The second day of October is Xu Qingtang's birthday. All the people of the tribe come to congratulate him. As a son, Xu Hao took turns to toasting each table one by one.

Among the children of the Xu family, Xu Rong and Xu Yi are the richest. As Zhu Qiaoqiao's former right-hand man, they have been dependent on the Xu family for many years.

The two brothers of the Xu family moved to Peking that year and followed the past and experienced ups and downs. Now Xu Rong is Xu Qingtang's confidant and has become a classic of the Duke's Mansion. Xu Yi went to Liaodong with Zhu Qiaoqiao, and is still the confidant of his heart.

Xu Rong and Xu Hao have a good relationship. They married Xiaoyue, who had been a maid with Xu Hao for a year. Xiaoyue was Li Qiu's cousin, so they gradually got closer and closer to the second wife.

The tribe members who are glorious will naturally be frustrated, but overall, the Xu family will not lack food and clothing. The old lady Jun is alive and has three wives. As long as the relatives of the tribe are not good at eating and lazily, relying on the family’s complex relationship network, they are considered a rich family even in the capital.

Among them, Xu Min, 30 years old this year, is an alien in the family. He has never relied on anyone since he was a child. He makes a living by selling pork along the street. He is a lowly business and makes everyone in the family ashamed of him. Most of them draw a clear line and never contact each other.

Xu Hao thought that his cousin was self-reliant and upright. Whenever he met him, he would be polite and treated him as his elder brother.

Xu Min regards selling meat as a joy in life. He is full and worry-free without having to look at anyone's expression. Life is very smooth.

People who are butchers are relatively brave, and timid people cannot do this. Xu Min’s only hobby in his life is to drink. He is drunk when he is not good at drinking. He is not afraid of being drunk. His relatives are unwilling to interact with him. But the people he knows say he is a dangerous person. Who is not afraid of a drunk butcher holding a butcher knife?

Over time, I met him and said hello to him when I saw him. I left after he said hello, let alone those who didn’t know him, and I didn’t dare to get close to him when I didn’t buy meat.

A butcher who is a son of the Xu family and a pig slaughter. Kong Wu Youli didn't even dare to provoke scoundrels in the market, and knew that his relationship with his family had always been indifferent, and even if he wanted to flatter him, it would be useless.

Over time, Xu Min's temper became more and more strange, and she often said angrily: "You ignore me, I don't need you. I earn money and eat by myself. I never ask anyone. What can I do if I get close to me? What if I do not need you to pay attention to me? I am not happy to pay attention to you if I don't need you to pay attention to me!"

Since then, when I met someone I knew, I looked up and looked down. In fact, I felt depressed. In recent years, even Xu Hao has been reluctant to pay attention to it. He first sent pork to the Duke of Wei's Mansion, and later to the Duke of England's Mansion, without worrying about food and clothing, but now he doesn't have a pound of meat to give him.

As the saying goes, there are unexpected situations in the sky, and people will suffer misfortunes every day. Last autumn, he suffered from a serious malaria, which consumed a lot of medical money. His family was empty and his furniture was pawned. He almost had nothing.

Xu Min had a strong sense of self-esteem and was unwilling to speak. His wife Liu brought him to the Xu family for help. Xu Hao knew his cousin's temperament well and became more sensitive when he was sick. Therefore, he and his sister-in-law were hiding it from him. With good medicine and sufficient nutrition, Xu Min was completely out of the body this year.

Liu dared not say anything when he recovered from his illness. He had to start a business again. It is logical that if someone encounters this situation and is unfortunately in a dilemma of no money, borrowing loans is the only way for the time being. Let the family have enough food first, and have the capital to buy a pig and open a business, it is not difficult to restore life as usual.

Unfortunately, Xu Min still had the stubborn personality and would never wave his tail and beg for mercy in front of his relatives. Is it possible for a poor man to knock on the door and give him money while sitting at home? It's not that there is no such thing, but Xu Hao's recklessness angered him.

