After marrying a concubine, I have the ability to read minds

Chapter 118
Manager Bai hurried to see someone.

He is in charge now, but he is also equivalent to a local. Although the disaster victims are all free, if someone succeeds in the transaction, he can also get some benefits.

The person who came here looked very ordinary, so ordinary that he couldn't be found in the crowd. The only thing that was surprising was that he was relatively tall, as tall as a head of Bai Guanshi. "I don't know what to call this nobleman? I want to buy it What can people ask for?"

"My surname is Li. There are many people who want to use it. The requirements are very simple, as long as they are healthy and young."

The white manager hurriedly gathered all the young and strong people together, and soon Hu Lala stood in a large area, "Those who are willing to go back with this nobleman stay where they are, and those who are not willing to sell their bodies can go back to work."

The victims hesitated for a while and then some people left.

Someone in the crowd asked hesitantly: "Boss Bai, we are a family of four and don't want to be separated, can you buy them all?"

Their family had fled from other places and came to the capital, and they were already homeless. If they could find a good home, even if they only worked as long-term workers, it would not be difficult to endure. Although the shelter is good, the family of four lives in the capital. In the four places, he couldn't even find a chance to get close, which gave him the idea of ​​prostitution.

The noble man surnamed Li asked all those with family members to stand aside.

Then he chose among these people.

It took about half an hour to select 47 strong laborers, and two of those with families.

Four of these people repented, thinking that if they sold their lives, they would not belong to them, and the ten taels of silver was too little. They would rather live in the shelter, anyway, they would not lose a bite of food and drink.

The white manager said: "This shelter will not last forever. In the coming spring, the people on the weaving side will lose their jobs. I wonder if the nobleman can take in some women."

That Li Guiren shook the whip in his hand, his eyes turned around in the shelter, and when he saw a few children who were busy working, he stopped for a while.

"How many children are there in your shelter?"

"There are more than 200 people in several places together, and orphans account for [-]% of them."

Li Guiren said: "Officer Bai may gather the children together, so I will pick some by the way."

Next, the children, both male and female, gathered again, and Li Guiren asked his entourage to select them, and a total of 73 children were selected.

The contract of sale was signed on the spot, and Li Guiren gave Bai Guan a hundred taels of silver bill as a favor, so he hired several carriages and took these people away with their luggage.

The white manager was naturally happy to get the benefits, but he also inevitably became suspicious. He could understand buying some strong labor, but why did that person buy so many children?

He sent a letter to the palace to tell the five princes and concubines about this.

The fifth concubine sent these people away with one sentence, "If someone buys it, it also gives those people a way to survive, and we don't care about the rest." There is no shortage of food these days, and they will not be killed if they are bought back. Meat, what are you afraid of?
The white manager thinks about it. Although these victims can help the second lady earn some money, there are still too many people. It is a headache for him to manage, and even if some jobs make money, they still belong to the pockets of the victims. His master is If you can't make much money, you'll be relieved to walk away.

……

Li Guiren led this group of people and dispersed as they walked. He took several carriages of the adults to the Zhuangzi outside the city, and those children were temporarily placed in an old house in the city. The children were taken away one after another, and after seven days, only a family of four remained in the old house to look after the house.

The children who were taken away have been sent to their residence in the mountains. Li Guiren's original name was Li Jiayan, and he was a small captain among Ye Hanyu's five hundred guards. Besides him, Ye Hanyu also picked out a few martial arts experts to train those children together. .

Children not only have to learn martial arts, but also read and write every day. The first lesson for children is what is loyalty.

In short, the brainwashing class must be arranged first, otherwise it is useless to train well.

……

On the morning of the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Wanning was wearing a thick cloak, carrying a hand warmer carved with plum blossoms in her arms, and went to Kunning Palace with the fifth prince to pay her respects to the empress. Forward.

This year's weather is too cold, just the section of the road to Kunning Palace, a few people are so cold that their noses are sore and their cheeks are flushed.

The queen's palace was very lively, apart from the princess who came early, Princess Furou was also there.

The sisters-in-law sat in their proper seats after meeting the empress and princess. Princess Furou smiled and said, "Princess Yujun's little face is really beautiful. I feel jealous when I see it. Do you know how the princess of the county usually takes care of herself?"

Gu Wanning could hear the malice in Princess Furou's words, every mouthful of a county princess, every mouthful of beauty, didn't she just want to arouse the jealousy of her sisters-in-law?
But what's the use of being jealous?It doesn't hurt or itch!

Could it be that what did she want to do today?
"The princess is absurdly praised, but I can't deserve your praise. I just rely on my young age. If I reach the princess's age, what will I become?"

Aren't you trying to find a way for me?Then I will make you uncomfortable, anyway, it's not on the same path, she doesn't need to wrong herself.

Princess Furou's complexion really changed. After all, no woman would like to hear others say that she is old. She was about to get angry, but was stopped by the empress, "The face of the old six family, even if it is another time It won't be ugly in ten or twenty years, and the face given by God will not make others jealous.

Bengong got some new tea a few days ago, you guys should try it too, if you like it, you can take some when you go back next time. "

The maidservants in Kunning Palace had already served tea to several people with trays, and Princess Furou swallowed the words abruptly.

Gu Wanning glanced at the maid serving tea for herself. For some reason, the maid immediately lowered her head after being glanced at by her, but the hand holding the teacup was unsteady, and a cup of freshly brewed tea was spilled on Gu Wanning body.

Gu Wanning immediately stood up, and quickly swept the tea off her clothes with a handkerchief in one hand. If it wasn't for the thick clothes she wore in winter, this cup of boiling hot water would have scalded a layer of her skin off.

The palace maid knelt on the ground with a "bang" and kowtowed desperately, "My lord, spare my life, my servant didn't do it on purpose, my lord, spare my life, my servant doesn't want to die."

The fifth prince and concubine got up nervously to check: "Sixth brother and sister, are you okay? Are you hot? Do you want to call the imperial doctor, the tea is boiling hot."

The court lady kneeling on the ground yelled even more lively: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life..."

Gu Wanning coldly glanced at the court lady who was yelling for her to spare her life, then at the empress and Princess Furou who were sitting on top, as expected, she saw the smile on the corner of Princess Furou's mouth that she hadn't had time to put away.

(End of this chapter)