Before calling Zhang Qingyun over, Qi Huang had already announced to the whole family of Mingjian Villa that Zhang Qingyun would be the owner of Mingjian Villa from now on, and all matters of the villa would be handled by him in the future.
Qi Huang has been the owner of Famous Sword Villa for so many years. Although he is a bit stupid, his prestige is quite high. He said that he would pass on the position of owner to Zhang Qingyun, and no one in the villa questioned it. .
The old owner left, and the new owner took over. After lunch, the housekeeper who found that the villa had run out of food came to Zhang Qingyun for an explanation.
Zhang Qingyun only needs to practice martial arts on weekdays, and when he has nothing to do, he will go to Lin Yingying to make love to each other. How has he dealt with this kind of thing before? After getting the news, Zhang Qingyun was stunned, and his attention was immediately diverted from the matter that Qi Wang left him and left with his two juniors.
"If you don't have food, you go to the cashier to get money and go down the mountain to buy it. Ask me what to do?"
The housekeeper said with a bitter face, "Master, we have no money in our account."
Zhang Qingyun was stunned: "How could there be no money?"
He remembered that the money in the account room was inexhaustible, how could there be no money? When he went to withdraw the money, wasn't there a lot of money in the account
"Where did all the money go?"
Zhang Qingyun's words made the steward feel a little uncomfortable. He frowned, with a look of displeasure in his eyes, but he still said patiently: "Villa Master, our villa has been unable to make ends meet in recent months. If it wasn't for The previous owner has been trying to make money, and we have long since run out of food."
Before, the old owner was responsible for the normal operation of the entire villa, but now that the new owner has changed, these things are naturally for the new owner to be responsible for.
Hearing what the steward said, Zhang Qingyun nodded, then he untied his money bag and handed it to the steward.
"There are twenty taels of silver here, go and buy some grain and come back."
After saying these words, Zhang Qingyun wanted to turn around and leave, but the housekeeper stepped forward and stood in front of him.
"Master, the money may not be enough."
There are nearly a thousand people in Mingjian Villa. These people have to spend money on food and clothing, and twenty taels is really not enough.
Zhang Qingyun was in a hurry to find Lin Yingying, and wanted to ask her what to do now. He didn't know what to do with such a trivial matter, so he simply took out a few bank notes from the hidden pocket in his chest, and stuffed them into the butler. inside the hand.
"These banknotes should be enough. You can take them. Buy the food first. As for the rest, I will put them in your place first. I still have something to do. If you have anything to tell me later."
After throwing down these words, Zhang Qingyun jumped away and left here. It looked like they were going to the courtyard where Lin Yingying was.
After seeing this scene, the smile on the housekeeper's face turned cold, thinking of what Qi Wang said to him earlier, the housekeeper sneered, turned and left.
The butler with the bank note in his arms wandered around in the garden, and soon reached the back door. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he opened the back door.
After the back door was opened, the housekeeper saw the familiar figure in black clothes, his eyes became hot, and he almost cried.
"The owner."
Qi Wang turned around and saw the housekeeper whose eyes were red with excitement, so he took a step forward and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
"Uncle Zhang, don't be sad. It's not like I'm leaving and I won't come back. When I become a high-ranking official, I will come to pick you up and leave together."
Hearing Qi Wang's words, the butler felt even more uncomfortable, and the tears couldn't be controlled and wanted to flow out.
The butler watched Qi Huang grow up, so how could he not know who his owner is? When Qi Wang became a senior official, he came to pick him up...then will he still see Qi Wang one day
But seeing Qi Wang's high-spirited appearance, the butler couldn't easily dampen Qi Wang's confidence.
The owner of his family lost his martial arts at a young age. What a blow to him who was once the number one master in the world? It's good to have a pursuit, anyway, it's also a hope, isn't it
It is better to want to be a high-ranking official than to be decadent at home.
"Master, these are the banknotes I took from Zhang Qingyun. I just counted them. These banknotes add up to 10,000 taels. He just emptied the Mingjian Villa to support him and his mistress."
Speaking of this, the housekeeper gritted his teeth with hatred, and when Zhang Qingyun read the words, strong resentment also poured out.
No wonder the housekeeper was so angry.
