In addition to the Liangjiang Governor Ba Xi, who has long lived here, there is one more heavyweight official in the Huanghua Station - Cao Yin, and this old man Cao adheres to the usual luxurious style, and is stunned to bring more than 100 entourages to the Huanghua Station to stay, and the time has made the Huanghua Station has always been deserted Huanghua Station has become a noisy place, of course, the noise is the outer courtyard, The study where the two old men drank tea and chatted was so quiet that they could hear a needle falling to the ground.

Cao Yin and Ba Xi said that they are friends in the world, they have been close to each other since they beat their parents, and they are both officials in Jinling, and they have a lot of contacts on weekdays, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a good family, but the atmosphere in the study is strangely dull, and the two old men seem to be competing for patience, both bowing their heads and silently sipping tea, without looking at each other.

Of course, tea is good tea, the royal gift of the special rain before the Longjing, the color and fragrance are complete, but in Cao Yin's mouth, but obviously some are not a taste, not for anything else, just because the fundamental purpose of his stay in Huanghuayi has not been achieved until now - the Cao family is a wealthy family, since the ancestors have been the coated servants of the heavenly family, although the current deficit in office is nearly 600,000 taels, but the family business has not been greatly affected, even in the capital of every inch of land, there is a large mansion, Cao Yin didn't want to stay in the Huanghua Station with very general conditions, since he arrived in Beijing half a month ago, he has been living in his own house, the reason why he came here to stay here today is not because of a whim, but to want to listen to a quasi-letter from Ba Xi's mouth, in order to find out what the third master has planned for Ba Xi and what is still a short method, but Ba Xi's mouth is very tight, even if he had eaten before, Cao Yin has been tempted in many ways, but he was stunned that he failed to get a little news from Ba Xi's mouth, which made Cao Yin feel anxious and angry.

This time he received the edict to enter Beijing to clear the debt, Cao Yin thought that it was difficult to escape, and he didn't dare to hope that he could get out of the whole body, and he just hoped that the old man Kangxi could take care of the old feelings, take a hand from the side, and slightly reduce the amount of arrears, but he never thought that he had just arrived in Beijing, and before he had time to report to the household department, there was a farce of the brothers fighting at the Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet, and the arrears that were in a hurry also stopped. Cao Yin's heart that had not been relaxing for a long time was suddenly hung in the air again, and when he was in a hurry and difficult to deal with, the old man suddenly summoned Cao Yin from the sea of suffering.

The reason why it is said to be a temporary relief is because although the old man treats him kindly, and the parents chatted for a long time, but he never gave a favor to the Cao family's shortfall, but stuffed it to the third master. It's a pity that such a small intention couldn't be achieved, and Cao Yin's mood can be imagined how bad it is.

"Master, there is a visitor, please show me."

Just when Cao Yin was thinking about how to find out what he meant, he saw that the housekeeper he brought into Beijing this time hurriedly turned out from behind the screen, rushed to the front in a few steps, and said with a different face.

"Huh?"

Today, in order to find out the details from Ba Xi's mouth, Cao Yin ordered the door to be closed early in the morning, and now he saw that the housekeeper actually came to Tong, and his face was so strange, Cao Yin's brows couldn't help frowning, and after a light word, he looked at Ba Xi with a look of embarrassment, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Ba Junmen Haihan, Xia Guan wanted to chat with you for a good time, but unexpectedly, someone came without opening his eyes, yes, it's better to send it away, just leave first, please stay." ”

"Okay, let's go, don't send it."

For Cao Yin's intention, Ba Xi actually knows very well, but he has a reason that he can't say, not that Hongqing won't let him say it, but he can't say it, not for anything else, just because Hongqing told him that the way to pay off the debt can be done, but it can't be said, at least before the fact, it must be kept secret, otherwise, if the debt can't be done, he Ba Xi may have to be involved in the dispute between the brothers, and the consequences are not something that Ba Xi can afford, because of this, even if he has a good relationship with Cao Yin, Ba Xi doesn't want to leak the bottom in front of himSeeing that Cao Yin was leaving, Ba Xi couldn't wait, and how could he keep it, so he just politely picked up the tea bowl and let it go very happily.

"Who's visiting?"

Cao Yin was in a bad mood, and his anger couldn't help but be a little bigger, and as soon as he left the study, he snorted with displeasure on his face.

