The deceased is gone, how can the living be embarrassed?

The moment they saw Cao Shuo's corpse, not to mention that the Li family and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned their heads and wept, they couldn't bear to look at each other, even Cao Yin's body trembled, and his eyes were red.

Zhao Jia sat on the ground, pulling his son's arm, looking like crazy.

Cao Yin waved his hand at Cao Xiang and Cao Fu and said, "What are you still doing?" Why don't you lift your mother up? ”

Cao Xiang stepped forward with tears in his eyes, but Cao Fu took a step forward, and hesitated, looking at the blood stains on Cao Shuo's face, the horror on his face became more and more obvious.

"Mrs......" Cao Xiang leaned down to pick up Zhaojia's family.

Zhao Jia's straightened up, where was he willing to move?

Jing Hui saw it on the side, and she also stepped forward to support Zhao Jia's other side.

Zhao Jiashi broke away from the hands of the two, threw himself on Cao Shuo, wiped the blood stains on his forehead with his hands, and muttered, "San'er, does it hurt?" Mother blows you. ”

Like a baby, she blew Cao Shuo's forehead, and said to herself: "My son is so handsome......"

As she spoke, her shoulders trembled, and her throat made a "grunt" and "grunt" sound, and began to twitch.

Seeing that she was not good like this, Li Shi endured his sadness and stepped forward to persuade: "Brother and sister, you get up first, child...... Don't let your child walk unsteadily......"

When Zhao Jiashi heard this, he finally cried: "Where is this unfilial bastard?" This bastard thing, this unfilial thing......"

While crying, she stretched out her hand to beat Cao Shuo, but she couldn't bear it, and the slap fell on the floor tiles beside Cao Shuo.

After another bit of spa and persuasion, it took a long time for Zhao Jia, who had already lost his strength, to be helped into the outhouse by Chu Yu and Jing Hui.

Cao Xiangda was taken care of by Cao Shuo the most, and the relationship between the brothers was the deepest, so he leaned down at this moment and pulled down the sleeves of his clothes that were crumpled by Zhao Jia's family, and tears flowed down his face.

Since ancient times, white-haired people send black-haired people, which is a human tragedy.

Cao Yin raised his head slightly, not letting the tears rolling in his eyes flow out.

He "coughed" and instructed Cao Xiang: "Look around and see what this bastard has left behind!" ”

"Yes!" Cao Xiang choked up and answered, and went to Cao Shuo's bedside to check.

The quilt on the bed was not opened, only half pulled with folds, which were traces of people having sitting.

Cao Xiang reached out and touched under the pillow, but did not find a single piece of paper. The small table in front of the bed and the table on the ground all looked around, but there was still nothing.

"Uncle ......" Cao Xiang stood with his hands down.

Cao Yin frowned and asked, "What is the reason for this, so that he can't think about it?" You brothers are usually together, can you tell me about it? Is it because your third sister-in-law refuses to come back? ”

Cao Xiang bit his lip, and just as he should have opened his mouth from somewhere, he heard a "poof", Cao Fu's body went soft and he fell to the ground.

Cao Xiang stepped forward and wanted to help his younger brother, but he stopped, and his face could not hide his indignation.

There is no nephew left, if there is any mistake in the little one, then Cao Yin will die, and he will not have the face to see his younger brother under Huangquan. Cao Yin's heart ached and helped his little nephew up.

However, looking at Cao Xiang's expression, it seemed that there was something hidden.

Cao Yin sat down, pulled down his face, and said in a deep voice: "Well, fourth, tell me about it?" ”

Cao Xiang hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and said that the casino came to collect debts last night.

Cao Yin's face was full of iron when he heard this, and he rubbed his feet vigorously, wanting to scold this uncompetitive nephew, but his chest was blocked, and he couldn't say a word.

After Cao Xiang finished collecting debts, he turned his head to look at Cao Fu, and saw his trembling appearance, complaining in his heart, but he couldn't bear to open his mouth to blame.

Don't say that Xiao Wu lost his words last night, it was him Cao Xiang himself, who knew that the third brother was easy to hide his thoughts, and persuaded his sister-in-law, why didn't he think about looking at this side?

Cao Fu was shocked now, although he cried, and said in a low voice: "Fourth brother...... I didn't mean to. I didn't promise to give it until you joined forces to coax my pocket flowers. That's the ...... that my brother kept for his aunt and mother to prepare for their birthdays."

Cao Yin listened, looked like Cao Xiang and said: "What the hell is going on, isn't it a gambling account, how can it have something to do with Xiao Wu?" ”

The truth is not complicated, but Cao Fu lived close to the side door, heard the movement, and came to the west across the courtyard to ask his brother.

In this conversation, Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang mentioned that they wanted to borrow his private money.

