Strange servants

During the Song Dynasty, there was a big family surnamed Zhou in this place of Songling, who had been big officials in their ancestors' generation, so they had a big house and a group of servants, which was very prominent at that time. But the Zhou family's children and grandchildren used this as capital, sitting on the mountain. Finally, when Zhou Songfeng's generation, the family business has been decayed.

Zhou Songfeng lived in the old house with only three houses, the previous ancestors' house had been sold to others due to livelihood problems, and the servants also found their way out, leaving only a wife to do the laundry and cooking for Zhou Dongfeng, which was a quiet life.

One day, Zhou Songfeng went for a walk on the street, and a young man came up to meet him, only to see his body length of five feet, handsome face, like his family's son. The man has been staring at Zhou Dongfeng and came straight to him.

When he saw Zhou Dongfeng, he knelt and kowtowed despite the crowd on the street, saying, "I, Zhou Ershe, pay my respects to Young Master Zhou."

"You, who are you? This brother must be mistaken for someone else." Zhou Songfeng was bewildered and at a loss for words.

"My ancestors have always been servants in the young master's house, and then left for some reason." Zhou Ershe remained brittle.

"You get up first, get up and talk about it."

"Now I am drifting around, there is no place to live, I hope the young master will accept me."

"This--" Zhou Songfeng felt very difficult. This man looked handsome and spoke civilly, not like a servant.

The number of onlookers on the street was increasing and there was a lot of talk. Zhou Songfeng was afraid that things would become unmanageable and saw that he looked very respectful, so it was inconvenient to reject him too much, so he accepted him.

Back home, Zhou Songfeng put Zhou Ershe in a dilapidated house at the back. This dilapidated house has never been inhabited and has been used as a pile of miscellaneous things. Zhou Songfeng intended that he was not welcome so that he could not live in it, and offered to leave.

However, Zhou Ershe did not seem to complain at all but cleaned up the house. He also often fetches water and cuts firewood, Zhou Dongfeng also can not say anything.

One day, Zhou Songfeng was invited by a friend to play at his home, Zhou Eiche also served with the go. The friend's home is magnificent but more enviable is his home has a pot of Min orchids. Zhou Dongfeng is a lover of flowers, and when he saw this pot of elegant and fragrant flowers today, he couldn't help but love it and admire it.

On the way home, Zhou Dongfeng didn't say a word, his eyes were staring at the road, he must be thinking about the pot of Min orchids, of course, Zhou Ershe knew what his master was thinking about, so he said:

"Does the master really like that flower?"

Zhou Songfeng replied, "It's a rare species in the world, people love it!"

"If you like this Min orchid, I can get it for you."

Zhou Songfeng just thought he was talking nonsense, and ignored him.

The next morning, Zhou Songfeng walked into the study and found the pot of Min orchid on the study table.

He shouted in anger, "Zhou Archer, Zhou Archer, come in here for me."

"Is the master calling me?" Zhou Ershe came in as if he knew nothing.

"I can't see that you, all gentle, would steal someone's flowers. Although our Zhou family is no longer big, but we are innocent, and won't you corrupt the reputation of the Zhou family by doing this."

At this moment, his friend had come and said with a big smile, "If you want flowers, why don't you say so?

Zhou Songfeng was ashamed of himself and hastened to say that it was Zhou Ershe who had done it.

The friend had been friends with Zhou Dongfeng for many years and knew that he was not such a despicable person, but only blamed him for taking a servant who behaved badly. So he patted Zhou Songfeng's shoulder, and said: "I also suspect that it is not Zhou's brother did, this flower last night before going to sleep I also saw."

That night, Zhou Songfeng asked Zhou Ershe to send Min Lan back, and Zhou Ershe agreed. At midnight that day, my friend was late for sleeping. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed through the door of his room. He cautiously got up and looked through the door, only to see Zhou Ershe with his face covered, holding the orchid in one hand and the dagger in the other, flying down into the courtyard like a bird, looking around to see if no one was there, and put Min Lan in his original position, and then ran back to the wall at a fast pace, leaping up the fence and disappearing. From this body of kung fu, Zhou Eiche practiced martial arts.

The next day, friends will tell this Zhou Dongfeng, Zhou Dongfeng will call Zhou Ershe, said: "You have such ability, why do you bend to stay in my house? I think you'd better go, or you will give me trouble."

Zhou Ershe did not answer, "snap" kneeling on the ground, to Zhou Songfeng kowtowed three times.

In the afternoon, he left without saying goodbye, never to be seen again.

Zhou Ershe came and went in such a hurry, as to why he had to come to the house of Zhou Dongfeng as a servant, probably only he knows.