[Comprehensive] Ask the wine fairy

After much deliberation, Dong Xiangyan accepted the invitation of Cao's family and stayed in Yunwailou. The next day, under the recommendation of Master Cao, Dong Xiangyan went to the manor named Qu Huaizhu with her.

Zhuangzi, built among the beautiful mountains and clear waters, has a style of Xiaojiabiyu in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not as large as the northern courtyard, but it is exquisite and elegant. There are bamboo fungi inside and willows outside. Intestinal path, hidden among the lush mountains and forests.

When Dong Xiangyan and everyone Cao got off the carriage, no matter if you looked at it from afar or up close, the scenery of the mountains and fields came into view, and the mood was much calmer for no reason.

"A good place, it can be called a compliment of a blessed place." Dong Xiangyan said slowly, as if trying to save face for Cao Yunxi.

Cao Yunxi scoffed lightly, noncommittal.

"Let's go."

There was no need to announce, she pushed open the door and went in to lead the way. After walking for a while, a group of listless maids came in front of her. When they saw Cao Yunxi, their expressions changed complicatedly, and then they immediately bowed to salute.

"Miss Cao, the eldest son has been waiting for a long time."

Cao Yunxi smiled and said: "Okay, I'll take people there. Besides, no matter how absurd the eldest son is, he is also the orthodox blood of the Cao family. The Nuo family business is waiting for him to inherit. If you don't put your heart into it, even a gatekeeper No one is staying, hehe, believe it or not, I will tell Madam and let her sell you out?"

Threatening words were thrown into Dong Xiangyan's surprised eyes, and everyone Cao was uncharacteristically mean.

Glancing at the maidservant whose face turned blue and white, Dong Xiangyan secretly asked Cao Yunxi, "This is... what's the inside story?"

Cao Yunxi gave him a look, "I'll talk to you later."

Dong Xiangyan calmed down, but she was much more curious.

Among the several maidservants, the one with the better status and better clothes came out to salute.

"Miss Cao instructed the servants to be educated, but please also ask the lady to recognize her identity. Not everyone stays with the eldest son."

After all, he quickly glanced at her with displeasure.

Cao Yunxi said without changing her face: "You don't need to worry, why don't you go down? Are you staying here to show the guests a joke?"

At this time, the maidservants realized that there was someone behind Cao Yunxi, and some of them had even worse expressions, and retreated hastily after saying goodbye, not even looking at Dong Xiangyan's appearance, but those who reacted slowly paid attention I realized that I was amazed for a moment, and jealousy was inevitable in my eyes, but it was precisely because of the strong contrast that my daughter's appearance was originally pretty, but under the contrast, it was even more impossible for the daughter's family to stay and take care of herself. its shame.

For a while, walking and running, Cao Yunxi had nothing in front of her, and she didn't have the mood to fight for half an hour in the past.

She curled her lips: "It's time to go."

"Disruptively discussing the master's affairs, this is not like a maid educated by a well-behaved family." Dong Xiangyan squinted at her to explain.

Cao Yunxi said: "Come with me, talk while walking."

Dong Xiangyan was noncommittal.

There is still some distance to the main courtyard where Mr. Cao is resting, leaving a lot of time for Cao Yunxi to explain.

"It is true that the eldest son admires you, but the matter is far more than that simple."

After pondering for a while, she said: "Thinking about day and night, being muddleheaded, unable to even do serious business, and turning into an infatuated look, if it is said that the Patriarch of the Cao family is the only son who can tolerate it, and is actively looking for 'good medicine' , but the sudden appearance of an illegitimate child changed the original thinking of the Cao family."

Dong Xiangyan: "Huh?"

Cao Yunxi gave him a look that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"Are you so surprised? In today's world, men have three wives and four concubines, and women are willing to be the backyard. Even if the most beautiful woman in the world is famous when she is young, if she ends up lonely and old all her life, she will be ridiculed. In the final analysis, women His whole life is never tied to himself, and the saddest thing is that countless people realize it, but still don’t realize it’s wrong.”

Dong Xiangyan: "..."

"I'm bored talking about this," Cao Yunxi shook her head halfway through her sentence, denying herself, and turned to the serious matter nonchalantly, "The illegitimate child is about the same age as the eldest son, but he is one year younger than him. From appearance to Talented, it would not be troublesome to replace him, not to mention that the eldest son's gaffe has offended his father, and he has been sent far away to this village."

While speaking, he had arrived at the main courtyard where Cao Zhuang lived, and he could see the three big characters Mingjinglou when he looked up.

Master Cao stood in front of the door and said to him: "Although the original words are to let him calm down, when he calms down, the Cao family will have no place for him to stand, and Mrs. Cao still misses his parents and children. Please trouble me who had some relationship with him, otherwise And a poor fellow."

Dong Xiangyan had an idea after listening to the whole process.

"so troublesome."

Whether it's the scheming hidden between the lines, or Mrs. Cao's loving mother's daring not to bear grudges.

