Part 1 Staggered Time and Space Chapter 2 The Spirit Stone of Fate

Section 211 Inquiry

When I returned to the courtyard, it was already late, and as soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Chang Ge leading everyone to wait at the door. Seeing Yueqing come back, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you waiting at the door?" Yueqing asked after getting out of the car.

"The master came back too late." Chang Ge stepped forward and said: "It's dark this day, how can you play until now." We've been worrying. ”

"There's nothing to worry about, and I'm not going out alone. Chang Yuxiao and Qi Jiao are here. What are you worried about. ”

"That's too late, I've already eaten dinner as usual, so I can't come back so late next time. Deacon Xue obviously went with him, and he was able to make the master of the courtyard come back so late. And why go to the long street full of people outside the village. After carefully persuading Yueqing for a few words, Chang Ge frowned and reproached Mo Xue.

"Alright, let's go in. Is Uncle Shen's meal ready, I'm a little hungry. Without waiting for Mo Xue to speak, Yueqing said.

Chang Shen bent down and said, "It's ready, go in and eat." ”

Chang Ge froze in place, turned around and watched Yueqing walk into the courtyard with Cai'er and Chang Yuxiao.

Qi Jiao came over and patted him: "Okay, Deacon Ge, don't stand here, let's go in and talk about it." It's rare that the owner of the courtyard is happy to play today, so don't keep a straight face. ”

Yue Ke also said: "Yes, the main reason is that the courtyard master said that he didn't want to continue to go over there tomorrow, so he came back so late." Deacon Song also saw that some of them were better, and Deacon Snow now knew that he was flexible. ”

Mo Xue turned her head to look at him: "I didn't support the courtyard master to come back so late, I still have to pay attention next time." ”

"Okay, it's all my problem, I'm too late to play with the master. Okay. Get on in. As he spoke, Yue Ke raised his feet and entered the courtyard.

Mo Xue and Qi Jiao also walked in.

Seeing this, the others also dispersed, and Mo Wei stood beside Chang Ge.

Chang Ge said angrily: "This day out, I see that these three people have forgotten what they are doing with them." ”

Mo Wei said: "All the elders have said that they will act according to the will of the courtyard master, and sooner or later it will be like this, Deacon Ge should persuade slowly." ”

Chang Ge shook his head, and the two walked towards the courtyard together. The guards closed the gates.

Yueqing was indeed a little hungry, so she picked up her chopsticks and ate a few bites.

Qing'er said on the side: "Look at the owner of the courtyard who is hungry, Sister Cai'er, why did you play for so long before you came back, and you didn't take us with you." ”

"Don't let Deacon Ge hear this, I didn't play with me when I went out, the master of the courtyard followed Deacon Ke to play around, where would he take me. Now I think Yue Ke is the closest to the courtyard master, and we all have to stand aside. ”

Yue Qingdao chewed on the food in her mouth and said, "Who let you come so many people." ”

"That's it, just a few of us follow, this is still within the scope of the villa, if it is outside the villa, these few people will not let you go out."

"Why is Chang Ge so fierce, even Mo Xue dares to train. Isn't Mo Xue their leader? ”

"That's right, but how to say that Deacon Ge also followed on behalf of Chang. Don't you understand? Among the five clans of the villa, the Chang clan is respected, and the Mo clan is in charge of the affairs of the villa. Although Deacon Xue is the person in charge of this trip, you still have to have the final say in your own affairs. ”

"Why is it so circumvented, who has the final say."

"Several deacons have their own responsibilities, and no one can say it alone." Cai'er said.

Chang Yuxiao smiled: "I don't think anyone says it, what you say counts." These deacons are still there for you in the end. Naturally, it's up to you to decide. ”

Yueqing said: "Then Deacon Ge still trained me." ”

Cai'er said: "Deacon Ge, how can it be regarded as a reprimand, at most it is to persuade you a few words." Where dare to train you. ”

Yueqing glanced at Cai'er a few times: "You are speaking for him, you can't have the same heart with me here, next time you see him and say me, you should help me speak." ”

"Yes, yes, it's just that I really have to come back early next time."

"I think we came back early, when we came out of the treasure building, the sun hadn't completely set, and if it was in our place, we still had to play, and I had to get off work later than this every day. If you're going out with friends, it's almost the middle of the night when you get home. No, I'll tell Chang Ge tomorrow, you can't control me like this, it's too unfree. ”

"It's not free, you see which master can go out at will, you're running around and playing, it's just that you want to go home early."

