Liu Heng said nonchalantly: "There are only three of us here, how could you two secretly sue me?"
Cao Yi said dumbfounded: "Sometimes your brothers will stab you in the back..."
Liu Heng looked at Cao Yi in shock.
Kou Ji glanced at Cao Yi and said to Liu Heng: "We brothers have no shortage of power and wealth. There is no reason to rely on suing brothers to get into power. You don't have to be so sensitive.
Cao Yi is just reminding you that some things should not be said outside, just keep them in your heart."
Cao Yi nodded quickly and said, "That's right... In this city of Bianjing, there are quite a few people who step on the shoulders of their relatives and friends and rise to the top."
Liu Heng hummed and said nothing.
He knew that Cao Yi reminded him for his own good.
But what Cao Yi said was too awkward, and he felt uncomfortable listening to it.
Kou Ji shook his head and changed the subject: "I guessed that the Shaofu Supervisor would be a prisoner, and corruption and bribery were common, but I didn't expect that there would be so many forces involved."
When Liu Heng heard Kou Ji mentioning business, his expression softened a lot. He stared at Kou Ji and asked: "Before, you didn't know how deep the water in the Ministry of Works was, so you asked the Ministry of Works to go. Now that you know the water in the Ministry of Works is so deep, how can you
Should we find a way to withdraw?"
Cao Yi nodded and said: "Prime Minister Li, Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang have a good relationship with you. If you tell them, it won't be difficult to change your appointment to the Ministry of Husbandry or the Ministry of Punishment."
Kou Ji glanced at the two of them and laughed out loud: "I'm not going to the Ministry of Industry to investigate corruption and bribery. No matter how deep the water here is, what does it have to do with me?"
Cao Yi and Liu Heng looked stunned.
Cao Yan said suspiciously: "Aren't you planning to seize power from the Shaofu to become the second eunuch?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "I originally had this idea, but after listening to your words, I don't plan to compete with them for power."
Liu Heng curled his lips and said, "Then why are you going to the Ministry of Industry? To support the elderly?"
Cao Yi reminded Kou Jida in a deep voice: "My uncle said that anyone in the civil and military dynasties can provide for them in old age, but you can't."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "The Ministry of Industry also has the right to construct."
Cao Yi smiled bitterly and said: "What's the use of having construction rights? Everything that the imperial court needs to build is given to the Shaofu, who will serve as the second supervisor. If you want to build anything, you have to share it with them.
Isn’t that a power grab?
Will they allow it?"
Kou Ji said seriously: "I have my own idea."
Seeing Kou Ji's resolute attitude, Cao Yi sighed and said no more.
Liu Heng pondered for a long time and said to Kou Ji: "Since Fourth Brother, you have to go to the Ministry of Works, I won't stop you. When the time comes, Fourth Brother, if you have anything to help, just ask."
After a pause, Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said: "If Fourth Brother really wants to fight for power with the young master and the general as the second prisoner, I will fully support him. No matter how many and powerful the forces behind the two prisons are, I will accompany you."
Fourth brother, give it a try."
Cao Yi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
After nodding, he said: "My sixth uncle has always been in charge of the personnel deployed by the Cao family as general supervisors. When it comes to that point, I will beg my sixth uncle to ask him to take the initiative to remove the general supervisors."
Kou Ji felt warm in his heart after hearing what the two said.
"Fourth brother, there are still things that need to be dealt with in the sealing warehouse. I will take the first step."
Liu Heng suddenly stood up, cupped his hands, and prepared to leave.
Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
But he didn't ask, instead he stood up, cupped his hands, and prepared to leave.
Kou Ji did not retain the two of them and allowed them to leave Kou's house.
Exited the gate of Kou Mansion.
Cao Yi quickly caught up with Liu Heng and asked, "On the way to the Kou Mansion just now, didn't you tell me that you had a lot to say to Brother Kou? Why in the end, you didn't say a word, but instead
Are you in a hurry to leave?"
Liu Heng asked without looking back: "What did you say? What else can you say? Fourth brother insists on going to the Ministry of Industry Yamen, and the two of us can't stop him, so we have to let him go."
Cao Ji sighed and said: "Although I don't know what Brother Kou insists on going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, I believe that with Brother Kou's ability, he will definitely make a difference when he goes to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry."
Liu Heng paused, turned around, and asked: "The Yamen of the Ministry of Works has no power at all, what can it do? You made the Ministry of Works so scary. Even if the fourth brother wanted to do something in the Ministry of Works, he would not do it himself.
My head was bruised and bloody."
Cao Ji spread his hands and said, "What can I do? He insists on going. I tried to persuade him, but he didn't stop me."
Cao Yi stared at Liu Heng and said, "You tried to persuade him, but you didn't try to stop him."
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and stamped his feet fiercely.
"I only hate that you and I have a low official position and can't help Fourth Brother. I watched him go to the quagmire of the Engineering Department."
Cao Yi sighed helplessly.
