He thought for a while and persuaded gently: "It's not that I won't let you go. Think about what time it is now? It's almost the twelfth lunar month, it's freezing cold, and there have been two or three snowfalls. Now the businessman , Who doesn’t go home and wait for the New Year? Who would run such a long distance? How do you go back if you can’t hire a carriage? Don’t tell me that you walk alone for thousands of miles, in case you encounter something along the way. What trouble, think about the consequences yourself!"
Lu Xiaoshu opened his mouth, feeling a little depressed in his heart.
She was not afraid of any troubles on the road, but she knew that what he said was right, this season and weather were indeed very unsuitable for traveling.
The cold wind is raging, the sky is shaking, and it may snow at any time. Naturally, it is inconvenient to sleep in the wilderness in this kind of weather. Naturally, one has to find an inn to settle down, but in this way, the itinerary will be delayed.
Zhou Shizhi saw that she was about to be persuaded by him, so he said while the iron was hot: "You don't have to worry too much about your sister, your parents will take care of you, one more you is not too much, one less you is a lot, I believe that auspicious people have their own destiny, and she will be fine. You should go back with me first, and when the weather is warmer next spring, I will send someone to take you back, how about it?"
"Really?" Lu Xiaoshu's eyes lit up, not quite believing it.
"Of course it's true, how could I lie to you!" Zhou Shizhi couldn't help being overjoyed seeing her so.
"You don't lie to me, that's not what your subordinates say!" Lu Xiaoshu curled his lips and said, "I can't bear Second Uncle Xue alone, let alone others? Now you have a large number of subordinates and countless wealth. I was so majestic before, if I give an order, I am afraid that even an ant will not be able to escape, and then I will be a fish on the chopping board?"
"Where are you going!" Zhou Shizhi asked her to say something ridiculous, and said amusedly: "Then tell me, how can you believe me?"
Lu Xiaoshu rolled his eyeballs and said with a smile, "I can feel at ease if I have a token that can be reassured!"
Zhou Shizhi's eyes flickered, he paused, took out the jade pendant that was given to her before and then in his hand, and said softly: "I still give this to you, this is the family heirloom of our Zhou family, as long as there is It's here, and Uncle Xue won't do anything to you."
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoshu was elated, took the jade pendant without even thinking about it, rubbed it in his hand, and said with a smile, "I'll return it to you when I leave!"
Zhou Shizhi was slightly disappointed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "You take it first, but this is recycled, don't show it in front of others. Maybe it will be useful in the future!"
Lu Xiaoshu thanked him with a smile, and put it in his arms. Seeing Zhou Shizhi, he was very happy again.
"Things here have been arranged properly. Tonight, you have a good rest, and we will leave tomorrow morning." Zhou Shizhi laughed again.
"Is it so fast?" Lu Xiaoshu was a little disappointed, and said, "Anyang City is so lively, I haven't even visited it before!"
Zhou Shizhi blurted out, "Why don't I go out with you and let's have dinner outside?"
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoshu agreed with a smile, and said again: "Where is that housekeeper Liao? I want him to go with me!"
Zhou Shizhi thought that there was nothing left to deal with in the Jiang family, so since the housekeeper Liao was the confidant of that thief Xu San, he should give him a hard time to let him know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, so as to avoid any troubles in the future. Come, he nodded and smiled and said, "Okay, let him follow!"
Lu Xiaoshu giggled, and said: "I want him to follow alone, I feel uncomfortable if this old thing doesn't fix him! You haven't seen how annoying his brash air is!"
Zhou Shizhi smiled, and ordered someone to speak to Housekeeper Liao.
Lu Xiaoshu approached him again, and asked in a low voice: "Well, will the ten or so large boxes in the secret room be moved out together tomorrow?" Thinking of how amazing the jewels and jade porcelain he saw when he opened the box, Lu Xiaoshu still felt dizzy.
She has never seen so many treasures in her life, and I believe she will never have a chance to see them again in the future.
Zhou Shizhi shook his head while holding back a smile, and said, "It's already gone ahead in batches with a batch of goods, and I'm afraid it's already halfway there!"
"Oh!" Lu Xiaoshu felt a little regretful, she still thought that if she went on the road together, she could have a few more glances.
"I'll take you to see it when we get to Zhuangzi." Zhou Shizhi smiled.
"Really? That's great!" Lu Xiaoshu's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but blurt out cheers.
Seeing Zhou Shizhi looking at him with eyes full of smiles, Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help but feel embarrassed, scratched his head and laughed along with him: "I have no other intentions, let alone fish in troubled waters or take advantage of the fire, I am, Uh, I just want to see and see... Your family used to have so many treasures!"
"Of course I know you have no other intentions!" Zhou Shizhi smiled noncommittally, his eyes darkened slightly.
The Zhou family is a royal family, and his great-grandfather and the emperor at that time were brothers of the same mother, and were deeply valued by his father. After his elder brother came to the throne, his great-grandpa specially asked for a remote fief away from the central dynasty in order to avoid suspicion. The emperor felt guilty, and in order to compensate his great-grandfather, he bestowed countless gold, silver, jewels, and exotic objects. After that, after several generations of Zhou family's business inheritance, it doesn't stop there
It's a pity that the time when the family was ransacked and the family was wiped out that year is gone!
