Liang Mancang didn't give him time to breathe, and said with a frosty face: "Then you should know how to do it now!" ”

"I don't have any money, I really don't have any money, I just spent it!" The steward was dripping with cold sweat, and he regretted that his intestines were blue!

He is just a small steward of the winery, and the monthly money is fixed, and he is handed over to the fierce woman at home to maintain a large family, and the expenses in the small house here are all deducted by him to work in the countryside, usually at the end of the year, when the salary is settled, the most fat oil, but unfortunately this woman was born in the land of fireworks, except for food, clothing and jewelry, she is not a person who lives on a budget, as long as you have money in your hands, how much is not enough to spend.

Because the money is too easy, the caregiver is happy to be arrogant, and in the eyes of men, the beauty of the jade soft flowers and soft amorous charms, no matter how much money is wasted, is better than the nonsense and nagging of the old and decrepit housekeeper.

Therefore, Hu Zhai looks glamorous, but in fact, there is no money, the wages of the mother-in-law and girls in the family are waiting for the end of the year, and the daily budget is tight, so he wants to set a little bit out of the public account and make up for it at the end of the year.

At this time, it is the middle of the year, he is overstretched and it is difficult, but this is the time when this happened, I am afraid that he will even have to take his life for a while, how can he not be afraid of no regrets!

Where did Liang Mancang know his difficulties, just if he wanted money and didn't want his life, he inevitably used force in his hands, and the blood instantly snaked down, flowing down his neck into the purple silk shirt, and his chest was quickly wet, but his clothes were darker, and he couldn't see bright red, only a bad smell of rust, which filled the dining room.

When did the steward Hu suffer this kind of hardship, he wanted to cover the wound, but the cold light of the long knife was dazzling, he didn't dare to stretch out his hand, so he had to beg one after another: "Grandpa Hao, spare my life, I really don't have any cash, but my mother-in-law has a complete set of head and gold and silver jewelry, which can be exchanged for a lot of money, if you don't dislike it, I will get it for you." ”

Liang Mancang was condescending, squinting his eyes, and a sarcastic smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "If I accept your things, I am afraid that the front foot will go, and the back foot will have to report to the official that I have broken into the house and robbed, and at that time, if I don't leave Nancang County, the yamen will have to draw pictures to arrest me." ”

"Good man Mingjian, if you give me ten or eight guts, I can't either." Steward Hu said with a bitter face.

"Don't talk nonsense, quickly write the note that received twenty taels of silver, let's settle other accounts!" Liang Mancang kicked him hard in the ass.

The steward fell on the corner of the dining table, and his forehead was so fast that he bulged a bag, but he didn't dare to rub it, and he stumbled and crawled on the ground and said as he walked: "Yes, yes, yes, good." ”

At this time, it was already dark outside, the night breeze was blowing, there was a little cool, the steward lit the candle, rummaged for a long time, panicked sweat mixed with blood flowed together, and finally found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had not been used for a long time and was full of dust on the top of the cupboard in the bedroom.

He didn't know whether he was scared or hurt, his hands kept shaking, and the words he wrote were crooked like ghost drawings, and after writing, he couldn't find the red mud for a while, so he had to touch it on his neck in pain, and pressed a bloody handprint on the paper.

Liang Mancang handed the note to Gu Qingzhu to look at, saw that she read it carefully, nodded in approval, and then stopped.

"Grandpa Haohan, look, I also wrote the note, can you let me go?" The steward covered the wound, squeezed out a bleak smile, and said flatteringly.

"Released you?" Liang Mancang's sword eyebrows were upside down, "I still need a leg to compensate!" ”

When the words fell, he raised the knife, only to hear a "click" sound, and the right knee bone of the steward was violently shattered by the back of the knife!

"Ahh The steward was caught off guard, screaming and falling, rolling on the ground in pain, and a puddle of unknown water stains overflowed from under him, mixed with the smell of blood.

"Let's go!" Liang Mancang greeted Gu Qingzhu.

Before leaving, he swung his knife and knocked over the candlestick on the table, and the flames ignited the fluttering curtains at once, and the fire took advantage of the wind to go straight to the beams of the house!

"Help, help!" The steward dragged his legs and crawled on the ground, wailing like a lost dog.

From the secluded alley next to him, two people walked out of the horse, Liang Mancang drove the horse forward, Gu Qingzhu looked back behind him, only to see the smoke billowing from the Hu Mansion, the flames burned half of the night sky, the neighbors exclaimed in surprise to carry water to put out the rescue, and someone rushed to find the water dragon team, what was the trouble for a while, and it was chaotic.

The two returned to the rented inn, where the people who worked in the winery were all gathered, and their luggage was piled up in half of the room, anxiously waiting for their news.

"Uncle Gen, you put this away." Gu Qingzhu handed the note written by Steward Hu to Gu Shigen.

Gu Shigen couldn't wait to open it and see, he only recognized a few simple words, but he still saw the words of the red handprint and twenty taels.

"Qingzhu, what method did you use to let the Hu Guan serve obediently?" Gu Shigen passed the note to others and asked very seriously.

"To deal with this kind of scoundrel, the reason doesn't make sense, and you still have to use force to speak!" Gu Qingzhu pointed to the long knife that Liang Mancang carried at his waist.

She originally planned to discuss with him, but she was sent away as a begging for food, but fortunately, Liang Mancang made all preparations.

"Anyway, with this, we can breathe a sigh of relief." After reading it, the last person returned the paper to Gu Shigen.

"How is Uncle Fu?" Gu Qingzhu asked with concern.