"No, didn't I just finish it at noon today, I'm Chang Yueqing, I want to live according to my own will, you can't be too strict with me."

At night, Cai'er accompanied the bed and gave Yueqing a good press on her somewhat sore legs. Yueqing had no dreams all night, and slept until dawn.

After breakfast, Yueqing drank the tea brought by Chang Shen while listening to Chang Shen's report and other yesterday's events. This tea is the kind I drank yesterday, and it is said that because the owner of the courtyard likes to drink it, he sent someone to send it early this morning, and he can't drink it in the treasure building today.

Yueqing said with a smile, she just likes to drink it in the past two days, and she won't send it again in the future. She still prefers fruit juice or flower tea with a sweet and sour taste to these.

Chang Shen said yes, and then said, Yesterday, some objects were sent one after another, saying that they were all taken by the owner of the hospital. Is it all used now for the owner of the hospital to see?

"Oh, Yue Fan seems to have said so yesterday. What is it, I don't know. ”

"It's already outside the door, and I'll present it now." Chang Shen turned around and came in with a group of people with all kinds of things.

There is the wind chime I saw yesterday, Yueqing touched the guzheng a few times, the delicate music toy, Yueqing looked at a few good-looking fans, a few pots of flowers. Several white jade jewelry, pearl jewelry, jade ornaments, coral artwork and so on.

Yueqing looked at these familiar things, these were basically things that she had looked at a few more times yesterday.

"Why did you send this? Isn't it a product from the Treasure Building? ”

"Said that the owner of the courtyard looked at it yesterday and liked it very much, so they all sent it, and they all left it if they could pick it, but it was really unsightly, and it was okay to give it away, and there would be no objects of the same style in the treasure building in the future. Guarantee that no one will use the same thing as the owner. ”

"Huh? How can this work, how much money does this treasure building have to lose, I used to have no concept of money, but I had a general understanding yesterday, and these things are very expensive. Well, I'll pick a few of my favorites and send the rest back. ”

"Send it back to do what. Since these things have been sent, they are the things of the courtyard master, and you just send them back, and Jubaolou will not dare to sell them. Yue Ke walked over as he spoke. Holding a birdcage in his hand. A pair of beautiful parrots with red and green plumage in a cage.

"Why, this is the parrot that I said yesterday." As he spoke, he put it in front of Yueqing.

Cai'er took a look at these things, "The painting of the jade prince that the courtyard master took yesterday is also here." There are also fabrics and other things that the owner of the hospital just bought yesterday. ”

Yueqing sighed, "I'm just going to see, why are these things here?" There are a few of them that I really like, and I don't need any other ones. ”

Yue Ke said: "Then give it away, didn't you say that the birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager Li Guo is coming?" Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to send the music box as a birthday gift. ”

"Well, yes, but these trinkets and the like are really a bit redundant, and so is this kite, and I won't stay here forever, and when we leave, I won't take them with me along the way."

"If you don't want to take it, then send it back to Qingyue Pavilion."

"Okay, these few will stay, and they will be given to my mother and them when they come to the country of Li. Let's keep this kite, too, and play it when it's okay. This parrot also kept with my little hamster. These fans can be kept. All the other things will be sent back to Qingyue Pavilion when we leave. Oh, the painting is also kept, it was for Mo Xue, let him return it to his friend. ”

"Yes." Chang Shen answered, and immediately packed up his things.

Yue Qing and Yue Ke Qing'er Chang Yuxiao were spinning around in the courtyard.

Yueqing sat on the newly installed soft chair next to her and asked, "Yue Ke, your brother doesn't look like you, and his personality is completely different, are you two brothers in your family?" Is the City Lord Yue your uncle? I think that's what you called him last time. ”

Yue Ke sat on the railing of the corridor and said with a smile: "Yue Fan is a few years older than me, so he seems to be more mature than me." Why did the owner suddenly take an interest in my family? ”

"Because the Yue family I am particularly familiar with is you, I really want to know about your Yue family. I think it might be helpful for me to go back and get to know our Yue clan there. ”

"I see. I heard that the Yue clan seems to be living in seclusion and not seeing outsiders. ”

"Yes, that's what I've heard. I haven't seen it myself, Qi Yilin, oh, that's what the people of the Qi family said. And the Zhen family also said the same, and then, after I had some understanding of your Yue family during this time, I found that your family seems to be quite special. has a lot of their own unique way of doing things, no matter how many years have passed, the Qi Zhen family has retained their own family characteristics, I think no matter how much the Yue family changes, there will still be some shadows of you. Moreover, the most important point is that I suddenly feel that in terms of science and technology, your Yue family is indeed much stronger than others, so after the passage of time, it is also possible to change careers to specialize in scientific and technological research. ”

"Technology?"

