Blood from Daming

Chapter 12 Xue Zhuang
Xiao Zhuangzi of the Xue family.It is about 20 miles away from Guangqumen in the capital, and the small courtyard where Xue Yun lives is also five or six miles away.Every year when my grandfather came to the countryside, he would take Xue Yun to live there for a few days.

Xiaozhuangzi lived in less than fifty households, and most of them were servants of the Xue family, who cultivated the surrounding seven or eight hundred acres of land.Among these less than fifty households, there are nearly twenty households who are disabled members of Xue's family and generals of Ding's family, and Zhuangzi wants Xue's house in the city to pay back every year.

Zhuangzi suffered a loss and everyone's life was not good, and the Xue family's children would not come here easily.

No one is willing to take the seat of Guanzhuang Zhuangtou. The Ding family, the disabled family of the Xue family, is not easy to manage. Several people finally ran back to the city. The current Zhuangtou is Xue Si.

Xue Si came to see Xue Yun: "Master, hello second brother." Xue Er was also there.

"Sit down, fourth uncle, and talk about the situation in Zhuangzi." Xue Yun looked at the man who was blind in one right eye and had a long scar behind his ear and said respectfully.

"Young Master, Second Brother: It's good that it's just spring. The master sent a lot of things a few years ago. It's hard to tell after a while."

There are about [-] people in the Xue family village, more men than women, most of the disabled servants are bachelors and can't do much, life is worse than that of the Xue family servants, and a few people have complaints against the head of the family .

Xue Yun: "The situation in Second Uncle's Zhuangzi is too bad. When I first came in, I thought I was in a beggar's den. It wasn't like this in previous years."

Xue Si: "Young master, I was not the head of the village in the past. The management of the village was afraid that the master would be unhappy if he saw it, so he asked everyone to dress decently. If it was impossible, they would just stay at home, just for a few days."

Xue Yun was overjoyed: "You guys are making fakes, aren't you cheating yourself to find bad luck?"

Xue Si: "Whoever said no, everyone pushed me out to see if I could speak a few words in front of the master."

Xue Yun: "I want to use the treasures of my second uncle, you can see if it's okay."

Xue Er: "The treasure was acquired by you with your life, so naturally you are in charge."

Xue Yun: "Second Uncle, who else knows about this?"

Xue Er: "Xue Wu Xue Liu knows, but they both admire the young master, and have already expressed that the Xue family is willing to treat the young master as their master, and they will never say anything about it."

Xue Si: "Master, the brothers in the same village as my second brother are also willing to serve you."

Xue Yun: "How to do this is a matter for grandpa to decide. The Xue family is sorry for everyone. I will apologize to you on behalf of the Xue family."

The words have already been said, where Xue Er and Xue Si are willing to agree, and they asked Xue Wu and Xue Liu to recognize the master together, and Xue Si wanted to call everyone in the village to worship, Xue Yun hurriedly said that only a few of you recognized it, how many people know it? Great, let's talk about it in the future.

Xue Yun said: "Actually, I'm not having a good time in Xue's house. Everyone knows it. Since everyone pushes me, I'll just make up for everyone."

Xue Yundao: "The servant Zhuang Ding who participated in the battle this time will each receive 50 taels of silver. Those who have made great contributions will receive extra money, and those who are injured will receive 20 taels of silver."

Xue Er: "Young master, there should be more."

Xue Yundao: "Second Uncle, everyone worked hard with their lives and deserved it. I want the brothers below to know that they can live a good life even if they dare to work hard. People in Zhuangzi will be given two pieces of cloth and two taels of silver per household. I really don't want to do it next time." Goodbye to that shabbiness."

Everyone laughed, Xue Yun was about to say more, the servant came in and reported that some of the coachmen wanted to see the young master, and would ask the young master to let them stay, and wanted to be the young master's servants.

Xue Yun said: "Second uncle, let's all go and see together."

Xue Si: "Master, I won't go if I'm like this."

