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The carriage of the Lin family came before the old lady Ren and her party left, and they also brought some parting gifts for their mother's family.

After sending the carriage of the Ren family away, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin were taken to the Lin family.

Ren Shijia was very happy with the arrival of the two nieces and took them to see where they lived.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin lived in the west wing of Ren Shijia's courtyard, and the rooms on both sides of the three wings were bedrooms for the two, and the middle was shared as a living room.

Although Ren Shijia is also surnamed Ren, she is a very good person, and sometimes she has some childishness that is very incompatible with her age.

The other masters of the Lin family also expressed their welcome to Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin, and Mrs. Lin invited the two sisters to her for dinner, and Mrs. Lin came over to ask if they needed anything. Lin Baoling and another sister of the Lin family took Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin to visit the entire Lin family's mansion twice.

However, Ren Shijia came to find them once after the key was dropped in the yard, and when they explained that they had nothing to do, they stayed in the yard, and did not have too much contact with the Lin family.

When Ren Shijia said this, she had the worry and uneasiness on her face that she tried so hard to hide.

Looking at Ren Shijia like this, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin both responded very well-behaved, and when they saw them like this, Ren Shijia smiled as if comforting them: "It's okay, my aunt knows that you have always been very well-behaved, but I'm afraid that you will suffer someone's loss if you are not familiar with your life, and I don't mean anything else." When you have a few free days, my aunt will take you to walk around Yunyang City. ”

After Ren Shijia left, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin sat in the living room for a while, and both of them drank tea silently. I don't know what Lu Dao is thinking. It wasn't until the maid came and said that the hot water was ready, and invited them to bathe, that the two sisters politely and amicably said goodbye and left.

Although Yunyang City is also near the river, it is not like Baihe Town, which is an important town in Yanbei and equivalent to the capital of a state, and the population is very dense. So after nightfall, Yunyang City is not as cool as Baihe Town.

When I was in Baihe Town, even in the middle of summer, Ren's family rarely used ice, and I needed to cover a thin quilt at night. However, when he arrived in Yunyang City, Ren Yao was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night. In fact, it didn't get to the point where I couldn't sleep because of the heat, and I didn't even sweat much. But even if you wake up once or twice in the middle of the night, it's the same when you live in Ren's other courtyard.

This has just passed the Duanyang Festival, and the really hot time of the year has not yet come.

Ren Yaochi closed his eyes and sat at the head of the bed, the sprinkling gauze tent was opened and hung on the hook, and the mulberry on duty sat on the edge of the bed and gently fanned Ren Yaoqi.

Just as Ren Yaochi gradually felt sleepy again, there was a rustling sound outside. Mulberry glanced at the window while fanning, and when he saw Ren Yaochi open his eyes, he whispered, "Miss." It seems to be raining. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a flash of lightning struck the white-veiled window, and the rain grew louder.

After a while, Ren Yaoqi heard a voice from the other end of the living room outside. It seemed to come from the room where Ren Yaoyin lived, and after a while, there were footsteps coming this way.

"Fifth sister, have you slept?" Ren Yaoyin's gentle voice sounded outside through the curtain.

The bedroom of the two of them and the living room in the middle are connected, and it is very convenient for Ren Yaoyin to come over.

"Nope." Ren Yaoqi replied.

Then the curtain was lifted. Ren Yaoyin walked in. She must have woken up in the middle of the night, wearing a thin red cloak. The maid who followed her also had a candlestick in her hand.

The candlelight in the room was originally dim, and Ren Yaoyin's face was backlit. Only a vague shadow is left that makes it difficult to see. Ren Yaoqi felt that such a face seemed to be more compatible with Ren Yaoyin, and there was no sense of disobedience at all, just like the feeling she gave her.

"It's really ...... Say it rains, it rains. Is the fifth sister unable to sleep? Ren Yaoyin walked over to Ren Yaoqi's bedside, and her maid put the candlestick in her hand on the table of the Eight Immortals in the middle of the room.

"Did I wake you up?" Ren Yaoqi smiled apologetically.

