Farming and reading family

This was the last thing he could do for his brother.

"Second brother, go and ask." Chen Qing looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke nodded and went out, and saw Lord Cao standing in the corridor, so he hurried over to pay his respects.

Cao Geng nodded in return, "Your father and your second uncle have a good relationship?"

Chen Ke turned his head and glanced in his father's direction: "The two brothers grew up together, so they naturally have a deep relationship."

Cao Geng looked at Chen Ke and saw that he didn't seem to be lying. "The day before yesterday, your father asked me something."

Chen Ke was puzzled: "Could it be related to my second uncle?"

"Hmm? He asked if Chen Fansheng's matter would affect your career as an official." Cao Geng nodded.

Chen Ke was embarrassed: "My father is like this. No matter what happens, he is always worried that it will affect my exam results."

"It's normal for parents to have such concerns." Cao Geng could understand. "He didn't do anything after he returned, did he?"

"No." Chen Ke shook his head. "Because of my second uncle's affairs, the family was a bit chaotic, and my father went to live alone with my third brother."

"Oh? Why?" Cao Geng looked curious.

Chen Keben didn't want to say it, but it was hard to hide it when Lord Cao asked him this: "My father thought my sons and the others were fine, so he didn't want to sue my second uncle, but my eldest sister-in-law refused and started making a fuss."

Cao Geng suddenly realized: "It seems that your father really cares about your second uncle."

Chen Ke didn't know how to say this.

Cao Geng's doubts were dispelled. It seemed that Chen Fancai really died of a hidden illness. This was a good thing.

"I want to ask if I can take my second uncle's body away." Chen Ke asked cautiously.

Cao Geng thought for a moment and said, "You can't take the body away until the case is closed."

"Yes." Chen Ke did not insist.

Chen Fansheng was a little disappointed to hear this result, but he still accepted it.

Cao Geng asked them some more questions and asked them to sign before letting them leave.

Chen Jie was driving the carriage in front, and Chen Fansheng, his father and his son were sitting in the carriage.

It wasn't until they were almost at the village that Chen Fansheng suddenly spoke up: "Second brother, your second uncle is dead, how will the remaining people be judged?"

"Accomplices should be exiled." Chen Ke was not sure.

But for ordinary people, exile is no different from death.

After hearing this, Chen Fansheng fell silent for a long time. "Go back and prepare some incense, candles, and paper money for me. Prepare plenty."

"Okay." Chen Ke nodded.

When Chen Ke returned home, he asked Gao E to prepare these.

It happened to be the Chinese New Year, and the family had already bought incense, candles and paper, so all they had to do was fold them. Gao E asked Tian and He to fold them.

"I can't figure it out." After Lu Qingluo knew that Chen Fan was the one who decided Chen Fan's life and death, he showed extraordinary curiosity.

"What's there to not understand?" Gao E knew it was Chen Fancai's problem.

"Chen Fancai has already been sentenced to death, why would Chen Fansheng do this?" Lu Qingluo was puzzled.

"There are too many variables." Gao E said bluntly, "Have you forgotten that Chen Fancai was just biting Chen Fansheng in the lobby?"

"Oh, Chen Fansheng was afraid that Chen Fan would drag him into this?" Lu Qingluo suddenly realized.

Gao E lowered her eyes. "The key is probably that it will affect Chen Ke's official career. Even if he is not dragged into this, this matter will be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice. When the case is filed, it will be mentioned that Chen Ke has an uncle who was mutilated, which may affect Chen Ke."

Lu Qingluo was puzzled when he heard Gao E say this: "Does he care about his son, or does he care about whether his son can become an official?"

"The results are the same, so why bother about the reasons." Gao E smiled.

She knew that Chen Fancai's end would be death, a death that had nothing to do with her.

But I didn't expect this result.

The elder brother murdered his younger brother. Even if no one else knew about it, he knew it himself. Chen Fansheng would probably have to carry this shackle until his death.

Lu Qingluo always cares about the results, but this time he feels that the reasons are also very important.

At night, Chen Fansheng was burning paper money for Chen Fancai alone at the intersection. The north wind blew the newly-burned paper money away in an instant and it quickly went out.

Gao E was right. Even if Chen Fancai was an unforgivable criminal, he had poisoned his own brother with his own hands. This was too difficult for Chen Fan to get over.

He could only repeatedly say that all this was for his son, and he wanted to bear all the sins alone, and it had nothing to do with his son.

This way, Chen Fancai can have a complete body and be buried properly.

But he didn't want to bury Chen Fancai in the Chen family's ancestral tomb, for fear that it would affect his son's official career.

Once Chen Fancai died, the things they did became easier. They pushed everything onto Chen Fancai, and the living people became accomplices. Their guilt was much lighter, and they quickly confessed their crimes.

The county government notified the Chen family to collect the body. Chen Qing and Chen Jie went together and visited Chen Baolai who was still in custody.

Within a few days, Chen Baolai became so thin that he looked almost unrecognizable. When he saw the two of them, he begged them to save him. When he saw them leave, he started cursing them viciously.

The two people didn't react much to this, as this was always the way their family was.

After Cao Geng dealt with this matter, he began to deal with Zhao Zhengyuan's family property.

It was already the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. After the Little New Year, everyone was preparing for the New Year, and even Yueyuan had to take a few days off.

After much deliberation, Cao Geng sent someone to summon Gao E to ask her about purchasing the Zhao family's property.

"Lord Cao." Gao E saluted.

Cao Geng gestured for Gao E to sit down. "You've already met Captain Zhao. Now I want to buy back the Zhao family's assets that you previously acquired. What are your plans?"

Gao E knew Cao Geng well, so she probably just wanted to ask, "What do you think, Lord Cao?"

"I think as long as the documents are in compliance, the property will be yours. It just depends on whether you sell it to him or not." Cao Geng said directly.

Gao E smiled. It was definitely not legal to buy these industries of the Zhao family at that time, after all, it was Xu Boyan who did it.

But no one expected that the Zhao family would have a bastard coming back.

"I think so too." Gao E nodded.

"Okay, then if he asks again, I'll answer him like this." Cao Geng looked at Gao E. "But Captain Zhao isn't someone who will let things go easily. Madam Chen should be prepared."

"Okay." Gao E nodded.

After leaving the yamen, Gao E immediately went to look for Lu Hao. She saw Lu Hao carrying large and small bags of New Year's goods, followed by Lin Ping'er and Lin An'er.

Seeing Gao E and the other person come over to pay their respects immediately, Lu Hao was extremely envious.

The two children were sensible at an early age and knew Lu Hao's intentions. They were very naughty in front of him, but they behaved well when they saw Gao E.

"You go home first." Gao E ordered.

The two children immediately took some light things home.

Lu Hao watched the two children leave and asked: "When will they respect me as much as they respect their elder sister?"

"They really respect you. You'd better not get used to it." Gao E joked.

Lu Hao chuckled. He really wasn't suited to that. "What do you want from me, big sister?"

"Did you know that Captain Zhao of the Zhao family is back?" Gao E asked directly.

"Of course I know." Lu Hao became excited. "He's been very arrogant in He County these days."