Ninefold above

Chapter 4
Lu Chengfeng lingered for a cup of tea, and finally went to the front hall empty-handed.

Seeing that her hands were empty, Yu Changying pretended not to see her, and said in a business-like manner: "From now on, you will be a servant of the Xie family, so please take care of it."

Lu Chengfeng bent his knees slightly, like a student who listened to the teaching: "There is Mr. Lao Sichang."

The guard who came with Xie Jiuxiao said to Lu Chengfeng: "Follow me, the young master is waiting outside."

Lu Chengfeng nodded slightly, and followed the guards out of the gate of the Lefang Division.

There was a carriage made of agarwood parked at the door. Lu Chengfeng sat on the side of the carriage, holding the front of the carriage, and the guards lightly steered the horses and carried the three of them forward.

Lu Chengfeng thought he would return to the house last night, but after the carriage went straight along Yanjing Avenue, it turned into a bustling and lush long street, and the speed slowed down.

Lu Chengfeng hadn't touched the atmosphere of the market for a long time, and was suddenly attracted by the extremely lively scene in front of her. She leaned against the wall of the car, her eyes swept across her sides, her fingers curled up slightly patiently, and after a while, the long street turned again. After turning a corner and driving onto a secluded road, the surrounding mansions also changed their appearance.

The carriage stopped in front of a gate guarded by a pair of stone lions. The two characters Xie Mansion were written vigorously as if it were a celebrity's pen, carrying a solemn and compelling coercion. The guards at the gate stood with knives in their hands, with a stern face.

The guard jumped out of the carriage, and immediately someone came forward to hold the horse's reins. He lifted the curtain with his hand, and someone moved the step stool. When Xie Jiuxiao came out, the sun was shining, he covered it with his hand, and then stepped on the stool to the ground .

Lu Chengfeng's expression went numb for a moment, and he followed behind him into the mansion.

After entering the gate, there is a half-wall-high stele, which is densely engraved with words. If you look forward, you can see the lake and trees, and then there is the antique hall.

The three of them crossed the stele and turned to another road before the lake. There were flowers and green plants of various colors on both sides of the soles of their feet. After walking for about half a cup of tea, they passed through a pavilion, and a cobblestone path was cut out of the waterside rockery. An archway at the end can be seen from a distance.

Just when Lu Chengfeng thought it was time to arrive, the archway passed through, and a lush green bamboo forest rustled under the spring sun. The bamboo knots were so tall that the bamboo forest seemed to have no end in sight.

After passing through the bamboo forest, a garden gate depicting Qinyuan is finally revealed.

As soon as you step in, a pool of emerald green lotus leaves jumps into your eyes. Before the month of lotus blooming, the disc-shaped stems and leaves have already competed first.

Xie Jiuxiao walked into the room, Lu Chengfeng followed behind the guard, seeing him stop outside the door, he also stopped.

Xie Jiuxiao's voice came calmly: "Thirteen, take someone to familiarize yourself with the rules in the garden."

The guard named Thirteen replied, "Yes."

Shisan took Lu Chengfeng down the steps, walked around the garden, and explained to her the small kitchen, study room, bookstore, bedroom, wing room, martial arts field, viewing platform above the third floor, and even a special A studio for painting.

It's not that Lu Chengfeng has never seen the world, but he still has doubts: a painting room?Isn't painting always in the study?Why bother to make room for painting?
After Shisan took her for a walk, he stopped in a shady place and said, "There are not many servants in Qinyuan, now including you, there are only 11 people, two in the small kitchen, two guards, and those who clean the garden on weekdays." There are six servants, one who takes care of the flowers and green plants, and the clothes are all taken care of by special servants. Also, if the young master's room is not summoned, only Dong Jiu and I can enter."

Lu Chengfeng listened silently but remembered quickly.

Thirteen words paused, and said: "Remember! Don't provoke the young master, otherwise there is nothing we can do."

Lu Chengfeng smiled gratefully, and said in a warm voice, "Thank you, but...the basic necessities of life are taken care of, what should I do? And...where do I live?"

Thirteen pointed to the place not far to the left of the main room: "You live there, as for what you do... I don't know."

