Xiao Yi opened the door, the guy was sweating and panting,

"What's wrong, what's wrong?!"

The guy saw that it was Xiao B, and looked in again, Xiao B shrugged his shoulders and got out of the way. The door opened, and a pale yellow shadow poured straight out, Xiao Yi's eyes were quick, and he hugged the person, and at a glance, it was not Xiao Wenjuan who it was.

Xiao Wenjuan should rarely drink alcohol on weekdays, but these few drinks are really drunk.

"How...... How...... What's wrong?!"

The fellow was anxious and asked aloud,

"Second Miss, why are you so drunk! What should I do, what should I do!"

Xiao Yi picked up Xiao Wenjuan and put her in Bai Qing's room,

"Miss Xiao Er, I'll deal with anything, you're drunk like this, I'm afraid you're also powerless. Qingqing, you just stay here and take care of her, I'll go with Lu Lu to take a look. ”

Xiao Yi Tong Lu and the others went out of the door, the guy was still spinning around the door, Tong Lu was angry, grabbed him by the collar and shouted,

"What are you still doing in a daze, if there is anything to say, the second lady has already instructed the two of us to deal with it on our behalf, hurry up, it's your responsibility to make a mistake!"

Xiao Yi pulled Tong Lu's hands away, and the guy slowly opened his mouth,

"My mother said that once this person loses his soul, he will not be far from death! Second Miss, oh, son, go and take a look!"

"Don't bother!

The guy saw that the second lady was so drunk that he couldn't wake up, so he had to listen to Xiao Yi's words and trotted away with the two of them. That Xiao Wenjuan was so drunk that she fell asleep on the soft bed, Bai Qing leaned on the edge of the bed and played with her fingers, and she was also curious about the situation over there.

Xiao Yitong Lu and the guy came to the lobby, the hall was full of people, several people in official uniforms were sitting on chairs, and the guys were waiting for them. On the other side, there were many people around, and one of them gestured with his hands and shouted,

"Spread out, spread out, let the master breathe!"

The person who spoke was the big butler, Xiao Yi walked up to him and asked,

"What's wrong?"

The housekeeper glanced at Xiao Yitong Lu, and stretched out his hand to point at the guy next to him,

"You send the guests back to their rooms, don't be lazy. ”

The guy was very clever, leaning forward halfway, just to send the two back to the room. Xiao Yi looked at Tong Lu and shook his head, Tong Lu turned around and inserted himself into the crowd, just in time to catch up with a person to stand up, and he actually knocked that person's nose into blood. The guy was so shocked by this scene that he forgot to send the two back. The man with a bleeding nose stuffed some cotton cloth to stop the bleeding at will, pulled the butler to the side, and said softly,

"Master Xiao has had a stroke, looking at this situation, if you want to fully recover, I'm afraid you can't! I apply some acupuncture here every day, supplemented by food, and within two years, I will be able to recover eighty percent." ”

The butler looked sad and was about to answer, when he heard a voice ringing in his ears,

"Quimp doctor, quack doctor, what a quack doctor! It's hard to say whether there will be Xiao Mansion or not in two years! Don't come out and be embarrassed again with this little ability!"

The two housekeepers turned their heads and faced one person, who was Tong Lu.

"You, you, what can you do?!"

The doctor's anger surged, and his swarthy face turned purple. Tong Lu ignored him, pulled the housekeeper to Xiao Yi's side, pointed at Xiao Yi and said with a smile,

"It's not difficult to cure this disease, but if it's a coincidence, Brother Xiao Yi will know how to resolve it. ”

The doctor pulled out the strip of cloth that blocked his nose and brought out a blood band, he glared at Tong Lu angrily, and choked,

"What do you little doll know, this old man Xiao's eyes are dull, his muscles are stiff, the old man has been practicing medicine for many years, and he has never encountered a better method than acupuncture and massage!"

Tong Lu looked at him and said helplessly,

"You lame doctor, how can you see the big world, our little brother Yi can make him a little alive with a breath of immortal qi, and then use the means, within a month, he will be able to be better!"

Looking at the doctor again, he really had a lame left foot, and when he heard this, he was so angry that his stubble stood up. was about to have a seizure, but the housekeeper seemed to have found a miracle cure, apologized to the poop doctor, and then turned to Xiao Yi's side.

"That's good, that's good, Xiaoxia, you can enjoy your face, my lord ...... him"

Tong Lu jumped to Xiao Yi's side and whispered a few words in his ear, Xiao Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, followed the housekeeper to separate everyone, and came to the place where the master of the Xiao family was lying flat. I saw that the old man Xiao was lying on the cotton mat, his eyes were half-open, and his mouth moved slightly, as if he was half a dead man. Xiao Yi came to him to investigate, and then whispered in Master Xiao's ear. The butler stood aside, guarding carefully.

