Ren Qingrui lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at the water stains sprayed by Young Master Liu on the hem of her light green Yunluo skirt. She frowned slightly and lifted her lotus feet on her brocade cloud-patterned shoes slightly to where Xue Xintong had just sat. The small bench was kicked up to the low table.
Looking at Young Master Liu who was wiping the corners of his mouth with a playful look, Ren Qingrui tugged on the tassel on Xiangyun's woven jacket. Pingting sat down gracefully, reached out and took off the bamboo hat covered with gauze on her head, as if He looked at Young Master Liu with a non-smiling smile.
"Da Guoguo, does it mean that little girls are not allowed to set foot in a place like the capital? Why can't my sister come?"
Liu Mingzhi put down his teacup and looked across at Ren Qingrui, whom he hadn't seen for more than a year, with a wry smile.
Compared with the youthful appearance of her eyebrows, which were lightly swiped and powdered, and her eyes as bright as stars, Ren Qingrui now looks a little more mature and charming.
There is an extra touch of charming, gentle and virtuous temperament.
It can be said that the willow-leaf arched eyebrows and bright eyes are shining, and the lips are greased and the face is frosted, making people look away involuntarily.
This is not just Liu Mingzhi's own thoughts. Looking at the eyes of passers-by on the street who can't bear to look away is enough to know how outstanding Ren Qingrui's current posture is.
Fortunately, I have been tempered by the queen's beauty, so I am not so shocked that I am stunned.
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Mingzhi came back to his senses. Liu Mingzhi stood up and walked to the lounge chair aside, crossed his legs and snuggled down. He looked at Ren Qingrui with complicated eyes and a smile.
"Of course there is no longer a ban on you from setting foot in the capital, but you shouldn't show up here!"
Ren Qingrui looked at the two vertical banners behind Mr. Liu, raised his hand and took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve, placed it on the low table, stretched out his slender left hand and handed it to Liu Mingzhi.
"What? Does the divination of Daguoguo still depend on people? Is this considered a big deception in the store?"
"Sister, don't make trouble with your brother. Don't you still know what I do? If I really have this ability, am I still talking nonsense here?"
"How could it be? My little sister just saw that Daguoguo's divination is very clear and well-founded. Compared with the famous masters of Buddhism and Taoism, you are on par!
My little sister has already paid the money for the hexagram. Da Guoguo, you might as well calculate the fate lines in my palm to see if my little sister is missing something in her life. "
Young Master Liu looked at Ren Qingrui's serious look, sighed and shook his head, leaned over and looked at Ren Qingrui's hand, then took the broken silver in his hand and put it into his cuffs.
"Figured it out!"
Seeing Young Master Liu's perfunctory look, Ren Qingrui raised her eyebrows slightly: "Oh? My little sister didn't even say that she wanted to count. Da Guoguo could tell at a glance. It seems that she also has special skills. Then you Tell me what is missing in my life, little sister?"
"De!"
"Am I wicked?"
"Yes, you are destined to be evil!"
Seeing the teasing look in Young Master Liu's eyes, Ren Qingrui reacted immediately, spat softly and glared at Young Master Liu angrily: "Bah! You are so wicked!"
Looking at Ren Qingrui, who suddenly became extremely shy, Liu Mingzhi thought to himself twice that beauty is a disaster. He leaned over and took out a new tea cup from the box beside him and placed it on the table. He lifted the cup from the steaming stove next to the lounge chair. The copper pot poured a cup of tea and handed it to Ren Qingrui.
"It's been a long journey, right? Have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up and quench your thirst."
"Thank you Daguoguo!"
"Okay! You'd better put away your Shu dialect and talk in Mandarin."
Liu Mingzhi looked around at the pedestrians who were looking at Ren Qingrui from time to time. His expression gradually became calmer, and he leaned forward and lowered his voice.
"Brother is not in the mood to argue with you. Let me ask you, did you see your parents at Mount Kumgang?"
Ren Qingrui's expression also became calmer, and she nodded silently to Liu Mingzhi with eyes full of gratitude: "I see, thank you for your help, big brother. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid that my little sister will never be able to reunite with their two elders. .
My little sister would like to toast you with tea instead of wine! "
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea cup and gestured: "You're welcome, this is the original agreement between us, brother, I just don't want to break my promise.
