Changping, Caojia Zhuangzi.

After dinner, it was already evening, and it was too late to return to the city, so Sun Jue could only stay on Zhuangzi's side.

Looking at the simplicity of the layout of the guest room, and the waiters were just two little maids with their heads, Sun Jue thought of Xia Chan, and thought about what would happen to his father when he received the letter from home, tossing and turning, and fell asleep in a daze late at night.

The next day, Sun Jue was the first to leave the village. Cao Yi and his wife, Cao Fu and his wife accompanied the Li family for a long time before returning to the city with Han Jiang.

The Li family was reluctant to Cao Yi, but thinking that their old lady was old, they didn't keep her to live anymore.

As for Cao Fu's side, he has decided to move to Zhuangzi's side to live for a while, and this time he returned to the city to ask for leave from the official school, and to pack his luggage or something.

Yesterday, Sun Jue arrived, interrupting Cao Hao's conversation with Seshtu. When they left today, Cao Hao remembered this, and it happened that Zheng Hu was also there, so he told him to pay attention to the rumors of the defeat in the northwest.

If this is true, then the situation in the northwest is even more urgent than imagined. I heard that several clans who went out to fight have been stationed in separate places, and Nersu is far away from the Chinese army, so I don't know if it is safe or not; If this matter is false, it is a "killing two birds with one stone" plan, which not only dealt a blow to the prestige of the fourteenth elder brother, but also pushed the governor of Sichuan, Nian Qianyao, to the forefront.

There are only a few princes and grandsons who have the ability to do this.

Cao Hao decided to watch from the wall for the time being, but he also wanted to know in his heart, so as to save himself from becoming deaf and blind, and losing the power of self-preservation.

That Cheng Mengxian, Cao Hao had already told Han Jiang's family and invited him to come over as a guest after three days.

Cheng Mengxing and Cheng Mengkun are both well-informed people, I don't know how this Cheng Mengxian is.

Sun Jue is Li Nai's brother-in-law, and one of the sons of the Sun family is married to Li Nai's cousin, and the two families are each other's in-laws.

In order to get back the two children, the Li family can calculate Sun Jue like this, it can be seen that the Li family does not attach as much importance to the in-law Sun family as it shows, but I don't know if it is Li Xu who is far away in Suzhou who takes the idea, or the big housekeeper of the Li Mansion in the capital.

As for Li Cheng, Cao Hao's impression is just that he is a clever child who can read his face.

Because of this cognition, Cao Hao was surprised when he saw Cheng Mengxian and knew that Li Cheng was in charge of Sun Jue's entry into the game.

There are not many words on this piece of paper in his hand, but the clear "nine thousand taels of silver" is still the root cause of Sun Jue's fundraising.

Cao Hao remained silent and looked up at Cheng Mengxian.

There was no anger or reproach, but Cheng Mengxian felt that this look seemed to pierce his bones, which made people feel cold.

"Master Cao, the villain has no intention of offending the nobles, it's just that Li Weaving is now in charge ......of the two Huai salt affairs, and it is not easy to offend," Cheng Mengxian pretended to be calm, and said very earnestly: "When the matter is over, the villain will know that the person who has entered the game is Sun Jue, Uncle Sun, and Uncle Caofu." Speaking of which, Wen Qi has been able to spend his time in the capital safely all these years, all thanks to the care of the Cao family. Even if the villain is lowly, he knows the truth that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and he will never do such an ungrateful act. In the past few days, the kid has even been nervous, and now he has come to make amends to Cao Ye. ”

As he spoke, Cheng Mengxian had already gotten up from his seat and knelt down on his knees.

Seeing that his posture was so low, Cao Hao smiled in his heart, and did not get up to help him.

He has no habit of taking the initiative to get close to others, and he is quite wary of taking the initiative to get close to others.

After living two lives, you must always know some truths, for example, most of the people around you who can really hurt you are the people around you, because they stand close and can know your shortcomings; The distance is close, and it is easy for people to lose their vigilance, and it is easier to kill with one blow.

