At night, in the living room of the small courtyard where Li Hongyu lives.

"Young master, they are my brothers who have played since I was a child." Wang Tieniu brought in five sturdy young men and said to Li Hongyu in a deep voice.

"I've seen the young master!" The five young men bowed to Li Hongyu in an orderly manner, and as soon as they received the message from Wang Tieniu, they rushed over from the countryside.

"In the future, you will follow Young Master Ben and serve as Young Master Ben's entourage, with a monthly salary of one or two silver!" Li Hongyu was very satisfied with the five people, and from the bulging green tendons on his hands, it could be seen that they must have a lot of strength to do farm work, so he nodded and said quietly.

"One or two!" Hearing this, the five young men couldn't help but be taken aback, knowing that the shopkeepers of some shops in the town only had a tael of silver a month.

"Don't thank the young master yet." Seeing the five people standing there dumbfounded, looking incredulous, Rou'er, who was standing next to Li Hongyu, couldn't help but speak.

"Thank you, young master, thank you, young master." The five of them woke up like a dream, and hurriedly thanked Li Hongyu happily.

In fact, Rou'er also felt that giving one or two pieces of silver a month was too much, even if she was only five dollars a month.

Of course, in addition to the monthly money, Rou'er will get a lot of rewards from the Zhao family every year, and seventy-seven-eighty-eight adds up to a lot of money.

"They want to protect my safety in the future, a tael of silver is really not much." Li Hongyu explained to Rou'er lightly that he has never been stingy in spending money to recruit talents, especially in matters related to his life and safety, he naturally cannot be sloppy, and he must vigorously woo Wang Tieniu's five brothers.

"You remember, in the future, things at home will be rotten in your heart, and you must not leak them to the outside, if anyone commits this taboo, it will not be my brother Wang Tieniu!"

Li Hongyu arranged the five young people in the west wing of the small courtyard, and after returning to the west wing from the living room, Wang Tieniu solemnly instructed them.

"Brother Tie Niu, don't worry, the young master treats us well, we will never do that kind of thing!" The five young men who were excited couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and then a round-faced young man said seriously.

"Brother Tie Niu, we won't disgrace you." The remaining four young men opened their mouths one after another to express their attitudes, if it weren't for Wang Tieniu, they would still be doing farm work in the countryside now, so they naturally knew what to say and what not to say.

Seeing this, Wang Tieniu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, these five young people were brought by him, so he naturally had to be responsible for the five people, and he definitely didn't want the five people to do anything that harmed Li Hongyu's interests.

At the same time, Li Hongyu's bedroom.

"Master, what are you painting?" While grinding the ink, Rou'er asked Li Hongyu, who was standing in front of the table and leaning over to paint on a piece of rice paper, curiously.

"The road map of the back house." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and then a cold glint flashed in his eyes, "Li Hongqing didn't force the young master to hand you over, since he is looking for death, then the young master will fulfill him." ”

Rou'er's face suddenly turned red, and then a warm current surged in her heart, she also heard about it, and knew that Li Hongyu would never give her to Li Honggan as the outside world guessed.

To tell the truth, Rou'er is just a slave who has sold herself, and if Li Hongyu asks her to serve Li Hongqing, she will not have the slightest choice.

"Young master, you seem to have marked it wrong, this is Miss Qin Yue's yard, not ours." Soon after, Rou'er discovered something and couldn't help but point to the painting on the rice paper to remind Li Hongyu, who marked the small courtyard where Qin Yue lived as his residence.

"The young master is not wrong!" Li Hongyu raised his head with a smile when he heard this, "If Li Hongqing touched Miss Qin's room in the middle of the night, what would happen if you said it would be." ”

Rou'er was stunned for a moment, and finally understood Li Hongyu's intentions, a look of surprise appeared on her face, she also thought that Li Hongyu wanted to trick Li Hongyu into coming and let Wang Tieniu take the five brothers to repair each other, but she never expected it to be related to Qin Yue.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the rapist was sentenced to death by hanging, and the attempted rape was punished with 100 rods and 3,000 li.

This means that once Li Hongqing touches Qin Yue's room, then he will have to suffer at least a hundred boards and then exile for three thousand miles, and he will have to suffer on the frontier for the rest of his life.

It is worth mentioning that once a person who attempts to rape a woman is discovered, he can be killed on the spot, and the government will not be held accountable for this.

"Young Master, the reputation of Second Miss Qin ......" Shocked, Rou'er suddenly realized something, and couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu with concern.

In this way, no matter whether Li Hongqing succeeds or not, Qin Yue's reputation will be ruined, and as soon as the matter spreads, which big family dares to marry her?

"The young master is also helpless, now the young master has no way to compete with them, so he can only find a way to protect himself first." Li Hongyu's face couldn't help but darken when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile, "In the future, the young master will find a way to compensate her." ”

The corners of Rou'er's mouth squirmed when she heard this, and she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it, she knew Li Hongyu's situation, if Li Hongyu had another way, she would definitely not do it, it was really helpless.

