Wangfu Shenyuan

Xiao Jin is an acquaintance. Although Xia An doesn't talk to most people and pretends to be indifferent, he is not really indifferent.Being surrounded by Xiao Jin all day long, within a few days, the two of them got together and chatted.

"Xiao Jin, you said that Ah Ping was redeemed by his family. Is it true? People in our yard can redeem themselves?" In Si'en Courtyard, they are not allowed to redeem even if they have deeds of life. Poor Zheng Da has passed the deed and still can't get out. Go, and finally die in another country.I hope that Piaoxiangyuan can redeem her body, otherwise Xia An's ultimate goal of climbing can't be realized?

"Haha, of course you can, as long as you have money." Xiao Jin held an apple in his hands and showed a rare expression of solemnity: "But our palace's redemption money is very high. Let's take Aping as an example. He voluntarily entered the mansion as a slave. He signed a contract for ten years, but this year his sister was taken as a concubine by a rich family in their town, and she got a sum of money, so she redeemed him in advance. You know, the palace is in charge of food and housing, and his monthly income is only six hundred wen."

"That is to say, he earns a little more than seven taels of silver a year. After working for eight years, he has earned 57 taels of silver. He can redeem himself completely. After deducting the 50 taels of redemption silver, he has seven taels of silver and six hundred wen money."

Xiao Jin counted with his fingers for a while, jumped out of bed, and pointed at Xia An's head: "Okay, you are good at arithmetic, unlike me, you have to count for a long time, and you always make mistakes. Did you go to school? ?”

"Well, I've been studying for a few years." Seeing Xiao Jin's eyes shine, Xia An said with a wry smile: "What's the use of studying, can it help me pour out the slop?"

"Haha, Xia An, you are so funny." Xiao Jin smiled and accidentally dropped the apple in his hand, picked it up in a hurry, and said unfortunately: "Oh, my apple. The government doesn't give out fruit. I asked someone to go out and buy this." Rubbing on the clothes, he continued to eat.

"Well, what you just calculated is that Aping can redeem himself and earn seven taels of silver. But why don't you think about it, he still has to spend money. Just for the position of captain, he doesn't know how much money he has to spend Money. Brother Afu is an old man in the house, and he can solve things with a tael of silver, but Ah Ping can't be so easy."

"Plus, when the treatment in Piaoxiangyuan has not improved, he has to buy some warm bedding and clothes. Besides, he sold himself into the mansion, isn't it just to support his family? Naturally, he has to spend most of the money he earns. The money is used to help the family. So let alone seven taels of silver, he can’t even save half of the ransom.” Xiao Jin began to pour out his bitterness for an apple.

Xia An remembered the apple that the prince ordered him to throw away in Tingfengyuan.He put it in his arms and planned to go back and enjoy it, share it with Ah Fu and Guanshi Han, but was called back by the manager to watch a Lingchi, and finally vomited. Seeing the red apple was like seeing blood. thrown into an abandoned well.

He doesn't spend money on things and doesn't have to support a family.If he can also earn six hundred Wen a month, he can redeem himself in only eight years.

But it's a pity, he is a dead contract, so he won't have monthly silver.

"Little Jin, are you a dead contract or a living contract?"

"Death contract." Xiao Jin gnawed on an apple and said vaguely.

Xia An regained his energy, got off the bed, walked to Xiao Jin's side and asked, "Then you don't have Yueyin, why do you still have money to ask someone to buy apples?"

Xiao Jin blinked, and said falteringly: "Well, well, it's like this, I've been in the mansion for a long time, and I know some people, so I took on some private work to make money."

Xia An's eyes lit up: "Can you introduce me a little? I also want to make some money."

"No, it's not good, well, this kind of work is very secretive, and people who are not on our own are generally not allowed to disclose it." Xiaojin "da da" ran to his bed, took out an apple from the small drawer outside the bed, The flattering said: "You have no money, you must have not eaten apples for a long time. This is for you, I will go and see if the slop bucket has been cleaned?" After finishing speaking, he ran out like a gust of wind.

