As soon as Ren Yaoqi saw their appearance, he knew what must have happened before, and said, "Where are you two, uncle? Are you close to here?"
Li Tianyou looked around: "It shouldn't be far away? I can see this mountain from where I rested." He pointed to the distant mountain road in front of him with misty rain and fog.
Ren Yaoqi followed Li Tianyou's hand and could only sigh. Thinking about reminding him that this does not prove that the two places are close.
Fortunately, Xia Sheng said, "It's about two quarters of an hour away from here."
Ren Yaoqi looked at himself and then at the embarrassed Ren Yaohua, and said to Xiangqin and Sangling behind him, "Go back and find clean clothes and shoes for me and the third sister."
The two maids went away in response, and Ren Yaohua said to Xia Sheng again: "I remember seeing a donkey car rental not far ahead, you go and hire one. The road is muddy and difficult to walk."
Xia Sheng looked at Li Tianyou.
Li Tianyou waved his hand and let Xia Sheng go.
Seeing that there was only himself left, Li Tianyou, Ren Yaohua and Dongsheng, Ren Yaoqi carefully looked at Ren Yaohua and Li Tianyou.
I saw that Ren Yaohua's concubine-colored dress was soaked from head to toe, turning into a deep crimson red. Especially the pair of lotus green embroidered shoes, covered with mud and dry straw sandals, the original color can no longer be seen, and the whole body can be described as embarrassed.
A few strands of her hair hung down on her forehead, her face was a little pale, but her lips were red and black. I don't know if it's cold or puffy.
This is the first time Ren Yaoqi has seen Ren Yaohua look like this in front of people.
But it made her a little more vulnerable and approachable, if you ignore the cold, dead expression on her face.
Dongsheng's appearance was not much better than Ren Yaohua's. The color of his clothes was dark, but he couldn't tell whether it was the color after getting wet or the original dark brown. Like Ren Yaohua, the half-new coarse cloth shoes were covered with mud and dead grass. In particular, his face was not angry like Ren Yaohua's, but more like fear and anxiety.
Ren Yaoqi was a little worried.
When Ren Yaohua went out, he took some wives and maids with him, and now all the servants, including Turnip, are gone. Only the two of them came back in a mess, not knowing what happened.
But looking at their current appearance, this is obviously not the place to talk.
Ren Yaoqi could only put on Ren Yaohua the cloak and hat that she had taken off before to cover up her embarrassment.
Not long after, Xia Sheng rented the donkey cart back. Li Tianyou felt his chin and looked around the donkey cart for a long time, and asked Ren Yaoqi with a novel look: "Have you ever ridden this thing? Can it pull such a big cart? It doesn't seem to have much strength." As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and patted the donkey's head, which attracted the unhappy gaze of the driver who was driving the donkey.
Although Yanbei has horse farms, there are more horses than those in the south, but the common people still like to use donkey carts, because the fodder required to feed a donkey is much less than the fodder required to feed a horse.
In addition, donkeys have excellent endurance, and they are not as easy to get sick as horses. They can still eat meat when they are old and dead. Therefore, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the people who had enough food rations in their homes would raise donkeys.
Especially in Jiangnan, where there are few horses, donkeys are more common.
But the aristocratic family did not use donkey carts when they traveled, because donkey carts were not ostentatious enough.
Li Tianyou asked this because he had never ridden a donkey cart. Even when he was young in Kyoto, where there were few horses, he only ate donkey meat.
But in general, Li Tianyou's ability to tell the difference between a horse and a donkey, without identifying him as an ox or a dragon, or anything else, is already a commendable thing.
Ren Yaoqi instructed Xia Sheng to let him wait here for the two maids Xiangqin and Sangling, and then take them back by hiring a car.
He and Ren Yaohua got into the donkey cart, and then Li Tianyou got in too, while Dong Sheng and the driver sat on the outside of the donkey cart.
Not long after, the donkey cart stopped in front of a small courtyard that entered.
The rented courtyards in the temple are very simple from the outside, and some small courtyards are made of yellow adobe.
The yard where Li Tianyou stayed was blue bricks and black tiles. And after entering, I found that the yard was cleaned up very cleanly. Obviously, there are people who are responsible for repairing and cleaning on weekdays.
Like renting farmland and employing tenant farmers, house renting has always been an important source of income for monasteries.
"Uncle, how long have you been at Bailong Temple?" Ren Yaoqi asked as he followed him into the courtyard.
