Qin Miaoyin's eyes flashed with pleasure, and she shook her head and said, "Not yet, I heard him mention that his family's business seems to be developing in the area of Shanbei Road, so let's come to Yingcheng to test the water first." I guess he's going to stay here for a year and a half this time. ”

"A year and a half, aren't you happy......" Ye Jinyu received Qin Miaoyin's coquettish eyes, and immediately changed his words: "Cough, I'm kidding, what kind of business does your cousin's family do?" ”

"The winery, a century-old shop, has its own secret recipe, and is quite famous in Shannan Road." Qin Miaoyin's tone unconsciously carried a touch of pride.

"Your family is also a business tycoon in Yingcheng, with your family helping, I think your cousin's family will definitely be able to do it. When the time comes, your cousin won't have to leave, your chance will come, ah......" Qin Miaoyin slapped Ye Jinyu's arm, Ye Jinyu was in pain, and said aggrievedly: "Okay, I was wrong." ”

Qin Miaoyin went back after dinner in Fuyuan, Ye Jinyu slept for a long time in the afternoon, and now she didn't feel sleepy at all, so she called Ling Zhao to accompany her to the small courtyard at the back to check Ye Rutong's "dowry".

There are indeed a lot of good things, gold, silver and jade, but Ye Jinyu always feels that it is too cheesy to give these things, and there is no novelty and sincerity.

"Ling Zhao, does Master Hou have a sword?" A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and a white figure surrounded by sword shadows was deeply rooted in his heart, and Ye Jinyu immediately asked.

"Yes, but Hou Ye usually goes in and out of banquet restaurants, and he doesn't use weapons, so he rarely wears them." Ling Zhao saw that the girl's face showed less disappointment, and immediately added: "Master Hou has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is not afraid of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, but the most exquisite is swordsmanship. ”

Ye Jinyu cheered up again and asked, "What material of scabbard is generally used for the Hou Ye's saber?" ”

"Gold, silver, bronze, iron and leather cases, there are a lot of these marquis." Ling Zhao said.

Ye Jinyu swallowed, okay, she shouldn't ask this question, the obvious answer.

"Ling Zhao, I'll give you a task to help me inquire about the size of Hou Ye's sword." Ye Jinyu already had an idea of the birthday gift, "By the way, try not to let the Hou Ye know, the thing of receiving a gift is still more mysterious to be surprised." ”

Ling Zhao pursed his lips and chuckled, "I remember." Girl, you are finally willing to pay attention to Master Hou. ”

"Blind, nonsense!" Ye Jinyu panicked in his heart, and stumbled and explained: "Of course, it takes some thought to give gifts, of course, when you are born, I will and will carefully prepare gifts for you." ”

Ling Zhao smiled silently.

Ye Jinyu's attainments in painting are only at the level of primary school students, but she wants to design a scabbard herself, so she goes to Miaoyin to help.

She told Qin Miaoyin her thoughts and ideas, asked the other party to try to draw it first, and after many repeated revisions, she worked all day before she could barely finalize the draft.

In fact, the lines on the scabbard are all in their local style, and she only added two of her own designs to it.

Qin Miaoyin looked at his painting, pointed to a circle and said, "This place is usually inlaid with gemstones, but you have to inlay silver rings, which is a bit weird." ”

Ye Jinyu shrugged his shoulders noncommittally and did not explain.

Qin Miaoyin pointed to a few strange symbols on the edge of the scabbard and said, "And what are these things?" ”

Ye Jinyu looked at that place, and there were four letters "ZFXY" on it, which was actually very simple and meant "blessing Li Sui". It's not good to engrave her full name directly on the scabbard, plus she is also a little selfish, and she doesn't want to show too much emotion in front of Hou Ye, so she uses letters that they can't understand instead.

On the same day, she took the drawings and scavenged a piece of jade raw material from her small vault, and sent it to a shop in the city to order a sword scabbard.

Time was pressing, so she doubled the deposit, and the other party promised to make it before dark tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow is the birthday of the Hou Ye, and the house has been newly furnished. But on the first night of the birthday banquet, Li Sui received a message.

"Master Hou, I found it, I didn't find Zhou Si. It is the Cao family, the original owner of Zhou Si's residence, and you must not think of the person the Cao family girl married. The lark wanted to sell a pass, but was glared at by the Hou Ye, and immediately didn't dare to make a mistake, and said obediently: "It's Lord Ye, the deputy envoy of the Fengzhou Jiedu, in fact, the girl of the Cao family was originally a nameless concubine, and after Mrs. Ye passed away a year ago, she was quickly corrected." ”

Li Sui raised his eyebrows in surprise, and after a while, he smiled meaningfully, "It's really a coincidence, go, and ask someone to carefully investigate the situation of the Ye family, maybe there will be unexpected gains." ”

"Yes, the villain will give the order." The lark looked at the master and showed a dog-legged smile: "Tomorrow is your birthday, I heard that Miss Ye has prepared a gift for you very carefully, and she specially told Ling Zhao not to reveal it, saying that she wanted to surprise you." This Ye girl has finally opened her mind, and tomorrow will definitely be a good day. ”

"I'm really getting better at talking now." Li Sui hooked his face, and in the expression of the lark begging for praise, he added slowly: "Miss Ye said that it was a surprise and deliberately asked people to hide it, but now you are running to tell Ben Hou, isn't there no surprise for Ben Hou?" ”120

The lark was startled, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Master Hou, it's all the villain's fault, it's the villain who is too ignorant." The villain is seeing that you are in a bad mood recently, and I want to say something to make you happy, I should ...... this mouth"

"Okay, get out when the performance is over, Ben Hou is going to rest." Li Sui waved his hand impatiently.

At that time, there was only a candle in the bedroom.