How much Qi Huang loves Zhang Qingyun as a disciple, the housekeeper can see it, not to mention that Zhang Qingyun is given the best food and drink in his daily life, this time Zhang Qingyun was captured by the Demon Sect, it was Qi Huang who broke through alone. Entering the Demon Cult rescued him.
Zhang Qingyun was intact and didn't suffer any injuries, but Qi Wang was seriously injured. If he takes good care of him, with Qi Wang's foundation, he may recover soon.
However, Zhang Qingyun broke in when Qi Wang was practicing his kung fu, causing Qi Wang to lose all his internal energy.
The housekeeper originally thought that Zhang Qingyun did all this unintentionally, but he learned the most unbearable truth from Qi Wang's mouth.
Zhang Qingyun had a relationship with his mistress, and only Lin Yingying knew about Qi Wang's injury. Lin Yingying also prepared the chicken blood. If Lin Yingying hadn't told Zhang Qingyun, he would never have known that Qi Wang was injured.
Zhang Qingyun deliberately broke in when Qi Wang was lucky, and he deliberately wanted to make Qi Huang lose his martial arts.
"Master, since Zhang Qingyun is ambitious, why do you give him both the position of the owner of the villa and the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance? Doesn't this make him happy?"
The housekeeper felt that both Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu were talented people, even if Qi Wang lost his martial arts, with these two apprentices, he could still be kept safe.
Isn't Zhang Qingyun's calculations just for the position of Lin Yingying and Qi Wang? Qi Wang gave it to him so easily, wouldn't it be cheap for him
Seeing that the housekeeper was still fussing over these things, Qi Wang was afraid that after he left, the housekeeper would be on the tip of his horns and do something inappropriate—Lin Yingying is a ruthless person, if the housekeeper did something secretly, she might not be able to save her life Well, leaving the villa to Zhang Qingyun was originally his plan, and there was really no need for the housekeeper to do anything.
"Uncle Zhang, it's not that I don't want to give the position to the other two apprentices, but do you think Qingfeng and Qingyu can take on this great responsibility?"
"Besides, the matter of Zhang Qingyun and Lin Yingying is not easy to make public now. We have no proof, how can we press them to death? Zhang Qingyun is somewhat famous in the Jianghu. If I can't give him a reason to drive him out of the villa, yes People in the world have no way to explain it, but I really don't want to be in the same place with him."
The butler opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
The two children, Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu, to put it mildly, have a pure and innocent heart, but to put it bluntly, they are two heartless bastards. The two of them may not be able to play well together. Zhang Qingyun's.
After figuring this out, the housekeeper became sluggish, and he didn't know what to say. It seemed that he couldn't leave Qi Huang behind.
Seeing him like this, Qi Juan said warmly: "Uncle Zhang, do you think it is really easy to be the owner of the villa and the leader of the martial arts? I have been the leader of the martial arts for five years. Look at the famous sword villa. What's it like? This seat is not so easy to sit in, don't you still understand?"
The entire martial arts world has taken Mingjian Villa as a fool. When other people are martial arts leaders, the martial arts conference may not be held once every three years, and the demon removal operation may not be held once every five years.
But since Qi Wang became the leader of this martial arts alliance, the martial arts conference can only be held three times a year, and the demon removal operation is even once a year. Those other sects only need to come, but all the expenses are to go to their famous sword villa account.
The housekeeper once mentioned this matter to Qi Wang tactfully, hoping that Qi Wang would be more considerate, but at that time, Qi Wang's sense of justice was overwhelming, and he felt that as the leader of the martial arts, he naturally had to shoulder these responsibilities, so he also He didn't take the steward's words to heart, but it's a pity that the foundation of Mingjian Villa for hundreds of years was emptied little by little.
"Now Famous Sword Villa is just an empty shell. Since he wants it, he can take it. I just gave up all this trouble."
The housekeeper thought about it carefully, and felt that what Qi Wang said made sense.
Now Mingjian Villa is just an empty shell, Qi Wang has no martial arts now, and lacks mental strength, it is good to go out to relax, stay in the villa, maybe at any time he will be harmed by the adulterer and adulterer.
"Villa Master, you take all of these. Zhang Qingyun and Lin Yingying have swallowed so much money from the villa. I will let them spit it out."
