Marry a eunuch to catch demons

The next day, Ye Ge packed herself up early and didn't stay in the small courtyard. Taking advantage of the busy people in the theater garden in the morning, she planned to slip away to wait near the gate.

Unexpectedly, when he just walked past Changxiang Building, he was stopped by someone from behind.

"Pigeon, it's you."

Ye Ge's feet stopped, Wu Youdong's voice was too familiar to him, that's what Wu Youdong called him since he entered the Liyuan at the age of 12, either harshly or gently, but since he lost his voice two years ago, He never heard the other party call him a word.

Ye Ge lowered his head, no matter what, he was still in this Fuyue class, and the coupon [1] was still in Wu Youdong's hands, so he had to act obediently and turned around.

Wu Youdong held two oily walnuts in his hands, looked at Ye Ge with a complicated expression, and said after a moment of murmuring: "The things of the previous two years have passed, so we won't mention them any more."

There was no trace of unnecessary expression on Ye Ge's face, and she still lowered her head.

"Now, I think that the third master is also a long-term lover, and he is willing to support you," Wu Youdong tried to make his tone a little more friendly, and reached out to pat Ye Ge's shoulder as he remembered: "You will People take good care of you."

The word "serve" was poured on Ye Ge like a basin of cold water.

Of course he knew what Wu Youdong meant by serving. With the current relationship between him and Xie Zhen, in the eyes of outsiders, wouldn't that be the relationship between them?

So... did Xie Zhen think so too?

"Team leader Wu is really a man with a lot of work." A long black coat fell straight on Ye Ge's body. Ye Ge suddenly looked up, but it was Xie Zhen who walked behind him, and the hand covering him , still pressed on his shoulder, as if to take him into his arms.

"Third Master, you are here." Wu Youdong immediately changed his face when he saw Xie Zhen coming, but he believed that he did not say anything wrong just now, so he continued to greet with a smile on his face: "Look at what you said, this theater is going up and down. I have to watch everything, can you be busy."

Xie Zhen didn't bother to look at him, but still put his hand on Ye Ge's shoulder, and said in a gentle but forceful voice: "Since that's the case, let's thank someone for his personal affairs, so don't bother Team Leader Wu anymore."

Wu Youdong's face froze all of a sudden, and he nodded after a long time.

Looking at his appearance, Ye Ge didn't feel cold at all, whether it was because of the coat or other reasons.

Xie Zhen put his hand off Ye Ge's shoulder, but held his hand again: "Let's go, the car is still waiting outside."

Ye Ge couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, and nodded heavily.

The two of them walked to the door of Fuyue Ban after a while, and a black car was parked there.

To Ye Ge, this was a novelty.

He has also seen new-style gentlemen and wives come to the theater on it from a distance, but he has never come close to see it carefully, let alone sit on it.

At this moment, the small black box was right in front of his eyes. Of course Ye Ge wanted to study it carefully, but she was afraid that it would be too direct and would embarrass Xie Zhen, so she had to hold down her temper and peeked at it with her head down.

Ye Ge's actions completely fell into Xie Zhen's eyes, but he didn't poke it. He just took Ye Ge's hand and came to the side of the car. Without ordering anyone, he stretched out his hand to open the car door for him:

"The historian is in the west of the city, and it's still some way away from us. Come up quickly."

Ye Ge blinked, suppressed her excitement, and got into the car.At first, he was full of curiosity about everything in the car and kept looking around, but soon, his attention was attracted by the scene outside the car window.

Fuyue Class is located in the east of Cangcheng, which can be regarded as a prosperous old city in the old days.However, with the rise of new industries and Western businesses in recent years, the west of the city, which is across the river from the east, has gradually caught up.

The historian can be regarded as a fashionable family, so although there is still an old house in the east of the city, the family has already moved into the newly built mansion in the west of the city.

Ye Ge has had very few opportunities to go out in the east of the city in recent years, and naturally he has never seen the west of the city.

Ever since the car passed the bridge over the Huaiyang River, he has been lying by the car window, staring almost intently at everything outside.

And Xie Zhen was next to him, picking up new things and telling him one by one.

"That's a bank, that's what we used to call a money bank, but it just followed the trend and used a foreign name."

"That's a school, a place where children study, and now there's no such thing as a private school."

"That's a movie theater, and there are also plays in it. If we're free today, I'll take you in and have a look."

Ye Ge opened a pair of bright eyes, kept nodding her head, sometimes stretched out her fingers, and asked Xie Zhen what it was through the glass window.

Xie Zhen was happy to see Ye Ge touch the outside things, so she naturally answered patiently.

Coincidentally, at this time, the car drove past a newly built factory area, and several tall black chimneys stood in front of it.

He hurriedly turned his head, tugged at the corner of Xie Zhen's clothes, and pointed at the towering black chimney.

"This is a factory for making alkali," Xie Zhen leaned over and looked at the fading factory with Ye Ge, and explained: "It's also a new industry recently, and it's a bit troublesome to say, I'll take you in to play some other day Just know."

Go in and play?Ye Ge tilted his head and looked at him with some puzzlement. Can these factories still go in and play?

This time, before Xie Zhen could speak, the driver who had been driving in front smiled and said with a little pride in his tone: "This young master doesn't know yet, this factory is run by our third master, don't worry about it." Speaking of Cangzhou City, even in the entire Eastern Province, it is also one of the largest factories."

Third Master opened it?Ye Ge's eyes lit up again, and she looked at Xie Zhen in surprise and admiration.