On the contrary, strangers, because of their distance, have a higher safety factor.

For the Cheng family, Cao Yin may have had some friendship in his early years, but when he came to Cao Hao's side, he was just a gentleman's friend.

Cao Hao told himself that it was just to avoid suspicion and save the impression that the imperial court would not lose the impression that Cao Jiawei was too big. After all, in the decades when he was in charge of Jiangning Weaving Mansion, the Cao family was too strong in the limelight in Jiangnan.

Cao Yin was ordered by the emperor to win over the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, but outsiders didn't know it, but the Cao family was powerful.

The real reason is that Cao Hao is very defensive, except for blood relatives, there are few others who are willing to come and go.

Even if he sheltered the Han Jiang clan, it was only because the Han Jiang clan was the Han Jiang clan, and he more or less looked at the love of the dead Wen Xiu, and he didn't think of the Cheng family.

This Cheng Mengxian drove Han Jiang's family to tempt, and now he has come to bear the guilt of Jing again, which makes Cao Hao quite funny.

The relationship between Cao, Li, and Sun is not a secret, others may not pay attention to it, if Cheng Mengxian from Yangzhou doesn't know, it is a real lie.

"Cheng Qiye, although it is said that they are in-laws, but this is a family affair between Li and Sun, and it is not related to Cao, why did Cheng Qiye say this with Cao?" Cao Hao said slowly.

Cao Hao's identity is not as good as Sun Jue, even if Cheng Mengkun, the head of the Cheng family, is here, he can't afford to be a "master".

Cheng Mengxian listened, and said with a little trepidation on his face: "Don't dare to be called like Cao Ye, Cao Ye calls the villain Cheng Qi, or the word Lida." ”

Calling the table word, it doesn't seem to be so close to the relationship. called Cheng Qi, Cao Hao has always been humble, and there are really few times when he is arrogant and rude.

Cao Hao glanced at him and said, "Let's get up, let's not say if you don't make amends, Cao is still waiting for Zun to solve his doubts." ”

This was only one round, and Cheng Mengxian knew that the information he got was wrong, and the Cao family in front of him was not as good-tempered as the legend.

He stood up, pointed to the note in Cao Hao's hand, and said, "Although this matter is not bright, but because it is the Li family's order, the villain is not easy to disobey, so he will act accordingly." The villain thought that the third son of the Li family was just for money, and when he ordered to copy the copy of the word back, and give the copy to the grandfather, the original was left to him, and the villain knew that it was wrong. In this way, this matter is not over, and I don't know when it will be tossed out again. The villain was timid and afraid, so just in case, he made two copies and kept the original in his hands. After these two days, I found out the identity of my grandfather, and I was really more and more shocked. This grandfather is the maternal uncle of the third son of the Li family, and he is also the noble relative of Cao Ye. Although the villain does not know the grievances between the nobles, he also knows that this is not something that the villain can intervene in. The matter has come to this point, I can only tell Cao Ye and ask Cao Ye to forgive the villain's reckless crime. ”

Cheng Mengxian's words also solved his two doubts, but Cao Hao was still uncomfortable in his heart.

It turned out to be Li Cheng, not Li Nai.

Twelve-year-old Li Cheng, even when he Cao Hao was twelve years old, he just thought about how to make money, and he didn't think about calculating people.

The ruthless side of Cao Hao was forced by the situation after entering Beijing, and he comprehended it step by step.

Twelve-year-old Li Cheng, still under the protection of his grandfather and father, does not know the wind and rain of the outside world, so he has such a vicious mind.

In front of Cao Hao's eyes, the shadow of Li Ding appeared, because of the word "jealousy", Li Ding, who had to calculate him and damage his reputation.

The descendants of the Li family are like this, is the feng shui of the ancestral tomb bad?

In addition to the Li family, there is also the Sun family.

In later generations, because of the popularity of red studies, he also visited the red science forum, knowing the reason why the Cao family raided the house twice, and knowing the tragic ending of the Li family, but no one mentioned the fate of the Sun family.