Cao Fu didn't think about it, and directly refused on the grounds that he wanted to leave the silver for his aunt and mother to prepare a birthday gift.

Li's and Zhaojia's are forty-five this year, which can be regarded as a small birthday. Cao Fu has always kept it in mind.

Although the family has been separated, his admiration for the Li family has not diminished at all.

In addition, the Li family was tired and tired because of pregnancy, so Cao Fu wanted to find something fun and interesting to honor his aunt.

It's not so much about preparing birthday gifts for aunts and mothers, it's better to say that it's about aunts, and mothers are doing it by the way.

Since he had refused, seeing that the two brothers seemed to be about to speak, he said: "Other people's families, who is not the elder brother's to give the brother a spare flower, our family is rare, the brothers are worried about my silver, are you ashamed?" ”

He was just trying to gag his brothers' mouths, who would have thought that it would just touch Cao Shuo's heart...... Although Cao Xiang didn't listen to it in his heart, he didn't think much about it when he saw that Cao Shuo's face didn't show any different color.

In a daze, things developed to this point.

Cao Yin was listening, but he was only full of guilt.

Although there is Cao Fu's gaffe, it is just that he dares to say it, and it is not that the brothers and sisters have a disagreement.

Now, Cao Shuo is gone, even if no one scolds Cao Fu, he feels uncomfortable in his heart.

Cao Yin waved his hand at Cao Fu and said, "Don't think nonsense, don't do your business, in the end, this bastard is not responsible." ”

Cao Yin won't complain about his little nephew, but he can't help but blame himself. If he, who was an uncle, had disciplined earlier, why did he do this?

There was silence in the room, and Cao Yin closed his eyes and sighed deeply. First, according to the ancient rites, the death of 16 to 19 is a "long mourning", the funeral is simple, and the mourning of relatives and younger generations is also reduced. However, this young man who is engaged to marry is not considered a "martyr", and it must be done in accordance with the funeral of Chengren.

Cao Shuo is seventeen this year, and he has already married, so he can't be regarded as a "long mourning", and preparations for this funeral must begin.

It's just that in the end, it's his nephew, whether he gambles or steals, Cao Yin complains in his heart, but he also hopes to let his nephew go to the ground as soon as possible.

You have to invite the onmyoji to come and spend some money to make a disaster, so that you can report the death of your nephew without having to make a fuss come to the door. Although this cover-up is for the sake of the Cao family's reputation, it is also so that the nephew does not have to bear the reputation of "coward" and "rebel" after his death.

The son and eldest nephew are not there, and the remaining two are young, and the nephew's funeral is rare, so he has to take care of it himself.

The yamen wants to make people ask for leave, the relatives want to make people report their funerals in their houses, and here they have to prepare coffins and ask people to do things, which has a lot to do.

Cao Yin is getting old, and it is sudden bad news, and his eyes are a little black.

He folded his arms and closed his eyes, only to feel that his throat was salty. It would be nice if his son was by his side, he thought with a little tiredness......* On the official road from the capital to Zhangjiakou, there are post stations every thirty or forty miles.

If you want to be like a post station, you have to have relevant certificates. Ordinary officials and government envoys rely on surveys, and when the military department uses them, they rely on fire cards.

Cao Hao's trip, because he was burdened with the decree of the Great Lama of Outer Mongolia, was related to the situation in the Northwest War, so the requirement was to "gallop" to go.

If the galloper asks for more horses, carries more luggage, or gallops in vain, it is considered a violation of the law, and if it is not done well, it will be impeached.

Cao Hao's side, but it was the "fire card" and the procedures of the Ministry of Officials that Nersu did for him, which was very thorough, so he didn't have to worry about this.

On the Yiduli side, it took some silver money to make a dot, which was barely enough.

In addition to a sharp fight at noon, Cao Hao's trip changed horses several times in the middle of the trip, and arrived in Yanqing County in the evening.

When dismounting in front of the post station, many people's faces were not good-looking, and they walked a little awkwardly.

Speaking of which, in this line, whether it is the royal guards, or the servants of the Cao family and the Ilgen Jueluo family, there are few who have suffered this crime.

This galloping horse is certainly refreshing, but this gallop is only one day, and it is really unbearable.

Thinking about such a day, it may take ten days and a half months, and the faces of many guards are green.

However, Nalan Fusen and Heshan, because they traveled back and forth to Outer Mongolia with Cao Hao the year before last, and they also traveled thousands of miles, so they were still adaptable.

The most embarrassing is Yiduli.

Although before leaving Beijing, he swore that he had not fallen behind in riding and archery skills, but after a day of jolting on horseback, he could no longer be angry.

