"Huh? Who is it?"
"Stinky girl, don't stop me from pretending to be ignorant. You know who I'm asking."
Liu Xuan turned slightly sideways, stood on tiptoes and glanced in the direction of the pavilion, with a hint of teasing in her pretty eyes.
"Sister-in-law Qingxin?"
Seeing the teasing look in the younger sister's eyes, Young Master Liu rolled his eyes angrily.
"Nonsense, who else could it be?"
"Oh, little sister, I understand."
Liu Mingzhi breathed a silent sigh, and after secretly calming down his somewhat nervous mood, he looked at Liu Xuan and asked again: "Is it her?"
Seeing Young Master Liu pretending to be calm, Liu Xuan pointed her chin with a delicate jade finger and was silent for a while, then shook her head gently.
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Is it really that important to you? "
Young Master Liu frowned slightly, nodded first, and then shook his head.
"How should I put it? It's important to say it, but it's not particularly important.
After all, as a brother, even if I know who she is, it doesn't seem to have any special significance.
But then again.
To say it's not important, as a brother, I have been brooding over this matter for seven or eight years.
To be honest, I don’t even know myself now as a brother.
Who she really is is important to me, or not. "
Liu Xuan looked at the sad look on her elder brother's resolute face, smiled and nodded.
"Brother."
"Why."
"Brother, I have a suggestion regarding this matter."
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and raised his finger to point to the garden behind him.
"You mean, let me ask Brother Qingxin directly, right?"
Seeing that her elder brother had guessed what she was thinking, the smile on Liu Xuan's pretty face froze slightly, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but twitch a few times.
A sense of frustration surged directly into my heart.
"Brother, no, why are you so smart? It makes me lose all sense of accomplishment, little sister."
Seeing the helpless expression on the little sister's pretty face, Mr. Liu shrugged his shoulders cheerfully.
"I can't help it, brother, I don't want to be so smart, but it's not my fault."
"If you don't blame me, who do you blame?"
Young Master Liu raised his little finger and clasped his brows, and said with a smile: "Of course it's our mother's fault. It's all her fault for making my brother me too smart.
If she makes your eldest brother and me stupider, wouldn’t my little sister have a sense of accomplishment?
So, if you are unhappy, go and complain to our mother or other elderly people. "
Hearing her eldest brother's explanation, Liu Xuan's mouth trembled a few times, and she gave Young Master Liu an annoyed look.
"Brother, our mother is not around, how can you be so flattering?"
"Stinky girl, when did I flatter your brother? What I said was the truth from the bottom of my heart."
"whispering sound."
"Little sister, I have already asked you about the advice you just wanted to give to your elder brother."
As soon as Young Master Liu said these words, Liu Xuan's expression instantly became curious.
She turned back and looked in the direction of the garden, then looked at Young Master Liu with a curious expression and asked, "Brother, have you asked Sister-in-law Qingxin?"
"Yes, I have already asked."
"Then how did she answer you?"
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced at the dim stars in the night sky, shook his head and sighed softly.
"Not her."
"So, do you believe her?"
Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, turned to look at his little sister and nodded silently.
"Yeah, I believe it."
Liu Xuan frowned slightly: "Brother, have you ever suspected that she was lying to you?"
“At first, I was naturally a little skeptical, but then I gradually became convinced.
Later, for some reasons, I completely believed it. "
Liu Xuan asked with curious eyes: "Oh, brother, can you tell me the reason?
If it is convenient, my little sister is willing to hear the details.
If it's inconvenient, brother, just pretend that my sister has never asked this question. "
"Hehehe, silly girl, there is nothing inconvenient to say."
"Then, my little sister is all ears."
"The reason why Brother Wei completely believes in her is because of the poison."
"Huh? Poison?"
"That's right, poison."
"Is Miao Jiang poisonous?"
"Yes, it's Miaojiang poison."
Liu Xuan looked back at the direction of the garden again, her eyebrows furrowed and she thought for a moment.
"Brother, sister-in-law Qingxin's answer, does this have anything to do with Miao Jiang poison?"
Liu Dashao smiled and moved his neck a few times, then reached out and handed the lantern to Liu Xuan.
"Little sister, come and lift the lantern, big brother, I will stretch my neck."
"Hey, okay, okay."
Liu Xuan nodded and immediately put the lantern into her jade hand.
Liu Mingzhi covered his neck with both hands and twisted it several times.
"The so-called Demon Queen Ren Qingxin back then poisoned the kid Li Ye, which shows that she knew Miao Jiang's poison technique."
Hearing this, Liu Xuan nodded gently: "Yes, yes, my little sister knows about this.
so what? "
"As for this Qingxin girl in our family, although she was born in Shu and grew up in Shu, she doesn't understand the poisonous techniques of Miao territory at all."
After hearing her elder brother's explanation, Liu Xuan nodded in realization.
"Oh I got it.
Because Sister-in-law Qingxin doesn’t know Miao Jiang’s poison..."
Before Liu Xuan could say anything, Young Master Liu spoke directly and interrupted her.
"Of course that's not the case. Girl Qingxin knows the art of poison."
Liu Xuan subconsciously replied: "Oh, it turns out that Sister-in-law Qingxin also knows about poison..."
However, as she was talking, she suddenly looked stunned.
"Ah? What? Brother, what did you say?"
"Brother Wei said that Qingxin girl knows how to poison."