Also, how can earning money be easily distributed to others.The bright eyes turned gray, Xia An washed the apple, and took a bite.Don't eat for nothing.

Well, it's really sweet.

A month passed quickly, and the leaves gradually turned yellow and fell.Xiao Jin came back more often to buy fruit, and often treated Xia An to eat.But Xia An didn't want anything, and it was not easy for Xiao Jin to earn money. No matter how much he wanted to eat fruit, he couldn't be greedy for such a cheap price.

However, Xia An couldn't help but begged Xiao Jin to introduce him to private work to make money, but Xiao Jin shook his head like a rattle and refused.

After each rejection, Xia An would accept a fruit from Xiao Jin.Sweetheart it.

The work in Piaoxiangyuan is not tiring, probably because Xia An followed Ah Fu, and was assigned to Xiaojin as a helper. He only needs to go to the back door of Tingfengyuan to pull slop every night. To clean the swill buckets, people from the third team have to transport dozens of times of swill to the back mountain every day, and they can't sleep all night. Since Xia An seldom goes out, although he knows it clearly, he doesn't see it many times.

Xia An's habit of not going out was formed after returning home last autumn.There's no way, in the days when his master is still extremely leisurely, he doesn't want to seek for a chance encounter without any trouble.If it is said that they must meet at the gate of the mansion after leaving the hospital, it can be explained that the master is too leisurely and loves to stroll around the mansion.But he was outside the mansion, and he was sold by human traffickers once, so he could meet his master in this way, Xia An had to sigh, God loves to tease him too much.

I always feel that the conversation he overheard was not simple, and the prince will definitely trouble him again.

When I was in Si En Yuan, I stayed in the kitchen all day cooking for everyone, but I didn't think much of it.But when he entered Piaoxiangyuan, he had nothing to do during the day, and he was not tired at night. He listened to Xiao Jin talking about some new things in the mansion all day long, and he was also a little tempted and wanted to go out for a walk.

One day, Xiao Jin said that he was going to the back mountain to see a new litter of rabbits. Because the road was a bit far away and he could still hear dogs barking and howling wolves, he was quite scared, so he asked Xia An to accompany him.

Xia An was with him, as if he was an elder brother and Xiao Jin was a younger brother.He also thought about going out for a walk, so he agreed.The two hurriedly grabbed a few mouthfuls of lunch and walked towards the back mountain.

The place where the Wangfu raises livestock is on the west side of the back mountain. If you start from Piaoxiangyuan and walk along the path of Little Gold Finger, you will arrive there in half an hour, and you don't see anyone else along the way.Xia An was very satisfied with the safety of this trail, and planned to make some marks when he went back, so that he could sneak out to play in the future.

"I found this road. I brought you here without telling anyone. You have to keep it a secret for me. The third team to carry the swill takes a big road, not far from the trail, but the bushes are dense, People on the two roads can't see at all. I'm afraid they know this road is closer, will widen, and use my trail to carry slop."

"Don't worry, I will never say anything." Xia An assured her chest.He didn't want to share such a good road with others.If you take a break from this road, you probably won't run into people you don't want to see.

When you arrive at the back mountain, hold your nose and pass through the long pigpens on both sides, turn left, and you will find the rabbit nest.Xiao Jin ran over, pointed at the little rabbit and shouted excitedly to Xia An: "Come and see, isn't it cute?"

Xia An disagreed: "No way, I look like a little mouse. But the bigger one next to it is very cute."

"You said that litter of gray rabbits is so gray and not greasy. How can the white rabbits look better? Chang'e hugged white rabbits too." Xiao Jin cast a disdainful glance at the litter of gray rabbits next to her.

Xia An doesn't want to argue with Xiao Jin. What Xiao Jin says always makes sense, even if it doesn't make sense, he will beg for reason. You must be forced to agree with his point of view.Xia An nodded hastily: "Yes, let me take a closer look, it is indeed more beautiful in white."

