[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Chapter 540 Chapter 63 The Mind of the Little Man

"Still no news from your husband?" In the embroidery curtain, Wei Changying, who had changed into a new plain clothes, sighed slightly, although Changxian is only two or three hundred miles away from the imperial capital, but the Wei family is only a few shops here, and there are no particularly competent people. This Shi Lin, as the chief industrial manager of Changxian County, is considered a very clever person, but half of his cleverness is taking care of the industry, and half is 'serving' the master's family, and he is not good at finding out news in the chaos of soldiers and horses.

So Wei Changying and his entourage packed up at the Shi family and went to live in the Wei family's courtyard in Chang County for two days, and Shi Lin didn't hear what Wei Changying wanted to know.

However, Xuanjiawei was defeated by internal strife, and the remnants broke through to Yanzhou, and Su Xiuming and Shen Zangfeng's uncle and nephew in Yanzhou broke through because of this a few days ago. Even though Changxian County is relatively remote, Shi Lin has heard of it. But when I heard the news, the group almost 'wanted to vomit' blood - after arriving in Changxian County, because of the initial settlement, everyone finally had time to gather together and talk about the things before and after the breakout.

When breaking through, the reason why the royal family and nobles all went to the east 'gate', Wei Changying only said that it was because the west 'gate' was in an emergency at that time, so everyone chose the opposite east 'gate'...... But Pei Xi and Gu Xinian were originally in their respective families' candidates for breakthrough, and they were also valued children in the clan, but they knew the inside story of the so-called Xuanjiawei in the east.

It is precisely because of this inside story that although they are sad for those who can't leave, they are also full of hope to reunite with their relatives who have gone first...... According to their thoughts, even when they went out of the city, they were only twenty or thirty 'attendants' guards, and they also brought two 'women' who couldn't martial arts or even horseback riding, and even they were able to retreat with more than a dozen 'guards' in their entirety.

But now that I heard that the Xuanjiawei had long since fallen, I didn't know that the "insider" that received it was a trap...... In that case, the one who walks through the east 'gate'......

Everyone's hearts were suddenly 'clouded' with a layer of 'yin' shadow!

Outside the embroidered curtain, Shi Lin cautiously announced: "The little one has already sent out all the guys who can ride horses, but within a hundred miles of the imperial capital, there are often Rong people active. The little one is worried that the guy will be caught by the Rong people, in case he is tortured, where the eldest lady is...... Although Changxian County has escaped several military disasters because of its remoteness, it is not very far from the imperial capital. Now there is no teacher of King Qin in this left, so ......"

In fact, he didn't send people that far at all!

Shi Lin is the steward who takes care of the shop for the Wei family, not the dead soldier who trains the secret guards for the Wei family...... The guys under him are all ordinary people, since they are ordinary people, where can they be the opponents of the Rong people?

Not to mention the Rong people, even those homeless people and bandits who are forming the climate today, which one would not be interested in the eldest lady of the Wei family?

It's not that Wei Changying's 'flower' appearance is famous, with her identity as the pearl of Rui Yutang and the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, even if she didn't bring anything with her when she was in trouble, it was also a golden mountain that could walk!

Shi Lin was not born to the Wei family, and it only took more than ten years after he was sold as a slave to climb to the position of the governor of a county, and his scheming city government was naturally not shallow. Now that the eldest lady of the main family is in trouble, this is his chance. If you can make the eldest lady happy, the benefits will definitely be indispensable to him.

But what is more important than serving a good lady is to ensure the safety of the eldest lady - this is the most important thing!

Otherwise, when the eldest lady came to him, but something happened, not only would he not have credit, but it would be good not to be angry with the two ladies in charge who he was not even qualified to see!

It was Shi Lin's instructions to Wei Changying that were not accepted everywhere, but after leaving the 'door', they all came according to their own plans: first, the doctor's family who had previously treated Deng Wanwan, 'Yan' Ge and others found an excuse to lock up the old and young, and went 'Lu' in order to prevent Chang Ying and others from going 'Lu'; and then using the Shi family's power in Lock Tobacco Town to threaten and intimidate the whole town not to 'dew' the news that anyone had arrived at Shi's house; the third was to order people to quietly 'lust' to carry out Wei Changying's order - to find out the whereabouts of the people who broke through the imperial capital, and Shen Zangfeng's whereabouts.

