Dongzhi Gate, Li House.

Listening to Kou'er tell about the changes in Sun Zhai, Li Cheng felt a little uncertain. He really didn't expect that his uncle could be so guilty, beating his wife and whipping him for the sake of a newly acquired concubine, which was unkind and unkind.

But he forgot that it was still his idea to scare Sun Jue and not bring Xia Chan back to Sun Mansion.

Now, not only the Cao family, but even the Pingjun Wangfu and the Tongguo Mansion are alarmed, and I am afraid that this matter will not be good. I heard that the second and third girls of the Cao family are all powerful surnames, if they are angry with Xia Chan, they will be investigated...... Thinking of this, Li Cheng became more and more uneasy.

"Uncle's side, how are these days? Can you still go to Cao's house? Li Cheng looked up and asked.

"Uncle San said that he didn't go back to the outer house, and there was no old man from the Sun family over there, so I don't know what the situation is now. It's just that yesterday I followed Sister-in-law Chen to Sun's house to receive the silver, and asked a few words from the housekeeper's mother-in-law, so I could get a little bit of it. Buckle replied.

"How is my aunt hurt? What about cousins? Li Cheng frowned and asked.

At that time, my uncle was angry and blamed my uncle and grandmother for taking Aunt Xia back to the house, obviously angry, and my uncle and grandmother and my cousin were both whipped...... The slave and maid were bluffed tightly, and I didn't know exactly where they were injured, but they all saw red. Kou'er said, still afraid, and said.

When Li Cheng heard this, he really gritted his teeth.

If the Cao family is angry and investigates Xia Cicada, this pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and the Li family will be stirred into it.

On the grandfather's side, he also regarded the Cao family as a reliance, and if he completely offended the Cao family, the previous nine thousand taels of silver would be more than worth the loss.

Although he is a little clever, he is young, and for a while, he doesn't know what to do. I only felt impetuous, waved my hand to Kou'er, and said, "I know, you go back first, take care of Xia Chan, and come back to report if there is any news." ”

Gu'er wanted to ask how long she would stay outside, but seeing that Li Cheng's face was not good, she didn't dare to ask, so she leaned over and answered, and retreated.

Otherwise, let people take Xia Cicada and hide in Zhuangzi outside the city?

It's just that this time to do it, isn't it more conspicuous? If the Cao family didn't pay attention to the summer cicada, in this way, it would startle the snake.

Li Cheng thought about it, sat on the chair for a long time, and called to the people: "Please the big housekeeper, please ask the big housekeeper to ......."

I don't know if it's because of the Midyear Festival, the heat in the house is gone, Li Cheng only feels that the time of the ...... * three days is not long, but it is not short.

Cheng Mengxian's side was already paying attention to the Sun family, and Cao Ying also got the news after the accident. Because he was in the outer house, he didn't know much about the news of the Sun family. By the time people find out, it will be three days later.

Cheng Mengxian had already decided to end the matter, and he had already solved the knots in the Cao family's heart, but because it involved the Li family, he was still looking for a proper way.

After all, the Li family is powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, even if it is to befriend the Cao family, they can't tear their faces with the Li family.

It was this Sun Jue who offended both Cao and Li families, so he could only attack him.

Thinking of this, listening to the cicadas from the trees outside the study, Cheng Mengxian sighed...... * Cao family, Dongfu.

After a few days of conditioning, the injuries on Cao Ying's back have been scabbed, and the bird's nest and ginseng have been mended, and her face has improved a lot. Although she was bleeding a lot, it was all skin trauma and it was fine.

On Sun Li's side, because of a kick, he hurt his lungs, and he needed to recuperate.

Cao Ying has been staying by her son's bedside since she woke up, and she has to take care of him after drinking medicine and falling asleep before she is willing to go back to the room to rest, and no one can persuade him.

Sun Li was thirteen years old, already half a little adult, and when he saw his mother taking care of him like a child, his face was flushed with embarrassment. But seeing her pale face and red and swollen eyes, he didn't want to go against her will.