Qi Wang asked the housekeeper to take care of himself and not to fight against Zhang Qingyun and Lin Yingying. After everything was explained, he left.
His two silly apprentices were still waiting for him, he had to hurry there, but Qi Wang was not too worried about the safety of the housekeeper.
Although Lin Yingying and Zhang Qingyun are out of their minds, they are not the kind of people who kill indiscriminately. They really don't care about small people like housekeepers.
As long as the housekeeper is careful, nothing will happen.
At this time, Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu were squatting under the old locust tree halfway up the mountain with a luggage on their backs, thinking about how to go next.
When I just came out of the villa, the master said that there were some things to deal with, and after telling the two of them to stay here, they turned back to the villa. After waiting for them, they waited for two hours, and the master went to the villa. What are you doing, why haven't you come back now
After the bored Xiao Qingyu ravaged the weeds on the ground, looking at the weeds with green juice all over the ground, Xiao Qingyu felt that this thing was a bit disgusting, so he kicked some dirt to bury the weeds, and then He stomped his feet, and then looked up at Lin Qingfeng who was opposite him.
"Second Senior Brother, why do I feel that Master wants to wander around the world and never return to the villa?"
Lin Qingfeng shook his head, and said seriously: "Impossible, our master just went out to relax, and he came back when he was relieved enough. Besides, isn't our master still in the villa, the master is so painful Mistress, can he not come back?"
After thinking about it, Xiao Qingyu also felt that this was the truth.
The Famous Sword Villa is the inheritance passed down by the master, how could the master be willing to abandon it? Go out for a walk in the rivers and lakes to relax, and when the depression is gone, the master will come back.
After the master came back, the two of them were looking for rare treasures, trying to restore the master's inner strength as soon as possible.
Even now, the two brothers and sisters still don't believe that their master is really going to be an official.
The master must be teasing them, there is no such thing as being an official, and their master is not material for being an official at all.
While the two were guessing wildly, Qi Wang slowly walked down the mountain road, Xiao Qingyu and Lin Qingfeng rushed over, one left and one right guarding Qi Wang's side.
"Master, is everything in order?"
Qi Wang nodded, thinking of the banknotes stuffed in his pockets, his mood improved a lot, um, yes, Zhang Qingyun really has a lot of oil on his body, with so much money, he can do what he does next. A little more protection.
"Let's go."
Qi Huang said something indifferently, and did not explain what he was doing after going back for such a long time, but Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu, the two brothers, did not ask any more questions, and walked down the mountain with Qi Huang.
In the past, the three of them, the master and the apprentice, used to walk when they went out to travel the rivers and lakes. Because they had internal strength to protect their bodies, they didn't feel tired. They hadn't gotten used to the fact that their master had become an ordinary person. Only then did I realize that Master had lost all his internal energy. He was just an ordinary person at this time, and he might not be used to this kind of high-intensity exercise. The two brothers and sisters who came back to their senses immediately bent down and said that they could walk down the mountain with Qi Huang on their backs. .
Seeing them like this, Qi Wang gave them a chestnut alone, and said angrily: "Being a teacher is just a loss of internal strength, and the foundation of martial arts is still there, so why should I use you to memorize it? Or do you think that being a teacher is already enough?" He's a useless person, he can't even do small things like walking? Huh?"
"No, no, master, you misunderstood, we are just worried about you..."
"Master, we really didn't mean that, don't think about it."
Qi Wang glanced at them, snorted softly, didn't say anything else, and walked down the mountain with big strides, the speed seemed to be a little faster than before.
Lin Qingfeng & Xiao Qingyu: "..."
Master has become an ordinary person, but he is still so strong, what do they say? But they didn't dare to disobey Qi Wang's intentions, seeing that Qi Wang had gone far away, the two brothers didn't think much, and quickly followed Qi Wang's pace.
But speaking of it, is their master really exhausted? How come the speed of walking is not slow at all? It was still a little hard for the two of them to follow him.
The three masters and apprentices walked very quickly, and they came down from the mountain in less than half a stick of incense.
After leaving the mountain, what Qi Wang saw was a green wheat field. It was just summer, and the wheat was not yet ripe. The green ears of wheat swayed gently with the wind. A few villagers in coarse clothes were working in the field Inside weeding.
