But the man was not very hidden, but more like he was waiting here, hesitating to come out.

Seeing Chang Suining stop, Ah Zhi, who was also keen in perception, swept his gaze: "Who is sneaking out there?" ”

As soon as this question fell, a figure hurriedly walked out from behind the flowers and trees, with a smile on his face, bending down and bowing to Chang Sui Ning repeatedly.

Chang Suining reacted for a moment before recognizing the other party: "It's you." ”

In two months, the other party has changed from a charlatan who can pretend to be an egg seller to a dark-skinned Grange servant, and at first glance he has a bit of a down-to-earth and simple feeling.

Just opened his mouth, and the simplicity disappeared: "Oh, the girl still remembers the villain!" ”

"I said before that you would stay in Zhuangzi and do a month's work to pay off the bill, but in the blink of an eye, two months have passed." Chang Suining said: "It was my negligence. ”

The man was surprised, as if thinking, "It's been two months? Can't ......."

Immediately, he smiled: "The villain Shangjue has not been here for a few days!" This is a villain who can't wait to linger! ”

Zhi: "......" He had better tell the truth.

Chang Sui Ning felt that there should be some truth in the other party's words.

This person's complexion turned black into charcoal, which shows that he has indeed not been lazy - this, She also asked the steward of Zhuangzi, and the steward only said that this person is too tossed, one idea a day, and there is no time to be idle all day, and he can't see others idle.

Although his complexion is dark, his mental outlook is more full, and his eyes cannot be called honest, but his inner glow is indeed positive.

It's just that I'm not sure if the other party is motivated by a desire to survive, or if he has other ideas.

Out of confirmation, Chang Suining asked casually: "After staying here for two months, what do you think of this grange, which can be regarded as a good place?" ”

The man followed her forward and said, "Isn't it just a good place...... Close to the mountains and water, it is simply a treasure of feng shui! ”

After a pause, he said, "It's just ...... There is a sentence that villains have to say. ”

Chang Suining listens to the ear, she likes to listen to what people have to say, not to know whether to say it or not-

"Tell me about it."

"The place is a good place, but this Zhuangzi, this back mountain and those fields...... Although it has not been completely deserted, it is really a tyrannical thing. The man's tone was quite painful: "If someone can take care of it, it is said that this harvest can at least quadruple!" ”

As he spoke, he quietly paid attention to the girl's expression.

The girl nodded: "It is true, such a grange, and there are many other places in my house, which are so half-deserted because of the lack of people who are good at taking care of them. ”

Rao was mentally prepared, but the man still trembled when he heard it - how much silver must be lacking in this to be able to put so many mountains of gold and silver!

It can be given to those who need it if it is not taken care of!

He seemed to have swallowed a whole basket of Li Mengzi in his heart, but he could only say with a smile on his face: "Ling Zun is a military general, and he is kind-hearted, he only uses these Zhuangzi to raise the old department, and it is not easy to take care of these farms, and they have not been handed over to people who are good at it, and it is not bad to be able to maintain the current situation over the years......

Chang Suining: "You know the things in my family very clearly. ”

can swagger on the street, these ears, eyes and minds are really more sensitive than ordinary people.

The man didn't deny what to justify, but said with a smile: "General Chang is famous, and the villain has been admired for a long time!" ”

"My dad has a reputation, but as you said, he does lack the mind to take care of the grange." Chang Suining's tone was casual as if chatting: "But recently, the steward of the Fuzhong and I have found a lot of people from all over the country who are good at managing farmland——"

The man nodded and said, "Those people and villains have also seen it, and they are indeed all good at doing farm work, but most of them only know how to follow the arrangement, and it is certainly okay to do things under people......"

Chang Sui Ning naturally took his words: "It is true that there is still a lack of a good steward who can lead them to do things, and now I am also looking for it, but this steward not only needs to be equally good at farming, but also needs to have some knowledge and brains, and also needs to have a loyalty, so it is not so easy to find for a while." ”

The man's eyes rolled, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a questioning voice coming—

"Shen Sanmao, I said what are you going to do to my girl!"

It was the steward of the grange who came quickly, he was Chang Kuo's old department, although he was old, and his left hand was disabled in his early years, but his voice was loud and powerful, and he made the man shrink his neck.

"Your name is Shen Sanmao?" Chang Suining looked at the man: "Is it his real name?" ”

The man smiled and nodded: "Yes...... It's so good to feed. ”

Chang Suining nodded: "Well, after all, it's twenty-one lives." ”

accidentally lost one, and there are still twenty.

