The person standing at the door of Cao Xueqin's room is Cao Xueqin's father Cao Fu, he finally came back from the prince's mansion outside the city after talking about things, and heard the family say that his son had an accident, so he came to visit in a hurry, but he didn't expect to be full of worry and panic, and when he opened the door, he saw such a scene that violated human morality-

Cao Fu was so angry on the spot that he was stunned, and the old lady Li behind him fainted on the spot when she saw this scene, Mrs. Cao's face turned white with shock, she glanced at her son, and hurriedly went to help the old lady.

"Father." Cao Xueqin did not change her face, and looked at her father very calmly.

"You ......" Cao Fu pointed to Cao Xueqin and took a step into the house, sneering angrily, "You evil obstacle! There is still a face called 'father'?! The old lady is used to you all day long, if you don't want to study and make a name for yourself, today you have done such a shameless thing! ”

Ding Rong is the most familiar with Cao Xueqin's thoughts, and seeing Cao Xueqin's unevasive attitude, he screamed several times in his heart, and hurriedly dragged the concierge to persuade him. How do you know that Cao Fu is angry, and now it is July again, and it is easy to get hot in the hot weather, Cao Fu just pushed away Ding Rongtong's concierge and picked up a flat pole in the room:

"Persuade?! You are used to brewing this foolish thing and messing around on weekdays, reading all the useless idle books, and then you dare to sing on stage when you are more daring!! Although our Cao family is a useless minion, they are also the bannermen of the Inner House. You, you thing, I'm afraid that you will kill the king and kill your father in the future, you can do it indiscriminately! Let's go! Let me kill this foxy prostitute first! Send you down again! ”

"I can't help it, sir!" The porter was so frightened that he knelt down and hurriedly buckled Cao Fu's legs, "Master, master!" That master is the person next to Prince Bao, the benefactor who sent Brother Zhan back, you, you quickly take back this-"

Cao Fu was shocked and angry when he heard this, glared at Cao Xueqin fiercely, and then looked at Qu Beiyi, and the light in his eyes flashed. Finally, he frowned, then rushed over and dragged Du Zhe up, turned to the porter and said, "You invite this master out first, I will have something to say to him later." ”

The porter dragged Du Zhe, who was frightened and pale, out again and again, but Du Zhe was caught by his parents for the first time, and his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't say anything cleverly, so he could only watch Cao Xueqin's door close in front of him, and he didn't know what was going on inside.

Cao Fu waited for Qu Beiyi to leave, so he grabbed in front of Cao Xueqin and scolded, "Originally, you bastard, I only thought that I and your mother owed you for the sins in the previous life, but today you actually calculated it on the head of Prince He!" Do such lawless things! Didn't you know that you lied to me just now?! Isn't it the song farewell and the boss of the Beijing Kunban! He is the person who flatters him and the prince, what kind of ant-like thing are you, and you dare to compete with the prince Chitose? Even if Prince He can tolerate you, Prince Bao can tolerate you, I can't tolerate you! ”

Saying that, Cao Fu didn't care that Cao Xueqin was still seriously injured, and he was about to beat him when he raised the flat shoulder in his hand.

"How did my father know that he was close to the prince?" Cao Xueqin was not afraid of the flat burden that flew over, but asked Cao Fu a fatal question, "What's more, the porter and his mother can't recognize him as a farewell person, although Ding Rong naturally won't tell his identity, his father said that he doesn't watch the play, how did he know it now?" ”

Cao Fu was choked by Cao Xueqin's words, his face was blue and white for a while, and his raised hand couldn't fight anymore, and finally screamed, "click" broke a good flat pole in his hand, and gritted his back teeth and took a few deep breaths, before he hated it, "Evil animal!" You know who he is, and you know what your father worries about, why is he still like this, so ignorant of the heavens and the earth! ”

"Father, let's calm down my anger first, it's hot in the sky, it's not good to be angry," Cao Xueqin took a breath before she said slowly, "It's not that the son doesn't know the height of the sky, but the fate of the previous life, as soon as I saw him in Naguang and Chalou, my heart was overjoyed, whether he was with the prince's person or someone, the son was going to fight!" ”

Cao Fu was anxious and bitter when he heard this, hating that this baby was the only root left in his family, the eldest son went early, and they only had such a son to count on to support the elderly. It's just that it's such an evil obstacle that can't listen to anything, Cao Fu has nothing to do, so he can only use the method of his ancestors - a single-room trap.

