Chapter 5 Flattery
Taking care of several women was not even an appetizer for Zhao Surui. Looking at the confession given by the woman Liu, he had a better understanding of Shen Sanfei's current situation.
Ah Chi was Shen Sanfei's maid, so naturally he always turned to his own girl. When he spoke, he was also afraid that Shen Sanfei would be sad, so he had to hide it.
It turns out that Shen Sanfai has an uncle, an uncle and an uncle in his family. The uncle, Shen Xian, has been living in seclusion in the mountains and is a celebrity. The brother-in-law, Shen Xia, is now a teacher at the Hunan Education Department. In Zhao Surui's opinion, these two people can be called He was poor and miserable. Although he had no hope of success, he would not cause any serious trouble. The real trouble was caused by Shen Sanfei's uncle, Qin Tongxi, the Prime Minister of Taipu Temple.
Zhao Su Rui wanted to rub his private seal, but halfway out his hand, he remembered that there were only Shen Sanbai's thin legs underneath, so he simply raised his hand to scratch his head.
Then he tripped over the jade-headed hairpin with a silver pole. He casually wanted to pull the hairpin out and throw it out. Then he remembered that A Chi said that this hairpin was left to her by Shen Sanfei's father.
Zhao Surui took his hand back.
Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with him.
Last year, he personally led the expedition and ordered the Ministry of War to raise 100,000 military horses. However, after waiting for two months, the horse supervisors from various places in the south of the Yangtze River came up with a total of 7,000 military horses.
The Ministry of War said that Nantaipu Temple was not in a good position to raise horses.
Nantaipu Temple said that the Ministry of War had transferred military funds from Taipu Temple and would not repay them.
The two parties were quarreling with each other, which made Zhao Surui upset, so he simply dismissed all the losers from the Ministry of War and retained them, and also dismissed most of the losers from Nantaipu Temple.
This Qin Tongxi is in the "most part".
He was originally going to be questioned, but he returned with a great victory. When he was happy and the cabinet begged for mercy, he let all the trash go home.
Although Taipusi Cheng was only of the sixth rank, Qin Tongxi was also the biggest supporter among Shen Sanfei's blood relatives. With his death, Shen Sanfei, who was already useless in the eyes of the Xie family, gained another troublesome relative.
Looking around, I can see Taoist classics such as "Laozi's Tao Te Ching He Shang Gong An Annotated Edition", "Zhuangzi's Annotations", "Huang Ting Jing" and so on. The scenery outside the window is not even the scenery. The only color is this body. The owner of the house made bottles of paint, and each bottle had a piece of color paper attached to it.
Opening one casually and looking at the green head in the porcelain bottle, Zhao Surui shook his head repeatedly in his heart.
Surrounded by a pack of wolves, this woman named Shen only knew how to draw pictures and read scriptures. It is not surprising that she was forced to mutilate herself.
She has a crippled body, a crippled temperament, and a crippled mind. The name Shen Sanfei is really not an insult to her.
There was a soft sound outside the door, and the maid named Achi walked in lightly with a tray: "Girl, eat something. Tunan has cooked mountain chestnut porridge for you. You can eat some with pancakes and steamed eggs." , let’s drink medicine after eating.”
Zhao Surui took a look at the injuries on his body. The silver hairpin was only pierced by half an inch. It looked scary, but in fact it didn't hurt any muscles or bones. This meant that these women who had never seen the world thought it was a big deal and they had to take medicine.
This mountain chestnut porridge is quite delicious.
Zhao Surui picked up the porridge and took a sip directly, nodding with satisfaction. The only advantage of being the third waste of Shen is that he can eat well. The maid named Tunan's cooking skills are much better than those of the cooks in Guanglu Temple. The castrated three cats The fish cooked by the slave is worth eating, but the craftsmanship on the stove alone cannot compare to Tunan.
"It's a bit vegetarian." He picked up some minced meat on the steamed egg with the tip of his chopsticks. Zhao Surui was not satisfied, "There are pigs and sheep raised in this village, right? Kill two of them early tomorrow morning."
"Kill, two bites? Girl, you can't eat as much meat as a sheep!"
"Why can't you eat it?" Zhao Surui rolled the steamed cake with steamed egg and took a big bite. "There are not more than thirty tenants in the village? There are hundreds of tenants. They... arrested those women for me, so naturally they have to Reward them and let them practice at the same time. Find me clothes that won’t drag them down. I’ll go to the school field for training tomorrow.”
School grounds? Military training?
Achi couldn't help but blink as he watched his girl eating cakes and porridge from a big bowl.
Her girl was hurt this time, and she was really... much more cheerful.
Zhao Surui kept his word. When he said he wanted to train troops, he really meant training. Shen Sanfei had nothing to rely on in the Xie family. He would not despise anything he could catch. There were more than thirty servants, ranging from fifteen to forty-nine. When he was able to fight, as long as he practiced a little, and nothing else, he wouldn't be afraid no matter how many women the Xie family sent over.
Early in the morning, a large iron pot was propped up on the drying ground in the field, and two sheep that had been cleaned were stewing in it over a high fire, which made people feel like grass was growing in their hearts.
Wearing a black narrow-sleeved shirt that Ah Chi and his men rushed out overnight, Zhao Surui sat diagonally on the large rosewood chair that had been brought out.
"The day before yesterday, some women from the Xie family took the opportunity to cause trouble and wanted to harm me. If you hadn't come to rescue me, I would have died in the Buddhist hall. These are rewards for you."
There was a commotion in the crowd.
