Volume 2 Chapter 19 The Orphans of the Cao Family
Dragging his injured body, Xing Shengbin slowly returned towards the five-room inn.
Last night's events had already spread, and although it was the first day of the new year, the streets were exceptionally deserted.
Just when Xing Shengbin passed by Yongshengfang, where the two bowls of water were located, the intermittent sound attracted Xing Shengbin's attention.
Following the sound, in a corner of the wall, a little girl was covered with ashes, her little face was red from the cold, and the tears in her eyes had frosted on her eyebrows and corners of her eyes because they had not been wiped away in time.
Even so, the little girl's eyes were still stunned looking at the house with faint green smoke.
Looking at the little girl's gaze, Xing Shengbin suddenly thought of the scene he saw before he died, the despair in his son's eyes, and his son watched him die.
Xing Shengbin couldn't understand this feeling, because at that moment, Xing Shengbin only felt extremely relieved, because of his death, in exchange for the second half of his son's life, he felt that it was worth it.
Xing Shengbin, who was feeling pity, walked to the little girl's side and said:
"It's cold, how about going home with my brother. ”
The little girl is only seven or eight years old, and experiencing such a thing is very harmful to the little girl's soul.
Looking at Xing Shengbin, who showed a smiling face and a kind expression, the little girl stretched out her hand and put it on Xing Shengbin's outstretched right hand.
The two of them, one tall and one short, walked towards the five-room inn like this, the heavy snow in the sky seemed to be whispering the sadness in the little girl's heart, and the little girl's figure turned around from time to time, still crying silently for last night.
Looking at the empty street, Xing Shengbin said quietly:
"I experienced it myself last night, I know your life experience, but your life experience will only bring you death. ”
"From today on, you are no longer the Cao family, you are my sister of Xing Shengbin~ Xing Shengting, I will tell you about the things at home in the next few days, and you will follow me for the time being, if you want to take revenge, you have to know who the enemy is, what do you say!"
The little girl blushed shyly, pouted, and tried not to let herself cry, and covered her mouth with her empty right hand, and after a long time, she replied:
"Listening to my brother's arrangement, I am Xing Shengting. ”
Took the little girl back to Wufangzhai, today is the first day of the new year, everyone in the yard, they are wearing thick cotton clothes and cotton pants, and they visit each other to greet each other.
Although the people in the inn are all from all over the world, being able to get together is a family, and they have been together for so long.
Seeing that Xing Shengbin brought back a little girl, Yang Hongda hurriedly shouted:
"Hey Xiaobin, you're buying another girl, this one is too small, you won't like this tune!"
Xing Shengbin said with a smile:
"you, this is my sister, play with my eldest brother, I'll take it. ”
Qian Daozi, who was holding peanuts in his hand, said suspiciously:
"Your own sister, why don't you look like you at all! It can't be your father's illegitimate daughter!"
In the ridicule of everyone, Xing Shengbin took the little girl back to the room in Cuizhuyuan. Liu Rushi was sitting in front of the stove, half-lying on a chair and dozing off.
Xing Shengbin knocked on the stove that was about to go out, and this action woke up the sleeping Liu Rushi.
Liu Rushi opened her eyes and said in a daze;
"You're back, last night ~ this was ~"
Looking at the little girl in front of Xing Shengbin, Liu Rushi asked suspiciously.
Xing Shengbin said with a smile:
"A hard-working person, from today onwards he is my sister, Xing Shengting, he has lived with us during this time, um~ Maybe I should consider adding a bed to the room. ”
Liu Rushi looked at the little girl suspiciously, then looked at Xing Shengbin, and said:
"Can't you just change to a bigger house, it's not like you don't have money. ”
Saying this, Liu Rushi pulled the little girl in front of her and reached out to wipe the tears on the little girl's cheeks.
Xing Shengbin said helplessly:
"I also want to, but I can't, I have so many enemies, here, you can still have a care, out of here, there are not so many free bodyguards. ”
Liu Rushi said disdainfully:
"At the end of the day, it's about saving money. ”
The arrival of the little girl made Xing Shengbin have a lot of things to do, and a bed was added to the room, and the originally small room looked even more crowded.
However, such a crowded environment made Xing Shengbin feel more warm.
Before coming to this world, Xing Shengbin's home when he was a child was such an environment, although it was small, it was not lacking in everything.
