Chapter 163: Menacing

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When Thunder turned his head, he felt a line of sight looking at him, but only saw a carriage passing in front of him. Seeing that the decoration on the carriage should be used by the female family, he frowned and looked away.
Liu Gui chased him from behind, stopped a step away from him, and whispered: "Master, the Liu family has already passed the Hejian Mansion yesterday. You will be here tomorrow. Do you want to go ahead? Send someone to pick it up?"
There was no expression on Thunder's hard face: "Did they send someone to pick us up?"
Liu Gui glanced at the master and said carefully: "No."
Lei Ting twitched the corner of his mouth, but he couldn't feel the slightest smile. Liu Gui couldn't help lowering his head.
"Since the guest didn't greet us, no one would appreciate it even if you sent someone there." Lei Ting's voice didn't contain any emotion.
"Yes." Liu Gui didn't dare to say anything, and even regretted what he said just now.
Others don't know how Mrs. Tai went, but as Thunder's confidant, he knew very well.
The Liu family was instructed to quietly send someone to Yanbei, wanting to expose the identity of Mrs. Tai in public. Mrs. Tai's apparent identity is the daughter of the Liu family, who was decimated by the first emperor because of her involvement in court struggles decades ago.
Originally thought that the members of the Liu family were already dead and fleeing, but I didn't want to but there were still a few fish slipping through the net. Those who came this time are said to have the same clan sisters of Mrs. Tai's generation.
Fortunately, Lei's family got the news in advance, and they didn't make people caught off guard, but the wife tried to keep Lei's family...
Mrs. Tai was determined and determined, and it was too late when Thunder felt wrong and rushed to stop it.
"Where is Pan'er now?" Lei Ting suddenly asked, with some emotion in his voice.
Liu Gui hurriedly said: "The young lady is in the yard of the second master. When the second master is not in the yard, she will be taken care of by the nurse and the maids in the second master's house. Please rest assured."
Thunder nodded.
Liu Gui glanced at Lei Ting and said carefully, "Master, Miss Yuegui went to pick up the lady several times, saying that she was going to take care of her in your yard, but she refused."
Lei Ting frowned: "Yuegui? The big maid that Afu was serving before?"
"Yes, Lord. Girl Yuegui stayed in the yard after the death of his wife, and was in charge of the accounts in the yard on weekdays."
"Since she is an old person next to his wife, when the filial piety period is over, give her a generous dowry." Lei Ting said casually.
Thunder never asks about this kind of inner court matters, just because it was the old talent around the dead wife who made such a statement.
Liu Gui glanced at Lei Ting, understood what he meant, and bowed his head without saying anything.
Although Mrs. Tai had mentioned asking the uncle to take Yuegui into the house before, it was obvious that the uncle did not take it in his heart. Now that Mrs. Tai has to be filial, he will not consider this kind of thing.
Although Liu Gui felt that at this time, it would be better if there was a woman who could take charge in the uncle's yard. As soon as the wife went, the Lei family didn't even have a person in charge of the inner courtyard. This was also the reason why he knew that Yue Gui's thoughts were not broken.
"Pan'er likes to let her be there in the second brother's yard. I don't have the time to look after her." Lei Ting stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows.
Liu Gui responded in a low voice.
Lei Ting has only one daughter, Lei Pan'er, but the father and daughter are not very close on weekdays. Patriarch Lei has too many things to be busy every day, and even if he is not busy, taking care of his daughter is not something he can do.
Therefore, compared to Lei Ting, who is always a serious father, Lei Pan'er is closer to the second uncle Lei Zhen who is willing to play with her.
Although Lei Zhen had a cheerful temperament, he was a very careful young man. After Mrs. Lei's death, he took his niece and took care of him personally. He was much more competent than Lei Ting's biological father.
It was time when Ren Yaoqi's carriage arrived at Tan Ji. Because suddenly received news from Ren Yaohua, her departure time was a bit late.
Xiao Jinglin's maid Hongying had been ordered, and had already been waiting at the door. As soon as Ren Yaoqi's carriage arrived, she led the coachman to drive the carriage from the side lane into the back door of the restaurant.
Although Yanbei’s ethics is not as strict as in Kyoto, and it’s common for women in the house to enter restaurants and shops outside, they only go through the door specially prepared for women to separate them from the men in the front courtyard.
However, it is clear that today's Tan Ji Restaurant does not accept foreign visitors. When Ren Yaoqi was led by Hong Ying to the private room on the second floor, he didn't meet a half-person figure along the way, not even a man.
This private room is very spacious, divided into a front hall and a back hall. When Ren Yaoqi went in, he thought that such a flamboyant pomp was not like Xiao Jinglin's style.
