Chapter 20 - I Won't Marry Her

"Lin Xinxin, the daughter of the official book? What do you mean? Lu Mengqi didn't understand what Li Rourou meant, why did she go out with Lin Xinxin to travel together.

"I... Me too, I happened to hear Dan'er talking to other maids... Say... He said, "Li Rou is spitting, and he is moving back with small steps as he speaks."

"What are you talking about! Say it. Lu Mengqi was a little anxious.

"It is said that you have been married for so long, and you have not seen any heirs, the Seventh Lady wants to match Lin Xinxin and her uncle, so that Lin Xinxin can marry into the Gu Mansion!" Li Rourou closed his eyes and muttered in a small voice, speaking so fast, if it weren't for Lu Mengqi's ears, he probably wouldn't be able to hear what he said at all.

"Huh? Match Lin Xinxin and Yuan Qing. Lu Mengqi didn't make any waves after hearing this, and she touched her chin and wondered who Lin Xinxin was, whether she had seen it or not.

"Why don't I seem to have seen Lin Xinxin?" Lu Mengqi thought about it for a long time and didn't think of it, so he could only turn his head and ask Li Rourou behind him.

"You must not have seen it, Lin Xinxin has been living outside the city before, saying that he has a cough disease and needs to recuperate, and now that he is well, he will take it back, and he will only come back this year, you are so busy this year, naturally I haven't seen it." Li Rourou explained with a weak face, for fear that his eldest lady would be unhappy.

"Oh" Lu Mengqi didn't have much expression.

"Miss, you, don't be sad, my uncle still loves you very much, but this... In this case, this is what the Seventh Lady said, and it is not easy for my uncle to refuse, right? ”

"I don't seem to be very sad, I think it's normal, why is that?" Lu Mengqi also felt strange, it was obvious that her father-in-law was going to marry another woman, and she didn't have any emotional fluctuations, shouldn't she cry, make trouble, and shout not to let Gu Yuanqing marry someone else.

"Are you... Too much stimulation? Li Rourou hurriedly handed a fruit to his young lady to eat.

Lu Mengqi picked up the fruit and thought while eating, "Yes, will I be uncomfortable tomorrow." ”

"If you want to open up, my uncle, as the only son of Prime Minister Gu, will definitely marry a few more rooms to continue the Gu family's incense."

"Well, yes, this thing must be done and should be done, although there is no succession to the throne, but he always has to be an official in the court, Gu Yuanqing is weak, and he always has to give birth to a few to help the Gu family stabilize the status of the court." Lu Mengqi ate the fruit, and felt that this fruit was not the same as usual.

"This fruit is a little delicious, where did it come from?"

"It's... Gu Ruihan brought it, and I heard that I ran a lot of shops to find the best food. ”

"It's delicious, you ask which one it is, and I'll go to that store to buy it in the future." Lu Mengqi finished eating one and then another, "Oh yes, you go and count, how much the incense shop and hat shop have earned, see if it's enough for me to open another shop, this time we can choose a remote location." ”

Lu Mengqi sat in the study and waited for Li Rourou to tidy up, and he began to write some plans for the detective shop, holding the simple map he drew to find out if there was a suitable location to rent a shop.

After sorting out the books, Li Rourou reported a number to Lu Mengqi, and converted it into a shop, you can rent a shop in a remote place, which can save a lot of money every month, and the detective shop does not need to open in the downtown area and other shops to grab business.

"Then we can rent a shop in the south and east of the city, I have been here before, there are many empty shops, the rent will definitely not be very high, maybe we can bargain and rent one more shop."

"Why rent an extra room?"

"You can let the spies rest in the store next door, so that if there is a temporary emergency commission, it is convenient to go directly." Lu Mengqi took the silver coin, pulled Li Rourou out of the door, and went in the direction of the target.

Sure enough, as Lu Mengqi said, most of the shops here were not rented out, and he only spent a little money to rent two shops, and then as long as he took a short rest, he could open.

However, the cleaning time is a little long, the shops are relatively old, many things are not available, and they need to be renovated, but fortunately, there are many idlers in the Hidden Letter Pavilion, and I heard that Lu Mengqi is going to find other businesses for them, so they are very active in coming to help, and three days later, the big ear shop will open.

Lu Mengqi didn't make too much publicity, just found someone to spread the news privately, this new type of shop that I saw for the first time, especially the shop that helps people catch rapists, does not need Lu Mengqi to spend money to promote, as long as the door is opened, naturally someone will pay attention, and when the people's parents are short, it will inevitably become a point of conversation after dinner.

There was no commission for the first week of the big ear shop, and the idlers of the Hidden Letter Pavilion changed batch after batch in the shop next door, and there was no one to assign them to carry out activities, but the Hidden Letter Pavilion was established by Lu Mengqi in management, and the spies of the Hidden Letter Pavilion also watched Lu Mengqi make the Hidden Letter Pavilion bigger, so they naturally believed in her strength, so everyone was also waiting, and no one blamed or was in a hurry.