"Well, it's the mechanisms we saw in the Treasure Building, and I understand that they are the prototypes of technology. The earliest technology, we have a very common use of science and technology there, I heard that the Yue family is particularly powerful in this regard, although Qi Yilin is already considered super rich, but when it comes to the Yue family, they still admire it, I heard that even if the head of the Qi family comes forward, the Yue family does not necessarily buy it. ”

Yue Ke nodded, "Wouldn't it be because the courtyard master came to this city because of this?" ”

"Of course not, it's just a coincidence, I just chose a random route, but I didn't expect it to be in the main city of your Yue family. Moreover, I didn't pay attention to this at first, I just had some thoughts in this regard after seeing you and City Lord Yue before, but after taking a turn yesterday, I suddenly felt that this was a good way. I'm worried that I don't know the Yue family, and I can't get in touch with them, aren't you the ready-made Yue family. ”

"The owner of the hospital is really smart. I see, I can see why you want to know about our family. This, the situation of our Yue family is simple and simple, complicated and complicated, and it is not clear in a word. ”

"It's okay, you talk slowly, let's talk about yourself first, are you married?"

Yue Ke was brewing, and when he heard her ask, he was stunned for a moment, coughed, and said, "No, the deacons we came with are all unmarried. ”

"Huh? Why? It's not going to be that way, is it? What else is there? ”

Yue Ke lowered his head and smiled without answering her.

"Well, just look at your expression, you know it's a little deep. Is your brother married, and are you two brothers in your family? ”

Yue Ke said: "I am the third in the family. ”

"Oh yes, people call you the third young master. What about Yue Fan? ”

"He's my second brother. There is also an eldest brother in the family. ”

"Wow, the three brothers of your family, they are quite prosperous, but I heard last time that there are more brothers in the Moxue family."

Yue Ke said with a smile: "What the courtyard master said is that compared to Mo Xue, our brothers are few. ”

"The head of your Yue family is a member of your family? Is it your big brother? ”

"It's my cousin. Only a year older than me. ”

"Only one year older than you, is he the head of the Yue family? So powerful. ”

"It's really amazing."

"I heard last time that you were also quite powerful, who said that, you were very expected to be the head of the house, right?"

"Falsely praised." The expression on Yue Ke's face was a little unnatural.

Yueyan is strange, this thing doesn't seem to be suitable to mention. Turning his head to look at Chang Yuxiao, Chang Yuxiao shook his head, he didn't know anything about these either.

"Oh, if it's not suitable for talking, forget it, it's okay, I just want to know more about your family."

Yue Ke looked at her and said: "It's not that it's not inappropriate to talk about it, it's just that there are a lot of details in it, I may not be suitable to say it, our Yue family's parents are elected based on business ability, and this master must already know it." ”

"Oh, I've heard that."

"The previous head of the family was my father, and he had high hopes for me, but he disappointed him, and I lost to the current head of the family in two family competitions, and I have not participated in such competitions since. Our family was treated as the Yue family because of my father, and our family was treated favorably by the Yue clan for a while. Now I will be called the third young master when I walk out of the door, and it will feel bad in my heart. ”

Yueqing glanced at him, "I can't see it, you usually look at Lehehe, and you still have such a heavy mind." But if you can tell me so easily, you should be able to face this problem directly, right? ”

"The patriarch of the Yue family is indeed an admirable figure, and I am very convinced of losing to him."

"He's first, you're second?"

"The two times I've been in this way."

"Then you're pretty good, much better than your brother, so why didn't you participate."

"I'm serving by the side of the master now, and doing good things for the house is what I should consider, and I don't think about anything else now."

"Don't use me as an excuse, didn't you participate before you didn't follow me?"

"How often does your family compete?"

"Once a year."

"How long has that head of the house been in the position of head of the house?"

"It's been five years, and this competition is still him."

