Chapter 264 Hostages
"Master, we really don't know what Wan Dahe did!"
"We really have no ulterior motives. Please, Master, let us go!"
"It's him, Master, it was him and Wan Dahe who went to deliver the food together!"
No one is willing to speak out before their interests are violated, but when their interests are violated, they can no longer bear it.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the other three people who were pushed out by the Wan family and went with Wan Dahe to pay the protection fee and said, "I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself and make meritorious service."
“Me, me, me!”
Zhou Yunshu looked at the man who immediately raised his hand. He pointed at Wan Dahe, who was lying on the ground not far away with blood at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Wan Dahe took us there."
"He told the head of the water village that if we pay enough protection money, he will take us with him. By then, everyone in Qishui Village will have the surname Wan!"
"Master, this is all Wan Dahe's idea. It has nothing to do with us!"
"Yes, Master, I am willing to lead the way for you. Please let us go!"
Zhou Yunshu raised her hand and pressed down to silence them. She touched Wan Quan's head and looked at the other children of similar age. She said to Wu Gui, "Please help me pick fifteen children from the farm. They should be about the same age as the ones in the school."
The people in the village listened to Zhou Yunshu's vague words and were somewhat confused about what she was trying to do.
The people in Zhuangzi didn’t know, but Wu Gui, Kang Jingyu and others understood Zhou Yunshu’s meaning immediately.
Zhou Yunshu wanted to bring all these children back to Dongwang Village. On the one hand, she wanted to continue training her own people; on the other hand, she also wanted to make these children hostages.
When Zhou Yunshu was making the decision, she suddenly thought of Lin Fuyan, who had come to the Zhenbei Palace to study with them since childhood.
In some ways, Ji Mingzhu had a great influence on Zhou Yunshu, even their methods of manipulating people's hearts were the same.
However, Wu Gui knew that the child was taken out to study, but the child's family did not know, so some of them wanted to take action against Wu Gui for the sake of their family.
Wu Gui looked at the man who was protecting his wife and children behind him and glaring at him, and said, "We won't hurt the children."
She pointed at Wanquan standing next to Zhou Yunshu and said to the man, "Sir, please select fifteen children to go to Dongchuan with Wanquan. They will learn literature and martial arts with the children of the master family, just like the children in Dongchuan village."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask those who followed Mr. Yan to Dongchuan before. Is it true that the children of the Dongchuan manor study on the manor, and only those who have learned well will be sent to the master's house to study with the children of the master's family?"
After Wu Gui finished speaking, the person standing nearby nodded to the Wan family and the others from Qishui Manor and said, "That's right."
"But if you don't want to, forget it."
When Wu Gui turned to leave, the girl who had been hiding behind the man looked at Wu Gui and said, "Can I study?"
"Can I study in place of my brother?"
"Linghua!" the man turned around and scolded.
Linghua ignored her father's scolding and looked at Cen Miaoying standing next to Zhou Yunshu and said, "I heard that sister is an accountant. If I study hard, can I also become the master's accountant?"
Both Zhou Yunshu and Wu Gui are always very tolerant towards girls who take the initiative to learn.
Wu Gui looked at Linghua and said, "Not only can you become an accountant, as long as you study hard, one day you can become the head of Qishui Manor, and even the shopkeeper beside the master."
"I want to go, no, I want to go!" Linghua broke free from her mother's restraints and came to Wu Gui's side, saying, "Sir, I want to go, I want to study!"
Wu Gui glanced at the sullen-faced man and the anxious-looking woman behind Linghua, and said to Linghua, "Okay, go stand next to Wanquan."
"gentlemen……"
Wu Gui looked at Linghua who left without hesitation, and then looked at the man who called her.
He clenched his fists and said, "You really won't kill my daughter and send her to a brothel?"
Wu Gui smiled and said, "Your master has always been kind to his people. This time you broke the rules. Your master has been kind enough."
Kang Jingyu had been standing beside Wu Gui, wary of the man's riot. When he heard the conversation between the two, he said, "If you ask me, you are just too kind-hearted."
"Slaves like these who betray their masters should be beaten and killed without any chance! They are Zhou Yunshu's private property anyway."
Kang Jingyu's voice was not small. The farmers around him turned pale when they heard it. Those who had wanted to stop their children from leaving also let go of their children's hands.
Wu Gui glanced at the frozen man and said with a smile, "So you also said that Yun Shu is kind-hearted."
"However, Yun Shu is not a person without principles and blindly kind-hearted. If they do that again, they will not have a good ending."
Fifteen children were quickly selected. Zhou Yunshu looked at Chusan, who had been standing beside her without saying a word, and said, "Uncle San, could you please help me send these children back to the East King?"
Zhou Yunshu had always wanted to find an opportunity to transfer Chu San away from her, and now was a good opportunity.
only……
Chusan glanced at the children in front of him and said coldly: "Their safety has nothing to do with me. I am only responsible for you."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Chusan, who had no expression on his face, and sighed slightly in her heart. She did not insist that he take the child back, otherwise he would definitely doubt her intentions.
Therefore, Zhou Yunshu looked at the people around her and wondered whether to choose someone to send these children back to Dongwang or to keep them in Qishui Manor for the time being.
Cen Miaoying didn't know if she could see Zhou Yunshu's thoughts. She said, "Sir, why don't we take these children with us when we return?"
Zhou Yunshu hesitated.
It is possible, but it would take her almost a month to visit all the villages, and another month to come back. She was afraid that there would be some uncontrollable accidents in these two months.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the people in Qishui Village centered on the banyan tree, and her gaze slowly fell on Gan Zhiyong and Linghua's father. In addition, there was a young man who had followed Yan Shilei to Heishui Village who also caught her attention for a long time.
This method of coercion, inducement and mutual checks and balances should be enough to last until she comes back and takes the children away.
However, before letting the three of them check and balance each other, she still had one thing to do.
Zhou Yunshu stood on the wooden box again. Peng Tianhe was very tactful and shouted loudly to attract everyone's attention before Zhou Yunshu spoke.
"I'm going to Tongshui Village to collect protection money. Who wants to join me?"
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