And as soon as the seven days passed, Lu Mengqi hung up a sign and came out, the general content was that any listening commission would be accepted, as long as the money was paid.

And from this time on, the business of Daercha also began to increase, although they were all relatively small businesses, but they were better than nothing.

"Miss, how do you know that after all the commissions, there will be a lady who will come to us to find someone who has committed adultery with someone?"

"I originally thought that there was no one at the beginning of Qichu, because everyone didn't want to check, but later I found out that this street itself has no people, since we opened, there are many more ladies and maids, but this street, there is no thing they want to buy, it can only come to see our store, but they don't come in, obviously, they don't want others to know that they want to check." Lu Mengqi sat in the sun and basked in the sun, very comfortable.

"At this time, all the commissions are opened, and people from all walks of life will naturally come, and the ladies can also send people to investigate the news, and there is no need to take care of anything else, because everyone is here, and if they are discovered, they will naturally prevaricate as long as they say that they are investigating something else." Lu Mengqi sat on the edge of the teahouse, basking in the sun and drinking tea.

"Miss, you're really clever, it's like..."

"Okay, don't boast, have you seen the person who let you watch." Lu Mengqi sat leisurely on the rattan chair again, basking in the sun with her eyes closed.

"Look, no one comes out."

"It's strange, I've been in for so long, and I haven't come out yet?"

"Uncle maybe... Maybe it came out of another door? ”

"It's impossible, I've found someone to secretly spread the news, saying that I'm here to keep an eye on him and see what he did in the Lin Mansion. How could it not come out of the main entrance. Lu Mengqi stretched out his hand and pushed Li Rourou closer to the outside of the teahouse.

"You said you were waiting for your uncle here, how could he still come out of the main gate."

"You don't understand, whether he did other bad things or cheated, since I know that he went to the Lin Mansion, then no matter what he does, he should pretend to come out of the main gate as if nothing happened, so that if I question him, he will say that he is going to visit Lin Shangshu, or has other serious things to do." Lu Mengqi took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"If he comes out through the side door, he won't be able to tell, even if he's doing something serious. Hurry up, look at it, don't miss it. After listening to what his eldest lady said, Li Rourou understood and didn't understand, and then looked at the outside of the Lin Mansion in a daze.

"Came out, came out. Miss, you're really clever, like..."

"Alright, shut up." Lu Mengqi pulled Li Rourou and poked outside, and after feeling Gu Yuanqing's gaze in his direction, he pretended to be seen and quickly hid.

"Let's go, let's go home."

Lu Mengqi pulled Li Rourou back to the Gu Mansion, and didn't speak all the way, and just bumped into Gu Yuanqing who came back at the gate of the Gu Mansion, and glared at the other party angrily.

And the other party was not angry, but chased two steps, caught up with Lu Mengqi, took her hand and walked to the study together.

"What are you pulling me for?" Lu Mengqi looked unhappy.

"Then Kiki is waiting for me in the teahouse today, what are you doing?"

"You me! Besides, who is going to wait for you, can't I go to drink tea? ”

"Then you know that I went to the Lin Mansion?" Gu Yuanqing didn't laugh angrily.

"I know, I know, I don't know, I don't know, you still go." Lu Mengqi looked angry, but although he was angry on his face, he didn't have any feelings in his heart, he just felt that it was normal for Gu Yuanqing to go to the Lin Mansion to cultivate feelings with Lin Xinxin.

"Qiqi, didn't you believe what others said, saying that I want to marry Lin Xinxin?"

"Isn't it? You haven't married yet, so you went to the Lin Mansion to find her. ”

"I'm going to tell Lin Shangshu that I don't want to marry." Gu Yuanqing took Lu Mengqi's hand and smiled softly.

"Huh? Why don't you marry her? After hearing this, Lu Mengqi began to mutter, if Gu Yuanqing didn't marry Lin Xinxin, wouldn't that prove that he still had to give birth to Gu Yuanqing?

"Does Kiki want me to marry her?" Gu Yuanqing did not answer the rhetorical question.

"No, no, it's best not to marry." After Lu Mengqi finished speaking, he remembered something, "Then you went out with Lin Xinxin a few days ago!" Aren't you responsible for others today? ”

"I only found out that I was going to be with her after I went, does Kiki blame me?"

It's not weird! Well done! But Lu Mengqi couldn't say it, she still had to pretend to be angry and jealous, "Strange!" I was angry for days. ”

"Then, I'll make it up to Kiki." The two of them had already walked to the study, Gu Yuanqing pulled Lu Mengqi in, turned around and closed the door tightly.

"You, you, you... What are you doing? ”

"Kiki, don't be afraid." Gu Yuanqing was still as gentle as ever, but looking at Lu Mengqi's eyes, there were always some irrepressible emotions that wanted to erupt.

"I'm not afraid, I'm just angry! Still angry! I don't want to stay in the same room with you! After Lu Mengqi finished speaking, he pushed open the door and went out.