I heard my brother is a tyrant

Not long after Ye Yu returned to the capital, she didn't know much about the court and the officials in the palace, so she couldn't help being puzzled for a while. She knew that there were iron armored guards and imperial guards in Beijing, but she didn't seem to have heard much about the "Imperial Palace Guards Commander" ".

But it's not good to ask in person, it seems rude, Ye Yu hurriedly laughed: "It turns out that it's from Mrs. Ye's house, I'm sorry."

The little girl didn't talk too much, so she smiled quietly and obediently, and played with the wild flowers on the table.She has never liked strangers, and her life experience since she was a child actually has a natural resistance to strangers, and she hardly gets close to anyone except her brother.

Even the kind and friendly lady in front of me seemed to be too warm when they met for the first time.Ye Chu has a good impression of the lady in front of him, and besides, she is Han Jingshu's mother, if it were someone else, she probably wouldn't say a word.

There was a moment of silence between the two, Ye Yu hurriedly found a new topic and said: "I came today with my mother-in-law and two younger sisters, they are in the tent over there, and the two younger sisters in the family are about the same age as you, why don't I invite Ye Yu?" The eldest girl went over to sit and have a sip of tea, and by the way, introduce your little girl to each other, so that we can play together?"

Ye Chu didn't have the temperament to play with others casually, he smiled and said: "Let's not do it today, I've been out for a while, brother should look for me."

When Han Jingshu heard this, she jumped off the stone bench and said to Ye Yu, "Mother, my sister gave me a lantern, a kite, and some snacks. I said I would give my sister some red dates and dried fruits, is that okay?"

As soon as Ye Yu heard it, she wanted to know more about this girl instinctively, so she naturally wanted to find a way to establish a relationship.

Ye Yu hurriedly laughed and said: "You child is really not afraid that your Ye family sister will dislike it, and it is not a good thing. It is some local products that I brought to Beijing from the northwest. If Miss Ye does not dislike it, I will ask someone to send some to you." The family is good, just treat this child as a little care."

Before Ye Chu could speak, Han Jingshu pulled her and asked, "Sister, sister, where do you live? I'll ask someone to bring you red dates. I want to play with you next time."

In fact, Ye Chu didn't even know where Ye's house was. She seldom went out since she lived in it. She was always accompanied by chariots and horses when she went in and out, so she didn't need to care about her home address. She had a brother for everything, so she didn't have to worry about it.

At that moment, Ye Chu turned his head and asked Ye Ling: "Where does our family live?"

"..." Ye Yu couldn't help being surprised again, there is no one who doesn't know the address of his home.

If it weren't for the girl in front of her with clear eyes and a pure and peaceful expression, Ye Yu might have thought she was acting on purpose.

Ye Ling's expression didn't change at all, she bowed and said with a smile, "Miss, our residence is in Baima Lane in the east of the city."

"Yes, White Horse Lane in the east of the city." Ye Chu turned his head and repeated.

After she finished speaking, she stood up, Wei Wei said with a blessing: "Mrs. Han, then I will take my leave first."

Ye Chu returned to the tent, but Xie Dan was not there, and the servant said he had gone to the river.Ye Chu followed the river to look for it.Xie Dan was standing on the rock by the water with his hands folded, knowing that she was coming, he turned to look at her.

"Brother, what are you looking at, are there any fish in the water?" Ye Chu walked behind him.

"Back?" Xie Dan asked in an unclear tone.

"came back."

"That's great, my sister still knows to come back." Xie Dan glanced at her and said, "I thought you had a new playmate, so my brother could leave it behind."

"??" Ye Chu hugged his arm from behind, stretched his face in front of him, blinked his eyes in disbelief and asked, "Brother, are you unhappy?"

"Yeah." Xie Dan raised his chin deliberately not to look at her.

"Aren't you happy?" The little girl hugged his arm with a smile, and hung her whole body on him, and said without sincerity, "I just forgot to play, and I haven't played for a long time, so I came back soon .”

