Chapter 145: The Gift

Cui's family, Mrs. Cui took her subordinates into her son's yard.

Cui Yiting was reading the official document, and the files of Nan Zhili's corruption case were piled up high, almost drowning Cui Yiting's shoulders, Mrs. Cui felt sad and told the maid, "Put down the dumpling soup." ”

Cui Yiting stood up and helped Mrs. Cui to sit down.

"Why don't you go to the Chen family banquet?"

Cui Yiting said: "It just so happens that there are some official documents in my hand that have not been processed. ”

Mrs. Cui sighed, "It's all because your father is going to go, you don't go, when are you going to make trouble?" ”

"It's not like my mother thought," Cui Yiting said, "I have nothing to do with my father." ”

Mrs. Cui looked at Cui Yiting carefully, "I don't know what you want as a mother, let alone your father, you also refused the marriage arranged by your father, making your father lose face in front of the Chen family, this time I went to see Chen Wenshi, your father also had the intention of easing down, and the gifts were picked for several days, so you just didn't go with you." ”

"What do you mean I went with my father?" Cui Yiting said, "Coming to the door with a valuable gift, is it to answer this family?" ”

Mrs. Cui was speechless when asked.

This family affair was first mentioned by the Chen family, the Chen family is the gate, Chen Wenshi followed his father and brother to lead troops outside when he was in his twenties, Chen Lao's old lady died on the battlefield, Chen Wenshi's brother was stationed at the border for more than ten years, and then due to injury and illness, Chen Wenshi took over his brother to guard the three mansions in Zhejiang.

When the old man met Chen Wenshi in Zhejiang, he invited Chen Wenshi home as a guest, at that time, Yiting was making a fuss at home, and more than a dozen people in the family failed to drag Yiting off the roof. Chen Wenshi was happy when he saw it, and praised Yiting for his future success.

The old man was suspicious when he heard it, and when the two of them were drinking, Chen Wenshi told him about the trouble he had caused in his house when he and his brother climbed trees and walls.

She still remembered the look on her face when she said this. "Cover the pheasant with a net, bring the insects into the bed, encircle the ants on the table to eat, and paint a big face for yourself with ink to make it scary, I said all this, Chen Wenshi laughed when he heard it, and said that he would marry me this family. In the future, let the fourth lady of the Chen family marry in, and Yiting will become half of the Chen family's son. ”

The family affair was settled in this way.

Who knew that Yiting would disagree and say that he would withdraw from the marriage. The old man refused, so Yi Ting wrote a letter to Chen Wenshi by himself, and now she and the old man don't know what Yi Ting wrote.

"I don't see anything wrong with the fourth lady of the Chen family, and the daughter of the military general's family doesn't want it. Do you want a civilian father-in-law? Mrs. Cui's voice rose slightly.

"Mother, don't tempt me." Cui Yiting said, "It's not that time yet. ”

It's just that the question of turning a corner was turned back like this, Mrs. Cui shook her head, "I heard that Xie Yanji also said that you have a good temper and patience, and the criminal department worked hard to handle the case well, and I don't know where this came from." ”

Mrs. Cui sat for a while and left, and Cui Yiting called Chen Bao over. "Did you ask when Li Chengmao would enter Beijing?"

Chen Bao said: "There is no news yet. ”

Li Chengmao is Chen Wenshi's son-in-law and has been in Xuanfu for four years. Once upon a time, he heard that Li Chengmao had bought a gift for his father-in-law by returning to Beijing to report on his work.

He suspected that it was at this time that Chen Wenshi lost the emperor's trust.

Chen Wenshi is a famous general of this dynasty, he made great contributions when he guarded the northwest, he was not in Beijing at this time in his previous life, but he heard his parents mention that his in-laws Chen Wenshi was secretly impeached, saying that the Chen family's art of war lies in raising self-respect.

That is, after Chen Wenshi lost power, the imperial court reused Deng Sichang as the chief soldier to let Warat rush into Xuanfu.

"Prepare the horses." Cui Yiting commanded.

Chen Bao immediately ran out.

……

Li Chengmao was about to enter the city gate, but he was greeted by the descendants of the Cui family.

"Master Li," the Cui family respectfully handed over the post, "Our second master asks you to wait for a while." ”

Right here?

Seeing that the capital was just around the corner, why did Cui Yiting stop him outside the city.

Li Chengmao frowned, turned his head and asked his subordinates, "What time is it?" The feast has already begun, hasn't it? ”

It's already dark like this, even if his subordinates don't say it, he knows it in his heart.

"My lord, why should we listen to that Cui Yiting."

Cui Yiting withdrew Miss Chen Si's family affairs, outsiders only thought that the Chen family disliked Cui Yiting's stubbornness, but the Chen family knew it clearly, Cui Yiting sent a letter to his father-in-law, and his father-in-law was so angry that he didn't close his eyes for three days.

But my father-in-law also said that although Cui Yiting is angry, he never tells lies.

Li Chengmao was waiting a little impatiently, when he saw someone on the official road running over on horseback.

"Cui Yiting?" Li Chengmao vaguely recognized it and hurriedly dismounted to meet him.

"Second master, it's Master Li who is here." Chen Bao reminded Cui Yiting softly behind his back that the second master hadn't seen Li Chengmao for a long time, and with the eyes of the second master, he couldn't recognize anything except a nose and two eyes.

Cui Yiting and Li Chengmao greeted each other.

