Chapter 72 Xu Family
Thanks to the demon fish Dudu and Zhilan before the death, the three-digit tube in the tree outside the window for rewards. What is the update ticket? It seems that it will be hard to write. Haha!
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After being scared by Xu Huizu, Xu Hao walked out in a daze. He really listened to his words. Without knowing the real details of history, who knows what turbulence will happen in the capital?
Xu Huizu's attitude was undoubtedly to consider issues from the height of the entire family. He was determined to protect the safety of the family and would have to choose to be loyal to the emperor.
Temporarily labeled Xu Huizu as a loyal minister. Xu Hao had a whim and asked the servants about his knowledge that the court was over today and the elders were all at home, so he ran to see his second uncle Xu Yingxu.
Xu Yingxu is honest and hard-working, and has a low presence in the Xu Mansion. He usually stays at home except for attending court and is not many friends. Compared to the Xu family who talks about Xu Huizu's cold face and is cold-hearted, while the Xu Mansion says that Xu Yingxu is the real cold-hearted person and is indifferent to anything about the family.
Xu Yingxu has a well-known advantage, which is filial piety, and always stays by his old father.
Xu Hao ignored his second uncle because Xu Yingxu and his father Xu Qingtang had the closest relationship, and the silk shop was opened by the two of them together.
Xu Yingxu's official position is the lowest among the three brothers. He has been from the fifth-rank Shangbao Si Shaoqing for so many years. Shangbao Si is a famous Qingshui Yamen. He is nominally in charge of the country's important weapons such as jade seals, but in fact he has nothing.
There is a joke in the officialdom, saying that whenever the emperor wants to use the jade seal, the officials of Shangbaosi would run happily to find the eunuch in charge of Shangbaosi to ask for the eunuch. Sometimes the eunuchs like to ignore it, and Shangbaosi would have to ask their grandfather for suing their grandmother. After finally receiving the imperial edict, they would have to rush to the Nei Shangbaosi to ask the female official who held the seal. This imperial edict had no intimidation to the closest female officials around the emperor, and they had to try to please others. If the female officials were making things difficult for a while, the impatient emperor would accuse them of being ineffective in their work. In short, it was a wife's yamen and was angry.
In this way, Shang Baosi is seeking survival in the cracks all day long, and no one dares to offend anyone at all, otherwise they will just nag the eunuchs and palace maids, and keep it so that you, Shang Baosi, can't afford it.
Therefore, Shangbaosi is a place where no one wants to go. It is usually the first time that the guards and Jinshi who were awarded the title for the first time, the newcomers who have received merits, or the first stop for the nobles and the nobles to be eunuchs and ministers to be accepted as a springboard. If Xu Hao is promoted in the future, he is likely to come to Shangbaosi, who is both a scattered official, a nobleman and a nobleman.
With just such a cold yamen, Xu Yingxu has been staying for nearly ten years. It can be seen how low-key he is. He is basically not keen on careers, which is what he often says is not seeking progress.
My father and his second uncle have the same virtues, so it’s not that they have the same stinky taste. Xu Hao is also very close to Xu Yingxu because he is also a member of them.
Xu Yingxu seemed very happy when he saw Xu Hao. After a few words, he asked someone to go to the inner house. After a while, the servant came out with a few new clothes and asked Xu Hao to take them back to wear them.
After the laughter and crying Xu Hao thanked him, he came out. Fortunately, he only had Xinyi and no money. This was the disappearance of his family. Otherwise, wouldn’t he be regarded as a fight for Qiufeng?
He ran to the study of the fourth uncle Xu Zengshou again. Xu Zengshou is Xu Da's youngest son, less than 30 years old this year. He got married at the age of fifteen. His eldest son Xu Jingchang is already fourteen years old. He is deeply loved and arrogant by his parents.
Xu Zengshou is the youngest among his generation, but has a good career. Now Xu Huizu is the right governor of the Left Governor's Office. He is already the second-rank chief of the Left Governor's Office. It can be seen that he is good at socializing and versatile.
In Xu Hao's generation, everyone likes Xu Zengshou, who is kind and enthusiastic to others. Xu Zengshou cares about family affection the most. Any poor relatives from Fengyang's hometown come to the capital and know that they should find him, so that you will definitely return with a full load.
Xu Zengshou obviously knew the news that King Yan and Lan Yu were attacking each other. At this moment, he was sitting in the room worriedly. When he saw Xu Hao coming in, he said in a flash: "Come and sit next to me and chat with your fourth uncle."
Xu Hao walked over and sat down with a smile. Xu Zengshou asked about the current situation of the old lady and her relatives very seriously, and asked about Xu Hao's current situation. Xu Hao answered one by one.
Xu Zengshou sighed long, "Your Madam and Brother, I'm sorry for you. I'm getting strict orders. It's not convenient to go over and explain in person. Why bother with family? By the way, are there any urgent matters when you come here?"
Xu Hao smiled bitterly and said the condolences. After hearing this, Xu Zengshou immediately accused him: "You are too brave, and you dare to make decisions privately. As the saying goes, the dead are the most important. You are determined to save money but offend all your relatives' families. What difficulties will happen to your family in the future? Who can help you?"
Xu Hao thought to himself who was relatives with them? But that's right. His three aunts are all princesses. As long as his family has a little relationship with the royal family, wouldn't they all become relatives?
If that's the case, Lan Yu has a good relationship with us. Lan Yu's own sister is the crown princess, and my eldest sister is the wife of the King of Yan. What's the matter!
Looking at his speechless nephew, Xu Zengshou laughed and said, "Did you figure it out? It doesn't matter if you do something wrong. Just make up for it in time afterwards and say a few more polite words. Uncle Wei has prepared 1,000 taels of silver for you, and you can immediately make up for the sacrifice."