Liu Xuan looked at Young Master Liu in confusion, her pretty lips twitching involuntarily.
"Brother, did you make a mistake?
Just now you clearly told your little sister yourself that although Sister-in-law Qingxin grew up in Shu, she does not understand the poisonous techniques of Miaojiang at all.
Now you tell me that Sister-in-law Qingxin knows the art of poison.
My good brother, don’t you think the words you said before and after are very contradictory? "
Young Master Liu glanced at Liu Xuan's tangled expression, smiled and said loudly: "Smelly girl, there is a reason why I say this for my brother."
"what reason?"
"Little sister, you should still remember that last year, your sister-in-law Qinglian's mother-in-law drove to the west of Hexi, so our family rushed to the Miao border together, right?"
"Of course I remember."
"After my brother accompanied your sister-in-law Qinglian to lay her mother to rest, you met Qingxin on the way back to Beijing. You should also know, right?"
"I know, not only did you tell my little sister about this matter, brother, but also when my little sister met Qingxin's sister-in-law in a foreign country, she also told her about what happened between you.
Brother, don't forget, the bag of rouge rice that sister-in-law Qingxin specially prepared for you was brought back to you by your little sister.
But, brother, what does this have to do with the fact that you first said that Sister-in-law Qingxin didn’t understand Miao Jiang’s poisonous techniques at all, and then later said that she understood the poisonous techniques? "
Liu Mingzhi gently twirled the jade ring on his thumb and said with a smile: "At that time, as a brother, I met your sister-in-law Qingxin by chance on the official road outside Chengzhou City.
Brother, after I left the city gate, I had just started riding my horse and whipping my whip, when I accidentally met your sister-in-law Qingxin, carrying a bamboo basket on her back, and was about to rush to the city to sell the herbs she personally picked from the mountains. "
"Uh-huh, what next?"
"It's so joyful to meet ordinary friends again.
Not to mention the relationship between eldest brother, me, and your sister-in-law, Qingxin.
After we exchanged pleasantries, Brother Wei accompanied your sister-in-law Qingxin to the small courtyard where she lived outside the city.
Although the small courtyard where she lived was not considered to be in the deep mountains and old forests, it was still very remote.
So, as a brother, I am very curious
Ask her, is she, a helpless little girl, not afraid of any dangers if she lives alone in a place like this? "
"Brother, how did Sister-in-law Qingxin answer you?"
Liu Mingzhi turned sideways slightly, turned his head towards the garden and pursed his lips.
"But your sister-in-law Qingxin took out a flute for controlling Gu insects and let me take a look.
Then, she told her brother that when she was in the capital, she had learned a superficial poison technique from your sister-in-law Qinglian for self-defense.
Later, as a brother, I accompanied your sister-in-law Qingxin to stay in the courtyard where she lived for a few days. After we said goodbye on the official road, I set off back to Beijing. "
Liu Xuan nodded with a slightly raised brow, vaguely seeming to have guessed something.
"So, you later went to Sister-in-law Qinglian for confirmation?"
Young Master Liu nodded without hesitation and said softly: "Yes, as a brother, as soon as I returned home, I went to your sister-in-law Qinglian and asked her to confirm this matter.
Your sister-in-law Qinglian told my brother that Qingxin girl did learn her poison technique from her. "
"As expected."
"Although your sister-in-law, Qinglian, is originally from Qingzhou Prefecture, due to the disaster, you, sister-in-law Qinglian, grew up in the Shiwan Mountains of Miao territory.
She grew up in the Shiwan Mountains and learned the exquisite poison poisoning technique from her mother since she was a child.
Therefore, I don’t need to explain to you how profound her poison skills are. "
"Yeah, yeah, my little sister has seen it before."
"After your sister-in-law Qinglian found out why I asked her about this matter, she immediately guessed what I was thinking.
At that time, she told her brother with a smile that she was absolutely certain that Qingxin girl didn't know any poison techniques at all when she learned them from her.
So, as a brother, I put all the things together and thought about it carefully.
Finally, your brother and I came to a conclusion.
This is the clearing of the heart, not the clearing of the other. "
As soon as Mr. Liu finished speaking, he pointed to the wine cellar next to the warehouse in front with a smile.
"Little sister, we are here."
Liu Xuan glanced at the wine cellar in front of her, smiled and nodded.
"Hey, okay, okay."
Liu Mingzhi rolled up his sleeves and walked slowly towards the wine cellar.
"There are those things that happened before, and there are your sister-in-law Qinglian's answers behind.
In this way, brother, I naturally and completely believe what your sister-in-law Qingxin told me. "
Liu Xuan looked at her eldest brother who was rubbing his hands and walking towards the wine cellar. He looked back at the inner garden and followed him with a lantern.
"Brother."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Brother, my little sister has something to say to you. Don't be angry after hearing it."
After Young Master Liu opened the door of the wine cellar, he turned back to look at Liu Xuan with a surprised expression.
"Oh? What are you talking about?"
Liu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and raised the lantern in her hand.
"Brother, you are such an old fox.
I'm afraid Sister-in-law Qingxin still doesn't know that the reason why you trust her is so complicated. "
Young Master Liu raised his hand to fan the turbid air emanating from the wine cellar, and sighed melancholy.
"Oh, it's a pity that I, an old fox like you, have never been able to fight against the demon queen's fox after all!"
