Wu Yong, who was pinned down on a big bench by a group of wolf-like servants and was beaten until he screamed like a slaughtered pig, heard his uncle's voice and shouted: "Uncle, save me! Uncle, save me!"

"Stop his mouth and stop him from talking nonsense!" A leading servant instructs another to bring a ball of rags and randomly stuff them in his mouth.

Wu Cheng was still talking loudly in the hall, "My nephew is clean, he is a good accountant, and he is a confidant of the uncle. Miss Zhihua is the confidant of the eldest son, and they are a perfect match. Please make him a good match!"

"After saying that, he kowtowed to Du Hengshuang several times.

Wow!

A bucket of cold water was poured over Wu's head in the courtyard in front of the hall.

Wu Yong suddenly woke up from the wine, panicked and then became afraid.

Hearing the words of the uncle in the hall, he realized that the eldest young lady was sitting behind the screen in the hall. He was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he could no longer feel the pain when the stick fell on his buttocks. A huge fear swept through his whole body.

Du Hengshuang was sitting behind the screen, her eyebrows straightened up and her face as sinking as water.

This Wu Cheng, his nephew has made so many mistakes. Instead of apologizing for his nephew, he actually married his most capable maid with the idea of ​​​​forcibly marrying him. If he really thinks that he is a soft persimmon, how dare he, a servant,

Just pinch it?

If you agree to this, won't all the servants be in chaos in the future?

If you fall in love with that maid, you can get what you want by being frivolous. Where is the decency? Where is the face?

Although Du Hengshuang was furious in her heart, her face became calmer. Besides, Zhihua's marriage matter. Of course, she had to ask her first. Just in case, in the unlikely event that she really had something to do with this Wu Yong, wouldn't it be wrong for her to reject it outright?

Did it harm Zhihua’s life?

After much deliberation, he decided not to say a word and just sat behind the screen to watch Zhihua's reaction.

When Zhihua heard Wu Cheng's words, he was shocked and angry. After being stunned for a long time, he knelt down in front of the screen and said loudly: "I will not marry such a shameless man!"

Du Hengshuang breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhihua grew up with her, and their friendship over so many years has long been no longer an ordinary master-servant relationship.

If she really fell in love with this bad guy Wu Yong, Du Hengshuang really had no choice.

Now that Zhihua doesn’t want to, it’s easy to say.

But now we are in the outer courtyard, how can we say these words in front of everyone?

Du Hengshuang hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Wu Yong failed to fulfill his duties and was verbally rude. I will give him a slap in the face and remove him from his post. Immediately hand over the accounts in the inner accounting room and I will send someone else to check the accounts. - Wu Dazhang.

Room. It has nothing to do with you here. You can go down first."

Wu Cheng was stunned when he heard this.

It has never happened before that I didn't take him seriously.

Even Xiao Shiji was polite to him on weekdays.

Even if Du Hengshuang is Xiao Shiji's wife, she is just a female prostitute. How can she really manage the outer courtyard well?

Wu Cheng never believed that Du Hengshuang could manage this outer courtyard forever.

Wu Cheng slowly stood up from the ground, his small eyes narrowed into a slit on his fat face, and he stared intently at the eight horizontal branches of flowers blooming on the rich and splendid glazed screen. He seemed to be able to see through a hole in the screen.

"Eldest Mistress, this is my nephew's fault. I, Wu Cheng, apologize to the eldest mistress." Wu Cheng bowed his head slowly to the screen.

Du Hengshuang said "hmm" and said, "Wu's accountant made a strong statement. It's your nephew's fault, not your fault. You should distinguish between public and private matters. I can still distinguish this point. Wu's accountant is doing the accounting."

A veteran, he must know things better than I do. Please step aside until I handle this matter."

When Wu Cheng heard that Du Hengshuang didn't seem to refuse, he felt a little better. He looked back distressedly at his nephew who had been beaten so hard that he could only breathe out. He shook his head and sighed, "Young lady, I, Wu Cheng, have never had a wife or children in my life.

, I just feel sorry for such a nephew, please be merciful and spare him this life. When he marries Zhihua, I will discipline him well and never let him drink alcohol for the rest of his life. What do you think, eldest mistress?"

Du Hengshuang said calmly: "Master Wu, I told you not to mention anything else today. It's useless to talk more. Please go down."

After saying a few words, Wu Cheng rolled up his sleeves and left.

In the yard here, after the ten big boards were laid, several people dragged Wu Yong, who was soaked all over, to the hall and asked him to salute in front of the screen.

Wu Yong endured severe pain and struggled to kowtow to Du Hengshuang before being carried down.

Du Hengshuang asked the people in the yard to disperse before taking Zhihua out.

Along the way, Zhihua was as frightened as a frightened bird. She no longer had the carefree maid style she had before.

Du Hengshuang also felt sorry for her.

After returning to the main courtyard, I comforted her well and let her go down to rest without having to come over to do errands.

Ou Yangniang asked the whole story and pondered for a long time. When no one was in the room, she quietly said to Du Hengshuang: "My eldest mistress, think about it, maybe this marriage is a good one? You see, Wu Cheng is the general accountant of the outer courtyard.

It is said that Wu Yong himself is also a good accountant, and he has always been in charge of the inner accounting room. Young Mistress, you want to be in charge of the house. To put it bluntly, you have to hold the accounting in your hands. With the accounting room, you will be even more powerful."

Du Hengshuang was silent for a long time and slowly shook his head.

Looking at the beautiful face in the crystal clear mirror on the dressing table, she said calmly: "Being able to do accounting is not a great skill. It is rare for others, but not for me. It takes a lifetime of knowing painting with a few cold books.