In this way, Xu Min waited for death. At home, Liu did not dare to buy rice, noodles, and cook. Adults were worried, and the children yelled that I was hungry and I was hungry. The fate of the family seemed to have reached the end of the world.

In reality, people have to bow their heads. Xu Min's usual rude and boldness cannot be eliminated at this point. Relatives and neighbors point fingers every day, mocking him for not understanding worldly affairs.

Liu originally wanted to say that his cousin agreed to lend us capital, but before he could speak, he walked out of the house aimlessly because he felt sad.

He was wearing a broken skin and had not washed his face for several days. Xu Min looked very down and suddenly collided with the person opposite him, and the man shouted, "Amitabha, what's wrong?"

Xu Min raised his head and saw that it was Abbot Zhiyun of Dacien Temple. Because the other party was a monk, he was discouraged and lost his past pride. He took the initiative to admit his mistake and said, "Master, don't be surprised, I really didn't see it."

Zhiyun looked at him with pity and said sympathetically: "Why aren't you doing business? I heard you're not very proud recently."

Xu Min was full of complaints and grief and had no way to vent his grief, and had nothing to hide from the monks outside the world. Seeing that the other party was very concerned, he couldn't help but be very moved. He immediately said everything he had hidden in his heart.

Finally, he said: "Master, let me tell you the truth, I have no way to live now."

Zhiyun was very surprised and thought to himself that if you are two first-class Duke of the Xu family, it would be a fantasy if you are desperate! But everyone in the street knows the truth and knows what happened to Xu Min.

"It's just a bad luck. Today we meet is a fate and a law. It can be seen that there is a blessing from the Buddha in the dark."

After Zhiyun said that, he took out ten taels of silver, "The capital is probably enough, so there is no interest or a fixed return period. When will you wait for you to have money and when will you pay it back? Even if you can't make a profit, it doesn't matter. It's important to support your family, you don't have to take it seriously."

Xu Min, who thought he was desperate, burst into tears, sighed that there were such good people in the world, and shouted that this kindness and virtue would be unforgettable.

After returning home, Xu Min paid attention to the old business. He had been a butcher for more than ten years and never lacked any weight. People around him liked to buy his pork. The family quickly had no worries about having no food to eat.

The day before yesterday, Xu Min calculated that he had eliminated various expenses, left some money as a cost, and made three taels of silver. He chose a larger pig head, the fattest pair of water, and six or seven kilograms of good meat with three layers of good meat, and sent them to Dacien Temple together.

Zhiyun is famous for his appetite for eating meat. The abbot he made was a dual identity between the imperial court and the handling of foreign affairs. He was not a Zen Buddhism that strictly abides by the rules and regulations. He was not a violation of the precepts because drinking and eating meat occasionally was not considered a violation of the precepts. In addition, he was a novice monk from Yao Guangxiao in his early years and participated in the Jingnan Campaign. If he did not commit any crimes, no one would care about him.

Zhiyun was very happy and said with a smile: "If you give me something, I won't be polite to you. As for the money you keep for the family, I must praise you for your wealth. I think my Dacien Temple is full of incense, what's the matter of ten taels of silver? We'll just be in love with each other."

Xu Min was also very happy when she heard this. She felt much more relaxed when she exempted her debts. Her heart was grateful to the other party several times, and since then she regarded Zhiyun as her only friend.

Today, Liu urged him to celebrate his birthday, and Xu Min also consciously straightened his back, so the whole family came together.

Xu Hao was very pleased to see him standing up in adversity, so he went forward and toasted, saying, "Brother Min is a lucky person. I have wanted to say one thing for a long time, but I have never had time. Otherwise, why would you spend all your savings when you are sick?"

"Haha!" Xu Min smiled. Hearing his cousin's tactful words, he felt his relatives secretly raising their ears, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Hao said: "I should have set up a butcher shop long ago and find an apprentice to help you with things. When there is something wrong, someone will be there for you."

Xu Minjing deeply felt the same way about this matter, and nodded with a smile and agreed.

