Chapter 144
"Do ordinary people have the money to move with their families and buy houses and land?"
Hall Master Zhao asked for the last time, and finally gave up his defense.
"When something like this happens, no matter what the reason, I cannot escape blame. Madam, you haven't punished me because you remember our past friendship. I am deeply grateful, but please, sir, don't worry about it and punish me according to my crime."
Xue Shun looked at Master Zhao who was kneeling down, without saying a word.
He was still thinking about what he had just said.
What Hall Master Zhao had just said was like a gust of wind in Xue Shun's ears...
The wind blew past, and he tried hard to hear every word, but he only had time to think about it after the wind passed.
Xue Shun thought for a long time, then after a moment's silence, he asked, "Shen Jiao, do you think what he said makes sense?"
"In reply to your question, if what Hall Master Zhao said is true, then this matter is indeed difficult to handle, but it can be considered... understandable.
But I think it would be really unreasonable to let him go just because there are extenuating circumstances."
In front of outsiders, Shen Jiao couldn't say too much to influence Xue Shun's decision.
So she said two sentences to make her position clear. First, she agreed with the difficulties mentioned by Master Zhao. Although she couldn't generalize, there were indeed many businessmen in the world who only cared about profits, and it was not surprising that they would threaten others for this.
Second, don't let him go.
Anyone who is in charge can list seventeen or eighteen difficulties. Except for those crazy people who only care about harming others, no one is without difficulties.
If we forgive his mistakes just because he has difficulties, then how many guilty people are left in this world?
If the boat capsizes, you have to accept it. If you can't swim, you will die.
He has already decided to disregard personal relationships, so why be polite? This is a good opportunity to use him to establish his authority.
Shen Jiao didn't say much, but her words always carried a lot of weight with Xue Shun. Xue Shun understood what she meant, but he was still very hesitant.
"Get up first. I will verify everything you said. Don't do anything during this period. Just go home and stay at home. I will discuss the punishment later."
Hall Master Zhao seemed a little surprised, but his expression quickly calmed down. He stood up and said, "As you command... May I ask, sir, if I may finish the backlog of matters before returning home?"
Did he see that Xue Shun was easy to talk to? He even started bargaining.
Shen Jiao watched coldly without saying a word.
Xue Shun was not so easy to talk to: "You go back immediately. I have other arrangements for those things. It's not your turn to take care of them." Regardless of whether he had his own difficulties or not, Xue Shun still disliked him to some extent.
Master Zhao stopped talking, bowed again, said "I'll take my leave", and quickly disappeared from Xue Shun's sight.
Xue Shun realized it belatedly and said in frustration, "Oh! I should have asked someone to look after him, but I forgot. Now who knows if he went home or did something else?"
"That's not a difficult matter," Shen Jiao said nonchalantly, "Sir, just send someone to his house and we'll know. If he doesn't go back, it's deceiving his subordinates and hiding the truth from his superiors, which is an even greater crime."
She made no secret of her viciousness.
Xue Shun listened to her and called a guard to go and see.
I took Shen Jiao to the clinic.
He first checked on the patients, promised to send someone to help in a while, and to find their families as soon as possible, then walked towards the hall.
On the way, I was still worried about what to do with those things that had not been dealt with.
Shen Jiao offered another suggestion: "This isn't that difficult to handle. It doesn't matter whether you can manage the matter or not. If you can, just give orders to someone. You just need to pick two people you like and ask them to handle it."
"It's too careless. What if something goes wrong?" Xue Shun was very worried.
Shen Jiao said, "Even if there are mistakes, they are not your fault. If you are worried, you should select a few more people and ask them to discuss everything together. After they have discussed everything, they will report to you and you can decide whether it is feasible or not. This will be much more appropriate."
"That's a good idea. How did you come up with it?" Xue Shun said with a smile.
Shen Jiao was not taking credit for it: "This is not what I thought, many masters are like this."
That's why her master asked her to obey him in everything.
But Shen Jiao just couldn't help it.
This is not a good thing. She reflected on herself and still felt that she was not wrong.
It was Xue Shun who asked the question himself, not her who insisted on saying it.
Shen Jiao was too lazy to care about these trivial matters. She just felt that if Xue Shun had a higher status, he would be able to do more. On the one hand, it would make her work more convenient, and on the other hand, it would be her reward.
We can't let Xue Shun work for nothing.
Since she had taken advantage of someone, she should at least leave something for him. That way, even if Xue Shun found out that he had been deceived, he wouldn't be too angry with her.
Shen Jiao is still very cautious in doing things.
But he is not like Xue Shun who is always busy with everything. He is busy all the time and has not figured out the things yet. He is not feeling well too.
Shen Jiao took out a box of pills and handed it to him. Xue Shun thought about it and took two pills.
Sitting there waiting for the medicine to take effect, he weakly covered one spot and told Shen Jiao: "It hurts a lot here, and my heart feels a little uncomfortable."
Shen Jiao looked at the place he pointed at, and it was the place where he had been injured before.
Wei Qian said that it was no longer a problem, but Xue Shun said that it hurt the most when the disease attacked him.
I don’t know if it was his illusion.
"Sir, be gentle and don't hurt yourself. At least eat something. You just made do last night and didn't eat much this morning, and you didn't eat a single bite for lunch. It would be strange if you didn't feel uncomfortable."
Shen Jiao still cared about him a little.
But these words were not enough for Xue Shun's ears. It sounded like he was asking for it all.
"I can't eat, not that I don't want to eat. Forget it, just leave me alone. I'm already miserable enough, and you keep saying that. Just let me die."
Xue Shun huddled on the tiger-skin chair that looked rather like a gangster, looking weak and angry.
Not scary at all.
It would be better to just yell a few times, Shen Jiao could just ignore it.
But since he was like this, Shen Jiao could only pick up the still warm food and go over to comfort him: "This servant is also concerned about you, sir. Didn't Doctor Wei also say that you can't starve, you can eat less but not all. You always listen to him, and you feel much better now. What happened today?"
Xue Shun pursed his lips and glanced at her: "I'm tired, I'm sleepy, and I'm also annoyed."
He complained, "If we hadn't gotten off the boat, we could have gotten some sleep instead of sitting in this shabby place looking at these incomprehensible things."
"Young Master, you can get some sleep now. What's the rush? They dared to show you this, so they must be confident that they can handle it without any mistakes. Young Master, just give them your approval and let them do it. Why ruin your body for these things?"
Shen Jiao said this nonchalantly, not taking the business seriously at all.
Xue Shun was actually happy: "We can't be too careless. We have to do our job well and give an explanation."
"I don't care about what you think, sir. I only care about one thing, and that is whether you will eat this meal or not."
Shen Jiao picked up a bowl of soup and handed it to him.
Xue Shun took a look at the clear chicken soup and huddled back in: "Forget it, just take it away. I've already taken the medicine, so I'll be fine."
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