Ren Yaoyin staggered her body and didn't let her shadow cover Ren Yaoqi's face, so because of the angle, Ren Yaoyin was exposed to the light, which made Ren Yaoyin see it very clearly. Ren Yaoqi didn't seem to care that Ren Yaoyin could see herself clearly, but she couldn't see Ren Yaoyin.

"No, it was a little stuffy before the rain, so I woke up. I've had a problem since I was a child, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep again, and I came to see some noise from your side. ”

Ren Yaoyin turned her head to look at the window lattice, it was pitch black outside, so the side of the window lattice covered with a screen window was also pitch black, and the sound of rain was getting louder and louder, as if it was separated by a layer of light yarn with small holes into two worlds.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't figure out why Ren Yaoyin came over in the middle of the night, so he didn't talk much, just followed her words and replied a few words.

Ren Yaoyin has a quiet and gentle temperament, which is different from the softness and weakness of a southern woman like Aunt Fang, and when she talks to people, she always makes people feel that she is reliable and trustworthy. This is also the reason why Ren Yaoyin is very popular.

"How did the fifth sister and the county lord meet? I've heard that the lord doesn't like to associate with people, and he doesn't get close to people. Ren Yaoyin blinked and asked very casually, with a moderate amount of curiosity.

Ren Yaochi smiled: "I met by chance when I went to Bailong Temple with my mother to burn incense." ”

Ren Yaoyin smiled thoughtfully, and then said, "It seems that this is the fate between people." Speaking of which, it was also fate that I intersected with the eldest lady of the Yun family back then. It was a few years ago, when I followed my grandmother to the birthday banquet of an old lady in Yunyang City, and I wore clothes with her that were very similar in fabric and style, and when we stood together, people thought we were sisters. At that time, I was still young, but Miss Yun had already had a good name, and I was a little overwhelmed in the face of everyone's eyes, but Miss Yun was very happy, and took my hand generously and said that she wanted to recognize me as a godsister. There was also a Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, where we each got each other's lanterns and guessed the lantern riddles written by each other. ”

When Ren Yaoyin said this, her voice was full of smiles, and she was gentle and soft, with some nostalgia.

Ren Yaoqi felt that Ren Yaoyin's expression was a little strange at this time. Because she doesn't know what to say. Ren Yaoyin's words were only half spoken. Although the lantern that Ren Yaoyin got back then was nominally Yun Qiuchen's, in fact, the mystery on it was written by Yun Wenting, the young master of Yun, which was later discovered by Ren Yaoyin after seeing Yun Wenting's handwriting by chance. Later, the lantern and the riddle on it were put away by her.

"Fifth sister, what about you? Did anything interesting happen between you and the county lord? Speaking of this, Ren Yaoyin asked with a smile.

"Fun fact?" Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, "That day in the White Dragon Temple, the county lord was throwing that lucky bell with copper coins, and I was very envious of her quasi-head, so I stood next to her and looked at it stunned for a long time. ”

Ren Yaoyin chuckled and quipped, "Is this a fool a fool?" ”

Ren Yaoqi also smiled and bowed his head silently.

"That'...... What about the second young master of the Yun family? How did you meet? Ren Yaoyin asked.

This question made Ren Yaochi stunned. looked at Ren Yaoyin. It's just that she still has the light on her back, so people can't see her expression.

Ren Yaoyin thought that Ren Yaoyin said that her friendship with Yun Qiuchen was just to trick her into telling her about her relationship with Xiao Jinglin and Yun Wenfang? The abacus is very fine.

Ren Yaochi said with some surprise: "Isn't it the last time he came to Baihe Town to live in Ren's house?" Oh, at that time I thought he was some kind of Wen Gongzi. ”

Ren Yaoyin smiled, and didn't know whether Lu Dao believed it or not, but she didn't continue to ask. She looked out the window: "It's raining so hard today, and I don't know if I can stop tomorrow." ”

Ren Yaoqi responded casually: "Didn't my aunt let us go out less?" If it rains, it rains, just take it with you in the yard. ”

Ren Yaoyin glanced at Ren Yaoqi. She smiled halfway: "Then do you know what Aunt Lu Dao wants to explain to the two of us who came to the Lin family as guests, don't get too close to the Lin family?" ”

"Could it be that my aunt is not as good as she seems to be in the Lin family?" Ren Yaoqi said quietly.

