Chapter 22: Cao Hong'er

It's a pity that what Shen Yongshi didn't expect was that he seemed to deserve everything to go wrong today.

was first asked by his younger brother Shen Zangfeng to visit his daughter he didn't like, and was angry with two ordinary women on the way. When he arrived at the sixth room, he saw that the door was closed, and he was about to ask the little maid to come forward and knock on the door, but suddenly remembered that his sixth brother and sister lived inside, so he regretted not calling Shen Yunkun to go into the backyard together.

If that were the case, the aunt and nephew of Ji Yiren who I met on the way would not have the courage to mock him in front of Shen Yikun......

But since he arrived at the door, he didn't bother to call Shen Yunkun over again. straightened his robe and told the little guy to go in and tell him. Of course, this meant that Huo Qingling would go to other places from the back door to avoid it, and come back after he visited Shen Shuyan. lest the elder brother enter the courtyard of his younger brother and sister without the company of his younger brother, and spread it out and cause gossip.

It's just that the little guy went up and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded. Shen Yongshi was waiting impatiently, and even wondered if something had happened to the sixth room, when a servant covered with sweat and crawled from behind, and after saluting, he cautiously said: "The door of our front yard is not easy to open now, please forgive the second master!" ”

Shen Yongshi was surprised and asked, "Why is it inconvenient to open the door?" ”

"Uh...... Our lady recently got a home remedy, and the inside is the snow that wants the front yard to be closed for dozens of days. The servant lowered his head and said, "There are some other uncommon things to dispense medicine, so now...... Now it's not very convenient for men to enter our room, and I ask the second master to forgive me! ”

Why can't Shen Jishi hear that this is his sixth brother and sister don't want to go in by themselves and talk nonsense? Let Ji go to the sick in Xiliang, what home remedies does she use!

He has no grievances and no enmity with Liufang, although Huo Qingling is sick and crooked, he is a daughter of a serious family, and he will not be rude like this for no reason. Then he was either instructed by Wei Changying or misunderstood that he was here, but his anger was not extinguished.

Shen Jishi was already angry at the hands of Ji Yiren, and he was even more furious at the moment - he wanted to scold something and felt that as a dignified man, it was really a loss of identity to have a verbal dispute with a few women in the back house - so he blushed his face, flicked his sleeves, and left without looking back!

He decided to immediately go to Shen Zangfeng and Shen Yongkun and ask them how the two brothers were husbands? actually connived at his wife to such rudeness!

That's not the end of the story.

Shen Jishi returned to the front angrily and went straight to the big study where Shen Zangfeng worked.

However, he just went in, and before he could reprimand his younger brother, he was hit by someone in the back, he turned his head to look at it angrily, but it was Shangguan Shiyi who ran in with the cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said to him "I'm sorry", and immediately turned to Shen Zangfeng, who was concentrating on reviewing the official document behind the bookcase, and said: "Lord, it's not good, Huo Zhaoyu and others suddenly seized power, Kang Guogong and Su Xiuwei were stabbed by the spies one after another, and the Su family was defeated for hundreds of miles, and they were almost defeated!" Only some of the guards fled with Kang Guogong and Su Xiuwei respectively, and they still don't know whether these two people are alive or dead! ”

"What?!" Shen Zangfeng paused, a large drop of full ink dripped on the words just written, but the exclamation came from Shen Yushi - where does he have the strength to take care of any backyard trivial matters now, and immediately asked with a solemn expression, "Huo Zhaoyu and others seize power?!" Where did he get so daring! ”

Shen Zangfeng slowly put down Zihao, and said with a heavy gaze: "I should ask, where did he come from such a great ability!" ”

Backyard.

didn't know what had happened in the imperial capital, and as soon as Shen Yushi left, it quickly calmed down.

The people who had lifted their guard said a few words, and then returned to everyone under the orders of Wei Changying.

And Wei Changying returned to the courtyard and finished disposing of the few things that had only been done halfway, and Lian Mei reminded: "The aunt who was brought over by Miss Ji in the morning came back not long ago, and asked Mrs. You are busy, so she is waiting outside." ”

"Invite them in." When Wei Changying heard this, he pulled his clothes and said.

