Chapter 20: Confidant
After instructing Yueluo to continue persuading Huixiang to eat porridge, Ye Lanqiao walked out alone.
At this time, I don't know who is looking for me.
"Five girls." As soon as Ye Lanqiao stepped out of the courtyard door with his front feet, a long-lost voice immediately sounded beside him.
Chu Feiye was wearing a dark cloud pattern black power suit, and he was also holding a horse whip in his hand, Ye Lanqiao looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Young Master Chu just came out of the stable?"
Chu Feiye paused, looked down at his dress, he hurried back, and didn't notice that his clothes were a little inappropriate.
"Don't be surprised by the five girls, they are in a hurry to leave, and they can't take care of this."
"Young Master Chu, please come in." Although Ye Lanqiao didn't know what happened to Chu Feiye suddenly looking for her, it was not good to let the guests stand and talk outside on a cold day, so she turned sideways and asked Chu Feiye to come in and talk.
After Yueluo served the hot tea and withdrew, Ye Lanqiao spoke: "Young Master Chu came over today, but what's the matter with my father?"
Chu Feiye went with Ye Lin's group of people this time, and when he heard Ye Lin mention it, it seemed that he was going to investigate something.
"Lord Ye is fine, it's just that you ...... the fifth girl" After Chu Feiye drank a sip of hot tea, his whole body warmed up a lot, sitting face to face with Ye Lanqiao like this, Chu Feiye couldn't say what he was thinking about all the way for a while.
"Young Master Chu might as well say it directly." Ye Lanqiao could see that Chu Feiye had something to say.
"When I was discussing things with Lord Ye once, I happened to run into the servants of the Ye family. During this time, the five girls should feel uncomfortable. Chu Feiye looked at Ye Lanqiao and said.
Ye Lanqiao's eyes moved, she knew it, the day after kneeling in the ancestral hall, Wang Xiaoniang sent someone to tell Ye Lin about the matter one step ahead, as for the content, it was naturally biased towards Wang Xiaoniang, Ye Lanqiao didn't need to think about it, so he didn't bother to care about what was passed on.
"Where did Chu Gongzi start with this, will the domestic servant still tell my father about the matter on my side?"
"I don't believe what they say." Chu Feiye clenched his fists, stared at Ye Lanqiao, and spoke.
Ye Lanqiao's mouth moved, and after a long time, she lowered her head: "Why does Young Master Chu believe me like this?"
"This ...... The fifth girl is honest, and she will never be as unbearable as the domestic servant said. ”
"Thank you." Although Chu Feiye's comfort could not change the status quo of Ye Lanqiao and the people around him, this trust swept away most of the haze that had been in Ye Lanqiao's heart for a long time.
"One more thing." Seeing that Ye Lanqiao's expression eased a lot, Chu Feiye then spoke: "There has been a lot of discussion in Kyoto City recently, saying that the fifth girl is going to the temple to cultivate?"
"Huh?" Ye Lanqiao was stunned for a moment, then reacted, her eyes rolled, she just made up a random sentence to prevaricate Qiao Yufei, she didn't think that this person actually believed it, just believe it, and spread it everywhere.
How could Ye Lanqiao go to the temple to cultivate at this time, if it was only her, if she left like this, how could she leave Old Madam Ye alone in the Ye family.
"I know that the fifth girl made such a decision out of filial piety, but you are still young, even if you are sad in your heart, you can't destroy your future, if you go to the temple like this, others don't know how to talk about it behind your back, in this matter, the five girls must be cautious."
Chu Feiye saw that Ye Lanqiao fell into silence, thinking that the rumors were true, and immediately became anxious.
Originally, he was still in the field, but when he heard the news, he didn't even think about riding a horse and drove back overnight.
Seeing Chu Feiye's eager appearance, Ye Lanqiao didn't know how to answer for a while, she thought about it and deliberately asked, "Young Master Chu, why do you care so much about whether I go to practice or not?"
This question stopped Chu Feiye, his throat moved, and after thinking about it, he spoke: "I regard the fifth girl as a confidant, and naturally think that the fifth girl can have a good future in the future."
The tone is genuine, without a hint of hypocrisy.
"Confidant? But I haven't met Chu Gongzi a few times. Ye Lanqiao temporarily believes that what Chu Feiye said is not a lie, but everything has a reason, Ye Lanqiao can't find out what he has done even if he wants to break his head, and he will be regarded as a confidant by Chu Feiye, who is not familiar with it.
"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the five girls asked the city defense battalion to search the ships at will." Ye Lanqiao didn't know that the city defense battalion, as the guard of Kyoto City, did something urgent, but it was never welcomed.
The management is loose, and once something happens, the first thing to be sent is the city defense battalion. The investigation was tight, and it disrupted the banquet of those dignitaries, and ended up complaining.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to arrest the criminals, the city defense battalion went to many places, large and small, and also searched a few restaurants and a few cruise ships, and all they got were white eyes. The only one who can take the initiative to ask for a search and thank him afterwards is Ye Lanqiao.
"That's all?" Ye Lanqiao was stunned and asked uncertainly.
"Hmm." Chu Feiye nodded, his expression was serious, not like he was joking at all.
