Chapter 1139: Damage to the Family (Part 2) [Seeking Monthly Pass]

The head of the Cui family lowered his head calmly, picked up the letter, raised his hand to brush away the dust, but made no intention of opening it and taking a look. When the woman saw this, there was a cold expression on her lips: "Why don't Cui Qing open it and take a look?"

"This slip is a letter between me and a friend of the Zhao family. It also has my monogram engraved on it. There is no need to open it." The Cui family leader spoke in a calm tone as always, just like his gentle and non-aggressive eyebrows, which contrasted the Seeing that the others were aggressive and messy, he looked directly at the woman with clear eyes, "I just don't know why this letter got into the hands of the Lord?"

Even the king of the country cannot interfere with the private interactions of his ministers.

What's more, he still has a minister with a false title.

Too suspicious.

The general sneered again and again: "Shouldn't Mr. Cui explain the content? What did you instigate Zhao to do? Zhao is openly against the Lord. This is evidence of your secret instructions!"

The head of the Cui family did not show any panic on his face. Instead, he let out a chuckle and said helplessly and innocently: "General, the accusation you framed is a bit far-fetched. Cui and Zhao Jun are close friends. They have known each other since they were children. They have been there all year round. There were not even a hundred or fifty private correspondences between the two families, and there was never a single letter of personal complaint. As for Cui being against the Lord, where did this come from? Talk about it? General Suwen is very knowledgeable, why not point it out so that Cui can understand? "

As he spoke, he raised the slip in his hand and shook it.

The general's face was ashen and his anger level was full.

What is knowledgeable?

Who here doesn't know that he joined the army as a ranger and rose up step by step. He is not illiterate, but he is not comparable to someone like the head of the Cui family who has been educated by the head of the aristocratic family since childhood. The words of the head of the Cui family were meant to be a mockery and a public humiliation. Anyone with a bad temper could just punch and kick him to let him know why the flowers are so red!

The general also had a bad temper, but he held it back.

Not only did he hold back, he also laughed.

It was this sound that made the head of the Cui family frown slightly.

"Mr. Cui just came back, so he probably doesn't know yet, right?"

The head of the Cui family: "What do you know?"

The general said: "It's the matter of the man named Zhao being poisoned by his concubine! Alas, he was all blue when he died. The Lord sent people to conduct a thorough investigation, and a lot of foul trouble was implicated. The man named Zhao treated the brothers in the side branch harshly, and there were people beside him He planted an informant, committed adultery with his concubine, and the adulterer and adulterer worked together to steal the family property. When the culprit was captured, he couldn't stand the torture and told a lot of shameful things. The person named Zhao will do what he should do. I did all the things I shouldn’t have done! It’s really eye-opening that you can still play like this! As the saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock together,” Cui Gong has close contacts with such traitors... Alas, Don’t let him fool you!”

The head of the Cui family's pupils shrank slightly.

There was no trace of emotion on his face.

"That's not who he is."

The leader of the country said: "This is a confession. Why don't Cui Qing take a look at it?"

There are nearly a hundred charges listed above, and at the end there are the handprints of the brothers from the branch. It is a complete and iron case!

"How can the case be finalized in three days?"

The general asked back: "Does Mr. Cui think he was beaten into a move?"

The head of the Cui family said: "That's not what I meant."

The general smiled and showed his teeth, and pressed forward step by step towards the head of the Cui family: "This general is a rough man. He is not as smart as Cui Gong. There is one thing that I don't understand - Cui Gongxin's conversation with the surname Zhao. What does the phrase ‘too much is not enough’ mean?”

Faced with the general's repeated attacks, the head of the Cui family finally showed his displeasure: "Previously, Mr. Zhao encountered obstacles in his practice and asked me for help. I replied to him, 'Too much is not enough, and more than is not enough.' I hope he can let nature take its course. This time Is it wrong?"

The content of the correspondence is actually quite normal.

The complaints inside are just complaints about the pain of cultivation.

There is anxiety between the lines, and the reply from the head of the Cui family is to comfort his friends and does not involve politics at all. If this letter is used as an introduction to an attack, whoever listens to it and does not say a word is being nonsense?

The general said: "Whether it is yes or no, Mr. Cui knows for himself."

The head of the Cui family almost laughed angrily: "I want to impose a crime on you."

Only then did Mei Jinghe speak out: "The Lord wanted to change the past and make a new one. He ordered the land to be cleared and the good and bad properties to be distinguished so that land taxes could be collected in the future. The Zhao family obeyed the instructions on the surface, but secretly violated them and coerced innocent rich peasants to commit suicide. This incident was in the name of the Lord, and bad words were spread among the people that were not conducive to the Lord! Not only that, the Lord was deeply aware that the lives of the common people were difficult, and many families spent a lot of money to buy seedlings and farm tools every year. If the weather is good, we can barely make ends meet, but if the weather is bad, our family will be ruined, so we ask the government to sell the crops and seedlings borrowed from the common people, with a certain interest every six months, which can be returned with the summer and autumn taxes..."

