Chapter 169:

Ren Yaoqi went out after breakfast at Lin's home. Today, she is going to Baoping Hutong to visit her grandfather's family.
The Lei family's affairs had already started at this time, and when Ren Yaoqi's carriage was halfway through the road, he heard that even ordinary traffickers and pawns were talking about it.
She was not surprised by the decision made by the Lei family, because the Lei family had no choice now.
If Mrs. Lei’s identity problem is not resolved in time at this time, the Lei family’s troubles will only increase in the future.
"Miss, Aquarius Hutong is in front. The old lady sent Aunt Yihong to wait at the entrance of the Hutong." Xiangqin put down the curtain of the car in her hand and turned to report to Ren Yaoqi.
When King Xian came to Yanbei from Kyoto, because Yanbei was not even under the supervision of the imperial court, and with the arrangements made by the imperial concubine Wan’s death, the imperial court could not send someone to take care of it. Under such circumstances, Empress Dowager Yan would naturally not arrange a place for King Xian, so when King Xian's family first arrived in Yanbei, they lived in a ruined temple for some time.
Fortunately, afterwards, Grandpa Zheng, who was next to Concubine Wan, brought someone over. He also brought the money that Concubine Wan had prepared early in the morning. In addition, there were also a lot of betrothal gifts from Ren's family for marrying the royal daughter. The princess bought a five-entry mansion in Aquarius Hutong.
Although it is said to be a Wujin mansion, Aquarius Hutong is not a place where the famous and giants live. There are only some ordinary people with a little wealthy family. In addition, this house is an old house that has not been renovated for a long time and has long been abandoned. So the price is not high.
Ren Yaoqi opened the curtain and looked at it. The lane the carriage came in was not wide, but it could allow two or three carriages to run side by side. On both sides of the alley are the Barbarian Gate and Ruyi Gate, which are mostly closed, and the facades are not large. Some gates are also placed with horses or stone lions.
Ren Yaoqi somewhat understood the reason why Xianwang's family chose the house here. Many of the people who followed Xianwang had to have a place to settle the house, so the house had to be large, but the place where Xianwang lived should not be too public.
Guixifang, including Aquarius Hutong, is a chain of hutongs extending in all directions. The hutongs and alleys look orderly but are very complicated. It is convenient to escape in case of emergency.
When Ren Yaoqi walked along this road, he found that the alley was very quiet. Many yards were planted with pomegranate trees, peach trees, and gardenia trees against the wall, and they also protruded outside the wall. This place is not as noisy and messy as those big alleys inhabited together, but a quiet and peaceful atmosphere is revealed everywhere.
Although the people living here are all ordinary people, but because it is close to the largest academy in Yanbei, Yunyang Academy, most of the people living here are family members of teachers who teach in Yunyang Academy, family members of students, or running calligraphy and painting shops around. , A merchant of Bimo shop.
The carriage stopped in front of a golden pillar gate with front eaves. This gate was obviously taller and more stylish than those previously seen. If you ignore the stone lion with half of the ear and the mottled red paint on the gate .
Generally speaking, carriages enter and exit through side doors or corner doors, but the side alleys on both sides of the house are very narrow, making it inconvenient for carriages to enter and exit. Therefore, Ren Yaoqi could only get off the front door and let people drive the carriage to the back door into the yard. As for her, there is no reason to go through the back door.
The mottled red lacquered door was half open, and Yihong had long been waiting under the stairs.
When Ren Yaoqi got out of the carriage, she greeted her and curtseyed.
"Lean Aunt Hong." Ren Yaoqi returned her half courteously, calling out with a smile.
"Knowing that Miss Biao is coming today, the master is already waiting, Miss Biao, please come with the servants." Yihong personally helped Ren Yaoqi enter the door.
As soon as he bypassed the shadow wall, it was a large courtyard. Ren Yaoqi looked around for a week and found that there was no single figure in the courtyard.
"It seems to be very...quiet today?" Ren Yaoqi asked in surprise.
