Duan Fei came to Huichun Hall, and Su Rong agreed to go home with him without much effort. As a maid, she will go home with her master sooner or later. Besides, this is indeed a good opportunity, in front of officials of all sizes in Yingtian Mansion.
, a good opportunity for Su Rong to show her face.
The two of them did not rush home, but went shopping in the street. They used the money withdrawn from Huichuntang to buy a bunch of new clothes and accessories for Su Rong from head to toe. Su Rong also bought some rouge, gouache and household items for her daughter.
The things didn't cost a few taels of silver. As a maid, naturally you can't use too good things.
After returning home and dressing up, Su Rong already looked like a pretty maid. When Duan Fei and his brothers were drinking, she stood aside and refilled their drinks. Duan Fei and the others were bored and started playing cards, so she took a cattail leaf fan.
He gently fanned Duan Fei in the cool breeze.
In the envious eyes of everyone, Duan Fei turned around and said to Su Rong with concern: "Rong'er, you're not feeling well yet, so it's better not to overwork yourself and go take a rest."
Su Rong pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Young master, don't worry, I'm almost fine."
Su Rong suffered internal injuries. She only needs to be 20 to 30% better before she can be as normal as a normal person, and the rest can be recuperated slowly.
Just listen to Shi Bin say quietly: "Brother Fei, I really envy you now..."
"Haha..." Duan Fei laughed and looked at Su Rong, only to see that she was also laughing, with a look of autumn in her eyes that was indescribably beautiful.
As night fell, there was a lot of excitement in front of Duan Fei's house. The sound of firecrackers could be heard. A ladder was set up in front of the door. Several servants hung up the plaque just sent by Mr. Zhang. Then Duan Fei personally stepped on the ladder to cover it.
The silk cloth on the plaque was lifted up, and the two golden characters "Duan Mansion" were dancing in the air, and the applause sounded like thunder...
Magistrate Ma Wentao smiled and cupped his hands with Duan Fei and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Duan on moving to a new residence. I send you a hundred taels of silver to congratulate you..."
"Congratulations on opening the mansion..."
"Congratulations on opening the mansion..."
Officials followed Master Ma's footsteps and walked into the Duan Mansion one by one. Wedding invitations and red envelopes were stuffed into Duan Fei's hands. This... it was all the other way around. It was chaos. Duan Fei didn't know what would happen to these officials in the future.
What will happen if we know the truth? If we climb high, we will fall miserably. Duan Fei knows this very well. Only by walking steadily one step at a time can we walk safely.
But it was useless to say anything now. With a stiff smile on Duan Fei's face, he greeted batch after batch of guests that he could not afford to offend. It was not until his feet were numb and his hands were shaking that he learned about the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
There are so many...
After entering the Duan Mansion, all the adults couldn't help but praise and were quite envious. You must know that Yingtian Mansion is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The housing prices are very high and the living expenses are also very high. Even if the officials are corrupt and bribery, most of them cannot afford it.
Even if you can afford it, you may not dare to buy a mansion. You must know that it is very eye-catching. If the officials of the Yushitai know about it, it would be strange if they don't gather together to impeach you for corruption.
This made these officials even more certain that Duan Fei had a background. Little did they know that Duan Fei's original intention was just to make a profit by buying and selling. Now that everyone knows that this is the Duan Mansion, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get rid of him in the future.
At that moment, a banquet was held in Duan Mansion to entertain the officials who came to congratulate them. Duan Fei did not dare to show a trace of pride at the banquet, but seemed a little reserved. The prefect Ma and the magistrate Zhang helped him greet everyone.
Son, his conversation was witty, his words and laughter were lively, and he served the messy banquet with great care.
Huang Suliang's performance was also good. He talked about business at the banquet. Everyone heard that he said that the house only cost 50,000 taels of silver. Everyone regretted it. If he had known that everyone would speculate on land.
At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed, and the Duan Mansion finally became quiet. Duan Fei saw off the last group of guests. He was as tired as if he had participated in a triathlon, and his head was more dizzy than if he drank two kilograms of Erguotou.
Without saying anything else, Su Rong helped Duan Fei into the room. Duan Fei didn't even take a shower anymore, so he fell on the bed and fell asleep. He also drank a lot of wine today, even though he had taken alcohol in advance to relieve his hangover.
I took medicine and went to the toilet a few times to induce vomiting, but there were so many guests that it would kill someone to have a drink one by one.
The next day, Duan Fei slept until noon and was woken up by Su Rong's impatient knock on the door. He had a splitting headache. After getting dressed, he called Su Rong in. Su Rong brought him a cup of hangover tea and said: "
Young Master, Mr. Ma sent someone to deliver some case files, saying that you can take a look at them at home today and there is no need to go to the Yamen to report them."
"This old boy is really good at using people." Duan Fei groaned and said, "I feel very uncomfortable now. Ask the kitchen to boil a bucket of hot water for me. I want to take a bath."
"Yes..." Su Rong asked: "Sir, would you like to have lunch first or take a bath first?"
"Take a shower first." Duan Fei rubbed his temples and said impatiently.
Su Rong withdrew and Duan Fei fell on the bed again. After a while, two servants knocked on the door and came in. They carried a large wooden bucket and poured buckets of hot water into it. This was not what Duan Fei thought.
Same.
I heard Su Rong say outside the door: "Master, would you like to ask two maids to come in and wipe your body?"
Duan Fei said anxiously: "No, no, I can just wash it myself. Where are my clothes? There are also towels. Bring them over. No one is allowed to come in while I am taking a shower, otherwise I will take care of myself!"
"Yes, young master..." Su Rong replied softly, but just from her tone, why did she seem to be smiling?
After taking a bath, his mind was clearer, at least it no longer hurt, and after filling his stomach, Shi Bin and the others went to play cards by themselves, but Duan Fei came to the study and started to check the case files sent to him by Magistrate Ma. What a miserable life...
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The cases that Magistrate Ma threw to Duan Fei were all small cases, but some small cases were even more difficult to handle than big cases, especially after the delay, such cases became even more difficult.
Just like the robbery dispute case that Magistrate Min encountered that day, if it had not been decided on the spot, that case would almost certainly have been a fatal case. The cases that Duan Fei has received now are similar.
For example, if a farmer from outside the city comes to the city to sell geese, he gets into a dispute with a restaurant, and accuses the restaurant of cheating him of one of his geese. If the person handling the case had dealt with it in time, the case would have been easily solved, but the person handling the case
I was really confused. After a few days of delay, all the evidence was gone and I could still distinguish clearly.
There are also disputes between neighbors, cases of home theft, etc., which have been dragged on for at least ten days. These cases are more difficult to solve than the serial cases without corpses in Hai'an Town. In Hai'an, you can still wait for the murderer to continue killing.
Or open the coffin and conduct an autopsy. These small cases have no clues as soon as time passes.
After reading the case file, Duan Fei still had no clue, so he simply put aside these disturbing things and went out to play.
At night, Duan Fei looked back at the cases again, and gradually came up with some ideas in his mind. While he was deconstructing each case, he suddenly heard a light knock on the door. He looked up and said, "You haven't rested yet."
Ah, come in."
Su Rong put a bowl of something on the table: "Master, you haven't rested yet. How can I, a maid, take a rest first? I asked the kitchen to cook a bowl of lotus seed soup. Master, you can try it."