Chapter 254: Recruiting Xie Fangyuan
Su Xing was so frightened that his face changed drastically. He stood in front of Su Qianqian and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Su Qianqian did not move, but had already hidden a dagger in her sleeve.
"Madam Su... Master Su, we will pledge our loyalty with our lives. Please accept a strand of our hair. If we break our oath, our souls will be incomplete after death, and we will be wandering ghosts in the next life!"
After the leading boy finished speaking, he held the dagger horizontally in his hand, bowed three times towards the sky, then cut off a strand of hair behind his ear, took out a small purse from his body, put the strand of hair in it, and handed it respectfully to Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian: There is also a loyalty ceremony!
All the children followed suit and handed over purses one after another. In a blink of an eye, Su Xing's arms were full.
"Okay, from now on you will obey me, and I will naturally protect you. Xie Fangyuan, just follow the previous rules for the time being. I will make some plans and then make arrangements."
Su Qianqian nodded.
"Sir, this is Xue Ke, nine years old this year, and the first one picked up by Madam Shao Hua. This is Shuang Nan, that one is Yu Zhou, and the other one is Kun Qi..."
There were thirty-six children. Su Qianqian patiently listened to Xue Ke's introduction, and the system also explained the life story of each one.
[Xue Ke was picked up by Madam Shao Hua on the street during a heavy snow day. When she found him, he was only wrapped in a ball of rag and a straw mat, and thrown under a pile of firewood. His body was bruised and purple, and he was no longer able to breathe.
If he hadn't made a little cry like a big cat and been heard by Madam Shaohua, he would have died long ago.
Fortunately, he was kept alive by ginseng soup and a lot of medicine was used to save him. He was just like Madam Shaohua's biological son. So the tonic pill you fed him had no effect on him. He came back to wait for death. 】
[Shuang Nan was picked up in a forest in autumn. His family members were all killed in robbery. His mother held him under her body to protect him. He lay under his mother's body for a whole night. He crawled out to ask for help the next day when Madam Shaohua passed by. The three-year-old child was considered to have a strong character. 】
[Yuzhou is a story about a man who had been starving in a small boat for seven days on a rainy day. His father had gone to pay the fishing tax and never came back. Kunqi was thrown into a mass grave by the numerous graves. He was a criminal slave who had done something wrong and was beaten to death. He was thought to be dead and thrown out...]
Su Qianqian was moved when she heard this, but the children and teenagers trembled with fear: No wonder the lady left a message, asking them to listen to the wife of Marquis Wuning in the future, and that only by following her can they stay safe. It turns out that she is a fairy lady!
Xie Fang Garden covers a large area, but it exudes a sense of desolation and decay everywhere. This is probably how Madam Shaohua feels.
Su Qianqian didn't look at it any more and told Xue Ke to continue managing it in the same way as before. As for what the garden would be used for, she still needed to think about it carefully, and the income from Madam Shaohua's shops also had to be used wisely.
When they came out of Xie Fangyuan, Xue Ke followed them out:
"Master Su, Xue Ke has been with Madam for many years. She is good at passing messages and reading people's expressions. She must be more useful than a maid. If you don't believe me, you can try it. Xue Ke can enter places where a maid can't."
When Su Xing heard this, he immediately pinched his waist and glared: "You kid, why are you trying to steal my job? Where can I not go?"
"Can you go to a man's lavatory? Can you go to a man's hot spring? Can you go to a brothel or a tavern? And..."
Xue Ke raised her slender neck, with her thin eyebrows and eyes like a proud little fox, and looked up to confront Su Xing.
"Stop, stop, stop. What are you talking about? Why should I go to those places?" Su Xing was so angry that he waved his hands to stop him.
"It seems you just don't understand. Those places are the most convenient for getting information. When you are out there, what could be more important than getting the news first? In the past, Madam relied on..."
Xue Ke was talking proudly at first, but suddenly he stopped and glanced at Su Qianqian secretly.
"It's okay. Xue Ke is right. Then you can follow me from today. You are familiar with every place in Xijing, and it will be convenient for you to do things."
Su Qianqian felt that Xue Ke was indeed smart and a professional information gatherer, so she agreed after thinking about it. Moreover, from Xue Ke, Su Qianqian could also find out the hobbies and secrets of those people that Madam Shaohua had contacted in the past.
Xue Ke stood beside Su Qianqian with a happy look on his face. Although he was short, his aura was no less than Su Xing's.
Su Qianqian was about to get on the car with Xue Ke and Su Xing, but they saw a carriage coming and stopped. The curtain was lifted, and it was the haggard-looking Sun Ming, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel. When he saw Su Qianqian, he was stunned for a moment before getting off the car to greet her.
"Now I should call you Lord Su." Sun Ming bowed, but his eyes fell on Xue Ke who was beside Su Qianqian.
"Lord Sun, you are too polite. I wonder where you are going?" Su Qianqian asked with a smile, glancing at Xie Fangyuan.
"I have some free time today, so I just took a walk. I haven't been here for a long time... This little kid..."
"This child is following me now. Madam Shaohua trusts me and entrusted Xie Fangyuan to the management of Madam Wuning Hou. I will take care of it for my cousin to save her the trouble of running around." Su Qianqian explained earnestly.
[I was wondering how this gentleman could get the Empress Dowager's decree. It turns out that his grandmother was the Empress Dowager's wet nurse, and his mother grew up with the Empress Dowager when they were children. They drank the same mother's milk, so naturally they were very close. He actually used such a favor for Madam Shaohua, which really showed his deep love for her. 】
The system finally dug up this melon and quickly shared it with Su Qianqian.
"Shaohua...didn't she leave me even a single word?" Sun Ming looked at Xue Ke unwillingly.
"Sir Sun, Madam only said 'take care', nothing else." Xue Ke replied calmly, his little face showing a maturity that didn't match his age.
"Okay." Sun Yuanwailang nodded woodenly, turned back to the carriage, and murmured, "Take care of yourself too, the mountains are high and the waters are long..."
Su Qianqian shook her head. It was really hard to evaluate such feelings. The deeper his love for Madam Shaohua, the more he had let down his own wives and concubines.
He took Su Xing and Xue Ke onto the carriage, but Dian Feng stopped for a while and looked into the distance before jumping up behind.
[My lady, there was someone over there just now, just at the corner of the courtyard wall. Guess who it was? 】The system suddenly asked in a sly tone.
Who is it? 】
[Do you remember that there was another person who often went to Xie Fang Garden, that was Prince Mu's official Zhou Changshi. He loved to listen to Madam Shaohua playing the piano, and he would go there almost every once in a while. When he went to Xie Fang Garden, he was also behind the curtain. The person standing at the corner of the wall just now was Zhou Changshi. 】
[Another infatuated person?] Madam Shaohua is indeed a beauty in the world, and she is fortunate to have several such close friends who are willing to be sincere to her. 】Su Qianqian sighed in her heart.
At this moment, Xue Ke suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Xie Fangyuan, looking a little nervous.
The system was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed:
[My lady, Mr. Sun might be a love-struck man, but Mr. Zhou cannot be considered one. It turns out that he has been waiting for so many years just to seek revenge. 】
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