She remembered that the troupe of Xianwangfu practiced basic skills here on weekdays. Some people sang their voices, some practiced horses, and others played big swords. It was very lively.
Yihong smiled: "Knowing that you are coming today, the master let them go to the backyard."
Ren Yaoqi remembered that the last time Li took her back to her family’s home with Ren Yaohua, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the excitement of a courtyard. A horse whip with tassels happened to fly towards Ren Yaohua’s facade. Fortunately, Yihong responded. I quickly caught it. Although it was a false alarm, Ren Yaohua had a big fire and made a riot at his grandfather's house and forced their grandfather to sell all the "actors" in a courtyard, and finally broke up unhappy.
Later, Ren Yaohua said nothing to enter the door. When coming to Yunyang City this time, Ren Yaoqi originally planned to come with Ren Yaohua, but Ren Yaohua always made excuses to avoid it, and in the end she came by herself.
After entering the Chuhua Gate, although the courtyard was still a bit old, it was still tidy. Whether or not a clump of grass emerged from the cracks of the bluestone slabs, it didn't look messy, on the contrary, there was a little more lively life.
In this mansion of Xianwang's Mansion, there is no rockery with strange stone carvings and beams. There is no garden, only one ordinary house. However, every garden I entered was planted with flowers, flowers, and grasses, and it was not a rare species. Only plantains, crabapples, pomegranates, and even clumps of chaotic flowers that were commonly seen in Yanbei.
Concubine Xian and King Xian lived in the third main house. When Ren Yaoqi passed, Concubine Xian Rong was trimming a broken jasmine in the courtyard with a small pair of scissors.
"You are here." Rong Shi raised his head and smiled gently, and handed the scissors to Chu Chu behind him.
Ren Yaoqi stepped forward to greet Rong Shi: "Aren't my grandfather and uncle at home?"
Rong Shi took Ren Yaoqi to the main house: "Regardless of them, they will be back at lunch." Rong Shi smiled.
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't come to his grandfather's house many times, he also knew what his grandfather and uncle's sexuality were. At this moment, he must be either drinking tea or listening to a small song or playing with crickets outside.
There are no furnishings in the main room where Rong lives. The only valuables are the pear-wood canopy bed, the Eight Immortals table and the four Imperial Chairs, which are still old. A pair of half-person-height beauty bottles with flowers are very delicate, but they are only made by ordinary folk kilns.
Rong took Ren Yaoqi and sat on the kang, and Chu Chu brought the tea up.
"Where is Yihong?" Rong Shi asked Chuchu.
Ren Yaoqi took the tea and smelled the green bamboo leaves. When Mr. Rong asked Yihong, he said: "When I came here, my aunt prepared something. I asked Aunt Yihong to go to the backyard to clean up."
Because Ren Yaoqi rescued Lin Cen, Ren Shijia became closer to Ren Yaoqi. When Ren Yaoqi went out today, Ren Shijia instructed her to prepare a carriage for her, all of which were excellent ginseng. Supplements such as bird’s nest and antler, as well as some clothing materials and easy-to-storage ingredients, say that it is not too casual to go to see grandparents instead of mothers. Ren Yaoqi actually declined but accepted it. Although Rong was a little surprised when he heard the words, he still smiled and said, "Go back and wait for me to thank her."
Ren Yaoqi responded, and Rong Shi said to Chu Chu again: "Then you go to Xia Sheng and bring the two children over."
I heard that it was the two little maids Xia Sheng helped to find. Ren Yaoqi came in interest and asked Rong, "Grandma, what do you think of them? I haven't seen them yet."
Rong Shi said gently and honestly: "I've asked for a question, the two of them look upright and clever. You are here to be a maid, and it is not enough to know some punches, so I asked Yihong to take them to learn something daily. The rules of the big family. They are still young, so they can be used for a few years after a few years of training."
With what Rong said, Ren Yaoqi was finally relieved.
