"Rong Shu, how will you celebrate your birthday this year?"

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As soon as Gu Changjin said these words, the yard became quiet, and even the insects on the trees seemed to have subsided.

Luo Yan's expression changed slightly, and Heng Ping, who was usually expressionless, was also surprised for a moment.

The two looked at each other and then looked away silently.

Rong Shu was even more puzzled and confused by Gu Changjin's inexplicable words.

"Do you know my birth date?"

"Yes, it's July 15th."

The two of them planned to discuss marriage, but Gu Changjin didn't know that the two families were discussing marriage at that time, so he didn't know when her birthday was. What month and day.

We only found out later when we investigated her case.

This girl was born on the Hungry Ghost Festival in the second year of Jiayou's reign. It was precisely because she was born on such an unlucky day that she aroused the disgust of Mrs. Rong.

Gu Changjin did not believe in ghosts and gods, nor did she believe the rumors that she was born with an ominous nature.

But the time they got married was too short, and they talked too little. He didn't even know if she would celebrate birthdays in the past, and how she would celebrate them.

When she was in the Marquis Mansion, her mother would usually celebrate her birthday every year. What about in Yangzhou? Shen Zhi is so busy every day that no one is around, but can anyone celebrate her birthday?

He wanted to know how she celebrated her birthday.

If possible, I would also like to celebrate her birthday in person.

It is true that this situation is not a good time to celebrate a birthday in peace and joy.

But it can’t be a big deal, at least we can have a bowl of longevity noodles together.

Just like in the mountains, my father celebrated my mother's birthday.

A bowl of noodles, three taels of side dishes, and a few glasses of wine are enough.

He wanted to celebrate her birthday just like his father celebrated her birthday.

This feeling was so strong that after he asked that question, his heart, which had been calm for a long time, was beating fast.

Rong Shu glanced at him, nodded and said: "I've passed it. My mother-in-law would have given it to me in Shangjing, and in Yangzhou, Aunt Guo, Uncle Shiyi and my uncle would never forget my birthday. Today Aunt Guo also said They arranged a boat for me and said they would celebrate my birthday on the Xiao Qinhuai River. As usual, if my uncle is at home, he will celebrate it for me at night."

She paused and said hesitantly: "On the Hungry Ghost Festival. "What are your orders, sir?"

Apart from thinking that he would bother her with something on the Ghost Festival, Rong Shu really didn't expect him to ask about her birthday.

Probably because he is not someone who would take the initiative to celebrate someone's birthday.

Although he had celebrated her birthday once in his previous life.

It was the second year after they got married, and he came back from the Metropolitan Procuratorate early.

Knowing that it was her birthday, he sent Chang Ji out very coldly to buy two bowls of longevity noodles.

Although it was just a bowl of longevity noodles, Ke Rongshu was still very happy.

When Rong Shu lived his life, he only cared about who he lived with, not how he lived it. Even if the two of them shared a bowl of longevity noodles, it would be great.

Of course, it would be best if that bowl of longevity noodles tasted better.

She has been a glutton since she was a child, and there are many small restaurants in Wutong Lane selling delicious noodles.

The shop that sells plum blossom soup cakes also sells longevity noodles.

Knowing that it was Chang Ji who went out to buy it, Rong Shu felt very relieved.

Because Changji is also delicious, a delicious person will naturally know where to buy the best longevity noodles.

Rong Shunahui was full of expectations for the longevity noodles he was about to eat.

However, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

The longevity noodles that Chang Ji bought were simply the most unpalatable noodles that Rong Shu had ever eaten in his life.

The noodles were not cooked well, they were hard, like biting stones, and the noodle soup was very bland.

Rong Shu took a bite and almost spit it out.

Then she looked up and saw Gu Changjin's clear pool-like eyes staring at her for a moment.

His expression was extremely strange, and his eyes looked a little angry, as if he was saying to her: "Rong Shu, try spitting out this noodle."

Rong Shu had no choice but to swallow the noodle alive.

In her entire life, she has never eaten anything so difficult to swallow.

Probably seeing that she was struggling to eat, Gu Changjin finished his noodles in three seconds, then took her bowl away and let Chang Ji take it.

Rong Shu breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt embarrassed.

After all, he sent someone out to buy the noodles. She only took two bites and then stopped eating. It was really disrespectful.

"From now on, we should let the small kitchen make the longevity noodles for birthdays. The noodles sold outside are not as delicious as the noodles made by ourselves." She said.

Gu Changjin had just taken a sip of tea and almost choked when she said this.

He raised his eyes from the tea cup, and for a long time, he curled his lips and smiled: "Okay."

The tone sounded like there was a bit of gnashing of teeth, which made Rong Shu very surprised.

Of course, no matter how curious she was, she would never be curious like this.

