Chapter 720 Get out of the city as soon as possible
Qiao Shuoming waited outside for a long time, and the courtyard door finally opened from the inside.
A woman wearing a curtain hat appeared at the door and said: "Please come in, sir. I have called all the servants in the family to one place. The household register and the deed of sale are all here."
"Is the girl the head of the household?" The woman's appearance could not be clearly seen through the curtain, but her voice did not sound too young.
"Yes, both my parents have passed away, and I am the only one left in the family." Miss Bai said, motioning to the maid beside her to hand the household register to Qiao Shuoming and said, "I went to the government office to set up a female household, and now I am the head of the family.
host."
Qiao Shuoming looked at the twenty or so maids standing behind Miss Bai, frowned and said, "There are quite a few maids in Miss Bai's family!"
"Actually, these maids in the house are also poor people. Most of them were saved by me from others and bought back." Miss Bai said, "And it is not convenient for me to have a few servants to protect the house of a daughter. I need to leave a few more people.
By being by your side, firstly, you can accompany me to relieve my boredom, and secondly, I feel safer and have each other's care."
Qiao Shuoming took the deeds of prostitution and compared them with the maids one by one until he saw the last one. Seeing that the other girl was covering her face with a white gauze, he lowered his head to look at the deeds of prostitution in his hand, frowned and said, "Take off the veil."
"Poor sir, I have a rash on my face. It's really hard to see people." The maid said in a very low voice.
"Stop talking nonsense, we need to compare them one by one. Whether you have a rash or something else, we have to look at your face."
The maid hesitated for a moment, then finally raised her hand and took off the veil.
The face under the veil was really horrible, with raised red rashes all over it, and milky white ointment smeared on them, which made people have goosebumps all over their body. It was definitely not something that could be made up by makeup.
Miss Bai hurriedly said: "Master, this girl used the facial cream she bought outside a few days ago. She didn't know what was used in it, and she got pimples all over her face. She is taking medicine today."
Qiao Shuoming asked doubtfully: "What is your name? Where is your hometown? When did you come to the Bai family?"
"My original name is Xu Yao'er. My hometown is Shanxi. After I married the girl, I changed my surname and called it Yao'er. I was rescued by the girl last fall."
What she said was consistent with the deed of sale. Qiao Shuoming really didn't find anything wrong. He could only nod and handed the household register and the deed of sale back to Miss Bai and said: "Sorry to bother Miss Bai. Now I have verified it clearly. Recently,
The city is not very peaceful. You should pay attention to safety when you go out and go in. If you find any danger or suspicious people, report it to the government office in time."
"Thank you for your concern. We will pay attention." After Miss Bai sent Qiao Shuoming away, she closed the door, turned and walked to Xu Yao'er, and said coldly, "You are smart this time and you know how to cover your face, so just
I'll spare you for now, but if you dare to mess with me again in the future, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
After Miss Bai finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the back house. After she left, the other girls also showed disgusted expressions towards Xu Yaoer.
"Your life was saved by the girl. The girl is a good person and doesn't ask you to repay her, but you should also behave yourself."
"That's right, the girl is kind-hearted and privately asked us not to exclude you! But look at what you have done?"
"Isn't it? You are just a white-eyed wolf!"
What's more, he directly pulled out the dagger, put it against Xu Yao'er's neck and said, "I'm warning you, if I get punished by the girl again, I will get rid of you first!"
After talking, the group of people went back to the backyard together, leaving Xu Yao'er with a rash on her face still standing there, with a look of unwillingness on her face.
But now people are under the roof and have to bow their heads. No matter whether they are considering livelihood or revenge, as Miss Bai said, they must be patient.
Miss Bai returned to the back house and immediately ordered: "Pack your things, this place is no longer safe, we must hurry up and find another place."
The subordinates were shocked when they heard this and said hurriedly: "Girl, where can we move in such a hurry?"
"Didn't the gentleman just check that there are no problems? Why do you still want to move?"
Miss Bai took off her curtain hat and said with a stern face: "Just clean it up if you are told, why are you talking so much!
"If it doesn't work, leave Wuchang Mansion first and wait until things calm down."
After she finished speaking, she warned: "Only pack the important things and put the rest here first."
After being lectured like this by her, the maids below did not dare to speak anymore and quickly started to pack their things.
Fortunately, this was not the first time that everyone encountered this kind of thing. They quickly hid all the gold, silver and soft materials close to their bodies, found out the things that could reveal their identity, took what they should carry with them, and stuffed the useless ones into the stove.
Burn the pit with a fire.
Miss Bai sat at the table with a sullen face and said nothing.
The maids didn't know, but she knew in her heart that although her household register was genuine, the deeds of sale of the following maids were often forged.
If any of the officers who came to investigate today are careful, they might be able to find some flaws if they go back and do a little more searching.
As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If you want to leave at that time, you won't be able to leave.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but blame Xu Yao'er in her heart again.
That damn girl who fails to succeed but fails to succeed!
If she hadn't been kept for other purposes, she would have been sent to Zhuangzi to test medicine!
"Girl, everything is packed."
After hearing this, Miss Bai took a deep breath, calmed down and said: "As usual, everyone will disperse and leave the city, and meet at the pavilion ten miles outside the city. Then we will go back to Zhuangzi to avoid the limelight."
"Yes!" The maids agreed in unison and went out to get busy.
Miss Bai also changed her clothes and was accompanied by a maid who knew kung fu and Xu Yao'er.
She took the two of them out of the back door, hired a carriage and headed straight out of the city.
Unexpectedly, the carriage was stopped as soon as it arrived at the gate of the city. Miss Bai was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly handed out a small string of copper coins from the window and asked, "Master, what happened?"
When the officer saw the copper plate, he immediately took it and put it in his arms. He said in a good manner: "Don't worry, madam, because the governor is returning to the city, so I will stop you temporarily. You can leave after the governor's motorcade passes by."
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Miss Bai looked back and forth and saw that her carriage was not the only one being blocked. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her profusely.
Not long after, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard outside the city gate, and a dozen horses carrying officers and soldiers galloped into the city, followed by a carriage that looked very spacious, and dozens of officers and soldiers following behind.
The person sitting in the car was none other than Qian Poxin. He was originally inspecting the county town below. He hurried back to Wuchang Mansion when he learned that Chu Yichen was missing.
Qian Poxin sat in the car with a sullen expression, all he could think about was why Chu Yichen disappeared and whether the secret conversation he had with him had been exposed?