Chapter 84 Disaster (3) One change, asking for subscriptions and monthly passes
Liu Si's sister-in-law laughed behind her back and pouted: What kind of vision does this little boy have! Which of these children is worse? They are all the best talents in Anping Town! They are all carefully selected by the dental industry, and they are carefully cultivated by Mr. Scholar and Etiquette Mama at a great price, and they are specially prepared for large families. He didn't even take a fancy to it! The eyes are growing from the top of the head to the back of the head!
Zhang's second sister-in-law saw that Cen Erniang had chosen for a long time, and only ordered two girls, a boy, and asked her: "The second son doesn't choose a few more?" Fourth Master Lin said yesterday that you want six girls and five boys at home. Look at these children, they are literate, they are also generous and decent, and they are so decent to carry around! They're pretty good at what they do! The big families outside are vying for it! ”
Liu Si's sister-in-law also proudly puffed up: "I won't tell you anything, Second Sister Zhang and I will take them to the Zhong family, the Qian family and the Zhou family this afternoon. If you missed this time, you won't find such a good one next time. Second son, as we all know, our Xian'an Dental Shop is the best Dental Shop in Anping Town, if it weren't for the An family behind us, we wouldn't be able to hold such a good talent in our hands. I can guarantee that if you miss these kids, you won't find a better one in Anping Town. Don't be too picky. ”
Cen Erniang also understood that the two daughters-in-law were not lying, in the remote place of Anping Town, these people in front of her could indeed be called the best in the servant world. But in her eyes, these girls are far behind. But Cen Mansion is newly established, and she really needs to serve people, so she chose the tallest one among the dwarfs with a faint interest, and picked a girl and two boys.
In the end, she bought a total of three girls and three boys, the three girls were called peony, cuckoo, and rose, and the ages were twelve, thirteen, and fourteen from oldest to younger, and one girl was twenty-five taels; The three boys are called Chang Shu, Chang Mo, and Chang Yan, and their ages are ten, twelve, and fourteen, and one boy is thirty taels.
Cen Erniang paid a total of 180 taels of silver to Xian'an Yaxing, of which 15 taels of silver, which was the handling fee for Yaxing to go to the government to run the deed of sale and household registration for these girls and boys.
Cen Erniang was not stingy, she made Liu Zhang's two daughters-in-law wait for nearly an hour, delaying them a lot of time. So one of them gave them ten taels of silver for their hard work. The two daughters-in-law smiled happily, and thanked Cen Erniang again and again. He also said that if the Cen family needs servants in the future, just ask someone to contact them, and they will definitely leave the best talent to her. Cen Erniang responded with a smile. I watched them laugh and leave.
Cen Erniang had just sent away the two daughters-in-law, and the dart master surnamed Zhang, who was sent by her to Anfu, returned on horseback, and he entered the side courtyard with a happy face, and told Cen Erniang, who was giving a lecture to the newly bought servant, that the An family and the Zhou family broke up. Now he is friendly with the Cen family again.
When Cen Erniang heard this, she was in a relaxed mood. She left everyone behind and went into the house to tell the good news to the Lin family, which also made her happy. If she had been in Hong'an Mansion in the past, she would have despised a moody and changeable person like Second Master Shi'an, but now she appreciates his change and wisdom.
In Anping Town, as long as the An family is friendly with the Cen family, they don't have to worry about someone coming to the door to cause trouble. As for the Zhou family, hum! is separated from them by most of the town, even if the Zhou family really brings people over to find fault. I believe that the nearby Hongwei Dart Bureau and Anjia will not sit idly by. Lu Mingsi is a smart wall grass, so he naturally knows which way to fall.
Cen Erniang took the money to Master Zhang, and asked him to go out to the restaurant to pack a large table of good wine and food and come back, and she, Cen Sanlang and the rest of the dart masters who guarded them had a hearty lunch together.
Lin also had a great appetite and drank two bowls of porridge.
Even the six newly bought servants, each of whom received a reward of Cen Erniang's two taels of silver, was so happy that they kept showing their loyalty to Cen Erniang with good words.
