Chapter 102: Tablet

Ren Yaoting recalled: "When I sneaked into the backyard, I happened to see that the door of the backyard hall was open. When I got closer, I found an old lady burning incense. Because I was afraid of being discovered by her, I didn't dare to come forward, only vaguely. About to see two or three rows of tablets are enshrined above the incense table."
"You said it was not the Han family's tablet? Did you read the words on the tablet clearly?" Hearing this, Ren Yaoqi felt that if he could know which tablet it was, Han Dongshan's background might be able to clear the fog.
Ren Yaoting frowned and recalled: "Even though the main room was lit with candles, it was still a bit dark. When I was about to take a closer look, the woman seemed to have heard some motive and suddenly turned her head and looked over, scaring me to hide behind. Behind the pillar of Xiang Xiang, so I only saw one..."Qu"...Yes, the surname on the tablet is "Qu"!" Ren Yaoting asked with some confusion, "How can the Han family enshrine the tablet of Qu family? Does the Han family have a relative surnamed Qu? Or is the original owner of this house named Qu? But that doesn’t make sense. How could the original owner give someone else the tablet of his ancestor? The Han family doesn’t have to be like that."
"Qu?" Ren Yaoqi murmured to himself. Naturally, Han Dongshan would not worship other people's tablets, so Qu is probably his surname.
As far as she knows, there seems to be no big family named Qu near Yanzhou in recent decades.
Han Dongshan seems to be fifty years old this year, so if his surname is Qu and he is from Yanbei, then there should be news about the Qu family in Yanbei fifty years ago. Or is it that Han Dongshan is just a small family of ordinary background?
Ren Yaoting complained: "When do you think my foot injury can be ‘good’? And my mother will definitely ask."
Ren Yaoqi took back his thoughts for the time being: "Isn't it said that the injury was not serious? Just a few days off. As for today, you must not tell others about your intrusion into the Han family's ancestral hall. If the elders knew about it. , You will definitely feel that you are unstable and embarrassed."
This is a serious crime. For large households to marry their eldest son and grandson, dignity and stability are the most important point.
Although Ren Yaoting is not very young, he is very sensitive to this kind of thing now. He understands it after thinking about it, and nodded: "I won't tell others, Sister Fifth. You won't tell me?"
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "If I can tell, how can I remind you?"
Ren Yaoting was very satisfied and held Ren Yaoqi's arm intimately: "Sister Fifth, you are so kind."
The Ren family and the Han family were not far away, and the carriage arrived at the Ren family soon. Mrs. Ren had received a letter from her mother-in-law who had come back first. She was worried about where Ren Yaoting was really hurt. She had already condemned her confidant and greeted her.
Ren Yaoting was surrounded and returned to the East Mansion. Before I left, I didn't forget to say to Ren Yaoqi: "Fifth Sister, I can't get out of my wounds at home these few days. If you have time, come to the East Mansion to see me."
Ren Yaoqi responded with a smile, and returned to the Xifu with Ren Yaohua.
When he arrived at Ziweiyuan, Ren Yaohua asked strangely: "How did you get close to her recently? And why did she sprain her ankle in the house?"
Ren Yaohua knew what Ren Yaoting thought. With this mindset, shouldn't we strive for performance in other people's houses and leave a good impression on the elders? Ren Yaohua felt that he didn't understand Ren Yaoting's intentions.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "Although the seventh sister is a bit uncomfortable on weekdays, she is also very coaxing. It was the last time she came to our yard. I comforted her, and she somehow became intimate with me. Woke up."
Ren Yaohua didn't believe it, and squinted at Ren Yaoqi and said, "How do you comfort her?"
Ren Yaoqi blinked, and said solemnly: "Naturally tell her bad things about people she hates."
Ren Yaohua was taken aback, then remembered that the person Ren Yaoting hated most at the time seemed to be her...
After trying to understand that Ren Yaohua was about to scold someone, Ren Yaoqi had swiftly stepped away from her for several steps, while making faces at her: "Who wants you to show the faces of the guests who come to the door? I am helping you to ease the relationship. . And I have already told you, so this is not a bad thing behind the scenes! It can only be regarded as a tactful and roundabout strategy! You must have the attitude of being a sister. You must not lose your temper and scold me!
With that said, Ren Yaoqi wisely took his own people away.
Ren Yaohua gritted his teeth with anger looking at Ren Yaoqi's back who ran away.
Seeing Ren Yaohua, the maid behind her was angry. I don't know why, but I don't have the tension when I saw the two sisters fighting each other. I just think it's funny that Miss Fifth always deliberately bullies Miss No.3 in this way, so they all smile and look down at their feet.
Although Ren Yaohua felt a little angry. But it wasn't the kind of anger that I wanted to slap Ren Yaoqi twice before seeing Ren Yaoqi, but felt a bit aggrieved and helpless.
After Ren Yaoqi returned to his room and changed his clothes, he went to the main room to see Mother Zhou. She wanted to ask Mother Zhou about her family surnamed Qu in Yanzhou.
Although Mother Zhou came to Yanbei from Beijing with her maternal ancestor's family more than ten years ago, the people who dedicated the palace after coming to Yanbei must have inquired about the situation of each family in Yanbei in detail. The harder the life is, the more you need to be careful.
"Qu's family?" Mother Zhou filtered the big families in Yanbei she knew one by one, and she couldn't think of such a number for a moment.
Ren Yaoqi reminded from the side: "About 40 or 50 years ago, the big family in Yanzhou might be in trouble at home because of some disaster."
Madam Zhou thought about it again, and shook her head: "The slave and maid don’t remember such a family. But most of the slaves and maids know about people who are still big households in Yanbei, and some of the family slaves that have disappeared may not be clear. Know four Fifty years ago, Yanbei was the time when the Liao thieves were rampant. Many large families who hadn't rushed back to the south were guilty of crimes, and many of them were wiped out by the Liao people. Now the Yunjiaqiu family The aristocratic family also moved back after Lao Yanbei drove the Liao people out of Yanbei. For example, the Lei family who had just moved from Muzhou to Yanzhou was being discussed this time, and the Lei family used to be as famous as the Yun family. The big family is a veteran family with a longer family history than the Qiqi family. However, the Lei family has not been seen for decades. It was only recently that they heard that they would move back. There are many other families who refused to leave. There are no ancestral graves."
Lei's? Ren Yaoqi thought about it carefully. She didn't seem to have any impression. Presumably, the old family back then has been much worse than before after so many years of migration, so she has no impression.
Ren Yaoqi put it down too, after thinking about it, she asked in a low voice: "Mother, do you know if the Ren family has offended anyone or had a grudge against anyone decades ago?"
Mother Zhou was shocked when she heard the words, and looked at Ren Yaoqi and said, "Miss Fifth, why did you suddenly ask about this? But what happened?"
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "I just accidentally heard something about a family named Qu. A descendant of the Qu family seemed to say something bad about our Ren family, so I was curious to ask."
Mother Zhou was disapproving when she heard the words: "If it is said that there are people who are dissatisfied with the Ren family, that should not be too small. The Ren family is not a charity hall, but started out as a mine. Few, if these people’s families would definitely criticize the Ren family, it’s not surprising.