They were husband and wife in their previous life, and they had been married for two years anyway. It was quite normal for Gu Changjin to celebrate her birthday by having a bowl of longevity noodles with her.

But they have nothing to do with each other now. Why did he ask her birthday? It can only be that there is something going on on her birthday that requires her help.

Rong Shu waited quietly for the next step.

Luo Yan waited quietly and warily for what was to come.

Hengping was also waiting quietly and doubtfully for the next step.

Being stared at by three pairs of eyes, Gu Changjin couldn't say anything. He coughed lightly and said calmly: "It's nothing."

His tone was calm and his expression was also calm.

Rong Shu glanced at him. Gu Changjin, who was so cold and indifferent, was the person she had always been familiar with.

I was relieved for a moment.

After getting down to business, she didn't want to stay any longer, so she said goodbye.

Gu Changjin sent her out the same way as last time, and the two of them walked on the bluestone road one after another.

Luo Yan fell behind and tried to squeeze in between Gu Changjin and Rong Shu several times, but was blocked by Heng Ping.

She was so angry that she wished she could draw her sword and fight with this guy.

The carriage stopped near Chunyue Tower, and when it passed by the Wu's Brick Bridge, the sky gradually darkened, and the remaining candles in the sky were filled with glowing rays, making the river under the bridge shine with golden light.

Gu Changjin sent her across the bridge and then stopped.

When Rong Shu got on the carriage, he looked sideways and saw the man standing in the last ray of sunset, his expression still unclear on the backlit face.

Returning to Shen Garden, as soon as she got off the carriage, she saw that Shen Zhi's usual carriage had stopped outside the gate.

This is Shen Zhi's return.

Rong Shu hurriedly walked through the hanging flower door and asked Butler Jiang: "When did uncle come back?"

Butler Jiang said with a smile: "The master has only been back for a quarter of an hour, and he is talking to Mother Zhang right now."

Speaking of this, Butler Jiang remembered something, Then he said: "By the way, Mother Zhang found the things that the girl left in Sanseggang Hall this morning."

Rong Shu raised his eyebrows: "Did I leave something behind?"

Listening to her tone, Butler Jiang didn't seem to know that he had left something behind. He just thought it was because the noble man was forgetting things, so he mentioned the matter of meeting Zhang's mother in Sanshengtang.

Rong Shu thought about it carefully and realized that he clearly didn't leave anything behind in Sansei Hall.

Even if she is very behind, Mother Zhang should not go to a place like Sanseigang Hall alone.

I felt something was wrong for a moment.

Mother Zhang is her nurse, she is in charge of Yilanzhu's affairs, and she has always been respected by others.

But if she thought about it carefully, Rong Shu realized that everyone in the Shen family, including Butler Jiang and people around Shen Zhi, respected her very much.

Even my uncle treated Mrs. Zhang with courtesy.

She heard her mother-in-law mention that Zhang’s mother’s child died shortly after birth. When Zhang's mother came to Shen's house, she was ill and had no milk. None of the wet nurses originally prepared were of any use, and they couldn't even get a mouthful of milk in. Rong Shu was so hungry that she finally got milk until Mama Zhang came.

Even A-Niang said that she had chosen Mama Zhang herself, probably because she only drank Mama Zhang’s milk and only had Mama Zhang’s arms.

But the taste is the taste, and I am very grateful to Mrs. Zhang in my heart.

Is it because of this that everyone in the Shen family pays special attention to Mother Zhang? Rong Shu frowned slightly.

But on the other side of Sanseitang, Shen Zhi was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink water after he went out this morning, and now his throat was so dry that he was on fire.

After taking a long sip of tea, Fang said to Zhang's mother: "I have sent the things the princess told me to the garrison department."

Zhang's mother asked: "Are you sure it has been sent to General Liang? There is nothing left. " Is there any clue?"

"I'm sure." Shen Zhi said, "I have dealt with the people who sent the message. General Liang can't find us. Don't worry, everything the princess asked me to do has been sorted out. It's easy." There will be mistakes."

Mother Zhang nodded and said with a smile: "No wonder the princess always said that she is most at ease when you do things."

When Shen Zhi heard this, his thin lips couldn't help but tremble slightly, and he suppressed the pain in his heart for a long time. joy.

"Although the work has been done, I still don't understand. Since the princess asked me to hand over the evidence of Liao Rao's meeting with the Water Dragon King to General Liang, why did she want General Liang to die? In this way, the evidence that I have collected with great difficulty over the years Isn’t the evidence all in vain?”

“How could it be in vain?” Zhang’s mother half-hidden her eyes and said, “If General Liang was killed because of these evidences, who do you think the people on the other side of Shangjing would think killed him? "

Of course it's Liao Rao, or rather, the second prince and the Qi family.