When he got off the horse, he hunched over and vomited, and vomited the beef that had not yet been restrained when he had eaten on the road at noon.

His chief hurriedly handed over the water bag, Yi Duli took it, and rinsed his mouth vigorously, and the whole person was a little lively.

Cao Hao saw him on the sidelines and wondered if he should persuade him to slow down and save him from suffering so much.

There were two carriages parked at the entrance of the inn, one with a coffin and the other with a white curtain tent, which were supposed to be sitting.

There was a young man wearing filial piety clothes, standing at the door of the post station, talking to the post guard.

Yi Duli added joy to his face, and smiled at Cao Hao: "When you go out to see the coffin, you will be promoted and get rich, but it is a good sign." ”

The voice was a little loud, and the young man listened, turned his head and glared at Yi Duli with a little anger on his face.

He was about to say something, but when he saw Yi Duli's official uniform, he closed his mouth again and turned his head wistfully.

Yicheng got the news and trotted out to meet him.

Seeing a bunch of guards in front of him, this sesame official couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, wondering which prince and prime minister went out of Beijing and sprinkled "nobles" in the crowd.

But he was a little confused, he hesitated, bowed forward, leaned in front of Nalan Fusen, and said, "This guard, this is ......"

Among the crowd, Nalan Fusen is a third-grade uniform, looking at the highest grade, he can't complain about this post like this.

Nalan Fusen smiled helplessly, took out the "fire card" from his arms, showed it to Zaiyicheng, and said: "The master wants to rest for one night, prepare the horse according to the head, and set off at five o'clock in the morning tomorrow." ”

This "fire card" was originally held by Wei Hei, because every post station along the way was in the current situation, so Cao Hao handed over the "fire card" to Nalan Fusen to collect.

The left and right are just a formality, and there is no need to bother to argue with each post man who is the chief official of this line.

When the post man saw it, he hurriedly led everyone into the post station.

When he saw the young man in filial clothes, Yi Cheng couldn't help but scold: "Hurry up, go quickly, what are you talking about?" This is a post station, not a big car shop, if you don't leave, you will have to drive people away! ”

"My lord, please be accommodating, my mother is old, and she has been on the road for a day......," the young man pleaded in a mournful voice.

The post waved his hand impatiently and said, "You kid, you're really verbose. Where in the world is there a place where blank white teeth can be mixed and eaten? You say that you are an official subordinate, but you have no paperwork and no silver, I have accommodated you, and you can't drink the northwest wind by yourself? ”

The young man's face flushed, but he still pleaded.

Cao Hao watched from the side and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Since he is an official subordinate, he must have some old friends, and if he is offended like this, he may bury a disaster when he will be buried.

This young man is young, but he can bend and stretch.

Filial piety comes first, although it is just a meeting in Pingshui, but Cao Hao is also willing to do a gesture because of his filial piety.

He glanced at Zhao Tong, and then entered the post station with Yi Duli and the guards.

In the follow-up of the Cao family, although Zhao Tong's skills were not good, he was thoughtful and collected the money. Wherever he encounters dots, he makes a fabric.

The upper room is limited, and among these people, except for the two domestic servants of the Cao family and Yiduli, everyone else has a grade.

In the end, it was Nalan Fusen who made the decision, chose a house with a ridge, placed Cao Hao in the middle upper room, and the others were placed in all directions.

Cao Hao was embarrassed to do this, but Nalan Fusen said: "The holy order has been issued, and we are here to protect Cao E, and we should have established a charter from now on." Whether it is accommodation or midway, it should be mainly to protect the safety of the forehead. ”

He changed the title of "forehead" in front of everyone, which was also to remind these guards of Cao Hao's other identity. If Cao Hao really made a mistake, each of them would have nothing to do with it.

Cao Hao heard what Nalan Fusen meant, confessed his feelings in his heart, and did not say any more.

When he entered the house, Cao Hao was freshening up, Zhao Tong had already returned, and the silver had already been sent out, so he changed his rhetoric and concealed Cao Hao's true identity, and the young man who had returned to his hometown had already entered the post station...... Cao Hao listened, wiped his face with a towel, and thought about whether this was "a good deed".

As the saying goes, "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil, not that there is no retribution, and the time has not yet come." But he does not hope for this good recompense, but only hopes that those who do bad deeds will be rewarded, and he will be satisfied.

Of course, people's hearts are biased, and the bad people in Cao Hao's heart are those who calculate him.

He lived a good life, those who secretly don't stop, have nothing to do, are not bad people, what is it?

*Inside Xinjiekou, the Earl's Mansion of Yongwu.

Yongsheng came back from the Cao family, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the housekeeper and said: "Second master, the seventh master of Nalan is gone today, and their family sent a funeral letter......

(To be continued)