Before coming to see Gao Taijun, Li was nervous, but he didn't expect Gao Taijun to arrange it like this.

She knew Gao Taijun's feelings for the Li family, she was a widow at a young age, and she lived in the Li family for most of her life, treating herself as the Li family.

Although sometimes seeing Gao Taijun favoring the children and grandchildren of the Li family also made the Li family feel uncomfortable, but thinking that she was a married daughter, the old lady lived in the Li family, and she had been filial to the children and grandchildren of the Li family for many years, so she could also think about it.

She also thought that Gao Taijun would let herself think of a son and exonerate her cousin; Or let Cao Hao go to the door and be exempted from Xiangyu's errands. These two items are against the emperor's wishes, and they cannot be promised by the Li family.

She thought of several arguments, all of which politely refused the matter; Unexpectedly, Gao Taijun didn't say anything.

Seeing that Li was still stunned, Gao had already pushed several boxes of things to her, and said, "I didn't sleep well yesterday, I want to squint and take the things away." As long as you do your best, the old woman will accept your affection, and the Li family finally didn't raise you for nothing......"

Seeing her indifferent, Li Shi seemed to treat her as a living person, and only felt that his heart was like a knife.

Gao Shi was impatient to say more, called the maid to take the pillow and thin blanket, lay down sideways, closed his eyes and no longer looked at Li.

Seeing this, Li had no choice but to get up, but he didn't ask anyone to take anything.

didn't wait for the door, while listening to Gao's words: "Take these boxes to your wife's room......"

Back in the Lan Courtyard, Li was still shaking his head, looking at the boxes in front of him with teary eyes.

The two boxes of gold each contained ten ingots of gold, and each ingots twenty taels, and the two boxes of gold were four hundred taels in total.

The jewelry box was filled with a box full of jewelry.

are all new and new, and some of them are familiar to Li, and they are still her filial piety as a daughter; The others, I think they are the filial piety of the younger generations of the Li family in recent years.

When Li saw it, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Gao's wedding jewelry was used for makeup before Li left the cabinet. The old lady has always been strong, and she is afraid that her daughter's dowry will be thin and she will be treated slowly in her in-law's house...... In the afternoon, Chu Yu came to the room to ask her mother-in-law to go to the banquet in the Chunwang Mansion on the 16th, and the Chunwang Concubine went out of the palace on the 15th and the Chunwang Mansion on the 16th to invite relatives, which was considered to warm the house for the concubine.

When I walked to the porch, before I could make people clear, I saw Xiuhe lightly pick up the curtain and tiptoe out.

Seeing her behaving like this, Chu Yu said softly, "Old lady, is this taking another nap?" ”

Xiuhe hesitated for a moment and said, "I went to the Shaoyuan in the morning, and when I came back, I cried for a long time before I wiped my face and lay down." ”

Although Chu Yu was a little relieved, the matter between the elders was related to the Li family, and it was not her, the daughter-in-law, who could interject, so she whispered a few words to Xiuhe and turned back.

As soon as he got out of the Lan Courtyard, he saw the maid Qingmei beside Gao Taijun hurrying over with a look on her face.

Seeing Chu Yu, she hurriedly bent her knees and said, "Madam, the old lady looks bad......"

When Chu Yu heard this, he "chuckled" in his heart, and while sending people to ask for a doctor, he sent people to Lanyuan, and he hurriedly followed Qingmei to Shaoyuan.

In the upper room of the peony courtyard, Xiangyu lay on the side of the kang, holding Gao Taijun's hand and crying. Gao Taijun's face was red, his eyes were closed, and he looked very terrifying.

Chu Yu stretched out his hand and wiped it on Gao Taijun's forehead, which was hot and hot.

"How did you burn like this? Don't hurry up and throw in wet hand towels. Chu Yu scolded lightly.

Qingmei took the two maids who went to the room and went out to bring water to wet the hand towels.