"I came here yesterday, and someone invited me over for a cockfight. I don't want the chicken to be stolen in the middle of the night. Fortunately, this time I just came to see it casually. I left today, but I didn't want to, but I met... Cough, um, an acquaintance." Li Tianyou touched his nose and looked around.
Ren Yaoqi didn't ask any more questions.
After entering the room and sitting down, Ren Yaoqi looked at Dong Sheng, who had always looked bad, and asked directly, "Where are the people who are following my third sister?"
Ren Yaohua's eyes pierced Dongsheng's face like sharp knives, but she pursed her lips and said nothing, obviously she was too angry.
Dongsheng glanced at Ren Yaoqi, lowered his head and whispered, "I knocked them out."
"… "
"Why didn't you just knock me out and throw me in the cave?" Ren Yaohua said sarcastically, and gave Li Tianyou a stern glance at Li Tianyou, who was sitting by the side watching the fun.
Li Tianyou immediately complained bitterly and said, "I didn't tell him to do this. Besides, Dongsheng has always been obedient and obedient. Maybe the people around you did something that made him angry! Isn't it, Dongsheng? ?" Li Tianyou quietly winked at Dongsheng.
Dongsheng shook his head and said honestly, "It's your subordinates being reckless."
Ren Yaohua snorted coldly: "It's just an actor, what do you call your subordinates? The master has no rules, and the people who are used to subordinates also have no rules!"
Li Tianyou didn't like to hear these words, he put his hand on Dongsheng's shoulder and gave Ren Yaohua a slanted look: "He is from the master, he is a subordinate when he says he is a subordinate, and the master says he is a brother, He's grandpa! You're not Li, what's your business?"
Dongsheng was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Master, I don't dare to be a subordinate..."
Li Tianyou shoved his head with the palm of his hand: "That's right, Master should say that you are a grandfather and a brother. You don't have the courage to make you a grandfather."
Ren Yaohua watched the master and servant make trouble and couldn't bear it any longer: "Do you want to get my maid back! If there is something wrong with them, you think you can get rid of it!"
Li Tianyou just remembered and asked Dongsheng in a low voice with a light cough, "Where did you hide someone? Give it back to her? Good men don't fight women."
Dongsheng lowered his head and said, "It's in a cave. I paid attention when I knocked them out. I should be waking up now."
Ren Yaoqi frowned: "It's better to send someone to take a look, lest they wake up and see the third sister go back and report to the eldest wife, it will be troublesome."
Dongsheng nodded and said, "I was negligent, I'll go get people here."
Someone came in from outside, Ren Yaoqi heard Xiangqin's voice, and said to Dongsheng, "Does Xia Sheng know about that cave? If he knows, let him take my two maids with him. They see you arguing again."
In fact, she still has a lot of things she wants to ask Dongsheng.
At this time, Xia Sheng happened to walk in with two maids who were carrying a burden.
Ren Yaoqi asked Dongsheng to explain to them, and he brought Ren Yaohua to change his wet clothes and shoes.
When they go out, they will prepare a few clothes in case of emergency.
Generally speaking, for emergencies, most of these clothes are similar in color and style. In this way, if the clothes are dirty, changing them will also save some unnecessary embarrassment.
For example, if an eleven- or twelve-year-old woman suddenly had her menarche, it would be easier to deal with this kind of embarrassment, so as not to make a joke.
The emerald-colored skirt Ren Yaoqi put on was very similar to the one she wore before. Although the embroidered shoes on her feet were a little different in color, the style and color were the same, and you couldn't tell without looking carefully.
Ren Yaohua also changed into a dress in the color of Concubine Xiang.
When the two came out, Xia Sheng had already gone to help Ren Yaohua find her people.
Only then did Ren Yaoqi ask Xia Sheng what happened to him after he came out from Baiyunyan.
However, Dongsheng shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "It's just that I was chased all the way, and then I found that Miss San's people were following me. I thought they were catching up, so I thought about knocking people out first. fainted."
Ren Yaohua sneered aside: "It's fine for others, but don't tell me that you don't recognize the turnip around me. You talk a lot in front of the master, who did you learn the rules from? Or no one taught you at all? rule!"
Turnip has been with Ren Yaohua for some years, and has followed her to her grandfather's house in Yunyang City several times. Dongsheng should have recognized it.
Even Li Tianyou secretly glanced at Dongsheng in disbelief, but he was very smart and did not bother, but stared at an ordinary white porcelain tea bowl in his hand seriously, as if he was looking at an antique, obviously he didn't want to. In charge.
