Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1390 Zhou Yu Beats Huang Gai

Wu Zhixiang was a little embarrassed - what a smart person he was, one could tell at a glance that this girl was usually favored by Mr. Zhao in front of him, so she was a little proud of being favored.It's Meng Lang who makes good decisions and acts. No wonder the usually gentle and elegant Mr. Zhao is so thoughtful: the so-called deep love comes with serious responsibilities.

Seeing that Zhao Yingong saw that the servants were standing still, he became even angrier: "What are you still doing in a daze? Drag it out!"
This time, Ding, who was originally following behind them as a security mission, did not dare to be negligent, and set up Xihua, who was already teary-eyed, and left.

Wu Zhixiang saw that she didn't even say a word of begging for mercy, but her eyes were full of nostalgia for Zhao Yingong. Mr. Wu was also the seed of affection, and he had flirted with several maids at home.Unconsciously, his heart softened, and he smiled and said: "Brother Zhao, why do you need to be so angry, this girl is not sensible, just teach her a few tricks, why bother."

Everyone was terrified at first—this Xihua is no different from ordinary people, he is one of the few children that the master personally chooses to teach beside him, and the servants and maids named master are actually the master's students.On weekdays, he is a unique role.Today, they were suddenly enraged by thunder, and they couldn't help being stunned.

Some were quick-witted, and had already guessed that this was the master's way of taking Xihua.The servant of the foreman reacted the fastest, walked up to Zhao Yingong, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed heavily:

"Master, calm down! I can't blame Miss Xihua this time. It's the slaves talking too much about the heat in the workshop, and everyone can't stand it... There are thousands of mistakes, and it's all the fault of the slaves. Please forgive Miss Xihua. Punish the slaves—”

Zhao Yingong was slightly startled, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Slave Huang Xiang—"

Seeing Master Zhao's unkind expression, Huang Xiang was a little scared, not knowing whether her bet was right or not, but the matter had come to this point, there was no other way but to bite the bullet.Then he kowtowed again:

"I beg the master to be merciful! Spare Miss Xihua!"

"You don't want to sell here. I have a lot of things recently, and I didn't care about managing the affairs of the village. You guys are getting more and more presumptuous! How can this go on-since you came out to accept the crime, why don't you pay attention?" Even if you have a loyal heart, I will temporarily spare you the pain of flesh and blood today——Feng Hua! Tell the steward to give her a month's money!"

At this time, the torture had already been carried out outside, and the sound of beating bamboo boards and moaning and weeping came in.The female workers and servants were silent and dared not speak again.Wu Zhixiang couldn't bear to hear the sound, and came to persuade again:
"Even though she has all kinds of faults, she is still a weak girl. Brother Zhao's establishment of philanthropic halls and silk factories is a matter of accumulating good deeds and doing good deeds. If she really wants to do something good or bad, it will hurt her face and violate the principle of tolerance. Obstacles to objection."
Seemingly realizing that "beating to death" is indeed too much—it would be a troublesome thing to kill a servant with a stick, Zhao Yingong took a heavy breath and said:
"Since I'm pleading for her, I'll let her go. Pass it on: hit [-] boards, and hit hard!" He waved his hand, "Tell everyone to pay attention to each one. Who dares to talk about the matter of the villa again, Anyone who leaks the news will never be forgiven!" After speaking, he stood up and raised his feet.

It's about the same as Zhao Yingong's estimate.The next night, Hao Yuan who was lurking in Nanxiawa already knew about this: Gou Chengxuan rushed to Nanxiawa as soon as he got the news and told Hao Yuan.

"This Xihua is not an ordinary person. They are the most favored servants around Zhao Yingong." Gou Chengxuan was very excited. Come here, it will be of great benefit to our actions."

Although the plan they formulated a few days ago has begun and is currently going well, there is still insufficient information in some of the most critical places.After several operations, Phoenix Villa has become a large manor. From the riverside to the mountains, there are dozens of houses in Phoenix Villa.Those places are the key points of the villa. Where Zhao Yingong rests and works on weekdays, and where the documents and gold and silver are stored in the villa are all mysteries to them.

They have several insiders in the villa, but these people are ordinary slaves or refugee workers, they can't get in touch with the core, they can only see and hear some superficial things.

Be it Gou Chengxuan, Hao Yuan, or Gou Chengxuan's master, they all adhere to the idea of ​​hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.If this painstaking management can't deal a fatal blow to Zhao Yingong and his group, making them slump, then with their strength, they will make a comeback sooner or later.

According to the current internal reports in the villa, they already know that there is a large team of servants in the villa, so finding out where the servants patrol and deploy defenses on weekdays becomes the necessary information for this operation.If you rashly mobilize people to attack the villa, rushing indiscriminately without knowing the details, it is more likely that the servants of the villa will be directly beaten.

Hao Yuan's attitude was much calmer, and he asked, "Isn't it a bitter trick?"