"Back to the master, it was Prince Cheng's son Hongqing Baylor who came, saying that he had something important to discuss with the master, and the little one didn't dare to stop him, so he came to ask the master to make it clear."

Seeing that Cao Yin's tone was wrong, the old housekeeper didn't dare to ignore it, and hurriedly whispered to the report.

"Huh? What did he do? ”

As soon as he heard that it was Hongqing, Cao Yin's face couldn't help but change, he stood on his feet suspiciously, and muttered with a frown.

"The slave doesn't know, Hongqing Shizi only said to invite the master to go and talk about it, and also told the slave not to alarm others, if the master doesn't want to see it, the slave will go back."

The status of the Cao family is extremely sensitive, and it is really not suitable to have anything to do with the brothers, the old housekeeper has been in the Cao family for many years, but he is a person who knows things, this time Cao Yin has some scruples, and he is busy suggesting a sentence from the side.

"No need, the old man will take a look, order to go down, strictly guard, no one is allowed to discuss this matter in private!"

Cao Yin was always worried about the deficit in his heart, although he knew that he might be criticized for meeting Hongqing at this time, but at the end of the day, he decided to go to the mouth first, so he waved his hand and gave an order, and then he didn't care about the old housekeeper's expression, and strode towards the courtyard where he was staying.

"Xiaguan Jiangning weaving Cao Yin knocks on the little prince!"

Cao Yin hurried all the way into the study in the courtyard, only then did he turn the screen, and saw Hongqing sitting on the Taishi chair by the window, and rushed forward in a hurry, making a gesture to pay homage.

"Lord Cao is polite, please hurry up."

In the previous life, Hongqing had heard the name of the Cao family for a long time, but he didn't know much, and it was basically the scale and half claw that seemed in the book, and there was not much intuitive understanding, but since he started to go straight to the clouds, Hongqing didn't pay much attention to collecting information about all kinds of people in this era, and he knew a lot more about the Cao family than others, and how could he not know how close the relationship between Cao Yin and the old man was, how dare he really treat it as a slave. Hurriedly got up, helped him weakly, and called out very politely.

"Thank you, little prince, Longen!"

Just as Hongqing is afraid of Cao Yin, Cao Yin also has a strong sense of vigilance against Hongqing, who has become famous in recent years, and he doesn't dare to treat Hongqing as an ordinary child.

"Lord Cao, please take a seat, Ben Belle is here uninvited today, there are many disturbances, and please Haihan."

Although Hongqing has heard Cao Yin's name for a long time, can he really talk about dating, that is, he has only seen a few times during this period of time, and he has never talked to him, and he really doesn't know much about Cao Yin's character in his heart.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the little prince can come, it's a blessing for the official, please take a seat, come here, change the fragrant tea!"

Although Cao Yin vaguely guessed Hongqing's intention, but before Hongqing didn't say anything, he didn't dare to ask directly, so he could only work hard on the etiquette of hospitality, respectfully let Hongqing sit on the top, and called the people to hurry up and put on the newly brewed fragrant tea.

"Don't hide it from Lord Cao, Ben Baylor came here tonight just to pay off the debt, and I don't know if Lord Cao has any regulations for Jiangning's weaving deficit of 597,800 taels of silver?"

Seeing that Cao Yin was so cautious, Hongqing knew that he had guessed his intentions nine times out of ten, so he didn't bother to say hello, and this opening went straight to the point.

"This ......"

Cao Yin has been an official for many years, and he has a lot of rules in terms of entertainment, and he thought that even if Hongqing wanted to talk about business, he would always have to make a roundabout greeting first, but he didn't expect Hongqing to be so straightforward, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and he really didn't know what to say for a while.

"Lord Cao doesn't have to worry, Ben Baylor is just asking, if Lord Cao has something to say, it's just a small talk."

Hongqing waited and waited, and saw that Cao Yin had been silent for a long time, but he couldn't say why, his eyebrows immediately raised, and he said with a smile.

"Alas...... the lower officials are ashamed, and ask the little prince for guidance."

Shoot the breeze? Such a major event of life and death, how could Cao Yin dare to deal with it with small talk, but Hongqing's words were already clear, and he couldn't keep silent anymore, so he could only shake his head with a bitter look of suffering for this matter, sighed, and kicked the problem back to Hongqing's feet with a light sentence, obviously planning to explore Hongqing's bottom first, and then make another calculation.