Leaving Heyang County, hurried back to Beijing. Now that she has her own land, Situ Yan naturally wants to start her life plan.

Several shops in the capital have basically operated normally, and under normal circumstances, the manager Li Youzhu can help take care of them. The shop in Henan County was given full authority to the chief steward Ding Man. As for the lack of guys in the shops in Henan County, Situ Yan found Liangzi, Shanwazi, and Gouzi from the original Lijia Village. The main thing is to let them make more livelihoods, so as to add more income to the family. After all, these people have no other income at home except farming, and if they want to pay more money, if Situ Yan doesn't help, I'm afraid there will be nothing left all year round.

And she herself sent all eight members of the Shadow Team to Heyang County. If she wants to build Zhuangzi, she first has to pave the road and open the mountain, so she needs a lot of strength, stonemasons, carpenters, and craftsmen. And in order to keep it secret, all the people who helped her work were recruited from other counties, and even blindfolded these people along the way.

Of course, the wages are very generous, and the construction period is one year, and Situ Yan has recruited nearly 100 people, not counting those craftsmen.

During this period, Duanmu Xuan took Mofeng and Moyu to Heyang County to see it twice, and at first thought that Situ Yan recruited so many craftsmen just to catch up with the construction period, but when he went again for the second time, he saw that the craftsmen were digging holes in the mountain. This move is not just to catch up with the construction period, and it is not as simple as building a small villa, but Situ Yan's subordinates are very tight-mouthed and can't inquire at all. And he couldn't ask Situ Yan directly. So I had to arrange for someone to stare at it secretly. It is also to prevent people from causing trouble and provoking.

And Situ Jin also feels that Xiaomei is very busy these days, and sometimes even leaves for a few days before returning. And the nursing home in the house is so busy that I can't even see a figure.

Moreover, the time for the opening of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and in order to participate in the Spring Festival, even the four brothers of the Li family have entered Beijing. And he had to be busy with his schoolwork, and he had to teach four people. So although I have doubts in my heart, I don't have time to dig deeper. just cared about my little sister's body and told her not to work too hard.

The four brothers of the Li family are the same, not only taking care of their schoolwork, but also busy taking care of the fields, clan studies and other things. This time I was busy, and there were fewer opportunities for several people to meet. On the contrary, Duanmu Xuan, as long as Situ Yan has something to do and leaves Beijing. He will surely escort and follow.

"Brother Xuan is idle!" Situ Yan has been a little upset by Duanmu Xuan these days, she has enough things to do, but she still has to greet this eldest young master.

"Yan'er, don't pay attention to me. The emperor is not in a hurry to arrange for me to do things. I'm happy to be quiet, too! ”

Situ Yan glanced at Duanmu Xuan, and muttered in her heart, "You are quiet, but you came to bother me!" "But after all, I just got help from others, and it was not good to drive people away.

Finally on this day, just in time for the banquet in the Taibao Mansion, the Guogong Mansion and the Taibao Mansion are both the Seven Princes' Party, so Duanmu Xuan didn't have time to come to Situ Yan. Situ Yan was happy and quiet, and went to Henan County early in the morning. Yesterday, the inn he opened in the city was searched. Ding Man sneaked to report the news before nightfall last night, and she was a little uneasy and wanted to go over to see it in person.

In the "Hongchen Inn" in Henan County, the chief steward Ding Man stood behind Situ Yan, and an eighteen-year-old woman knelt in front of Situ Yan.

"Miss, this is the woman who escaped to the inn yesterday!" Situ Yan had already learned from Ding Man's mouth that it was because the woman was chased and fled into the inn yesterday that the riot and dispute were caused.

"You get up and talk first!" Situ Yan doesn't like people kneeling to talk to her.

"The little girl thanked the eldest lady for saving her life!" The woman kowtowed to Situ Yan three times before getting up. It can be seen that he is a person who understands etiquette and proportion, but Situ Yan also has to beware of this person being a show.

"Who are you? Where did it come from? Who else is in the family? Why is it being hunted down? ”

"The little woman's surname is Lin Tao'er, she is from Shanxia Village, Heyang County, and her father is sick in bed at home, but now she is ......!" Thinking of his father who was beaten to death, Lin Taoyu choked up, and could no longer hold back the grief in his heart, crying bitterly.

Situ Yan didn't urge, just sat aside and watched coldly, if this woman is acting, then she is really a good actor, if not, then she is a poor person, anyway, she is short of people now, and it doesn't hurt to help with reciprocity.

