Is Master happy?

Chapter 21

These words were very shocking, Master Duan's face changed several times when he heard the words, he touched his chin with his fingers a few times, looked at the distant boat, and then at the end of the stream, as if he was thinking about whether what they said was true.

Yao Zhou pulled Xi Ya into his arms, rubbed the top of her hair, and looked at her apologetically. This scene was extremely intimate in the eyes of others. Master Duan walked around with his hands behind his back, and suddenly sighed hard He sighed loudly, "Absurd!"

He seemed quite angry, but he wasn't an arrogant person after all, he just looked at Yaozhou and scolded seriously, "You kid, didn't you play us a lot, how will my daughter get married in the future?"

Yao Zhou knew he was ashamed, solemnly clasped his fists, and apologized to him a few times.

The butler with the white beard was standing by the grand teacher's chair. Seeing that Master Duan seemed to be angry, he trotted to Master Duan's side and asked anxiously, "Master, what should we do now?" The people in the city were waiting for the Duan family to come out and announce, but now something like this has happened, how will it end?

Master Duan glanced at him, squinted his eyes and sighed heavily, and said, "What else can I do, could it be that I snatched it away by force?" After finishing speaking, he waved his hands irritably to the servants guarding the entrance of the stage. , said: "Okay, okay, let them go, Ah Fu, you go and prepare, and then tell the people below that... the selection of relatives will continue tomorrow, and my Duan family has not taken a fancy to this new son-in-law .”

He looked at Yao Zhou, saw her smile, snorted coldly, and said: "You have caused such a trouble, for the sake of my daughter's reputation, if you suffer a little, you will pay for it."

"Of course, Ms. Duan's reputation is more important." Yao Zhou nodded in understanding, and saw him wave his hand casually, saying: "Okay, okay, you go down."

After all, he turned around before the two of Yaozhou said goodbye, and trotted to the white gauze curtain, with a smile on his face, and said in a loving tone: "Chengyu, this one won't work, we can choose again, It's a big day today, are you tired? If you're tired, go down and rest first, and dad will be here to watch over you."

The woman in the white gauze curtain moved slightly, but she looked up at Yao Zhou's master and apprentice, and opened her mouth to call: "Please wait, both of you."

After finishing speaking, before Master Duan could ask, he opened the curtain and walked out. A slender woman with a delicate appearance and a warm smile stepped forward to take Master Duan's arm and said with a smile: " My little girl, Duan Chengyu, has something to ask, would you two be willing to listen to me?"

Yao Zhou turned to look at her, and asked gently: "What's the matter? Please tell me."

Duan Chengyu blessed the body, "The little girl has lived in the deep courtyard for a long time. Although she wanted to leave home for a long time, but because of her body, she couldn't get what she wanted. The two of you have gone to many places. I don't know how lucky my Duan family is." If you can invite the two to stay in the mansion for a while, my father will send someone to show the two of you around, and... I also want to ask the two of you what the world outside this mountain city looks like."

"Stop messing around," Master Duan took her hand and reprimanded him earnestly: "Chengyu, this young master took your hydrangea but refused to marry you, and now let him live in our yard, after this How can the people in the city bury you and our Duan family!"

Duan Chengyu just leaned by his side, with a determined expression on his face, "I promised Dad to choose a relative, Dad, you also promised me, as long as it has nothing to do with my marriage, everything else will be allowed to me, so today is not counted?"

"Father didn't mean that." Master Duan clapped his hands, looked at her and sighed, but couldn't resist the firmness in her eyes, so he had to give in and said: "Okay, okay, it's up to you, everything is up to you."

Duan Chengyu smiled, looked at Yaozhou and Xiya, and said with goodwill and expectation: "What do you think?".

Xi Ya glanced at her, raised his head again, but looked at Yao Zhou, waiting for her to make up her mind.

Yaozhou squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, then nodded happily, "Very well, we are not familiar with the place here, so it is fate to meet Master Duan and Miss Duan."

"That's good." Duan Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Now there's nothing else going on here, and I'm just about to go back home, so you two can come with me."

Yaozhou nodded with a smile, took Xi Ya's hand, first put the hair crown in his hand, stood behind Xi Ya, gently brushed her hair with his fingers, twirled her hair in a circle, and tied it with the hair crown. , then pulled her and followed behind Duan Chengyu.

Master Duan urged his servants to surround Duan Chengyu tightly and protect her so tightly that she could hardly be seen from the outside, so he let her go with confidence.

Xiya looked puzzled, squeezed Yaozhou's hand lightly, and saw her ear hanging down, asked softly: "Master, do you think this is guarding against us?"

"I don't know." Yaozhou shook his head, but he didn't care too much, "We are just two unarmed civilians, what can they guard against?"

This part of the mansion is full of weirdness, there are several pairs of yellow papers pasted on the gate, with realgar painted charms on them, and four burly men guarding on both sides, staring at them intently, entering the courtyard, it is even more weird .

Inside the Duan Mansion, among the walls, there was a heavy-armored guard guarding every few tens of steps. Duan Chengyu was surrounded by everyone and sent to a courtyard in the inner mansion before she was free. She sighed and sat down. At the stone table in the courtyard, he drove out all the servants, and then invited Yao Zhou and Xi Ya to take their seats.

"It's my father's caution, which made you laugh at me." Duan Chengyu smiled apologetically at them, poured two cups of tea, and handed them to them.

"It's okay, it's okay." Xi Ya took the tea and asked very considerately: "But sister Duan, the house is so guarded, is it because you are worried about thieves?"

