The man who died in the post, dressed in old clothes, was in his forties.

Cao Song forcibly suppressed the panic and clenched his fists vigorously. In the end, he has been on an errand in the palace for a few years, and he is a lot more stable, although he is shocked in his heart, his face is much calmer.

At this time, he heard Xiong Ren, the second butler behind him, suddenly cry out: "Hey, isn't this the madman Du Tian?" ”

Cao Song turned around and asked, "Do you recognize me?" ”

Xiong Ren bowed and said: "Second master, this is the tenant on our Zhuangzi, who is usually chattering, and he resisted the rent in Layue last year. ”

"Rent resistance?" When Cao Song heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Didn't you tell you to go down and reduce some rent, and there are still people who resist rent?" ”

When Xiong Ren heard this, he was speechless, his eyes flashed, and he didn't dare to look at Cao Song.

Since Cao Song became the family, it was the first time he had encountered such a thing. I was still looking forward to an accident, but after asking two sentences, I knew more or less that it had nothing to do with my family.

"Hurry up and go to Xifu to ask for uncle...... Remember not to alarm the eldest master......" Cao Song didn't dare to look at the corpse on the ground, but felt unspeakable annoyance in his heart.

The matter of renting a child was told by my brother a few years ago, and he also made a special trip to order someone, and he ended up in this fate, what is this called. It's just that when he didn't say this in front of him, he waited with a gloomy face.

One time later, Cao Hao, who got the news, hurried over.

Seeing the crimson scene in front of him, Cao Hao still felt heavy even if he already knew it.

It was already dawn, but fortunately, there were several official mansions here, which were far away, and no one came forward to see the excitement.

Why the tenant died at the door of Cao's house, and how much grievance Cao Hao had for the time being, Cao Hao still does not know.

However, he knew very well in his heart that the Cao family was not yet at the point of covering the sky with one hand in the capital, and he also knew that if a mistake started, it would have to be covered up with countless mistakes.

He didn't take chances, nor did he think of a solution as Cao Song expected.

He directly asked someone to invite Cao Yin to come out to get an idea, what happened today, whether it was an accident or someone added fuel to the trouble, it doesn't matter, the important thing is whether the Cao family can handle it properly and cleanly, and it is so thoughtful that it does not leave the slightest handle.

For this, Cao Hao and Cao Song brothers add one piece, and they are not as good as Cao Yin.

Cao Song saw that he still had to bother his uncle, and he was speechless in a daze.

Cao Hao glared at him, and said with a dark face: "It's more than twenty, can't you still take care of your family?" Didn't you say that the rent had been reduced? What's going on here? ”

Cao Song was also confused about these questions, how could he answer them. Xiong Ren was beside him, and when he saw Cao Hao, he didn't dare to interject.

This change, Wei Hei and Zheng Hu also came out. Wei Hei is a native of the rivers and lakes, and he is used to killing, but he doesn't take this seriously. He stepped forward and rubbed twice on the corpse, and found a bloodstained figure in his breast.

The above lists the Cao family's rent increase in the disaster year and usury.

In addition to this, Wei Hei also checked the man's hair and nails, and found nothing unusual.

After a cup of tea, Cao Yin arrived.

Looking at everything in front of him, he glanced at his son and nephew, and he was also faintly angry.

"Let people immediately report to the Yamen of the infantry army, Hao'er went to the Yamen on an errand, and Song'er sent people to the guards to ask for leave." Cao Yin casually ordered a few words, turned around and went home.

Although his back was still straight, it showed a bit of depression.

Cao Hao sighed in his heart, knowing that his father was also helpless. After all, from the place where the corpse is ambushed, to the early morning when it is discovered, there is also a period of effort, it is difficult to ensure that it will not be seen, if it is hidden, it will not be clean.

No matter what the truth is, it is true that the tenants of the Cao family died in front of the Cao family, and in this way, the crime of "not governing the family strictly" when Cao Yin retired is more and more confirmed.

Cao Hao stood in place, but his heart couldn't calm down.

If it is according to what Du Tian said, because he was forced to rent a child in Layue last year, which made him pawn his son and sell his daughter, and his family was ruined, then why didn't he make trouble a year ago, but now he is making trouble?

Besides, a tenant who can't read big characters can think of asking someone to write a complaint and sue the Cao family, why don't he go to the yamen and die a death?

Cao Hao picked the corners of his mouth, turned around and whispered a few words to Wei Hei.

If he doesn't provoke him, he has a good heart, but in the end, he is still an egoist. The so-called kindness is without violating his bottom line.

