Early in the morning, Mrs. Wang quickly sent someone to call Xu Hao. When he arrived, he immediately said, "I have something to tell you. Before dawn, several princes and marquis came to report the demise. You are the only man in this family. Hurry up and go to the city to pay condolences. This is the order, take it."

Xu Hao reached out to take it. In the past, the wealthy families in the capital had followed the leaders of the mansion and made a little statement. Now, people sent someone to inform them. The so-called "ritual exchanges" must not be missed in the future, and I don't know how much money I have to fill in.

Sure enough, Wang said embarrassedly: "I just sent the monthly money yesterday. The accountant said that there was not much cash in the warehouse. I only had 180 taels of scattered silver in my hand, so I had to keep it for your second sister and Cuiyun and others to buy clothes. In this way, you bring 100 taels of cash in from your family, and after entering the city, you will go to the shop to bring 600 taels of official silver. The Duke's family will receive a gift of 200 taels, and the marquis's mansion will be 100 taels, and the four families will be 600 taels. The 100 taels are used to buy some paper, incense, candles and other sacrifices to be sent in separately. This matter must be done safely, and your aunt will remember your hard work in your heart."

"I understand." Xu Hao didn't know what to say at this moment, so he nodded and turned around.

He knew that Wang was not having money, but he didn't want to use his private room. He felt a little dissatisfied. When receiving gifts, he mostly entered your house, but he had to bear all the gifts back. However, he said that the gift was such a gift, but it always made people uncomfortable. And he actually had a total of 700 taels of silver on one mouth. If he drove a few more people to die in the family in Ming Dynasty, would he have to continue rushing over and give away the money?

Besides, I won’t know what the dead person is. If the death is just a concubine or a favored maid, wouldn’t it be too unfair to give the money?

After Xu Hao came out, he stood up and thought. He didn't plan to go to his shop to get money, nor did he expect to join the wealthy families in the future. It would be fine. Even if his wife found out that she was blamed in the future, I would see how the family members reacted. If they were angry, I would move out and pass it alone.

As a result, he withdrew fifty taels of silver from the account. Xu Hao and his men rushed to the capital and asked the boys to go to each family to inquire about the address and the identity of the dead. He first bought some incense, candle and dark paper and went directly to the Lan Mansion of the Duke of Liang.

When I arrived at the intersection of the street outside the Duke's Mansion, I saw a whole street with colorful sheds. The so-called red and white wedding events were the ancient sayings. The altars were filled with paper flowers and sacrifices. The servants of each family were wearing white mourning clothes. Hundreds of monks and Taoists carried magical instruments and walked around while chanting scriptures. Countless lit incense candles and burned ashes incense paper were flying all over the sky, making the whole street full of smoke and fire.

Xu Hao was shocked and said, "Who died so much?" Could it be Lan Yu's father? He handed the horse to the guard and walked in with a string of incense paper alone.

There were endless guests coming to pay their respects, and a load of sacrifices flowed into the mansion. In comparison, Xu Hao seemed the most shabby, but Xu Hao didn't care. Lan Yu didn't have much time to live, so why did he waste his money on a dead person?

In fact, he sympathized with Lan Yu very much. After all, he was a national hero. Unfortunately, he could not get a reputation after his death. If Lan Yu had not died, there might not be a chance for Zhu Di. However, Lan Yu's reputation and power were too great. It is said that he had a bad temper and killed officials at any time. He really was not allowed to wait for him to cover up the emperor, and he would depose Zhu Yunwen and instead support his nephew ascend to the throne.

While thinking about it, Xu Hao secretly observed. From the guests' posture and eight-character steps, it can be seen that most of them were officials and the extraordinary young masters of wealthy families recognized them, but they almost all followed their elders and were inconvenient to speak and nodded slightly to Xu Hao.

It takes time to enter the mansion to burn incense and worship, so the ten spiritual sheds in front of the mansion are for guests to wait for the time being. In this environment, most officials who pay attention to their identities mostly wait silently after a few greetings, while the young men and relatives and friends whisper to each other constantly.

Xu Hao found that the officials in the court all went to the left to register and presented sacrifices. The left was the most respected! He walked to the table on the right and suddenly found that one of the two young men in front was Zhan Yu and the other was Yu Manting.

It happened that Yu Manting looked back and saw Xu Hao twisting his mouth towards Zhan Yu in surprise. Zhan Yu turned around and smiled and said, "It turned out to be Brother Xu, what a coincidence."

"What a coincidence, I have met two brothers." Xu Hao thought to himself, how could it be a coincidence? The three love rivals are all together.

Zhan Yu asked, "Did you come here alone?"

Xu Hao nodded and said, "The elders at home are not at home, so I rushed over to worship the deceased."

Zhan Yu said: "Everyone's situation is similar. Brother Yu and I also came here on behalf of our family."

Xu Hao smiled. He knew that Yu Manting might be the same as his own, while Zhan Yu's father was inconvenient to come because of his high position and power, so he asked his son to take a trip on his behalf.

At this time, Yu Manting had already handed over the gift lists from both families, and his servant carried more than a dozen loads of gifts into the side door. The manager stood and smiled to express his gratitude.

Xu Hao regretted that he had come too early and would definitely be ridiculed now. Now that things have come, he gritted his teeth and handed a string of incense paper forward, and gently placed the ten taels of silver wrapped in white paper on the table.