Xue Yun said: "Alright, fourth uncle will distribute the things in Zhuangzhong to make everyone happy. Then give a bolt of silk to each of Zhuang Ding who went to battle in Zhuangzhong, and another brother who has sold his life for the old Xue's family. A piece of silk and 20 taels of silver."

Xue Si: "Master, I will take them to thank you, Master."

Xue Yun said: "They don't need to thank me, this is what they deserve, and they can rest assured that the old Xue family will make them live a good life."

Outside the small village of Xue’s family, a dozen men, young and old, knelt in front of Xue Yun, and the oldest man said, “We are all refugees from Liaodong who fled into the customs and wandered around for half a year, forced to have no choice but to make a living with that large group of people.” Eat, I don’t want to be a robber, I wait for the good people, I only ask the young master to give me safe food.”

Xue Yun said coldly: "How can there be a stable food in this world."

The old man said: "Little old man can do things for you, my family members all know some crafts."

Xue Yundao: "Old man, bandits are rampant in this world and disaster victims are everywhere, and there are Tartars in the north, so everyone can eat safely."

The middle-aged man next to the old man said excitedly: "Master, I also killed three Tartars. It was because my father didn't let me kill the Tartars that I entered the customs with these relatives and neighbors. I died several times without eating or drinking. Okay, you take us in, I'll sell my life to you, okay?"

Xue Yun turned around and said to Xue Er: "How about second uncle accepting them." Xue Er nodded and said yes.

Xue Yun said: "Okay, you stay here. Your life is your own, not mine. You have to use it to protect your own life."

Xue Yun asked Xue Wu to go to a few people to find out the bottom line of these families, tell them the rules, and then lead them into the village to find a place to settle down first, and send some firewood and rice there.The old man, surnamed Lu, went with a dozen or so women, both old and young, with great gratitude.

Xue Yun and the others returned to the village, and the people in the village came forward to salute and thank him with joyful faces. Xue Si brought everyone to pay homage to the young master. The village seemed to be more lively than the New Year.

It was almost dark, but the Zhuangzi was very lively.People from Xue Sizhi went to the neighboring village to buy a few pots of good wine from big fat pigs, and the villagers slaughtered chickens and ducks, cooked them, put a few pots on each table, lit firecrackers, and set up tables along the long street in the middle of the village. The whole village came to drink and celebrate.

Xue Yun sat at this table, Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Wu, Xue Liu, Xue Shishi, a gray-haired old man and a middle-aged man.

Xue Si introduced these three people to Xue Yun.

Xue Shishi was one of the thirteen eunuchs of the Xue family. During the Battle of Sarhu, he tried his best to protect the eldest uncle Xue Aogu from losing his legs. Everyone could not save him from death, but Xue Qi, Xue Ba, and Xue Shishi died in battle. grab it back.

The gray-haired old man is Xue Keji, a loyal servant of the Xue family who has been with his grandfather Xue Rui for many years. He was born and died, but his temper often offended others, so his grandfather named him Keji in the hope that he could restrain himself.

The middle-aged man surnamed Wang did some accounting in the village, and he also wrote letters for the people in the village. Everyone in the village called him Wang Xiucai.

Xue Yun made a toast with the wine, and after drinking for three dynasties, everyone ate and drank. Xue Er said to Xue Yun: "The mansion knows if there is a problem with such a big deal."

Xue Yun said: "I also know it's not good, but seeing how everyone is living, I can't pretend I didn't see anything."

Everyone toasted to him in unison, Xue Wudao: "The young master killed the tartar, and the defeat of Bailian made me admire Xue [-]. I will recognize you in Xue's family, everyone, right?"

Xue Shishi said: "We wait for the disabled but we can't help the young master anymore."

Xue Yun said to Xue Keji and Xue Shishi: "The Xue family relies heavily on the old man, and there are many elder brothers, so don't think of him."

Xue Keji said: "Isn't it true that the young master said that it will not work if he speaks out." Xue Keji was firing cannons again.

Seeing this, Xue Si hurriedly greeted everyone for dinner. At this time, a servant lit a torch to light it up, and all the tables came to toast and the atmosphere became lively.

(End of this chapter)