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As soon as Ren Yaoqi saw their appearance, he knew that something must have happened before Lu Dao, so he said loudly: "Uncle, where did you stay?" Is it close to here? ”

Li Tianyou looked around: "It shouldn't be far away?" I can see the hill from where I rest. He pointed to the distant mountain road ahead of him that was hazy with rain and mist.

Ren Yaoqi looked at Li Tianyou's hand and could only sigh. I wondered if I should remind him that this did not prove that the two places were close to each other.

Fortunately, Xia Sheng said loudly: "It's about two quarters of an hour away from here. ”

Ren Yaoqi looked at herself, then looked at Ren Yaohua, who was in a mess, and said to Xiangqin and mulberry behind her: "You go back and find clean clothes and shoes for me and the third sister." ”

The two maids responded, and Ren Yaohua said to Xia Sheng again: "I remember seeing a rented donkey cart not far ahead, you go and hire one." The road was muddy and difficult to walk. ”

Xia Sheng looked at Li Tianyou.

Li Tianyou waved his hand and let Xia Sheng go.

Seeing that only he was left on the spot, Li Tianyou, Ren Yaohua and Dongsheng, Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Yaohua and Li Tianyou carefully.

I saw that Ren Yaohua's concubine-colored dress was soaked from head to toe, turning into an extremely deep crimson. Especially the pair of lotus-blue embroidered shoes, which were covered with mud and dry straw sandals, the original color could no longer be seen, and the whole body could be described as embarrassed.

A few strands of her hair hung down and stuck to her forehead, her face was a little pale, but her lips were red. I don't know if it's frozen or angry.

This is the first time Ren Yaoqi has seen Ren Yaohua look like this in front of people.

But it made her a little more fragile and approachable, if you ignore the grim expression on her face that can freeze dead.

Dongsheng's appearance is not much better than Ren Yaohua, the color of his clothes is dark, but he can't tell whether it is the color after wetting or the original dark brown. The half-new coarse cloth shoes were the same as Ren Yaohua's, stained with mud and withered grass. Especially his face, not the angry color of Ren Yaohua, but more like fear and uneasiness.

Ren Yaoqi was a little worried.

When Ren Yaohua went out, she brought a few mothers-in-law and maids. Now all the subordinates, including the turnips, are gone. Only the two of them came back in a mess, and I don't know what happened to Lu Dao.

But looking at their current appearance, this is obviously not the place to speak.

Ren Yaoqi could only put on the coat and hat that she had taken off before to Ren Yaohua to cover up the embarrassment on her body.

After a while, Xia Sheng rented the donkey cart back. Li Tianyou touched his chin and looked around the donkey cart for a long time, and asked Ren Yaoqi with a new expression: "Have you ever sat on this thing?" Can it pull such a big car? It doesn't look like it's going to have much strength. He stretched out his palm. He patted the donkey on the head, provoking the displeased gaze of the donkey's driver.

Although there are more horses in Yanbei than in the south because of the horse farm, the common people still like to use donkey carts, because the forage required to feed a donkey is much less than the forage required to feed a horse.

And the donkey has excellent stamina. They are not as easy to get sick as horses, and they can still eat meat when they die of old age. Therefore, the common people of the Great Zhou Dynasty raised donkeys with sufficient rations at home.

Especially in Jiangnan, where there are few horses, donkeys are more common.

But the family did not use a donkey cart to travel. Because the donkey cart is not enough pomp.

Li Tianyou asked because he had never ridden in a donkey cart, and even when he was young in Kyoto, where there were few horses, he had only eaten donkey meat.

But in general, it is already a commendable fact that Li Tianyou can distinguish the difference between a horse and a donkey, and does not recognize him as a cow or a dragon, or anything else.

Ren Yaochi instructed Xia Sheng to let him wait here for the two maids, Xiangqin and Mulberry, to come, and then take them back by hiring a car.

He and Ren Yaohua got into the donkey cart, and then Li Tianyou also sat up. Dongsheng sat with the coachman on the wheel of the donkey cart.

Not long after, the donkey cart stopped in front of a small courtyard.

The rented courtyards in the temple are very simple from the outside, and some small courtyards are made of yellow adobe bricks.

The courtyard where Li Tianyou settled is blue bricks and black tiles. And when I went in, I found out. The yard is kept very clean, and it is clear that someone is responsible for repairing and cleaning it on weekdays.

Along with renting acres of land to hire tenant farmers, renting houses has always been an important source of income for monasteries.

"Uncle, how long have you been in the White Dragon Temple?" Ren Yaoqi followed him into the courtyard. He asked.

"Yesterday, someone asked me to come over for cockfighting. I don't want to steal the chicken in the middle of the night. Fortunately, I just came to see it casually this time, and I brought an ordinary product, so if I lose it, I will lose it. I was going to leave today, but I didn't want to meet ...... Ahem, well, an acquaintance. Li Tianyou touched his nose and looked left and right.