The head of the Cui family asked: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Mei Jinghe said: "It is indeed a good thing, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The national treasury is empty, and it will not be able to distribute so much for a while, so I want to borrow some from various families, but I don't want this matter to go wrong. Wait for Zhao After being killed, I found out after sorting out private letters between him and various families that it was this thief who was behind it, and it was also his trick that kept the price of grain and seedlings on the market high."

"What does Mei Xiang want to say?"

The head of the Cui family looked up at Mei Jinghe.

"Do you suspect that all this was planned by Mr. Cui?"

When these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became tense.

Mei Jinghe said calmly: "I don't mean that! Mr. Cui is famous for his noble character, so he naturally can't be involved with these people. It's just that you should avoid suspicion and avoid danger with some people, so as not to tarnish your reputation."

The head of the Cui family concealed the strange color in his eyes.

He said in a calm voice: "Cui, I will learn from you."

The king sitting at the top just came back from his trance, knocking on the table with his pipe, and said lazily: "We must not let off such people who pretend to obey but disobey in secret. They do all the bad things, and I will bear the bad reputation. How can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world? I originally wanted to punish them severely, and warn others to follow suit. But the Zhao family just had a great funeral. I am afraid that if I punish the Zhao family severely at this time, I will be attacked by those who are mean and ungrateful! I just hope that my painstaking efforts can be seen, and there will be less pretending to obey but disobeying in the future. What do you think, Mr. Cui?"

The head of the Cui family said: "My lord is kind."

The king seemed to be very pleased with this praise.

However, this was not her main purpose for calling the head of the Cui family over. As Mei Jinghe said, the national treasury is now empty. Even if the defeated country is annexed and a lot of spoils are collected, it is still not enough to support her idea. A penny can make a hero fall!

So, money is needed.

The national treasury is poor, but the noble families in the country are not poor. Not only are they not poor, they are also very rich. She was also the mistress of the Cui family. Even if she did not have access to all the accounts of the Cui family, she could see the Cui family's background from the tip of the iceberg. The Cui family is also more restrained among the noble families. They can still accumulate so much wealth, let alone other families? The king cannot completely tear his face with them, and he needs them to pay money, so he can only find an intermediary to pass the message on his behalf.

This person must be the head of the Cui family.

The attack just now was just her statement.

It is intended to explain--

Look, she knows all these people's small actions of pretending to obey but disobeying in private, but you don't know when to settle the accounts! If you don't obey her, she can find a reason to kill you at any time, even if you know in your heart that the man surnamed Zhao is not that bad, but it doesn't matter! You are the fish at the mercy of others! She has no money but she has a knife! As long as she is not driven crazy, this knife will not stab the ally!

If you push her too hard, see who dies first!

The king sighed and talked about the embarrassment of the treasury, and mentioned the matter of borrowing money again: "Mr. Cui, only you can help me with this matter."

The head of the Cui family said: "I will do my best."

He agreed to it, and the vague murderous intent that followed him disappeared, and the king also showed a beautiful smile: "I am naturally relieved when Mr. Cui does things. I just heard from the eunuch that Mr. Cui was not in the city these days. He went out to pick someone up and came back not long ago."

The head of the Cui family nodded: "Yes."

"Who to pick up?"

"My wife."

The smile on the king's face became more and more intense: "Congratulations."

It was a beautiful smile, but it was a pity that the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

Mei Jinghe had deliberately revealed Cui Hui's whereabouts to the head of the Cui family. He used Cui Hui as a chess piece to lure the head of the Cui family away for a few days, and then used these few days to kill the Zhao family as a warning to the monkeys. Before the head of the Cui family received the news, he intercepted him halfway, and then took the initiative to give him a beating.

The head of the Cui family was unwilling to be smart and tactful. He may not be able to walk out of here safely today! Didn't you see that there were not many allies of the Cui family among the ministers present? The king smiled and changed the subject.

Everyone discussed the gains and losses of the previous battle, while the head of the Cui family quietly lowered his eyes, looking completely out of the matter.

When everything was over, an hour passed.

The king kept the head of the Cui family for dinner again.

His tone was firm and irresistible.

The ministers also knew that the head of the Cui family and the king had been married in their early years, and they were not surprised by this. It is normal for these two to be unwilling to be separated now because they were forced to separate. Little did they know that there was no warmth and hesitation between the two as they imagined.