At this time, the Li family also arrived, and he was in a hurry, and his steps were a little unsteady.

She walked to the side of the kang, leaned over, and whispered a few words, Gao Taijun opened his eyes faintly, and said in a dumb voice: "Don't get in the way......"

Where did the Li family dare to rest assured, they had to wait for the imperial doctor to come over...... * When Cao Hao came back, he heard that Gao Taijun was sick. He guessed in his heart that for the sake of it, he first went to the Lan Courtyard to see his mother, not wanting to run into the Li family crooked on the kang, Chu Yu took the medicine bowl and served the medicine by the kang.

He was startled, took two quick steps forward, and said, "Mother is sick?" ”

Li shook his head and said, "No, it's your daughter-in-law who is careful, and today I asked the imperial doctor to come over and see the old lady's illness, and she also gave me a look." The doctor said that the weather was sympathetic, and some spleen and stomach were not balanced, so he prescribed a prescription to recuperate. ”

Cao Hao was not at ease, so he asked for a prescription from Chu Yu, and after reading it carefully, it was indeed only a prescription for Wen Bu, so he could be relieved.

He took the medicine bowl from Chu Yu's hand, sat on the side of the kang, and personally delivered it to Li's mouth, serving her to drink.

Li's eyes were sour, and he gently patted his son's arm and said, "I'm fine, don't worry." Your grandmother...... It's okay over there......"

Cao Hao nodded and said, "I know, don't be too anxious about my mother...... Grandmother will figure it out eventually......"

Seeing that he was still wearing official uniforms, Li sent the two of them back to Wutong Garden. Cao Hao was asking his wife about something, so he and Chu Yu came out of the Orchid Courtyard.

"But the old lady made her mother embarrassed?" Cao Hao asked.

In the afternoon, the Li family had already said Gao Taijun's words to Chu Yu, and now Chu Yu relayed those flowers to Cao Hao.

Cao Hao listened and smiled bitterly: "It's really surprising......"

Thinking of his wariness and alienation of Gao Taijun, Cao Hao was also a little embarrassed.

Anyway, she raised the Li family in the end. She has no biological flesh and blood, and treats the Li family as if she were her own child.

"Master, the old lady has handed me over the gold and jewelry box. I thought that even if I really begged the concubine, it would not be good to directly honor the gold, or I would give it to the sixteenth uncle and ask the sixteenth uncle to decide...... Don't take the box jewelry, fold it into silver and hand it over to the old lady, the heart of the old man. Chu Yu pondered and said.

"Don't move yet...... If you need any expenses, pay the money from the account first......" Cao Hao said.

Chu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then understood. Although these gold jewelry are Gao Taijun's private house, they are also the wealth of the Li family, I don't know if they will be involved, and it is not easy to move them before the Li family disposes of them.

After returning to Wutong Garden to change into his official uniform, Cao Hao went to visit the Peony Hospital.

Xu had a terrible headache, and before entering the house, he heard Gao Taijun moaning in a low voice. When he entered the house, Gao Taijun turned off his voice.

didn't mention the matter of asking Cao Hao to ask for the Li family, she just sat up and asked a few details about the Li family's involvement.

I heard that in addition to the deficit of the weaving mansion and the salt administration, there were also people from the Northeast who participated in the private marriage of the prince, etc., the old man's face turned pale and pale, and he muttered something that he didn't know what to say, and Cao Hao didn't listen to it, so he asked her to send it out.

Back at Wutong Garden, Cao Haogan sat for a long time.

The Li family has reached this point, if he does not stand by again, the world will not be able to say anything.

Although it is not good to exonerate Li Xu, he must also take care of it, otherwise he will be cold-blooded and ruthless in the eyes of others.

The next day, he instructed Cao Yuan to go to the yamen of the Criminal Department to inquire about the progress of the Li family's case and when Li Xu and his family would be escorted to Beijing.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the biggest change in the officials of the six departments was the criminal department. The previous six court officials, who were demoted and adjusted, and the two Shangshu and four waiters who were replaced now were all only appointed in the past two months.

