The courtyards of Juhai Manor were still brightly lit and filled with laughter. Finally, Lord Yuan was satisfied with the beauty and gentleness of the new lady Hua. The matter was resolved and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But just as she breathed a sigh of relief, the madam turned around and was given a cold look by Mr. Bai Qi. She finally collapsed to the ground, begging for mercy.
Mr. Bai Qi has killed people like crazy and has long regarded human life as worthless. He never takes human life seriously. People in the building have always been afraid of him like a tiger. When they see him angry, the old procuress is already shaking all over like a sieve. Later, when she sees that Mr. Bai Qi still doesn't say a word, she doesn't even dare to beg for mercy and lies on the ground tremblingly, not daring to move.
Mr. Bai Qi ignored her and waited until there was a knock on the door before he said "hmm" lightly.
Qin Feng walked in quickly and nodded to Master Bai Qi, lowering his voice and saying carefully, "Master Qi, we found the person. She hid in a box in the laundry room. Because there were too many things in it, we didn't find her for a while. It was late at night when the girl tried to escape, and she was found by the maid and the patrolling guards."
Juhai Manor is very big, and the clothes piled up in the laundry room are like a small mountain. It is very easy to hide someone in there. If the girl wasn't so stupid, she might have been able to hide for a while.
Master Bai Qi had no expression on his face. When he heard Qin Feng asking what to do with the girl, he lowered his eyes and drank a sip of the freshly brewed Da Hong Pao. Without blinking, he said, "Throw it to the dog farm in the eastern suburbs."
Since you refuse to be a human being, then go feed the dogs.
The kneeling madam trembled even more violently. She was shocked and frightened, and felt so nauseous that she almost vomited. She grabbed the floor hard to hold back the urge to vomit, her lips trembling but she couldn't utter a word.
After giving his instructions, Master Bai Qi lowered his head and saw her. He sneered and asked calmly, "What are you shaking about?"
The madam was so scared that she started to cry. But when she thought of Master Bai Qiye's reputation at sea, she dared not cry. She gritted her teeth and held back her sobs. She sobbed a few times and shook her head fearfully: "Master Qiye, Master Qiye, it's my fault. I won't do it again next time. I will never let this happen again..."
Master Bai Qi stared at her coldly: "You clearly know what time it is recently. Do you need me to remind you of Lord Yuan's identity? If there weren't a few good-looking girls coaxing him today, you would have ruined my plan! How many lives do you have?"
The madam was so frightened that she kowtowed immediately. Soon her forehead was bleeding and she curled up on the ground, not daring to say a word.
Master Bai Qi snorted, and after a while he scolded impatiently: "Alright! If something really happened, what's the point of killing you? From now on, be careful when doing things. If you make mistakes again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The madam escaped death and responded hurriedly. But when she went out and was blown by the wind, she couldn't help it and bent over to hold on to a tree and vomited violently.
She was still shaking when she returned to her room, unable to even hold up the tea. Lai Mama, the other housekeeper who had been waiting for her, put down her things and came over to pat her on the back: "How could you make such a mistake? You know that the Seventh Master is very... If we ruin his business, even if we have been following him from Jiangning, we will not have a good ending."
The madam's face turned pale, and after a while she trembled and grasped Lai Mama's hand: "What do you know? Old sister, do you know where that girl came from?"
Mother Lai was surprised and said, "The flower girls here are either bought or kidnapped. There are both. This is not surprising. What's the reason?"
I'm not afraid even if there are any opinions.
They have followed Master Bai Qi over the years, and their hands have been stained with a lot of human blood, not to mention some dirty deeds. What is there to be afraid of
"No!" The madam held her hand tightly and bit her lips almost with gritted teeth: "That girl, that girl said her surname is... Shen!"
"Old Bai! You are confused," Lai's mother couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with the surname Shen? There are so many people with the surname Shen..."
As she spoke, she felt something was wrong, so she stopped and stared at Aunt Bai.
Aunt Bai pursed her lips, opened and closed her mouth for a while, and cried out like a bereaved mother: "It really is... Shen Hai's daughter!"
Mother Lai looked at her in disbelief, forgetting to speak for a moment. Her pupils suddenly contracted, and she let go of Aunt Bai's hand. She couldn't help but shiver all over: "How could it be?! Are you crazy? How is it possible?! Isn't that girl... hasn't she been well raised in the Xu family?!"
The imperial court has always hated pirates, but local officials may not feel the same way.
When every local official takes office, he is full of ambitions, always thinking that he can be invincible and do great things. But in reality, when they really take office, they will know what it means that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Not to mention the local prominent families and big merchants and clans, if they go to the coast, the first thing they have to worry about is pirates and Japanese pirates.
Over the years, there were no less than forty or fifty people in the Great Zhou who lost their official positions because of harassment by Japanese pirates while in office. From county magistrates to prefects and even governors, all of them had learned this lesson.
If a village or town was massacred by pirates during the term of office, it would be unlucky for all eight generations of your ancestors. Not to mention the issue of assessment, whether you can keep your life is another matter. Therefore, in addition to working hard to govern the country and fight against the pirates, all officials have used their intelligence and talents.
Since we can't win by force, why not try to be gentle
In fact, most of the pirates were refugees from the coast.
Since they are all local people, some contact is inevitable. Many officials simply use their brains to control their families, either by currying favor with them or by threatening them, so that they try not to cause trouble in the areas under their jurisdiction.
Xu Fengqing is a very prominent representative.
On the one hand, he tried to please the clan in Fujian, and on the other hand, he simply found Shen Hai's family. Shen Hai was from Hunan. Because he couldn't make ends meet, he became a monk, and then went to live with his uncle who was a pirate. Since then, he made a fortune on the sea, but he was always concerned about his family.
Not only did Xu Fengqing make things convenient for Shen Hai, he also raised Shen Hai's little daughter as his goddaughter.
This matter is of course a secret, but many people know about it.
At least Shen Hai knew it very well, so when Xu Fengqing's brother was the prefect of Huizhou, the sea area around Huizhou was always calm.