Rouge wrong

Shen Cuo's final performance was really beyond Liu Rongzhi's expectations, and her emotions that should have been congratulatory for Shen Cuo were replaced by surprise.

The person who made Shen Cuo reacquainted and caused her troubles was not Bai Linqiu. Although there is no doubt about this now, another question is also in front of Liu Rongzhi - who is that person.

Because her trip to the south of the Yangtze River was largely to prevent Bai Linqiu from harboring ulterior motives, so during this period of time, her energy was almost entirely on Bai Linqiu besides paying attention to the progress of government affairs.

Of course, she also saw the way Shen Cuo and Bai Linqiu interacted, so she was a little relieved earlier.

But when she first saw Shen Cuo's attitude today, she still subconsciously regarded Bai Linqiu as that candidate. After all, she was acting the most suspicious of the people around Shen Cuo.

Looking at the back of Shen Cuo leaving triumphantly, the expression on Liu Rongzhi's face also slowly relaxed.

If it wasn't Bai Linqiu, who would it be?

Knowledge?Huo Zisu, Huo Wutong?Or...is there someone she doesn't know exists?

If it's any one of these, Liu Rongzhi would be suspicious for the time being and rest assured.

Wen Shi, as the person who grew up around Shen Cuo, has the greatest possibility, and Liu Rongzhi is the most optimistic about it.

But because the two grew up together, they haven't had any close contact in the past two years, and the recent interaction is very normal, and it doesn't seem like there is any sign of it.

As for Huo Zisu and Huo Wutong, Liu Rongzhi didn't hate them either.Although Huo Zisu is the daughter of Hua Jieyu, but she has a relatively innocent personality and is a member of the world, and has an old relationship with Shen Cuo. At present, it seems that she is indeed a good candidate.

Although Huo Wutong is a little younger, and his relationship with Shen Cuo is a little more distant than the previous two, but he is a genius in martial arts, and it is not impossible to get Shen Cuo's favor.

Liu Rongzhi had been rescued by her and had been with her for a long time, so she had a good feeling towards her.

In addition, there is a connection between her and Shen Cuo with Rouge, the more Liu Rongzhi thinks about it, the more likely it is.

"Auntie, the sun is going down, let me push you into the house."

Just as Liu Rongzhi was concentrating on thinking hard, Jing Cheng came from a distance from the corridor.She is not as invisible as Liu Rongzhi in the grocery store these days.

She is full of curiosity about the operation of the grocery store and Jiangnan, so she has a lot of exchanges with Yanzhi, and she often goes out to inspect folk customs.

Liu Rongzhi looked at his niece, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Could it be...

She recalled her question and Shen Cuo's answer, and found that Jing Cheng was also right.

When this idea first appeared in her mind, Liu Rongzhi only thought it was absurd.

But after thinking about it deeply, I found that this is not an impossible answer.

Shen Cuo has always been fearless, if it were those people before, why would she hesitate to come here?

But... She hasn't seen any intimate communication between the two these days?

"Auntie, what's the matter with you?" Jing Cheng walked in front of Liu Rongzhi only to find that there was something wrong with her complexion, not only was there a solemn expression between her brows, but she was also looking at him scrutinizingly.

Jingcheng has always loved and respected Liu Rongzhi, seeing her expression, a trace of panic and panic arose in his heart, "Why are you looking at me like this? Yes, did I do something?"

It was only then that Liu Rongzhi realized that he was in turmoil, and all trees were soldiers. He eased his expression, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking..."

Jing Cheng held the handle on the back of Liu Rongzhi's wheelchair, and asked suspiciously, "What are you thinking about? Is it about me?"

Liu Rongzhi has made plans for the rest of her life, and the current situation is indeed proceeding according to her plan.

The only requirement for her to hand over the power in her hands to Jingcheng is to let Jingcheng keep Shen Cuo's life safe.

But what would she do if this accident happened?

"Jingcheng, what do you think about Wuwang...?"

Putting aside the fact that the two are cousins, just saying that Jing Cheng is the princess, this matter is also very troublesome.

Jingcheng is already engaged, if the eldest son of Guozhu's family hadn't followed her to the northwest and came to the south of the Yangtze River, the two should have gotten married two years ago.