There was only silence in the room.

There was not even the sound of chopsticks touching the wall of the bowl.

"Do you blame me in your heart?"

Finally, the king spoke first.

The head of the Cui family: "Your Majesty should not have brought Ke Wu back."

He received not only the whereabouts of Cui Hui, but also the news that someone was unfavorable to her. At that time, he did not think much about who did it. There were too many people who wanted to deal with him, and any enemy could be possible. He hurried over and saw Cui Hui who came back to visit his relatives. He couldn't drive him away. If he used force, he might offend him more.

As soon as he came back, he was told that the person he was good friends with was dead.

At that moment, he figured everything out.

"Mei Jinghe's move was too much."

The king said: "Jinghe said something very right - what is the difference between standing by and watching and being unfaithful? You want to stay out of it? You have to ask me if I am willing! Cui did nothing, but actually did everything! Don't force me too hard!"

The head of the Cui family was silent.

The King: "It's really not your trick to pretend to obey but actually disobey?"

She wanted the royal court to lend the common people planting crops, seedlings and agricultural tools, and to put an end to the usury that forced people to death. As a result, the implementation was not smooth, and the treasury also "appropriately" broke out the scandal of deficit and corruption, which spread everywhere in a short time. When the news spread to the people, the common people muttered in their hearts when they heard that the royal court had no money-how could the royal court lend them money if it had no money?

This move was also a heavy blow to the reputation of the royal court.

The land survey was also for the subsequent implementation of land reform.

The cultivated land of Qi State was far from the rough estimate. Who swallowed up the hidden fields and hidden households? How could the king not know it in his heart? But it was even more difficult to get the fields and people out of these people. When the matter was mentioned in the court meeting, the ministers below took turns to come out every three or five days to obstruct it, just like a duty roster.

The king needs someone to take the lead on this matter.

Is there anyone more suitable than the head of the Cui family?

It's a pity that he doesn't get along with both.

Instead of being a high-ranking official and receiving a generous salary, you are only willing to receive a false title.

It's not easy to get hold of him, so I can only choose today and use a perfectly normal letter as a wedge to launch an attack.

If she dared to do this, she was sure that Cui Hui was in her own territory.

The head of the Cui family said: "No."

The king asked again: "Really?"

The head of the Cui family, who has always been gentle and friendly, sneered: "Your Majesty, you should know that this kind of useless trick does not need any authorization at all. No confrontation on the surface, all your requests will be implemented, and you will do everything behind your back. If you go to extremes, you will naturally lose your reputation. No matter what they do, the people will only think that you did it. Isn’t this method very skillful?”

This is what she did when she won the throne.

It just hurts now that someone is using it on me.

The king asked: "Do you have any grudge against Gu?"

"The clay figurines are still three-quarters of earthy nature. You instructed Mei Jinghe to plot against me by driving the tiger away from the mountain and harming my relatives and friends. Why don't you allow me to have any grudges?" The head of the Cui family put down his chopsticks and said goodbye.

The king did not stop him this time.

She also ordered people to give a reward to the head of the Cui family.

A bunch of rouge and gouache.

Shen Tang brought back the news and observed Cui Hui's expression out of the corner of his eye.

"As a gift of a bunch of rouge and gouache, the king of the country seems to have little energy." Anyone with a discerning eye can see that although Cui Hui's facial features do not look old, there are traces of time. Standing next to the head of the Cui family, there is a clear age difference. . As soon as Cui Hui came back, the ex-wife of the king gave her rouge and gouache, which had a more or less strange taste.

Cui Hui ate melon seeds: "It's not for me."

Shen Tang was surprised: "Who is it for?"

Cui Huidao: "Whoever rewards you will use it."

These rouge gouache were purchased from the North at a high price. You get what you pay for. The effect is indeed better than the local ones, and they are deeply loved by people from aristocratic families. No one would be embarrassed to go out without a set of this high-end makeup product on their dressing table. Cui Huinan had heard about it during her travels, but unfortunately it was expensive and she couldn't afford it.

Shen Tang pointed to the front yard: "Does your ex-husband use it?"

Cui Hui rolled his eyes: "Well, that's what bothers him."

He was clearly in his mid-twenties, and his skin was as clean and delicate as white porcelain, but after she once joked that his color was not as good as when they first met, she began to imitate the way a noble lady from aristocratic families would take care of him. In addition to collecting words and spirits, my daily hobbies include studying makeup. Cui Hui found it funny at first, but when she discovered that she was the one who was really aging, she began to hate her ex-husband's behavior.

Shen Tang understood: "He is in Versailles."

This seriously aggravated Cui Hui's anxiety about his appearance and age.

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