The coachman smiled awkwardly. He took the initiative to walk up to Zi Juan and apologized, "Miss, it's all villains who get drunk and cause trouble. If there is a next time, miss just throw the villain away."
Faced with the coachman's apology, and thinking that she would have to rely on him to return to Lander County in the future, Zijuan had no intention of immediately holding him accountable.
After all, they wouldn't be able to reach Rand County without him, so Zijuan just said, "Stop talking, things are already like this, and it's useless to talk about it. Fortunately, we were taken in by the store, so we didn't sleep in the wild. Don’t drink any more when you’re on your way. You’ll get in trouble if you drink too much. When you get to Lander County, no one will care how much you want to drink.”
After being educated by Zijuan, the man had a good attitude, "I know."
Seeing that he had a good attitude, Zijuan said no more. She just said, "Okay, since you know you are wrong, you should come over for dinner quickly."
However, when they heard that the coachman was asked to come to the table to eat, everyone only showed disgusted expressions: "Miss, if he comes to the table to eat, I won't eat."
"Yeah, I feel sick."
Some of the people who said this felt disgusted by the thought of him falling into the cesspit, while others were dissatisfied with him for drinking and causing trouble, so everyone's words at the moment were very unpleasant.
But before Zijuan could say anything, the door of the shop suddenly made a loud banging sound.
At first everyone thought it was the sound of wind and rain outside, but soon everyone heard that someone was knocking on the door.
And while the man was banging on the door, he shouted loudly, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there!"
It’s already this time, who would still be rushing here?
When they thought of this, everyone stopped arguing. Everyone fell silent.
When the person who knocked on the door saw no one responded, he immediately said loudly, "If there was no one, I would have barged in!"
As the other party's words fell. Then I heard the man suddenly start banging on the door.
Zijuan was really afraid that this person would break in, and she didn't dare to say anything at this moment, so she immediately said, "There is someone in the house, please wait, we will open the door right away."
As soon as the words fell, Zijuan immediately signaled to the coachman to pick up a wooden stick and squat behind the door, while the other maids also hid first.
After everyone hid, the old lady Zhang walked over and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I'll be right here."
After the words fell, those people saw that there was someone in the room, and they stopped talking.
Then the old lady Zhang slowly opened the door.
After the door opened, everyone just thought that there would be a violent storm waiting for them outside.
Unexpectedly, after Mrs. Zhang opened the door, although it was indeed stormy outside, the two people standing at the door were wrapped in the wind and rain and looked like drowned rats.
They are old and young, no matter how you look at them, they are weak and weak.
That's why the man hiding behind the door didn't stretch out a stick to beat the drowned dog.
And Zijuan didn't signal anyone to take action.
Because the rain also drifted onto the steps, the young man couldn't bear the rain. So after seeing Mrs. Zhang open the door, he immediately took the first step and squeezed into the house through Mrs. Zhang's arm.
When the old man saw this, he only scolded the unruly young man.
Then he Shi Shiran took off the bamboo hat on his head and said to the old woman, "If it hadn't been for a heavy rain in the mountains today, I wouldn't have come to disturb you. I apologize for any inconvenience caused."
After saying this, the old man only apologized, but the moment he took off his hat, Zijuan recognized him directly.
Because of this, Zijuan immediately put down her guard and hurried downstairs. She even called out loudly, "Uncle Xu, why are you here?"
Hearing Zijuan's question, everyone hiding behind the door completely put down their sticks. After all, many of them had worked together in the same mansion. When they heard Zijuan's name, Uncle Xu, and saw the old man's face, they Naturally, they recognized that the embarrassed old man was Manager Xu who had worked with them in the Zhou Mansion before, wasn't it? It's just that he was arranged to live in the lady's house a while ago, and we didn't see him often after that.
Realizing that the visitor was Manager Xu, everyone naturally came out one after another.
Guan Xu first looked at Zijuan upstairs, and then at the people who suddenly jumped out next to him, with a burst of surprise in his eyes, "I found you."
Then he seemed to realize something was wrong, and he looked at the sticks in everyone's hands.
When the people holding the sticks saw Manager Xu looking at them, they rushed to throw away the sticks as if they wanted to disassociate themselves from the sticks.
It was Zijuan who explained, "Manager Xu, don't mind. We didn't know it was you just now, and we were afraid that a thief would come in, so we raised the stick."
Hearing Zijuan's words, Manager Xu just said, "It's a good thing to be vigilant."
Zijuan smiled, and then she just said to Manager Xu, "Manager, your clothes are soaked, why don't you quickly change into clean clothes."
After saying this, Zijuan only motioned to Mrs. Zhang to make a bowl of ginger soup. After all, there was no good medicine nowadays, and a cold could kill someone.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly went down, but Manager Xu said, "Miss Zijuan, there's no need to rush, I actually came to see you for something!"