Among them, Manshang Shufoge was promoted from the cabinet bachelor, and he was a member of the clan, and he had the title of auxiliary general. In the early years, his reputation was not obvious, and after the new emperor ascended the throne, he was appointed as a cabinet scholar and a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and soon after, he was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department.

It's just that with the honor of Long Keduo and the Thirteenth Elder Brother in front of him, Fogg's side is not so dazzling.

However, Cao Hao is like a mirror in his heart, this new Shangshu must be the "Four Masters Party", otherwise he would not be in charge of the Criminal Department and become the emperor's front person.

Cao Hao didn't know that Yongzheng had already made people stare at the Cao family, just to see how Cao Hao responded to Li Xu's questioning.

The Cao family invited the imperial doctor one day before, and the next time they sent someone to the criminal department to investigate, which is also reasonable. When Yongzheng saw the news, he said "foolish filial piety" and put it aside, thinking about whether Cao Hao would go up to the fold to intercede for the Li family.

After waiting for three days, to the fifteenth, Li Xu and his son were escorted to Beijing, and they did not wait for Cao Hao's plea. Yongzheng was a little unsure, I don't know if Cao Hao is affectionate or unaffectionate.

"Thirteenth brother, this Cao Hao hasn't moved yet, but he can bear it!" He was a little unhappy and complained to the thirteenth elder brother.

When the thirteenth elder brother heard Yongzheng say this, he hesitated in his heart, but when Yongzheng wanted to borrow the matter of the Li family to burn the fire to the Cao family, he said carefully: "Your Majesty, you watched him grow up, and you don't know his careful surname, and you never dare to overstep the slightest." is the slave of the Cao family, and there are also literate people who read the "Great Qing Law" with them, but if there is anything to do to destroy the criminals, people are not allowed to touch it. Although the Li family is a relative, as a courtier, he cannot distinguish between public and private, and he is arrogant. If that's the case, it doesn't live up to the emperor's attention to him. ”

When Yongzheng heard this, his expression softened slightly, and he said, "I still want to give him a grace, but he is obedient." ”

Only then did he complain, and within two days, the news that Cao Hao personally visited the prison in the Criminal Department was handed to the emperor.

Seeing this, Yongzheng couldn't cry or laugh, and said to the thirteenth elder brother: "Look, whether this is smart or stupid, I don't even know how to avoid suspicion, so I'm not afraid of being angry with him." ”

The thirteenth elder brother heard him scolding in his mouth, but there was still a smile on his face, so he knew that he was not really annoyed, and followed his words and said: "It is still good to be taught by the emperor, Cao Hao does not dare to discuss state affairs because of personal feelings...... But he doesn't lose his heart, and he is not a villain who seeks profit and avoids evil......"

* The prison of the Criminal Department has always been a place where the people of the capital talk about the change of color, and the bodies of prisoners are dragged out almost every day. Some of the prisoners with money are fine, and money can make the devil grind; If there is no money to pay for, entering it is like closing a ghost gate.

Li Xu is an official, and Li Nai also donates an official, so the father and son are not imprisoned in the dungeon, but in the board room outside. In addition, the Cao family had already spent money before, so the father and son did not wear torture equipment, and they were able to be detained in the same room, and the conditions were not bad.

It's just that Li Xu was tortured when he was in Jiangnan, and then he was escorted thousands of miles away, and his injuries were delayed and have not healed yet.

Therefore, when Cao Hao came to visit, he saw Li Xu's old and sick appearance.

His hair was all white, and his originally fat body had become skinny and bony, his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were cloudy, and the corners of his eyes were covered with thick fuzziness.

I don't see the spirit of the past anymore, and if I don't wear clean new clothes, I look like an old beggar wandering on the street.

