Chapter 24 Cao Hu's gaffe
After a erotic bath, Lu Haoshan came out a little tiredly after nearly an hour.
Life is full of joy. Beauties are in front of you, and Lu Haoshan is also the boss. You are not polite now. Now it is fake. I don’t know when it will be discovered. If you can enjoy it, enjoy it. Next to Lu Haoshan, there is also a little shy Chen Zi. This beautiful flower has just been nourished by the "rain and dew" and becomes more and more beautiful.
"Young Master, Miss Zi'er" Liu Jinzhu hurriedly saluted the two of them.
Now Chen Zi is the only woman in Houya, and she has been favored recently. As a Changsui, Liu Jinzhu naturally has to be respectful to her. This is what Lu Haoshan asked him privately.
You have to do a full set of acting.
Lu Haoshan looked at the gifts on that place and asked casually: "Have you counted them all?"
"Reply to the young master's words," Liu Jinzhu hurriedly said, "I have all calculated it clearly. Among these gift boxes, there are small yellow croaker (gold bars), ingots, copper coins, jewelry, fruits and pastries, etc. The cash is 128 taels, and the others are not calculated, they are all here, Master, please look..."
This is a lot of benefits to becoming an official. In terms of salary, it only takes thirty or forty taels a year. But now, you can easily get more than 100 taels of silver into the account, which is worth three or four years of salary. The gifts have not been calculated. Historical records show that after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it makes sense that officials became corruption in the past. Such a ** is indeed difficult to refuse, and no one is willing to be unable to get over the money.
I went to inspect before the Chinese New Year. This was something Lu Haoshan found out when he was disguised. He deliberately said in front of Chen Zi that it was Cao Hu who offered his plan, just to destroy Chen Gui's right-hand man. It is said that Chen Gui rushed to inspect every year, and it turned out that it was so good and so good.
Of course, if Chen Gui collects these benefits, he still has to pay a copy to the county magistrate. Unlike Lu Haoshan, who is the nominal local emperor in Jiangyou County, he can eat without paying a penny and eat alone.
"Zi'er, take whatever you like." Lu Haoshan said generously.
Chen is pretty, beautiful, has a good figure, is charming on the outside and sexy on the inside, and has a high degree of cooperation on the bed. Lu Haoshan is very satisfied with her performance and has to give her a little sweetheart. Anyway, she is in her own hands, and hers is also her own. Besides, she is Chen Gui's chess piece, and isn't it her own?
"Yes, Zi'er thanks the master for the reward." Chen Zi thanked him, walked to the pile of gift boxes, picked up a jade bracelet and two beads, and saluted Lu Haoshan, "Zi'er has been picked, thanks the master for the reward."
Chen Haoshan frowned and said, "This is too few, and there are not many good jewelry pieces. Jinzhu, use thirty taels of silver for Zi'er as pocket money. Leave what you can't eat, and you can exchange it for cash in cash."
"Yes, Master."
When Chen Zi heard this, a look of emotion appeared in his eyes. Few masters would be so generous. You know, a county magistrate's salary is only thirty or forty taels per year, and the other masters would be able to reward one or two taels per year. These thirty taels are almost the same as Lu Haoshan's salary for one or two taels per year, but he rewarded him without blinking. It is rare to see such generous people, and he hurriedly thanked him.
However, no matter how moved Chen Zi was, she had not forgotten her mission. After getting the money, she said softly: "Master, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, but the backyard has not been purchased and it is deserted. It is better to buy some lanterns, door god couplets and other items to decorate it to add a festive atmosphere. I wonder what the master wants?"
"Well, Zi'er is still thoughtful. You can do this matter. How much money is needed? Find Jinzhu. By the way, if you want Jinzhu to accompany you, you can also bring some things. Master, I have been traveling for a few days and I am about to take a break, but I won't go."
"I dare not bother Master," Chen Zi said quickly: "The master is only Jin Zhu, one of them. If the maid and him leave, no one will serve the master. The maid can just ask two yamen runners to accompany him. Jin Zhu will stay by the master's side to serve him."
When Chen Zi found out that it was Cao Hu who disclosed the news to the county magistrate, he naturally had to go back to report to Chen Gui. If Liu Jinzhu followed behind, it would be inconvenient, so he hurriedly refused after hearing this.
Lu Haoshan didn't insist, and in fact he guessed what she wanted to do, nodded and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want to buy. By the way, it's almost the New Year, so I'll put on two new clothes for myself."
"Yes, Master."
Soon, Lu Haoshan returned to his room to rest, Liu Jinzhu counted the gifts into the warehouse, and Chen Zi brought a fire-burning cook, Aunt Xi, out on the street.
Not long after leaving the county government office, Chen Zi secretly stuffed a note to the fat shopkeeper in the silk shop. In less than two quarters of an hour, the note was transferred to the county magistrate Chen Gui.
After reading the above content, Chen Gui slapped the note on the table with a "snap" and said gritting his teeth: "Damn, Cao Hu, the unfamiliar ungrateful wolf, why did you know that the Lu surnamed Lu had a backer and shook his tail so quickly."
"Cao Hu, the man who was facing each other, said that he had a backbone behind his head. No wonder so many people called him Cao Weiyan. Hehe, it turns out that he knows people but not his heart. It is difficult to draw a tiger and paint a bone. Sir, you have to be careful." Zhou Dayuan, who was beside him, said with jealousy.
