Qin Niang saw that a maid came up to serve them tea and snacks, then retreated, and there was no one around, so she asked, "Do you think these things can be related to the Shi family?" ”

Qin Niang asked this somewhat tentatively, after all, now the Shi family and the Rong family are fighting, the Rong family is unlucky, and the person who benefits is the Shi family.

And the one who knows himself best is often not his relatives, but his opponents.

In addition, she also wanted to see if this Rongliu girl would be mixed with personal grievances in this matter, and a person's character and heart can often be seen through some things.

After Qin Niang asked this sentence, she looked at her for a moment, not letting go of any expression on her face.

I saw that Rong Liu was stunned for a moment, then twisted his eyebrows, and after thinking for a while, he replied solemnly: "I have never thought about this matter to Shi Rong, if she can do something like burning a pharmacy, but something like beckoning a snake is not something that her brain can come up with." ”

It's not that she looks down on her, but that she and Shi Rong have known each other since childhood, and they have never been compatible, based on what she has seen from her childhood to adulthood, Shi Rong is not such a person with brains.

Qin Niang nodded, it seems that this Rong Liu girl is indeed a smart person, and her character is good, at this time, she did not deliberately want to step on her opponent, but can be fair and talk about things.

Although there was a hint of disdain for Shi Rong in her tone, it didn't prevent her from having a much better impression of this Rongliu girl.

The queen kept hinting that she had ruined the prince's marriage, and she thought that if the sixth girl really had enough wisdom to deal with this crisis, she felt that she was a good candidate.

Thinking like this, Qin Niang's eyes couldn't help but be a little eager.

As long as this girl is brought into the East Palace, then she doesn't have to be a little shorter in front of the queen for the prince's marriage.

"It's not that I deliberately belittled her, it's true, she and I haven't dealt with her since I was a child, I still know a little bit about her, if she can come up with such a harmful method, I really don't believe it, just her brain, at most, will only make some means that can't be put on the table, and the side really can't think of it."

At this moment, facing Shang Qinniang's burning gaze, Miss Rong Liu thought that she didn't believe her words, and suddenly her face became a little embarrassed, thinking that she was stepping on others at will, so she couldn't help but explain.

You must know that to lure so many snakes to one place, it has to be painstakingly studied and used some means, and just looking at Shi Rong's insect prevention and preparation of some precious medicinal materials used in the competition that day, she knows that her brain is not enough to come up with such a murderous and bloodless method.

"I believe that." Qin Niang knew that her gaze made the other party a little uncomfortable, so she coughed dryly, turned her face away, hid the embarrassment on her face, and asked, "Since Miss Rong Liu is familiar with pharmacology, I don't know what you think of today's matter?" ”

Rong Xi wrinkled his brows, and after thinking seriously for a moment, he slowly spoke: "It happened before dawn, the scene was a little chaotic at that time, and I didn't have time to see it clearly, but later, when I took the lamp, I saw that those snakes seemed to be trained, and they should not be wild snakes caught from the mountains at will." ”

Qin Niang looked at her in surprise, she never knew this.

"Mrs. Gu Shao also knows that I know a little about pharmacology, my grandfather and Lin Shao's maternal grandfather also had some origins, when I was a child, I followed me to the mountains to collect medicine for a period of time, so I still have some understanding of those snakes, insects, rats and mosquitoes, usually those snakes in the mountains, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke it, it will not attack people."

However, the snakes that appeared in the house today seemed to have been trained in advance, and they pounced on and bit people when they saw them, and she could see clearly that those snakes were originally non-venomous, but there were signs that they had been fed poison.

So, she concluded that the snakes were trained.

Qin Niang didn't understand this, so when she heard about this from Rong Xi's mouth, she couldn't stop being surprised in her heart.

After a long time, she asked, "Then have you found snake medicine or something like that in the house?" ”

She felt that this should be the same person who released the snake in the Yang Mansion before, so the tricks were probably similar.

Unexpectedly, Rong Xi shook his head and said: "There is no snake medicine, but I heard a strange flute sound at the time, I think that this flute sound should be used to control those snakes, otherwise, these snakes will not bite when they see people, they were suddenly put in a strange place, and it was too late to run." ”

"Flute?" Qin Niang frowned, she hadn't heard anyone from the Yang Mansion say anything about this.

Could it be that the Yang Mansion was given snake medicine, but the flute was used to deal with the Rongguo Hou Mansion?

"Yes, it's the sound of the flute, I've heard before that the Miao people have a secret technique, that is, to use music to manipulate people's hearts, since people's hearts can be controlled, then animals naturally have a way to manipulate, people with such skills, in addition to Miao people, that is snake breeders." Miss Rongliu, who has been interested in pharmacy since childhood, knows this very well.

