Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Miss Kong Man was not the kind of person who would not fight back after being beaten. She did not expect Su Bai to rush over and slap her. Just when she was stunned for a moment and was about to fight back, the Sixth Concubine ran over and hugged her arms: "Manman, don't be angry!"

"She, what right did she have to hit me?" Kong Man struggled and questioned the Sixth Aunt who was holding her, but she still couldn't overcome the Sixth Aunt's strength and took her away from Su Bai.

Su Bai turned to the fourth concubine and said, "Fourth Madam, you took away the Kong family's business. Now the Kong family has nothing. From now on, it has nothing to do with you. You are no longer obligated to care about the life and death of the Kong family, right?"

"Why should I care about these freeloaders?" The fourth concubine immediately changed her mind after saying this: "At least I didn't let them starve to death. The Kong Mansion calculates the food rations based on the number of people, and I will still give them the annual food rations!"

The Fifth Concubine cried again, "Fourth Sister, you can't be so heartless. If you only give them some food, don't the servants in the Kong Mansion need to be paid?"

The fourth concubine said that when they were in trouble with the master, the ladies in the Kong family had lived a life worse than pigs and dogs, but things gradually got better. Now at least they can have enough to eat. As long as everyone works hard, they will have a good life.

What she said next was quite shocking. Everyone knew the last words that Mr. Kong left before his death. He did not leave a penny to his wives.

The current result has not actually changed. Everyone is still poor, so there is nothing to complain about.

If you want to blame someone, blame Su Bai. I don’t know what method she used to make the master give all the property to her.

"Even if the child in Su Bai's belly is the eldest young master's, there is nothing wrong with the master leaving more property to this child. But he shouldn't leave no money at all to the ladies, right?" The fourth concubine stopped and looked at everyone, then looked at Su Bai.

Everyone followed her gaze and looked at Su Bai.

Seeing that she had successfully drawn everyone's attention to Su Bai, the fourth wife slammed the table first, then pointed at Su Bai and said, "She must have given the master the idea. The master is not such a heartless person!"

But she only succeeded in the first step, and failed in the second step, which was to incite everyone's anger towards Su Bai. It was probably because the second young lady stood up and said, "You are talking nonsense! When my eldest sister-in-law was in charge of the family, everyone lived a good life!"

Seeing that her instigation did not have the desired effect, the Fourth Concubine sat down again, her tone became calm and cold, and she announced to everyone that they did not have to worry about not being able to pay the servants' wages, and she would take away all the servants in the Confucius Mansion except Guo Deyi.

As for the maids in each room, it depends on their respective situations. If you can afford it, keep them. If you can't afford it, don't force it.

The always domineering Second Wife didn't say a word from beginning to end. She just sat in the chair and watched coldly.

The third concubine was right. Among all the ladies in the mansion, she was the only one who had some savings.

Su Bai came to the Fourth Concubine and said, "Can I understand it this way? From now on, you, the Fourth Concubine, will have no relationship with the Kong family. We will not have any contact with each other. This is not a separation of the family, but a severance of relations?"

"Yes," the fourth wife nodded. "A yard this big should be sold for at least a few hundred dollars, right? I don't want it anymore!"

"Okay, let's sign a document. When you come back to the Confucius Mansion in the future, if we want to let you in, we will treat you as a guest. If we don't want to let you in, it's our duty!"

Su Bai turned around and said, "Butler Guo, bring me some paper and pen!"

Although he couldn't see Guo Deyi from the door, Su Bai knew that he must be eavesdropping outside the door.

Perhaps he was not the only one eavesdropping.

Sure enough, Guo Deyi responded immediately, quickly brought paper and pen, and ran in a hurry, still panting.

"What agreement did I sign with you?"

"Not with me, but with everyone in the Kong Mansion," Su Bai turned around and said to the Second Madam, "Second Madam, you are the oldest in the mansion, can you sign a pledge with the Fourth Madam on behalf of everyone?"

"What are you signing?" the second wife asked, standing up. Her question was not out of opposition, but because she didn't understand what Su Bai was going to do.

"It's almost the same as a divorce letter. Whether it's you guys divorcing the fourth wife on behalf of the master, or the fourth wife divorcing the master and you guys, anyway, after the fourth wife leaves the Kong Mansion today, she can marry whoever she wants, and none of us has the right to ask!"

"What, what is this?" The second wife thought it was a bit ridiculous.

Su Bai quickly wrote the letter which essentially stated the severance of relations, read it to everyone, and asked the Fourth Madam to sign it.

The fourth wife was very happy. She didn't intend to care about the lives of these people anyway, so she just pressed her fingerprints directly.

The second wife dipped her finger into the ink box but did not press the handprint immediately. She asked Su Bai, "What are you going to do? The Kong family has lost everything. Do you really want these concubines to starve to death?"

Su Bai suddenly grabbed her finger and pressed it on the agreement, and then he also pressed a fingerprint on it.

The fourth wife immediately took the agreement with her fingerprints on it and handed it to Captain Zhao beside her.

"Su Bai, what are you doing?" The Fifth Aunt was not shouting in a crying voice this time, but was really crying.

Su Bai walked a few steps towards the door and pointed outside: "The Kong Mansion is mine. This is what the master left for me before he died!"

Turning back, he asked the fourth concubine, "Originally, in addition to this courtyard, there were hundreds of shops, the Kong family business, and 800 acres of fertile land. The two brothers Kong Chen and Kong Li took away all my shops and businesses on the pretext of forcing me to pay military expenses. At the instigation of your fourth wife, Kong Li also took away the business and land. Now only this courtyard is left. It's not worth it for you to take it, right?"

The fourth concubine stood up again: "You are talking nonsense, how can this be called snatching? This should have belonged to me and my son!"

"Your son?" Su Bai sneered, "Master Kong doesn't want your son's affairs to be known to everyone in the Sanlong area, right?"

The Fourth Wife was speechless, and several concubines immediately attacked her. However, this attack was powerless and had no effect. They just followed Su Bai's words, saying that she had robbed the Confucius Mansion.

"It seems that you want to be the head of the Confucius Mansion again? How can you support these trash?" The fourth wife changed the subject.

Su Bai smiled: "The Kong Mansion was handed over to me by the master. Now that he is gone, I have the obligation to take care of it for him. You don't have to worry about it. I dare not say that the wives of the several rooms will live a good life, but at least they will not be like you, with no meat in the dishes!"

At this time, the ladies in the several rooms were all in a daze. With Kong Li's support, they would definitely not get back the things taken away by the Fourth Madam. But Su Bai spoke so loudly. What right did she have to manage the lives of the people in the Kong Mansion?

They didn't dare to believe Su Bai either.

Su Bai looked at everyone and suddenly said to the fourth concubine, "Please tell Master Kong that you have done such a ruthless thing. From now on, the second courtyard of the Kong Mansion will not be reserved for the Kong brothers."

"Yes, that's right. Do they still have the nerve to come back and live here?"

Unexpectedly, the eldest lady who had just been slapped by Su Bai once again stood on Su Bai's side.

"There is one more important thing," Su Bai suddenly raised his voice, "Ask Master Kong if he has found the gold bars. He promised me that he would give me one third of them!"

When the word "gold bars" came out, everyone was dumbfounded.