Is your father's old friend... Old Bones okay? "
"Everything is fine, I'm just a little thinner than before, but there's nothing serious about my health.
When the younger sister went to Beijing, her father had already returned to her hometown with her mother. "
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and was silent for a moment: "You have returned to your hometown and you don't want to continue being an official?"
Ren Qingrui shook his head silently with a sad expression, and a painful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "My father said that he has seen through everything after experiencing the previous things.
I thought it was a spring breeze, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, I became a prisoner.
He also thought that his skills were inferior to others, but in the end, he was just a chess piece played by others and could be discarded casually.
He told his little sister that he had seen everything clearly during these days in Mount Kumgang.
Let’s not talk about whether I can return to officialdom. Even if I have the chance to go back, I don’t want to get involved again.
tired!
It is better to return to his hometown to retire. The days in the countryside and mountains will not only make him feel at ease, but also the hearts of others.
Although my younger sister doesn’t know who the other people my father is talking about are, I guess they must be his former political opponents.
I hope my father’s concession will allow these people to forgive and let bygones be bygones! "
Liu Mingzhi pursed his lips, played with the tea cup, and stared at Ren Qingrui's heavy expression for a long time.
"Your father is a smart man. He said that officialdom is like a battlefield, but in my brother's opinion, this officialdom is much scarier than the battlefield.
On the battlefield, at least let you die clearly, knowing why you failed and why you died.
But in this officialdom, too many people often die in confusion and confusion.
Sometimes, even they themselves don’t know what kind of mistakes they have made, or even whether they have made any mistakes.
But there is no need to blame others. When the disaster came, they didn't know where they were wrong, but they passed away in confusion.
If you die alone, you will die. The terrible thing is that your family will even be implicated in suffering with you.
There is another kind of person who knows what crime he has committed, but at the last moment of his life, he suddenly realizes that this was obviously not his original intention and why he has reached this point.
However, by that time, it was already too late.
The officialdom is the darkest, and only black in the world can turn all colors into black.
And once it's stained with black, it's impossible to wash it away and restore it to the original state.
Therefore, people must have a steelyard in their hearts.
If other places become dark, it is possible to change, but once people's hearts become dark, there is no turning back. "
Ren Qingrui looked at Liu Mingzhi's cold and deep eyes with a confused expression, and silently shook his head.
“It’s too profound, my little sister can’t understand it.
What you are saying to your little sister is like playing harp to a cow. If it were my father, he should be able to understand what you are talking about, big brother. What a pity. "
"Haha! It's just a set of nonsense words to show off. It doesn't matter if you understand it or not!
Is it your father's intention that you come to the capital? Or is it your own decision? "
"It's my own decision. My father and mother insisted that my little sister return to their hometown with them and live a stable life. But the little sister was able to find her parents only because of the help of her elder brother.
My little sister finally found her parents as she wished. Why don't you come and say thank you to your elder brother for your help?
So on the way back to her hometown with her mother, the younger sister sneaked out while they were staying at the inn and slept in the open all the way to the capital.
I was originally thinking about how I could meet your great master! Unexpectedly, just as I was about to stay at Penglai Restaurant temporarily, I saw you, my brother, cheating and abducting me next to the restaurant. "
"If you don't know how to speak, then speak less. Apart from the iron-cut vertical banner behind my brother, have you seen the two vertical banners on the bookstall next to me?
He has an invincible hand across the capital and specializes in taking care of the injustices in the world.
After receiving the customer's fortune, Brother Wei can solve more things than a fortune teller.
If you really meet someone who is in need of help, if you collect money from me, you will definitely help the customer. Of course, it must be a matter of conscience.
When you meet a customer who just wants peace of mind, it is normal for people to earn two bucks for tea.
Where is the theory of deception and abduction? "
Ren Qingrui glanced at the two vertical banners in the direction of Young Master Liu's finger, seemed to have some enlightenment, thought for a while, and nodded with a slight smile.
"I understand, you're trying to sell dog meat on someone else's head!"
Liu Mingzhi smiled casually and looked at Ren Qingrui with gradually complicated eyes.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Since you have met your parents, you should also have met the person who arranged for your brother to take you to see him, right?"
Ren Qingrui'e nodded with slightly raised eyebrows, her eyes carrying an unspeakable meaning.
"Li Cheng?"
