The sixteenth elder brother did not mention his name, but Cao Hao knew that he was not talking about someone else, but the ninth elder brother who was confined in the governor's palace.

In addition to the capital and Zhili, the industries of the Nine Elder Brothers also spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River, Liangguang and the Northwest. Although he has the power of his prince to rely on, he is also very economical.

If it weren't for the huge wealth that made him arrogant, he wouldn't be bent on participating in the battle for the throne. Even if you don't have hope, you have to come out with a prince in person.

The sixteenth elder brother seemed to remember something, smiled bitterly, and stopped talking.

Cao Hao said differently: "The sixteenth master really wants to be in the governor's mansion and rest until the fourth elder brother comes back?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "If that's the case, you'll be at ease." Let's wait and see, it is estimated that the emperor will not allow me to be comfortable for a long time. After the Dragon Boat Festival, if the emperor has no other arrangements, I still have to accompany Hongli. ”

Cao Hao Yamen still had official business to deal with, so he couldn't accompany him for too long, and he accompanied half a cup of tea, so he went back to the official residence to deal with official documents first.

The sixteenth elder brother will not wronged himself, in addition to Cao Hao, Qingyuan also has a person from Zhuangwang's Mansion Xie Tianlai.

Today, I said thank you for coming to treat you, and I want to invite the sixteenth elder brother to eat wine and listen to music.

When the sixteenth elder brother first arrived in Qingyuan, Xie Tianlai once chartered the largest restaurant in the city, and invited the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao to appreciate their faces.

He is so diligent, and now he is a third-grade official, and the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao naturally gave him some face, so they went to the restaurant to eat.

I don't want to, two days ago, he personally came to deliver the post, only saying that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, and he wanted to be filial and filial to the sixteenth elder brother, so he arranged to eat and drink today.

The sixteenth elder brother was bored, so he agreed to appreciate his face.

However, for the level of chefs in restaurants in Qingyuan City, Brother Sixteen is very worried. The last time I went back to the restaurant, Brother Sixteen only ate a few bites of vegetarian roasted three mushrooms, and the others didn't feel like they were eating.

Therefore, the sixteenth elder brother set the time for the appointment in the afternoon, and went in the afternoon in Caofu. The Cao family eats three meals, and he, the guest, is no exception.

The appointed time was not at the beginning of the afternoon (one o'clock in the afternoon), and just after the beginning of the afternoon, Xie Tianlai came in person.

He did not wear an official uniform, but wore a spun silk gown with a new swastika, a gold the size of a pigeon's egg on the top of his hat, several yellow gold trowels on his hands, and a bracelet as thick as a little finger on his chest.

This all-round style is "rich" enough, and less "expensive". If he didn't know his identity, no one would have thought that he was an official, but more like a rich man with a lot of money.

Although the sixteenth elder brother felt that Xie Tian had come here to dress up a little more "village", he only glanced at it, shook his fan with a smile, and walked out of the Governor's Mansion with Xie Tianlai.

There was already a sedan chair driver waiting at the gate of the Governor's Palace, and the sixteenth elder brother got on the sedan chair and went with Xie Tianlai.

The sedan chair was very stable, and the sixteenth elder brother sat in the sedan chair with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

This thankfully, it's kind of interesting.

Inviting yourself out so kindly is certainly not as simple as listening to music.

This kind of entertainment, the sixteenth elder brother participated in the capital a lot, but he didn't feel anything, just idle and bored, to pass the time.

Sure enough, the sixteenth elder brother got out of the sedan chair and saw not a restaurant or a theater, but a clean house.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at it and didn't say much.

Xie Tianlai had already stepped forward and led the sixteenth elder brother into the house.

Turn the shadow wall, it is a lush, small yard, there are a lot of flowers and potted plants, full of vitality, but also a little elegant.

The sixteenth elder brother was already hesitating in his heart, and if he would thank God for giving the beautiful maid, should he accept it.

This time, he went out of Beijing and brought two maids to wait for his life. If you really want a woman, you can accept one house, and you don't need to accept a woman outside.

Thank God for being so sincere and so attentive, it's not good to wipe his face too much.

But if you accept it, you're afraid of trouble.

When I got to the hall, I saw a round table in the middle, and next to it was a circle of stools.

Two beautiful maidservants were already waiting at the door, and when they were seated, they served wet towels and waited for them to wipe their hands.

Then, I saw a few bewitching women coming in, the first one, with a good appearance, but her face was full of dust, and she couldn't tell her age. At first glance, it looks like a little bit of twenties, but if you look closely, there are already fine lines at the corners of your eyes, and your eyes look like you've gone through a thousand sails.

She seemed to be familiar with Xie Tianlai, and smiled and greeted Xie Tianlai.

She was followed by five young women, two of whom were cardamom years old, and who had not yet reached their prime, and whose little faces were innocent and immature; The remaining three, sixteen or seventeen years old, have more charm between their eyebrows and eyes.

Xie Tianlai smiled and said to the sixteenth elder brother: "Master, this is Rui Niang, half of the Fengyue business in Qingyuan City is her business." The latter few are all Rui Niang's daughters. ”

The sixteenth elder brother snorted coldly and did not answer.

Looking at the meaning of this thanksgiving, it doesn't look like giving it away, but it seems like introducing it to others.

It's just that he is a prince of Heshuo and sees a bustard, what is the matter? If it spreads, I'm afraid it will make people laugh out of their big teeth.

The sixteenth elder brother was already unhappy in his heart, and the little good impression he had for Xie Tianlai was gone.

He just wanted to come out and wander around, so he agreed to the dinner of thanksgiving Tianlai, where was he in the mood to deal with others.