Ye Lanqiao thought about it carefully and suddenly realized. When I followed the people in the team to check contraband at the border, I also checked one car at a time, one by one, and at that time, I also suffered a lot of complaints and white eyes, and occasionally met one or two cooperatives, what others thought Ye Lanqiao didn't know, but she was a little moved in her heart.
Thinking of this, Ye Lanqiao suddenly felt a little sorry for Chu Feiye, obviously he was a descendant of the Hou Mansion, just because of the identity of a concubine, the work was not assigned, everything had to be done from the grassroots level, and under these conditions, he could still maintain a balance and work hard, this kind of dedicated quality, Ye Lanqiao really admired.
"Gongzi Chu has an overreputation, the city defense camp works hard every day, I think the people of Kyoto City will be grateful for the conscientiousness of the city defense camp."
"Fifth girl, what I just said is from the bottom of my heart, and I ask the fifth girl to think carefully before making a decision." Chu Feiye's face did not relax in the slightest, he didn't come here to listen to praise, he wanted to persuade Ye Lanqiao to change his mind of going to the temple to cultivate.
Ye Lanqiao lowered her head a little embarrassed and took a big sip of tea, thinking about how to divert this topic, suddenly, Ye Lanqiao remembered something, she got up and closed the door, thought about it carefully, and still spoke:
"There is one thing, I have thought about it for a long time, and I still want to tell Chu Gongzi."
Ye Lanqiao's move of closing the door made Chu Feiye inexplicably a little flustered, and now that she had said such vague words, Chu Feiye was even more confused: "If the fifth girl has anything to say, just say it."
"The case of the illusory medicine in the capital, is it that Gongzi Chu is investigating?" Ye Lanqiao stared at Chu Feiye's eyes and asked cautiously.
"Why do you talk about it?" Chu Feiye's expression immediately became serious, he had been investigating this case for a long time, but every time the clues were broken in key places, the phantom medicine had poisoned a lot of lives in the capital, which was Chu Feiye's top priority.
"I'll just ...... Occasionally, I heard from the maids and ladies in the house. Ye Lanqiao thought about it and prevaricated casually.
"I'm ashamed, as the commander of the city defense battalion, I haven't caught the real culprit behind the scenes and wiped out all the phantom medicines." Chu Feiye didn't doubt Ye Lanqiao's words, his eyes darkened, and his voice suddenly became deeper.
"When my grandfather was alive, he would occasionally talk about the battles he fought in his youth. My grandfather said that once his army was besieged by the enemy, and it was about to be annihilated, but my grandfather disguised himself as a soldier and broke into the enemy's camp alone to get the head of the enemy commander, and the next day at dawn when the enemy army saw the commander's head hanging on the camp tent, the enemy army of tens of thousands of people instantly collapsed, and my grandfather's army was out of danger and returned safely. Ye Lanqiao said while peeking at Chu Feiye's expression.
"General Ye Lao has made great achievements in his life, which is really admirable." Chu Feiye nodded, and suddenly, he remembered something, and turned his head to meet Ye Lanqiao's gaze: "The fifth girl told me this, to tell the truth that the thief should capture the king first?"
"That's right, it's the thief who captures the king first!" Ye Lanqiao began to applaud Chu Feiye in his heart, and deliberately accentuated the word "king" when he spoke.
There is only one King of Qi among the relatives of the emperor today, Chu Feiye has been checking for so long, he should have a lot of clues in his hands, as long as he puts the target on King Qi and checks it a little, he is not afraid that he will not find a loophole.
After Chu Feiye listened to Ye Lanqiao's words, he fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he stood up from the chair suddenly, and after saying goodbye in a hurry, he disappeared in front of Ye Lanqiao like the wind.
Ye Lanqiao glanced at the clean tea on the table, and the corners of his mouth hooked, as if he was repaying Chu Feiye's trust in him.
One day, Ye Lanqiao was in the house to take stock of the silver taels and precious objects that had been saved over the years, and suddenly there was a sound at the door, when Ye Lanqiao just got up and was about to go out to see what was going on, Qiao Yufei walked in from outside with a body of anger, and after seeing Ye Lanqiao, he smashed the ceramic vase of the red ground and blue peony next to his hand without saying a word.
Ye Lanqiao held his breath, and his heart ached, this bottle was rewarded by the palace, and it was worth a lot of money, so it was dropped by Qiao Yufei?
Is this broken just a vase? And Ye Lanqiao's heart!
Resisting the urge to scold, Ye Lanqiao glared at Qiao Yufei, gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master Qiao, what are you doing!"
"Sister Lan, if you don't want to follow me, I thought you had a better plan, but I didn't expect you to fall in love with Chu Feiye's guy?" Qiao Yufei's expression was a little deformed because of anger, the appearance of a humble gentleman in the past had long since disappeared, he took a step forward, and Ye Lanqiao was so frightened that he almost didn't sit on the ground.
"It's a blue sky and a white day, you Baba ran over and smashed my bottle, forget it, what are you talking about here!" Ye Lanqiao was also angry, what kind of ladies are dignified, she is going to scold this neurotic today!