Mr. Cao was abandoned when he was useless, and his mother didn't seem to really plan for him, and she really obeyed everyone Cao's words.

It's a poor guy.

"Cao Zhuang, I'm here." Cao Yunxi pushed open the door, and the decoration inside the Mirror Building was also very elegant. From this we can see the financial strength of the Cao family. Otherwise, how could a village in a remote place have such an elaborate layout.

"Cao Niang." Cao Yunxi yelled, and a man came from the stairs on the second floor. The snow-white obscene clothes were covered with dark black piping uniforms. His long hair was not combed, but hung down like a waterfall, and his skin was extremely white. , revealing a noble air.

After Dong Xiangyan sized him up, he described the man's appearance in one sentence.

His eyebrows are picturesque and his manner is gentle.

There are two styles of painting between the real noble son and those who are romantic or uninhibited.

Thinking of this, Dong Xiangyan understood why Cao Yunxi, who hated the Cao family so much, was willing to make a trip for Cao Zhuang. She was such a gentle and quiet person, and it was really not suitable for intrigues with others.

From the heart, he is more suitable to live in seclusion in the mountains and rivers, and be with Chunlan Qiuhua as a company.

Cao Yunxi saw him going downstairs very slowly, step by step, with a look of worry on his brows.

"Is your body still not recovering?"

Cao Zhuang smiled: "It's much better than the previous days."

Cao Yunxi made a serious face: "Nonsense, you were too sick to get out of bed two days ago, so you're ashamed to mention it!"

Cao Zhuang smiled weakly, not daring to refute.

Dong Xiangyan glanced at the two of them curiously, and then took the initiative to say, "I heard you want to see me?"

Cao Zhuang immediately shook his head when he heard the words: "How come, Cao already has someone he likes."

At first, he thought Mr. Cao was some kind of idiot, so he was going to crush the root of love with a sharp tone. Later, because he saw that he had changed his mind, Dong Xiangyan was about to explain it euphemistically: "..."Playing with me?

Cao Yunxi was very surprised: "What are you talking about? That's not what Madam said!"

Dong Xiangyan: "...Well, it seems that I am not the only one being played."

Cao Zhuang looked at the surprise on Cao Yunxi's face that didn't seem fake, and then looked at the woman who was the richest woman in the world, the deeper the smile on the corner of his mouth, the more bitter it was.

"Come with me, there is something inside this matter."

And the inside story... Dong Xiangyan: You are also bears!

I didn't even drink my saliva when I came here early in the morning, I was just listening to the "inside story".

When he came to the tea room for entertaining guests, Mr. Cao coughed a few times after sitting down, his face became paler.

Seeing him like this, Dong Xiangyan didn't expect him to pour tea for her anymore, so she decided to do it by herself, but...

Cao Zhuang: "In fact, my mother has long been aware that my father has raised an outhouse outside, and discovered it more than 20 years ago."

People have already started, and it sounds like a serious topic, so it's not easy to interrupt.

Dong Xiangyan is not a fool without eyesight, of course it is impossible to spoil her image at this time, she can only cover up her real state of being thirsty and smoking with elegant manners.

"It's actually been 20 years." He said hesitantly, "Damn chicken, beg for tea!"

Cao Zhuang nodded with a wry smile: "The outlaw mother was ready to do it as soon as she found out, but she was stopped by my grandmother. I am ashamed to say that I was only eight years old at the time, but my mother had no more to do, and my father was not allowed to keep concubines. There was nothing I could do. Because of this matter, my mother has been in constant friction with my grandmother, until my grandmother passed away half a year ago, and my mother took a thunderous hand to deal with them."

Cao Yunxi added some parts that she had heard and told Dong Xiangyan.

"The Cao family was in a poor family when the patriarch Cao was young, and was rescued by Cao Zhuang's mother's natal family, so no matter how dissatisfied his grandmother was with Mrs. Cao's occupation of the patriarch Cao, she couldn't tear her face openly."

Dong Xiangyan expressed his understanding.

Cao Zhuang was embarrassed by Cao Yunxi's supplement, but he was soft-tempered and continued to speak honestly.

"But half a year later, a man who claimed to be the son of the outer room suddenly appeared and went to Cao's house. He had a big conflict with his mother because of the missing of the outer room. His father, who happened to be doing business outside, came back and was furious when he learned that the disappearance of the outer room was caused by his mother." .”

Cao Yunxi said indifferently: "You must have interjected ignorantly, and then you were thrown into the Zhuangzi by your father to fend for yourself."

Maybe it was because her overly sure tone just hit the facts, Cao Zhuang smiled wryly: "You are right, but there is one thing wrong, the outer room is not missing, and even the mother's methods have fallen into the father's eyes from the very beginning, then The outsider's son is also ready to come to the door to make trouble, just to force the mother to accept their mother and son."

Dong Xiangyan was more sensitive than Cao Yunxi in this aspect, and had already guessed what Cao Zhuang was going to say next.

Cao Zhuang said: "It is father's purpose to divorce his wife and marry another."

