Chapter 101 Punishing the Evil Slave
The one kneeling on the ground with her daughter and son-in-law was Hu Zhuangtou's original wife Qiu Kui, who used to be a second-class maid serving Liu Boxing's mother.
He also took care of Liu Boxing when he was young.
On the night Liu Boxing came, it was Qiu Kui who recognized him when he went to deliver hot water and knelt down to pay homage to the young master.
Moreover, under Liu Boxing's questioning, she told him without reservation how Hu Zhuangtou had lied about the harvest on the farm and enriched himself over the years.
The reason why Liu Boxing had not touched Hu Zhuangtou in the past few days was that he did not want to spoil the hunting mood of his own headmaster and his fellow apprentices. As for such an evil slave who deceived his superiors and subordinates.
For a servant whose life and death is decided by his master, it is not an easy task to deal with the situation.
Qiu Kui, her daughter and her son-in-law knelt down, kowtowed to Liu Boxing, and respectfully called out, "Young Master."
Hu Zhuangtou, who was holding his head high, was startled. He turned sideways and looked blankly at his old and ugly wife, that money-loser, and his idiot son-in-law.
For a moment, I wondered if they were stupid.
But when he met Liu Boxing's cold eyes, Hu Zhuangtou felt a chill on his back and shuddered.
Hu Zhuangtou was a little flustered, "Young... Young Master, what Young Master? How can he be a Young Master?!"
An Xin and a few others looked at the panicked Hu Zhuangtou with a half-smile.
After they had lived there for a few days, they saw how this village head, Hu, arrogantly ordered the farm slaves around and acted tyrannically.
Jiang Zhou: "What a good dog, it doesn't even recognize its owner."
Zhu Shijing raised his lips and said, "Since it is a disobedient dog, either beat it to death or sell it to the mine."
Zhu Shijing has been helping his father manage shops and farms since he was a child. It is inevitable that he would encounter cases where the head of the farm would embezzle and withhold the harvest of the master.
He was accustomed to dealing with such matters.
The more Hu Zhuangtou listened, the more panicked he became. "Shut up! You are just a few poor students from other places. I advise you to leave immediately.
Otherwise I will order someone to kick you out."
At this time, Hu Zhuangtou still had a glimmer of hope.
He thought that his ugly and old original wife hated him for bringing his mistress back home, so he drove her out and made her an ordinary servant on the farm.
He deliberately called the young man in front of him "Young Master" to scare him.
“Da da da—”
Everyone looked towards the road leading to the village, and saw a horse-drawn carriage with a green cover driving up to them and stopping, with two people getting off.
A man of about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing dark blue clothes, with a sturdy build and walking with steady steps. It can be seen at first glance that he is a martial artist.
When Hu Zhuangtou saw the older man, he was so surprised that his eyes were red with surprise. His throat seemed to be blocked by something. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.
The two walked up to Liu Boxing, saluted respectfully, and called out, "Young Master."
He turned around again and bowed respectfully, "Hello, Mr. An and all the gentlemen."
An Xin reached out his hand to support him: "Uncle Fu, there is no need to be so polite."
Fu'an was General Liu's long-time attendant, so An Xin and the others had to give him some face when they met him.
When the servants on the farm saw this, some of them who were smart enough had already confirmed Liu Boxing's identity, so they all knelt down.
Liu Boxing rolled up his sleeves and raised his eyes, "Uncle Fu, Dawu, you are here."
"Yes, after receiving the letter from you, the old master sent us to deal with the affairs of the manor.
Liu Boxing pointed with his chin at Hu Zhuangtou, who had collapsed to the ground with sweat oozing from his forehead in the middle of winter.
Fuan glanced at Hu Zhuangtou who had fallen to the ground and knew that they knew each other. When the eldest master and the eldest lady of the Liu family were alive, Hu Zhuangtou would also go to the government every year to report the harvest accounts of the farm.
Even though Fu'an was not familiar with these people, he knew the heads and managers of these farms and shops.
"Master, I didn't do anything bad. Look, after you and the old man left, I managed the manor in an orderly manner.
Even if there is no credit, there is still hard work!"
“Ouch!”
Uncle Fu glanced at the young master who had a slightly gloomy expression, and gave Da Wu a look.
The sturdy Da Wu walked forward and kicked Hu Zhuangtou in the chest.
Hu Zhuangtou was kicked to the ground, blood streaming from the corner of his mouth. He looked at Da Wu with a sinister and dissatisfied look, then turned to Liu Boxing and said aggrievedly, "Master, I..."
“Ouch!”
Hu Zhuangtou was kicked again by Da Wu.
Uncle Fu then put on a numbing smile and lifted Hu Zhuangtou's chin with his toes, "Who do you think you are?
"For so many years, the old master and the young master have not returned to the capital, and you servants don't even know the basic rules. You can still call yourselves "you" and "me" when talking to the master!"
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Only then did Hu Zhuangtou realize that he had hated his identity as a servant for so many years. Ever since his master left the capital, he no longer called himself a servant or a villain.
I didn't expect that I had formed a habit, so that when I talked to the young master, I still used "I" to refer to myself. For a slave who sold himself into slavery, even being beaten to death would not be too much.
"Master, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time."
Liu Boxing looked at Hu Zhuangtou and pointed at several slaves kneeling in the crowd who were found to be in cahoots with Hu Zhuangtou in the past few days.
He said calmly: "Sell it to the mine."
"Yes, Master."
Several other slaves wanted to rush over and beg for mercy, but were stopped by Da Zhuang and the Liu family groom. They wailed, "Master, please spare us, we won't dare to do it again."
After dealing with the pests in Hu Zhuangtou's farm, Liu Boxing glanced at An Xin and the others and saw An Xin nodded to him.
Then he said to Qiu Kui and her daughter who had been kneeling in front of him, "The farm will be temporarily handed over to Mother Qiu for management. If anyone dares to cause trouble in the farm again, they will be sold to the mine."
Zhuang Nu, who was kneeling below, was frightened.
Slaves who were sold to places like the mine could only go in vertically and come out horizontally. It was also the place that all slaves were most afraid of being sold to.
"Thank you, Master. I will definitely take good care of the farm for you."
This farm was the dowry of Liu Boxing's mother. That was why An Xin suggested letting Qiu Kui, who was bullied by Hu Zhuangtou, manage the farm when Liu Boxing asked them for advice.
As for Qiu Kui, she was originally Hu Zhuangtou's first wife. It is likely that Hu Zhuangtou took back Cao Zhi, who was a secret prostitute, and drove Qiu Kui and her daughter out to work as servants on the farm.
Cao Zhi often insulted them, and when Hu Zhuangtou didn't care, the love between husband and wife and the relationship between father and daughter disappeared completely.
Hu Zhuangtou crawled to his wife in a panic, crying and shouting, "Qiuniang, please, Master, let me go.
You used to be a maidservant of the eldest lady, and you served the young master when you were a child. He will give you this face.
I am Xiaohua's father, you can't watch me being sold to the mine to die!"
Qiu Kui smiled coldly on his old face, "Go ahead. Every Qingming Festival, I will let the flowers burn paper for you at the crossroads."
Hu Zhuangtou saw Qiu Kui, whose face was full of hatred towards him, and his daughter, who was standing next to him without even looking at him.
He gnashed his teeth and said in hatred: "You bitch, and your ungrateful daughter, will not have a good death..."
While cursing, Hu Zhuangtou and several of his accomplices were tied up with ropes by Da Wu and the servants in the village and sent to the human traffickers who specialized in doing business with the mines.
(End of this chapter)