People are among the Eight Immortals, starting from Painted Skin Ghost

Chapter 367 The Eight Immortals in Shangdong finally gather together! 【two】

Department of punishment, main hall.

Cao Jingxiu frowned as he looked at the pile of memorials to impeach his brother before the case.

After reading several books patiently, Cao Jingxiu's frown deepened and he became angry:

"Brother Qian, what have you been doing these past few days?"

"It's so unbecoming and disgraceful to the royal family!"

"When I go back tonight, I must persuade my mother to discipline my humble brother. If not, it will cause disaster sooner or later!"

Just as he was thinking about it, a fat-bellied official suddenly walked over beside him.

After looking at the memorial on the case, he said:

"Master Cao, his brother's character is corrupt. He should be more disciplined when he comes back."

"I heard that your brother was recently found. He suffered a lot in the past. Now that he has become the uncle of the country, it is naturally difficult to change his old habits."

"Thanks to the sharp eyes of those in charge of me, I took a closer look at this memorial and realized that it was for impeachment of your younger brother. It would be bad if it was presented to the emperor."

"Master Lao Yan is here."

Hearing this, Cao Jingxiu quickly stood up and thanked him.

This Master Yan, like himself, is also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

However, he was Zuo Shilang, whose official position was somewhat higher than his own.

The former minister of punishment was named Yang.

He has been demoted from the capital due to his misconduct, corruption and bribery in the Wanguan Bank case.

This Master Yan is the newly appointed Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Justice.

Cao Jingxiu didn't understand what Master Yan said. He was trying to teach him. If it weren't for the sake of the Cao family, he would have submitted these memorials.

How could they still send someone to deliver it?

However, even so, Cao Jingxiu knew that the Cao family would eventually have some leverage in Master Yan's hands.

But fortunately, Cao Jingxiu understood that his brother Cao Jingqian's problems were not big.

It's okay if you correct it in time.

After saying a few polite words to Master Yan, she watched him leave.

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at night.

This is a rare trip back to Cao Jingqian's house to have dinner with Mrs. Cao.

At the dinner table, Mrs. Cao couldn't help but ask:

"Qian'er, why are you free to go home for dinner tonight?"

"My child misses his mother, so he naturally wants to spend more time with her." Alai replied with a smile against his will.

The reason why he went home was because he had finished paying off the money Mrs. Cao gave him a while ago.

I was unlucky this morning and lost some money at the casino.

Fortunately, Beware knew that he was from Cao Mansion, so he didn't make it more difficult.

Just ask him to come back tomorrow with enough silver.

Although Cao Jingqian didn't dare to play tricks in the casino, he actually knew in his heart that the person behind the casino had a lot of background.

If you really want to break it up, it might not be any weaker than the Cao family.

"I think you've spent all your money?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cao narrowed her eyes and smiled.

After being exposed by Mrs. Cao, Alai quickly stood up, walked behind Mrs. Cao, beat her shoulders, and said to please her:

"Mom, I just came to Kaifeng City, and I felt that everything was new, so I couldn't help but spend more. But I promise that when the freshness wears off, I will study hard like my elder brother and strive to be named on the gold list as soon as possible. !”

Hearing this, Mrs. Cao said dotingly:

"Qian'er, mother is very happy that you have this realization."

"My mother knows that you have lived a hard life before, and now you still need to adapt to the new environment. I still have some money here, so you can spend it first."

"Thank you, mother!"

Seeing the paper notes and pieces of silver that Mrs. Cao had escaped from her arms, Alai quickly took them, carefully put them away, and put them on his body.

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After dinner, Alai told Mrs. Cao to pay attention to her health and rest early.

He left the house again, preparing to go to the casino to kill everyone and win back all the money he lost this morning.

But what a coincidence.

As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw Yiguan Bridge falling in front of the gate.

Soon, a young man with a square face walked out of the bridge.

"Big brother!"

Seeing Cao Jingxiu, Alai was stunned for a moment and stepped forward.

Cao Jingxiu nodded slightly and immediately asked:

"Brother Qian, it's so late, why are you still leaving the house?"

"Where are we going?"

Alai thought for a while, then casually came up with a reason and said:

"Well, I have made friends with a few disciples of officials' families, and I plan to go back and study with a teacher to learn calligraphy."

Cao Jingxiu saw that the cuffs on Alai's chest were slightly heavy, and he knew that he was carrying some silver and was going to hang out outside.

It was really hard to believe his words, so he said directly:

"You want to study and practice calligraphy. I know a few old gentlemen in the academy and I will introduce them to you."

