Chapter 7 Chapter 6 The Baron's Mansion

After all, Ai Xian's efforts could not stop the media's enthusiasm for gossip about upper-class families, and Tissy's death aroused great attention from the society.Starting with a small number of third-rate magazines, Tissy's entanglement with the Mordiet family was written like a sensational novel, but the novel was surprisingly popular with the public.Soon, the second-tier magazines that were originally settled by the public relations team of the Modiet family also began to report slightly.However, in view of the pressure from the Marquis of Mordiet, it was not rendered by the mainstream media in the end.Although it once became a gossip that people talked about, fortunately, it was not widely spread.

But in the circles of high society, this incident became a bigger scandal for the Marquis family.Although the official explanation from the Marquis's family was that Tissy died of natural causes, the tabloid reporters discovered that Tissy had never been sent to the emergency room, and she did not die of natural causes. She was also arranged to live in a certain place by the Mordiet family before her death.All these things were connected together, and the Marquis family couldn't argue with anything, and fell into a big public relations crisis. Under such circumstances, Ai Xian naturally protected Ivy very carefully.Unless it's someone he trusts, such as Wen Lei, everyone else can only meet her with his permission.Ai Wei seems to be very cooperative, she just reads at home every day, and occasionally surfs the Internet, so obedient to the point where Ai Xian feels a little strange.

But in fact, Ivy didn't have any special plans.She was just very sure that Tissy's death must have a lot to do with Baron Tia.That mysterious man will definitely come to her. She just needs to wait. Tissy's incident has been raging for about a month, and one day, Ivy finally got the news she wanted from Ai Xian.Baron Tia wants to ask himself out to watch a new musical that was released recently.Considering the relationship with the media, he thoughtfully reserved all the boxes on the slanted side of the second floor, and promised Ai Xian to send Ai Wei back within one hour after the end of the musical.

When this matter came out, Marquis Mordiet said: "Well... Baron Tia, the title is a bit low, but the young man is very good. Go, but remember to bring bodyguards." Ai Xian said: "Winter is my friend for many years, but if you don't come out after 10:30, I will ask the housekeeper to find you. In this way, you will not want to go out in a short time." But no matter what, Ivy finally had a chance to get in touch with Baron Tiya.In order not to bring more unnecessary surprises to the media, she deliberately wore a black wig, put on a silk dress that she would never wear normally, and painted a strong cool-colored makeup.When Winter saw her, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I hardly recognize you."

The musical of that day seemed to be telling the story of a vampire who has eternal life but can only find the one he loves in the long time and meet her briefly.This is a rare and excellent play with a romantic color.But Ivy was absent-minded and didn't look into it at all. She kept thinking about what Baron Tia might talk to her after the musical, how she started talking about Tissy, and how she would show her cards in the end.Two hours passed at a very slow pace in her annoyance. When there was thunderous applause around, Ivy came back to her senses. Baron Tiya asked her how she felt about the play in a very gentlemanly manner.Ivy hesitated for a while, and picked out some of the comments she had read in the magazine earlier.Wen Te still smiled, and briefly said something to her, and sent her to the car that had been waiting outside the Opera House.Until he got back to the door of the house, he didn't say anything about the key topic, but when he sent her in, he said gently and politely: "I've always wanted to go out with you like this, can I ask you out next time?"

Ivy hadn't realized what was going on at that time, so she nodded subconsciously.Baron Tia seemed very happy, took her hand very gently and performed a very ancient hand kiss, and then bid her farewell. As a result, Ivy didn't discuss anything about the topics Ivy had imagined.And the time I got home was ten twenty. Ivy was a little uncertain about what he was thinking, but became even more anxious.Then two weeks later, Baron Tiya came back from Greece to do a business, and once again sent an invitation to Ivy.This time I want to invite her to have dinner with me.This time, there was almost no opposition, and Ai Xian directly sent a car to take them there.The two dined in a tiny restaurant near the Thames.It is said that this restaurant has a history of two hundred years, and Baron Tiya is a regular customer of this restaurant.Over the years, the restaurant became more and more famous, but received fewer and fewer customers, and it was also very popular in the upper class circle.

Baron Tia opened the door for Ivy, and then said with a smile: "This place is very nice, I have always wanted to come here with you once." During the meal, Ivy wanted to bring up Tissy's affairs several times, but Baron Tia just diverted the topic to very irrelevant places time and time again.The two ate for about two hours, and he sent her back very punctually again.In the final farewell, it was still a very traditional hand kiss, and then he said: "Please allow me to invite you out next time." So, the next time, a week later, Baron Tia invited Ivy to his mansion to see a new batch of oil paintings he had collected.Baron Tia's residence is in the suburbs of London. Ai Xian was a little worried at first, but Marquis Mordiet was very happy.In addition to his personal appreciation for Baron Tiya and his family, he also felt that in the past few years, Baron Tiya has rarely made Ivy willing to approach and communicate actively.Plus the previous two times, he was very polite and didn't do anything unpleasant.This time, when he proposed the invitation, Marquis Mordiet persuaded Ai Xian with a smile, "Wei Wei is not a child anymore."