Although the East Mansion and the West Mansion have been separated, the two families live next to each other, and Cao Quan died early in the second room, whether it is in the eyes of outsiders or Cao Yin himself, he is still regarded as the head of the Cao family.

My father has retired, and others still have to do such tricks, is it really bullying no one in the Cao family?

Cao Yin, who returned to the study, was also full of anger.

He came out in a hurry, and he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, but he didn't want to go back to the inner courtyard with a lot of anger, so he went directly to the study. He has been up and down in his career for decades, and Cao Hao can see it, and he naturally knows it.

In the past few years in Beijing, he has always held back a fire.

Right now, if Cao Hao and Cao Song saw his appearance, they would definitely be surprised, because he was not gentle and elegant at all, but a little hideous.

Who is Cao Yin, the sword and gatekeeper of the Son of Heaven who has guarded Jiangnan for Kangxi for 30 years. In the past 30 years, those big families in the south of the Yangtze River have not thought about removing the sharp sword hanging over their heads, mixed with the snake playing tricks and crossing the river and the dragon trying to turn the river and the sea, what is the result?

Why did Cao Yin love Buddhism in his later years? That's because when I was young, I killed too much, and I was afraid of harming my children and grandchildren. Although he didn't believe in this either, as he grew older, his heart became softer, and he valued his children and grandchildren more and more.

If he Cao Yin was just a showman, he would not have become a real and unknown "King of Jiangnan". Kangxi would not guard against him when he was heavy, forcing him to retreat, and then began to reuse his son.

Cao Yin straightened his waist, snorted coldly, and said in a low voice: "The vertical son is too deceitful!" ”

* Orchid Courtyard, upper room.

Li didn't know that there was any change in the family, and he had already watched people set the dinner table, and hesitated to send people to the front yard to ask her husband to come back.

Early in the morning, I don't know what is going on with my son, so I can't talk here, but I want to invite my father to the study to talk. Even though Li usually does not pay attention to foreign affairs, he is also a little uneasy.

Today is the third day of the first month of March, and there are temple fairs inside and outside the city. Li originally agreed with her husband that the husband and wife would take their granddaughter and young son to Pantao Palace to visit the temple fair.

The sesame oil, rice, and silver that were prepared to be given to the Taoist temple had been prepared, and the noon meal had been ordered.

After waiting for a long time, Cao Yin still didn't come back, and Li couldn't help but ask someone to inquire. The news I got was that Cao Hao had returned to Wutong Garden, and Cao Yin was alone in the study.

Li hesitated for a moment, and did not ask someone to invite Cao Yin to the front yard, but ordered someone to take care of Changsheng, and she personally went to the study in the front yard.

When he arrived at the study, the little guy outside the door saw that Li was coming and wanted to go inside to complain, but was stopped by Li.

Li opened the curtain, and when he entered, he saw that the cigarette was in the middle, and the husband was sitting in a precarious position, sitting behind the bookcase, carrying a pen and writing.

Li walked lightly to the bookcase, took the half of the ink lying horizontally on the inkstone, and gently grinded it.

Cao Yin raised his head and said, "Madam...... My husband is copying the "Diamond Sutra", and I can't accompany my wife to Pantao Palace today......"

The Diamond Sutra? When Li heard this, he only felt his heart tremble.

Since when did her husband like to copy the Diamond Sutra when he encountered something? By the way, it was the forty years of Kangxi, after the disappearance of their only son Cao Hao.

That year, when he returned home with his son, he knew that his husband had accepted a newcomer, and Li was uncomfortable, but he inadvertently found a stack of "Diamond Sutra" written by him in his husband's study. has been married for many years, and she also knows that her husband loves his son, but he just hopes that his son will become a dragon and will not talk about love...... Cao Yin had already put down the brush, looked at Li and said, "Madame, do you still remember the late Zhang Tianshi and Mrs. Zhu?" ”

The Cao family has lived in Jiangning for decades, and in addition to taking over the driver, they have also received many famous people in the world, including several generations of masters of Longhu Mountain.

What Cao Yin said was Zhang Yingjing, the 52nd generation head of Longhu Mountain, who had been a guest in Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and his wife Zhu, the county lord of the Ming Dynasty.

There are two husband and wife, one is in charge of the Holy See, and they are prominent; A former royal family with a noble status, so the Li family still remembers it clearly.

