Chapter 273 Do you really think of him as a fool?

It seems that the old guy surnamed Jia doesn't want to care about his own face anymore, so he has no choice but to move out as his master.

With a cold face, he directly explained his purpose:

"Jia Tongpan, if I say that my master has specially cared for these refugees to be properly resettled, will you still be so dismissive?"

Jia Tongpan was stunned.

He didn't expect that these mud-legged refugees who had just arrived in the capital would be related to that person. He thought it was the old guy named Zhou who suddenly became kind-hearted and wanted to stand up for these people!

But he still had some doubts: "Didn't your master already leave the capital a long time ago? And this group of refugees just arrived in the capital today, how could they have any friendship with your master? Didn't you deliberately use your master's name to scare me? ?”

Butler Zhou sneered and glanced at Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran understood and took out the jade pendant from the bag again.

This scene made Butler Zhou's eyes twitch. Although he didn't complain as crazy as Shopkeeper Chen, he looked at Qiao Ran with some resentment in his eyes.

How could this little girl put her master's jade pendant so casually in a dirty and old coarse cloth bag?

Even if you don’t know the meaning of this jade pendant, you should know that this jade pendant is not an ordinary thing. How can such a precious thing be put away so casually without cherishing it?

At least find a decent iron brocade box and store it properly!

Qiao Ran didn't know that Housekeeper Zhou was complaining about her. She handed the jade pendant in her hand forward: "Do you recognize this thing, sir?"

When Jia Tongpan saw the ugly girl taking something out of the bag and handing it to him, he didn't take it seriously at first and just glanced at it lightly.

However, this glance made his whole body freeze, and he quickly looked at it again.

After seeing the jade pendant clearly, the scornful look on Jia Tongpan's face finally disappeared and became very serious.

He put down the tea cup, sat up straight, and stared at Qiao Ran with squinted eyes:

"How did you get this jade pendant in your hand? Could it be that you picked it up accidentally? Instead of returning it to its original owner, you used it to coax and blackmail Butler Zhou into doing things for you?"

As he said that, he turned his eyes to Butler Zhou, looking like he was avenging the injustice:

"Steward Zhou, don't you think it's strange that your master's things are in the hands of a refugee? Your master must have accidentally dropped the jade pendant on the road and this girl picked it up, so he used it to lie to you and say it was you. The master gave it to her. Let me take a guess. She must have said that she saved your master's life, so your master wants to repay her by asking her to come to you with this jade pendant and arrange a good place for them. Is your guess correct? I have tried so many cases for such a liar, so I can tell you a lot!"

Butler Zhou saw Jia Tongpan's eyes full of ridicule and sympathy for him, as if he had determined that he had been deceived.

It has to be said that Jia Tongpan's brain was not in vain. He actually guessed the general outline of the matter, but he did not know that this jade pendant was indeed given to Miss Qiao by his master.

If his master hadn't explained it in advance, Housekeeper Zhou would have had to admire Jia Tongpan's reasoning. Maybe he would have been persuaded by him, thinking that he had been deceived by this little girl!

Qiao Ran couldn't help but laugh. Should she praise Jia Tongpan for being smart or clever? His imagination is really good!

Butler Zhou glanced at Qiao Ran, and then said to Jia Tongpan: "How this jade pendant got into the hands of Miss Qiao, I don't have to worry about it. But this jade pendant was indeed a gift from my master, and I am the one who said it." My master told me personally, and now I will relay it to Lord Tongpan. My master said that these refugees are good and law-abiding people, and they have a close relationship with my master. He also hopes that Lord Tongpan will resettle them to a suitable place to live. and where you cultivate, and do not divide them asunder.”

When Jia Tongpan heard this, his face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

"This... Steward Zhou, I have already arranged this matter, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to change it. Well, let me send someone to send a message to County Magistrate Qian, asking him to try his best to place these refugees in one place. what do you think?"

Butler Zhou almost laughed out loud. Did Jia Tongpan really think of him as a fool?

Huangshan County, an extremely poor place, relies on government relief every year to feed the people in that county.

Resettling these more than 500 refugees has no benefit except increasing the burden on the government.

And since they are deliberately making things difficult, they may not even give them relief food in the future, just wanting them to starve to death.

Housekeeper Zhou didn't know what kind of person gave Jia Tongpian the instructions to embarrass these refugees, so much so that Jia Tongpian even dared not to give face to his master, and would rather offend his master, the demon king, than continue to embarrass them. these refugees.

Butler Zhou stared straight at Jia Tongpan, trying to read something from his face.

Jia Tongpan felt extremely guilty at this time, his eyes were evasive, and he did not dare to look at Butler Zhou at all.

Seeing that Butler Zhou didn't speak for a long time, Jia Tongpan said again:

"Steward Zhou, you are not a member of the officialdom. You don't know that we all have a set of procedures for doing things. I have strictly followed the instructions of the prefect to plan and allocate the places for these refugees and those who may come later. , Butler Zhou, please stop embarrassing me, right? If you mess up the arrangement, I will have to make a new plan, and then resubmit the completed plan to the prefect for approval. Wouldn't this add chaos to the prefect? ​​"

Butler Zhou narrowed his eyes. Was he going to move out the prefect to suppress him?

However, the prefect is only a third-grade official, but his master is...

He sneered: "I'm just here to convey my master's wishes. As for how to arrange it, I'm just my master's servant. Naturally, I can't interfere with your arrangements. But my master will be back in the next two days. At that time, I will naturally report Lord Tongpan’s arrangements to my master exactly as they are. I think my master is reasonable and tolerant and will definitely understand Lord Tongpan’s difficulties and will not argue too much with Lord Tongpan. In this way, for my family Now that the master’s mission of delivering the message has been completed, the common people must retire!”

After saying that, Butler Zhou stood up, bowed his hands to Jia Tongpan, waved, and left with Qiao Ran.

However, Jia Tongpan was frightened by Butler Zhou's words.

"Reasonable"?

"Magnificent"?

Are you sure it's the one you're talking about?

Don't you care about him too much?

Haha, if that person really comes back and knows that he has disobeyed his will, he still has to skin him alive!

Thinking of this, Jia Tongpuan trembled all over.

He quickly stretched out his hand to stop Butler Zhou.

"Steward Zhou, don't be anxious, don't be anxious! Everything is easy to discuss! Let me think about it carefully, think about it carefully!"

Butler Zhou was just pretending. He only took two steps and then stopped, sat back on the chair again, and looked at Jia Tongpan with a calm expression.