Chapter 39: Can't Wait
With the departure of Xu Mu and Ai Lu, the invisible shackles on Sleta's body were quietly blown away like sand.
Sleta was wearing black fluffy gloves on her hands, a top hat that did not match her age on her small head, and a small folding fan given by Xu Mu in her hand.
After she watched Xu Mu and them leave at the gate of the courtyard, she had been standing at the door, quietly in a daze.
The butler, Erlan and Bereth, who came out to see them off together, were all waiting with some trepidation.
With the departure of Xu Mu and Ai Lu, it can be said that no one can control the little master now, and these servants and Beres have no idea whether Sreta will make any out-of-the-ordinary decisions in the future.
Sleta didn't say anything to let them go back, and everyone could only wait in the courtyard, not daring to move.
Putting everything aside, as far as Sleta's identity is concerned, she also belongs to the reserve nobles, as long as Xu Mu comes back two years later to receive the title and fief, then she, as Xu Mu's sister, will naturally become a member of the nobles.
Not to mention that these servants were specially hired to serve them.
"Bereth. ”
"Little host. ”
Sreta tapped a small folding fan in her hand and asked with a smile, "Remember what you promised me?"
Beres was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Before, Beres swore that she would protect you with her life, and there was no pretense..."
"I'm not talking about that. ”
"That's?" Bereth was puzzled.
"I'm talking about," Sleta glanced at Bereth, "the first time we met, you said I would let you kill people and set fires, and you would do it." ”
As soon as these words came out, the servant next to her stood up, and Beres was even more stunned, but after a while, her tone was firm: "Naturally, what Beres said, she will never regret it, no matter what the little master asks her to do, even if she kills people and sets fire, Beres will never refuse." ”
"Good. Sleta turned around and commanded, "Butler, I have to make a trip before the evening, prepare a carriage for me in advance, and Erlan will accompany me on the journey when the time comes." ”
The butler answered, and immediately turned around to arrange the carriage affairs.
"Beres, I heard that your family is not having a good time in the capital?"
"Indeed... There weren't any particularly good people in the family, and when I was a knight, my family lived on my little salary, but now—" Beres was a little ashamed to say this.
"It's okay, how many men in your family can afford weapons now?"
Beres was stunned: "If you want to make up, there are nearly twenty people... Little master, what are you?"
"What are they all doing in the capital right now?"
"I also helped with chores in various shops, and some worked as servants in other people's homes. ”
Sleta looked up at Beres and said with a smile: "Then you go back and tell these people now, if you are willing to serve the Xu Mu family, I will cover their food and shelter." ”
Beres was stunned, frowned and asked, "Little master, what do you want these people from my family to do?"
"It's nothing, look at it," Sleta swept the courtyard door with a folding fan, "don't you think there are a few people." Didn't my brother say a few days ago that there were fewer people in the courtyard... Sure enough, such a big courtyard is still lively. ”
Bereth had a bad premonition in her heart, Sleta loves to be quiet, who doesn't know about the whole courtyard? Even when she first came to Xu Mu's house, she chatted with the housekeeper in the corridor for a few words, and she was thrown off... Sleta loves to be boisterous, don't be kidding.
"Beret, look. There are few guards at the gate of the courtyard, the back yard also needs to be stationed, and the flower garden has been repaired more and more unclean recently..."Sleta began to pick and choose what was not satisfied with the courtyard, "And my brother believes in you, then as a younger sister, I will naturally believe in you, and even more believe in the loyalty of your family, so I gave you this good opportunity, after all, I don't want to find some unknown people from the outside." ”
If only it were that simple.
Beres sighed inwardly, although her brain is relatively dead, but she is not stupid, Sreta seems to be making some small calculations, but these have nothing to do with her, because as Sreta said, this is indeed an opportunity.
Working for the aristocracy, the salary is not low, and Sreta said that it also includes food and housing, which is not too good.
And he who is loyal to his own master.
Beres Fuli: "Okay, little master. Bereth, that's the arrangement. ”
"If you don't have armor or weapons, go and buy some, or go to the butler and ask for money. ”
Beres was about to leave to make arrangements, but after thinking about it, she still stubbornly asked, "Little master, is that all there is to it?"
Sleta was stunned by this question, she smiled and opened the folding fan, and smiled a little weirdly: "Of course it's not that simple... I hope you'll arrange it soon, it should be okay before the evening, right? After all, I can't wait now..."
"No problem!" Bereth was furious by Sresta's smile, and immediately turned her head and went to work.
Sleta saw that everyone around her was busy, except for the trembling Erlan.
Now Er Lan is her personal maid, and she will basically follow her wherever she goes.
Usually this is a good thing for the maid, after all, being able to be by the master's side all the time can be said to be a person close to the master, but Er Lan doesn't think so.
