The warm wind blows the flowers and plants in the courtyard and gently swayes, and the bees and butterflies flutter among the branches and leaves, and the breath of summer blows in this small courtyard.

When Ren Yaoqi heard Xiao Jingxi's words, her heart paused slightly, but soon she spoke: "The Han family once discussed with the Ren family about cooperating with the salt farm, but it was not done due to various reasons. I heard that the Su family and the Yun family are also competing for the salt field in Xining, and the Su family is close to the Han family this time, is it because of a few salt wells in the hands of the Han family? ”

Xiao Jingxi slowly walked in front of Ren Yaoqi, looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly sighed: "Fifth Miss Ren, do you know where the salt well in the hands of the Han family came from?" ”

Ren Yaoqi's heart moved when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "Could it be the Yanbei Palace......

Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi and was silent.

Ren Yaoqi lowered his eyes, his fingers stroked between the branches and leaves of the Muzhulan beside him, and his heart sank.

After learning about the relationship between the Han family and the Yanbei Palace, she also guessed that the salt works in the hands of the Han family had something to do with the Yanbei Palace.

But now that Xiao Jingxi deliberately mentioned this matter to her, could the salt well in the hands of the Han family be used for any other purpose?

At the beginning, she designed to involve the Su family, in addition to wanting to mix the marriage between the Han family and the Ren family, she also wanted to use the intervention of the Su family to explore the way, so as to understand the usefulness of the Han family to the Yanbei Palace, and think of ways to deal with it.

"I confessed to the second son last time that I was suspicious of the Han family, so I was not optimistic about the cooperation between the Han family and the Ren family." Ren Yao raised his head and looked at Xiao Jingxi and said frankly.

Xiao Jingxi's gaze turned away from Ren Yaoqi's slender fingers as white as jade reflected among the fresh branches and leaves, and met her clear eyes.

"So Miss Ren Renwu designed the Su family?" The admiration in Xiao Jingxi's eyes was not hidden.

Ren Yaoqi suddenly smiled: "If I said that this matter was just a coincidence, and I didn't do anything, I don't know if the second son of Lu Dao believes it or not?" ”

Xiao Jingxi chuckled when he heard this, and then shook his head seriously: "I don't believe it." ”

He naturally didn't believe it, there might be a lot of coincidences in this world, but she felt that Ren Yaoqi was not a person who would hope for coincidences.

Ren Yaoqi smiled lightly and was silent, his eyes were still pure and clear.

Xiao Jingxi sighed: "Miss Ren Wu has good intentions and good means. But have you ever thought about it? What you did may have disrupted the plans of the Yanbei Palace? ”

Ren Yaoqi heard this. frowned and said a little puzzled: "What is the plan of Yanbei Palace?" Something to do with the Su family's meddling in the Han family's salt well? ”

Xiao Jingxi pondered for a moment: "Originally, the Su family and the Yun family were bound to win the salt works in Xining, and if you let the Su family and the Han family cooperate at this time, it is equivalent to indirectly helping the Su family and letting the Yun family get out of the game in advance?" ”

Xiao Jingxi mentioned the Yun family......

Ren Yaoqi's thoughts continued to flip in his mind.

She also knows about the grievances and grievances of the Yun family and the Su family, and she thinks that the Yun family, which represents the old family, and the Su family, which represents the famous upstart, are not compatible, which is a means for the Yanbei royal mansion set by Xiao Qishan, the old king of Yanbei, to balance the power of all parties in Yanbei.

The two old princesses of Yanbei Palace's mansion just made the contradictions between the Su family and the Yun family more irreconcilable.

And the Han family, which was hidden in the shadows by the Yanbei Palace......

Suddenly, Ren Yaochi had an idea. I couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

Could it be that the Yanbei Royal Mansion was already dissatisfied with the result of the Yun family and the Su family's mutual containment, so they wanted to break this situation, and the Han family was the chess piece that the Yanbei Royal Mansion secretly cultivated to break the balance between the two families?

