"Be cautious ......"

Cao Yan reminded with a shameful face.

Liu Heng said nonchalantly: "There are only three of us here, will the two of you secretly sue me?" ”

Cao Tong cried and laughed: "Sometimes my brother will stab you in the back......"

Liu Heng looked at Cao Tong in amazement.

Kou Ji glanced at Cao Yan and said to Liu Heng: "Our brothers are not short of power and wealth, and there is no reason to rely on the tricks of suing brothers to get to the top." You don't have to be so sensitive.

Cao Tong is just reminding you that some words can't be said nonsense outside, just hide them in your heart. ”

Cao Tong hurriedly nodded and said, "Not bad...... In this Bianjing City, there are many people who step on the shoulders of relatives and friends. ”

Liu Heng snorted and did not speak.

He knew that Cao Tong reminded him for his own good.

But Cao Yan's words were too awkward, and he felt uncomfortable listening to them.

Kou Ji shook his head and changed the topic: "I guessed that the young government eunuch will be the prisoner, and corruption and bribery will be commonplace, but I didn't expect that there would be so many forces mixed in it. ”

Liu Heng's expression eased a lot when he heard Kou Ji mention business, he stared at Kou Ji and asked, "You didn't know how deep the water in the Ministry of Industry was, so you asked to go to the Ministry of Industry, but now that you know that the water in the Ministry of Industry is so deep, should you find a way to quit?" ”

Cao Tong nodded and said: "Li Xiang and Wang Xiang have a good relationship with you, if you tell them, it will not be difficult to change to the household department or the criminal department." ”

Kou Ji glanced at the two of them, and laughed silently: "I didn't go to the Ministry of Industry to investigate corruption and bribery, no matter how deep the water is, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Cao Tong and Liu Heng looked stunned.

Cao Yanhu said suspiciously: "You don't plan to seize power from Shaofu and will be the second eunuch?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Originally, I had this idea, but after listening to your words, I don't plan to compete with them for power." ”

Liu Heng pouted and said, "Then what are you doing in the Ministry of Industry?" Pension? ”

Cao Yan reminded Kou Ji in a deep voice: "My uncle said that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and anyone can support the elderly, but you can't." ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "The Ministry of Industry also has the right to build. ”

Cao Tong smiled bitterly: "What's the use of having the right to build? The things that the imperial court needed to build were handed over to the Shaofu and the second eunuch. Anything you want to build, you have to get a share from them.

Isn't that a power grab?

Will they allow it? ”

Kou Ji said seriously: "I have my own ideas. ”

Seeing Kou Ji's resolute attitude, Cao Tong sighed and said no more.

Liu Heng pondered for a long time, and said to Kou Ji: "Since you have to go to the Ministry of Industry, Fourth Brother, I won't stop you." When the time comes, if you have anything to help with, Fourth Brother, just ask. ”

After a pause, Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "If the fourth brother really wants to compete for power with Shaofu and the second eunuch, I will also support it." No matter how many and big the forces behind the two prisons are, I will accompany the fourth brother to break through. ”

Cao Tong hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

After nodding, he said: "My Cao family is placing the people who are in prison, and my sixth uncle has always been in charge. When it really comes to that point, I will go and beg my sixth uncle to ask him to take the initiative to withdraw people from the prison. ”

Kou Ji heard the words of the two, and his heart was warm.

"Fourth brother, there are still things I need to deal with in the pile sealing warehouse, I'll go first."

Liu Heng got up suddenly, arched his hand, and prepared to leave.

Cao Tong was stunned, a little puzzled.

But he didn't ask, but got up and arched his hand, and prepared to leave.

Kou Ji did not keep the two of them, and let them leave the Kou Mansion.

Out of the gate of the Koufu.

Cao Tong quickly caught up with Liu Heng and asked, "On the way to Kou Mansion just now, didn't you tell me that you have a lot to say to Brother Kou?" Why did you leave in a hurry at the end without saying a word? ”

Liu Heng asked without replying, "What did you say?" What else is there to say? The fourth brother insisted on going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but the two of us couldn't stop him, so we had to let him go. ”

Cao Tong sighed and said, "Although I don't know what Brother Kou insists on going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to do, I believe that with Brother Kou's ability, when he arrives at the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, he will definitely make a difference." ”

Liu Heng paused, turned his head, and asked: "The Ministry of Industry Yamen has no power at all, what can it do?" You said that the Ministry of Industry is so terrible, even if the fourth brother wants to do something in the Ministry of Industry, he will hit his head and bleed. ”

Cao Tong spread his hands and said: "Then what can be done, he insisted on going, I persuaded him, but I didn't persuade him." ”

Cao Tong stared at Liu Heng and said, "You also persuaded it, but you didn't persuade it." ”

Liu Heng gritted his teeth and stomped his feet fiercely.

"I only hate you, I have a low official position, and I can't help the fourth brother. Watching him go to the quagmire of the jumping department. ”

Cao Tong sighed helplessly.

