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Chapter 1304: Heart Eyes (Part 1304) [Seeking monthly votes]

"Father really knows nothing?"

Cui Mi didn't believe it at all.

Unexpectedly, Cui Zhi's expression immediately changed, and people exclaimed: "I thought they had broken up!"

Cui Xiong accidentally knocked over the teacup: "Ah?"

No, what my father meant was that he had always known that my sister was actually... Cui Xiong stared blankly with his eyes wide open, swallowing his saliva. Cui Zhi became more and more angry: "That man... is just a slave with a decent appearance, and he dares to covet Cui's daughter? Is he worthy?"

Cui Xiong immediately responded: "Of course I'm not worthy!"

I can’t accept it just by thinking about it!
Cui Mi said: "However, the slave must also see what it is. If it is someone like Lu Jue, he is barely qualified to marry into the family."

When talking about Lü Jue, we cannot avoid mentioning Mei Meng.

Thinking about what happened to Mei Meng, it is difficult for the father and his two sons to comment.

When a person dies, it is like a light going out. We should show some respect to the deceased.

Cui Xiong carefully tried to find out the whereabouts of the slave.

"As a father, I know my limits. If I kill him, it will be a dead end. Why should I ruin the father-daughter relationship of many years for a slave who is not worthy of being in public?" Cui Zhi was angry when he saw this cowardly look. In Cui Xiong's mind, was he really an unreliable father?
"What will father do with him?"

"Leave it to the subordinate. He may learn some skills in a few years. What's wrong with letting him stay with Sanlong as a toy?" Cui Zhi had a simple plan. He would let him train slaves and teach them to manage the shop accounts. When they had learned enough, they would become Sanlong's retainers.

Young people have unstable minds and are more likely to rebel the more they face opposition.

Rather than forcibly breaking up the couple and causing Sanlong to resolutely defend this shameful slave, it would be better to separate the two and increase the time and space. As time goes by, their feelings will naturally fade. Cui Zhi also selected several handsome and capable young men as dowry.

To put it bluntly, these dowry men are the daughter's concubines. If the daughter is willing to accept them, they can be her male concubines. If the daughter is not willing to accept them, they can be her servants.

I never expected that my daughter had the potential to be infatuated.

Even several dowries can’t take away her heart for the slave?
"I never expected that the man surnamed Mei and I would end up as strangers in this world." The "man surnamed Mei" mentioned by Cui Zhi did not refer to Mei Meng, but Mei Meng's brother. It was the lesson of Mei Meng that made Cui Zhi restrain his murderous intention to destroy the body.

Otherwise, he would have dealt with the person long ago.

Who dares to touch his daughter?

Cui Zhi was worried about how to explain his daughter's matter to Cui Hui.

Cui Mi was barely breathing: "Not really..."

Cui Xiong: “…”

Cui Zhi: "..."

Cui Mi stared at the horrifying looks of his father and brother and laughed awkwardly.

I really don't know where to start bringing up this matter!

Father Cui Zhi wants my sister to choose between her first slave love and several retainers, but my sister seems to want them all.

Adults don't make choices.

Cui Zhi remained silent.

Cui Zhi fell into a long silence.

When his daughter was still in the boudoir, the father and daughter could see each other twice a day, and he could take good care of his daughter under his nose. After his daughter married and became a wife of the Yuan family, he could not keep a close eye on her as a father, and could only ask the retainers of the Cui family who were married off as a dowry to report regularly.

I feel relieved when I receive updates about my daughter's safety every month.

This was also the main reason why he was so furious when he heard Yuan Wulang's words - he was afraid that he believed the news too much and caused his daughter to suffer in a corner that he ignored. If he hadn't heard it by chance this time, would he have been deceived all along? Would his daughter force herself to smile and bring a little bastard to him and say that he was her grandson?

So Cui Zhi drew his sword in anger.

He did not hesitate to act first and report later and wrote a divorce letter for his daughter.

Now it seems that there is another possibility.