"Hmph, just perfunctory me." Xiaojin didn't want to appreciate it, and started playing with the little rabbit who was not yet full moon, while the anxious mother rabbit kept spinning around.

The first time Xia An came here, he thought about looking around.The work of raising livestock is also done by Piaoxiangyuan, so don't look at Piaoxiangyuan's low status, but it has a large number of people, heavy responsibilities, and good treatment.

Other livestock that are not used for food are raised in different yards.For example, the stable that Manager Han assigned belongs to the Asakusa Court, the General Court that takes care of the prince’s dog, and the Chitong Court that manages other evil beasts in the back mountain.

Recalling the names of the various courtyards, Xia An once again sighed in his heart that the name of the Wangfu courtyard was so straightforward and easy to understand.Especially the General's Courtyard, that is the name that the prince ordered to change the residence of the dog just after he was bestowed with a marriage.I heard from Xiaojin that when the princess' father, General Yin, found out, he angrily signed up for the prince's book, but was suppressed by the emperor.

The prince explained: "Xiao Wang just hopes that his pet dog can be as brave as a general on the battlefield. The word 'general' just means brave. I am over a hundred generals. It is not Xiao Wang's intention to humiliate General Yin. I hope General Yin will not Take your seat."

After hearing this, the emperor still scolded the prince, but did not order him to change it.

So, the General Academy kept calling down.

Xia An visited the chicken racks, duck nests, and cattle and sheep enclosures, and was feeling bored, when he suddenly heard a dog barking in front, Xia An subconsciously ran back.

After running in such a hurry, he turned around and bumped into a wall.Xia An rubbed his nose, no, there was no wall when he came here, and when he took a closer look, he turned out to be a prince and master as strong as a wall.

Xia An groaned in his heart and knelt down.

"See the prince." Why did the prince come here to visit the pigsty?

Before waiting for the prince's answer, a huge shadow behind him covered him.Xia An trembled and closed his eyes, reminding himself not to look at it, it would scare him to death.But that giant likes to be close to Xia An, sniffing hot air on Xia An's face.

"Come here, General," the prince called.

The behemoth immediately ran over obediently, Xia An only felt the pressure lighten, shook twice, and couldn't even kneel steadily.

"Why are you here?" The prince asked casually as he patted his pet dog.

No matter how indifferently the master asks questions, he, as a slave, must answer them seriously.Xia An said honestly: "Go back to the lord, the slave is working in the Piaoxiangyuan, come to the back mountain to see the livestock." The lord has not spoken to him for a year, what happened this time?

"That's it." The prince replied softly.

Seeing the prince's attitude, Xia An thought that she should be able to resign. "My lord, do you have any orders, if not..."

"Do you remember what those two people said last year?" the prince interrupted him.

Xia An shook his head desperately: "I don't remember, the slave doesn't remember anything."

The prince was angry: "What, you, a slave, don't care at all about the important matter of my king's life?"

"Remember, remember, the servant just thought that the prince must have already dealt with the villains. If the prince is so wise, how can he allow them to be presumptuous?" Xia An followed the good advice.

"You mean that if this king hasn't cleaned them up, he's not wise?"

Xia An's clothes were drenched in cold sweat, and he said with a dry smile: "Of course not, the prince must have a second move, waiting to catch bigger villains."

"You mean this king is very bad, and many people want to kill him?"

What's wrong, my lord?Xia An raised his eyes and glanced cautiously, only to see the prince looking at him with a fake smile, and the dog beside him staring at him with its tongue sticking out, Xia An shivered, and replied: "The slave is stupid, he said the wrong thing , Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness is wise and mighty, please forgive me for being stupid, I really can’t figure out what you mean.”

"En." The prince nodded in satisfaction, and the big dog also barked in satisfaction.

Xia An wiped off his sweat and said, "My lord still has..."

"Yes." The prince interjected.

"...What orders?"

The prince said lightly: "My king's pet dog seems to like you very much, so you are responsible for taking care of it."