"It's getting late tonight, you'd better go home with Brother Wei."

"yes, Sir."

Alai had no choice but to agree.

He was still afraid of Cao Jingxiu.

One is that he is a high official in the imperial court after all; the other is what Ao Lin told him before leaving.

When they got home, Cao Jingxiu asked Alai to go back and rest first.

As for him, he came to Mrs. Cao's courtyard and asked a nun outside the door:

"Has mother ever gone to bed?"

"No." Mrs. Cao's personal nanny shook her head.

"Then please tell mother that the child needs to see you for something," Cao Jingxiu said.

"Yes." The personal nanny replied respectfully.

After saying that, he went to the back room to report to Mrs. Cao.

Not long after, Mrs. Cao was neatly dressed, sitting in the side hall, and asked someone to call Cao Jingxiu to come in.

Seeing Cao Jingxiu entering the door, Mrs. Cao smiled broadly and said:

"Xiu'er, it's late at night. If you don't go back to your room to rest, you come to see your mother. What do you want to say?"

After finishing her words, before Cao Jingxiu could answer, Mrs. Cao started to guess on her own:

"Could it be that you have a crush on a certain official lady? I want to ask your mother to help you arrange a marriage."

"It's not my mother's boast. With your appearance, talent, status and status, you can choose any girl from any family in the capital except those princesses."

Cao Jingxiu is not young anymore, and from Mrs. Cao's point of view, it's time for them to get married.

Even if Cao Jingxiu doesn't come to see her tonight, in a few days Mrs. Cao will invite a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for her.

Hearing this, Cao Jingxiu couldn't laugh or cry:

"Mother, what did you say?"

"My child, I came here tonight for my brother's sake."

"Qian'er, what's wrong with him?" Madam Cao asked puzzledly, not doubting that he was there.

Cao Jingxiu sighed and said, "Mom, do you know what Qian'er has been doing outside these days?"

Madam Cao said without thinking too much:

"It's just a visit to Kaifeng City. Don't you know what your humble brother's life was like before we got to know each other?"

Cao Jingxiu shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"If it's just a visit to the capital, he stays in prostitutes at night, bullies good people, gets drunk and causes trouble, and loves gambling!"

"Mother doesn't know that the memorials to impeach Brother Qian are almost filling up the children's desks!"

As soon as these words came out.

Mrs. Cao couldn't sit still for a moment:

"what?!"

"How could this happen?"

"Xiu'er, are you making a mistake?"

I'm afraid my mother won't believe it.

Cao Jingxiu told Mrs. Cao about his previous encounter with Cao Jingqian at the door.

At this time, Mrs. Cao's face suddenly became panicked and she asked:

"Then what did you do?"

Cao Jingxiu said: "Fortunately, Mr. Yan, the left minister of the Criminal Department, did not want to offend our Cao family and sold a favor to us."

"If not, Brother Qian will suffer a lot." At this point, Cao Jingxiu showed a solemn look on his face and advised Mrs. Cao:

"Mother, you will be happy to know that my son has found his brother Qian. He has suffered enough outside and is now home. There is no harm in pampering him more."

"But once you become too proud, it will be bad."

"Yun Mei has just established a foothold in the palace, and Haier has not yet made any achievements since he became the Minister of Justice. On this occasion, it is best for our Cao family to keep a low profile."

"My child is busy with official duties, and Yun Mei is not at home. Mother must exercise more control over Qiandi. Don't cause a big disaster, otherwise it will be too late!"

After talking about it, Mrs. Cao also felt that the problem reflected in this matter was not small.

She nodded and said:

"Xiu'er, mother understands what you mean and will control your humble brother!"

Cao Jingxiu breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Madam Cao, and said:

"With the mother's words, the child will feel relieved."

"Don't disturb mother's rest. The child will go back first."

"You should also rest early." Mrs. Cao said with concern.

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Silent all night.

The next morning.

Mrs. Cao specially asked someone to wake up Cao Jingqian.

Yan Alai didn't make it to the casino last night and felt angry.

I found a pretty maid to sleep with.

Before she woke up, a servant came knocking on the door and asked the old lady to come over and say hello.

Although Alai didn't want to, he still got up.

In his opinion, the reason why the old lady asked him to go was probably because of his eldest brother Cao Jingxiu.

When they arrived at the front hall, Alai and Mrs. Cao served tea and they chatted for a few words.

Mrs. Cao got straight to the point and said:

"Qian'er, last night your eldest brother came home and told mother that you had been wandering around Kaifeng these past few days and had caused a lot of trouble."

