Scheme of the Official Descendant

Xia Sheng looked a little darker than a few months ago. He was already taller and stronger than Dong Sheng who was a servant. Such a big man nestled shyly on the shaft of the carriage, which made him feel very present, but he didn't look like him at all. Whose coachman is more like a thug. Seeing the master coming out from the second gate, he quickly jumped off the shaft and stood beside the carriage.

Rong said to the women and maidservants of the Lin family who sent her out with Ren Yaoqi: "Let me tell the child a few words, you should step back first."

Rong's tone and demeanor were very gentle, but she was a princess after all, a word made several maids salute and retreat without saying a word.

Then Rong said to Ren Yaoqi: "Dongsheng came back in the middle of the night yesterday."

Ren Yaoqi's heart moved, she came back in the middle of the night yesterday, and today Rong brought Dongsheng to look for her? Originally, she had told Mrs. Rong that she would find a chance to visit her, if she had something to say, why not wait until then? After all, according to Rong's usual style, he would not come to the Lin family.

Could it be that there is something important to tell her?

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but glanced at Xia Sheng, but Xia Sheng still had the same expressionless face for thousands of years, and he couldn't see why.

However, Rong patted Ren Yaoqi's head, and the expression on his face gradually became serious: "The Han family is probably not as simple as it appears."

Ren Yaoqi was startled when he heard the words, and immediately asked, "What did Xia Sheng find out this time?"

Mrs. Rong looked at Xia Sheng, Xia Sheng lowered his head and said, "Han Dongshan has indeed been in Jiangnan, but he is not from Jiangnan. He left Yanzhou with Yanbei people who went south to hide from Liao. When he was ten years old, he lived in Chuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River until he was 17 years old before returning to Yanbei because he avoided the famine. Han Dongshan said that he was from Shangzhuang Village, Zhuqiao Town, Chuzhou. After a famine, a plague broke out near Chuzhou, and Shangzhuang Village was closed down by the state officials at the time because many people were infected with the disease, and finally no one survived in the village.”

In order to prevent the spread of the plague, the way local officials treat those villages where most of the people are infected with the disease is to block them, prevent the people inside from contacting the outside, and let them fend for themselves. Because once the disease is contracted, life will be lost in nine out of ten cases, and there is no possibility of diagnosis and treatment. However, the result of this is that no one in the infected village can survive, and everyone in the village will eventually die of the disease. Burned by a fire.

"Then from whom did you confirm Han Dongshan's identity?" Ren Yaoqi raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Although Shangzhuang Town was gone back then, Han Dongshan was not the only one who escaped before the plague. I originally thought that there was no way to go down to check, and I didn't want to pass by a newly built stone bridge on the original site of Shangzhuang Town. When I saw the inscription on the bridge, it turned out that the bridge was built by a businessman in memory of his ancestors. His father was from Shangzhuang Village. After the drought and locust disaster, his father left with the salesman's uncle before the plague. home. The younger one went to the businessman afterwards, and his father is still alive."

Xia Sheng paused, and then said: "The old man is about the same age as Han Dongshan, the younger one gave him a general description of Han Dongshan's appearance and asked him if he knew the person who came from Yanbei back then, I don't want him to insist on the younger one The person mentioned in the mouth is his childhood partner, and his name is not Dongshan Xishan, but Zugeer."

"Brother Zu?" Ren Yaoqi frowned, "What's your last name?"

Xia Sheng shook his head: "This elder brother lived in Shangzhuang Village with a woman named Liniang, and Liniang called him elder brother, and the old man didn't know their surnames. From time to time, he helped others to earn some money, and his daily life was very difficult. Later, when Zu Geer was older, he gave cattle herding. Liniang said that Zu Geer was his son, but the old man said that once he went to find When Zu Geer was a child, I heard Liniang call Zu Geer Young Master."

"After so many years, can he still remember these clearly?"

"He said that if it was someone else, he couldn't remember it, but this mother and son were very special back then. Apart from their Yanzhou accent, although Zu Ge'er grew up, he did some work like the children in the village, but his His body, hands, and face are always clean, and he doesn’t fight or go to the river to bathe and fish with others. Because of his delicate appearance, some people suspect that he is a female doll. What’s even more strange is that they are sometimes so poor that they The pot can't be opened, but Liniang still insists on letting her brother go to a private school. When she can't pay the repairs, Liniang will wash, cook, and sew for the teacher, causing a lot of gossip. Later, many women in the village took brooms to drive them away. However, Liniang fell ill and died. Not long after that, Chuzhou was hit by a disaster, and Zu Geer fled Shangzhuang Village alone. After he left, someone secretly went to them. The house I lived in before wanted to try my luck to see if I could find some food, but I didn’t expect to find a blood-stained cursing puppet from under the bed board of the bed where Liniang lived. The strange thing is that The name on the puppet is not from Shangzhuang Village.”