Ren Yaoqi didn't ask any more.

After entering the house and sitting down, Ren Yaoqi looked at Dong Sheng, whose face had not been very good, and asked directly, "What about the people who followed my third sister?" ”

Ren Yaohua's eyes pierced Dongsheng's face like sharp blades, but she pursed her lips tightly and didn't say a word, obviously she was overly angry.

Dongsheng glanced at Ren Yaoqi, lowered his head and whispered, "I knocked me out." ”

“……”

"Why don't you just knock me out and throw me into the cave?" Ren Yaohua said sarcastically, and glanced fiercely at Li Tianyou, who was sitting on the side watching the excitement.

Li Tianyou immediately shouted bitterly and said, "I didn't let him do this. And Dongsheng has always been well-behaved and obedient, maybe it was the people around you who did something excessive to make him angry! Isn't it, Dongsheng? Li Tianyou quietly glanced at Dong Sheng.

Dongsheng shook his head and said honestly: "It's the subordinates who are reckless." ”

Ren Yaohua snorted coldly: "It's just a play, what kind of subordinate is it?" The master has no rules, and the people who are used to being down have no rules one by one! ”

Li Tianyou didn't like to hear this, he put his hand on Dongsheng's shoulder and glanced at Ren Yaohua: "He is the master's person, the master said that he was a subordinate, he was a subordinate, the master said that he was the grandfather, he was the grandfather!" You don't have the surname Li, what's the matter with you? ”

Dong Sheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Master, my subordinates don't dare to be ......"

Li Tianyou pushed his head heavily with the palm of his hand: "That's right, you should say that you are your brother." Let you be a grandma. You don't have that guts. ”

Ren Yaohua watched the master and servant making trouble there, and couldn't bear it: "Do you want to get my maid back!" If they have a bad relationship, you think you can get out of it! ”

Li Tianyou then remembered, coughed lightly and asked Dongsheng in a low voice, "Where did you hide people?" Or give it back to her? Good men don't fight women. ”

Dongsheng lowered his head and said, "It's in a cave, I paid attention when I knocked them out, and I should be about to wake up at this time." ”

Ren Yaochi frowned: "Let's send someone to take a look." lest they wake up and don't see the third sister go back to report to the eldest lady Zhilu, then it will be troublesome. ”

Dongsheng nodded and said, "It's my negligence, I'm going to get people over." ”

At this time, someone from outside came in again, and Ren Yaoqi heard the voice of Xiangqin, so he said to Dong Sheng: "Does Xia Sheng know the cave in Lu Dao?" If he knows what, let him take my two maids with him. lest they see thee and quarrel again. ”

She actually has a lot to ask Dongsheng.

At this time, Xia Sheng happened to walk in with two maids carrying burdens.

Ren Yao asked Dongsheng to explain to them. He took Ren Yaohua with him to change out of his wet clothes and shoes.

They always prepare a few clothes for emergencies.

Generally speaking, for emergency purposes, most of these clothes are similar in color and style. In this way, if the clothes are dirty, changing them will also save some unnecessary embarrassment.

For example, an eleven or twelve-year-old woman suddenly has her first period. It's easier to deal with this kind of embarrassment, so as not to make jokes.

The jade-colored skirt that Ren Yaoqi put on was extremely similar to the one she wore before, and although the embroidered shoes on her feet were a little different, the style and color were the same, and you couldn't see it if you didn't look closely.

Ren Yaohua also changed into a Xiangfei-colored dress.

When the two came out, Xia Sheng had already gone to help Ren Yaohua go to find her people.

Ren Yaoqi then asked Xia Sheng what happened to him after he came out of Baiyun.

Dong Sheng shook his head and said in a muffled voice: "It's just that I was chased all the way, and then I found out that the third lady's people were following me, I thought they were catching up, so I thought about knocking people out first." ”

Ren Yaohua sneered on the side: "Forget about others." Don't tell me you don't recognize the turnips around me. In front of the master, there are many nonsense, who did you learn the rules from? Or no one has taught you the rules at all! ”

Wujing has been with Ren Yaohua for some years, and has followed her to her grandfather's house in Yunyang City several times. Dongsheng should be recognized.

Even Li Tianyou secretly glanced at Dongsheng in disbelief. However, he was very clever not to open his mouth to stir up, but stared seriously at an ordinary white porcelain tea bowl in his hand, as if he was looking at an antique. Obviously he doesn't want to take care of things.

Dong Sheng lowered his head after listening to Ren Yaohua's rebuttal, looking like he had admitted his mistake, but he refused to open his mouth to explain what happened before.

Ren Yaohua became more and more convinced that Li Tianyou was deliberately retaliating against her, after all, she had mentioned many times that she had beaten the people of her grandfather's troupe.

