Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, partial hall.

"This little bastard is really slippery." Brother Jiu hated the root of his teeth, but he was helpless.

Yuan also wanted to lead Cao Hao to panic, so as to find an opportunity to clean him up. Unexpectedly, the other party still "did not move like a mountain".

Fang Baikui stood aside with his son, but his heart was miserable.

Brother Jiu tapped his fingers on the table and asked, "How much money have you scraped together?" ”

"If you go back to the ninth master, it's already nearly five million." Fang Baikui leaned over and replied.

Brother Jiu proudly crossed Erlang's legs and said: "But with the silver flower, take the master's post, and talk about it from house to house, but the master wants to see, on the boundary of these four nine cities, who doesn't appreciate the face of the master?" ”

Fang Baikui's face froze, and he wanted to say something, but he hesitated.

Seeing this, Brother Jiu's face had drooped, and he said coldly: "What, what else do you have to talk about?" Dare to come to the master's idea? ”

Fang Baikui hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The villain doesn't dare, he respects the orders of the Ninth Master." ”

Brother Jiu's expression was better, and he waved his hand and said, "Go down, that widow Han ...... You also stared at it, but I don't believe it, can she hide in King Chun's Mansion for the rest of her life? ”

Fang Baikui responded, and took his son to retreat respectfully.

When he left Beizi Mansion, his face was already full of remorse.

His son Fang Zhuo followed aside, his heart was shocked, but it was not good to ask questions here.

The father and son returned to the private house outside the front door.

"Father, don't you have the money? We can also squeeze a few percent of the share, what else is there to worry about? Fang Zhuo saw that there was no one else in the room, so he asked.

Fang Baikui's face turned pale, he shook his head in a daze, and said: "The disaster of the clan, the disaster of annihilation, the desire is difficult to fill, this time I am greedy." ”

"Father......" Fang Zhuo saw his father's demeanor, and he was also a little frightened: "Could it be that my father is worried that the Cao family will not retaliate?" Our family still has Jiubeizi as a backer, and the Cao family should also have scruples? ”

Fang Baikui sighed and said, "The business of several generations has been ruined overnight, and now we can only prepare the way back as soon as possible." This time, we made Brother Jiu's knife, and it wasn't just the Cao family that offended? Brother Nine asked us to go door to door to buy business, but this forced us to become the public enemy of those people. They are all businessmen, not to mention others, that is, there is no shortage of people in Beijing for the children of the Cheng family, more than one million taels, where do they need to rely on the hands of others? ”

Fang Zhuo couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he thought of Brother Jiu's moodiness.

After Fang Baikui finished speaking, he seemed to be a few years older, bent over and coughed twice, and said, "You immediately leave to go back to Fujian, collect the remaining industries, collect the floating wealth, and prepare to go to sea." After three years, I was allowed to come back. By the end, the voice was unmistakably firm.

Fang Zhuo was shocked when he heard this, and stepped forward and said, "Father, why is this so? ”

Fang Baikui smiled bitterly and said, "This time, it is in the limelight, I am afraid that the name of our Fang family has already been registered with other palaces in front of the palace." Brother Jiu is the prince, so what about tossing hard? What are we? ”

"And the father went with the son?" Fang Zhuo said mournfully.

Fang Baikui shook his head, looked at the roof and said, "I can't go, we are the knife of the ninth elder brother, the handle of the knife is not in my hand, where can I say that I can go." You go back first and do as I say, just in case. Our Fang family, building bridges and roads, and pitying the poor and the weak have not done less, just hope that God will open his eyes. ”

Fang Zhuo wanted to say more, but he was already drunk by Fang Baikui: "What are you talking about?" Do you want to break our Fang family's incense? Even if you don't miss something, you can't stay in the capital. Brother Jiu is acting more and more ruthlessly, speaking and acting is not as good as before, in order to control our Fang family, even if it is safe and sound, he will keep you in Beijing. ”

When Fang Zhuo heard this, he didn't dare to say more, so he knelt down and responded.

Fang Baikui looked at his son, and his heart was not good, and said, "Go and pack your things, just bring enough silver, and I'll ask the seed master to send you back." ”

Fang Zhuo went out in response, Fang Baikui sat quietly for a while, and called a small servant to invite Fang Chonggong over.

When I was a little younger, I saw a capable old man who came in with the little guy.

"Master Fang!" The old man saw Fang Baikui and hugged his fists.

The voice is extraordinarily loud, and the eyes are bright, sounding like a person in his forties.

"What kind of master is not a master, speaking of which, our ancestors have even had a sect, and we can't write two 'square' words in one stroke. Sit, plant. I'm tired of you escorting your nephew into Beijing this time, but I have to admit it. There were still some housework over there, and I thought about letting Fang Zhuo go back to take care of it, and I had to ask the public to take care of it again. Fang Baikui said.

