I am a consultant in Kaifeng

When Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao went to Renjia Village, most of the families had already gone to work.

After all, it is not easy to have a good meal.

The summer is hot, so work early, otherwise the sun will be too strong and it will be difficult to work.

There are peasants in the fields on both sides of the road leading into the village. They work against the sun, and when they are bored, they sing together, and the singing can be heard far away.

Zhan Zhao and Du Xiaoning walked along the road, being baptized by the singing of the farmers, feeling that life has been sublimated.

Before Du Xiaoning entered the village, he saw Xiaofang who gave her wild fruits yesterday from afar.

Xiaofang was very happy to see Du Xiaoning, "Master, why did you come? My aunt made pancakes at home. They are delicious and crispy. May I give you a taste?"

Du Xiaoning bent her eyes, "Okay."

So, the little girl jumped up and down and wanted to go home to get pancakes for the third son.

The third son said, "Don't worry, I'll go with you."

Xiaofang:? ? ?

The third son had a sincere apology on his face, and his voice was gentle, "Xiao Fang, I'm sorry. I didn't tell you more because it was too late yesterday. We are from Kaifeng Mansion."

Xiaofang was stunned: "What, what?"

Du Xiaoning smiled at the little girl.

Xiaofang: ""

The young man in front of him was extremely handsome, gentle and polite, very different from the yamen slave in his imagination.

Xiaofang couldn't help but glance at Du Xiaoning, and then again.

Mr. Zhan next to him felt that he couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed lightly.

The little girl came back to herself suddenly, she looked at Du Xiaoning with her big bright eyes, and said with a smile: "Young master is very different from the official I imagined."

"What kind of official do you imagine?"

Du Xiaoning teased her with a smile, then pointed to the stalwart Mr. Zhan beside him, "Is he as fierce as this master?"

The vicious Mr. Zhan: ""

Xiaofang laughed happily, "This master is not too fierce."

Feeling that the wronged Mr. Zhan has been wronged, he is very relieved.

Xiaofang had already led Du Xiaoning into the village.

The little girl and the deceased Ren Minling were neighbors. According to Xiaofang, in the past six months, Ren Minling has not been quite right. She often stays by herself and giggles. It is to pray for the parents.

A while ago, my uncle said that he would marry Ren Minling and let her get married as soon as possible. So I had a big fight with my uncle.

The little girl is lively and innocent.She was bouncing up and down in front of her, very energetic.

Girls at this age are always the most likable.In the Mood for Love, she hasn't tasted much hardship in life, so she is pure and innocent, pitiful and cute.

Du Xiaoning looked at the figure of the little girl, "Marriage is a major matter, the order of the parents is the words of the matchmaker. Girl Ren's parents are gone, she grew up with her uncle, it is normal for her uncle to make decisions for her, why should she disobey her uncle?"

The little girl who was still bouncing around stopped in her tracks, looking confused.

"I don't know either. Sister Minling is very smart, and I often don't understand what she thinks."

Du Xiaoning: "For example?"

"For example, I think Brother Chengyan is very nice. My parents and people in the village think he is very good. Sister Minling also said that he is very good, but I don't know why. When Brother Chengyan went to propose marriage, she didn't like it. I do."

When the little girl talked about Ren Minling, she always had a sad look on her face.

"Sister Minling took good care of us, and she even taught me how to write my name. But I am relatively stupid, and I can't write it well. Brother Chengyan can also read some characters. He used to play with Sister Minling."

We used to play together a lot, but what happened afterwards?

Du Xiaoning thought for a while and asked Xiaofang, "When did Ren Minling stop playing with Ren Chengyan?"

"Well, it probably started last winter. Since this spring, Sister Minling has been going to the Great Buddha Temple often. Sometimes when she has nothing to do, she will sit under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, as if she is waiting for someone."

"I asked her who she was waiting for, and she always said she was waiting for someone, but who she was waiting for, she never told me, and I never saw it."

"So you think she's cheating?"

"Who would wait for someone who doesn't exist for no reason? Isn't this an evil move?"

Du Xiaoning smiled, the flower branches of the flower trees on the side of the road stretched out, blocking the way, she broke off the flower branches and gave them to Xiaofang.

"Ren Minling often stays under the willow tree. Apart from her, have you seen anyone else going under the willow tree these days?"

Xiaofang shook her head, "The old people in the village say that the willow tree has grown for hundreds of years, and it has spirituality. Sister Minling often stays under the willow tree, maybe she was favored by the willow tree god and asked her to serve, so Minling Sister Ling will die."

As they spoke, they had already reached the door of Uncle Ren Minling's house.

There are two ginkgo trees planted on the left and right in front of the gate of Ren's house. The ginkgo trees are tall and straight, like two guards standing guard.

"Fifth Ren is a good man. Although he can be cruel to Sister Minling sometimes, he loves her very much."

The little girl tilted her head, with a worried expression on her face, obviously worried that Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao would embarrass her uncle.

Du Xiaoning smiled and assured the little girl, "Don't worry, I'm just asking some questions, and I won't embarrass Uncle Wu."

Xiaofang was relieved, she still held the flower branch Du Xiaoning gave her in her hand, and asked with a bright smile: "Do you still want my mother's pancakes?"

"Yes, I'll go find you after we finish chatting with Uncle Ren."

The little girl happily pointed to Du Xiaoning to a house not far away, and said, "My house is right there, son, don't forget that I'm waiting for you."

Xiaofang left, Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao stood under the ginkgo tree.

Lord Zhan glanced at the third young master with a half-smile, "The third young master has gained a lot."

After a short pause, he said again: "You are always like this, and something will happen sooner or later."

