my wife is mulan

The two ate the roast chicken warmly, washed up, and slept in separate rooms.

Not long after Zhao Junsheng sat cross-legged on the bed, the street became lively, shouting, horse neighing, knocking on the door, and a lot of footsteps came continuously. He knew that the government must have received a report from Yao's family overnight The yamen servants were dispatched to catch up quickly, and maybe even the garrison in the city was dispatched. After all, a county magistrate and a wealthy businessman died, and the murderer was the Jiangyang thief "Clivia". It appears that although this person has a good reputation among the folks as a chivalrous thief, in the eyes of the government, this person is a gangster who has committed many crimes. Now that there are traces of him, how can he let him go casually?

The door of the "Bengbangbang" clothing store was banged loudly.

Zhao Junsheng put on his clothes and walked out of the room, and happened to see Hua Mulan coming out with the oil lamp in his clothes, and asked, "What's going on outside?"

"I don't know, it should be someone from the government who heard the noise, you stay in the house, I'll go

Look ahead! "

Hua Mulan hurriedly said: "Then hold on, don't compete with them and start a conflict!"

"Don't worry!" Zhao Junsheng said as he picked up an oil lamp and walked towards the shop in the front yard.

The door of the shop was pounding loudly, and Zhao Junsheng was very anxious, shouting, "Come here!"

As soon as the door was opened, Zhao Junsheng saw a few yamen servants holding torches standing outside the door, and there were a large number of soldiers on the street, one guard at three steps and one sentry at five steps. He yawned first, pretending to be caught by the situation. Shocked, he hurriedly said, "Guan Ye, what's the matter?"

A yamen servant asked with a stern face: "There are assassins assassinating and killing people in the city. I have been ordered to search for the assassins! Are you the shopkeeper of this store? Did any suspicious people sneak into your courtyard just now?"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "Yes! The little one and Zhuojing are already sound asleep, I don't know!"

"Can you hear any movement?"

"no!"

"Come on, go in and search!"

The yamen servants rushed in and ransacked the box for a while and then left. Zhao Junsheng scolded and cleaned up the mess in the house, and Hua Mulan had to come over to help. The two of them discussed what happened to the assassin in the city while cleaning up. Zhao Junsheng acted like he didn’t know anything about it. However, Hua Mulan is very interested in this Clivia.

This case even alarmed the prefect and garrison general Wan Dugui.

Early in the morning, Wan Dugui listened to the county magistrate Chang Kai's report in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion: "Master Taishou, after the crime happened last night, the lower officials sent people to investigate the scene overnight, and ordered the police officers to be dispatched to conduct a large-scale investigation. After a busy search all night, the Jiangyang thief Clivia was not caught, but the official can be sure that he is still in the city, he must be hiding somewhere, and the official has ordered that the guards and interrogations be strengthened at the four gates. A notice was issued, and a sea arrest document was issued. One of the two dead, the rich businessman Yao Desheng, was touched by Clivia's sword and died on the spot! The cause of death of Liu Fulin, the county magistrate, is not very clear. According to the guards around him, Liu Xiancheng was ten feet away from the assassin, and the assassin was besieged by several guards. Liu Fulin fell to his death suddenly, without any signs before his death. Both the officials and the subordinate suspect that he was frightened and frightened to death, and it is also possible that he had a hidden disease in his body, and suddenly broke out after being frightened and died suddenly!"

Wan Dugui said with a gloomy face, "Why is this Liu Fulin in Yao Desheng's house? Why did the assassin kill Yao Desheng? Could it be that Yao Desheng is also a man who wants to be rich, commit crimes, and do all kinds of evil in the eyes of Assassin Clivia?"

"My lord, Liu Fulin is Yao Desheng's brother-in-law! Assassin Jun Zilan shouted out his name and the reason for killing Yao Desheng before leaving after the murder, just as your lord said!"