Waving his hand, Cao Fu closed his eyes and shook his head and said, "Don't think about fighting for anything, your cousin is about to go on an expedition, he is not in Beijing, no one can protect our Cao family, and the family can't tolerate you to make trouble." When you are healed, I will confine you, and you will not go anywhere except this room, and I will let you out when you have figured out your mistakes. ”

When Cao Xueqin heard this, his face finally showed a little surprise, he gritted his teeth and held back an ugly smile, "What if you can't think through it in your life?" ”

"Then you will stay in it for the rest of my life and don't come out!" Cao Fu turned white in anger and slammed the door slammed slammed. Mrs. Cao took care of the old lady and was walking this way, and when she saw Cao Fu coming out, she wanted to go forward to persuade one or two, but Cao Fu stopped her and explained to her the matter of the single-room confinement.

Mrs. Cao wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth and confessed, and said, "Zuo is just such a lifeline, you can lock it up however you want, but don't kill it, we will have no pension in the future." ”

Du Zhe stood in the courtyard and heard this, and suddenly remembered that he saw a line of words in the information provided by the system: [Cao Zhan's "Fengyue Baojian" was written about the time when the capital was banned in a single room], at this moment he heard Cao Fu mention the single-room encirclement, and Mrs. Cao said that it would be closed, which is about the same thing. Du Zhe's eyes rolled, and he thought to himself, maybe now is the time for Cao Xueqin's first work "Dream of Red Mansions".

"Come with me, and I have something to say to you." Cao Fu's words interrupted Du Zhe's thoughts, and Du Zhe could only follow and catch up.

However, the guard officer beside Prince Bao quietly remembered all the scenes of the Cao family in his heart, so that he could report to Prince Bao later. He didn't forget anything that the fourth master wanted him to pay attention to, and he saw it all in his eyes: it seems that the Cao family really didn't have anything to do with what the prince did, and he just happened to go back to restore his life.

Here, Du Zhe followed Cao Fu to an upper room in the north in a panic, and found that it was a study. Cao Fu stood in the room and took a deep breath, then eased his breath and pointed to a chair next to him and said, "Boss Qu, sit." ”

"How do you know I'm ......!" Du Zhe's buttocks hadn't sat down yet, and when he heard Cao Fu's words, he jumped up again on the spot, sweating in a hurry, "I'm ...... I ......"

"Boss Qu, you don't need to panic," Cao Fu smiled, different from the appearance of being angry at Cao Xueqin, now he was very kind and gentle, "You played "The Palace of Eternal Life" in Beijing, and the "Burying Jade" and "Secret Oath" did a very good job. Since the cohesion class suffered a disaster in the previous dynasty, you are the only one who can regain the style of the 'Yang Concubine' of the past, who in Beijing does not know. I...... Although he is a member of the Inner House Banner, he looks ignorant and pedantic, but he also likes to watch dramas. ”

"You have an overreputation," Du Zhe sneered, he didn't know that the song he wore this time was such an amazing character, seeing that Cao Fu's attitude was a little slower, he wanted to say something good for Cao Xueqin, so he said, "You don't have to blame Brother Zhan too much, if he didn't save me today, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago." Involved with Prince Bao, it's just a relationship between Prince Bao passing by and rescuing, and there is no such thing as secretly collusion as you think! ”

Cao Fu stretched out his hand to stop Du Zhe's words, and he smiled faintly, "I know what Boss Qu said. ”

"Then why are you still ......?"

