sjar Chapter 140: Treat others with their own medicine.
Chapter 140: Treat others with their own medicine.
Wan Zhou almost immediately understood Shi Xuanting's intention.
Post a notice to get steamed buns.
And if she didn't know, she would be surrounded by a group of beggars tomorrow morning.
Those beggars came after seeing the notice, but in the end they got nothing. Some of the most vicious ones even caused trouble.
Outsiders would only recognize the notice. Does it matter whether she posted it or not? It doesn't matter. Who would investigate the truth? They would only think that she was playing tricks on beggars and was untrustworthy. After the incident became public, she would become the target of public criticism.
Although many people want to spit when they see beggars, once they find someone openly teasing beggars, they will be filled with righteous indignation and criticize them.
Shi Xuanting was really vicious. It seemed that she was asking her to pay money, but in fact, she was destroying her reputation.
Wan Zhou bit her lip, her eyes cold and gloomy.
Now that she knows about it, I'll just give her a taste of her own medicine.
"Maodou, go find the writer and change the address to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, change 5 steamed buns to 10 steamed buns, and sign it to "Fifth Young Lady of Duke Dingguo's Mansion."
Of course, publicity efforts must also be intensified to ensure that every beggar who comes to Beijing can receive this good news.
The Duke Dingguo's Mansion couldn't afford to lose this person. They surrounded him, and no matter how early or late they rushed, they would definitely get the steamed buns. But Mrs. Wang would definitely put the blame on Shi Xuanting.
Maodou received Wanzhou's instructions and turned to go out.
"That's great. Now the Fifth Young Master's wife will be in trouble." Qiu Ge was very happy.
But Wan Zhou still felt upset. "Bai Lu, tell Mao Dou that everyone can get 10 steamed buns and 500 coins."
Shi Xuanting loves money, so she needs to spend more so that she can learn her lesson.
"Brother Maodou, wait a moment." Maodou walked quickly, and Bailu chased him out of the door before calling him back.
Bai Lu trotted over and conveyed Wan Zhou's intention, "The young lady said to find a few more people, don't be reluctant to spend the money."
Maodou agreed and went, and passed by Jiangnan who was coming back from outside. Jiangnan wanted to say hello, but when he turned his head, the person had already walked far away.
When I looked up, I just saw the egret turning back.
It is said that people in Jiangnan have shifty eyes. Just from this chance encounter, he smelled something unusual.
He hurried back to report to Ji Nanzheng.
"General, I ran into the young lady's coachman Maodou at the door. He was in a hurry. I didn't even hear him when I greeted him. It was so unusual. I felt like he was going to do something big."
Ji Nanzheng was reading a book while supervising the work, and paused when he heard this.
Doing big things?
Jiangbei is very good at handling big things.
But, if he took action without authorization, what if Wan Zhou was unhappy? He hesitated.
"General, at this time, won't you let Jiang Bei come out and lend a helping hand to the young lady?" Jiang Nan began to get anxious when he saw Ji Nanzheng didn't express his opinion.
"Jiang Bei, go and see what's going on. If you are not needed, don't do anything." Ji Nanzheng still wanted to know what was going on with Wan Zhou.
Jiang Bei is a man of action and came back in half an hour.
"She is so bold!" Ji Nanzheng's face turned cold after listening to Jiang Bei's report.
I let her off last time for the charcoal fire incident, but she's so stupid that she's still trying to use dirty tricks!
"Grind the ink!"
Mrs. Wang had already arranged for someone to tidy up the study and the martial arts training ground, and Ji Nanzheng went to the study with great momentum.
He wrote a stack of documents in one breath and gave them to Jiangbei to do.
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The next morning, Wan Zhou was awakened by a egret.
"Miss, Miss, wake up, something happened."
Wan Zhou rubbed his eyes and said sleepily, "What's the matter? I haven't woken up yet."
"Didn't you ask Brother Maodou to go to the Duke's Mansion early in the morning to get information? Guess what? There are a lot of people gathered in front of the Duke's Mansion. Brother Maodou said there are more than 1000 people."
When Wan Zhou heard this, he woke up from his sleepiness.
“There are so many beggars in Shangjing?”
"Not a beggar." Bai Lu said excitedly, "Didn't you change the notice to 10 steamed buns plus 500 coins? I don't know who added another one next to our notice."
Wan Zhou was completely awakened from his sleep: "What's going on? Tell me clearly."
Bai Lu showed Wan Zhou the notice that Mao Dou had uncovered.
"At 12:00 a.m., anyone who lines up at Duke Dingguo's mansion will receive one dou of white rice and one jin of pork for free. There is a limit of one thousand portions, and they will be given out while all are gone."
Signed: The Fifth Young Lady of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion (poor health, establishing a good relationship)
"This notice is posted next to our notice." Bai Lu said as Wan Zhou was reading the notice.
"Brother Mao Dou said that the gate of the Duke's Mansion was surrounded by people who came to collect food and beggars who came to collect steamed buns."
Wan Zhou smiled slightly. Is this a good man who is doing justice for the people?
1000 dou of rice, 1000 jin of pork, the Duke's Mansion is very busy just purchasing them. And there are also those thousands of steamed buns, haha, that's good, the Duke's Mansion must be very lively today.
Shi Xuanting had to pay a heavy price this time for nearly a thousand taels of silver.
Think about it, the 5 steamed buns and 500 coins she added were really too trivial.
Wan Zhou picked up the notice again and read it carefully, and suddenly his pupils shrank.
That handwriting?
"Bai Lu, go get my divorce papers."
Bai Lu didn't understand what was going on, but she still took the box containing the divorce letters.
Wan Zhou opened it, took it out, and compared it with the notice.
Sure enough, the handwriting was exactly the same.
Even the tip of the brush was exactly the same, and it landed with such force that it seemed as if the brush would break.
Wan Zhou didn't think about how Ji Nanzheng knew it, she was wondering why he wrote it himself? Shi Xuanting might not know his name, but the Duke's wife, the Duke, and some other people knew it, right?
I don't understand why he is so open about it, but I can be sure that he is not negligent.
No matter what, the result is happy. Shi Xuanting has brought trouble upon herself.
"I'll sleep a little longer." Wan Zhou handed the notice to Bai Lu and curled up in the quilt.
"Miss, after something like this happened, will the Duke's wife not come?" Bai Lu asked.
The Duke's wife sent a letter yesterday afternoon, saying that it would be delivered this morning.
"I guess I don't have time to come today." Wan Zhou turned sideways and continued to sleep.
At this time, the Duke's Mansion was crowded with people outside the gate. Because there was not enough rice and pork, those who didn't get them were clamoring. Butler Qin asked people to distribute number plates while loudly trying to appease them.
"Everyone, everyone, please be patient. Food and pork are on the way. We promised that there will be one thousand portions and not a single one will be missing."
Then he comforted the beggars who were about to make a move: "Everyone, the kitchen is steaming buns. Don't worry, everyone will get 10 buns, not one less."
"There are still 500 coins." someone shouted.
"Yes, yes, we have everything. Please don't make any noise." Butler Qin's voice was a little hoarse.
And in the mansion, it was like a war, with hundreds of servants coming in and out, some carrying food, dozens of people in the kitchen kneading dough to make steamed buns, and the rest counting money.
By the afternoon, all the visitors were finally sent away. Everyone in the mansion was exhausted.
In Linhui Hall, the whole family gathered together, except Shi Xuanting.
Madam Wang collapsed in her chair and ordered, "Go, bring the person here."