Many of the servants who were assigned to Zhuangzi didn't even know where the gate of Uncle Ning'an's house opened. How had they seen the lady in the Xie family's deep residence? It was even more unthinkable to ask the lady to share meat for them. Son, crackle, a few clever people knelt down in front of the "Second Young Madam".
"Second Young Madam, you are the master... you can't do it."
In fact, these men still don't know what happened. The night before yesterday, Peifeng suddenly came in with a sword and told them that a woman had caused trouble and injured the second young lady. They followed them out to arrest the woman in confusion, and there were just a few women on the left and right. At most, I was scratched a few times on my belly and top of my head. It was much easier than going up the mountain to catch a wild boar. Who would have thought that the meat could still be eaten.
"What can't be done?" Zhao Surui had a smile on his face. He looked at the faces of these servants one by one, trying to find two smart ones among them, but there was none. In total, there were none around Shen Sanfei. Several maids looked at him with pleasure.
"Not only do you have meat to eat today." He opened and closed his fingers gently, "From tomorrow on, I will let Peifeng train you on this field for two hours every day. Whatever you can accomplish, you will have meat to eat." , if the meat is cooked well, you can also take a piece of meat home for your parents and your wife. There is only one piece. If you eat my meat, you must obey my words. If there are some troublesome women and thieves who break into the door, you must take care of it for me. They cleaned up."
When they heard that they could eat meat every day, the servants' faces turned red and they wished they could kowtow to the Second Young Madam on the spot.
As for catching a mother-in-law and a thief, what is it compared to meat?!
Seeing these servants kneeling down to him sparsely, Zhao Surui felt bored in his heart.
But what does it mean to train a dozen servants? He once captured three enemy princes alive in Mobei with thousands of troops, and that was called a big battle.
Looking to the left and right, Zhao Surui felt that something was missing. Looking to the left and right, he said to Ah Chi, who was standing next to him:
"How about it? Mighty?"
Emperor Zhaode was not used to the lack of flattery from others.
The maid wearing cyan armor had bright eyes and said with a smile: "My girl can always do whatever she wants to do."
Tsk, Shen Sanfei? What can she do? Maybe she is still crying in Chaohua Garden now.
Zhao Surui rolled his eyes in his heart and sat upright.
When he thought that it was his body, Zhao Surui, that was crying, Zhao Surui's mood worsened a lot.
"Girl, you put a lot of effort into training these servants, but in the end they are still members of the Xie family. If the Xie family sends people to harm you..."
Hearing this question, Zhao Surui raised his head and looked at the person who spoke. She was the maid named Tunan next to Shen Sanfai. She had some martial arts skills and more than a dozen cooking skills.
What Zhao Surui didn't expect was that she actually had some brains.
"The Xie family is only a fourth-class family in Yanjing City." Emperor Zhaode said in a disdainful tone.
"Xie Wenyuan has been reduced to letting his son sell himself to the daughter of a third-grade general. How can he have the money to support the guards? As long as they train for ten days and a half, these servants may not be able to fight. Besides, I'm afraid Xie Wenyuan I have never thought of using the palace guards to deal with Shen... your girl. From now on, the Xie family will only send people to serve as housekeepers. As for you saying that they are from the Xie family..."
It was a cool autumn day, and the wind howled from the forest, making the leaves rustle, and the woman's cold voice was scattered in the wind.
"They will understand that if they eat my flesh, they will no longer be part of Xie's family."
With a proud smile, Zhao Surui looked at Tunan with Shen Shiqing's eyes, hoping to see that the maid looked confused or frightened.
But he didn't expect that Tunan just remained silent for a moment and saluted her:
"Thank you girl for your teaching."
What did you teach?
Seeing Tunan's clear eyes as if he had an epiphany, he was quite surprised that the person turned out to be Zhao Surui.
Is it possible that this maid really understands what he is talking about? If so... all the maids around him have brains, how come Shen Sanchi can be so useless?
"By the way, there's one more thing."
Zhao Surui looked at the maid who had been silent all this time. Her name seemed to be Peifeng?
"Is this steward of the village still in jail?"
"Girl, yes, the steward has been locked up in the woodshed for two days."
"Um."
The maids only looked at their girl and nodded, then waved their hands:
"Go and ransack his house and bring back the bank's account books."
The autumn wind suddenly picked up, and the slender woman brushed away a strand of messy hair from her forehead, squinted her bright eyes filled with autumn water, and said lightly:
"I was injured and he still dared to stop me from seeing a doctor. Such a person cannot be kept."
Several maids looked at their "girl" in unison.
Then they saluted together: "Yes, girl."
Less than an hour after returning to the inner courtyard, Peifeng came in with a box in his arms: "The slave girl told me is ready."
Zhao Surui waved his hand: "Give it all to Ah Chi."
Achi looked at the box he was holding in his hand and wondered: "Girl?"
"This is the account book from this village."
Zhao Surui sat with his legs crossed, holding a plate of dumplings stuffed with mutton in his hand. The hot dumplings contained broth. He squinted and enjoyed it for a moment, then said with a smile:
"This will be our own village from now on. You should take good care of our money bags."
Although this Zhuangzi is the property of the Xie family, now that he is here, this Zhuangzi is his.
Zhao Surui ate two more dumplings, and while he was enjoying them proudly, a little maid suddenly came in and reported:
"Second Young Madam, Madam Liu is here."
Before the little maid finished speaking, a woman had already opened the curtain and came in:
"Poor little Ah Qing, who is frail and thin, how can she suffer such a big pain? Let your godmother see if the injury on her body is better?"
Emperor Zhaode, who was holding half a meat dumpling in his mouth, was hugged tightly by a woman with a plate before he saw the person coming clearly.
Chapter completed!