Thinking like this, Ren Yaochi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If this is the case, the Han family's usefulness to the Yanbei Royal Mansion will not be small.

But why did the Yanbei Royal Mansion suddenly want to break the checks and balances deliberately arranged by the old Yanbei prince in order to stabilize the situation in Yanbei?

Ren Yaoqi's thoughts were a little farther away, and she thought of the situation after Yanbei in the previous life. The eldest young master of the Su family married Zeng Yan's niece, and the attitude of the Su family between the Zeng family and the Yanbei Royal Mansion also began to be ambiguous.

Could it be that the Yanbei Royal Mansion has actually noticed the Su family's movements?

Although Ren Yaochi thought so, she was only guessing, and she was not sure that her guess was correct.

So she said to Xiao Jingxi: "The second prince said before that the cooperation between the Su family and the Han family at 'this time' will make the Yun family 'early' out, disrupt the balance between the Yun family and the Su family, and even 'disrupt the plan of the Yanbei Palace'...... Could it be that the timing of the cooperation between the Su family and the Han family is wrong? If it was later, the Yanbei Royal Mansion would not be afraid to break the balance between the Yun family and the Su family? "Could it be that the Yanbei Mansion is not ready for the follow-up layout? Ren Yaoqi did not say this sentence explicitly. Just implicit hints.

Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but look at Ren Yaoqi with a stunned face when he heard this. I almost choked on myself.

How did Ren Yaoqi come to this conclusion from his words? He thought it was a bit unbelievable.

The girl standing in front of him wore a light purple short shirt embroidered with a light blue grass pattern, and a plain goose-yellow long skirt that was ankle-length and covered most of the upper. It looks very slim.

Although she is still young, her facial features have already taken on a beautiful prototype. The most peculiar thing is that she has a unique temperament that makes people can't help but want to explore.

Ren Yaoqi may not be the most beautiful woman Xiao Jingxi has ever seen, and she may not be the smartest, but she is the most unique one.

Xiao Jingxi has never paid so much attention to any woman.

Ren Yaoqi saw Xiao Jingxi looking at him with deep eyes, but he didn't speak, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Did she say too much? If she really broke through any of the secrets of Yanbei Palace, she would really be in trouble.

Could it be that Xiao Jingxi was willing to help her last time, so she had an inexplicable trust in this young man? It's really not like her character.

Xiao Jingxi coughed lightly and turned sideways slightly. Ren Yaochi didn't notice it, she felt that the young man with unfathomable deep eyes was flushed with a faint flush on his face.

However, Xiao Jingxi has always been a half-immortal and unpredictable dusty posture, and his mind is never easily exposed, so when others see this, he will only think that it is the sun, and he will never think otherwise.

In the eyes of the world, Xiao Jingxi should be a young man who does not eat fireworks in the world, is amazing, and unpredictable.

"What's next for you?" Xiao Jingxi asked indifferently.

But in the blink of an eye, he regained his demeanor as Second Young Master Xiao should have, where was the appearance of an embarrassed young man.

Ren Yaoqi felt that Xiao Jingxi's words were a little inexplicable, what could she plan?

But because he couldn't figure out Xiao Jingxi's thoughts. She could only say tentatively: "I'm just a deep girl." There is really a limit to what can be done, and things in the future can only be left to fate. ”

After a pause, she suddenly bowed her knees to Xiao Jingxi, and said seriously: "Thank you for the care of Xiao Ergongzi." ”

Xiao Jingxi glanced at her and said lightly: "You don't have to thank me, I didn't help you anything." He didn't reveal too much information, it was all guessed by Ren Yaochi himself. For this. Even he had to obey.

Ren Yaochi shook his head with a smile: "From your position, I am already very grateful that you can make one statement after another." It's just that it's human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and there are some things that I have to do even if I don't want to. If I accidentally offend you, please don't bother with me. ”

Xiao Jingxi was silent for a moment. But he said: "If there is nothing to do with the interests of the Yanbei Palace, I can not ask." But the Han family ...... The Han family is still useful to the Yanbei Palace, if you want to move, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help frowning when she heard this, Xiao Jingxi reminded her that if she repeatedly designed the Han family in the dark, she would eventually alarm the Yanbei Mansion and cause trouble?

