Ren Qingrui lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at the water stains sprayed by Young Master Liu on the hem of her light green cloud skirt. She frowned slightly and raised her lotus feet on the brocade cloud-patterned shoes slightly, and made Xue Xintong sit down.
The small bench that passed by was kicked in front of 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 Mr. Liu with a non-smiling smile.
“Da Guoguo, is it forbidden for little girls to set foot in a place like the capital? Why can’t my sister come?”
Liu Mingzhi put down his tea cup and looked across at Ren Qingrui, whom he had not seen for more than a year, with a wry smile.
Compared with the green look of her former days, where her eyebrows were lightly swiped and powdered, and her willow eyebrows were as bright as stars, Ren Qingrui now looks a little more mature and charming.
It has a touch of charming, gentle and virtuous temperament.
It can be said that her eyebrows are curved with willow leaves, her eyes are shining, and her lips are greased and her face is frosted, making people look away involuntarily.
This is not just Liu Mingzhi's own idea. 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 won't be so shocked that I lose my mind.
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 appear here!”
Ren Qingrui looked at the two vertical banners behind Young Master Liu, raised her hand and took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve, placed it on the low table, stretched out her 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 a shop?”
“Sister, don’t make trouble with your brother. Don’t you 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 predictions are very sound and well-founded. Compared with the famous masters of Buddhism and Taoism, they are on par with you!
Little sister has already paid the money for the hexagram, Da Guoguo, you might as well calculate the fate lines in the palm of the little sister’s hand to see what is missing 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 he took the broken silver in his hand and put it into his cuffs.
“It’s figured 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 be counted as Da Guoguo. You can tell at a glance. It seems that you have special skills, so you
Tell me what is missing in my little sister’s life?”
“Virtue!”
“Am I wicked?”
“Yes, you are evil in life!”
Looking at Young Master Liu's teasing 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 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 tea 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!”
“Yes! It would be better if you 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, have you seen your parents at Mount Kumgang?”
Ren Qingrui's expression also became calmer, and she nodded silently to Liu Mingzhi with her eyes full of gratitude: "I see, thank you for your help, brother. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid that my little sister will never be able to reunite with the two elders in her life.
Already.
Little sister, I’d like to toast you with a cup of 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 don't want to break my promise.
How is your father, that old man, Old Bones?"
“Everything is fine, except that I am a little thinner than before, but there is nothing serious about my health.
By the time my younger sister went to Beijing, my father had already returned to his hometown with his 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 to be an official?"
Ren Qingrui looked gloomy and shook her head silently, with a bitter smile on her lips: "My father said that he has experienced everything before and has seen through everything.
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 younger sister that he had seen everything clearly during the days at Mount Kumgang.
Let’s not talk about whether I can return to officialdom. Even if there is a 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 mountains, rivers and countryside 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 previous political opponents.
I hope my father’s concession will allow these people to let go of the past and forget about it!”
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 the 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.
However, there is no need to blame others. When the disaster strikes, they themselves don’t know where they went wrong, but they pass 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.
It’s just that by that time, it was already too late.
Official life is the darkest place, and only black in the world can turn all colors into black.
Once it is stained with black, it is impossible to wash away the dirt and restore it to the original state.
So, people must have a steelyard in their hearts.
It is possible for other places to change if they become dark, but once people’s hearts become dark, there is no way back.”
Ren Qingrui looked at Liu Mingzhi’s cold and deep eyes with a confused expression, and shook her head silently.
“It’s too profound, my little sister can’t understand it.
What you are saying to your little sister is like playing the piano to a cow. If it were my father, he should be able to understand what you are talking about, big brother. It’s 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 wish for you to 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.
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 staying at the inn and slept in the open all the way to the capital.
I was originally thinking about how to meet your boss! I didn’t expect that 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 you should speak less. Apart from the vertical banner with a broken iron opening behind my brother’s back, have you seen the two vertical banners on the bookstall next to me?
Swept across the capital with an invincible hand, specializing in taking care of the injustices in the world.
After receiving the fortune teller from the guests, Brother Wei can solve more things than a fortune teller.
When you really meet someone who is in trouble and needs help, if you collect money for me, you will definitely help the guest. Of course, it must be a serious matter that is worthy of your conscience.
When meeting a customer who just wants peace of mind, it is normal for people to earn two cups of tea money.
Where is the theory of deception and deception?”
Ren Qingrui glanced at the two vertical banners in the direction of Young Master Liu's finger, seemed to have a clear understanding, thought for a while, and nodded with a smile.
“I understand, you are selling sheep’s head to dog meat!”
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.