Chapter 62: The General's Mansion
In this case, Ye Yuanzhou said this part, if he pushed it back, he would seem to be a little angry.
Du Ruo nodded, gladly accepted Ye Yuanzhou's invitation, and went with him to the Hussar General's Mansion.
Because this time he went to Beijing in a hurry, and it was not in the original plan, Ye Yuanzhou did not have the opportunity to notify the family in advance in advance, and when the two of them came to the door, the eyes of the concierge of the General's Mansion almost popped out of the eye frame.
"Second, Second Young Master?! You're back! The porter looked surprised, and that expression didn't seem to be seeing his second young master who was serving outside the house going home, but the heavenly immortals descending to earth, full of incredulity, "Please come in!" I'm going to report the news! ”
Ye Yuanzhou didn't see any expression on his face, and there was no cordiality and joy that he hadn't returned home for a long time, as if there was no difference between this place and Songzhou's Shangzhichong Mansion, but it was better for him to relax in his own Governor's Mansion.
The porter ran away, and Ye Yuanzhou and Du Ruo hurriedly entered the gate and walked inside.
After all, the Ye family is the leader among the military generals of the Great Yin Dynasty, and the Hussar General's Mansion is also very magnificent.
is different from the fairy spirit of the national teacher Yuwenque, every brick and tile here is decent, revealing the rigor and solemnity of a person who walks in the army.
Du Ruo thought that Ye Yuanzhou would take her to the front hall to wait for the steward to come to greet her, but he didn't expect him to take him straight to the side courtyard where he lived.
The side courtyard where Ye Yuanzhou lived was far away from the front, and the two of them had to go around and around before they arrived.
There are not many people in the entire house of the Ye family, but they are very regular, and when they get to the side courtyard, there are even fewer people, and they met an old lady in total, but they didn't see anyone else.
The old lady was surprised and delighted when she saw Ye Yuanzhou, and hurriedly stepped forward, first looking at him from head to toe, and confirmed that he was all bearded and full tail, and then she smiled.
I saw Du Ruo on the side again, and I was a little surprised, the old lady was an old woman after all, so she was not so surprised, and after saluting Du Ruo, she went to help them boil water and make tea.
As if seeing Du Ruo's surprise, Ye Yuanzhou waited for the old lady to walk away before he opened his mouth and said to her: "My father has always disliked extravagance and does not approve of the extravagant life of greedy enjoyment, so except for the indispensable subordinates in the family to deal with chores, everything else that can take care of themselves cannot be pretended to be done by others."
I usually don't have much time at home, I don't need to be served in my daily life, Ye Long and Ye Hu around me have already gone to Songzhou with me to take up my post, and there is no need to leave so many idlers here.
This old lady took care of me by urinating, and because she was old, she was left behind. ”
Du Ruoran nodded and smiled at him: "My father doesn't like the large number of people in the family either. ”
Ye Yuanzhou took Du Ruo to the hall in the side courtyard, and the two sat down and talked for a while, and the old lady brought the tea.
Because there was no preparation for the time being, there were naturally no refreshments, but the old lady didn't know where to get a plate of dried fruits, so that the tea table would not be empty.
"You just noticed anything in the National Teacher's Mansion?" Du Ruo didn't care about this, it would be good to have hot tea to drink.
At the end of this day, her mouth was dry, although there was tea on Yuwenque's side before, but in fact, she didn't get into her throat much.
I don't know if it's because of the previous experience of "Flower and Moon Tea", which made her feel a little palpitating, and she was subconsciously wary of the things at the entrance outside.
At this time, in Ye Yuanzhou's house, she finally took off some precautions, and felt that she could drink saliva and talk steadily.
"You mean the finger guards on his hands?" Ye Yuanzhou shook his head, "When you spoke, I observed it very carefully, but his finger guard was worn to the base of his finger, and there was no way to tell if it was a whole intact finger or just a stump finger inside." ”
"What else?" Du Ruo asked.
Ye Yuanzhou shook his head: "I didn't notice much on the side. ”
"Have you noticed those people?" Du Ruo reminded him, "When I first entered the National Teacher's Mansion, I heard Yu Wenque say that he was because he pitied those people who no one wanted to buy back to be a subordinate, and he happened to like quiet, so he bought it back and became a subordinate in the family, and I thought it was a good deed."
But later it was discovered that all the servants in his house were all people without exception!
This makes people feel a little weird, although there are more than 10 million people in this world, but how many people can be of the right age, unable to speak, and just met by Yu Wenque?
Even if he specially asked someone to help him find this kind of suitable person to buy back as a domestic servant, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get so many. ”
As soon as she said this, Ye Yuanzhou also realized another problem: "I didn't think much about the number, but just over there, there was one thing that really made me feel weird, but it was inconvenient to talk to you, and I almost forgot about it when I turned my head."
I think there is something unreasonable about those servants in the Yuwenque Mansion - their skills and their expressions, the two are not commensurate. ”
Du Ruo looked at him suspiciously, she hadn't noticed this aspect just now.
Ye Yuanzhou saw that she was puzzled, so he told her in detail: "Generally speaking, people who practice martial arts are agile, lighter, faster, more stable, and more alert, and need to have the ability to see and hear in all directions.
Those servants in Yuwenque's mansion looked wooden and slightly sluggish, but their reaction speed to Yuwenque's orders was very amazing, as long as they made a move, they could comprehend it, and the speed was ridiculously fast. ”
As soon as he said this, Du Ruo also understood, it seemed to be true, especially when he was prescribing a prescription for himself, he didn't see Yu Wenque say anything, the servant seemed to be able to do a little bit with just one look and one gesture, and the speed of preparing medicinal materials was also very amazing.
If it is said that the servant understands the master's meaning, it can be said that he is well trained.
But that kind of person with a wooden look, even a little sluggish, but quick to react and clever in doing things, Du Ruo has indeed never seen it.
The two of them were talking, and the old lady went and returned, with a smile on her face.
"Second Young Master! The general has returned home! When he heard that you had returned, he ordered refreshments to be prepared, and told me to invite you and your guests to the front hall to speak. The old lady's tone was full of joy, "Hurry up and bring your guests with you, don't let the general wait!" ”
She said as she motioned for Ye Yuanzhou to get up.
In contrast, Ye Yuanzhou's reaction was much calmer, nodded, and stood up in no hurry.
Du Ruo also hurriedly stood up and walked to the front hall together.
Maybe the general's refreshments are richer, but whether this tea is good or not is unknown for the time being.