Feng Xujie sat down where Du Mazi was sitting just now, and weakly said to Zhou Yunshu, "I didn't even get in."
"Why didn't you go in?"
"The housekeeper saw that I was a stranger and a young boy, so he kicked me away without even accepting the post."
He had never received such a cold reception before. Servants had always come to deliver invitations. Before he even arrived at the guest's house, there were already people waiting at the door to receive him.
Not to mention that the person in front of him is his subordinate.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the drooping Feng Xujie and instantly understood his sensitive self-esteem.
"So, you didn't reveal your identity."
Feng Xujie raised his head and explained to Zhou Yunshu: "Although this is in the middle of the river, the Feng family also has influence here. I am afraid that they will find me and be taken away by them."
"Then why did you let the Lu family's housekeeper accept a greeting card from an unknown person?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at Feng Xujie and said, "If you only represent yourself, Lu Zongping has no need to see you at all."
"Because you can't bring him the benefits he wants."
"You don't even dare to appear in front of him openly, why should he believe that you can defeat Feng Kewen."
Feng Xujie's back slumped and his eyes drooped unconsciously.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Feng Xujie opposite and said seriously: "Raise your head and look at me."
Feng Xujie raised his head and said, "Mr."
"What do you think is more important, self-esteem or the inheritance your father left you?"
Feng Xujie pursed his lips, hesitated for two seconds and said, "The property my father left to me."
"Which is more important, your parents' hatred or your self-esteem?"
"Of course it's my parents' hatred!" Feng Xujie didn't hesitate at all this time.
"So, it's nothing to lose a little dignity in order to succeed. Sometimes people who can give up their dignity are more fearful than people who insist on holding on to their own self-esteem."
Zhou Yunshu said: "Send the greeting card again and see Lu Zongping again. Being arrogant is not a bad thing, but arrogance regardless of the situation or opportunity is very ridiculous."
Feng Xujie nodded.
"Don't fall behind in studying. I don't expect you to be as proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics as Yunjia. I just want you to temper your temper. It's not a bad thing to learn to tolerate things before they reach your goal."
"I see."
"Go ahead."
"good."
After Feng Xujie left, the happy voices of children could be heard outside the window, including not only Xixi's voices, but also those of Yuan Ruo and others.
Sure enough, when she came to the yard, she saw Zhanchuan and Huzi each holding a small bean sprout. Both adults and children were having a great time playing.
Although Zhou Yunshu used He Niazhang's guidance to treat Zhan Chuan to a full meal at noon, she still asked Mama Liao to cook three large tables of delicious food in the evening.
It can be regarded as Zhou Yunshu officially introducing Zhanchuan to his own people.
Although Zhanchuan looks like the most ferocious one on the outside, he is not the least humane one.
Maybe he had done some business, but he and Shopkeeper Liang unexpectedly got into a fight.
After dinner in the evening, Zhou Yunshu wrote the new name she gave Du Mazi on a piece of paper and handed it to him.
Du Mazi looked at the piece of paper excitedly, and only recognized the word "DU". The two characters at the back looked pretty good, but Du Mazi just couldn't recognize what they were called.
"Du Hengxin." Zhou Yunshu looked at Du Mazi's confused eyes and read out those three words.
"Du Hengxin?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "I hope you will have a lasting will and be loyal to your own beliefs."
Du Mazi's eyes lit up. Although he didn't understand it very well, he knew that these two words were extremely good words.
He knelt directly in front of Zhou Yunshu with his name in his hand, "Thank you, sir!"
"I know, I, Du Ma... No, I, Du Hengxin, am today thanks to your blessing. From now on, I am willing to be your most loyal subordinate and serve you till my death!"
Zhou Yunshu stood up with a smile, helped Du Hengxin up, and said, "I am willing to promote you because you are worthy."
"You have done well during this period, and I believe you will do even better in the future."
Du Mazi, who changed his name to Du Hengxin, promised Zhou Yunshu: "I will definitely not let you down, sir!"
"In that case, then you should follow the children in morning classes every morning. From now on, I will randomly check your homework every week to avoid the situation where you don't recognize the words just now when they are placed in front of you."
Du Hengxin touched his head in embarrassment, "I understand, sir, I will study hard."
He didn't have the opportunity to study before, but now that he has the opportunity, he will definitely cherish this opportunity and not let down Zhou Yunshu, who is the only one who thinks highly of him.
Zhou Yunshu smiled and nodded: "There is one more thing I want to leave to you."
Du Hengxin patted his chest and said, "Sir, just give me your orders!"
"Help me find a man, a man from the island country." Zhou Yunshu recalled the man's appearance and continued: "He is about thirty years old, with sparse hair and a slightly chubby figure. He was beaten because of his rude words in a restaurant. , so the injuries on his body are quite obvious.”
"What's wrong with this guy?"
Zhou Yunshu curled her lips and said, "Teach him a lesson."
Du Hengxin cheered up after hearing this. He was good at this matter. "How far do you want to teach me a lesson?"
"As long as you don't die."
It would be too troublesome to die, and she didn't want to cause trouble for herself now.
"No problem. From what you said, I know that this person is definitely not popular. If we put a sack on him, he will definitely not know who we are."
"Okay, go ahead and do it."
"good!"
Du Hengxin left and Uncle He walked in.
"Uncle He, is there any news?"
Uncle He looked at Zhou Yunshu under the candlelight and became more and more convinced of her.
It was obviously an ordinary thing, but Zhou Yunshu could find something fishy from the clues.
"There is no sign of more troops from King Huainan, but." Uncle He looked at the calm and natural Zhou Yunshu and said, "Under the rule of King Huainan, the number of mountain bandits suddenly increased."
Zhou Yunshu laughed when she heard this and said, "There are so many bandits at this time."
"It's already very mountainous over there. Although there were bandits in previous years, they were suppressed by the King of Huainan. This year, it may be because the drought in Luzhou has affected several surrounding states, so there are so many people who have turned into bandits."
"Do you believe it?" Zhou Yunshu put down her pen and looked at Uncle He opposite.
To be honest, Uncle He didn't believe it.
He shook his head, "If you don't believe it, it's too much of a coincidence, so it's not a coincidence."
"Yes, there are too many bandits now, and King Huainan will definitely ask the court for help if he has insufficient troops. But now the court has too much time to take care of itself, so the reply to King Huainan is to let him handle it on his own."
Zhou Yunshu exhaled a breath and continued: "What else can we do? Of course let him recruit troops on his own."
"At that time, the self-recruited soldiers and the bandits made by Luocao may all be in his hands."
"Kill two birds with one stone, what a good plan."