Oh, the third most important thing is not Wei Changying's order, but the silent 'color'!

Shi Lin's son Shi Ping was once very worried about his father's approach: "In case the eldest lady finds out......"

"The eldest lady still needs our family now, so she won't do anything to us." Shi Lin smiled and taught his son, "The key is the safety of the eldest lady!" In the eyes of Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song, we received the eldest lady and ensured the safety of the eldest lady, so we can use any means! As long as the eldest lady is good, any mistakes are secondary, and they can be discussed! ”

His face sank, and he admonished, "On the contrary, once the eldest lady loses, then it is useless for us to make any contributions!" So you remember, the people who are sent out to find out the news must be in our hands! Moreover, tell them that it is better not to find out the news, and it is absolutely impossible to suspect that the eldest lady is in Chang County! Got it! ”

Shi Ping looked at his father's look, his heart was awe-struck, and he lowered his hand and said, "Yes!" He added, "Even the people in Lock Tobacco Town know that although a group of people visited our house, they left the next day. Besides, they may not dare to say it! ”

"That's fine." Shi Lin bowed, "I have sent someone to copy the path and go to Fengzhou to report the news in the starry night...... In the future, our family will continue to be a steward who is not salty or light, and show off his power in a small place like Suoyan Town, or seize this opportunity to rise to the top, and become rich and expensive, but it all depends on this time! You all have to be careful! ”

The whole Shi family was urged by Shi Lin to seize this opportunity to rise to prominence at all costs. In addition, Wei Changying was born high, and he has long been accustomed to the reverence of his servants, and now that he is out of danger, most of his thoughts are on his separated family, and he didn't expect that an ordinary steward of his mother's family, who was not even qualified to be seen by the master family, would dare to deceive himself, the 'daughter' of Rui Yutang.

It was the Shilin family who vigorously concealed the whereabouts of their group, and carefully and conservatively inquired about the news she wanted...... actually hid her from her.

Wei Changying also felt that it made sense when he heard Shi Lin's reason, sighed, waved his hand, and motioned for him to go down.

Two days ago, Shi Lin just retired.

But this time, he hesitated for a moment and arched his hand: "Miss, my uncle's news is small and incompetent, and I haven't found out yet." But there is one news that seems to have something to do with the nobles of the imperial capital...... It's just a small shallow knowledge, and I don't know if it's accurate? ”

Wei Changying was surprised: "What is the news?" ”

"Yesterday afternoon, a guy sent by the little one to inquire about his uncle's whereabouts went to the neighboring Jiu County, and when he was playing in a wine shop next to the road outside the city, he saw that the children outside the wine shop were playing differently, so he stepped forward to stop and inquire. But I asked about something. ”

Shi Lin said this, his old face turned red, obviously this "playfulness is different" and the things he asked because he didn't know how to describe it to Wei Changying - he pondered the wording for a while, and noticed that Wei Changying behind the embroidery curtain was about to get impatient, so he decided to skip all the details and directly say the point, "It seems that a clan has passed by that wine shop." ”

"Clan?" Wei Changying frowned and said, "You say it carefully!" ”

Shi Lin thought to himself, this is what you asked me to say...... With a dry cough, he said: "Even at the end of yesterday, dozens of horses escorted a carriage to pass by, and it happened to be in this wine shop. It is said that this group of people was dressed simply, and even the mounts were all covered with snow and mud, and they could not see their true faces, which was quite hidden. But the eldest lady also knows that the world is ...... now It is understandable that rich and noble families are afraid that they will be coveted by people from afar. So the people in the wine shop didn't care, and just served as usual. ”

But it was a naughty boy in the liquor shop, who happened to be in the ...... Go to the toilet, and the two knights in the group will also ...... This one...... Originally, there was more than one location in that place. But the two insisted on driving the little boy away, and the little boy was very dissatisfied. There is no discipline for the country children, so they ......"