Gou Chengxuan seemed to have expected him to ask such a question: "I have asked the insider in detail. This matter has its causes and consequences, and it is definitely not a sudden incident."

He was talking about the news he got from the insider: Xihua focused on teaching on weekdays and did not want students to do chores; the environment in the silk reeling factory was harsh, and there were all kinds of discussions in the villa to tell Hao Yuan one by one.

"Xihua, this little lady was originally the daughter of a scholar. She can read and write, and is said to be able to compose poems. She looks just like Zhao Tu. She is very favored. It is not a day or two to be favored and arrogant. There is a vague Zhao Tu The meaning of being No.1. Zhao Tu didn't let her be his personal servant, but chose Feng Hua, who was black and ugly, and he meant to suppress her."

Hao Yuan still kept silent, continuing to listen to Gou Chengxuan's rambling.

Gou Chengxuan became more and more vigorous:
"...If she had an attack for no reason, not to mention brother, even my younger brother would feel strange. But if you think about it this way, it is at least seventy-eight percent true."

Hao Yuan nodded and said, "Brother Gou is right."

Only say "reasonable", not "right", such a smart person as Gou Chengxuan, knows that he has reservations.I want to continue talking.Hao Yuan asked suddenly: "Just now, Xihua offended Zhao Yingong because she begged for the lives of the female workers in the silk farm?"

"That's right!" Gou Chengxuan nodded again and again, "It is said that the insider said that this silk market is really like a hell on earth. Most people go in to do it, and they have to come out to take a rest within an hour. If they are weak, they will pass out in it for a quarter of an hour. It was fine a few days ago, but the weather is hot these days. Every day, several people would pass out and be carried out for medical treatment. It would take six hours a day, even on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. The female workers said it was unbearable, but I gritted my teeth and worked there because of the high wages.”

"How does Zhao Yingong treat the servants and female workers?"

"It's nothing to say, it's better than the average big family. But the control is also strict!" Gou Chengxuan said, "The insider said: in the villa, the slaves are given more money and food, and the board is also ruthless. Everything in the villa is the same. There are rules, and there will be no mercy if you break the rules.”

"Let's not talk about craftsmen's work, do ordinary servants do a lot of work?"

"A lot!" Gou Chengxuan said without hesitation, "The insiders say that the Zhao family has no idlers. They work from morning to night. But if the money is good and the food is good, everyone is willing to do more."

"So that's how it is." Hao Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "You said just now that this Xihua specially took the students to boil water and wash towels for the female workers?"

"Yes, if it wasn't like this, how could you offend Zhao Tu?" Gou Chengxuan said, "Speaking of which, this girl is really chivalrous."

"Is she also a chivalrous woman in normal times?"

This question stopped Gou Chengxuan immediately.When Gou Chengxuan talked with the insider, he only cared about the details of the matter itself, and didn't ask so much about the extended matter.

"This is not a detailed question..."

A smile appeared on the corner of Hao Yuan's mouth: "Brother Gou, I think it's very possible that this matter is a bitter scheme." He stood up, stood at the door, looked outside, tucked the straw curtain, and then turned around, " He, Zhao Yingong, will not fight sooner or later, but he suddenly uses her as a trick at this moment, isn't it a bit like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai?"

"But, it makes sense..."

"It makes sense both emotionally and rationally. It's just a matter of time." Hao Yuan said, "We have an insider in the villa, and Mr. Zhao also has eyes and ears in Hangzhou and Jiangnan. Now someone has to deal with it." His news may have already reached his ears."

Gou Chengxuan was surprised: Hao Yuan is right.How could I forget this stubble!After receiving the news yesterday, he not only carefully interrogated the insiders about the incident, but also discussed with Cao Guangjiu for more than an hour, going back and forth about the whole incident several times. The possibility of Hua as an internal response is very high.

However, they all forgot that they were dealing with Zhao Yingong secretly, and Zhao Yingong was not ignorant.

Since it is not ignorant, there will be a backhand.Right now they are in the dark, Zhao Yingong is in the open, and if they want to change positions offensively and defensively, it is most effective to send someone undercover.

When Hao Yuan said this, Gou Chengxuan felt as if he had just woken up from a dream.This gang of thieves is really treacherous!He gritted his teeth and said, "Thanks to brother Hao for reminding me! I almost caught Zhao Baldzi's way!"

Hao Yuan said lightly: "It's okay, Zhao Yingong's eyes are blinded by a single leaf. He thinks he's smart, so we'll give him a trick." He opened the ink cartridge, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote a few lines on a piece of paper, "Brother Gou, please call again. Once in the villa, I asked about the things on the paper one by one. The more detailed the better."

"Okay!" Gou Chengxuan was overjoyed when he heard that Hao Yuan still had "schemes to plan", and hurriedly took the paper over, blew on it, and put it into his bosom, "Little brother, let's do it now!"

(End of this chapter)