Ren Yaoqi looked at Zhu Ruoju who was standing up after the ceremony.
The little girl in front of her has thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although it is far from the slender beauty that is popular nowadays, she also looks very comfortable. In particular, those eyes are very smart, and they should have a lively temperament on weekdays.
However, today's pair of smart eyes contained a bit of anxiety and worry.
Just seeing that Ren Yaoqi was with a few wives and maids, Zhu Ruoju didn't speak rashly immediately. After she got up, she stood upright behind Mrs. Yuan, presumably she had it before entering the mansion. Sister Yuan's teaching.
When Dao Ren Yaoqi sent out the maid and the old woman beside him, Zhu Ruoju couldn't hold back and hurriedly said, "Miss Fifth, do you know the whereabouts of my brother?"
When Ren Yaoqi heard this sentence, his heart was half cold.
"How long has it been since your brother went back?"
Zhu Ruoju's face turned pale, and she murmured with trembling lips, "Young miss, don't you know his whereabouts? After he returned from Baihe Town that day, he told my mother and me that he had something to do and needed to go out for a few days. I originally said that I would be back in three days at the latest, but I don't want to see anyone on the sixth day."
Zhu Ruomei really hasn't come back since she went to Jizhou that time? But where has he gone? Ren Yaoqi frowned and pondered, it was really pointless.
"Miss Fifth, do you know what he's going to do? We were afraid that the sister-in-law of the Zhu family would be worried, so we only told her that Ruomei took a short assignment and went to work, and it will take some time before she can go back. But the paper bag Don't worry, if Ruomei never comes back, how should we talk to Sister-in-law Zhu? She's just a little sicker." Sister-in-law Yuan also had a gloomy expression on her face.
Ren Yaoqi sighed lightly, and still said to Mrs. Yuan and Zhu Ruoju: "Zhu Ruomei went to help me with errands, and should have come back in two or three days, I don't know why... Well, I'll send someone there. Looking for him, I will definitely give you an explanation."
Sister-in-law Yuan said: "Why don't we let my family Dayong go look for him? He has known Ruomei for many years and is very familiar with him. If Ruo Ruomei encountered something difficult on the road, maybe he will leave a mark. "
Ren Yaoqi was thinking about who to send to find people. Seeing Mrs. Yuan mentioning Yuan Dayong, Ren Yaoqi recalled Yuan Dayong's appearance in his heart, thinking that since he could be selected to participate in the ice play competition last time, it was not the case. He was weak, so he nodded and said, "If that's the case, it would be even better. You ask Yuan Dayong to come to the manor, and I will explain to him."
"Hey, I'll ask my boss to call him here." Sister-in-law Yuan saluted and hurried away.
Seeing Zhu Ruoju standing there in a daze, Ren Yaoqi walked over and said softly: "I'm sorry. I thought he was going back to Yunyang City after finishing his work, but I didn't see any news from him in the past few days, so I felt something was wrong. , I was about to send someone to Yunyang City to ask."
Because the experience of Zhu Ruomei in the previous life made Ren Yaoqi too profound, she always thought that Zhu Ruomei was capable and reliable, so when Zhu Ruomei did not come to report to her immediately, she also felt that he was delayed by something at home I didn't really believe that something would happen to him.
But she forgot that Zhu Ruomei who impressed her in her last life was not Zhu Ruomei at this age. He hadn't experienced all the hardships he had experienced in the previous life.
Although Yuan Ruoju's expression was dim, she shook her head and said clearly: "My brother often said that the grace of dripping water needs to be reciprocated by a spring. Fifth Miss, you have the grace of life for my mother. If you do things for you, even if you sacrifice your life, we will still be there. No complaints."
When Ren Yaoqi heard this, he felt even more guilty.
Because he didn't know when Yuan Dayong would come, Ren Yaoqi invited Zhu Ruoju to sit with him, and then ordered the maid to serve some tea.
Both of them were worried about Zhu Ruomei's whereabouts, so chatting was a little absent-minded.
When the outside came in and reported that Mrs. Yuan had brought Yuan Dayong to wait at Yiran Pavilion, Ren Yaoqi immediately got up and walked out, and Zhu Ruoju followed behind her.
When they arrived at the Yiran Pavilion outside the second gate, Mrs. Yuan and Yuan Dayong had already arrived.
Ren Yaoqi sent the maids away, and said to Yuan Dayong: "Zhu Ruomei went to Jizhou to help me with a private matter this time. Go to Jizhou to find out his whereabouts. ."
"Fifth Miss, may I ask if this matter... is there any danger?" Yuan Dayong hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Oh, I'm asking you this not because you are afraid of death, Zhu Ruomei and I are brothers, he is missing, I It is necessary to find him. But if this matter is dangerous, I will be careful to guard against it."
Sister-in-law Yuan and Zhu Ruoju also looked over nervously. It seems that they all thought that Zhu Ruomei was going to do something dangerous.
Even so, people from the Yuan family are still willing to help find Zhu Ruomei, which is really amazing.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while and shook his head: "Although what I asked him to do is somewhat secretive and needs to be kept secret, it is not dangerous. And depending on the situation, he should have completed my entrustment."
