Chapter 1288 Willing to be an ugly girl 15
The steward went out, and Xi Ning called over eleven servants with knives.
After asking the leader's name, he then asked: "The Taoist Master asked you to come. Did he tell you where to stay?"
Zaemon half-kneeled and replied: "Master Daochang was shouting and laughing, and he followed Miss Takashi. Everything is subject to the arrangements of the young master."
That's good, Xi Ning said with a smile: "You have been traveling for most of the day, please rest for a while and come back after three quarters."
Zaemon and the servant behind him bowed their heads and saluted: "Yes, Miss Takashi!"
After the servant finished asking, he called six more maids and old slaves sent by Mrs. Akiko, and they all said the same thing. Since I was sent here, I naturally followed the lady's orders in everything.
Three moments later, Zaemon came over with ten servants. Xining asked them to sit and wait in the corridor next to them.
A quarter of an hour later, the former housekeepers and slaves in the house came over one after another.
Originally they were in twos and threes, talking and chatting as they walked, some even laughing and joking. As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I felt that the atmosphere was wrong. The lady was sitting in the room, the curtains were drawn, and the maids were sitting on both sides.
And there are eleven servants with swords, five on the left, five on the right, and one sitting on the left in the middle. They all sit cross-legged, with a long knife on their waist, majestic.
No one dared to joke for a moment and immediately came forward to kowtow and salute. All I heard was the voice of the maid next to the young lady: "Stand next to me."
Time passed slowly, and soon the allotted time was reached, and there were still two more that had not yet arrived.
Xining asked leisurely: "Is everyone here?"
Is it Liwei? Aling, who was sitting next to her on her knees, immediately pretended to shout: "The steward comes out and answers."
The chief steward, who arrived at about the same time, knew something was wrong and immediately came up and knelt down.
A Ling asked loudly: "Miss, are everyone here?"
Come to think of it, Miss Takashi is only nine years old, sitting there so childishly, she looks like a Doll's Day doll. So he fooled and said: "We are all here."
After hearing this, Xining smiled faintly: "Zaemon!"
Zuemon, who was sitting on the lower left foot in front, immediately raised his hand, turned around, and saluted: "Yes!"
Xining said leisurely: "Take three people to follow you, close the door of this courtyard before going out, and kill everyone who comes to the door from outside the courtyard!"
The steward and some slaves were so frightened that their expressions changed!
Are you going to start a killing spree as soon as you arrive? But what the lady ordered had to be done, so Zaemon nodded sharply "Yes!"
Watching the servant with the knife stand up, he ordered three people to leave. The steward immediately shouted: "Wait, Miss Zunzi, wait! It's the younger one who made the mistake, and there are still two people who haven't arrived. The younger one will go find them now."
When Ah Ling heard this, her eyebrows stood up: "What do you mean? People in her charge always make mistakes. Are you trying to trick Miss Zunzi?"
The steward knelt down and lowered his head. Even though the weather was comfortable, sweat was already covering his back: "How dare you, little one? It's just a small eyesight. I couldn't count clearly at the moment."
At this time, the two people arrived late, and the steward complained secretly when he saw them. If you want to be late, be late together. It was obvious that she was late on purpose, and Tantan was still young and Miss Zunzi was acting falsely. If Miss Zunzi doesn't mind, then you can just hang out in the future.
Xining looked at it and smiled: "It seems there is no need to look for it, here it is!"
When the two unruly slaves saw that something was not right about the situation, they hurriedly walked into the team standing nearby, ducking down and trying to get in.
Ah Ling was not willing to miss the opportunity and immediately shouted: "Come out!"
The two slaves lowered their heads and looked at each other, swaying but did not stand up. A-ling looked at the lady, because she didn't know what the lady planned to do, and waited for the lady's next step.
Xining said calmly: "If they don't want to come out, let Zaemon ask them to come out."
The two Diao slaves knew they couldn't run away today, so they hurried out and knelt down before A Ling could say anything. One of them also said: "I don't dare to act like this. I don't know that I am calling you a young one. Please forgive me, Miss."
This was just an excuse. Everyone in charge and those who knew better knew that these two naughty slaves thought that the fifth lady was here for retreat this time, but in fact they were driven to the manor to avoid the limelight.
The steward secretly scolded the idiot, even if Miss Zunzi was young and really rushed to the village, she was still the master. If she doesn't speak, won't those senior maids sent by Mrs. Akiko remind her?
Sure enough, a message came from above: "The two people did not respect their ideas and did not arrive on time. They will be killed!"
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One of the two people was so frightened that he immediately collapsed to the ground, while the other's body was trembling.
Then I remembered that this was the daughter of Fujiwara Michizhang. No matter how young she was, she was still her master. The young lady of the Fujiwara family who entered the palace to accompany the King and the Crown Prince was not so young. But she had to live in a complicated palace, and she lived to become the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
As the daughter of Master Fujiwara, killing a few people on Zhuangzi is nothing. Even if they are not domestic slaves, but just hired, they will be killed. Is it possible that they will be sued to the government and let the fifth lady die? When nobles kill civilians, they only need to pay some money, which is not as much as the price of buying a pig. If someone is overbearing and dares to talk about compensation, even the life of the whole family may be at risk.
Everyone watched in horror as Zuemon drew out his sword, walked over to a house slave, and raised the steel sword with both hands... Many people did not dare to look at it anymore.
"Wait a minute!" Xining shouted at the right time.
Zaemon, who was about to chop him down, immediately stopped, his face expressionless, but he was secretly relieved. Sure enough, it was to scare these unruly slaves, otherwise they would kill them as soon as they arrived.
Xining opened the fan and shook it gently: "Today is the first day that this young lady has moved here. It is not good luck to see blood at this time."
"Yes, yes..." The steward was so frightened that he couldn't even speak: "Miss, please be kind, you two guys, why don't you quickly thank Miss Zunzi for your kindness."
The two kowtowed to the ground, but only one could speak, while the other was already frightened.
"The death penalty is exempted, but the living penalty is unforgivable." Xining turned around and said: "Where did the two of them work as errands?"
The steward quickly replied: "I am an errand in the winter garden. One is in charge of pruning plum branches, and the other is in charge of the furnishings in the room."
They are all leisurely errands, so after eating and holding on, I came to test her capabilities.
Xining waved his fan: "Drag it to the door and hit twenty boards."
After the two people weakly kowtowed their thanks, they were dragged out by a servant with a knife to beat them.
Hearing the muffled sound of boards falling on meat and screams not far from the courtyard door. I saw secretly again that Miss Zunzi had a calm expression and didn't even move her eyebrows. Everyone present knew that this fifth lady was not easy to fool.
After the beating, he was dragged back and thrown to the ground. Both men were beaten so hard that they couldn't move.
I heard the fifth lady's voice: "Withdraw these two people's current duties, and we will clean the Meiyuan from now on."
Even if you beat him, you still have to be punished! Cleaning was hard work, but at least my life was saved.
The two of them had no choice but to accept their fate. They were too stupid to think they were smart.
Then Xining said to everyone: "I want to meditate. From today on, I will close the door and thank guests. Everyone who wants to go out must get my permission. Without my handbook, everyone who goes out will be cut off. Anyone who spreads the things on Zhuangzi Those who were slaves had their tongues cut out and sold; those who were servants were beaten to death.”
(End of chapter)