Liu Heng glared, looked at Cao Yan, and said, "I'm going to go back and beg my father to ask him to find a way to help me get promoted." ”

Cao Yan stared at Liu Heng with a stunned expression.

Liu Heng continued: "As long as the power in my hands is big enough, when the fourth brother needs help, I can do more. If only I could sit in the same position as Wang Xiang and Li Xiang.

What kind of bullshit is that the young government supervisor will be the prisoner, and those who are not satisfied will be dominated. ”

Cao Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, he felt that Liu Heng was a little delusional.

Both of them were born in martial arts, and with the help of Kou Ji, they barely got into the ranks of civil officials, but the shadow of Wuxun behind them has been following them.

As long as they carry the identity of martial arts, they don't want to serve as the governor of the government and the secretary of the same Zhongshu.

These two positions are inherently incompatible with the two of them.

Liu Hengke didn't care what Cao Tong was thinking, he stared at Cao Tong and asked, "Your Cao family's background is far richer than my Liu family, and your promotion should be easier than mine." You don't plan to be promoted and help a group of fourth brothers? ”

Cao Tong cried and laughed and said: "On the stall of the two of you best friends, I can be regarded as having poured blood mold for eight lifetimes." ”

Liu Heng's eyes widened in vain.

Cao Tong said helplessly: "I'll talk to my father when I go back." ”

Liu Heng snorted twice and said unashamedly: "In the future, I will allow you to call my fourth brother the fourth brother." ”

Cao Tong was stunned and said, "Isn't it different to call Brother Kou?" ”

Liu Heng said disdainfully: "Of course it's different." ”

Cao Tong lost his voice and said: "I've been making trouble for a long time, I've been friends with you for more than two years, and the two of you haven't regarded me as a close brother?" ”

Liu Heng asked: "For the sake of our two brothers who are not related by blood, do you dare to go against your family?" ”

Cao Tong was stunned and speechless.

Liu Heng snorted: "I can, and so can the fourth brother." ”

Cao Tong gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

Liu Heng stared at Cao Tong and said, "I hope you can do it in the future." Because you will also be brothers with us in the future, brothers who are closer than brothers. ”

Cao Tong raised his head with a complicated expression, and said faintly: "Do I still have to thank you, thank you for lifting me?" ”

Liu Heng raised his head with a stinky face.

Cao Tong spat disdainfully.

Liu Heng said: "Take 20,000 yuan from your Cao Mansion tomorrow and send it to Vientiane Tower." ”

Cao Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Do you have to pay for joining together?" ”

Liu Heng said arrogantly: "You can also not give it." Naturally, the elements of Vientiane Building will not be able to break it for you. ”

Cao Yan's eyes widened in vain, "The members of the Vientiane Building that are making money every day, are you willing to break it for me?" ”

Cao Tong was not surprised.

In more than two years, Vientiane Tower has developed into a behemoth.

Today's Vientiane Building has faintly become the first store in Bianjing.

Many people want to sell precious things, and the first choice is Vientiane Building.

Because Vientiane Tower has sold the royal things in the palace.

It is also the royal things in those palaces that suddenly pushed the name of Vientiane Tower to the top.

It is said that the daily commission drawn by Vientiane Building has exceeded 10,000 yuan.

If it weren't for the two mountains standing behind the Vientiane Tower, I'm afraid that the Vientiane Tower would have been swallowed by the magnates of Bianjing City long ago.

Many of the shops in Bianjing City have abandoned the old rules of selling and are learning from the Vientiane Building.

But even so, there is still no store that can surpass Vientiane Building.

Vientiane Tower is like a mountain of gold.

Now that Liu Heng wants to give him a piece of Jinshan, how can he not be surprised.

Liu Heng said indifferently: "Since you are my brother, you naturally have to occupy some part of the Vientiane Building." Between brothers, sharing blessings and hardships is not an empty phrase for me. ”

"I need to go back home and think about it."

Cao Tong saw that Jin Shan was in front of him, but he didn't agree easily.

He wasn't carried away by money.

Liu Heng fulfilled his promise to share blessings.

Then when it is necessary to fulfill the promise that is difficult to share, Cao Tong cannot be ambiguous.

If he Cao Tong was just one person, he would not hesitate to agree to Liu Heng.

But there is a Cao family behind him.

Since he is a child of the Cao family, many things cannot be decided easily by him.

He had to think clearly about who he would help and who he should help when the interests of the Cao family and the interests of his brothers conflicted greatly.

"Three days ...... you"

Liu Heng stared at Cao Tong and said seriously.

Cao Tong nodded stiffly.

Liu Heng hugged his fists and left.

Cao Tong walked to the house in despair.

He actually doesn't have much feeling about Liu Heng and Kou Ji not introducing him as a close brother so far.

Between the several major generals in Bianjing City, when they interact with each other in daily life, they also put interests first.

He has become accustomed to the friendship of the sharp word.

In the face of interests, those things like family affection and friendship are often torn apart.

Therefore, when he interacts with anyone, he will not show his true feelings.