"I'm asking you, mother, if this is the case?"

After saying this, Alai's heart tightened and he subconsciously said:

"Mother, it's all nonsense from those unscrupulous people. The child has not caused any trouble at all. My eldest brother must have made a mistake."

"Qian'er, do you want to tell the truth?"

Mrs. Cao's tone was no longer pleasant, but she showed off her mistress-like style and shouted softly.

Seeing this situation, Alai quickly admitted his mistake and said:

"Mom, I know I was wrong, and I shouldn't lie to you. I'm really in Kaifeng these days and haven't done anything serious."

"But the child also has difficulties. My mother doesn't know how those people bullied the child when I was a beggar. Even the children of several years old passing by dared to spit on me. The child just took a small revenge. "

"As for the rest, the child was lost since he was a child and wandered alone. No one taught the child any principles of life. In order to survive, the child couldn't help but learn this bad habit, but he will not be able to change it for a while."

"I hope my mother will forgive me. I will try my best to change my ways and not let my mother and brother down!"

Speaking of sadness, Alai's eyes were slightly red, and he burst into tears.

After all, Mrs. Cao is too old and has soft ears to see this.

After all, she also understood that this family owed a lot to Cao Jingqian. Seeing Alai kneeling on the ground miserable, she felt extremely sympathetic and hurriedly helped him up and said:

"Qian'er, mother knows that you have suffered too many injustices in recent years."

"But let's not go too far when we act, and we must keep to ourselves. Mom will not ask you to be rich or noble in this life. I just hope that you will be safe and smooth in the future."

"Mom, I promise I won't mess around again."

Seeing that this trick worked, Alai was overjoyed and immediately made a show of changing his past.

"it is good!"

"Then my mother won't pursue the matter that happened before."

Madam Cao smiled and nodded.

After having breakfast with Mrs. Cao, Alai left the house as usual and rushed to the casino.

Today, he was very lucky.

I also paid off yesterday’s gambling debt and won a few small games.

Thinking of Mrs. Cao's warning in the morning, Alai finally returned home in the evening.

It was the same for several days.

I just slept with the maid, and changed several of them.

On this day, Alai was wandering on the street and suddenly saw a beautiful woman.

"It turns out to be her!"

Seeing this person, Alai suddenly felt enlightened.

It is said that when he was begging in Kaifeng, he stayed on the roadside and begged for alms from people passing by. Occasionally, he also had reverie about some young women passing by.

Among them, the one he met today was the object of his reverie in the past.

Seeing the woman's graceful curves, Alai's heart surged with evil fire, and he hurriedly told the people around him:

"Go, follow this woman!"

"Look where she lives?"

"Go back and get it to your house, I will be rewarded heavily by this young master!"

Say it.

The attendant beside him immediately replied:

"Yes, second son!"

"I understand, little one!"

After a while, when the woman disappeared from the crowd, Alai came back to his senses and ran to a restaurant to drink.

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At night, Alai returned to Cao's house on time.

These days, in order to deal with his elder brother, Alai really bought a lot of books and went home.

I turned it over a few times to show off.

At night, when midnight was approaching, Alai couldn't sleep at all because he was thinking about the woman he met during the day.

It was late at night, and there was indeed a movement in the yard where I lived.

"Second Young Master, are you asleep?"

Outside the door, a servant whispered.

"You didn't sleep, did you succeed?" Alai opened the door and walked out.

"Successful."

In the shadows, there was a woman with a plump butt and waist on her shoulders, smiling sinisterly at Alai.

"Well done!"

Seeing this, Alai praised him.

He knocked the man over casually and got a piece of gold.

The servant got the gold and suddenly smiled.

He hurriedly carried the person carefully to Alai's bed.

After a while, the servant had a wrong idea and said:

"Second Young Master, this girl has taken the sweat medicine and will definitely not wake up for a while."

"When the second young master is finished, we will send her back."

"In this way, no one is aware of it."

Hearing this, Alai felt that this plan was very clever and exciting, so he nodded and said:

"You have a good idea. When you come back, you can follow me as a young master. I will make sure that you enjoy the food and drink spicy food."

"It should be." The servant smiled.

After saying that, he wisely withdrew and did not disturb his young master's good deeds.

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After about two hours, Alai finally had enough trouble and let the servant come in and send the person away.

In this room, Alai just fell asleep.

At dawn, Alai opened his sleepy eyes and saw that the servant hadn't come back yet, so he didn't think much about it.

He just thought that he had given him gold and went to find happiness.

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(End of this chapter)