Xie Zhen couldn't stand his gaze the most, and always felt that his heart would be melted by this little pigeon, so he couldn't help reaching out to touch the other's ear temples, nodded and said: "Yes, I opened it, I will definitely take you in to play some other day."

Not long after passing the factory, their car entered the "residential area" in the west of the city. Mansions and Western-style buildings lined up on the street, and men and women in suits and skirts could be seen everywhere, and Ye Ge was quickly attracted to them.

"Here we are, it's here." The car stopped slowly, and the Shi family had already sent someone to wait outside the door when they heard that Mr. Xie was coming.As soon as he saw their car coming, he immediately rushed forward and bent down to open the door for them.

After getting off the car in an unfamiliar place, Ye Ge became a little restrained and followed Xie Zhen closely.And Xie Zhen had already sensed his discomfort, and held his hand tightly all the time. Although he was on the street with people coming and going, he didn't show any shyness at all.

"Third Master, please hurry up." The historian's servants were also numerous, they lowered their heads and did not look at Ye Ge, but respectfully led the two of them to the mansion.

Xie Zhen still looked very kind, and asked about Shi Guangwen's situation while walking: "How is your young master recently? Is he feeling better?"

The servant heard the words, but his face was full of bitterness: "Master, he... is not good, the master has been looking forward to your coming to see it."

While speaking, several people had already walked into the mansion.

Not only does this mansion look western from the outside, but the rooms inside are also decorated in western style.

In the spacious living room, there is a wooden floor, a leather sofa, and a large cabinet clock by the wall.

It happened to be exactly ten o'clock when they came, the pendulum of the big cabinet clock was swinging, making a sound of "dangdangdang", and a golden-winged sparrow popped out from the dark compartment under the dial, and it was all of a sudden. Attract Ye Ge's attention.

"Like this?" Xie Zhen on the side noticed Ye Ge's gaze and asked softly with a slight sideways face.

Ye Ge came back to his senses, shook his head hurriedly, and was about to continue to express something when he heard the sound of a walking stick touching the ground.

He turned around and saw an old man in a long black gown, walking out slowly. He looked like a tough man, but now he was obviously tired.

This should be Master Shi, Ye Ge silently guessed.

When Master Shi saw Xie Zhen coming, he managed to force a smile, but he seemed to have never seen Ye Ge next to Xie Zhen. He just greeted him and said, "Master, you are here, please sit down."

Xie Zhen frowned indistinctly, but didn't say much, just sat down with Ye Ge, and greeted politely: "How is Uncle Shi?"

"It's useless." Master Shi sighed heavily, waved his hands and said, "Ever since you sent Guang'er back, my heart has never been safe for a day."

Xie Zhen didn't interrupt, and let Master Shi finish what he wanted to say. During the period, the servants brought tea, but after he took it, he put it in Ye Ge's hand first, and said: "Be careful and don't burn it!" Come on, warm your hands before drinking."

Ye Ge was already embarrassed, fearing that she would lose face for Xie Zhen if she did something wrong, she held the teacup in both hands and nodded obediently.

Master Shi noticed the actions of the two, and a faint disapproval flashed in his eyes, which happened to meet Xie Zhen's eyes.

Xie Zhen smiled at him as if he didn't care, completely ignoring Master Shi's opinion, and the next time the servant brought a snack, he took a piece and put it in Ye Ge's hand.

In normal times, when Master Shi saw these juniors playing opera, he would have been unable to bear the reprimand, but the Third Master Xie in front of him, although he is also a junior in terms of age, is not something he can train.

In addition, after Xie Zhen sent someone to send Shi Guangwen back that day, he repeatedly questioned his son and related servants, and determined that this third master Xie should have real skills, so even if he couldn't get used to it, he could only Neng held it in his heart, turned to sigh, and talked about his son:

"Guang'er clearly looks like he's rebelling against evil. When he came back from England, he was fine, but after just one night, he became like this..."

"In the past few days, I have invited all the monks and priests in our city of Cangzhou, but it is of no use at all."

"Third Master, you have pity on me. I only had such an only son in my 40s. Please save him!"

Only now did Xie Zhen take out his half stick, sucked it lightly, and said, "Uncle Shi's words really offend this junior."

"However, since this is the case, the junior also has some questions, and I hope Uncle Shi can answer one or two."

When Master Shi heard this, he immediately nodded repeatedly: "You ask, just ask."

Xie Zhen lowered his eyes, exchanged a glance with Ye Ge, and asked, "I don't know, what is the relationship between Master Shi and the Fuyue Troupe Theater?"

When the Fuyue class was mentioned, Ye Ge also paid attention to it. Although he couldn't speak, he listened carefully to the conversation between the two.

When the old man heard the word Fuyueban, his face became a little unnatural, but he still tried his best to say: "Guang'er and Xiyuanzi... what can they do, but they just go to sit and have fun occasionally before studying abroad."

Regarding Master Shi's answer, Xie Zhen didn't say anything, and continued to ask: "Then did he have any close friends in the theater back then?"

As soon as these words came out, Master Shi's complexion became even worse. He hesitated for a long time before saying: "Third Master was joking, Guang'er just likes to listen to operas, and he doesn't have those..."

He still wanted to continue to deny it, but when he saw Xie Zhen's indifferent eyes, he couldn't continue, so he changed his words: "If you want to talk about...holding the horn, there was one...it seems to be called Huixiang of."