Although these people were responsible for the crimes of the main family, the results were not much worse. Beheading and exile is a felony.

Steward Qi brought them in, and he was frightened and gave them great hope, although he knew that it might not be a good place to go to buy people from the sin slaves, but if he really did the hardships, this life would be over, no, it should be said, there would be no more of this life.

Although he was full of prayers and expectations, no one dared to make trouble in the prison of sin slaves, otherwise a leather whip would come down, and he would not die or shed his skin, and there would be no full meal on weekdays, and if it really came at that time, it would be no different from death.

So they can only resign themselves to fate.

The four of them knelt on the ground with their heads bowed in an orderly manner. Shao Zhiqiu wiped the scumbags of snacks on her hands and looked at them.

"Tell me what you did in the old master's house, how long you have done it, and what you have been guilty of." Shao Zhiqiu asked.

When the four of them heard it, it was a girl's voice, and they were at a loss, but they listened to the words of the question clearly, and the tone was noble and cold, and they couldn't help but raise their hearts to their throats.

Steward Qi motioned to the person kneeling on the innermost side to reply first.

"Sin slave Zhu Zhen, the old master is Liang Lu, the former secretary of the Ministry of Works, who was originally Mrs. Liang Lu's dowry steward, responsible for taking care of his wife's dowry, following the old master for 26 years, and doing it for 20 years.

"The criminal slave Hu Sandu, the old master is Zhao Quzhong, the governor of Jiangzhou, who was originally in charge of the Fuzhong Office, and the steward has been in charge for thirteen years, and the old master was convicted of degrading the people for Kou Mao's military exploits."

"Sin slave Sun Wang, the old master is...

"Sin slave Zhang De, the old master is...

Shao Zhiqiu listened carefully, confirming that there were no families who had been wronged in his previous life that he knew. and weighed the abilities of these people.

"Zhu Zhen, you take care of the old master's marriage, how is the profit and loss?" Shao Zhiqiu asked.

"There is a surplus, at least one year has suffered a disaster, and only 30% of the profit of previous years has been obtained."

Shao Zhiqiu carefully interrogated the other people again, and then fell silent. The steward of Qi waited by the side.

These four people have different abilities, and they are all the people Shao Zhiqiu needs to use at this moment. Such people are experienced in handling things, and there is no need to worry about them being careful. Sin slaves can only be freed after three generations, and another generation can be freed from slavery after they are freed, they are also family people, and their wives and children have also been sent to the sin slavery, if you keep them, as long as you detain their wives and children, and then make a promise to allow them to get rid of their crimes, you can use them with peace of mind.

"I want these four slaves of sin, along with their families, how many taels of silver do I want?" Shao Zhiqiu asked the manager of Qi.

"Girl, wait." Steward Qi immediately instructed the messengers outside the door, found the records of these people, and sorted them out.

"These four men, together with their families, made seventeen slaves, ten men and seven women. The price varied, totaling one hundred and twenty-eight taels of silver. Qi Guandao.

Shao Zhiqiu took out the silver ticket from his arms, put away the identity deeds of these people, and continued.

"I have something to say to these four people, I don't know if I can use this place." Seeing that Shao Zhiqiu was young, he was very old-fashioned in his words and actions, and he was by no means a child of an ordinary family, and Qinghuai had been sitting quietly on the side, not showing the mountains and water, but people couldn't see the history, so he naturally became more and more respectful to Shao Zhiqiu and the others.

"That's natural, the girl can speak here at ease, and call me at any time if there is anything."

"There's Rauci in charge." Shao Zhiqiu said politely.

Zhu Zhen and the others were trembling with excitement at the moment, they didn't know what their fate would be next, but they knew that their family was saved, at least there was nothing more miserable than being in the sin slave house.

"I don't know your character, your abilities, what you're good at, what you can do." Shao Zhiqiu looked at the person who had been kneeling on the ground and said.

"I don't care if the four of you know each other or not." After a pause, Shao Zhiqiu said again.

"In the future, the four of you will do things for me, and obeying my orders is the only way to live."

The man on his knees should say yes.

"My first errand for you. Help me make money. The capital is 1,000 taels, and I feel that I have the ability to help me make money, so I stood up and replied. Shao Zhiqiu said these words, a little thirsty, so she picked up the tea and drank it slowly.

Zhu Zhen was the first to stand up, and then Zhang De also stood up.

"That's enough." Sun Wang and Hu Sandu are obviously not good at business, so they didn't dare to stand up when they heard about it.

Shao Zhiqiu prepared a thousand taels for each of them, as for what to do and how to do it, Shao Zhiqiu didn't care.

"I want to buy a house in the capital, it doesn't have to be a good location, the place is enough, I need someone to take care of my house, in addition to the house, there are people, like you, or different people. If you can do it, stand up. As soon as Shao Zhiqiu's words fell, Hu Sandu stood up, for fear that this errand would fall to the side.

Shao Zhiqiu looked at Sun Wang, who was still kneeling on the ground, and continued. "I need someone to keep a close eye on the movements of the court, even if it is a little troublesome, I must let me know as soon as possible. Can you? ”

Sun Wang was originally the head of the left servant Lang's family in the Ministry of Officials, and if he could handle it, there should be no problem with this errand.

"Well, what you need at your disposal will be selected today in the slave house. Hu Sandu. ”

"Master, please command."

"You go now, buy a small Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, don't be too eye-catching, the harvest of Zhuangzi can have a slight surplus. Can I come back before dark? Seeing that it was only a little more than an hour before it got dark, Shao Zhiqiu asked.

"If Zhuangzi can't buy it today, you have to stay in this slave house for one more day."

At this time, the lives of the four of them are in the hands of such a small female doll, and the future is bleak, but compared to staying in the sin slave house, it is simply a world of difference between heaven and earth.

"I can do it today!" Hu Sandu hurriedly knelt down again.

Shao Zhiqiu nodded, took out another thousand taels, and handed them to Hu Sandu, so that she now only had a few hundred taels of silver and those golden beans in her hand.

Shao Zhiqiu called Steward Qi and asked him to let Hu Sandu go to do errands, while the others waited on the side.

"I'm tired of taking care of things, and bring their families up separately for me to see." Shao Zhiqiu Road. Hu Sandu, who hadn't had time to go out yet, tightened his body. Then he walked out briskly without looking back.

Shao Zhiqiu is not afraid that they will run away with the silver, not to mention that the family members of the deed are in their own hands, just say that the crime of a criminal slave and running from slavery will be added to the three clans.

In addition to the four of them, there were thirteen people, six under the age of ten, four women and two men. There are also two little girls who have just passed the marriage, three mothers-in-law, and two men.

"These children will come with me today, and so will the two little girls, and those who should be instructed should be instructed now, so as not to turn around and make mistakes and be punished." Shao Zhiqiu said.