Ren Yaoqi looked at Xia Sheng: "Whose name is on the puppet?"

Cursing the enemy with a straw puppet is a spell spread among the people in the Yanbei area. I don't want to mention whether it is useful or not, but everyone born in Yanbei knows it. Even Ren Yaoyu, who grew up in a boudoir, used it before.

But unless it's a bloody feud, no one will use blood on the puppet, at most it will prick it with a needle. Because the blood sacrifice will cause the person who cast the curse to be backlashed, which is equivalent to exchanging life with an enemy.

Xia Shengdao: "It was a disaster year at that time, and there was not enough to eat, so after the villagers who found the puppet were startled, no one in the village cared about it, but a few bold teenagers in the village ran to see it out of curiosity. That person also happened to follow, and someone who was literate at the time recognized those words, but it's a pity that after all these years, that person can't remember very clearly." Speaking of which, Xia Sheng raised his head and glanced at Ren Yaoqi, "I can't do anything about it. , I tentatively asked if the name of the person on it was Ren, and the person thought for a long time before he realized that it was really a person named Ren."

Xia Sheng asked that question out of caution at the time, but he was taken aback when he got an affirmative answer. Yao Qi didn't speak, thinking that she was frightened.

After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said: "But it's a coincidence that I saw the bridge this time and followed the vines to find the person who built the bridge. Other than that, no one knows Han Dongshan's background. There are still a few people who left Shangzhuang Village with Han Dongshan and went north, but they did not leave any traces in Yanbei in the end." Han Dongshan has lived in Chuzhou for so many years, since no one knows his background, this in itself It's just a weird thing.

After Xia Sheng finished speaking, no one spoke. They were standing under the shade of a pagoda tree, and the mottled and flickering light spots were projected on Ren Yaoqi's face, making her look flickering and darkening, making her People can't see clearly.

Rong's gentle voice brought Ren Yaoqi back from her contemplation: "If you want to get married, the most taboo thing is not to know the basics. The ancestors of the Han family grew up in Jizhou for generations. There is nothing wrong with that, but Han This person Dongshan... is not simple. There may be some problems with his real background. I came here today just to remind you. On the Duanyang Festival, I saw that the Ren family and the Han family were very close. The family still has the meaning of getting married." Speaking of this, Rong sighed, "It's a pity that I can't say this in front of your grandparents, but I will send a letter to your mother."

If the Rong family mentioned this in front of the Ren family, the first thing the old lady of the Ren family would think was that Xian Wangfu had ulterior motives, meddling in the marriage of the Ren family's children, and implicating the third wife of the Ren family. Moreover, not only would the Ren family not believe what the Rong family said, they might even let the Ren family sell the news that the people from Xianwangfu left Yanbei at will, putting Xianwangfu in danger.

Ren Yaoqi understood Rong's meaning and nodded, "I see, grandma, you don't have to worry too much."

But Rong patted Ren Yaoqi's head again, and said lovingly: "Qi'er, you are a smart and good boy." Rong knew that Ren Yaoqi asked Xia Sheng to do the investigation of Han Dongshan, and she didn't want to return it. Really found some signs.

Ren Yaoqi smiled at Rong, and then took another look at Xia Sheng: "This time it happened to Xia Sheng fortunately."

Xia Sheng still stood aside with his hands tied, he was a dull and quiet person, he didn't know how to respond to Ren Yaoqi's praise, so he just kept silent.

Rong patted Ren Yaoqi's hand, and sighed: "If you encounter any problems, please send a letter. You are young, and many things cannot be solved by yourself."

Ren Yaoqi nodded obediently, seeing that the matter was almost explained, Rong said goodbye to Ren Yaoqi, and Ren Yaoqi personally helped Rong into the carriage.

When the curtain of the car was lowered, Xia Sheng suddenly said: "Miss Biao, I brought you two people back this time, but it's not convenient to bring them here today."

Ren Yaoqi was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that before Xia Sheng left, she said she wanted Xia Sheng to teach her a few maids who were good at martial arts.

Xia Sheng scratched his head with his horsewhip: "The two young girls were bought from a street juggling troupe, because they have to practice basic skills since they were young, and they will learn faster. It’s too late. If you think the younger ones start teaching them, if you dislike their bad backgrounds, then look for the younger ones.”

Ren Yaoqi smiled and said: "Since you brought them back, it means that they have good qualifications, and let Sister Chuchu and the others help me see how they are. If they are born...as long as there is no trouble in the future."

Chu Chuzheng stood aside and hadn't gotten into the car yet. Hearing this, she smiled and nodded at Ren Yaoqi: "Miss Biao, don't worry."

Ren Yaoqi was really relieved.

(to be continued