Situ Yan, who has just recovered from a serious illness, is busy in Situ Mansion in Henan County at this time. During the period of recuperation, Situ Yan and Situ discussed it, planning to build an ancestral hall for the Situ family and establish a family tree.

"Yan'er, it's not difficult to build an ancestral hall here, but you and I are not from the Situ Mansion family after all, I'm afraid that this patriarch candidate will have to be considered again?" For these things, Situ Jin is very much in favor of them.

"I've also thought about this, at the moment, cousin Li is still young, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on this big responsibility, so the position of the head of the Situ family is temporarily taken care of by the elder brother, and when the cousin has performed the crown ceremony, the elder brother will give up the position of patriarch. It's just that I have to discuss this matter with my cousin to see what he means? With Situ Yan's temperament, these things can be done without asking, but she knows Situ Jin's worries, so she thought about asking Situ Li.

"Okay, I'll go back and find cousin Li, the ancestral hall is built in Situ Mansion in Henan County, hey! It's a pity that there are very few materials that can be made in the Situ family now, and the people are thin! Situ Jin was a little emotional, although he had not entered the ancestral hall of the original Situ Mansion, but he had also heard his mother Situ Wan mention that the prosperity of the year has now passed away with the wind, and there is not even a trace left.

"Although the Situ family is thin now, all of them are talents, even Cousin Li is full of poetry and books, and I have talked with him about the subset of scriptures and history these days, but I have unique insights!" Of course, these are just polite words, and Situ Li's knowledge is not even half of Situ Jin's.

"Cousin Li is willing to work hard, but the two cousins over there are not?" Situ Jin pointed out, Situ Yan understood that although those two people were concubines, they were from the Situ family, and they were one layer closer than their distant relatives.

"Then let the two of them be, if they are willing to study and improve, willing to learn to be a man, we will help, and if they don't want to, they can be raised! In the future, if the children have a future, they will be recruited back to their own family! For those two, Situ Yan had already given up. The so-called easy nature of the country is difficult to change, and the two can't count on it, and can only hope that one or two of the descendants will be willing to work hard.

Situ Jin also felt that this was the only way for now, and not letting these two come back shook Situ Li's determination to move forward.

About the details. The brother and sister discussed with Situ Li again, and then after Situ Yan recovered from his illness, they got busy. The ancestral hall was temporarily decorated with a vacant house in Situ Mansion in Henan County, and the new ancestral hall will wait until the spring of the next year to start construction. Instead, the clan rules were established first. It is similar to the family rules set in Lijia Village, of course, men are not allowed to take concubines, and women are not allowed to be concubines, which is also added to the family rules. Fortunately, although Situ Jin and Situ Li were a little surprised by this, they did not object.

In the study room of Situ Mansion in Henan County, Situ Yan was writing with her head down, Ding Man knocked on the door twice, and then walked over carefully, "Miss, the person you want has been brought." A total of ten ten-year-old boys. They all signed a death contract! Ding Man handed a stack of papers stamped with the official seal to Situ Yan. This time, the eldest lady came back, in addition to explaining the matter of building an ancestral hall. He also told him to buy ten minions of about ten years old, and the boy was the best. It took him two busy days to get things done. Although Emperor Wu is benevolent, there are still many people who can't eat and sell their sons and daughters. It's just that the person that the eldest lady wants is not just as simple as a slave, but also values character and cleverness.

"Oh, it's fast, take me to see the shield!" Situ Yan put down the brush, got up and walked out. She wants to see these ten people with her own eyes, what he wants to choose is not a minion, she wants to raise a special combat team of her own, and make use of what she has learned in her previous life. In the future, whether it is to protect Situ Jin, the four brothers of the Li family, or herself, it may come in handy. And at a critical time, there may be multiple means to save your life.

Ten people were fairly clean. Nine of them were dark-skinned, and only one looked pale, as if he had never done farm work.

"You!" Situ Yan pointed at the fair-skinned kid with her hand, "How old are you, where was you before, and what did you do?" ”

"Miss Hui. The slave is 12 years old this year, and he was originally a scholar in a large family, but because the master fled from the family, he sold the slaves to human teeth! "The voice is neither high nor low, the attitude is respectful, the organization is clear, and at first glance it is like having seen the world.

