Chapter 99: Inventory
After leaving Rong Chenghan's group, Liu Ruosi followed Mrs. Liu Er and sat in the carriage, which was unusually quiet. Mrs. Liu Er noticed it.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Mrs. Liu Er looked at Liu Ruosi carefully, thinking that she was still in shock and had not recovered. First, the horse pulling the cart fell to death, almost causing a car accident. Then, they met Rong Chenghan's horse team again.
Liu Ruosi was young and grew up in a boudoir. When had she ever seen so many fierce soldiers? Rong Chenghan's initial behavior was indeed scary. Even she was frightened, let alone Liu Ruosi.
Mrs. Liu Er held Liu Ruosi in her arms, as if Liu Ruosi was still a child, and gently patted Liu Ruosi's back to comfort her.
"Don't be afraid." Mrs. Liu Er comforted Liu Ruosi softly, "He is also a descendant of the clan in the capital. Although he looks a bit fierce, he is very polite." The car could not be driven away, but Liu Ruosi could still handle it calmly.
, the current situation is naturally more due to the fact that Rong Chenghan was frightened later, so Mrs. Liu Er comforted Liu Ruosi like this.
Liu Ruosi was thinking about something, and when she heard what Mrs. Liu Er said, she couldn't help but raise her head. Seeing the way Mrs. Liu Er talked about Rong Chenghan, she clearly liked this man a bit.
Liu Ruosi couldn't help but feel alarm bells ringing in her heart.
"Why did mother say that he is polite?" Liu Ruosi said immediately, "We are close to the capital, and there are people coming and going on the official roads. If he is really like what mother said, how could he gallop away? His eyes are bad.
Why didn't he see us people and the carriages and horses parked there? He almost trampled us with his horse!"
"This... I can't blame him." Mrs. Liu Er said with a smile, "You don't know, when he was thirteen years old, he went to the north to fight with his father, Prince Yongjing, for several years. He was away from home like this
After a long time, he finally came back. How could he not be happy? Seeing that he looked older, he was actually not very old. When he was still a child, it was reasonable to be anxious for a while. What's more, his horse really stopped when he said it.
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"I heard from your father that this boy is very good at martial arts and martial arts. I think he is very confident in his riding skills... Look at how polite he was to us later. He didn't seem to be relying on his family background or military merit.
He is an arrogant and domineering person. He even gave us his war horse... He is a very good person."
Liu Ruosi was a little helpless. Mrs. Liu Er had just met Rong Chenghan once, but she had such a lot of good feelings. It was really annoying and helpless. However, thinking about it calmly, Rong Chenghan was in Liu Er's eyes.
Considering his wife's behavior in front of him, it's no wonder that Mrs. Liu Er praised him so much.
Yes, such a person who is good at martial arts and martial arts can follow his father on the battlefield at a young age, and can also make military exploits many times. How can he be a simple person? If he wants to please Mrs. Liu Er, then of course he
A piece of cake.
But why does he want to please Mrs. Liu Er?
Doubts flashed through Liu Ruosi's mind.
"Mom, you also said that he is a member of the clan. Although he is young, he may not have seen less things. He has just come back from the border and has made military exploits. He has made great achievements. He is young, so of course he must be cautious.
Be careful. He must have seen our carriage and recognized who we are. He just doesn't dare to offend us. If he gallops like this today, if he tramples on us, the censor will be able to intervene with him if he turns around."
"You can't say that. Si'er, what's wrong with you today?" Mrs. Liu Er finally felt that Liu Ruosi was a little different today than usual, so she asked with some surprise.
"Nothing." Liu Ruosi said, "Mother, this person is not a good person at first glance. Mother, you always treat bad people as good people, I am worried about you."
"Well, it's none of our business whether he is good or bad." Although Mrs. Liu Er said this, she inevitably added, "They later gave us war horses, and he didn't need to do this. No.
Just like you said."
"Mom, birds of a feather flock together and people divide into groups, look at the people he brought with him." Liu Ruosi had to say again, trying every possible means to embarrass Rong Chenghan in front of Mrs. Liu Er.
"Oh, you reminded me." Mrs. Liu Er suddenly said, "The older general following him looks familiar to me. He seems to be a member of your Uncle Liu's clan. Which house does he belong to and what is his name?
But I can’t remember it. It seems that your fifth aunt told me that she also made military exploits on the front line."
The rest of the trip passed by Mrs. Liu Er's chattering. It was not until she arrived at Zhuangzi in Qingxi that Liu Ruosi felt her ears clear. She was very helpless, but now Rong Chenghan had left a good thing for Mrs. Liu Er.
The impression is truly unbreakable.
After getting out of the car, he saw the war horse again. Fugui treated the horse with some fear.
"Haosheng, take good care of it. This is not an ordinary horse we use to pull carts. You must return it to others when you get back." Mrs. Liu Er also gave a special instruction.
"Mom, why did our horse eat some poisonous horse grass?" Liu Ruosi finally had the opportunity to guide Mrs. Liu Er to another topic.
Mrs. Liu Er's expression changed.