Speaking of which, he still has to thank Xu San, if he hadn't been greedy and used his authority as the chief housekeeper to smuggle out these before the accident, he wouldn't even have these!
The two quickly packed up and went out together.
Zhou Shizhi had already planned to take her on the road, and he had prepared enough winter clothes and cloaks. Seeing that the sky outside was cloudy and cloudy, he asked someone to fetch a red cloak, and smiled for her. tie up.
"I'd better do it myself!" Lu Xiaoshu suddenly felt a little awkward, and hurriedly reached out to grab it by himself.
"Don't move," Zhou Shizhi smiled and said, "It's inconvenient for you to not be able to see." While speaking, he had already put the cloak on her body, fastened it, and carefully adjusted the white fox fur scarf, and put the same cloak together again. He put on the warm hat for her, looked at it carefully with a smile and said, "Let's go! Steward Liao is waiting!"
On the day of the incident, Housekeeper Liao was by Xu San's side. Seeing Xu San suddenly hit his head to death, he was terrified.
He didn't know who Zhou Shizhi and the others were, let alone what kind of relationship his master had with them. But his master's terrified expression and his unhesitating head-on death clearly showed that the hatred between the two sides was irreconcilable.
He originally thought that he was going to die, but he didn't expect the handsome young man in the lead to let him go, and said that he would help the third master to take good care of Jiangfu from now on. He was surprised and happy, and quickly agreed down.
In order to prove his ability, he can be said to be the most tiring person in this funeral. He worked hard, ran in and out, arranged everything himself, and took the trouble to give instructions over and over again. He only wanted to do his best so as not to let the new owner As soon as Abandoned was upset, he drew out his knife and beheaded him.
This is also the only time he presided over the affairs of the mansion without receiving a copper coin.
Hearing that the young master was going shopping, he specially asked him to accompany him by name. He was very pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly changed into clean clothes that were old and not old, combed his hair and washed his face again, and looked at him. Checking and checking in the mirror, she was more concerned and nervous than the new daughter-in-law who met her parents-in-law for the first time.
Steward Liao was waiting respectfully at the second gate. He saw the young master coming with a little girl in a red fur cloak and buckskin boots from afar. He straightened his clothes quickly and stepped forward to respectfully Bending down and bowing his hands in salute: "The old servant has seen the young master and the young lady!"
Zhou Shizhi didn't make a sound, Lu Xiaoshu saw that he suddenly felt so funny, he couldn't help laughing "puchi", and said, "Housekeeper Liao, are you here all right?"
"You are—" Chief Steward Liao heard the voice faintly familiar, subconsciously raised his head, and looked at Lu Xiaoshu in a daze.
Seeing Zhou Shizhi's sharp gaze sweeping towards him, he was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head again, only wondering in his heart: This girl looks familiar, she must have seen it somewhere before, and she would say such words Come on, obviously I have seen myself before, but there is obviously a shadow in my mind that wants to come out, but I just can't think of it!
Steward Liao felt a little itchy in his heart.
Lu Xiaoshu smiled again and said: "You are a big butler, I thought you always have some extraordinary skills, why is your memory so bad, we met not long ago, and you don't remember? Sigh, I see you I'm old and my memory is bad, how can I be a housekeeper? Brother Zhou, don't you think so?"
After Zhou Shizhi heard this, he nodded thoughtfully, and said in agreement, "There is some truth to what you said..."
"Young Master, Young Master," Chief Steward Liao was in a hurry. Sweat broke out on his cold forehead, and his neck was so hot that it felt like a pinprick. "Old slave, old slave—"
"You really don't know me?" Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said, "You bought one of my paintings for fifty taels of silver, so you really don't remember?"
With a sound of "hum!", Housekeeper Liao felt his brain explode, and his eyes became dizzy and black. He remembered, one of the two teenagers he met in the calligraphy and painting studio that day was the little girl in front of him! His memory has always been good, and almost everyone who has met him will remember him. It's just that he was nervous just now, and the young man transformed into a little girl again, so he couldn't remember it for a while.
Recalling how he bullied the little girl at that time, the more Steward Liao thought about it, the more frightened he became. Uncontrollably, his master's terrified face appeared before his eyes and the blood was all over the ground after he hit his head to death. He couldn't help but tremble all over. When he got up, he collapsed to the ground with a "plop".
Steward Liao was so shocked that he wished he could kill him with his head. He knew very well that the Jiang family was still owned by the Jiang family on the surface, and the third master was in charge of the house, but the young master in front of him had actually been fully controlled by the third master. All the industries and businesses of the Jiang family.
To put it bluntly, the person in front of him is the rightful master of the Jiang family.
I just looked at this girl a few more times and the son was not happy. It can be seen that the relationship between the two is extraordinary. He humiliated her like that and threatened to send her to the yamen to serve as an official. Worse than the second master...