Gu Qiang said: "Miss, there are twenty-one old people, children, women and strong men in Zhuangzi, three people make a living in the East Market Carriage and Horse Shop, one person who cooks in the West Market Restaurant, a couple who do miscellaneous work, and two people who sell goods at the city gate every day. How should these 29 people be arranged? If everyone wants to leave Beijing with their master, can Miss take everyone with her? ”

Hearing this, Qing Shu's face was full of sorrow. What she was worried about just now was the way out for these people in the future. The people in the house, she must take them all. The people on the Zhuangzi will bring it with them if they are willing to follow her, and if they are not willing to follow, she will give a few taels of silver. Those who were scattered in the east and west markets to make a living, although they did not sell themselves to the ancient mansion, they all came to the ancient mansion, but because the ancient mansion was in trouble and could not be contained, the ancient mansion came forward to contact the people who worked.

These people either retired from the battlefield or were the families of those strong men who died on the battlefield, which was the responsibility that Gu Yunhu promised when he was alive. Gu Yunhu reaffirmed his promise, Qingshu is his daughter, and his promise Qingshu naturally must be obeyed and cannot be violated. Qing Shu admired Gu Yunhu's personality on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was troubled by the burden caused by Gu Yunhu's personality.

Gu Yunhu was born in the countryside, because he was bold, strong, and had ideas, in order to save a mouthful of food for his family, he left home at the age of eleven to wander around, recognized a few words, practiced a move and a half style of martial arts, and supported himself, and he could also bring some copper plates to his family for a year and a half. He joined the army at the age of sixteen, and worked his way up and down, from a small soldier to a general, his life is an inspirational legend.

Gu Yunhu was extremely strict with his soldiers, but he took great care of them. If the soldiers were injured or disabled and had to leave the barracks, those who had a home to return to were sent away with a reward from the imperial court; Homeless, he put it under his wing. For the soldiers who died under his command, in addition to sending the reward silver issued by the court to their hometown, they will also pay out of their own pockets to make up for one or two depending on the situation. It can be said that he was awarded the title of general, eight points from the merits on the battlefield, and two points from the support of the soldiers. His prestige in the army is quite high, especially in the minds of the soldiers, he is a god-like being.

When Gu Qiang was young, his hometown was in trouble, and his family was abandoned by his ruthless brother and sister-in-law on the way to escape. When he was dying of hunger, he happened to meet Gu Yunhu, who was wandering alone when he was young. A mouthful of dry food given by Gu Yunhu saved his life. Since then, he has followed Gu Yunhu, first joined the army together, fought together in the barracks, and fought bloody battles together on the battlefield. For a long time, he regarded Gu Yunhu as the master, and Gu Yunhu regarded him as a brother.

Gu Yunhu died in battle, Gu Qiang resigned from his position in the army, and together with Gu Yunhu's other four personal soldiers, escorted Gu Yunhu's remains back to the capital, and handed Gu Yunhu's suicide note to Gu Ye's family. The content of the suicide note is divided into two parts, one is to explain to the Gu Ye clan to take care of their two children; The other is that if his soldiers are wounded or disabled in the future, and there is nowhere to go to come and take refuge, let the Gu Ye clan take them in as much as possible.

Gu Ye cried a few times, and then he no longer paid attention to the things in the house. At that time, the housekeeper surnamed Hu had a different heart and was about to steal the treasury and escape, but was discovered by Li Dalang, a loyal servant who was patrolling the night, and knocked on the gong to wake up the people in the whole house and take them down.

Gu Qiang learned about this from his wife Su on the second day, so he took the initiative to send the housekeeper surnamed Hu to the official and recommended himself to be the housekeeper of the ancient mansion. In the past five years, Gu Qiang has taken it as his responsibility to take care of the children of his life-saving benefactor, and has tried his best to do his best, but he has no choice but to meet a housewife like Gu Ye, and he can only use seven or eight points of his strength. It is reported that the small Zhuangzi planted by Gufu itself was only saved by Gu Qiang who led people to guard Zhuangzi with sticks that day.

