Then Zhu Ming told Fu Xie about the rules of Tantai Mansion in detail.
Nowadays, people only care about which places they cannot set foot in. The place where the female family members of the inner house live is the top priority. Even the male master must avoid suspicion, let alone the servants.
The main entrance of the mansion cannot be accessed, and servants must use side doors and side doors.
Then there are some things that cannot be done and some things that cannot be said.
Servants were equal to the property of their masters and had no freedom of marriage.
Servants cannot report on their masters, otherwise they will be hanged.
The more Xie Fu listened, the more chilled he became. It was over. This contract of betrayal had already nailed him down for the rest of his life.
After Zhu Ming finished speaking, he added: "The two of us are a bit meaner. We are not allowed to step out of this courtyard without permission."
Xie Fu lost his voice when he heard this, "What! You are not even allowed to step out of this courtyard."
Xie Fu looked at the courtyard, which was neither big nor small. The prisoners were nothing more than that.
Zhu Ming said, "What do you think? Is it so easy to be a pretty girl?" He said: "I signed a living contract, which will expire in half a year. Then I will be free again. As for you."
It was a matter of personal concern, so Xie Fu asked: "What about me?"
Zhu Ming smiled and said: "You were bought by the lady with money. You belong to the Tantai Mansion. You will belong to the Tantai Mansion for the rest of your life. Forget about your freedom."
Xie Fu asked in surprise: "Am I so mean?" As the son of the Xie family, although he was ignored by his family, at least he had freedom, but now the situation is much worse than before.
Zhu Ming patted Xie Fu on the shoulder lightly, "I know you have just recovered your memory and sobered up. It was difficult to accept it for a while, but you gradually got used to it. Although my life has been difficult in the past six months, I have survived it."
Xie Fu said: "Master Zhu, are you trying to comfort me?"
Zhu Ming smiled and said, hum, you hurt me so much just now, now I want you to taste this.
After dinner, Zhu Ming asked Fu Xie for some extra homework.
In addition to the two of them, there are two servants who take care of them in this courtyard.
Aunt Wu, the middle-aged woman in charge of two meals a day.
Hu Diquan is a tall and thick man. Hu Diquan mainly does some heavy work.
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Around Hai hour, although the sound of singing and dancing could still be heard faintly from the Qili Shantang River not far away, Tantai Mansion had returned to silence.
Most of the lights in the mansion have been extinguished, and only a few sparse rooms are still lit with silver lamps and red wax.
Xie Fu quietly got up and changed his clothes, but did not light the lamp.
How could he sleep? He could just be a slave, but he turned out to be a pretty boy raised by others.
If this news reaches the Xie family in Yangzhou, I am afraid that even if I die, my body will be dug out of the grave and whipped to vent their anger.
Although the Xie family has fallen into decline and their reputation is far inferior to what it once was, they were once a famous family with the same surname.
Even if he has been expelled from the Xie family ancestral hall, the entire Xie family cannot afford to lose face.
Although Xie Fu is an abandoned son of the family, he still has a strong sense of family honor in his heart. This is why he never dared to use the name Xie Fu in Yangzhou brothel and changed his alias to Li Shaodian.
He was never one to sit still and find solutions to problems.
Xie Fu walked out of the room and out of the yard.
He had already broken the rule of not stepping out of the yard twice in just one day of sobriety.
The first watch has passed, and the moon rises above the east window.
When you open the curtain and see the new moon, you immediately go down the steps to worship. It's a good time to worship the moon, but it's a little quieter.
The line of sight was not good, and Fu Xie was not familiar with the roads of Tantai Mansion. However, with his understanding of the architectural layout of large families, Fu Xie could roughly judge the location of the inner house.
It's nothing more than three in and five out. The inner house is at the very back of the mansion, and the courtyard is a little deeper. That's how it came about.
Not long after, I saw a bright light. The bright place must be the inner chamber.
Xie Fu Xundeng approached and came into view. Once the circular door was closed and a wall was closed, the inner house was isolated from the outside.
The wall was not short, just over a foot high. Xie Fu climbed up the wall with ease. He used to use this method to get home in the middle of the night.
As soon as I climbed up the wall, I found a bamboo ladder under the outer wall a few feet away.
this……
Maybe the servants forgot to put it away after repairing it.
Without thinking much, Xie Fu moved to a place covered by branches.
Although it was night at this time, the lights in the inner house were still on, so standing in a conspicuous position on the wall, there was still a possibility of being discovered.
Looking around, we can get an overview of the inner house. Most of the rooms are dark, and the lights are still on the second floor attic in the east wing. This second floor attic is probably Miss Tantai's bedroom.
There is an independent small courtyard to the north of the inner house, which is connected to the inner house by a corner door. It is the study courtyard. Xie Fu just visited it during the day, but he walked through the main entrance.
The study in the study courtyard was lit with lights, which was what attracted Xie Fu to pay special attention.
It's so late and this woman is still in the study? You are working so hard that you are almost catching up with me!
Xie Fu turned to look at the brightly lit second-story attic, and his heart was ready to move. She was not in the attic. This was a good time.
He originally came here tonight to familiarize himself with the environment of the inner house and understand Tantai Heqing's daily routine, so as to prepare himself for stealing the deed of betrayal.
I didn't expect to have such a good opportunity when I first came back.
Xie Fu's heart was pounding. Such a good opportunity could not be missed, so he immediately jumped off the wall.
After all, this matter is not visible to the public, but it is a matter of worry.
I secretly convinced myself that I was just here to get back the deed of betrayal that I signed in a daze, and I wasn’t trying to steal love and wealth. There was nothing to feel guilty about. I am a teacher of justice, and I don’t care about my heart or my deeds!
After thinking about it, this seems to have no connection, and the ending is the same as being caught.
There was no one in the inner house at this time. Xie Fu felt that he was a bit upright, and even the stairs without lighting went smoothly.
He walked softly along the stairs to the room on the second floor.
Generally, important things such as gold and silver, property deeds and land deeds will be placed in the inner bedroom.
Every brothel lady has a treasure chest to store gold and silver. This is experience.
Xie Fu was still relatively calm. He stood in front of the house and waited for a while to make sure there was no movement inside. Then he gently pushed the door open and entered the room with one foot.
A man suddenly came into view, Xie Fu was startled, he is a man hidden in a beautiful lady!
wrong! He has his face covered, he is a thief!
A thief meets a thief. Such a scene happened to me. It was so unexpected that I was not mentally prepared at all.
At this moment, the two of them looked at each other, although they didn't move, there was a trace of nervousness in their eyes.
No one expected to bump into someone suddenly, because the two of them, one inside and one outside, made no sound. If they were slaves in the inner house, they would at least make slight footsteps.
Soon the thief's eyes relaxed a little, and he also discovered that the masked Xie Fu was a thief.
Run together? Shout together? Or steal together?
Fu Xie looked at the thief's clothes. It was made of silk and silk. He was obviously a flower picker!
Xie Fu's sense of justice suddenly exploded. Although he could not see the light, he came to sell his body secretly. This was a resistance to slavery and oppression.
