Three-five disputes

The Lin family's house is quiet, a few tall camphor trees shroud the three rooms of the upper house, the sunlight sifts through the leaves and sifts a piece of gold, falling on the red tiles are particularly dazzling, the poppies in the corner of the wall are blooming brightly, and the wind blows a piece of flowers and branches, decorating the yard with spring.

In the upper hall, Lin Zhengdao sat on the right side of the table, his eyebrows furrowed on his face, as if he had encountered some problem, and Uncle Zuo, who was supposed to be the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, sat on the left side of the table, his fingers lightly tapped on the table, on the stool on his left, the agate lips were tight, his expression was firm, and the magpie stood behind her, looking at him at no avail, looking at Lin Zhengdao for a while, looking at Uncle Zuo for a while, and lowering his head for a while I didn't know what he was thinking.

It was Lin Zhengdao who broke the silence in the room first, and his voice was small but quite resolute: "No, Miss, I don't agree with your proposal, it's too ridiculous." ”

Onyx's crisp voice immediately sounded: "Brother Lin, how ridiculous is this?" My father sent us out, just so that we can get closer to the people sent by the imperial court, although this Ding Si is fast, but he is meticulous, brave and strategic, do you want us to ignore Ding Si, but get close to Wu Hai's foolish worm? ”

Lin Zhengdao paused and said: "Miss, you know I don't mean that, then Wu Hai will only talk on paper, I'm afraid that before we can win his trust, he will be caught by him with a rope, Ding Si is good, righteous, smart and capable, but if we want to win his trust, we may not have to use this method?" ”

Onyx asked rhetorically, "Then what method are we going to use?" What's so bad about this? ”

Lin Zhengdao insisted: "Although there is no other way now, but now we have contact with Ding Si, such as his investigation of Han Yi's details, night visits to the boudoir of Zhang's daughter, etc., are all asking us for help, which shows that we still trust, and we slowly waited for the opportunity to help him vigorously, according to Ding Si's personality, he and we will definitely get closer and closer, and then we will have a chance." ”

Onyx did not agree with Lin Zhengdao's words: "Brother Lin, now that we have an opportunity, why can't we seize it, that Ding Si is now busy with the loss of the Great Seal, but he doesn't want to let go of the matter of Yihong Pavilion falling from the building, that day I promised to listen to the news for him, and I am extremely happy to see him, even so, let's help him with this, he will definitely treat us as his own in his heart." ”

After listening to what she said, Lin Zhengdao was like swallowing Chinese medicine, his face wrinkled and said: "But, eldest lady, even if we help him with this, we don't need you to go to that kind of place to inquire about the news, if the helper knows......"

The two of them spoke very strangely, and the content of the obedient words did not seem to be an ordinary brother and sister relationship.

Onyx didn't wait for him to finish, stopped him and said, "What's wrong with my dad knowing?" Brother Lin, I just thought that Yihong Pavilion had been lurking for a few days, and I didn't really do that kind of business, with my skills, are you still afraid that I will lose something there? Her mouth was full of nonchalance, and the expression on her face was also faint.

Lin Zhengdao was a little embarrassed, and he turned his gaze to Uncle Zuo, as if hoping that he could convince Onyx.

Uncle Zuo put away the fingers that couldn't stop flicking on the strip, and his face was no longer the same as he was at the beginning, he smiled, revealing his snow-white teeth, which made his complexion a little darker. Uncle Zuo didn't look at the two of them, but the words in his mouth were for the two of them: "You two are optimistic about Ding Si's character?" ”

Lin Zhengdao and Onyx both nodded.

Uncle Zuo asked again: "Do you think Ding Si can follow the vine and touch the melon, and finally realize what we want?" ”

Lin Zhengdao hesitated, but Onyx said firmly: "Of course. ”

Uncle Zuo glanced at the agate and asked, "Miss, why are you so sure?" ”

Onyx looked in a trance for a moment, and his braided teeth pressed against his lips again, and said softly: "I just believe." Her voice was like paper printed in ink, vague but resolute: "If it weren't for him, who else could it be?" Since we have this mind, we must spare no effort to give it a try, and I also know that my father sent us, and we have a great responsibility, but if we don't go all out, if we don't treat him with all sincerity, why does he believe us? How can our plan succeed? ”

A few people in the room were moved by one sentence, Uncle Zuo exhaled deeply, nodded and said, "Good, good, good." He said three "good" in a row before going on again: "Onyx, you have really grown up, and you are no longer the little girl you were back then, this is reasonable, since we expect Ding Si to act according to what we want, we must spare no effort to approach him to help him, since we bet on Ding Si, we can no longer be half-hearted and hesitant." When he said this, Lin Zhengdao also nodded.