"It's okay, the young master will definitely solve this matter." Seeing that Rou'er looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, Li Hongyu knew that she was worried about herself, so she smiled disapprovingly, leaned over and began to draw a second schematic diagram of the back house.

Different from the previous schematic diagram, this time Li Hongyu marked his and Qin Yue's residences, and if this map was given to Li Honggen, Li Honggen would definitely not go the wrong way.

It's a pity that Li Hongqing only got the first picture, and the second picture Li Hongyu was useful.

At midnight, the Bright Moon Tower.

Mingyue Tower is the largest green building in Baihe Town, there are many men who come to have fun every night, the sound of laughter and laughter of silk and bamboo hits all night, it can be said that Baihe Town is a famous gold cave.

With a noisy laughter, several sons and brothers walked out of the Mingyue Building surrounded by a group of singing and dancing girls, and came to a carriage parked at the door.

These sons are Li Hongyi and Zhao Xin and others, and tonight Li Hongyi set up a reception banquet for Zhao Xin.

"Brother Zhao, let's see you in the academy tomorrow!" Li Hongyi put his arms around a young singer and dancer dressed in fancy clothes, and said to Zhao Xin with a smile, he wanted Zhao Xin to stay overnight, but Zhao Xin insisted on going home on the grounds that there was something at home.

"Thank you Brother Li for your hospitality, see you at the academy tomorrow." Zhao Xin's face was red and seemed to be a little drunk, and he looked a little fluttery when he walked, and after pushing away the two singing and dancing girls who were supporting him, he smiled and bowed his hand to Li Hongyi, and then got into the carriage with the support of the coachman.

"Second Shao, what is the origin of this Zhao Xin, which is worthy of your fanfare to entertain him?" Looking at the back of the carriage in the distance, Li Hongqing asked Li Hongyi with some puzzlement.

"His father is the second owner of the Fuxiang, and this time he came to Baihe Town to sit in the branch, if we have a good relationship with him, it will be a lot of benefits to our Baokun."

Li Hongyi smiled slightly, with a smug look on his face, judging from tonight's contact, Zhao Xin seems to be relatively easy to get along with, if Zhao Xin opens up the joints of the Fuxiang, then he can make a great contribution to the Li family.

"I see!" Li Hongyi suddenly realized when he heard this, he never expected Zhao Xin's origin to be so big, no wonder Li Hongyi had to find a way to tie Zhao Xin.

In the carriage, Zhao Xin leaned on the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, and he was full of alcohol, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot of wine before.

"Young Master, it's here!" I don't know how long it took, but the carriage stopped, and the coachman lifted the curtain and said.

Zhao Xin immediately got out of the car and strode into a magnificent mansion in front of him, his steps were calm, and he was not drunk, and there were two big words on the plaque on the courtyard door, which read "Zhao Mansion".

"Dad, I'm back." In the study in the backyard, a middle-aged man with an elegant Chinese character face was sitting on a chair looking at the books in his hand, and Zhao Xin bowed down and said after entering the door.

This middle-aged man with a national character face is Zhao Xin's father Zhao Deyi, the second owner of the Fuxiang and the second master of the Zhao family in Shanxi, who was sent by the Zhao family to advocate the affairs of the Fuxiang branch this time.

"What's the takeaway from today?" Zhao Deyi put down the book in his hand and looked up at Zhao Xin.

"Dad, the child found that the Li family has a lot of power in the town, and it seems that no one dares to provoke them in the town." Zhao Xin pondered for a moment and replied methodically, "Li Hongyi should already know the identity of the child, so he will put wine for the child to wash the dust at night." ”

"The Li family is the head snake of Baihe Town, and a good relationship with them will benefit us in the future." Zhao Deyi couldn't help but nod when he heard this, with the ability of the Li family, it was not surprising that Li Hongyi knew Zhao Xin's identity.

"Dad, the third room of the Li family has really been severely suppressed, and Li Hongyu in the third room is bullied in the academy, and his personality is extremely cowardly." Zhao Xin remembered something and couldn't help but say, "Therefore, the child feels that the property of the third room cannot be kept, and sooner or later it will return to the big house." ”

"What a beautiful scenery Li Renhai was back then, I can't imagine that his descendants won't even be able to keep the industry after his death." Zhao Deyi couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and said with emotion that he had a relationship with Li Renhai in Jiangnan back then, and he admired Li Renhai's business acumen very much.

"You're tired too, go back and rest." Then, Zhao Deyi nodded to Zhao Xin, picked up the book again and flipped through it.

"The child is gone." Zhao Xin bowed to Zhao Deyi when he heard this, and walked out of the room.

"Brother Li, it's not that the younger brother wants to ruin the marriage contract we made back then, it's really that the younger brother can't protect himself now, but don't worry, the younger brother will definitely take care of your wife and children."

Waiting for Zhao Xin to leave, Zhao Deyi put down the book in his hand, frowned and sighed secretly, his face full of helplessness.