Liu Heng stared at Cao Yi and said, "I'm going to go back and beg my father to find a way to help me get promoted."
Cao Yi stared at Liu Heng in astonishment.
Liu Heng continued: "As long as the power in my hands is strong enough, when the fourth brother needs help, I can be more helpful. If I can sit in the position of King Prime Minister or Prime Minister Li.
What a bullshit Young Mansion Supervisor, he will serve as a supervisor and all those who disobey will be killed."
Cao Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head. He felt that Liu Heng was a little wishful thinking.
Both of them were born in martial arts, and with the help of Kou Ji, they managed to become civil servants, but the shadow of martial arts behind them has been following them.
As long as they carry the identity of Wu Xun, they can't even think of serving as counselors for political affairs and doing things under the same banner as Zhongshu.
These two positions were inherently incompatible with them.
Liu Heng didn't care what Cao Yi was thinking. He stared at Cao Yi and asked: "Your Cao family's background is far richer than my Liu family's. It should be easier for you to get promoted than me. You don't want to get promoted and help a bunch of fourth brothers?"
Cao Yi couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You two are my best friends, I have been unlucky for eight lifetimes."
Liu Heng's eyes widened in vain.
Cao Yi said helplessly: "I will talk to my father when I get back."
Liu Heng snorted twice and said shamelessly: "From now on, I allow you to call my fourth brother Fourth Brother."
Cao Yi said in astonishment: "Isn't it different to call Brother Kou?"
Liu Heng said disdainfully: "Of course it's different."
Cao Yi lost his voice and said: "We have been arguing for a long time. I have known you for more than two years, but you two have never regarded me as a close brother?"
Liu Heng asked: "For us two brothers who are not related by blood, do you dare to go against your family?"
Cao Yi was stunned and speechless.
Liu Heng hummed and said, "I can do it, and so can fourth brother."
Cao Yi gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
Liu Heng stared at Cao Yi and said, "I hope you can do the same in the future. Because you will also be brothers with us in the future, brothers who are closer than real brothers."
Cao Yi raised his head with a complicated expression and said quietly: "Do I still have to thank you, thank you for lifting me up?"
Liu Heng raised his head with a disgusted look on his face.
Cao Yi spat disdainfully.
Liu Heng said: "Tomorrow, take out 20,000 yuan from your Cao Mansion and send it to Wanxiang Tower."
Cao Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Do I have to pay for joining the gang?"
Liu Heng said arrogantly: "You don't have to give it. Naturally, the members of Wanxiang Tower cannot give it to you."
Cao Yan's eyes widened in vain, "You are a member of Wanxiang Tower who is making a lot of money every day, are you willing to give me your money?"
No wonder Cao Yi was not surprised.
In more than two years, Wanxiang Tower has developed into a behemoth.
Today's Wanxiang Building has become the number one shopping mall in Bianjing City.
For many people who want to sell precious things, the first choice is Wanxiang Tower.
Because Wanxiang Loupu had sold royal objects in the palace.
It was also those royal objects in the palace that suddenly pushed the name of Wanxiang Tower to the top.
It is said that the daily commission drawn by Wanxiang Tower now exceeds Wan Guan.
If it weren't for the two big mountains standing behind the Wanxiang Tower, I'm afraid that the Wanxiang Tower would have been swallowed up by the powerful people in Bianjing City.
Many auction houses in Bianjing City have abandoned the old auction rules and are learning the rules from Wanxiang Tower.
But even so, there is still no shopping mall that can surpass Wanxiang Tower.
Wanxiang Tower is like a golden mountain.
How could he not be surprised now that Liu Heng was going to give him a corner of Jinshan?
Liu Heng said calmly: "Since you are my brother, you naturally have to occupy some roles in Wanxiang Tower. Between brothers, we share blessings and share hardships. This is not an empty talk from me."
"I need to go home and think about it."
Cao Yi saw the golden mountain before his eyes, but he did not agree easily.
He didn't get carried away with money.
Liu Heng fulfilled his promise to share the blessings.
So when it came time to fulfill a promise that faced difficulties, Cao Yi couldn't be vague.
If he, Cao Yan, were just one person and a family, he would agree to Liu Heng's offer without hesitation.
But there is a Cao family behind him.
Since he is a descendant of the Cao family, he cannot make decisions easily on many things.
He must think clearly about who he will help and whom he should help when there is a huge conflict between the interests of the Cao family and the interests of his brothers.
"I'll give you three days..."
Liu Heng stared at Cao Yi and said seriously.
Cao Yi nodded stiffly.
Liu Heng hugged his fists and left.
Cao Yi walked to the house in despair.
Regarding the fact that Liu Heng and Kou Ji have not introduced him as their close brother, he actually doesn't have much feeling.
The several major generals in Bianjing City also put their interests first in their daily interactions.
He has become accustomed to friendships where profit comes first.
In the face of interests, things like family ties and friendships are often torn to pieces.
Therefore, when he interacts with anyone, he will never show his true feelings.
