The bearded man walked out of the door, turned into an empty street, and disappeared from where he was.

After a while, a man in a green shirt walked out from a corner.

Qin Shu looked down at her green shirt with satisfaction, put one hand behind her back, opened the folding fan in her right hand, walked out of the alley with square steps, and headed towards Jishan Hall.

When they were almost at the alley, Qin Shu suddenly had an idea to play a prank, so she turned around and went back to the original path.

There was no one at the entrance of the alley. Qin Shu deliberately paused and looked around. She didn't see the man in black. She shook her fan vigorously with some disappointment and strode away.

As soon as she left, a man in black floated down from the wall like a shadow, looked at Qin Shu's back, and muttered with infinite contempt, "You are sick, fanning yourself in the middle of winter."

It was not until night fell that the men in black became certain that their mission had failed.

He actually lost the person!

This was the first time he failed since following his master.

And the other party is a weak woman.

This is simply a shame!

So when he knelt before his master to apologize, his master was even more shocked than he was, "Lost him? Ying Qi, you actually, lost him?!"

Ying Qi lowered his head in guilt, "It is my incompetence, please punish me, Master!"

Is it that the other party is too cunning or that I am too useless? There is no need to say too much about this question.

Zhou Min was stunned for a while, then he smiled and kicked Ying Qi who was crawling at his feet, "Okay, get up."

Ying Qi raised his head with tears of gratitude, "Master, you won't punish me?"

Zhou Min knocked Ying Qi on the head with a fan, "Punishment, of course you have to punish me."

Although the Jinzhou governor has been suspended from his post, as a vassal king of Jin, if he frequently goes in and out of Jinzhou City, which is not part of his vassal state, he will be charged with treason once someone reports this to his father.

He looked at Ying Qi and said, "Go, stay with Miss Qin and protect her safety. If anything happens to her, you don't have to come back."

It's called "protection", but it's actually surveillance.

Ying Qi quickly clasped his fists and bowed, then responded in a deep voice.

Zhou Min still didn't quite believe it, and sighed, "Are you sure that's a dead end?"

Ying Qi was stunned: What does that mean? Could it be that in the master's mind, he can't even distinguish between a dead end alley and a thoroughfare?

Zhou Min asked again, "Maybe those houses have back doors?"

Ying Qi replied aggrievedly: "I have turned back and forth countless times..."

Zhou Min tapped his palms with his fan, "No one goes in or out of that alley?"

Ying Qi quickly replied, "Yes, but there is only one short, dark and fat man."

Zhou Min sighed with melancholy: What an unsolved mystery, what an unsolved mystery, I won’t be able to sleep again tonight!

Thinking of what he heard in Jinzhou Prison, Zhou Min couldn't help but chuckle: Interesting, really interesting!

Qin Jingyuan actually has such a resourceful yet cruel daughter?

*

In the main room of the east courtyard of the Qin Mansion, Qin Shu took a stack of paper money and put it into the treasure bowl while sneezing.

Nanny Chun said with concern: "Miss, I'd better bring a heater over."

Qin Shu shook her head. "No, it's not that cold."

She sighed and asked, "Mammy, do you know that my father is not my grandfather's biological son?"

Nanny Chun was stunned. She didn't say anything, but her eyes turned red.

So Nanny Chun understands her mother’s grievances.

I just think that it is a woman's fate.

Now that you have encountered it, you can only accept your fate.

Qin Shu laughed at herself and said, "So, in order to repay my kindness, my father kept my second uncle by his side even though he knew that he had done such an inhumane thing."

So she thought, was Daddy's obedience and doting on Mom over the years because of love or because of guilt?

Should she resent her father's foolish filial piety, or sympathize with her mother's forbearance and grievances?

Most women in this world have no control over their own destiny.

At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your husband; after your husband dies, obey your son...

She has spent her entire life abiding by the many rules imposed on women in this world, confined to the small backyard, and dared not step out of line!

In her previous life, Qin Shu was bound by rules and burdened by her reputation, and eventually died a violent death.

If it weren't for the journey to the other world when she was a ghost, she would never have known that women could live so freely.

It turns out that women can also walk out of the backyard, no longer be vassals of men, and use their own hands to support their own piece of sky.

She likes that kind of life.

She also wants to live a different life!

After burning the paper money, Qin Shu took Nanny Chun back to the front yard.

When Manager Chang saw Qin Shu, he hurried over to greet her.

Qin Shu asked, "Have all the children been settled?"

Manager Chang quickly replied, "Miss, everything has been settled."

Today Qin Shu went to Jishan Hall and brought back ten boys and ten girls.

They are all around ten years old.

Generally, the trusted maids and guards of wealthy families were selected from among the children of the family and carefully cultivated. Only after several generations did they become loyal and capable servants.

Like Nanny Chun and Manager Chang.

Later, most of the maids and servants my parents bought either went to live with Liu Yinghua or resigned and left the house after my parents died. In the end, only the few old servants that my mother brought as a dowry were left.

Guards need to learn martial arts from a young age. New noble families with shallow foundations usually hire guards from outside.

So Qin Shu planned to wait until after the New Year to ask Xiao Cheng for help in guarding the courtyard.

Qin Shu replied, "Thank you for your hard work, Manager Chang. From now on, Manager Chang will take care of these boys, and Nanny Chun will take care of the girls. You two can help Shu'er to look at them. If there are any outstanding ones, we will teach them carefully and put them in the position of second-class maids and servants in the courtyard."

Look for human traffickers after the New Year, and choose some older and more stable ones.

She thought for a moment and continued, "And the shop owners in the shops run by our family are the ones who have traveled with Dad all over the country and shared the joys and sorrows. Now that Dad and Mom are gone, Shu'er really has no power to run those shops."

"Manager Chang can ask. If these managers are willing to buy or rent the shops, we can give them the shops at a price slightly lower than the market price by 10%."

Sell ​​part of the shop first, and when there is a chance in the future, it will be safer to buy farms and land.

Several people were discussing something when suddenly there was a burst of firecrackers exploding outside.

The room instantly became quiet.

It's New Year's Eve again.

It’s a pity that my parents can’t see it.

Qin Shu's eyes flashed with tears, and then she raised her head and chuckled, "Another year has passed, and I am one year older. Manager Chang, call all the managers on the farm over. Although we can't stay up all night this year, we still have to get some New Year's money."

Manager Chang quickly agreed and went out to ask Dong Shun to invite the housekeeper and the maids.

Qin Shu also had someone bring the silver ingots that were to be exchanged at the money shop today to the door, along with the prepared sachets, each of which was filled with silver ingots and candies of various shapes and patterns.

Today, Nanny Liu went to Li Youlin's residence in Jinzhou to celebrate the New Year with her son and daughter.

The silver in the box was quickly distributed. Everyone held a thick red envelope in their hands. Although they tried hard to hide their happiness, they could not help but feel happy.

More and more firecrackers were heard one after another, and various fireworks were blooming in the sky on New Year's Eve.

Qin Shu looked at the fireworks flickering in the sky and whispered in her heart, "Dad, Mom, believe in your daughter. She will live a good life, for sure!"

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