As she said that, she simply climbed over with two arms, moved her body, and instead hugged his neck, and said with a smile: "Brother, it turns out that you are also angry. How about coaxing you when you are angry?"

Xie Tan said, "It's not easy to coax."

"Is it really difficult to coax?"

"It's really hard to coax."

Ye Chu said: "Then stop coaxing, you see how easy I am to coax."

Xie Dan suddenly broke into a smile, while laughing, he reached out his arms helplessly to wrap her around her.Right in front of him was the river, and she was hanging on him like dog skin, I was afraid that she would slip and fall into it.

Xie Dan hugged her away from the water, stepped back a few steps before putting her down, and said angrily, "You're such an adult, you'll play tricks."

"No, you didn't let me drink just now, and you said I was young." Ye Chu pouted and said, "Brother, I found that you are the most unreasonable, if you want to make me obedient, just say that you have grown up, you If you don’t allow me to do anything, just say you’re still young, it’s up to you anyway.”

Xie Dan stared at her, smiled and said, "I'm your brother, I'm the one who has the final say."

"Hmph! Bullying people." Ye Chu made faces at him.

The two of them played and went back to the bank account hand in hand.Xie Dan didn't mean to tease her on purpose, it was really hard to go out with her, but she ran to play with a child, leaving him here alone to be bored.

And he knew that it took her a long time to come back after seeing Ye Yu.

Xie Dan couldn't tell what it was like for a while, but for a while he regretted calling Han Ziyun and his wife back to Beijing.

The maid served tea, and Ye Chu leaned back on the chair after drinking a cup of honey herbal tea, muttering to Xie Dan about meeting Han Jingshu's mother just now, that lady is as familiar and enthusiastic as her daughter of.

The little girl was a little tired from playing. After all, she was physically weak and tired in spring and autumn, so she became a little sleepy while talking.

"An'an, go to the bed and sleep for a while, we will go back in the afternoon when the sun is westward."

The little girl groaned and didn't move, Xie Dan simply picked her up, put her on the bamboo tent in the tent, covered her with a blanket and let her sleep.

Xie Dan walked out of the account and listened to Ye Ling's report on what happened just now.

"The servant made her own decision for a while, and told Mrs. Han that our house is in Baima Lane." Ye Ling asked, "Master, do you want to avoid it?"

After all, their house is not a nearby place. If the master does not want the girl to have too much contact with the Han family, the entire White Horse Lane will be under the control of the armored guards. Just hang a "Ye House" sign at the gate of any yard, and it will be fine if you deal with it .

"It doesn't matter." Xie Dan said, "About the matters of the Han family, it's up to the girl to please herself. Just pay more attention to it."

He walked back to the tent and saw Ye Chu sleeping soundly on the bamboo bed, his eyelids were covered by thick eyelashes, his breathing was light, his sleeping face was peaceful, his sleeping face was especially childish and cute.

Unknowingly, the little girl has grown in stature, and her eyebrows and eyes have also grown. Xie Dan looked at her and smiled, and couldn't help but lowered his head to touch her forehead, and rubbed it hard. His An An is really the best in the world. Look, cutest girl.

The sleeping little girl was disturbed, her little face wrinkled in her sleep, she waved her hand casually to drive away the disturbance, then put her hand on the pillow and went back to sleep.

Xie Dan just sat on the chair next to him and flipped through the book for a while, the riverside in spring, the breeze and the sun, the surroundings were quiet, gradually he also became sleepy, and put down the book.

A bamboo bed has already been occupied by the little girl, this kind of bamboo bed is narrow, and asking someone to come in to make another bed will disturb her, Xie Dan simply sits on the chair next to the bed, closes his eyes and takes a nap with her in the afternoon.

***

Xuanpinghou Mansion, when Han Ziyun came back at night, Ye Yu was sitting alone in front of the dressing table waiting for him.