But he never expected others to show their true feelings when interacting with him.
Now that he bumped into two different people, Kou Ji and Liu Heng, he suddenly didn't know how to deal with them.
If it were anyone else, he would definitely treat them as fools without hesitation, then interact with them hypocritically, squeeze out all their money and use value, and then kick them away.
After all, the other descendants of Wu Xun's family in Bianjing City did this.
He has done this in the past.
But when facing Liu Heng and Kou Ji, he couldn't do this.
He doesn't want to!
cannot!
Nor do I want to!
No, it's because he really likes the feeling of being together with Kou Ji and Liu Heng.
No, it's because neither Kou Ji nor Liu Heng is a fool. They are even far smarter than him. No matter how much he disguises himself, he can't hide it from the eyes of Kou Ji and Liu Heng.
Not willing because he doesn't want to destroy their current harmonious relationship.
"What's wrong?"
When Cao Yi entered Cao Mansion with his head hanging down, he bumped into his father Cao Qi.
Cao Qi could tell at a glance that Cao Yi was worried, so he asked.
Cao Yi raised his head, saw Cao Qi, and said hesitantly: "Dad...I'm in a dilemma..."
Cao Qi was stunned.
Cao Yi is his son, and he trained him with his own hands. He knows Cao Yi far better than Cao Yi himself.
Ever since he was a child, Cao Yi has been very decisive in dealing with everything, and he has never encountered any difficulties.
Even if he did something outside that harmed the interests of the family or the family's face, he would tell him decisively when he returned to the family.
But today's performance is obviously different from before.
Did he encounter something that affected his mind?
"Go back to your room and talk."
Cao Qi gave instructions and led Cao Yi back to his study.
Cao Yi entered the study, stared at Cao Qi, and carefully told Cao Qi the doubts he encountered.
After Cao Qi listened to Cao Yi's story, he was silent for a long time.
Then he let out a long sigh.
"housekeeper?"
Cao Qi shouted three times, and the housekeeper appeared at the door of the study.
Cao Qi ordered: "Go to the accountant and pay 20,000 guan to Yi'er."
The housekeeper hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is it our fifth-room private treasury, or the Cao family's large treasury?"
"Private Treasury!"
"Here..."
Cao Yi stared at Cao Qi in astonishment and said, "Dad, what are you doing?"
Cao Qi stared at him without speaking.
Cao Yi hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, are you planning to let me use false feelings to defraud money from Liu Heng and Kou Ji?"
Cao Qi stared at Cao Yi, sighed, and said: "No... I just helped you, followed your heart, and made your choice."
Cao Yi's eyes widened, not understanding the meaning of Cao Qi's words.
Cao Qi stared at his silly son and explained: "From the moment you hesitated, you have already made a choice. According to the way I have taught you since childhood, when you encounter this kind of thing, you will
There will be no hesitation or embarrassment.
The fact that you are hesitant and embarrassed means that you prefer Kou Ji and Liu Heng in your heart."
After Cao Qi's reminder, Cao Yi realized that he had already made his choice.
His heart was open to outsiders, and his father saw through it, which made him lower his head in shame.
Cao Qi stared at Cao Yi and said, "You have no need to be ashamed. Not only do you not need to be ashamed, you should also stand up straight with your chest raised and your head raised."
Cao Yi gritted his teeth and said, "But..."
Cao Qi sighed and said: "I have taught you since childhood not to have heart-to-heart interactions and contact with others, not because I want to prevent you from having heart-to-heart interactions and contact with others.
But the people outside are all evil-hearted.
Contact with our Cao family has more or less various purposes.
I asked you to do this to protect you.
Now that you can meet someone you can have a heart-to-heart relationship with, why should I stop you?"
Cao Yi raised his head and looked at Cao Qi in shock.
Cao Qi said calmly: "My father is happy for you that you can meet someone you can have a heart-to-heart relationship with. But I also have to remind you that one day, the three of you will have a conflict with the Cao Mansion. My father will not help you."
you.
Not only will your father not help you, he will also unite with your uncles and brothers to become your strongest opponent."
Cao Yi clenched his fists, feeling very uneasy.
Cao Qi laughed softly: "Are you afraid?"
Cao Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be afraid!"
Cao Qi said with a smile: "Then one day, you and your father become rivals, what will you do?"
Cao Yi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I don't know..."
Cao Qi's face darkened and he yelled angrily: "You unfilial son, get out of here."
Cao Yi fell to his knees on the ground with a thud, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang his head to Cao Qin three times, and then hurriedly escaped from the study. Mobile version::
After Cao Yi ran out of the study door, the anger on Cao Qi's face disappeared and was replaced by a smile.
"Hehehehe... I thought that all the three generations of the Cao family were ineffective and could only lie on the merits of their ancestors and wait to die. I didn't expect that there was one who was ambitious and successful, and he was my son.
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"Hahahahahaha..."
"No, I have to show off to my fourth brother...hahahaha..."