Chapter 2: Encounters
"Little beggar, see where you're going, come, brothers, beat me hard." He ran desperately, although it was a matter of life and death, there was no despair and fear in his eyes, but some coldness and sarcasm. They chased him from East Street to West Street, and he was a little proud of his good physical strength, and he silently took out his close-fitting dagger and led them into an alley, ready to wait for an opportunity...... Kill!
On his dark face, only the eyes as bright as stars could see his emotions, he hid the dagger behind him and looked at the few people who were approaching, "Run, look where you run." He slowly counted his steps, and waited for the first man to squat in front of him, ......and then he said a word, and he swung it away, wiped his neck, and really saw blood in his throat.
The person next to him saw it, and he was immediately frightened, and in an instant, his body suddenly began to chill, and this feeling of being in the cold season followed, and his hand holding the dagger began to tremble, and when he could no longer support it, he simply shrank in the corner, bearing their punches and kicks, and even, the next ...... Death.
Suddenly, his desire to survive gradually dissipated, and perhaps this was his best destination.
When he saw the blood-stained dagger rushing towards him, he looked at the corner of the house that was gradually dawning, and there was a glimmer of dawn, well, it was beautiful!
"Master, what about the rest of the people?" Mu You held a sharp sword to protect the visitor.
"Chop it, feed the dogs." The cold voice is like a pool of clear water, without half a ripple.
Then one big and one small went out of the alley, and the sound of footsteps stepping on the bluestone slab came from the quiet alley.
Soon the day dawned, the dawn of the day...... It's really coming.
"Master, this kid doesn't look like he's eight years old, but he can ......" Feeling the quiet gaze of the master, Mu You consciously closed his mouth.
Fu Mingyuan looked at the person in his arms at this moment, and when his eyes touched the scars and bruises on his face, his eyes darkened a little, and now his eyes were closed, and he saw a trace of something familiar from them just now. But when he noticed that the white clothes on his body had a few more colors, the light in his eyes changed too quickly.
"Mu You, you carry it." Mu You, who was on the side, still recalled the look in the master's eyes just now, and was stunned for a while and then suddenly rejoiced, he thought that the person who went out today to follow was not his son who had served since childhood, didn't the master not like to be touched by people?
"Yes" Mu You lifted this kid from his master, and it was quite light and effortlessly carried on his shoulders.
Fu Mingran took out a handkerchief to wipe the dirt on his sleeves, and took the trouble to wipe it over and over again, and finally sighed, it was better to lose the clothes.
Mu You behind him breathed a sigh of relief, Gongzi seemed to be in a bad mood after returning from the Chu Mansion, this time he was able to meddle in things, does it mean that Gongzi is not completely clueless about the declining business of the Fu family.
After all...... The master is never nosy.
"Master, what should I do with this kid?" Mu You felt the person's breathing getting smaller, if the wound on this body is not healed, I am afraid that he will not survive tomorrow.
Fu Mingyuan's hand to tidy up his clothes paused, and he just made a move...... It seems to have been a surprise to him.
He recalled those eyes that were both proud and disdainful, but also deeply desperate, and saw such eyes...... It was also unexpected.
"Put it in the stables first." But now that I think about it, the successive crises of the Fu family have shaken the position of the Fu family in the imperial city, and this Fu family's mansion may not be suitable for him to grow up.
It's just that...... What the hell was he hesitating about.
Mu You was surprised by his master's arrangement, and he thought it was ...... is also, the master's temperament has been so cold since he was a child, almost ...... Ruthless.
"I'll be sent out of the house early tomorrow morning." When Fu Mingyuan made this decision, he had a strange reaction in his heart, which seemed to ...... He had misjudged.
"Yes......" Mu You didn't dare to disobey the son's orders, it was a big deal, so he had to secretly take out a futon and come out, this child is also a good person!
When he arrived at the gate of the Fu family, the guards at the door wanted to take over the child, but when Childe's eyes looked over, neither of them dared to move, Mu You took a deep breath and greeted the two brothers with a smile...... He didn't understand a little, this kid still has some status in Childe's heart.
"Arrange for a few people to watch, and no one is allowed to approach." Fu Mingyuan entered the gate, and the maid who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly sent the prepared clothes to Gongzi's room, and Mu You, who was left behind, glanced at the people behind him lightly, and thought, what does Gongzi's arrangement mean, if it is night, everyone in the house is sleeping, how can they look at him one by one like now, right...... It was the one he carried.
"Ahem, what are you doing in a daze, you're all going to work." Mu You looked at the housekeeper who walked over quickly, and looked a little cold, this person's kung fu is first-class.
"Wooden guard, what's the matter with this person?" Zhang Xian then said with a smile, but the afterglow in his eyes kept looking at the person on his shoulder, Gongzi actually brought someone back from outside.
"Steward Zhang, don't you have to go to work?" Since people are smiling at each other, he is very polite. It's just that the mouth of the housekeeper in Fu's mansion is more powerful than those women in the neighborhood.
"The work is naturally to be done, but the ...... of the child" Zhang Xian rubbed his hands and said, Mu You saw that his expression was different, and his heart suddenly became more impatient.
Mu You left the person behind him and dragged it down, and the kid he brought back was afraid that he couldn't afford to toss.
Before Zhang Xian finished speaking, he could only look at the backs of others, he spat on the ground, his eyes were full of disdain, isn't it just that he is a person who relies on Gongzi, you must know that there is a family head above Gongzi.
"Steward Zhang, the batch of fabrics in the mansion* is here, you see if you want to settle the expenses in the mansion." Zhang Xian saw that it was the personal maid beside the second lady, and his eyebrows and eyes immediately changed, but he thought that the matter of the accounting room was no longer handled by him, although his position as a housekeeper had not changed, but Mr. Chen, who was invited back from outside by the son, was not a master who was easy to fool.
"Miss Tao'er, the things of these two ladies naturally have to be prepared, but the matter of this account is no longer under my disposal, and I am afraid that the previous countermeasures will not be successful." The maid who was called Tao'er was a strange one, and her posture of holding two good horses in her hands did not change.
"Steward Zhang, this lady has been friends with you for several years, but you can't ruin this harmony because of an outsider, besides, the silver hasn't gone into your pocket yet." Zhang Xian hurriedly made a silent action, and thought in his heart, this aunt is really bold, this is in the house! If he is listened to by the talkative subordinates, his position as steward may not be on his head.
"Tao'er, go back and tell the second lady, and say that I will find a way." Zhang Xian looked around, and felt the sweat on his forehead coming out, the person who Gongzi invited back...... Does it mean that Childe has doubts about the expenses on the ledger, he is shocked, and it is a little difficult to do now.
"That's naturally good, and if you have the benefits of your wife in the future, you will naturally be indispensable." Tao'er looked at the cloth in the hands of several people behind her with dissatisfaction, how could Madame take a fancy to these things, or send the two carefully selected pieces of cloth over.
"The people behind followed." Tao'er's voice was a little expensive, after all, the master who followed was not ordinary.
Zhang Xian was a little depressed, the second lady was favored before, and her status in the mansion was not ordinary, and it was common sense for him to stammer, but he didn't expect this master to spend money like running water, but the expenses in the third room were all standardized, so he had to try his best to squeeze out some water from an inconspicuous place, but the batch of cloth that came in today, but the things in Lanxuantang were expensive!