Xu Rong, who toasted Xu Hao everywhere, cursed her lips and secretly scolded you for being a stick. If I hadn't sent you money and medicine, he would have died long ago. Now he is as if he is fine, but he still doesn't know the kindness of our brothers to you.

Everything in the clan is managed by Xu Rong, which is inconvenient for outsiders such as Li Dong. Therefore, Xu Rong knows everything about his family.

Xu Fen, who was standing next to him, cursed Xu Wen in his early years, and later changed his career to become a charlatan, who called himself a half-immortal fortune teller. He could make a lot of money all year round. Every year, he would go to the Xu family to tell fortunes for his female family.

Yesterday, Liu asked him to tell fortunes. Just after reporting his and her husband's birth dates, Xu Min returned home. He did not believe in these ghosts and gods, and was not willing to spend money in vain. He was angry and drove Xu Fen out.

This incident made Xu Fen very angry. If it weren't for Nianzai's brothers, how could he come to the door? So he secretly hated him. At this time, he saw Xu Hao respect Xu Min very much, so he deliberately calculated his fingers and sighed with frown.

Xu Rong believed this very much, and he was shocked and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you sighing for no reason?"

Xu Hao looked at him, and Xu Fen said, "You are accustomed to this, but I am uneasy if I don't say it, and I don't know what to do."

Xu Hao said: "If you have something to say, there is nothing inconvenient."

Xu Fen was determined to make things difficult for Xu Min and sighed: "That day my sister-in-law asked me to tell fortunes, and Xu Min was in trouble this year."

Xu Rong was shocked and said, "You are wrong. The disaster I suffered last year has subsided this year. Is it better to be in a state of great prosperity?"

"That's a disease. This year there will be either a bloody disaster or a prison disaster." Xu Fen said slowly.

Xu Min was furious when she heard this, and felt that Xu Fen was deliberately cursing him. He was a little drunk after greedying for a few more glasses of wine. He jumped up and wanted to beat someone up. Xu Hao stopped him in the middle. He pointed at Xu Fen and cursed.

Xu Fen sneered and turned around and left. Xu Rong cursed at Xu Min: "You are just a fool. Is this the place where you are wild?"

Xu Haonian didn't care when he was drunk. He persuaded him to pull the person into the house and sat down. The relatives felt disappointed and criticized Xu Min for not being able to get on the table. Liu rushed from the inner house after hearing the news, apologizing while taking her husband home.

Not to mention Xu Min, he left the Xu family gate with a dark face and walked towards his home cursingly.

Xu Hao was sent outside the door and happened to meet the news that Jin sent someone to send him. He learned that the Zuodu Censor Chen Ying impeached his son-in-law Hu Guan during the morning court, forcing the folk woman to marry a prostitute as a concubine.

The previous article mentioned that Hu Guan was the third son of Hu Hai, the late founding hero of Dongchuan, and gave Princess Nankang; the eldest brother Hu Bin was killed in battle in Yunnan, and the second brother Hu Yu was killed in a row due to the Lan Yu case.

During the Jingnan Campaign, Hu Guan was captured alive by the Yan army. After being pardoned, he was idle at home for a long time.

Xu Hao was a little surprised. It seemed that Chen Ying was impeached by Sheng Yong by himself, and the brothers Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi were impeached by him, Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying were impeached by him, and the impeached by his son-in-law Mei Yin only caused him to lose his military power.

The four consecutive impeachment of the imperial princes who caused a sensation in the capital failed, which undoubtedly hit Chen Ying's reputation very much. It seems that Chen Ying made up his mind without prior notice this time and decided to succeed.

Chen Ying must have a definite evidence. Xu Hao doesn't care about Hu Guan's fate. Anyway, Zhu Gaochi won't ask for his name, so he will inevitably be imprisoned.

As a censor, impeaching illegal officials is Chen Ying's job, but the censor is a double-edged sword, especially in the hands of the famous Chen Ying in history.

Xu Hao couldn't see through what was going on behind this for a moment. Perhaps Chen Ying wanted to use Hu Guan to test his attitude.
Chapter completed!