The moon is on the willows, Cen Erye, Cen Dalang, Zhao Yue, Lin Siye and Lu Mingsi. All of them were drunk and smirked by the fellow dart masters, and they were helped out of Anfu and walked towards the Xianglin Street Branch.
The five of them drank at the same table today with Second Master An, An Ze, and Qian Yu, the second son-in-law of Second Master An, who arrived later. Everyone wants to be good friends with each other. During the banquet, they naturally pushed the cups and changed the lamps, talked very happily, and finally all the people were drunk. Even the youngest Cen Dalang was coaxed by Qian Yu and Lu Mingsi to drink a few bowls of aged pear blossom stuffed. He has a good wine, just like Second Master Cen, he doesn't make noise when he is drunk, and sits quietly and giggles on the side.
When Second Master Cen and the others were helped back to the substation. Because of the drunkenness and darkness, I didn't find that there were five strong men sneakily following and observing them all the way.
Those five people were none other than the five black-faced brothers.
Because the Cen family had only arrived in Anping Town, their reputation was not obvious, and they inquired about the east of the town for a long time during the day, but they did not find out the news of the Cen family. In the end, the black face had an idea, and instead of inquiring about the whereabouts of the new dart master such as Lin Siye of the Hongwei Dart Bureau, he found the traces of the Cen family in the Xianglin Street Branch, and they also inquired about the Cen family who spent a lot of money to buy a house nearby, and they were going to move in a few days.
Hei Mian and the other four brothers found an inn to live in opposite the Xianglin Street Branch, preparing to wait for the Cen family to move to a new home, and then they will do it.
In the evening, they used the evening food, so they wore coarse cloth and deep clothes, and first went to explore the way near the Cen family's house, because the house was close to the An family's ancestral house, for the An family's bad thing, the five black-faced brothers also went to the vicinity of Anfu, and roughly estimated the time when the Xia An family heard the movement and rushed to Cen Mansion as soon as possible, so as to formulate a siege plan. As a result, I happened to meet Cen Erye and others who were drunk and went out of the house.
The black-faced few were originally the killers of the Qing Gang and the Cao Gang, and when they were ordered to go to Zhanzhou to assassinate the Cen family, they engraved the appearance of the Cen family in their minds, and recognized Cen Erye and Cen Dalang at a glance.
If it weren't for the fact that their father and son were protected by dozens of dart masters, they almost couldn't help but rush over on the spot, draw their knives and hack Cen Erye and his son to death to vent their hatred. Due to the failure of the assassination, they were almost arrested in Zhanzhou, and they escaped by luck, which is worse than the lost dog, and the officers and soldiers of the whole scene are searching for them.
Along the way, more than a dozen of their brothers could only take remote mountain trails, and occasionally go to the city and town to sell some food and clothing. In this way, he was still found by the government many times, and he was chased and beaten. While on the run, several brothers were unfortunately arrested and executed on the spot.
Only the nine of them were left with a hard life, and they successfully followed the trail of the Cen family's convoy and came to Huaizhou Mansion.
As soon as they arrived in Huaizhou, they were caught by officers and soldiers at the border and almost died. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers who caught them were the personal soldiers of the tall lord who was demoted by the saint to Cheongju to serve as the prefect. Because of the loss of relatives and careers of Er Grandpa Cen's family, the tall master was relegated to the remote and turbulent place of Cheongju, and he couldn't wait to chop their family into pulp.
But the tall old man is an official of the imperial court, and there is the Cen family watching by his side, so he can't hire a murderer. When I met the nine black-faced brothers, it happened that the tall old man got rid of the spies of the Cen family, and he was about to find someone to kill Cen Erniang's family, but he happened to meet them who were in exile here.
Master Gao knew that they also wanted to kill the Cen family to vent their hatred, so he let them go, lured away other pursuers for them, and promised that when they killed all five members of the Cen family, he would give them 1,000 taels each, and in addition, he would send someone to escort them to the southeast coast to avoid the pursuit of the officers and soldiers and continue to be free.
The nine black-faced brothers were overjoyed and immediately formed an alliance with the tall master. also used his connections to soon find out that the Cen family and his party had come to Anping Town. They have followed here to take revenge!
For the brothers who died, and for the sake of oneself who has no home to return to and will remain in exile. (To be continued.) )