Tie Niu buried himself in the work for a long time, but he felt dizzy all over. He knew it was because he hadn't eaten. There was no food in his stomach, and he had worked for such a long time. How could he hold on? ? Dizziness is normal.
But this is not going to work, Tieniu rubbed his stomach aching from hunger, then put the hoe aside, untied his waistband, and then strangled hard until the pain came from his waist After suppressing the hunger in his stomach, he breathed a sigh of relief just now. After fastening his belt, he picked up the hoe again and continued to work hard.
The crops must be well tended, otherwise the crops will not grow well, and the harvest will be much less. This year is good, and the weather has always been good. The crops in the field are growing gratifyingly, and the new emperor ascends the throne, amnesty to the world, Even the tax revenue is 30% lower than in previous years. For ordinary people like them, this is really a great joy.
But even so, they still dare not relax. They still work diligently in the fields every day, tending the crops meticulously, hoping to make the crops grow better so that they can harvest more food.
After all, although the tax revenue of the imperial court has been reduced, the tribute to Mingjian Villa cannot be reduced at all. The annual tax and the grain supplied to Mingjian Villa account for 80% of their harvest, and the remaining 20% is also It's just that he is reluctant to let himself starve to death, and this day is also very tight.
This year's tax can be reduced, so they can at least keep 20% more food. With this food, they can eat more, and maybe their youngest son can survive until he grows up, and he won't be like his two Like my elder brother, he starved to death before he had time to grow up.
Others also imitated Tie Niu's example and tightened their belts, relying on the pain to relieve the hunger in their stomachs. After finishing all this, they buried their heads in their work again, their hands and feet were obviously weak from exhaustion, But no one thought about going back to eat.
Except for the unbearable hunger, it is still possible to save money. If they eat less, the family members can eat more. The old man has thick meat, so it is okay to be hungry for a few meals.
However, there was a young guy who inadvertently glanced up when he was tightening his belt. When he saw the three people standing not far away, his face changed suddenly, and the familiar clothes of those people came like a nightmare. Usually, the young guy's feet go limp and he kneels down on the ground. He adjusts his posture in a panic, and kneels down on the ground, with his head firmly attached to the ground, looking as humble as he wants.
Several other villagers who were working with him knew what had happened when they saw the familiar appearance of the young man. With his forehead resting on the dirt, he didn't dare to lift it up to look at the three people in Mingjian Villa.
The people from Famous Sword Villa are here, why are they here? What will they ask for this time? This year's summer harvest hasn't arrived yet, shouldn't it be the time for them to come looking for something, what are they doing here at this time
Tieniu knelt down on the ground, his head was in a mess, his forehead rested on the muddy floor, and various thoughts swirled in his mind.
Tieniu thought of his son who was obviously already over nine years old, but because of malnutrition, he looked at his son who was only four or five years old. He was still young, but he was very sensible. He was reluctant to eat dry food, so he left all of it to his father. He was so hungry that he couldn't bear it, so he dug the weeds in the ground and peeled the soft bark to eat. Obviously, those things were terrible, but for fear of his worry, his son said that those things were delicious. , the same taste as meat.
Tieniu thought of his daughter-in-law who was embroidering day and night in order to supplement the family income, which made her almost blind. He persuaded her many times, but she refused to listen.
She said: "Save more money, and when the times are bad, we will have money to buy food, and then our dolls will not starve to death. We have raised so many children, there will always be one or two. It can grow up, or the roots of our family will be broken."
Tieniu thought of his old lady who starved herself to death in order to save some food for them to eat. When she was dying, she refused to open her mouth to eat rice soup, and kept her mouth tightly closed until she died.
Tieniu thought of his younger brother who brought bath water to the heroine living in their house, but was treated as a prostitute and had his head chopped off. His younger brothers were all killed by the sword of the so-called heroine, but she still refused to let it go , burned his younger brother's body, his bones and ashes were scattered, not even a scum was left...
Tieniu thought about a lot of things, and the pictures in his mind kept alternating. All those dark and desperate memories were related to the people in Mingjian Villa.
Every time something happens in Mingjian Villa, they will contribute their efforts.
The people in Mingjian Villa said that they were all voluntary, that they knew that the people who came here were righteous people, and they voluntarily provided them with board and lodging.
