Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Su Bai wondered if this incident would implicate Zhou Beiwang, so he asked him, "You transferred a soldier to do private business. Isn't that against military regulations?"

Zhou Beiwang smiled: "Didn't you just say that? He is no longer in the army, so you recruited him into the mansion."

"How can this be? He is a soldier and he lost his military status because of my personal matter..."

Su Bai felt that this was unfair to Xu Tianyi, but Zhou Beiwang said that it was a simple matter. Just find an excuse such as his parents were sick and needed care to let Xu Tianyi go back to his hometown.

"What an unlucky excuse!"

"I'm just giving an example. Don't worry, I'll take care of it. There won't be any problems."

Su Bai was in a good mood when leaving Zhou Beiwang's camp.

Zhou Beiwang was right. The National Government would definitely not allow small warlords like Kong Chen and Marshal Yang to rule as kings for long.

If Kong Chen was transferred, he would be far away from the Three Dragons area, and no one would be able to shake his position in the Kong Mansion.

Once he lost the command of the Temporary 11th Army, even if he went to other places he could still become a high-ranking official like an army commander or a division commander. Longxing was no longer his defense zone, and he dared not bring his troops back to cause trouble for himself.

At that time, it will be up to him to decide whether to let him enter the Confucius Mansion or not.

No wonder so many people like to be officials. Su Bai found that his desire for power had also expanded unknowingly.

She thought of the batch of gold bars again. If Kong Chen hadn't found them yet, she might never have the chance to have them in the future.

Su Bai left the backyard angrily, but when she came back, Zi Yan saw her happy face.

"Madam, is there any good news?"

Su Bai told her that there was no good news. Starting from tomorrow, she would no longer care about who in the Kong Mansion was happy and who was dissatisfied. That was their business. What she had to do was to make them behave themselves. Even if they were not honest, she would make them behave themselves.

Zi Yan didn't understand what Su Bai meant: "Did Captain Zhou give you any good ideas?"

"I gave him some work to do!"

Zi Yan nodded repeatedly, she believed it.

No matter what Su Bai asked Zhou Beiwang to do, he would do it without hesitation.

"What about the eldest lady? What about the second lady? How can we find the second wife's accomplice? Does Captain Zhou have any ideas?"

Su Bai glanced at Zi Yan and said, "You have so many questions. Heat a basin of water for me to wash my feet. After washing my feet, go to sleep!"

Since Su Bai didn't tell Zi Yan, she stopped asking, but seeing Su Bai happy, she was also happy.

……

Early in the morning, Kong Dai brought more than twenty people to the backyard carrying bricks, sand, cement and other building materials.

These people were hired from outside.

Kong Dai told Su Bai that he would not take care of anything in the Kong Mansion for the next few days and would just supervise the renovation of the basement.

In fact, this project is not big, and only one type of work is wall construction.

Work according to the sketch Su Bai gave us, and it will be completed in two days, and can be used in half a month.

However, try not to bump into the newly built walls when using it, because it takes about a month for the cement to reach its maximum hardness after solidifying.

Su Bai knew nothing about construction, but she also knew that the quality of cement in this era could definitely not be compared with that in the 21st century.

Half a month was a little too long for Su Bai.

"Did the young lady go to see Captain Zhou yesterday?" Kong Dai asked Su Bai in a low voice.

This made Su Bai even more suspicious of Kong Dai. Before this, he had hardly ever asked about his own affairs.

He is so concerned about his search for Zhou Beiwang. Is he worried that the identity of his contact will be discovered?

Su Bai lied that he went to Zhou Beiwang to inquire about the mutiny, whether there would be a war because of it, whether Kong Chen would be blamed by the government, and what the consequences would be if he was blamed.

Although the 11th Army divided the property with the Kong Mansion, to outsiders it was still called the Kong Family Army.

The rise and fall of the Kong Mansion is directly related to the Kong Family Army.

Kong Dai nodded: "I hope this war won't start."

According to the agreement he made with Zhou Beiwang last night, he will go to find the two old gentlemen who wrote the letter today to get the general situation and first confirm which old gentleman wrote the note.

Su Bai asked Zi Yan to clean up another room for Xu Tianyi to live in.

When Su Bai arrived at the front yard, Xu Tianyi was already waiting there in casual clothes and carrying a small bag.

Su Bai called Guo Deyi over, registered a flower name for Xu Tianyi, and paid him according to the standard of a servant.

When Guo Deyi learned that Xu Tianyi did not live in the east front yard or the west front yard like the other servants, but lived in the back yard and ate in the back yard, he was a little surprised.

There is no problem in recruiting Yuan Yuze into the Kong Mansion. The eldest young lady can recruit whomever she wants, including Xu Tianyi. Even if there is another Wang Tianyi or Li Tianyi, all she needs is the eldest young lady's word.

However, after Yuan Yuze entered the Kong Mansion, he lived in the same courtyard with the eldest young lady, and many people in the mansion secretly complained about it.

Now that we have invited a man to live in the backyard and eat there, there will be more people talking about us behind our backs.

Not to mention others, just the servants in the Kong Mansion were very dissatisfied. They were all servants, and Yuan Yuze and Xu Tianyi did not hold any positions in the mansion. This treatment was too special.

"Kick out all those who are not convinced from this from the Kong Mansion!" Su Bai didn't even explain that he had been too polite to them before.

Guo Deyi was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed to do as he was told, and said that anyone who dared to complain or talk nonsense would be beaten out of the Confucius Mansion.

Su Bai looked at him. He was indeed a brother. Just like Kong Dai, he would give someone a beating before kicking him out.

"Madam, I have something to ask you."

The third concubine wanted to exchange courtyards with the fifth concubine.

"We're living well, why do we need to change the yard?" Su Bai didn't know what these two concubines were up to.

The side courtyards of the Confucius Mansion are of the same size. The main courtyard has six main rooms, while the side courtyards all have four main rooms.

It was the fifth concubine who suggested changing the courtyard. The third and fourth young ladies wanted to study, and the East Second Courtyard was next to the East Front Courtyard where the servants lived, and it was too noisy.

The third concubine didn't mind the noise, so she lived in the East Second Courtyard which was close to the gate of the Confucius Mansion so that she could go shopping conveniently.

The two hit it off immediately.

The housing arrangement in the Confucius Mansion has rules: the backyard is the upper one, and in the same courtyard, the east is the upper one.

When the master was alive, he lived in the backyard of the main courtyard. Because Su Bai was the head of the Confucius Mansion, he was arranged to live in the three rooms next to the master as soon as he came in.

Among the three backyards, the west backyard is the Kong family ancestral hall, and the second wife lives in the east backyard.

The third wife lives in the East Third Courtyard, and the fourth wife lives in the West Third Courtyard.

The Fifth Madam's East Second Courtyard and the Sixth Madam's West Second Courtyard.

The servants lived in the east and west front yards.

The Third Madam and the Fifth Madam exchanged courtyards, which meant that the two north-south adjacent courtyards, the East Second Courtyard and the East Third Courtyard, simply exchanged owners.

Since both of them were willing to change, Su Bai didn't bother to care about it and agreed.

However, she told Guo Deyi that if there were any expenses incurred during the move, such as replacing old furniture and painting the walls, they would be borne by themselves.

Guo Deyi went to inform the two wives about preparing to move, but Su Bai felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. Was there something going on?