"Oh my God, five years in a row. It's amazing. How old are you? ”

"Me? I'm twenty-nine years old. ”

"Twenty-nine? I didn't see it, I thought you were about twenty years old at most. Really young. ”

"That's the merit of the spirit girl."

"My credit."

"No, the credit of the Chang Spirit Maiden. The people of the five clans in the mountain villa are all very long-lived, haven't you heard of the spirit girl before? ”

"Ah, I've heard of it, but I've only heard that the Mo family and the Ren Zhen family are particularly long-lived, and the Yue family is too?"

"Yes, the five clans of the mountain villa, except for the women of the Chang clan, everyone else will live a long life."

"Outside of Chang's women? Are you saying that Chang's women age fast? I don't think the Seventh Elder is quite old? ”

"The Seventh Elder can be regarded as having a long life, and there are not many Chang Clan Spirit Girls who can live to her age."

"Huh? And this kind of thing, hey, isn't it talking about you? Far from it. The head of the family is only thirty years old this year. It's really young. The other heads of the houses I've seen are old men. Your Yue family is indeed different. Why is the head of the family so young, and your competition can't only be participated in by young people, right? Can't people of a certain age participate? ”

"The master guessed correctly again, you can't participate after the age of forty."

"Twenty-nine years old and still not married, you're a little late, is the head of the family married?"

Yue Ke smiled: "Unmarried." ”

Yueyan was surprised, it wouldn't be because of what Qing'er said earlier, the reason why the outstanding children of the five clans in the villa don't get married before a certain age.

"Okay, then, I can also be regarded as seeing your Yue family's jewelry industry now, so what else do you have in your Yue family's other trade? Is the best thing about jewelry? ”

"There are many others, such as silk, medicinal herbs, weapons, horses, etc., and there are many more to mention, and of course the most powerful thing is food."

"Grain? Oh, the people live on food. Food should indeed be the most basic commodity. ”

"The people live on food? The master of the courtyard still understands this. ”

"I don't understand, it's often said in our area. Then other countries know that you are from the mountain village and still do business with you? Yueqing said.

"Why don't you go back and forth?"

"Didn't you say that outsiders are not welcome? Why should outsiders welcome you? ”

Yue Ke smiled: "Naturally, it's because they have needs. In addition, many members of the Yue family have lived there for a long time outside the villa and do not return to the villa. ”

"Your Yue's family is spread over other countries?"

"Sort of. For example, the owner of the courtyard went out for a walk in the palace of Yongjing King of Li Guo, and when he walked into a jewelry store, he might be able to meet the Yue family. ”

"The shops are all open in the imperial city."

Yue Ke smiled. "It's a normal thing."

"It's so powerful, I don't know if I can visit places like your grain producing areas and horse farms."

Qing'er exclaimed: "The master of the courtyard still wants to go to the horse farm to see these places?" Look at this, the smell of the horse farm should be particularly bad, and the fields are not suitable for the owner of the courtyard, don't go, it's not a place like the treasure building. A couple of deacons won't let you go. ”

"I'm just saying, if you have a chance, you can go, and if you don't have a chance, forget it."

Yue Ke said with a smile: "Although there is no horse farm in Xibao City, there is still farmland around, but I can take you around." ”

"Deacon Ke, how can you follow the courtyard master's wishes, then go around the farmland, and the courtyard master's clothes and shoes will not be dirty. How can a spirit girl go to such a place? ”

"Oh, Qing'er, I'll go and see what's wrong, don't wear clothes that are not good to wash when you go, I just want to turn around and see."

Yue Ke smiled, "Well, as for the horse farm, when we leave Xibao City, just turn a corner, the nearest horse farm is in another city." It also happens to be a city with a large number of Yue families. ”

"Good idea, let's turn that way when we go. I'm going to see your horse farm. ”

"Good. In addition, if the head of the courtyard wants to understand the Yue family, he should stay in Xibao City for a few more days, and in three days, it will be the Yue family's elders' meeting, and then the head of the Yue family will also come, and this time it happened to be held in Xibao City. ”

"Three days later?"

"Yes. In the past few days, I can also take the courtyard master to other places in Xibao City. ”

Yueqing thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll stay for another three days, but is it appropriate for your elders to let me go?" ”

"If the hospital wants to go, there is nothing inappropriate. It just so happened that my uncle and brother were also there, so I could let my uncle consult with the elders of the family. ”

"Oh. Okay, then tell the city lord first, and see what they say. ”

Yue Ke nodded.