Scheme of the Official Descendant

On the afternoon of that day, Ren Yaoqi had just returned from the imperial concubine's Jiuyang hall, only to find Xiao Jingxi, who had gone out in the morning, in the house.

"Didn't you say you would come back at night?" Ren Yaoqi was surprised.

With a smile, Xiao Jingxi got up and said, "do you have anything in the afternoon?"

Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment: "I'm going to copy the Buddhist scriptures from the Empress Dowager of Lanxi hall."

Xiao Jingxi came forward and gently pinched Ren Yaoqi's nose: "I'll let someone go to the imperial concubine and say that I won't go today. Go and change some light clothes that can go out."

Ren Yaoqi clapped Xiao Jingxi's hand and asked, "are you going out?"

Xiao Jingxi blinked: "take you to a place."

Ren Yaoqi was very curious: "where?" Since their marriage, they seldom go out together. It seems that Xiao Jingxi has something important to do.

Xiao Jingxi gently pushed Ren Yao's shoulder, pushed her to the inner room, and said with a smile, "go to change clothes first, and then talk about it in detail later."

Ren Yao period helpless, only the maid called in to wait on her dressing.

Xiao Jingxi sits on one side and waits for Ren Yaoqi to make up before he comes forward. He looks at Ren Yaoqi from the mirror, but frowns after looking at him for a long time.

Ren Yaoqi was puzzled: "what's the matter?"

Xiao Jingxi turned to look at her and said, "it seems that something is wrong."

Ren Yaoqi was neither laughing nor crying, but squinted at him and joked: "what's wrong? Did you see that I was covered in a picture today? Young master Xiao, you should read less books in the future. "

Ren Yaoqi's words start from her carelessness in Xiao Jingxi's bookshelf to the popular vernacular novels among the young ladies.

When Xiao Jingxi heard the speech, he coughed softly, and his ears were slightly red, which surprised Ren Yaoqi.

In fact, since their marriage, someone's skin is getting thicker and thicker. Ren Yaoqi has not seen Xiao Jing's Xihong ear for a long time.

Ren Yaoqi didn't know that Xiao Jingxi worked hard to pursue beauty. He is as proud as the second master Xiao. Naturally, he can't let himself down to ask others how to pursue the girl he likes. However, Mr. Xiao believes that if he wants to learn any knowledge, he can't learn it.

Therefore, there was a period of time when Xiao Er Zi was reading in his study in the dead of the night. No one knew that the noble and cool young master Xiao was hiding in his study and reading a series of vernacular novels.

Everyone has secrets, and the second master Xiao is no exception. He didn't expect that these books would be read by Ren Yaoqi and would be teased by Ren Yaoqi from time to time in the next few decades.

If he had known

As if nothing happened, Xiao Jingxi avoided Ren Yaoqi's joking eyes. She took a piece of snail Dai from her dressing box, stained it with water, and solemnly said, "the eyebrow on the right side is pale, I'll draw it for you." Then he raised Ren Yao's jaw and drew her eyebrows attentively.

Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi with a smile for a while, and forced to smile, let him go.

Xiao Er childe still frowned and was not satisfied: "you don't laugh. Don't blame me for painting flowers for a while."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing, and then Xiao Jingxi shook his hand, and his eyebrows were really blooming.

After the two men had cleaned up, Xiao Jingxi finally recovered his dignity and coldness in front of outsiders. Only Ren Yaoqi's smile could not be restrained.

After getting on the carriage, Xiao Er childe finally couldn't bear it: "madam, do you want to make your mouth fat spend when you smile at me again?"

Ren Yao period Leng Leng, Leng just reacts to come over what meaning, can't help but stare at him fiercely, turn head to ignore him.

At first, Ren Yaoqi thought Xiao Jingxi was just taking her to some place in Yunyang City, but he didn't expect that the carriage went out of the gate and went to the official road. Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised to find that the carriage actually went in the direction of Baihe Town.

"Where are we going?" Ren Yaoqi put down the curtain and asked.

Xiao Jingxi to Ren Yao period to a cup of tea, a smile: "you guess?"

Ren Yaoqi said that

After entering Baihe Town, when the buildings along the way became more and more familiar, the period of Ren Yao became calm. When the carriage stopped in front of her familiar gate, Ren Yaoqi was quietly held down by Xiao Jingxi, and looked up at the dusty plaque, half silent.

Xiao Jingxi takes Ren Yaoqi's hand and leads her up the steps. When she enters the door, no one comes up. The gatehouse is empty and there is no one.

Ren Yaoqi stood in front of the screen wall of the front yard and looked at the empty house. Suddenly, he felt as if he had passed away.

"Is this house in the hands of the Han family?" Ren Yaoqi turned his head and looked at Xiao Jingxi.