So, Ivy was asked out again by Baron Tiya.Ai Xian was very reluctant at first, and specially asked someone to add a car with bodyguards to follow.For the sake of caution, he also connected to the housekeeper's inside line, "Let's find someone to check Baron Chattiya's life experience a little bit, just a little bit." It's not that I don't trust my friend's behavior, it's just that Ivy has always been not interested in going out and dating people, but this time she is more active, and I always feel that she seems to be planning something.Ai Xian rubbed his temples, or maybe he just thought too much.After all, Ivy isn't a kid anymore, is she?He took a sip of the black tea served by the servant, and looked down through the thin curtain in front of the window. Went Tia was already fully dressed, standing quietly in front of the main house, watching Ivy walking quickly with a smile to himself.

Ivy walked out of the room, and the afternoon sun was lazily falling on Baron Tia who was standing by the car waiting.He was always smiling, his deep walnut-colored eyes shone with reserved and polite light. When he saw Ivy, he bowed slightly and made a "please" gesture to his car. Light brown hair, fair skin, and a slender and tall figure. Seeing Ivy approaching, Wen Te smiled and said, her beautiful eyes shone faintly under the long eyelashes, "In my house on the outskirts of the city, There are artworks from all over the world, and Miss Ivy will not be disappointed today."

Ivy glanced at Winter, then stretched her handsome eyebrows, and smiled happily, her water-blue eyes bent into a crescent shape, "Of course, I'm looking forward to it." Winter nodded slightly, and asked Ivy to sit in the car sideways, and then sat down beside her.After the car started, he withdrew his usual polite smile, and didn't talk to Ivy, but just looked into the distance quietly, his dark walnut-colored eyes looked at the distant street indifferently, as if he was thinking quietly what. The two sat silently like this, with each other's thoughts in their hearts, and walked towards Baron Tiya's residence like this.

