In fact, Shao Xi was not the only one who lost the interest in going to the Lantern Festival, after such a fuss, Lao Wu, Ning Er and Bai Jinqing also lost their interest in shopping at this time.

So a few people discussed, simply sent Liu Ling back first, and then a few people went to the Egret Academy to see how the preparations for the paper mill and the printing room were, although it was very late, but after all, it was the Shangyuan Festival, and it was not to disturb Bai Dinggong and Liu Xingzhai.

On the way back, Shao Xi chatted with Fu Biao, after all, he was a newly hired guard, and he had to understand the basic situation more or less first.

"In the future, I will call you Fu Biao in front of outsiders, and I will call you Brother Fu in private, so that it will not seem so raw, and you don't think of yourself as a guard, just treat yourself as a family, our family is like this."

Fu Biao walked behind Shao Xi all the way, this is the rule when facing the head of the family, and he cannot walk side by side with the head of the family.

"The head of the family is willing to treat the villain as a family member is the head of the family, but in the end there is a difference between respect and inferiority, whether at home or outside, the head of the family is the head of the family, and the guard is the guard, and this ceremony cannot be abolished."

Shao Xi raised his hand and pointed at Lao Wu and asked, "Do you know who he is?" ”

Fu Biao looked up at Lao Wu, who was talking and laughing with Ning Er, and replied with some hesitation: "This old man looks like the elder of the head of the family, and this young lady should be the sister of the head of the family!" ”

Shao Xi couldn't help but laugh, and said to Fu Biao: "You are only half right, that old guy is indeed my elder, and this little girl is indeed my sister, but if you ask them yourself, their answer is definitely different from mine." ”

Fu Biao was stunned by Shao Xi, how could this come out of the mouth of the head of the family and ask them their own? Is the relationship in the house so complicated? Or is your brain slow and you haven't turned around?

Seeing his bewildered expression, Shao Xi didn't tease him anymore, and directly pulled his neck and shouted at Lao Wu and Ning'er, "Old guy, little girl!" Brother Fu doesn't know what the two of you are doing at home, you two tell him yourself! ”

Lao Wu guessed that this guy was just funny, and replied unhappily: "Stinky boy, what are you doing?" You won't tell him yourself? What do you shout at us? ”

However, Ning'er was well-behaved and clever, and when she saw Shao Xi asking, she hurriedly replied: "I am the maid who brings tea and water in the house, and my grandfather is an old servant who chops firewood in the firewood room." ”

"Huh?"

When Shao Xi looked back at Fu Biao again, he saw a look of surprise and disbelief, perhaps shocked by Ning Er's answer just now.

"If you don't say it, the villain really can't see that the two of them are actually the slaves and servants of the master, and the three of you look like family members who don't distinguish each other, and they don't look like masters and slaves at all."

"Everyone in my family is a family, but everyone has different responsibilities at home, this old guy has been with me for more than ten years, I regard him as my grandfather, that little girl has always been my sister to her, so Brother Fu, you are the same, we are the head of the house and the guard in front of outsiders, and when we return home, we are a family behind closed doors."

Fu Biao was very moved when he heard this, and said after giving a deep bow to Shao Xi: "The head of the family is really kind! For so many years, the villain has never seen the master of the family as a family member like the head of the family, since the head of the family is willing to treat the villain as a relative, then the head of the family will be the villain's relatives in the future, no matter what the head of the family has orders, even if the liver and brain are smeared with the villain, he will never frown. ”

"Okay, other family owners and villains, they call it that way outside, and now there are no outsiders, just call me Shao Xi."

"No, how can you call the head of the house by his name? From now on, I will call the head of the family a son. ”

Shao Xi thought about it, everyone has their own principles of doing things, and they can't be forced. So he nodded, and continued: "The reward I told you before is not a joke, if you have money at home, you just have to tell me, but if I can afford it, I will answer you." ”

Although Shao Xi had said this in front of Yu Ming and others before, Fu Biao only thought that it was Shao Xi who was fighting with those few gentlemen, but now that Shao Xi confirmed the matter to him, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he couldn't imagine that the owner of this family was so young and trustworthy, such a mind and courage did not seem to match the age on the surface.

Fu Biao had just switched to Shao Xi's disciple, and Shao Xi refreshed his cognition again and again, and all the things he had never seen or even thought about before actually happened.

"Childe...... Aren't you afraid that I will spend money indiscriminately? ”

Shao Xi asked casually: "Do you have any family in this Daliang City?" ”

"My parents died when I was a child, and one of my brothers died in the border battle in his early years, and he has not yet married a wife, let alone children, and is alone and has no family."

"Then eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are not considered to be spending money indiscriminately, except for gambling."

"Uh——! With all due respect, why doesn't prostitution count? ”

Shao Xi glanced at Fu Biao, "You are an old bachelor in your thirties, and there is no woman by your side, isn't it normal to go to the Qinglou?" ”

"Poof......

