I am a consultant in Kaifeng

Li Qi went to the moat.

He was standing under the willow tree at the intersection leading to Renjia Village, the evening wind was blowing, and he looked at the sparkling water, with obvious sadness on his delicate face.

"You must remember to go to your uncle's house to propose marriage. Then you may not know the way. I will wait for you under the willow tree at the entrance of the village."

The girl's shy and smiling voice seemed to ring in his ears again, but Yi Ren was gone, and he would never see her again.

Li Qi took a deep breath and turned around.

But he saw two people not far away looking at him.

The figures are one white and one blue, with very different temperaments, but they are all extremely eye-catching.

Li Qi: ""

The white figure was no stranger to him, it was Du San who was very popular in their circle.

As for the blue one, although he has never dealt with each other before, he has also met several times.

That was Zhan Zhao from Kaifeng Mansion.

The two walked towards Li Qi.

Li Qi stood where he was, the sad expression on his face was gone, replaced by a gentle and elegant smile.

Du Xiaoning walked over and said with a smile: "No wonder I can't see Ah Qi at the mansion, so you are here."

Li Qi smiled slightly, and his eyes fell on Zhan Zhao.

Du Xiaoning said: "This is Mr. Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion."

Li Qi nodded towards Zhan Zhao, his voice was gentle and polite like his own, "I know Master Zhan."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, "But this is the first time I've seen Mr. Li."

Li Qi smiled faintly, "Maybe Mr. Zhan met too many people, and I didn't come to you, so you don't recognize me."

Talking to this kind of person, you can talk nonsense nonsense all day long.

Sometimes dealing with people is to get some useful information.

Sometimes dealing with people is a waste of life.

Li Qi undoubtedly belongs to the latter.

Mr. Zhan chose to go straight to the point.

Zhan Zhao: "Young Master Li made it easier for us to find him. So he came to Renjia Village. What's the matter? Is there anything special about this place?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "Well, the scenery here is beautiful. Especially this willow tree, which has grown for hundreds of years, is the patron saint of Renjia Village. I have been famous for this willow tree for a long time, but I have never come to see it. Today Take it easy, it's changed."

"Famous for a long time?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Li Qi with serious eyes, "I have been in Kaifeng for a while, and I don't know that this willow tree is so famous, and who did Mr. Li hear about it?"

"Master Zhan hasn't heard of it, but it doesn't mean that others have never heard of it." Li Qi replied to Zhan Zhao lightly, but looked at Du Xiaoning. He smiled at Du Xiaoning, and his tone was more warm, "Listen Said that you have added a lot of books to your study, I will go over to have a look some other day, and make tea with you and discuss poetry with you."

"You can make tea, but you don't need to discuss poetry. Unlike you, I am full of poetry and books."

Li Qi laughed again, "Then it's settled, I won't delay you, so I'll take my leave first."

Li Qi was about to leave, but a hand holding a sword stopped him.

He looked at the owner of the hand.

Zhan Zhao's handsome face looked like a smile but not a smile, "Who said you can go?"

Li Qi: ""

He looked at Du Xiaoning.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao said in a very playful tone, "I stopped you, what do you think Xiao Ning is doing?"

Li Qi choked, and was about to speak, when Master Zhan said——

"Who the third son is friends with is his private matter. The one who stops you now is Kaifeng Mansion Zhan Zhao. Mr. Li, we are here for business, not personal matters."

Li Qi: ""

Looking at Li Qi's changing expression, Du Xiaoning felt a little sympathetic.

She smiled and reached out to Li Qi.

Li Qi looked at Du Xiaoning's palm, on which was placed a glittering golden shrimp beard bracelet.

The gentle and refined young man was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Du Xiaoning in shock.

"A-Ning, you, you"

"Why is this shrimp whisker bracelet here with me, isn't it?"

Du Xiaoning looked at Li Qi with a cold gaze, "Li Qi, I have met Shiro. He gave you this shrimp beard bracelet. I don't need to ask why you are here. Regarding the matter of Ren Minling, you want to be here What do you want to say? Or do you want to talk about Kaifeng Mansion?"

Li Qi was stunned, "You, you want to take me back to Kaifeng Mansion? I haven't violated the law, so you can't take me to Kaifeng Mansion!"

Seeing him like this, Du Xiaoning went directly to listen to his inner voice——

Minling died, and I was also very sad, and I didn't want her to die either.

I can't go to Kaifeng Mansion, if I go to Kaifeng Mansion, things will be revealed, my father will break my legs!

I really want to be with Min Ling, but she doesn't want to!

Min Ling Min Ling

Du Xiaoning was a little surprised.

Why is Li Qi's inner voice different from what they learned before?

In the end, Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao did not bring Li Qi back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Du Xiaoning brought him to Baiwei Study.

Pei Zhitui had someone set up tea sets and snacks in the backyard, and Du Xiaoning slowly brewed a cup of tea for Li Qi.

The majestic Mr. Zhan sat on the chair next to the third son, and beside him, sat the fat cat who had been eyeing the feng shui fish by the feng shui pool not long ago.

This scene was inexplicably joyful.

Du Xiaoning handed the tea to Li Qi who was opposite.

Li Qi took the hot tea, took two sips without saying a word, and asked, "A'Ning, how did you know about Minling and I?"

As soon as he said this, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but glance at him.

Brother Gongzi, who was still pretending to be under the willow tree not long ago, dare to be a paper tiger.

If Du Xiaoning cheated her, she couldn't hide anything.

——No wonder Yang Silang tricked him.

Du Xiaoning gave Li Qi a complicated look, "Actually, I don't know."

Li Qi:? ? ?

Du Xiaoning: "Ren Minling drowned in the moat and went to Kaifeng Mansion to surrender, do you know Mr. Zhang?"