"This matter must be investigated thoroughly." Liu Ruosi said to Mrs. Liu Er, "I really can't believe that it was eaten by mistake. Mother, you also heard what the soldier said. Their cavalry at the border
, knows the most about horses. He said how there is poisonous horse grass in the capital, and the feed that our cart-pulling horses eat is carefully selected. If it was not intentional, how could the horses eat that thing!"
Mrs. Liu Er didn't think of this and couldn't help but frown.
"It's lucky that nothing serious happened to us. If it were an accident, we still don't know where we are now." Liu Ruosi said again.
Someone in the mansion deliberately poisoned their horse. Naturally, the purpose was not to have any grudge against the horse or to kill the horse, but to kill the people riding in the carriage.
Some people don't want them to get to Zhuangzi smoothly, and even want them to die!
Mrs. Liu Er did not dare to think about this matter in detail.
"Mom, this matter can't be vague. If there is one, there are two. With this idea, if it doesn't work this time, it will attack us next time." Liu Ruosi said.
"Maybe... he doesn't want us to come to Zhuangzi... He wants to kill us, so he probably won't..." Mrs. Liu Er is kind-hearted, but she is very reluctant to think of things in the worst light, and is unwilling to put others, especially her family, in the worst possible light.
Think the worst.
However, the facts are before our eyes and cannot be avoided.
"We must investigate carefully when we go back." After thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Liu Er also made up her mind.
Zhuangzi came to Qingxi to find a suitable family for Haitang to register. This matter was not difficult to handle. Soon, Mrs. Liu Er and Liu Ruosi selected one of the families recommended by Zhuangtou.
.This family has been cultivating the land of the Qi family for generations, and is deeply blessed by the Qi family. The family has a simple population, and they are all very strict-mouthed people who behave very appropriately.
Mrs. Liu Er called the family named Jiang over and gave her detailed instructions. She also rewarded them with a few pieces of ruler heads and some silver coins.
"... Just acknowledging the kiss, just think of it as having an extra relative. If anyone comes to ask, don't let anything slip in your normal conversation."
That family was already grateful and wanted to repay the favor. Now that such a thing was of benefit to them, there was no reason not to agree, so they agreed with great gratitude.
After completing this matter, Mrs. Liu Er breathed a sigh of relief and could explain to Mr. Liu Er when she went back.
"Going to visit the village in Langshan again?" Liu Er's wife asked Liu Ruosi, and also asked her if she wanted to stay overnight in the village and go back tomorrow.
"Mom, regarding the horse matter, it's better to go back as soon as possible." Although Liu Ruosi wanted to relax in Zhuangzi, she had important matters that she needed to go back to solve at the moment.
"That's good. Let's go back and settle the matter of registering as soon as possible to avoid any further changes." Mrs. Liu Er said, because of the carriage incident, she also became alert.
Everyone only had one meal at Zhuangzi, took a bunch of local things prepared by Zhuangzi, and hurried back. When it was getting late, Mrs. Liu Er and Liu Ruosi returned to Liu Mansion. When they entered the city
, Liu Ruosi had already sent someone to the Hanlin Academy to inform Master Liu Er, so the mother and daughter got off the bus at the second gate, and Master Liu Er was already waiting in front of the screen wall gate with his people.
"How's it going? You're not hurt." Mr. Liu Er caught up and looked at his wife and daughter carefully before he felt relieved.
"I've told the old lady, and also told the eldest brother that everyone is in the old lady's room now." Mr. Liu Er told Mrs. Liu Er and Liu Ruosi as they walked through the door.
When Mr. Liu Er received the message sent by Liu Ruosi in the Hanlin Academy, he was immediately surprised. He immediately came home and told Mrs. Liu, Mr. Liu and others about the matter.
"We have sent people to guard the stables, and the third brother went to investigate in person...are you sure you have eaten poisonous horse grass?"
"Definitely." Liu Ruosi nodded and said, "When you meet people who have returned from the northern border guard, there are soldiers who raise horses. They know this best."
As for meeting Rong Chenghan, Liu Ruosi felt there was no need to tell Mr. Liu Er in detail.
The three of them arrived at Mrs. Liu's house. Mr. Liu, Mrs. Liu San, Mrs. Liu/Grandma and others were all there. Mrs. Liu, with a sallow face, was also there.
"But fortunately, I was scared to death when I heard the news. I was very anxious and felt uncomfortable, so I wanted to come and see with my own eyes. My sister-in-law and the third girl are all fine, so I feel relieved. It's my ancestors who have blessed me.
"Everyone came to express their condolences. The eldest wife asked Grandma Liu to support her, and she also came to talk, while wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"This has never happened in our family." Mrs. Liu frowned and said, "The third child has been gone for a long time, why is he back?"
"Don't worry, old lady. No matter who is responsible for this murder, it will harm the second wife and the third girl. We, the master, have gone and the security guards will find them out." Mrs. Liu San glanced at Mrs. Liu and Grandma Liu.
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Just as he was talking, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and Mr. Liu San walked in with a sullen face.
Chapter completed!