Seeing Su Qingluan calling her "despicable" on the left, "worse than pigs and dogs" on the right, and even "crooked tree" and other things, she was simply stomping her face into the mud. Both Zhang Ma and Manager Xie turned pale and pale, unable to utter a word.
The two of them didn't even dare to get angry with Su Qingluan—or to be more precise, the person behind Su Qingluan.
Although these two people were not very clever, they were not stupid. Ever since Su Qingluan had listed the names of the people one by one like a string of dishes, Manager Xie knew that this little girl was not making things up. And Aunt Zhang was even more astute. The person who went to do the work was one of Manager Xie's subordinates, and she knew from the look on Manager Xie's face that Su Qingluan was not just bluffing.
What's more, Su Qingluan described the appearance of the mastermind in detail, and it matched exactly with the young steward under her, which made people gasp.
If it was just to drive away a few thugs, anyone with a little wealth in this era would hire a few security guards to look after the house, so it's not surprising.
However, being able to guard the house does not necessarily mean that one can torture and interrogate people - after all, ruffians have been doing a lot of sneaky tricks, cheating and deceiving people for years, and if you don't have any special experience, you are likely to be fooled.
This means that the person behind Su Qingluan is not ordinary.
Manager Xie and Aunt Zhang both felt a little regretful - they had originally thought that Su Qingluan was just a country girl who didn't know her place. They thought that if they just captured her family and frightened them, and then gave her some extra money, she would definitely give in.
As a result, the big stick did not come down, but instead he hit a wall.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the air became stagnant on one side. Su Qingluan was relaxed and at ease, as if she was sitting in her own home, while on the other side, Zhang Ma and Manager Xie said nothing, and the servants who were serving around them lowered their heads like quails, not daring to even breathe, for fear of making any noise and incurring anger.
Compared to Aunt Zhang, Manager Xie is much more shameless both physically and mentally. So even though he had been treated sarcastically by Su Qingluan for a long time, his expression adjusted in just a few breaths, and he looked like the kind and fat Maitreya again.
Su Qingluan marveled in her heart: Look, this thickness of skin is not comparable to that of ordinary people. In a sense, it is also very admirable.
Although this kind of "admiration" is very contemptible.
She was at her ease, wanting to see how this smiling but treacherous Manager Xie could come up with an excuse - although she felt the biggest possibility was that he would shift the blame onto his subordinates.
As expected, Steward Xie immediately seemed to have just realized something and exclaimed at the empty tea table in front of Su Qingluan, "Oh my! Madam Su has been sitting here for so long, and we haven't even served her tea or snacks yet. How rude!"
Having said that, he told the people below to prepare immediately.
Su Qingluan glanced at Manager Xie with a look that said, "Let me see how you act," and said with a half-smile, "It's okay. We were almost kidnapped anyway, so a little discourtesy won't hurt."
"You're joking," Steward Xie even used a respectful title, and the originally condescending and kind feeling turned into flattery. "There must be some misunderstanding. Those people you mentioned, Zhang Ma and I really don't know!"
Haha, it seems that you still want to play dumb and shirk responsibility. Isn’t that simple?
"It doesn't matter. I'll just hand those hooligans over to the county government office. The county magistrate here is a great judge. He will definitely help me interrogate him thoroughly. After all, these hooligans have good memories. They all guarantee that if that person stood in front of them, they would definitely recognize him."
These days, the flow of people in each region is very limited. Every time you pass through the city gate, or even just go from the countryside to the town, your identity must be checked - just like what Su Qingluan's family has to do every day.
Because of such strict and cumbersome household registration examinations, if a person has a fixed job in a certain place, it is usually difficult for him to transfer to another place.
So if you want to find someone, after providing their physical characteristics for a portrait, you can post it in areas where this person often hangs out, and there is a high probability that you will find this person - unless he immediately escapes to other areas.
However, with the means of transportation in this era, it is very difficult. Even if it is possible, it can only be done by a small servant.
...If he can really do it, why not just do something else? It will be more promising than being a servant in a villa of the Xie family.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan smiled again and said, "I can't guarantee anything else, but I'm quite good at drawing portraits. I happen to have the pen I use with me. Manager Xie, are you interested in having me draw one?"
How could Manager Xie have the leisure to do this? Because he also remembered that the local county magistrate was a notorious stubborn person - this was also one of the important reasons why he had not been promoted even though he was over 40 years old.
Even Xie Xuanfan himself would have a headache if he saw such a tough guy, let alone Xie Guanshi and the others. If the matter really came to a point where they had to see the authorities, it would be difficult to deal with.
otherwise……
A fierce glint flashed in Manager Xie's smiling eyes: Otherwise, I'll kill that subordinate...
He was thinking about killing to silence the witness, but Su Qingluan was also thinking that these two people were probably going to shift all the responsibility to their subordinates, but how could she let these people succeed?
It's not that she is being too sanctimonious or anything. The fact that her subordinate could come up with such a despicable way to "complete the task" shows that he is not a good person either, so she doesn't really care whether he lives or dies.
But the key issue is that the mastermind behind the scenes is sitting right in front of them, and both parties know it very well, but there is no direct evidence.
Su Qingluan could certainly ask Mu Xingzhi to capture the subordinate directly and ask him to identify Manager Xie or Aunt Zhang, but if that happened, she probably wouldn't be able to do business.
Catching small shrimps is boring, but a lesson still needs to be taught, so Su Qingluan smiled and said, "After all, I'm not a bad person. I don't mean to kill you all - after all, we still have to do business together, right?"
Zhang Ma and Manager Xie were practically melodious when they heard this. Their pale faces were, to be honest, related to the people behind Su Qingluan, but the biggest reason was their fear of failing to complete the mission assigned by Xie Xuanfan, which would make it difficult to explain this time.
It would be no big deal if it was no longer needed. Xie Xuanfan himself was a ruthless character who could imprison his own father and seize power. If his plans were disrupted, I wonder what kind of punishment would be imposed.
So when Manager Xie heard Su Qingluan say that there was still hope for cooperation, his eyes lit up immediately and he nodded hurriedly: "Madam Su, you are so magnanimous. We are far less magnanimous than you!"
Aunt Zhang also nodded repeatedly: "We made the mistake of hiring the wrong person this time. We hope Madam Su will forgive us!"
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "We're doing business together, how can 'forgiveness' be so serious? As long as you two agree to a few of my 'small' requests, I will not make any further fuss about today's incident, considering that there are no serious consequences. I will just hand over the perpetrators to the authorities."
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