Chapter 227: Old Butler
After chatting about the affairs of Guyun Temple, Xu Changqing chatted with Dong Lifu about the affairs under his command.
At this time, Dong Lifu no longer reserved Xu Changqing, and introduced Xu Changqing in detail one by one.
In the late Ming Dynasty, it was very similar to the late Manchu Qing Dynasty in many places.
Later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to make a real shortage, it was quite difficult, it didn't matter if you didn't have money, even if you were born in the imperial examination, you could only be a candidate.
If you wait, I'm afraid you won't be able to get ahead for the rest of your life.
Fortunately, Zhanhua is not a military tun, it is far away, and the competition is slightly less, but Dong Lifu has also survived for more than 20 years, fought for most of his life, and spent countless thoughts, which is why he has survived to the position of garrison.
Although Dong Lifu is also a thousand-household position at this time, there are three thousand-strong households under his command, and there are six or seven deputy thousand-level households, not to mention a hundred.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the chief officer under his command is personally led by thousands of households.
Saying that, Dong Lifu said with a smile: "Uncle, some things in the local area are like this, quite cumbersome and complicated. However, the nearly 100 or so cavalry are all under the control of the lowly position, and the thousands of households, the lowly position also has a lot of their foundation. ”
Xu Changqing smiled and nodded slowly.
Although Dong Lifu's guy is not authentic, this can be regarded as a vote, and Xu Changqing will not refuse.
Breaking the county order, destroying the door order Yin.
Raiding your home is definitely a shortcut to getting rich and becoming well-off.
Especially Zhanhua is already Xu Changqing's legal place of governance, and Xu Changqing must change the manpower here.
After chatting with Dong Lifu for a while, he sent this guy downstairs to wait, Xu Changqing asked his own soldiers to inform Wu Sanfu and Zhang Hu, expand the scope of monitoring, and put Guyun Temple under surveillance.
After a while, Xu Changqing went downstairs and said that he wanted to go to Dong Lifu's camp to have a look, and Dong Lifu was busy and happily led the way in front.
Soon, Xu Changqing and his entourage of more than 100 people, under the guidance of Dong Lifu, came to his camp.
When the generals of Zhanhua City saw that Xu Changqing was here, they immediately became in a commotion, and soon, they all knelt down and saluted.
"Hehe, they're all my own brothers, let's get up."
Xu Changqing was very affectionate with these people, patted this one on the shoulder, and pulled that one up with his own hands, so that these people quickly relaxed.
Dong Lifu's old housekeeper quickly attracted Xu Changqing's attention.
The main reason is that he has experienced the temperament of the battlefield, which makes Xu Changqing too familiar.
At this time, even though he was as docile and honest as an old dog, Xu Changqing still felt a sense of danger in him!
In later generations, Xu Changqing's feeling in this regard was very accurate, and after coming to Daming, this feeling was even more than that.
But on the face, Xu Changqing will definitely not show it.
smiled and greeted everyone, saying that the situation has been controlled and is being dealt with quickly, everyone will set up camp with peace of mind first, and when the matter here is over, the merit will definitely be indispensable to them.
This made everyone a little uncontrollably excited, and their chests crackled one by one, showing their loyalty to Xu Changqing.
On the way back to his camp, Xu Changqing asked as if unintentionally: "Lao Dong, your old housekeeper is good and very capable." How many years have I been with you? ”
How can Dong Lifu know Xu Changqing's thoughts? Busy with a smile: "Uncle, speaking of which, it's been almost ten years." At the beginning, when I first arrived at Zhanhua, Lao Xian was by my side. Hey, time flies so fast. ”
Dong Lifu was a little emotional, as if he remembered his youth, but he came back to his senses after a while, and said with a smile: "By the way, uncle, Lao Xian is very familiar with Guyun Temple." In the future, if you want to buy a monk's property, just ask him to do it. He believes in Buddhism very much, he knows a lot about it, and he can also help by buying monk property from other places. ”
"Oh?"
