Chapter 21 - Brother Yuan Qing
Lu Mengqi hurriedly escaped, pretending to be angry and jealous, originally wanting to dispel the thoughts of the Seventh Lady and the rest of the Gu Mansion, after all, she has heard a lot of rumors and rumors recently, and everyone has to take it seriously, thinking that she really came to the Gu Mansion for some purpose.
Although the people in the Gu Mansion are good to her, they are very polite, not like a family member, but more like a guest, Qi Chu Lu Mengqi didn't feel anything, thinking that everyone was just not familiar with it, but after a long time, she found that she really didn't really treat her as a family, even if she was dull, she could feel it.
I don't know if it's because Lu Mengqi knows that the people in the Gu Mansion are all NPCs, or because Lu Mengqi himself doesn't pay too much attention to it, Lu Mengqi doesn't mind this phenomenon, and even feels that this phenomenon is normal in his heart.
For Lu Mengqi, this matter is like a white hair growing on the top of his head, when he doesn't see it, he doesn't care at all, but when he sees it, it doesn't matter if he pulls it out or not, but if he doesn't pull it out, he always feels weird in his heart.
Lu Mengqi also wanted to solve this problem, so she acted in such a play. "But you still have to stop in moderation, otherwise in the end, Yuan Qing will not marry again, then for me, I may have a lot of children in the future." She was lying on the stone table in the small courtyard, and her mood was visibly depressed.
"If you can't accept it, you can bring it up, maybe..." Gu Ruihan stood outside the small courtyard for a long time, watching Lu Mengqi really fall to the bottom, and walked in to prepare a few words of comfort.
"Huh? What to mention? ”
"You... I don't want Gu Yuanqing to marry again. ”
"Oh, in fact, I don't want to be so much, it's a little unhappy, but I have to accept it anyway, I can't never marry again, there are so many people in the Gu family." Lu Mengqi looked up at Gu Ruihan, who was holding a plate of loquat fruits in his hand.
"Meat says you like to eat this." Gu Ruihan was a little shy, and put the fruit plate on the stone table, "I just bought it today." ”
"Oh, thank you, the fruit here is really delicious and sweet." Lu Mengqi directly picked up the loquat fruit and started eating it, and she didn't mind if her image of the eldest lady would be greatly discounted in the hearts of others.
"I heard that you opened a big ear shop, I want to check something, but..." Gu Ruihan sat opposite Lu Mengqi and pushed the fruit forward.
"Huh? What's wrong? Are you embarrassed to go to the store? Lu Mengqi tilted her head to look at Gu Ruihan, feeling that this person was instantly full of mysteries.
"It's not... It's not enough money. Gu Ruihan's face turned red after speaking, he has been here for so long, and he has barely saved a few children, mainly because he has earned too little.
"Poof" Lu Mengqi couldn't hold back, the juice squirted out of her mouth, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Gu Ruihan also took out a handkerchief to help Lu Mengqi wipe it together. "Isn't it... Give a discount? ”
"Well, the discount is unlikely, after all, the rules are here. But what are you going to look for? The fee charged by our store is not high. ”
"Actually, there is only one thing to check, but after I said it, the shopkeeper said that it was more difficult, so I collected a lot of money."
"Difficult? What are you looking for? Can you tell me about it? Gu Ruihan's words instantly aroused Lu Mengqi's curiosity, as Gu Yuanqing's stand-in, the fact that he looks the same is already very reverie, and now he actually has a very difficult thing to investigate, which is full of curiosity and inquiry.
"I want to find out where I came from."
"Background?" After hearing this, Lu Mengqi's facial features were twisted together, and she thought to herself, "No, such blood?" Wouldn't he be the prime minister's son? Or the royal prince who was left behind? Shouldn't Gu Yuanqing be the role of another experiencer of the story? Could it be that Gu Ruihan is the son of the prime minister, and Gu Yuanqing is the prince who was left behind? ”
Lu Mengqi has already made up a big drama in her heart, and is even thinking about whether the two of them are princes, and Prime Minister Gu Cheng took the handle of the royal family in order to consolidate his position, so he concealed one? It's comparable to a palace fighting drama.
"Well, I.. I don't have any memories of the previous twenty years, so I want to look it up. Gu Ruihan watched Lu Mengqi eat almost all the loquat fruits, and took out a bag of dried fruits from his sleeve pocket and handed it to her.
"So, you don't have any clues? No wonder the shopkeeper said expensive, it must be expensive, to check from the beginning, it is a very time-consuming thing, we take on small jobs with no technical content, mainly, the spies have no kung fu, light skills are also average, and the ability to probe is also average, so... I may not be able to help you with what you check. Lu Mengqi explained that the big ear check really only does simple work to the outside world, and it can't be revealed that the big ear check and the hidden letter pavilion are the same people, so they also have to hide it from Gu Ruihan.
And this matter, as a big ear check business, must not be found out, it is estimated that it has just opened, and the shopkeeper is not good to refuse directly, otherwise it will make outsiders think that big ear check does not have enough ability to investigate, so it can only open a price that Gu Ruihan can't pay.
