On the second day, warm sunshine covered the earth and the sky was clear.
The room in the inn has been checked out.
Because Li Xunyi worked in Tianshi Mansion, he asked his housekeeper to pick him up at the inn early in the morning.
Zuilong City is rich in the east and rich in the west, and poor in the south and low in the north.
The rich and powerful in the east city are yellow and white in the west city, the tea leaves in the south city are the water in the north city.
Li Xunyi's house is in Xicheng.
The servant opened the door of the house diligently. Yuan Ying jumped up the steps first and came to the yard in a few steps.
Que Qingyue put her hands in her sleeves, lowered her head to look at the steps, and followed her slowly. When she stepped, the curve of her waist was graceful and soft, but she also had a certain grace and elegance.
She walked in slowly.
Finally, Dongfang Qingfeng and Liu Sichen handed over their horses to the servants and entered the house.
Although Elder Li said that this was a small house.
In fact, it is not small. The yard is very big. There is a green grapefruit tree in the middle with a thick and spreading crown. There is a set of wooden and stone tables and chairs under the tree to enjoy the shade.
There are some green plants and flowers deliberately planted in the corners, door walls and tiles of the house, and the flowers are in full bloom. There is a fish pond in the right corner of the courtyard, with a group of herrings swimming around in the pond.
Make people feel comfortable when they come in.
There is a kind of beauty that can be imagined: the misty spring dawn during the day, the tired birds returning to their nests at dusk, the starry sky in summer, the clear and clear ground in late autumn, and the beauty of white snow in winter.
It seems that Li Xunyi is a classy person.
It can be said that the Que family's heavenly masters all have good taste and extraordinary appearance. When Li Xunyi was young, he was also born with a dignified appearance and the appearance of a wise man.
The house is usually taken care of by two servants.
The steward who led the way had a fair face and a warm attitude. He had known that these few people were "noble people" in the master's words, so he was extremely respectful, especially to these four people, a man and a woman. He treated them carefully and observed their appearance. Excellent people.
He had the house cleaned early in the morning, and everything that needed to be changed inside and outside was changed. He also found two skilled cooks to prepare three meals a day for the nobles in the kitchen.
After the officer came in, he asked the boy to fetch two boxes and put them on the stone table. He smiled at the man who had not moved much since he came in. He went straight to the table and chair under the tree and pinched his sleeves on the stool.
"This is what Li Tianshi gave to you and asked you to keep it. Li Tianshi also said that in the future, you should not go in and out of pawn shops for yellow and white things..." The butler couldn't say the next words, something that was embarrassing and disgraceful to the ancestors. , it’s hard for him to say it, just bring it to him.
He didn't say anything, but Que Qingyue guessed it. She put down her sleeves, tapped the table with her hand, and looked at the box on the table.
This must be the yellow and white thing that Elder Li mentioned.
Times are hard now, so Elder Li's move can be described as a timely help.
"Okay, I understand." She said to the housekeeper, "Thank you for your hard work. You should go and do your work first."
The voice was so nice that the boy brought by the housekeeper couldn't help but take a look at it. He was so obedient that he didn't dare to look at it again after just one glance.
"The little man has retired. If you need anything, Miss Que will send a message to you."
Que Qingyue sat there, looked at him and said "hmm".
The housekeeper left in a hurry, and the two boys went to work. There was also a cleaning lady in the house, who made a pot of osmanthus tea and brought it over.
Once the people left, only a few people were left in the courtyard.
Yuan Ying finished playing with the fish in the fish pond, ran over with the box on her back, and stood in front of the table.
"Ancestor, what's in the box?"
The sweet-scented osmanthus tea has a strong fragrance, and Que Qingyue poured a cup.
The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves and falls on her body. Her long hair is slightly fluffy, but the curvature of the hair strands is perfectly smooth. Her skin is clear and white, and she has carefully managed black hair. Each strand is There was a natural luster in the sun, sitting there in a white-collared blue suit.
Just like the people coming out of the painting.
"Don't you know it when you open it?" Why do you want to ask me?
Que Qingyue took a sip of tea and then looked at the two boxes.
"It must be the expense." Liu Sichen sat down and said.
Yuan Ying lifted the lid.
As expected, there were several ingots of silver inside, as well as a stack of large amounts of banknotes for their convenience.
"This Tianshi Li is so generous." Liu Sichen turned his head and said to His Highness.
Dongfang Qingfeng glanced at the silver coins and said, "Tianshi Li is the Purple Heavenly Master of the Que Sect. He is worth a lot of money. If you want to ask him to come out once, I'm afraid the money won't be enough."
Wait for the other box to open.
It turned out to be all kinds of hair crowns of heavenly masters, gold and silver crowns, five-color jade crowns, and various yellow, red, white, blue and green hairpins inlaid with jewels.