The little girl had also read books and studied soldiers, but she did not open the first soldier's cave, which made Xing Shengbin a lot less troublesome.
In the Great Heng Kingdom, there is basically no one in this world who can escape the census of the Great Heng Kingdom, and it is much simpler to be an ordinary ordinary person.
Holding the five-grade Dali Temple, it is too simple to forge a resume of the real population. After Xing Shengbin spent five taels of silver, he successfully got various certificates from the little girl, and Xing Shengbin sent it back to Fancheng directly.
As for the rest of the things, his father should be able to solve it, after all, this kind of trivial matter, there is no need to report it to the county master, just need to find the master and stuff the information into the file, that is, the father who works in the county government should be able to handle this matter easily.
Sitting by the fire, Xing Shengbin looked at Liu Rushi, who was sleeping with Xing Shengting, and slowly took off his shirt.
Although there was a stove in the room, it was still very cold, after all, this stove was not a 24-hour heating.
The healing Qiyan in his hand was slowly placed on the injured shoulder, and the cool feeling instantly covered the wound, and slowly Xing Shengbin felt the itchy feeling of wound healing.
In the time of half a pillar of incense, the wound has completely recovered to its original state, but although the injured bones have been restored as a whole, they still need to be recuperated by Zhenyuan for a period of time before they can be completely recovered.
After getting dressed again, Xing Shengbin opened the door, only to see that there was already a circle of people outside the door, and they looked straight into the room one by one.
Xing Shengbin smiled and gathered everyone in the lobby of Wufangzhai, and then said to everyone with a smile:
"Okay guys, I know what you're thinking, but this person isn't my sister, but from today onwards, she is. ”
Eight people gathered on a table, around a hot pot with charcoal, eating shabu one bite at a time, while listening to Xing Shengbin's brief description of the incident.
This matter is really a bit too bizarre, how could the Cao family, a merchant family, be ordered to be exterminated by the army.
In the midst of everyone's chaotic speculation, the day passed like this.
The occurrence of this incident has reduced everyone's favorability towards the court by three points, and there was not much goodwill in the first place, but now it is almost negative.
During the three-day holiday, Xing Shengbin dealt with all the things of Xing Shengting.
returned to the Five Cities Terracotta Division again, and Jiang Shun informed Xing Shengbin of a good news. Because of his excellent performance three days ago, he has been exceptionally promoted to captain, which means that he can lead the team alone and complete the task of patrolling the city.
The promotion of the position of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is actually very simple, but because Xing Shengbin is temporarily suspended here, there is no such thing as promotion.
But in a bloody battle three days ago, if it weren't for Xing Shengbin's spell to trap the enemy, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division would have gained nothing at all, and the commander made a decision to be promoted to the rank of captain.
This Wu Chang is actually the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the smallest official position, plus Xing Shengbin himself, in fact, there are only five people, and it happens to be a day shift duty team.
The night shift is because the number of people on duty in a team is ten, that is, there are two captains, but they are also one master and one secondary.
As far as Xing Shengbin's qualifications are concerned, he must be a deputy military commander.
Although it is said that he has become a Wu commander, he still works under Jiang Shun, and both of them are members of the seventeenth prince, so they can be closer.
This time it's good, not only has a military rank, but also becomes a military commander, with three salaries in his hand, plus a captain's bonus, this day can be regarded as a well-off level, much more powerful than his father.
Gu Xing Shengbin understands that his father's annual salary is only twelve taels, and it is also paid in the name of food expenses.
However, because they are all Fancheng's own people, the county government master book for the New Year's festival will also have a separate team leader and the officials will pay the festival fee, and it would be good to have thirty or forty taels in a year.
And Xing Shengbin's salary has far surpassed his father.
is an official of the eighth grade, with an annual salary of eighty taels.
From the five-grade Dali Temple, although he can only receive half, it is also an annual salary of about eighty-three taels.
The lieutenant who is not included in the product has an annual salary of a little more than three taels.
Wu Chang's annual bonus is not fixed, ranging from three to five taels to dozens of taels.
After careful calculation, Xing Shengbin's annual income is already more than one hundred and sixty-six taels. This year, it's a one-and-a-half-piece nine-grade yuan soldier!
If this had been left a few months ago, Xing Shengbin would never have imagined that a child less than thirteen years old could get an annual salary of more than 160 taels, but not everyone could have such an achievement as Xing Shengbin.