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Chapter 153 - Liar Xiao Letian
Before the Jiao Si'er returned to the Fuca's house, he had been secretly summoned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was something the standard-bearers of the Beijing knew, and Er Mao even took a risk to pass on a piece of information to Fu Hui.
The Eight Flag System of Qing Dynasty was never good at keeping secrets. The popinjays of the eight flags lived all day long just waiting for their food and crops, making tea, strolling in the brothels, raising big yellow dog, playing with thrushes, eighth brother, and the crickets and gourds … The rest of his time was spent sitting on a mountain and making fun of the matters of the imperial court.
No matter what kind of high ranking official you are, regardless of which noble you are, to be full of food in the mouth of this Eight-Flag Lord, your ability to rule the country is not as good as his. The system of eight flags was originally like that of a clan system. The people here were all relatives so they had a lot of connections. Who was going to capture who? Who could make things difficult for who?
Even if the high officials of the imperial court knew that these people were scolding them, even if they knew that they were using the imperial government's secrets to discuss things, they would have no way of doing so. If they dared to touch anyone, they would scrape up a hornet's nest.
Just like that, generation after generation, two groups of wild politicians came out of late Qing. One of them was a Hedonist with eight flags, and the other was a unambitious scholar. These two groups of people became the biggest leaker organization in Great Qing Dynasty, and no one would hold them accountable if they leaked it out.
Take the Jiao Si'er for example. When he came out of Ministry of Internal Affairs that night, not even two hours had passed, and he already stayed at home for supper. Even his close friends were all pulled out from under the hot blankets, and they all blew out at the banquet without anyone asking him. The morning of the second day, Chun Sanshiniang's intelligence network had already grasped the most accurate information.
The master behind An Dehai was Ci Xi, which meant that the Jiao Si'er himself was Ci Xi's spy. With such a powerful backer, the Jiao Si'er would be able to do whatever they wanted, even if the Zeng Family brothers saw him, they would have to show him some respect.
”Then what should we do!?” This old dog is just standing there in front of me. Xiao Letian's heart was filled with boredom, but this question was truly unsolvable. If he touched the Jiao Si'er, it would mean that Xiao Letian did not give face to the empress dowager, which meant that he had the intention to disobey. If you, a Chinese man, refuse to be watched by the court, you are committing a great injustice.
The room became silent, after a long while, Fan Lian finally spoke up, ”There's no good way, we can only spend silver to support them, it's just 10,000 taels per month, can't we afford to pay for it?”
”No, I can't bear to, this group of sons of bitches want 10,000 per month, and raising them for a year is equivalent to tearing down a scissor boat and burning them to ashes, you guys can't bear to let me!” What's more, was the appetite of this bunch of grandsons so little? ”Today, we will need ten thousand and fifteen thousand every month …”
Qing San Ye understood these servants now, he nodded his head and thought to himself, ”Almost every year, there are always cases of slaves bullying the owner in Beijing, these grandsons are indeed like what Brother Xiao said, they are ingrate bastards who can't be fed. If spending money can really solve the problem, then we would have spent it, but I'm afraid that if we spend it, they will bite you …”
At this time, Dragon Lord, who had been listening, spoke out. ”I have a solution, but I wonder if Sir is willing to use it?” Under everyone's astonished gazes, Dragon Lord said a few words in a low voice, and the more he said Xiao Letian and the other two, the more astonished he became.
”This, this, this, this …” Isn't this a bit too much of a loss? ” Qing San Ye listened till he was shaking his head, but Xiao Letian was exceptionally excited, ”Good, good, good, it's a bit damaging, but against this kind of shameless thing, you won't be able to suppress its Evil Qi. Dragon Lord, you go and make the arrangements, it's all going to be done …”
At this time, Xiao Letian turned around and guided San Ye yet again, ”What happened? San Ye couldn't bear to part with his family's servant? Think about it, after all these years, after your family has declined, does he still take you as his master? How many times have I paid you a visit? How many times have I helped you? ”He's still treating me like a good person …”
The Third Master got hit by Xiao Letian and wanted to explain why he couldn't bear to leave. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the stairs and a small voice came from outside the door, ”Manager Fan …. The head storekeeper of the Guangde had arrived … That one... ”Your elder brother is here …”
Fan Lian's face immediately darkened, ”Is there no end to this? Why was it that the older he got, the greedier he became, and the more shameless he would be … You guys go on, I'll go downstairs and get rid of him... ”
Before Fan Lian could finish speaking, he heard the sound of wooden stairs approaching, and the guards outside quickly stopped them. ”Aiyo, Masters, how come you came directly up here? ”We'll serve tea downstairs, please serve tea downstairs …”
”You brat, you're too rude. If I remember correctly, you're also a shop assistant who walked out of our Guangde, and you actually dare to stop me? ”You ungrateful dog, I see what's wrong with my own little brother. No matter what, this business is still called Fan. Dodge …”
The noise outside became louder and louder, the little fellow was obviously unable to stop it. At this time, the sound of short swords being drawn could be heard and the guard at the door coldly said, ”Retreat, mother, retreat. Take another step forward and kill without mercy!”
Forget it, in less than half a minute the door was already opened, and Xiao Letian had no choice but to open his mouth and say, ”Putting away all the knives, what do you think? This is a merchant's name and not a battlefield ….” Manager Fan's, is your big brother outside? ”
Seeing that his big brother had already barged in, Fan Lian sighed and nodded, then opened the door. At this time, Fan Lian's big brother Fan Ru who was outside the door was completely pale, he had never seen anything like this before, the shining dagger was almost at his nose, the old man was already in his sixties, he almost peed his pants in fright.