Chapter 21 There is no escape
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Yao Shaohua sat at the table, his eyes gloomy, and his long nails seemed to be embedded in the flesh.
Steward Yao stood with his head down, and he didn't dare to say anything more in his heart.
What did Fan Qiulai say, saying that the reason why Yao's convoy was robbed was because there was too much fanfare, too many goods, and too few people, which was clearly to attract the attention of the gangsters and get into the mouth of the tiger.
That's it, and even secretly pointed out that all this is because the young master took over the Yao family's business, at least when the old master was in charge of the business, everything was smooth, and there was no such thing.
Fan Qiu's contemptuous tone and casual face when he said this, he wanted to punch him twice in retrospect at this moment, let alone be a young master?
It is estimated that the young master wants him to die.
Steward Yao is not alarmist, and the person who is not used to being in charge of the house has not survived the second morning at all.
It's just that this Fan Qiu can't move easily, firstly, Fan Qiu is an official of the Fourth Rank Imperial Court, and his official position is not low and eye-catching, and secondly, there are people behind this Fan Qiu, and the people behind him are where ordinary people can provoke.
Therefore, despite some sarcasm, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
Yao Shaohua thought differently from Steward Yao in his heart, his face was as usual at this time, and he said to Steward Yao in a cold voice, "Go and let Zhang Sheng come over." ”
Steward Yao responded and walked out of the door with a sigh of relief.
This conversation lasted until dusk, when the sky was completely dark, and only the gatekeeper was left in the tea shop.
What they talked about, Su Fu had nowhere to know, but their plans had gradually been revealed.
Early the next morning, Su Fu arrived at the tea shop, and saw three carriages parked outside the tea shop, each of which was filled with boxes.
She moved to the carriage and looked at it a few times, and was about to touch it with her hand, but she heard Zhang Sheng's voice calling her, she turned her head, and Zhang Sheng was in front of the tea shop with his hands behind his back, his face was even more gloomy than before.
She turned around and put on the smiling face that she used to handle him with ease, "Master Zhang, what's the matter?" ”
Zhang Sheng was quiet for a moment, and only said, "Come with me." ”
She was suspicious in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and obediently followed Zhang Sheng into the account room.
Zhang Sheng covered the door, took out a slender object from his arms, and handed it to her, "Take it." ”
She took it and recognized it as a delicate dagger, with a hollowed out sheath and a thumb-belly-sized bead on the handle, all turquoise.
She pulled out the dagger, and the blade was smooth, so thin that she could see the shadow of a person, and she knew that it was sharp at a glance.
After closing it, she looked at Zhang Sheng puzzled, not knowing why, "This is?" ”
"If you carry it with you, it will be useful." Zhang Sheng explained a little, waved his hand and let her out.
Although Su Fu was puzzled, he carefully put the dagger on his body and put it away, and then walked out.
As soon as he got out of the account room, he was stopped by the guy who came in this direction, and said anxiously, "Why are you here, Steward Yao has been looking for you for a long time, go quickly." ”
Su Fu responded, and walked out with the guy, but as she walked, she thought about the dagger that Zhang Sheng had given her, and when she came today, Zhang Sheng, who had not been shocked in the past, was a little gloomy today.
Sullen? Looks like something big is going to happen.
Just as she was thinking, she had followed this fellow to the gate of the tea shop, and saw Steward Yao standing with her on her back at the moment, facing the light outside, and in front of him, the tea shop workers were standing outside in rows.
Steward Yao heard the footsteps, turned his head and saw that it was Su Fu, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but in the end, he endured it, but he still turned impatient, "Go, stand outside." ”
The guy didn't dare to choke, and Su Fu also stood next to the row in front of the guy.
"A few days ago, the convoy was killed in Jianzhou, and the goods were looted, but the old customer came with a letter, if he didn't set off again, he would break the contract with the tea shop and cut off business contacts."