From the very beginning, when she was in charge of serving the little master's daily life, Erlan found that Sreta was often suspicious when she was alone, babbling something, standing far away and she couldn't hear it at all, but she didn't dare to lean over.
The strange relationship made Er Lan unable to mention any maternal pity for the 10-year-old girl in front of her, and her heart was more afraid and frightened...
Seeing that things would take a little time to arrange, Sleta went back to Xu Mu's bedroom and took out fifty gold coins, and threw them to the butler, so that the butler could deal with the troublesome things she had arranged.
Then she went back to her room, sat on the sofa chair, looked at the scenery of the courtyard outside, she was a little leisurely, and asked Er Lan beside her softly: "Er Lan." ”
"Little host. ”
"You say, what do people want to live for a lifetime?"
Er Lan was strange, and after thinking about it, he replied: "The others Er Lan doesn't know, but Er Lan just wants to eat and sleep well in the future, and then find a good family to live for a lifetime." ”
"Yes," Sleta was stunned, "I was once like you. When I'm hungry, I just want to eat a mouthful of wheat bread, when I'm thirsty, I just want to drink a sip of pure water, and when I'm cold, I just want to have a tattered robe..."
Erlan only knew that Sleta, Xu Mu, and Ai Lu were from the Kingdom of Kailie, but they didn't know about the lives of the masters, and now they were extremely surprised to hear the noble little master in front of them talk about these past events.
The smug expression on Sleta's face disappeared, and she was replaced by a blandness: "If it weren't for my brother, I wouldn't be alive today... I used to just want to have food and clothing for a while, but now I want to pursue it, but I can't see or touch it... I really don't know what I want, will my brother feel embarrassed. ”
Listening to Sleta herself start chattering again, Erlan couldn't help but be scared, but it was the first time she stood so close that she could hear Sleta's self-talk.
Finally, before evening, Beres brought a dozen people.
These people are all men in the Berex family, the old ones are in their forties, and the younger ones are just sixteen years old, and all of them are wearing light armor, perhaps because Beres has ancestral sword skills, and everyone's weapons are heavy two-handed swords.
The men lined up in the courtyard with Bereth, waiting for Sleta's arrival.
The men are basically happy, you must know that Beres is loyal to the nobles, and he is also the captain of the royal knights, this future is not small! They can come over to show Xu Mu the gate as a guard, not too good. If the relationship between the two parties is more harmonious, then Berex's family can be attached to Xu Mu's family.
With the big tree of nobility behind it, the life of the family will improve in the future!
Berez had a hard time being happy, not because she was afraid, but because she couldn't guess what Sreta was going to do...
With what she knew about Sreta, Sreta would never do anything meaningless. If it is simply for the sake of standard aristocratic etiquette, guards and servants are needed to liven up the courtyard, then it should not be arranged now.
Sleta said that Xu Mu felt that there were few people in the courtyard a few days ago... So why wasn't it arranged a few days ago?
Just as Beres was suspicious, Sleta stepped out of the gate with small steps.
Beres stepped forward and saluted: "Little master." ”
The men lined up behind looked up, but they didn't expect Berex's so-called little master to be so small!
Sleta nodded, "Yes." ”
Looking at the milky appearance of the little master in front of him, although the men didn't show anything on the surface, they felt a little strange in their hearts.
For when Beres called them to come, she said that it was an order from the little master, and it must be carried out.
They thought that the little master was at least about 15 years old, but they didn't expect... A little girl who looks like she's in her early teens?
With a grim face, Sreta made her way around the men and pointed to a few men to signal them to come out.
Although the men felt strange in their hearts, there was no disrespect on their faces, although the little master in front of them was immature, but she did have the arrogance of nobles.
"The people I pointed out were arranged by the butler, and the others went out with me. Sleta didn't look at the men in front of her, but turned her head and told Berez, and with that, she led Erlan into the carriage at the gate of the courtyard.
Seeing this, Beres had no choice but to order the personnel, line up and start moving next to the carriage.
Once in the carriage, Erlan was about to tell the carriage to depart, and when she was in Sresta's room, Sreta had already told her the address.
The carriage departed, behind which two teams of lightly armored guards lined up, and Berex was next to the carriage, and if Sreta waved her hand, she would respond immediately.
Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a luxury hotel in the North City.
Erlan immediately got out of the carriage and helped Sreta get out of the carriage.
Although the male guards behind them didn't talk to each other, they all looked left and right, not knowing what they were doing here.
This hotel can be regarded as one of the best in the North City, whether it is food or service, it is first-class, I don't know what this little master in front of me brought them here for.
Seeing Sleta get out of the car, Beres finally couldn't hold it anymore, and stepped forward and hurriedly asked, "Little master, what are we going to do today?"
Sleta held a small folding fan in her hand, she didn't know what to think, she looked at the luxury hotel in front of her, and said lightly: "Today we are here to smash the store." ”