When the housekeeper got the order, he went to quietly deal with the shops and fields. During this time, Shen Ling was not idle, and when nothing happened, he would observe the maids and women, and find out a few people who were loyal to the original owner.

Shen Ling didn't plan to take away any of those maids who had made friends with the Qi family. Born in troubled times, if the people around you are no longer loyal, you can't even guarantee your own safety.

Shen Ling sifted through it and found that apart from the housekeeper's family and Qiu He, there were only three or five trustworthy maids, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly. But in Biezhuang, Gu's mother also left a few loyal servants for her daughter.

Shen Ling picked up the pen, wrote down a few names, and gave them to Qiu He to ask her to inquire about these people's comments in private. Although she felt that these maids could be trusted, she was afraid of being confused by which city mansion, so she asked Qiu He to inquire about it again.

Qiu He carefully put the paper in his purse, and whispered softly: "The thing that the lady asked me to do has been done. They are all elderly people who are loyal to Gu's family, and some have experience in traveling long distances."

Shen Ling thought for a while and said, "In that case, you can arrange for the family members to have a good life after they go back, and let them join us when we set off." In the future, the county town may become chaotic. It is better to settle these family members as soon as possible, and those family members will be able to follow her desperately in the future.

Although Shen Ling had already waved back the maid waiting in the room before, the two of them couldn't help but lower their voices when speaking in order to keep secret, so some people sneaked under the window and wanted to eavesdrop. Shen Ling listened to them. Really.

Although she has not entered the Qi training period, she has already drawn Qi into the body. Not only has her body recovered day by day, but her facial features have become extremely sensitive.

Although the man deliberately made his movements very light when he walked over, he was still noticed by Shen Ling. Shen Ling couldn't help but winked at Qiu He, and said displeased: "A few furnishings in the warehouse is a big deal, so don't tell me about such trivial matters in the future."

Qiu He understood, raising her voice and said, "Miss, how can this be a trivial matter. That is the dowry from the first wife, and one of them is worth a few hundred taels of silver at least."

When the two said this, Shen Ling heard the man quietly leave the window, and gestured to Qiu He. The latter walked to the window, gently pushed a slit open, and quickly whispered, "Miss, It's the nanny Qi's."

Shen Ling said, she hasn't used the food with added ingredients in the past few days, and it's normal for Qi's to be suspicious of her. But she will leave here soon, and she doesn't need to bother with the sellers. Besides, she has already chosen the ending for the Qi family. Isn't she wholeheartedly trying to seize the Gu family's property? Let her die with the Gu family's house! So she quickly turned the topic elsewhere, exhorted Qiu He a few more words, and let her go down.

Five days later, the butler Tuo Qiuhe brought a sentence to Shen Ling, saying that those shops and fields had been sold, and they had received thirty or forty thousand taels in total.

Shen Ling collected the silver and told Qi that night that he would go to the Baiyun Temple in the suburbs to offer incense. The Qi family didn't doubt that he had him, and tried to persuade him a few words, but found that Shen Ling had made up his mind, so he wanted to follow along.

How could Shen Ling let her accompany her and said tactfully: "I went to Baiyun Temple to offer incense because my mother's death day is approaching. I want to live there for a few days and copy some more scriptures to my mother. But if the nurse followed along. Go, there is no host in the house, isn't it messy?"

The Qi family was about to take this opportunity to greedy the property in Mo's mansion, and Shen Ling stayed with him as soon as he persuaded him. Later, when Shen Ling said that she would take Qiuhe and Dongliu with her, she did not stop her.

Shen Ling took two big maids and a dozen family members, first went to the Baiyun Temple to burn incense, and after meeting with the housekeeper and others, the group headed for Meishan mightily.

Meishan is hundreds of miles away from the county town. It’s better to encounter official roads. When encountering those dusty dirt roads, the speed of the carriage is slowed down to ensure that the passengers are not so bumpy.

In this way, a group of people walked for a few days, but only half the distance.

At noon that day, a group of people stopped to bury the pot and cook in the shade next to the official road.

Although the sun in late spring is not as harsh as summer, it makes people drowsy from the sun.

When Shen Ling got out of the car, seeing everyone showing tiredness, a few of them were still taking a nap in the carriage, so they ordered to go down and rest after eating for half an hour before leaving.

The butler glanced at the surrounding environment. Although the place where they are now is an official road paved with bluestone, they have never seen other convoys since they started on the road in the early morning. They were very quiet all the way. Feeling uneasy, he persuaded Shen Ling to hurry up on the road after eating.

Shen Ling has experienced so many worlds, she has already seen that something is wrong, but she has already entered the Qi training period two days ago, and was eager to find two people to practice hand skills. Therefore, knowing that there will be bandits here, she didn't care, but persuaded the housekeeper to take a good rest. For a while.

The lunch made on the way is naturally not exquisite. Qiuhe puts a dish of cold wild vegetables, a dish of pickled cucumbers, and a bowl of mushroom and ham soup in front of Shen Ling, and then serves her a bowl of white rice.

