12. Acceptance
"Oh my God, you made it!"
Watching Xia Gui's raccoon force, who was drunk and fainted after being drugged, dragged into the original cage little by little, Cao Ming let out a heartfelt sigh.
This incredible three-star task was completed by Xia Gui in this way.
Although Cao Ming has been locking himself in an iron cage, he can see every movement of Xia Gui clearly.
Facing the raccoon force that looked manic and angry after taking the Urging Pill, Xia Gui seemed unusually calm and composed. He opened the cage door and introduced the raccoon force into the cage door where the rein was, then took his right foot as the center of the circle, rotated smoothly with his left foot, and rotated his body with the iron door in a circle, and closed the cage door with a "bang". The whole action is very skillful, reflexively, raising hands, all in one go.
"The steps you took to open the cage were really thrilling, and you practiced it many times, right?" Cao Ming asked.
Xia Gui locked the iron cage door with a "clang", and in this way, Lili and Liyin returned to their respective cages and fell asleep. Xia Gui smiled, turned around and replied, "It's not much, it's just a few rehearsals in my head." ”
Cao Ming "grunted" and swallowed a mouthful of air, "You are so good." ”
Xia Gui smiled and shook his head, "I don't have any skills, this is all old books, I have learned some three-legged cat kung fu before." ”
"Oh, that's much better than us...... Cao Ming said.
Xia Gui leaned over, lowered his voice and asked, "By the way, what do we do in the mountain villa to raise these fierce beasts? ”
Cao Ming's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he also lowered his voice and said, "Don't tell others." I heard that this mission was not directly assigned by Lord Jiang, but came from the secret base in the north. Most of these unbelievable and difficult three-star missions come from the secret base in the north. As a last resort, Lord Jiang was unwilling to take on these tasks. ”
Hearing the news of the secret base in the north again, Xia Gui couldn't help but come to his senses, "The secret base in the north, what is this for?"
Cao Ming scratched his head, "I don't know either." I only know that there seems to be a series of mysterious studies going on there, and it is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones. ”
Cao Ming is a very gossipy person, and he usually likes to drink old slaves and chat when he is resting, so he is relatively well-informed. But Xia Gui didn't have time to chat with the slaves, he had very important things to complete, so Xia Gui generally asked Cao Ming directly if he wanted to know something.
But no matter how well-informed Cao Ming is, that's all there is to it.
"Remember, don't say what I told you. I don't know anything. Cao Ming emphasized again.
......
In the afternoon, Xia Gui replied to the nineth.
Nine immediately led a slave to the scene to check the state of Tanuki and Liyin, and drew a little blood from Tanuki.
After the blood was drawn, Nine led the slave back. Leave Xia Gui to wait where he is.
After a while, No. 9 ran over excitedly, patted Xia Gui's shoulder, and said happily: "Good boy, the task is complete, good job!"
Xia Gui bowed down expressionlessly and replied, "That's all thanks to your honorable lord." Without your help, Xiao would not have been able to accomplish this task. ”
"Hmm!" Nine nodded with some satisfaction, in his opinion, the slave who would give credit to his superiors was a slave who knew each other, and his attitude towards Xia Gui had also changed, "Remember what you said, I like slaves who know how to be grateful." ”
Xia Gui nodded and said vaguely: "The little ones won't forget." ”
"Well, that's good. Tomorrow morning there will be a month-end summary meeting, and Lord Jiang will reward you in public. You clean up after yourself, I don't want my people to be disgraced when they are commended. Nine said.
"Yes, noble lord. Xia Gui nodded.
Early the next morning.
As is customary, Mr. Jiang will personally attend the month-end summary meeting. The slaves of the Hundred Beast Garden all stood in front of the park in formation, waiting for Lord Jiang to appear.
Finally, Xia Gui saw the appearance of the steward of the Hundred Beast Garden, Lord Jiang, for the first time.
This is a middle-aged man with bronzed skin and good facial features. Xia Shang glanced at him secretly, this adult has a calm temperament, extraordinary instruments, and an unyielding nobility and righteousness. His temperament contrasted sharply with the slightly lewd Nine standing next to him.
Master Jiang smiled, and as soon as he came up, he said loudly, "Who is No. 63?"
His voice is loud and his words are clear. With such a shout, everyone in the audience looked at Xia Gui.
Xia Gui was stunned, and then stood up carefully.
Lord Jiang pulled Xia Gui to his side, patted him on the shoulder, and then asked him to face everyone, and then Lord Jiang said: "This month, our park accepted and completed the only three-star task, adding a lot of star points to our park. When I learned that this three-star mission was completed by a young man who had just been in the villa for more than 20 days, I couldn't help but be a little curious. Sixty-three, tell us how you completed your mission?"
Xia Gui's heart was a little more stable, it turned out that he wanted to publicly commend himself.
