Master of Rebirth

It was well planned at first, but unfortunately, when Zhao Jing was about to go out the next day, something was delayed, so Fang Heng and Shi Dong could only let Fang Heng and Shi Dong accompany Wang Qi to go first.

Personally supervised the people in the mansion to load boxes of gifts into the carriage, Zhao Jing helped Wang Qi into the carriage, and then said through the window full of apology: "You go first, I will be there before lunch, You must not delay your lunch."

Zhao Jing didn't talk about the matter in Hou's mansion, and Wang Qi wouldn't ask too much.But Wang Qi was still very disappointed that he couldn't go with him.After asking Zhao Jing to come over quickly after finishing the work, Wang Qi realized that the two of them were too sticky.

Seeing that the guards guarding the gate of Zhengxihou's Mansion were secretly looking this way, and Fang Heng and Shi Dong had been riding on horses and waiting for a long time, Wang Qi's face was a little hot, and she hurriedly ended the conversation: " It's getting late, let's go first."

"Okay." Although he really wanted to ask Wang Qi for a farewell kiss, but knowing that Wang Qi would definitely not agree to it under the eyes of everyone, Zhao Jing asked him a few more words, and then reluctantly let him go.

Seeing Zhao Jing finally let go of the hand on the window of the carriage, Wang Qi was very disappointed, and could not help but secretly cursed herself for not living up to expectations.They were only separated for a while, but how could it be as if they were separated for three or five years?

The carriage wobbled on the road, but after walking for a long time, there was another rush of horseshoes outside, which sounded from far to near, as if someone was coming this way.

Wang Qi heard someone yell, and felt the carriage stop.He opened the curtain to look out, and saw three men riding tall horses coming towards him.

The leader is about 50 to [-] years old. He is dressed in strong clothes, with a handsome face and a dignified appearance. His whole body reveals the majesty of killing and decisiveness. He is obviously a person who has been in a high position for a long time.The most surprising thing is that his face is very similar to that of Zhao Jing, if not for his age, he would be Zhao Jing himself.

Wang Qi was startled, and saw Fang Heng and Shi Dong got off their horses, and knelt down to salute the man, "Give Beihou my respect."

"Yeah." Sitting on the horse, Zhou Ying gave them a condescending look, then noticed Wang Qi's gaze, and immediately stared at the carriage.

Swept by the sharp eyes, Wang Qi hurriedly hid behind the curtain of the car, the shock in her heart had covered her head.He had heard about Zhao Jing's life experience a long time ago, but he didn't expect that he and Zhou Ying looked so similar that they didn't even have to admit blood.With such similar two faces, don't the adults in the court know that they are the real father and son?No wonder Zhao Jing showed such a complicated expression when he mentioned this matter.

What was said outside, Wang Qi was no longer in the mood to listen.By the time he regained consciousness, the carriage had already started again.

"My lord, are you alright?" Shi Dong asked through the car window as if he was a little worried after not hearing Wang Qi's voice for a long time.

"I'm fine." Wang Qi opened the curtains a little, looked left and right, but didn't see Zhou Ying's figure, and then said: "Young Master said that something is wrong, it can't be because of Zhou... Ding Beihou. "

"Yes. Marquis Dingbei suddenly sent a message this morning, saying that he would come to visit. The young master thought it over, and decided to stay and see his intentions." Shi Dong comforted: "Don't worry, my lord. Now, Young Master will be fine."

Having said that, how could Wang Qi feel at ease, so that when she arrived at Meiyuan, Wang Qi was absent-minded.Fortunately, today's host is Wang Yao, and guests are Fang Heng and Shi Dong, both of whom are familiar with each other.He's the one running with him, so he doesn't have to worry about socializing.

Seeing that Fang Heng and Shi Dong had arrived, Wang Yao was naturally happy, and warmly welcomed them in, and then ordered his servants to serve tea.

"Young Master originally wanted to come with us, but it's a pity that something happened before we left the house. But Young Master said, come here as soon as he finishes his work." Presenting the gift, Fang Heng said with a smile: "These are Xiaohou's Just a little bit of kindness from the Lord, I hope Mr. Wang will not be disgusted with it."

Wang Yao saw that although there were a lot of gifts, they were all usable on the road, and although they were not expensive, they were thoughtful, so he accepted them with confidence, "Master Fang, you are welcome, then I would like to thank the young master and the two My lord."

Several people chatted in the hall for a while, seeing that it was time for dinner, but Zhao Jing still disappeared, Wang Yao started the banquet without waiting for him, so he could only say: "The house has prepared some refreshments, let's try them first. "

Fang Heng and Shi Dong naturally agreed, so Wang Yao ordered the people below to serve refreshments.

After a while, a woman in her 30s led a few maidservants to file in and served all kinds of snacks.

