Weiyuan Marquis Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no need to go to the morning court on this day, Weiyuan Hou Cao You got up early as usual, played a set of punches, had breakfast, and leisurely walked into the study.

The two newly bought beautiful maids waited in the study on the left and the right, and when they saw Cao You, Ying Ying bowed, "The slave maid asks for peace to the Hou Ye." ”

Cao You waved his hand with satisfaction, and passed the order to go, no foreign guests will be accepted today, and at the same time ordered the beautiful maid to prepare pen and ink, roll up her sleeves, and prepare to be a guest, splashing ink while enjoying the fun of adding fragrance to the red sleeves.

"Master Hou painted it really well."

"Yes, it's not much better than the old man Songhe in the previous dynasty."

"Master Hou is amazing."

"Hahaha...... "The two beautiful maids, I am full of praise for your words, and Cao You laughs happily, and he is also extremely satisfied with appreciating the landscape works under his hands, the more he looks at it, the more he feels that he has the style of everyone, which is superior.

Throwing the pen into the pen holder, turning around and sitting down, a beautiful maid handed over the tea with a very good eye, "Master Hou, please drink tea." ”

"Hmm." took the teacup and pulled the beauty away, and the weak beauty screamed and fell into her arms.

"Master Hou is really bad." The beauty blushed and said delicately.

"Hahaha......"

The sound of laughter came from inside the house, across the courtyard, and into the ears of the guards guarding the door.

The guard turned a deaf ear, but looked up to the left in front of him, where the sound of hurried footsteps and staccato speech came from afar with the cold wind, getting closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye it was already close.

Turning the corner, two figures appeared next to a few bamboos standing proudly in the wind, one was the housekeeper in the house, and the other, the guard also recognized, it was the brother of the Hou Ye, Cao Pei, the secretary of the criminal department.

The housekeeper was chasing after Cao Shangshu, "Lord Shangshu, Master Hou has ordered, I won't see any guests today, isn't this embarrassing for the villain?" ”

Cao Pei ignored it, and still trotted all the way in the direction of the study.

"Lord Shangshu." The guards had no choice but to come forward to stop him and give him a salute, meaning to ask Cao Pei not to make it difficult for him.

"Quick, go and report to the Hou Ye, just say that the official has something important to tell you." On a cold day, Cao Pei's face was flushed and sweating profusely, and he didn't care about wiping his sweat at this time, so he only said to the guards anxiously.

The guard and the butler glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to make the decision, so they dropped a sentence of "Wait a minute, my lord", and turned around and went into the courtyard to report.

Cao You was laughing and amusing with the two beautiful maids, and when he heard the guard's report, although he was unhappy, he still ordered Cao Pei to come in.

Cao Pei had not yet crossed the threshold with one foot, and shouted in a panic: "Big brother, big brother, something big has happened, something has happened......

Cao You frowned, very dissatisfied with Cao Pei's flustered behavior, but he didn't say anything, only waved his hand, and let the two beautiful maids and the guards retreat.

"Sit down first, what's worth the panic?" Cao You picked up the teacup disappreciatively, took a sip, and then asked idly.

Cao Pei didn't sit down, took his sleeve and wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead, "Big brother, Shu Jiaqi took away the staff member in charge of the prison and the cell head jailer of the prison. ”

"What?" Cao You almost jumped up, "Shu Jiaqi! He must have been too bold and stretched out his hand too long. Didn't you ask him? ”

"I questioned him, but he took out His Majesty's edict, saying that it was at the behest of His Majesty that the assassination matter would be thoroughly investigated."

"Could it be that your criminal department also participated in the assassination?" Cao You scoffed.

"How is this possible, just, just ......"

Hearing Cao Pei's hesitation, Cao You's heart skipped a beat for some reason, and he couldn't help but scold: "Don't say it quickly." ”

"Yes, big brother, you also know that the Criminal Department doesn't have much oil and water, and it just relies on the dead to make a little money."

Cao You is also clear about this, how did Cao Pei's annual filial piety come from, he naturally knew, and only heard Cao Pei continue: "But this time I am in big trouble." I inquired around and learned that the assassin who assassinated Liu Ji this time was the one who injured Liu Ji, and his identity had been confirmed, and it was Yan Nanfei, the great thief from the southwest. ”

"Southwest thief Yan Nanfei?" Cao You still didn't hear what this Yan Nanfei had to do with the Criminal Department.

Cao Pei's sweat was so anxious that he came down again, "Big brother, this Yan Nanfei was ...... back then When he was sentenced to death, he was locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

Cao You finally heard a little eyebrows, "Could it be that you let him go?" ”

Cao Pei didn't want to nod, but this was the case, so he nodded and replied: "Back then...... Back then, someone took a large sum of money to buy his life, and I didn't resist it for a while, so I ...... Just ......"

"You...... How can you be so confused that such a felony dares to buy and sell at will? ”

Listening to Cao You's reprimand, Cao Pei was very unconvinced, you don't know these things, eldest brother, why didn't you say anything when you took the silver, but now is not the time to be angry, Cao Pei bowed down and begged Cao You again and again, "Big brother, I'm confused, and I hope that my eldest brother will save my younger brother for the sake of the family." ”

This is not a trivial matter, Cao You finally understands why Cao Pei is so anxious, but what's the use of being anxious? Cao You, who couldn't come up with an idea for a while, had to stabilize Cao Pei first, "This matter is not trivial, Brother Rong think about it, you have also been an official for many years, why can't you stabilize it?" Before the situation is clear, I messed up my own position first, what is the hurry, go back first, and wait for my news. ”

"Yes, big brother." After Cao You's words, Cao Pei felt a little more at ease, and went back first under Cao You's advice.

Here, Cao You thought for a while with a solemn face, and ordered, "Prepare the car." ”

Honest Uncle Mansion, Shu Jiaqi has just returned to the mansion, and before he can say a few words with his father Honest Uncle Shuhong, someone will come to report the visit of the Marquis of Weiyuan.

"Father, Master Hou is here to find the child, so let the child come forward."

"Okay." Shu Hong nodded and didn't ask much.

Although Shu Hong is the parent of Chengxin Bofu, Shu Hong has no talent and is used to all kinds of pleasures, so it is his son Shu Jiaqi and the noble lady in the palace who really call the shots.

In the outer study, Shu Jiaqi and Cao You sat down separately and served tea, Shu Jiaqi saw that Cao You was slow to speak, he also sat firmly on the chair, and only talked about the weather, anecdotes about the imperial capital, and so on.

"Lord Shu, Ming people don't say secret words, this visit, Lord Shu should know what the old man is doing, right?" After a cup of tea, Cao You finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked straight to the point.

"Oh? Xia Guan really doesn't know why Hou Ye came, Hou Ye, please say, Xia Guan listens. ”

"Lord Shu, we are ministers in the same hall, and we have some friendship, why does Lord Shu bother to play dumb riddles with the old man, the old man is here, I just want to ask, what are the plans of Lord Shu?"

For the head of the Cao family, Shu Jiaqi didn't want to offend too much, and after hearing this, he finally put down the teacup and said solemnly: "Please forgive Hou Ye for this matter, the lower official is also a duty, and the upper order cannot be violated. ”

"Lord Shu, please speak."

"Master Hou, let's make plans early." Seeing that Cao You was a little disapproving, Shu Jiaqi continued, "There was a staff member surnamed Yan by King Cheng's side back then, I don't know if Master Hou knows?" ”

A staff member surnamed Yan? Yan Nanfei?

Cao You's eyes shrank, and after smacking out the meaning, he couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly left. (To be continued.) )