Those retainers completely surrendered to Sanlong and conspired to deceive him!
But, what is my daughter trying to do?
Cui Zhi reflected on it for half the night but still couldn't figure it out.

The tacit understanding between the father-in-law and the son-in-law is so outrageous. When Cui Zhi was full of worries and worried about his eldest daughter, Cui Xiao also had a lot of things in his mind. Beside him, his friends looked sideways from time to time, wondering why the girl in front of him had such courage!

The girl had her hair done in a bun like a married woman, and was dressed in silk and satin, with hairpins shining on her hair. She looked rich and gorgeous but not ostentatious.

She is in the prime of her youth, and these decorations are the icing on the cake.

"Madam, you have made an indelible contribution to opening the city without bloodshed." Cui Xiao Laoyou used tea instead of wine and said some flattering words to the girl. She deserved this treatment. Although their rebel army was strong in the territory of Qi, they lacked logistical supplies. No matter how much food and grass they got from Cui's side, they could not withstand the consumption of believers along the way, and they could not stand the delay at all!
The defending general refused to allow the believers outside the city and adopted a turtle-like posture.

The old friend was worried, but Cui Xiao went out and solved the problem. He colluded with the woman living in the city, and opened the city gate in the middle of the night. The followers who followed them were well entertained and had a good meal, which made the old friend stunned.

[No, how did you do that? ]

[The deputy general of this city is a close attendant she promoted.]

[Pillow wind? ]

The old friend was shocked and curious about how Cui Xiao knew the other person.

【An unexpected acquaintance.】

Cui Xiao has been lurking in the southwest continent for quite some time. One of his goals is to find out the internal network of the Eternal Life Church. He heard that a certain temple is the base of the Eternal Life Church. The monks in the temple are handsome and healthy. On the surface, they worship Buddha and meditate, and are disciples of Buddhism. In fact, they are tools used by the Eternal Life Church to make a lot of money, specializing in serving a group of noble ladies.

Wouldn't he have to come and see?
When I was burning incense, I found someone was looking at me.

Isn't this thrilling?
Is your sense of existence normal?
Is there anyone who would pay special attention to me?
Cui Xiao followed his instinct and looked back. He could hardly look away after just one glance. The girl was only 29 years old, with a hairstyle that girls wear in their boudoirs. She looked about 60% similar to the wife in his memory. Cui Xiao felt awkward for some reason, thinking that the girl was also a noble lady who came here to have fun. He subconsciously raised his hand to touch her smooth chin - beards are something that can make you look ten years younger if you shave them off!
Does the other party think that I am a lay Buddhist in the temple?

After chatting with him, I realized that he had misunderstood.

[I heard that this place is very effective for finding a love partner, so I came with my friend to take a look.] The girl's smile was so beautiful that Cui Xiao was distracted.

[Marriage... Gods and Buddhas do not protect this. ]

This young lady might have been harmed by false rumors from the outside world.

This place is not decent!
After several more encounters, Cui Xiao discovered that this female monarch was no simple matter. She was engaged in many shady businesses and seemed to have strong connections. In order to avoid exposing herself, Cui Xiao did not conduct an in-depth investigation. He only knew that the other party was a daughter of the Cui family and married into the Yuan family not long after.

She handled quite a bit of business.

She has business dealings with aristocratic families, dealings with the Eternal Life Church, and close ties with the royal business... Her business scope is broad, with both clean and dirty businesses, such as smuggling salt and iron, slave trading, and weapon casting... The scale of the dirty business is not large, and it is mixed among a group of individual merchants and has passed through several hands. It is not easy to trace it back to her...

In addition, she also maintained a private army.

It is said that it was a dowry given by her parents' home.

Cui Xiao complained: [Whose family can give 500 pieces of music as a dowry? ]

Upon checking, I found out that it was given by Cui Zhi.

In other words, she is actually his granddaughter!
Cui Xiao: [……]

This is not surprising!

It turned out to be his grandchildren!