Wan Dugui patted the table and shouted: "No matter what, the assassin is so bold and reckless that he assassinates people openly. He regards the laws of the Great Wei as nothing. He must be caught and a reward order will be issued to the official. Those who provide information will be rewarded with one gold. Assassin Clivia, regardless of life or death, will be rewarded with ten gold!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Early in the morning, after Zhao Junsheng got up and washed, he saw Hua Mulan sitting on a small bench washing clothes. He smiled and sang, twisting his body while singing: "The girl on the other side, look here, look here, the performance here is wonderful, please Don't pretend to be indifferent"

Seeing his funny appearance early in the morning, Hua Mulan couldn't help but burst out laughing, picked up a piece of unwashed clothes and threw it at it, and scolded, "It's so ugly, and the singing is terrible!"

Zhao Junsheng dodged in a hurry, smiled and ran to the front shop to open the door.

He took a piece of white paper, took a brush and dipped it in ink, quickly wrote a notice, and then posted it in front of the shop. Someone borrowed a gong and a mallet from the copperware shop next door, and stood The door kept knocking: "Dangdangdang"

"This store has made such a big commotion, what are you going to do? Let's go and have a look!" The neighbors next door and pedestrians and business travelers passing by on the street stopped and surrounded them, and soon a large group of people surrounded them.

Chapter 15

Seeing that a large group of people had gathered in front of the door, Zhao Junsheng stopped beating the gong, and said loudly: "Everyone who lives in the neighborhood and passed by, someone made alarming remarks yesterday and heard that I, Zhao Ji Garment, was haunted the night before, and even went to the yamen to report the case to attract attention. The yamen servants came to check quickly, wanting to ruin the reputation of Zhao Ji’s clothing, but it turned out that this is purely a rumor, the yamen sent people to check, there was nothing, and everything was as usual last night!"

"In addition, the shopkeeper is here to reveal a good news to you today. Our store has negotiated with the prefect's mansion and accepted the commission of the prefect's mansion to supply military uniforms for the garrison. Due to the large supply of military supplies, many female workers are required to spin and weave at the same time. , dyeing cloth and sewing military uniforms. Therefore, the shopkeeper hereby declares that one hundred female workers will be temporarily recruited. If necessary, we can continue to recruit in the future. As long as women with female red skills are over 14 years old, they can come regardless of their origin. To work, another [-] strong men will be recruited. Once hired, they will have two meals a day, start work at the hour of the hour, and leave work at the hour of the unitary hour. The monthly salary of each person is guaranteed to be no less than [-] yuan, more pay for more work! Specific recruitment matters The wages and benefits have been written on this notice, you can take a closer look, if you are interested, you can enter the store to apply!"

The salary of [-] qian per month is not low. It's not that the money is not easy to earn, but that people have no work to do. Now some people recruit a large number of female workers to do the work, and there is a lot of discussion among the crowd. Some people are skeptical, while others are not. I was quite excited, but the signboard of the Taishou's Mansion is not something that can be used casually. Since this store dared to say something, it might be true.

"Shopkeeper, I'll sign up!" A bold middle-aged woman in coarse cloth in her thirties raised her hand and shouted.

"Count me in!"

Seeing someone taking the lead, many people immediately raised their hands to sign up.

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, there are quite a lot of people. In order to speed up the registration of the shopkeeper, please don't be crowded, line up in a long line, and enter the store one by one to register. After the first one comes out, the second can come out." Enter the store. Alright, now everyone start to line up!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he entered the store and took out a pen and ink and a blank registration book to make a roster, and prepared to recruit workers behind the counter.

At this time, Hua Mulan came out with a bucket of clothes and saw a long queue outside the door, so she knew that Zhao Junsheng had already started recruiting, so she hurried over and said, "Brother Junsheng, let me register for you!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said: "No, I'm too busy here, you go to do the laundry, and after washing, go to the leather goods store and wait for Tian shopkeeper, your affairs are also very important, you can't let people wait for you, can you?"

Seeing what Zhao Junsheng said, Hua Mulan nodded and walked out carrying the wooden bucket.