"It's a talent."
Xu Changqing smiled quietly: "Old Dong, you are very good." Now I'm sorry for you to run again, talk to this old man, and call him to talk to him. ”
"Good come!"
Dong Lifu hurriedly left.
Looking at his excited back, Xu Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly.
……
Soon, Dong Lifu found Lao Xian, whispered to him about Xu Changqing's desire to buy monk's property, and instructed with a cold face: "Lao Xian, you have to lift your spirits to my master and me in this matter, you must not mess it up." As long as we can connect with Zhongyibo, we will have peace of mind. ”
Lao Xian was busy with an old dog and said yes, however, in the depths of his old eyes, a worry that could not be concealed flashed.
But Dong Lifu was excited at this time and didn't notice it.
After Dong Lifu finished speaking excitedly, he found that Lao Xian was a little distracted, and he was immediately displeased, "Lao Xian, aren't you quite shrewd on weekdays?" What are you doing stupidly, do you want your uncle to wait for you?! ”
Lao Xian came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, the old slave will go immediately, go immediately." ”
However, he looked diligent and excited towards Xu Changqing's camp, but his steps were heavier and heavier step by step.
He secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that this loyal and righteous uncle has discovered something?" ”
But then he denied it.
has been in this land for ten years, even if this loyal and righteous uncle is a hunting dog, how can he know the secret?
After a while, Lao Xian cautiously came to Xu Changqing's big tent, and was busy kowtowing.
found that Xu Changqing was not the only one in the big tent at this time, but there was also a person who was tied to a wooden pillar that seemed to have just been beaten.
When Lao Xian took a closer look, it was actually a horse harrier!
It scared his soul away.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and adjusted in a moment.
Xu Changqing was talking to Ma Harrier at this time, and when he saw him come in, he smiled and said, "Master Xian doesn't have to be polite. In the future, there are still many places where Ben Shuai will rely on Xian Ye. Hehe, Xian Ye will sit down first, come and serve tea to Xian Ye. ”
"Yes."
There are pro-soldiers who are busy making tea.
Lao Xian hurriedly smiled and nodded, but he didn't dare to sit down, he still stayed at the door, carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and secretly looked at Xu Changqing and Ma Harrier.
Xu Changqing smiled at this time and said to Ma Harrier: "Master Ma, in this way, we are really not outsiders. My father, Xu Huchen, died in Lushun that year. ”
The harrier's gaze is deep and complex.
After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "General Xu Huchen Xu is a good man, but uncle, you are also better than blue." However, uncle, you don't have to waste time, I have done too many sins in my life, and it is not a pity to die! I just ask you to give me a good time, uncle. ”
"Ma Ye's words are wrong. It's easy for a person to die, a knife, a sword, a shot, you can die no matter what. However, Ma Ye, do you want to be like this, with this kind of stench on your back for thousands of years, and the children of your ancestors can't be human beings, and die like a dog? ”
Xu Changqing looked at Ma Harrier's eyes with a smile.
The horse harrier suddenly became even more depressed.
He suddenly found that in front of the young man in front of him, he was almost stripped naked, and there was no room for evasion.
He thought for a while and didn't speak, but his eyes secretly glanced at Lao Xian not far away, and his eyes were full of complexity.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Uncle, you are very loving, my old bones, my ability is really limited." If it serves you, I'm afraid, it will only delay your big event. ”
Xu Changqing laughed: "Master Ma, I always thought that you were a character. If it can't be used by me, then it can only be that it will never be a disaster. ”
As he spoke, Xu Changqing's words suddenly changed, looked at Lao Xian and said, "Ghost master, did you say it?" ”
"Well, it's ......"
Lao Xian was thinking about things in his mind, and he didn't hear Xu Changqing's words clearly at all, so he subconsciously replied a few words.