Brother Huang also has high hopes for this daughter, so how could he allow Shen Cuo to do such a disgraceful thing?

Indulging a younger sister and indulging a daughter are two different things, what's more, when she married Shen Yunyan, she felt the pain of being unavoidable, so her parents and elder brothers turned a blind eye to her behavior to make up for it.

But this thing is going to happen to Jingcheng... No, based on her understanding of Jingcheng, this child has big ambitions in her heart, so she probably won't do that outrageous thing.

That is innocent...

Liu Rongzhi was conflicted in his heart, and Jing Cheng was also beating drums in his heart.

She is very clear about Liu Rongzhi's conditions for cultivating herself, the most important of which is to keep Shen Cuo safe.

To be honest, she doesn't hate Shen Cuo - at least she never wants to harm her.

She felt countless times that Shen Cuo was a good person, had a good face, and even had some skills, so why did he have such an ugly mouth?

Jingcheng knew very well that if he wanted Liu Rongzhi to trust him completely, he had to at least pretend to be closer to Shen Cuo.

But on the one hand, her good patience and upbringing collapsed easily for some reason when she saw Shen Cuo's face, on the other hand, she also didn't want to act in front of Liu Rongzhi.

Although she really wanted to inherit the power in Liu Rongzhi's hands, she also really loved this aunt. She didn't want to face Liu Rongzhi with a false face, and she didn't think that her acting could escape her eyes.

"Auntie, cousin... I don't dislike her. From a certain point of view, I admire her very much. It's just that our personalities are a little different, so our attitude towards her on weekdays..."

Jing Cheng pondered over his words, and wanted Liu Rongzhi to know that he had no intention of harming Shen Cuo, and that he would definitely keep his promise, and do his best to keep her safe in the future——

But she always felt that Shen Cuo would not appreciate it, and if she just wanted to save her life, she would have to go far away, even the court would not tolerate her.

Shen Cuo's temperament said that it is easy to guess well, but it is really difficult to guess accurately.

Gein is always on a whim, and she thinks of it as soon as she thinks about it, and her way of thinking is different from ordinary people.

Today, Liu Rongzhi was [-]% sure, but finally found that the topics they talked about were completely different, and it was precisely because of this.

But Shen Cuo is hard to guess, but Liu Rongzhi knows Jingcheng very well, and the two have the same way of thinking about problems, and they can know her inner thoughts just by hearing her say one sentence.

At least in terms of Jingcheng, he has no idea about Shen Cuo.

But Liu Rongzhi didn't feel relieved, on the contrary, he was worried about making a mistake.How would things develop if one of them was affectionate and the other was unintentional?

"aunt……"

Seeing that Liu Rongzhi remained silent, Jing Cheng's heart rose in his throat.

Liu Rongzhi sighed, shook his head and said: "I'm fine, although Wuwang's character is a little eccentric and arrogant in the eyes of the world, but you should also be able to see from the events of the past two years that she is not a chaotic person.

Although he is not a person who cares about the country and the people, he also has great love in his heart.I just want you to keep that in mind and say something nice for her if she offends me. "

It was not the first time Jingcheng had heard Liu Rongzhi say this, on the one hand he felt that this aunt had finally started to pay attention to parent-child relationship.

On the other hand, she felt sad for her posthumous remarks.

"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely keep it in my heart."

Liu Rongzhi nodded, but he was still worried.She wasn't worried that Shen Cuo would act recklessly, because the words just now had already expressed Shen Cuo's position, and this daughter was always different from her.

What she worries about is that if the person who makes Shen Cuo's heart really is Jing Cheng, the love road will probably be more bumpy than Shen Yunpo.

Of course, she will take a closer look anyway.

"Aunt..." Seeing that she stopped talking about this topic, Jing Cheng deliberately mentioned it elsewhere, "Do you still remember the matter of General Zhenxi who has not yet found out the truth?"

Liu Rongzhi suddenly heard Jing Cheng mention this matter, and frowned: "Why, is there any new progress in Yao Yan's matter..."

At the beginning of the northwest earthquake, due to the remote location and the evil people secretly making troubles and stirring up troubles, it was in turmoil for a long time.