Among the five-color jade, there is also a mutton-fat jade hosta, which is valuable.
I guess I saw that Que Qingyue only wore a hair tie, which was too shabby. After all, she was an ancestor, so how could she not have any decent accessories on her body, so she gave her a box of precious and unobtrusive headwear suitable for a heavenly master to wear. .
Elder Li is really thoughtful.
Que Qingyue held the teacup. It was not that she didn't own these items, but she had sold them at a valuable price for the sake of merit. After all, money was something external to the body...
Liu Sichen shook his head when he saw it and whispered: "My biological father is nothing more than that."
Dongfang Qingfeng looked up at the courtyard: "This Que family is willing to give out even three thousand taels of gold. This little thing is nothing." The three thousand taels of gold were exchanged for silver, which was a full thirty thousand taels of silver.
"That's right." The profession of Celestial Master is not short of money.
The two boxes were quickly put away by Yuan Ying. Que Qingyue's money was always under her care, and all of it was put into the box on her back.
Then a few people sat under the tree, enjoying the wind and drinking sweet-scented osmanthus. The boy brought some fruits and snacks.
Maybe the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was too sweet, or maybe Que Qingyue looked fragrant, and a bee-worm flew over and headed straight for her. Que Qingyue was startled, and she hid back and forth twice, but the bee-worm seemed to like her very much, and kept coming. Going around her, he actually stopped at her hair?
She grabbed her sleeves and stood up from the stool: "Yuan Ying!"
Yuan Ying, who was stuffing cakes into her mouth, stood up immediately when she heard the call to her, "Huh?" Then she saw an insect chasing her ancestors, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to drive it away. With a wave of her hand, she caught it.
"Ah, ancestor, it's not Feng'er, it's Sister Hua!" After Yuan Ying grabbed it with her bare hands, she looked carefully and saw that the pattern on the shell was quite nice.
"What?" Sister Hua?
"Ancestor, look, do the patterns on its back look like eyes?" Yuan Ying found it strange and wanted to show it to her ancestor.
Que Qingyue stared at her closely, and when she saw her reaching out her hand, she turned around and ran away without saying a word, holding her sleeve.
"Hey, don't run, ancestor, don't run. I won't lie to you, look at it, it's really beautiful." Yuan Ying pinched Sister Hua and chased after her with all her teeth and claws.
"Get away! Don't bring it over!" Que Qingyue waved her long sleeves and ran very fast without looking back, her clothes flying around.
"Look, I didn't lie to you! Really..." Yuan Ying raised the insect above her head and shouted while running.
"..."
Under the tree, Dongfang Qingfeng and Liu Sichen saw the two of them running from the east to the west of the house, and ran out of the gate.
Liu Sichen couldn't help but shook his head: "The doctor said that Miss Que needs to move her body more, and it is good to be able to activate her qi and blood like this."
Dongfang Qingfeng looked back when he heard this, put the knife on the table, picked up Huaizi and took a drink of water: "Which force in the DPRK is behind Drunken Dragon City?"
Liu Sichen said: "I checked before, but since the city lord changed three years ago, I still don't know who is behind it. The other party is hiding it so carefully, it is probably one of the princes in the court."
Dongfang Qingfeng sneered: "Now that the emperor is old, the prince is ill this year and is close to his sixtieth year, it seems that my good brothers are ready to take action again."
"Your Highness, then let's..."
"Please ask if there will be a ship to Fengdu City from Zuilong City in half a month. Leave Zuilong City as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Sichen said: "From the map, it is indeed closer to take the water route. Some ships leave at uncertain times. I will go right away."
Que Qingyue was sweating all over as she walked down the steps from the front door.
"This silly girl insists on letting me look at bugs. I can't do it without looking at them. She is getting more and more stupid." I chased her for almost half a street for a bug. Fortunately, the wheel of the carriage was broken and I found a shop that could repair it. Find an excuse to let her repair it.
Otherwise, if she didn't look at the bug, was she prepared to pinch it all afternoon? What a fool.
Que Qingyue rolled down her sleeves and walked into the yard.
Seeing that no one else in the yard was there, only Dongfang Qingfeng was sitting under the tree.
She walked over, arranged her hair, and sat down: "Where are the others?"
Dongfang Qingfeng saw that her hair was slightly messy and her cheeks were flushed, and she felt a bit like she was after being bullied. However, her behavior at this time was not urgent, hasty, or hurried.
It seems contradictory and harmonious, messy and serious.
"Out." He looked up at her.
"Oh." Que Qingyue sat down, reached for the teapot, poured a cup calmly, took a sip, and calmed down her breathing.
But in this yard, there are too many plants and trees, too lush, and there is a tree above the head.
Coupled with her physique, she is favored by insects and birds.
