The next day, in the palace, Cao Jie's residence.

"Cao Gong, slave maid Zhang let me report something."

Zhang Rang stood outside the door of Cao Jie's residence at this time, and respectfully greeted Cao Jie inside the door.

"It's Zhang Rang, the door is not closed, come in."

There was a strange sound of yin and yang coming from the room.

"Squeak......" sound.

Zhang Rang pushed the door into Cao Jie's room, only to see Cao Jie sitting cross-legged on the couch with his eyes closed, and two incense burners in front of him were slowly smoking.

Hearing Zhang Rang come in, Cao Jie opened his eyes and looked at him.

"What did you do today? If there is nothing important, don't bother our family. ”

Zhang Rang looked at his old face, hesitated for a moment, and then looked firm.

"Does Gong Cao remember Li Zhi who came to offer wine that day?"

"Huh?"

As soon as Cao Jie heard Li Zhi's name, his face became gloomy, how could he forget this name.

It was this person who teamed up with Xun Yu to offer wine to His Majesty, and sued him from His Majesty.

"What did you do with that bastard? Didn't you accept his favors and come today to intercede with him? ”

Zhang Rang saw that Cao Jie's face sank, and he was frightened, and after forcibly calming down.

"It's good, but it's not for slaves, it's for Cao Gong."

"Oh?"

Cao Jie heard that there were benefits, and he also came to the spirit, his biggest preference in life, in addition to the position of the ten permanent servants, the rest is money.

If he was given enough money, he would not be able to forgive Li Zhi.

"Tell me about it."

Seeing that he was interested, Zhang Rang was sure in his heart.

"Cao Gongke still remembers the wine that Li Zhi brewed that day?"

When Cao Jie heard this, he also remembered the deliciousness of the wine he drank that day, and now he is a little salivating when he thinks about it.

"Naturally, I remember that it was the wine given to our family by His Majesty, how can our family forget.

That is the wine poured by His Majesty himself, in this world, apart from our family, who else has such an honor? ”

Speaking of this, he looked proud.

"What Cao Gong said is extremely true, and the world is worthy of Cao Gong's wine to be toasted by His Majesty, and no one else is worthy."

Although Zhang Rang had a smile on his face, he said some flattering words.

However, the hands under the big sleeves were clenched, and the nails were sunk into the palms, and he didn't even notice it.

"If you like this wine, His Majesty gave some when we came back last time, so you can take it back with a small jar."

Cao Jie, who was comfortably patted by Zhang Rang, was also rewarded to him without hesitation.

"Thank you Cao Gong, the slave and maid are good, so the slave and maid are welcome!"

Zhang Rang pretended to be surprised and accepted the wine.

"Hmm." Cao Jie nodded, and then asked, "Is there something wrong with you mentioning this wine?" ”

"Yesterday, Li Zhi came to the slave's house, and he regretted the events of the day very much, and wanted to make amends to Cao Gong.

I wanted to dedicate the secret recipe of winemaking to Cao Gong, so that Cao Gong would forgive his sins. ”

"Huh?" Cao Jie's eyes lit up at first when he heard this, and then they dimmed.

"Isn't the method of brewing this wine already dedicated to Your Majesty?

How can we ask for it? Isn't that Li Zhi teasing our family?! ”

When Zhang Rang heard this, he hurriedly explained to him: "Cao Gong is too worried, Your Majesty has obtained the method of brewing wine, isn't the wine brewed still to be handed over to Cao Gong to take care of in the end?"

At that time, where to sell it is not up to Cao Gong to decide? If Cao Gong also has a method of winemaking....... ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Rang looked at Cao Jie with a meaningful face.

Cao Jie's eyes lit up at first when he heard this, and then he thought of something, and returned to his usual complexion.

I saw him say slowly: "Since you know that Your Majesty will hand over the matter of selling wine to our family.

Then you should also know that our family can get this method without Li Zhizhi, so why should our family forgive him? ”

When Zhang Rang heard this, he knew that although he said so, he had actually agreed to this matter in his heart.