Li Chengmao remembered Cui Yiting, every time he looked at Cui Yiting, he didn't understand, his father-in-law had always had a good eye, why did he take a look at it this time.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Chengmao said, "The city gate is about to close. "Father-in-law likes Cui Yiting, he doesn't like it, he was admitted to the martial arts champion before he entered the office, and he has been crawling under the knife and gun since he was a child, and the most disdainful is Cui Yiting, a gentleman from a "family" with a good name.

Looking at Li Chengmao's appearance with his neck stalked, Cui Yiting said: "Lord Li is ordered to enter Beijing, even if it is later, the guards at the city gate will be accommodating, and Uncle Chen's banquet has already started, not a moment and a half." ”

Cui Yiting has always been sharp-toothed, and he sealed his mouth in one go, and Li Chengmao was speechless for a while.

"Master Li, Uncle Chen has been promoted to the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and it is a birthday, can you prepare a gift?"

Hearing this, Li Chengmao suddenly laughed, "Don't worry about the second master." ”

Looking at Li Chengmao's smile, you can know that the gift sent must be carefully prepared.

"I also have a gift, please come and have a look. Can you send it to Uncle Chen? ”

Cui Yiting looked at Chen Bao, and Chen Bao reached out and took the torch in He Ying's hand.

Cui Yiting took the torch himself and walked away.

What kind of medicine is sold in Cui Yiting's gourd.

Li Chengmao followed patiently.

Cui Yiting stood under the torch. The firelight lit up his face, and he slowly pulled a letter from his sleeve.

Li Chengmao couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the twists and turns.

He stretched out his hand and hurriedly opened the fold, hurriedly looked at it, and then was stunned.

"It's ......"

Cui Yiting said: "This is the recital that Yushi is preparing for impeachment, and someone copied a copy for me." ”

Yushi was ready to impeach, but it was in Cui Yiting's hands.

Li Chengmao was a little confused. "How is this possible, why do you say that your father-in-law is self-respecting, the northwest used to be full of wars. It was because of my father-in-law that I settled down over the years. ”

"That's because the imperial court has sent a new deputy commander-in-chief."

Li Chengmao's muscles burst out, "They are talking nonsense...... How can you frame your father-in-law like this. ”

Listening to Li Chengmao's tantrum here, he really can't do anything.

Cui Yiting interrupted Li Chengmao's words. "Is Master Li going to go back to Chen's house after entering Beijing?"

Lee Sung-mao's jaw head. "It's getting late, go to the ministry early tomorrow morning to report for duty."

"There are officials on duty in the ministry, why don't you go and ask for a report first."

Li Chengmao lowered his head, if this is the case, it can be regarded as a clear distinction between public and private, Li Chengmao looked at Cui Yiting gratefully, "It's that I didn't think about it," said and paused, "The gift I gave to my father-in-law is not a good thing." One of my father-in-law's former scimitars was broken, and I got one from Warat. Let people re-polish it, and they want to give it to their father-in-law, and they also want to please a good fortune. ”

A scimitar, no matter how big a fuss is, it will not be able to exchange for the emperor's suspicion.

It couldn't be such a gift, could it be that he was wrong?

Cui Yiting asked again, "What else did Master Li bring?" ”

How could Cui Yiting know that he still had something.

Li Chengmao swallowed, "It's a piece of jade, found in Xuanfu, the jade is engraved with words, like a 'Zhou', I think this is auspicious, so I took it back and wanted to discuss with my father-in-law, so that my father-in-law would dedicate it to the emperor when he entered the palace." ”

What auspicious things were found at this time.

Cui Yiting said: "The emperor will be happy when he sees it, and the ministers will also feel that the defeat of Wara is just around the corner, the emperor will naturally be happy if he thinks about it like this, if someone says that Lord Li is doing this, just to tell everyone, it is the will of heaven that the emperor chose Uncle Chen to go to Xuanfu, and the emperor also acts according to the sky, whether it is the emperor or the emperor, and whether Xiangrui is for the emperor or Uncle Chen," his eyes fell on Li Chengmao, "Lord Li, you are the one who commands the army, and you also believe this?" There are more auspicious things in the world, and no one has relied on it to make contributions, no matter who gave Lord Li such an idea, I think Lord Li should do one thing. ”

Cui Yiting's eyes revealed a cold light, "You don't have to show mercy to those who want to kill you." "To hold military power is to be more careful than others, a good thing can become a bad thing in an instant, and you have to listen to all directions like walking on thin ice to make everything go smoothly.

Li Chengmao's heart was suddenly cold, if it was really as Cui Yiting said, how could he and his father-in-law talk about those civil officials, it really made the emperor suspicious, and his life would be difficult to protect.

When the wind blew, Li Chengmao felt sweaty, and when he saw Cui Yiting, he was still lazy in his heart, and now he was really ashamed.

Li Chengmao arched his hand to Cui Yiting and returned the fold in his hand to Cui Yiting, "Master Cui, thank you for your great kindness." ”

Seeing Li Chengmao enter Beijing, Chen Bao said: "Second master, forget about this matter, right?" ”

I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Deng Sichang, Marquis of Taining, not only wrote three military books, but also made great contributions to the training of sailors in Fujian, and had the support of honors and nobles behind him, and it was not possible to find an opportunity to bring him down in a moment.

Deng Sichang served as the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and the Shen family gave Xuanfu's grain to Wara, whether this qiē would happen.

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A long story line, a chapter from last night, and one more today. (To be continued......)