After a while, Ji Yiren and her aunt walked in one after the other, and after seeing the ceremony, Wei Changying smiled and invited them to sit: "There happens to be something at home today, but I am snubbing Mrs. Cao, and I hope Mrs. Cao will not be surprised." ”

Ji Yi people often come over, and they can be regarded as half of the Shen family in terms of name, and they are still Wei Changying's righteous daughter, so Wei Changying doesn't have to apologize to her. It was her aunt who was brought over by her, and this is the first time she sees her, Wei Changying should be polite.

This Aunt Cao was obviously instructed in etiquette by people like Ji Chunmian before she came, and her every move at the moment was very respectful, and her words were sincere, but she was shrewd.

…… If Shen Yunshi saw it, he would definitely scold her for being a shameless liar...... But Wei Changying, who didn't know what the two aunts and nephews did a moment ago, talked to her, and her impression was very good.

It is not easy to have Ji Chunmian and a woman like this Cao family in the countryside, and it can be regarded as knowledgeable and knowledgeable among the common people.

said that Ji Yiren would bring her aunt to see Wei Changying for a reason-

is because after the Niu family was driven away, Shen Shuxie did not have a reliable aunt to take care of. Of course, there is not only one Niu family who can be Shen Shuxie's aunt among the children in the family.

The problem is that the Shen Zangfeng brothers don't want to delay any longer, and now the relationship with the clan is becoming increasingly tense, and they may break out at any time.

Although it is said that Shen Zangfeng has already taken over as the lord of the valve and recast the golden seal after losing Shen Xuan's golden seal, this kind of thing is not until the last moment, and no one can be sure that a few clan elders will not be able to turn the tables together.

What if there is a servant who is not long-sighted and wants to submit a petition, what if he takes this opportunity to hit Shen Shuxie with his idea?

The Shen family has been a prince for many generations, and the family has a huge number of children, and they have intermarried with each other for many years, and they have already formed a vein of mutual communication. If you check carefully, everyone is on the same page as those clan elders.

So Wei Changying decided not to look for children at home, and simply went to a woman who was good at taking care of children outside and had an innocent net worth to be Shen Shuxie's personal aunt.

After she told Ji Chunmian about this idea, Ji Chunmian said that she knew that a person might be competent, and this person was Ji Yiren's aunt and Ji Chunmian's deceased husband's sister.

This Cao's maiden name is Hong'er, which sounds cheesy, but in a place like Caojiabao, even Jiyi people have been called girls for several years, and only after being the righteous daughter of Wei Changying did she change her name to be on the stage, so it is conceivable that Cao Hong'er is valued by her parents.

However, she is valued by her parents, but not respected by her younger brother Cao Bao. But when their parents died and Cao Bao was in charge, Cao Honger was already married—of course, in Caojiabao.

originally thought that she had a bad relationship with her younger brother, at most, she was not very reliable, but she got along very well with Ji Chunmian's brother and daughter-in-law, so she didn't think much about it.

But Cao Bao was dissatisfied with his father-in-law Ji Gu's behind-the-scenes control, and because of the purchase of salt from the Mengshan Gang, Ji Chunmian's status in Caojiabao rose sharply, especially when the people from the Mengshan Gang arrived near Caojiabao, Cao Bao himself was afraid and did not dare to go, but Ji Chunmian stood up.

This made the people who had gathered in Caojiabao to beg for food look down on Cao Bao in private.

The so-called cangli knows etiquette, what these people want all day long is to be able to live, and they are not in the mood to pay attention to the inferiority of men and women, the virtue of women, and so on - their requirements are very simple: whoever can take them to live and live well, they will obey whom.

In contrast, where is Cao Bao as bold and able to give hope to the people of the castle?

In short, Cao Bao was both jealous and jealous of the Ji family's father and daughter, so he started the idea of colluding with the government to betray the Ji family's father and daughter.

The reason why Ji Gu was able to escape the search and arrest back then was because he was sheltered by the Cao family. Cao Bao naturally knows his details, and the Cao family also keeps this secret for a descendant as a handle to control Ji Gu.

However, Ji Gu was cunning and ruthless, and after gaining a foothold in Caojiabao, he found another way out of the Mengshan Gang, which the Cao family did not know.