Fu Biao almost choked to death with his own saliva, is this what a seventeen-year-old boy should say? That's more than many adults know.

At this time, Shao Xi asked the question he was most interested in.

"Brother Fu, with your five-grade martial arts realm, it is difficult to understand that you are only a small captain in the Wuwei Army of Dongping Mansion, but why is it now reduced to being a guard for Shangshu Mansion? Could it be that something is going on? ”

"It's a long story, I joined the army at the age of fifteen, and I became a captain in the army for nineteen years, and I didn't think about being a big official, I just wanted to protect the people of my Jingyuan Kingdom with my brothers in the army. However, just two years ago, when we were in the midst of a fierce battle with the Eastern Mu State at the front, the escort officer and the transport supervisor who were responsible for escorting the grain and grass colluded with each other to greed for grain and wages, and sold the money, resulting in less than one in ten grain and grass arriving at the front. I reasoned with them, but who knew that they not only refused to make up the rations, but instead falsely accused the higher officials of gathering a crowd to make trouble, instigating the soldiers to mutiny, not only beating my military sticks, but also removing my military membership and driving me out of the Wuwei army. In the past two years, in order to be able to eat and eat, I had to rely on my own martial arts to guard the door, a few months ago I met Yu Ji Yu Shangshu, he heard that I was born in the army, and saw that my martial arts were not bad so he recruited me into the house as a guard, but who knew that what I was protecting was the well-known evil young man in this Liang City, in fact, I had long wanted to leave. ”

Listening to Fu Biao's experience, Shao Xi was also full of emotion in his heart, whether it was in the court or in the local military government, corrupt officials were rampant, if these people were not removed, let alone ordinary people, even the soldiers who fought bloodily in front of them could not eat a full meal, how sad, how helpless!

The world is too big, and there are too many injustices! Shao Xi knew that he couldn't manage so much, he could only manage the things around him, he could only manage the people in front of him, and the others were really powerless.

"Brother Fu, don't worry! In my place, you can not only eat enough, but also eat well, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, just ask, I will help you if I can help you. ”

When Fu Biao heard Shao Xi say this, he hesitated slightly, and finally decided to speak.

"Childe, I really want to ask you for help right now, but this matter is not my personal matter, but about my former comrades."

"Those brothers from your former Tiger Battalion? What's the matter with them? ”

"Don't hide it from my son, recently a few brothers of the Tiger Battalion who used to kill the enemy in front with me have also retired from the army, but they have nowhere to stay and can't find food, they came to look for me, but I am barely able to survive in Shangshu Mansion, so I can't do anything. I know that Gongzi is a benevolent person, I wonder if I can recruit them into the palace as guards? I assure my son that the character of these brothers is nothing to say, they are all generous, brave and loyal, and not afraid of death. ”

Shao Xi was overjoyed in his heart, isn't this right? Today just happened that Lao Wu and Ning'er were surrounded by that group of scoundrels, if there is a group of guards at home, they can protect them on weekdays, and they will feel a lot more at ease when they are not there.

In this way, he helped these people in Fu Biao's mouth, and Shao Xi was naturally willing to do this kind of thing that betrayed favors and gained benefits.

"How many of your fellow brothers are there? Let's call it all together! They all came to their homes to be guards. ”

Although Fu Biao was happy when he heard this, he still hesitated, and said a little embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from the son, there are a lot of people." ”

When Shao Xi heard that there were a lot of people, his eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't help asking, "Wouldn't it be that the brothers from one of your battalions have all come?" That's not a guard, it's equivalent to raising a private army at home. ”

"No, no, no! Not so much, there are a total of ten people who came to me this time, but I don't know how many Gongzi can take in? ”

"Call them all, and tomorrow you will bring them to your house and show them to me, and if it is appropriate, you will keep them all. Go back and make a few new sets of clothes for each of you, and then go to the armory shop and choose a few weapons that each of you can use, and then all these people will be under your control, and you will take them with you. ”

Fu Biao was really moved at the moment, Shao Xi not only took him in with the most generous conditions, but also took in those brothers who had been born and died with him, a family master who treated his subordinates so well, I am afraid that he will not meet a second one in this life.

Regardless of the large number of pedestrians coming and going on the road at this time, Fu Biao lifted his robe, and knelt on the ground with a "plop" on the street, his sudden kneeling really startled Shao Xi.

"Brother Fu, what are you doing here?"

Fu Biao knelt on the ground, arched his hand and said: "Gongzi and Fu Biao met for the first time so kind and trusted, Fu Biao has nothing to repay, I swear here today that the lives of my brothers and I will be Gongzi's in the future, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of us, we are willing to go to the soup for Gongzi, although there is no regret in death." ”

"No, no! From now on, we will all be family, what am I going to do if I let you go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire? If that's the case, wouldn't I be too incompetent? Hurry up, what does a big old man look like when he kneels in the street? ”

Saying that, Shao Xi pulled Fu Biao up, and the most unaccustomed thing was for others to kneel on their own.