She nodded and said, "I remember, Mrs. Zhangjiao also gave me a string of peach wood hand beads. At that time, the old lady was still holding the palm to teach the real person to Yan'er and Hao'er. At that time, she was about the same age as Changsheng, and she just knew how to call people. ”

Li said, falling into distant memories: "As a result, it was said that our daughter's life was precious and unworthy of ordinary people, and that our daughter grew up extraordinary, and the old lady was overjoyed. ”

Cao Yin was silent and didn't say anything more.

He remembered the scene very clearly. Although Zhang Tianshi was reluctant to reveal the secret of heaven, after seeing the life pattern of Cao Yin's father and son, he still told the truth at Cao Yin's request.

Truth be told, not the ones that were said next to the old lady.

It's that their father and son have broken lines, and they are destined to live and die, not longevity. Tracing back to the source, it is because Cao Yin has killed too much in his hands, cut off his well-being, and looks like his descendants are cut off, and he has to inherit the portal by the side branches.

Seeing the Li family, Zhang Tianshi didn't say anything, only said that the vitality of their father and son may be different, and it is in the Li family.

Even if Cao Yin doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, he won't regard the words of the real person as child's play. Just in case, he used his connections to transfer his younger brother back to Jiangning.

Unexpectedly, in less than two years, Cao Hao was kidnapped, and he almost died.

Cao Shun was born, and Cao Yin was crazy because he thought that he had broken Zhang Tianshi's "heavenly machine", and the Cao family's room was luxuriant.

Is life and death a catastrophe? Whether it's Cao Yin or Cao Hao, how can you have experienced less?

Cao Yin looked at his wife, thinking of this old past, and seemed to have an epiphany in his heart...... * Cao Jiadong Mansion, the inner courtyard.

A table was set up on the ground, Zhao Jia's took the fourth sister and the fifth son to sit down, and Jinghui and Su Xin, who were daughters-in-law, did not have a seat, only took the maid and daughter-in-law to stand beside them.

Since beating his youngest son and daughter-in-law Su Xin, Zhao Jia's likes to eat breakfast and dinner with his two daughters.

The fourth sister is eight years old this year, and the fifth son is also seven years old. Although the grade is still young, the two sisters can already see the difference.

The fourth sister is taller, with a long face and a straight nose, some of Cao Ying's appearance when she was a child, but she is not outstanding; Wu'er has a melon seed face, a sharp beauty, and a pair of small dimples, plus fair skin and black and thick hair, she is already a little beauty fetus.

Looking at this Xiao Lu Mei's appearance, Zhao Jia's family looked down on it in his heart. But with Cao Yi's experience in the past, although she treats this concubine in person, she is not mean.

Jin Gui, a girl from the banner family, looks at Wu'er's small appearance, as long as she doesn't grow up to be inferior, she can get married when she grows up.

This morning's staple food is shepherd's cabbage, creamy flower rolls, and a few side dishes and duck porridge. Zhao Jia's looked at the two little ones who were eating well, and the two daughters-in-law also lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eyes, but they felt satisfied, and ate several more camelina dumplings.

Because Cao Song presided over in the front yard, the turmoil outside the gate had not yet reached the inner courtyard.

Zhao Jiashi had breakfast, and instructed the maid to send the fourth sister and the fifth son back to learn the rules, and then said to the two daughters-in-law slowly: "I heard that the eldest lady is going to the temple fair today, so let someone go and ask, it's rare that the sky is good, and I will take you out to play." ”

When Jinghui and Su Xin heard this, they looked at each other and felt helpless.

Jinghui has to take care of her daughter and take care of housework, where can she get out? Su Xin's side, after being married for a few months, is still a new daughter-in-law, wearing a red dress, and it is not appropriate to show her head.

However, the two of them also know a little bit about their mother-in-law's surname, and they know that they have always been arbitrary and can't listen to persuasion. Therefore, in response, Jinghui ordered someone to go to Xifu to inquire.

Su Xin's side, she had to go back to her room to serve her husband's breakfast, so she withdrew from her mother-in-law's room first.

Outside the window was already full of greenery, and Zhao Jia's was still thinking about what cheongsam to wear and how much sesame oil money he had to give to the temple fair. Now that the little daughter-in-law has also entered the door, she really has nothing to look forward to, only to hug her grandson as soon as possible.

gave birth to three sons-in-law, if there were no grandchildren, then how could she swallow this breath.

If you don't ask the golden boy in the sky to descend to earth, you can't be too different from God's blessing. As for Hengsheng, the Zhaojia clan has never regarded him as the bloodline of the Cao family.

