The winding paths lead to secluded paths, bluestone paved roads, verdant bamboo forests, and at the end of the secluded paths, a secluded courtyard is built.

The courtyard decoration is monotonous, not stained and prosperous, and above the gatehouse, there is no plaque hanging from Gaoran, and everything seems to be quiet and secluded.

Suddenly, between the quiet bamboo forest and stone paths, there was a sudden sound of rustling footsteps. In the footsteps, I saw two beautiful figures in red clothes, passing through the bamboo forest and coming to the courtyard gate.

Between the two shadows, one of them, about fourteen or fifteen years old, slim and elegant, the girl tied a double ponytail, lively and pure, very smart, wearing a purple skirt, showing a charming posture. The other was a maid in a floral dress.

Before he could knock on the door, as if he had a heart, the quiet courtyard door opened from the inside, and immediately after, a young girl walked out of the courtyard.

This girl is in her prime, well-behaved, and on her delicate face, a pair of big watery eyes are flickering, which is quite expressive.

The girl opened the courtyard door and was immediately overjoyed when she saw someone coming, so she saluted directly, "Xiaolian has seen the eldest lady! ”

It turned out that among the three girls, two of them turned out to be Ye Yue and her maid Xiaoyin, and the person who opened the door separately was Ye Yi's personal maid Xiaolian.

However, hearing Xiaolian's words, Ye Yue couldn't help but persuade again, "Xiaolian, how many times have I told you, no matter what the occasion, you don't need to salute me." Although you are just a maid, in the mind of the second brother, you are his own sister, how can I be embarrassed to let you salute every time?"

Speaking of this, Ye Yue simply stepped forward, grabbed Xiaolian's hand, and immediately put on a look of displeasure. He continued, "Xiaolian, you are not allowed to salute in front of me in the future, if you hear it, otherwise, I will ignore you in the future." ”

Following Ye Yue's displeased expression, Xiaolian hesitated for a while, but after all, she couldn't withstand Ye Yue's request, so she nodded and agreed, "This... , Okay, Xiaolian will follow the instructions of the eldest lady in the future. ”

After casually signaling the maid Xiaoyin beside her to close the courtyard door, Ye Yue pulled Xiaolian towards the outside of the bamboo forest, and asked with a smile, "Xiaolian, have you cultivated to the eighth level of qi refining?"

"It's a disappointment for the eldest lady, Xiaolian's qualifications are dull, and she has stayed in the seventh layer of qi refining for more than half a year, and she still can't break through the eighth layer of qi refining. Facing Ye Yue's expectant question, Xiaolian shook her head slightly.

However, hearing Xiaolian's words, Ye Yue was not disappointed, but changed his voice and encouraged Xiaolian, "It's okay, if you can't break through, you must not take it to heart." I think that when I was in the seventh layer of qi refining, it took me a lot of months to break through to the eighth layer of qi refining, and even the cultivation of the ninth layer of qi refining at this moment, I had just broken through two days ago, Xiaolian, don't be discouraged. ”

"And the seventh layer of qi refining is also very good, in the family, not to mention the servants and maids like you, there are many family disciples at this age, but they can't compare to you. Look at Ye Xiong, who made an appointment with his second brother, he is fifteen years old, but he still only has the cultivation of the seventh layer of qi refining. However, even like that, he is still known as having the wind of Ye Xiong. ”

"What's more, although the seventh layer of qi refining can't win the first place in the selection of disciples with different surnames in this family, it should be more than enough to win the top five, Xiaolian, you must have confidence, when the second brother comes back, we will help you set up a celebration banquet." ”

Hearing Ye Yue's encouragement, Xiaolian couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and immediately solemnly assured, "Eldest Miss, rest assured, Xiaolian will definitely pass the selection of disciples with different surnames in the assessment of the Ye family this year, and will definitely not disappoint the eldest lady and the second young master." ”

"Well, of course we believe you. Ye Yue smiled, and as soon as her voice changed, she said again, "Xiaolian, I want to tell you good news, I guarantee that after you hear it, you will definitely be happy." ”

"What's the good news?" Xiaolian looked expectant.

Following Xiaolian's expectant expression, Ye Yue smiled mysteriously, but did not speak.

And at this time, walking beside the two of them, the maid in the flower skirt named Xiaoyin took the initiative to take over the words and said, "Miss Xiaolian, let me tell you about this matter, do you remember that three days ago, Ye Zhen and the others interfered in the duel hall of the family martial arts hall, meddling in the battle between the second young master and Ye Xiong, and the two of them?"

"Well, of course Xiaolian remembers, Xiaolian heard that Ye Zhen and the others were on Ye Long's orders and were ready to coerce Ye Xiong, which was not good for the second young master. At that time, fortunately, Ye Xiong was upright and not afraid of power, so he did not let Ye Long's conspiracy succeed. When Xiaolian said this, a trace of gratitude flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Fortunately, Ye Xiong took the initiative to abide by the gambling contract at that time, otherwise even if the second young master was prescient, he was afraid that it would be useless. Otherwise, if Ye Long's conspiracy to get out of the way succeeded, she was really worried that the reputation of the second young master would be damaged again.

