Chapter VII The Mansion Gate
In the second year of Tian'an, in the treacherous city of Tokyo, the magnificent Taishifu rose up in the prosperous area of the city, and the two golden-bodied stone lions in front of the majestic main gate sat upright and looked straight and lay on the ground, one left and one right guarded on both sides of the twenty-eight white jade steps built according to the stars.
After going up the white jade steps, the first thing that catches your eye is the main gate of the Taishi Mansion flying eaves and arches, the golden "Taishi Mansion" three characters are written in vigorous font neatly, hanging high above the red lacquer gate, and on both sides of the gate stand majestically on behalf of the auspicious seven red stone pillars, each stone pillar is guarded by its own sword guard, including the gatekeeper who guards the gate side with a bad face and a few rows of roofs alternate back and forth, holding a bow and arrow, it is really a copper wall and iron wall, the barrier is strict, this posture is said to be a person, I am afraid that even a fly can not fly in.
And from this exaggerated appearance, the inner house is carved with jade fences, and the degree of resplendor is naturally self-evident.
But in the deep courtyard of this wealthy family, the atmosphere was extremely depressing at this time, and everyone's eyes gathered together......
The unkempt little girl was in a coma as if she had a feeling, lying on the cold ground and slowly opening her eyes.
Before her eyes could be gathered, she vaguely saw an old man wearing a black scarf, brown eyebrows and white beard stretching out a hand and shaking it in front of her: "Little girl...... Little girl? Can you see it? ”
The old man's voice was terrifying, as if his vocal cords had been badly damaged, and his barely managed voice sounded as sharp and piercing as a long-dead branch slowly scraping across a blackboard.
Ye Lingyi, who had just opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and did not answer the old man's question, but a pair of big black eyes moved left and right with the old man's hand.
Seeing this, the old man stopped waving his hand, and bent his thumb and little finger together, and put the remaining three fingers in front of her: "Little girl, do you recognize what it is?" ”
Ye Lingyi raised her eyebrows invisibly and looked behind the old man.
In the gradually clear line of sight, I saw a long figure standing not far away, still wearing the dark blue robe, although I couldn't see the face hidden under the mask, but from the closed light red thin lips, I could see his seriousness at this time.
Standing side by side with Helian Che are the brothers Helian Chu and Helian Tu, both of whom have expressionless faces.
In addition, behind these people stood a group of minions with their heads down, including the three Helian brothers, all clustered around a tall middle-aged man, lined up in eight figures.
It seems that the middle-aged man in the middle is only in his early forties, and his clothes are unattainable, although the rich life makes him full of green silk and black, and his eyes are blazing, but it is still difficult to hide the shadow of vicissitudes in his face, and the years are like a sharp knife, ruthlessly cutting through the originally handsome face, making him deep and indifferent.
Ye Lingyi's gaze bypassed the old man in front of him, and just fell on the few of them and looked back and forth.
Sensing her gaze, the middle-aged man raised his chin slightly, and a trace of doubt quickly flowed in his narrow eyes, and before he could speak, he was interrupted by the old man with brown eyebrows and white beard: "Girl? ”
Ye Lingyi still didn't squeak.
The old man looked at the middle-aged man with a solemn face, coughed a little unnaturally, turned around and said again: "Little girl, if you can see it, then tell the old man, what is it?" ”
To cut off her vision, the old man put three fingers in front of her eyes and shook them back and forth.
Ye Lingyi came back to her senses and replied a little impatiently: "Three." ”
"Oops!"
The old man snorted, his face was happy, and he hurriedly turned around and arched his hand to the middle-aged man and said: "Returning to the Taishi, this child is not blind, nor is he stupid, but he lives in a cold and frozen land all the year round and is still young, and the days of lack of food and clothing have made her body weak to the extreme. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he bowed to the ground reverently.
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and the expression on his face flickered.
Helian Chu, who was standing beside him, saw that his father seemed to be dissatisfied, and hurriedly scolded: "Okay, you old monster, you are both a member of the Taishi Mansion and a family doctor, so you should keep your duty, but now you are so bold and dare to trespass in front of my father, don't you know that even the current Holy Lord Empress Dowager Liang has to give my father face?" Which green onion are you going to dare to talk nonsense in front of your father? ”
Helian Chu's gaze became more and more fierce, and finally he simply drew the saber at his waist.
The old man was full of excitement, and kowtowed to Helian like a lifeless person: "What the eldest young master said is right...... It's the villain who eats the bear's heart and leopard's gall, the villain deserves to die, the villain is not a thing, beg the master and the eldest young master to spare their lives! ”
"Useless waste! Go and beg Hades for mercy! ”
Helian Chu stepped forward in three steps and two steps, and the long sword was slammed in the direction of the old man.
The old man's face was pale, and in his cloudy eyes, the long sword shone with a cold light, like a poisonous snake spitting out bright red snake letters, and the old man was so frightened that his body was crooked, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground like a ball of loose sand.
At this critical juncture, the eyes of the girl who was still in a trance suddenly became sharp, and then leaned back to support the ground with her hands, and raised her legs on her back to kick off the saber in Helian Chu's hand.
With a "bang", the saber in Helian Chu's hand smashed to the ground in the eyes of everyone.
"You dog minion!"
Helian Chu was so angry that his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and glared at Ye Lingyi, who was retracting his leg on the ground.
As everyone knows, Ye Lingyi herself was taken aback by her actions just now, just now she was just thinking about stopping Helian Chu in her head, and this body followed her ideas and put it into action, but now that Helian Chu was staring at her with such a desperate gaze, she began to feel afraid.
