Ge Yong has been alone during the past two years. Even if some students are willing to come and accompany him, he will ruthlessly drive them back. At his age, his students have already started their own families and have a lot of younger people under them. If they still come to accompany him, wouldn't it be a disregard for their families
But now he had a young disciple, and this year he took the initiative to invite Zhang Shou—just in time to get to the Duke of Zhao's mansion. In previous years, he didn't often stay up until midnight, and usually went to bed early, and was then awakened by the sound of firecrackers from officials and civilians outside. Therefore, he often felt annoyed during the New Year, but today was different. The old man actually stayed up until midnight with great interest.
When he saw the little guys Zhang Shou brought with him setting off New Year's firecrackers, he finally couldn't help yawning. When he invited Zhang Shou, he had already invited Mrs. Wu, and he also expected that there would be a lot of people coming, so when he found out that Zhang Shou brought everyone in his family, he not only didn't feel annoyed, but was very happy. However, no matter how happy he was, his spirit was limited.
Therefore, Mr. Ge did not notice that Zhang Shou had been distracted after talking to Ah Liu. When Zhang Shou personally sent him back to his room to rest, he seemed to have not heard all this mess of news and directed Zhang Shou around. Although he prepared guest rooms for others, he insisted on keeping Zhang Shou and sleeping in the same room with him.
Of course, the rosewood bed against the wall belonged to him, and the couch belonged to Zhang Shou. After sitting on the couch, Ge Yong smiled and looked at Zhang Shou, who was bending over to open the quilt for him.
"A Shou, now that your eldest brother-in-law has returned, your marriage will be soon. When Zhu Jing comes back, I will be your matchmaker and discuss your marriage with him. As for you, when you have time, take people to clean up the villa of Prince Lu's mansion... By the way, the people you have around you are not enough, so recruit people quickly. If not, I will find a way for you to find two reliable pawnbrokers to hire a few people!"
Zhang Shou didn't expect that Teacher Ge would care about his lifelong event in such an all-round way. After a slight pause, he smiled bitterly and said, "What the teacher said about recruiting people is what I wanted to do. However, there is a little guy around me who is too active. He did something I didn't expect at all..."
Zhang Shou told him everything he had talked about with Ah Liu. Seeing Ge Yong pulling his beard unconsciously, he added in a low voice, "Ah Liu said that he was looking for local tyrants. Think about it, teacher. These guys hang out with all kinds of people all day long. They say one thing to one person and another to another. They are the most cunning. It's okay to ask for information from such people, but how can we ask them to do their job properly?"
Ge Yong almost pulled his beard off, then he chuckled. He leaned back comfortably on the pillow, pointed at Zhang Shou and said, "You kid, you still don't see through Ah Liu! Do you think he's stupid? Do you expect those who get information to clean up for you in the future? Oh, as long as you go back and recruit one of the people who found out the clues, no one will dare to plant a nail in your house next time."
Zhang Shou immediately understood what Ge Yong meant. He couldn't help but take a breath and said in disbelief, "Teacher means that he is paying a huge price for a horse... No, this word is not appropriate... He recruited such a person to show others that he has the ability to find out the background of all the servants? Ah Liu actually knows how to use military tactics? To shock the tiger and kill two birds with one stone?"