Although the imperial court sent troops there in time, they did not control the situation at the beginning until Liu Rongzhi arrived in the northwest and took command of the army.

At that time, there was a lot of conflict between the Beijing camp soldiers and the local army, and Yao Yan, the general of Zhenxi, was found to be involved in the turmoil.

It's a pity that Yao Yan has a favorable location and friendly people. At that time, Jin Yiwei and Jingying soldiers jointly arrested him, but his family of four escaped, and his life and death are still unknown.

At the beginning, due to the turmoil in the region and the unstable morale of the local army, Liu Rongzhi did not make the matter public under consideration, and only secretly sent Jin Yiwei to continue the investigation.

It's just that Yao Yan, as a general who has seldom fought in recent years, is indeed capable of generals.

In addition to being not weak in martial arts, he also knew the court's way of doing things in detail. In the past three years, Jin Yiwei only found some old clues, and didn't know where he was, or whether he was dead or alive.

"I just remembered that there was news that they had gone south, but they didn't find out about Baiyun Villa. They thought that Yao Yan was in collusion with the barbarians in the northwest, so Jin Yiwei didn't take this as the focus of investigation.

I've been flipping through the files for the past two days and suddenly remembered this. Would you like to take this opportunity to investigate? "

Now Liu Rongzhi can be said to be pure-hearted and ascetic, and he seldom asks about these things in person, and most of them are left to Jingcheng himself to decide.

So after listening, he just nodded: "Since you have an idea, go ahead and do it, although now that things are over, the significance of catching Yao Yan is not as great as before.

But after all, he violated the laws of Dayan and harmed the local people, no matter what the reasons are, he should be punished by law. "

Liu Rongzhi once admired Yao Yan very much, and Yao Yan was able to become General Zhenxi at a young age because of Liu Rongzhi's contribution, so the impact of this incident was quite far-reaching.Jingcheng asked this question, which can be regarded as respect for Liu Rongzhi.

"Then I'll edit a copy of the book for Mrs. Wen later, and ask her to inquire about Yao Yan during the investigation.

I have a hunch that if what he did back then is really related to Baiyun Villa, then it is very likely that he will appear again now. "

Liu Rongzhi showed a gratified smile and nodded: "Jingcheng, you have grown up."

Due to the recent actions of the imperial court, many gentry families in the south of the Yangtze River have been implicated, and some rumors have gradually started among the people.

However, the scope of the incident was relatively small, and the common people only used it as an after-dinner conversation, and it did not cause much commotion.

As the transportation hub of Jiangnan water transportation, Yanzhou is the most lively place such as wharfs and post stations. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in Jiangnan gradually began to cool down, but the atmosphere here is still in full swing.

Li Jiang sat in a corner, ate his lunch with his head bowed in silence, and what he heard was the lively discussions among his fellow workers.

In addition to delivering goods to Shen Ji's grocery store, he also works as a porter and helper in dock stations and other places on weekdays, and these places are also the places where the news is the most well-informed.

"I just heard from a guest from Yuzhou that the offspring of the Liu family have been interrogated and dozens of people have been arrested.

It seems that the previous rumors are true, and the imperial court should have made up their minds this time to repair the gang of Jiangnan gentry. "

Old Yang always got the first-hand information, and today he was the one who opened the topic first.

Probably because the youngest son was studying in Linxia Academy, this old man has been under the influence of his ears and eyes for many years, and he has his own views on things.

"Old Yang, you said the same thing last time, but it turned out that there was too much thunder and little rain.

Although many officials were arrested, there were not many gentry who were really hurt. "

The people in the south of the Yangtze River are rich and have a prosperous academic style. Except for the remote and poor villages, many people in the towns and cities have read and literate. Even these porters and helpers are more knowledgeable than ordinary people.

"Although there was no injury last time, it also hit the arrogance of those noble gentry, otherwise, would our life be much easier in the past few years?

Besides, this meal has to be eaten bite by bite, and the road has to be walked step by step.Our knowledge is short and we only saw the watch. The emperor has raised so many officials and lords, so he must have thought more deeply than us. Maybe we can divide it into two steps. "

Because his youngest son was only able to study at Linxia Academy run by the royal family, Lao Yangtou highly respected the court, the emperor and the eldest princess.

