Lay to win!Cannon fodder, he has become the chief assistant

Xie Rongzhao put away the account book and asked carefully: "Do you know the specific place?"

"Miss Hui, I heard that the concubine's surname is Xu, and she was originally from Qing County, Xiangzhou Prefecture, but her elder brother works in Daxing County. Oh, the magistrate of Xu County is a Jinshi one class later than our master."

For a Jinshi who was one subject later, that teacher should be old Qin Ge.

Xie Rongzhao thought that she didn't have the brains of her father and brother Jingzhou, but she was lucky and knew that all the news about Xiangzhou Mansion should be sent to her father in time.

"What else did you find out?"

"This Master Song is the Minister of the Huangmen of the Menxia Province. It can be said that he was our master's former immediate boss."

Xie Rongzhao frowned, following his father in Beijing for a few years, not to mention, he knew clearly about the official rank and responsibility.

The servant of Huangmen is the fourth grade, the deputy chief of the province under the gate, in charge of attendants, memorials, criticism of right and wrong, and general judgment of provincial affairs.Participate in the daily management of Menxia Province and the refutation of edicts and chapters.

This right is not insignificant.

The Huangmen servant has the nature of an attendant who accompanied the emperor and participated in sacrifices, ceremonies and other activities. When the chief servant of the Menxia province is vacant, the Huangmen servant can take over the work of the Menxia province, including handling matters such as diplomacy and imperial edict recruitment. .

Xie Rongzhao vaguely remembered that his father mentioned it before, saying that it was about the question of where the report was approved, as if he was suppressed by the superior, could it be this Mr. Song?

If this is the case, then the father has an old grudge with him.

In the evening, Wang Zizhen came in with a cup of pigeon soup, and whispered back: "Miss, Song Erlang asked someone to bring a message, saying that he wanted to see you, there are some things he can't decide, and he must ask you to show me."

"Well, then let's do it tomorrow."

Wang Zizhen saw that the young lady started to drink soup, so she started to tidy up the things on the table one by one.

"Miss, Miss Chunhua from Xie's Mansion on Anhe Street has sent you another invitation. You accepted it last time. Do you want to do it again this time?"

Xie Rongzhao shook his head, "Xie Chunhua's character is pretty good. Our two families live near each other and have the same surname. If my distance from him was too obvious, it would be easy for others to take advantage of me."

"Then the lady is going?"

"Well, it's better not to show up all the time. My father has been away from Beijing for more than ten days, and my mother and I have never gone out. This time, I will go to Xie's mansion with Sister Ying. There should be nothing wrong."

After breakfast the next day, Xie Rongzhao went to the front yard to meet Song Erlang.

"Miss, I have been ordered to be in charge of some external affairs of Fuyuan Villa. The day before yesterday we found two fainted girls in the village, so we temporarily took them in. They only said that their families were poor and wanted to sell them. The brothel, the two sisters escaped. Originally, the villagers felt sorry for them, so they wanted to ask the village chief to take them in. But yesterday, when the younger one was sending mountain treasures to a large family in Beijing, I heard that two escaped from the Song family. Slave, looking for it wantonly."

Xie Rongzhao's face was slightly solemn, what a coincidence?
"Do you know what the two fugitive slaves looked like?"

Song Erlang shook his head: "I only know that the two fugitive slaves are women, about thirteen or fourteen years old. The two girls we took in in our village are almost the same. The young ones know something is wrong, and they dare not make up their own minds, so I came here specifically to ask Miss."

Xie Rongzhao took a deep breath. It was abnormal for two young girls to suddenly appear in the countryside.

"If you do this, when you go back, go to the county government office first. My eldest brother is now with County Magistrate Chen. You can tell everything in detail. After you return to the village, you must place the two girls properly and don't take them with you. Go to the villa, are there any widows in the village?"

Song Erlang thought for a while: "Yes, Aunt Wang has been widowed for more than ten years. His son works as a tent for others in the county. She and her two daughters usually live together."

"Then put these two girls in her home. Also, this matter should not be publicized. After you go back, you should report this matter to the village chief alone, and let him make arrangements early. If someone really comes to harm you, you can't let them go." The people in the whole village were arrested."

"Yes, little one understands."

Xie Rongzhao did not let this matter go unnoticed.

In fact, those two girls were indeed fugitive slaves of the Song family.

Later, when the official sent people to the door, it really alarmed the whole village.

The original purpose of the two girls was to go to Fuyuan Villa, so that they could complete the task assigned by the master, but they were forcibly snatched by the people of Fuyuan Villa, so that the master could handle it better.

But who would have expected that the two of them, not to mention that they had no chance to go to the villa, even in the village, they were always shunned by the men.

So when the official came to the door, the two of them didn't dare to say anything, and followed them back obediently.

Things didn't go as Zhao expected, Mr. Song was naturally very angry, but you can be angry again, this kind of thing is not easy to fabricate evidence out of thin air.

Xie Rongzhao felt uneasy after hearing Song Erlang explain the whole story clearly.

"This kind of thing has one thing and another. You should inform the village chief after you go back, so that everyone should be more careful. In addition, after you return to the villa, you should make it clear to Zhu Weng and Zhu Xiaoyun that patrols must be stepped up inside and outside the villa. If we want to let suspicious people in, the safety of the young masters is the most important thing."

"Yes, ma'am."

"You report this matter to my fourth brother and brother Lang, and let them be on guard."

"Sure, do you have any other orders, miss?"

"How is the matter in Fengxian embroidery village going?"

"Don't worry, Miss. The place has been chosen, and the village chief has agreed. Moreover, many of the female relatives from our own village work there, so everyone is very grateful to you and Madam."

"After the embroidery village is built, I want to go and see it myself. Is there enough money?"

"There are more than 40 taels left, plus some furniture will be purchased later, it should be possible."

"I don't worry about your work. I still have two bolts of cotton cloth. You bring one to the village head's house, and the rest to the sisters-in-law."

"Thank you, Miss."

Xie Rongzhao was busy here again, and in a blink of an eye, Xie Chunhua's feast day came.

Zhao Ying seldom attends such banquets. Although Xie Mingyi still holds a third-rank official position, his influence is not as good as before.

And Xie Meiren is normal in the palace, so it can be seen that the holy family is not visible.

"We were sweating for Sister Chunhua earlier, thinking how difficult it would be for her to be sent to the palace to beg for life at the age of thirteen. We didn't expect that Madam Xie would reject this matter in a blink of an eye. Speaking of it, I haven't seen Sister Chunhua for quite a while, and I heard that she got a very beautiful pot of peonies, so I have to keep my eyes open."

Xie Rongzhao said with a half smile but not a smile: "It is said that the peony was transported from Luoyang, and the care was very meticulous along the way. I don't know if it can be kept alive in the capital." (End of this chapter)