Ren Yaoqi had other ideas, and he knew that Dao Dongsheng's words were not finished. But it's clear that there are only four of them here, and there are no outsiders, so why does Dongsheng still refuse to say it?

Does he just want to talk to Li Tianyou alone later, or does no one plan to say it? If it's the latter, then this matter must be a big deal.

Thinking of the previous life, it was very likely that Dongsheng disappeared because of this incident, and Ren Yaoqi was a little worried.

She thought back to the events of the day, trying to connect them together. But when I think about it, it always seems like something is missing.

In the end, she could only look at Dongsheng and said seriously: "I have something I want to tell you, you come with me." After speaking, Ren Yaochi stood up and pointed to the room next to him.

Li Tianyou thought that Ren Yaochi wanted to teach Dongsheng a lesson, so he was entangled for a while, patted him on the shoulder and whispered comfortingly: "Fortunately, this is not very fierce, you can bear with it and pass." ”

Although he said a whisper, it was obvious that there was no so-called concept of whispering in his Li Ye, so Ren Yaochi still heard it, and he could only pretend not to hear it.

Over there, Ren Yaohua glared fiercely.

Dongsheng still didn't dare to disobey his master's wishes, and followed Ren Yaoqi to the next room.

Ren Yaoqi walked into the room slowly, and without looking for a place to sit, she walked to the window and pushed open a window. A scent of grass mixed with moist earth poured into the room. The air was immediately fresh and fresh. It makes people's spirits less tense.

After thinking about it, Ren Yaochi got straight to the point and said: "I know that you must have encountered a major event this time, and this major event is not a good thing." I don't think you're going to talk to us because you don't want to implicate us. Am I right? ”

Dongsheng looked at Ren Yaoqi in surprise: "Miss Cousin, you ......"

Ren Yaoqi turned his head and interrupted him in a warm voice, "I understand your loyalty to my uncle. Even because of this, Aiwu and Wu are a little more tolerant of us. But have you ever thought that if you really encounter something bad, you have already been in contact with my third sister, uncle and me. Are you really not going to implicate us? If you had left right away, you might have been able to bring back the trouble. But you sent my sister back. And met us. Your kindness may lead to bad results......"

When Dong Sheng heard this, the expression on his face became even paler, and his bloodless lips trembled.

Ren Yao saw that he was already a little loose. continued to ramble: "Anyway, it's come to this, even if you tell others that we are not involved, others will not believe it." Rather than that, you don't tell me the truth. We figured out how to fix it. ”

I didn't want Dongsheng to hear this, but he shook his head with a wry smile, with some deep helplessness in his expression: "It's useless, I'm in big trouble." You're right, Miss Table, I was supposed to leave quietly. ”

Ren Yaochi listened quietly, shook his head and said, "You knocked those servants stunned because they saw something?" And you sent my third sister back because you were afraid that there would be no one around her. In danger? ”

Dongsheng smiled embarrassedly: "They shouldn't have seen it, I'm just in case." ”

Ren Yaoqi looked at him and didn't speak.

Dong Sheng looked at Ren Yaoqi's calm face, thinking that what she said before was reasonable. Somehow, he took out a letter from his sleeve: "I copied the path on the mountain in order to divert those who chased my master. I didn't want to, but I saw a person lying on the mountain road. I walked over and saw that the man was out of breath. I saw a letter like this on the ground next to him. I picked it up and looked at it, and when I saw that there was no payment on it, I knew that something was strange. ”

After a pause, he continued, "I was about to put the letter back when I heard someone coming. After hesitating for a moment, I put the letter away, and then went up to check, and saw that it was the third lady who came here with a few people. I was afraid that they would meet the person on the ground, so I secretly led them to another place, and finally got far away from that place, and I was about to show up, but the third lady suddenly thought that I had just taken them around in a circle to cover others. So she ordered the mother-in-law and maids to go the way they came. Seeing this, I looked for an opportunity to lure the third lady away, and then knocked out the mother-in-law and maids and hid. ”

"Then I want to send the third lady back. I don't want to miss the third lady, but she is a little hostile to me, thinking that I have some purpose, she ...... The letterhead I put on the placket of my shirt was accidentally torn out and fell to the ground by the third lady, I was startled and wanted to take the letter back, but the third lady tore open the seal of the letter first. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Sheng pursed his lips: "I can only say that the letter was written by me to a girl I liked, and the third lady returned the letter to me." When I saw that the seal of the letter had been opened, I simply opened it and read it. I was shocked when I saw it. There was no mark on the envelope, but the letter inside was...... but they cannot see the light......"

When the letter was snatched away by Ren Yaohua, he realized that Lu Dao was Lu and Xia Sheng, and they always said that his martial arts were too weak.

