057 Death (Second Watch)
After having lunch with Duanmu Guifei and the fourth princess in Zhongcui Palace, the sisters left the palace with the He family, and the three ancestors and grandchildren got into their own carriages and got their own places.
The carriage slowly drove out of the palace gate, getting faster and faster, and in the carriage, Duanmu Jun took his sister's hand and said happily: "Zhen Zhen, great, the cousin of the Li family is coming to the capital to participate in the martial arts...... " As she spoke, she couldn't help but show a bright smile on her bright face, and there was irrepressible anticipation in the eyes of the black willow leaves.
Duanmufei also laughed, holding Duanmujun's hand, and the sisters held their palms against their palms.
The Li family is the maiden family of the mother Li family, for many years, the children of the Li family have been stationed in Minzhou, southeast of Dasheng, and have not entered Beijing for many years, so Chu Qingci has never seen the Li family, only heard that his grandfather Chu Old Lady once mentioned six words: The Li family is here, and Minzhou is flat.
There are many sea bandits and robbers in the Minzhou area, and the Li family can guard Minzhou for many years, and there is nothing to do with each other, so it naturally has its own uniqueness in naval warfare.
It's just that the Li family is a good soldier, but it doesn't mean that they are a good uncle.
In the memory of the original body, they stayed in Duanmu Mansion for three years as an orphan girl, and in the past three years, the Li family has never sent anyone to ask, and I don't know if the Li family has anything to do with the Duanmu family......
Duanmu Fei thought quickly, with a smile on his face.
Duanmu Jun smiled with emotion: "Zhen Zhen, Cen Xiaogonggong is really an easy-going person. Seeing that his sister was lost, he deliberately sent his sister back, and just now told them about the cousin of the Li family......
Hearing this, Duanmu Fei was almost choked by saliva, his expression was a little strange, and he glanced at Duanmu Jun with an indescribable look, half-hanging his eyes, hiding the different colors in his eyes.
When Duanmu Fei first met Cen Yin in Zhuangzi, he didn't know that the other party was the famous eunuch, but as the eldest daughter of the Chu family, she had been personally taught by the old lady Chu since she was a child, and she naturally heard of her name.
Cen Yin climbed all the way from an orphan with no power, no name and no surname to the position of a eunuch with no power, and judging from his style of behavior over the years, he doesn't seem to be able to get along with easy-going or something......
But in any case, for now, he doesn't seem to have any ill will towards their sisters.
"Da Da Da ......"
Their carriage galloped all the way north, and the noise of the street outside was heard from time to time, but the hearts of the two sisters gradually settled down, and they held hands.
However, in just two months, they have entered the palace twice, and they are gradually getting better in the house, and in the future, their lives will definitely get better and better.
After returning home, Duanmu Jun ordered someone to send a plate of cherries from Duanmu Guifei to the third lady Tang, saying that it was for the third aunt to try it.
Although the cherry is not a rare thing, but the cherry of this tribute is the top grade, just from the Huaibei tribute, one by one bright color, red like agate, bite down, sweet and sour, faintly with a mellow aroma of wine, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.
In fact, Mrs. He's got the reward of Duanmu Guifei, and she would distribute these cherries to each room, but for Duanmujun and Duanmufei, it was a favor to send another plate of cherries to the Tang family, as a return gift for the Tang family to give them lychees last time.
People are sophisticated, and this is how they come and go to get mutual benefits.
Since beating the Tang family's housekeeper, the sisters have been getting better and better in the house, and some of the other girls in the house are not lacking them, including clothes, jewelry, food and other expenses.
The subordinates in the house are also human spirits, so they naturally see it in their eyes, and they all praise the third lady for being virtuous, the housekeeper is good, and the third room is also quite a rising tide in the house......
Duanmujun and Duanmufei didn't care about this, and the sisters lived their own little lives in Zhanqing Courtyard behind closed doors.
After he was free, Duanmujun asked Mama Zhang to take the account book of the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, and flipped it slowly, thinking about what she had seen and heard in the Zhuangzi that day.
Last time, she found a lot of problems in Zhuangzi, especially that Li was in charge, relying on the old and selling the old, and deceiving the superiors and subordinates......
Thinking about it, Duanmujun's speed of flipping through the account books became slower and slower, and his brows were locked tighter and tighter.
"Big girl," Mama Zhang naturally knew what Duanmujun was worried about, and said angrily, "Then Li Shunzi is really a conscienceless, I think if it wasn't for the Li family who bought him, he was just an orphan who sold himself to bury his father, poor and white, and he has been smooth sailing in Zhuangzi all these years, and he really forgot what he is!" Big girl, since Li Shunzi dares to fill his pockets, it is better to withdraw him! ”
"It's not that easy." Duanmu Jun smiled bitterly, "Mama Zhang, after changing Steward Li, who will take this position?" ”
“……”
Mama Zhang finished talking for a while, and finally figured out the biggest problem of the long house at the moment - lack of manpower.
Duanmu pursed his lips, looked down at the account book again, and thought more than Mama Zhang:
Although the steward has grown a little big over the years, they really can't remove the steward Li for a while, first, there is no one available now; Second, even if he tops someone else for a while, it is not as good as Steward Li to understand that Zhuangzi, if the new steward takes office and something happens, it may make the He family seize the handle and take the opportunity to take back the Zhuangzi, then it will be even more difficult to recover the dowry.
The room was quiet, the air was a little heavy, and suddenly, a breeze blew, and the half-open window shook slightly, making a piercing "creaking" sound, which was particularly loud.
"Sister, is Steward Li's deed there?" Duanmufei, who was reading the book, raised his head and asked with big eyes like paint.
When Duanmu Jun heard this, he looked at Duanmu Fei, and his eyes lit up.
My sister is so smart that she actually thought of the deed!
Once this person signs the deed, it means that their life no longer belongs to themselves, but belongs to the master's family, and it is the property of the master's family, and the master's family can beat and scold, buy, sell, and dispose of it at will.
And the Li family's dowry not only has the land deeds and house deeds of those properties, but also includes the identity deeds of those subordinates, over the years, those properties have been dotted by the government, but the deeds of those companions are still in the long house.
However, over the years, not only herself, but I'm afraid even Steward Li has forgotten that he is not a slave of Shangshu Mansion.
Duanmujun pondered for a moment, and instructed Mama Zhang: "Mama Zhang, you will go to Zhuangzi in person tomorrow, deliver a message to Steward Li, and ask him if he remembers what his master's surname is......"
"Yes, big girl." Mama Zhang replied with a little excitement, her voice sonorous and powerful.