Unexpectedly, before the people sent to Xifu came back, Cao Song frowned and came in.

Seeing this, Zhao Jiashi couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Aren't you on an errand in the morning?" Why don't you leave the city yet, what's the good if it's delayed? ”

"Mother!" Cao Song looked at Zhao Jia's family, his eyes were already red, his face was flushed, and he asked, "Is it the rent increase ordered by my mother?" ”

Zhao Jiashi nodded and said, "Yes, last year's expenses were large, the fourth child went out on an errand and set up a marriage, and the fifth child married a daughter-in-law, and the business in the shop needs capital, what kind of money does not need silver?" ”

"Last year's drought, didn't my son make a special trip to reduce the rent?" Cao Song stared at his mother, only feeling trembling and having no strength.

He was not surprised by this result, but he still couldn't stand it when he heard his mother's words.

Although Zhao Jiashi didn't understand why his son mentioned this, he still felt pain when he thought of the word "rent reduction", so he glanced at his son and said: "I know that it was Brother Hao who instigated you, you big fool, but you don't want to think about it, Xifu doesn't rely on Zhuangzi to chew, can we drink the northwest wind with hundreds of sips here?" Brother Hao wants to be a good person, let him do it, what are we going to do? Splitting up is splitting, let's not take advantage of Xifu, and we won't be the wrongdoer. ”

Cao Song looked at his mother, who was sneering on her face, and in front of her was the corpse that hit her brain outside the door.

Although the infantry army has already come to the yamen and took the body away, the housekeeper Yu An and Cao Yuan of the Dongfu also followed to the yamen, but it was a surname, how could Cao Song be at ease.

Thinking that for the sake of the tenants, my brother made a special trip to talk to him a few years ago, and asked if he could take care of it, and if he was struggling, he would send Zhao Tong over to help him.

He has been the head of the family for a few years, and he is unwilling to let his brother treat himself as a child anymore, so he patted his chest and packed the ticket, so that the second housekeeper in the house was in charge of this matter, but he didn't expect that he could not compete with his mother's greed.

Cao Song was both depressed and ashamed, and sat in the chair all of a sudden, looking wooden and speechless.

Zhao Jia's family was still strange, his son didn't go to the garden to be on an errand, and he was looking for some kind of account, and just wanted to scold, he heard hurried footsteps from the yard.

Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.

"Second brother, what's going on? There are dead people outside the gate of our house, and it has also alarmed the Yamen of the infantry army......" With the sound of speaking, Cao Fu hurriedly walked in, didn't care about greeting his mother first, and asked Cao Song in a series of questions.

Zhao Jia's family was still confused, Jing Hui thought of her husband's abnormality, and compared with the words of the little uncle, she was already shocked and changed her face...... * Household Bureau, Cao Hao had an official document in front of him, but he couldn't read it at all.

Including Cao Jia and Cao Yi, he sent out most of the people around him. Whether Cao Jia and Cao Yi are Kangxi's people or Cao Yin's people, Cao Hao doesn't feel the need to hide from them.

He is not a man who covets fame, and if someone previews him with dirty water or slanders, as long as it is insignificant, he will not take it to heart.

But my father's generation read Confucius and Mencius all my life, and all that was left was the arrogance of Confucianism.

After the stigma receded, Cao Hao did not want his father to suffer any more grievances.

The one on the dragon chair was helpless, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and when the Cao family was powerless to rebel, he could only say "thunder, rain and dew, all of which are Jun's grace." Do the kittens and dogs outside also have to stretch out their paws to scratch people?

The sixteenth elder brother stayed at the door for a long time, and his eyes were the appearance of Cao Hao, who had been wandering for nine days.

"What are you thinking?" The sixteenth elder brother was a little curious and asked with a smile.

Cao Hao came to his senses, stood up, and said, "The Sixteenth Master is here, why isn't he in the garden?" ”

After the Holy Driver toured Xinggidian, he is now stationed in Changchun Garden, so Cao Hao asked.

"Seeing that it's Halloween, I'll come back when I'm busy with the errands of the Internal Affairs Office." The sixteenth elder brother said, walked to the side of the kang, sat down, and still looked at Cao Hao with doubts.

"yes, it's going to be Halloween soon." Cao Hao said, but there was no joy on his face.

If there is an accident, there will be no movement in the capital if a person dies; If there is really a behind-the-scenes promoter, it must be full of wind and rain in the city, and the name of the Cao family's "unkindness and injustice" will be confirmed, which is before the Wanshou Festival......

(To be continued)