Li Qi shook his head, "I don't know him, but I heard from Minling. She said that Mr. Zhang always reminded her of her father, taught her to read and write, and told her that women don't necessarily have to stay in the boudoir. , there are many people and things she has never seen before, which are worth seeing."

"Mr. Zhang said that he couldn't marry him, so he became angry and pushed Ren Minling down the moat. Do you believe it?"

Li Qi was silent.

Du Xiaoning: "Why don't you speak?"

Li Qi: "Although I've heard Minling mention Mr. Zhang, I've never met him. Minling has great respect for him, but people's hearts are far away. If there are any dirty thoughts in his mind, others will have no way of knowing." .”

Fine.

Du Xiaoning didn't ask Li Qi about Mr. Zhang any more. The corners of her mouth slightly raised a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

Her slightly cold eyes fell on Li Qi, "Did you know that Ren Minling was pregnant?"

When Li Qi heard this, sadness flashed in his eyes, and he nodded.

"Now that you know, why don't you go to Renjia Village to ask for relatives?"

Li Qi was silent again.

Du Xiaoning was not in a hurry, so he drank tea in his spare time, chatting with Li Qi while drinking tea.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Qi, who had been silent all this time, sighed lightly, and said in a sad tone, "A'Ning, if I'm not the son of the servant of the household department, am I worthless?"

"Min Ling likes me and commits herself to me. Does she really love Li Qi, or does she love that Li Qi is the son of the household servant?"

Li Qi is indeed Ren Minling's sweetheart.

Last fall, when he was talking about Zen at the Great Buddha Temple, he accidentally saw a scene of a girl kneeling in front of the Buddha praying for her parents.

He fell in love with the girl at first sight.

These sons and boys who are proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, always have a few bottom-of-the-box tricks for women who are after their favorites.It took him two months to win Ren Minling's favor.

He is gentle and considerate, and can give Ren Minling anything.

Although the girl's background is not as good as his, her temperament and conversation are different from the girls he has seen.She has a beautiful appearance and a high spirit, and has her own opinions in her conversation. She can be as gentle as water and as passionate as fire. When he saw Ren Minling, he wanted to indulge in a world with her forever.

On the day Ren Minling committed herself to him, she asked, "Aqi, when will you go to Renjia Village to propose marriage to my uncle?"

The girl's words caught him off guard.

The Li family pays attention to the right family, Ren Minling wants to enter the Li family, it is very difficult.

He is the youngest child in the family and the least promising.He likes to play with words and ink, like poetry, but he doesn't like policy theory, and he doesn't like to be like his father.

Every time his father saw him, he shook his head angrily.

Before meeting Ren Minling, he thought that he would spend his life in a daze.

After meeting Ren Minling, he wanted his own life.

With his father around, it was impossible for Ren Minling to enter Li's house.

But he still wanted to marry Ren Minling, so he gave Ren Minling the shrimp beard bracelet that Yang Silang gave him, and asked her to wait patiently.

After thinking about it, he only thought of one way.

"I want to take Minling out of this place, I can go anywhere, as long as I'm with her, the world is so big, why worry about being homeless? But she doesn't want to."

Li Qi looked dejectedly at the teacup in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's true that she is high-spirited. She said that over the years, she has lived under the fence and tasted the warmth and coldness of the world. Uncle has always had a bad relationship with her. He always said that she No, that's not right. She once swore in her heart that she must impress her uncle. If I can't marry her openly, she will break all friendship with me. "

Du Xiaoning was speechless.

She looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao's appearance was obviously even more speechless than her.

At this time, Li Qi said in a hoarse voice: "What's the good of marrying into the Li family? There are many unknown sadness in the deep house compound. With her background, even if my father is willing to let her enter, she will only suffer. Rolling eyes and grievances. I want to take her out of Bianjing, and go anywhere, there is always a place that can accept us."

Du Xiaoning raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows.

Even if Li Qi didn't say anything, she knew what Ren Minling was thinking.

Her father is a scholar, with the arrogance of a scholar, but he is not willing to wrong him.Her mother was a embroiderer, who worked day and night to help the family, and eventually died of exhaustion.

Ren Minling is precocious, her father treats her like pearls like treasures, and her mother loves her dearly.

She knows that being able to read and write will not allow her to live a good life. The tragedy of her mother is vivid in her mind, and she does not want to be like her mother in the future.

"I thought she would figure it out. As long as she nodded, I was willing to abandon everything in Bianjing and take her away. I have been waiting for her to nod, but I didn't expect that what I was waiting for was the news of her death."

Li Qi's eyes were red, he was really sad.

He raised his head and stared at Du Xiaoning as if looking for an answer, "A Ning, would she rather die than leave this place with me?"

Du Xiaoning: ""

She wanted to say do I still need to ask?

Ren Minling is a proud girl, she can't wait to fly away from Ren's Village, she doesn't necessarily want any luxury, but she wants to win in front of her uncle and tell him that her persistence over the years is right .

Du Xiaoning glanced at Li Qi, feeling lazy and didn't want to answer.

On the other hand, Zhan Zhao tapped the table very calmly, and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this point, is there any point in being entangled with this matter? Ren Minling is dead, and no one knows whether she jumped into the river by herself or was thrown into the river by someone else." Pushed in."

Zhan Zhao paused for a moment, "If she jumped in by herself, she would probably rather die than leave Bianjing with you."

Li Qi: ""

His eyes were even redder.

Du Xiaoning couldn't hold back, and glanced at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, with an expression of "I didn't say a single word wrong".

Du Xiaoning sighed inwardly, the matter between Li Qi and Ren Minling was really beyond her expectation.