Tianyou left Beijing and went south, and Hengsheng also moved back to the county king's mansion.

The half-empty county king's mansion was now full, and it was a yurt coat that the sixteenth elder brother had allocated from the people under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Cao Man and Wu En returned to the county king's mansion again to help Hengsheng take care of internal and external affairs.

Every time Cao Hao arrived home from the Yamen, at the same time, he was also thinking about Cao Song's response after he arrived in Beijing.

With Cao Song's surname, as long as he understands it, it is not a big deal to dismiss an official for a few years, but the death of his sister-in-law is not a trivial matter.

Cao Song's two sons came late, and his heart and surname were not as strict as others were to his sons, even in the letter to his cousin, he also mentioned that he personally took care of the children's supplementary food.

There is also Jinghui, who is the eldest daughter-in-law and sister-in-law in the second room, and suffers more hardships than Chu Yu. With Cao Song going south for a few years, he has not enjoyed any blessings, in case he really can't delay it this time...... Every time he thought of this, Cao Hao felt uncomfortable, and he regretted his decision to ask Cao Song to get close to Li Wei.

After all, Cao Song is an official of Liangjiang, not an official of Zhejiang, even if he needs to cooperate with Li Wei's responsibility to arrest thieves, if it weren't for Cao Hao's old relationship with Li Wei, he would not have gotten so close to Li Wei.

Now that Li Wei is firmly the governor of Zhejiang, Cao Song is going to fall very hard, and he also gave birth to a son-in-law, and his wife is critically ill.

It's just Li Wei's side, can you just do it? I'm afraid that when the dust settles, there will be a handwritten confession coming, and it will be an afterthought.

After waiting for a few days, there was finally accurate news from Cao Song, and the person had arrived in Cangzhou, and he would arrive in Beijing in a few days.

Cao Hao knew that since Cao Song was carrying the name of "awaiting trial", most of them would have to go through the prison of the Criminal Department.

At this time, Cao Hao needed to avoid suspicion, but he couldn't avoid suspicion too much, so it was not good to walk around at the two Shangshu, so he could only go to find the thirteenth elder brother.

The thirteenth elder brother had a dark face, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked haggard.

Cao Hao was shocked when he saw this: "Lord Wang, what's the matter......"

The thirteenth elder brother waved his hand and motioned for Cao Hao to sit down, before saying, "The emperor moved back to the palace last night...... Brother Fuhui is afraid that it is not good, Ye Yuan accompanied the emperor in the palace, and the emperor saw that the master was lacking, so he sent the master back......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then frowned and lowered his head, revealing a little worry.

He didn't dare to look up, for fear of inadvertently revealing his emotions.

For a prince who died in history, he didn't have any sympathy, but because he died at this time, he faintly looked forward to it.

Yongzheng has encountered the pain of losing his son, will he pity Cao Song who also lost his son?

In the first thought of Yongzheng, Cao Song's situation will be different.

In the case of the thirteenth elder brother, Cao Hao was not easy to speak again, and just wanted to find a reason to say goodbye, he saw Zhao Feng rushing in, kneeling down and saying: "Master, someone from the palace, Brother Fuhui ......has died."

When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Prepare the horse, the master wants to enter the palace......" After speaking, he turned to Cao Hao and said, "The master will go to see the emperor first...... Cao Song's side, you don't have to worry, you have a ...... in your heart."

Cao Hao saw that the thirteenth elder brother was worried, so he could only comfort him and leave Prince Yi's mansion.

When he arrived at the Household Office, before Cao Hao finished reading today's official document, an official from the Ministry of Rites came to pass on the word that the emperor's eighth son was killed, and the emperor ordered a funeral according to the prince's rules.

From Cao Hao and Zhang Tingyu, to the household handyman, kneeling in the courtyard to listen to the instructions, and then went to the hat Ying.

According to the prince's funeral, it is not a matter of one sentence.

Officials below the prince of the clan and Shuo, general Feng'en and above, officials below the rank of prince and prince in Beijing, and officials above the rank of captain of the cavalry, and the foreign wife below the princess Fujin, and the second rank lady and above must go to the spirit to guard.

There was no delay, and Cao Hao immediately ordered someone to go back to the house to deliver the message.

On the side of the Household Department, he entrusted it to Jiang Jian to watch, and he himself went to the palace with the six ministers.

Although in Cao Hao's eyes, a Jingtang is more funny to put down his ministry affairs and cry for the young prince to mourn; But among the ministers who came with him, most of them looked like mourning and approval, and they were very sad before they arrived at the palace.

It's just that loud voice, faintly proud, and a chest that is taller than usual, what the hell is going on?

When he arrived in front of the spirit, he swept the crying minister around, and Cao Hao understood a little.

It's not that everyone is qualified to enter the palace to cry for the prince, even if they are in the Jingtang and have no lords, they are not qualified to come here to stand on duty.

