Chapter 6 He only scolds you among the 3,000 guards
"You mean, that new guard, Yun Chen, used the excuse of catching a cat to call everyone in the mansion to watch the young master take a bath?"
"It's absolutely true. Aunt Zhang saw it with her own eyes. The young master is so fair and has such a great figure. Wow..."
"That's impossible! The young master is so precious that he usually doesn't allow anyone to get close to him except Runhe, his personal servant, let alone being seen naked!"
"What's impossible? Yun Chen even had a nosebleed!"
"My God, when has the young master ever been offended like this? Wouldn't he be furious and kill people?"
"Not really. After all, he's Yun Chen. It's not the first time he's offended me."
“…”
As expected, in the next few days, no matter where Yun Chen went, he could hear her name and Huo Gannian's name together.
All kinds of embarrassing rumors were quietly circulating in the mansion. The guards looked at Yun Chen with eyes that were not only "admiration", but also as if they were looking at a fool.
They couldn't understand how someone could cause such a big mess.
Ye Yan sighed helplessly. In order to let Yun Chen stay away from the crowd and enjoy the last peaceful time of her life, he assigned her to guard the most remote and quiet back door in the mansion, so that she didn't have to go out to catch the "cat-carrying assassin" for the time being.
So, Yun Chen could only hold the black cat all day long, sitting on the willow tree at the back door and sighing.
"Oh, how can I say 'Your clothes are so beautiful' to someone taking a bath?"
She slapped her head, turned around and saw the black cat sleeping soundly in the cage. She grabbed it and said fiercely:
"The young master said, if we can't catch the assassin, we can catch a cat! I'll take your skin, but I don't need the assassin's skin!"
That day in the bathroom, before Yun Chen left with a flushed face, Huo Gannian glanced at the cat in her hand and said a few words at last.
But when he saw the cat's wet eyes as it curled up into a ball, and thought of Miaomiao, who loved cats, Yun Chen couldn't bear it. He could only say that it was a stray cat that came to the house to cause trouble.
In her opinion, human skin is skin, cat skin is also skin, so which one is nobler than the other.
"well......"
Yun Chen sat there with his head propped up, looking depressed.
Suddenly, a breeze blew, bringing a sweet scent of powder into her nose.
At the same time, there was a stealthy sound of footsteps approaching.
Yun Chen glanced at the sky. It was already midnight and completely dark. Who would come to the back door at this time?
She jumped down from the willow tree and met the graceful figure of a young girl coming towards her on the moon.
Seeing Yun Chen, the girl was stunned:
"Isn't this place always unguarded? When did you come?"
Yun Chen didn't know who this girl was. Judging from her clothes, she looked like a high-ranking maid in the mansion. However, her temperament was very arrogant and noble. So he said:
"My name is Yun Chen. I came here to take up duty three days ago."
"New here?" The girl was secretly delighted. "Then quickly open the door! I need to go out and buy some rouge for the second young lady!"
The Huo family has strict household management. Anyone entering or leaving the Huo family must have a warrant or badge signed and approved by Huo Gannian himself.
The girl obviously couldn't produce it.
Yun Chen said, "I can't believe that in such a huge Huo Mansion, the Second Miss would wait until she runs out of rouge before buying more."
The girl frowned, "What do you care? The second young lady likes to use fresh ones!"
“How fresh?”
"Freshly made with fresh flower juice!"
"What color?"
"Pomegranate."
“How much should I apply at a time?”
"Uh... a little bit!"
“How many boxes do you use per month?”
“That…several boxes!”
Having said this, Yun Chen understood everything and bowed respectfully, saying:
"Second Miss, please stop pretending. The maids must be very clear about how much the master uses. You can't pretend."
The girl was speechless.
She had originally thought that Yun Chen had just arrived and had never seen her before, so she could sneak out of the house, but she was tricked into revealing that she was Huo Gannian's sister, Huo Luyu, and she blushed with embarrassment.
Huo Luyu simply stopped talking nonsense and lifted the door bolt himself.