In a short while, Chu Chu led two six or seven-year-old girls in. It may be because they were practicing martial arts with Xia Sheng before. They were wearing gray shirts and trousers, with their cuffs and trousers with straps.
Both of them had sweat on their faces, and they were red, and their bodies looked stronger than girls of the same age. Xia Sheng said that they were born as a performer, and they must have practiced before.
When they came in, they were a little trembling. After the salute, they knelt on the ground and dared not move their heads.
"Huh? Raise your heads." Ren Yaoqi looked at their faces in surprise.
The two little girls did not dare not listen, and slowly raised their heads. They were actually two identical faces.
"Are they twin sisters?" Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised.
Rong asked them to stand up and speak: "Yes, because they are twin sisters, and they lived and ate together very closely since they were young. Not only can they play each other vividly, but they also have a connection. This is also what Xia Sheng likes. The reason.
Otherwise, because of the origins of the two sisters, Dongsheng would not pick them.
Although I knew Xia Sheng's abilities a long time ago, Ren Yaoqi was still very surprised when I saw these two sisters today.
"What is your name?" Ren Yaoqi asked kindly.
The little the right spoke first: "The slaves and maids have no names. They used to be called Da Ya and Er Ya. I beg the girls to give them names."
It was a clever girl.
Although Ren Yaoqi chooses a girl to be loyal first, it is not a bad thing to be smart.
Rong Shi smiled and said, "You can name them."
The two little girls finally lifted their heads slightly. Although they were afraid to look at Ren Yaoqi, their bright eyes were full of hope, and they even looked a little excited.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "Which one of you is your sister?"
This time the little the left replied: "The slaves and maids don’t know who’s older and who’s younger. We were bought by parents before we even remembered. The master who adopted us at the beginning always confused us, so who is the older sister? My sister is also unknown."
"Then your name is Leshan." Ren Yaoqi first pointed to the one on the left and then to the one on the right. "Your name is Leshui."
The newly-named sisters knelt down and thanked them with joy.
Rong joked with a smile: "The wise man enjoys water, and the benevolent Leshan. Your name is so impressive, it looks like a maid's name."
Ren Yaoqi smiled brightly with his chin supported: "Is the name just for people? Just like it."
Ren Yaoqi asked the two sisters some more questions, and found that the two sisters were not only smart, but also calm and not impetuous, and couldn't help but become more satisfied.
While she was talking, Ren Yaoqi saw the parsley standing at the door winking at her.
Ren Yaoqi said to Rong, "Grandma, can I go to the yard for a stroll?"
Rong didn't know if she saw the interaction between the two masters and servants, but she smiled broadly: "If you want to go shopping, just go shopping, let Chu Chu follow you."
Ren Yaoqi looked at the two little girls, and said with a smile: "Let them follow. I will be back when I go. She can't leave people by your side."
Yihong is the concubine of his uncle Li Tianyou, and only Chu Chu is the one who serves Rongshi next to him. There are also a few little maids who bought in later, they are all waiting outside, not close. The people around Xian Wang and Rong Shi only use old people.
When Ren Yaoqi came out of Rong's room, Xiangqin looked at the two little maids with some curiosity. After seeing that Ren Yaoqi hadn't sent them away, she continued: "Miss, Apple has brought people here. Come in through the back door. In the backyard."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, and without a word, took a few maids to the backyard.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had other things to do when she went out today. For example, she sent Apple away after she went out to find Zhu Ruomei.
Although Zhu Ruomei spent most of the time in Bailong Temple, he worked for Xiao Jingxi, and now he bought a small yard in Yunyang City and took his mother and sister over. Ren Yaoqi had previously inquired about where he lived from Dongsheng and knew that he happened to be in Yunyang City in the last few days, so he asked Apple to invite someone over to see him.
It's not convenient to see Zhu Ruomei at the Lin's house, but it's much more convenient at the site of Xianwang.
The two little maids followed at the same pace. Parsley looked back and asked in a low voice, "Miss, who are they?"
Ren Yaoqi said, "They are the maids I asked my grandmother to find for me. They are raised here first."
