Hearing this, Dongsheng glanced at Xiao Jingxi a little hesitantly, and wanted to ask more clearly, but he didn't know how to ask.
In order to investigate the matter of the Qu family, he came to this bookstore not once or twice. He carefully turned over all the pamphlets that recorded the local and county administration of Yanzhou, and could not find any records of the Qu family at all.
Although Yanbei experienced a long period of war, after Yanbei Wangfu regained control of Yanbei, the local family population changes were recorded by special secretaries, even though some things were not recorded in detail due to restrictions, but The demise of a big family cannot be left without a stroke of ink.
Dongsheng was tangled here, but Xiao Jingxi had a normal expression. After thinking about it, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Are you sure you want to investigate the Qu family?"
As soon as these words came out, Dongsheng couldn't help but froze and looked at Xiao Jingxi.
Xiao Jingxi's gaze stopped for a moment in the row full of Yanzhou county seat, and said meaningfully: "I don't remember a Qu family, could it be that you remembered it wrong? For example, could it be? Is it... the Zhai family?"
Dongsheng was shocked: "Zhai? Zhai's family?"
However, Xiao Jingxi didn't answer Dong Sheng's words again, he leisurely flipped through two books and then turned around and walked out with Tong He.
Dongsheng watched Xiao Jingxi's back disappear into the study, and suddenly came to his senses. He hurriedly turned around and lay on the bookshelf eagerly to search. Finally, he took out several booklets, and simply sat cross-legged on the ground to rummage.
"The Zhai family... The Zhai family... I seem to have some impressions..." He muttered to himself in a low voice while flipping through the booklet.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped on a certain page, and his hand stopped instantly.
"There really is a Zhai family..."
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On this day, Ren Shijia sent someone to the Ren Family Courtyard. Because the next day was the full moon banquet of Lin Cen, the grandson of the Ren family, the old lady Ren first sent someone to the Lin family to ask her daughter if she needed someone to help her. Let the old lady send some lychees from the south.
It is not easy to transport lychees all the way to Yanbei, so the price has doubled several times, and they are generally not available. However, eating too many lychees is easy to get angry. Although the old lady likes to eat it, she doesn't dare to eat more, so she picks out a plate of lychees from the basket and leaves it to the old man, and then gives a plate to each of his sons and grandchildren. , Seeing that there are still a lot left, I called several granddaughters over.
Ren Yaoqi tasted a few pills in the old lady's room and put them down. After eating too much, he could easily get sores on his tongue. The old lady over there was talking to the old woman sent by Ren Shijia.
Ren Yaoqi was quite surprised when he heard the report from the outside that the county master of the Yanbei Wangfu sent someone over again.
Xiao Jinglin came to her too frequently, and she didn't know what it was for today.
Although the old lady Ren was still talking to people about things, she did not dare to neglect the Yanbei Palace. Before Ren Yaoqi could speak, she waved her hand and let Ren Yaoqi go.
Ren Yaoqi withdrew, went back and changed into the clothes he was going out with before taking Apple out.
Madam Xu greeted her and said, "Miss, is it inconvenient to bring only one maid?"
Ren Yaoqi pretended to be helpless: "There's no way, the county master said that she doesn't like to have too many people follow her, if it wasn't for my request, I'd be afraid that she wouldn't even bring an apple, anyway, there's no shortage of people around the county master. wait."
Mother Xu could only give up.
When Ren Yaoqi went out, she saw the carriage at the door that came to borrow her last time. What surprised her was that it was Dong Sheng who was driving the carriage today.
Dongsheng saw Ren Yaoqi come out and jumped out of the carriage and called Fifth Miss Ren, but when he looked up, he glanced at her.
Ren Yaoqi saw his eyes and realized that Dongsheng seemed to have something to explain to him.
But the door of Ren's house is really not a place to talk, Ren Yaoqi nodded and got on the carriage.
She originally thought that at the last glance, the carriage was here to pick her up to meet Xiao Jinglin, but only after she got up did she realize that Xiao Jinglin was actually sitting on the carriage today.
Ren Yaoqi was surprised and said, "Is there anything the county master is looking for me today?"
Xiao Jinglin motioned Ren Yaoqi to sit down, then nodded and said, "The old lady of the Yun family sent someone to let me go, and she mentioned you, so I stopped by to pick you up."
Ren Yaoqi was stunned when he heard the words.
She wanted to turn around and get off the carriage, but she had already come out and couldn't find a reason to go back. Although Yun Wenfang invited her twice, she really didn't plan to go there.
Ren Yaoqi's silence made Xiao Jinglin glance at her and frowned, "What's the matter? You don't want to go?"
Xiao Jinglin actually didn't think much about it. The elders of the Yun family had always been very close to her, and they were her grandmother's family. The Yun family has sent people to let her go over many times, so today when the old lady Yun sent people to ask her to pass, she responded.
She and Ren Yaoqi got along very happily. Thinking of dealing with those women in the backyard, she simply asked Ren Yaoqi to go with her. Although she doesn't like these entertainments herself, she also knows that these things are not bad for Ren Yaoqi. She forgot to ask Ren Yaoqi if she would like to go.
Xiao Jinglin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Ren Yaoqi noticed Xiao Jinglin's mood, shook his head and said, "No, I haven't been to the Yun family yet, and the old lady and the wives of the Yun family don't know me either." He had already gone out, and it would be strange to be found out when he went back. .
Xiao Jinglin thought that Ren Yaoqi was nervous, so she comforted her and said, "It's okay, let's go say hello and leave. I know that the bean curd in one place is delicious, so let's eat it and then go to Yunfu. I'll bring it when I come back. You go eat Tan Kee's roast duck."
Xiao Jinglin's serious appearance made Ren Yaoqi laugh, but Xiao Jinglin had a soft spot for food, and every time she met, she would take her to eat. It seems that going to eat bean curd and roast duck is the real thing, and going to Yun's house is just a casual thing.
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't want to go to Yun's house, she couldn't be annoyed at Xiao Jinglin.
Xiao Jinglin's travels have always been very low-key, and this time there was only one carriage. When the carriage stopped, Ren Yaoqi lifted the curtain of the car and took a look, and found that there was a very ordinary alley outside. At the intersection of the alley, there was an old couple pushing a wheelbarrow selling bean curd.
"You wait for me here, I'll go buy it." Xiao Jinglin patted Ren Yaoqi on the shoulder and was about to get out of the car.
Ren Yaoqi hurriedly said: "County Lord, just let Apple buy it."
Xiao Jinglin waved her hand without looking back and said, "She doesn't know what to add to make it delicious." After she finished speaking, she jumped out of the carriage.
Ren Yaoqi was very helpless looking at the swaying curtain of the car. Xiao Jinglin is the strangest lady she has ever seen, bar none. Although he thought so, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but want to laugh on his face.
She was about to lift the curtain to see how Xiao Jinglin was tossing, but she heard Dongsheng whispering outside: "Fifth young lady, I found something, but it's not from the Qu family, but the Zhai family."