Jin Yu Dynasty

After Bai Xuelan spoke, she tricked Xuan Huaifeng into her condo, but she knew in her heart that the matter was complicated and there were other things that she had to deal with herself.

He sent someone to call Adjutant Sun over, smiled and pointed to Xuan Huaifeng who was on the bed, "Huifeng has agreed to work with me, and he is also an adjutant. I think I can help you share some of the burden in the future."

Adjutant Sun is able to work under the head of the customs office, and he can catch Bai Xuelan's eyes. He is naturally very smart. Hearing what Bai Xuelan said, and looking at Xuan Huaifeng, he was so angry and hated that he couldn't speak. He had already guessed about his appearance, and he didn't show any of it on the surface. He said very welcome, "I really wish for it. I can't compare with Adjutant Xuan's knowledge. I will ask for your advice in the future."

He also asked Bai Xuelan for advice, "Why don't I ask someone to prepare a uniform for Adjutant Xuan? It will take a few days for a tailor to make it out."

Bai Xuelan said, "Of course I need to make clothes, but there's no rush for that. Adjutant Xuan is currently ill. There's no need to rush him to work. Let's take care of his health first."

Saying the words "Adjutant Xuan", he himself found it interesting, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he glanced at Xuan Huaifeng on the bed.

Bai Xuelan said to Adjutant Sun, "You take care of this place first."

Leaving Adjutant Sun to watch Xuan Huaifeng, he left the room by himself, went to the study and rang the bell, called the butler in, and ordered, "Go and call everyone in the mansion to the backyard."

The housekeeper asked, "Should we just call all the servants and porters in the mansion? Or even the guards?"

Bai Xuelan said, "Call them all, and the doctor who was invited last night is also invited."

The butler agreed and went out to do it.

Bai Xuelan waited for the housekeeper to leave, and went to the accountant herself.

Not long after, the servants, porters, drivers, old maids, young maids, and guards in the mansion were all called to wait in the backyard.

A group of people looked over from the pond, occupying everything from the rockery to the small stone bridge. Everyone had doubts and uneasiness on their faces. They didn't know what it was for. Some older and more experienced people secretly When I asked the housekeeper, the housekeeper also looked puzzled, "The chief didn't say anything else, just wait anyway."

Everyone waited for about ten minutes before they saw Bai Xuelan walking in from the crescent gate, followed by two accountants, each holding a small wooden box in his hand, everyone fell silent immediately.

Bai Xuelan asked the housekeeper, "Is everyone here?"

The housekeeper said, "Adjutant Sun is the only one who needs to take care of..."

Bai Xuelan said, "I know this, I asked him to take care of Huaifeng. All the others are here."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the steps under the eaves, went up two steps, stood there unrestrainedly, slowly looked around, his eyes sparkling.

Everyone was nervous for no reason, afraid that something bad would happen, everyone stood with their hands down and waited for him to speak, and the guards also stood at attention.

The exquisite and spacious backyard was suddenly silent.

Only then did Bai Xuelan smile, "Why are you so sullen? I asked the housekeeper to call you over, not to find fault with you, but to reward you. Since I took office, I have been busy with everything, and the servants have been waiting for you. Yes, the guards are also doing their best to protect, everyone is very good."

He brought everyone here so solemnly, but at the beginning, he praised them like a spring breeze. Everyone couldn't help being stunned, and then they breathed a sigh of relief, giving birth to a tinge of excited anticipation.

Bai Xuelan said, "Everyone knows how I am, Bai Xuelan. I never treat my own people badly, and I never write empty promises. Since I say it is a reward, I must show everyone some sincerity."

He turned his head and nodded to the two accountants beside him.

Two accountants, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Huang, took advantage of his speaking time to move a small table out from the door, and put the two small boxes brought over on it. Seeing Bai Xuelan's signal, solemnly Open a small box, take out the account book and banknotes, press the book, and call each one by name.

"Zhao Sanfu."

"exist!"

"Come here and get 500 yuan."

"Do you want banknotes or cash?"

