"Master Cao, you walk slowly, be careful of your step!"

When Mei Yixuan heard the words "Cao Gongzi", she couldn't help but stop and turned to look over.

I saw a group of people coming down the stairs, led by a young man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing a cocoon silk jacket with a stone blue face and a black brocade boot with a foundation on his feet.

This son looks feminine, with red lips and bright teeth, as beautiful as a crown of jade, a pair of deep beautiful eyes are shining, like a smile but not a smile, the corners of his mouth are uninhibited and proud, and he is also holding a sandalwood folding fan in his hand.

It's just that the folding fan in Cao Gongzi's hand is made of white sandalwood, which is more precious than Mei Yixuan's rosewood folding fan.

There were seven or eight people surrounding Cao Gongzi, almost all of whom were sons of families in Jiaozhou City. They kept saying flattering and flattering words, trying to leave some impression in Cao Gongzi's heart.

At this time, Cao Gongzi was not fluttering in everyone's flattery, but was a little impatient, and hurriedly walked to the door.

Mei Yixuan turned around after a glance, and quickly walked out of the teahouse, never looking back for a second look.

Feifeng also hurriedly followed Mei Yixuan's footsteps, and the two quickly turned the corner and disappeared.

Cao Ruinan arrived at the door of the teahouse, looked thoughtfully in the direction of Mei Yixuan and them, and asked a son of the Wu Mansion who followed him: "Who are the two people who went out just now?"

Since he came to Jiaozhou from the capital, everyone who has seen him has been flattered. However, the two of them just looked at themselves and turned away. Who is this? More arrogant than himself? Haven't you heard someone call himself Cao Gongzi?

Wu Jiangxiong's eldest son, Wu Kun, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old, tall, handsome young man, saw Cao Ruinan asking, glanced at the end of the street, shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it's the son of a family, maybe it's a businessman from other places·······"

Cao Ruinan shook his head and didn't say anything more, could a boy wearing a cocoon silk jacket and holding a sandalwood folding fan be an unknown person? However, he just thought about it and put it in the back of his mind.

This time, he came from the capital, mainly to withdraw silver, and other things were not within his consideration.

Jiaozhou has always been his territory, and he cannot afford any mistakes. He knew that his father's great cause had reached a critical moment, and the more money he had, the better. It's just that raising soldiers is a matter of burning money, like a bottomless pit, how much silver is thrown into it and it is gone without even hearing a sound.

Therefore, dozens of industries that secretly make money at home are trying their best to make money, even if the means are not clever, even if they do not hesitate to harm people's lives, just to support the increasingly huge military expenditures!

Because some of the troops are the private soldiers of the Cao family, excessive increase in military spending to the imperial court will arouse the suspicion of the emperor, so he can only secretly find his own way. This is also the reason why the emperor has turned a blind eye to the Cao family over the years.

In fact, the emperor understands better than anyone that the flying dragon guards raised by the emperor are not dry meals. The reason why he turned a blind eye to the expansion of the Cao family was because the Han family, the Yue family of the eldest prince Murong Lin, was also secretly recruiting troops in the northwest, which was not very peaceful.

Not only that, but it is said that the Han family also built a secret base near the capital to secretly train dead soldiers.

The emperor had the idea of fighting with the snipe and the fisherman to make a profit, and he also wanted to maintain the balance of the two forces, so he did not clean up the two parties. Mainly because the Cao family is the backer of the prince and can check and balance the Han family, they connived at the Cao family. Otherwise, he would have taken action against the Cao family a long time ago.

Cao Ruinan thought that the Sang family's money would arrive in the past two days, and he didn't have the heart to stay outside, so he hurriedly followed Wu Kun back to Wu's mansion.

Cao Ruinan lives in the guest room in the outer courtyard of Wu Mansion, which is a beautiful small courtyard called Duyue Xuan.

The main building is a three-storey small building, beautifully designed, carved beams and paintings, and it is a courtyard specially built by Wu Jiangxiong for the Cao family. Inside, there is a pool of clear water that covers a large area, and an intricately designed stone arch bridge spans it, like a rainbow on a lake. Coupled with the weeping willows around it, all kinds of precious flowers and plants, the whole courtyard is very meaningful, and the name of Duyue Xuan also comes from this.

Cao Ruinan drove straight to a private room on the south side of the third floor, and the attendants Cao Yong and Cao Hai immediately washed up and changed into a moon-white silk shirt embroidered with exquisite water pattern that they wore at home.

Wu Kun also washed up briefly, and asked the maid Qiaoling to serve and change into a set of underwear of the same material, embroidered with a moire pattern.

The maid Qiaolian walked in with a tray, and put the two cups of freshly brewed jasmine tea on the coffee table in front of the two masters respectively, and said coquettishly: "Young Master Cao, eldest young master, please use tea!"

Qiao Lian is pretty, exquisite, and quite beautiful, every time Cao Ruinan comes, she serves her, and she has long been used by Cao Ruinan. Therefore, at this time, Qiao Lian's eyes were like silk, and a pair of soul-stirring eyes stared directly at Cao Ruinan, as if she was about to stare at a piece of meat.

Cao Ruinan smiled evilly and hugged Qiaolian's bumpy body, touched her buttocks wantonly, and laughed: "Be careful, do you miss your master? I can't wait, do you want my master to hurt you well? hmm? haha······"

As he spoke, he kissed Qiao Ling's cheek and laughed insolently.

Qiao Lian secretly smiled proudly at Qiao Ling, and said coquettishly: "Ye can remember Qiao Lian, it is Qiao Lian's blessing, as long as Ye is happy, Qiao Lian can do anything." ”

Cao Ruinan put a hand into Qiao Lian's clothes, kneaded it vigorously on her chest, and said a few words in Qiao Lian's ear with a low smile, Qiao Lian was so embarrassed that her face was flushed, and she said coquettishly: "Master, you are so bad!"

Wu Kun and Qiao Ling have long been commonplace, and neither of them was too surprised, one was quietly sipping tea next to him, and the other was standing on the side with low eyebrows.

After Cao Ruinan and Qiao Lian laughed for a while, Wu Kun secretly glanced at Qiao Ling.

Qiao Ling nodded secretly, the corners of her mouth tugged imperceptibly, and asked softly, "Young Master, Master Cao, do you have lunch?"

Wu Kun looked at Cao Ruinan inquiringly, as if asking for his opinion.

Cao Ruinan let go of Qiaolian, coughed lightly, and said, "Come on!"

Qiao Ling walked to the door of the third floor and shouted outside: "It's time for lunch!"

As soon as the words ended, several handsome maids in green vests and beautiful appearances came out of the kitchen on the left, holding trays in their hands, and filling the dining table with all kinds of delicacies like flowing water.

Cao Ruinan and Wu Kun washed their hands under the service of Qiao Lian and Qiao Ling, sat down at the dining table, and began to enjoy lunch.

The lunch is very rich, including all kinds of delicacies from the north and south, including Buddha jumping over the wall, Dongpo meat, bird's nest duck strips, braised yellow croaker, red oil vegetarian belly, wild mushroom and wild pigeon soup and other eighteen dishes, some even palace dishes.

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