Ren Yaoyin sighed: "Because my uncle is the only heir to the second room of the Lin family, he should have inherited half of the Lin family's property. But Dafang's side did not agree with his uncle's division from the Lin family. Because of the dispute over this property, I don't know what moths will come out of the road in the future. My aunt is afraid that we will be taken advantage of by someone with a heart. That's why I told you so. ”

Ren Yaoyin was not stingy with her guidance to Ren Yaoqi, just like when her sisters asked her about needlework when she was at home, she never hid her secrets.

"I see, I originally heard some rumors, but not as much as the fourth sister knows. Xie Lu and Fourth Sister Xie pointed out. Ren Yaochi thought for a moment. Sincerely.

Ren Yaoyin smiled slightly: "My own sisters, one is prosperous and one is lost, what to do to thank you." ”

Ren Yaoyin sat in Ren Yao's off-plan room for a while. Sometimes he instructed her to behave in some ways, and sometimes he asked her some questions without a trace.

No matter what she asked, Ren Yaoqi's answer was watertight.

After seeing Ren Yaochi yawn, Ren Yaoyin said goodbye with a smile: "It's not too early, I'm also a little sleepy, let's talk next time." ”

Ren Yaochi wanted to get up to send her off, but Ren Yaoyin pressed her arm and refused, and Ren Yaochi did not insist.

When Ren Yaoyin lifted the curtain and came out, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Ren Yaoqi, who was lying down with the maid, her brows furrowed, and the smile on her face also retracted. But she only glanced at it, then turned and walked away.

Ren Yaoqi glanced at the bead curtain that was swaying and knocking out a soft sound, and closed his eyes.

Ren Yao slept well in the second half of the night, despite the overnight rain outside.

On the second day, the rain did not stop, but it was much lighter than at night.

After Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin cleaned up, they went to Ren Shijia's house for breakfast together.

Uncle Lin Kun was not in the house, as if he had gone out early in the morning, I don't know if it was because they were there or because he had not had breakfast in the inner courtyard before.

Ren Shijia is not Mrs. Lin's serious daughter-in-law, and because she gave birth to a child, Mrs. Lin exempted her from morning and dusk. Therefore, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin don't have to go to Mrs. Lin early in the morning to say goodbye to Mrs. Lin like the people of the Lin family.

To a certain extent, Ren Shijia's status in the Lin family is transcendent. However, this detachment is more like a kind of compensation for her by the Lin family.

In the past, Ren Shijia was still a little uneasy about her special status in the Lin family, but since she learned that she had no children and might have something to do with the Lin family's big house, she figured it out a lot.

In the morning, Ren Shijia asked the maid Qingliu to take the silver to the Lin family's kitchen to add a few dishes that Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua liked to eat, and a message spread to the inner courtyard of the Lin family.

Mrs. Lei died.

At that time, Ren Yaoqi was also in Ren Shijia's house, fighting with Ren Yaoyin and Xiao Lin Cen, who was in good spirits after eating milk.

This news made Ren Yaoqi startled, and his hand holding the rattle paused in mid-air.

"Why did it ...... all of a sudden? Didn't you feel good the day before yesterday? Ren Shijia was also startled and asked the maid who came in to report the news.

The day before yesterday, when the Lin family held a full moon wine for Lin Cen, Mrs. Lei also came. At that time, she didn't see anything wrong at all.

"I don't know, I said that I suddenly got sick in the middle of the night last night." The maid also listened to what was said outside, and the people of the Lei family sent people out to buy white cloth as soon as it was dawn, and then the people in Yunyang City successively received the funeral reports of the Lei family, and the Lin family had just received it.