"Current ocean."

Accountant Huang held the account book in one hand and a pen in the other hand to make records. Accountant Zhang took out a bundle of banknotes and several tubes of cash wrapped in sandpaper from the wooden box, and placed them heavily on the table.

When a name is called, a person will come up, and after receiving the money, they will all sign and mark on the account book, and those who can't write their own names will just put a red fingerprint on it.

The doctor was specially invited by the housekeeper and stood aside.

Bai Xuelan asked them to collect the money, but she walked up to the doctor and said kindly, "What happened last night made you suffer. This is the consultation fee."

He took out a written bill from his pocket and handed it to the doctor.

The doctor thought that Bai Xuelan would reward his servants for being so generous, so he would not be stingy with the fee for his consultation. If he looked at the amount on the check carefully in person, he would appear stingy, so he took it with both hands, thanked him, and received it without squinting. Put it in his pocket, and said with a smile, "You are here to deal with housework, I am very bad to hinder you. Let me take my leave first."

Bai Xuelan said, "There's no rush. I still have some things to discuss with you."

The doctor asked, "What are you discussing?"

Bai Xuelan smiled inscrutablely, "It's a trivial matter."

He asked the doctor to wait in the backyard first, then turned around, picked a stone pier near the pond, sat down comfortably, leaned the back of his head against the vermilion wooden post, closed his eyes and meditated.

After waiting for a while, the accountant Huang came to report and said, "Chief, the money has been paid, please give me instructions."

Bai Xuelan opened her eyes, calmed down, stood up slowly, returned to the steps and stood up.

All the servants and guards were beaming, holding freshly issued banknotes or foreign money in their hands, and their eyes were shining when they looked up at Bai Xuelan.

Bai Xuelan swept a group and asked them, "Are you happy?"

These people worked hard for a month, and their wages were only ten yuan at most. Now they have 500 yuan out of thin air, how can they be unhappy?

The people below didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard him ask such a question.

A courageous guard said from below, "Chief, how can you be unhappy? Anyway, if you want the lives of your brothers in the future, we will fight for you!"

Immediately, a bunch of loyal voices came out.

Bai Xuelan chuckled, and said to the guard, "Okay, you are a man who knows how to repay kindness."

Turning his head, he said to the accountant Huang, "Open the box and reward him with a gold bar."

Only one box was opened when the money was distributed, and the other box was always locked.

The yellow accountant opened another box, and it looked like a whole box of shining gold bars. Everyone was stunned, their eyes were bigger than copper bells.

The yellow accountant took out a gold bar, called the guard to come over, stamped his finger on the booklet, and gave him the gold bar.

The guard held the gold bar in disbelief, and almost fell when he walked back to the crowd.

Bai Xuelan looked down at the crowd and said quietly, "You probably envy him very much, but after saying a word, you get a gold bar. Why don't you say this yourself? Actually, don't be upset, since you are in my hands There is always time to earn gold bars when doing things below. As I said, I, Bai Xuelan, will not treat my own people badly."

As he said that, he suppressed his smile, showing a chilling calmness on his face, "I understand that many people outside want to find out about the chief of customs. These people usually like to secretly give the servants some small money to spy on other people. The privacy of the family is obscene and despicable. Some people sell their master's house for a little profit because they are greedy for such a small gain. Such people will be put in a hot pot during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Yes! If it falls into my hands, I will not spare him. Today I will make it clear that if anyone leaked the news in the past, I will not blame it. From now on, whoever dares to tell the things in the mansion is betraying me. Bai Xuelan."

After a pause, he glanced down and asked, "You probably think that I use power to overwhelm others. What I said is actually the way of a gentleman. Say something first, and then you will know the boundaries when you do things with each other in the future. If someone is not convinced, they will say it now." I'm not surprised, I will give you three months' salary immediately, and then I will write you a letter of recommendation to recommend you to another mansion, and the salary will not be less than now. How about it?"

Everyone flinched for a while, you looked at me, I looked at you, and said one after another, "This statement also makes sense, I am not unconvinced."