"Cao Gong's words are wrong, the secret method of wine-making is owned by His Majesty, if Cao Gong takes it privately, if it is known to His Majesty, it will .......

At that time, even if the relationship between Cao Gong and His Majesty is quite deep, Cao Gong will not be comfortable. ”

Hearing this, Cao Jie frowned tightly, and his right hand rhythmically hit the edge of the couch.

"What you say is reasonable, this secret method of winemaking is a hot potato."

Speaking of this, Cao Jie suddenly seemed to understand something, and glanced at Zhang Rang, with some meaning in his eyes.

"Since you have brought up this matter, there must be a solution, so let's say... If it is really useful, our family will not treat you badly. ”

Zhang Rang was a little hairy by his glance, but he still pretended to be overjoyed on the surface.

"The slave and maid thanked Cao Gong first!

The solution to this matter is actually very simple, so didn't Li Zhi want to offer the wine party to Cao Gong this time, and Cao Gong followed.

At that time, Cao Gong announced to the public that this was another wine recipe, which was slightly worse than the wine recipe obtained by His Majesty.

When selling wine, it is also half cheaper than His Majesty's wine, and the price can be 100 gold, so that Cao Gong can sell wine in a dignified manner.

If His Majesty knew about this matter, he would put this crime on Li Zhi, and say that Li Zhi deceived Cao Gong, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Hearing this, Cao Jie couldn't sit still anymore, so he got up suddenly and walked back and forth in the hall.

After a long time, he made a decision in his heart, stood still, looked at Zhang Rang, and looked a little playful.

"You little cub is clever, and such a method of deception has also made you think of it, presumably in the past, you must have acted like this in the past, right?"

Hearing Cao Jie's words, Zhang Rang was shocked: "The slave and maid don't dare, the slave and maid are just thinking about Cao Gong, and they have never been so hidden, and I hope that Cao Gong will see it!" ”

At this point, he was sweating profusely, and his face was genuinely afraid.

Cao Jie sneered when he heard this, obviously not believing what he said, but he didn't pursue anything, but said with emotion.

"Well, we are all incomplete men, and we have no other thoughts than money.

As long as it's not too excessive, some small things on weekdays, our family won't be familiar with you. ”

"Cao Gong is generous, and the slave and maid are very respectful."

After Cao Jie finished beating Zhang Rang, he asked him again: "Then where is Li Zhi waiting for our family?" ”

Zhang Rang took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Cao Jie with respectful hands.

"This is a letter from Li Zhi to Duke Cao, about four days later, Duke Cao will meet one mile east outside the city."

Cao Jie took the letter, opened it on the spot, saw the content, the more he read, the more satisfied he became, the flattery in it, he was very comfortable to read, and he firmly believed in his repentance.

"After you go back, you will say to that Li Zhi: Our family already knows about this matter, and we will definitely go there then."

Zhang Rang was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought: This is done!

He finally calmed his excitement, and was afraid that there would be extraneous branches, so he immediately said goodbye to Cao Jie.

"Oh, the slave and the maid will go and tell Li Zhi, and the slave and the maid will retire first."

"Well, you stand down."

After getting Cao Jie's consent, Zhang Rang cautiously exited the room and closed the door.

When Zhang Rang returned to the mansion with excitement, he didn't hide his excitement, laughed, laughed and laughed, but with tears in the corners of his eyes, he gradually stopped.

Remembering what Cao Jie said, he muttered to himself.

"Cao Gong... You have reached the peak of eunuchs, but the only thing left in your heart is money.

However, our family has never forgotten the seat under Cao Gong......! ”

Speaking of this, he looked certain and shouted outside: "Someone! ”

As soon as Zhang Rang's words fell, a servant walked in outside.

"What do you command?"

"Quickly go to Xunfu to find the three unique sons, and say: What he entrusted our family to do will be completed, and then it will depend on the son's ......."