In the first two or three years after Gu Yunhu's death, thirty or forty people came to take refuge one after another, Gu Ye's family didn't care about anything, Gu Qiang was in charge, leaving more than a dozen people (including Ding Jiabao's brothers and sisters, Xu Wuniang and a few people arranged in Zhuangzi), and the rest all tried to arrange a livelihood for them, or gave some resettlement money to make a living. Because the situation in the ancient mansion is really not good, there are very few people who have taken refuge in the past two years, there are seven or eight, and they basically do not stay in the mansion, and they all try their best to contact the work. And those who stayed in the house before, who were not injured or disabled, and who were willing to go out to make a living, also released many people.

Not only that, Gu Qiang followed Gu Yunhu's last words, and spent a sum of silver from the books every year to buy supplies in the army and send them to the border before winter. It's just that this expenditure is getting smaller and smaller year by year, and this year, this money has not yet been settled. is this move, although Gu Yunhu has been gone for five years, from the generals in the army to the ordinary soldiers, he has never forgotten him. Even the current emperor has never forgotten him, the late loyal general.

In the past five years, if the Gu Ye clan is a housemother who can support her and will manage for the future of her children, then the ancient mansion that has lost Gu Yunhu will not lose much color without the scenery of the past, and it will never be so downcast. Then, Gu Yunfu didn't dare to come to snatch it, not to mention, people like Sun Zhang's would only work hard to curry favor with him, rather than trample on it at will.

Qingshu admires Gu Yunhu's father, even if he dies, he paves a safe road for the future of his wife and children. Over the years, outsiders, especially the military general's mansion, have never felt sorry for the ancient mansion in the real sense, which is a powerful proof. However, when he ran into such a helpless Adou as the Gu Ye clan, the road paved by Gu Yunhu was not well used. Gu Yunfu bullied them, Sun Fu bullied them, how could they not stand up and resist, those brothers Gu Yunhu made when he was alive wanted to help but were only outsiders, and there was no way to help.

Qing Shu didn't understand politics, but he believed in Gu Yunhu's vision and foresight. Although the road ahead is difficult and there will be many unknown and difficult things to solve, she chooses to abide by Gu Yunhu's last words, and she takes on the matter of sending supplies to the border every year. As for the people who are currently dependent on the ancient mansion to survive, those who are willing to go with her, she will take them, and those who are not willing to follow her will be given a placement fee of two taels of silver per person, although it is not much, but it is also a meaning.

When Gu Qiang heard this decision, his face became solemn, "Miss, I'm afraid that no one will take two taels of silver, and in all cases, all of them will follow the masters." In this way, women, children, and the elderly combined, must prepare at least three carriages. There are many people, and there are many things to take care of on the road. Not only that, but it is necessary to send the news back in advance, so that people can arrange a large enough place in advance, otherwise, they will not be able to settle for a while when they arrive at the place, and it is easy to travel in a hurry. ”

Qing Shu sighed and smiled bitterly, she, when she came here, she didn't enjoy a day's blessings, and she had to worry about feeding more than 40 people, it was really a hard life. She rubbed her eyebrows, "The news doesn't have to be sent in advance, so as not to let someone with a heart notice that something has happened." Again, inform Zhuangzi that he is going to kill the pig tomorrow. ”

After Gu Qiang retreated, Qing Shu stayed in the house alone, because his mind was heavy, and the more he sat in his heart, the more annoying he became, so he decided to go out of the house to breathe.

Coincidentally, Bu Yuyan, who was detained in the mansion by Mrs. Bu, was liberated today, and came to Qingshu dressed in short clothes, and asked Qingshu to go out of the city to ride a horse, and said that she had prepared a docile horse for Qingshu and Qingyang, and when the time came, she just had to ride boldly with confidence.

Qing Shu was interested, and followed Bu Yuyan out of the city to run a horse, and she was relieved of the safety issue. hurriedly asked someone to inform Li Dalang to prepare the carriage, and asked Xiaoyu to call Qingyang, and then change clothes