Suddenly, Master Xiao was trying to open his eyes, his eyes were burning, and he was like an ordinary person. The butler was startled and shouted,

"Sir, you're awake! Sir, you're awake!"

The crowd watched and suddenly became a pot of porridge. Xiao Yi stood up, and it was easy to appease everyone,

"You can get out of the way. ”

Xiao Yi leaned down, propped up the old man back to back, turned left three times and turned right three times, and then jumped up and down exactly three times. Everyone stared at Xiao Yi, not knowing what method he was casting. Xiao Yi gently put down Master Xiao, and Master Xiao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his face gradually turned rosy. Someone in the crowd shouted,

"Oh, this is the miracle doctor!"

The crowd was in an uproar, Xiao Yi clapped his hands and said with a smile,

"The miracle doctor doesn't dare to be a doctor, he will just look at some minor problems! Your master is going to recuperate for a long time, so you can't worry too much about it. ”

The old man of the Xiao family was still stiff, and he kept spitting in his mouth, and he couldn't say a word. The housekeeper was also happy when he saw that there was some god in his eyes, and he was about to order someone to carry Master Xiao back to the house, when he heard a voice,

"Master Xiao, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and leave the affairs of this house to the second lady, I think the second miss is very smart, maybe she can have a good way!"

Tong Lu squeezed in front of Master Xiao and said with a smile,

"If you want to feel good, just blink your eyes, if you feel bad, then keep it open! You don't know how powerful you are this second girl, last time in that Caohai Town, a little trick made that little thief appear! We big men are ashamed of ourselves!"

“......”

As soon as Tong Lu said it, it was not finished, and the housekeeper stared at Master Xiao's eyes and didn't dare to move. After a long time, tears flashed in the eyes of the old man Xiao, and he finally blinked,

"Okay, the master agreed, and in the future, all the affairs of the house will be handed over to the second lady, and the second miss will definitely solve the problem and give everyone an explanation. ”

The housekeeper blinked when he saw that Master Xiao, he always came into contact with the second lady on weekdays, and he knew that she had this ability, so he was relieved. Tong Lu walked to the butler's side and whispered,

"Quickly send these officials away, and let them bring a message to the above, saying that they will definitely take care of them tomorrow. Let's discuss it overnight, and wait for the second lady to wake up, and then tell her. ”

The butler's face immediately changed color,

"You actually drank for the second miss! What a big thing happened, and you were so drunk that you couldn't wake up? Oh, what a ......."

Tong Lu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile,

"Don't be verbose, hurry up and do what needs to be done! After a while, we will go back to the house together, and the second lady is also there, so there is no need to look for it." ”

The housekeeper had no choice but to comply. Here let people carry Master Xiao back to the room, there appeased the official, and instructed all the guys to perform their duties, and finally remembered that there was a lame "miracle doctor", who said good words and gave a lot of money. The lame doctor looked at Xiao Yitong Lu hatefully, and he was about to crush that black tooth, he really lost this old face today, but he was afraid that he didn't have the courage to stay in this Lishui Town anymore. He threw the medicine box to the ground and kicked it hard with his right foot, and the medicine box flew so far away that it almost hit the janitor.

Xiao Yi took a breath,

"I'm afraid this foot will hurt for half a month!"

Tong Lu smiled,

"That's not it, it's lame on two feet now! The medical skills are not good, and the temper is not small! Hmph!"

When the housekeeper heard this, he covered his mouth and said,

"This Dr. Li, but the best doctor in Lishui Town, since he came here three years ago, all kinds of incurable diseases, it can be said that they are all cured, he said that he can't be cured, no one will doubt it. If it weren't for the hand of this little brother just now, I really thought that there was no one to cure my master's illness in the world!"

Tong Lu laughed,

"The so-called people have people in the sky, there is a sky outside the sky, this person is so conceited, he will definitely not achieve much, Uncle Housekeeper don't care too much about him, let's go back to the house first to discuss countermeasures. ”

The housekeeper didn't know why, he had that inexplicable good impression of these two young people, although they were outsiders, he felt that he could tell the truth. And this uncle of the housekeeper, his heart is warm,

"Okay, let's go!"

The three of them rushed to the backyard together. When he came to the front of the house, Tong Lu was about to knock on the door, and there was a squeak, and the door opened inward, and it was Bai Qing who came out.

"Hey, how did you know we were back, what a coincidence!"

Bai Qing ignored him, opened the door and welcomed a few people in,

"Miss Xiao hasn't woken up yet, she knows that she can't drink so much, it's strange if she doesn't get drunk!"