Cao Yi and Jinghui were going to persuade her to take care of her, but seeing that her injuries were indeed fine, they didn't stop her. The main thing is that I am afraid that she will be quiet and cranky.

After all, for any woman, this is a big hurdle right now.

After Sun Jue came to the door to talk nonsense, Cao Yi asked Cao Hao privately how he wanted to solve the matter of his eldest sister.

Looking at Cao Ying's appearance of caring for her children, whether it is "reconciliation" or "divorce", she can't stand it. The words of "righteousness" not only broke off the relationship between the two surnames, but also hindered the reputation of Sun Li and Sun Xian, brothers and sisters.

Cao Hao's meaning is "to separate property and live separately". However, after informing Zhaojia's family, Cao Ying also had to ask for permission.

In rich and noble families, where the husband and wife are not in harmony, and the husband is not allowed to divorce his wife, there are also elders who are in charge and divide their property and live separately like brothers divide their families. It's just that in this way, most of the wives suffer losses, although they can get pure, but it is equivalent to having no husband, keeping the widow, fasting and reciting Buddha, and taking care of their children; The husband is hugging a new love and living in another place.

Just for the sake of the word "嫡", the hostess who is eligible to participate in the family entertainment, and is recognized by the family, is still the wife. Other concubines, even if they are favored by their husbands, are also on the stage.

Cao Yi listened to it and was very much in favor of his brother's idea.

If you can live separately, it is Cao Ying who has the final say, and you don't have to look at Sun Jue's villain face.

It's just that the eldest sister is only in her early thirties, and she will be like a widow in the future, which is also poignant.

Cao Hao saw his sister's gloomy expression and said: "Sun Jue is just a villain who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, or it depends on whether the eldest sister is happy or not." His Langzhong can't do it long. When the time comes, maybe I will have to go back to Hangzhou. If the eldest sister is ruthless, she will live separately from him and stay in the capital, and we can take care of it. If the eldest sister has other ideas, then we can only force people to settle the general account with the Sun family......"

Cao Yi has to serve his mother-in-law and raise children, and he can't do without himself. After Cao Ying woke up, she accompanied her for a long time and went back to the house.

Cao Jia's family didn't come over in person, but he sent Brother Fuxiu to send two boxes of ginseng, and also sent a message to Cao Hao, asking Cao Hao to go to Pingjun Wangfu before leaving the city.

Cao Jiashi was annoyed by Sun Jue's ruthlessness and unrighteousness, but she did not advocate "harmony" or "righteousness".

If nothing else, the reputation of the Cao family cannot be damaged. Older brothers and sisters like them are nothing, just listening to a few gossips when they go back and forth to socialize; The fourth sister and the fifth son will be drafted in a few years, and the gossip of the eldest sister will affect the two of them for life.

Cao Jiashi knew that his younger brother was the most protective, and he was afraid that he would tear his face with the Sun family under his anger, so he specially sent a message to remind him of the matter.

Cao Hao said that he got the news in Changping, and he did have the thoughts of "righteousness" and "harmony", but he was reminded by Chu Yu and also thought of the fourth sister and the fifth son. Coupled with the nephew and niece, Cao Hao thought about going through Sun Wencheng first, completing the procedures for "separating property and living separately", and then slowly cleaning up Sun Jue and venting his anger for Cao Ying.

Cao Jiashi saw that Cao Hao knew what he knew, and he relaxed a little, and said: "By the way, a few days ago, my eldest cousin came to ask for peace and brought a letter from my uncle, saying that he wanted to ask for a personal favor and recommend a nephew to your brother-in-law's account to make up a pen post. I only said that I wanted to ask your brother-in-law, and I haven't relented yet. ”

"Huh?" Cao Hao was a little surprised, and said, "Isn't the eldest cousin running for office?" Why didn't the uncle give him ideas, but recommended some nephews? ”