Zhou Dayuan and Cao Hu, one manage the household house and the other controls the three fast yamen. It can be said that Chen Gui's literary and military affairs are not at all conflicts, but Zhou Dayuan is a Tongsheng, and Cao Hu is a martial artist. He is polite on the surface, but in fact he looks down on the other party. He also shows favor from time to time. If one party is in trouble, the other will be happy to add a "stone". Now when he hears Cao Hu secretly flatters the new county Ren and snatch Chen Gui's fat manipulation, the household official will naturally not miss this opportunity.
Chen Gui's face was as deep as water and said coldly: "This guy knows it in his heart, don't say too much."
"Yes, sir." Zhou Dayuan knew that his words touched Chen Gui, and he stopped as soon as he saw the consequences.
After Chen Gui finished speaking, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Chen Er"
"Master." Chen Gui's close follower immediately stepped forward to obey the order.
"Tell me what I said, let Cao Hu come over and drink after he dispersed the price."
"Yes, Master."
After Chen Er stepped down, Chen Gui sat down, picked up a cup of tea, and sipped it gently. Zhou Dayuan saw that this was the intention of serving tea and seeing off guests. It seemed that his old boss set up this "Hongmen Banquet" and did not want to participate by himself. He quickly said, "Sir, there are some things in the household. If there is no other order, the villain will take his leave."
"Go." Chen Gui said lightly.
Chen Gui is in a bad mood now. In fact, no matter who knows that his subordinates betray him, he will be in a bad mood, let alone a person who regards him as his right-hand man.
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As night falls, the streets are a little deserted. The cold wind brings up a few pieces of deciduous clovers to fly in the air. Lanterns sway in the cold wind. The streets are deserted. Although the Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, in this cold season, it is naturally much more comfortable for the whole family to hide in warm houses. Besides, the harvest is average, so I can barely spend the New Year. Don’t tell what the situation is like. Now mobs are everywhere, and I don’t know what will happen tomorrow. In such a cold day, no one wants to wander outside.
However, no matter how cold the sky was, no matter how dark the ground was, and no matter how warm the quilt of the red card Xiangxiang girl in Cuiyi Garden was, Cao Hu still had to ride a horse to the county magistrate's house alone. Chen Gui was his old boss and he also held up his own person in one hand. As long as he spoke, Cao Hu had no excuse to refuse. Although he was reluctant, he still had to attend the banquet on time.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at Chen's house. Cao Hu gently pinned his horse and stopped his horse. Looking at the two big words "Chen's house", he was a little lost for a moment.
Here we have our benefactors and our first lovers we long forever. Every time we come, we feel it in our hearts. For Cao Hu, the high threshold is the door to wealth and a passage to enter his inner regret. Every time we come here, we have a very complicated feeling in our hearts.
"Oh, it's Captain Cao who is here. Come on, the villain will lead you to the horse." At this time, the doorman found that Cao Hu was here, so he hurried to lead him to the horse.
"Go, feed it better." Cao Hu came to his senses, threw a silver bean to the door, and ordered loudly.
You don’t need these rewards in normal times, but the Chinese New Year is coming soon. It’s better not to save these small money. As the saying goes, the King of Hell is better, and the little ghosts are difficult to deal with. These disciples are sometimes very useful.
"Okay, Master Cao, don't worry, your horse is served with good feed." The door responded quickly after getting the reward.
Cao Hu nodded, without anyone leading the way, and walked in with a familiarity.
It's almost the Chinese New Year, Brother Chen won't want to reward him, Cao Hu thought happily, as Chen Gui's right-hand man, Chen Gui's opponent is generous, and now it's almost the Chinese New Year, so I still want it. I went to the countryside with the county magistrate to inspect the countryside a few days ago, and I might not catch up. Now I call myself here, yes, that's it. I performed well this year, and Chen Gui praised him.
Well, that's right, Cao Hu thought happily: I went to the countryside with the magistrate of Lu County a few days ago and made a fortune. Brother Chen gave me another one. This year, I can have a fat New Year. Well, Xiangxiang's little hooves are very good at serving people. Otherwise, he would say to ** and redeem her to serve him specifically. Suddenly, Cao Hu's eyes stagnated, his mouth opened, and his feet seemed to be trapped in mud. He couldn't move for a long time, as if he was immobilized.
woman!
A woman came towards her, with a tall bun, a goose egg-faced face, a slightly plump figure, and a pair of watery single phoenix eyes, which looked very energetic. She was wearing a silver-red gauze-white silk-woven shirt, a bean-green edge, a golden-red heart-like armor, a white silk-painted skirt, and a pink flower-rock high-soled shoes, like a human-faced peach blossom. Cao Hu was fascinated for a moment, and the woman coming towards her was also quite shocked when she saw Cao Hu. In an instant, her eyes met, and in an instant, there seemed to be thousands of words to say, but no one said it.
The woman reacted first, lowered her head and whispered: "Captain Cao."
Cao Hu turned a deaf ear and couldn't help saying, "Yun Niang..." before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the woman:
"Captain Cao, please respect yourself. The little woman is married to a wife. You should call me Mrs. Chen, or Chen Li, now."
Chapter completed!