The manager was stunned and glanced at Xu Hao, and his smile slowly became cold. Yu Manting, who was on the other hand, made a sarcastic laugh and deliberately said to Zhan Yu: "See, the Xu family is really generous in taking action."

Seeing this, the manager asked with a cold face: "Young Master, what do you mean?"

Xu Hao stared at him directly and sneered: "What? I think it's too little?"

The manager is talking nonsense. You can get a beggar with such a little thing? But there are guests around you. He said patiently: "There are quite a lot. Please report your name. When you return the gift in the future, our family will have a source."

Yu Manting smiled and looked at the show, but Zhan Yu was not bad-hearted, for fear that Xu Hao would offend the Lan family because of his young and ignorant nature. He hurriedly said, "He was just here in a hurry, and someone must have been sent to the family."

The manager suddenly realized and immediately smiled and said, "It seems that this is the little boy's own wish, so thank you."

At this time, many people around him noticed this scene. As the public enemy in the entire circle of young masters, some of them took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Someone immediately mocked him: "That's ten taels of silver, right? Ha! They are the masters who have been mingling with the emperor and grandchildren all day long, and some are treasures given by the emperor, who are really stingy."

The others were talking to each other, and Xu Hao pretended not to hear it and said seriously: "I am the whole family. To be honest, I am now a priest and a guard with swords in front of the emperor. The mansion is the home of the general of the dynasty. In order to avoid suspicion, it is inconvenient to send too many gifts. I hope your mansion will be considerate."

After saying that, Xu Hao turned around and faced the guys who laughed at him, and said coldly: "Who said I was stingy just now? If you have the courage, report the name. I will go back to the palace and report to the emperor immediately. I want to see how many gifts your family has given? The ugly words are ahead. If there are those who surpass the etiquette system, don't blame us as guards for their public affairs in accordance with the law."

As soon as these words were said, many people immediately shut up and dared not speak, and some even hurriedly dodged back, for fear of being kept in mind by Xu Hao.

More people are not afraid at all. Just because they are in exchange for favors, what can Your Majesty blame? But if this guy really sues him, it would be disgusting. Everyone curses the villain in their hearts.

Yu Manting was dissatisfied and was about to refute, but Zhan Yu pulled him and whispered: "Don't speak randomly, so as to avoid causing trouble."

Yu Manting felt a stern heart. He said that Xu Hao has been a sensible figure in the capital recently. It is said that no one of the dragons, sons, phoenix grandsons of the major vassal palaces do not know him. Some of them have direct channels to Shengting, and they would rather offend gentlemen than villains.

Xu Hao suppressed these rude guys at the sight of him. Even if everyone despises him, that would be better. I hope that all the dignitaries and nobles will draw a clear line with their own family from now on. It would be better than accompanying you to die.

In this way, Xu Hao simply raised his voice and said loudly: "Plan in his position, and General Lan's mansion will be an example in the future. The Xu family will do their best to make friends with relatives and friends. Never dare to make friends with civil and military officials privately! Say goodbye."

After turning around, Xu Hao left alone, regardless of what these people were thinking. Later, he went from house to house like this, and gave him ten taels of silver and a string of incense and candles, and did not go in to burn incense and worship. He left in the eyes of others. In short, no matter what his identity was, he would be equal anyway.

After finishing, Xu Hao was stopped by the Xu Mansion's manager before he could walk out of the city gate and went to the mansion with him.

In the study, Xu Huizu slapped the table hard and said sternly with a dark face: "The whole capital is scolding my Xu family for fame. Do you know that you still represent the entire Xu family? You are simply bold and bold!"

Xu Hao lowered his head and was not afraid. He slowly explained: "The family is in a difficult situation, so he has no choice but to do this. Anyway, I don't plan to make friends with them. I might as well offend all the people through this matter, so I save endless welcome and sending them."

Xu Huizu's anger disappeared, and he was stunned for a long time before smiling bitterly: "Sure enough, you are a smart person, much better than your short-sighted uncle, but this kind of scheming method is not advisable. In short, this time, the entire Xu family was implicated by you. You wouldn't come over and say it if you lack money? At least according to the past practice, just add one for your family."

Xu Hao didn't expect that the angry Xu Huizu would become bitter. He raised his head strangely and said, "This is all my nephew's simple insight. Not to mention that there are difficulties in the mansion. Since the old man here has already taken military positions, he will do his best to the mansion here on the surface. If there is an accident on one side, there is still a man who can retain his vitality and can support each other in the future."

"Did you know something?" Xu Huizu stared at Xu Hao and asked word by word.

Xu Hao was surprised, but said calmly, "The uncle asked my nephew to see more of the world that day, so my nephew was particularly careful."

Xu Huizu thought he had heard something from Zhu Gaochi, and snorted coldly: "You are very knowledgeable. You and the fourth uncle are the same as each other. In his heart, he is the only one in the Yan Palace. Yan Palace! I warn you that as a minister, you must be loyal to the emperor and patriotism first, and family affection must be put second. Now, the King of Yan secretly complains that the Duke of Liang is arrogant and has many illegal acts. Liang State announced that the King of Yan has his own troops and is in great difficulty to control the situation.
Chapter completed!