Chapter 441: Falsehood and Truth
Chu'an County Mansion.
Xu Mansion is a well-known gentry in Chu'an County, and Que Xue has long known the name of Xu Mansion's son Xu Disheng, so it is not difficult for him to find the location of Xu Mansion.
"Girl, I have told you many times that the young master is not in the house at this time. After getting married a few days ago, he and the young lady have gone out to enjoy the mountains and rivers."
A guard in front of the mansion looked at the girl in white clothes with helplessness on his face.
Quexue shook her head and said: "Of course I know what you said, but I am just standing on the street waiting, and I don't want to force my way in. Do you want to chase me away too?"
She had already heard the guards tell her several times about Xu Disheng's marriage.
It's just that after she has experienced a lot, her mood has changed a lot. No matter what the true emotional fluctuations in her heart are, they will not be revealed as easily as before.
The guard became even more speechless and said: "But girl, you have been standing in front of the mansion for half a day. Not only have you not eaten a grain of rice, but you have not even touched a drop of water. If you starve to death in front of the Xu mansion, Aren’t you going to get us into a lawsuit for no reason?”
Que Xue was silent for a moment, then took out a piece of shriveled cold cooking cake from the bag hanging at the waist of her snow-white skirt, put it to her mouth, and ate it in small bites.
This was the dry food that Liu Zian brought from her home in Qingxi Village the day before yesterday when she left the Changsheng Palace. It was originally a whole cake, but Que Xue had already eaten half of it on the way to Chu'an County Mansion.
Her whole body was already sore and weak, and she could hardly even stand upright. If she hadn't begged for two bowls of water at the tea shop outside Chu'an County Mansion, she might not have been able to get here at all.
"That's all." The guard couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted when he saw that she was so pretty but seemed to be really poor. "You wait here, I will go to the servants' kitchen in the house to get you a steamed bun."
After saying this, he turned around and walked into Xu Mansion.
The cooking cake was already extremely dry and hard, and it was really not delicious. However, Que Xue didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, chewing it slowly, with a lot of thoughts in her heart.
Once upon a time, he was a carefree tailed monster. Even though he had devoured many human beings before, it was just the instinct of the monster. It would be a bit far-fetched to say that he committed evil.
The world has changed, and now she has become an extremely weak human girl. Not to mention having the tyrannical demon power in her body like before, even if she is starving like this for a long time, her body cannot bear it.
If he hadn't rested in the Changsheng Palace for more than ten days before, he might not even have been able to get out of the Qingxi Village.
While he was in a daze, a somewhat helpless voice came into his ears.
"This is for you, take it, but I still want to advise you that there will be no results if you wait here, because I really didn't lie to you. The young master really left the house with the young lady. In the past few days, You won't come back, and if I find you lingering in front of the house when I come back later, I'm afraid you will be in danger."
As the guard muttered, he handed a piece of vaguely warm white steamed bun to Que Xue.
Xu Yuanwai is a philanthropist and is well-known as a philanthropic person in Chu'an County Mansion. However, only the servants who have been serving in Xu Mansion all year round know that Xu Yuanwai has another side that is unknown to the public.
"what happened?"
A warrior who seemed to be in charge came out, pointed at Que Xue who was standing quietly on one side, and asked the guard.
"Guanshi Du, this woman said that she is an old acquaintance of the young master. She came here this time and insisted on waiting here."
This warrior was Du Yan who brought Xu Disheng back to Chu'an County from Qinglian Waters.
Du Yan nodded, glanced at Que Xue again, a little confused, and said: "Since she is an old acquaintance of the young master, why don't you invite her into the mansion to settle her properly, and let her wait in front of the mansion gate?"
The guard shook his head and smiled bitterly, and leaned in front of Du Yan and whispered: "Guard Du is unaware of something. With the young lady's pretentious temperament, if she finds out that there is a young girl in the house after she returns, she will even say that she is The young master's so-called old acquaintance, will the young lady lose her temper for this and blame me? It's because of this that I dare not take the initiative to let her into the house. If the young lady really takes the blame then, the young lady will But I can’t bear it.”
"How dare you talk about young madam!" Du Yan glared at him, but he also knew the difficulty. He shook his head and sighed, "It's not an option to let her stand in front of the house all the time, that's all."
After saying this, he walked directly down the tall and large steps of Xu Mansion, looked at Que Xue and said:
"Girl, are you really an old acquaintance of the young master? Do you have proof?"
Quexue said softly: "There is no proof."
Du Yan glanced at the small half of sesame cakes and snow-white steamed buns in her hand, and then carefully looked at her pretty and beautiful face. He had some concerns in his heart, waved his hand and said: "Come here, please do this in the outer mansion." Let the girl arrange an ordinary guest room and settle it down for the time being."
At that moment, an ordinary-looking maid came out, glanced at Que Xue secretly, and responded in a low voice: "Yes, Manager Du."
Du Yan's eyes flashed as he watched Que Xue and the maid walking into the Xu Mansion.
The guard was a little confused and said: "Guanshi Du, you..."
Du Yan glanced at him and said calmly: "As a servant, the most important thing is to learn how to read people's emotions. This girl is exquisite in appearance. Although her clothes are snow-white and elegant, they are definitely extraordinary. However, she is so poor. What more to say at this time She is an old acquaintance of the young master, what do you think she is?"
The guard's eyes lit up and he said: "It's the daughter of a wealthy family that the young master met when he was away. It's more likely that he was a confidante who had a one-night stand with the young master. However, due to some changes, his family fell into decline and his parents died. I am so depressed that I come to seek refuge with you!"
In just a few breaths, he had already imagined many stories between his young master and this girl in white clothes.
Du Yan patted his shoulder and walked slowly into Xu's house: "No, no, no wonder you can only guard the door in front of the house. You still need to learn more, see more, and think more."
The guard was left standing alone in front of the palace gate, thinking for a long time, but could not figure out the reason.
In fact, Du Yan is just pretending to be sophisticated. His idea is very simple. This is the Xu Mansion. No matter how much the young master does not fight for it, the status of the young lady will never be as good as that of the young master. No matter whether the girl is the young master’s ex-wife or not, Knowledge, it is always right to settle it down first.
Don't seek no merit, but seek no fault. This is Du Yan's truest consideration.
Quexue sat alone in the clean and spacious guest room, stroking the wooden couch at hand, looking at the exquisite and fine wood grains on it, and murmured: "This world is so real, every plant, every tree, every flower, every piece of cooking..." Cake, a steamed bun, so many people, so many complex emotions, everything is so real, why is it false?”