I can't bear to exchange ledgers." He said, looking back at Ou Yangniang, "Yangniang, you also grew up watching Zhihua, how can you bear to let her marry a rotten person like Wu Yong?"

Ou Yangniang didn't know the details of the outer courtyard. She only knew that Wu Yong had collided with Zhi Hua and offended the eldest mistress. He was beaten ten times and dismissed from his post.

He quickly asked: "What's going on? You're so angry, and Zhihua is crying, hiding in the house and not coming out?" In broad daylight, even if Zhihua suffers a loss, it's not a big loss, right?

?

Du Hengshuang sneered and told Wu Yong's story again, and finally said: "I'm embarrassed to say those maggot-chewing words of his, but Wu's accountant had the nerve to ask Zhihua for his nephew's marriage. To be honest, he didn't.

Even if he really took advantage of Zhihua, I would rather beat him to death than let him ruin Zhihua!"

Zhihua happened to come over to help Du Hengshuang wash up. When he heard this, he quickly walked around the assorted cypress in the compartment and came to Du Hengshuang's dressing table. He knelt down with a plop and said: "Thank you, eldest mistress! Thank you, eldest mistress!" Then he knelt down again.

When he came to Ou Yangniang's side, he raised his head and said, "Yangniang, Zhi Hua really can't marry that...Wu Zhangfang."

Ou Yangniang sighed and helped Zhihua up, "It's like this. That's all. It's just a counting house. If you go to them, there will be better ones, so let's do it." After that, she advised Du Hengshuang, "Since we do it,

Well, you might as well do the ultimate thing. Go back to the uncle directly and kick out the man named Wu."

Du Hengshuang was a little hesitant and said worriedly: "His uncle is the uncle's right-hand man. If we kick him out, where will his uncle's face go?" After saying that, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. He has been dismissed from his position. Don't give him any more.

Just send an errand and that’s it.”

Ou Yangniang knew that Du Hengshuang was kind-hearted, so she didn't say anything more. After all, Du Hengshuang was the master, and Wu Da's accountant was still a servant no matter how powerful he was. How could he change the world?

He also told Du Hengshuang: "This matter must be explained clearly to the uncle, so as not to be slandered by others and hurt each other's harmony."

Du Hengshuang nodded, but he didn't know that Xiao Shiji had heard it at the door.

He turned around and left. He went directly to the accounting room in the outer courtyard and asked what was going on.

Xiao Shiji personally asked. How could anyone dare to lie?

They all explained everything clearly, and even after Wu Yong was carried back to Wu's tent house, he angrily called Zhi Hua a bitch on the kang, and said all the words of a bitch.

Xiao Shiji nodded lightly and ordered: "Come here, tie up Wu Yong and send him here. Beat him bitterly until he can only breathe, and then drive him out. - Remember

, you can’t beat the blood, and when you drive him out, you must be hanging with one breath. If he is beaten to death before he is driven out, you can just hang yourself and don’t come to see me."

His men shouted in unison, rushed to the side courtyard where Wu's tent lived, pulled Wu Yong off the kang, dragged him all the way to the tent's yard, and in front of Xiao Shiji, beat Wu Yong till he was beaten.

Hanging in one breath.

When it got dark, the corner door of the Xiao family opened with a creak, and a limp person was thrown out of the corner door.

When Wu Cheng heard in his yard that his nephew had been beaten again by his uncle and had been kicked out, he panicked.

He knew that Xiao Shiji was no better than Du Hengshuang. This man was a ruthless person who would kill people if he didn't take action.

Forgetting to worry about his nephew for a moment, he ran all the way to the courtyard of the tent house, knelt down in front of Xiao Shiji and cried bitterly.

"Uncle...Uncle...it's the little one who made a mistake. He was blinded by lard, and the nephew he is used to is older than his ancestors. The little one knows his mistake. Please don't be angry. If you want to punish him, then punish him."

"

Xiao Shiji knew Wu Cheng's ability. Wu Cheng was one of the few accounting houses north of the Yellow River. He also spent a lot of money to invite him.

Wu Cheng is capable, but in the eyes of people in higher positions, this ability is really not worth mentioning.

The worst thing to do is to be arrogant based on your talent.

Xiao Shiji smiled and said: "Wu Cheng, I know this matter has nothing to do with you. But you were not strict with your nephew, which led to today's big mistake. Well, I punished your nephew today, and you will not be exempted from it.

If there is resentment in my heart, I will not say anything else. If you want to leave, I can return the body deed to you now."

When Wu Cheng heard this, he was so frightened that his legs became weak and he suddenly fell to the ground.

He has been with Xiao Shiji for two or three years. He originally came here to work as a general accountant with the intention of retiring in the Xiao family. But he knew that the previous general accountants had no idea what they were doing once they left the Xiao family.

It was over. If he was kicked out like this, it was hard to say whether he would be able to see the sun tomorrow, so he shook his head quickly, "I don't want to! I don't want to leave, little one! Please punish me!"

"Okay then, I will fine you half a year's monthly salary." Xiao Shiji said and stood up, "You can promote an internal accountant to come up. If this happens again in the future, there is no need to waste words and they will all be kicked out."

After finishing the matters in the outer courtyard, Xiao Shiji returned to the inner courtyard.

Du Hengshuang had already taken off her makeup and was sitting on the bed reading a book.

On the small standing table next to the bed is a palace lantern with openwork red sandalwood inlaid with white jade poems and paintings. There is also a painting on the lantern of a beautiful woman, sitting on the bed, holding a book in hand, reading tirelessly, which contrasts with Du Hengshuang's appearance, just like

Just like the beauty on the lamp.
To be continued...