"Father-in-law, this is a new tea just sent from Jiangnan, and the slaves and maids sent it to you as soon as possible, I am afraid that if it is slowed down, the flavor of the tea will be ruined, and then my father-in-law will not be able to taste it."

In the celebrant eunuch, three or five red-robed eunuchs gathered around Gonggong Cao, holding a bowl of tea to offer their affection.

Gonggong Cao took the tea bowl with a smile and tasted it gently, and his two eyebrows suddenly adjusted.

"Well, the entrance is sweet, the teeth and cheeks are fragrant, and it is really not ordinary."

Hearing Cao Gong's praise at the bus entrance, the big red robes suddenly became excited.

"I heard that this meridian tea is a new variety cultivated by Galaxy Group, and it has just been tried in Jiangnan, and it has to be 3,000 taels outside...... Three thousand pieces a tael. ”

The horse-faced eunuch closest to Gonggong Cao smiled flatteringly.

Gonggong Cao frowned: "Three thousand taels of tea, is our family worthy of drinking?" ”

"Look at what my father-in-law said, you are the chief of our celebrant supervisor, if you are not worthy, who else is worthy of it in the sky?"

The other fat eunuch said with a smile, his eyes seemed to be sunk into fat, and he looked like a living Maitreya Buddha.

After Hu Miao's death, King Yu followed Xu Rui's cause and effect, and I don't know what means he used, fished out Gonggong Cao from the Imperial Horse Eunuch, put him back in the Celebrant Eunuch, and became the Chief Bingbi Eunuch of the Celebrant Eunuch.

A few years ago, Gonggong Cao was squeezed out by Hu Miao, and had to take refuge from the ceremonial supervisor to the imperial horse supervisor, but because of Xu Rui's relationship, he was close to Hu Miao's rival Wang Shunde.

It is also beneficial for Wang Shunde for Gonggong Cao to return to the master of ceremonies this time, because he should be the biggest obstacle but there is not much difficulty, but it makes Gonggong Cao "return to his hometown in fine clothes" and "raise his eyebrows".

After Hu Miao's death, the number one eunuch of the celebrant - the eunuch with the palm seal was personally in charge of Wang Shun, but as the ancestor of the entire inner court, he was more of a name, and naturally he would not personally ask about specific affairs.

Therefore, the power of the celebrant fell on the head of Gonggong Cao, and King Yu got what he wanted, successfully won the extremely important celebrant eunuch, and made a major substantive breakthrough on the road to winning the heir.

It is said that the world is hot and cold, which is not false at all.

When Hu Miao was still there, where would anyone give Grandpa Cao a good look?

Even if he has become the real power of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, he is only a marginal character in the eyes of the chief eunuchs, but as soon as Hu Miao died, things were different.

Now is the critical moment when the battle for the heir is intensifying, and everyone has no Hu Miao as a backer, so it is inevitable that people will be panicked, so when Gonggong Cao "returned to his hometown", for the sake of his future and fear of being liquidated, almost the entire celebrant immediately fell to Gonggong Cao.

However, for Cao Gonggong himself, it is a different situation.

The ups and downs of so many years in the inner court, especially the smooth flow of the road after Xu Rui, made him understand a lot of the essence beyond power.

Although he seems to be beautiful at the moment, he will also put himself in the core storm of the battle for succession, if King Yu fails to seize the throne and let King Liao ascend the throne, I am afraid that the direction of the wind will change immediately.

Since ancient times, no emperor can tolerate another competitor's intimate person to stay by his side, maybe the Liao King will not be able to solve King Yu and Xu Rui for a while after ascending the throne, but he will not be soft on such a small shrimp.

Because of this, after Gonggong Cao took power, he became more low-key and more cautious, and even a few intimate godsons persuaded him to contact Xu Rui more, but he was indifferent.

Calculated carefully, in fact, he has rarely met Xu Rui since Xu Rui won the title of champion Hou, and Xu Rui has never seen him once since he returned from the northwest.

"How much more is there in this batch of Meridian tea?"

Gonggong Cao held the teacup and took a deep breath of the overflowing aroma, as if asking casually.

The horse-faced eunuch hurriedly said: "Qi Fan, the eunuch of the slave Jiangnan, also knows how to respect people, and he sent all the inventory, about six catties." ”

"Six pounds ......"

When Gonggong Cao heard this, he was secretly speechless in his heart.

Three thousand yuan a tael, six catties is 180,000 yuan, and it was 180,000 taels in the past, which is definitely not a small amount.

Gonggong Cao thought for a while and said: "This cup of tea is noble, our family thinks about it and thinks it is not worthy of drinking, but our family is also a layman, and we can't stop after taking a sip." ”

Hearing him say this, all the "big red robes" showed knowing smiles, thinking that Gonggong Cao was looking for a step for these gifts under his hands, but then Gonggong Cao changed his words.

