Hexi

Chapter 240 The Loyal Servant
"Stop drawing?"

Seeing Su Wei push away the pen and paper and stand up, Fusang asked.

Su Wei looked back and rubbed her temples subconsciously: "Let's put it aside for now. Let's talk later."

From last night to now, she has not taken a serious rest. At first, she only felt that although the task was heavy, it would not be difficult for her. With the pictures brought by Han Mo, she was more confident, but after the first draft, she gradually realized that, Things were not as easy as she imagined. All the machines made by the Su family were modified based on the ideas of the great-grandfather. After several generations of development, they have never changed from the same origin, even when it comes to Su Luo's place.

To completely get rid of the achievements of the ancestors and create them separately, it will take three days to figure out a way of thinking.So she can only follow the Su family's practice.

But the three days were set by Su Shou. Why did it seem like he was certain that she would have a way to come up with the answer within three days?
There will be no answer for a while, and since I have done this, I don't think so much.

After the meal, Nanny Bao came back, and Mu Jin brought her to Su Luo, and she fell to the ground with a plop.

Su Wei asked her to get up, and then asked her: "Have you been in contact with the Xie family a lot in recent years?"

Nanny Bao shook her head: "Not many. At most two or three times a year. They are the ones who come to contact me."

"Who's here?"

"The steward of the Xie family, Wang Zhan. Steward Wang has been in charge of the Xie family for many years, and the Wang family also has a son from the Xie family."

"He was looking for you, where did you meet?"

"It's all outside. Sometimes it's in the inn, sometimes it's on the embankment, temple, etc. There's no specific place."

"Aside from giving you the task and receiving information, what else did he tell you?"

Nanny Bao thought for a moment, then asked, "What aspect does the girl want to know?"

"Xie's family." Su Luo didn't go around with her, "I want to know, how has the Xie family been doing in the past few years? After the mother passed away, is their family still so prosperous?"

"Of course it is." Madam Bao immediately said, "The wealth of the Xie family is not one generation or two. It has been rich since the grandfather of the great grandfather, and the future generations have made a fortune. The family wealth has not accumulated much. The same is true for the people Prosperous, the second master was promoted to the magistrate in Guizhou Province three years ago, and the third master is also successful in his studies, has learned martial arts, and even helped the government arrest robbers."

She leaned her upper body slightly, her expression focused when she spoke, and there was an unquestionable light in her eyes.

In any case, she seemed to believe the situation herself.

The news sent by Han Mo said that the second child of the Xie family is still in prison after being involved in a lawsuit, while the third child is paralyzed in bed. Before the paralysis, he was enthusiastic about government affairs.In this way, both of them have some relationship with the government.

Su Luo asked: "Wang Zhan told you this? How has the Xie family been in the past three years? Did he say anything?"

Nanny Bao shook her head.She is an "old" person with rich experience, and she already knows how to respond when Su Luo asks this.

"Wang Guanshi never said this. I heard about the current situation from my wife in the past. Of course, every time my uncle came to Beijing from Huizhou, I received the servants around me. I also knew from them. few.

"Although I haven't heard anyone talk about the Xie family in recent years, I think such a huge family will not change much in just two or three years.

"Young lady specially asked this old slave to ask, did she hear something?"

There is no need to deliberately hide this matter from her. "I heard that the Xie family has not been doing very well in the past few years. Many shops have been closed for business, and my second uncle got involved in a lawsuit and is still in prison. My third uncle was paralyzed in bed due to an accident. Wang Zhan has come to look for you every year, has he never revealed this?"

Nanny Bao opened her eyes wide in shock. "This is impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Su Luo looked at her, "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have blessings and misfortunes. No matter how prosperous a family is, it can't stop accidents from happening."

Nanny Bao frowned: "Guard Wang never mentioned it, where did the girl hear it?"

"Don't worry about it." Su Luo said seriously, "I know you are loyal to the Xie family, and I think you don't want them to do this kind of thing. But if the news is reliable, and it is true, then do you think it's normal?"

Madam Bao was questioned.Clenching her skirt with both hands, she didn't speak for a long time.

Su Wei continued: "The Xie family doesn't care about having another lock shop. It's strange that they are plotting the main business of the Su family. In the past few years, there have been accidents in the family one after another, but they still persist in sending people to Beijing. Why didn't they focus on rescuing my second uncle and healing my third uncle when they ordered you to steal the Su family's things? How important are the Su family's things to them?
"If you're really loyal to the Xie family, is it really true that you're just being loyal to the Xie family if you just follow orders foolishly and turn a deaf ear to the changes facing the Xie family instead of finding ways to figure out the situation and strive to advance and retreat with them?"

Nanny Bao gritted her teeth and lowered her head slowly.

After Su Luo finished speaking, she stopped urging her.

After a long time, Mammy Bao raised her head again. "Since the girl deliberately brought me back from Zhuangzi for questioning, the news must be reliable.

"It is true that Wang Guanshi never mentioned to me these changes in Xie's family. Every time, without exception, he urged the progress. But now that I think about it carefully, it is he who came straight to the goal like this, but he seemed a little hasty. Two Master and the third master are such good people, especially the third master, who I grew up watching..."

She raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes. "Accidents have happened from top to bottom, this is definitely not normal, there must be a conspiracy!"

"What kind of conspiracy do you think it will be?"

Nanny Bao shook her head blankly. "It would be great if the old slave knew." After a while, she looked up from her loneliness again: "But..."

"But what?"

"Just now when the girl mentioned that the Xie family had closed many shops, the old slave remembered that before his wife got engaged to the Su family, the Xie family also experienced a period of unrest. It was also because of a lawsuit that the Xie family was finally confiscated and many of them were taken away. Silver taels, the officials who went to the court at that time said that the batch of silver was related to the salary, and the Xie family looked for people to deal with them. Fortunately, the ancestors forged a lot of good relationships, and finally saved the day. But even so, it is said that they still handed over 10,000+ taels Silver. The business was also affected, and it took a year or two to recover."

"Officials going to the court?" Su Luo frowned, "What kind of officials are they?"

"This old slave really doesn't know. My wife was just a young lady who hadn't left the cabinet at the time. As a wet nurse, Lao Lu also didn't leave the door, and didn't step out of the second door. She didn't listen to much about the outside world. The 10,000 + taels of silver The amount, I heard from my wife later."

(End of this chapter)