The atmosphere was a little cold, and Xie Tianlai was hesitating how to introduce the sixteenth elder brother to Rui Niang.

I saw Rui Niang take a step forward, knelt down and kowtowed to the sixteenth elder brother, and said: "The folk girl Qiu Ruiniang has seen the sixteenth master, please sixteen Jin'an!" ”

This etiquette is a bit big, and it directly clarifies the identity of the sixteenth master.

Seeing this, the sixteenth elder brother's face froze, and he looked at Xie Tianlai coldly.

Xie Tianlai trembled, only felt that the cold sweat in his head was about to come out, he only told Rui Niang that he was going to entertain a distinguished guest and let her pick a few clean girls to come out, and he did not tell Rui Niang the identity of the sixteenth master.

He hurriedly stood up, sincerely afraid, not knowing whether to explain to the sixteenth elder brother first, or to scold Rui Niang first.

Seeing Xie Tianlai's appearance, the sixteenth elder brother's heart moved, looked at Rui Niang, and said, "Have you seen the master?" ”

This Rui Niang is a dusty woman at first glance, and the sixteenth elder brother doesn't remember what flower moon account he has.

"In her early years, the folk girl saw the sixteenth master once at Sister Wu's house ......in the capital," Rui Niang replied.

Wu ...... Wu ...... "The sixteenth elder brother remembered someone and said, "Is it over there in Shichahai?" ”

"Exactly." Rui Niang replied.

The sixteenth elder brother's anger disappeared a little, waved his hand, and said, "Since you are an old man, get up and speak." ”

Rui Niang responded, and her attitude became more and more humble.

The sixteenth elder brother was too lazy to deal with a woman, so he was impatient to talk to her, and he didn't have the heart to listen to the music, so he said to Xie Tianlai: "It's hot, people are lacking, so I'll go back first." ”

It's not even a table.

Thank you that the intestines are about to be ruined, but I also saw that the sixteenth elder brother didn't want to see Rui Niang, so he didn't dare to stay, so he sent it out.

Seeing the sixteenth elder brother go away in a sedan chair, Xie Tianlai turned around and went back, but his face was pale, and he was already annoyed.

Rui Niang didn't dare to come out and give it away, waiting at the door of the hall, her face was a little dazed, and she was no longer neat.

Seeing Xie Tianlai coming back, she squeezed out a little smile and said, "My lord......"

Xie Tianlai waved his arm, and the slap had already been thrown down fiercely, glaring, and scolding: "You black-hearted b‖itch, where did you offend you, do you want to ruin your master's future and smash your master's top?" ”

He was already thick, and he used ruthlessness, and this time he knocked Rui Niang to the ground.

Several women who came with Rui Niang were all bluffed, like chaff all over their bodies, shaking into a ball, but no one dared to step forward to help.

Rui Niang got up by herself, she didn't care about Xie Tianlai's anger, her body was already sticking like a snake, holding Xie Tianlai's arm, and said softly: "My lord, Rui Niang is wrong, Rui Niang wants to make amends to the sixteenth master, and she will not implicate the adult." ”

When the two got along, they were not short, and they had some affection, Xie Tianlai snorted twice: "You are a woman, you have long hair and short knowledge, what bullshit can you do?" ”

Rui Niang waved her hand and sent several women in the hall down, before lying on Xie Tianlai, close to his ear, and whispered......* Governor's Mansion, as soon as the sixteenth elder brother got off the sedan chair, he saw Zhang Yi coming up: "Sixteenth master, the little one is about to look for you, our lord has something urgent, send the little one out of the house to invite the sixteenth master back!" ”

Seeing the solemnity on his face, the sixteenth elder brother slowed down his steps and said, "Do you know what is going on?" Could it be that the capital has a will to come down? ”

"It's not Kyosato." Zhang Yi shook his head, pointed his finger to the north, and said, "It's the one who is sick, and he can't pay it off." The old man asked someone to hire a doctor, but it was not very good. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he immediately walked faster, and his face became heavy.

One time less, the sixteenth elder brother arrived at the official residence.

I saw Cao Hao standing behind the bookcase, holding a prescription in his hand and looking at it.

"Furuo, what's going on?" The sixteenth elder brother stepped forward and asked.

"It was the wind evil that entered the body, and when the guards found out, they had been sick for a few days, and the person was already burned and confused." Cao Hao said: "Although I have taken medicine now, I can listen to the doctor's meaning, it hurts my lungs, I am afraid that it is dangerous, I have written an excerpt to play this matter, please ask the emperor to call the shots." ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his forehead was bruised, and he slapped the table with a "snap", and said, "These dog slaves, how dare they, how dare they ......"

No matter what the relationship with the ninth elder brother is, he is also a prince, and when he heard that the ninth elder brother was so neglected, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but be angry.

Cao Hao glanced out the window, saw that there was no one in the courtyard, and said, "Sixteenth Master, now is not the time to pursue this matter......

The sixteenth elder brother exhaled a breath of turbidity, nodded, and said, "It's me who is verbose......

He is not a ruthless person in the end, he still couldn't help it after enduring it for a while, and said to Cao Hao: "Fu Ruo, I want to go and see him......"

Cao Hao nodded and said, "Then go, at this time, others can't find fault with anything." ”

The two came out of the official residence and arrived at the small courtyard where the ninth elder brother lived.

At the entrance of the small courtyard, there were several guards.

Cao Hao entered the hospital, but they didn't say anything; The sixteenth elder brother was stopped by them, so he listened to the leading guard say: "This is an important place for the imperial court, and the emperor has a decree, except for Governor Cao, who is not restricted, others are not allowed to enter the hospital without a decree."

The face of the sixteenth elder brother was immediately black......*

(To be continued)