Name cards have always been distinguished between the noble and the humble. For the rich, a gold-stamped name card is not enough to be called noble, and it is often made with a unique design. For example, a name card made of polished green bamboo and engraved by a skilled craftsman; a name card made of thin sheets of pure silver... But these are often used by some high-profile people. After giving them away, the recipients will often return them in their original form.
After all, if someone could afford to send such a name card, he must be a high-ranking official, and ordinary people would not dare to accept it casually.
Zhang Shou sent invitations this time, not name cards. The style was simple, just a few lines of words written on the material of ordinary name cards. His handwriting was not very good, although he had practiced right-hand calligraphy these days, but it was still a bit lacking in style, so Zhu Ying volunteered to do all the six invitations, and then Ah Liu personally delivered them.
Zhu Tingfang sent the "ruiqi battalion soldiers" who were "redeemed guilty" to guard all six households. Each household was assigned sixteen people. Not to mention flies and mosquitoes could fly over, even humans could climb over the wall as long as they were agile.
However, the imperial power was there, and with the example of the eldest prince and Changlu County Magistrate Xu Cheng, most people did not dare to act rashly, even if they had grievances in their hearts. Moreover, when they found that the palace had been occupied and the situation was not good, they had secretly sent a few trusted family members outside. This time when their home was surrounded, these people could come in handy.
This included Mr. Jiang, who "happened" to be away from home during the siege, and was therefore able to stop the horse and file a complaint.
When Ah Liu knocked on the door of each house with the token given by Zhu Tingfang, there was naturally a lot of commotion inside. But before the person who received the invitation came out, Ah Liu, who was in a hurry to complete the task, could not wait any longer and handed the invitations to the servants at the door in a panic. If they refused to accept them, he would just stuff them into their arms and then turn around and leave.
As for the Jiang family, the owner, Mr. Jiang, who happened to be away from home and had escaped the previous closure, the situation was different. Mr. Jiang went to stop Ma to complain, and was cut off by Ah Liu. He carried the dagger back to the county government office and has not returned since then, but the Jiang family did not know about it. Not only did they not know about it, but there was no news about the head of the family outside. Young Master Jiang, who replaced his father to manage the household affairs, naturally accumulated great anxiety and resentment.
So, before Ah Liu could say what he wanted, Master Jiang came over after hearing the news. He believed that Ah Liu was just an errand boy, so he angrily cursed: "The most evil are those daring peasants. What have we, who are kind and generous, done wrong? Why did General Mingwei send someone to watch over my house? Is he trying to frame our Jiang family?"
A kind and generous family? Ah Liu's eyebrows immediately raised. He was originally indifferent to ordinary people, but at this moment, his coldness suddenly increased tenfold. He gave up the idea of taking out the invitation immediately without even thinking about it, and stepped forward.
This time, the pampered Mr. Jiang experienced the biggest nightmare of his life.
He was yelling at Ah Liu when the cold boy suddenly grabbed his neck and pressed him against the wall. His ambition to redress his father's grievances turned into panic and he almost peed his pants. When he saw Ah Liu reaching into his arms with his free left hand to take something, he thought he was going to be killed and was so scared that he begged for mercy.