Lin Tao cried for a while, then she stopped speaking, blushing and lowering her head and not daring to look at Situ Yan, "I'm sorry, eldest lady, it's the little woman who is rude!" ”

"It's okay, people always have times when they are sad and sad, so you can say it slowly!"

"Yes. My father used to be a talent in the previous dynasty, so he has been an enlightened master in the county school in Heyang County. Three years ago, due to the sudden death of her mother, her father was kicked out of the county school, so the little girl moved to Shanxia Village in Heyang County with her father. However, in the spring of last year, my father was sick in bed due to overwork, and the little girl sold everything that the family could sell, but it was still not enough to pay for her father's medicine, so she had to sell herself to a large family in Heyang County as a slave. But the little girl signed a living deed at that time, but for some reason the big family took out a death deed, and even sold the little girl to the Qinglou in this Henan county. After his father got the letter, he rushed all the way to this Henan county town to rescue the little woman, but he was unexpectedly beaten to death by the people in the Qinglou! It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, how could my father be, how could it be! ......" As soon as Lin Tao mentioned his father's tragic death, he couldn't say it anymore, and the whole person fell to the ground and cried.

Situ Yan sighed lightly, she kept staring at Lin Tao's eyes, and could see that she was not acting, but for the sake of safety, she still had to send someone to Heyang County to investigate. waited for Lin Tao's crying to be quieter, and then continued to ask.

"Lin Tao, are you literate?"

"Yes, the little girl has been reading and reading with her father since she was three years old! Although I don't dabble much, I have watched "Female Virtue" and "Female Ring"! Situ Yan nodded and continued to ask.

"You were sold to the Qinglou, do you have a **?" When Situ Yan asked this, not only Lin Tao was so ashamed that she didn't even dare to raise her head, but even Ding Man was a little uncomfortable, "How can the eldest lady ask such a question in disregard of her identity?" "But he's just a minion, and he can't be persuaded or managed. I had to turn a deaf ear and turn my face to the side.

Lin Tao saw Situ Yan's serious face, and it didn't seem like she was humiliating her. Only then did he whisper back, "Although the little girl is not a person of three chastity and nine spirits, she has also been taught by her father since she was a child, and she will never be able to do such things." So although he was sold into the Qinglou for three days, he has been forced to die, so he is still innocent! ”

Situ Yan asked this, naturally with her purpose. "Alright. I already know your business, so go down and rest first! ”

When Ding Man took Lin Tao away, Situ Yan called for the dark night. "Send someone to Heyang County to inquire about Lin Tao, the more detailed the better!"

"Miss, the people of the Shadow Team are all busy on the new Zhuangzi right now. If you send someone else. The subordinates are afraid that the club will not be explored and there will be omissions! "He is very cautious in doing things in the dark, which is what Situ Yan values him the most.

"Okay, you help me go back to the capital Situ Mansion and let Li Shuzi come here, only he can do it now!"

"Yes!" The night leader is ordered to retreat. When I went out, I happened to meet Ding Man who sent people back.

"Manager Ding, the Qinglou said that someone would come at noon today?"

"Back to the eldest lady, exactly! Yesterday, the minions were afraid that these trouble-seekers would surprise the guests, so they sent them away first with some money. But after all, ** has a deed of sale in his hand, even if they come to ask for someone. It's hard to refuse the eldest lady! ”

"It's just a piece of broken paper, and it's hard to argue whether it's true or false, I think that the Heyang County Order must have received the benefits of that big family, otherwise how could the living deed become a dead deed!" These are just Situ Yan's guesses, but she believes that eight or nine are not far from ten.

"If ** comes to ask for someone, you take her to the restaurant on the opposite side first!" Situ Yan wanted to suppress the matter first, at least wait until the bolt went to Heyang County to inquire clearly, and then make a decision.

At the beginning of noon, Ding Man took ** into the restaurant. This ** is not a lamp with leftover oil, and Situ Yan after the disguise only took a face, and he already knew that she was by no means from an ordinary background, "This little boy, if you take a fancy to the red-card girl of our Manchun Courtyard, it is the blessing of the Manchun Courtyard, but is this price?" You also know that ,...... "** calculated and wanted to ask for more money, but was interrupted by Situ Yan with a wave of his hand.