But he didn't expect that when others interacted with him, they would show their true feelings.

Now that he has bumped into Kou Ji and Liu Heng, he suddenly doesn't know how to deal with it.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not hesitate to treat them as fools, and then associate with them hypocritically, squeeze out their money and use value, and then kick them away.

After all, the heirs of other martial arts families in Bianjing City did this.

That's what he's done in the past.

But when facing Liu Heng and Kou Ji, he couldn't do it.

He didn't want to!

No!

I don't want to!

I don't want to, because he likes the feeling of staying with Kou Ji and Liu Heng.

No, it's because Kou Ji and Liu Heng are not fools. is even far smarter than him, no matter how much he disguises himself, he can't hide the eyes of Kou Ji and Liu Heng.

Reluctant, because he doesn't want to ruin their current harmonious relationship.

"What's wrong?"

When Cao Tong hung his head and entered Cao's mansion, he bumped into his father Cao Xi.

Cao Yu saw at a glance that Cao Yu had something on his mind, so he opened his mouth to ask.

Cao Yu raised his head, saw Cao Xi, and hesitated: "Dad...... I'm embarrassed......"

Cao Xi was stunned.

Cao Tong is his son, and he also trained him single-handedly, and his understanding of Cao Tong is far greater than that of Cao Tong himself.

Cao Tong has been very decisive in dealing with everything since he was a child, and he has never encountered something embarrassing.

Even if he did something outside that harmed the interests of the house or the face of the house, after returning to the house, he would tell him decisively.

But today's performance is significantly different from before.

What did he encounter that affected his mind?

"Go back to your room."

Cao Xi gave an order and led Cao Yu back to his study.

Cao Yu entered the study, stared at Cao Xi, and seriously told Cao Xi the doubts he encountered.

After Cao Xi listened to Cao Yan's story, he was silent for a long time.

Then he let out a long sigh.

"Butler?"

Cao Xi shouted three times, and the butler appeared at the door of the study.

Cao Xi instructed: "Go to the account room and pay 20,000 yuan to Yu'er." ”

The housekeeper hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it our five-room private treasury, or the Cao family's big treasury?" ”

"Private Library!"

"......"

Cao Yan stared at Cao Xi with a stunned expression, and said, "Dad, what are you doing?" ”

Cao Xi stared at him and didn't speak.

Cao Tong hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, are you planning to let me use hypocrisy to cheat money from Liu Heng and Kou Ji?" ”

Cao Yu stared at Cao Yan, sighed, and said, "No...... I just helped you, followed your heart, and made your choice. ”

Cao Yan's eyes widened, not understanding the meaning of Cao Xi's words.

Cao Xi stared at his stupid son and explained, "From the moment you hesitated, you had already made your choice. According to the way I have given you since I was a child, you will not hesitate or be embarrassed when you encounter this kind of thing.

If you hesitate and are embarrassed, it means that you are biased towards Kou Ji and Liu Heng. ”

After Cao Xi's reminder, Cao Yu understood that he had already made a choice.

The heart is to outsiders, and he was also seen through by his father, which made him bow his head a little ashamed.

Cao Xi stared at Cao Yan and said, "You are not ashamed, not only do you not need to be ashamed, but you should also stand up straight." ”

Cao Tong gritted his teeth and said, "But ......"

Cao Xi sighed and said, "I have taught you since I was a child, so that you don't have heart-to-heart contacts and contacts with people, not because I want to prevent you from having heart-to-heart contacts with people.

It's the people outside, all of whom are black-hearted.

Contacting our Cao family is more or less with various purposes.

I asked you to do this to protect you.

Now that you can meet someone with whom you can connect with your heart and lungs, why should I stop you? ”

Cao Yu raised his head and looked at Cao Yu in amazement.

Cao Xi said calmly: "You can meet someone who can make friends with your heart and lungs, and be happy for your father." But as a father, I also have to remind you that one day, the three of you have a conflict with Cao Fu, and your father will not help you.

Not only will being a father not help you, but you will also unite with your uncles and brothers to become your strongest opponents. ”

Cao Tong clenched his fists, and his heart was very uneasy.

Cao Xi laughed in a low voice: "Are you afraid? ”

Cao Tong gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be afraid! ”

Cao Xi smiled and said, "Then one day, you and your father become rivals, what will you do?" ”

Cao Tong gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "I don't know ......"

Cao Xi's face darkened, and he scolded angrily: "You unfilial son, get out of here." ”

Cao Tong fell to his knees with a puff, knocked his head to Cao Yu three times, and then fled from the study in a hurry.

After Cao Yu ran out of the door of the study, the annoyance on his face disappeared, and was replaced by a smile.

"Hey, hey, hey...... I also thought that among the three generations of Cao Fu, all of them were unsuccessful, and they could only lie on the ancestral merit book and wait for death. Unexpectedly, there is actually a person who has momentum and can become a climate, or my son......"

"Hahahahaha......"

"No, I have to go to the fourth brother to show off...... Hahahaha......"