Is the fourth uncle so generous to take action? That's a thousand taels of silver! Xu Hao was really moved at this moment. Everyone said that the fourth uncle was the best for his relatives.
Without wanting to wait for Xu Hao to be with him, Xu Zengshou suddenly whispered: "You go to the Yan Prince's Mansion by the way and warn them that they must be honest and honest in recent days, especially Gao Xu. They must not hurt people for no reason. Now is an important moment. Any small matter will affect their future and life. Remember, remember!"
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After coming out, Xu Hao came back to the scene. It turned out that this fourth uncle regarded himself as a close comrade-in-arms with like-mindedness! That's true. It seems that Xu Zengshou has completely stood on the side of his brother-in-law Zhu Di.
It was funny to think about it. I was warned and got clothes and silver, which was a big gain. Xu Hao naturally would not give all the money out of it. He didn't want to come to the house in person, so he ordered the guards to make up fifty taels of silver from their family and wrote a name to offer it. The remaining 800 taels were just for decoration in the hotel. Then he went to the Yan Prince's Mansion by himself.
Zhu Gaochi was already prepared for this, and after saying a few words, he sent Xu Hao outside the door with a look of sorrow. Before leaving, Xu Hao said relaxedly: "Brother, please give me ten thousand hearts, our family will be safe this time."
Zhu Gaochi was surprised and smiled and said, "Then I will lend you auspicious words. After a while, this matter will be settled. Come to me if you have anything to do."
After Xu Hao returned home, he handed over the money to the accountant, explained his way, and told the gentleman not to use it for his own purposes. Now Xu Hao said everything frankly, and his heart was selfless and broad-minded! Including the fact that he was carrying his wife, he could beat me and scold me, but he couldn't do anything to me.
Soon, the eldest wife Wang received the news and gritted her teeth in anger. She responded to the sentence, and she couldn't do anything at all. She made an arbitrary decision and wanted to give out 600 taels of silver at once. If the old lady knew about this, she would scold her for making a fortune.
Not long after, a rumor circulated in the capital, "Shameless and innocent villain Xu, who pretended to be a real man."
When Xu Hao learned about it, he smiled. He had too many enemies and could not find out who deliberately disgusted himself. Just do that. He kept in mind Xu Huizu's words, and at that time he called Zhu Gaochi for a long holiday under the pretext of Mu Ningxue. He did not intend to have any contact with all parties in the capital except for the fact that he had to be on duty.
I hid at home for many days, and it was rare to snow on the tenth day of February. This is probably the last snow of this year. I will soon see the geese heading north, the glaciers thaw, and the spring flowers blooming.
The Wang sisters lived in the Xu family for half a month. In recent days, they changed their previous affection and became very cold when they met Xu Hao. Xu Hao guessed that it was probably the nursery rhyme that played a role. You should go home quickly if you listen to the letters.
The snow made the old lady come to Yaxing, and she sent Yuelan to the garden early in the morning to inform her, saying that she would bring her whole family to enjoy the snow in the morning.
In Tianxiang Pavilion, the owners of the garden gathered together to discuss how to entertain distinguished guests.
Xu Cuiyun said sadly: "Not to mention not having any delicacies in the mountains and seas, even if there is one, there is no new idea. What should I prepare to entertain you?"
Wang Xuansu pondered: "I went to Cuiliu a few days ago to eat a cup of snow tea. It was full of memories. It would be better to treat it with this tea. Prepare some snacks and other things. It is too late to send someone to the city to buy it. And there is no good stuff at this time. It is better to prepare some interesting games to make the elders happy."
Xiao Yuying, who was sitting alone, looked picturesque and chuckled: "This little snow is thin, shallow and unclean. Besides, where can I find so many plum snow? As far as I see, prepare whatever I have, why bother? Don't you know that the old lady hates the art of the girls at home the most. She is not allowed to learn any poems or lyrics. Do you still have to be old and accompany us to play hide-and-seek every family?"
Wang Xuanqing knew that since Xiao Yuying learned that her aunt was interested in marriage, she did not like her and often spoke in a tit-for-tat way. She was the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion and was too lazy to care about Xiao Yuying, so she smiled and stopped talking.
Xu Hao smiled and watched them discuss back and forth, and glanced at Xu Cuiliu, who had been sitting beside him and never spoke. He heard that Wang had hurt her mercilessly, so that Xu Cuiliu lived alone on the hill these days. If it weren't for the old lady coming, she would never go down the mountain easily.
Xu Hao thought that it was time for the guests to leave. After all, Hongye moved back to Tianxiang Pavilion, he thought of a way to bring Cuiliu to the Zhuyuan and accompany her to enlighten her slowly for a while.
At this time, a very handsome girl from the Liu family began to speak. Xu Hao didn't even remember the other person's name, and he was even more lazy to listen to what she said, and he whispered to joke with Hongye.
Suddenly, Xu Hao's gaze met the girl's eyes, and instantly, the girl's face turned red and she became stuttering when she spoke.
All the girls present knew it and deliberately laughed. The embarrassing girl from the Wang family felt ashamed. Seeing this, Xu Hao smiled and said, "Why are you making fun of me? You're pretty good."
The girl looked at him with gratitude and lowered her head happily. Xu Hao thought to himself, and quickly said, "But I think Hongye's idea is better. Why don't we entertain elders with the special barbecue in the garden? I made a pair of mahjong the day before yesterday. You all said it was fun, so just set up a table to teach them to play. The food is ready. Everyone is preparing some other programs and choosing the best place for the scenery."
Chapter completed!