The butler stomped his foot in a hurry, and his right fist hit his left palm from time to time. Xiao Yi poured him a bowl of tea and pressed his shoulders to make him sit down.

"I said Uncle housekeeper, you should make things clear, wow, it's useless to be in a hurry alone, isn't it?!"

The housekeeper hesitated for a moment, picked up the cup of tea and drank it, he took a long breath, and then said slowly,

"You should also know that many of our master's businesses are related to the official family. As for this salt and iron thing, in fact, it will not make money at all, and even lose part of it, of course, in exchange for some other benefits. Of course, without the support of this official family, it would be difficult for our Xiao family to achieve such a scale. Many people say that the lord oppresses the people and does whatever it takes to make money, but there are a few people who can really understand the lord. Well, but he never defended himself. ”

Tong Luqidao,

"Could it be that encroaching on fertile land is also a great thing?"

The butler shook his head and replied,

"This is a great wrong! It is true that the lord took 1,000 mu of fertile land, but have you ever found out how much rent the peasant households need to pay every year? When the lord learned that the government colluded with other families to collect all the land, the price they gave and the annual rent were at least several times more than that of our lord. The old man almost spent his family wealth to give the people in this neighborhood some hope. ”

Xiao Yi and the three of them also felt new when they heard it, and the housekeeper said,

"If you look at this Xiao Mansion compound again, there are indeed so many guys, but most of them have also been adopted by the master since childhood, and it is really not easy to feed these many people. Don't look at the exaggeration of the dishes on the table yesterday, in fact, most of the ingredients used were also distributed to the subordinates, and the donkey killed it after taking the meat, and it was no pain. Of course, sometimes the old man is really unreasonable, but this can't be classified as a bad businessman! Many people outside here only know that we bully the good, and how many people have considered it for us? How many people know how much money the old man has scattered over the years? Oh, by the way, the salt tide sent by the horse gang a few days ago has passed, so he has also been deducted from his wages. The old man said privately, the kid surnamed Wei is good, he has a good body and strength, he is a good style, if he hones his temperament again, he will become a great tool!"

When Xiao Yi and the three of them heard this, they felt a little ashamed in their hearts. And the steward continued,

"Actually, you drank with the surnamed Wei, the lord already knew, I heard that the surnamed Wei sent someone to keep an eye on him, and the lord said that he didn't think he would be able to play any tricks, so he let him go. Hey, I didn't expect that just in time, our Xiao family had an accident at this time. ”

Tong Lu was a little anxious and urged,

"Let's get down to business, what the hell happened, why did this Master Xiao become like this?!"

The butler slapped his head,

This urgency is not to the point. ”

Bai Qing poured a cup of tea for the housekeeper, and the housekeeper took it, took a sip, and continued,

"What you should know about last year's floods is that this official family is unwilling to contribute money and grain, so how can they resettle so many disaster victims? ”

Tong Lu grabbed the words,

"So you will raise prices and make this black money!"

The butler shook his head,

"You only know one thing, you don't know the other. Most people only see the soaring price of this grain, but they don't see our Xiao family resettle the victims everywhere and provide free water and food. The price of this grain is soaring, and I really have no certainty about when this flood will stop, and there is really not much surplus food!"

Xiao Yi nodded lightly,

"In this way, Master Xiao can be regarded as a righteous businessman?!But what does this have to do with today's events?!"

The butler nodded and said,

"It's this flood, my Xiao family has been emptied, you have to know these tens of thousands of mouths, except for my Xiao family, who can insist on continuous food for months. Every month, there is money, grain, salt and iron through the hands of my Xiao family, and the official family docking, but this inventory is tight, and there is no new grain to collect at this time, and most of the time limits for my Xiao family to settle payments are at the end of autumn, the lord does not want to embarrass others, so he has to embezzle the silver money in the box. If everything is stable, with the huge property of my Xiao family, I will persist in collecting the rent and arrears this autumn, then it will be all over. How do you know that something is wrong at this time!"

Tong Lu was very anxious,

"It's really tiring to hear you talk, what happened to you?!"

Butler interface,

"Our Xiao family is a business, and its reputation is based, and the official family rarely opens the bag and checks the materials received, because it is trustworthy. This month's salt and grain were handed over yesterday morning, but later the master was called to inspect it. This check is terrible, the middle of each bag of salt and grain is soaked with water, especially salt, which is all lumpy. The anger of the official was about to put the old man in prison on the spot, and the old man shouted injustice, saying that he was framed, but what was the use. I saw what the little guy said in the official's ear, and the official let the old man go, saying that he would give us a day to deal with the matter. I went to the master's side, and he suddenly collapsed, and I couldn't hold it. And then it was like that. ”

Tong Lu touched his chin with two fingers and frowned,

"This is easier said than done, but harder said than done!"