Ren Shijia was a little embarrassed, but he was relieved when he thought that Mrs. Lei was almost in her prime, although she didn't look very old, after all, she was relieved to be there.

Ren Yaoqi thought a little more, she thought about whether Mrs. Lei's sudden death had anything to do with her identity, if the cause of death was really not so simple. Who is the one who did it?

After all, the timing of Mrs. Lei's death was really a bit of a coincidence, just when others wanted to use her identity to attack the Lei family.

Will her death bring the secret of her identity into the coffin or will it push the Lei family to a more dilemma?

Soon after, Mrs. Lin sent a grandmother over, and the Lin family wanted to go to the Lei Mansion in the afternoon to offer condolences, and Mrs. Lin meant to let Ren Shijia go with Mrs. Lin.

That grandmother must have been used in front of Mrs. Lin, Ren Shijia was very polite to her, and chatted with her for a while.

Ren Shijia is very popular among the descendants of the Lin family, because she is generous and has no arrogance.

Speaking of Mrs. Lei's matter, the grandmother also sighed: "The day before yesterday, it was okay, and when she left from us, the slave maid also sent her to the second gate with the eldest lady." Now it's gone, it's gone, it's really ......"

Ren Shijia sighed: "After all, I'm old. I heard that when Mrs. Lei was in the south, the Lei family was in difficulty. Her mother's family also fell and suffered a lot. At that time, I can't say what the root cause of the disease was. ”

The grandmother was silent for a moment when she heard this, and then lowered her voice and said, "There are some rumors out there now. ”

Ren Shijia was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "What rumors?" ”

"I heard that Mrs. Lei died a strange death. She didn't die of a sudden illness, but was killed by someone! ”

Ren Shijia was stunned when he heard this, and his face turned a little pale: "This ...... Impossible, right? Who wants to harm her? How long has the Lei family been in Yanbei, where did the enemy come from? ”

"It's not clear. The slave and maid also listened to the rumors outside. You think, this lady heard that she pays great attention to maintenance on weekdays, and she doesn't even have a minor illness all year round. I haven't heard of any disease, and when I appeared in front of people, didn't I have a ruddy and magnificent face? As for what kind of enemy it is...... This can't be said, maybe it's for the Lei family, maybe it's for Mrs. Lei, it may be someone outside or someone from their own house.

"Where did you hear the rumors?" Ren Shijia said, listening to the voice before he recovered from the shock.

"The slave maid heard from the mother-in-law in other houses, but there are also people who say that this came from the maid of the Lei family. As the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, and the slave and maid must have something strange when they look at this! ”

Speaking of which, the eldest lady sent someone to find this grandmother, and the grandmother got up and said goodbye to Ren Shijia.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin, who were sitting next door, listened to the conversation between Ren Shijia and that grandmother before.

Ren Yaoyin is not very interested in the affairs of the Lei family, she is helping Ren Shijia embroider a pair of tiger shoes for Xiaolin Cen, and carefully thread the needle.

Ren Yaoqi was holding a small pliers to peel pine nuts, while watching Ren Yaoyin do his work, but his thoughts had already flown away for 108,000 miles.

The rumors in the mouth of the grandmother just now made Ren Yaoqi think of the rumors deliberately spread on the day of Brother Cen Er's full moon wine.

Someone is secretly manipulating people to spread rumors that are unfavorable to the Lei family.

It's just that why did it come out that Mrs. Lei was killed by him? What is the purpose of the person behind it?

As for why Ren Yaochi felt that Mrs. Lei was killed by someone else was a rumor, it was because she knew that in such a situation as someone like the Lei family, the people in the inner courtyard, especially the people who served closely around the masters, were absolutely reliable.

Moreover, if it is said that it is the opponent of the Han family, in fact, it is more beneficial for Old Lady Lei to live than to die like this. Because her identity itself is a flaw.

Outside, the sky was still a little overcast, and the rain had been falling intermittently since yesterday night. It makes people's mood also gloomy.