Sure enough, when he walked to the back hall inside, Ren Yaoqi saw Xiao Jinglin and Xiao Jingxi siblings sitting at the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the room playing chess.
Xiao Jingxi seemed to like playing chess very much, and always saw the chessboard every time he met him.
As for why Ren Yaoqi thinks Xiao Jingxi likes to play chess instead of Xiao Jinglin. That's because Xiao Jinglin is sitting there with her brows furrowed, her brows can almost kill flies.
And Xiao Jingxi, who was sitting across from her, had a smile at the corner of her mouth, and his apparently immortal temperament and appearance made Ren Yaoqi see the evil taste of cats watching mice thumping under their paws.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi coming in, Xiao Jinglin's eyes lit up, and then she looked blankly and casually threw a chess piece she was holding onto the chessboard, and then a neat chess game with more black, more white and less labor was smashed in an instant. Beyond recognition.
Xiao Jing's forehead jumped, but he still smiled perfectly and nodded to Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi suddenly felt that being an immortal is actually quite tiring.
Ren Yaoqi went forward to meet his siblings as if he hadn't seen anything, and then was pulled by Xiao Jinglin and sat down beside him.
"The chess game is not over yet." Xiao Jingxi slowly stretched out his hand to reset the chessboard, even though all the chess pieces were out of their original positions, Young Master Xiao Er was able to restore them without any problem.
Xiao Jinglin was silent for a moment with a frown. Then, apart from anything else, she grabbed the chess pieces on the chessboard and stuffed them into the chess pot beside her, and then handed the whole pot to Hongying with expressionless expression: "Buried."
Xiao Jingxi: "..."
Ren Yaoqi turned his head silently, admiring the pair of beauty bottles by the wall.
In the end, the chess piece was rescued because the chess piece was brought by Young Master Xiao Er in a private collection.
Naturally, she couldn't play the chess anymore. Xiao Jinglin lowered her head to drink tea, and the tea bowl covered the corner of her mouth, which was slightly raised.
After a period of silence, Xiao Jingxi spoke first.
"It's still early, if you are not hungry, then serve the food in half an hour?"
Xiao Jinglin had some snacks outside just before coming, and she was not too hungry, so she looked at Ren Yaoqi. Ren Yaoqi nodded without objection. She was constantly shifting her mind along the way, and she had no appetite.
This is the fourth time that Ren Yaoqi has met with Xiao Jinglin and Xiao Jingxi brothers and sisters. Ren Yaoqi himself does not understand why he has so much intersection with these two.
"Do you know about the Lei family?" Xiao Jingxi suddenly asked Ren Yaoqi.
Sure enough, it was because of the Lei family, but she never concealed her position. I don't know what Xiao Jingxi's intention was to discuss the Lei family with her at this time.
"You mean Mrs. Lei Tai's death?" Ren Yaoqi replied conservatively.
Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi, the girl's expression was calm and gentle that did not match her age, and her dark and translucent eyes looked back at him without blinking.
"The members of the Liu family are on the way. They set off before Mrs. Lei died suddenly." Xiao Jingxi didn't look away, and smiled slightly when he said this, seeming a little curious about her reaction.
Ren Yaoqi was taken aback for a moment, and then startled. She understood all the information contained in this sentence in a moment.
"She committed suicide?"
Xiao Jingxi didn't speak, but it was already regarded as a default.
Although there was speculation before, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help frowning.
"Lady Lei’s wife is indeed the daughter of the Liu family. It’s just that she died of illness 20 years ago, and the only daughter who was born also died of smallpox. The wife of Mrs. Lei in Yunyang City was originally just a singer, Grandpa Lei was raised as an outside room." Xiao Jingxi sighed.
So as long as the Liu family came forward and identified this Mrs. Lei Tai as an imposter, then the Lei family would be finished. So Mrs. Lei committed suicide before the Liu family arrived in Yunyang City.
and many more……
"She really committed suicide?" In order to cover up this incident, the Lei family might have killed Mrs. Lei.
In fact, whether Mrs. Lei Tai committed suicide or was treated as an abandoned child by her relatives has nothing to do with Ren Yaoqi's plan. However, when she remembered the Lei Family Patriarch, Ren Yaoqi still couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Jingxi raised his eyebrows slightly, but shook his head and said, "Although Lei Ting is not a gentleman, he is not a man of inferior character."
Hearing Xiao Jingxi's evaluation, Ren Yaoqi felt better. Although Thunder's character can hardly affect her subsequent decision, after all, she has already passed the age of volition. But there is a difference between helping people and animals.
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