Although she does not go out of the gate, two doors do not stride, Ren family's affairs still know clearly.

Xiao Jingxi nodded and led him into the gate of hanging flowers and walked along the corridor to the inner courtyard.

Ren Yaoqi had gone through this road countless times, but it was the first time that she walked with Xiao Jingxi side by side. The open and quiet surrounding made her feel very strange. I don't know if there is a relationship with the person around her. The house that she dislikes very much in weekdays doesn't look so depressing today. After a little adjustment of her mood, she follows Xiao Jingxi forward. She even has leisure to discuss the Fengshui pattern in this big house with Xiao Jingxi.Xiao Jingxi smiled: "the wind and water pattern here is surprising."

Ren Yao sighed: "the book says that the number of life and Fengshui complement each other, but unfortunately the Fengshui here is so good, Zhai and Ren family such ordinary people can not hold back."

The two masters of the house had no good ending at last.

Xiaojingxi did not know what he thought, and he couldn't help thinking.

"What do you bring me here to do?" Ren Yao sighed and asked.

Xiao Jingxi looked down at her, and was about to open her mouth but was interrupted by Ren Yao period: "I don't guess!"

Xiaojingxi couldn't help but smile low, pinched her hand and said, "Han Yunqian said he would send Yan Bei Wang Fu a thin gift, I will show you."

Ren Yao period heard words a Leng, in the heart can not help guessing Han Yunqian mouth of what is the thin gift, she had some speculation in her heart.

Xiaojingxi is a familiar way, and he doesn't need to lead Yao. Ren Yao period can't help but pick his eyebrows and look at him: "you have come before?"

Xiaojingxi blinked innocently: "no, I want to come with you. But Han Yunqian drew a picture for me before. "

Ren Yao period did not speak.

Xiaojingxi took Ren Yao period to the garden. Ren Yaoji looked at the deep holes that were newly dug around the garden and frowned. Although they were not big, they were dug very deep. In a word, there were sevenoreight meters. The good flowers were destroyed by these messy holes and lost the beauty of the past. If they came here at night, they might not be careful to fall down.

But because of these holes, it's easy to find a secret room underground.

Xiaojingxi led Ren Yao period to avoid the black and lacquer holes and came to the pond.

There is a lotus pond in the middle of any garden. Yanbei in may also has some cool feelings. The lotus in the lotus pond is not open, even the lotus leaves are somewhat listless. Xiao Jingxi led Ren Yao period around the rockery on the edge of the lotus pond, and then made a gesture behind him.

Xiao Hua, a gray man, did not know where to come out, and after a ceremony towards xiaojingxi and Ren Yao, he turned and went into the rockery.

Ren Yao period surprised to pick eyebrows: "here?"

Xiaojingxi returned to Ren Yao period with a smile.

Ren Yao period is very different, this garden is not a secret place, the daughter and children of Ren family like to visit the yard when they are OK. Sometimes the girls and mothers will come in, especially the rockery because there is a lotus pond. In summer, it is a good place to enjoy the cool. Ren Yao period did not expect that the secret way of Han family would be here.

Xiao Hua has been in the rockery for about a quarter of an hour. If not for Ren Yao period, he hears the slight knock sound from the rockery and thinks Xiao Hua has gone out of another exit.

Fortunately, xiaojingxi or Ren Yao period are very patient, and there is no impatient appearance. Xiaojingxi is thinking about asking Ren Yao period whether to walk around. But suddenly a click sound is heard in the rockery. Then, after the slight vibration of "roaring and roaring", he doesn't know what is opened.

Ren Yao period and xiaojingxi couldn't help but look at each other.

Xiao Hua soon came out of the rockery and bowed down to report: "master, there is indeed a secret way in it. It has been opened according to the method you said. For safety, the subordinate will go down and look up. You and Mrs. Shao will go on again. "

Xiao Jingxi thought, still nodded. If he is himself, he is not afraid of any institutional trap, but it is better to be careful when he goes in with Ren Yao.

Xiao Hua went into the rockery without saying anything. This time he came out of it after half an hour.

"Master son, no organ."

Xiaojing nodded to the west, and led Ren Yao into the rockery.

Ren Yao period of this rockery is naturally not strange. When she was young, she and several sisters often came to play. The middle of the rockery is hollow and the place is not small. Because there is a light mouth on the top of the rockery, it is still bright in the daytime.

But Ren Yao period in found even this rockery was dug a hole about 67 meters deep, can not help laughing.

"Secret way was not found?"

Xiaojingxi looked at Ren Yao period, and then gently held her face with her hand to let her turn her head. Ren Yaoji saw that behind her, the rock wall near the pond opened unexpectedly. She was pulled by xiaojingxi to see that there was a ladder only one person passing through, and it was inclined to the bottom of lotus pond.

