When Luo Qinghe came home from the stall on Juying Street after a busy day, he saw that the copper stove he had dreamed of for a long time and a bunch of strangers were sent to his home.

The first person introduced by Fang Shaoze was the grandson of Meng Dingling, the famous Zhongcheng Sikong of the previous dynasty, Meng Xiuyuan.

This is the master of the city, but he is a down-to-earth second product, and he is the same as the deputy phase! And this grandson of Sikong is naturally also from a famous family, and the limelight is the son of Guangling... But at the moment, the life experience of this Brother Meng Gongzi is even much more miserable than Fang Shaoze's 'Dad doesn't hurt, and he has to sell'.

The origin of this tragedy starts with Meng Xiuyuan's grandfather, Meng Dingling.

Meng Dinglin was a well-known upright man in the previous dynasty, and he was originally in charge of etiquette, morality, sacrifices, and other matters that had little to do with political affairs, but were extremely important.

But this Meng Da Sikong is just upright, very wide-minded, and has always been unable to tolerate treachery and evil in his eyes, so he has spoken out in the court many times, and even did not give the emperor face.

But it is precisely because of his reputation for loyalty and uprightness that even if the emperor of the previous dynasty could no longer tolerate it, he could only grit his teeth and endure it, and not cut off the Qingtian Lord in the hearts of the people.

Until Liang Muhou Murong Wei rebelled and forced all the way to Guangling, this Meng Da Sikong did not forget his original intention, stood on the city gate with horizontal eyebrows and counted Murong Wei's crimes, and also charged him with disloyalty and unrighteousness.

In fact, what the old man said was right, Murong Wei was originally a prince of Nanyue, and even had a blood relationship with the Nanyue royal family, and even when Meng Dingling was famous in Guangling for his erudition and talent, this Murong Wei also personally came to the door to ask for advice, and lived in the Meng family for more than two years! It was this Meng Dingling who scolded Murong Wei, who was invincible on the battlefield, that he was simply frank and unrestrained, and he didn't panic at all.

But the old man was open, but the Meng family was subjected to it.

That day, when Murong Wei was hindered by the shackles of respecting the teacher, and was throwing away his armor and kneeling honestly to let Meng Dingling teach him a lesson, there were some soldiers behind him who were extremely knowledgeable, and a cloud-piercing arrow cut off Meng Da Sikong, who was loyal and courageous.

Immediately afterwards, Murong Wei ascended the throne with his front foot, and killed Meng Dingling's wife and concubines and children with his back foot, and sent all his grandchildren to a secluded residence, where they were punished for hard labor for the rest of their lives.

As soon as this incident came out, many righteous people angrily scolded Murong Wei for not remembering the old feelings and violating the teacher's way, and some people said that pedantic and outdated people like Meng Dingling who did not know the current affairs deserved this fate, and Murong Wei was merciful enough before he cut off the grandchildren of the Meng family.

But no matter what they talked about outside, the children of the Meng family who were punished into a secluded home could only accept their fate.

At that time, the Meng family was also a well-known family, and the whole clan was close to a thousand people, but the dead and wounded, plus many loyal and unrivaled, committed suicide angrily and went with the lord and began to raid the house, they abandoned the slaves and maids who were picked up by other high-ranking officials to scare people... In less than two years, there were only a few lonely people left in the huge family.

Among them, the person with the highest status is this grandson, Meng Xiuyuan.

When Meng Xiuyuan grew up, he was dragged to the market like a slave by the steward who lived in seclusion, and he waited until the market closed in the evening, drank the well water and swallowed half of the moldy dry food, and repeated this life the next day. Yes, although this Meng Xiuyuan is only in his early twenties, he looks like a weathered man in his early thirties at the moment.

After hearing this, Luo Qinghe couldn't help but sigh, to say that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, but it is indeed even more difficult to go from luxury to thrift! This Meng Xiuyuan has already understood things when he becomes an official slave, and he doesn't know how to survive in the first few years.

Moreover, in this Guangling, there is also a hierarchy between slaves and slaves, and the slaves of ordinary families are all willing to sell themselves, as long as the money for redemption is enough or the master's family is gracious, then they can live a civilian life.

But the official slaves in the secluded residence are different, they are all forced to be slaves, if they want to get out of the slavery, they can only wait for the saint to make an order himself, and if Meng Xiuyuan is implicated for insulting the saint, it is obviously impossible to turn over.

After all, if Murong Wei forgave the Meng family, wouldn't that mean that what Meng Dingling said at that time was the truth?

Unless Wenyuan Kingdom dies, Meng Xiuyuan can only suffer in that secluded residence for the rest of his life, except for being accepted as a subordinate by a good family.

And now the person he wants to defect to is Fang Shaoze.

When Fang Shaoze mentioned this matter to Luo Qinghe just now, he was extremely excited as if he had discovered a rare treasure, and praised Meng Xiuyuan every word.

This Meng Xiu is far from just coming out of the secluded residence, and he can see that this Fang Shaoze must be from everyone, and because it was someone from the Zhongyong Mansion who bought them with money, and he also deliberately selected some sensible officials, it shows that this Fang Shaoze must have plans for the future, and he also has a good relationship with the Zhongyong Mansion.

Such a person who has no family restraint and some power is naturally a big tree suitable for people like Meng Xiuyuan to enjoy the shade, so Meng Xiuyuan tried to negotiate the conditions with this young family master, and used loyalty and dedication as a bargaining chip to let Fang Shaoze rescue his younger siblings for him.