Zhao Junsheng began to register the applicants, first asked the name, age, home address, how many people there are in the family, whether they have made clothes before, whether they are suitable for the working time of this job, etc., if they meet the requirements, they will register on the spot. , and notify them to come to work three days later!

Hua Mulan came back to dry the washed clothes when Zhao Junsheng was registering the female workers, and brought him two sesame seed cakes for breakfast. Seeing that he was busy, she greeted him and rushed to the leather goods store went.

When Hua Mulan came back at noon, Zhao Junsheng had finished the job registration, and she brought back another person.

"Hey, Mulan, you're back! Look, the manpower was fully recruited in just one morning, one hundred female workers and twenty male workers. Your husband and I are going to get rich soon, and you just wait to live in the upper class. Good day, Young Mistress!" Zhao Junsheng patted the register on his hand.

"Okay, I'll wait!" Hua Mulan didn't want to dampen Zhao Junsheng's enthusiasm, she agreed with a smile, then pointed to the people around her and said, "This is Feng San I told you about!"

Zhao Junsheng sized this person up and saw that he was over 30 years old, with a thin body and a shrewd look in his eyes. He hurriedly came out from behind the counter and cupped his hands and said, "It turns out that Mr. Feng has arrived. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Mulan said you He is the most suitable candidate to be the shopkeeper, and I believe Mulan's vision is right!"

Feng San obviously also knew Zhao Junsheng's identity, and hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare to call you sir, you can just call Feng San, if you have anything to do, just tell me!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Mulan must have told you that I may be busy setting up a clothing workshop to supply military uniforms to the garrison recently. There are a lot of things waiting

I, I lack a powerful helper like you. I basically don’t care about the things in the store. I leave everything to you. You just need to record the customized clothes according to their requirements, measure your body size and register them. , Wait until I find time to sew.In addition, I plan to set up the shelf first in the garment workshop, but I will hand it over to you after it is on the right track, and I will go to other things! "

Feng San cupped his hands and bowed: "Feng San will definitely do his best to share my worries for my aunt!"

"That's fine, you should familiarize yourself with the situation in the store first!"

"Yes, uncle!"

Zhao Junsheng then Hua Mulan said: "Have you contacted shopkeeper Tian? Have you received half of the deposit?"

"Well, five hundred gold cakes is a lot!" Hua Mulan nodded and said in a low voice, then turned sideways and waved outwards: "Come on, bring them in!"

It was only then that Zhao Junsheng noticed that a carriage had already parked outside the store. There were five large wooden boxes on the carriage, and six strong men with knives stood around them.

Zhao Junsheng said in astonishment: "They... this is..."

Hua Mulan said: "Tian Lang arrived shortly after I went to the leather goods store. We paid half of the money back then and wrote him a receipt. These people were the ones I entrusted to bring a letter to Huajiabao yesterday, and let them I came here specially this morning, but this morning the gates of the city have stepped up investigations to catch assassins. I am worried that the soldiers guarding the gates will not obey the rules. Once they find out that the number of these gold cakes is huge, they will become greedy, so I decided not to escort them for the time being. I’m back in the castle, but the target in the leather goods store is too big, and your place is relatively hidden, the place is also big, and there is a place to hide, so I want to put them here!”

Zhao Junsheng didn't mind at all, and said, "This is your home too, you can do whatever you want, I don't care! But are there really five hundred gold cakes? I have never seen such gold in my whole life!"

Hua Mulan stretched out her hand and twisted his arm, saying, "Look at your talent, I'll show you enough later!"

A total of five boxes were carried into the backyard and placed in Hua Mulan's room. Zhao Junsheng leaned into her ear and whispered: "There is a cellar at home, we will carry them in at night, as long as we Don't tell me, no one knows where the gold is hidden!"

A strong masculine breath hit, Hua Mulan felt dizzy for a while, her face turned red instantly, and she jumped away like a frightened rabbit.