Han Ziyun joked, "Why haven't you slept yet, my lady is so concerned about her husband."

"Oh, I'm not in the mood to talk to you." Ye Yu pulled him to sit down, and couldn't wait to tell him about meeting Ye Chu today.

Following her narration, Han Ziyun couldn't help but become a little puzzled.

"...That's it." Ye Yu said, "I was really surprised at first, she looks so much like elder sister."

Han Ziyun said: "The world is so big, there are always similar people. The elder sister has passed away, so don't feel sad all day long."

"You don't understand, I just have a very strange feeling when I see her. It just so happens that her surname is Ye."

Ye Yu said, "If the county lord is five points similar to the eldest sister, this girl is seven to eight points like the elder sister, not only in eyebrows, but also in spirit. Oh, you don't understand my shock, she is still young. , but such a faint smile looks very much like the eldest sister, it really reminds me of the elegance of the eldest sister back then."

"I think that the princess of Jiayi County is indeed similar to Elder Sister, and everyone who has seen it says she does," Han Ziyun said.

Ye Yu said: "The county magistrate's eyebrows, eyes, and face are indeed alike, but if you have to say they are very similar, she is not necessarily true. She is the magistrate of the county, and the villain of the loyal king claims to be affectionate. Naturally, there are many people who love her and flatter her. She looks like Eldest Sister, and some people even insist that she looks exactly the same as Eldest Sister. In fact, Eldest Sister has been gone for so many years, how many of those people are familiar with Eldest Sister?"

Han Ziyun was silent. He had only met Mrs. Ye a few times. As a sister-in-law, it was impossible for him to have a lot of contact. After getting married, he took Ye Yu to Suizhou.Ye Yu and Mrs. Ye have been sisters since childhood. Since she said so, it seems that the girl really looks like Mrs. Ye.

"It's just..." Ye Yu was puzzled for a moment, then said, "Eldest sister has always been reserved and dignified, this girl smiles lightly and innocently, she looks completely ignorant of the world. I have never seen such a girl, She doesn't seem to understand anything, she is childish but smart, as if she has never been in contact with the world. If you say that she is a child raised in a small family and in the countryside, that's all, but she doesn't have the slightest timidity on her body. Calm and composed, she looks like a pampered lady from a luxurious family. The maids in front of her are more dignified than ordinary girls. In terms of clothing and manners, I don't think even the princess of Jiayi County can compare. The princess is nothing more than that. What kind of family can raise such a girl?"

After Ye Yu described it, Han Ziyun couldn't help being curious, and thought: "According to what you said, those who can afford Hetian Hongyu and female guards don't just have money. They must not be ordinary officials. You Didn’t you ask which house it’s from?”

"She said that her elder brother is the commander of the palace guards, named Ye Zhi." Ye Yu asked, "Do you know this Lord Ye Zhi?"

"There is no such person in the court..." Han Ziyun hesitated, "Did you remember correctly? Where did the palace guards come from in the palace to command this official position? In addition to the Jingji Guards, there are Iron Armored Guards in the capital Master Wei Shenwei, and the Imperial Guards Commander Mr. Fang, I'm not right. According to what you said, this person should have a high position and authority. If there is such a person, let alone the capital, the whole world should know about it. I have never heard of it."

Ye Yu cast a reproachful glance at him and said, "Maybe it's because you haven't been in the capital for a long time and you don't know it. Although the girl is ignorant of the world, she is smart and smart. She is not stupid, and she even mispronounced her brother's name and official position? "

Her words brought back a long-standing memory in Han Ziyun.He suddenly thought of the girl who caught a glimpse in the post house two years ago.

I remember hearing Yicheng say that the backyard was lived by a female family member of Mr. Ye's mansion, accompanied by many guards.He had discussed it with his father at that time, saying that they hadn't been in the capital for a long time, and he didn't know which court upstart in Beijing was surnamed Ye.

