Taming the villain little fox (wearing a book)

Qin Zai and the boy went to the study outside.

After entering the door, he bowed to the middle-aged man who was sitting behind the writing desk, and said, "I have seen Mr. Cao before."

"Please sit down." Duke Wei Cao Peng pointed to the chair in front of him and continued to write.

Qin sat down according to his words, and silently looked at Cao Peng.

Cao Peng is less than 40 years old, with a refined appearance and warm and clear eyes, and looks easy to get along with.

Qin has a bottom line in his heart.

The servant served tea.

Qin Zai was afraid that there would be no good tea, so he didn't dare to drink it, so he sniffed the fragrance of the tea and sat there for nearly a quarter of an hour.

Cao Peng finally put down his pen and said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, drink tea, this is the best oolong, let's see if you are used to drinking it?"

"Okay." Qin Zai followed the good advice, slightly touched his lips, and said, "The aroma is strong, the taste is sweet, good tea."

Cao Peng nodded with a smile and asked, "What did you say after what happened last night?"

There was no foreshadowing, no hints, just such a straightforward question.

This is the aura of an absolute authority.

Qin Zaidao: "It's clear that Wansheng stopped his wife and remarried, but Xiao Taohong's death still needs to be investigated."

Cao Peng nodded, "Do you know who you offended?"

Qin shook his head: "I don't know about late life."

"Yeah." Cao Peng took a sip of tea, frowned and thought for a while, before opening his mouth again, "You are talented, but you lack foundation. If you want, I can recommend a tutor for you."

……

Qin Zai chatted with Cao Peng for a long time, and the smile was still on his face when he came back.

As soon as he entered the door, he nodded to Wei Yan first, and then said to Madam Cao: "Madam, I still have some private matters to attend to, so I won't bother you today, so I will leave."

Mrs. Cao felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say anything. She maintained her usual self-cultivation, and kindly asked a few words. She didn't let the Cao family sisters say goodbye to him, but let Wei Lan sisters send them out.

The little sisters of the Cao family looked at each other, wanted to ask, but didn't know how to ask.

Cao Qi said coldly: "Grandmother, granddaughter has gone back."

Mrs. Cao waved her hand in a disinterested manner, "Go, go, you all go back, grandma will lie down for a while, she is tired."

After the girls left, she asked Mama Zhang to find Cao Peng.

After a while, Cao Peng walked in in all directions, sat down opposite Mrs. Cao, and said, "Mother, what do you need from me?"

"You don't pretend to be confused, don't play sloppy with your mother." Mrs. Cao said anxiously.

Cao Peng suppressed his smile and said, "Mom, he can't."

"Why?" Mrs. Cao patted the table in dissatisfaction, "Tell the truth to mother."

Cao Peng made a bow and said helplessly: "Mother, son, of course you have to be honest, otherwise if you do something wrong with your old man, I'm afraid you won't even be able to do it with your relatives who turned around in the future."

"Mother, that kid is not a man in the pool. Even if he doesn't rely on our old Cao's family, he will be promising. And he has a fiancee, and he is in a strong relationship at the moment. Even if our family uses power to suppress him and make him bow his head, our seventh son will not." will be happy."

Mrs. Cao was furious. She pointed at Cao Peng's nose and cursed: "Nonsense! The smarter he is, the more he should know the benefits of having someone in the court. Didn't you mention marriage at all?"

Cao Peng is upright and has always disliked using power to overwhelm others. As a mother, Mrs. Cao understands it all too well.

Cao Peng also felt wronged.Qin Zai is indeed outstanding, and he also hopes that his daughter can have a good home, but can a home obtained through force and power still be a good home?

If Qin is clinging to power, he can betray the Wei family today and the Cao family tomorrow.

Therefore, when Qin refused, he was actually contradictory. On the one hand, he was happy that Qin Zai had a really good character, but on the other hand, he regretted that such a good child did not have a chance with the Cao family.

But in any case, he couldn't do such a thing as coercion and temptation, and he didn't allow his old mother to do it.

"Mother, it's like this..." Cao Peng explained to Mrs. Cao in a good-tempered manner.

Cao Liu, Cao Ba, and Cao Jiu tiptoed out of the old lady's yard after listening to the corner outside the door.