After hearing Ren Yaohua's rebuttal, Dongsheng lowered his head, as if admitting his mistake, but refused to open his mouth to explain what happened before.
Ren Yaohua became more and more convinced that Li Tianyou was deliberately taking revenge on her. After all, she had mentioned many times that she would drive out the troupe of her grandfather's family.
Ren Yaoqi had other ideas, he knew that Dong Sheng's words were not finished. But there are only four of them here, and there are no outsiders, why is Dongsheng still unwilling to say
Did he just want to talk to Li Tianyou alone in the future, or did he not plan to talk to anyone? If it's the latter, it's definitely a big deal.
Thinking of the last life, it is very likely that Dongsheng disappeared because of this incident, and Ren Yaoqi was a little worried.
She carefully recalled the things she encountered today, trying her best to connect things together. But after thinking about it, it always seemed like something was missing.
In the end, she could only look at Dong Sheng and say seriously: "I have something to tell you, you come with me." After speaking, Ren Yaoqi stood up and pointed to the next room.
Li Tianyou thought that Ren Yaoqi was trying to teach Dongsheng a lesson. After struggling for a while, he patted him on the shoulder and comforted him in a low voice: "Fortunately, this is not very fierce, you can just endure it."
Although it was a whisper, it was clear that there was no concept of a so-called whisper in his Master Li, so Ren Yaoqi still heard it, and he could only pretend not to hear it.
There, Ren Yaohua glared at him fiercely.
Dongsheng still did not dare to go against his master's wishes, and followed Ren Yaoqi to the next room.
Ren Yaoqi walked into the house slowly, without finding a place to sit down, she walked to the window and pushed open a window. A scent of grass mixed with moist soil poured into the room, and the stagnant air immediately became fresh and fresh. It makes people's spirits less tense.
After thinking about it, Ren Yaoqi said straight to the point: "I know you must have encountered a major event this time, and this major event is not a good thing. I think you don't intend to tell us because you don't want to implicate us. Go in. Am I right?"
Dongsheng looked at Ren Yaoqi in surprise: "Miss Biao, you..."
Ren Yaoqi turned his head and interrupted him with a warm voice: "I understand your loyalty to my uncle, and even Aiwu and Wu are a little more tolerant towards us because of this. But have you ever thought about it, if you really meet What bad things happened, but you have already been in contact with my third sister, uncle and me. Are you really not implicated in us? If you left immediately, maybe you could not bring the trouble back. But you brought my sister back and met us. Your kindness may bring bad results..."
When Dongsheng heard the words, his face became even paler, and his bloodless lips also trembled.
Seeing that he was a little loose, Ren Yaoqi continued: "Anyway, this is the end of the matter, even if you tell others that we are not involved, others will not believe it. Instead, you have not told me the truth. We will find a way to It's settled."
I don't want Dongsheng to hear the words, but he shook his head with a wry smile, and there was some deep helplessness in his expression: "It's useless, I'm in big trouble. Miss Biao, you're right, I should have Leave silently."
Ren Yaoqi listened quietly, shook his head and said, "You knocked out those servant girls because of what they saw? And you sent my third sister back because you were afraid that there would be no one around her and she would be in danger?"
Dongsheng smiled embarrassedly: "They shouldn't have seen it, I'm just just in case."
Ren Yaoqi looked at him and said nothing.
Dongsheng looked at Ren Yaoqi's calm face, thinking that what she said before was reasonable and well-founded, and somehow unexpectedly took out a letter from his sleeve: "In order to lure away those people who were chasing the master, I copied the trail on the mountain. I didn't want to, but I saw a person lying on the mountain road. I walked over to see that the person was dead. I saw such a letter on the ground next to him, so I picked it up and read it. Look, seeing that there is no sign on the top, I know it's a little strange."
After a pause, he continued: "I was about to put the letter back but I heard someone coming. After hesitating for a while, I put the letter away, and then went to check it, and saw that it was Miss San who brought it with me. A few people came here. I was afraid that they would meet the person on the ground, so I secretly led them to other places, and finally got far away from that place. I was about to show up, but the third lady was It suddenly occurred to me that I had just led them around in circles to cover others. So she ordered those women and maids to go the same way. Seeing this, I looked for an opportunity to lead the third young lady away, and then led those women and maids to the same way. Knocked out and hid."
"Then I want to send the third lady back. I don't want the third lady, but she is a little hostile to me, thinking that I have some purpose, she... The letter I put on the front of my clothes was accidentally pulled out by the third lady and fell to the ground, I was scared. She jumped and wanted to take the letter back, but Miss San took the lead and tore the seal of the letter."
