Seeing that the case of Chen County's trial of "trickery" was finally closed, he hid his face and fled without even saying a word about the scene, and the onlookers in front of the yamen finally understood what was happening. A few years ago, the Shirt family funded the construction of Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall and forcibly occupied several pieces of private land, and the county order at that time was also like this.

The people let out a huge boo, and then dispersed, and there were not a few people left in the square in front of the yamen in an instant, only a group of women from Xigu Village were still cowering, half-poking their heads, wanting to enter the lobby to see their men, but they didn't dare.

Zhu Yuanzhang whispered to the Xigu villagers kneeling in the hall: "What are you still kneeling here?" Let's go! ”

Only then did the forty or so villagers get up from the ground, glance at Yi Da and the second young master with complicated expressions, and walk towards the outside of the hall.

The land deeds and deeds of sale thrown out by the shirt just now were scattered on the ground in the lobby, and these pieces of paper were obviously important contracts related to their net worth and surname, but these villagers were not even interested in looking at them. When they got up this morning, they were still slaves of the Ma family, and the fields they planted were still the fields of the Ma family, but in the afternoon, they suddenly became members of the shirt family, and they didn't even know it...... Reality ravages their dignity, but life has to go on...... Aren't they all the same? Whoever he throws himself into is just a slave to others.

Walk to the door...... A man from Xigu Village suddenly turned around, quickly walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, we will not be a family in the future, but no matter if I am in the Ma family or the shirt family, I will always remember Zhu Baba for his good ...... If you tell me something, just say it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder, and also whispered: "Have a good time......

The villagers walked out of the yamen, and the women waiting outside immediately swarmed up, crying around the men, and the sound of mumping went away with the footsteps, and the shirt asked his subordinates to pack up the deed and deed of sale that were thrown in the hall, and put them back in their arms, and then greeted the second young master: "Go, the second young man of the Ma family, let's drink two cups." ”

Shirt Da is in his forties this year, twice the age of the second young master, but the eldest young master of the Ma family is about the same age as the second young master, and the two should be regarded as the same generation, so it is inconvenient for the shirt to take the shelf of the elders, so he will call the second young master the second young master of the Ma family.

The second young master heard him call casually, so he called him indiscriminately: "Boss shirt, go, drink." ”

The two walked out of the yamen hand in hand, looking very affectionate, and walked towards the only Sangu Xiang Restaurant in Baishui* County. These three Gu Xiang restaurants are not far from the Yamen, so neither of them got on the sedan chair, they walked at will, and two large groups of family members followed behind, swaggering through the city.

There are three floors in Sangu Xiang Restaurant, the first floor is the hall where the common people eat, the square tables are full of horizontal and vertical tables, and there are long benches thrown on the side of the table, and a group of men with dirty hands and feet are greeting here. The conditions on the second floor are much better, the square tables are neatly arranged, the spacing in each table is also exquisite, and the table is no longer a long bench, but a square stool.

The third floor is in the best condition, divided into many compartments with screens, potted plants are placed in the four corners, and only one table of eight immortals is placed in each compartment, and a few delicate sandalwood chairs are placed next to the table, each table is leaning against the window, which can blow a cool breeze. The guys who served here were also neatly dressed and had smiles on their faces.

Before going upstairs, the two young masters suddenly pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Qianjiu, and said with a smile: "The second young man of the Ma family, you two stewards are only afraid that it will be inappropriate to stay on the first floor, these two are capable people, and they are called to the third floor to drink the bar." ”

The second young master smiled: "Capable person? It's not all subordinate. Who is qualified to drink at the same table with the shirt boss. ”

Shirt Da hehe smiled: "I have something to talk to them about......"

Only then did the second young master smile and say, "Cheng, let them follow." ”

So the four of them went up to the third floor together, first asked the shirt to sit in the first place in the south, the second young master fell on his left, Ma Qianjiu accompanied the crime, and then reluctantly sat on the left side of the second young master, Zhu Yuanzhang sat at the end of the seat like Ma Qianjiu. There are a lot of rules for eating these days, especially in large households, and the matter of sitting must not be wrong, in case the butt moves the wrong nest, it will offend people immediately.

The shopkeeper sent a steady stream of wine and food, and the second young master drank a few glasses and ate a few bites of food. Although Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang were also at the table, they were very restrained and basically didn't use chopsticks.

After three rounds of drinking, Shan Da finally spoke: "The second young man of the Ma family, our two families didn't have much friendship before, but in the future, we can move around more." The knowledge of the old lady of the Ma family, our shirt family has always admired it very much. ”

The second young master and Ma Qianjiu both thought in their hearts: Get rich and want to come to our Ma family? Dream! Although you are not small, you will always be just a nouveau riche who has no money.

Thinking about it, Ma Qianjiu said with a smile: "Master Shirt is polite, of course the two of us have to move around more......

Shirt Da laughed twice, and suddenly said: "Ma Qianjiu, you are the old steward of the Ma family, we have heard of the name of being capable, but I didn't expect that the Ma family not only has such a capable steward as you, but also a powerful little steward, I look very good." ”

Everyone understood as soon as they heard that he was talking about Zhu Ba, but they didn't know what he meant by this.

