On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Cao Hao personally went to Li's house and sent some return gifts, which was regarded as a practice for his uncle.

The two uncles and nephews exchanged pleasantries for a long time, Li Xu's words brought utilitarianism, and Cao Hao played Tai Chi for a long time. It's just that the family road is difficult, and the brothers and nephews need to worry too much, and it is not easy to live in the capital.

Although Li Xu had a smile on his face, his eyes began to turn cold when he looked at Cao Hao.

He was just trying to test one or two, but Cao Hao didn't say anything at all, and directly blocked the words, how not to annoy people?

He held his own status as an elder, and in the end he had a little bit of heart, sneered, and said: "Everyone outside says that the Cao family is rich, and Daoxiang Village is said to be in the gold, but I didn't expect my nephew to be like this, could it be that it is a false rumor?" ”

Cao Hao lowered his eyes, looked at the tea cup in his hand, and really wanted to reply with a sentence of "doing the bottom business".

said that the Cao family was rich, that was when the Cao family was in Jiangnan. Now the Cao family is in Beijing, the fields are only 100 hectares, and there are only a few mansions, but they are just ordinary powerful families.

Daoxiang Village has some income, but in recent years, as more and more shops have opened in Nandian, there have been many shops such as "Guixiang Village" and "Lotus Xiang Village", which makes the income not as good as before.

What is really eye-catching is the wealth given by the Queen Mother. It is rumored that there are tens of thousands of taels of silver, and antique calligraphy and paintings are counted in cars.

This is why Li Xu didn't use his brain, but he was thinking about this property. Could it be that a relative's name can be calculated so justifiably?

"Uncle Xu is right." Cao Hao put down the teacup and said lightly: "My nephew's measures are not good. ”

Li Xu was choked, but what could he do? Let's talk about other things, but it's happy, and tearing up the face with the Cao family is not good for the Li family.

Several of his brothers died of illness one after another, and there were no talented people among his nephews, and the remaining children and grandchildren were difficult to support the Li family.

The Li family is already an empty shelf, looking decent, but in fact it is in danger.

In the emperor's heart, the Cao and Li families have never been different. The emperor can grace the Cao family for three generations, but he has long been impatient with the Li family. It's just that he misses the old minister, so he didn't move Li Xu's position.

Thinking of this, Li Xu was a little decadent, but he didn't have the sharpness of the talent: "Cao Hao, I don't know when you saved a mustard for the Li family, but in the heart of the old man, you will always be treated as your nephew." You are a young man with a precocious mind, and you are very precautionary, but you don't need to. I am with your Father...... In the early years, they were also like-minded friends, and then they acted differently, and they gradually drifted apart...... I just regret that I didn't listen to your father back then, and I had already said that I would regard the deficit as a big thing, but now I have a weak heart, and the Li family is afraid that it will not be long in coming! ”

Although Cao Hao was still young when he bought land and was still in deficit, he was still fortunate to see the account books of the Weaving Mansion in Cao Yin's study.

The Cao family's deficit that year was more than one million taels; The Li family lives a luxurious life, and Li Xu is a well-known generous person, so this deficit will only be more, not less.

If the Li family had been Zhang Luo since more than ten years ago, they would have been dissatisfied before they tasted it.

Cao Hao sighed, but admired Sun Wencheng.

is also a weaving mansion, the Cao and Li families look decent, take over several times, and the Enze family is actually famine for the emperor, so they look good on their faces, and they also have a history of blood and tears behind them.

Sun Wencheng is tepid, honest as a royal servant, and has no right or wrong.

Seeing that Cao Hao didn't speak, Li Xu couldn't help but ask: "My nephew is in Beijing, he sees six parts and listens to all directions, no more than old and decrepit news, can he point out to his uncle?" ”

What he is most concerned about is the matter of the prince.

Now that he is confused, he is no longer sure that the fourteenth elder brother will succeed him. The emperor paid more and more attention to the fourth elder brother, and asked Prince Cheng and the eldest grandson Honghui to serve as errands in the ministry to marry the wife of the fourteenth elder brother's sister-in-law with great fanfare.

A "Great General King" seems to have circled the fourteenth elder brother, and there seems to be other arrangements looming.

In addition, in the past two years, his grandson Li Cheng has repeatedly mentioned in front of Li Xu, and the relationship between the Cao family and the fourth elder brother's mansion has made Li Xu suspicious.

The Cao family did get closer to the fourth elder brother, but it didn't seem to be in line.

Li Xu was unconvinced, and couldn't believe that Cao Hao's vision would be higher than his own.

Cao Hao could hear what he was saying, but he didn't want to say anything. Misfortune comes from the mouth, and after Cao Hao entered the officialdom, he kept it in mind.

Regarding the inheritance of the storage position, in front of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao refused to say a word accurately, how could he talk too much in front of Li Xu.

"It's better to have less than more. Since the uncle thought of this, he used his family wealth to fill it, and he could also be punished less in the future. Cao Hao thought that the fourth elder brother's surname was the most intolerant of corrupt officials, so he said so.

The Li family's deficit, of course, is spent on driving, and a lot of it is used on the Li family's own people.

Spending 10,000 taels to buy an outfit for the play, isn't this clearly wearing the hat of "greedy ink"?

Kangxi cared about his feelings, opened one eye and closed one eye, but the fourth elder brother couldn't rub sand in his eyes.