He is different from Xia Sheng, he is not a secret guard or a guard, he was originally just an ordinary guy, and learning martial arts was just forced by the situation, just in case, not to hold back the masters at the critical moment.

That's because of this. Therefore, although his martial arts are very ordinary, his running and jumping kung fu is first-class, and his face Xia Sheng can't outrun him.

"Oh?" Ren Yaochi frowned and groaned.

If she could, she felt that she shouldn't ask any more, but now this matter is not so simple. It's not a good way to cover your ears and steal the bell, no matter what, Ren Yaohua has been implicated.

Dong Sheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly said in a low voice: "That's a secret report from the imperial court to the overseer Zhao Ming. ”

Dongsheng still said it.

He also had no choice, if he hadn't met Li Tianyou just now, he wouldn't have said anything.

But he had already swept his master into it, but he couldn't think of a way to solve it. He also didn't know if anyone was secretly following him.

He didn't know who he was going to talk to about it. Of the three masters present, the other two were not suitable.

After all, he is just a small guy, and there is no way to do much.

Ren Yaochi didn't rush to ask what the imperial court's letter to Zhao Dujun said, she thought about it, was silent for a moment, and suddenly looked at Dong Sheng: "Is there anything else you haven't told me?" If only that's the only thing that happened. Won't be delayed for so long. ”

Dong Sheng lowered his head when he heard this, and his face was a little embarrassed.

Ren Yaochi smiled slightly, but looked at him with a little indifference: "If I'm not mistaken, the reason why you delayed sending my sister back for so long is because you are thinking about whether to kill her and kill her?" lest she drag down my mother and my grandfather's family. ”

This is what she thought of when she heard Dong Sheng say that the letter was a secret report from the imperial court.

She would not doubt the level of loyalty of this group of people to the Xian Palace.

The winter face is as white as paper. Suddenly, his legs fell weak and fell to his knees in front of Ren Yaoqi, he had no argument, and there was nothing to argue.

He had indeed struggled in his heart for a long time before. If Ren Yaohua is killed, and he leaves, he will not be implicated in the Xianwang lineage.

So he took Ren Yaohua around in a circle for a long time, hesitating where to kill someone, but he still couldn't make up his mind to kill after all, because Ren Yaohua was the granddaughter of the prince. Count it as half of his master.

For as long as he can remember, he has been taught to be loyal to the palace and not hesitate to die for his master. There is no way for him to do the murder of the lord.

Somehow in the end. He led people to a place not far from the gate of the White Dragon Temple, and then met Li Tianyou and Ren Yaoqi, who were looking for Ren Yaohua.

The only thing on his mind at that time was that his woman's kindness was about to kill his master. If that were the case, he would have been blamed for his death.

Even now, if he was given another chance, he would not hesitate to kill Ren Yaohua.

Ren Yaoqi looked at him. Sigh lightly: "Get up, you're not wrong." You are a slave of the Li family, not the Ren family, so naturally you have to put the interests of the Li family first, and no one can blame you in this regard. ”

Dongsheng stood up with a dejected face, but he never dared to raise his head. Although he knew that what he had done was not wrong, he had no way to face Ren Yaoqi's clear gaze.

"Did you ever go back to the place where you picked up the letter?" Ren Yaochi asked.

Dongsheng nodded.

"And then the man is gone?"

Dongsheng raised his head in shock and said, "Miss Cousin, how do you know about Lu Dao?" ”

Ren Yaochi sighed: "If he was here, you wouldn't be so worried and afraid." ”

The absence of that person means that someone has appeared after Dongsheng, which means that someone may have been paying attention to that person in the dark. This also indicates that winter is at risk of exposure. Otherwise, he would have buried the man and destroyed the body, and the trouble would have been much less.

"I saw that there were no signs of a fight around him when he fell, and he must have been injured elsewhere and chased to that place. After I took the letter and left, someone found him and took him away. So my previous actions may have fallen into the eyes of others. I heard Qiusheng and them mention that the court never asks the cause when doing things, but only seeks the result. That letter was extremely confidential, and anyone who came into contact with it would probably ......"

Ren Yaoqi was also a little heavy, she couldn't help but think, was the disappearance of Dongsheng in the previous life because she secretly left because she was afraid of affecting her uncle and them, or was she killed by someone?

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The update of the 30th and 1st arrears has been made up tomorrow and will start to change the pink ticket owed last month

The leaves in the wind are flying, Zhiyan Zhiyu, the right grass cloth man, Ding Ding, ひ, ice blue butterfly, leisurely down Nanshan, fox Beibei 77, Long Zisu, yunqinglang, aquazg, Zhang Weiqing, second lieutenant angel, who is the queen mother of my family

Xie Lu thanked everyone for their pink tickets~ Because of everyone's unwavering support, Meinan was able to survive the painful dystocia period.

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