Xiangqin didn't understand why Miss Wu had to go through the maternal grandfather's house to find the maid, but she didn't bring it back to Ren's house, but she was also a maid herself.
However, Ren Yaoqi was clean, and Leshan and Leshui were not so lucky. Xiangqin relied on his status as a patronage maid and began to show his prestige in front of the two little maids.
"You are walking too wide. Mother Zhou saw that you were going to pull your calf!"
"Hey, I ask you to take a little step, not to let you walk slowly. Even if you can't walk well, Mother Zhou is definitely not satisfied."
"Why are you so stupid? You have to follow the rules carefully in the future, otherwise Mother Zhou won't allow you to follow Miss Fifth! The maid next to Miss is not something you can do if you want to be!"
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Therefore, Leshan and Le Shui realized one thing before Ren Yaoqi. The maid sister beside the young lady is so powerful, and there is also a mother Zhou who is terrible and terrible. As long as there is something wrong, they will not be Allowed to follow the lady.
The girl Xiangqin succeeded in showing her prestige in front of her younger generations, and made Mother Zhou to bear her notoriety for her.
When Ren Yaoqi arrived in the backyard, Apple had led Zhu Ruomei to the west side of the backyard to drink tea. When Ren Yaoqi passed by, although only Apple and Zhu Ruomei were in the opened West Wing, in the courtyard, Chunsheng was sweeping the yard and doing somersaults with two monkey-like children.
Ren Yaoqi knew the peculiarities of Xianwangfu, she could only take people to the backyard. If Zhu Ruomei wanted to go inside, he couldn't. Although Chun Sheng was sweeping the floor in the courtyard, the movement on the back west side was always in his eyes.
Until he saw Ren Yaoqi coming, Chunsheng took his two children to salute Ren Yaoqi from a distance, and then stood farther away, but he was still in the backyard.
I don't know who is practicing, singing a part of life and death, only listening to it but not seeing him. The babbling and the sound of the Erhu Yaoqin continued. Bringing some vague and unreal excitement.
Zhu Ruomei looked at the coffee table with her finger, listening attentively, raised her head to see Ren Yaoqi coming in, and got up to salute.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and nodded, indicating that Zhu Ruomei didn't need to be polite, and then sat down on the main seat.
Leshan and Le Shui consciously stayed outside the door and acted as door gods alone. Xiangqin thought about it but didn't follow up. After all, she was the maid of the third lady, not the fifth lady.
Ren Yaoqi knew that it was the safest to speak at the grandfather's house, and there was no need to worry about who would overheard maliciously. Those people raised in the Royal Palace are not raised for nothing. Even the people she brought from Lin's house, except those she was waiting for, were led by Yihong and didn't know where they went for tea and snacks.
"It's not much more sing than the pillars of Dexin's class." Zhu Ruomei couldn't help but exclaimed. He had just listened to his fascination. His mother liked listening to opera, so Zhu Ruomei also liked it.
"My grandfather loves these very much, so I raised a theater troupe." This is what Yanbei people know.
The troupe of Xianwang's Mansion is more famous than Xianwang himself. It's just that this troupe only sings at the royal palace, others don't have this blessing to listen to.
Zhu Ruomei knows it too, so he only exaggerated a few words and didn't ask deeply.
"Miss Fifth is looking for a little one today, but something is happening?" Zhu Ruomei asked.
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "I need your help on one thing."
Zhu Ruomei hurriedly said, "Miss, even if she orders it."
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "I want you to find two people for me, a seventy-year-old woman and an eighty or nine-year-old girl, who disappeared a few days ago after coming out of the Ren family house in Baihe Town. Up."
"Missing?" Zhu Ruomei was taken aback.
