After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Chapter 460 The Stingy Tao Family

"Since no one saw it, then there is no evidence. Lord Zhai, as an official appointed by the court, you falsely accuse an innocent girl. It is really..." Zhai Jingxuan shook her head and smiled faintly, with the smile not reaching her eyes.

Father Zhai's eyebrows were so tight that they could kill a fly. What else could he say after hearing this? He could only take Madam Zhai with him to confess his crime.

Zhai Jingxuan did not pursue the matter and scolded the servant, "Why don't you let Miss Zhai go?!"

"……Yes!"

Shangguan Chengjing was rescued. Seeing this, Zhai's father slowly asked someone to send him back to his bedroom, and then specially asked Zhai Jingyu to entertain Zhai Jingxuan. Zhai Jingxuan thought about it and agreed with a smile.

The eyes of the three members of the Zhai family lit up, especially Zhai Jingyu, whose beating heart almost jumped out of her chest.

She knew it! How could Zhai Jingxuan have such a good life?

Shangguan Chengjing will be hers sooner or later!

The position of the Crown Prince's Consort will be hers sooner or later!

bedroom.

Shangguan Qingyue followed him in, with his hands on his hips, "Didn't you tell me that you were the king of house fighting? It's been less than an hour and you've been framed. You're such a loser!"

Shangguan Chengjing rubbed his nose and insisted, "I didn't suffer any loss. I really beat up that old guy named Zhai!"

Shangguan Qingyue choked and shook his head, "If you weren't my father and mother's child, I'd be really afraid that you would be beaten to death."

Shangguan Chengjing thought the little girl's adult tone was hilarious, so he squatted in front of her and teased her, "Oh, our Yue'er is so thoughtful that she even thought of the possibility that her big brother would be beaten to death!"

Shangguan Qingyue said happily, "Of course, because Yue'er is Zhui Chongming!"

"Why isn't Yue'er going to bed yet?"

"I was woken up by you guys!"

Shangguan Chengjing felt a little distressed when he heard this. The little guy couldn't sleep well without his mother by his side. Shangguan Chengjing picked up Shangguan Qingyue and said, "Brother will coax you to sleep, okay?"

“No need!” Shangguan Qingyue’s eyes lit up, and she grabbed Shangguan Chengjing’s clothes with her little hands, “Big Dad, let’s go to the next yard and take a look!”

"The next yard? Who's there?"

It can’t be…Shangguan Chengjing’s heart trembled.

[Of course it was the adulterer of the fake daughter, the culprit who caused your death on the battlefield! ]

Shangguan Qingyue pursed her lips cunningly. Dadede didn't know anything yet, so she decided not to tell him, so as not to scare him to death!

Shangguan Chengjing took a deep breath and said, "Look! Why don't you go and see it? !

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle!

This time, he will never make the same mistake again!

The Zhai Mansion is located on Qingbai Street on the north side of the capital. This street is owned by the Ministry of Revenue, and basically no officials in the capital own houses here. The houses are either awarded by the emperor or rented to court officials, so the houses here are quite standard. They cannot be compared with the mansions of high-ranking officials, but they are not too simple.

One can imagine the wealth of the people who live here.

But there are also advantages. Most of the official residences here are owned by honest and incorruptible officials, so this street is named Qingbai Street, which means a clean family background.

This was just the beginning. Later, there began to be opportunists who, in order to show their integrity to the emperor, deliberately cried poor and pretended to be poor, occupying the toilet without doing anything, leaving those honest officials who really needed housing without a place to live, and they had to spend money to rent one.

This is the case with the Tao Mansion next to the Zhai Mansion.

poverty?

The ancestors of the Tao family were officials donated to the government. It is said that the floor of their old house was paved with gold bricks.

It was also said that the money of the Tao family was saved, because the Tao family's stinginess was known to not only the civil and military officials in the court, but also the neighbors on the street and even people in other provinces thousands of miles away.

There was a family called Tao among the officials in the capital. Mr. Tao wore an old robe for three years, and it was covered with patches. Emperor Jianxi frowned whenever he saw it, so he asked the Ministry of Revenue to reward him with a new court robe. But Mr. Tao refused to wear it, saying that he would wear it during the New Year!

Mr. Tao's father passed away ten years ago. When he was dying, he called all his descendants to his side. He stumbled and stammered for a long time. The descendants thought that their father wanted to tell them something important. In the end, Mr. Tao's father choked out his words after a long while, "The light in the next room was not turned off... a waste of oil!!"

The chickens in Lord Tao's house ate corn the day before yesterday, and their droppings contained undigested corn residue. Lord Tao would wash it before feeding it to the chickens.

The Tao family has a mulberry tree, which bears mulberries in season. The tree happens to grow next to the courtyard wall and jumps out of the wall every year. The Zhai family is next door. The Zhai family has two daughters and one son, all of whom are half-grown children and are greedy at the age. Oh... Lord Tao couldn't sleep at night. Finally, one night, he took a bench and sat under the tree, counting the mulberries, once in the morning and once in the evening. If the number didn't match, the three children of the Zhai family would be in trouble.

Lord Tao also had to attend court, and sometimes he couldn't count all the money, so he asked Madam Tao to count. Lord Tao was stingy, so his family was simple, with no concubines, no maids or servants, just three people in his family.

He had a son named Tao Bushe. When he was just born, Mr. Tao was very angry. A son consumes so much food. If he eats up all the food, his family will be empty-handed. How can he compare to a daughter?

Mrs. Tao was surprised. I gave birth to a son, not a glutton!

Later, Madam Tao comforted him, saying that the dowry in the Great Chu had always been more generous than the betrothal gift, and if they had a son, they would not have to pay a huge dowry and could even get a share.

Only then did Lord Tao become happy.

These were not excessive. What was excessive was that sometimes, when the Tao family stewed meat, the aroma spread to the next door, and Lord Tao would climb over the wall to take advantage of the Zhai family's braised pork.

The Zhai family was also very distressed, but no matter how distressed they were, the Tao family was just pretending to be poor while the Zhai family was really poor. They had no money to move away from their weird neighbors.

The Tao family's stinginess has been passed down from generation to generation.

In the original story.

When it came to Tao Bushe's generation, Tao Bushe was fifteen years old this year. He was both good in character and in study. He was stingy, so he chiseled a hole in the wall to steal light, and used a firefly to reflect the snow. He did it all!

Fortunately, Tao Bushe was really hardworking and passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen. He had a certain reputation in the academic circles of the capital, and many famous scholars wanted to take him as their apprentice. However, when his future was bright, Tao Bushe developed an eye disease.

Lord Tao had no choice but to reluctantly ask the imperial physician for treatment. The imperial physician said that this was because Tao Bushe always read in a dim state, so his eyes were damaged. This is called "short-sightedness". The late Empress Xiaomin said before her death that this is also called myopia. Empress Xiaomin specially made a mirror so that he could see clearly.

But this kind of mirror is very expensive, costing a thousand taels of silver!

When Mr. Tao heard this, he immediately refused, saying that he had no money.

Mrs. Tao felt sorry for her children and her money, so she didn't say anything.

Tao Bushe's eye disease was not treated properly, and it became increasingly serious, to the point where he could hardly see.

Tao Bushe's studies were delayed and his life came to an end.

But at this moment, Tao Bushe had just become nearsighted, and was ordered by his father to be responsible for guarding the mulberry tree.

He moved a table, put books on it, and didn't use a brush as brushes were consumables. Instead, he used free wooden sticks, which were burnt black, and he wrote very well.