In a quiet courtyard in the Zhao family's inner house, an old woman was wearing homely clothes, leaning on the couch with half-squinted eyes, and the little maid was beating her legs for a while.

After a while, I only heard someone talking outside, and the little maid listened attentively for a moment, got up and smiled: "Auntie, the second master is here." ”

A pair of cloudy eyes slowly opened, and although the corners of the eyebrows and eyes were full of wrinkles, they were still vaguely the charm of the old days. Lu Shi straightened his clothes and said happily: "Why don't you go and make hot tea for the second master." ”

While speaking, a middle-aged man entered the room and respectfully greeted Lu's family.

"Where did the second master come from, why is there still sweat on his forehead?" Lu Shi frowned.

"Back to my aunt, my son is from outside, and I have a great happy event I want to tell my aunt."

"Happy event?" Lu Shi sneered and said, "At this age, what can happen to me?" It's just a matter of getting by! ”

Zhao Zhengli couldn't care about the sadness on his biological mother's face, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't worry, as long as this matter is done, I will take my aunt and my two younger brothers out to live together, and I don't have to look at the old witch's face to live." ”

Lu's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said, "Oh, tell me about it!" ”

Zhao Zhengli said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, let me drink tea to moisten, I ran outside for a day today, I didn't even drink tea, I was thirsty!" ”

"What do you do to drink cold, beware of catching a cold!"

"It's okay, there is a fire in the heart, and drinking cold tea is just to get rid of the fire in the heart. Auntie, don't care! ”

After that, he picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup, and drank it all, regardless of whether it was hot or cold. The little maid was making hot tea, and when she saw that the mother and son had something to say, she hurriedly bowed and retreated.

Zhao Zhengli saw that there was no one in the house, so he told Lu Shi.

"Auntie, as soon as I got up at the end of the morning this morning, Wang's brother came to find him, saying that he met a person in the Rouge Workshop, who lost the 100,000 taels of money for trading because of gambling, and it was not good to make a difference in the clan, so he wanted to use the house as collateral to borrow 100,000 taels of silver, and return it in two months, with three cents."

The Lu family was a meticulous master when he was young, otherwise he would not have given birth to three sons in a row under the noses of the Li family in the main room, and he had been alone for nearly twenty years, and in just a few words, he saw that there was something wrong with it, and asked: "Who is this person, where is his home, and what kind of business is he doing?" ”

Zhao Zhengli hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't worry, listen to me in detail." This man's name is Wei Ming, Chinese New Year's Eve, a native of Jincheng, Shanxi, who sells salt. The shortfall of 100,000 taels of silver this time was used to buy salt. Auntie, my son inquired, the biggest salt merchant in Jincheng is surnamed Wei. ”

Although the Lu family is a woman in the house, she is also old, of course, she knows that salt is abundant in Shanxi, and she clearly understands what the salt is used for, and her face is a little loose, and she said: "Although this Shanxi is not far from the capital, it is also separated by mountains and rivers. ”

Zhao Zhengli smiled: "How could my son do such a stupid thing." The son had just come out of the house. The house is in the west of the city, and it is magnificent, and it is a little richer than our Hou Mansion. I estimate that it is worth three or four hundred thousand taels. ”

"Where did a little salt merchant come from such a good house?"

Zhao Zhengli lowered his voice, leaned closer to the Lu family, and said mysteriously: "Auntie, Wei Ming's main family was originally from the capital, surnamed Su. ”

Lu's cloudy eyes burst out with light, and he hurriedly said: "The surname is Su, which Su family?" ”

Zhao Zhengli sneered and said, "Auntie, which Su family is there in the capital." ”

"So, Wei Ming's daughter-in-law and your eldest brother's daughter-in-law are from the same door?"

Zhao Zhengli hurriedly said: "Exactly, my son inquired about the maid next to his sister-in-law, in the Su family's clan, there are people who marry into Jincheng, but they are not the same branch as the sister-in-law, and they are far away." This house is the dowry of Wei Ming's daughter-in-law. ”

Lu Shi doubted: "This is not appropriate, how can you go out to do business and bring the title deed of the daughter-in-law's marriage house with you." ”

Zhao Zhengli said with a smile: "My aunt really thought of going to the same place with her son, and deliberately dragged it and refused to let go." Then Wei Ming was in a hurry, so he told the whole story. It turned out that he came to Beijing this time for two things, one was to buy salt, and the other was to help his main room sell the dowry courtyard in the capital. ”

"A good house, what do you want to sell?"

Zhao Zhengli said: "This is a long story, this house was not a dowry, it was Wei Ming's father-in-law who wanted to keep a back hand for himself, so he put the house in his daughter's name." The Su family has already been raided, although the crime is not as good as marrying a daughter, but this hot potato is pinched in his hand, and it may be a disaster in the future. That's why the Su family thought about getting rid of the house and replacing it with real silver. Auntie, you haven't seen that house, none of the furnishings and furniture in it is not good, and my son estimates that these objects are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. ”

"Since the house is so valuable, then Wei Ming only needs to sell the house to raise money, so why bother to go out and borrow debts?"

Zhao Zhengli said with a smile: "Auntie, think about it, how many families in the capital can afford such a good house?" It's not a three, half a year, where is it so easy to shoot? What's more, the owner of this house is surnamed Su. Now in the capital, which one dares to touch the Su family? ”

At this time, Lu finally believed a little.