"That's right, not only thieves, but also flower pickers?" Duan Chengyu blinked and smiled at her, but there was no trace of fear in his tone, as if making a joke at the two of them, "Both of you should pay attention at night, Mo You have to go out as you like, otherwise you will be caught by the guards, and I'm afraid you will have another hard time."

"That's right, if I'm also treated as a flower picker, those guards might be merciless and just kick me out as an uninvited guest." Yao Zhou took a sip of tea and smiled warmly.

Duan Chengyu shook his head, looked around, and saw that no one was guarding him, so he leaned forward slightly, and said mysteriously: "How can the young master be a flower picker? After all, the young master is a daughter."

She spoke casually, but Xi Ya was startled when she heard that she was very flustered, but she pretended to be calm on the face, looked up at Duan Chengyu, then at her master, only to see Yao Zhou with a calm face, playing with the teacup in his hand, suddenly He raised his head and said with a smile: "I have been seen through, it seems that my knowledge is still too shallow." He admitted it instantly.

Xi Ya's eyes widened, looking at his master who was still at ease, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything to stop him.

"Don't be afraid." Yaozhou patted her hand, still smiling, "Miss Duan should have no malicious intentions, otherwise she wouldn't have exposed me when there was no one around her."

"That's right." Duan Chengyu lowered his eyes, feeling very melancholy, "When I was young, I used to pretend to be a boy like you and sneak out of the house to play. It's just a pity... after all, I am not a real man. figured it out."

She smiled again in a flash, and said: "However, I envy the two of you. I have traveled so many places without being recognized. I don't have such a blessing."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that the door of the small courtyard was pushed open, and an old nanny in plain clothes walked in.With a straight face, she didn't even look at Yaozhou and the two, but said to Duan Chengyu: "Lunch is ready, it's time for the girl to eat."

"That's right, I forgot about it." Duan Chengyu nodded slightly at her, got up, and said with a smile to the two: "I've been busy for so long, I'm already hungry, please go to dinner together, both of you."

The meal was set in the front hall, and when the three of them passed by, Master Duan had already taken his seat and waited for him. He was not in high spirits today, perhaps because he couldn't find a good match for his daughter, so he sighed several times during the meal. Duan Chengyu only sneaked a glance at him, but then acted as if he hadn't heard it, and continued to eat as usual.

There is something strange between these two people, Master Duan dotes on Duan Chengyu very much, but he dotes on Duan Chengyu too much, it is like trapping her in the mansion, need someone to watch her from time to time to be at ease.

The few exchanged a few words during the meal, and after the meal, Duan Chengyu invited the two of them back to the small courtyard for a few more cups of tea, and when it was time for a nap at noon, Yao Zhou was invited by the very strict old woman After going out, she is not allowed to live in the inner mansion with her current status, so she had to follow obediently.

Duan Chengyu dragged Xiya to lie down with him, pulled up the gauze tent, and only covered his body with a thin blanket.

She was in high spirits, pestered Xiya and muttered something for a long time before falling asleep.

Xiya didn't have the habit of taking a nap, so when Duan Chengyu's breathing stabilized, she sat up slowly, looked around, and felt that there was nothing to do, so she sat cross-legged on her own, and began to meditate with her hands together.

She had just entered meditation, but there was a chuckle out of thin air, and Yaozhou's voice sounded in her ear, "As expected, this apprentice is really hardworking and never forgets to practice the Dao. Master is very pleased."

She opened her eyes in astonishment, but she couldn't see anyone in front of her. She was wondering secretly, but suddenly felt a thrust coming from behind, only felt her soul tremble, and suddenly peeled off her body, she was instantly light and unstable, like a breeze floating.

Xi Ya couldn't stand upright, but someone behind her gently hugged her, hugged her in his arms, knocked her on the head, and said playfully, "Do you miss Master?"

She looked back, she was really Yaozhou dressed in a man's clothes, she only glanced at Yaozhou, but saw a bright self on the boudoir bed, she was shocked for a moment, let out a cry, and then Hurriedly covered it, looked at Duan Chengyu who was still sleeping soundly, hurriedly pulled Yaozhou, and said in a low voice: "Master, what's wrong?"

Yao Zhou turned around and supported Xi Ya on the boudoir bed to lie down on the bed, then turned around and smiled back at her: "Don't be afraid, Master brought your soul out, while they are all asleep, Master will take you out for a walk, How are you?"

Xi Ya's eyes were wide open, he touched his body, but he didn't feel any difference, then he reached out to touch Yaozhou, and asked curiously: "Master is also in the body of a soul now?"

"No, I'm just an ethereal fairy. I'm not trapped by the body like ordinary people. I just need to hide my body." She flew down to the ground lightly, took Xi Ya's hand, and said with a smile: "Leaving the body How do you feel?"

"It's light." Xi Ya poked his feet and took a step, "There is no other difference, but Master, now that I have left my body, can I walk through walls?"

She was quite eager to try, looked at the whitewashed wall in Duan Chengyu's boudoir, and then raised her eyes to Yaozhou, as if she wanted to drag her over to see if she really couldn't hit the wall.

"Don't mess around." Yaozhou stopped her, and said: "Don't go out the door, why do you have to hit the wall?" He said and led her to the half-closed door, pushed it open, and walked out slowly.

There were a few little maids dozing off on the porch outside the door, Xi Ya looked around them several times, but he didn't see them awakened, so he found it interesting, and went to the corner to tease the guard, but was pulled back by Yao Zhou.

The two found a low wall, jumped out, looked around when they landed, there was a barren forest outside the wall, Xi Ya breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his arms a few times, and felt that he was really restrained in the Duan Mansion. some.

Before she could catch her breath, there was a sudden sigh next to her, which made her tremble. When she looked back, there was a person squatting under the wall not far away, looking downcast.