Chapter 119: Seeing One Side and Missing the Other
Kang Rui didn't resist at all, but looked at Shen Tianshu and said, "I don't know what the relationship between this lady and our helper is, can she really save our helper?" ”
"Are you the Cao Gang Master?" Shen Tianshu narrowed his eyes and asked.
Kang Rui hesitated for a moment, but nodded, and then said eagerly: "This lady, our gang leader's condition has really become more and more serious for more than a year, if the lady has a way, the Beidou Gang will be grateful to you." ”
"I can't see it!" Shen Tianshu was stunned when he heard this, "At least these people in Anqing Mansion can't wait for the Cao Gang Leader to quickly abdicate and make way for Xian, right?" ”
Kang Rui was speechless, even if half of his face was covered by a beard, he still couldn't cover his flushed skin.
"The helper's health is getting worse day by day, and we don't dare to disturb him with the things in the gang." Kang Rui lowered his head and said, "Today's incident really made the two of you laugh, in the past, when the Cao Gang Master was healthy, this kind of thing would not happen at all." ”
Shen Tianshu also understood why he felt that the people below were not very convinced of Kang Rui just now, presumably because he was still stubbornly acting in accordance with the previous gang rules of the Cao Gang Leader in some aspects, and invisibly blocked the financial path of others.
Shen Tianshu looked around, went to the side of the road and gave the old man who wrote the letter for others a few pennies, borrowed a pen and paper, quickly wrote a few lines, bought an envelope and sealed it, and handed it to Kang Rui.
"You take this letter back and hand it to Gang Master Cao, if he is willing to believe it, I will go to Sanfutan, if you don't believe it, then I don't need to be bored."
Kang Rui held the fluttering envelope in his hand, and watched Fan Yuru and Shen Tianshu walk away under the escort of the guards, and suddenly felt that he was too impulsive just now.
Although he didn't see what the little lady had written just now, it would not be more than fifty words in total from the time she put down the pen to the time she finished writing.
Is it really because of the words of a person who met in Pingshui to disturb the gang leader with this letter that he doesn't know what he wrote?
For a moment, Kang Rui almost felt that he had been lowered just now, and he couldn't wait to throw the letter group bar in his hand and pull it down.
But when he thought about it last month, he took the time to see Gang Master Cao, looked at his sick appearance, and thought that the doctor said that he could only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven, and he felt a pain in his heart.
Gang Master Cao is not only his life-saving benefactor, but also pulls him to grow up, treating him like a son, no matter whether he can help or not, he has to give it a try, and he will be scolded and thrown out.
After Kang Rui made up his mind, he didn't delay any longer, and went back to lead a horse out of the city.
Sanfutan is located in the southwest of Anqing Mansion not far from the halfway up the mountainside, Cao Chengyi liked this place back then, and finally used the relationship with Prince Ren's Mansion, and spent a lot of money to successfully win.
After that, he spent almost five years on and off to clean and expand the waterhole on the mountainside, build roads and build a mansion, intending to use it as a retreat after washing his hands in old age.
It's just that he never expected that he would live here before he was fifty years old.
From the foot of the mountain to the Sanfu Lake Water Pavilion, you need to go through several checkpoints, but fortunately, Kangrui is not an outsider, so he soon came to the gate of Cao's house.
The reception of Kang Rui was Cao Chengyi's eldest son Cao Xuhui.
"Xiao Rui, why are you free, be careful not to be known by Yao Yichen, he will wear small shoes for you again when the time comes."
"Brother Xuhui, don't worry, it's okay." Kang Rui turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the subordinates on the side, and said, "How is the helper doing these days?" ”
As soon as he heard him ask this, Cao Xuhui's eyes turned red.
"It's still like that, I asked the doctor for medicine but it didn't get better, the doctor said, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to survive the spring......" he said and his voice couldn't help choking, "If you have been free recently, it's good to come back a few more times, but this time I'm afraid I'm really seeing one side and one side less." ”
"Brother Xuhui, don't think so, the helper is such a good person, God won't let him live so short."
When Kang Rui heard Cao Xuhui say this, he didn't care whether the lady he met on the road could be trusted, so he handed over the letter to the helper and let him make his own decision.
"I didn't come back today just to see the helper, but also because I wanted to help someone forward a letter, and the other party said that he had an old relationship with the helper, but it was inconvenient to come to visit rashly, so I asked me to help deliver the letter to see if the helper wanted to see her."
Cao Xuhui didn't feel strange when he heard this, Cao Chengyi has been the leader of the Beidou Gang for many years, and he doesn't know how many friends he has from all over the world. It was normal to hear that he was sick and wanted to visit.
He glanced at the clock in the corner of the hall, estimated the time and said, "It's a coincidence that you came, at this hour, Dad should be awake, let's go and have a look." ”
The two walked through the cloister and went straight to the main room in the back.
As soon as the curtain was raised, Kang Rui smelled a smell of medicine, which was stronger than when Yue Yu came.
The main house was very dark, the front and back curtains were drawn, and only an oil lamp was lit in the hall.
The two began to subconsciously slow down their steps as soon as they approached the yard, and they tiptoed into the house for fear of making a sound.
But a weak voice still sounded in the room and asked, "Go and see, who's coming outside?" ”
The curtain was lifted, and a woman in her thirties came out.
"Aunt Yun, is Dad up? Kang Rui came to see him. ”
Aunt Yun nodded slightly at Kang Rui, and then said, "The master has woken up, but he is sleepy and unwilling to get up, and he is still crooked on the bed." But it's okay for you to go in, Kang Rui is not an outsider, and the master must be happy to see him coming. ”
Cao Xuhui and Kang Rui entered the house one after the other, and sure enough, Cao Chengyi, who was leaning on the head of the bed, saw that Kang Rui really raised some spirits.
After a few words of greeting, Cao Chengyi still couldn't help but say, "Xiao Rui, you are here, how is it in Anqing Mansion?" There are few ships coming and going in winter now, but this year, the money collected should be enough for everyone to have a good year, you have to remember to tell Yichen that you must restrain your subordinates and not smash the signboard of our Beidou Gang. ”
Before Kang Rui could speak, Cao Xuhui had already deliberately put on a straight face and said: "Dad, the doctor said that you can't worry about it, there will naturally be people staring at these things below, and your top priority now is to take care of your body quickly." ”
Cao Chengyi sighed when he heard this, leaned on the big pillow behind his back, and said: "I have my own body, I know it in my heart, I just don't want to hand you a smoky Beidou Gang." ”
"Dad, I want you to get better and take care of yourself, I don't want to be a helper."
Kang Rui saw that Cao Xuhui's tone of voice had changed, and he was about to cry uncontrollably, so he hurriedly took out the letter in his arms and handed it to Cao Chengyi and said, "Helper, I'm here to be a messenger today to help you deliver the letter." ”
Cao Chengyi was not interested in the letter, but his son was also in his thirties, and he didn't want to make people cry in front of Kang Rui, so he took the envelope and opened it to look at the contents.
Sure enough, as Kang Rui expected, there was only a narrow piece of letter paper in the letter, on which two or three lines of words were written.
Before Kang Rui could tell the origin of his letter, Cao Chengyi suddenly became excited, grabbed Kang Rui's arm, and hurriedly asked each other something.
But before the words came out, Cao Chengyi immediately opened his mouth and gasped heavily, his head and face were purple and red, and his eyes were squeezed outward, which was particularly terrifying.