Xiao Jinglin looked at Xiao Jingxi for a while, pursed her lips, and then looked away.
The smile on Xiao Jingxi's face deepened.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi, and let him look at Xiao Jinglin again. Although she thought it was a little weird, she still followed Xiao Jingxi's words and said, "So next time we want to see you again, we have to wait until the Qianjin Banquet?"
Xiao Jinglin sighed, thought about it, then raised her head and said, "No, my brother will help me. I was able to come out today because he helped me."
Then, County Master Xiao looked at her brother seriously, and said earnestly and confidently: "Is that so, brother?"
Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but smile: "Of course. Lin'er has always been obedient and obedient. Naturally, I will not refuse such a small request."
The two brothers and sisters looked at each other and smiled, and the meaning of the smile was only understood by the two of them.
Ren Yaoqi felt sensitively that the atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.
She looked back and forth at the two brothers and sisters, and finally decided very rationally to think that she found nothing, because she felt that the so-called swordsmanship in front of her was a bit speechless and childish.
Fortunately, this atmosphere didn't last long. Under Ren Yaoqi's deliberate adjustment, the three sat together drinking tea and chatting.
But basically Ren Yaoqi talks to Xiao Jingxi, or Ren Yaoqi talks to Xiao Jinglin.
Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jingxi talked about chess skills, calligraphy and painting, and Xiao Jinglin discussed Kyoto's famous dishes and desserts. After chatting like this, the atmosphere was harmonious.
"Why did you think of practicing left-handed calligraphy?" Xiao Jingxi asked.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, in fact, it was purely fun to practice left-handed calligraphy at the beginning. Her father collected a pair of left-handed calligraphy master Gao Fengxiang's calligraphy, and he was full of praise for her, so she decided to practice it. But the real practice came after she arrived in Kyoto. Once, she accidentally injured her right hand and could only write with her left hand. Afterwards, I will practice a few strokes whenever I have time.
"My father likes Gao Fengxiang's words." Ren Yaoqi replied vaguely.
Xiao Jingxi nodded and did not ask further.
Dongsheng returned to his life nearly an hour later.
"Xiao Xiao has already sent the letter to the head of the Lei family."
Xiao Jingxi's eyes turned on him, and then asked, "Has he noticed?"
"This time Lei Ting was very alert. When Xiaobian threw the letter to him, he immediately chased after him. Xiaobian took him around the alley in the city a few times before throwing him away. Master, please rest assured, He didn't see the little one."
Dongsheng said it with great confidence. Although his kung fu is not that good, maybe not even as good as Lei Ting, but when it comes to the ability to escape, few people can catch up with him.
Xiao Jingxi nodded and let him back off.
When things came to an end, Ren Yaoqi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After sitting for a while, Ren Yaoqi decided to leave.
Xiao Jinglin suddenly said, "Yao Qi, can you play the piano?"
Ren Yaoqi was stunned for a moment: "I will."
"Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting?"
After thinking about it, Ren Yaoqi nodded. It's not that she doesn't want to be humble, she does know all these things, and she is still proficient, so she should say "yes".
Xiao Jinglin immediately said: "Alright then, come to the palace to teach me in the future."
After a pause, she said, "I can understand every word my mother hired for the piano teacher, but unfortunately I don't understand it very much after getting together."
When Xiao Jinglin said this, it was inevitable that she was in a fickle mood. She was very flexible in holding a knife and a gun, but those elegant things were really not good at all.
Seeing that she was depressed, Xiao Jingxi, who had mentioned this matter before, also comforted: "You just spend less time on this. Last time I heard you play a song, or... cough... It's not that you have no talent."
Xiao Jinglin frowned: "How can I waste so much time on such a woman's affairs."
Xiao Jingxi: "..."
The Second Young Master Xiao was unfortunately proficient in these "women's affairs". And these are also what the sons of noble families must know, not only women need to learn.
However, Xiao Jinglin added another sentence with a blank expression: "I also heard the mother and Xinma complaining, how good it would be for the son and daughter to lose their stature!"
"Cough cough..." Ren Yaoqi suddenly choked on the water, she put down the tea bowl and took out a handkerchief.
Ren Yaoqi didn't dare to look up, she was afraid that she would laugh and be seen by Xiao Jingxi. For some reason, she felt that Xiao Jinglin did it on purpose.
It wasn't just Ren Yaoqi who felt this way, Xiao Jingxi glanced at Xiao Jinglin in a relaxed manner, and then lowered her head and drank tea rationally as if she hadn't heard anything.
However, his noncommittal attitude made Xiao Jinglin pause for a while, and then he quickly followed his instinct and added a blank expression: "I also feel that Xiao Jingkang, as the prince of our Yanbei Palace, is obsessed with qin and chess all day long. Calligraphy and painting, even riding and shooting were abandoned in the end, it should not be!"
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Xiao Jingxi glanced at Xiao Jinglin with a half-smile but not a smile.