Gu Shigen sighed: "He bleed too much, he has no strength to speak, I'm afraid he will have a big fever tonight, I hope he has a great life." If only I could get through it. ”

"I'll go see him, if there is something at night, the eldest girl and Brother Kui, they don't understand any of them, and they will inevitably be in a hurry, if I am here, I can help a little." Gu Qingzhu took a sip of water.

"Okay, let's eat first." Gu Shigen removed the gauze cover on the table, revealing four or five steamed buns and a plate of pickled cucumbers inside.

Maybe he was tired, or it was too hot, Gu Qingzhu only ate one steamed bun, but drank six or seven bowls of water, his stomach was swollen, and he couldn't eat anymore.

"Qingzhu, don't worry, I'll go with you to guard it later." Liang Mancang ate two steamed buns, wrapped the other one, and put it in her hand.

"Don't show up, the Hu steward has been cleaned up very badly today, his leg injury, he must go to Dexing to see, if he meets you, it will be bad." Gu Qingzhu persuaded to stop.

Liang Mancang thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, I'll send you to Dexing, go back to Yamen in the evening, and wait for me to take the monthly silver tomorrow, and then let's think about it in the long run." ”

After saying that, Gu Qingzhu and Liang Mancang rode away, and Gu Shigen arranged for everyone to stay, fortunately, it was summer, and they could make do with a mat on the ground for a night's sleep.

Gu Shifu really got hot at night, his whole body was like coals, people were burned and confused, the situation was extremely dangerous, Tan Lide personally sat in charge, acupuncture, cold compress, medicinal juice, all the methods that could be used were used, and people who came in and out bowed their heads to do things, and they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

Gu Daya was accompanied by Gu Qingzhu, although she was worried to death, but she had Gu Qingzhu as the backbone, and she could barely hold on to her clothes all night.

By dawn, Gu Shifu's fever gradually subsided, and he passed the most dangerous course of illness safely, Tan Lide stayed up all night, sleepy and tired, and Zhang Pingjin replaced him to rest.

Liang Mancang came early in the morning to listen to the news, heard that the fever had subsided, and his heart was stable, he handed over the two months' monthly case of four taels of silver to Gu Qingzhu, although he said that he was the head of the fast team, but his monthly case was self-raised in the yamen, that is to say, there was enough oil and water, and the people at the bottom also got ten taels or eight taels a month, but Su Jin was a clean official, and he was unwilling to deal with those profiteers, and did things against his will for them, so he could only rely on his father-in-law Mu Shaotang to help, so the yamen was like clear water, and there was no more expenditure.

Liang Mancang was stunned when he saw Gu Qingzhu pinching her purse, but he was afraid that she was worried about not enough money, so he comforted: "You can use it for the time being, I still saved thirty taels of silver in the military camp before, and it is now stored in Sansheng Money Village, and it can be taken out and used at that time." ”

When Gu Daya heard him say this, she was moved to tears, and said in a loud voice: "Don't don't, don't, that's the money for your family to build a house!" ”

Liang Mancang waved his hand: "What kind of house is not a house at this time, I think that at the beginning, Liangjiaba suffered a disaster, if it wasn't for the village chief's kindness to take us in to live in Gujiaao, where would I still have a home!" ”

Gu Qingzhu thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Don't argue between the two of you, I'll use it first, Mr. Tan allows us to owe on credit, let's be cheeky to accept this favor first, as for the inn, the checkout has to wait for the time to leave, so this is also a matter of eating, and the money can barely last for a few days." ”

"In that case, I'll listen to your arrangement, when to use the money, you just have to speak, there is something in the yamen today, I'll go first." Liang Mancang said and left.

Gu Qingzhu went out to buy a few steamed buns, the eldest girl was anxious and had no appetite, but she was persuaded by Gu Qingzhu to swallow most of it, Fang Kui stayed up all night, ate steamed buns, and fell asleep on the chair.

There were still people in the inn, waiting for money to buy steamed buns, Gu Qingzhu hurried there non-stop, fortunately, the two places were not too far apart, through an alley, and a cup of tea arrived.

Gu Shigen took the money and sent a young man to buy steamed buns, while he listened to Gu Qingzhu talk about the situation last night, and listened to the important places, he couldn't help but hold his breath nervously, and finally heard that the fever had subsided, and everyone was relieved for a while.

"There are so many of us who can't find a job for a while, and we have to eat, drink and stay every day, so we don't have so much money to spend, I plan to let them all look back at their home and save some medicine for the village chief." Gu Shigen sighed and said.

"yes, we can't help here, so we might as well go back sooner." A man chimed in.

"Uh-huh." Everyone nodded.

"If you uncles and brothers go back to Gujiaao, Qingzhu only asks you for one thing, don't tell Aunt Sun about the village chief's injury, so as not to scare her." Gu Qingzhu stood up and said solemnly.

"How can it be, the village chief is also for us, and he has suffered so much, we will never know what to do." A young man nodded.

"His family is also unlucky, at the beginning of the year, Qingshan was bitten by a wolf, and was divorced by a heartless person, how much money was lost, this is in the middle of the year, and he broke his leg again, it is just worse, and life is not good." The other older man shook his head repeatedly.

Gu Shigen said: "The big guy went back this time, and he only said that the work in the wine shop was done, and the village chief took a few people to wait for the settlement, and the others went home first if they had nothing to do." ”

"That being said, paper can't hold the fire, and they'll know sooner or later." A wide-faced man sighed.

"Who doesn't know this reason, but they can hide it from day by day, and this will tell them, isn't it a life for life!" Gu Shigen was a little annoyed, and unconsciously raised his voice.

The man opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

"It's terrible, there's something big going on outside!" The people who went out to buy steamed buns rushed in and shouted.