Hearing what Duanmu said, Miao Judge became interested in Nomad Ye and asked, "How did you know him?" ”

Duanmu replied: "I don't know each other, after all, those who do our business, go south and north, and know a little bit about anyone." Back then, the saint took the pill refined by the Taoist priests and was poisoned, and the doctors in the Tai Hospital were helpless, and the queen had no choice but to ask the nomadic field to come forward. But after all, he was from Jianghu, and he came from Lingnan to treat the saint, so he sent the Royal Praetorian Guard and a few of my dart masters from the Cloud Dart Bureau to pick up people. When he had cured the poison of the Holy One, I met him, and then I sent someone to send him back. However, speaking of which, this family member has good skills and some martial arts foundation. ”

"Oh? So powerful! Wait until he has a chance to show Ji Ying. ”

"No way!" Duanmu said, "You forgot, Ji Ying is now a woman disguised as a man to participate in the scientific expedition, if she is discovered......"

He realized and slapped himself on the cheek and said, "Look, I'm confused." Hey, I hope Ji Ying will get better soon. ”

After two days of rest, Ji Ying was finally able to get up and walk around, but she didn't bother to go out, just walked around the small garden in the backyard of the Dangfeng Pavilion, and then went back to the house to rest. I asked Duanmu Lingfeng to go out on errands this morning, and she hasn't replied yet, but she is not in a hurry.

At the corner of the stairs, Ji Ying met Jiang Yuanqing. This mysterious son is wearing a set of piping silver python robes today, and a very delicate small waist knife is attached to the jade-inlaid belt, even through the scabbard, you can feel the cold light of the blade. He stepped on a pair of silver riding boots on his feet, which was the fashionable style among the princes of the capital.

His skin is not fair, especially when compared with the Rong brothers, he always seems calm and lacking in literary quality. His face is well-textured, with a high nose bridge and thick eyebrows. His hand hit the handrail of the staircase at will, and the fresh red paint gave the knobby hand a different beauty.

Jiang Yuanqing's temperament of not being angry and arrogant made Ji Ying keenly feel that the young man in front of him was very likely to come from the army. Is there anyone in the army with the surname Jiang? Ji Ying has just arrived, so she naturally has no clue.

But she suddenly remembered the hairy boy she had seen on the mountain back then. That person had mentioned the word "waist knife", and there was also a word "Qing" in his name, and I don't know how he is now.

Jiang Yuanqing generously endured Ji Ying's inquiring eyes, and at the same time, he was also very curious about this sick "little brother". He could see from the moment he entered the door that Duanmu Lingfeng was very good and his family background was also superior, but why did he want to follow this little guy who was dressed in a "rustic" style? The woman called Miao Tailor keeps saying that she is Ji Ying's wife, but how to explain the hair hanging behind her? Shouldn't the woman who comes out of the cabinet cross her head? What's even more strange is that Ji Ying, who looks like she is about to climb to bliss at any time, wants to come to the capital to toss, and seems to dislike her long life. He had already arranged for his subordinates to investigate the identities of these three people, and the results should be available in the next two days.

"Brother Jiang," Ji Ying bowed his hand first and said hello.

Jiang Yuanqing walked down, stood on the same steps as Ji Ying, and saluted back: "Looking at Brother Ji's face, it must be very good." ”

Ji Ying smiled: "It's okay." It's an old problem, thank you for your concern - what is Brother Jiang doing standing here? ”

Jiang Yuanqing pointed to a pot of plain cold orchids behind him and said, "I'm enjoying the flowers." ”

Ji Ying used to like orchids very much, and when she first entered the inn, she was also attracted by this pot of delicate and delicate plain cold orchids. She remembered that when her mother Ji Shu was making flower core pillows, in addition to the colors of the acacia, she also liked to embroider some orchid colors, and sometimes, her mother was busy making embroidery for her brothers, so she embroidered it herself, and each time she made different varieties of orchids.

Ji Ying felt Jiang Yuanqing's cherishing of flowers, and sighed: "I don't want Brother Jiang to be a person who cherishes flowers." ”

"No," Jiang Yuanqing shook his head and sighed, "My first mother loved orchids, especially the plain cold orchid, and there were many orchids planted in the courtyard back then. After my mother was sick, no one could take care of these precious flowers and plants, so I had to let them die. It has been more than three years since my mother passed away, but I didn't expect to meet this flower here, and I was sad. ”

Ji Ying didn't feel good when she heard this, and hurriedly apologized: "It's Ji Ying who is abrupt, brother and Taiwan forgive the sin." ”

"Where," Jiang Yuanqing smiled with relief, "it ruined Brother Ji's interest." ”

The two of them chatted politely here, but they didn't know that their words were heard clearly by Rong Shen, who hid in his room and played chess by the window.

Rong Shen originally rested when he was playing chess with him, but after hearing Jiang Yuanqing's words, he smiled faintly and said to himself: "Jiang Yuanqing, it seems that I guessed well, you are that person." ”

Suddenly, there was a pleasant sound of the piano upstairs. You don't have to think about it to know that it is Rong Zhe, who treats the piano as his fate, who is fiddling with his baby. But jokes are jokes, Rong Zhe's piano skills are indeed a must. The wisps of entwined piano sound lingered in my ears, as if it was about to melt people. Even though Ji Ying doesn't know the piano, can't "make a mistake, Zhou Langgu", and can't understand "like a complaint, like a cry, like a complaint", she can also feel that her body and mind are happy and comfortable.

