That cousin was named Zhao Gu, who died of illness a few days ago. After Master Zhao's father heard the news, he sent an urgent letter to ask Master Zhao to go, express his condolences to the old man, and help his two sons and daughters along the way.

Speaking of which, the Zhao family is also a big family in this town. Of course, it is also a distant relative of a branch of the Zhao family. The family wealth is rich, but his unlucky cousin has a few brothers who are not very good. Allotted to their family's fertile land and shop.

However, Mr. Zhao's cousin Zhao Yanting is also useless, weak-tempered, a son who only knows how to study, and has to rely on his sister Zhao Lanzhi to take care of the house.But her younger sister just found a son-in-law who came to visit the year before last, and now she is also potbellied, and she can't take care of herself well.These questions are also the reasons why Mr. Zhao came here in person.

That day they went to Zhao's house, and among the white clothes streamers, they saw the two cousins ​​who had never met before, they were polite, they welcomed the couple into the door, and burned incense sticks in front of the coffin.The coffin has been suspended for seven days, and they are still in mourning at this time, and the burial will be done tomorrow. The eyes of the brother and sister are swollen from crying, and their spirits are not very good.

Master Zhao just said a few words of comfort, and Zhao Yanting was about to shed tears again, so Zhao Lanzhi stepped forward, holding on to his six- to seven-month-old stomach, and spoke softly, pleadingly: " Cousin, you also know the situation of our family, and we are grateful for Uncle's kindness. You and your cousin will stay here for a few days first, and my brother and I can only trouble you about those things."

It was also Zhao Lanzhi who wrote to Mr. Zhao's father asking for help, so Mr. Zhao knew it well.He nodded, without any intention of evading, but instead patted Zhao Yanting on the shoulder, persuading him: "Don't be too sad, my cousin doesn't want to see you like this, not to mention, the burden of the Zhao family is still waiting for you Woolen cloth."

Zhao Yanting lowered his head and wiped away his tears, and replied in a low voice: "Yanting has been taught, thank you cousin."

In front of the mourning hall, Zhao Lanzhi only exchanged a few words, and Zhao Lanzhi asked his husband-in-law to take the two of them to the guest room that had already been prepared, but the man was not polite, and called Mr. Zhao's cousin directly.

"Cousin, cousin, the guest room has already been cleaned. If you need anything, just ask. The small house is shabby, so I can only wrong you two."

Although he came to express his condolences, Li Qingshu couldn't help feeling a burst of novelty and amused being called his cousin. Naturally, he hid the smile well, but he couldn't help feeling a little angry at the handsome young man in front of him. Good impression, he looked at the guest room in the west wing, it was naturally no worse than their home.

"You are too polite, by the way, you are Lanzhi's husband?"

While commanding his servants to put the package into the house, Mr. Zhao also looked over curiously after hearing Li Qingshu's words.The young man nodded and said, "My name is Mu Qiuning. My cousin can just call me by my name."

Lord Zhao nodded, and said considerately: "Your wife is also eight months pregnant, you should go back and take care of her first, everyone is your own, so you don't have to be polite."

Mu Qiuning said: "That's right, if my cousin feels unwell, he must tell us. If that's the case, I'll leave first."

He spoke politely, with a bit of arrogance of a knight-errant, his back was as straight as a pine, and his footsteps were that of a practicing family.Li Qingshu couldn't help sighing: "This cousin-in-law must be a quack."

Mr. Zhao replied angrily: "No, he was Tan Hualang who was in the martial arts examination the year before last."

"Huh? That's really interesting. Why didn't he become an official, but instead became your cousin's son-in-law?" Li Qingshu turned to look at Mr. Zhao, and was immediately startled when he saw the other's dark face, "What are you doing? looking at me like that?"

At this moment, the servants also tidied up Mr. Zhao's room, and they all retreated. Without outsiders, Mr. Zhao became more casual. He hugged him by the waist, with a worried expression on his face, "Other men are so attractive to you? Eyeballs are about to fall out." Out."