"I don't have the intention of going against anyone, if the Han family is not targeting the people of the Ren family. I am also willing to be a good neighbor. "Ren Yaoqi is colorful." But if the Han family really has bad intentions, do I have to sit back and wait to die? ”

This sentence is a bit sharp. Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but be silent.

Ren Yaochi thought for a while, and then said: "Second son Xiao, the Han family is really irreplaceable for Yanbei Palace?" ”

Xiao Jingxi thought for a while and replied implicitly: "For now, the Han family is the most suitable. ”

Is it the most suitable or irreplaceable? Ren Yaoqi's mind changed slightly.

So what if someone can replace the Han family?

Xiao Jingxi seemed to guess her thoughts, raised her eyebrows and said, "Does Miss Ren Wu want your Ren family to replace the Han family?" ”

Ren Yaoqi shook his head without hesitation when he heard this: "No, the Ren family is not suitable." ”

Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, if the Ren family could replace the Han family, it would definitely be a good thing for the Ren family.

Although he just said it casually, Ren Yaoqi vetoed it without thinking. This surprised him.

Ren Yaoqi smiled bitterly in his heart, let the Ren family climb to the Yanbei Palace, and the people in power of the Ren family are naturally willing.

But what kind of person the person in charge of the Ren family is, she knows it all too well in her heart. Therefore, she does not want to see the Ren family involved in this wrestling, because the final result of being involved may be that they, the pawns of the Ren family, will suffer.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a chirping voice at the door: "The general asked me to get it for you, let me give it to you......"

The two turned around in shock, and saw Xiao Jinglin walking in, holding a long object wrapped in gray cloth in her hand.

And the child named Mo Xiaoliang I had seen before was bouncing around her, and he wanted to reach out to take the things in Xiao Jinglin's hand, but he didn't dare.

Xiao Jinglin was really annoyed by her fly-like behavior, so she stopped and frowned at him: "Why do you want to get it?" ”

Mo Xiaoliang said as a matter of course: "How can the general take things by himself?" Of course, you have to take it from your subordinates! I'll be your subordinate in the future, so naturally I'll help you get it! ”

Xiao Jinglin glanced at his small size, and said lightly: "You are not half as tall as my gun!" The gun will be dragged out! ”

Mo Xiaoliang was hit hard when he heard this, and stood on the spot......

Dragged bad? Bad? Target?

This is......

Think he's short? Is he short? Short?

"Wow-sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what can you eat to write and grow taller?" Mo Xiaoliang's children ran away crying, and a few little bees and butterflies flew away with a terrible scream.

The ears were finally cleared, and Xiao Jinglin walked calmly towards Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jingxi, without the slightest sense of guilt that hurt the hearts of young people.

Ren Yaoqi looked at the long object in her hand and said curiously, "This is your spear?" ”

Xiao Jinglin saw her curiously looking at the wrapped gun in her hand, hesitated for a moment, but still graciously took Ren Yaoqi's hand and handed the gun in her hand to her, wanting her to take a look.

For Xiao Jinglin, her own weapons are generally not given to others, so she can be regarded as a friendly expression of friendship by doing this.

I just didn't want the gun to be handed to Ren Yaoqi yet, so I stretched out a hand from the side and took her gun lightly.

Xiao Jinglin turned her head to look at Xiao Jingxi, frowning and silent.