Seeing that Zhao Jing hadn't come yet, Wang Qi became even more worried and kept looking out the door.

Zhou Ying has led the army for many years, so he is not a good friend. Zhao Jing has a deep prejudice against him, so there will be no conflict between the two.If there is a real fight, Zhao Jing should not be at a disadvantage in Zhengxihou's territory, but it is difficult to deal with the follow-up, and I don't know if Zhengxihou can hold it down.

"Qi'er, why are you restless?" Wang Yao smiled and said, "Is there something wrong?"

When she came back to her senses, Wang Qi saw Wang Yao looking at her with concern, and quickly smoothed things over with a smile: "My nephew is fine, I'm worried about Third Uncle Lao."

At this time, the maids had already quickly served refreshments.

Wang Qi saw that the woman in command had a neither humble nor overbearing face, clear instructions, skillful movements, and was not sloppy at all. She looked a bit like a woman in charge of a wealthy family, so she couldn't help but praised: "Third Aunt is worthy of being from everyone, and she is only a few years old. Today, I taught these people so well."

"If you want to talk about it, it's the person sent by Wang Sheng. It's none of your third aunt's business." Wang Yao said politely.

Even though she was praised, the woman didn't show any emotion on her face, she seemed quite calm about things.She blessed Wang Yao and Wang Qi, and stood aside to serve them.

Looking at the refreshments on the table, they were very delicate, but Wang Qi was thinking about Zhao Jing, so she really didn't feel like eating.

Fortunately, he didn't worry for long, and someone outside said: "Master, the young master is here."

After hearing this, Wang Qi's eyes lit up, she hurriedly stood up, and went forward with Wang Yao and others.

After a while, Zhao Jing strode in, and apologized to Wang Yao as soon as he entered the door, "The junior is late, I hope Mr. Wang will not be offended."

"Young Master, what did you say? It's an honor for you to come to my mansion." Wang Yao dared not accept his gift, as soon as the two met, it was very polite.

Seeing that Zhao Jing smiled and exchanged greetings with Wang Yao as usual, and peeked at him from time to time, Wang Qi felt relieved that Zhou Ying hadn't affected her mood.

"Hurry up and serve tea to Young Master." When Zhao Jing sat down, Wang Yao hurriedly ordered the woman beside him.

After listening to the order, the woman came over with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes to pour tea.Who would have thought that when she saw Zhao Jing's face clearly, her whole body was covered for a while, and her face instantly turned pale.

The teapot fell to the ground, smashed to pieces.The woman knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed to Zhao Jing continuously, her body was shaking like a sieve.

"Master Hou, spare your life, Master Hou, please spare your slaves!"

Everyone in the room was startled by this sudden change, their eyes kept turning back and forth on Zhao Jing, Wang Yao and the woman.

"Slave who wants to die, why are you so careless!" Wang Yao was in a hurry, got up to check Zhao Jing's situation, and asked with concern: "Little Marquis, are you alright?"

Zhao Jing naturally didn't care about it, and hurriedly said: "Your junior is fine, Mr. Wang, don't worry."

Seeing that Zhao Jing was really fine, Wang Yao felt relieved.He looked down at the woman, and said sharply: "What are you doing here, why don't you hurry up and clean it up!"

It's a pity that the woman seemed to have been frightened into a fool, she was still kneeling on the ground trembling, and she kept muttering "Master Hou, don't kill me" and other words.

Fortunately, the maids at the side were all discerning, seeing that something was wrong, they hurried over to clean up the mess on the ground.

Wang Yao was so embarrassed by the woman that he wished to kick him out, but years of self-cultivation stopped him from this rude behavior, so he could only apologize to Zhao Jing repeatedly: "The people below don't know the rules, let Xiaohou Grandpa laughed."

"Your Majesty Wang, you are welcome. Don't worry about small matters." Seeing the woman still kneeling on the ground, Zhao Jing was obviously frightened, so he wanted to get up and help her up.

Sensing him approaching, the woman seemed to be trembling even more, Zhao Jing stopped her hands and frowned.

Wang Qi was also very strange. Just now, she saw that the woman's every move was very organized, she didn't look like someone who had never seen the world, and it is reasonable to say that she would not make such low-level mistakes.Even if he committed a crime, he wouldn't be so scared.

"Qiaogu is from the countryside, she hasn't seen much of the world, I hope the young master doesn't mind." Wang Yao smiled and smoothed things over, while winking at the surrounding maids, signaling them to drag her down.

Qiaogu?Wang Qi was taken aback for a moment, then thought that this woman was the one Qi Xing and Xing Lin rescued on the road.

"You don't have to be afraid, our Zhengxihou Mansion has a fateful friendship with Lord Wang, so we won't embarrass the people in the mansion." Seeing how pitiful Qiao Gu was, Shi Dong couldn't help but comfort him.