In other words, the outer room is Cao's father's true love, and Cao Zhuang and her mother are all obstacles in the way.

Dong Xiangyan stammered, "It's really lively."

It's hard to imagine how much trouble there is in the current Cao family.

Cao Zhuang said helplessly: "I was disliked and went to the Zhuangzi to hide in the village, but it is the mother's situation... Sigh..."

Cao Yunxi: "You're sorry, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Cao Zhuang's expression was indifferent: "So what if I said it earlier? My father has made up his mind. He has even plotted against my mother and me from the very beginning. He has mental calculations without intention, and is connected by blood. What can I do?"

Dong Xiangyan was surprised and said, "Don't you hate? According to what you said, your father planned to be your heir from the very beginning, and the other party also endured it for nearly 20 years before taking away everything from you."

Cao Zhuang shook his head and said: "Father did plot against me and my mother, but my father gave everything to me. It doesn't matter if I don't want to be the heir. I only worry about my mother."

Dong Xiangyan: "So you've longed for me for a long time, so what's the matter if you're already sick? To be precise, what does your family want me for?"

Cao Zhuang was embarrassed when he heard the words, Cao Yunxi turned to the beginning.

Dong Xiangyan: "There's something inside, right?"

I can see it, none of the words you guys fooled me to come over is true.

I want to pursue it, but look at these two, one is a girl, the elders don't care about girls, the other looks healthy at first glance, but Yidong Xiangyan's eyesight can't tell that this person is full of blood and blood ?

If he was not in good spirits, he said a few words and gasped for three breaths. As long as Dong Xiangyan was not blind, he could easily come to the conclusion that this person was not recovering from his illness.

Cao Yunxi coughed and explained: "Mrs. Cao asked me to take you to see her first."

In the end, you believed it was true and brought me to see the eldest son first, right?

Cao Yunxi argued: "I thought since the patient wanted to see you, it would be unnecessary to go to see Mrs. Cao, and Mrs. Cao..." He hesitated to speak.

Dong Xiangyan guessed that the second half of that sentence meant that Mrs. Cao would make things difficult for you.

In fact, he guessed right!

Cao Zhuang shook his head helplessly: "My mother is not a smart person."

So it is also very possible to ask someone and then make things difficult for the person who asks for help.

Dong Xiangyan said sincerely: "Is your whole family sick?"

The son is physically sick, the father is mentally sick, and the mother is even worse, with a sick mind.

Look at this group of terminally ill, individual brain-dead individuals.

Dong Xiangyan didn't know what to say, but he knew that Mrs. Cao told her to fuck her.

"Since you don't suffer from lovesickness, then it has nothing to do with me. What do you want me for?"

In this regard, Cao Zhuang is indeed Mrs. Cao's son. Although he didn't know why at first, he figured out his mother's "true meaning" after thinking about it.

He said embarrassingly: "It's very likely... that she wants to ask Miss Dong Yanyan to confuse the son of the outer room, my energetic younger brother."

Dong Xiangyan: "........."

Being born in the Emotional Demon Sect still has this function?

Dong Xiangyan said [-]% sincerely: "Feed your mother the medicine."

This brain is late.

Cao Yunxi coughed and said: "You can't say that. After all, the Cao family has a strong foundation. After solving the outlaw's son and letting Cao Zhuang inherit the Cao family, the Cao family can still afford the reward that the Demon Sect wants. At most, they will return from now on." On the side of the Demon Sect, after all, the competition between the good and the evil factions has little impact on the families outside the Jianghu."

According to Cao Yunxi's explanation, it is easy to outline the division of the situation in Datang.

The four main factions are the main forces, followed by various gangs and families, and the top Demon Sect and Cihang Jingzhai include disputes between black and white, and most of them have promoted the change of dynasties.

After this, there are local forces such as Wubao. These forces occupy the land and are kings. They have no ambition or interest in the top position, and they are also neutral assistance in the struggle of all parties.

Although the Cao family is also a big family, they are equal to Wubao and belong to the neutral faction in Yangzhou. No one on both sides of black and white will take their time to offend them, and they can even sell something according to the situation.

The kind of tragedy in Jianghu that kills people at the slightest disagreement will never happen to the son of a family. Is it the power of Jianghu people?That's right, they are powers, even people from the Demon Sect would not be so full that they would provoke a big family to hunt them down.

At this time, the Sui Dynasty hadn't escaped the influence of the aristocratic family, and everyone was as clear as a mirror in their hearts.

It is the most stupid thing to be an enemy of those big families with deep background for no reason.

This is also true, although Mrs. Cao is stupid, her plan of trying to use the power of the magic gate to get rid of her opponent is still very feasible, but Dong Xiangyan doesn't think so.

Isn't she afraid of luring wolves into the house?

Dong Xiangyan's stomach was full of grooves, but he couldn't spit it out on the client's face.

Is it true that people from the Demon Sect are as easy-talking as Foshan Shaolin Temple?