In fact, Shao Xi was not the only one who lost interest in visiting the lantern festival. After such a fuss, Lao Wu, Ning'er and Bai Jinqing also lost interest in going shopping.
So a few people discussed and simply sent Liu Ling back first, and then they went to Bailu Academy to see how the preparations for the papermaking workshop and printing room were going. Although it was already very late, it was the Lantern Festival after all, so it didn't count. Disturb Bai Dinggong and Liu Xingzhai.
On the way back, Shao Xi chatted with Fu Biao. After all, he was a newly hired guard, so he had to understand the basic situation first.
"From now on, I will call you Fu Biao in front of outsiders, and I will call you Brother Fu in private. This way you won't look so unfamiliar. You don't think of yourself as a guard, just think of yourself as a family member. We It’s like this at home.”
Fu Biao walked behind Shao Xi all the way. This was the rule when facing the head of the family. He was not allowed to walk side by side with the head of the family.
"It is a kindness of the head of the house to treat the villain as a family member, but after all, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority. Whether at home or outside, the head of the house is the head of the house, and the guard is the guard. This gift cannot be abolished."
Shao Xi raised his hand and pointed at Old Wu and asked, "Do you know who he is?"
Fu Biao looked up at Old Wu who was chatting and laughing with Ning'er, and replied hesitantly: "This old man looks like the elder of the family head, and this young lady should be the family head's sister!"
Shao Xi resisted laughing and said to Biao: "You are only half right. That old guy is indeed my elder, and this little girl is indeed my sister. But if you ask them themselves, their answers will definitely be the same. I am different."
Fu Biao was confused by Shao Xi. How come the words from the head of the family were different from what they asked themselves? Are the relationships in the mansion so complicated? Or is it because I am slow in thinking and haven’t come around?
Seeing the confused expression on his face, Shao Xi stopped teasing him and directly shouted at Old Wu and Ning'er, "Old guy, little girl! Brother Fu doesn't know what you two do at home. You two tell him yourselves!"
Old Wu guessed that this guy was just playing tricks, and replied with an unhappy look: "You brat, what's wrong with you? You won't tell him yourself? Why are you calling us?"
Ning'er, on the other hand, was well-behaved and smart. When she saw Shao Xi asking, she hurriedly replied: "I am the maid who brings tea and water in the house, and grandpa is an old servant who chops firewood in the woodshed."
"ah?"
When Shao Xi looked back at Fu Biao, he could see a look of surprise and disbelief on his face. Perhaps he was shocked by Ning'er's answer just now.
"If I didn't say it, I really wouldn't be able to tell that the two of them are actually the master's servants and maids. The three of you look like family members and don't distinguish between each other. They don't look like master and slaves at all."
"Everyone in my family is family, but everyone has different responsibilities at home. This old guy has been with me for more than ten years. I regard him as my grandfather, and I have always regarded that little girl as her. She is a younger sister, so Brother Fu, you are the same. When we go out, we are the head of the family and our guardians in front of outsiders. When we return home, we are a family behind closed doors."
Fu Biao was very moved when he heard this. He bowed deeply to Shao Xi and said, "The master of the house is really kind! In all these years, I have never seen a master who treats his slaves as family members like the master of the house. Since the master of the family is willing to treat the villain as a relative, from now on the master of the family will be the relative of the villain. No matter what the master orders, the villain will never frown even if he is a mess."
"Okay, if the owner of the family is a villain, you call me like this outside. Now there are no outsiders, you can just call me Shao Xi."
"No, how can you call the master of the family by his first name? From now on, I will call the master of the family as Young Master in private."
Shao Xi thought about it, everyone has their own principles of doing things, and they can't force it. So he nodded and continued: "The remuneration I told you before was not a joke. If you need money at home, just ask me. As long as I can afford it, I will pay you. "
Although Shao Xi had said this before in front of Yu Ming and others, at that time Fu Biao only thought that it was Shao Xi and those dudes fighting against each other. Now that Shao Xi confirmed this to him, he was still shocked. Unexpectedly, At such a young age, the head of the family is so true to his word, and his magnanimity and courage are inconsistent with his apparent age.
Fu Biao had just transferred to Shao Xi's sect, and Shao Xi refreshed his knowledge again and again. All the things he had never seen before, or even thought about, actually happened.
"Young Master...are you not afraid that I will spend money randomly?"
Shao Xi asked casually, "Do you have family in Daliang City?"
"Both of my parents died when I was young. One of my brothers died fighting at the border early in his life. I have not yet married, and I have no children. I am alone with no family."
"Then eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, other than gambling, nothing else is considered wasteful spending."
"Uh——! Forgive me for asking, why is prostitution not counted?"
Shao Xi glanced at Fu Biao, "You are an old bachelor in your thirties and there is no woman around you. Isn't it normal to go to a brothel?"
"puff……"
Fu Biao almost choked to death on his own saliva. Is this what a seventeen-year-old boy should say? This is more than many adults know.