"Who doesn't hate those who chew their tongues outside?"

"You must never do what the seller does."

"I can't tell you about the mansion even if you ask me."

"..."

"Okay. Then we've settled this gentleman's alliance." Bai Xuelan said lightly, stretched out a finger, pointed to the booklet in the accountant's hand, and said, "Today, those who receive money are all in this booklet." If you draw a bet, it will be regarded as the proof of our agreement."

After finishing speaking, he went to the table again, lifted the lid of the wooden box, revealing a box full of gold bars, patted these golden and exciting treasures and said, "You have not failed me, and I have not failed you. These gold bars are reserved for you. Today, the soldier said a word and got a gold bar. You can also follow his example in the future. If you find someone who has said something about the mansion, come to me and report a letter. You can get a gold bar for a word of effort."

Everyone was excited and afraid at the same time, thinking that there would be a gold bar as a reward, it would be like setting up a surveillance network for secret agents, whoever dares to talk about the affairs of the mansion carelessly will have to be careful even when talking in sleep.

Nodding again and again.

Seeing that the internal affairs had been dealt with, Bai Xuelan signaled to the housekeeper to let everyone disperse.

He walked up to the doctor and said with a smile, "I'm ashamed to keep you waiting. You see, we officials always think we are at ease, but in fact, when we have a headache, it takes a long time to clean up just a little housework."

The doctor was already sweating coldly on his forehead after watching this good show, and smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't dare, dare not. What else do you want to order?"

He would absolutely beat him to death and dare not reveal a word about anything about the Chief of Customs.

In today's troubled times, there are robbers everywhere, so the bounty of a box of gold bars can buy his life dozens of times.

Bai Xuelan said "Oh" and patted her forehead, "I have something to discuss, but after thinking about it later, it's not a big deal. I won't open my mouth about such trivial matters. I've delayed you for a day, please go back and rest early Bar."

Send the footman over and get the car ready to take the doctor home.

The doctor left tremblingly with the check in his arms.

Bai Xuelan stood in the backyard, stretched herself, turned and went into the room, picked up the phone, "Hi, is this Nian's house? I'm looking for Mrs. Nian."

After waiting for a while, Xuan Daiyun's voice came from the phone.

Facing the microphone, Bai Xuelan said in a melodious but somewhat low tone, "Mrs. Nian, my man has found Huaifeng, and he has been taken to the mansion by me. But... something unexpected happened, please ask for details. Let’s talk when you get to my mansion.”

Nian Zhai's car was called away by Nian Liangfu, Xuan Daiyun received a call and hurriedly called a rickshaw.

After getting on the bus, I gave the address, and kept urging the driver to hurry up, promising to pay more for the car.

When she arrived at the gate of the Bai Mansion, she dropped a piece of two yuan and hurried in, never hearing the driver happily thanking her behind.

The servant led her into the mansion, Bai Xuelan had already received the news, and went out to meet her on the steps of the front hall.

As soon as they met, Xuan Daiyun couldn't help asking anxiously, "President Bai, have you found Huaifeng? What happened? Is he okay?"

Bai Xuelan told the servant to go down, held her by one hand, led her inside, and said comfortingly, "Mrs. Nian, don't worry, let me tell you the story slowly." After a pause, she said, "My people found Huaifeng in a small hotel. He drank the water soaked in smoke..."

"What!" Xuan Daiyun stopped abruptly, his face turned pale.

Seeing that she was almost fainting, Bai Xuelan quickly helped her to sit down on the chair in the living room, and asked someone to bring hot tea, while saying softly to her, "Mrs. Nian, don't worry, she has been rescued He came back to life. Huaifeng probably just heard people say that Yantu water is poisonous, so he didn’t understand it very well, and he didn’t drink much. After taking the injection and taking the medicine, he became sober a lot.”

Hearing what he said, Xuan Daiyun's straight eyes slowly recovered, looked at Bai Xuelan, and said, "My God...this kid, is he trying to kill me? To do such a thing..."

Bai Xuelan said, "He was arrogant and arrogant. He was angry with the Lin family, so he was confused for a while. Now that he wakes up, he regrets it too. I would like to ask you not to make things difficult for him when you see him later."

Xuan Daiyun had a look of desolation on his face, and sighed softly, "It's enough for him not to embarrass me, but how dare I embarrass him? If something really happened to him, how would I go to see my underground mother?"

After sighing for a while, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, raised her head and said, "President Bai, please take me to see him. I'll take him home and take care of him. No matter what, this time, I must take good care of him. Don't let him have any more accidents."

Bai Xuelan asked, "Are you going to bring Huaifeng back to Nianzhai?"

Xuan Daiyun, "Of course."

Bai Xuelan became silent.

Xuan Daiyun was a little puzzled, "Is there anything you don't want to say with your expression?"

"Mrs. Nian," Bai Xuelan put on a look of deliberation for a long time before asking tentatively, "Huaifeng seems to be unhappy at your house?"

Xuan Daiyun was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood, bowed his head in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "His brother-in-law is often drunk recently, and sometimes his words are not pleasant."

Bai Xuelan said understandingly, "I know what Director Nian is like. He is competent in business, but he has some minor flaws in his personal life. It's not that I'm taking the liberty to intervene in other people's family affairs, it's just that Huaifeng is an old friend of mine. , I just rescued him from another place. Seeing him like this made me feel very uncomfortable. After he woke up, I talked to him. He seems to be having a bad life recently. He himself really doesn't want to go back to the Nian Zhai."

Xuan Daiyun asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Bai Xuelan looked at her with earnest eyes, "On weekdays, I wouldn't open my mouth like this. But Huaifeng has suffered many setbacks, and now is the time when he needs rest the most. When he returns to Nianzhai, I'm afraid he will come back again. Be depressed. If you don't mind, I ask you to keep him with me for a while to recuperate."

Xuan Daiyun thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I appreciate your kindness. There are indeed some conflicts at home, alas, these things are really embarrassing to talk about. But what is it to put him here? Although he is a friend , I can’t let Huaifeng bother you like this, after all, I have to take care of him myself, so I can rest assured.”

"Mrs. Nian, it's wrong for you to say that." Bai Xuelan said seriously, "The meaning of friends is to help each other. Why can't Huaifeng have an accident and can't stay in my mansion? Don't you think I'm a Lin Qijun and his ilk?"

"That's not what I meant, I just stayed at someone else's house for no reason..."

"Of course it's not for nothing. First, we are friends. Second, Huaifeng has agreed to be my adjutant. Even if he doesn't need to recuperate, he will still live in my mansion after taking office."

Xuan Daiyun was surprised, "What did you say? Huaifeng agreed to be your adjutant?"

Bai Xuelan nodded and sighed, "Among our friends, he used to value Lin Qijun the most, so he was not willing to associate with others. After this incident, he probably took it easy. I sincerely I talked with him carefully about his future plans, and he finally agreed to serve as an adjutant temporarily and be my assistant. Of course, with his talent and learning, I also know that being an adjutant has wronged him. When he has some experience, I will recommend him of."

Huaifeng is finally willing to seek a job in the government, and once he enters, he will be a deputy to the chief, which is really good news for Xuan Daiyun.

What she loves the most is that her spoiled younger brother is getting angry everywhere. Now that his younger brother has become Bai Xuelan's adjutant, who dares to show him face?

The kid has finally figured it out.

She originally planned to insist on asking her brother to go home, but now she immediately changed her mind. After thinking for a while, she nodded and said, "In that case, I will hand him over to you. President Bai, he is here with you, just please look at him For the sake of past friendship, if there is a mistake, just teach him." Two jade hands held Bai Xuelan's hand beggingly.

Bai Xuelan held her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, I treat him as my own family."

Xuan Daiyun was grateful and said, "Where is he? Can I see him now?"

"Of course, he's in the guest room at the back of the courtyard."

Bai Xuelan led the way and brought Xuan Daiyun into the room.

Adjutant Sun stayed with Xuan Huaifeng in the room all the time, when he saw them coming, he stood up to say hello, and left tactfully.

Xuan Huaifeng was lying on the bed, when he heard movement, he turned his head, and suddenly saw his sister coming, he turned over and sat up anxiously.

Pulling the wound on his body, the pain on his face was unbearable.

Bai Xuelan strode up, "You are recuperating, what are you doing sitting up? Are you feeling uncomfortable again? Lie down quickly." Gently supporting his shoulders, let him lie back on the pillow, turned his head and said softly to Xuan Daiyun , "He just vomited a lot, and now his stomach hurts when he moves."

Xuan Daiyun saw his younger brother lying weakly on the bed, his eyes were already red, he didn't want to cry in front of outsiders, so he wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, took a few steps forward, and sat down by the bed After watching Xuan Huaifeng for a long time, he choked with sobs and said softly, "In life, who will not be wronged all his life? Why are you so confused? If something really happens, will you make your sister cry?"

Listening to Xuan Daiyun's words, Xuan Huaifeng felt extremely ashamed, and didn't know how much she knew, so he glanced at Bai Xuelan worriedly.

Bai Xuelan stood behind Xuan Daiyun, smiled lightly at Xuan Huaifeng, and gave you a reassuring look.

Xuan Huaifeng turned his gaze back to his sister, and said uncomfortably, "Sister, don't cry."

Xuan Daiyun was also afraid that he couldn't help scolding him, and Huaifeng scolded him so much that he couldn't think about it. He didn't dare to criticize him deeply, so he squeezed out a little smile and said, "If you want me not to cry, I should be more sensible. But, I If you think it’s a blessing in disguise, you don’t know it’s a blessing. You have been angered and confused once, and you should grow up a little bit. Chief Bai said that you plan to be his adjutant. I am very relieved to hear that.”

Xuan Huaifeng's heart trembled slightly, and he looked at Bai Xuelan with his eyes.

Bai Xuelan stared at him with threatening eyes, and said in a cheerful tone, "Huaifeng, I couldn't help talking about you being my adjutant when I saw your sister. Your sister is also very happy for you."

Xuan Daiyun said, "People are willing to give you such an opportunity, you have to cherish it. The ancients said that the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. You must work hard for President Bai in a peaceful manner in the future, and don't let him down." "

Xuan Huaifeng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Sister, I know."

Xuan Daiyun sighed, "It's good that you know, Mr. Bai is the noble man in your life. I can rest assured that you stay with him."

I asked a lot of questions about where my body was uncomfortable, and gave a lot of advice.

Bai Xuelan stayed with her in the room all the time.

Xuan Daiyun stayed by Xuan Huaifeng's side for two or three hours, and finally got up and said goodbye even though he was very reluctant.

Before leaving, Xuan Daiyun took Xuan Huaifeng's hand and said, "You need to get better soon. My sister feels distressed when she looks like this. I'm leaving, and I'll see you tomorrow."

Xuan Huaifeng was 1 times reluctant to let her go, but he was even more worried that his sister and Bai Xuelan would fall into Bai Xuelan's trap if they got too close, so he had to go against his wish and said, "Please don't come tomorrow, the doctor said My body is fine, and I will be fine soon."

Xuan Daiyun said, "I won't take a look, how can I rest assured?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "This is the mansion of the chief executive, and many people are staring at it. I will be Bai Xuelan's adjutant in the future, and this is where I work. If an adjutant's sister often comes to the mansion where he works, it is easy to lose ground. I When I first came here, I really didn’t want to do this.”

Xuan Daiyun was very pleased that his younger brother would actually consider these worldly matters.

She thought for a while, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but I can always call and ask, right?"

Bai Xuelan said with a smile, "Of course you can make calls. Not only that, but when Huaifeng recovers, I will personally send a car and take him to Nianzhai for you to have a look at."

Xuan Daiyun said, "If this is really the case, that would be great."

Then he said goodbye and left.