Thirteen vaguely remembered that the young master seemed to be talking about the personal maid at the beginning, but as for how to arrange Lu Chengfeng, he really didn't know.

Lu Chengfeng thanked him again, and went to the house specified by Shisan.

This is a two-room house. When the door is pushed open, there is a clean and tidy round table with white porcelain teacups upside down. Then a huge bookshelf is embedded in the roof, and a large amount of warm light shines in from the south-facing window on the left.

Lu Chengfeng stretched out his hand to open the window, and found that there was a lotus pond outside, and two steps inside was a sleeping bed, a women's dressing table, a wardrobe with two doors open, and a small table next to the bed, on which was an empty The white jade vase and the bedding on the bed are brand new.

How could a servant live in such a nice room?
Lu Chengfeng leaned against the window and had a panoramic view of the scenery in the pool. She couldn't figure out Xie Jiuxiao's thoughts, and now she could only take one step at a time.

The closet was full of blue women's clothes, most of which were light-colored. Lu Chengfeng took off Le Fangsi's clothes and picked out a green one to change into. He was told by Thirteen, and Lu Chengfeng also knew that Xie's house had strict rules. When there is no summons, take out the books on the shelf and browse through the time to pass the time.

When it was getting dark, Lu Chengfeng didn't wait for the summons, but someone from the small kitchen asked her to have dinner.

When Lu Chengfeng walked to the small kitchen according to the path he wrote down at noon, the people inside were eating and chatting.

Lu Chengfeng knocked on the door politely, a man and a woman turned their heads while holding a bowl, the middle-aged woman put down the bowl and chopsticks with a smile and got up and said: "It's the new Miss Lu, the thirteen guards have already met."

The middle-aged woman took the food box that was divided on the side, and when she handed it over, she said, "Miss Lu can call me San Niang."

Lu Chengfeng took the food box: "Thank you Sanniang."

"The dining room is next to it. If you think it's too far to go back and forth, you can go to the next door to eat."

Lu Chengfeng carried the food box out of the small kitchen door, and returned to his room without thinking about Lu Yuan. The lights in the main room were kept off until the second watch at night. After making sure that Xie Jiuxiao would not pass on him tonight, Lu Chengfeng Turn off the lights and go to sleep.

Woke up early the next day, and went to the small kitchen to have dinner after freshening up. Lu Chengfeng thought that Xie Jiuxiao should pass on to him today. No matter what purpose he had, good or bad, she was indeed Under the hands of people, he has the final say on life and death.

Lu Chengfeng didn't hang himself in the prison with his eldest sister, and he wouldn't want to die here either.

Lu Chengfeng waited all morning, but the door of the main room remained silent. When he came back to the house for lunch, he met Shisan, who nodded politely at her. Just as he was about to pass by, Lu Chengfeng called out: "Excuse me... "

...This strange title, Shisan said: "Just call me Shisan."

Lu Chengfeng nodded understandingly: "Thirteen, I want to ask, what should I do today?"

Thirteen said: "Miss, it's up to me to ask questions. I don't care about you. You'd better wait for the young master to come back and ask yourself."

Lu Chengfeng frowned slightly, as if surprised: "The young master is not in the garden?"

"The young master went out yesterday evening, didn't you know?"

Lu Chengfeng shook his head, thinking that maybe he missed it when he went to have dinner, and she asked, "Did you say when you will be back?"

Thirteen said: "Girl, this is not what you should ask."

Lu Chengfeng smiled very gently, and said, "I just want to ask the young master, can I leave the house?"

Thirteen didn't expect this to be the problem, so he thought for a while and said, "The young master didn't say you couldn't leave the mansion, but he didn't say you could, so what should I do?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "It's nothing, I just want to go out for a while. I have never been to Yanjing when I grow up, and I rarely see new things."

It turned out to be the case.

Thirteen said: "That's easy, I'll ask the guard at the back door to open a small door for you, and you and he can set a time to come back."

Lu Chengfeng didn't expect Thirteen Faces to be so cold-hearted and warm-hearted, he smiled gently: "Thank you so much."

Thirteenth said: "You're welcome."

(End of this chapter)