She glanced at her son faintly and said, "You said earlier that you were going to take me and your two brothers out to live, could this be related to this house?" ”

Zhao Zhengli smirked: "Auntie guessed? ”

Lu Shi scolded: "You are the goods born in my belly, what do you think in your heart, I don't know?" ”

Zhao Zhengli hurriedly smiled and said: "Sure enough, it's the mother of Zhizi Mo Ruo." Auntie just help me think about it, is it feasible? ”

Lu Shi closed his eyes and went through the ins and outs of the matter, and only after a while did he say: "There are two places that are the key to this matter. The first place is that we don't have so much silver, and the second place is that if he pays back the silver in two months, how can it be good? ”

Zhao Zhengli said calmly: "Auntie, the second thing, the son has already discussed it with Wang's brother, this matter is not difficult, there are only a few ways to enter Beijing, and let Wang send someone to guard it when the time comes." If you sleep in the open air, can't you guarantee that you won't get sick? As long as I drag him for three months, this house will be mine. I really can't ......."

Lu Shi looked at his son's gesture lightly, and muttered without speaking.

Zhao Zhengli saw that she didn't speak, so he just acquiesced: "The matter of silver, my aunt helped my son think of a way, and my son had a private house of several thousand taels of silver, and in this matter, my aunt should not tell the third brother and the fourth brother first, there are many people, and it is not good to show the rumors." ”

Lu Shi still did not speak.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhengli said again: "Auntie, you think, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has suppressed our Zhongyong Marquis Mansion so badly, and he has lost both land and silver, and it is obvious that he wants to liquidate the affairs of the year." The sins of the eldest brother, why do you want us to help him bear them together? If we continue to toss like this, the Hou Mansion will be an empty shelf sooner or later, and the more we go to the back, the more we will not be able to reap any benefits from the second room.

Besides, if the wild seed really returns to the Zhao family and inherits the knighthood, it is better to be out of sight, get out of sight, get out early, and live our quiet life.

Auntie thought again, isn't it because the old witch is pinching our second room, isn't it because we have no silver in the second room, no house? Only then did we snort, if we completed the sale of this village, then the scenery would be separated from the Hou Mansion, live in a big house, eat fragrant and drink spicy, and not make the old witch angry to death. ”

Lu Shi sighed and said, "This thing always sounds a bit mysterious. ”

Zhao Zhengli stomped his feet and sighed: "My aunt, then Wei Ming didn't plan to borrow money at all, so he was ready to go back to Shanxi, knelt down in front of the ancestral tablet and kowtowed to admit his mistake, and it was over after being beaten." It was your son who talked to Wang Yihao and coaxed him to agree to mortgage the house, after this village, there will be no such shop, and when the time comes, don't blame your son for not having the ability to let your aunt enjoy happiness. ”

Lu Shi calculated his own private room, gritted his teeth and said: "Before your father died, he privately stuffed me with 50,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 taels of silver was saved by your mother in this life, this is the last life-saving money in our second room, Ming'er, you take me to the house for a walk, the IOU written by that person is placed here for me, I can feel at ease." ”

When Zhao Zhengli heard that the silver had been settled, he hurriedly smiled and said: "My good aunt, what's so difficult about this, my son depends on you." As long as you help your son complete this deal, your son promises to make you raise your eyebrows in front of the old witch in the future. ”

Lu Shi's face suddenly turned pale, and a trace of pungency appeared in his eyes and said: "That is the case, I have to explain a few words to you, you need to think before doing things, once things are done, then you must be clean and neat, and there is no trace of trouble." ”

Zhao Zhengli has always admired his aunt's decision to kill, and said with a straight face: "Auntie, don't worry, the people you are looking for are reliable people, and you can gag your mouth with some silver." Besides, the son doesn't want his life, as long as he finds a way to delay him for two months, it will be done, and when the time comes, he will sue Shuntianfu Yin, and there is only our reason. Besides, this house is not coming from the right way, and it is too late for him to hide it, how dare he shout all over the capital. ”

Lu Shi nodded with satisfaction, and after a while, he didn't know what sad things he thought, and he cried softly with tears: "Son, my aunt is really heartbroken for the three of you in this life." I've been fighting with that witch for most of my life, and if it weren't for your father leaving early, that witch would be my opponent. Son, you'll have to fight for me,"

When Zhao Zhengli heard these words spoken a hundred times, although he was impatient, he also knew that his aunt had not had a good time under Li's nose over the years, so he had to persuade him with good words.

Aunt Lu was coaxed by her son for a long time, wiped her tears, and whispered: "I heard that Mrs. took the fifth lady to the Xiao Mansion, and I guess she went to invite someone, and she can pull this face." ”

Zhao Zhengli sneered: "What does it have to do with us? It's been 20 years, and I can't even give birth to a son, so it can be seen that it's useless. In the past, relying on his mother's family, the inner house could still be handled. Now that the Su family is gone, those two are watching from the side, if she refuses to get along again, with the eldest brother's person, how can there be good fruits to eat? It's better to obey the eldest brother's wishes to protect himself. ”

Lu Shi thought about the incident in the old days, and felt a little uncomfortable, so he asked: "Do you think that wild seed will ignore the past and recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors?" ”r1152

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