Whether it is the Cao family, the Li family, or the Sun family, they are all hidden, and there is no legendary contact with relatives, one is prosperous, and one is lost, which is also quite suitable for Sun Wenqi's surname.

As early as after the death of the old lady, the Sun family had no contact with the Cao family. I don't know if Sun Wenqi was afraid that the tree would make a big move, which would affect him, so he retreated, but I don't know why he was still close to the Li family?

The questions that he had never thought of in the past were all surging into Cao Hao's mind.

Cheng Meng saw that Cao Hao didn't speak for a long time, and his heart became more and more bottomless.

Speaking of which, Cheng Mengxian is no stranger to the curves of these big families.

Although he is a side branch of the Cheng family, he is also a big local family, he was bullied by his brother when he was a teenager, he has tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection, and he knows that the so-called kinship is just a piece of paper. The paste is very bright, but it breaks when you poke it.

The Cao family is not close to the Li family, and the Sun family is not close, so he talks about the Li and Sun families, is it a snake to add to the snake?

On Cao Hao's side, he had already calmed down, looked up at Cheng Mengxian and said: "This Sun family and the Li family are Cao's cousins, with a cousin's family on one side and a cousin's family on the other. If the matter is publicized, Cao will not be able to help. Cao Mouquan has never heard of today's matter, and I hope that Zunjia can sympathize with Cao's helplessness. As he spoke, he picked up the piece of paper and handed it to Cheng Mengxian.

After hearing a few words, Cheng Mengxian was stunned, looking at the words in his hand and saying that he was speechless.

Before coming to see Cao Hao, he thought about Cao Hao's various reactions, but he didn't expect Cao Hao to push it with both hands and push the matter back to the Cheng family.

On Cao Hao's side, after saying this, his expression became solemn, and he continued: "Although you and the Han Jiang clan are uncles and nephews, you are not the only one in the Cheng family in the capital. If you don't want others to hit her with ideas, you need to think twice before acting. ”

Before this, although Cao Hao was not close to Cheng Mengxian, he was also polite and polite, but now these two sentences are a little sharp.

Cheng Mengxian's face was flushed when he was said, and he said: "Follow Cao Ye's warning, the villain knows." ”

Cao Hao glanced at him lightly and said, "If it is wind, frost, rain and snow, it comes from outsiders, and it is not heartbreaking." If it is relatives and elders who bully by blood status, how can it be embarrassing? The mother took pity on the niece and was lonely, and it was not easy to establish the world, so she came forward to take care of it, and hoped to be sympathetic to the mother's heart of preservation. ”

Cheng Mengxian asked the Han Jiang clan to give gifts to the Cao family on his behalf, and he really had the intention of taking advantage of it, but when Cao Hao said it, he was ashamed, and bowed his head and said: "The villain is not thoughtful, and he will not take an example." ”

Although Cao Hao didn't like him to be sleek and sophisticated, but seeing that he was ashamed, he also had some sincerity towards the Han Jiang clan, his expression was slightly softened, and he nodded.

When it came to this point, the two of them had nothing to say.

Cheng Mengxian looked at the note in his hand and left in a low voice.

Out of the Cao family Zhuangzi, Cheng Mengxian's brain was only a little clearer. He looked back at the unpretentious Zhuangzi that had been built, and he knew the phrase "there are people outside the people, and there is heaven outside the sky".

He already regretted it, if he was a little less calculating, and sincerely came to thank the Cao family, would the situation be better...... Cao Hao sat in the living room, silent for a long time.

Even if he is ruthless, after all, he is a twelve-year-old boy, and a scam that can't stand scrutiny will blind Sun Jue to death, which also proves Sun Jue's stupidity.

You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

Even if you understand it, you won't fall for these scams, but what about God bless them and keep them alive?

They are spoiled by their parents, and the enlightenment teacher is Qian Chenqun, who is quite an ancient gentleman, where is there resistance to these ghost tricks?