Shirt Da continued: "My shirt family, just lack a capable steward, you also know, the current steward of my family is so old that he is about to enter the coffin, as soon as he gets old, he begins to be confused, and the things in the front yard and the side yard are not taken care of smoothly. I asked cheekily, your Ma family is willing to cut your love, transfer this Zhu Ba to me, and let him come to my house to be a big steward. ”

As soon as Shan Da said a word, the expressions of the second young master, Ma Qianjiu, and Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became strange. In fact, it is not uncommon to ask for one or two slaves from other people's families, and it is not uncommon for rich families to look at each other and give away dozens of slaves at a time. But Zhu Ba has been in the limelight in the Ma family recently, and if he wants such a person, he has to make people think about it.

The second young master thought in his head: Zhu Ba is also capable, but he is not caring, and today he broke into the inner courtyard with Ma Qianjiu and beat my person, since he wants it, I will give it to him.

He was born with a cold surname, and even when the Qi steward who had been a dog for the Ma family for fifteen years died, he didn't feel the slightest sadness, and smiled casually: "Boss Shirt, look at your politeness, if you want it, give it to you." ”

As soon as the second young master spoke, Ma Qianjiu immediately exclaimed, "No! "He is the person who knows best how capable Zhu Ba is, and this time to help the Ma family resolve the crisis, it all depends on Zhu Ba's idea to drug Shan Da and Chen Guanyu at a critical time. This is an extremely valuable talent, how can it be easily given to others? Even if you give away all the poor people in the side courtyard, you can't give Zhu Ba away.

Although Ma Qianjiu is a slave, he is an old slave of the Ma family, and his status is not low. Although he usually follows the second young master Hu, but at this critical time, he also has the courage to confront the master, he hurriedly spoke: "Second young master, the manager of the side courtyard has just been replaced by Zhu Ba, and everything has not yet been straightened out, at this time, Zhu Ba will be sent out, who will take care of the side court?" Our family also needs Zhu Ba very much, so I have to be sorry for Mr. Shirt for this matter. ”

"Huh? How can you say that? The second young master said impatiently: "Without Butcher Zhang, do I have to eat hairy pigs?" There is no Zhu Ba, and Zhu Jiu and Zhu Shi, who can't use the side hospital stewardship? ”

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly: "Second young master, talents are rare, although our Ma family does not lack such a person, but with such a person, it can also be the icing on the cake." ”

The two actually fought in front of Shan Da and Zhu Yuanzhang, the second young master was young and incompetent, but after all, as a young master, he was the master, and he spoke much harder. Although Ma Qianjiu is a slave, he accompanies a smiling face and is cautious when he speaks, but he is the henchman of the eldest young master, and he is also covered by the eldest young master when something happens, and he is not afraid that the second young master will deal with him, so he is reasonable.

The two fought from the side court to the inner court, and from the inner court to the front court. Ma Qianjiu moved out of the eldest young master to support him, and the second young master said that his father was not dead, and this family was not all ruled by his brother...... The two quarreled in a daze, the main man was dumbfounded, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't cry or laugh next to him.

In the end, Shirt Da finally couldn't look at it, and he interrupted: "The second young man of the Ma family, Ma Da is in charge, I think you two don't fight, isn't it just a trivial matter?" I didn't expect a sentence to cause such a big trouble, cough...... I think it's better to let Zhu Ba make up his own mind about this matter, you ask him, is he willing to continue to stay in the Ma family as a side house steward, or is he willing to go to my shirt house to take over the big steward's class. ”

The second young master rolled his eyes: "He is a servant, why should he ask his opinion on this kind of thing?" I'm going to send him just a matter of words. ”

Ma Qianjiu actually said: "That's right, Zhu Ba's deed of sale is in my Ma family, if we don't want to send him, he has no way to leave." ”

One is afraid that he will not leave, and the other is afraid that he will leave...... The two people actually reached a consensus at such a time, but as soon as these two sentences were spoken, the contradiction could be seen.

Shirt laughed and said: "Zhu Ba is willing to go, this is not a trivial matter, if he is willing to come to my shirt house, even if you use the deed of sale to keep him, he is not in your heart, it will not be good." If he doesn't want to come to my house, even if you give someone else to me, I won't dare to use him, so I said...... It's better to ask him. ”

The second young master and Ma Qianjiuyi heard this, and they were reasonable!

The two turned their heads to stare at Zhu Yuanzhang at the same time, and asked seriously: "Zhu Ba, tell me, would you rather stay in the Ma family and be a small housekeeper in the side courtyard, or go to the shirt family to take over the big steward's class?" ”

After asking, the second young master added: "The other person is the chief steward over there!" There are many things to manage, just as wide as Ma Qianjiu......" When he said the words "as wide as he managed", he deliberately accentuated his tone, yin and yang, and insinuated that Ma Qianjiu did not respect him as a master.

Ma Qianjiu had no time to take care of the second young master, and he was also worried in his heart, the so-called people go to a high place, and the conditions for the big steward to open the big side are not small, and it is impossible for his own side to offer better conditions, unless he, the big steward, is willing to give way...... It's obviously impossible. He had no choice but to lower his voice and whispered in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear: "Jinshi pole...... There is no Jinshi pole ......"

Three pairs of eyes stared at Zhu Yuanzhang tightly, and the scene was like a leather ball, after playing a circle with the striker Yi Da, the second young master of the center, and the defender Ma Qianjiu, they finally kicked in front of the goalkeeper Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, what was Zhu Yuanzhang thinking?