"Tsk tsk, I just said, Mr. Qin doesn't like her."

"Isn't it? I'm not stupid!"

"What's not stupid? Then what's so good about Wei Yan? I think he is really stupid to reject our Duke's mansion because of a country girl."

"If it's someone else..."

"Jiumei, shut up, we can say such things, let's go."

Several girls walked away.

The maid who was hiding behind a cluster of bushes came out, followed Cao Liu and the others at a distance, entered the Kua courtyard, and returned to Cao Qi's small courtyard.

"How is it?" Cao Qi raised his eyes and asked while holding a book.

The servant girl stood half a zhang away from Cao Qi, and said tremblingly: "My servant heard that Mr. Qin refused on the grounds of engagement, and the son of the world did not force it."

"Wei Yan is just a wild girl who can't stand on the stage, he doesn't like my legs." Cao Qi looked directly at the maid, her eyes were empty and lonely, she gently put the book on the small table beside her, took Picking up an embroidery needle that was placed on it, he said, "You, stand over."

The servant girl suddenly had tears in her eyes, and walked two steps tremblingly.

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Cao Qi's mouth, and he stabbed the maidservant's thigh viciously, once and again...

……

When Qin Zai and Wei Yan came, they came by Cao's car, and when they left, they couldn't take Cao's car anymore.

Qin Zai first rejected the Cao family's car, and then rejected the car escorted by the fourth child.

Get rid of the heart trouble of the Duke of Wei's mansion, he is in a good mood, and wants to take a stroll with Wei Yan.

The autumn scenery of this street is good, the street is wide, the phoenix trees on both sides are tall and straight, and the fallen leaves are all over the ground. When the autumn wind blows, the leaves flutter and fall from the sky...

Wei Yan, with her hands behind her back, stepped on fallen leaves while walking, and asked, "How is it? Did he make things difficult for you?"

Qin Zai took her hand, covered it with his sleeve, and said, "No, Mr. Cao is knowledgeable and upright. Heard that I'm engaged, so I'll just talk about knowledge."

"Oh, so, then... it's not bad to be father-in-law, right?" Wei Yan said sourly.

"What do you think?" Qin Zai squeezed Wei Yan's fingers, stopped, turned her around, and let her face him, "Look into my eyes and say, is it really good?"

The young man seemed to be really angry. There was no emotion in Taohua's eyes, only accusations.

Wei Yan felt a little guilty, shook his hand back hard, and said with a smile, "I'm really angry, can't I drink some dry vinegar?"

Jealous!

Qin Zai rolled his eyes, then laughed "Pu Chi", scratched Wei Yan's palm, and said triumphantly, "It seems that eating something occasionally is fine?"

Wei Yan laughed, "Be silly." She led him forward, "If you make me jealous next time, I'll divorce you."

"I'm so good, are you willing?" Qin Zai put his arms around her shoulders, smiling like a little fox, "It's good to drink vinegar, at least it proves that you have me in your heart, otherwise I will always feel lost."

……

Strolling out of the alley, they got into the car, and after confirming that no one was following them, the two went to the new yard.

Zhang's family was all there, seeing that Wei Yan brought her fiancé, they were a little nervous, the whole family lined up in a row, like soldiers waiting for inspection.

Wei Yan had never had anyone serve her in her two lifetimes, and she still felt a little out of place, so she sent her away after a few words of explanation, and walked around with Qin Zai by herself.

The garbage has been cleared, the weeds have been pulled out, the old furniture that can be used in the warehouse has been repaired, and the firewood that cannot be used has been chopped and piled up in the firewood room in an orderly manner.

The small courtyard where Zhang's family lived had everything they should have, and there were a few more small benches in the courtyard, which looked like they had been newly nailed.

The tea room was cleaned up, teapots, teacups, stools, cushions, stoves, etc., and everything was prepared.

Qin Zai sat down on the chair and commented: "The courtyard is nice, and the people are even nicer."

Wei Yan nodded, she also felt that she had found a treasure - people who can manage their lives well are usually not very stupid, and you can try to find someone.

