Before the old lady got the portrait, he already felt that the other party was in danger, and when the old lady brought the portrait to him, he was basically sure in his heart that they were all caught up, just like them.
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It's just that they didn't see the body and didn't know the other person's name, so they still had a little luck.
Man Bao stopped, looked back at him, pursed his lips and said, "I don't blame you."
Erji looked at her with his mouth open.
Man Bao turned around and left. Bai Shan nodded to Er Ji and went out with her.
Erji lowered his head and wiped the tears from his face. Bo'an pursed his lips and turned around to chase after him.
Daji frowned and was about to follow him out, when he heard Bo'an had already chased him out and shouted: "Young Master——"
Bai Shan stopped and turned around, and Man Bao also stopped and turned around to look at him.
Bo'an then looked at Man Bao. He tapped his toes and said: "Master, Miss Man, if you had lifted up your clothes just now, you would have seen that there are three very deep knives on my second uncle's body.
Everyone in my family said that they don’t know how my second uncle survived. Those stab wounds could be fatal to others, but my second uncle survived. He is not timid, I think
He's not timid at all!"
Bo'an shouted the last sentence so loudly that Daji couldn't help but come out and lowered his voice and yelled: "Bo'an, be silent."
Bo'an then lowered his head.
Daji looked at him disapprovingly and said, "Why don't you apologize to the young master and Miss Man quickly? How is it appropriate to yell like this?"
Bo'an lowered his head and said nothing.
Daji moved his hand and was about to pat him. Bai Shan called out "Daji" and he shook his head at him. He nodded to Erji and said, "You are right, he is not timid."
Bai Shan glanced at Man Bao, took off a jade pendant he always wore from his waist, put it in a purse and gave it to him, saying, "Tell Uncle Erji that I gave this to him."
Bo An took it blankly, not understanding what it meant.
Daji immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Thank you, Master."
Bai Shan put the purse into Bo'an's hand and took Manbao to find Magistrate Tang, "Master Tang, do you have anything else to ask?"
Mr. Tang opened his slightly closed eyes, looked at them for a while, then shook his head and said, "Yes, but I don't know how to ask, so I'd better not ask for now, wait until next time."
After he finds out more things, he will come and chat with Erji.
He stood up and said with a smile: "How about I go with you?"
Dafu hesitated.
Man Bao had already nodded, "Just send us to the street, and we'll walk back by ourselves."
Mr. Tang nodded, let the three of them get into his car in the yard, and then went out.
In order to make it easier to come here, Mr. Tang chose a particularly ugly horse today. It looked like a bad horse at first glance. It ran very slowly, but fortunately it could bear the weight.
It wandered out of the alley and onto the road. Magistrate Tang then looked at Daji and asked, "I think Erji is only about three feet old. How old was he twelve years ago?"
Daji lowered his eyes and said, "Seventeen."
Mr. Tang nodded and said: "The personal servants of wealthy families are generally three or two years older than their young masters. They are more sensible and can serve their masters well. By that time, County Magistrate Bai has already reached the crown, right?"
Daji clenched his fists, and then said after a while: "I am the young man who grew up with the master, and Erji was sent to the master after I left."
Mr. Tang glanced at his sitting posture and palms, and chuckled: "I wanted to ask last year, are you a member of the Bai family, or have you been a soldier?"
Bai Shan couldn't help it anymore and stood in front of Daji and said, "Master Tang, our Bai family are good people and we will not raise tribesmen."
"Well, is that a guard?"
Daji was silent for a while and then said: "When I came of age, my master married me a wife, and then I quit my citizenship and went to work as a bodyguard. Our head bodyguard was a guard, so we follow military rules when we sit and sleep."
Master Tang raised his eyebrows slightly, "For someone like you, your master is willing to let you leave your country. No wonder you stayed by Bai Shan's side for twelve years without moving, and your son doesn't even recognize you, right?"
Daji lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Bai Shan and Man Bao opened their mouths but were speechless.
Man Bao felt that Magistrate Tang was not cute at all, so he glared at him.
Magistrate Tang glanced at her, snorted in his heart, and continued to ask: "Magistrate Bai never came to you before the accident?"
"I looked for him, but I was out on escort at that time, so I didn't see the letter in time. When I came back and saw it, I rushed home and the person was gone."
Magistrate Tang stared at him and asked, "Where is that letter?"
Daji paused and said: "At home."
Magistrate Tang smiled slightly and said, "I want to see it."
Daji opened his mouth, but under his gaze, he could only say: "Yes, I will send the letter later."
Magistrate Tang was satisfied.
When they arrived at the bustling street, the carriage blocked the entrance of an alley. Manbao and the others jumped out one by one, and then Mingli drove the carriage away.
Bai Shan watched the carriage disappear and couldn't help but look back at Daji and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Daji didn't say anything, and Bai Shan asked, "Did grandma ask you not to say anything?"
"No," Daji glanced at the two of them, and finally couldn't help but said: "Master Tang is very powerful, can't the young master and Miss Man watch from the sidelines?"
They both said in unison: "No!"
Daji is helpless.
Bai Shan and Man Bao turned around and left. They returned to the teahouse first and calmed down in the private room.
Manbao thought of something he didn't understand and asked, "Why is Daji so happy when you gave Erji a jade pendant?"
Bai Shan scratched his head and said: "My mother taught me that there are rules for rewarding people. When you go out to reward other people's servants, you have your own entourage to do it. To reward your own servants, if you are not close to them, give them something."
Copper coins, for those who are slightly close to you, some naked people, those who serve you personally, some fans, hairpins, beads, etc. are all fine. Only those who are very close to you, if you are willing to trust them, give them jade. Jade is a gentleman's thing."
Manbao pointed to Daji standing beside him and said, "Shouldn't that be given to Daji?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then shook his head, "I shouldn't be the one who rewards Daji. Even his mother never rewards him. His rewards are all given by his grandmother."
Daji smiled at Manbao.
Man Bao vaguely understood something, but still couldn't help but said: "It's really complicated."
Man Bao used his brain a lot this afternoon and felt very hungry, so he shared the snacks on the table with Bai Shan and asked Daji curiously, "Daji, you are not a servant of Bai Shan's family now, are you?"
Daji said: "It's done again."
After he got Erji back, he sold himself into the Bai family.
He paused and then said: "But Bo'an is not."
Daji was silent for a while and then said: "Thanks to the old lady's kindness, Bo'an is now studying."