In Xiaoyao Hou's eyes, that scene was like a student who had made a mistake being caught by his teacher. His son, who usually acted like an aggressive bully in front of him, now didn't even dare to raise his head.
Why is the contrast so obvious?
But under Qiao Xin's gaze, he felt inexplicably guilty.
What the hell, she’s just a woman in the backyard, why do I feel ashamed every time I meet Qiao Xin!
Xu Can was not surprised to see his father like this. Since he met Qiao Xin, when has his father ever been justified?
Xu Can doesn’t care about his father’s attitude now. What he wants to know most is how the old lady made the dice into powder?
Qiao Xin didn't want to continue this topic, so she glanced at him and said, "What's the matter? Are you still not giving up?"
Xu Can waved his hands and denied it quickly, "No, no, no, how dare I? I don't know what's good for me, but I know I can't touch gambling. It was my first time going there. I was thinking of checking something, but I didn't expect that the owner of the gambling house was actually that guy Liu Heng!"
"What's wrong with him? The one who was training the dog to bite you was his cousin! No matter how you look at it, my Erlang was implicated by you!"
Xu Can had no way of refutation. Erlang really went in with him because he was worried about his safety. Otherwise, according to the rules of the Qiao family, Qiao Erlang would never go and fool around like this even if he was beaten to death!
When he thought of the time when he was chased and bitten by vicious dogs all over the capital, the unbearable memory came back to him. He suddenly felt a chill at the base of his thighs and he felt unwell all over!
Liu Heng was a more playful person than Xu Can, but his status was more noble than his. Liu Heng's father, the Prince of Huainan, had firmly supported Emperor Wu's accession to the throne and was a staunch royalist like his father.
In theory, there shouldn't be much grudge between the two families, but the Prince of Huainan, the Prince of Runan and Emperor Wu had the same great-great-grandfather, but they were concubines.
But in the royal family, his status is higher than Xu Can!
Although they are brothers of the same clan, they have different political views. The Prince of Runan is on good terms with the noble families. The Princess of Anhua is his cousin, and his eldest daughter is married to the Dou family of Yizhou. The second daughter is the Princess of Chengyang who failed to set her dog to bite Xu Can and ended up being disfigured.
By this calculation, they have more hatred towards Xu Can!
The Prince of Runan and the Prince of Huainan have been fighting for most of their lives, so we won’t go into the details of the fighting.
The Prince of Huainan passed away last year, but he left his only son Liu Heng a large amount of wealth and a title of prince, which made his clan members extremely jealous.
Everyone thought that this kid could not keep the family business, but Liu Heng looked good at eating, drinking and having fun, but he was actually a pig in disguise. After he inherited the family business, he used swift and resolute means to remove all obstacles that opposed him. Now the Huainan County Prince's Mansion has become his one-man show.
Many of King Runan's wings were inexplicably broken in his hands.
Xiaoyao Hou has not yet figured out what their intention is in reaching out to the Qiao family and his family this time?
Qiao Xin: I don’t care what he means. If no one offends me, I won’t offend anyone. If someone offends me, I will cut the root of the problem!
In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are just paper tigers.
The relationships between these royal families are extremely complicated, like a dense web that entangles everyone.
But they forgot that this is a time of chaos, not prosperity!
The power of the aristocratic families in Southern Liang has long surpassed that of the royal family, and has already sidelined the Southern Liang emperor. Isn't this a great power?
But what happened in the end? Wasn't he still beaten up by that warrior Zhu Zhen like chopping melons and vegetables?
Qiao Xin might not have the brains to play tricks, but he has no rivals when it comes to fighting!
This time, cutting off the other party's tentacles and collecting some interest can be regarded as a small warning to Liu Heng.
There was no need for Qiao Xin to tell Xiaoyao Hou and his son what she was thinking. She was just curious because Erlang was not so reckless on weekdays!
Qiao Erlang explained: "There were termites in our shop. Xu Can and I found them when we were clearing the accounts, and there were quite a few of them.
The investigation led to the Jixiang Casino. Xu Can wanted to go in and find out more about the situation, but he didn't know that he couldn't leave without getting skinned alive!
"What are you going to do when you find this group of people?"
"They are traitors. Haven't our family treated them well? We should deal with them as we should. However, many people may be implicated in this. Grandma, do you want to investigate thoroughly?"
"Even if you don't want to check, I'm going to do it too. Over the years, we've only focused on expanding our business, with more and more employees, so naturally the management has become a little lax.
But I didn't set the rules for nothing. People who agree with us will naturally listen to them, and people who don't agree with us will never be satisfied no matter how much you give them!"
After Qiao Xin finished speaking, she looked at the two of them and said, "Don't get involved in this matter, you two kids. I have my own way. My Lord, our two houses have a lot of cooperative businesses. This investigation will inevitably involve the people of the Marquis' House. If I have offended anyone, I hope you will not blame me!"
"Madam, just do it. Don't worry about what I think. If you need anything, just let me know!"
"Okay!" Qiao Xin nodded in agreement.
After Qiao Xin sent the people away, she no longer felt like going shopping!
"Grandma, how about your grandson help you?"
"No need, just give me all the evidence you have, and pretend you don't know the rest! Erlang, eradicating corruption has always been a thankless task, I can handle this matter! I'm an old woman, there's nothing to be afraid of."
"But......"
When Qiao Erlang thought about some of the clues she had found, she was still a little worried. She was afraid that her grandmother would be sad and disappointed in the end!
"No buts... Be obedient and take part in the next imperial examination. If you can get the title of Juren sooner, you can do what you like sooner!"
Qiao Jilang didn't like such words, as if his grandmother was going to unload all the burdens and turn around and leave him! !
This feels pretty bad!
"So, grandma, do you have anything you like?"
"Yes, one person, one car, one horse, go out and take a look at the beautiful mountains and rivers and the beautiful scenery!"
It’s not that Qiao Xin can only think about it for the time being. If she really does it, she won’t be able to stick to it.
Being able to leave whenever you want is a beautiful wish in prosperous times, but in an era of warlords, it is called fleeing.
You were walking on the official road, about to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the setting sun and the solitary wild goose flying together, but not far away there were a few starved corpses lying, and wild dogs were still biting them as if no one was around. How could you be in a good mood?
Even a carriage on the road would bump and crush bones that had been weathered at some unknown time.
"White bones are exposed in the wild, and no rooster crows for a thousand miles. If only one out of a hundred people survives, the thought of it breaks people's heart." This is still a scene that is often seen on this earth!
In other words, the prosperity of Laohu Town in recent years gave people the illusion of prosperity and peace. But every time she went out, the tragic scenes she saw would make her dazed for a long time.
Qiao Xin once asked herself whether it was worthwhile to spend a lot of time training the three brothers. Why not gather the team herself?
But when she first came, she was already a nearly 40-year-old widow, and she was penniless. She made a bold statement that she would lead everyone to create a new world.
I guess he would have been arrested as a lunatic a long time ago!
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