Chapter 867: Letters
Wanqin sent Ginkgo out before entering the house, but because she was so focused on the letter in her sleeve pocket, she didn't notice that her daughter followed her into the door and closed the door with her backhand. She thought it was something Ginkgo had done before she left.
Wanqin nervously took out the letter with her trembling right hand, tore it three times before tearing the seal, and almost divided the entire envelope into two, but fortunately she didn't tear the letter inside, she was able to pull out the letter and read the contents in its entirety.
After reading the letter, her whole body was a little wooden, and it took a while to figure out what Luo Niangzi meant by what she said in the letter.
There was one thing that she didn't know before, that is, not all of the eyes and ears sent by the Cao family to find out the news were from the Chengenhou Mansion. In the past, the second room of the Cao family and Cheng Enhou were the same nostrils, so there was always no distinction between you and me. It's such a coincidence, Qiluo Fang is actually the capital of the second room, the industry of the second room, Luo Niangzi used to be the girl of the Chengenhou Mansion, but her man Luo is a guy under the door of the second room, and the relationship with the second wife's mother's side is closer.
When Cao Wentai hired people, he probably didn't pay much attention to the difference between the big room and the second room, anyway, since he was born, he has never had a time when he couldn't call the people in the second room. Cao Erye and his wife do everything according to the will of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and they are the most loyal and close, where can they be divided into two families?
But the people who really work in the industry under the name of the second room of the Cao family can't be as big as Cao Wentai.
Something happened to the second master Cao, and it is still unknown whether the second room of the Cao family can survive this catastrophe. In case the end of Second Master Cao is not good, and the family is also exiled or something, Second Mrs. Cao and her children still have the opportunity to continue to live a worry-free life under the care of the Chengenhou Mansion. Unless they are particularly good elites who can let the Chengenhou Mansion come forward to protect them, who will take them seriously? If you are lucky, you can still save your life, but you lose your wealth; If you're unlucky, you can't save your life, and even your family will end up being slaves and servants. These people under the second room of the Cao family have also lived a good life for many years, how can they be willing to accept such a result?
So that day, Mrs. Luo inquired from Wanjia about the news of the accident at the owner's house, and then used the excuse of avoiding Mrs. Wan's difficulties and fled from Beiping. They have to figure out how bad Cao Erye's situation is, and will it implicate people like them who are far away?
The person who was stationed in Tianjin was not under the second room, and there were still some small contradictions with the shopkeeper Luo, and he told them very unceremoniously that the situation of the second master Cao was indeed not good, at least it was also a family raid and exile, and it was not impossible to lose his life. Of course, when he chose to be a scapegoat for the Chengenhou Mansion, it had already been arranged, his wife and children had their own long house and Cao Hou's shelter, and the eldest daughter Cao Wenying who married him, the son-in-law was also reliable, and Chengenhou even promised to take out a profit to make a deal with his in-laws Jiang Shilang to ensure that Cao Wenying lived well in her husband's family and would not be mistreated. But there is only so much that Second Master Cao can do, except for his wife and children's personal attendants, he can't do anything about other servants and manpower. The Chengenhou Mansion may take over some people, but it is impossible for everyone to have a share.
In the list of people taken over by the Chengenhou Mansion, there is actually a Qiluofang in Beiping City. But the focus is on the industry, not on the people who run it. If you want to avoid others from checking the second room of the Cao family, they will find the head of Qiluo Fang, and the shopkeeper Luo, who is related to the second wife of Cao's mother's family on the surface, is a big flaw that must be solved.
The people in Tianjin persuaded the shopkeeper and his wife that since they had offended Mrs. Wan and misunderstood that they had a relationship with the Lin family, they might be targeted by the petty officials with bad intentions at any time, and even the people and shops would be compensated together. Instead of taking the risk of returning to Beiping City, it is better to take the opportunity of Mrs. Wan's trouble, under the pretext of saying that she wants to avoid trouble, "sell" the shop in her hand to others, and hide with the silver.
Qiluofang changed hands, the previous business can be done, and the former connections can continue to work, but on the surface, it has nothing to do with the Lin family and the Cao family, and everyone is safe. And the Luo family couple can hide in a hidden Zhuangzi in Tianjin for a year and a half, make sure that there is nothing outside, and then change their names and surnames, and come out again. Even if the imperial court raided the second room of the Cao family and found their husband and wife, they were not afraid.
But the shopkeeper and his wife are not so naïve. By this time, they clearly saw that there was still a difference between the Cao family's room and the second room, and it was not as close as a family. The Chengenhou Mansion may find a way to keep Qiluofang because of the importance of their stronghold, but it is impossible for the manpower of the second room to continue to serve as an important stronghold. If they really feel that the identity of the shopkeeper Luo may expose the true face of Qiluofang, then who can guarantee that the Chengenhou family will not use the method of extinguishing the mouth to deal with the troubles, but just make a scene, change the new owner of Qiluofang, and then let the Luo family and his wife go safely? If they really have the intention to release people, why ask them to hide in a hidden Zhuangzi for half a year? Half a year later, what awaits them as a husband and wife, is it a new life, or an end of mouth?
Even Mrs. Luo, who used to work as an errand in the courtyard of Mrs. Chengenhou, couldn't believe the old master, let alone the shopkeeper Luo, who was emotionally biased towards the second room of the Cao family?
Under the pretext that they wanted to go back to Peking to deal with the accounts in order to prepare for the change of ownership, but after returning to Beiping, they quickly took refuge with Mrs. Xu. Although Mrs. Xu is a widow who has lost power in the eyes of many people. But in this place of Beiping, there are still a lot of people who pay attention to her, and Yan Wangfu will also shelter her on the bright side, and will not let her suffer from the anger of some indiscreet people outside. Once outsiders think that Qiluofang is already Mrs. Xu's industry, then if anyone plans to "seize the property", Yan Wangfu will take action. Although the Cao family currently has the heart to calculate the Yan Wangfu, they do not dare to openly oppose the Yan Wang. The Luo family and his wife think that Mrs. Xu, a temporary backer, is still quite effective.
Luo Niangzi did not explain in the letter how their husband and wife won the favor of Mrs. Xu, but she calmly told Wanqin about her current situation, but she wanted to prove to the latter that the Chengenhou Mansion was not reliable, and it would not be possible to get great benefits by doing things for them, but it was possible that they would not even be able to save their lives, and if something happened to them, the people above would never protect themselves, but would only think about how to make as much profit as possible from it. Even a loyal brother like Second Master Cao, Cheng Enhou can say that he will give up, why do they think they will be exceptional?
Luo Niangzi said a lot of straightforward things to Wanqin in the letter, and finally said her purpose: she hoped to contact Xie Pu and then Yan Wang through Wanqin. The couple knew a lot of things that the Cao family did not see in private, and hoped to use this news to exchange for their own peace and health in the future.
After all, Mrs. Xu is just a temporary backer, and she is better than getting started quickly, but in fact, she is also a mud bodhisattva and cannot last long.
However, she and Yan Wang and his wife are not very harmonious, so that the people who defect to her cannot borrow the power of Yan Wangfu.
Therefore, if they really want to get out of trouble, the Luo couple still have to hit the idea on the head of King Yan.
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