Chapter 134: Dark Horse
Ran Qiunian was only a little late, and when she arrived at the place, everything had already settled.
She looked at the big black horse that came out of nowhere with a stunned face, and squeezed away the foal rented from the inn with a brutal expression, and went straight to Xiao Yin's side.
"Brother Yin, where did this dark horse come from?" Ran Qiunian's approach, only allowing the black horse to glance at it faintly, and soon it retracted its gaze in surprise, and snorted at Ran Qiunian, which was regarded as a greeting.
"This horse looks really spiritual, as if it knows us."
Ran Qiunian was shocked by such a humane behavior of this dark horse, and couldn't help but sigh. She looked at the black horse carefully, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that it was very similar to the wild horse in the forest mentioned by the horse market dealer, and she couldn't help but exclaim:
"Brother Yin, this can't be the thousand-mile horse that is extremely difficult to catch in the mouth of that horse dealer, right?"
"This is the dark horse I once kept in the house, and I don't know how I got here." Xiao Yin's tone was a little complicated, he didn't expect it to be really this horse, this place is so far away from Splendid City, I really don't know how it came to find it.
"It's all said that Ma Tong is human, and today I finally saw it."
Ran Qiunian was a little surprised, but this time, they solved the problem of not having a horse, this black horse is the best at a glance, a thousand miles a day, both speed and endurance are far better than the horse they lost.
It's really another village.
Unlike Ran Qiunian's pure happiness, Xiao Yin saw the chaos of the Ran family from this dark horse that had fallen here with them by mistake, and he didn't know what happened to make the horse that was originally locked in the stable run out.
said that the Ran family on the other side, at the time of the accident that day, was really in chaos for a while.
Ran Qiubai went out of the city overnight but there was no news, Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin fell into the water at the same time, and the three juniors that the old lady valued the most had an accident at the same time, when the old lady Ran learned the news, her eyes were dark, she couldn't withstand such a blow, and fainted.
This faint, the Ran family is really leaderless, Ran Lin was pouted by Liu Rumei and took the opportunity to take the position, the two of them were one outside the main and one inside, in a vain attempt to hold the Ran Mansion firmly in their hands.
The old lady relieved herself, and was almost re-angry by Ran Lin's farce.
Fortunately, Qi Ruoyun hadn't left yet, and led people to look for a few days along the moat, but no one died or a corpse was seen, so he boarded the gate of the Ran family under the banner of appeasement.
"The old lady mourns, Sister Nian'er and Brother Xiao are only afraid that it is really fierce and auspicious, and the water is deep and urgent these days...... I failed to protect them. ”
Qi Ruoyun's face was guilty, and his eyes couldn't bear it.
Mrs. Ran couldn't hear the bad news, and she shed two lines of tears in distress:
"Nonsense, if you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die. My mind is the most blessed and fateful, how could something happen to her? Continue to search, send out all the people of the Ran family, and dig three feet into the ground to find people back. ”
Qi Ruoyun looked at the old lady who didn't want to recognize the reality, looked away with pity, and lost three juniors at the same time, if this old lady admitted, she was afraid that she would collapse.
Ran Qiunian, Xiao Yin, Ran Qiubai, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Qi Ruoyun's drooping eyes, if anyone was in his way, don't blame him for being ruthless.
Thinking of that year's luncheon, the beautiful girl with a ruby headband and a smile, Qi Ruoyun still felt a little pity in her heart. It's only to blame Liu He for saying those things that shouldn't be said, otherwise how could he be ruthless and get rid of Ran Qiunian together?
Thinking of this, Qi Ruoyun seemed to be unable to bear to continue to see the old lady's grief-stricken appearance, so she got up and said goodbye. The old lady waved her hand and agreed.
But after Qi Ruoyun left the house, the grief and weakness on his face suddenly ended: "On the day Nian'er fell into the water, the Qi family boy was also there, but only Xiao Yin, who came later, jumped down to save people, I always felt that something was wrong." ”
"You go check for me, send more people, there is the capital, I will contact you personally, Ah Xiu, now the only person I have to use around me is you, be careful."
"Don't worry, the old lady, her subordinates will definitely bring Miss Nian'er back safely." After Xiu Gu finished speaking, she got up and left quietly.
The old lady immediately wrote a letter and secretly sent someone to the old general Gu in the capital. A small case of iron ore loss led to a city of imperial guards, not to mention her three grandchildren who also had accidents at the same time.
Now the only thing that can support the old lady to persist is to find their whereabouts or let the real murderer behind the scenes pay for the blood debt, the old lady Ran flashed a trace of pain in her eyes, but she quickly cheered up and did not let herself fall into a weak mood.
"Old lady, old lady, they are really too deceitful, the eldest young master has just disappeared for a few days, and they even sent someone to take away the dark horse of the eldest young master, saying that they want to give it to the little grandfather!"
Qingxi ran in with red eyes, she didn't know how many tears she had shed for Ran Qiunian these days, and the only thing worth thinking about was these leftovers.
Although the black horse was raised by Xiao Yin, Ran Qiunian didn't go to the stable to tease the big black horse on weekdays, and Qingxi also defaulted to this horse as something shared by his own young lady and the eldest young master.