Do they dare to say a word of reluctance
Those martial arts people are responsible for their accommodation and meals. When they come, they not only have to provide board and lodging, but also serve them like servants. If they serve them well, they should be there. If they are not served well, they are innocent. forgiven.
The youngest son of Uncle Lin’s family in the village accidentally soiled the hem of a heroine’s clothes, and that heroine didn’t care about anything, but several male knights who admired the heroine stripped the child naked and hung him in the village. On the top of the tree at the head, frightened him severely.
The child was crying so hard that his voice was hoarse. His grandfather kept kowtowing to those people, begging them to let his little grandson go. They finally felt bored, so they let him go.
The poor child was only six years old. He was timid at first, but after being hung up and frightened for a while, his courage was shattered. After returning home, he developed a high fever for a few days, and died not long after.
Grandpa Lin's son got sick and had no money to treat him to death, leaving only such a single seedling, and ended up losing his life in vain. Grandpa Lin was so desperate that he jumped into the river with his grandson's body in his arms.
The corpses of their grandfather and grandson were collected by people in the same village. No matter whether they were people from the Jianghu or people from Mingjian Villa, no one cared about them.
Once the people from Famous Sword Villa appeared, it would only bring them disaster. Almost every time in the village, a few lives were directly or indirectly lost because of their suffering. Why did they appear this time
Except for Tieniu, the other villagers lying on the ground also trembled uncontrollably. The people from Mingjian Villa have not spoken all the time, and the fear in their hearts is also rising. What to do next.
This time, what do they want to do
Tieniu and the others knelt on the ground for half an hour, but they didn't wait for the people from Mingjian Villa to speak. Tieniu felt his body was stiff. He quietly raised his head and boldly moved towards Mingjian Villa. I looked over where those people were.
Nobody... well, nobody!
Tieniu was stunned, and then he could not restrain his face showing ecstasy. He staggered up from the ground, and then helped several other villagers who were kneeling on the ground and couldn't get up.
"The people from Mingjian Villa have left, and they didn't find us something to do this time."
"Really? We're not dreaming?"
"Gone, are they really gone? How are they willing to let us go this time?"
"Brother Tieniu, pinch me quickly to see if I'm dreaming."
Tieniu pinched him mercilessly, and the young man let out a howl, but tears flowed out uncontrollably.
"Great, we escaped a catastrophe, really great."
"I hope that nothing will happen to the people of Famous Sword Villa this time, and let us live through this year peacefully..."
Several villagers cried and laughed, celebrating their escape. After crying for a while, they didn't let themselves continue to cry.
There was still a lot of work to be done in the field, and they had no time to waste.
Several villagers wiped their eyes and started working again with hoes.
"See clearly?"
Qi Zhuan said something indifferently, without any emotion in his tone.
Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu were stunned after seeing the scene just now.
How could those people have such an attitude? And what do they mean
The two brothers and sisters were so shocked that they couldn't say a complete sentence for a while.
Thinking of how they swore to Master just now when those villagers knelt down on the ground, they said that these people were all grateful for the kindness of their famous sword villa, and because they had nothing to repay, they could only express their gratitude by kowtow. .
However, the master didn't believe their words at all, and even asked them to take him to jump up a tree to see how the villagers reacted after they left.
People are grateful to them, how can they react
However, what Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu didn't expect was that after knowing that they had left, the reaction of those people was as if they were sending off the plague god.
Even if Lin Qingfeng and Xiao Qingyu's brains are not working, they can't lie to themselves that they are grateful to them.
Why is it like this
They are the benefactors of these people, aren't they? They have helped these people so much, aren't they satisfied? Why do you do this to them
The two brothers and sisters were so shocked by this truth that they were a little skeptical about their lives. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that these villagers had such an attitude towards them.
With the brain capacity of the two brothers and sisters, they couldn't understand why these villagers were like this, and they even felt a little wronged.
Obviously they helped the villagers fight off bandits and drive away the bullies who bullied them, why are they like this
Seeing them like this, Qi Wang's expression slowly turned cold.
The self-conceived kindness sometimes does not necessarily bring good results. Sometimes, what they call goodness is not necessarily goodness to the saved people.
Perhaps their so-called chivalry, in the eyes of these ordinary people, is another kind of evil.