"Looking for me? Why are you looking for me?" Zijuan obviously felt that everything before was over, so she just asked in surprise.
Manager Xu didn't answer, but sighed first, and Zijuan just sighed and followed his thoughts.
After all, she had also worked with Manager Xu. When he was in the Zhou Mansion, he handled all the family affairs in an orderly manner. It seemed that no big or small matter was difficult for him.
It was also because his calm and careful temperament was so valued by the madam that she put this accustomed old man in the young lady's house, firstly to monitor the uncle, and secondly to take good care of her big brother. family business.
Therefore, in Zijuan's opinion, anything that could make the old man sigh must be a big deal, and it must be related to the Zhou Mansion.
Therefore, Zijuan immediately spoke out and urged, "Manager Xu, what happened? Why are you sighing like this? But what happened to Madam?"
Didn't expect that. Zijuan actually hit the nail on the head.
Manager Xu no longer thought about what to say at the moment.
He nodded. "Yes, something happened to Madam."
"What happened to her?" Zijuan's mind went blank. It seemed that she had only been away for half a day. She really didn't understand what accident could happen in this half day.
Manager Xu also knew that Zijuan was impatient, so he immediately said, "Do you still remember that Fang Yue'er?"
Zijuan nodded, but she still seemed to be unable to make any connection between the wife's unhappiness and Fang Yue'er. After all, Fang Yue'er was in a place like Li Chun Yuan. If no one ransomed her, it would be impossible for her to come out easily.
Manager Xu didn't care what Zijuan thought. Seeing that she still remembered Fang Yue'er, he immediately said, "That Fang Yue'er falsely accused Madam in the Yamen of forcing her into prostitution. Now we can't get the contract, Madam is in prison." He's being guarded."
Hearing this, Zijuan immediately screamed, "How could such a thing happen? Isn't Fang Yue'er still in Lichun Courtyard?"
Zijuan thought that Fang Yue'er's matter would really be caused by Fang Yue'er's father, and since Fang Yue'er couldn't be found, there was nothing his father could do.
How did Fang Yue'er come out?
Upon hearing Zijuan's question, Manager Xu only whispered, "I heard that Fang Yue'er seemed to have been redeemed by his cousin, a butcher named Fang Dali."
Upon hearing what Manager Xu said, Zijuan also had some impressions. When Fang Yue'er's father came to make trouble, there seemed to be a tall, silent and vicious man standing behind him. That man was very powerful. In terms of deterrence, although he will only take action at critical moments, his sense of presence is not low.
Even the Zhou Mansion would pay attention to Fang Yue'er's cowardly father's appeal, because of Fang Dali's reason.
So at this moment, Zijuan seemed to be able to believe that the man took action.
She said anxiously, "Then what should we do now?"
When Manager Xu saw Zijuan asking, he immediately whispered, "This matter is actually easy to handle, as long as you agree to do one thing for us."
Zijuan immediately asked, "What's the matter?"
Manager Xu then whispered, "I heard from Madam that you seem to have signed a new contract with the old father of the Fang family. That contract is a death contract, which also proves that Fang Yue'er is a slave. Since she is a slave, then he It is reasonable for me to be betrayed by my master. That’s why the lady asked me to come to you just to get the contract back."
Hearing what Manager Xu said, Zijuan was stunned for a moment, and then she seemed to finally remember the contract.
She just whispered, "Wait a minute, let me look for it."
As soon as the words fell, Zijuan hurried upstairs.
While Zijuan went to look for the contract letter, Manager Xu finally went to the next room to change out of the wet clothes after being persuaded by other maids.
Later, after changing into wet clothes, the old lady Zhang just happened to bring the prepared ginger soup, and the two of them immediately started drinking a bowl of ginger soup each.
Zijuan came down while they were drinking ginger soup.
Seeing her coming down, Manager Xu's eyes all fell on Zijuan.
But the young coachman was still drinking ginger soup.
Seeing the anxious look on Manager Xu's face, Zijuan took the initiative to walk to Manager Xu and said to Manager Xu, "Manager, is this the death contract you are talking about?"
The steward quickly took a look at the deed. When he saw the two big characters in the deed, Steward Xu was overjoyed, "Yes! That's what I said. Madam is saved!"
Seeing that the steward was so happy, Zijuan still looked gloomy.
Manager Xu looked up and saw Zijuan's expression. Because of this, Manager Xu couldn't help but glance at Zijuan and said, "Girl, why are you looking like this?"
Zijuan did not explain the reason immediately. She just said to Manager Xu, "Manager, you'd better not be too happy too early. Please take a closer look at the contract first."