He pretended to be a little frightened, bowed slightly, and then modestly explained how he consulted the information, how he refined the pill, and how he fed the beast.
Master Jiang listened without saying a word the whole time, and he couldn't even tell what the expression was on his face. After Xia Gui finished speaking, he finally nodded appreciatively and said lightly, "Very good." ”
Xia Gui smiled politely at him, waiting for his praise. Who knows, Lord Jiang's sharp eyes turned around, looked directly at Xia Gui, and asked an irrelevant question, "I heard that you had a conflict with No. 9?"
Xia Gui was originally waiting for Lord Jiang's praise, but this guy suddenly asked such a question, which made him secretly frightened.
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Xia Gui's mind, did No. 9 deliberately sue himself and wanted to take the opportunity to frame himself?
For a moment he didn't know how to answer, he just stood bent down, not daring to speak.
"Yes or no?" asked Sensei Jiang aggressively.
A drop of cold sweat fell on Xia Gui's forehead, "My lord, the group leader once taught the little ones how to follow the rules of the villa. ”
Although these words were not explicitly admitted, they were also recognized.
There was a deathly silence on the field, and then some of the slaves began to whisper to each other:
"It turned out to be him, no wonder he had the audacity to call the team leader. ”
"Sure enough, there were two brushes. ”
Xia Gui really didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lord Jiang's gourd, so he secretly raised his eyelids and glanced at Lord Jiang, but saw that the other party was also looking at him with a smile.
Lord Jiang is actually laughing?
This made Xia Gui feel very strange.
"Hahaha, very good!" Master Jiang finally laughed loudly, "I used to be a reckless man, but now that I think about it carefully, the person who can complete this three-star task turns out to be a slave with brains and courage! Only such a person has the courage to challenge our number nine." ”
After such ups and downs of criticism and praise, Xia Gui's brain was a little sluggish. Could it be that Master Jiang is too thoughtful, what kind of routine is he playing first......
No. 9 also smiled awkwardly: "My lord, what happened before was a misunderstanding......
Master Jiang laughed for a moment, and then said aloud: "I've never asked about the process, I only look at the results. Judging from the task completed by Number 63, he is a hard-working, intelligent child. Heaven will always favor hard-working children, and so is Jiuhou Villa, and I am proud of No. 63. ”
The slaves present listened very carefully to Lord Jiang's words, and at the same time cast a reverent gaze at Xia Gui. After all, it is really rare for a slave to be able to complete a three-star task in three days and be praised by Lord Jiang.
Obviously, Lord Jiang deliberately praised Xia Gui with great incendiary power. Only in this way can we establish an incentive system with clear rewards and punishments, and can we stimulate the servility in the hearts of slaves.
"Number sixty-three, the Hundred Beasts Garden has prepared three rewards for you, and you have the right to choose one of them in the way you like. Come on, Nine tells him what his options are. Shogun said with a somewhat loving smile.
"Yes, sir. Nine bowed.
Next, he issued three rewards, "There are three kinds of rewards here, you can choose one." 1. 30 days of unlimited full meals, 20 or 30 days of comfortable duck down bed, 3 or 30 taels of silver. ”
Most of these slaves were unclothed and hungry for a long time, and they could only sleep on damp straw piles full of reptiles at night, so as soon as these rewards were issued, they all made an uproar and looked at Xia Gui with envy on their faces.
"Thirty days of unlimited full meals? Isn't that how many steamed buns you want, and as many pickles as you want?" asked a slave in a whisper.
"yes! It's so blissful. There was a whisper from a slave.
"Thirty taels of silver is not bad, if there is a day of freedom, thirty taels of silver may be able to marry a daughter-in-law. Another slave commented.
Another slave said disdainfully, "You still want to be free? ”
"That's right, in my opinion, money is something outside the body, and this is the most unreal. The first slave chimed in.
I heard that the slaves had exploded, but Xia Gui stood straight in place, with no joy on his face at all, and his eyes were empty and he didn't know what he was thinking. These rewards may be practical for ordinary slaves, but they are completely unattractive to Xia Gui.
No. 9 noticed Xia Gui's strange appearance, and couldn't help frowning, "What, you're not satisfied?"
Of course, Xia Gui didn't dare to say that he didn't like it, he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Hui, these rewards are very generous, so I don't know how to choose, and I'm still a little confused......
Master Jiang seemed to be interested, "What's so confusing?"
Xia Gui hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head, pretending to be very pious, and said, "Lord Jiang, you also know that I have only been here for less than a month, and I have just become familiar with this place. In addition to learning about the lodge and its rules and regulations, as well as the habits of beasts, I also have some additional abilities that need to be improved. So, can I exchange a reward for something other than these three options?"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar.
Master Jiang also glanced up at Xia Gui with interest, the first time he saw the slave asking for a change of reward.