Normally, as long as she used this trick, even the most unkind guards would not dare to stop her for fear of suspicion.
Unexpectedly, Yun Chen crossed his hands in front of his chest, stood with his legs apart like an iron tower, blocking the door tightly.
The girl couldn't stop in time and almost bumped into Yun Chen's arms.
The top of her hair brushed against Yun Chen's chin, and the magnolia hairpin on her head swayed, causing Yun Chen to subconsciously tilt his head back slightly and squint his eyes.
But in the eyes of the girl, she felt that this new pretty guard was neither humble nor arrogant, and had quite a personality!
"Tsk!" Huo Luyu failed in his attempt to sneak away, pouted unhappily, and complained quietly: "Hateful, ruining my plan!"
Good news? Yun Chen asked without even thinking:
"Second Miss is going to meet her lover?"
"What nonsense!" Huo Luyu's cheeks flushed slightly, not knowing whether it was out of annoyance or embarrassment. "Who told you that a young lady from a wealthy family who leaves the house in the middle of the night must be going to meet her lover?"
"Then why are you going?"
"Let's go listen to a storyteller! Today's story is about the female general of the previous dynasty who saved a young soldier from a startled horse. I really want to hear it!"
Yun Chen was speechless, but her expression made it clear: No matter what you do, don't even think about it without the token.
Huo Luyu squatted on the ground and drew circles in frustration. Then he looked up and noticed the black cat on the willow tree. He became happy again, "What a cute cat! Let me see it!"
Yun Chen brought the cat cage. Huo Luyu couldn't help but tease the cat through the cage, praising it with a compliment, "This black cat is really black!"
But the black cat suddenly started to act coquettishly. It hugged Huo Luyu's arm and moved up and down, scaring her so much that she screamed and fell backwards.
Yun Chen quickly supported the man, and the two looked at each other in surprise.
Huo Luyu's little face turned red and warm at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Ahem..." Huo Luyu pretended to clear his throat and left Yun Chen's arms. He touched his burning face and gently kicked the cat cage with his toes, "Bad little cat!"
While kicking, Huo Luyu seemed to have thought of something, stopped, opened his eyes wide and asked:
"Cat? There's never been a cat in the mansion. You just said your name is Yunchen... Could it be that you're just using the excuse of catching a cat and watching my brother take a bath?"
Yun Chen looked helpless.
Huo Luyu chuckled, "So it's you! I've heard there's a supernatural being in the mansion who's been offending my brother time and time again! Don't worry, if my brother wants to kill you, just say it was me, Huo Luyu!"
You? You can't even leave the house, and you're still protecting me?
Yun Chen was thinking about this when he heard a sudden knock on the door behind him.
This voice caused the two to stop talking. Yun Chen signaled Huo Luyu to retreat to a safer position behind her, pulled out the dagger from his boot, and asked cautiously towards the door:
"Who is knocking on the door in the middle of the night?"
The person outside the door paused for a moment, as if he recognized Yun Chen's voice, and replied in a calm voice:
"I."
Yun Chen opened the palm-sized window on the wooden door and looked outside.
Under the bright moonlight, Huo Gannian was sitting alone outside the door in his specially made chair.
Yun Chen felt that there was something wrong.
Not to mention that Huo Gannian was the young master of the Huo Gang who was often assassinated, he shouldn't have gone out alone just because of his disabled legs. She said bluntly:
"Please show us the Huo Mansion's warrant or badge."
Outside the door, Huo Gannian's brows twitched.
Inside the door, Huo Luyu, who recognized Huo Gannian's voice, widened his eyes and looked at Yun Chen in horror, thinking:
You are really something. I will let it go, but you dare not open the door for him?
After a moment of silence, Huo Gannian's voice became more impatient:
"Open your dog eyes and see who I am!"
"Please show your warrant or badge." Yun Chen did not give in at all.
She had only met Huo Gannian twice, and one of those times, because he was naked, she didn't dare to look at him closely. She wasn't very familiar with him, so how could she know if he was an enemy of the Huo Gang in disguise.