Ren Yaoqi felt that the Qu family's affairs should not be so simple. If Han Dongshan really had an antagonism with the Ren family, then it must be an unshakable feud. The tablets of the Qu family mentioned by Ren Yaoting made Ren Yaoqi very uneasy.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi with a face full of thought, Mother Zhou said,
The slave girl remembered that there was a seventy-year-old mother on Zhuangzi who was sold to Ren's family. I heard that she was still thinking about Qu’s family. I was born and raised in Baihe Town. Because my family was killed by the Liao people, I was sold as a slave. When the slave and his wife lived in Zhuangzi, she often heard her and some little girls in Zhuangzi talk about old things decades ago. If the Qu family you mentioned, Miss Wu, really exists, this old mother might know."
Ren Yaoqi's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "How is this mother's body? Can you please come into the house?"
"When she was young, she did rough work. Now, although she is only responsible for some light errands when she is older, she is still in excellent health. She can eat five or six big white steamed buns for a meal. If Miss Five wants to ask She should be able to come in."
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, and said to Mother Zhou: "Then you can help me invite her in. I have something I want to ask her."
Generally, there are no older women in the Ren family residence, and the younger ones may not remember what happened 40 or 50 years ago.
Madam Zhou nodded and responded, "The slave and maid will send someone to Zhuangzi tomorrow, and the big lady should not take care of these little things."
"Thank you, Mother." Ren Yaoqi said joyfully.
Zhou busy said not dare.
The two were talking. Li's maid Xi'er hurried in with the curtain and came in. Seeing that Mother Zhou and Ren Yaoqi were here, she hurriedly walked over and whispered: "Mother, there is a disturbance outside. Up."
Mother Zhou frowned: "There is no head or tail! What is causing trouble?"
Xi'er glanced at Ren Yaoqi, and whispered, "It's the fifth master and the fifth wife. Just now there was a small sedan chair outside the house with a woman sitting in it. The woman in the sedan chair claimed that it was Come to find the fifth master, the sedan chair sits in the outer room of the fifth master's..."

It’s so early today~^^
I wish you all a happy June 1st~
No matter how old you are, you must maintain a heart that is as easy to satisfy and happy as a child~