At that time, it was just a glimpse from a distance, and I only felt that it was a bit familiar, and I had long forgotten it.But listening to Ye Yu's narration tonight, Han Ziyun couldn't help thinking carefully.

They are all surnamed Ye, this surname itself is not a common surname, how can it be just a coincidence, if it is really that girl, then...

Han Ziyun thought about it, and if he wanted to say that there might really be such a person in the capital, who was important but unknown, he could be called the leader.The leader of the dark guard.

Most important officials in the court probably knew well that the royal family had always had a secret guard team, hidden in the dark, and only obeyed the emperor himself, and no one knew the name of the commander of the secret guard.The Dark Guard itself is an invisible secret like a shadow.

When Ye Yu heard the royal secret, his face couldn't help but change.

Han Ziyun changed his mind and said again: "It shouldn't be. If it is really the commander of the dark guards, the civil and military officials in the whole court don't know who it is, so how could it be possible for you to know easily. Besides, all the dark guards and dead soldiers are all alone. How could it be possible? There are family bonds."

Ye Yu was helpless: "You've been talking for a long time, which means you didn't say anything, don't you still don't know who this person is?"

Han Ziyun said: "However, what is certain is that this Miss Ye must have a complicated background. If you meet her again, you must pay more attention."

He turned to persuade, "The world is so big, how can there not be a few people who look similar, my lady, don't worry about it, this woman should have nothing to do with the elder sister or the Ye family. A county magistrate, it’s impossible to grow up and give birth to two children.”

Ye Yu was full of doubts, but didn't think about it elsewhere.Back then, she had received a letter from Mrs. Ye, saying that she had given birth to a daughter, who was born prematurely and weak, and she only hoped that she could be brought up safely.Guo Zijin is the county lord who was brought back by King Zhong's mansion after a lot of hard work. She looks like Mrs. Ye, and she also has the small golden lock that Mrs. Ye made for her daughter as a token. How could her identity be fake.

On the second day, Ye Yu sent two respectable ladies in charge of the mansion to Ye's house in Baima Lane to give gifts.

The two ladies in charge and four servants came to Baima Lane in a carriage, and they saw a house with "Ye House" written on the lintel. Simple and simple, it is not like the tall gate tower with carved beams and painted buildings like the princely mansion in the capital. The gate is closed, but the four guards in green clothes standing at the gate are solemn and mighty, which makes people feel awe.

They stepped forward to explain their purpose, and the guards at the gate turned around and went in. After a while, the side door opened, and a middle-aged butler with a fair complexion came out.

The housekeeper is naturally Chang Shun. When he heard that they were from Xuanping Hou Mansion, he politely invited them in, invited them to sit down in the front yard and had tea, and said that the master was busy, so he asked them to wait. .

As for what the master is busy with... Cough cough, they came early, Xie Dan went to the palace early in the morning, Ye Chu is used to sleeping until the sun is high, and he hasn't woken up yet.

Not to mention a few gift-givers from the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion, even some princes and nobles came in person, and Chang Shun would absolutely not dare to let anyone disturb the girl's sleep.

It wasn't until the beginning of Sishi, when Ye Chusle woke up, that Chun Jiang reported that the third young lady of Xuanping Hou's mansion had sent someone to give her a gift.

Ye Chu, who had just woken up, hugged the quilt for a while and realized that it was Mrs. Han whom she met yesterday, Han Jingshu's mother.

The visitor is a guest, Ye Chu thought for a while and said, "Then please come in, and you guys can help me comb my hair briefly."

Chun Jiang said with a smile: "Girl, they are servants, and you don't actually need to meet them in person. If you want to see them for the sake of honor, you might as well go to the flower hall ahead, it's more convenient."

So the two ladies in charge were led through the triple courtyard. First, the servants from the front courtyard brought them to the hanging flower gate in the inner courtyard. Chunbo came out to greet them.