Ren Yao period surprised: "how can this happen? The lotus pond is deep, and the bottom is full of soft silt. "

Xiao Jingxi smiled and blinked, "go down and see."

Xiaojingxi walked down the secret road. Ren Yaoji hurriedly followed. Because the secret road only allowed one person to pass, Xiao Jingxi carefully held her behind her with her right hand behind her, and reminded her not to meet, because he had prepared for his left hand and had a fire folding son that could be lighted.

This secret road is very narrow, and Xiao Jingxi is a little bent to pass.

Ren Yao period found that the secret road is not only narrow but also very long, the air around it is very humid and cold, and there is a smell of rotten mud that penetrates into the nose. If there is no xiaojingxi in it, Ren Yaoqi will not want to go down and see it even if he finds such a secret road.While reminding Ren Yaoqi to be careful, Xiao Jingxi said with a smile, "do you know why it took nearly a quarter of an hour for Xiao Hua to open this secret passage?" The elegant voice sounded in the narrow and long confined space, as if there were echoes.

Ren Yaoqi thought: "this secret road is not easy to open?"

Xiao Jing said to the West: "well, it's actually used the mechanism skill. If someone wants to use violence to dig this passage, the stone steps of the secret passage will collapse and block the entrance of the secret chamber inside. "

Ren Yaoqi could not help frowning: "according to reason, Zhai family is just an ordinary rich family. Why did they spend so much effort to build such a secret room? Do you really have any rare treasures

Xiao Jingxi said with a smile: "if there are rare treasures, go down and have a look."

Because they had to take care of Ren Yaoqi, they didn't go down very fast, but they finally stepped on the ground. Ren Yaoqi could not help but feel relieved. This is the bottom of the pond, because the underground air is not circulating all the year round, which makes her a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Jingxi looked back at her and frowned: "uncomfortable? How about going up? I'm not thinking about it. "

Ren Yaoqi stopped Xiao Jingxi and said with a smile, "I'm not willing to go in and have a look at the rare treasures. I'm fine. Just get used to it

Xiao Jingxi was relieved when he saw that there was no big deal in Ren Yao period.

In front of them, there is a stone gate that has been opened, which still allows only one person to pass through.

Xiao Jingxi lit a grease lamp hanging on the stone wall with a fire clasp, and then led Ren Yaoqi into the chamber of secrets.

Here, Ren Yao period's heart to really some curiosity and expectation.

She knew the secret room for a long time. Ren's family wanted to find the entrance of the secret passage from her great grandfather. The Zhai family's murder was partly due to this crime. It's a pity that she didn't succeed until Ren moved out of the house. She didn't expect to see it with her own eyes.

After entering, Ren Yaoqi was disappointed. Although it was not as narrow as the passageway outside, it was only the size of her bedroom when she was at her mother's house. There were more than a dozen wooden boxes stacked on both sides of the stone house, and the red paint on the boxes peeled off badly. It looked like it had been some years.

There is an offering table facing the door. There is a tray of incense table on the table. The ashtray is covered with incense. What's in it? Ren Yaoqi pulls Xiao Jingxi and looks closer. He is stunned when he finds the jade statue behind the table.

"this is..." Ren Yaoqi looked at the jade statue which was only a foot high.

"It's a nine day Xuannu." Xiaojing West Road.

Ren Yaoqi frowned: "nine days Xuannu? Very few people offer this at home... "

Xiao Jingxi pondered and said, "except for the generals."

Ren Yao raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Jingxi.

Xiao Jingxi said with a smile: "it's said that the nine heaven Xuannu was the Yellow Emperor's military adviser. In ancient times, the goddess of war was very familiar with military strategy, so some generals would offer this to their families."

Ren Yaoqi nodded and doubted, "is Zhai's ancestor a general?"

Xiao Jingxi pulls Ren Yaoqi close to the statue and looks down at the wooden box under the statue. The box was placed on the table. It seemed to be made of sandalwood. It was smaller than the dozens of alleys stacked beside it. There was a lock on it.

Ren Yaoqi looked around to see if there was a key to open the box, but he found nothing.

Xiao Jingxi grabbed her and said with a smile, "what are you looking for? It's not an ordinary lock, but a machine that can't be opened. "

Ren Yaoqi took the oil lamp in Xiao Jingxi's hand and looked at it. He found that it was an ordinary looking brass lock with double tiger heads. Because the air here was moist, and there were already green rust on it. If you looked carefully, you would find that there were five teeth clenched together, and each gear was engraved with dense and small characters.

Ren Yaoqi once saw this kind of machine lock in books. As long as you rotate five gears and align the correct words to the correct position, you can open the lock.

Ren Yaoqi looked at it with interest for a while, and then asked Xiao Jingxi: "since Han Yunqian has the mechanism to tell you the secret way, then it should also tell you the secret words of the lock?"