The news of the clan relatives and officials was relatively early, so it was not yet noon, and everyone who should have come was almost the same; The princesses and wives arrived in the afternoon.

When he saw that Li and Chu Yu had arrived, and there was no Zhaojia by his side, Cao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he sent someone back to deliver the letter, he asked someone to tell Chu Yu and asked her to stop Zhao Jia's and "report illness" to Zhao Jia's.

Although Zhaojia's second-grade edict has not been withdrawn, it is necessary to avoid suspicion at this time, otherwise as the "mother of criminal ministers", entering and leaving the palace will only make people feel frivolous...... Cao's East Mansion, upper room.

Looking at the second-grade service in front of him, Zhao Jia's family cried like a child.

She didn't cry because she couldn't enter the palace, but because she was thinking about her precious son Cao Song.

Even if she doesn't understand government and politics, she has lived most of her life, and she doesn't know the truth of human feelings.

With Cao Hao, the head of the book, Cao Song was also escorted to Beijing to "await trial", the reason is just that Cao Song is now of a high grade, and all the movements fall in the eyes of the emperor, not Cao Hao, a cousin, who can shelter if he wants to.

If the grade is low, it will not be so.

Serving in commandments and being flattered everywhere is proud, but what is it compared to the peace of his son...... The emperor dropped out of the dynasty for three days, and the inner Xiansu was dressed for three days, and the lord of the clan and the foreign wife were about to enter the palace for three days.

That night, when the three members of the Cao family returned home, it was already getting dark.

Cao Hao and Chu Yu were both worried about the Li family, thinking about whether to go to the sixteenth elder brother to ask for help and tell him about his illness.

Li Shi just looked a little tired, but his spirit was not bad, and he said to the two: "But after three kung fu, I can still stand it...... Some old ladies older than me are staying up, how can I get sick and escape...... I'll soak my feet for a while, and I'll be relieved...... The two of you husband and wife are also tired for a while, go back to dinner, and rest early......" Speaking of this, he looked at Chu Yu carefully: "You have been using medicine since the beginning of autumn, you should not be too tired, if you can't stand it, don't stand it......"

Chu Yu hurriedly smiled: "It's just that the qi and blood are a little weak, and the adjustment is almost the same, so don't delay anything......"

When Li heard this, he didn't say anything more, but only urged them to go back.

Cao Hao was not at ease in the end, so he asked someone to put the couple's dinner in Fuyuan Hall, served the Li family for dinner, and the husband and wife returned to Jiuru Courtyard...... Fortunately, it's just a toss for three days, and the rest just wait for the funeral to come forward.

The Li family was just a little tired, and after resting for two days, he went to Caojiadong Mansion to visit Zhaojia's family again.

It was Chu Yu, who caught a cold in the last day and had a fever at night, which scared Cao Hao.

Fortunately, I asked the imperial doctor to come and see, but I only said that the wind evil was decent, and after taking a few bowls of cold-warming medicine, it was relieved.

As soon as Cao Hao settled down, he got the news that Cao Song had arrived in Beijing.

Although Cao Hao was dismissed, he still has a knighthood, plus Cao Hao's cousin, no one in the Criminal Department makes it difficult for him.

At this time, there is also the saying "release on bail pending trial".

Clan officials are "awaiting trial", unless the crime is heinous and heinous, and the rest are more flexible.

Cao Hao went to find the Thirteenth Elder Brother earlier, just to mention this matter.

However, even if the thirteenth elder brother said that he knew it in his heart, Cao Hao would talk about it again, as if he couldn't believe the thirteenth elder brother.

But looking at the thirteenth elder brother who stayed in the big house, it was obvious that the emperor was busy soothing the pain of losing his son, so where could he not take care of the outside?

Cao Hao couldn't, so he had to go to the criminal department in person, thinking about appeasing Cao Song first, and then talking about anything else after these two days.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the Criminal Department, I saw several officials of the Criminal Department hugging Cao Song out.

Cao Song's expression was blank, his eyes were glazed, and he looked like a walking corpse.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was shocked in his heart, could it be that Cao Song already knew the news of the death of his second son?

Several sharp-eyed officials had already seen Cao Hao and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Cao Hao returned the salute and hesitated: "A few adults, this is ......"

There was a Lang Zhong who served in the household department earlier, and said: "Lord Cao, only then did the inner servant pass the will to the criminal department, Cao Da...... Cao Zongzhen does not need to wait for trial in the ministry, but he can go back to his home and live on himself, but recently he has to wait for the ministry to pass on, and it is not easy to go out of Gyeonggi......"

Cao Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed his hand to everyone, thanked everyone for sending them off, and took Cao Song into his carriage.

There were no outsiders around, so Cao Hao pretended to be relaxed, slapped Cao Song's shoulder vigorously, and said, "Why are you crying and mourning, isn't it just a general soldier?" Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to suffer......"