Yuan Dayong nodded thoughtfully: "Xiao knows, then the journey to find him is a little more obscure."
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "Finding him is the most important thing. At that time, you can do it yourself. If you encounter any difficulties, don't be brave. Come back and tell me immediately, and I will find a way."
Yuan Dayong glanced at Ren Yaoqi when he heard the words, and saluted more respectfully: "Yes, Fifth Young Lady, I understand. I wonder if Fifth Young Lady has any other orders."
Ren Yaoqi told him some clues before letting him go out of the house to find people.
"Fifth Miss, I'll go back to Yunyang City first. My mother is still staying there, I don't worry about her alone." Zhu Ruoju came up and said.
Ren Yaoqi nodded and said warmly: "Take good care of your mother, I will always pay attention to your brother's affairs. When there is news, I will let someone tell you."
Zhu Ruoju thanked her and left with Mrs. Yuan.
Ren Yaoqi's original joy because she had successfully calculated the Han family was gone. She was worried about Zhu Ruomei, but she really couldn't figure out where he went.
It stands to reason that he has already completed what she handed him, and the Han family has not caught anyone so far.
Baihe Town is at least a day and a night away from Jizhou, and news will not come so quickly, so there is nothing to say on this day.
On the third day, Yuan Dayong finally came back, and Ren Yaoqi went out as soon as he heard the news.
When Ren Yaoqi was about to reach the Yiran Pavilion, he saw Yuan Dayong walking back and forth in the pavilion with his arms and his head lowered, and he seemed a little restless.
Ren Yaoqi walked over in a hurry and still sent the maid outside the pavilion.
Yuan Dayong hurriedly came forward to salute.
"Is there any news?" Ren Yaoqi asked directly.
Yuan Dayong shook his head in frustration, but after thinking about it, he nodded again, looking very confused.
Ren Yaoqi frowned: "What does this mean?"
Yuan Dayong said: "I followed the instructions of the fifth lady and went all the way to Jizhou to find Zhu Ruomei. I didn't find Zhu Ruomei's figure along the way. When I got to Jizhou, near the Hanjia Village you mentioned, I found that someone was also there. Like me, I am looking for Zhu Ruomei. Although the portrait of Zhu Ruomei in their hands has changed a lot, others may not recognize it. The young has been in friendship with him for many years and has seen his disguise, so they can see at a glance. The person who is looking for it is Zhu Ruomei. The little idea took the words of those people and learned that they were sent by the Han family, and the person they were looking for was a little thief who stole from their village."
Ren Yaoqi was not surprised to hear this.
The Han family must be trying to find the person who provoked this dispute between the Han family at this moment, otherwise Han Dongshan would not be able to wash it out even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
It can also be seen that Zhu Ruomei did not fall into the hands of the Han family.
"Then Xiao Xiao felt that something was wrong, so he didn't continue to ask. Instead, he went back to the house to hear what the fifth lady meant." Yuan Dayong said, "But I don't know why, when Xiao Xiao was about to enter the town, he found that there seemed to be someone behind him. Someone was following him. The young man was startled at the time, and he deliberately led the man around the town's small streets and alleys to make a lot of detours, and he got rid of him this time."
Ren Yaoqi frowned, thinking that the person who followed Yuan Dayong was from the Han family? Because Yuan Dayong had asked Zhu Ruomei before, so he was followed
At this time, Yuan Dayong continued: "But when Xiaoxiao got rid of people and was going to enter Ren's house, he threw this thing out of nowhere and it just fell at Xiaoxiao's feet."
Having said that, Yuan Dayong took out an ordinary brown hair rope used by men to tie his hair from his cuff, with a three-inch wide note tied on it.
The brown hairband looked a bit similar to the short brown fabric on Zhu Ruomei's body when he came last time, and Ren Yaoqi's face was also a little unsightly.
The person who would do this is definitely not Zhu Ruomei herself.
It seems that Yuan Dayong is likely to be followed, and Zhu Ruomei's disappearance is likely to have something to do with this person. But isn't this person from the Han family
"What is written on the note?" Ren Yaoqi asked in a very calm voice.
At this point, only the soldiers came to stop it.
As long as Zhu Ruomei is still alive, there is still room for everything.
Yuan Dayong carefully untied the hair rope, took out the note, opened it and replied, "Xiao was startled just now, afraid that someone would be watching, so he picked it up and ran away. I haven't opened it yet."
Said that Yuan Dayong had already unfolded the note, and before handing it to Ren Yaoqi, he also glanced at it: "Huh? Is it a poem?"
Yuan Dayong said to Ren Yaoqi in surprise.
Ren Yaoqi frowned and reached out to take it.
Sure enough, the ordinary piece of paper, like a random piece of paper cut from rice paper, had a poem written in neat regular script: "Jun Jin is in the net."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but read it out softly.
"Jun Jin is in the net? Fifth young lady, what do you mean?" Although Yuan Dayong followed his father to recognize some words and read a few books, he was still at a loss when he saw this endless poem.