Li Qingshu laughed when he heard the words: "No way, I'm just curious, there is a Wu Tanhua at home, why did I ask you to help?"

Mr. Zhao explained: "There is no shortage of Lianjiazi in the clan, and you still want to use force to solve the problem? Besides, that cousin-in-law was also suppressed, so he didn't become an official. The only thing that can be solved properly is you Tian Tian When I think about fighting, I can't move my legs when I see better martial arts."

Li Qingshu said dumbly: "How can I have it?"

Master Zhao said with a cold face, "For example, Ji Qingge, Jin Haoxuan, Song Ling..."

"Okay, okay..." Li Qingshu gave in to him dumbfounded: "I'm really just curious, and why did you include A Ling... Well, Mr. Zhao, you are the most powerful person in my heart Is it alright?"

Mr. Zhao didn't believe it, and asked: "What's so good about me?"

Li Qingshu blushed, and said in a low voice: "You are smart and quick-witted, you can solve cases like a god, um...and, when you are with me...you are the best!"

His eyes gleamed with excitement, causing Mr. Zhao to happily kiss him on the cheek, giving him enough sweetness.

"It's almost there."

It was fine at first, but unexpectedly the next day, right after the burial, those uncles came to find the two brothers and sisters to calculate the family property.Mr. Zhao only showed up, and pulled the scene back. After all, his identity was there, and no one in the clan dared to provoke him.

The two cousins ​​were very grateful to Mr. Zhao, and even gave Mr. Zhao many gifts.

Li Qingshu didn't come forward for these matters, he just rubbed the whole set of exquisite jadeware sent by his cousins ​​in his room, calculating how much money it was, and was overjoyed.As soon as Mr. Zhao opened the door and saw his appearance, he couldn't help but sighed, no matter how he changed, Li Qingshu was still such a money-grubbing person.

Fortunately, he is a gentleman who loves money and gets it in a proper way.

But sometimes when you meet people who are stupid and have a lot of money, you will still pluck the hair and scrape off a layer of gold.For example, Jin Haoxuan, Chang Huining, and many people Master Zhao doesn't remember or know, so he asked Li Qingshu curiously: "Do you always ripped off rich people when you meet them?"

Li Qingshu was playing with a jade pendant in his hand, and said with a smile: "How could it be? Am I this kind of person?"

Apart from Gu Yi, Li Qingshu is the most money-making person Mr. Zhao has ever met.Xin Dao said that you are this kind of person, but when he remembered the first time we met, he asked again: "When we first met, why did you only cheat Chang Huining and not come to me?"

Li Qingshu paused, and lied nonsense: "Chang Huining looks silly, you are different, you are not the same kind of person as him, and you are very smart at first glance."

Mr. Zhao half-believed: "Really?" The other party nodded sincerely, and he didn't pursue it anymore.

Little did he know what Li Qingshu was thinking was that when he saw Mr. Zhao, he wanted to make friends with him, but Mr. Zhao ignored him. At that time, he thought that he was such a good-looking person. Wink!So they ignored him, and gave Chang Huining a hard lesson who came to tease him.

Fortunately Master Zhao didn't pursue it further, Li Qingshu heaved a sigh of relief, if he knew that he had said that about him then, he would definitely be angry again.

They stayed in the Zhao Mansion for another two days, because they came to express their condolences, so they didn't get up and play. On the fourth night, when Mr. Zhao was sleeping peacefully with the beauty in his arms, there was a lively quarrel outside the door. Even struck the gong.The two were woken up, and it was only the third watch. Li Qingshu, who was sleeping hazily, was naturally stuffed back into the bed by Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Zhao put on his coat and went out, but he saw the flames outside, and the maids and servants outside the courtyard were all gathered together in a mess. As soon as he opened the door, Mu Qiuning came over, and he explained apologetically: " I'm really sorry for disturbing my cousin's rest, there's nothing else to do, cousin should go back and rest first."

The more he said that, the more curious Master Zhao became: "What's the matter?"

Mu Qiuning was a little embarrassed, but said honestly: "There is a dead person on the rockery in the backyard."