Shen Zhi suddenly realized.

The young master's mission is to kill General Liang and then blame Liao Rao.

Now the young master is by General Liang's side. Once General Liang dies, the young master only needs to make a fuss about the secret message he handed in, and the mission of this trip can be successfully completed.

Speaking of which, he has never appeared in front of the young master so far. If possible...

Shen Zhi moved his lips and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noise outside. It sounded like the Chang Sui beside him stopped someone. .

After listening carefully, he realized that the person outside was Rong Shu.

Zhang's mother recognized Rong Shu's voice earlier than him, her face changed slightly, and she said, "It's a girl."

Soon she calmly took out a letter from her arms and said to Shen Zhi, "Since the things have been handed over, "Go out, you'd better leave Yangzhou and go to Fujian before Liang Xiao is killed. If the matter in Fujian fails, you will have to make another plan."

Shen Zhi said with a solemn expression. "Yeah." He said, and immediately looked at the letter. It was a letter sent by Zhenniang to Zhaozhao.

As soon as Rong Shu walked into the Yuedong Gate of Sanshengtang, he saw Zhang's mother walking out from the corridor, holding a letter in her hand.

"Girl, you came just in time." Mother Zhang smiled and said, "This is the letter that my uncle brought back just now. If you are not here, I will pick it up for you first."

Rong Shu suddenly smiled when he saw the writing on the envelope.

"A letter from Grandma!" After receiving the letter, he didn't care where it was. He opened the letter and read it. While reading, he said, "Grandma is afraid that I won't have anyone to celebrate my birthday in Yangzhou."

Shen Zhi came out and when he heard these words, he took over the conversation with a smile: "On your birthday, your uncle is not here, but my uncle has prepared a table for you. You love to eat Xijiangyue's Dongjiang eighteen delicacies the most. By then, Someone will send it to Shen Yuan. "

In the past, when Rong Shu celebrated her birthday, Shen Zhi would prepare a place like this for her if she was not in Shen Yuan. She was used to it.

"My uncle has been away from home all the time since Zhao Zhao came back to Yangzhou. It's Zhao Zhao's birthday soon, can't you wait until Zhao Zhao's birthday has passed before leaving?" Rong Shu's tone was a little aggrieved, "Also, uncle every day It's not like where Zhao Zhao said he was going when he goes back."

Shen Zhi said with a smile, "Isn't uncle busy with the Shen family's business? In two days, uncle will leave for Fujian to pick up salt. This trip will take at least a few months. If you stay in Yangzhou for another two months, it's time to go back to Beijing. When your uncle comes back from Fujian, he will go to Beijing to see you and your mother. "

Fujian. "

Rong Shu's mind moved slightly. If the timing hadn't been wrong, she would have wanted to follow Shen Zhi to pick up the salt. At least she would know that Shen Zhi's identity as a salt merchant was fishy.

She only knew that Shen Zhi would definitely not agree to take her there.

Anyway, if Shen Zhi is not here, it will be much more convenient for her to do things in the Shen family.

Before going to bed at night, Rong Shu stood behind the desk, tinkering with a reply to Mrs. Shen.

After laying out the paper, polishing the ink, and preparing to write, I suddenly remembered what Gu Changjin said.

Unconsciously, she wrote down the names of several places in Fujian, Shandong, Liaodong, and Shangjing. She stared at these place names for a long time, always feeling that she had overlooked something.

But what exactly is it?

Rong Shu thought that his head hurt, so he simply picked up the piece of paper and threw it into the copper furnace aside to burn it.

I laid out the paper again and prepared to write a letter to Grandma, but just as I started writing two words, Butler Jiang's words suddenly rang in my mind.

Butler Jiang said that Mother Zhang went back to Sanshengtang specifically to look for the things she had left behind, but if she had really left something behind, with Mother Zhang's always careful style, she should have sent the things back long ago.

Also, if Aniang sent a letter, she just wanted to give it to her. She could just send the letter to Yilanzhu directly. Why send someone to Yilanzhu to call Mother Zhang over and then hand the letter to her.

I always feel like it’s just an excuse for Zhang’s mother to go to Sanseigang Hall to look for things or get letters.

If this is really an excuse, why did Zhang's mother go to Sanseigang Hall?

She was in the study room this morning. Mother Zhang seemed to be very reluctant to let her look at the painting in the study room. Is it because she is afraid that she will damage her uncle's beloved painting, or is it because of other reasons?

More importantly, as a well-behaved and honest person like Zhang's mother, how could she dare to break into Shen Zhi's study without her guidance this morning?

The wolf strokes lingered in the air for a long time, and a drop of full ink landed on the paper with a "snap" sound.

Rong Shu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the thin figure outside the screen.