Xia An straightened up in fright, the big dog was irritated by his action, and kept barking at him.Xia An stammered the most in his life: "Wang, lord, slave, true, true, really can't do it, slave, afraid, afraid, dog, slave, yes, there is, work, work, yes."

"Just do what the king tells you to do, and slap your mouth if you talk nonsense."

Faced with the prince's vicious threat, Xia An slapped himself without fear: "My lord, this servant just slaps me. I really don't have the talent to take care of the young master dog."

"Okay." The prince interrupted him, and said, "What kind of talents do you need? Just take care of it every day, eat and drink, and let it loose. Come, genius doctor, say hello to your little servant."

"No." Xia An couldn't help screaming: "My lord, please spare me, you should change someone. Eh? Why is there an extra one? My lord, do you want a slave to keep this one? It's so small." Grabbed it and ran over Standing up on the back foot, the little guy who can only reach his knees when he pushes up with the front foot desperately, Xia Anle, it's so small, his hands can be wrapped tightly.No wonder he didn't see it just now, it's just so small.

"Take care of it, or I will chop you up and feed it."

Xia An gave a shock, hurriedly hugged the young master puppy, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the servant will take good care of it." At this point, it's impossible to be bullied by it, just take it back and let it eat or drink. up.

"Well, that's fine. Bring it here the day after tomorrow and show it to me. If you can't take care of it well, hmph."

Xia An hurriedly said "I will take care of it", and almost swore to the sky.After leaving, I wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered, and hurried back, seeing that the prince was still grooming the dog, he bent down and asked, "Dare to ask the prince, how long will the slave take care of?"

"Too much nonsense, keep your arm for now, if you talk nonsense again, cut it off immediately and feed it to the dog."

"Slave leave." Xia An quickly evacuated with the dog in his arms.

Xiao Jin was still torturing the rabbit who was not yet full moon. Seeing Xia An walking over with a sad face, he shouted in surprise: "Oh my God, what a cute puppy." After speaking, he rushed over to hug him.

The little guy who could barely scream all the time, faced Xiaojin's stretched out claws, and just took a bite unceremoniously.

"Ah——" Xiao Jin shook off the little guy's teeth, his painful face wrinkled into a ball.

"How can you bite people casually, it's not good." Xia An preached fiercely.The little guy was not convinced, and took a bite at Xia An's arm.

Fortunately, he thought it was windy, so he put on an extra set, or else he would let it succeed.Xia An was very angry, but he didn't dare to do anything to the dog.The main reason is that he is too small, what if he gets hurt if he exerts a little force, he has not yet been cut into pieces by the prince for dog food.

A gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands.Xia An hugged this restless dog, and babbled about "friendship", "kindness", "benevolence" and so on.

Xiao Jin asked how the dog got here.Xia An did not dare to say that the prince asked him to raise him, because if he said so, Xiao Jin would be frightened, and would be very afraid of this dog's noble status in the future.For example himself.

"I saw it when I was walking casually. I waited for a long time, but no one came to look for it. I want to take it back first. If it is a wild dog, I will keep it. If it is someone else's pet, I will return it to them if they come looking for it."

Xiao Jin sighed, "You are so kind."

Xia An looked over in confusion.

"I was afraid that it would be bullied by big dogs or wolves at such a small size, so I planned to take it home and take care of it myself. Xia An, I never knew you were so caring. I just like caring people, really, you ..."

"Okay, okay." Xia An impatiently passed the dog forward: "Let's raise it together, Xiao Jin, you are our yard, no, you are the kindest person in our palace."

"Don't say that." Xiao Jin smiled and went to pick it up, but almost got another bite.

Xia An couldn't figure it out, how could it be okay to hold her by herself. "Little guy, Master Puppy, don't bite people indiscriminately, or I will starve you when I go back, do you hear me?"

The little guy arched his body and let out a threatening sound of "Woooooo".

Xia An pondered for a moment, and flattered him: "Master Puppy, don't be angry, it's the servant who made a mistake, why don't you give me some fun?"