The people in the Jiangnan area have suffered from the noble and gentry families for a long time. Unless they are stakeholders, they are very happy to see the imperial court's suppression of them.

"You have finished all the words. If it doesn't work this time, you just say to go in three steps."

"It is always right for the imperial court to suppress them. I heard that although the adults this time are young, they are quick and resolute in their actions.

It was from our Yanzhou to Yuzhou before, how many days has it been?They arrested people quietly. "

"I've heard about this too, didn't it just happen a few days ago? It was the boat we took at the pier, and the magistrate delivered it himself.

My relative was working in the yamen, and I spotted him disguised in the crowd that day, and I later found out that it was the magistrate's private visit in disguise. "

"I heard that someone from the Liu family is an official in Beijing. I don't know if this young adult can stand up."

"Hey, the emperor is behind the people, how can we not stand it? Our emperor is not the foolish emperors of the previous dynasty, can we be forced by these people to kill loyal ministers?"

"Okay, old man Yang, if you go on, those who don't know will think that you and the emperor are relatives.

I don't think these wealthy gentry are that miserable. Don't we still have a share of the credit for our Jiangnan being so rich. "

"You're wrong. My son said that our Jiangnan's wealth is mainly due to its geographical location..."

When Lao Yang mentioned his youngest son, his face was full of pride. Although the matter he was talking about had little connection with him personally, it did not affect his enthusiasm for arguing with others in the slightest.

Since Li Jiang traveled from the north to the south, he did not understand the language of the local people, so he seldom participated in discussions and interacted with others.Workers only know that his wife died young and now he has two sons with him.

Just when these rough people were chatting enthusiastically during the break time, suddenly a small figure ran towards the pier, shouting while running: "Father, father, go and have a look, brother!" Got into fights with people."

Most of the boy's voice was covered by the noise of the pier, but Li Jiang stood up immediately, dropped the food in his hand and ran towards his little son.

"Tiger, what happened?"

Huzi ran with his face flushed and panting, seeing his father anxious and wronged: "Father, go and have a look, my brother met shopkeeper Xiao Shen, and then, then..."

"You son of a bitch!" Li Jiang heard his son's words, the veins on his forehead swelled, he grabbed the tiger, and said angrily, "Where is he? Take me there quickly."

Shen Cuo racked his brains, thinking day and night, and finally came up with a way for her.

Since you can't guess what Yanzhi wants, why don't you take Yanzhi out for shopping, and see her reaction to various things then, won't you know?

Young Master Shen has always been super strong in action, and he immediately takes action when he thinks about it.Woke up early that day, as soon as he opened his eyes, he said that he would take Yanzhi to go shopping, without any warning, Yanzhi was caught off guard.

Shen Cuo wanted to go shopping, but Rouge had to put it aside no matter how important it was.

What's more, just looking at Shen Cuo's expression, Rouge could vaguely sense her intentions, and naturally she would not refuse.

To be honest, Shen Cuo's reaction in the past few days made her very happy.To be more precise, there is more helplessness and humor than joy.

It's not that she wants to embarrass Shen Cuo, but if Shen Cuo doesn't figure it out from the beginning, she is afraid that there will be other changes in the future.

Many people can see Shen Cuo's temperament at a glance, but the people who really understand her can be counted on one hand, and Rouge is one of the few people.

Shen Cuo's current performance is not so much that he knows his own mind, but rather that he feels something vaguely and is trying to explore.

It's not that Yanzhi never thought of telling her directly, or inducing her, but after thinking twice, Yanzhi still gave up this idea.

I hope Shen Cuo can find out by herself that this is not the result of Yan Zhi's selfish considerations, but the conclusion she has thought about in detail from various aspects.

Since she was adopted by Shen Cuo, it was destined that she and Shen Cuo could not stand on equal positions.

And judging from Shen Cuo's usual behavior towards her, it's not like he treats her as an equal.

It's not that Shen Cuo treats her badly, it's just that it's hard for a natural superior to empathize with the people around her.

Even Rouge herself didn't put herself in the same position as Shen Cuo at first.