Xiao Jinglin turned her head and continued to talk to Ren Yaoqi: "Can you teach me when you have time?" Xiao Jinglin felt that she could get along with Ren Yaoqi. If she were to learn from her, it might not be so boring to learn things she hated. .
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had nothing to do in Yunyang City, but she did not respond immediately. The person who can be invited by the Yanbei Palace to teach the county master is definitely not an ordinary person. If Xiao Jinglin resigns someone else to go to her, it will inevitably leave a frivolous impression.
Xiao Jingxi said at the right time: "In my opinion, it's better for that pianist to stay. After all, Miss Ren can't have free time every day. If she can go one day, she might as well learn from the pianist with you. The pianist may be old-fashioned, but she has her own uniqueness in the art of the piano. There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts.
Ren Yaoqi also agreed with this point, and couldn't help but nodded: "Young Master Xiao is right."
So it was decided that Xiao Jinglin would send someone to pick her up when Ren Yaoqi had free time. However, Ren Yaoqi said frankly that he was going to visit his grandfather tomorrow and could not go there.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ren Yaoqi finally got up and went home.
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Lei Ting stood in the middle of a small alley, looked around carefully, and finally had to admit that he had lost someone.
When he chased out, he was still wearing a filial robe, and it was inevitable that passersby would look at him once or twice. Fortunately, the man had been walking along the narrow alley, and he didn't meet too many people along the way.
Lei Zhen took out what the man threw to him, and his eyes were unpredictable. It was a folded piece of paper, and the way it appeared in front of him was the same as last time. In the same way, he didn't know who the person who sent him the letter twice was, and what was the purpose.
After a moment of silence, Lei Zhen calmly unfolded the letter in his hand. It was indeed the handwriting of that person last time.
Just looking at it, Lei Zhen's face changed. After reading it, he still stood there and didn't move.
The young Patriarch of the Lei family was in a very complicated mood at the moment, ranging from surprise to confusion and even a little wary.
After a while, he finally put away the letter in his hand, folded it and put it in his sleeve, then walked back without looking back.
Before walking far, Liu Gui brought a few nursing homes to find him.
Lei Ting stopped Liu Gui from asking, and sent the nursing home away.
On the way back, Lei Ting did not speak until he was about to reach the door of the house and then suddenly stopped.
"Go on and prepare for the funeral tomorrow morning." Although Lei Ting was still calm when he said this, Liu Gui felt like he was squeezed out of his teeth.
But he was still more shocked: "Master, if you are buried tomorrow, won't the coffin only be stopped for three days? Isn't this inappropriate? ... And the people of the Liu family should be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon. If they are buried in the morning, I am afraid it will cause more problems. gossip."
What Liu Gui didn't say is that there is already a riot outside. Some say that Mrs. Lei Tai committed suicide by doing something out of her heart, and some people say that Mrs. Lei Tai was killed by someone. Clearly someone is behind the scenes.
Therefore, even if Lei Ting hated the Liu family who stepped in and forced Mrs. Lei Tai to commit suicide, she still planned to wait for the Liu family to come before the burial. This was also explained by Mrs. Lei Tai.
If the Lei family rushed to bury Mrs. Lei Tai before the Liu family in such a hurry, it would be even more difficult to stop the rumors outside. The Lei family can lose everything, but they can't lose face, because if they lose face, then nothing is left.
Lei Ting narrowed his eyes and said solemnly, "I know, do as I say!"
Although he didn't know the purpose of the person who sent him the letter, he had no choice.
He remembered the stubborn and crazy eyes of his grandmother before her death, the old man who had been stubborn and tough all his life, held his hand tightly, and said word by word: "Lei's family, we can't destroy it in our hands! No, we can't die. cannot."
Seeing Lei Ting's insistence, Liu Gui still bowed his head and asked, "What if someone obstructs it?"
The more they want peace of mind, the more someone won't let them do.
There was a sneer on the corner of Lei Ting's mouth: "I'm afraid they won't come."
"Master?" No matter how calm Liu Gui was, he was still a little surprised.
Lei Ting closed his eyes and couldn't hide the tiredness on his face: "It's not really the funeral tomorrow, but it's just to make them believe that we have an early funeral to cover up the so-called truth. It's just because of my incompetence that I want to make my grandmother and her elderly suffer. Now, there is no peace even in death."
Liu Gui shook his head and said, "Master, you should understand Mrs. Tai. As long as you can keep the Lei family, Mrs. Tai won't care about this."
"Yeah, she doesn't care. But as a child and grandson, she can't care less? After all, I am incompetent." Lei Ting said in a hoarse voice.
He was able to agree to the strategy in the letter also because he knew his grandmother. In her mind, nothing is more important than their ability to regain the glory of their ancestors. She believes that anything can be sacrificed for this purpose.
On the second day, Mrs. Lei Tai's sudden burial caused a lot of trouble in Yunyang City.
Although the Lei family has deliberately kept a low profile, it has attracted the attention of many people.
The head of the Lei family explained that it was because his grandmother was dreaming at night and asked him to ask an eminent monk to do the math, and he came to the conclusion that it was better to stop the coffin for three days than for seven days.