The old man in front of him is also surnamed Fang, and his name is Gong. Looking at it, although he is only in his fifties, he is actually over the age of six.

Because he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his body is sturdy, and he looks much younger than his actual age.

He owed Fang Baikui a favor earlier, so when Fang Zhuo entered Beijing this time, he escorted Fang Zhuo at Fang Baikui's request.

Hearing Fang Baikui say this, he didn't think much about it, and said: "Qi Niang is thinking about gluttonous oysters, go back, this capital is prosperous, is it not my hometown......

*Chunjun Palace, Flower Hall.

Cao Hao glanced at his wife a few times, and said with a smile: "The face is a little round, did Fujin make someone make delicious food for you?" ”

Chu Yu also looked at Cao Hao's face, but he hadn't seen him for two or three days, but he was itching in his heart and missing him very much.

"The big lady and the mother don't say that they give nourishment when they see the sky, and there are two gluttonous girls in the second sister and the fifth sister. The cat was in my house all the time, and the snacks were constantly eating. Not only me, but even Tianhui also let them feed fat. Chu Yu pursed her lips and smiled, but she was a little homesick.

"I haven't seen my daughter for two days, did she say she misses me?" Speaking of his daughter, Cao Hao dispelled the boredom and became soft in his heart.

"Every day when I open my eyes, I look for someone, and I am closer to my forehead than to me, who is a mother." Chu Yu said with a smile: "Master and Mrs. are in good health, I have been back for two days, otherwise I will go back tomorrow." Pack up, and you can still accompany your wife out for a walk at the temple fair on the eighth day of February. Sister Amethyst, Sister-in-law Tian, and several aunts in Rongyuan are also there, and they are bored in the house, and it is cheap to go out to go around while the temple fair. ”

Today is the fourth day of the first month, tomorrow is the fifth day of the first month, and there are three days, that is, the eighth day of the second month of the second month, Shakyamuni became a monk, and there are temple fairs in many temples outside the city.

However, when it came to going home, Cao Hao thought of Han Jiang's family, rubbed his forehead and said, "I've already inquired about it, I'm afraid someone wants to beat Han Jiang's idea." You also find out what it means to find out what she means. If you want to keep it, you must grit your teeth and never let go no matter what; If you don't want to keep it, if there is no agreement, Lisuo will marry, and find a quiet place to avoid it, and live honestly. ”

Chu Yu saw that Cao Hao said solemnly, and hesitated for a moment and said: "E, Han Jiang's family is a widow, who is so unevasive of identity to force marriage?" Could it be Uncle Nine? ”

"Which one else is there besides that master?" Cao Hao nodded and said, "It's just to look at Han Jiang's wealth." By the way, I have to make it clear to her that it's not that we forced her to choose, but that her money is too eye-catching. ”

Chu Yu is a woman in the end, and she is soft-hearted, thinking that Han Jiang's family is lonely and helpless, she can't bear it. She also heard of the name of Brother Jiu's love for money, and thought about it and said, "E, if the Queen Mother comes back from Tangquan, I will go to the palace." Filial piety to our Daoxiang Village's dim sum, and then mention our female shopkeeper? Even if the Queen Mother doesn't care, as long as it reaches the ears of Uncle Jiu, he can be a little jealous. ”

There are many rules in the palace, and this entrance is the most taboo for Cao Hao.

He thought about it for a while and said, "You don't need to send food directly, just send a few recipes to the Queen Mother's kitchen, and the Queen Mother should also be happy." I heard that her old man has always pitied the poor and the weak, and she can't see lonely women and children. You just mention that Han Jiang's life experience is not easy for a woman. There are many ears in the palace, as long as he says a few words, he can also bluff the ninth elder brother from acting rashly. ”

After the husband and wife discussed, they let go of a heart.

Then, it was nothing more than Hengsheng and Tianyou's schoolwork, Cao Hao's daily life or something, and said a few words of gossip.

Hongzhuo and his brother have returned, and when they heard that their brother-in-law was back, they all came to talk.

After a while, an attendant came to spread the word, and the seventh elder brother had already set up the wine and food, and invited Cao Hao to come over to eat wine.

Chu Yu went back to the inner courtyard, and Hongzhuo and the others hugged Cao Hao to eat, chattering in their mouths, talking about bidding.

However, after two years of hard work, the matter of bidding for the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already been spread all over the capital.

Cao Hao has confirmed the nickname of "Good Money Boy", and whoever mentions it is not wide-eyed and envious.

Some people are already talking about the wealth of the Cao family, and that the tethered horse piles in the Cao Mansion are all made of gold.

As a result, there was really a letter, and when I went to the gate of Cao's Mansion in the middle of the night, there were many people who wanted to cut a few pieces of gold with a knife.

It's just a farce.

* Shicha seaside, Qianjing Hutong.

In the cold spring of February, when the sun goes down, there is some wind, blowing the window lattice.