"It is indeed missing. I have asked people to search Baihe Town all over. They originally just wanted to go out and stroll around, but they didn't want to come back when they went out." Seeing Zhu Ruomei want to ask, Ren Yaoqi took the initiative." My wife came here to ask about Han Yunshan's origins, what should she know, so you help me find out if their disappearance has anything to do with the Han family. If it wasn't for the Han family, then she was afraid of hiding. "
Zhu Ruomei knew that Ren Yaoqi had some grievances with the Han family. He was responsible for the Han family’s affairs last time, so he was not so surprised after hearing this. She just nodded and said: "I'll go find someone immediately. Please rest assured, Miss, as long as people are still in Yanzhou Primary School, they can definitely be found."
Zhu Ruomei said this with confidence, but Ren Yaoqi's heart moved after hearing this.
If it were before, Zhu Ruomei would never have such confidence. Now that he dares to pack the tickets like this, it should be that things in the temple are going well, and Zhu Ruomei may be in charge of the military forces in the temples in Yanzhou or parts of Yanzhou.
Although he knew that the person in front of him was not something in the pool, Ren Yaoqi was still a little surprised that he could gain the trust of Xiao Jingxi and gain a foothold in a short time.
Surprise and surprise. Because it means she will be more convenient in the future.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had thought about taking Zhu Ruomei's mother and sister to take care of him before, but later thought that if this is the case, no matter whether she intended it to be good or not, in front of Zhu Ruomei, a man with a true temperament, joy and enmity. It's a villain after all. And if Zhu Ruomei's relatives are by her side, Zhu Ruomei's true master's trust in him may be affected.
So Yaoqi finally insisted on the gentleman's agreement.
"If Miss Fifth has no other instructions, the younger one should go to find someone first. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to get out of the city when the city becomes lively." Zhu Ruomei said his goodbyes.
Ren Yaoqi nodded, then got up, and said casually: "What's the excitement in the city?"
Zhu Ruomei sighed,
Presumably Miss Five also knew that Mrs. Lei’s wife had passed away, so she stopped the coffin and was going to go to the funeral. A section of the mountain road under the impoverished mountain collapsed early this morning, and now there is everything that is said outside. Mrs. Lei’s family, Liu’s family, was on the road. Hearing about this, he was desperately rushing to the city of Yunyang. I’m afraid there will be a disturbance."
Ren Yaoqi also knew what the excitement was coming from. He sneered when he heard that the mountain road was blocked, and the Han family really did.
Asking Apple to send Zhu Ruomei out, Ren Yaoqi took the maid back to Rongshi.
When I heard the news from Lei's family again, it was almost noon for lunch.
Rong Shi ordered the kitchen to prepare a lot of dishes, which Ren Yaoqi liked to eat, and he didn't know where Rong Shi inquired. However, his grandfather and uncle hadn't returned yet. Rong Shi calmly said that their grandfather and grandchildren had eaten them first and left a portion for them, but Ren Yaoqi insisted on waiting.
At this time, Yihong came in and spoke with Rong Shi in a low voice. Ren Yaoqi heard her mention the Lei family again, and couldn't help but said: "What happened to the Lei family?"
Yihong glanced at Rong Shi, and when he saw Rong Shi nodded, his voice became a little louder: "The Liu family has entered the city, and they are now heading to Lei's house."
At this time, the members of the Liu family had actually arrived at Lei Mansion, and after getting off the carriage, they went straight to the mourning hall.
The head was an old lady who was about the same age as Mrs. Lei, panting as she walked, her face looked pale, as if she was unaccustomed to the water and soil. When she entered the door, she was almost carried in with one arm by two strong wives. .
As soon as the old lady Liu entered the door, she seemed to wake up suddenly, she started crying before she stood still, crying out of breath, making people worry about whether she would be able to lift it up with one breath.
"Sixth sister—my life-stricken sixth sister—you died so miserably—"
The people behind her who looked like nephews and grandchildren began to cry, and the Lei family's ancestral hall was so lively.
Brothers Thunder and Thunder heard the news and rushed over immediately.
Liu raised his eyes and saw, crying even harder: "Sixth Sister—you have done evil—look at what kind of beasts you raise—"
Lei Zhen couldn't help frowning and shouting: "Shut up, who are you? What nonsense!"