At the end of the song, Ji Ying was nothing, but Jiang Yuanqing let out a long sigh and looked uncertain.

"Brother Jiang, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Yuanqing looked at Hanlan in front of him and said, "Brother Rong's piano has the sound of remembrance, as if he is missing someone." ”

"Really?" Ji Ying didn't expect Jiang Yuanqing to understand the piano, she simply thought, maybe Jiang Yuanqing was already sad, and she didn't know if she thought about it too much, so she didn't take his words to heart, and went back to the room with a polite sentence.

That night, Duanmu Ling came back in the dust, swallowed two sips of herbal tea, and informed Ji Ying of the results of the investigation: "I have found out everything you asked me to investigate about the Rong family." ”

In fact, investigating the Rong family, it is not that he thinks that there is anything wrong with the Rong family, nor is he simply curious, but Ji Ying feels that the Rong family, especially Rong Shen, has hidden secrets that no one knows.

First of all, the Rong family, the family is prominent, and the people in the court and China are deep-connected, how could they stay away from the court overnight and become a family member in advance? If they are really willing to retreat bravely, then how can this Rong family's eldest young master Rong Shen explain it? He seems to be familiar with many people, full of interest in the court situation, and cautious and self-controlled, isn't this contrary to the family's decision?

With the knowledge, talent and background of the Rong brothers, it will be easy to be an official in the future, how can Ji Ying not understand clearly.

So Duanmu Lingfeng accepted Ji Ying's entrustment and asked a few friends to help him learn about the Rong family in as much detail as possible.

Rong De, the head of the Rong family, is seventy-six this year, and originally had two sons under his knees. The eldest son, Rong Zhen, once served as the general of the Zhengerpin expedition to the west, with great achievements, he had a cavalry of 500 people to hit the 20,000-strong camp of Beidi, and in January, he recovered 11 cities, which made the Beidi people frightened.

As long as some people of some age remember, the Beidi cavalry was known as 600,000, and it was mighty, directly pressing the border of our Great Zhou, and as far as the eye could see, there were all black-background wolf battle flags. At that time, Rong Zhen, the general who had just reached the weak crown, cooperated with Huai'an Wang Jiang Baichuan left and right, all the way through the camp and the village, without giving the enemy any respite, and drove the main cavalry of Beidi into the desert more than 800 miles north of Yanshan, killed Shan Yu's brother Du Hanxi, captured 17 generals alive, and obtained countless military resources, completely cut off the foundation of the enemy army, and pacified the northern border of the Great Zhou for more than 30 years. But just last year, this amazing hero suddenly resigned from all military posts and returned to his hometown to serve his father, which caused a lot of shock in the government and the opposition.

His youngest son Rong Shi used to serve in the army, but thirteen years ago he and his friend Ji Kefei couldn't react on the way back to their hometown, so they let their friend fall off a horse and die.

Legend has it that when the body of the youngest son arrived in the capital, Rong De, who was a bachelor of the Guanwen Palace, fell seriously ill, and then he no longer had any interest in political affairs, nor did he accept any reward from the imperial court, so he helped the coffin back to his hometown.

Ji Ying remembered that when she went to the city with Miao Cut, she did hear about the second son of the Rong family, Rong Shi, killing himself, but at that time, her heart was chaotic, thinking about how to avenge the Ji family, and she didn't pay attention to this elder who was loyal to her friend. Thinking about it now, I can't help but feel both respectful and ashamed of Rong Shi.

Rong Shen and Rong Zhe are not brothers, but cousins. Rong Shen is the eldest grandson of the long house, and Rong Zhe is Rong Shi's only son, because of the early death of his father, he has been raised with his cousin under his grandfather's knees. Although Rong Zhen treats Rong Zhe as his own, and Rong De also cultivates him carefully, no matter how good the others are, they are not their biological fathers.

No wonder Rong Zhe's piano sound is mixed with grievances, and the children of the family always have some sufferings that cannot be known.

However, Duanmu Lingfeng also inquired about some old things, which had a lot to do with Ji Ying. Duanmu told Ji Ying that the Rong family and the Ji family have been friends for generations, not to mention that Ji Kefei and Rong Shi grew up together as classmates and friends, that is, Rong De and Ji Xuanyi also have a good relationship, and even at the beginning, Rong Shi also intended to marry Ji Shu as his wife, but unfortunately, the war against Beidi in the Great Zhou was in full swing, and Rong Shi should be assigned by the imperial court to protect the safety of the peace mission. This is two years, and when he returns to the capital, Ji Shu has already married another woman. Rong Shi had no choice but to obey his father's arrangement and marry the daughter of the military department's family. Unfortunately, the woman fell ill with tuberculosis shortly after giving birth to her son Rong Zhe.

Ji Ying never expected that she and the Rong family would have such a deep relationship. It's a pity that the world is impermanent.