After drinking half a bowl of soup, Shen Ling spent half a bowl of rice with wild vegetables and pickled cucumbers, then put down his chopsticks and let Qiuhe and Dongliu go to eat by themselves.

After everyone had lunch, some went to bed in a carriage, some leaned on the carriage to nap, and some found a shady place to rest on the spot.

Shen Ling sat cross-legged on the carriage, separated a ray of consciousness to check the surrounding environment, and soon discovered that there were more than 20 murderous bandits ambushing in a forest not far from the official road, and they were discussing whether to kill immediately. come.

A clear-headed person stopped the crowd and advised them to wait until everyone was asleep before doing anything.

When Shen Ling found out here, he withdrew his divine consciousness and didn't pretend to be disguised. As soon as he shook his figure, he used the teleport function of space to come to the forest.

More than 20 bandits are waiting to be killed, and they don't want a young girl to appear in the blink of an eye.

The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing fresh embroidered clothes, her eyebrows lined up like a picture, and her skin white as snow, as if she had walked out of a painting.

Several of the gangsters in front couldn't help but swallowed their saliva, one of them said: "Such a tender little lady snatched back to be the wife of the village, the master must be very happy."

But seeing the girl frowned slightly, she raised her hand and threw a line of fire, which fell directly on the talking bandit, and instantly burned that person to ashes.

The remaining bandits couldn't help being frightened. They called monsters and wanted to escape, but their feet were too weak, so they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Shen Ling said with a cold face: "Forgive me? Are you leaving you to harm more innocent people?" After she finished speaking, she gestured to raise her hands. Those people were frightened and begged for mercy.

Shen Ling paused and said, "It's not unreasonable that you want me to spare your life."

Seeing that there was hope of life, those people said, "As long as my grandmother spares her life, we are willing to go up to the sword and down to the sea of ​​fire."

Shen Ling slowly said: "As long as you are willing to recognize me as the master, I promise to spare your life." She lightly touched her eyebrows, forcing a drop of essence and blood, and then slowly floated in front of the bandits.

"Slash your index finger and drip blood on it." Shen Ling ordered.

Those bandits were afraid of Shen Ling's methods and rushed to bite their index finger and drip blood on it.

At the end, Shen Ling lightly clicked her eyebrows, and the much stronger blood returned to her eyebrows, completing the master-servant contract mode.

She moved a little, and the bandits knelt down involuntarily and shouted: "Well, see the master."

Shen Ling nodded with satisfaction: "Since you will recognize me as the master, you must obey my orders. Don't do this tragic activity in the future. Go back and pack your clothes and quietly follow behind our convoy. There will be arrangements for you."

Shen Ling told these bandits carefully before returning to the carriage.

After a quarter of an hour, everyone woke up from a nap and began to continue on their way.

Shen Ling swept the back of the motorcade with his spiritual sense, and he noticed the presence of those bandits, and a complex color flashed across his face.

The master-servant contract is one of the most common blood oaths in the world of cultivating immortals. After the party with the higher cultivation level forces the party with the lower cultivation level to sign the blood oath, the former can completely control the latter to do anything.

But this blood oath has a drawback, that is, the master's cultivation base as a contract cannot be too much higher than the servant's, otherwise it will easily affect the servant, and the weaker will lose the cultivation base, and the latter will die.

Otherwise, Shen Ling would not force those bandits to sign these master-servant contracts. Only this kind of people who had surpassed their lives on their hands would let Shen Ling use it without burden.

Without the obstacles of these bandits, everyone passed the official road unimpeded and rushed to a lively town in the evening.

The butler chose an old-fashioned inn, ordered a dozen rooms, and finally settled everyone in.

Shen Ling took a shower in the upper room, let the two maids dry her hair and simply pulled up a bun, and went downstairs to dinner.

The lobby of the inn was half full of guests for dinner. When Shen Ling came downstairs, he noticed the table of guests sitting in the corner at first glance. The guests at that table sat three men dressed as businessmen, and one was a handsome scholar with a weak character.

The scholar seemed to be asking the three businessmen and begging hard there, but it was a pity that none of the three businessmen paid him any attention, and they drank and ate while talking and laughing.

When Shen Ling passed the table, the scholar seemed to finally give up, got up from the seat and walked out, but because of a low mood, he accidentally ran into it.

With Qiuhe and Dongliu under his protection, the scholar naturally didn't even touch Shen Ling's clothes.

"Miss, are you okay?" Qiu He asked.

Shen Ling shook his head: "I'm fine."

The scholar was embarrassed, and Shen Ling had no intention of embarrassing him, so he let him go.

When eating, Shen Ling's seat was relatively close to the three businessmen, and a few people talked about the scholar who had just left.

"The dignified man can't even support his wife and children. He still clings to the books, and he doesn't know if his head is lacking."

"I persuaded him to come out and manage the account with us a long time ago, but he would rather sit in the library at home than come out. Now he comes to us to borrow money when something happens. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

The three of them probably had something to do, they talked for a while, and they checked out after eating.

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