The third young master raised his eyes, and asked in a very serious tone, "Is Mr. Zhan jealous of me?"

Master Zhan: ""

Mr. Zhan: "All right, all right, I'm jealous of you. Excuse me, Third Young Master, can we get down to business?"

The third young master took a look at Mr. Zhan, thinking that what I did was not a serious matter?It's really nonsense.

Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao met Ren Minling's uncle Ren Wu and his wife Jin Shi.

After five years of tenure, it is not surprising that his temples have turned gray, and he looks like a very simple farmer. Like most women in this era, the Jin family is like a husband and wife.

Seeing Zhan Zhao and Du Xiaoning, the couple looked at each other, a little cautious, but not afraid.

When Ren Minling's body was found, they all went to Kaifeng Mansion

They just went to Kaifeng mansion to identify the corpse a few days ago, but they didn't see Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao at that time.

"Minling was like my elder brother since she was a child, with high spirits. I don't like her temperament, and I often beat her. As time goes by, the relationship between her and me has become worse and worse."

Ren Wu was sitting in the yard, still doing farm work, his face was very dark, and his eyes were bright.When talking about my niece, there was a trace of sadness in the deep voice.

"Zhuojing said that Minling was not young, and it was time for a kiss, so I made a marriage proposal for her. The young man's surname is Lu, and he is an outsider in the village, but he has lived in the village for more than ten years. She won't be wronged either. But Minling didn't want to, and even had a big fight with me over this matter."

Du Xiaoning sat on the steps in the yard and looked at Ren Wu, "Why doesn't she want to? Is it because of Mr. Zhang?"

Ren Wu was stunned for a moment, and then looked away.

"I am not sure."

Ren Wu seemed to be competing with the fishing net in his hand, and it became a mess after mending.He put down the fishing net a little impetuously, turned his head, and stared at Du Xiaoning with his energetic eyes, his face was full of displeasure.

Du Xiaoning listened to his heart——

What exactly do they want to know?

People are dead, is there an end? !

Du Xiaoning's clear eyes looked at him very calmly, and after a while, Ren Wu looked away.

Du Xiaoning smiled and asked, "Can I chat with Mrs. Jin for a while?"

With Ren Wu's cold-faced and warm-hearted personality, Ren Minling may not be closer to him than to her aunt

Ren Wu was stunned.

Zhan Zhao, who was standing peacefully in the yard as the background board, also turned his head to look at Du Xiaoning.

Ren Wu said in a hard voice: "Is it necessary? I didn't lie to you about anything."

With a smile in front of Du Xiaoning, he said: "Uncle, don't be nervous, just chatting casually. The little girl has a lot of thoughts in her heart that she doesn't want to tell her uncle. Maybe she will be willing to talk to her aunt."

Ren Wu didn't speak.

Du Xiaoning still had a good temper, and explained to Ren Wu in a good voice: "Although Mr. Zhang said that he pushed Miss Ren into the moat, we still need to find out the cause and effect of the matter."

It's not impossible for an official to be tough and let people cooperate sometimes, but Du Xiaoning is not very willing to do that, because it is easy to make people feel resistant.

Ren Wu bowed his head, picked up the fishing net that was thrown on the ground just now, and did not speak again.

If you don't speak up, that's tacit consent.

Du Xiaoning stood up, patted the dust on the robe, and walked to the kitchen next to her as if walking around her own house.

Mrs. Jin was baking pancakes in the kitchen. When she saw Du Xiaoning, she was stunned for a moment, and then looked outside.

"Don't worry, auntie, I came in to look for you after asking uncle."

Jin uttered an "oh" and stood still, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Du Xiaoning's eyes fell on the big cake, and said with a smile: "This cake is delicious, and the auntie is really skillful. How to make it, can you teach me?"

When talking about things he is familiar with, Jin is much more comfortable.She was talking to Du Xiaoning about the steps of baking pancakes, and she stopped suddenly while talking.

Du Xiaoning, who was listening to her attentively, looked up at her, and asked, "Why didn't Auntie say anything?"

Jin finally came to his senses, this pampered young man didn't want to know how to make pancakes, he just wanted to find something to say to her so that she wouldn't be nervous because she was uncomfortable.

Kindness and consideration are always easy to put people at ease, Jin smiled at Du Xiaoning, finished the steps of baking the big cake in a few words, and then said: "Minling, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Du Xiaoning's attitude is casual, and her words are also very casual: "Just chat casually, and Auntie can say whatever comes to mind."

Jin Shi is a simple woman who doesn't know much. Her husband and children are everything to her.The concern for Ren Minling is also because of her husband, so she loves the house and loves her.

"The child Minling has always been very good, but she is very assertive. Sometimes she disagrees with her uncle on some matters. For ordinary trivial matters, her uncle will go with her. I don't know why, but he is talking about kissing her for her." Sometimes, she will resist like that."

"Is there nothing wrong with her all this time?"

Du Xiaoning was sitting on a bench in the kitchen. It was obviously a very simple place and the light was not very good, but the young master sat there very freely.

Jin said "ah", "No, no."

Du Xiaoning looked sideways, "No?"

Kim hesitated, she was obviously not a good liar.

Du Xiaoning smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, Auntie, Kaifeng Mansion will keep everything you said a secret."

Kim: ""

The middle-aged woman lowered her head and said nothing.

Du Xiaoning thought for a while, then took out the shrimp whisker bracelet she picked up under the willow tree yesterday and handed it to Jin.

When Jin saw the shrimp whisker bracelet, he clenched the hand holding the spatula, and his knuckles turned white.

Seeing this, Du Xiaoning already understood in her heart, and she said, "This is Ren Minling's."

Upon hearing this, Jin's eyes turned red.