It took about forty minutes to drive from the city to the manor where Baron Tiya lived.Although not as large as the manor of Marquis Mordiet's family, Baron Tiya's residence is still neat and full of vitality.The long driveway winds up the mountain, and before reaching the main body of the residence, the eyes are filled with clean and lush greenery.Tens of meters away from the main body of the castle is the majestic black iron gate, surrounded by walls that are too high to pass. Stop in front of the main building.The housekeeper and the maid had already greeted her outside, and the housekeeper opened the car door. Ivy jumped out of the car without waiting for others to reach out to help her, and took a deep breath of the long-lost fresh suburban air. The butler bowed slightly to Baron Tiya, glanced at the black car that had been silently following them, and said politely to Ivy: "The main house of Baron Tiya is well protected, and I will invite everyone from the Marquis family to Go to the other building to rest." Ivy nodded hastily.The butler immediately made a "come in" gesture.Baron Tia turned sideways and motioned for Ivy to go first, so she followed the butler's footsteps into Winter's main house. At first glance, there is nothing special about the layout of Winter House.The ground of the guest hall is square fine bricks, carved handrails, gorgeous brocade walls, doors decorated with carved curves, classic brass door handles, etc.But if you look carefully, you can find that many furniture and furnishings have been quite old, as if such an ancient past implies the pure and long-lasting noble blood of the owner.Walking a few steps forward, you can see exquisite murals painted on the ceiling dome, and the full name of the first baron engraved on the corresponding ground in the middle. "Winter D. Tia I" Ivy was taken aback.That was clearly Baron Tiya's name.Was he the same name as the first baronet?Raising his head, the light was a little dim, and Wen Te bent his arm, leaving a space in the crook of his arm.Ivy put her hand on it, and at that moment, he took a step and walked forward steadily. Baron Tiya's legs are very long, but his pace is moderate, and he maintains a similar frequency with Ivy in a very tacit understanding, which will not make her feel cramped or uncomfortable. Baron Tiya led Ivy to the top floor of the main house.Different from the two floors below, there is a dark and narrow corridor in front of you.The light fell on the other wall through the slender windows. Every step Ivy and Winter took, it seemed that they were passing through the interlacing of light and shadow, and traveling in different time and space.On Baron Tiya's hand, the deep ruby ​​ring reflected a subtle light, and his gentle voice passed by Ivy's ear, "It's dark here, be careful where you step." Ivy walked slowly forward with him. On the right side of the wall were portraits of people, which should be the paintings of Baron Tia in the past.Unexpectedly, except for the different clothes and attires, the appearance of each baron is exactly the same as that of Winter, with little difference.In the interval between the portraits, there are doors with different styles. Ivy looked at them curiously, and couldn't help but slow down her pace. "Behind those doors are different storage rooms." Baron Tiya's voice sounded.He was still smiling quietly, his perfect profile looked like a white marble sculpture under the slightly dim light.He reached out and pointed to each door they passed. "This one mainly stores Chinese porcelain and jade." "It contains medieval knight armor collected by my father." "Here are some original parts of important documents, such as the Dead Sea Documents." "Here is what the kings used, including the coronation crowns of three kings." "The cultural relics and relics of ancient Egypt are mainly placed here." Winter stopped the introduction, and Ivy's attention fell on the words "ancient Egypt" he just said.There is no obvious difference between that door and other wooden doors in Winter's house, except that there is a strange coat of arms hanging on the door.Eagles and snakes guard a heroic eye, and the wonderful combination of gold and blue highlights a unique feeling. It is the emblem of the Eye of Horus. She was still observing the door, Baron Tia had already pulled her to the door, gently turned the handle, as if understanding everything Ivy was going to say, said with a smile: "As far as private collections are concerned, this one from Egypt The part I'm most proud of, come in." Before Ivy could react, she had been led into the strange room by Winter. The room was slightly cooler than outside, and a warm orange light filled the windowless interior.Entering this room is like entering another world. All you see are ancient cultural relics and ornaments.They are placed in a constant temperature wooden storage, and every detail can be clearly seen through the clean glass.Those items that were clearly engraved in her memory are now many times old. She watched intently, and Wen Te slowly began to introduce: "The left hand outside is used by the emperor's family, the right hand is the daily necessities of ordinary people, and the inside is some unsold mummies." He led Ivy to the left, pointed to the gorgeous decorations in the cabinet and said slowly: "This is the pectoral worn by Cleopatra, and the one over there is another golden mask of Tutankhamun , next to it is the scepter of Seti I, look at this necklace made of blue gemstones, this is a special ornament worn by the priests of the Karnak Temple during the Opat Festival, and there is ..." "It's really hard to carry the flower boat for the Opate Festival all the way to the Temple of Karnak." Ivy looked at the gemstone necklace intently, and said softly. Baron Tiya replied disapprovingly: "Fortunately, the Sphinx Road connecting the Temple of Amun in Thebes and the Temple of Karnak can be used for sacrifices. The distance is not bad." Ivy gave a "hmm", and then casually looked at a group of sacrificial objects in a separate glass cabinet next door, scarabs, offal containers... She suddenly asked casually: "However, go through the palace?" It’s more difficult, the road is very sunny.” "Fortunately, it's only a 30-minute journey." As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Te suddenly closed his mouth.He turned his head back nervously, and looked at her with deep eyes, a little cautious and tentative in the tranquil color, and his gaze never let go of any slight changes in her expression.And Ivy just looked back calmly, her fair face was not stained with any expression.Winter breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to the inner room of the room, "Inside?" Ivy didn't answer, but just stretched out his hand. He held her hand very naturally and led her into the room.Suddenly, Ivy seemed to be talking to herself, "I know someone who is very similar to you." Baron Tia's footsteps stopped for a moment, and then moved forward again. Ivy continued: "His steps are always at the same frequency as mine, and his answers are always before my questions. If I reach out, he will catch it, if I fall, he will hold me. The corners of her mouth were raised slightly, but a hint of sadness was smeared on her smiling face, "If he is by my side, he will try his best to take care of everything, protect me, and not make things difficult for me. Grant my wish." Mysterious Dong, shy Dong, polite Dong.Defend yourself from rude Egyptian soldiers in front of the Temple of Karnak, stand up for your safety in Nubia at all costs, and listen to your secrets before the final battle.She still remembered that under the moonlight, with a close and distant smile, the boy carefully used his white and skinny fingers to slowly open her hand, which was deeply embedded in the skirt, one finger at a time, and put it on the own palm.Afraid of her pain, afraid of her getting hurt, afraid of her being sad... At that time, only he recognized that he was not Princess Ivy, only he saw her truth. Winter stopped in front of the door of the inner room, and looked at Ivy quietly with his deep eyes. His expression was very vague. Ivy couldn't read what he was thinking, but could only feel a strong negative emotion , filling the room.She was a little nervous, and she couldn't help but clenched the hem of her clothes.Is this person in front of him Dong? She has to know. So, she looked directly at him, "Dong, don't you have anything to say to me?"