Having said that, Dong Sheng pursed his lips: "I can only say that the letter was written to a girl I like, and the third lady returned the letter to me. I saw that the seal of the letter had been opened, I simply opened the letter and read it again. I was shocked when I saw it. There was no mark on the envelope, but the letter inside was... but it was invisible... "
When Xin was snatched by Ren Yaohua, he knew why Xia Sheng and the others always said that his martial arts were too weak.
Unlike Xia Sheng and the others, he was not a secret guard or a bodyguard. He was originally just an ordinary servant. Learning martial arts was only forced by the situation. Just in case, he would not hold back his masters at a critical moment.
Because of this day. Therefore, although his martial arts are average, his running and jumping skills are top-notch, and even Xia Sheng can't outrun him.
"Oh?" Ren Yaoqi frowned and pondered.
If possible, she felt that she should not ask any more questions, but now this matter is not so simple. It's not a good idea to hide one's ears and steal the bell, no matter what, Ren Yaohua has already been implicated.
Dongsheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly whispered: "That is a secret report from the imperial court to the governor Zhao Ming."
Dongsheng still said it.
He also had no choice. If he hadn't met Li Tianyou just now, he wouldn't have said anything.
However, he has already involved his master, but he can't think of a way to solve it. He didn't know if anyone was secretly following him.
He didn't know who to talk to about this matter. The three masters present and the other two were not suitable.
After all, he is just a little servant, there is no way he can do too much.
However, Ren Yaoqi was not in a hurry to ask what was said in the letter from the imperial court to Governor Zhao. She thought about it, was silent for a moment, and suddenly looked at Dongsheng: "Is there something you haven't told me? If it only happened These won't take so long."
Dongsheng lowered his head upon hearing this, his face a little embarrassed.
Ren Yaoqi smiled slightly, but looked at him indifferently: "If I guessed correctly, the reason why you took so long to send my sister back is because you were thinking about killing her to silence her? She dragged down my mother and grandfather's family."
This was what she thought when she heard Dong Sheng say that the letter was a secret report from the imperial court.
She would not doubt the loyalty of this group of people to the Xianwang Mansion.
Dongsheng's face was as white as paper, and suddenly his legs were soft and he knelt down in front of Ren Yaoqi. He didn't refute, and there was nothing to refute.
He really struggled in his heart for a long time before. If Ren Yaohua was killed and he left, he would not be involved in the line of King Xian.
So he took Ren Yaohua around for a long time, hesitating where to kill, but he still couldn't make up his mind to kill, because Ren Yaohua was the granddaughter of Prince Xian. Be his half master.
Ever since he can remember, he has been taught to be loyal to the Xianwang Mansion and to die for his master without hesitation. He couldn't do anything about killing the Lord.
In the end, for some reason, he took people to a place not far from the gate of Bailong Temple, and then met Li Tianyou and Ren Yaoqi who were looking for Ren Yaohua.
At that time, the only thing in his mind was that his wife's kindness was going to kill his master, and if that happened, he would be blamed for his death.
Even now, if he was given another chance, he would kill Ren Yaohua without hesitation.
Ren Yaoqi looked at his expression and sighed softly: "Get up, you are not wrong. You are a servant of the Li family, not the Ren family. Naturally, you must put the interests of the Li family first, as far as this is concerned. No one can blame you."
Dongsheng stood up in dismay, but he never dared to look up. Although he knew what he did was right, he couldn't face Ren Yaoqi's clear eyes.
"Have you ever returned to the place where you found the letter?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
Dongsheng nodded.
"And then the man disappeared?"
Dongsheng raised his head in shock, and said: "Miss Biao, how do you know?"
Ren Yaoqi sighed: "If he was here, you wouldn't be so worried."
That person is gone, which means that someone has appeared after Dongsheng, which means that someone may have been paying attention to that person in the dark. This also shows that winter students are at risk of exposure. Otherwise, he would go and bury the man, destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, and the trouble would be much less.
"I saw that there were no signs of fighting around him before he fell. It should have been injured elsewhere and chased there. After I took the letter and left, someone found him and took him away. So my previous actions may have fallen into the eyes of others. I heard Qiusheng and the others mentioned that the imperial court never asks for the cause, but only for the result. The letter is extremely confidential, and everyone who has contacted it is afraid that... "
Ren Yaoqi also had a heavy heart. She couldn't help but wonder, was Dongsheng's disappearance in the last life because she secretly left because she was afraid of affecting her uncle and the others, or was she killed and silenced