The steward reminded on the side: "Don't listen to his nonsense, this person is lively and clever......"

That mouth can flicker a live duck into the oven and roast itself for him to eat!

"Then has he been lazy in Zhuangzi all these days?" Chang Suining asked.

"Do the work...... It's diligent. "What does the steward say—it's just that he has too many thoughts!

"It's not necessarily a bad thing to be lazy and active." Chang Suining looked at the man - she picked up the person in the sack, didn't she just take a fancy to the other party's thoughts.

Hearing this affirmation, the man was stunned, met the girl's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly knelt down towards Chang Suining.

"If the girl can ignore the previous suspicions, the villain is willing to stay and take care of the grange for the girl!"

He was concise and to the point, and his words were no longer flattering, Chang Sui Ning raised his eyebrows slightly: "But apart from this mouth, what else do you have that is worth me ignoring?" ”

Hearing this, the man immediately took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his arms: "This is what the villain has been thinking recently, please take a look at the girl." ”

Chang Suining nodded, and Ah Zhi took two steps forward to take it.

Chang Suining unfolded it and saw that it was a drawing, on which it was depicted as the distribution of houses, farmland, mountains and forests in the grange here - this needs to be measured step by step.

And it's not just a drawing, it's also marked with proposals that can be changed.

Chang Suining took a cursory look at it, and handed the drawings back to Ah Zhi.

Seeing that she didn't look closely, she didn't seem to be very interested, the man's heart was empty, and when he was worried, he only heard the girl say: "The drawings are marked with limited markings, I don't understand it, let's talk while walking." ”

The man's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he got up again and again: "Girl, please come with the villain!" ”

He led the way, apparently knowing the inside and outside of the Grange no clearer.

"If you're so familiar with this place, why don't you run away?" Chang Sui Ning walked with his hands in his hands, and there was a faint curiosity in his tone.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "To tell the truth, don't hide it from the girl, after getting acquainted with the dog in Zhuangzi, the villain escaped twice at night." ”

The steward's eyelids jumped when he heard this—he knew it! When this thing escaped, it shouldn't have led the dog along the way!

Chang Suining didn't have the slightest surprise on his face: "Then why did you come back again?" ”

She left people here to try to see if they could be used, but this kind of thing is also about fate, and if such a person wants to escape, she will not force her to stay, and it will be a disaster to stay.

"Where can you escape, there is no one in the villain's house." The man sighed, or realized that this was not the time to talk about it, and he was honest about his past.

When he was young, his family was in business, but before it was his turn to take over, his unruly father lost the business, the shop was gone, and he owed a lot of debt.

Soon after, his father died of illness, he just came out of the filial piety period for two days, one day when he went home, he heard the alley blowing and beating is festive, he also stepped forward to join in the fun, heard that it was a widow remarried, and then listen carefully, the widow is his mother.

Hey, Ah Niang's marriage is such a big thing, and I won't say hello to him in advance!

So he looked at the sedan chair and carried his mother away.

After that, in order to make a living, he tried to do all the work, and he learned everything, but there were a bunch of debt collectors behind him, not to mention the capital to turn over, he had to chase him and scold him on two streets when he ate a white-flour steamed bun one day when he was seen by the creditor, and naturally he didn't do anything well.

came and went, and embarked on the road of deception.

“…… Your aunt is unreasonable to marry! The steward listened with relish, and there was some sympathy in his eyes: "I'm married, why don't I bring you up?" ”

The man shook his head: "Don't blame her, my father left a lot of debts, and I will remarry if I replace me." ”

"......" the steward said to Chang Suining: "Girl, no wonder he doesn't want to go, it's convenient for us to hide debts!" ”

"It's only natural to pay back debts." Chang Sui Ning said: "If you work hard, you will not be treated badly, if the harvest of this grange can really quadruple, you will be debt-free and light in the next year at the latest." ”

Shen Sanmao was stunned when he heard this.

He still wanted to climb the big tree of General Changda's Mansion, so that he didn't have to pay off the debt......

I didn't expect him to knock him unconscious, the little girl who came here, is quite a good person?

He was thinking about this girl's temperament in his heart, and he should be smiling on his face.

The steward was still not at ease, and persuaded Chang Suining beside him: "Girl, this person is really ......"

