Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 432: The Person Behind the Redemption

At the latest, the technique would be spread next year and Lian Fang Zhou was not too concerned about Tian Si’s departure at that time.

Apart from her, Ah Jian was the only person who knew about this matter in the Lian family

“Never mind his departure,” Lian Fang Zhou smiled lightly.
“I am more interested in who is behind him.”

Ah Jian nodded: “It’s not difficult to find out, just ask about who they met with when they went out for a walk.”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and softly said, “Yes.” She believed that Su Zi Ji would fully investigate this matter.

When things changed suddenly, there was always an instigator.
Su Zi Ji was a former official, if he couldn’t even think about this, he had no business being a steward.

So she just had to wait for the news.

…

After speaking with Lian Fang Zhou, Tian Si excitedly went to find Steward Su.

However, he did not ask Su Zi Ji to redeem himself according to the rules and regulations, as Lian Fang Zhou had said, but directly told Su Zi Ji that he was redeeming himself and just now he had begged Miss Lian for permission and the Miss had agreed, telling him to tell Steward Su.

Su Zi Ji was stunned, staring at Tian Si and his eyes were a little heavy.

Seeing that he was silent for so long, Tian Si couldn’t help but become nervous.
Reluctantly, he smiled and said: “Steward Su, if you don’t have any orders for this servant, then I will leave first.
Tomorrow, this servant will leave…”

“Let’s talk about it tomorrow.” Su Zi Ji finally opened his mouth, smiling faintly.
“Since you have said so, you don’t have to work tomorrow, just stay in the dormitory and wait for news.”

Tian Si couldn’t guess Su Zi Ji’s thoughts and after thinking about it, he couldn’t pick out any mistakes so he left with a smile.

After he left, Su Zi Ji sneered and his eyes flashed.

Right now, it was lunch time and this was the only time the workers had to come out of the workshop.
It was clear that Tian Si had waited for Lian Fang Zhou on purpose.

However, Su Zi Ji did not believe his words at all.

Quickly, he went to find Tian Da and Tian San, who he trusted the most, and ordered them to keep an eye on Tian Si in the afternoon to prevent him from making any small moves.

Tian Da and Tian San were both surprised but didn’t ask any question, but respectfully agreed.

After than, Su Zi Ji called Tian Qi and Tian Jiu, who had gone into town with Tian Si the day before yesterday, to ask questions.

The two could only repeated Tian Si’s story but Su Zi Ji still didn’t believe it.

In the afternoon, he went to see Lian Fang Zhou.

Ordinarily, it was not a big deal for a servant to beg to redeem themselves but if the servant was the master of a secret technique belonging to the family, redemption was not a simple matter.

If Lian Fang Zhou really agreed to Tian Si’s request as he said, she would have definitely discussed it with him herself instead of just letting Tian Si go over to say his goodbyes.

Besides, it was impossible for Lian Fang Zhou not to know of the importance of this matter and Su Zi Ji did not believe she would agree so easily.

“Tian Si is very hateful! Miss, I did not notice this matter, please punish me!” Su Zi Ji clenched his fists bitterly and admitted his guilt.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled slightly, “The heart is separate from the belly, who can guarantee to see everything every time? Steward Su, please don’t act like this.”

Then she raised her eyebrows: “However, this Tian Si cannot be kept.”

Su Zi Ji agreed: “Does Miss still remember Boss Wang’s Silk and Satin shop in the county town? If I have guessed correctly, Tian Si should be working with him.
Miss, Tian Si can’t stay but he also cannot be let off!”

He sneered: “The slave contract he needs to redeem himself is still in Miss’ hands.
Even if you sell him without telling him, there is nothing wrong with this.”

As for redeeming himself? What a joke! What say does he have?

If a master is willing, a slave could redeem themselves without spending a single copper coin.
If the master was unwilling, even if they were offered gold and silver, they could refuse!

Tian Si and the others had been carefully selected by Su Zi Ji out of thousands of slaves.
Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, his heart had changed.
Su Zi Ji felt deeply frustrated and extremely angry!

In contrast, Lian Fang Zhou’s expression was very calm.
Nodding slowly, she smiled: “So it turned out to be Boss Wang.
I guessed it might be their family.”

No wonder there hadn’t been any moves from Boss Wang’s side after the matter at the restaurant.
Lian Fang Zhou had thought this was a little strange.
After all, Boss Wang was not a thin-skinned person and it was unlikely that he would give up so easily.
It turned out that he was acting out a new plan!

However, it was likely that he and Tian Si had not met the day before yesterday.

Lian Fang Zhou told Su Zi Ji her thoughts.
His face immediately changed and he stood up abruptly, hurriedly saying: “Miss, I will keep an eye on the rest and never allow Tian Si to appear before them again.
I won’t let them go out in the future! They won’t even be able to rest in the yard!”

Lian Fang Zhou thought about it and nodded, smiling.
“Alright.”

It was time to take care of this.
After all, everyone was mortal, with all kinds of emotions and desires.
Not everyone could stand temptations and tests.
It was better to be more strict.

As for loyalty or something, maybe in the future they would have this, but not now!

This was the reason Tian Si betrayed her and Lian Fang Zhou was not that angry.

“As for Tian Si, since Boss Wang values him so much, we can’t hinder the future of others, right? For the sake of his good performance in the past, let’s fulfill his wish!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled.

“Miss! This can’t be done! This—” Su Zi Ji was very anxious when he heard her.

Smiling, Lian Fang Zhou raised a hand to stop him.
“Steward Su, you are really confused! Do you remember that each of them only learned part of the process?”

Su Zi Ji was stunned.

Lian Fang Zhou blinked innocently: “Since Boss Wang values Tian Si so much, hmm, he should be willing to pay for it! Calculating the cost of your trip to the south of the Yangtze River, buying and hiring so many people, and bringing them back, it all cost me a lot of money.
How about a thousand taels? Now that someone is willing to help me pay for this, I am so happy!”

Su Zi Ji’s eyes were very wide and he couldn’t help but laugh.
“Miss is so clever and thoughtful! What you’ve said is very true, very true!”

It was true, Tian Si only knew a small part of the process.
Even if he wanted to secretly learn more after reaching an agreement with Boss Wang, there was no one to explain it to him.
He would not be able to learn much and at most he could only take a few glances.

Tian Si was not their most talented worker; his aptitude was only so-so.
So it was even less likely that he could learn anything useful.