Shi Lin paused for a moment, and then said with difficulty, "I took the slingshot that usually shoots birds and birds, and wanted to take advantage of the two of them to go to the toilet to make a 'yin' hand." I didn't want the boy to go around the back and look through the gap, but he found that the two 'squires' were in different bodies...... Although the boy was only six or seven years old, his parents were too busy to make a living, so they let him run around and heard a lot of ...... Many of the inappropriate words are based on knowing certain things. Therefore, I was very surprised when I saw it, but I didn't continue to seek revenge, but ...... When the group was gone, he went...... I went to pick off my companion's clothes and pants to check ...... But the guy who happened to be sent out by the little one saw it, and coaxed him with a few big money, so he said everything. ”

"......" didn't make a sound behind the embroidery curtain for a long time.

Wei Changying's face was red and white......

Shi Lin was also so embarrassed that he only dared to look at the green bricks under his feet.

After being silent for a long time, Wei Chang Ying said, "Then do you know who are the people who are being guarded?" ”

"I don't know." Although she was lukewarm, she couldn't hear any anger, Shi Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said busily, "Because the people in the carriage didn't get off the horse at all, they only asked the knight to bring in some hot water and soup noodles, and the share was ...... Just one or two people. ”

Wei Changying bit her lip lightly and pondered: "Someone from the sect fled here, didn't they leave from the East 'Gate'?" If so......" Thinking of the whereabouts of her husband's family, her heart trembled, and she secretly prayed, "But I hope it is good news!" ”

He ordered, "Hurry up and send someone to catch up and ask, if it is really from the imperial capital, report the names of the Shen family and the Wei family!" Ask them to wait or come and meet them here. ”

Shi Lin hurriedly agreed, and was about to say that he had already done this, but he didn't want Wei Changying to suddenly think of something, and asked: "Since this happened yesterday at noon, is this pedestrian in Jiuxian County now?" I remember that the Wei family also has some industries in Jiuxian? ”

"What the eldest lady said is that the Wei family has four shops in Jiu County, and the chief steward over there is surnamed Li, and he is also familiar with the small one." Shi Lin said, "It's just that the little one didn't dare to reveal the whereabouts of the eldest lady, but he didn't tell the eldest lady about Steward Li's presence in Changxian County." ”

"Let's not talk about this, let me ask you, what are the big families in this Jiu County?" Wei Changying asked.

Shi Lin said without thinking: "Whether it is Chang County or Jiu County, it is just a remote place. The so-called big families are just ordinary wealthy people, but they are not scholars. ”

"In addition to the Wei family, there are other industries and stewards of the scholar clan in such a long county?"

"If you go back to the eldest lady, the Qu 'Yin' Min family also has a bit of an industry, so there is a steward. Nothing else. ”

Wei Changying narrowed his eyes: "In this way, if this pedestrian enters Jiu County, eight out of ten. Nine is to find Steward Li to settle, right? ”

Although the clan is still not as profound and noble as the people who are reading the 'doors' like the six valves in the sea, in the past two hundred years, Guozuo has finally become accustomed to being superior to others, and has separated himself from the Shu clan.

If this group wants to settle in Jiuxian, they will definitely not find those rich families who are not even small scholars—let alone stay in guest houses.

Because inns in small places like Jiuxian are never able to satisfy real guests.

The rich families of the Shu nationality are not qualified to receive them, the inn is not qualified to receive them, and there are no rich mansions of the noble clan nearby, so they can only retreat to the second best thing and find the slaves of the wealthy 'men' who preside over the industry here...... These slaves were able to manage affairs through the master's training, but they were more 'serving' than the wealthy families of the Shu tribe and the innkeepers.

Moreover, the property in their name is also considered to be the Lord's house, so that it is the reception of their Lord's house...... In this way, it is in line with the identity of the person being received......

It's like Wei Changying and his party, the Shi family in Suoyan Town is the slave of the Wei family - but even if it is not the Wei family, it is the Song family, the Qian family, and the Duanmu family...... Any scholar, they will go to this Shi family instead of the inn......

Shi Lin also understood this truth, and said: "I expect it to be so...... It's just that Steward Li didn't know that the eldest lady was here, so he didn't report the news. ”

"Then don't let anyone know I'm here!" Behind the embroidery scene, a cold light flashed in Wei Changying's eyes, and he said, "First of all, let's inquire whether these people are from the imperial capital, and which 'door' they came out of the imperial capital...... Then report to me! ”