Qingyun knelt at the head of the bed and massaged the master's head, looking at the master's quiet and indifferent appearance with his eyes closed, he couldn't help frowning and softly persuading: "The slave maid heard that Miss Ye carefully prepared a birthday gift for the Hou Ye, girl, are you really not in a hurry?" Wouldn't the congratulatory gifts we prepare be too casual? ”

Ye Yuanxi raised his eyelids slightly, half-squinted his eyes, and smiled softly, "Who the Hou Ye is willing to spoil is not something that can be decided by a congratulatory gift." However, Miss Ye didn't care about Hou Ye before, why did she suddenly become so attentive this time? Could it be that what happened the last time they went out of the house? ”

Qingyun frowned and thought about it, "No matter how much Hou Ye dotes on Miss Ye, Miss Ye still has to rely on Hou Ye's snort to make a living, and she wants to stammer with Hou Ye." ”

Ye Yuanxi shook her head, she didn't have much contact with Ye Jinyu, but she believed very much in her own eyes. It's just that she couldn't explain this kind of thing by feeling, and finally just raised the corners of her mouth to show a meaningful smile, "That's okay, both of them have weaknesses, and it's more beneficial to us." ”

Qingyun nodded in agreement, rubbed it on the girl's head a few times, and suddenly thought of the news he got during the day, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "The old man wrote that the Hou Ye has noticed the finch organization, not only that, but there is also a third-party force behind it, although it is a mistake to solve a trouble for us, but I don't know what the other party is and what the purpose is." Master, please pay attention to the situation here in Yingcheng, and it is a hidden danger for Wu'an Hou to stay after all. ”

Ye Yuanxi's eyes were completely opened, his eyes cut water, and in the soft trickle, a cloud of gloom slowly appeared. When he spoke again, his voice was like a layer of frost, "Does my father want me to get rid of Wu Anhou as soon as possible?" In his eyes, this daughter's ability is inevitably too great......"

"Girl!" Qingyun hurriedly interrupted her, swept to the door worriedly, and reminded in a low voice: "Don't forget the purpose of coming here, you must not be angry with the master in this matter." You have endured humiliation for so long, as long as you can help the master solve Wu'anhou, you will not have to worry about having a good life in the future. ”

Ye Yuanxi snorted coldly, brushed her hand away, and lay on the bed sideways, "I know, don't remind me repeatedly." I'm tired, so stand down. ”

Qingyun looked at the master's back, hesitated and refused to leave, and after a while, he had the courage to speak again: "Girl, it's better to solve this matter as soon as possible, tomorrow is the birthday of the Hou Ye, and the house will definitely be busy at that time, and the vigilance will be relatively lax." This is a good time, didn't you say before that it would be of great use to keep Miss Ye. ”

Ye Yuanxi took a few deep breaths, forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and slowly sat up from the bed, his expression was cold, "Haven't you tried it several times, Miss Ye is now on guard against us, if you don't have a comprehensive plan, you will only startle the snake if you take the plunge." ”

"But you also know in your heart that Master Hou has never believed us, and now that he has noticed the finch organization, he doesn't know when he will find out about the master, and then there will be no chance of winning if he does it again."

Qingyun understands the master's temperament, she is willing to take the initiative to come to the Hou Mansion to get the master's approval, but at the same time, she doesn't like the master's "persecution" of her, every time this happens, the girl is difficult to control her words and deeds, and she is even more unwilling to do things according to the master's will.

But she also knew that once the girl's anger in her heart was gone, she would still do her best to do what she should do.

Ye Yuanxi stared at Qingyun, the emotions in his eyes fluctuated, and he almost burst out several times. Qingyun knelt motionless, her heart was full of anxiety, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from her forehead.

After a long time, the turbulent waves in Ye Yuanxi's eyes finally calmed down in Qingyun's fear, but no one knew what bitterness and forbearance were hidden under that calm.

Late at night, in the warm orange candlelight, Ye Yuanxi's voice was as cold as frost, "Qingyun, you go and contact our people, and we will do it tomorrow." ”

Qingyun's face turned slightly pale, and he immediately retreated.

On March 23, the spring is bright, the red silk in the garden of the Hou Mansion corresponds to the flowers, the eaves are surrounded by dripping green, and the breeze exudes an elegant fragrance of flowers.

The birthday feast only starts in the evening, but from early in the morning, guests come to the door to congratulate them.

This is the first time that Wu'anhou has held a banquet in the mansion since he came to Yingcheng, so the guests of today's birthday banquet include celebrities and dignitaries from all walks of life in Yingcheng.

The arrow wound on Li Sui's body was not yet complete, and he couldn't sit for a long time, but now he had to accompany the guests to talk and laugh in the flower hall.

On the other side, Ye Jinyu was not idle, the guests all brought their families to the banquet, and she was responsible for greeting these female dependents.

And the Qi family and the Yuan family were both invited, and they both came very early, Ye Jinyu originally wanted to arrange a clean place for his aunt and younger siblings to rest first. Who knew that the ladies of the Yuan family had been surrounding Mrs. Qi, so she was not good at making special arrangements, so she arranged them all in the water pavilion on the left side of the garden.

The Yuan family has a total of three sons and one daughter. The eldest son is an official in other places, the second son is Yuan Zhi, who only has fame but no official position, and the younger son has just turned five years old, and his temperament is too naughty Yuan family is afraid that he will cause trouble in the Hou Mansion, so they left the younger son at home.

And Yuan Rong, the only daughter of the Yuan family, Ye Jinyu was calculated by her several times, although she saved the day every time, but since then she has instinctively refused to stay with this person.

"Uncle, there are still a lot of things waiting for me to do outside, you and Mrs. Yuan should rest here first, it's too noisy outside." After Ye Jinyu settled the people, he saluted Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Yuan and prepared to leave.