Xiao Jingxi shook his head. Return the gun to Xiao Jinglin. But he whispered: "She can't hold your gun, if you just hand it to her, her wrist will be injured." ”

Xiao Jinglin took back her gun, looked at Ren Yaoqi, and understood: "I'm sorry." ”

Ren Yaochi stretched out his hand and looked at it, winking at Xiao Jinglin: "It's right for me to be sorry, everything should be done within my ability." I do have some curiosity about your gun. ”

Xiao Jinglin thought about it, untied the gray cloth she used to wrap the gun body, exposed the gun head to Ren Yaoqi, and said, "Just take a look, don't touch it with your hands, the gun head has just been polished." Very sharp. ”

The silver spear head glowed white in the sunlight and was a little dazzling, Ren Yaoqi nodded, didn't reach out to touch it, and looked at Xiao Jinglin's hand a few times: "It turns out that this is a gun, I have only seen it in the illustrations in the book." ”

"What book are you reading?" Xiao Jingxi watched the two of them talking there, and interjected with a smile.

"The Legend of Chivalrous Heroes." Ren Yaoqi subconsciously replied.

Then the three people present were all slightly stunned, Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but chuckle and turned his head.

Ren Yaoqi is thick-skinned. I'm blushing a little at this point, too.

This kind of book is not read by a boudoir woman. Most of the characters depicted in the book are born in the market and have the temper of a person who is in the market. So this kind of book is considered a forbidden book in the boudoir.

In the previous life, when Ren Yaochi followed Mr. Pei, because Mr. Pei himself was an informal person, he read everything himself, so Ren Yaochi also read everything, and almost forgot these rules over time.

Seeing that Ren Yao was embarrassed, Xiao Jingxi was smiling on the side.

Xiao Jinglin's heroism of liking to protect the weak has come out again.

So she comforted Ren Yaoqi lightly and said: "It's nothing, I found out that Xiao Jingxi was peeking at "The Legend of the Golden Hairpin" before. ”

Xiao Jingxi: "......"

Ren Yaoqi: "......"

Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi in astonishment, although Xiao Jingxi still had an indifferent expression and a perfect smile. However, Ren Yaochi still noticed some unnatural flushing at the base of his ears.

Ren Yaochi wondered for the first time, was he deceived by Xiao Jingxi's perfect appearance before? The half-immortal temperament on this young man is actually just bluffing?

Fortunately, at this time, a small guy next to Xiao Jingxi walked in, and when he saw Xiao Jingxi and a few people talking here, he hurriedly walked over and said a few words in Xiao Jingxi's ear.

Xiao Jingxi nodded lightly, waved his hand to let him retreat, and then said to Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin: "I still have something to do, I have to go first." ”

Xiao Jinglin didn't say anything, only said "um".

Xiao Jingxi nodded at Ren Yaochi again, and then turned around and left.

Xiao Jinglin suddenly remembered something, and turned to Xiao Jingxi's back and said, "It's almost time for you to drink medicine, don't forget it again." ”

Xiao Jingxi's steps paused, turned around and answered, and then lifted the curtain and went out.

Ren Yaoqi felt that he was a little helpless when he responded. Somehow, I laughed.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi smile, Xiao Jinglin turned her head to look at her suspiciously.

Ren Yaochi coughed lightly: "I don't know how to do it, I still think you are a sister, and he is a younger brother." ”

I didn't want Xiao Jinglin to nod, but she nodded, and admitted without shame: "He has been squeamish since he was a child, and he is prone to colds and colds, but he still refuses to close the window because he is afraid of being bored." I was afraid of bitterness when I took medicine, and I once saw him use his own medicine to water the flowers. This time I came back and threw away all the flower pots in his room. ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing when she heard this, Xiao Jingxi in Xiao Jinglin's eyes and Xiao Jingxi in their eyes didn't seem to be the same person. She really couldn't think of the willful child in Xiao Jinglin's mouth and the noble and elegant Xiao Jingxi together.

After that, Mo's sister-in-law and mother-in-law served a meal, including the store's signature dish of braised donkey meat, fresh mushroom soup, and a few very common home-cooked side dishes.

The dishes are very simple, but Xiao Jinglin eats them very sweetly. She eats quite well, but her speed is very fast, and she eats a lot, and she goes down together, fast, ruthless and accurate.

Although it is a little rude to stare at other people's meals, Ren Yaochi always can't help but watch Xiao Jinglin eat, and for some reason, she herself has half a bowl of rice more than usual.