"Uncle, eldest cousin......" Thinking that there were two sick people at home, and then looking at the old man in front of him, Cao Hao couldn't say what he had thought of.

Li Xu sat up and looked at Cao Hao, only his lips trembled, and his mouth was "whining", like pulling a bellows, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Cao Hao looked at Li Nai and said, "Big cousin, uncle, this is?" ”

Li Nai turned to the side, wiped away his tears, and said, "The master was on fire a few days ago, and his throat was swollen, and the doctor has already shown it this morning, and said that it would be good to take a few pairs of decoction to remove the fire." ”

Mentioning this, he solemnly bowed to Cao Hao.

When he was in Jiangnan, he accompanied his father to be tortured and had a hard time; When you arrive in the capital, you will have a clean house, new clothes and delicious meals waiting for you, and you can also be healed by a doctor.

How can this be the case if there is no one to help?

At this time, the only one who can take care of the Li family's father and son and have the ability to take care of it is Cao Hao.

He originally thought that eighty percent, but now that he saw Cao Hao in person, he was sure that it was him.

Cao Hao avoided getting out of the way, did not accept his courtesy, and said, "I didn't help anything, so I can't thank you." ”

Before he finished speaking, he felt that his clothes were tight, and when he turned sideways, he saw that it was Li Xu pulling his clothes.

Seeing him staring at him, Cao Hao pleaded, leaned over, and said, "Uncle has something to say......

Li Xu pointed at Li Nai, exhausted his strength, and said, "Protect ...... Protect...... Full ......"

Seeing this, Li Nai had already turned over and knelt down, crying: "The old man is old, how can he stand the punishment?" The son is willing to treat him with his body, and he also asks the master to fulfill his son's filial piety ......", and begged Cao Hao: "Cousin, it's all mine, my father has been recuperating in the past few years, and he handed over the errand in the yamen to me, but it was my misconduct that led to the ...... of the business trip."

Before coming, Cao Hao had already heard that when Li Xu was in Suzhou, he first refused to admit his guilt, and then he was punished, and the father and son vied to confess their guilt. Today, it seems that Li Nai wants to take all the crimes on himself, and Li Xu is afraid of dragging down his son, and both of them want to close the case as soon as possible.

Li Nai is still naïve, even if he is his father's deputy, he is not justified, where is he qualified to share Li Xu's guilt. Besides, Li Xu's questioning is not just a matter of insecurity.

Hearing Li Nai say this, Cao Hao remembered a question.

I heard that the weaving house lost more than 60,000 taels of silver last year, where did so much silver go? The deficit in the early years can still be said to be spent on taking over, how to say the deficit in the past ten years?

Just because of the Li family's expenses, you can't use these.

Could it be that it was given to the fourteenth elder brother in the northwest?

Thinking of this, Cao Hao only felt that his eyelids jumped, and he picked up Li Nai and said: "The eldest cousin is so filial, and the younger brother also admires it." It's just that there are some things to be cautious about, if you say too much, you will lose, and it will be useless, but it will make your uncle sad and violate filial piety. ”

Li Xu's conviction is already certain; If Li Nai insists on doing things to himself, he is afraid that his father and son will be guilty of the same crime, which Cao Hao does not want to see.

Li Nai saw that Cao Hao said solemnly, thinking that his father also disagreed with him, standing there, looking at the old father on the sickbed, only to feel dazed.

Although Li Xu couldn't speak, he could hear it clearly and nodded vigorously, seemingly agreeing with what Cao Hao said.

Li Nai's heart ached, his head drooped, and he stepped aside...... When I came out of the prison of the Criminal Department, it was already dusk, and I don't know when it began to rain lightly, and the hustle and bustle on the street gradually stopped, and it seemed a little deserted.

Cao Hao frowned, thinking about the Li family's family members who had not yet arrived in Beijing.

Counting the words, they also went to Beijing in these two days. Whether Li Xu is in exile or what, these two should also have a quasi-letter......*

(To be continued)