Ran Yan didn't say anything, and as soon as she said it, she forced Qi Yuxiu into a corner, and it was not right to refute what she said, and it was not right not to refute.

Qi Yuxiu's pretty face was flushed, staring at Ran Yan with dead eyes, if her gaze turned into substance, Ran Yan would have become a sieve by now.

The atmosphere in the Cool Breeze Pavilion was a little awkward for a while, Yan Fangfei and Yin Miaomiao smiled and diverted the topic, talking about some interesting things in the city, talking and talking, I don't know how to mention Han Shan, and then they were out of control, talking about the murder case in the city.

"Yang Jusi also passed away yesterday." A woman in a pink half-sleeved skirt sighed, and there was a kind of helplessness and sadness in Wen Ran's voice.

This woman was born delicate, slender and long, especially the neck and collarbone, born as elegant and quiet as a crane, the skin on the face is fair and delicate, slightly pale, the eyebrows and eyebrows are drooping, lined with a pair of round almond eyes, looking innocent and delicate, and lovable.

Fang Cai Yin Miao introduced that her name is Du Xiaoqiao, and she is the daughter of the former Suzhou assassin Du Yanheng, Du Yanheng was transferred to Beijing as an official, because Du Xiaoqiao was not in good health, and stayed in Suzhou for the time being.

Du Yanheng is from the Jingzhao Du family, Du Xiaoqiao is naturally the daughter of the Du family, ranked twenty-one in the clan, and was born noble, but unfortunately her body is delicate and weak, and she is riddled with diseases all the year round, and there are many rumors in private that the imperial doctor in Beijing asserts that she will not live to be twenty-five years old.

"Yang Jusi died? He is only thirty years old this year, he is in the prime of life, how could he die? Yin Miao said in surprise.

The judge and the upper left are both subordinate official positions of the Suzhou Assassin History, and they are specifically in charge of the state's examinations, etiquette, taxes, warehouses, household registration, prisons and other aspects of affairs. To be able to hold this official position at the age of 30 should be young and promising, and the future is limitless.

Du Xiaoqiao frowned slightly, and said softly, "I didn't find out the cause of death, and said that it was a sudden hidden illness, but I am familiar with the eldest lady of the Yang family, and I have also met Yang Jusi a few times, a good person, I haven't heard of any hidden diseases." Alas, it's all fate......"

The atmosphere was a little heavy, Yan Fangfei hurriedly comforted Du Xiaoqiao, and the rest of the people also echoed it.

Ran Yan faintly felt that something had surfaced in his mind, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

At this moment, a maid outside the door said, "Ladies, the tea party has begun, and the lady asked the slave maid to lead the ladies to the garden." ”

"Got it." Yin Miao replied and asked the others to go out together.

Because the tea party was held in two groups, the ladies and ladies were in the back garden, and the men were in the front hall, each with nothing to do. So everyone didn't bring the power fence, and Ran Yan put the power fence in the Cool Breeze Pavilion.

Yinfu is big and quiet, almost all of them are trails, winding among the flowers and rocks, obviously a distance of 100 steps, you have to go around a big circle, fortunately the beautiful scenery along the way continues, but it does not feel boring.

Turn around a rockery barrier, wear flowers and willows, pass through a lush peony garden, pass through the long wooden incense shelf, the white woody fragrant flowers are in full bloom, all the way to fall into the flowers, the fragrance is overflowing, everyone has a lot on their heads, making fun of each other, all the way circling and twisting, in the shadow of the flowers, suddenly hear the sound of gurgling water, the more you go forward, the clearer the sound.

Yin Miao smiled and pulled Qi Yuxiu, who was folding flowers, and said with a sneer, "Don't make trouble, the ladies are afraid that they are in a hurry!" ”

Passing through the woody flower stand, turned a corner, the eyes suddenly opened, in front of it is a mountain wall five or six zhang high, there is a small waterfall in the middle, the radish is hanging down, the flowers fall and float in the small pond below, there is a big pine water pavilion built on it, there is a table above, a group of ladies in gorgeous clothes, there is talking and laughing.

Ran Yan sighed, ancient people are afraid that they will enjoy much more than modern people, and this kind of beautiful scenery close to nature alone is rare in modern times.

The ladies saw a group of bright maidens coming towards them, and they all looked back. At a glance, many people were stunned, Qi Liuniang was the first beauty in Suzhou, although she was very conspicuous in the crowd, but Ran Yan in purple clothes really couldn't be ignored.

A group of people sat in a random position, and Ran Yan chose a position that was neither the center nor the edge.

"Ah Niang, guess who this is?" Yin Miao sat down on her knees beside a lady in a blue gown.

Ran Yan was not very familiar with this lady in her memory, but she knew that Yin Miaomiao's mother's surname was Ling, so she bowed to her and said, "Ran Ayan has seen Mrs. Ling, and Madam is fine." ”

"Is it Ran Seventeen Niang?" Mrs. Ling looked Ran Yan up and down in surprise, then got up and helped her up, took her hand and stood up, "Let my aunt see, I haven't seen you for two years, Seventeen Niang was born so well, people can't take their eyes off!" ”

Mrs. Ling is still very young, only about thirty-five years old, with excellent maintenance, her facial features are also small, and her eyebrows are shrewd, not as pure and gentle as Yin Miao.

"Aunt Praise." Ran Yan also followed her words and changed her words to call her aunt.

"It seems that the position of Liuniang, the first beauty, is going to be unstable!" Someone said half-jokingly.