Cao Jiashi said: "Although my uncle has added an old son, he is only a little older, and whether he can stand or not is two words." The two old ladies and uncles are both old, how can they let their eldest cousin go to the field? Besides, my uncle let his eldest cousin enter Beijing this time, but he was not tempting the emperor's mind. At the beginning, when the emperor ordered people to build the weaving mansion, it can be said that the officials of the weaving mansion were ordered to live permanently. As a result, only our family, my grandfather and father, two generations inherited the weaving and lived for decades. Even if he later moved north, the Ministry of Internal Affairs not only made a register of all the items in the inner house of the house and assigned them to the Cao family, but also gave the subsidy silver for the real estate. Uncle is about to be old, and I am afraid that he is also waiting for the emperor's grace, and wants his eldest cousin to inherit his father's business. ”

Hearing this, Cao Hao sneered twice.

Do you still want to "inherit the father's business"? I'm afraid it's a grasshopper after the autumn, and I can't jump for two days.

"Sister, the nephew of the Li family, will my brother-in-law use it?" Cao Hao asked.

"Yes. Not to mention anything else, that is, for more than ten years, the eldest uncle has paid 8,000 taels of silver to this mansion every year, and your brother-in-law has to sell this face to him. Cao Jiashi thought for a while and said.

"Eight thousand taels?" When Cao Hao heard this, he frowned and said: "Even my sister and brother-in-law are eight thousand, so presumably the eight elder brothers and ninth elder brothers will multiply several times." ”

"That is, my uncle is also a salt patrol, otherwise this person will not be able to make up the money. I heard that the eldest cousin entered Beijing this time and sent Bing Jing to more than 40 families. This is really too eye-catching, if it weren't for that, no one would deliberately get stuck with him, so that he couldn't get rid of it. Cao Jia said.

"Sister, to tell you the truth, why can't the emperor treat his uncle well on his father's side, or he did it himself. I always want to hug my thighs, but I forget that there is a serious master watching from the front. Two months ago, I made an idea to my mother, saying that I wanted to take my mother back to the province, but I stopped her. I have already told my mother that if it is for the sake of her children, it is better to have a lighter relationship with that side. Cao Hao said.

Cao Jiashi nodded with a smile and said, "My brother is right." Even the real rich and rich don't dare to be so arrogant, not to mention that the oil and water sent by the uncle are all stuck from the salt road. He is also old and confused, holding the emperor's silver, and going to the capital to send favors brightly, how can the emperor be treated? ”

Cao Jia's identity dictates this, and the people who come and go are all noblewomen from the Prince's Mansion, and they play with people all the time, and their vision is the most transparent.

Cao Hao has always been convinced of this sister, so he told Li Cheng about designing Sun Jue's "concubine" a few years ago.

Cao Jiashi listened, was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "I really didn't expect that such an old Chengren as the eldest cousin would give birth to such a thing!" Before the hair grows full, it is full of body and mind. It's just that his heart is black enough, Sun Jue is his maternal uncle, and he doesn't talk about any flesh and blood affection. This Sun Jue also claims to be a protégé of Confucius, he has read all the books in the belly of a dog, and he has been a Beijing official for all these years, and he can't even see through this little way. This is just a calculation of his money, or his nephew, and his subordinates. If others calculate his surname, even if he has nine lives, it is not enough to lose. ”

Cao Hao said: "Anyway, in my heart, I only think about the few I see." I can't care about other relatives. Talking about this with you, I also hope that my sister will stay away from the Li family, so that she will not be implicated in the future. That Sun Jue, wait and see, if God doesn't have 'retribution', then we have to bother, we can't let him bully the Cao family like this. ”

Cao Jiashi nodded and said: "I hate it too, I got the news that night, rushed to the eldest sister's house, and saw the eldest sister and nephew so miserable, I thought that if I saw him, I would find a reason to beat him half to death first." Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time and seeing no one, he was cheaper. I can't see his frivolity the most, obviously it was his father who mentioned the Sun family, but it seems that the children and grandchildren of our Cao family have received the favor of the Sun family. It's just a five-grade lang, and he yelled at the big sister all day long, and the little wife took room after room, what is it? It doesn't matter if he takes off his crown, he always has to give the Sun family a reminder, so that they don't forget the eldest sister and her mother's family...... but he said that he left the Li family, looked back at the gate of the Li house, and then looked down at the clothes he was wearing, and sighed in his heart.