At the end of the day, there were almost no dishes left on the table. After putting down the bowl, Xiao Jinglin looked at the smiling gaze of the previous Yaoqi, and did not feel embarrassed.

Once upon a time, there was a strange trend among the ladies and ladies of wealthy families in Kyoto, that is, whether it was in their own homes or when they went out for a feast, there had to be some rice left in the bowl and cover the bottom of the bowl.

Since ancient times, people from all over the Great Zhou have liked to follow the trend of the capital. From clothing to utensils to words and deeds. Therefore, this so-called fashion has also been popular in Yanbei.

Xiao Jinglin eats, but she doesn't leave a grain of rice in the bowl. The bottom of the bowl is clean. Those famous ladies are boring and exquisite, and they are worthless to her.

However, this kind of Xiao Jinglin made Ren Yaochi like it.

Ren Yaoqi met Xiao Jinglin for the first time and from the subsequent contacts, he felt that Xiao Jinglin was a person with a cold personality who was not easy to approach. However, traveling with her today made her have a great change in her opinion of Xiao Jinglin.

Perhaps it was because she was influenced by Mr. Pei in her previous life, and she admired this kind of true temperament more.

"It's not too early, I'll send you home?" After the two rinsed their mouths and drank tea, Xiao Jinglin asked Ren Yao.

Ren Yaochi nodded.

When the two came out. I happened to hear Sister-in-law Mo tugging at her son's ear there: "...... Your sister-in-law will only make flowers and plants grow well, where will there be a way to make people grow taller faster! Could it be that she will also give you once a day when she waters the flowers and fertilizes them? Go ahead and don't mess around! ”

Turning her head and seeing Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi coming out, Sister-in-law Mo hurriedly left her son to greet her.

When Mo Xiaoliang saw Xiao Jinglin, although he was still a little ashamed and blushed, he still leaned over. Standing three paces away from them, he watched pitifully. His eyes were still aimed at the spear in Xiao Jinglin's hand from time to time.

Xiao Jinglin turned a blind eye, and didn't pause and beckon to him until she was about to go out.

Mo Xiaoliang's eyes lit up. Butt ran forward: "General, what are your orders?" ”

Xiao Jinglin looked at him and said, "Write and study hard, I will take the test for you in the future." If it doesn't satisfy me, I won't accept it. ”

The aura of grievance that shrouded Mo Xiaoliang's body before immediately disappeared without a trace, and the child was full of energy, turned over on the spot, and hurriedly ran to his mother to show off: "Mother." Mother. The general said that she wanted me to read and write, and she would accept me as a little general in the future! Mother, did you hear ......?"

Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin walked out of the shop, and they could still hear the cheering of children.

Ren Yaoqi wanted to ask Xiao Jinglin about the origin of this family. saw a tall figure standing next to Xiao Jinglin's carriage, talking to Dong Sheng sitting on the wheel of the carriage.

The man turned his head just in time to see Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi coming out, and hurriedly walked over to salute: "The little one has seen the county lord, Miss Ren Wu." ”

But it turned out to be Zhu Ruomei.

Today's Zhu Ruomei is not as embarrassed as the last time Ren Yaoqi saw him in the White Dragon Temple. He wore a neat dark blue short brown, and his hair was meticulously combed and tied with a headband. The whole body is fresh and clean, and the head is full of energy.

Ren Yaochi looked at his legs and asked with a smile, "It's all right?" ”

Zhu Ruomei stomped her feet when she heard this, and grinned: "Thank you Miss Fifth for remembering, the small injuries are fine." ”

Zhu Ruomei is physically strong, and his recovery ability is stronger than that of ordinary people, and others need to nurse their injuries for a few months, and he will be able to recover in a month or two.

Xiao Jinglin should know the origin between them, nodded at Ren Yaoqi, and walked to the carriage first, leaving space for Ren Yaoqi and Zhu Ruomei to talk.

Naturally, there is no such thing as an unruly rule in her.

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