Mrs. Ling knew that Qi Liuniang's mother, Ping, had always been proud of her daughter's appearance, and she was not a good match, today was the tea banquet held by Yinfu, although she didn't like Mrs. Ping very much, she still had to play a round and said, "How is it unstable?" Even Seventeen Niang was born well, and Qi Liuniang's complexion has not been reduced by half. ”

didn't wait for anyone to answer, and then changed the topic, "There are many young talents over there this year, we are going to have tea with them today, and the unmarried lady must seize the opportunity!" ”

As soon as Mrs. Ling's words came out, she immediately mobilized the great enthusiasm of the ladies and ladies, which girl is not pregnant with spring? Which mother-in-law doesn't want to choose a son-in-law who is talented, powerful, rich and good-looking? Therefore, he didn't care about discussing the beauty of Ran Yan and Qi Liuniang at the moment, and turned to inquire about the news of all talents.

Ran Yan was not interested, but was more curious about the tea set in front of her, and the original owner in her memory also knew how to make tea, which was taught by Xing Niang, but Ran Yan didn't know what the level was, she was looking at the tea set, and suddenly felt a gaze staring at her.

Ran Yan looked up, but saw a lady in a dark red gown opposite, she didn't seem to expect Ran Yan to be so alert, she was slightly stunned, and then turned her head lightly. Ran Yan didn't know her, but according to speculation, this lady must be Qi Liuniang's mother, Mrs. Ping. Because the lady next to her went to inquire about the news of the talent, she was a little disdainful. I'm afraid that my daughter is outstanding, and I am sure that I can find a good son-in-law.

"Ma'am." The maid walked up to Madam Ling and whispered a few words.

Mrs. Ling hesitated for a moment before she raised her voice, "There is a request to move from the front hall to the pavilion in the garden, and there is only a section of wood incense shed separated from this place, do you have any opinions?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, but obviously they did not object, and some unmarried ladies were already blushing and their hearts were beating.

"You can come, but you can't say yes." Qi Yuxiu smiled slyly.

The ladies urged, "Tell me quickly, what's the interesting way?" ”

Qi Yuxiu seemed to enjoy the feeling of being in the limelight, but there were a lot of nobles and nobles present, and she also knew how to be a person, so she said, "Where can I come up with an interesting method alone, why don't we think about it together?" ”

"To the poem?" Yan Fangfei proposed.

"It's too boring for poetry, and besides, they are all full of poetry books, which is 108,000 miles higher than us, so it's not difficult at all." Qi Yuxiu immediately objected.

This is a fact, which of those people is not full of ink, so it is better to agree directly.

If you can't write poetry, then making tea, playing chess, and painting are afraid that they don't have much meaning.

"Ah Yan has a good idea?" Yin Miao asked.

Idea? Ran Yan said in his heart, playing corpse dissection? She couldn't think of anything else besides this, so she said, "I have lived alone for a long time, where do I understand this, don't embarrass me." ”

"I came up with something interesting." Yin Miao said gently, "I asked the six maids around me to hide them separately, let them go to find them, and after finding all six of them, they can go to the garden, how about it?" ”

Ran Yan glanced at Yin Miao, and said in her heart, people are really unseemly, a woman who looks so gentle and virtuous can be so naughty and naïve.

"What kind of system is this?" Mrs. Ling was the first to object, glared at Yin Miao, and reprimanded, "It's not like that." ”

Yan Fangfei said with a smile, "Madame, don't be angry, Fangfei thinks it's okay, we can write poems to show the way, and only let the unmarried Lang Jun find it, which is interesting and won't seem superficial." ”

As soon as this proposal came out, it was immediately approved by the audience.

made such a gimmick, in fact, it is a riddle and hide and seek, Ran Yan is also very interested, when she was a child, her parents had their own careers, Ran Yan was brought up by her grandparents, her grandfather was a professor of medical school, and when others were playing hide and seek, she was already proficient in dissecting frogs and mice.

It's a pity, they are the ones who make the question, and they don't need to hide, and they have to add some Laozi poems, people like Ran Yan who have poor literary cultivation have no participation at all, but fortunately, the original owner still has some talent, not to the point where he can't understand ancient poetry.

Yin Miaomiao said a few words to the maid beside her, and hide and seek officially began.

After the question was finished, a group of women began to talk about the gentlemen who had come over today.

Ran Yan was enjoying the beautiful scenery around her, Yan Fangfei took the initiative to come over and sit down beside her, and asked, "Why don't you go over and talk?" ”

"I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, and I don't know what to say." Ran Yan smiled faintly.

Yan Fangfei was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "You look a little cold, I thought I was the same person with that person, but now I feel that it is much easier to get along with." ”

Yan Fangfei raised her eyebrows and signaled a direction, Ran Yan didn't need to look to know that it was Qi Liuniang sitting there, "It seems that you don't like her very much." ”

"I don't like her, I don't even feel comfortable looking at her." Yan Fangfei snorted.

Yan Fangfei gives the impression that she is a well-informed lady, but she didn't expect to be so outspoken and unscrupulous, but Ran Yan has no ill feelings towards her.

"Fang Miao, she said that she ordered the two maids to hide in the garden, and they all went to peek, so let's go and take a look, shall we?" Yan Fangfei said.

Ran Yan was also bored staying here, so he accepted her invitation.

Wan Lu came into the Yin Mansion, and like the other maids, she didn't talk much, only followed Ran Yan closely.