…… Cao Bao was embarrassed by the fact that Cao Jiabao was too poor and humble for the government to look down on at all—unless they caused trouble.

Otherwise, even if he, the owner of the castle, wants to collude with the government, it will be very difficult.

What's more, he still has to hide the Ji family's father and daughter before it is done.

As a result, this guy ruthlessly hit his sister, brother-in-law and nephew.

He detained his sister and nephew and forced his brother-in-law to do it. Cao Hong'er's husband was an honest man, so he obediently went down the mountain to try to do it, but he didn't know a single word, and he didn't understand the etiquette of the official, so he lingered outside the yamen for a long time, not only failed to see the official, but was even suspected and sent to prison.

After being imprisoned, he was investigated, the people of Caojiabao, aren't they homeless? A few officials didn't bother to listen to him anymore, and directly ordered him to be sent into the Xiliang army to do hard labor.

This Cao brother-in-law has not returned, after Cao Bao found out the news in many ways, he was very frustrated, and he was afraid that the news would leak so that the father and daughter of the Ji family knew that it was not good for him, so he thought about killing his sister and nephew. This is also ready-made - the terrain of Caojiabao can be done by throwing two people, one big and one small, down the mountain.

But Cao Hong'er actually grabbed the mountain vine and climbed up!

It's a good family to be made like this by her younger brother, where does Cao Honger care about the relationship between sisters and brothers? directly found Ji Gu and told Cao Bao about Cao Bao's sinister heart - at that time, because Ji Yi was still young, considering the innocence of the child, Ji Gu and Ji Chunmian hesitated for a long time how to deal with Cao Bao.

I don't want Cao Bao to hit his daughter again after losing the chess pieces of his sister's family, and he is thinking about sending his daughter to the government as a hostage, so as to impress the government to check Jigu...... With Ji Gu's ruthlessness and decisiveness, after knowing the news, he didn't even tell his daughter, and directly let him die violently!

And his brother Cao Yan, who had a good relationship with Cao Bao, was also ousted by Ji Gu, and simply took the position of the castle master of the Cao family for several generations!

Because of her informant, Cao Honger is the only one in the Cao family who has always maintained a good relationship with the Ji family's father and daughter. Later, Duanmu Xinmiao looked for relatives on behalf of her teacher, and she relied on the Ji family's efforts to find her husband who was still in the world, and eliminated hard labor.

It's just that the only son of the couple can't survive after all, and he is in no mood to continue to enjoy wealth with the Ji family. When Caojiabao was scattered to the counties of Xiliang and returned to the common people, they asked for some fields on the outskirts of the state capital, and planned to live like this for the rest of their lives.

Now that Shen Shuxie lacks a careful and capable aunt by his side, Ji Chunmian recommended Cao Hong'er - just looking at her and her only son being pushed off the cliff by her own brother, although she failed to save her son, she climbed up alone and decisively took revenge on her brother, you know that this woman is definitely not the kind of Niu family who is helpless when locked in the house by two little girls.

When Cao Hong'er was in the Niu family, she must have picked up her things, smashed the doors and windows and went out to find Shen Shuxie as soon as she found out that she had been deceived-the lady of the house handed over her beloved little son to you to take care of, and a mere room can be compared to Shen Sigongzi? If the Niu family has the courage to smash six rooms and one room, even if Wei Changying wants to punish her, he will definitely not drive her away!

Of course, about Cao Hong'er, it was all said by Ji Chunmian, whether she is needed or not, in the final analysis, it can only be counted after Wei Changying has seen it in person.

It's just that Cao Hong'er didn't come by chance, Wei Changying and Ji Chunmian had a few things on hand, so they asked Ji Yiren to take her to sit in the side room...... Later, I heard that Shen Yishi came to the backyard, Wei Changying was afraid that he might need to go to his yard to decompose after the matter became big, and Cao Honger and Ji Yiren would inevitably lose face if they heard any movement in the side house. Before rushing to the sixth room, he sent someone to tell Ji Yiren to take her aunt around and see the "scenery".

Wei Changying didn't know that Ji Yiren didn't go anywhere with his aunt, and specially blocked the road to the sixth room, so that Cao Hong'er could see "a father who is more ruthless than my father".