"However, the new tea just produced by Galaxy Group has not even been drunk by the saints, so how dare our family take it for ourselves? Even if this cup of tea is our family to test the poison for the saint, it is indeed a mortal product, put the rest of the tea in the place, and send it to the ancestor, so that his old man can serve the saint. ”

At this point, all the "big red robes" have grown their mouths, and they don't know which one Grandpa Cao sings.

The horse-faced eunuch still needs to be persuaded again, but Gonggong Cao waved his hand and said: "Tell Qi Fanyi, our family understands his kindness, I heard that he has been old all these years and has always wanted to be transferred back to the capital, and it just so happens that there is indeed a shortage of people around our family recently, so let him come back." ”

As soon as the "big red robes" heard it, it turned out that Gonggong Cao was not rejecting people thousands of miles away, so he immediately put his mind at ease, and a flattering smile appeared on his face again, and a burst of sycophants made people goosebumps.

Gonggong Cao smiled and accepted it calmly, and then waved his hand and said: "Okay, you all listen, our family's pen is the pen of the saint, whether it is our family or you, you are just copying and writing on behalf of the saint."

At any time, we must not forget that the reason why we exist is to do things for the saints, as long as the errand is done, there will be others, but if the errand is messed up, you know the consequences. ”

"The slaves and maids know, the father-in-law can rest assured, the slaves and maids are careful, and they must do their best not to cause trouble to the father-in-law."

The fat eunuch smiled.

Gonggong Cao nodded: "It's good to know, don't surround yourself, let's go on an errand." ”

The big red robes hurriedly nodded yes and slowly retreated.

When everyone dispersed, only Gonggong Cao was left in the room, and his smile immediately disappeared from his face, and gradually became solemn, as if he was worried about something.

"Long time no see......"

At this moment, a faint voice suddenly came from the side of Gonggong Cao.

Gonggong Cao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly turned his head to look, only to see Xu Ruizheng suddenly appear at some point, sitting on the chair below and looking at him with a smile.

Seeing Gonggong Cao looking at him, Xu Rui got up slowly and saluted Gonggong Cao, as if they had met in the military tent for the first time.

In an instant, the gloomy cloud on Grandpa Cao's face seemed to disappear, and he smiled knowingly.

"Master Hou, for so many years, our family has been silently looking at you, you are no longer the young man you were at the beginning."

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, looked at himself and said, "Father-in-law is saying I'm old?" ”

Gonggong Cao smiled and shook his head, when he saw Xu Rui for the first time, he felt that Xu Rui would have a bright future in the future, but he didn't expect that in just a few years, he would become one of the few important figures in the world.

As a person who witnessed his growth all the way, Gonggong Cao felt seven points of pride, two points of relief, and one point of indescribable emotion in his heart for some reason.

Seeing his appearance, Xu Rui sighed slightly and said, "I have been back to Beijing for so long and have not visited the house, you won't blame me, right?" ”

Gonggong Cao shook his head: "Our family knows what is wrong, and understands that the Hou Ye loves our family, and does not want our family to be involved in the battle for succession, and it is too late to be grateful, so where is the blame?" ”

Xu Rui smiled when he heard this: "Yes, I just didn't expect to get you involved in the end." ”

Gonggong Cao smiled: "It's okay, I, Cao An, can't be on the stage in my life, it's rare to be able to take on a heavy responsibility, even if I risk my life, it's worth it." ”

Xu Rui saw that Cao Gonggong was free and easy, and the pen was already reborn back then, presumably he had grown a lot with Wang Shunde over the years, and Xu Rui's heart was settled for the most part.

"Don't mention anything else, I came to you today, in fact, I want to ask for your help."

Xu Rui said straight to the point.

"Master Hou's business, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Gonggong Cao did not hesitate.

Xu Rui said: "After Hu Miao's death, the East Factory will definitely change hands, if I guessed correctly, the East Factory should be your henchman at the moment, I want to ask you to help me investigate one thing." ”

Saying that, Xu Rui told the cause and effect of the old house in Nanhua Lane, as well as all kinds of strange things, and asked Father-in-law Cao to help find clues from the internal files of the East Factory.

However, after hearing this, Gonggong Cao frowned and muttered for a while.

"What, this is not easy to do?"

Xu Rui asked in surprise.

Gonggong Cao shook his head and said: "That's not true, in fact, if you don't come to look for our family today, our family is also planning to find an opportunity to meet Hou Ye. ”

"Strange things? What's wrong? ”

Xu Rui's eyes narrowed when he heard this.