Who knows Xiao Jingxi actually shook his head: "No."

Ren Yao period can't help but feel a little disappointed: "so say can't see rare treasure?"

Xiao Jingxi thought for a while and frowned, "do you want to see it?"

Ren Yaoqi deliberately embarrassed Xiao Jingxi and said, "yes, it's a pity that you can't open it, so forget it."

When Xiao Jingxi heard the speech, he just picked up his eyebrows and laughed. He didn't explain. He just took Ren Yaoqi away and said in a warm voice, "first look at what's in the other boxes."

Apart from the box on the confession, more than a dozen other large boxes in the room were not locked. Xiao Jingxi opened one and found that there was a box of porcelain in it. From the four sides of the pastel general's respect to small snuff bottles of different types and sizes, Xiao Jingxi carefully identified the one, then nodded and concluded: "it's a treasure 。” Then close the box and open the other one.A large box next to it contained jade pieces, which were also rare treasures. Ren Yaoqi even recognized that a pair of luminous cups were made by a small country in the south.

However, Xiao Jingxi and Ren Yaoqi saw so many good things, they just looked at them casually, and there was no surprise.

When he opened the third box and found that there was a sealed and well preserved painting and calligraphy box inside, Xiao Jingxi laughed and said to Ren Yaoqi, "this box has to be moved back to please the Lord Taishan." He also took out a picture from the inside and looked at it carefully. He was very satisfied.

Ren Yaoqi said that

They circled around the secret room and found that the boxes contained some valuable and not easy to carry objects. Although they only looked at them casually, we could see that the Zhai family was not poor at that time.

After seeing the box, Xiao Jingxi took Ren Yaoqi to the front of the confession and looked at the locked sandalwood box.

Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi with a slightly thoughtful expression and said curiously: "what? Can you open it? "

Xiao Jingxi returned to Ren Yaoqi with a brilliant smile and almost dazzled Ren Yaoqi's eyes: "since you want to see it, I have to find a way to open it."

With this, Xiao Jingxi gives the lamp to Ren Yaoqi, and he comes to play with the lock.

Ren Yao period saw the situation also did not stop, standing on one side to watch.

Xiao Jingxi looked at the words on the gears and tried to guess the secret words on the lock. It's a pity that Mr. Xiao is not a God after all. He guessed wrong twice.

Seeing his frown and serious look on his face, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing and said, "forget it, let people go up and find someone to open it. I'm afraid this kind of lock is..."

Ren Yaoqi's voice has not finished, but suddenly heard a "click", and then the sound of the machine running, can't help being stunned.

Xiao Jingxi's face slowly showed a smile, looked back at Ren Yaoqi and blinked.

Ren Yaoqi looked at a man's face with a dark and complacent look. He was amused and boasted: "you are so powerful, I admire you!"

Looking at Ren Yaoqi, Xiaoer said in a low voice: "as long as it's what you want."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help blushing. Xiao Jingxi bowed her head to kiss Ren Yaoqi's forehead, and then took her to walk over: "if it's not a rare treasure, would you be very disappointed?"

Ren Yao period was still Xiao Jingxi just that gentle kiss did not come back to God, smell speech think did not want to say: "you opened it, how can I be disappointed."

When he looked at Xiao Jingxi's bright eyes, Ren Yaoqi realized that what he had just said was so different from Xiao Jingxi's.

Ren Yaoqi was a little embarrassed, but Xiao Jingxi gave a low smile and gently pinched Ren Yaoqi's palm and said, "that's good, because I guess there's no surprise in this box. Don't be frightened."

Ren Yao period Wen Yan Leng Leng: "the box has not been opened, you know what is contained in it not?"

Xiao Jingxi sighed, looked at the statue of the nine heavenly goddess and said, "that's not true, but I guess the real identity of the owner of this box."

Ren Yaoqi frowned: "the real identity of the owner of the box? Isn't this Zhai's secret room? Isn't this box left by Zhai's family? "

Xiao Jingxi said: "that's not true. This person should have a deep relationship with Zhai family."

Ren Yaoqi was intrigued by Xiao Jingxi's words and couldn't help looking at the sandalwood box: "so the reason why you just opened the machine lock was not a random guess, but because you guessed the identity of the owner of the box?"

Xiao Jingxi nodded: "that's exactly the case." He smiles at Ren Yaoqi, "don't you want to see it? Do you want to open it? "

Ren Yaoqi blinked, thinking that he didn't know what the shock in Xiaojing's west mouth meant.

Xiao Jingxi didn't speak, but just looked at Ren Yaoqi with a smile, as if she said she would open it, and if she said no, he would pull her away.

Ren Yao did not hesitate for too long, but curiosity conquered everything. Moreover, she knew in her heart that if there was any danger, Xiao Jingxi would not let her open the box, so she was frightened at most.