"Sure enough!" When Situ Yan saw him for the first time, she thought that this person must have been a slave since he was a child, and this was the image of a groveling slave.

"You're a scholar, you should know a few words?" She doesn't hate such people, after all, the origins of these people are not something she can choose.

"Yes, when the young master of the master family was enlightened, the slave was a scholar for a few days and studied for a while!"

"Hmmm! I don't care what you did, you have to listen to me here, I didn't buy you back to be a slave who only knows how to read the eyes of the master, but a guard who is willing to protect the safety of the master with his life. I will give you a quarter of an hour to consider it, and if any of you will not stay and die for your master, I will give you a tael of silver, and then I will send you back to the human tooth. If you wish, your life will no longer be yours, but mine, I want you to live as you live, and if you want to die, you will die, but you have to think about it! Don't regret giving up your life when you arrive! Situ Yan deliberately said something very serious, and even a little alarmist, which was also intended to be tentative.

He motioned for Ding Man to take out an incense burner and light an incense stick, while he sat on a chair and squinted at the expressions of these people.

The most expressionless of the ten people is the one with white skin, and the one who looks the oldest is the most shaken, after all, there is the temptation of a silver tael.

"Miss, the minion's name is Chen Er, and the slave is afraid that he won't serve the eldest lady well, so he wants to go back to Renyazi?" The older ones opened their mouths, and a few of the younger ones also showed hesitant expressions.

"Manager Ding, give him a tael of silver. Anything else? When the others saw that the master would really give the money, they were even more alarmed.

"Minions, minions also want to go back to Renyazi!" This time the speaker seemed to have some friendship with the previous one, and the two stood closer than the others.

"Okay, Mr. Ding!" Situ Yan's face was indifferent, these people who were attracted for money did not deserve her training at all.

"Yes! Grab it! Ding Man handed over a tael of silver to the two of them and retreated behind Situ Yan.

The others wavered, but in the end they chose to stay.

"Okay, since you don't want to leave, let's make a rule! Manager Ding, you send these two away first! "The first level is just a temptation, these two can't even pass this level, how can she let them stay, even if they are servants in the house. She didn't want to, either. After all, the disaster caused Xiao Wall, and how many people had accidents were all burdened by some minions.

After Ding Man left, Situ Yan glanced at the eight people left. "From this day on, you will no longer call your past names, but from you onwards, each of you will be called Night, Wind, Rain, Snow, Mist, Thunder, Ice and Fire." Situ Yan pointed to everyone and wrote down their names one by one.

"Dark Night as your squad leader. And you call me Miss in front of outsiders, and call me Captain Shadow in private! Situ Yan's tone was serious, giving people a chilling feeling. And the dark night is the white-skinned scholar. Situ Yan valued him not because he was literate, but because of the ten people, only this person did not waver in the slightest about gold and silver, at least among these eight people, he was the only one who was so determined.

"Yes!" The eight of them spoke in unison, and their answers were also very simple.

"I will arrange for you to read and write, and teach you to fight and practice archery. And during this period, the monthly rate for each of you is 500 Wen. The food and clothing of the four seasons are the same as those of Mr. Ding. Every morning he practiced martial arts, and in the afternoon he followed Mr. Ding to read and practice calligraphy. You should ask Chief Ding about the rules of the house, but I have a sentence here, and you must always remember that I am the only one in your master. You can only listen to me, and obey unconditionally whatever I say or what I tell you to do. If someone violates this article, there is only one word 'kill'! Remember! Speaking of the word "kill", Situ Yan particularly accentuated her tone, she wanted these people to understand. Their lives were in her hands, and since she was going to put a lot of effort into training these people, she wouldn't give them a chance to betray.

"Yes!" This time, everyone's answer was even louder than before! They didn't expect that there would be so many benefits to staying, not only to get a monthly example. You can even wear new clothes, practice martial arts and study, and a few people who regretted not being able to leave just now couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"Dark Night, these people are in your charge, if one of them is wrong. The whole team is punished, and my words are the rules in my place, and you must always remember them! Situ Yan repeatedly emphasized that she was just brainwashing these people. The troops in the previous life were the best at this kind of brainwashing.

