Bai Shao nodded, bowed obediently and admitted his mistake, saying:
"Yes, Madam's lesson is right, slaves should not let them go back."
Knowing that she was a well-educated and loyal servant, Cheng Xue did not hold on to her and changed the topic and asked:
"What happened to that person's body deed? Why didn't your brother get it?"
"Go back to Madam, except for Feng Yuan and Nie Hu, all of these people are living deeds, and the others are dead deeds. When my brother asked for it, Ge Tao said that the physical deeds were all at Ri Zhi in the state capital, and were in charge of the Yamen Bookkeeper.
Stay here." Bai Shao replied.
Although it was Cheng Xue's first time to be an official's wife, the issue of status and contract was the same as the salary, so she had done her homework carefully.
The people in the back house of the government must all be deeded, and the deed paper must be kept together with the back house's account books, which will be controlled by the new head matron. If the outgoing official likes any servant of the back house, he can directly take him away.
However, as much as you take away must be replenished, and the quantity cannot be changed.
Now among the eight people, not only do they have living deeds, but the deed paper is not here yet, so there is obviously something wrong. Anyway, Li Hui is in the government office at the moment, so just send someone to ask.
Thinking of this, Cheng Xue ordered:
"Tell your brother to go to the government office now and ask the household registration clerk whether the deed papers of these people are there."
"yes."
Bai Shao agreed and set off, Cheng Xue continued to give instructions——
"Bai Guo, go and call all eight people. Bai Wei, Baizhu is in the room, wait and see what I'm doing."
"yes."
The three of them said in unison, and Bai Guo trotted out happily.
Seeing that she had nothing to do, Bai Zhi lowered her head and prepared to continue working, but was pulled up by Cheng Xue and stopped.
"lady?"
"This is not your job, rest!"
After Cheng Xue finished speaking, she looked at the mud on the ground and really didn't want to recall the environment in which today's dinner was made. She could understand Bai Shao's approach, but she didn't agree with it. Even though she had just come here, she was embarrassed to be harsh, but these people did it
It's really too much, what's the use of saving face?
In the future, she will go to Li Yue to take charge of the family, and such soft tactics will definitely not work.
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Bai Guo came in with eight people.
It was Ge Tao who still held Niu, kneeling in front in fear, while the other six people knelt behind.
"Greetings, madam."
The sporadic sounds were not neat at all. Bai Shao winked at Ging Guo, and soon after they left, they moved back to a chair.
"Madam, please sit down for a while."
Cheng Xue sat down and said nothing.
She kept silent, and the people kneeling on the ground didn't dare to get up. For a while, the kitchen was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard.
The water boiled, the kettle was boiled, Angelica dahurica filled the soup with Pozi and she came over.
"Ma'am, warm yourself up."
Cheng Xue took Mrs. Tang and held her in her arms, and then said:
"Ging Guo, is your place far from the main house?"
"Go back to Madam, the slaves and others live next to the firewood pile on the west side, only about twenty feet away from the main house."
Three feet plus three equals one meter.
Ge Tao was a good person. When he heard this conversation, he immediately understood what they meant and hurriedly kowtowed and lay on the ground.
"Today I saw that the master and his wife arrived in Fucheng safely. We felt relieved, so we slept a little deeper. I hope you will forgive me, madam."
"Shut up! My servant explained that this is a big taboo. You are waiting in the back house of the government office to do things. Don't you understand this rule?"
As Bai Shao was the eldest maid beside Cheng Xue, it was fine for them to cheat on her, but if they underestimated their master, they would never tolerate it.
Naturally, Ge Tao did not dare to bear such a big hat being slapped on him, and kept kowtowing and explaining:
"Miss Bai Shao, please forgive me. Miss Bai Shao, please forgive me. I was wrong. I was confused and talking nonsense. I was really wrong."
"Girl Baishao, we were wrong."
"Girl Baishao, we were wrong."
Niu Shi, Feng Yuan and Nie Hu followed suit, but Qiu Hong and Qiu Yu remained silent.
Just when Cheng Xue was wondering, the four people said in unison:
"Madam, the slaves/slaves are wrong, and they must correct themselves in the future."
Oh, you have some brains!
Bai Shao, Bai Zhi, and Ging Guo looked deeply at the four people, knowing that they were obviously not the same as Ge Tao.
Cheng Xue also became interested, pointed at Qiu Yu and the others, and said:
"You three come forward."
"yes."
The three of them walked to and stood in front of Cheng Xue in a proper manner, with low eyebrows and graceful figures. They took the hand of one of them. It was soft and boneless, delicate and white, and it was obvious that he was not a person who did rough work.
Looking at the other two people, the same is true.
Cheng Xue let go with a smile, glanced at Bai Wei, and before she could make any move, Tiandong hurriedly entered the house from the outside, raised his hands and saluted——
"Madam, Zhao Dianli, who is in charge of household registration, said that the deed of the back house no longer belongs to the government office."
"Madam, have mercy on me, madam, have mercy on me, our children are in the military camp in the north, we dare not not do it. Please have mercy on me, madam, please have mercy on me!"
Ge Tao's sudden defection obviously caught everyone off guard. Bai Wei, Baizhu, and Tian Dong suddenly took action and instantly controlled Qiu Hong. When Ge Tao saw this, he didn't dare to insist, and he was crackling like beans.
, that’s called clean.
Among the eight people, except Ge Tao and his wife, the other six came to the back house of the government office just a year ago. Nie Hu and Feng Yuan were brought back from abroad by the previous governor Gu Qingyan, but at this moment Gu Fu Yin has been detained in Beijing.
They were charged with collaborating with the enemy and leaking secrets. The four Qiu Hong were sent by Quan Fujiang, the commander of the military camp in the north. After they were sent, they lived here. Ge Tao's family of three took care of them. Gufu Yin did not live here.
"...Madam, I have said everything that the villain can and cannot say. The villain really has no choice but to do it! The child is in their hands, and the villain really has no choice, Madam."
"Fart -" Qiu Hong said rudely, gritting his teeth, "Your son was executed on the spot by the Marquis for seizing a civilian girl half a year ago. How come he was detained by the military camp!"
"What? What did you say?" Niu was shocked and suddenly rushed forward, grabbing his collar and shaking it. "Didn't you tell me that Daguo went to the military camp to serve as a soldier? Didn't you say it as an excuse? You said,
Say it--"
"To be honest, your man was afraid that you would go crazy, so he asked me to help deceive you. Now that your man has betrayed the Marquis, your sister will no longer be able to live."
Niu was startled at first, then screamed "Ah--" and fainted directly to the ground. Ge Tao was like opening a seal, and started to curse and accuse. Feng Yuan and Nie Hu were like eggplants beaten by frost.
Usually, Lao Lao was pinned to the ground.
Cheng Xue guessed that eight people would have some problems, but such comprehensive problems surprised her.
Sitting on a chair, hugging Yu Pozi, slowly peeling pine nuts, it is as comfortable as you want.
Li Hui stood at the door and witnessed all this, and could not help but raise the corners of his mouth. The county magistrates, officials and others who followed behind him all had cold sweat on their backs, and some had even begun to think about their own way out.
Finally, Cheng Xue got tired of looking at it and waved to Bai Wei, who together with Bai Shu, pulled all four Qiu Hong out...