She went straight to the point, "Mother Zhang, do you know Xiao Taohong?" (He's surname follows her husband, so Wei Yan called her Mother Zhang.)

He Shi nodded, "It turned out that when the master's family had a banquet, they called the Ruixia class, and the slaves met Xiao Taohong."

Zhang Guang's family originally belonged to Suning Bo's mansion, and the Yaren had explained to her when they went to apply for the deed of sale.

Uncle Suning was a member of Prince Rui, Prince Rui failed to seize the heir, Uncle Suning's residence was ransacked, and Zhang Guang's family was re-sold.

"Then why didn't you come out to testify?" Qin asked.

Mrs. He was a little panicked, and hurriedly bowed, "Master Mingjian, the maidservant recognized the wife by her voice. At that time, the wife was wearing men's clothes, and the maidservant had slave status, so she dared not come out to testify."

Wei Yan's name was recorded in the slave register, and the slaves testified to the master's family, and their credibility was low, so they could not help Wei Yan.

This woman is cautious and has a brain.

Qin Zai nodded and gave Wei Yan a wink, expressing his approval of the He family.

Wei Yan received the signal, took out a ten tael silver note, and said, "I did a good job yesterday. Unless I take the initiative, we won't know each other when we meet. This is the reward silver, so use it."

He Shi waved his hands again and again, "No need, no need, this is the duty of a servant girl."

"Take it." Wei Yan didn't want to push her, so he directly handed the silver ticket to Zhang Xiaoling, "Not only what happened yesterday, but also this portrait, this person has been in and out of Duke Wei's mansion, if you don't know him, Just try to find a way to help me find out."

Wei Yan took out two folded rice papers, and spread the thin one on the old table.

He Shi and Zhang Xiaoling surrounded him together.

He Shi looked at it carefully, shook his head, and expressed that he didn't know her. She was mainly in charge of the garden in Uncle Suning's mansion. Among the guests, she could see some of the maids of the wives and ladies. Such women are rarely seen.

Zhang Xiaoling helps in the kitchen and rarely shows up in front of guests, let alone know about it.

Wei Yan didn't expect them to know each other, "Then go check it out. I'm just curious about the origin of this person. I have no grievances or enmities. It's best to find it. It doesn't matter if you can't find it. Just don't be discovered. In addition, this matter Things can only be brought up between the two of us, do you understand?"

He Shi hesitated for a moment, then said: "I understand the confidentiality, but I don't know the people in Weiguo's mansion, I'm afraid..."

"Mother, people in Duke Wei's mansion should also buy flowers, maybe they can inquire about them in the flower garden." Zhang Xiaoling said.

He Shi thought for a while, and said: "Most of the women who buy are strict with their mouths, otherwise the master will not let them out. Madam, slaves can only say their best, but they dare not promise."

Wei Yan laughed, very good, he is an honest person.She was afraid of meeting someone who would take care of everything and do nothing well in the end.

Qin Zai took out a bank note from his bosom, and said: "Duke Wei is an upright man, and he often said that 'what he has done in his life, there is no one who cannot tell others'. In this way, the servants of the family will not be too strict in this regard. It is trivial to inquire about your mother-in-law, here is 100 taels of silver, take it to ask the family members who guard the gate, and you will surely succeed."

"High, it's really high." Wei Yan gave a thumbs up. She thought that things would be complicated, and even made up a spy drama in her mind, but she didn't expect it to be so simple.

The ones who look at the door are the most lucrative, and they are used to taking advantage of it, so they will not dare to accept it.Besides, what he was inquiring about was someone else's mother-in-law, and had nothing to do with Duke Wei's mansion, so he had no scruples about betraying her.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, with a smile on his face, he said, "This way, this matter will be easier to deal with, just let the servants in charge go for a while."

Wei Yan nodded, and unwrapped the thick rice paper, "One more thing, it's not convenient for me to show up for the decoration, so I'll leave it to Uncle Zhang. This is the blueprint, with the dimensions on it, and let the carpenter do it according to the picture. "

This is a great thing, even if you don't take money from the master's family, you can still get some benefits from the carpenter.

Mrs. He readily agreed, and asked Zhang Xiaoling to call Zhang Guang over to study the picture carefully before letting Wei and Yan leave.