"If you know, you know, but, Boss Qu, how do you know how the hearts of people in Beijing are?" Cao Fu actually took a set of tea sets in the bookcase, put tea leaves in the teapot, and when the water was ready, he brought the teapot and tea bowl to add a cup of tea to Qu Beiyi, "Boss Qu is in the opera garden, and he should save people's hearts more than us." Those of us who are slaves can't wait to take out our hearts and put them under the mirror to show our masters, but the masters don't believe it, you say, what else do we slaves do——? ”

Cao Fu said, glancing out of the door meaningfully, Du Zhe followed Cao Fu's line of sight, and saw that the guard officer was standing in the courtyard chatting with the porter.

Du Zhe thought about it for a while, and immediately understood: Prince Bao Hongli still didn't believe that Cao Xueqin saved him by accident, and suspected that the Cao family had seen the change in politics and wanted to change his course and abandon the old master's lineage.

Hongli is suspicious by nature, and he is also jealous of these opportunistic courtiers. As a minister, the most important thing is loyalty, the Cao family is already a sinner in the inner government, if they lose their loyalty again, I am afraid that Prince Bao will not allow them to come to perch on high branches.

The guard officer looked like he was helping to come over to give it away, but in fact, he also had a lot of thoughts in it, and he didn't leave the Cao family's courtyard just now, maybe it was just the meaning of observation. Thinking of Prince Bao's Hongli City, Du Zhe broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

"So, there are some things that I know are like this, but I still have to do it," Cao Fu saw Qu Beiyi's look and knew that he understood, so he smiled again, covered Qu Beiyi's bowl of tea with his hand, and didn't know what was going on in it, so he added tea to Qu Beiyi, "This is the cool leaves to go to the summer, I'll add some to Boss Qu." ”

"You bother." Du Zhe glanced at the bowl of tea strangely, and finally picked it up and drank it.

"I went to Zhan'er just now, also to show him, Prince Bao is not gullible, you see that in the past, even if there was a relationship between King Pingjun, he had no contact with my family."

Du Zhe listened and nodded, Pingjun Wang Fupeng is Prince Bao's companion, and such a close relationship is not in contact with the Cao family, which shows that he is very cautious. Suddenly, Du Zhe felt that Cao Fu in front of him was a little ghosted, and he blinked, wondering if it was really too hot in the summer, which made him a little tired, as if he was suffering from heat stroke.

Du Zhe stood up and wanted to say goodbye to Cao Fu, but he shook and fell to the ground forward, before losing consciousness, Du Zhe vaguely heard Cao Fu sigh helplessly, "Boss Qu, I'm sorry."

When Du Zhe woke up again, he found that he had been blindfolded, and he staggered as if he was in a carriage, he moved his hands and feet, and found that his hands were tightly tied behind him with a cloth belt, and a ball of cloth seemed to be blocked in his mouth, and Du Zhe could only whine meaningless syllables—

That Cao Fu must have moved his hands and feet in the tea, but he was so gullible that Du Zhe bit the cloth in his mouth fiercely.

Now, he didn't know where the carriage was going, or how long he had been unconscious. Du Zhe, who was unwilling to resign himself to fate, was thinking about his way to get out, but the carriage suddenly stopped, and the coachman jumped down as if to say something to someone. It didn't take long for Du Zhe to feel a burst of light in front of him, and the curtain seemed to be lifted, and someone moved him out of the carriage.

"Be careful! Don't bump into it! There was a middle-aged man's voice shouting, but Du Zhe hadn't heard it, he was anxious, but he didn't know the situation, so he could only improvise.

After those people carried Du Zhe around for a while, they heard the same voice commanding again, but this time his voice was very low, "Hide carefully, don't let the people of Chang Fujin see it!" If Yan Fujin knows about this matter, he will make trouble again! The prince blames it, and we can't get rid of it! ”

"Yes! The minions are saved, and Lord Changshi can rest assured. Du Zhe heard a few men around him lower their voices in response.

Long history? Chang Fujin?!

Du Zhe immediately understood a little bit in his heart, Changshi was like a modern secretary, who specialized in handling the government affairs of the princes and princesses in the Qing Dynasty, and heard the word Chang Fujin, presumably he was tied up by Cao Fu and sent to a certain palace:

It's just that the prince of this palace, is it the Prince Li who will kill him, or the Prince Bao who will save him?

Du Zhe's heart was beating like a drum, and he didn't know where his fate would go-