Seeing Ye Chu come out surrounded by maidservants, the two ladies in charge quickly kowtowed and handed over the list of gifts to explain their intentions.

Ye Yu prepared two gifts, one was dried fruit in the name of Han Jingshu, a large bag of red dates, dried apricots and raisins from the northwest; the other was in Ye Yu's own name, saying it was for Ye Chu's thanks Thank you for taking care of Han Jingshu.

Ye Yu's thank you gifts are mainly a few precious medicinal herbs that are special products in Northwest China, such as wolfberry, snow lotus, licorice, and two pieces of high-quality purple lamb skin.Thinking of the extravagance and wealth of the other party, fearing that he would not lack any good things, Ye Yu unconsciously raised the level of this "thank you gift".

Ye Chu really liked Han Jingshu's gift, she likes sweet and sour flavors, and she usually likes to eat the dried apricots and raisins that Han Jingshu gave her.

Ye Chu asked Chunjiang: "They gave me so many delicious food, should I also return a gift?"

Although she has never had the experience of giving gifts and socializing, she understands the reason why they come and go.

Chunjiang smiled and said, "It's natural for the girl to return the gift."

"Then what should I give her?"

Ye Chu thought for a while, Chun Jiang knew that his girl was not good at common affairs, and probably didn't even know the value of the things in his warehouse, so he quickly said: "Girl, Mrs. Han gave you a thank you gift, you can justify it if you don't return it, servant girl I think it’s good for you to return gifts with anything, food, drink, and entertainment, and it shouldn’t be too expensive.”

Went with Ye Chuxiang, she just wanted to give Han Jingshu some snacks, so she asked Chunjiang to get some delicious fruit snacks.

In the past few days, she happened to eat a kind of big green jujube, which tastes crisp, tender and sweet. Take some, and give it to Han Jingshu and her little brother, the kids should like it."

The little girl hesitated after giving the order, and asked Chunjiang: "Is it too disrespectful? Mrs. Han gave me purple lamb skin and medicinal materials, and I gave them some fruits and dates. Will they make fun of me?"

Chun Jiang hurriedly said: "This servant girl thinks it's very good. The young daughter of the Han family and the young master will definitely like it. How about you add another box of Suzhou embroidered handkerchiefs that Steward Chang sent last time? It's very good for Mrs. Han Shao."

Ye Chu felt that such an arrangement was quite comprehensive, so he nodded and asked someone to get it.

The two ladies in charge of Xuanpinghou's Mansion had seen the world at least, and the experience of giving gifts this time was always a bit unusual. When they returned to Xuanpinghou's Mansion with the gift in hand, they hurried to see Ye Yu in the backyard.Ye Yu was also waiting for their reply.

The two ladies in charge presented Ye Chu's return gift first, besides a box of Suzhou embroidered handkerchiefs, there were also two boxes of pastries and snacks, and two boxes of fruits.The snacks and handkerchiefs are fine, at least the servants of the Hou Mansion have seen the world, and the lady in charge hurriedly showed her the two boxes of fresh fruits, one box of more than a dozen bright red tangerines, and one box of turquoise fruits. Like green plums or crab apples that haven't turned red.

Ye Yu suddenly became surprised, where are the fresh fruits in this season, even they in the Hou's Mansion can't eat them.

One of the ladies in charge said: "Slaves dare not talk nonsense. This time I really feel that Miss Ye's house is a bit unusual. From the outside, his house looks like an official mansion that is neither high nor low. Enter the courtyard three times. It’s not like that at all when you go in, it’s a big place inside, deep in the courtyard, and the servants don’t want to be rude to look around, I just remember passing through seven or eight doors before entering the flower hall where the young lady treats guests, it’s not what you see from the outside at all.”

Another said: "People entertain the servants very politely. And this fruit, the maid sister who entertained the servants said it was a green jujube. The servants have poor eyesight and have never seen it before. The peach blossoms only bloom at this time. Where did it come from?" Fresh dates."