But after speaking, he reacted, his pupils dilated suddenly, and he knelt on the ground busily, looking at Xu Changqing with great embarrassment and pity: "Uncle, you, what do you mean?" I'm so old, I can't stand this kind of fright. ”
Xu Changqing smiled: "Oh, I'm sorry, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue." In the past few days, the name of the ghost master has really been enchanted in Ben Shuai's mind. I can't find him, and Ben Shuai has never been able to live in peace. ”
Ma Harrier made another eye contact with Lao Xian, and they both had palpitations.
Xu Changqing looked at Ma Harrier with a smile at this time, "Master Ma, you, really don't think about what I just said?" ”
Ma Harrier smiled bitterly: "Uncle, it's not that you don't want to be small, it's really, it's really small, it's really more than enough and not enough." If there is an afterlife, the little one must abandon the darkness and turn to the light and serve under the uncle. ”
"That's a shame."
Xu Changqing shook his head with some regret.
The harrier's expression became more and more complicated, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.
And here, Lao Xian was a little relieved.
But before he could completely relax his breath, Xu Changqing suddenly said: "Come on, send Ma Ye on the road!" ”
"Yes!"
A few wolf-like soldiers dragged the harriers out of the house.
"Ah......h
In a moment, outside the door, there was the sound of sharp blades skimming through bones and flesh, and a heart-rending scream from the harrier.
But the screaming didn't last a few seconds before it came to an abrupt end.
In the tent, a dense layer of sweat had oozed from Lao Xian's forehead, and he didn't dare to look at Xu Changqing at all, but just knelt on the ground subconsciously.
He actually knew that Xu Changqing was killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, and he was already mentally prepared, but when he really heard the terrible scream of the horse harrier just now, his heart still couldn't stop twitching violently.
Xu Changqing smiled: "Old Xian, don't be nervous. We'll have to be ruthless with the enemy. What did the ancestors say? If you don't die, you will be bitten! If we want to live better, we can only be ruthless and strangle the danger in the cradle. Come, you get up first, and tell me how to buy the monk's property. ”
After a while, Lao Xian calmed down a little, and he was busy introducing Xu Changqing.
I have to say that this guy does have two brushes, and all aspects of affairs are well organized by him, and Xu Changqing also nods frequently.
……
Just as Xu Changqing was chatting with Lao Xian, outside the tent, Ma Harrier was not dead, and was taken to a new big tent by Wu Sanfu.
Wu Sanfu was obviously not as good-tempered as Xu Changqing, and said with a cruel smile: "Master Ma, you still have one last chance, let's talk about it, what kind of person is this old Xian!" Don't deny it, the few times you made eye contact just now, I can see it clearly! ”
Ma Harrier was also so frightened that he almost peed his pants at this time, and looked at Wu Sanfu in horror.
Just now, although Wu Sanfu's knife fell on him, one of his henchmen was a scapegoat.
At this time, the horse harrier will never doubt that if he does not say anything, he is destined not to think about the past today, and he will definitely go to hell and sink.
But remembering that his family was still under the control of the ghost master, and he had already arranged the back road, Ma Harrier still shook his head and said: "This master, the little one, the little one really doesn't know what you're talking about, the little one really hasn't seen the ghost master." ”
"Huh."
Wu Sanfu smiled: "It seems that Master Ma, you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin!" Come, give us some means. ”
Several of Wu Sanfu's old slaves suddenly stepped forward with a cruel smile, snapped, and a few pieces of rice paper were slapped directly on Ma Harrier's old face.
"Whoa."
In an instant, a basin of ice water was poured directly from the head to the bottom.
"Hmm......"
Although the harrier didn't know what kind of punishment it was, how could he not know the horror in it? Busy is desperately struggling.
But the more he struggled, the more the pain became, and soon he felt that his consciousness was gradually moving away from him.
At this time, he faintly heard Wu Sanfu laughing in his ear: "Master Ma, I heard that you only had a son a few years ago, and it is really not easy to get a son when you are old." ”