At this time, Shao Xi asked the question he was most interested in.
"Brother Fu, with your fifth-grade martial arts level, it is hard for people to understand that you can only be a small captain in the Dongping Mansion's martial arts army, but why are you now reduced to being a guard for the Shangshu Mansion? Could it be that it happened? What happened?"
"It's a long story. I joined the army at the age of fifteen and became a captain in the army for nineteen years. Originally, I never thought about becoming a high official. I just wanted to protect our country, Jing Yuan, with my brothers in the army. But just two years ago, when we were in the midst of a fierce battle with the Dongmu Kingdom at the front, the escort officer and the supervisor responsible for escorting grain and grass colluded to embezzle grain wages and sell off the money, resulting in less than one tenth of the grain and grass arriving at the front. . I argued with them, but they not only refused to replenish my food and salary, but falsely accused me of gathering a crowd to cause trouble and inciting the soldiers to mutiny. They not only beat my military stick, but also removed my military status and kicked me out of the Wuwei Army. These two things Over the years, in order to have enough to eat, I have had to rely on my martial arts to guard the gates and courtyards. A few months ago, I met Yu Ji and Yu Shangshu. He heard that I was from the military and saw that my martial arts were pretty good. So he recruited me into the mansion as a bodyguard, but who knew that the person I was asked to protect was a notoriously evil young man in Daliang City. In fact, I wanted to leave a long time ago."
After hearing Fu Biao's experience, Shao Xi was deeply moved. Corrupt officials were rampant in both the court and the local military government. If these people were not eliminated, not to mention ordinary people, even the soldiers who fought bloody battles at the front. How sad and helpless it is to be unable to even have a full meal!
The world is too big and there are too many injustices! Shao Xi knew that he couldn't take care of so much. He could only take care of the things around him and the people in front of him. There was really nothing else he could do.
"Brother Fu, don't worry! Not only can you have enough to eat here, but you can also eat well every time. If you encounter any personal difficulties in the future, just ask, and I will definitely help you if I can."
When Fu Biao heard what Shao Xi said, he hesitated for a moment and finally decided to speak.
"Sir, I really want to ask you for help with something right now. However, this matter is not my personal matter, but concerns my former colleagues."
"Are they your brothers from the Tiger Camp? What's the matter with them?"
"To tell you the truth, young master, recently several brothers from Huziying who fought with me on the front lines have also retired from the military, but they have nowhere to live and food to eat. They came to find me, but I am in the Shangshu Mansion. They are barely making ends meet, so there is nothing they can do. I know that the young master is a kind-hearted person. I wonder if I can recruit them into the house as guards? I guarantee the young master that the character of these brothers is beyond words, and they are all honest and honest. , brave and loyal, brave and not afraid of death."
Shao Xi was overjoyed, isn't this good? What just happened today was that Lao Wu and Ning'er were surrounded by a group of rogues. If there were a group of guards at home, they could protect them on weekdays, and they would feel more at ease when they were away.
In this way, he helped the people mentioned by Fu Biao. Shao Xi was naturally willing to do this kind of thing of selling favors and getting benefits.
"How many of your brothers are there? Call them all over here! Come to the house to protect us."
Although Fu Biao was happy when he heard this, he still hesitated and said with some embarrassment: "To be fair, sir, there are a lot of people."
When Shao Xi heard that there were a lot of people, his eyes suddenly widened and he couldn't help but ask: "It's not that all the brothers from your battalion are here, right? That's not a guard, it's like the family has a private army. .”
"No, no, no! Not that many. There are ten people who came to see me this time. I just wonder how many of them can you take in?"
"Call them all over. You can bring them home to see me tomorrow. If they are suitable, keep them all. Later, I will make a few new sets of clothes for each of you, and then go to the weapon shop to choose a few for each person. The weapons in your hands, from now on these people will all be under your control, and you will lead them."
Fu Biao was really touched at this moment. Shao Xi not only took him in with the most favorable conditions, but also took in the brothers who had been with him through life and death in Aiwu and Wudi. A master who treated his servants so kindly would probably never meet him again in this life. The second one.
Regardless of the large number of people walking on the road at this time, Fu Biao lifted up his robe and knelt down on the street with a thump. His sudden kneeling really shocked Shao Xi.
"Brother Fu, what are you doing?"
Fu Biao knelt on the ground, cupped his hands and said: "Young Master and Fu Biao were so kind and trustful when they first met. Fu Biao has nothing to repay. Today I swear an oath that the lives of me and my brothers will belong to Young Master from now on, even if the future is ahead We are willing to go through fire and sword for the young master, and we will have no regrets even if we die."
"No, no! We are all family from now on. Why should I ask you to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire? If that's the case, wouldn't it be that I am too incompetent? Get up quickly. What does it look like for a big man to kneel in the street? ?”
With that said, Shao Xi pulled Fu Biao up. What he was most unaccustomed to was having others kneel on him.