"Don't worry, I already know where this woman came from and where she came from, and you don't need to sit on the ground like this. And I don't fancy her, I just pity her background. As for whether she will be bought, we still need to consider one or two more things. Come back in five days! Don't worry, if someone runs away or gets injured in my place, I will naturally compensate you according to the price! Situ Yan's attitude was lukewarm, but it made this ** confused.

And although the "Red Dust Inn" has not been open for a long time, it is one of the best in this Henan county, and the guests who come in and out every day are not a hundred, but dozens. The most important thing between businessmen is to communicate, and they don't want to offend people. After thinking about it for a while, anyway, the monk can't run the temple, she has a deed of sale in her hand, so she is not afraid that Situ Yan will repay the debt.

"Nature, nature! Then there is a little boy Lao to worry about! The two exchanged politeness again, and then left.

"Miss, why don't you just buy someone?" Ding Man looked at the eldest lady with some puzzlement.

"Lin Tao's words are true or false, I still have to be checked, I don't want to buy trouble! If what she said is true, she is a filial person, and even if I buy someone, I have to observe one or two more to feel at ease! ”

"The eldest lady is thoughtful, but the slave is anxious!"

"You empathize, they are all born in danger, but I don't want to have a second time for this kind of thing, you understand!" The last thing Situ Yan wants is to ask for trouble, this time because Ding Man has left someone behind, she will help, if it is her here, I am afraid that even if someone dies in front of her, she will not look at it. After all, there is unfairness everywhere in this world.

"Yes, the minion wrote it down!" This is the first time Ding Man has seen the eldest lady so serious, and he also knows that he has been soft-hearted for a while and has committed the taboo of the eldest lady.

"Alright, you go get busy!" Situ Yan sent Ding Man away, and waited for the plug just after nightfall. Tell the matter clearly, and send him to Heyang County the next day.

Five days later, ** came to the door to ask for someone, Situ Yan had already received an answer from the bolt, and what Lin Tao said was true.

Situ Yan didn't make it difficult anymore, although the Qinglou belongs to the lower ninth rate, but the owner who can open the Qinglou has some origins, and she doesn't want to ask for a relationship with people who can solve it with money.

After some bargaining, Lin Tao was bought for fifty taels.

"Thank you, Miss, for saving your life!" Lin Tao knelt on her knees, crying while kowtowing to Situ Yan. She didn't expect to meet a kind person and save her from the fire, thinking that it would be better to die than to go back to that kind of dirty place. It was still Aunt Ding who persuaded her, so she didn't look for a short-term view. Now not only has she escaped from the fire pit, but she can even follow such a young lady, she is really unrewarded.

"You follow Aunt Ding on an errand in Situ Mansion first, and as for the future, I'll talk about it later!" Even if the bolt inquired about Lin Tao's affairs clearly, Situ Yan still had a trace of suspicion about this person, anyway, as long as she didn't get her trust, she wouldn't entrust her with a heavy responsibility.

and told Aunt Ding to pay more attention to Lin Tao's words and deeds, and if there is anything wrong, she must inform her.

This matter was handled simply, in fact, Situ Yan bought Lin Tao, firstly, because although his background was not a scholarly family, his father was also famous. The second is because this woman not only has filial piety, but also literacy, in this ancient times, except for women from scholarly families and official eunuchs, ordinary women are illiterate. If she wants to find a daughter-in-law for the four brothers of the Li family, she doesn't want to find some ordinary people. This is the main reason why she is willing to help Lin Tao.

But this also requires the two to be happy, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet, and she doesn't want to engage in any arranged marriage.

Things in Henan County went very smoothly, and Situ Yan returned to the capital on the second day, less than five days before the Spring Courtyard Examination, she would not go anywhere during this time, and concentrated on taking care of the daily life of the five brothers. It feels like going back to the days when I took the college entrance examination in my previous life, nervous and a little excited.

This ancient exam is more cumbersome than modern times. If you want to pass the hospital examination to obtain the qualification of "Xiucai", you must go through the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination.

And a county exam has to be tested five times in a row, one a day. After the county test, you can take the government test, and you have to take three tests. Only after the government examination can you obtain the qualification of "child". Those who have the qualification of "children" can take the college examination, and only by passing can they become "show talents".

With such an examination system, it is no wonder that some people will take the exam for a lifetime, until their hair is gray, and they are just a child! Situ Yan couldn't help but sigh, "It's difficult to be a candidate, and it's even more difficult to be an ancient candidate!" (To be continued......)