Cao Songqiang smiled, his expression was more ugly than crying: "Big brother, I have embarrassed the Cao family......"

Seeing that he didn't mention the matter of his second son, and he didn't know about it, Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, snorted coldly, and said: "The ups and downs of the Huan Sea are all ordinary, I was also dismissed from office back then, did I also disgrace the Cao family......

Cao Song drooped his head, covered his face with his hands, and whimpered: "Big brother, my younger brother is not wronged by this official...... Fifty miles of river dams, collapsed in three places, and drowned one hundred and twenty-eight people, not to mention dismissal, even if you lose your brother's life, you can't make up for it......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he felt a blackness in front of him, and he almost didn't pass.

He knew about the flooding in the south, but he really didn't know that he could have such a direct relationship with Cao Song.

Immediately, he shook his head and said sharply, "What did you say?" There are local magistrates, and even if your town marks send troops to repair the dam and protect the dam, it is only an auxiliary ...... If something happens, how can you just put it on yourself......"

That being said, he was a little upset.

originally thought that Cao Song was innocent and was implicated in the dispute between the two governors, but he didn't expect that he really couldn't get out of it.

It's just that Cao Hao is in Beijing and hasn't heard from him, so it can be seen that the inside story is not as Cao Song said.

Otherwise, Cao Song could not have been charged with just a few crimes.

Cao Song wanted to speak again, but was stopped by Cao Hao: "What are you greasy and crooked, do you want to give the second aunt a life?" ”

Cao Song sniffled and asked cautiously, "Mother, but you're scared?" ”

Cao Hao glanced at him and said, "What do you think?" The second aunt will be sixty people in the end, if it weren't for your aunt's persuasion, the fourth brother and the fourth brother and sister would serve sooner or later, I'm afraid they would have given half their lives early. You don't want to get rid of your guilt as soon as possible and make your family feel at ease, but you are afraid that you are not guilty enough and will put a basin on your head. ”

Cao Song sneered: "Big brother, the fifty-mile river dam is indeed assigned to the town standard for repair...... Even if there are guerrillas and Qian is in charge, the younger brother is guilty of negligence......"

Cao Hao said coldly: "Who are the guerrillas and thousands of people?" Who handled the stone earthwork for dam repair? You don't have any success in your mind? Now that you are crying for those more than 100 surnames, what did you think about at the beginning? "In the end, there was already a fire in the stomach.

Although he was not a good man, he always had a sense of reverence for human life.

If it weren't for this, he would not have bowed to the flood control in Shengjing, because he was afraid that due to the greed and negligence of the officials below, the people would die in vain; I won't stay up for a few nights, and I can't even care about offending people, so I draw up a relief slip and put it out.

I didn't expect Cao Song to be confused here, and there was such a big mistake.

The original distress for my cousin has now become anger, if it weren't for the carriage, I'm afraid I would have to kick twice to relieve my hatred.

Cao Song's face turned pale and muttered: "It's Fan Shiduo's people, the stone and earthwork, I heard that it was also handled by someone from the Governor's Mansion...... In order to avoid suspicion, my brother didn't ask more......"

My cousin, although he has no talent in his belly, and his personal morality is not a checkpoint, but he is really not ruthless.

If such a thing happens, compared with the punishment of losing his official position and dismissal, I am afraid that the guilt of the people will weigh him down even more.

In Cao Hao's heart, the dissatisfaction with his cousin's being "topped" had already disappeared at the moment he learned the truth.

The emperor is already kind, but Cao Song is guilty of "negligence".

Even if Cao Song is really just "negligent", because it involves hundreds of surnames, this is already a big crime.

The capital did not mention similar news at all, thinking that it was the emperor's preservation of Cao Song.

Cao Hao sighed and said, "I told you a long time ago that since you are an official, you must remember where your responsibilities lie...... It's just a matter of words for you, but for the people, it's a matter of life and death...... You have it in your own mind, and I won't dwell on the rest. It's just that guilt can't be smoothed out by two empty words, you remember this lesson, and if you have the opportunity to recover in the future, it is ...... to do your best for the people."

When Cao Song heard this, he was silent, but his face was full of anger...... Cao Song went home, up to Zhaojia's family, down to Cao Xiang and his wife, and most of them were happy.

It's just that Cao Xiang was excited, and there were hidden worries, and he quietly asked his cousin about the news in the south.

Although Tianyou has traveled south for a few days, Jiangning is thousands of miles away from the capital after all, and there is no news yet.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, there was a letter from the south.

It is not a letter from God to report peace, but a handwritten letter from Li Wei.

In the letter, Li Wei proposed to Cao Hao for his second son Li Xingju, and wanted to hire Cao Song's eldest daughter Lang Chao as his second daughter-in-law.

After reading the letter, Cao Hao's face immediately turned white, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the letter paper fluttered and fell to the ground......

(To be continued)