Now her young lady's horse is going to be taken away, which is simply too deceitful, Qingxi can't stop it, so she can only hurry over and ask the old lady to call the shots.
"And such a thing? Ran Lin is going to turn the sky upside down, the old woman is not dead, she did such an ugly thing, take me to the stable, I want to see, who dares to divide up my three grandchildren's things indiscriminately today. ”
The old lady knocked the bamboo cane on her hand hard, Qingxi sniffled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the person go out.
The two hurried to the stable, but saw that the black horse was throwing a tantrum and kicking people indiscriminately, and for a moment no one could help it. Liu Yufei helped Ran Lin and was standing not far away watching.
As soon as she saw these two white-eyed wolves, Old Madam Ran was angry, she walked up quickly, picked up the bamboo cane in her hand, and slapped Ran Lin on the shoulder.
Ran Lin was beaten and stumbled, and was about to get angry, but when he turned his head and saw the old lady who was angry, he suddenly lost all his anger, and he shouted "Mother" resignedly.
"You still know that I am your mother? I think you've almost forgotten who your ancestors were, what kind of trouble are you doing? ”
Liu Yufei saw the old lady Ran rushing over with an angry face, and knew that the dark horse could not be taken away today, he took half a step back, Mingzhe protected himself, and pushed Ran Lin out without a trace to block the old lady's anger.
"Mother, how can you say that about a child? I am also for the century-old inheritance of our Ran family, now there is only Yu Fei in the house, and while the little grandfather is not gone, there are only benefits and no disadvantages in having a lot of relationship with him. It's just a horse, and the little grandfather has been running around for Nian'er falling into the water these days. ”
Ran Lin's words were taken for granted, but that face made the old lady feel cold.
"Please others, but take money out of your own treasury. This horse was raised by Xiao Yin's child, you don't ask if you want to steal, use the stolen things to please others, and you are not afraid of ruining the century-old reputation of the Ran family? ”
Old Madam Ran didn't save face for Ran Lin at all this time, and she was very disappointed in him.
"How is this stealing? Xiao Yin is just the adopted son of the Ran family, all of his is given by the Ran family, he died before he could repay this nurturing grace, I just used him as a horse to pave the way for Yu Fei. In the future, won't the Ran family's industry all have to rely on Yu Fei? ”
The old lady was trembling by Ran Lin's brazen words, she raised her hand and slapped Ran Lin, interrupting his chatter, and turned her head to ask Liu Yufei:
"What your father said, but that's what you mean?"
"The son doesn't say anything about the father, grandmother, forgive the grandson for not being able to reply." Liu Yufei hurriedly gave up his hand, his face was obedient, but he scolded the stupid and arrogant Ran Lin in his heart, knowing that he was so unclear that he would never wade into this troubled water.
"You're going to be a good man." The old lady gave him a meaningful look, and said to the men who were guarding the stables, "Open the corner gate, and let the horses come and go." Ma Er'er is human, and will only recognize one master in his life, and it is really pitiful to detain it here, so let it go to find someone by itself. ”
The old lady knew that this horse could not be kept, that is, she would protect it again today, and it was difficult to guarantee that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, these people would not start, and it was better to put it back into the wild than to keep it and suffer the crime.
In her selfish heart, the old lady hoped that the foal would really follow the taste of its master.
The matter of the horse was over, and the old lady turned back and became ill at night, lingering on the sickbed for several days, closing the door to thank guests, except for the henchmen around her, even Ran Lin and others refused to see her.
She didn't care about it, and as soon as she let go of her hand, Liu Rumei and Ran Lin jumped up and down and began to take power, and for a while, except for the old lady's courtyard, the Ran family became Liu Rumei's hall of words, which was really beautiful.
"How, did you find that thing?" Qi Ruoyun lifted the carriage curtain, lowered his eyes to look at Liu Yufei who was standing outside, and asked in a low voice.
"The whole house was searched up and down, even in the old lady's yard, and someone was quietly sent in to rummage through it, but nothing was found. What is that key? Looking for it like this without a clue, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it. ”
Liu Yufei wondered in his heart, Qi Ruoyun is the little grandfather of the Guogong Mansion, his status is noble, what treasure can't he want, why do he covet the "key" of the Ran family so much?
Besides, he seemed to be sure that the old lady had this thing in her hand, but it was difficult to describe what it looked like, which was really strange.
Liu Yufei secretly wrote down this matter, but his face was silent. Qi Ruoyun glanced at him lightly: "You don't need to know this, continue to pay attention." ”
After speaking, he lowered the curtain, and the carriage set off, slowly heading towards the capital. After delaying for so long, it was time to return to Beijing, Qi Ruoyun closed his eyes gently, leaned his back on the carriage cushion, and left Splendid City with ease.
On the other side, after redeeming the white jade card, Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin did not delay, packed their bags, and set off for Beijing without stopping.
This time, with the help of the dark horse, the speed of the two of them going to Beijing was almost a thousand miles a day, and they entered the capital earlier than originally thought.