was seriously decomposed, but the clothes on his body were still very intact, and this clothes were indeed Ren Jingzhi's, and Ning Yutong would not admit his mistake.

But......

This person will not be Ren Jingzhi, Ning Yutong is also very sure of this.

It's a simple mess, how could she be fooled?

"Respectfully! Respectfully! ”

At this time, Ren Fangqi suddenly pounced, and the whole person burst into tears in an instant, and his face turned pale: "Jingzhi, why are you so miserable......

Ning Yutong was stunned.

Even if Ren Fangqi is not Ren Jingzhi's biological father, it is impossible for him not to recognize his son?

Unless......

At this moment, Ning Yutong thought of too many possibilities.

In the end, the unrecognizable corpse was still identified as Ren Jingzhi, and Ren Fangqi took the Ren family back to pull the body back and said that it would be buried properly.

Before leaving the official mansion, Ren Fangqi patted Ning Yutong's shoulder with a sad face: "Yutong, you are a good girl, our family is not blessed, you forget him." ”

He doesn't know where he is now, and he doesn't know when or when he will return.

And even if one day, he comes back again, it is impossible for him to become Ren Jingzhi again and become the third son of the Ren family.

Ren Fangqi's heart flashed with helplessness and thoughts. But there was no superfluous expression on his face.

Hearing Ren Fangqi's words, Ning Yutong's face was still calm: "Lord Ren, are you sure that this corpse is really Ren Jingzhi?" ”

Hearing Ning Yutong's question, Ren Fangqi's eyes couldn't see any flickering: "Yutong, Jingzhi is dead, I know that you can't accept it, but it's a pity that people can't be resurrected after death, hey!" ”

Sighing, Ren Fangqi still led someone to carry the corpse of "Ren Jingzhi" away.

Looking at the direction in which the Ren family's team left, Ning Yutong just smiled coldly.

"Miss?"

Seeing Ning Yutong standing in place, he couldn't help but sneer, and he suddenly felt a little scared when he looked at each other with joy and joy, eldest lady...... Isn't it overstimulated, a little stunned?

"I'm fine, let's go back."

Ning Yutong came back to his senses and gave Joy and Joy a reassuring look.

Back at home, Mrs. Ning was naturally very concerned about Ren Jingzhi's life and death, and when she heard this result, Mrs. Ning also lost her mind for a while, but Ning Yutong comforted her for a long time, and Mrs. Ning came to her senses......

According to the tradition of the Daqian Empire, if one of the men and women with a marriage contract dies unexpectedly before the marriage, then the living party must keep filial piety for the other party for three months.

Regarding the matter of keeping filial piety, Ning Yutong didn't care at all, but Ren Fu held a funeral for Ren Jingzhi and invited her.

She had to go to Ren's house for a formality.

Ren Jingzhi is the illegitimate son of the Ren family, and his status in the Ren family is not high, but his funeral, the Ren family is very serious, and even very decent.

On the day of the funeral, many dignitaries and nobles came to cheer, and all three members of the Ning family attended, and Ning Yutong was even more plain.

The entire Ren family is in a plain white sorrow.

It's just that the wordless and suppressed sad atmosphere made Ning Yutong feel extremely ridiculous.

She just went to the mourning hall to go through the motions, and took advantage of her parents' inattention to sneak into Ren Jingzhi's small courtyard.

Here, it was even more deserted than before, and as soon as Ning Yutong entered the door, he saw the figure sitting on the big stone at the door.

"Xiangbo?"

Ning Yutong called in a low voice, and when Xiang Bo came back to his senses and saw Ning Yutong, his eyes lit up, but they quickly dimmed: "Miss Ning, you are here." ”

"Hmm."

Ning Yutong nodded: "Uncle Xiang, why are you here alone?" I think the people in Renfu seem to be busy in the mourning hall. ”

"Snort."

Xiang Bo scoffed: "That's their business." ”

Ning Yutong's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Xiang Bo meant, Xiang Bo watched Ren Jingzhi grow up, how could he not recognize the son he had been waiting for?

Obviously, Xiang Bo was also very dissatisfied with this funeral.

"Uncle Xiang, you don't have to worry too much."

Ning Yutong couldn't help but take a few steps forward: "Ren Jingzhi...... He'll definitely be back. ”

Xiang Bo was stunned suddenly, and suddenly stood up and looked at Ning Yutong excitedly: "Miss Ning, do you also believe that the third prince is still alive?" ”

"Hmm."

Ning Yutong nodded vigorously, he, of course, was still alive.

It's just that I don't know where Lu Dao is now.

"Miss Ning, are you ...... What do you know? Where did he go, the third son? ”

Although Xiangbo is only a slave of Ren Mansion, he can be sent by Ren Fangqi to take care of Ren Jingzhi, which shows that he is also a very capable person.

"Miss Ning, you must know the whereabouts of the third prince of Lu Dao, right?"

In fact, Xiang Bo has been by Ren Jingzhi's side for many years, and he knows more or less about what happened to him, and even Xiang Bo has a vague conjecture in his heart, but he is not sure.

"Actually, I ......"

Ning Yutong on the side was a little speechless by Xiangbo's question, and she didn't know how to answer.

After all, she only has a rough guess about Ren Jingzhi's whereabouts.

"Miss Ning!"

Uncle Xiang's voice interrupted Ning Yutong's thoughts, and when she gathered her mind and lowered her eyes again, she found that Uncle Xiang had knelt straight in front of her: "The old slave has been serving the third son, he is like my son, beg Miss Ning to have mercy on me, tell the old slave the whereabouts of the third son!" Please, old slave! ”

"Uncle Xiang!"

Ning Yutong looked at Xiangbo in surprise and wanted to help him up, but found that his body was as heavy as a mountain and couldn't be lifted up at all.

It turns out that Xiangbo is also a master.

Ning Yutong's heart was settled, and he hesitated to catch a glimpse of Uncle Xiang's old and resolute face, Ning Yutong moved his lips, and finally turned his heart sideways: "Uncle Xiang, I really don't know the specific whereabouts of Lu Dao Ren Jingzhi, but ...... I know that the people who captured him were from Linye Kingdom, so I ......"

Ning Yutong didn't continue, and Uncle Xiang on the side was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked ecstatic, and wept with gratitude to Ning Yutong, and then stood up with her support.

"The old slave is going to find the third son, Miss Ning, don't worry, if there is news, the old slave will inform you as soon as possible."

Uncle Xiang is still a man of action, he didn't give Ning Yutong any time to react, his old man had already rushed back to the room to pack his things and plan to go straight to Linye Kingdom.

Looking at his back, Ning Yutong's heart was a little relieved, but also a little sad......