Chapter 10: Meeting
Qiu Hu, who had rested for a night, was in good spirits at this time, and changed into new clothes sent by Xiaoyue yesterday, changing his previous rustic atmosphere.
As the saying goes, Buddha relies on gold, people rely on clothes, Qiu Hu, who is already strong-boned, is wearing a gray and black brocade robe, and under his resolute face, he is quite heroic.
As soon as I finished washing up, Xiaoyue's inquiry came from outside the house:
"Young Master, are you up? My lord asked me to take you to meet him. ”
Master? It should be Uncle Zhang Yi who has never met yet, and the old man in the medicine hall heard it like this yesterday, it seems that Uncle Zhang Yi's identity is far from being as simple as I thought. Qiu Hu thought in his heart, so he went out under the leadership of Xiao Yue.
Along the way, Xiaoyue introduced the layout and location of the mansion to Qiu Hu while walking, and learned that the original Youcaotang at the gate was separated from the mansion, and the medicine hall only occupied the first small area of the entire mansion, and the people of the medicine hall were not allowed to enter the mansion, and the people in the mansion were not allowed to go to the medicine hall without authorization.
In addition, Qiu Hu also learned that this Luo Tie is now the hall master of Youcaotang, and is fully responsible for taking care of everything in front of the hall and in the house, and these maids and men are all personally selected by the hall master before entering the house, and they all have their own rest accommodation, and the treatment is good, but they are never allowed to go out without permission on weekdays, otherwise they will be heavily punished.
"Why can't you go out?" Qiu Hu couldn't help but wonder.
Xiaoyue claims that she doesn't know very well, she has been in this mansion since she was born, her mother is the maid in charge of the house, her father is the head of the men's men, she has not served anyone in the past 12 years, she is living freely, the hall master is very good to her, Qiu Hu is the first master she serves.
Hearing this, Qiu Hu suddenly had a plan in his heart, presumably Uncle Luo Tie arranged for Xiaoyue to be his maid, but in fact, he found a playmate of the same age who was not much different from him, so that he could take care of his life without being bored.
But why don't the maids in this house let them out? Could it be that Satsuki has been staying in the house for the past twelve years since she was born? This made Qiu Hu unable to understand, but thinking that he might be like this in the future, he suddenly felt a little worried in his heart.
"What about Uncle Zhang Yi?" Qiu Hu continued to ask.
"Huh?" Xiao Yue's face was shocked, and she seemed to be a little frightened.
"Oh, sir, what kind of person is he?"
"Young master, don't call the master by his name, don't talk about it, the young master must be fine, but the slave will be slapped by the mouth." Xiao Yue was a little panicked, and the anxious look on her pretty face was clearly visible.
Seeing Qiu Hu's puzzled face, Xiao Yue looked left and right to make sure that no one was there and said softly:
"This is the rule of the hall master, as for the master, I haven't seen it since I was born, and today it was actually the hall master who ordered me to take the young master there, it seems that only the hall master can see the master on weekdays."
After Xiao Yue finished speaking, she continued to lead the way in front of her, and there were no more words. Qiu Hu followed behind, his brows furrowed. Suddenly thought of the old man in front of the medicine hall yesterday said that the old man was in the cold stream, but I heard what Xiaoyue said that everyone except the hall master could not see the master on weekdays, so why did the old man know where the old man was.
Qiu Hu still wanted to continue to ask, but at this time, Xiao Yue only lowered her head and led the way, and the pace was obviously faster than Fang Cai, thinking that she had just called the master's name and scared her, and it was estimated that she would not be able to ask any useful information if she asked again, and she could only see Uncle Luo Tie.
Soon the two came to a quiet courtyard, there were no guards at the door, no plaque, the door was wide open, and there was no one to see.
Xiao Yue stopped three feet away from the door and bowed her head to Qiu Hu.
"Young master, the slave can only send you here."
Qiu Hu nodded, knowing that maybe Xiaoyue couldn't set foot here, so he let him go back first.
Qiu Hu hesitated for a moment and glanced at the empty doorway, and then stepped in. Qiu Hu had a lot of doubts in his heart, but at this time, he had no choice but to hope that nothing would go wrong after seeing Luo Tie.
The entrance is a small flat land, without the slightest decoration, followed by a corridor on the surface of the lake, dark red lacquer, the bottom of ordinary firewood, the lake under the bridge is calm, the water surface is clear but not the depth can be seen, the whole lake is not wide but long, and the horse's hooves surround the opposite mansion.
Qiu Hu was secretly surprised that behind this door was actually a mansion surrounded by the lake, he thought that although what he saw yesterday was not complete, but it was also seventy-seven eighty-eight, who knew that there was a hole in this mansion, and there was actually a mansion.
Qiu Hu came to the mansion after passing the corridor, and found that it was still empty, and the surrounding houses were more exquisite than the mansions outside, and even the pillars were full of carvings, but it seemed that there were no people living in the house, and there was no sound. Fortunately, there is only one road in front of Qiu Hu, just follow the road and you will definitely be able to reach your destination.
The further he went, the deeper the doubts in Qiu Hu's heart became, and the vigilance in his heart gradually came up, but whether it was Luo Tie or Zhang Yi, who had never been masked, they were indeed people related to their lives, so they wouldn't have made so much effort to save me at the beginning, and now they made a special trip to take me into the house just to harm me, right?
Just as Qiu Hu was thinking wildly, a person came to him, it was Luo Tie.
"I guess you should also arrive, let's go, senior brother is waiting for you inside."
Luo Tie led Qiu Hu to an ancestral hall, the room was full of spiritual seats, incense was continuous, and the back of a man with white hair and a snow-white gold-rimmed robe was facing a spiritual position, and slowly turned around as the two entered the door.
This person's face was full of wrinkles and spots, his beard and eyebrows were snow-white, his face was yellowish, and two huge eyebands hung heavily under his eyes, but his eyes were bright. At this time, he looked at Qiu Hu with a smile.
Seeing the old man in front of him, who seemed to be too old, Qiu Hu's heart flashed an uncertain thought. immediately cast an inquiring glance at Luo Tie, Luo Tie was silent and just nodded imperceptibly.
Qiu Hu looked at the old man in front of him who was staring at him and kept smiling all the time, and at the same time said tentatively: "Uncle Zhang Yi? ”
Hearing this, the old man grinned, revealing the only remaining yellow front tooth:
"Hey, hey, five, milk?"