Rather, this is the reality, and there will be no fundamental change in the eyes of others in the future.

However, what Yan Zhi is looking for is not equality in this world, but equality between herself and Shen Cuo.

This reciprocity includes not only narrowing the gap in status between her and Shen Cuo, but also trying to narrow the difference in thought between the two.

"Tricking" Shen into making a mistake also feels guilty for her.

"Yanzhi, let's go." Shen Cuo got impatient, took Yanzhi's hand, and said anxiously, "Don't wait for a carriage, anyway, we don't bring anyone else, so let's go out for a stroll by ourselves.

You bring the money, I will take you, this is the way, we just walk over. "

The residential area where Shen's house is located is only one street away from the most bustling market, and it doesn't take much time and effort to walk there.

However, Shen Cuo doesn't like to show his face on weekdays, and he needs a carriage when traveling, but he didn't expect to be so anxious that he didn't need a carriage today.

"Will you wear a veil, then?"

Rouge still remembers that when she was in the capital, she only went out a few times, and Shen Cuo didn't know how many people accosted her, which is why Shen Cuo didn't like to go out.

"What kind of veil are you wearing? I'm not Bai Linqiu."

Rouge pursed her lips and said with a smile: "But you are prettier than Miss Bai, what should you do if you meet Meng Lang who covets your beauty again?"

"Afraid of Meng Lang's disciples? Come one and I'll fight one, come two and I'll make a pair."

This is true, Shen Cuo is not afraid of anyone.

"But I'm afraid they spoil your spirits."

Shen Cuo thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, it is really a trouble to be born beautiful and hard to give up."

She boasted that she had always had a way, and if others listened to it, they couldn't help laughing no matter how reasonable it was.Only Yan Zhi was showing off her face, smiling and nodding in agreement.

"However, wearing a veil can't block the eyes of others, and it may make people more curious.

As for me, there are many people in the martial arts world who are prettier than Bai Linqiu. Half of her title as the number one beauty is because she always wears a veil.

People in the world are always curious, the more they don't show it to you, the more they want to see it, the more mysterious it is, the more they want to spy on it.

It is precisely because she is unwilling to reveal her true face, the more people spread the word and the more people want to see it, the bigger her name will be. "

Shen Cuo said it clearly and logically, and Yan Zhi thought about it, which is exactly the reason.

"You are right, Miss Bai is indeed very beautiful, but in my opinion, your beauty is even higher than hers. If she is number one, where should you be?"

Although Shen Cuo prefers the title of No. [-] in the world to the No. [-] beauty, but these words come from Rouge's mouth, which really makes her feel at ease.

"Hmph, I don't care about this. The so-called literature is not the first, and martial arts is the second. This matter of aesthetics is different for everyone, and it's not a real competition, so let's not mention it."

Seeing that she was very humble, Yanzhi was about to nod her head, but she saw Shen Cuo's eyes fell on her face, looking at her quite seriously.

"But in my opinion, you are also prettier than Bai Linqiu."

Shen Cuo had never praised Rouge's appearance so bluntly before, at most he just comforted her and asked her not to care about the birthmark on the corner of her eye.

But this time, Shen Cuo not only compared her with Bai Linqiu, who is known as the number one beauty in martial arts, but also his tone was not at all coaxing a child.

Although Bai Linqiu is younger than Shen Cuo, he is also quite a bit older than Rouge.

What's more, she is still a pregnant woman, most people probably wouldn't compare the two.

But Shen Cuo didn't seem to realize this at all, and spoke very sincerely.Rouge took a deep breath, lowered her face a little shyly, and said softly: "Shopkeeper Shen really likes to joke, how can I be compared with Miss Bai?"

Shen Cuo snorted softly: "That's even if you don't compare with Bai Linqiu, in my opinion you are the prettiest."

Shen Cuo spent the past two days in his study studying a lot of scriptures about gifted scholars and beauties, and found that in order to please a girl, he must be able to talk sweetly and sweetly.

Just now when she heard Yan Zhi boasting about herself, she was very happy, and she started to sell on the spot.

However, as she talked, she discovered that these so-called rhetoric were not just the thoughts that flashed through her mind on weekdays?