"Zheng Xihou?" Qiao Gu muttered softly, a trace of doubt appeared on her pale and lifeless face, she timidly raised her head to look at Zhao Jing, her eyes were half terrified and half confused.

At this time, the maids had already surrounded her, they helped Qiao Gu up with all their might, and dragged her away.Wang Qi's heart moved.

Wang Sheng said that Qiao Gu didn't want to come to the capital at first, but she followed her because she had no choice but to treat her daughter's illness.Wang Qi originally thought that Qiaogu was sent by someone with intentions to contact Wang Sheng's family on purpose, but after arriving in the capital, she has been reluctant to go out, let alone contact people in the capital, her honesty and duty are unpredictable.Wang Sheng explained that the country people had never seen the world, but Wang Qi didn't think so.Now it seems that Qiaogu is avoiding someone in the capital?

Thinking of Zhao Jing's and Zhou Ying's similar faces, and Qiao Gu's constant chanting of "Master, please spare me", a bold idea suddenly broke through the ground, which cheered Wang Qi up.

"My lord, the lunch is ready. Ma'am, please go over with all your lords." A little maid came in at the right time and relieved Wang Yao's encirclement.

Wang Yao immediately said: "Then invite the young master and everyone to move to the Xiaohua Hall."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, please." Zhao Jing smiled.

The atmosphere of the lunch was very harmonious. Zhao Jing and Wang Yao held each other for their own purposes. Fang Heng would interject a few words from time to time.

However, Wang Qi has always been worried about Qiaogu's matter, so she got up and left the flower hall under the pretext of going to the toilet.

Looking back and forth at the servants around, Wang Qi tried to find a familiar one.Unfortunately, I looked around and couldn't find anyone I knew.

"Young master." At this time, a familiar voice came from behind, and Wang Qi looked back, and it was actually Tao Rui.

Unexpectedly, Tao Rui would be here, Wang Qi was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled him aside, "You came just in time, I need your help with something."

"My lord, please tell me." Tao Rui said.

Wang Qi said, "You know that Qiao Gu."

"I know. She was originally served by Madam. Seeing that she was doing things neatly, Mr. Wang temporarily transferred her to the front to take care of her. The younger one came here because he heard that she had bumped into the young master in the front hall." Tao Rui asked cautiously: "My lord, is there no blame on the little duke's side?"

Wang Qi said: "You don't have to worry about the little marquis, you send a few trustworthy people to watch Qiaogu first, don't let her leave the plum garden, and don't let her find out."

"I got it, little one." Seeing Wang Qi's urgent order, Tao Rui didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly complied.He thought for a while, and then asked: "If she wants to go back to the shopkeeper's place to see her daughter, can't she be allowed to go back?"

After careful consideration, Wang Qi said: "She made my third uncle so ugly, I'm afraid she doesn't want to stay here anymore. How about this, you send her back to Wang Sheng yourself. Remember, you must take good care of her. Don't let her go out and don't make things difficult for her."

"Yes." Tao Rui hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Qiaogu is very important to Madam, if she leaves, where will Mr. Wang and Madam...?"

"I'll talk to third uncle." Wang Qi said.

With nothing to worry about, Tao Rui went down to do some errands, and Wang Qi went back to the flower hall.

After finally waiting for the end of lunch, Zhao Jing got up to say goodbye.Wang Yao naturally disagreed, and wanted to keep them for a longer meeting, but Zhao Jing politely refused.Wang Yao was just being polite, so naturally he would not force him to stay, and sent the person outside the door himself.

Zhao Jing rode a horse when he came here, so he naturally wanted to ride with Wang Qi in the car when he went back.Ask Zhao Jing to wait in the carriage first, and Wang Qi dragged Wang Yao to send Qiao Gu back to Wang Sheng.

"Don't blame the third uncle. I think this woman is too inappropriate, so I sent her back on my own initiative, so as to save you from being upset." Wang Qi said: "Tomorrow I will ask Wang Sheng to pick two good ones and send them over." .”

"It's up to you." Wang Yao only thought that Wang Qi was afraid that he would lose the person Wang Sheng sent, so he sent Qiao Gu away first, and didn't care.Afraid to keep Zhao Jing waiting for a long time, Wang Yao said a few words and let Wang Qi go.

Sitting in the carriage back to Zhengxihou's Mansion, Zhao Jing took Wang Qi's hand and asked, "I see that you have been preoccupied all the time, and you didn't even eat much for lunch. Could it be that you have something on your mind?"

"I remember you told me that the maid who betrayed your mother is called Cuiyun." Wang Qi said, "If she is still alive, how old would she be now?"

"You must be in your 30s." Thinking of his mother's grievances, Zhao Jing felt heavy, but he still smiled and said to Wang Qi: "Okay, what do you ask her for?"