I really don't know when I'll be able to get through it.

Her name is "Kou'er", and her name in the Li family is "Caihuan", and she waited for Li Cheng to enter Beijing with another maid "Yunting". Lao Tzu Niang is the head of the house, and she was raised with brocade clothes and jade food.

When he went to the Sun family's house for half a month, Sun Jue was not a generous person, and the money he left behind was limited. The housekeeper and the cook are not members of the Sun family, but short-term workers who have signed, so they naturally have to work hard to deduct money.

As a result, whether it is food or clothes, it is just a face-saving product. Looking at it, it is okay, eating it in its mouth and wearing it to its side, it can't be compared with the Li family at all.

Although Caihuan is clever, she has never suffered in the end, thinking about the bitterness of the past half a month, her brows are furrowed.

I was afraid that I would be followed, and I didn't dare to hire a car, and when I walked to the front door, the little girl was already out of breath.

Looking at the restaurants and taverns on both sides, smelling the aroma of the food, Caihuan couldn't help it, found a clean restaurant, and went in to ask for a few meat dishes.

After getting along with Xia Cicada for half a month, she pretended to be a little maid in front of people, and Xia Cicada didn't dare to really call her. Treat her like a little sister, and have nothing to do with her brother.

Sun Jue couldn't come three times, and Xia Cicada couldn't stop in fear. She went back to her grandson's house for a long time, and heard several concubines mention that the eldest grandmother's mother's family was prominent, for fear that something would implicate herself, and she couldn't eat or sleep well, and the whole person lost weight.

Cai Wan didn't admit that she was greedy, and when she came out of the restaurant, she looked at the oil paper bag in her hand, thinking that she would persuade Xia Cicada to use more anyway.

If you don't get fat, how can you get pregnant? Only when Xia Chan has a body, her errand in the Sun family will be over.

This place is far away from Li's house, and there are fewer scruples, so Caihuan stopped a mule cart and hired a car to travel on her behalf.

As soon as I entered the alley, I heard the noise ahead.

"Could it be that the Cao family came here?" Caihuan had a ghost in her heart, so she hurriedly opened the curtain and looked at it.

I saw that outside the door of the Sun family's house, a few carriages were parked, and a circle of people surrounded them, blocking the road.

Cai Wan's face turned white in shock, and she really wanted to turn around and go back to Li's house immediately, but thinking that the news had not been found, she didn't dare to be casual.

She squeezed out a little smile and said to the man who was driving the car: "Uncle, my family has to go through this alley to get there." I just gave my grandmother a snack, and I saw that I was cold, and I was going to be scolded when I went home. Please ask the uncle to help me ask, what's going on in front of you, see if you can squeeze it, let the mule cart pass, and save us the effort of making a detour. As he spoke, he took out a dozen copper coins and stuffed them into the man's chain.

The man also likes to watch the excitement, and when he heard the sharp voice of a woman in the crowd in front of him, he stretched his neck and looked at it.

Listening to the words of this little guest, it was exactly what he thought. He stopped the mule cart, clipped his hands, and squeezed forward, but the front was tightly surrounded.

At this time, I saw an old lady come out of the crowd, sighing as she walked. The coachman stepped forward and asked, "Old sister-in-law, what happened to block the alleys?" The guests in my car were still urging them to leave, so I came to inquire. ”

"Evil, evil......" The old lady shook her head and said: "I don't know which one lost his conscience and became a bastard, and he had flowery intestines, and he looked at the Qingqi people in the courtyard, and he refused to pay the money, and he turned it out in private." Now the old bustard came to the door with the turtle father, and the sister couldn't bear the fright, hanged herself, and lost her life alive......"

* Ahem, unjust, false and wrongly decided cases must be done......

(To be continued)