There was silence for a long time.
Through the heavy iron birch wooden door, Huo Luyu seemed to feel Huo Gannian's cold murderous intent.
At this moment, a black shadow flew into the ear window with a "swoosh". Yun Chen raised his hand to catch it. It was the Shan Yin Yue waist badge that only the young master of the Huo family had.
Yun Chen saw Huo Gan reading the badge for the first time, and he didn't know if it was real or not, so he showed it to Huo Luyu:
"Could you please confirm, Miss Second, whether this is indeed the Young Master's badge?"
Huo Luyu's mouth twitched: "Yes..."
Yun Chen didn't know what was wrong with these two siblings. Why did they both like to use the back door in the middle of the night?
She quickly unlocked the door, met Huo Gannian's cold eyes, and saluted:
"Welcome back home, young master."
Huo Gannian stared at the top of Yun Chen's head as he bowed for a long time, then he turned the wheelchair under him with a creaking sound and walked into the door.
Yun Chen closed the door again and bolted it, then presented the badge to Huo Gannian.
Huo Gannian didn't move, so Yun Chen could only walk over, kneel on one knee in front of him, and tie the badge back around his waist with his own hands.
When he looked up, he saw the breeze swaying the green willows, and the moonlight cast a slender shadow on his thin face.
He had a pair of slightly upturned phoenix eyes, and his long eyelashes were like two furry little fans, neutralizing the sharpness of the eyes, but his straight nose bridge swept away the gentleness, like a mountain rising from the ground, filling his face with strength and dominance, making it look cold and stern.
What makes people feel most oppressive is the aura emanating from those phoenix eyes.
He possesses the arrogance and sharpness of a superior even greater than Huo Luyu, and also has the indifference and coldness that only comes from someone who has witnessed the slaughter of blades.
Perhaps because he had not walked in the sun for many years, his face was pale and revealed a sickly cold and depressed feeling. He looked handsome and strange.
Only the "longevity star" on the forehead is quite abrupt.
It seems that Ye Yunchen stepped on you quite hard.
At this moment, seeing the corners of his mouth drooping slightly, Yun Chen knew that he was very unhappy, so he stood up and stepped back, bowing consciously and saying:
"Please forgive me, young master. I am new here and I am not familiar with you."
Huo Gannian ignored Yun Chen and turned to look at Huo Luyu beside him. Before he could speak, Huo Luyu quickly said with a flattering smile:
"Brother, don't blame him. He's just eager to protect his master and fulfill his duties. I just ate too much dinner and wandered around for a walk..."
Huo Gannian took over the conversation: "So you put on your maid Xiaoyue'er's clothes and walked to the side door you often sneak out of the mansion? There are so many enemies waiting outside, waiting for an opportunity to attack, and you rush out to die?"
Didn’t you go out alone too... Huo Luyu didn’t dare to say this, so he could only shut his mouth and hide behind Yun Chen guiltily.
Huo Gannian's gaze followed Huo Luyu and fell on Yun Chen in front of him.
His eyes were cold, he turned his wheelchair and slowly left, saying:
"Tomorrow you go to the Guards, and I'll let you get familiar with them!"
This sentence was obviously said to Yun Chen. She clasped her fists and accepted the order, echoing: "Yes."
Huo Gannian added: "If you don't understand, I'll dig out your dog brain and feed it to the fish!"
"Yes, young master."
Yun Chen's response was so frank and casual that Huo Gannian paused.
At last, Yun Chen added: "Young Master, take care!"
Walk slowly...
Walk……
Looking at Huo Gannian's stiff back, Huo Luyu didn't even dare to breathe.
It wasn't until Huo Gannian walked away that she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yun Chen with great admiration:
"You're the first one who dared to rub salt into my brother's wounds and stab him eight hundred times. Although my brother has a bad temper, he is very kind to the guards who have been with him through thick and thin. He rarely scolds them. He has three thousand guards, and it seems that he only scolded you..."
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