"They didn't dare to put any snake medicine in Rongguo Houfu, probably because they knew that I knew these things very well, and if I found out halfway, then the matter would be done in vain, so they used the sound of the flute." Rong Xi guessed.

Only in this way can we explain why it is used in the Yang Mansion to attract snake medicine, and what is used in the Rongguo Houfu is the flute.

"In Beijing, there is such a snake breeder." Rong Xi said thoughtfully.

Qin Niang raised her eyebrows, she never thought that this Rongliu girl knew so much, she couldn't help but add a few more points to her in her heart.

"Originally, I shouldn't have recognized these people who were of three religions and nine ranks, but by chance, I met a friend who likes to play with snakes on weekdays, and she led me over there to buy a snake, hehe." Rong Xi saw that Qin Niang looked good with interest, but he was a little embarrassed.

Most of the boudoir women in Beijing don't go out much, and what they learn on weekdays are those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., and they also want to go to an elegant place like Yongfangzhai, either on talent or to go to some elegant things.

It's really rare to follow her all day long to go to places where other girls don't go.

Therefore, she has never been to those hundred flower feasts or anything in previous years, and she is not interested, because those children of the family in Beijing are about to forget that there is still a person like her in Rongguo Houfu.

When she says it now, she is afraid of being laughed at by Qin Niang, so she is a little embarrassed.

"Miss Rongliu is well-informed, but I'm disrespectful." Qin Niang smiled and said, "Then according to the girl's opinion, how do you break this situation now?" ”

When she asked, it was a bit of a test of her meaning.

Rong Xi didn't think much about it, she thought for a while, and then said: "It's actually okay, that person framed me, now Jingzhong is full of doubts about me, and in the end, Shi Rong naturally got the benefit, so let her think of ways to prevent these snakes, insects, rats and ants, if her method is effective, there is no need to compare, just send it to the border pass." ”

First of all, it is commonly used among the common people in Beijing, and everyone can see whether the effect is good or not, if some of them are sent to the border gates, it doesn't matter, just try them out first.

But if Shi Rong can't do it, then she can't blame her for not giving her a chance to perform.

Miss Rong Liu smiled very confidently and calmly.

Qin Niang glanced at her approvingly: "You went with me, I just came out of the palace, and I also said this to the queen mother, since you know it in your heart, then I will also rest assured, it's just that we may have to take time to meet the snake king you said." ”

Rong Xi was very surprised that she coincided with her, and had already been angry with the queen in advance, she had always known that the second young lady of the Gu family had always disliked making friends with people, and she usually played better, so the Fang family sisters and the Mu family sisters.

But now, the second miss of the Mu family married a new champion the year before last and went to the local place with her husband, and it has been almost two years, and although the fifth miss of the Fang family is younger than them, she has already agreed to marry, and she will get married at the end of the year, but the family is strict, but she rarely comes out to play.

If you count the people who can meet from time to time, there is probably only one big girl from the Fang family.

There are also some official sisters in Pingsuli who want to make friends with her, but they are all alienated from her heart, and even she just looks at her from a distance, and she doesn't dare to rush forward to make friends.

But she never thought that since she went back to Gu Zhai to ask her for advice, she would take care of herself a little more, she had clearly figured out a way, but she still had to ask her what she thought, which clearly meant that she intended to test her.

Rong Xi said in his heart that it was false not to shake.

"When Mrs. Gu Shao wants to go, Rong Liu can accompany her." Rong Xi suppressed the excitement in his heart and said sincerely.

"I see it's still early, so let's go now." Qin Niang looked at the sky and said, "I'll buy some snacks on the road in a while, and if it's still early when I come back, let's go to Yuehualou for a meal." ”

She thought that the matter of snakes in the capital must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise, she would not know what kind of chaos would be caused a day later.

She didn't want to wake up one morning to find that the entire capital was surrounded by snakes.

It's a terrible picture just to think about.

"Then I'll go and change my clothes first, and I hope that Young Lady Gu will wait for me first." Rong Xi said, and quickly ran towards the inner room.

In a moment, she changed into a green dress and a white dress, and took off a lot of the ornaments on her head, only a simple spring sail was inserted, but her little face that had just grown became more and more pure and lovely.

Qin Niang thought, with this appearance, it seems that she can also be worthy of the prince.

Thinking like this, she looked at Rong Xi's gaze a little more eagerly, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that this girl was good, quite a kind of mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, the more she looked at it, the more pleasing it became.

Rong Xi always felt that Qin Niang's eyes were a little strange when she looked at her, but she couldn't say what was strange, she always had a feeling that the little white rabbit was about to fall into the trap of the big bad wolf.