Situ Yan's affairs are going very smoothly, and everyone has been properly settled before the eighth day of the lunar month. And the Guogong Mansion got the news early in the morning.

"Mo Bing, do you mean that little girl bought eight boys as slaves?" Duanmu Li was a little puzzled by Situ Yan's actions, if it was to raise some prostitutes, Situ Yan's age would be too young, but if it was to take care of the house's affairs, these eight people were too young, I really don't know what this little girl was thinking.

"Yes, the subordinates also found out that these eight people are not only responsible for sweeping in Situ Mansion, they practice martial arts in the morning and study in the afternoon, and the subordinates look like they are training private soldiers!" Mo Bing's guess was not wrong, but he didn't understand why Miss Situ did this, and he couldn't find a reason, so he didn't dare to make a judgment.

"Interesting, this girl is getting more and more interesting, is it possible that she also has to train an 'Iron Guard'?" Although Duanmu Li mentioned it to himself, he was shocked by his own idea, if Situ Yan really made this plan, then he really had to pay more attention, not to mention that she was just a ten-year-old girl, but the iron-blooded guard in his own hands was also established when he became Pingnanhou in his 20s. At Situ Yan's age, he never even thought about it.

"Mo Bing, you send a few more people to spy secretly, but don't get too close, don't startle the snake! Xuan'er said in the letter, this girl is ghostly, it's not easy to deal with, if he knows that you are secretly spying, I'm afraid it is unknown whether you can save your life, after all, even Mo Feng has suffered her loss! Duanmu Li didn't think that Mo Feng was unaware of his mistake, Mo Feng's martial arts were the best in the Mo character team, otherwise he wouldn't have sent a waste to be his son's personal guard.

"Yes, my subordinates understand! Be careful! Although Mo Bing said this, he didn't take Situ Yan seriously in his heart. After all, Situ Yan doesn't feel like a ruthless person.

In fact, with Situ Yan's vigilance, she would find that someone was watching her early on, but she didn't stay in the mansion often, and the Qin family had fallen, so she had to be busy with the things in the shop, so she let Mo Bing take advantage of the loophole. Otherwise, they would have been caught all of them.

There is an infernal affair on this side of the capital, and the northwest side is not very peaceful, seeing that there is a heavy snow in winter, and the shadow of last year's snow disaster is still there, Duanmu Xuan is running to the military camp every day these days.

Last year's tragedy could not be repeated again, this year with Situ Yan's method, each army tun has its own forage, strengthened the horse shed, although it is busy, but there is no big thing for a while.

"General, this is the grain and grass collected by his subordinates!" Lu Ming stood behind Duanmu Xuan and pointed to the grain and grass stack in front of him, "This was built when Xiao Wu was here!" Now he's using it handy. ”

"Well, you're doing a great job!" Of course, Duanmu Xuan also knew, so every time he came to Juntun, he would go to the place where Situ Yan used to live for a while, and even stand in the courtyard to recall that happy time.

"Don't arrange the house that Team Wu lived in before to others, just keep it empty! If you have time, find someone to clean it, and if you need silver taels to repair it, you can go to the general's mansion to pay for it! ”

"How dare you have General Lao for this little thing, my subordinates must arrange it properly!" Needless to say, Lu Ming would not give this house to anyone, and he still hoped that Situ Yan would come back. Even if you don't be the team leader anymore, it doesn't matter.

"Hmm!" For these people who have thought about Situ Yan indifferently, Duanmu Xuan has no good impression. But he was at the time of employing people, and Lu Ming was still kind to Situ Jin, so he was not too picky, so he had to suppress the unhappiness in his heart.

Before leaving Lu Ming's military camp, Duanmu Xuan went to the house where Situ Yan once lived to take a look and sat down for a while.

"Yan'er, do you think of me!" Duanmu Xuan's eyes were hollow, and there was an inexplicable pain in his heart.

Mo Feng has been quietly guarding the door, and he knows the young master's thoughts best, so he naturally won't bother. After sitting for more than half an hour, the two of them rode away. But he didn't know that at this moment, the capital had already issued a clear decree, and he would soon be able to meet the person who was thinking about it.

And Situ Yan's good days of being at ease are coming to an end. (To be continued.) )