At this time, suddenly the magpie behind Onyx blushed, and said loudly: "Mr. Zuo, Brother Lin, Miss, really can't let me go, Miss is right, if you want to find out the news, there is no woman in the land of Qinglou to go to the most suitable, let me pretend to be a girl who sweeps the floor and pours tea, anyway, this is a habitual thing, and it will definitely not be exposed." ”

Onyx couldn't help jumping up when he heard the sound, and grabbed the magpie, his face full of disagreement: "Magpie, this is categorically impossible, it's not that I don't believe you, you are bound when you see a living person, I'm afraid you didn't hear the details of others, and others probed your details first." She was afraid that Uncle Zuo and Lin Zhengdao would agree to the magpie's invitation, so she hurriedly said: "I know that although everyone is used to me, I am not without hardships, besides, you look at my complexion, I don't look like a young lady raised in the courtyard of a deep house, it's a big deal if I make myself ugly again, no one in Yihong Pavilion will definitely suspect a subordinate." ”

As soon as her words came out, Lin Zhengdao couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the corners of Uncle Zuo's mouth also showed a hint of a smile. Lin Zhengdao said while laughing: "How do I remember that when the helper sent a mission this time, someone said that although I am a little darker, who said that my complexion is not like a pampered lady?" Or is it not necessarily born black? Why is the eldest lady contradicting herself now? ”

Onyx's face flushed slightly, and he couldn't help blurting out in a hurry: "Brother Lin, it's your own fault, Sister Mu originally wanted to pretend to be a husband and wife with you, but you couldn't let go of it in your own heart...... Let my dad do it another way, my dad has no choice but to find someone to pretend to be your sister. You think, how can there be a single man in his thirties guarding a house alone, if I hadn't pretended to be your sister, then Ding Si would have been so clever, he would have been suspicious a long time ago. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Lin Zhengdao's expression couldn't help but stagnate, the smile on his face disappeared without a trace, Onyx saw his expression like this, he couldn't help biting his tongue, hating himself for accidentally saying the wrong thing, and then he heard Uncle Zuo say: "You two don't have to fight." The two looked at Uncle Zuo together, and Uncle Zuo seemed to have an idea in his expression: "Since the eldest lady has agreed to help Ding Si inquire about this case, we must make a capital to investigate this matter for Ding Si." As for the eldest lady's proposal to pretend to be a subordinate, in the potential Yihong Pavilion-" As soon as his voice fell, he didn't go any further, Onyx only felt that his heart was beating a little faster, and his eyes flashed eagerly at Uncle Zuo, only to hear Uncle Zuo finally continue: "It's not unreasonable, that place wants to listen to the news, and it is indeed not as convenient for men as women." When Agate heard Uncle Zuo say this, he felt overjoyed, and couldn't help but smile on his face, and then heard Uncle Zuo say: "But Qinglou is a place where turtles and snakes are mixed, let alone such a strange thing, that Ruhua secretly said to the prefect that there is a secret to repay, there must be something unusual, as for whether it is what Langyue said, I am afraid I don't dare to completely draw conclusions, and Ruhua was pushed downstairs and fell to death for no reason before seeing Wu Hai, this is also famous, since Ding Si suspects that someone killed Ruhua with a secret weapon first, It is definitely not groundless, even so, there must be a master hiding in Yihong Pavilion, so let the magpie and the eldest lady pretend to be subordinates to hide in Yihong Pavilion, which can be regarded as a response. It's just that I heard that Wu Hai gave Ding four or five days to investigate the case of the loss of the Great Seal, and if there is no progress, he will return to Beijing according to the previous conclusion, so the eldest lady and the magpie should hurry up, and as for this, Zhengdao and I will also think of more ways to let things happen according to our assumptions. ”

As soon as they spoke, several people felt that the burden on their bodies was a lot heavier, and the agate and the magpie glanced at each other, and their hands were tightly clasped together.