"Yes, fortunately, that Ye Xiong is more knowledgeable and takes the initiative to admit defeat, so that the second young master will make a name for himself first, otherwise even if the eldest lady has the heart, it will not be good for the second young master to vent that evil breath. ”

After Xiao Yin sighed, she said directly, "Miss Xiaolian, do you know? It is precisely because Ye Long, the treacherous villain, is in vain the young master of the family and wants to assassinate the second young master, so after you left that day, the eldest lady took out her storage bag and all the contribution points in the identity token, and asked me to buy the hearts of the second young master, and spread rumors about Ye Long's bastard in the family. ”

"So now in the Ye family, many people think that the second young master is innocent and was assassinated by Ye Long's treacherous villain. Therefore, now the sharp edge of the clansmen's topic discussion has turned from the spearhead to the second young master, and has turned to Ye Long's bastard, and they are all ashamed of Ye Long's treacherous villain's scum behavior!"

"Really, has the Second Young Master's reputation really recovered?"

Hearing the maid's words, Xiaolian instantly became overjoyed, and immediately turned to Ye Yue and the maid Xiaoyin, bowed down and thanked her, "Xiaolian thanked the eldest lady and Xiaoyin for what the second young master did, without your words, I really don't know when the second young master's reputation will be washed away." ”

Ye Yue couldn't help but smile when she saw Xiaolian's true feelings, the second brother treats Xiaolian like a sister, why doesn't Xiaolian treat the second brother like a brother. She can always think about her second brother, and she is not in vain the second brother's usual love for her.

Thinking of this, Ye Yue couldn't help but sigh that her temptation of Xiaolian was worth it, it was precisely because she wanted to test Xiaolian's true feelings for her second brother that she deliberately broke Xiaolian three days ago, so that Xiaolian didn't know what she had done.

And at the same time, when I came to help Xiaolian today, I asked the maid Xiaoyin to take the initiative to say these words, in order to test her sincerity!

Fortunately, Xiaolian did not live up to her expectations.

Thinking of this, Ye Yue stepped forward to help Xiaolian up, and said with a smile, "Xiaolian, it is my duty to share my worries and sorrows for my second brother, you don't have to be so polite, but look at you, you forgot what I told you again, don't hurry up and stand up for me." ”

Well!

Following the reproach between Ye Yue's words, Xiaolian couldn't help but say again, "The second young master can restore his reputation, Xiaolian is just too happy, which makes the eldest lady feel surprised, the eldest lady can rest assured, Xiaolian will never make a mistake again." ”

"It's okay, you can think about the second brother, it's too late for me to be happy, how can I blame you? Let's go, let's go to the assessment now." ”

After Ye Yue finished speaking, he took Xiaolian's pretty hand and continued to walk towards the location of the family mountain gate.

At this moment, she has already made up her mind that no matter what Xiaolian's grades are, she will help Xiaolian pass the selection!

......

In the depths of the bamboo forest, two figures, one white and one gray, were hidden inside, and seeing Ye Yue and the three of them leaving, one of them in white clothes said with disdain, "It seems that as Young Master Ye Long expected, this matter is really Ye Yue doing ghosts behind his back, but what can you do even if you are ghosts behind your back? It's just relying on Ye Xiong's aftermath to admit defeat in public under the condition of abiding by the gambling contract!"

"As long as this matter subsides, who will believe that this matter is a ghost behind Young Master Ye Long's back? Besides, the killer sent by Young Master Ye Long had already infiltrated the family's territorial Meteorite Valley three days ago, Ye Yi's waste, whether he can get out of Meteorite Valley alive is a question, you still have to worry about Ye Yi's short-lived ghost!"

"And as long as the family crown ceremony is held, Young Master Ye Long will defeat Ye Fei in public and win the first person in this family crown ceremony, and then Young Master Ye Long will become the leader of this family's disciples, and he is the most powerful person among the younger generation of disciples of the entire Ye family! He can even order that any young disciple of the family, except for the five great masters of the Ye family, if he says a word, who dares not to listen to it? Who dares not to believe it? And at that time, Ye Yi will forever become a real family scum!"

"If you want to help Ye Yi restore his reputation, go dream! I see how many resources you can come up with to help him, a short-lived ghost, restore his reputation?"

After the white-clothed figure finished speaking, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression was extremely proud. This white figure has sword eyebrows, and judging by his appearance, it is actually the Ye family's condensation period disciple who has repeatedly helped Ye Long, calculated and dealt with Ye Yi, Ye Zhen!

Immediately, Ye Zhen finally turned his head to look at the gray-clothed young man beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Did you see it clearly just now? Do you know who Miss Xiaolian is?" Young Master Ye Long asked me to pass on a word to you, so that you must defeat all the opponents who are a threat to Miss Xiaolian in the family assessment, so that she can successfully pass the selection!"

As Ye Zhen spoke, a hint of jealousy flashed in his expression very faintly.

I didn't expect that a mere servant, Qi Hexin, would have such a younger brother, who was only fifteen years old, and he had already broken through the cultivation of the condensation period. The strength of the first layer of the condensation period is not much worse than him, a disciple of the Ye family's condensation period!

This kind of talent, although there is a suspicion of pill accumulation, is not much worse than his Ye family Tianjiao, right? I am afraid that once this person grows up in the future, he can easily replace himself, and even surpass his elder brother Qi Hexin, and become the most important confidant of Young Master Ye Long, right?

Between his thoughts, between Ye Zhen's hearts, there was an idea of wanting to switch identities with this person!

However, in the face of Ye Zhen's questioning, the young man in gray just nodded lightly and said, "See clearly, the maid who just wore the yellow dress is Miss Xiaolian." Please rest assured that Young Master Ye Long and Master Ye Zhen will do their best to complete Young Master Ye Long's entrustment and help Miss Xiaolian pass the selection in the assessment!"

"That's good!"

After Ye Zhen dropped a sentence, he turned around and left. Immediately, the gray-clothed young man immediately respectfully followed Ye Zhen's footsteps and left together.