Cui Xiao did not recognize the queen, but took care of her during the cooperation. However, his kindness also caused misunderstandings, which was reflected in the fact that the person in charge of the cooperation, the attendant around the queen, had a complicated attitude towards Cui Xiao until he grew a beard again.

From a mature young man to a steady middle-aged man in seconds.

The attendants were relieved, but Cui Xiao began to worry.

Worried about Cui Long - well, this is the queen's name. I don't know what Cui Zhi was thinking to give his daughter such a name - not to mention the flaws in the name, Cui Xiao is very worried that Cui Long will not be able to get out of the gray business easily after running it for a long time.

Cui Long smiled and said, "I dare not take credit for it."

She also drank tea instead of wine.

The old friend saw Cui Long was wearing mourning clothes and the celebration banquet was just a brief one. He turned around and saw Cui Xiao frowning. He couldn't help but worry: "Is Shan Xiao worried that things might change? We have already sent people to replace the defenses in various places in the city. Even if this lady tricked us into surrendering, we don't have to worry about her trying to catch us in a trap."

Dare to plot?
I'm afraid the city will be flooded with blood.

Cui Xiao forced a smile: "It's not because of this."

He was worried that his granddaughter was too bold.

The reason why the family opened the city with the help of others was not for any righteousness, but to take the opportunity to annex the assets of the Yuan family - yes, she wanted to kill her husband's family. In addition to the Yuan family, there were two other families in the city who were also prey.

Kangguo was pleased to see her move.

But from the perspective of Qi State, this move could be criticized.

Having no moral principles, no stance, and only interested in profit, Cui Xiao once suspected that Cui Zhi was too stingy and deducted Cui Long's monthly salary.

Any force would hate to have no bottom line.

When Kang State unified the southwest, Qi State would also be included in its territory.

Isn't the Censorate going to use this as an excuse to fight to the death?
Oh, Cui Xiao himself is from the Censorate.

He cannot break the law knowingly, nor can he cover up for someone.

Except for special cases, the time node is generally the incorporation of Kangguo. The only way is to let Cui Long cut off all the past and make everything clear before the dust settles.

"...She and I have some history." Cui Xiao did not directly reveal the grandfather-grandson relationship, but said tactfully, "You have also seen that she comes from an aristocratic family, and some of her livelihoods are strictly prohibited in the country..."

For example, smuggling salt and iron.

It is not quite accurate to say that it was smuggling. They had legitimate salt permits, which were given by Cui Zhi. However, part of it was used for public accounts and part for private accounts. The amount of profit from the private accounts is unknown. Did Cui Zhi know that the dowry he gave to his daughter was used for this?
"Oh, are you afraid that she will be liquidated?"

“I do have that concern.”

My old friend thought it was something important.

He said casually: "Tell her to stop as soon as possible."

There is only one chance to turn over a new leaf and get ashore.

Cui Xiao: "..."

Could he not know?

The question is how to convince the other party!
At this time, he regretted letting Cui Zhi run away. If Cui Zhi was still alive, he could still use his identity as Old Taishan to order Cui Zhi around. The words of his grandfather, whom he had never met, were not effective, and the words of his biological father always had some weight: "When he should be there, he was not there..."

wrong--

He can also ask Cui Hui to come and act as a lobbyist.

_(:з　∠)_
It’s the first day of November, so I’m taking a day off and the update will be a bit short.

PS: It is normal that Cui Zhi is not aware of his daughter's private activities. No matter how powerful he is, he cannot monitor everyone. The spies he placed around his daughter are still his daughter's people. The relationship between father and daughter is not as close as that between mother and daughter. Cui Zhi has been running around for Qi Guo for more than a year. It is impossible for him to always control his daughter who has already started a family and is independent.

PPS: Mei Meng has been Cui Long's idol since childhood. In addition to what her mother Cui Hui inherited from her, as well as the resources she gained under the Cui family environment, Cui Long is young and energetic and dares to touch anything_(:з」∠)_ anyway, her father can clean up her mess.