Mr. Zhao regained his energy immediately, and asked again: "People from the house?"

Mu Qiuning bit the bullet and nodded, "Yes, a new servant."

He said again: "I have reported to the government now, and I'm fine. Cousin, go back and rest."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhao shook his head, told him to wait a while, and then went into the room to change clothes.The lights were dim, Li Qingshu rubbed his eyes and got up, and asked him what was wrong, Mr. Zhao replied truthfully: "There is a dead person in the mansion, I'll go and have a look. Xiao Zhao is outside the door, you have to take him with you when you go out."

Xiao Zhao is one of the secret guards sent by Mr. Zhao Ge. Since they are all surnamed Zhao, Master Zhao is called by that.After Li Qingshu heard it, he refused to follow, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, "I'll go and have a look too."

Mr. Zhao glanced at him, said yes, and handed him the clothes for him to put on.

When the two came to the front hall, the people from the yamen hadn't arrived yet. It is said that Mr. Zhao is the magistrate of Suzhou and also a sixth-rank official. He is naturally higher than the ninth-rank county magistrate in this small town, although he is not a high-ranking official.Almost the entire Zhao family was alarmed, and even the uncles from the neighboring family came over. When they came, those uncles were taunting Zhao Yanting.

Master Zhao helped him out again, "What are the uncles talking about, why don't you call your nephew?"

Because he is the most prominent branch of the Zhao family, the eldest grandson of Mr. Zhao Ge, although his status is high, his seniority is still a generation lower. Even so, Mr. Zhao still has the confidence to speak.As soon as he came, those people were speechless, one was because they could not offend Master Zhao, and the other was because they saw Li Qingshu behind Master Zhao.

Those people looked at Li Qingshu in a daze, their eyeballs were about to fall out, Mr. Zhao coughed lightly in displeasure, and raised his voice, "You guys are talking about the death in the backyard?"

Under Master Zhao's icy eyes, several uncles immediately trembled in fright, and then Zhao Yanting and his second uncle took the lead and spoke flatteringly on his fat old face: "Little nephew, you don't know, three It's really unlucky for such a big incident to happen to the family just after my brother passed away, maybe it's because the third brother doesn't want to see the family's foundation ruined by the children."

"Yes! Yes!" Another Fourth Uncle Zhao also came up to provoke him: "Huaijing, everyone knows how much your grandfather loves you. This old man's house is not peaceful. You can't live here any longer. Come to my house , I have already prepared the best room for you."

As he said that, another old man who couldn't remember his identity also stood up one after another. Just now, he was still lecturing Zhao Yanting's brothers and sisters, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai everywhere, but now they all came to please Mr. Zhao, even Li Qingshu couldn't help laughing , Seeing that the younger Uncle Zhao was taken aback again.

Mr. Zhao then pulled Li Qingshu behind him, and Uncle Zhao still didn't give up, he leaned over and pretended to be kind and asked: "Is this your wife? I heard that you married a male wife, tsk, this face is so beautiful. He's really handsome, much prettier than the little brother married to the Wang family in the town..."

Master Zhao looked at him coldly, "Thank you uncles for your kindness, my wife and I will not bother you!"

His attitude was very tough and cold, he shivered fourth uncle Zhao, then retreated with a dry smile.

Zhao Lanzhi also stood up with her big belly at the right time, gave up the main seat, and said with an apologetic face: "Cousin, sit down here and talk. I have troubled my cousin, but I didn't expect to disturb my rest. Lanzhi is really sorry."

Seeing this, Zhao Yanting also got up consciously, and gave up his seat to Li Qingshu, still shy, said in a low voice: "Biao sister-in-law, you sit too."

Naturally, the two did not refuse, and sat on the main seat. Li Qingshu also smiled gratefully at Zhao Yanting, seeing the other party blushing immediately and bowing his head, Li Qingshu was even more funny.However, Master Zhao coughed lightly beside him, he was very displeased, quickly put away his smiling face, and sat upright to listen to him.

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