Another thing flew towards her, and she was so frightened that she immediately covered her face with her sleeves.
The bug fell on the table.
It's a little green mantis, very pure and cute.
But no matter how cute it is, it is still an insect, and Que Qingyue is most afraid of this, otherwise she wouldn't be scared by Yuan Ying taking out the flower sister and running around the yard.
She stood up again as if facing a powerful enemy.
Dongfang Qingfeng looked at the little thing on the table.
It was nothing more than an insect, but it could actually scare her.
He thought of something and suddenly smiled, then stretched out his hand and took the little mantis in his hand.
"Are you afraid of it?"
He stood up and imitated Yuan Ying, holding it and asking Que Qingyue, "What's so scary about it? Tell me." He walked towards her.
Que Qingyue had just been chased by Yuan Ying, and she had no energy left to run. She just wanted to sit down and take a rest. Would she have to be chased again?
"Dongfang Qingfeng, take it away." She glanced at it and immediately blocked it with her sleeves.
But the other party didn't retreat. Instead, he made a gesture to hand it to her hand, as if he wanted to put it on the back of her hand.
She was so frightened that she quickly turned around to hide, but when she turned around, the man turned around with her.
She wanted to separate his hand, but he held his arms slightly. He was tall, with broad shoulders and long legs, not to mention long arms, so she couldn't get away at all.
"you!"
"go away!"
She couldn't stop him with her sleeves, and in the end she could only grab his wrist with her hand to prevent him from bringing the insect closer to her. She kept turning her face away from his hand.
Dongfang Qingfeng didn't use any force at all, it was just a weak move. He was just teasing her on a whim.
But looking at the person in front of me who has always been proud and does not take anyone seriously, he will be afraid and angry, and his face will turn red. Especially when he is angry, his eyes will be particularly bright, bright with anger, and he will be frightened and angry. Bright and surprisingly good-looking.
Although he was teasing her with the bug, his eyes were always fixed on her, from his expression to his reaction, from his cheeks to his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised at some point.
Until Que Qingyue couldn't hold his hand away anymore and couldn't bear it anymore.
"Nie Peifeng!"
Dongfang Qingfeng came back to her senses. At some point, his other hand was already on her shoulder. In an instant, he let go of her hand, took a step back, and threw the little mantis in his hand into the air. Grass, let it live.
The mother-in-law who had just come to clean up the room was sweeping the window with a duster. She happened to see the scene from the open window of the two people chasing the bugs under the tree.
These two handsome men and women are both romantic figures, and the yard is deserted. Their every move makes people tremble with fear. You know they are hiding from insects, but you don’t know. From a distance, it looks like a man holding the woman in his arms. Inside.
The woman looked at it and patted her chest, quickly closed the window, her heart was pounding, what a sin...
So handsome!
At this time, there was a sudden sound from the door.
Li Xunyi walked in, followed by Yuan Ying who had finished repairing the carriage, and a young man.
As soon as the man entered the yard, he saw Que Qingyue standing under the tree.
After being stunned, I couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The angry redness on Que Qingyue's face has not completely subsided. Her face is red and her eyes are bright, her facial features are vivid, and there is an indescribable sense of beauty.
This person is none other than the Que sect disciple named Han Shuyan who was having tea in the tea shed.
"How's it going? How are you guys living in my house?" Li Xunyi approached the two of them and asked.
When Dongfang Qingfeng saw the visitor, he smiled seriously and said, "The scenery is excellent, not bad."
"Haha, let me introduce you." Li Xunyi pointed to Han Shuyan behind him and said, "This person, Mr. Han Shuyan, is a student of my college and studies at Tianshi Mansion."
"This is Young Master Dongfang. Shu Yan, you can call me Brother Dongfang. He comes from Chaoge City."
Li Xunyi looked at Que Qingyue, who was lowering her head to adjust her sleeves without looking over at all.
And her identity is not easy to introduce. Li Xunyi thought for a while and said: "This is my distant cousin... niece, Bai Yi."
When Han Shuyan heard that Que Qingyue was the niece of her teacher Li Xunyi, she was not a daughter of a famous family.
His face was even more joyful, and he immediately bowed to him excitedly.
After bowing, he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, is the girl in white suitable for marriage?" The next sentence was almost written on his face, "How do you think she is suitable for me?"
As soon as he said this, not only Dongfang Qingfeng looked at him sideways.
Yuan Ying, who was following behind, was also rolling her eyes.
She looked at her ancestors who were still arranging their clothes. From head to toe, they looked like gods and gods, and even their hair had a sense of atmosphere.
Look at Han Shuyan's appearance again...
He thought to himself: "My ancestors and you, that's the difference between heaven and earth, why don't you take a piss to look after yourself?"
Is it worthy?