Ren Yaochi felt a little depressed, and this depression even made her feel that she needed to use strength to breathe.

Put the peeled pine nuts in his hand into the plate and push it to Ren Yaoyin, Ren Yaochi stood up: "I've been sitting for a long time, I'll get up and walk." ”

Ren Yaoyin looked up at the pine nuts that Ren Yaoqi had peeled, bit off the thread in her hand, and said with a smile: "You have been peeling it for so long a day, but it is cheap for me?" ”

Ren Yaochi also smiled: "The fourth sister has always felt sorry for me, and I also feel sorry for the fourth sister." ”

Ren Yaoyin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled softly.

Ren Yaochi just walked under the corridor, and Ren Shijia didn't stop him. Just let her slip carefully and not get caught in the rain.

The air outside was much better, with the scent of earth and plants.

Ren Yaoqi originally planned to walk around under the corridor of the courtyard to breathe, and by the way, he sorted out his thoughts, but he didn't want to see parsley coming in from outside before he reached the door of his wing, and he also held a small boxy box in his hand.

"Why don't you bring an umbrella when you go out in the rain?" Ren Yaoqi saw that Parsley's hair was stained with some fine and dense small droplets, and her shoulders were also wet, so she reproached.

When Xiangqin saw Ren Yaoqi, she immediately ran over. Seeing her rebuke, she stuck out her tongue: "I forgot in a hurry." ”

Ren Yaochi raised his eyebrows: "What's so urgent?" ”

Hearing this, Xiangqin pointed to the box in her hand, and smiled brightly: "Someone wanted to hand something to the young lady, and the slave went to see it, and then I realized that the county lord sent it." ”

Xiangqin was given a death order by Ren Yaohua. Ren Yaoqi is not allowed to approach some inexplicable people. So as soon as she heard that someone outside was going to hand something to Ren Yaoqi to come in, the loyal little maid ran out of the city without saying a word, not wanting to come to someone who was not from the Yun family that her strict family guarded against, but a maid beside the county lord of Yanbei Wangfu. I'm here to deliver something to Ren Yaoqi.

As if afraid that Ren Yaoqi would blame herself for making her own decisions, Xiangqin smiled flatteringly while carefully paying attention to Ren Yaoqi's face. I thought to myself what I would do if Miss Five lost her temper on the spot.

The little maid is actually in tears in her heart at the moment, she is a maid leading a monthly routine to do the work of two people. Once she gets used to it, she gets used to it. But the master can't just because she is smart, capable, well-behaved, and clever to hand over all the work that is not easy to do!

Let her offend people or something...... This is too much to bully the maid!

Ren Yaochi quietly admired Xiangqin's colorful facial expressions, then smiled, and took the small box that was only the size of a palm: "Well, thank you for your trip, come into the house and change your clothes." ”

Xiangqin's face immediately turned cloudy and clear, and her smiling eyes were shining, and if she had a tail, she was afraid that she would shake it a few times: "Eh, slave maid will go." ”

Looking at Xiangqin's cheerful back, Ren Yaochi couldn't help but smile, and even the feeling of suffocation before dissipated a lot. Xiangqin, this maid is actually not ignorant of the rules, although she is a little happy, she will never disappoint her master at critical moments.

And Ren Yaohua explained that she had good intentions in explaining this matter, so she naturally wouldn't be angry about this kind of thing.

Ren Yaoqi looked at the box in his hand, thought about it and returned to his room first.

The palm-sized box is made of rosewood, and it is carved with a pattern of blessing like the East China Sea, which is very delicate. Ren Yaoqi opened it and was stunned, inside was a walnut carving of eight immortals crossing the sea.

Ren Yaochi took out the small walnut carving and put it in the palm of his hand to look at it carefully for a moment. It was found that the middle of the walnut was hollowed out, so it was carved and the carving was excellent.

But what did Xiao Jinglin do with this for no reason? Gift?

Thinking like this, Ren Yaoqi took the walnut and looked at the light, but his heart moved, and there was something in the hollow part of the walnut. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )