Evergreen Immortal

"You"

Zhu Ping stood up suddenly and looked at Li Rui in disbelief.

He could never have imagined that Li Rui would choose to redeem himself.

If this were to spread, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the reputation of the Zhu family. At that time, it would definitely be rumored that the Zhu family withheld servants. How would they manage at that time? Who would be willing to sell themselves to the Zhu family?

When a family becomes big, the most important thing is a good reputation.

Zhu Ping decided to eliminate this source of chaos.

Even if his son Zhu Yue once said that Li Rui had some ability, it was not worth mentioning compared to the stability of the Zhu family. He would never allow such a thing that was unfavorable to the Zhu family to happen.

"Old Li, has my Zhu family ever neglected you?"

"No."

Li Rui shook his head: "If it weren't for the old patriarch taking me in, I would have died in the famine of that year."

Hearing this, Zhu Ping's expression eased a little.

Since it is not the Zhu family's problem, it is much simpler.

"Old Li, if the standard salary is not enough, I can allow you to add another 30%."

In Zhu Ping's opinion, there is nothing that cannot be solved with money, especially for these servants. It has never failed.

He does not need to worry about causing protests from other servants.

Whoever can live to 70 will be given extra money!

Li Rui shook his head again: "In my early years, I fled to Qinghe with my parents. My parents died on the road and there was no time to bury them. Later, I entered the mansion and did not have time to observe mourning. Now I am willing to observe mourning for three years with my broken body, which can be regarded as fulfilling my filial piety."

When these words came out, Zhu Ping and Ma Dianshi were somewhat moved.

Yu State established the country with martial arts.

But the knights used martial arts to arbitrarily ban. It is not easy to control these brave and fearless warriors.

Warriors can choose not to marry or have children.

But it is definitely impossible to have no parents.

So under the promotion of a certain great scholar, the idea of ​​governing the world with filial piety in Yu State gradually took root, and filial piety was second only to the monarchy.

As an official in charge of etiquette and law, Ma Dianshi quickly grasped the key words.

Filial piety.

Political achievements, political achievements again!

He even thought about how to write the memorial to the court. Such a good topic is hard to find even with a lantern.

Ma Dianshi suddenly felt that this trip was worth it!

Zhu Ping regained his previous smile.

"Old Li, you are really the lucky general of my Zhu family. In this case, I will not keep you any longer. I will ask someone to get your indenture. I will give you thirty taels as a filial gift for your filial piety."

"Thank you, sir."

Li Rui was overjoyed.

Not only did he redeem himself, but he also got thirty taels of silver for free!

The master of the Zhu family is not a generous person. Not only is he strict in managing his family, but he is also a stingy person. According to his requirements, the Zhu family must extinguish the candles just after the hour of Xu to save the candle money.

For this reason, there are many things that happen to steal light by drilling holes in the wall.

This caused constant complaints from the neighbors around.

The reason why he was so generous today was that he hoped that the Zhu family would have more space in the memorials to the court in Ma Dianshi, and his image would be better.

Ma Dianshi was also very satisfied.

Under his rule, fathers were kind and sons were filial, and masters were good and servants were loyal.

What a prosperous scene.

"Ha, ha, ha~"

Ma Dianshi stroked his beard and laughed: "I will give orders for the removal of the slave class. You will go later. No one dares to make things difficult for you."

"Thank you, sir."

Li Rui bowed again.

Today was full of good things.

He was a slave registered with the government, so in addition to taking back the contract of sale, he had to go to the county government to register and remove the slave class.

But it is easy to hide from the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with the devil.

If you want to remove the slave class, even if you have a contract of sale, you must at least pay five taels of silver, otherwise you will be troubled by the clerks in the household.

The corruption of the government of Yu State can be seen.

"Master, you are removed from the slave class?"

Wang Zhao heard the news Li Rui told him, and for a moment he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

After Li Rui left, he became the new groom.

Not only did his salary double, but he was also respected. Otherwise, Ma Yang would not have quarreled with Li Rui over the position of groom.

But he had been used to being with Li Rui day and night for these years.

The master left suddenly, and he felt mixed emotions.

Li Rui sighed and patted Wang Zhao on the shoulder: "Take good care of the horses. If anything happens, you can go to your uncle Yang."

"Yeah."

Wang Zhao nodded with tears in his eyes.

After Li Rui instructed Wang Zhao, he went to see Yang Yong again.

When Yang Yong heard that Li Rui actually chose to redeem himself, he was no less surprised than Wang Zhao.

"Old Li, are you serious?"

Li Rui smiled slightly: "Your knife."

He returned the knife he had borrowed from Yang Yong before. It was something from the Zhu family. He could borrow it, but if he took it away, Yang Yong would definitely be in trouble.

Yang Yong took the knife and sighed: "Forget it. When you find a place to live, I will go to you for a drink."

"Okay!"

Li Rui laughed.

Back to the room.

After packing up, he found that he had lived in the Zhu family for decades, but he could take away very few things.

Just a roll of quilt and three sets of clothes.

Soon, he finished packing.

Waiting for the steward Zhu to appear.

"Old Li, this is your indenture, and the thirty taels of silver given to you by the master."

Steward Zhu looked at Li Rui with envy.

Although he worked hard to climb up to the position of steward, it was only superficial.

A lowly person is a lowly person after all.

And Li Rui not only got rid of his status, but also got thirty taels of silver, how could he not envy him.

Wei Shi.

Li Rui walked on the street to the county government office with his luggage on his back.

Even though the master of the Zhu family asked him to stay until after the New Year's Eve, he still refused.

After the New Year, the county government office will not open until the eighth day of the first lunar month.

He stayed there for eight or nine days, and there were too many variables. He couldn't delay the matter of leaving the county.

Because of the New Year, there were fewer pedestrians on the street, and most of them were at home preparing meals for the New Year's Eve.

Li Rui came to the front of the county government office.

It was very deserted.

He followed the route he remembered to the household room, and only a young clerk was left with his head supported by his right hand, lowering it and raising it again.

"This young man."

Hearing Li Rui's words, the young clerk woke up and said impatiently: "Old man, what's the matter?"

Li Rui took out the indenture from his arms: "I'm here to leave the county."

Hearing that Li Rui wanted to leave the county, the young clerk immediately became interested.

Although there are few people who leave the county in Qinghe, there are more than a dozen every year, but this is the first time he has seen an old man like this.

"Zhu family?"

When the clerk saw the Zhu family, he remembered that Ma Dianshi had come to the transfer office in the morning.

He said that someone from the Zhu family would come to remove the household registration today, so don't make it difficult.

It turned out to be him!

The little clerk couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Since the Dianshi had given the order, he naturally didn't dare to make it difficult. He took out the household register, crossed out the column with Li Rui's name with a red pen, and then added Li Rui's name to the white household.

It took only a quarter of an hour.

But if Ma Dianshi hadn't given the order in advance, it would have taken at least ten days and half a month.