"So... That... Excuse me. Gu Ruihan was a little disappointed after hearing this, with the time he spent in the story, he simply didn't have enough connections and time to investigate this matter, although he didn't care about it at first, but now he has some changes in Lu Mengqi's existence, which makes him want to know what his true identity is.
"Huh! Don't be discouraged, actually, there's another way. Lu Mengqi looked at Gu Ruihan with a sad face, and suddenly felt a little unbearable. Actually, I've heard, of course, it's really just what I've heard, and I don't know if it's specific or not. ”
"What did you hear?"
"On the rivers and lakes, there is an organization that specializes in helping people find out the news, called the Hidden Letter Pavilion, if you have a way to find them, maybe they can help you find the answer, it is said that there is no information that the Hidden Letter Pavilion can't detect." After Lu Mengqi finished speaking, she thought of the money she had paid when she was in Cha Seventh Lady before, and added another sentence. "However, it is also more expensive, you had better have enough money."
His own spies will not discount themselves, let alone Gu Ruihan.
"Do you know how to contact them?" Gu Ruihan seemed to see hope, and immediately asked.
"How could I possibly know that I have heard of the existence of the Hidden Faith Pavilion, and I have heard of it... Why don't you ask Prime Minister Gu? If you don't mind if he knows about your identity, after all..."After all, there may be a big drama!" Lu Mengqi's heart still wants to eat melons and watch the show very much, how could he miss the opportunity to instigate Gu Ruihan.
"This... I'm afraid it's unlikely..."Gu Ruihan remembered that when he first arrived in the story, he was injured all over, and Gu Chengxiang was afraid that he didn't want to know his identity, otherwise why would he be injured, it was probably that he was afraid of being arrested at that time, so he resisted.
"Then you can find your friends in the rivers and lakes? Maybe they have a way to get in touch? Or do you know any other wealthy businessmen? After all, the wealthy businessmen are some bitter enemies, and it is more likely that they want to check the news, and they may know how to contact the people of the Hidden Letter Pavilion. Lu Mengqi felt that his hint had been given very obviously, and it was easy to show his stuffing, so he only talked about it here.
"Really? Then I'll give it a try. "Gu Ruihan's original hope is now showing some signs of being dashed, after all, with the money he saved, and then look at the price of the big ear check, I'm afraid that if it is not the hidden letter pavilion that is higher, the big ear check can't afford it, let alone the hidden letter pavilion.
Lu Mengqi seemed to see Gu Ruihan's concern, "In this way, you help me with my errands, how about I pay you?" ”
"I'll help you? Why me? Gu Ruihan was a little caught off guard when he heard this.
"I just happen to be short of people, you just happen to be short of money, this matter is a bit dangerous, Li Rourou can't do it, Chen Jing has been following Yuan Qing, probably the only person who can be assigned is you." Lu Mengqi thought about it, he really didn't have any good choices, although there were people in the Lu Mansion, but because of the Hidden Letter Pavilion and the eldest brother and the second brother, most of the people in the mansion were very busy, although it was dangerous for him, he was not in a hurry, and it was not important, and it was not good to let others delay his own affairs to help.
And Gu Ruihan seems to be a lot more idle after not being Gu Yuanqing's stand-in, often appearing in front of her, wandering left and right.
"Do what?" Gu Ruihan also thought about it for a while, and felt that this matter should not be too difficult for him, and even if he died, he could still be resurrected, let alone worry.
"I need a lot of beeswax, a lot of it, but there are no beekeepers around here, so I need you to find a beekeeper, learn some beekeeping skills, and bring the hive back to train a few beekeepers near the flower fields outside the city." Lu Mengqi said his plan. "It should take a long time to complete this work, you can do it in stages, and I will pay you in stages."
"Okay, it's not difficult, it can be done." Gu Ruihan thought about the difficulty for a while, and felt that it was not very difficult, there were no beekeepers in Chuncheng, because the nearby flower fields were not big enough, and it was still a little cold in winter, so few beekeepers came, but since Lu Mengqi's incense spread and caused other incense shops to follow suit, there are many more flower fields outside the city, and it should not be difficult to find a beekeeper.
"Well, then you go to the beekeeper first, for seven days, and after seven days, I will pay you a part of the payment."
"Okay."
Finding beekeepers is simpler than Gu Ruihan thought, because the flower fields here in Chuncheng are gradually increasing, and since last year, news has been spread to beekeepers, so in the early summer of this year, there are already some beekeepers living outside Chuncheng, but it is not so much outside Chuncheng, in fact, it is closer to the lockdown.
It only took three days to find a suitable beekeeper, and completed the next task ahead of schedule, bringing back a little beehive, he had a happy smile on his face, and ran to the small courtyard to find Lu Mengqi as soon as he came back.
"Eh~ Brother Yuanqing, slow down."
With this sentence, Gu Ruihan instantly became irritable, and he didn't care about any etiquette, so he broke into the small courtyard directly.