After hesitating for a while, he finally decided that the hero would not suffer the loss in front of him and smiled: "This ......"
Ye Lingyi, who didn't know what to call as soon as he opened his mouth, paused, and immediately thought of the old man with brown eyebrows and white beard calling Helian Chu the eldest young master, and the middle-aged man in the middle called Taishi, so he said in a similar way: "Don't be angry, don't be angry with me and other nobodies, otherwise we will anger the Taishi, and we don't care if we receive a lesson, but for a moment, you are a nobleman, isn't it too trivial to waste your time on us insignificant people?" ”
Ye Lingyi grinned at the corners of her mouth, and pulled out a blunt and flattering smile with all her might.
Helian Chu's angry face suddenly eased a lot with Ye Lingyi's words, but it was replaced by an accident, he didn't seem to expect that this little girl looked stupid and stupid, and she could say so many words at once at this time, and that emaciated face was almost withered In addition to the cold expression, there was such a smile that knew the truth at a glance, although that kind of smile made her face look really weird at the moment.
The middle-aged man behind him saw that Helian Chu didn't speak, the light in his eyes changed, and he finally opened his mouth calmly: "Okay, Chu'er!" Lao Qiu is the old man in the mansion and your grandfather's right-hand man, besides, he is not only for the major affairs of the court and the Taishifu, this matter is legitimate, so it is reasonable that you should not be like this. ”
As soon as he heard the middle-aged man's words, Helian Chu immediately retreated without saying a word.
After the middle-aged man saw it, he continued: "As for this girl, I think I will follow what Lao Qiu said, let her stay in the house as a rough girl first, and wait until she is better." ”
After listening to the middle-aged man's words, the old man named Lao Qiu's face suddenly relaxed, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and hurriedly climbed up and lay down at the middle-aged man's feet, and said with great gratitude: "Master Xie is not killed!" ”
"Hmm!"
The middle-aged man seemed to enjoy the feeling of being looked up to, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly to look at the old man who was lying at his feet like a turtle, and it took a long time to look at the thin girl who looked like a firewood not far away.
At the same time, she was also observing him, the girl's gaze was sharp like a beam of light that could penetrate people's hearts, and she did not shy away from falling on him directly over everyone, although a pair of big black eyes were bright, but they seemed to be covered with fog, like a dark bottomless abyss, where there was clearly something that was tried to hide.
But what is it?
The middle-aged man didn't really see it, but he had an intuition in his heart, and he felt that this still immature face was far from being as simple as he saw.
As for why you think so......
If I had to say one or two, it would be that she exuded an unbelievable calmness.
You know, even if a person is shrewd and strong, it is impossible to hide his emotions so well, not to mention that this little girl is only fifteen this year, and her whole family was slaughtered three years ago, he still remembers that the little girl sat in the red ocean formed by the torrential rain and cried heartbreakingly, in her world, it should be a kind of pain that breaks the world and destroys everything.
In addition, later, she was exiled to Cangzhi Mountain before she had time to avenge the revenge of the Destruction Gate, not only did she have no contact with the outside world for three years, but she even wandered in the moment of life and death every day.
Judging from the performance of this little girl today, she is too calm.
calmed down so much that he began to have some doubts in his heart.
"Father!"
Just as the middle-aged man squinted his eyes and looked at the girl, Helian Che beside him suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
The middle-aged man retracted his gaze, lowered his eyelids slightly, and swept behind him with the corner of his eye: "What else is going on?" ”
Helian Che arched his hand, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Father, there is just news from the palace, saying that the Queen Mother wants to see this girl." ”
After speaking, Helian Che set his eyes on Ye Lingyi's body, and his dark eyes were extremely cold.
Ye Lingyi didn't pay much attention to it, but listened to their conversation and felt that something was wrong, after all, she came to this strange place inexplicably from the beginning, and then inexplicably found herself in the body of a girl, and now she was inexplicably treated as a rare animal for everyone to watch, all of this is already shocking and unbelievable enough, is she going to be sent to the palace to see the queen mother?
No way......
Ye Lingyi made up for it without authorization, as far as the Gongdou TV series she had watched before, the series of bloody scenes in it were not a joke, if she really saw this queen mother, in case she accidentally angered her......
Ye Lingyi couldn't help but shudder, and the alarm bell sounded in her heart, you must know the queen mother...... A boss of this kind of high-level rank is generally a big devil who kills people without blinking an eye in palace fighting dramas, and her hands are like numbness, how can she be a newcomer to the little minion?
The result can be imagined, Ye Lingyi can even feel that her future is dark, but at this time, she can't show that the other party is too powerful, she only secretly thinks in her heart.
But fortunately, when faced with the question of seeing the Queen Mother, the middle-aged man only muttered for a while and then turned to Helian Che and said: "Let people go back, just say that although the wolf king is dead, the hunter is seriously injured, I am afraid it is inappropriate to rush into the palace at this time, in order to avoid causing a big deal to be delayed, the matter of meeting the Queen Mother needs to be discussed later." ”
"Yes!"
Helian Che gave his hand again, and was about to give orders to his subordinates, and listened to the middle-aged man add: "By the way, send the newly obtained blood jade Bodhi in the Treasure Pavilion into the palace together, and say to the Queen Mother that our Helian family is bound to be the only one who is the Queen Mother's horse, in order to complete the great cause, I, Helian Zhu, will not give up, please let the Queen Mother rest assured." ”