Wang Qi frowned and said, "I seem to have Cuiyun's whereabouts, but at the moment I'm just suspicious, not fully sure, I'm afraid it will be nothing but joy."

"In order to find Cuiyun, Brother Xu and I have spent a lot of effort all these years, but unfortunately, we still have nothing. You are only thinking of me, so what if it is a misunderstanding? We are not sure that we will find someone. Do we still expect you to be perfect?" No way?" Zhao Jing patted Wang Qi's hand and said with a smile.

Now that Zhao Jing had reached this point, Wang Qi explained Qiao Gu's background and her doubts about her in detail, "Of course, this is just my guess, and there may not be such a coincidence in the world. It's just that , you and I have never seen that Cuiyun, if Granny Ma is allowed to come forward, if it turns out that I was overthinking, I am afraid that Granny Ma will blame me."

"Planting flowers intentionally but not blooming, but planting willows and willows unintentionally. For so many years, there has been no news from Cuiyun, and my grandma and I have given up hope. If she really comes to our door, it will be God's blessing for us." Zhao Jing didn't pay much attention to Qiaogu at first, but she felt strange when Wang Qi said it.Although he didn't dare to have too much hope, he also understood Wang Qi's concerns, so he said: "Well, don't show up, just say that I have detected Cuiyun's whereabouts and let grandma recognize it. In this way, even if you find the wrong person Now, grandma can't blame you."

Wang Qi nodded and said, "Okay, then I will ask Wang Sheng to send Qiao Gu to Grandma Ma."

"That Qiaogu is already a frightened bird now. If she is really Cuiyun, she will definitely not go out with Wang Sheng easily. Now all her eyes are fixed on Zhengxihou's Mansion, and Grandma's is no exception. In case something goes wrong The movement alarmed Zhou Ying, but it was not good for us." Zhao Jing shook his head and said.

Wang Qi said, "Then what do you mean?"

"Why not?" After thinking about it, Zhao Jing said, "Didn't you say that both Qi Xing and Xing Lin brought their families to the capital? Grandma doesn't have any acquaintances in the capital, and it's rare for an old friend who hasn't seen her for many years to visit, so she should walk around Since that Qiao Gu has been sent back to Wang Sheng, it is better to let grandma come to visit Wang Sheng. Anyway, Xinglin is our family’s savior, and it is only natural to come to thank him. If people see it, it won't attract too much attention, what do you think?"

Wang Qi agreed, "That's a good idea. Then when are you going to let Granny Ma go to Wang Sheng's place, so I can say hello to Wang Sheng and let them prepare."

"It's better not to delay this matter, just this afternoon, so as to save trouble." Zhao Jing said with a smile: "I'll send you back to the mansion first, and then go to grandma's place."

Wang Qi said: "Don't be so troublesome, I'll go to Xianyunfang now. By the way, Wang Sheng doesn't know that you are the young master of Zhengxihou Mansion. If Grandma Ma passes by suddenly, Wang Sheng will definitely ask about you. I'm afraid I need to find an excuse.”

"I stayed in Wang's house for a period of time. Although I didn't publicize it, I didn't deliberately conceal it. Besides, everyone in the capital knows that I went back to Pingyao County to sacrifice my mother." Zhao Jing smiled ambiguously and leaned into Wang Qi's ear Bian said: "Besides, sooner or later, our affairs will have to be made public. Wang Sheng is the most capable person around you, so it's okay to tell him. It's also easy to save. When I go back to Zhuyuan, he still treats me as the young cousin of the Wang family."

Zhao Jing's tone was wet and hot, and Wang Qi's face turned red uncontrollably.Sensing that the hand around her waist was getting tighter, Wang Qi hurriedly pushed the person away, saying seriously: "I'm talking about serious things, don't mess around."

"Okay, okay." Knowing that Wang Qi was shy again, Zhao Jing gave him a doting smile, then let go of him and said, "As for the matter of Cuiyun, don't mention it to Wang Sheng for now, just find a way to let grandma meet."

With a score in mind, Wang Qi said: "Don't worry, I have a measure."

Kissing Wang Qi on the face, Zhao Jing watched with satisfaction that the delicate earlobe turned red again, and then smiled and said: "I have nothing to worry about you. I will let Shi Dong follow you, don't come back too late. "

After saying this, Zhao Jing got out of the carriage.Wang Qi hurriedly opened the curtains, watched Zhao Jing get on the horse, then turned around and smiled at him, and then led Fang Heng to ride the horse away.

Wang Qi leaned on the car window and stretched her head to look out until she couldn't see Zhao Jing, then said to Shi Dong: "Go to Xianyunfang."

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One autumn rain and one cool, it's a bit cold today, I wondered if the summer mat should be removed.