As soon as he mentioned that he had learned from Yang Tong's old fox and forced Meng Xiuyuan to reveal his heart and take refuge loyally, Fang Shaoze's eyebrows fluttered, and he became complacent.

But Luo Qinghe was very unpleasant: "Meng Xiuyuan is in a desperate situation right now, if you don't send charcoal in the snow, why do you force him so much?" ”

Luo Qinghe questioned his character, and Fang Shaoze hurriedly explained: "I'm not doing this to bully him!" When I found out that he had the heart to defect, I thought that although we had dreams, we would not be able to protect ourselves at the moment, so I didn't want him to have too much hope for us, so as not to hit him in the future. ”

Luo Qinghe thought about it and felt that this was also true, but he was a little puzzled: "Since you have the intention of helping him, why don't you just send him to Hanguang Sect?" With the power of their Loyal and Brave Mansion, it is much easier to find two people than you! ’”

Fang Shaoze was a person who had been taught by famous masters in the end, and when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "Even if I give him to Hanguang Sect, the Han family will never take him in!" After all, the Meng family was convicted of insulting the pilgrimage, which is a crime of rebellion today! If the Zhongyong Mansion took in the Meng family, doesn't that mean that the Han family also recognizes that he is a traitor on the pilgrimage? ”

Luo Qinghe suddenly realized, but he was worried: "But Meng Xiuyuan has suffered such a catastrophe, and he has lived in the hell of the world in the secluded residence for so many years, will there be any psychological problems with him, so that he will harm us?" ”

But Fang Shaoze chuckled and shook his head: "You don't have to worry about this!" Since Meng Xiuyuan came with the intention of looking for his family, he must have hoped that our power would be as great as possible. After all, at present, those big families are afraid of being implicated, and no family is willing to accept him! So he had no choice but to rely on ordinary people with potential like us. ”

"Hmm......" Luo Qinghe also nodded when he heard this, and said, "Then since we want to keep him, do we have to plan for him to find his younger siblings as soon as possible?" ”

"When I left Meng Xiuyuan behind, I asked, and he said that his younger siblings were bought by merchants from the east and from the south respectively, and looking for a house slave with such rough information is tantamount to a yudahai needle!"

Fang Shaoze said, but he was afraid that the topic would arouse Luo Qinghe's frustration with his father, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "By the way, there is still a coppersmith who came to our family today, and it is the one who cast a copper furnace for you." ”

"He's a coppersmith, why did he come to us?" Luo Qinghe only felt confused.

Fang Shaoze patiently explained: "Originally, there were many craftsmen from small households who would bring their shop skills to hang their names in large households in order to seek shelter, and now this coppersmith has such a mind and has thrown himself into our door." ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, his face was full of joy: "Then don't we have another right-hand man in the future!" But... We can't protect ourselves, what can we do to protect him? ”

Fang Shaoze sold Guan Zi mysteriously this time, and said: "You don't care about this, I have my own way!" By the way, just now I picked two sensible maids among those people for you, you can think of a name! ”

When Luo Qinghe came back from work just now, she had already seen the two delicate and upright maids, she thought that Fang Shaoze had prepared them for herself, but she didn't expect to send them into her own room, so she immediately wondered: "Fang Shaoze, aren't these young and beautiful maids all the standard for you to be a young master?" Why did you remember to send me? ”

Looking at Luo Qinghe who was so stupid, Fang Shaoze was a little angry, and could only hate and say: "Isn't it good that you have such a smart girl, they used to be the daughters of the official family!" ”

Luo Qinghe felt even more awkward when he heard this: "Then I let them serve, isn't it a kind of meaning to take advantage of the danger of others to fall into the well!" No, no, I still don't want it! ”

But Fang Shaoze was originally impure, how could he let her get her wish now?

"Qinghe, you have no choice! This is personally selected by Hanguang Sect and specially instructed to give it to you, if you don't accept it, won't it make him feel cold? ”

With a cold snort, Luo Qinghe understood what Fang Shaoze was trying to figure out: "Come on, I know that the kid from Hanguang Sect is courteous for no reason, and it must be no good thing!" Tell me, what is he asking for! ”

Seeing that she reacted so quickly, Fang Shaoze was full of emotion, so he hurriedly told Han Dumiao about the blood book begging for duck palms.

But Luo Qinghe, who made sixty in a row that day and ate a lot of them, began to feel sick to his stomach when he heard the word duck palm, and barely held back his nausea, Luo Qinghe waved his hand and said: "Oh, I'll just compose the dishes to him, and if you don't have enough food in the future, you will come to beg me to make it for him!" ”

Looking at her face full of pain but still trying to solve problems for herself, Fang Shaoze only felt cute and tight, and chuckled and thanked Luo Qinghe for Han Dumiao.

To say that this Han Dumiao is indeed forced to be helpless. Since the day he gave the remaining duck paws to the Han family, the Han family began to miss it, and the sons and brothers of Taixue that day also heard the news, so they pestered Hanguangzong one by one to beg for food.

Hanguangzong was forced to have no choice, so he could only bite the bullet and beg Fang Shaoze again.

In fact, even if Luo Qinghe didn't say it, Fang Shaoze still had to ask her if she could give it to Fang Zi, after all, according to the popularity of this duck paw, it would be stingy to let Hanguangzong beg him again and again.

Besides, since he wants to make friends with Hanguangzong sincerely, he also has to show sincerity, and any of Luo Qinghe's recipes are of great commercial value at the moment, and this fact must be very clear in Hanguangzong's heart.

It is Fang Shaoze's return gift this time, which can be regarded as a great stroke!