When it comes to raiding the house, if the Li family is surrounded by four walls, maybe the fourth elder brother will be raised high and lowered low; If some gold and silver treasures are copied, then the Li family's crime will be added to the first degree.

Li Xu snorted, stood up, stared at Cao Hao, and said in a deep voice: "In your eyes, my Li family will be defeated?" ”

Cao Hao raised his head, looked at him and said, "Don't say thirty years, among the foreign officials who have been running the same place for ten years, how many of them have retired?" ”

When Li Xu heard this, he gradually calmed down, sighed, and said, "The old man is really confused, and he actually put the Li family to death." ”

Cao Hao thought of his mother's illness these days, and he felt uncomfortable.

According to the world, in order to protect himself, he alienated his mother, and violated filial piety.

In front of his mother, he promised that the Li family would help after the defeat, but if the Li family was really on the cusp, Cao Hao would never be a person who harmed his own body.

In the final analysis, it was he who never regarded the Li family as a real relative from the beginning.

Li Xu seemed to believe it, but he was unwilling, thought about it, and said: "This time I entered Beijing, I brought 20,000 taels of silver, which was originally considered filial piety...... Later, I felt that the capital was unpredictable, so there were no extraneous branches. The defeat of the Li family in my hands is my sin. If it harms my descendants, even if I die, I will not be able to see the ancestors of the Li family. cheekily begged his nephew once, and hoped that his nephew would help. Can I ask my nephew to keep these 20,000 taels of silver? ”

"Why bother, even if the 20,000 taels of silver can be left now, when the account books of the Suzhou Weaving Mansion are counted, the silver should also be confiscated, and if it is not hidden, the Cao family will be charged with it. The nephew is really powerless, and he asks his uncle to be compassionate. Cao Hao said neither softly nor hard.

Human greed is so strange.

Those silvers were obviously obtained by Li Xu from the weaving mansion account, and they did not belong to the Li family by nature. The Li family forgot that they were stolen and took possession of them with confidence.

Li Xu performed for a long time as a good uncle, but seeing that Cao Hao still couldn't splash the oil, he didn't leave any affection.

He was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, so he forced a few words of entertainment and sent the guest out.

Cao Hao looked back and looked at the gate of Li Xu's house, and really sighed that Li Xu was an old fool.

obviously revealed his words, asking Li Xu to sell his property and seek a light opportunity; Li Xu is in chaos, and it is very likely that he will have the intention of hiding his family wealth.

In the final analysis, it is still a word "greed".

Cao Hao decided to check his sons' "account books" after returning and educate them well, not only to enjoy life, but also not to be tempted by gold and silver.

Thinking like this, Cao Hao did not return to Wutong Garden, and then went directly to Kwai Yuan to check the account books of his two sons.

Tianyou and Hengsheng brothers, two "money strings" who love silver money, honestly handed over the account books to Cao Hao for inspection, and asked in a low voice if they should go to the New Year?

They went out to worship with Cao Hao for a few years, and the red envelope hands were soft, and they got a bunch of gold and silver ingots. So they began to look forward to the New Year's greetings, and they didn't like to find it boring.

Chu Yu asked Chu Yu to collect all the gold and silver, but they also "earned" it by themselves, and there were several more lines in the account book, so the mood was better.

Cao Hao looked at the two of their account books, it was nothing more than when and where they spent a few pennies, but it was clear.

He just wanted to say a few more words to his sons and cultivate a tacit understanding with each other, when he saw Xiao Xie come in and say, "Master, Mrs. sent someone to invite Master back." ”

Cao Hao stood up, said a few words to his sons, and turned around to go to Wutong Garden.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw Chu Yu wearing clothes for going out and walking out with a few maids.

Her face was pale, tears flickered faintly in the corners of her eyes, she took two steps forward, held Cao Hao's arm, and said with a crying voice: "Forehead, Ama sent someone to send me back to the palace......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he was also a gift.

Because he was not worried about Fang Fujin's illness, Chu Yu had returned to the palace twice in the past half a month. Because she is a double body, and she shows her arms, she wants to serve her biological mother, but she is persuaded to come back every time.

Today, he took the initiative to pick it up and contacted Fang Fujin, no wonder Chu Yu was afraid, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'll go with you." ”

While talking, the husband and wife left Cao's house together.

The atmosphere in King Chun's Mansion was extremely depressing, and several elder brothers were there.

Chu Yu entered the inner courtyard and went to the side Fujin's residence. Several young ladies stood behind Qifujin and stood in the hall.

The seventh elder brother was also there, sitting in front of Qifujin, looking a little haggard.

Why such a battle? Chu Yu lowered his head, only to feel that his heart was like a knife.

Sure enough, the seventh elder brother said softly: "Go and see your mother!" ”

Chu Yu nodded, said goodbye to his father and mother-in-law, and entered the back room.

Fang Fujin was lying on the edge of the kang, watching his daughter come in, his eyes fell on her stomach, and he said in a dumb voice: "It's not that you are asked to come less, why do you come back?" ”

Chu Yu took two steps forward, took her biological mother's hand, and tears fell.

Fang Fujin looked at Chu Yu, and his face also showed sadness...... * Front yard, living room.

Hongshu and the others didn't squeak.

When the messenger from the second gate arrived, the crowd changed their voices.

When it comes to life and death, there is less evasion, and Cao Hao also followed the Hongshu brothers into the inner courtyard. There is only one purpose, to bring the wife back...... Protecting his wife......

(To be continued)