The housekeeper raised his head and stared at Tong Lu,

"What do you say?!"

Tong Lu stood up and walked around the table, then stopped, pretending to be deep,

"I don't know what to do, give you a day, that's to give you time to get ready! That little guy's idea should be to take the opportunity to knock on a stroke, an excellent opportunity, very rare! As for the difficulty, listening to what you just said, it is not easy to get together with this 'molecule' in such a short period of time. ”

The butler sighed,

"This is the anxiety of the master! But at this time, the master has become like this, and the second young lady who can be the only one in charge of the family is drunk again, how can this be good!"

Tong Lu shook his head,

"It's not necessarily a good thing to bow down to everything, I don't think it's a big deal, just wait for the second lady to get up and sell some of this property in exchange for some time to gather salt and grain." ”

"This official family has already communicated with the rest of the family, and it is okay to borrow money and food, but the interest rate is frighteningly high, and I am afraid that I will lose all this family. Those people have long been unaccustomed to us, and I just heard from the guy that the roads leading to the nearby market towns are blocked, and it will take a day or two to clean them up!

Xiao Yi understands,

"I think these people must have premeditated, it's really hateful! Now that they have no money and no food, they just want to sell some property and some people sit on the ground and raise the price! Hey, so many things have happened in a row, no wonder Master Xiao is in a hurry like that!"

"We can't just wait like this now, if the second lady sleeps until noon, how can it be good!"

Tong Lu spread his hands,

"The most important thing now is the official family, if you have money, it is easy to do things, but if you don't have money, it will be difficult. It's better to marry the second lady to the official master, and a marriage has been achieved, and it must not be a problem to keep the Xiao family. ”

Tong Lu received a blow on the head, and it was Bai Qing who threw the bamboo chopsticks over. Tong Lu was about to have a seizure, the door of the inner room opened, and a person walked out slowly, still wearing a pale yellow floral dress, who was it not Xiao Wenjuan. Bai Qing stood up, grabbed her sleeve, and said with a smile,

"Don't drink this lot of wine in the future, well, this sobering medicine seems to work well!"

Xiao Wenjuan gently shook it and said,

"Thank you, Sister Qingqing, I've been awake for a while. I can understand what Uncle Housekeeper said just now. By the way, how is Daddy now, I want to go and see him first. ”

"Master Xiao doesn't have to worry about his life, he should get better after a good rest, and let Bai Qing take a look later. I thought it would be better to make arrangements for tomorrow before I visited. Master Xiao has agreed to leave the affairs of the Xiao family to you to handle, so now you are in charge. Xiao Yi looked at her with concern and said.

"That's good. Uncle Hard, summoned everyone in the house to discuss in the hall. ”

The housekeeper nodded, and went out to work. Xiao Wenjuan said apologetically,

"I was originally trying to entertain a few people, but I caught up with this, I'm really sorry. I'll let the guy arrange a place for my brothers and sisters in the restaurant outside, our Xiao family is only afraid that it will not be peaceful for the past two days, but I can't implicate you. ”

Xiao Yi interrupted her,

"This is too outward, the tip of the fish lips and duck tongue can't be eaten in vain, if you need anything, just say, we should do our best." ”

Xiao Wenjuan's eyes glistened with tears,

"Brother Xiaoyi, Brother Tong Lu, Sister Bai Qing, I wrote it down. I only have one request, that is, I ask you to take care of my father, even if my Xiao family's business is gone, I can't be without my father. Well, well, also, if those people use force on my Xiao family, please, please also ask Brother Xiaoyi to protect some. Well, I know that you are good at martial arts, and you are still a big celebrity around the emperor today, presumably this official master will also give three points!"

Tong Lu said with a smile,

"This second lady of the Xiao family is really powerful, in fact, she has long known our details. Hehe, no wonder this Xiao master is so stammering with us! hehe!"

Xiao Wenjuan said,

"Daddy really wants to thank you, you must know that the jade was left by my mother, and Daddy takes it seriously! Let's go over now, don't let everyone wait. ”

Bai Qing was taken to Master Xiao's house by the young man, and the other three went to the hall together. The hall was crowded with men at this time, and everyone had anxiety on their faces. Xiao Yi thought to himself, what the housekeeper said should be true, and only the Xiao family treats their subordinates well, and at this critical juncture, there are so many guys who can come forward.

"Second Miss is here, everyone is quiet! Second Miss is here, everyone is quiet!"

The young man shouted, and everyone slowly gathered.

Although Xiao Wenjuan is young, she is extremely firm, she nodded slightly, leaned forward, and gently swayed. Everyone was also attentive to what she had to say.