In the room, there was no chill at all.

Delicacies, alcohol, and beauties complement each other, making people intoxicated.

Shi Yun held the wine cup, looked at the woman sitting next to him, and secretly glanced at Yi Duli who was sitting opposite, remembering the old things.

A few years ago, when he first entered the guard's office, he followed a cousin to a house not far away to have a drink, and the Yang family who was sitting next to him at that time.

At that time, I also heard that it was a good family, and on the bed, I invited him to come again.

But he didn't come back because of the strict control of his family.

Who would have thought that she would become her own little sister-in-law?

The dishes have five flavors, and the wine has passed three rounds.

Iduli was already a little drunk, and he was already a little dishonest. Jin Lian, who hooked the woman who accompanied the wine beside her, didn't say anything, her hand was also rubbing on the woman's face, and her mouth was panting. If he hadn't been afraid of his nephew by his side, I'm afraid he would have lifted his belt immediately.

These restaurants by Haizi are all kept privately.

Most of them were girls bought from the south, and they were specially entertained by the powerful in the inner city. Unless someone introduces them, the restaurants here rarely accept customers.

I only sell three or five tables of noodles a day, and I mainly eat this mood.

Although the Qing Dynasty law stipulates that officials are not allowed to eat and drink, it does not say that officials are not allowed to eat and drink.

These women, who are not in the books, are kept in captivity in the name of slaves.

Next to Yi Duli was a young girl who had not yet budded, but she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. It's the first time I've been entertained today, and where can I stand this, I'm already ashamed. I wanted to ask for mercy, but I didn't dare, so I could only accept it with shame.

But Iduli loved it, grabbed the girl's chin, and poured the wine in his hand into her mouth.

The girl did not dare to evade, she was so agitated that her body was already stiff.

Yi Duli couldn't help it, poked his head out, pecked at the girl's cherry mouth, got up and picked her up, and said to Shi Yun with a smile: "It's time to be serious, you are also a man, don't be like a girl." With that, he shook and went out.

Only Shi Yun and the woman who accompanied him in the room were left, Shi Yun was worried about Han Jiang's affairs, and he also ate a lot of wine, and was a little drunk.

But he felt that his body was hot, but he cleared his mind and thought about what reason to send the woman next to him.

"Hey, ...... you" Shi Yun turned his head, and just wanted to speak to the woman, he saw the woman turn around and look at the door, her face was already two lines of tears, showing a little sad and helpless.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing her like this, Shi Yun felt a little unbearable in his heart, and asked, "Could it be that it's my uncle...... Lose your ......"

Thinking that his uncle has always been romantic, Shi Yun had this idea in his heart.

When the woman heard this, she hurriedly shook her head, wiped away her tears, and said in a low voice: "The slave family doesn't know that uncle, Yueniang is the slave's sister, she is only thirteen ......" As she spoke, tears already welled up in her eyes again.

Shiyun stretched out his finger, wiped away the tears from the woman's eyes, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Although the woman accompanied her for a long time, she didn't pay attention to her name because Shiyun didn't care.

The woman whispered back, "The slave's name is Qingniang." ”

As he spoke, he heard the faint sound of a woman crying outside.

Qing Niang's face turned white, she bit her lip tightly, tears swirled in her eyes, and she looked very cute.

Shiyun stretched out his hand, gently held her in his arms, and said, "It's okay, uncle is used to hurting people, your sister is fine......"

The woman in her arms was crying, Shiyun only felt that her mouth was dry and hot...... * Chunjun Palace, Inner Courtyard.

Han Jiang's family has been living in the wing room of Chu Yu's courtyard for the past few days, but it is difficult to sleep comfortably tonight.

Although Chu Yu said tactfully, Han Jiang also understood the meaning of her words, there was a powerful person who wanted to take her as a concubine.

If she wants to use chastity and not marrying as a pretense, I am afraid that it will be difficult to marry again in the future.

The best way now is for her to marry earlier and cut off the other party's thoughts.

Because it was the beginning of the month, there was no moonlight outside, and it was pitch black inside the house.

Han Jiang sat up and leaned on the bed in a daze, where is it so cheap?

She is a widow, and she can get into the eyes of others, and it is not that she shows her money and provokes her eyes. If the other party is really an unscrupulous person, will she still care if she is widowed once, or twice?

Where in this world can you rely on others?

The Cao family can shelter her like this, which is already considered benevolent and righteous.

Get married...... Although she has never been a daughter-in-law for a day, she has seen her aunts and sisters-in-law.

I don't want to please my husband all day long, but I also pretend to be virtuous and treat the concubines in the family.

Women, where is the good time?

lost her father and mother, and she was the only one left in heaven and earth. If it becomes an abandoned woman and a resentful woman in the lyrics of the drama again, wouldn't it be even more pitiful......

(To be continued)