Steward Yao got straight to the point, and for the first time opened his mouth about the murder case in Jianzhou, and the guy dared to chew the root of his tongue underneath, which was quite out of control.
Seeing this, Steward Yao had to cough twice to show his majesty, but who knew that the sound of discussion would overshadow this life, so he had to say something to stop him, "Quiet, quiet." ”
The guys closed their mouths and waited for Steward Yao to continue without saying a word.
Steward Yao cleared his throat and said, "The case has been handed over to Jianzhou for investigation, and the rumors are tight, and the thieves will definitely not commit crimes against the wind, and it is a good time for us to transport goods again." ”
It has only been a few days since the big case of dozens of lives in Jianzhou, and the criminals have not yet been identified, who is willing to go forward and follow.
Steward Yao looked at everyone from top to bottom, and let them make trouble for a while, and then said, "Those people, I have sent a pension on the order of the young master, fifty taels of silver for each family. ”
A family of fifty taels, dozens of families are thousands of taels, the Yao family is a big family in Changle Mansion, no wonder they look at human life so lightly.
Among them, they only get 500 wen for working every month, and only get one or two silver for two months, and they do ten years of work, but this is in exchange for their lives, and the guys look at each other, always unwilling, but still a little moved.
Steward Yao continued, "We must be foolproof to go this time, but in order not to worry you, the young master has instructed me to write a contract, if you come back alive, the salary of twenty taels per person, if you die, your pension will be increased to one hundred taels." ”
This is like a gamble, if you live, you make a lot of money, and when you die, you also earn twice as much as the family.
Su Fu was silent, looking at the people next to me, I look at you, and I couldn't help but look at you.
People die for money, and birds die for food, but it is really an eternal truth.
Steward Yao was very satisfied with the attitude of the current people, "Our goods this time are less than half of the last time, and the guards are directly transferred from the young master to ten people, one steward, and five handymen are left, a total of sixteen people in this line." ”
The tea shop guys counted the ten new recruits, and now there are still twenty people, and there are only five of these twenty people, and those guys who look at each other are now desperate for life and death, and they all hope that they can become those five people.
So he looked excited.
Su Fu stood in place without saying a word, but when she saw Steward Yao's gaze, although it was only for a moment, she felt uncomfortable.
She borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul, this life is very important to her, and she naturally will not risk her life for the yellow and white thing.
But even though she thought so, no one would do what she wanted.
Steward Yao said with a smile, "Of these five people, three of them are confirmed. ”
"Yuan Da, Li Zhong," Steward Yao paused, then looked at Su Fu, and naturally called, "Su Xiaoliu." ”
Su Fu raised his head suddenly, his gaze through the white gauze was like a sword, although Steward Yao couldn't see clearly, he felt cold all over his body, and he didn't know what was wrong.
Steward Yao smiled and groaned, "Little Liu, the young master took pity on you for coming out to make a living at a young age, and specially gave you the opportunity to make a fortune, don't let down the kindness of the young master." ”
This is telling her that this is what Yao Shaohua meant.
Everyone is fascinated by money, Su Fu is no exception, she gritted her teeth and stubbornly responded to this errand.
She thought that she was just a passing moment for Yao Shaohua, and forgetting was forgetting, but at this time, she realized that from the time Yao Shaohua walked to the ox cart in confusion, she was destined to be impossible to be seen by Yao Shaohua as an ordinary person.
She suddenly understood why Zhang Sheng had just given her a dagger, thinking that Zhang Sheng had already known about it and knew more about it, but he couldn't tell her, so she could only use it to defend herself.
It seems that this trip is really bad luck.
She subconsciously looked at the carriage parked in front of the tea shop, but there were only three of them, and the boxes were not piled up, and it would cost a lot to transport them to the Khitan, but there would definitely not be much to be earned.
Since the Yao family can give them so much wages, this trip must not be for money.
Could it be that it was just to continue the contract signed between those old customers of the Khitan and the tea shop?
Or for something else, she just didn't know.