In this world, there is not only one Cao family, nor will there be only one Li Cheng.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao couldn't sit still.

It seems that from now on, we should add a "course" to the children that they teach themselves, that is, how to distinguish people's hearts and how to defend themselves...... And how to fight back...... For a while, Cao Hao understood his father's intention of letting him be in Qingliang Temple in "The Biography of Shechen". It's not to learn to be a minister, but to be familiar with the villain's tricks, be clear-headed, and be more self-reliant.

As for the Li family, Cao Hao is not interested in interfering at the moment.

He still has to wait and see how Li Nai will react to his son's "awesomeness"? Look at Li Xu's side in Suzhou, whether he really follows his grandson and treats the Sun family as a meat ...... on the board* Fangjia Hutong, Guogong Mansion, Inner House.

Looking at the two ruyi in front of her, as well as a few boxes of familiar head and face jewelry, Cao Ying's face was flushed, her lips trembled, and she couldn't speak.

Cao Yi said: "Big sister, don't blame your sister for being troublesome. In the end, it is the dowry of the big sister, and there is always something to be left behind. Those big sweaters and clothes, my sister didn't redeem them. The jewelry that died in the early years can no longer be found, and it could have been redeemed more, but it was a step too late, and the first two days were redeemed by that person. ”

Cao Ying's face turned red and white, and she said: "Don't dare to work for my sister to break the bank, since my sister redeemed it with money, I will keep it for reward." ”

When Cao Yi heard this, she couldn't help frowning, but seeing her lack of spirit, she couldn't bear to be harsh, so she said: "Don't worry, big sister, although I redeemed it, I don't plan to let my big sister take it back." In that case, it's just a bargain for the person to do it again. ”

Cao Ying saw that Cao Yi's "brother-in-law" was not called, so she raised her head and said: "Sister, my livelihood is difficult, because I am not good at housekeeping, I can't blame your brother-in-law." The Beijing official is difficult, the expenses are large, and it is impossible to live a tight life. ”

Cao Yi saw that she had reached this point, and she was still protecting Sun Jue, she really felt pitiful and angry, and said: "As a seven-foot man, he can't support his family, and when his wife has a dowry, is it still justified?" said that the son is living a tight life, can he buy a new sister and decorate a foreign house? Before the eldest sister got married, she was also the palm bead that the second master and the second wife cared for in every way, and if she was bullied like this, did she have no temper? ”

"Outhouse?" Cao Ying showed that it was the first time she had heard about this, and looked up and asked.

Cao Yi snorted coldly and replied: "I heard that since that person went to Changping to pay homage to his eldest brother's birthday, he didn't go home for three days, and his eldest sister didn't ask?" ”

"He said that the war was busy, and there were many errands in the yamen......" Cao Ying bit her lip and said with a little confusion: "The family has been strapped for the past two months, and there is no money to spare, what is going on in this outer house......"

Cao Yi sighed and said, "If you don't have any money left, won't you borrow it?" I don't know what kind of rhetoric he used, but he lent out nine thousand taels of silver from his eldest brother. The eldest brother didn't have enough money in the house, and he also alarmed his sister-in-law's mother's house, so he got together. ”

This is not Chu Yu playing right and wrong in front of her sister-in-law, it is Cao Hao who mentioned it to Cao Yi in private and asked her to wake up Cao Ying.

It was Cao Ying who had a relationship with Sun Jue, even if the Cao family was her backer, she had to be sober first.

Cao Yingyuan listened quietly, and when she heard her husband borrowing money from her mother's family, she raised her head suddenly and said, "What? It's true? ”

Cao Yi nodded and said, "Can my sister still lie?" Big sister, big brother and sister-in-law, being able to lend this money to that person at once is also in the face of the eldest sister. They were outside the city, and they didn't know the news of the city, but I was idle here, and I couldn't help but do a little more trouble, and I realized that the man had decorated the outer house with silver. Since the Beijing officials are difficult and the money is low, when will these debts be repaid? When the time comes, it will still fall on the nephew......"

(To be continued)