In every big family, the clothes of the maids and maids are all the same. Liu Captou and others often walk around Jiangzhou City, and you can get a rough idea of what kind of clothes the maids and maids of each house wear.
The young men and servants of the Ning family wear blue shorts.
Therefore, they could almost conclude that the person who set fire to the tea mountain was a member of the Ning family.
The next morning, Capt. Liu took his four brothers and the shopkeeper of the oil shop to the door of Ning's house. He brought the shopkeeper with him in order to let him recognize him.
The young man welcomed the five people into the main hall and quickly went to the study to invite the eldest master.
In the courtyard of Spring Return, a middle-aged man wearing a blue brocade robe was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch in the corridor, basking in the sun leisurely.
The man seemed to be in a good mood, tapping the handle of the chair gently with his fingers and still humming a tune.
"Eastern road~Western road~Southern road..." "Second Master, it's not good."
A young boy in a blue shirt ran into the yard shouting.
Ning Erye, who had been disturbed, opened his eyes, glared at the young man in displeasure and cursed: "You are the one who is in trouble, your whole family is in trouble."
The boy looked panicked. He was indeed going to be ill. If he was ill, his whole family would not be well either.
"Second Master, the yamen's catcher is here."
What?
Ning Erye sat up in shock, feeling a little flustered. Why did the yamen's arrester come to the door at this time?
Did they find out so quickly?
Impossible! Mr. Ning shook his head and calmed down. He did it so cleanly. How could the people in the Yamen find out? The person he was looking for was also a son of the family, so it was absolutely impossible for him to go out and talk nonsense.
leaked.
"Do you know why you came here?"
The boy shook his head and said with a white face: "Although I didn't explain it, I think it's probably because of..." If it wasn't for that matter, why would Capt. Liu bring people to the door?
"That's not necessarily what it's about."
Second Master Ning said, "You and Xiao Fang go home and stay well while I go and take a look first."
The boy nodded and said, "Okay."
Mr. Ning stood up, straightened his clothes, and went to the front yard.
Mr. Ning heard that Mr. Liu from the Yamen had arrived and hurriedly went to the front hall.
Seeing Mr. Ning coming, Mr. Liu, several government servants and the shopkeeper of the oil shop stood up and bowed their hands to him.
Mr. Ning returned the gift with his hand, stood in front of the main seat under the plaque, and made a gesture of invitation.
"sit."
After Liu Captou and others sat down, they asked, "I wonder why Liu Captou came here today?"
Capt. Liu didn't know why he came. He only said: "Master Ning, can you ask the housekeeper to come over? I have something to ask."
Mr. Ning frowned, and when he saw Mr. Liu, he didn't say the reason for his visit. Instead, he wanted to see the housekeeper. He thought that the housekeeper had committed something outside, so he hurriedly asked the boy waiting in the hall to call the housekeeper.
After a while, the housekeeper came.
As soon as the housekeeper finished the ceremony, Mr. Ning came.
"I wonder why Capt. Liu came to the house with someone today?"
Ning Erye asked with a smile as if nothing was wrong.
Liu Captou glanced at him and said with a smile: "Second Master, you will know later."
He turned to look at the housekeeper and asked, "I wonder how many male servants there are in the house?"
Naturally, the housekeeper knew more about the number of people in the house than the masters. Faced with Capt. Liu's question, he did not hide anything and replied directly: "Including me, there are twenty people in total."
Hearing this, Liu Captou and others all looked surprised. Ning's mansion was so big, but there were only twenty male servants and housekeepers.
Master Ning saw the surprised expressions on their faces and knew what they were surprised about, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed and embarrassed.
Originally, there were more than this number of male servants in the Ning family, but things happened one after another in the family, and the shop was only accessible. In order to reduce expenses, the number of servants in the family was reduced a lot, leaving two male and female servants each.
There are ten people, and they are basically all children of the family and old people in the house.
Others who signed death contracts were sold if they could, and the Ning family was cursed and unkind by the slaves who sold them.