Shen Sanmao interrupted the steward's words, and pointed to the pond in front of him: "Girl, I said that there are some fish in this pond that can be eaten and sold, and I have a way to make the fish grow faster - but the steward has to raise these goldfish who only know how to eat food and make dung to enjoy the scenery, but the girl rarely comes back, who is this scene for, isn't it idle in vain?" ”

"This chicken shed is even emptier than my money bag, how do you sleep on weekdays!"

"Look, girl, how come there are a few vegetables in the grass garden in front of you?"

“……”

This non-stop offensive made the old steward retreat one after another, and he almost fell down in anger, and his eyes gradually turned black, and he felt as if his life was not long -

"It's getting dark, let's go back first." Chang Sui Ning said: "I want to stay in Zhuangzi for a few days, and I will talk about it in detail tomorrow." ”

The old butler came back to his senses, oh, it turned out that it was really dark, and it was all right.

The group walked back, and Chang Suining listened to Shen Sanmao talk about his strange secret skills and ideas, and felt more and more that he had picked up a big bargain.

After taking a bath at night, Xi'er couldn't help asking: "Girl, although Shen Sanmao has some skills, but he is just a little smart, how can he be treated differently by a girl?" ”

Chang Suining nodded: "It's true that it's clever, but there are sayings in the art of war, those who are good at being surprising, infinite as heaven and earth, inexhaustible as rivers and seas." ”

Xi'er said "ah", but she didn't understand too much.

Chang Suining: "To put it bluntly, you don't have to be too normal to do things, so it's easier to win by surprise." ”

For example, the method of making duck eggs square and making fish grow faster, these are indeed not very useful, but they are enough to show that this person is good at tricks.

Those who are good at making strange moves are smart in a small world, but if there is a big world, they may be able to help a lot.

Xi'er understood now, nodded and said, "Since the girl said so, then this sack of money is not a loss." ”

……

"Hasn't anyone been found yet?"

In the Ganlu Palace, the Emperor of the Holy Book corrected and asked about the disappearance of the jade shavings.

"Back to Your Majesty, I haven't found it yet." Mingluo said: "But I searched along the river and found an embroidered shoe, which was Aunt Jade's, judging from many traces, it was indeed from the back door after leaving the house and falling into the water." ”

"Did she accidentally fall into the water, or did she fall into the water for another reason...... "The Holy Book Emperor frowned slightly: "She never dared to leave the Eldest Princess's Mansion for half a step, this time it was unusual, I am afraid that there is something strange." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mingluo: "The envoy of the palace will carefully judge the female envoy in the palace of the eldest princess, and you must not let go of any suspicious things." ”

"People will continue to look for them." The Holy Book Emperor said in a fixed voice: "She is delirious, if she talks nonsense outside, I am afraid that Ah Shang's reputation will be damaged, and whether she is dead or alive must be verified as soon as possible." ”

Mingluo responded and slowly retreated.

The thoughts in the eyes of the Holy Emperor were unbroken.

There was never a moment of peace in this Jingshi, and she had no way to regard any small thing as a coincidence.

Jade Dust is certainly the one who knows about the old thing, but it is not the only one who knows, if someone really knows about the old thing and wants to make a fuss about it, then why did he choose a female envoy who is delirious and her words are not convincing?

This makes some sense......

But if it wasn't for that old thing, what would it be for?

Is there any other value in the jade shavings?

The Emperor's gaze fell on a candlestick, and his eyes flickered.

Outside the hall, it rained again, and Mingluo walked out of the palace with an umbrella.

The rain continued for days.

Jade crumbs can't tell how long she hasn't eaten, and she only relies on clearing her belly, so that she gradually loses the strength to scream.

She was dazed, and when she moved her body, she found that the rope in her hand seemed to be loose, and she tried to move, but she broke free!

This discovery made her subconsciously sit up and hurry to untie the rope on her ankle.

It took a bit of effort this time, but fortunately, it was successfully solved.

She hurriedly dragged her weak body forward, pushed open the door of the cellar with her survival instinct, and crawled out.

It was night outside, and the rain was still falling.

She was dazed for a moment, but she didn't dare to stop, she didn't dare to walk on the straight road, so she ran to a path.

She walked along the path into a bamboo forest, and in addition to the sound of wind and rain and bamboo leaves, there was suddenly a quiet sound in all directions.

That's the sound of the piano.

As the familiar sound of the piano penetrated into his ears, the jade shavings staggered suddenly, his expression trembled, and he looked around.

Is that...... The sound of His Highness's piano!

(End of chapter)