Not to mention them, Ye Yu has never seen them before.While Ye Yu was startled, he asked the two ladies in charge to hold the box and take them to Madam Xuanpinghou's courtyard.

Mrs. Xuanping Hou looked at it and said: "This red orange should be a kind of spring orange in the area of ​​Yunjian Mansion. The local people pay tribute every year, and the palace also rewards it. Our mansion has been rewarded several times. This big Green jujubes are produced in the area of ​​Yazhou. Xia Wudong, the governor of Yazhou, only produced this kind of thing. This is a rare thing. I had eaten it once in the palace of the Empress Dowager a few years ago. Yazhou is separated by mountains and seas. It's not easy to send, how can you recognize it?"

Mrs. Xuan Pinghou asked solemnly: "Both of these are tributes, especially the big green dates, which are only used as tributes for the imperial court. Except for the palace of the emperor and empress dowager, if there are other places, they must be rewarded by the palace. Where did you come from? "

Ye Yu said briefly, and Mrs. Xuan Ping Hou murmured: "According to what you said, the owner of this Ye House must be a high-ranking person, who is very embarrassing in front of the Holy Majesty or the Empress Dowager. But the capital has not heard of it now. Which adult is surnamed Ye, or, this person has another name."

Ye Yu said: "Impossible, that Miss Ye said it herself, how can anyone say his brother's name wrongly."

Mrs. Xuan Pinghou said: "That's not necessarily the case. First, what she told you may not be the truth. Second, if this Master Ye has a special status, and the court has some errands that should not be publicized, he may not tell the truth to his family."

A woman in charge said: "Madam and Young Madam don't know, their family wrote 'Ye House', and we all know the capital regulations, you can write 'Ye Mansion' if you are above the fourth rank. Little official, but the mansion is full of attention to detail, and there are many servants, it is no worse than our mansion, anyway, it is a bit weird."

Ye Yu now feels more and more suspicious about the identity of "Ye Zhi". No matter what his real identity is, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Ye Yu secretly complained in his heart, why did Lord Ye raise his younger sister so ignorant of worldly affairs, so he hurriedly told the servants around him and the two ladies in charge to keep their mouths tighter.

A woman in charge hesitated to speak, and said: "I have an idea, I don't know if I dare to say it."

"Why don't you dare to say it? Leave a word behind." Ye Yu reprimanded, "Speak up if you have something to say."

The woman in charge said: "A few years ago, there was a scandal in the capital. It was a big scene at that time. The third young lady might not have known it when she was still in Suizhou, but the lady must have heard of it. The son-in-law secretly kept an outer room outside, and that outer room was a girl from a small family he had taken a fancy to in the countryside. She was only 14 years old. A petty official who was not only hired by a matchmaker, but also paid respects to the court, secretly raised her in Jinji Lane in the south of the city. The son-in-law loved her very much, and often passed by. After a long time, Princess Changle noticed it. It just happened. The poor woman always thought that she married a petty official to be a good lady. Later, the woman went to the Jingzhao Yamen to file a complaint. The Princess Princess secretly paid a large sum of money for fear of causing embarrassment. The girl had no choice but to give up, probably because she took the money and married elsewhere."

"You mean..." Ye Yu understood what she meant, and scolded, "Stop talking nonsense, there is only one elder brother in Miss Ye's family."

"Slaves dare not." The woman in charge paused and said, "The two slaves are going today, and they heard from their house that the master is not there, and only the girl is at home on weekdays. There is no other master at home, and that Miss Ye used to No one has heard of it. The house is so luxurious, but the outside of the house is not surprising, it really... looks like a place for Tibetans."

"..." Ye Yu choked, if that's the case...

Even if he just thought about it, Ye Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of indignation out of thin air.

The author says:

The author's code words really count wherever the code is. How did I write this chapter so fatly? Please praise me.