"You didn't say you were from the Cao family." The master of the Cao family frowned.
Butler Cao bowed his head and said, "I told you, but the other party didn't care which family I came from. They just arrested the kid and the people he brought with him, and imprisoned him for the entire night, whether they were eating or drinking."
"That's unreasonable." Mr. Cao's face showed anger.
Butler Cao echoed from the side: "I also think that these gangsters have gone too far. They took our money and then turned against us. They deserve to be punished by the army in the future."
"Shut up." Mr. Cao scolded Butler Cao, and then said, "Don't say such nonsense in the future. Be careful that walls have ears."
As he said that, he subconsciously looked outside the house, as if someone was really eavesdropping on their conversation outside the house.
"It's strange that you are so young. You are talking nonsense with your broken mouth." Butler Cao raised his hand and gave himself a mouth.
The Master of the Cao family waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, you go back to rest first, and then go back to the accounting room to collect two taels of silver for each person."
"Thank you, Master." Butler Cao looked happy and bowed deeply to Master Cao.
He doesn't care about the two taels of silver. He is not short of the two taels of silver as a housekeeper. The key is attitude. Only if his master has a sense of accomplishment in giving alms can he, as a housekeeper, sit more firmly.
The Master of the Cao family glanced at Butler Cao who was standing next to him and said, "Is there anything else?"
"Master, we can't just tolerate such a big loss. We must come back with revenge." Butler Cao said, hunched over and looking up at Master Cao.
In terms of height, he is taller than Mr. Cao. He hunches every time he speaks, making Mr. Cao look taller.
The Master of the Cao family lowered his head slightly and looked at the top of Butler Cao's head, and said, "How do you plan to get back with revenge?"
"On the way back, I thought about it. If we want to take revenge on the bandits, we can't do it with our family alone. Even if we recruit several other families, we can't do it. Without soldiers and power, we can't defeat the bandits in the city. I think we should contact the government and the army." , use the hands of the army to deal with the bandits in the city." Butler Cao looked at Master Cao.
After hearing this, the Cao family master looked thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "Are you sure you can contact the army?"
"I'm not sure, but I believe that the imperial court will definitely not let Datong City fall into the hands of bandits, and will definitely send a large army to Datong to wipe out the bandits." Butler Cao said confidently.
The Master of the Cao family said: "I don't know what you are talking about, but no one can tell when the officers and soldiers will come. Even if the officers and soldiers come, who can guarantee that the officers and soldiers will not find excuses to attack my Cao family?" Take action."
The Cao family was able to survive after the bandits captured Datong City. When the imperial court recaptured Datong City, it was inevitable that the Cao family would be suspected of collaborating with the bandits.
Although the Cao family has deep roots in Datong, there are no officials from the Cao family in the court. They only rely on the dark connections they have cultivated for many years, and after all, they are not as prominent as the old man was when he was alive.
"We can secretly contact the government and the army, and even help the government and the army recapture Datong City when the government and army attack Datong City. We can take care of the situation so that the charges of colluding with bandits will not fall on our Cao family," Butler Cao said.
Mr. Cao's brows furrowed slightly and he said, "Now that the bandits have entered the city and the city is under martial law, how can we spread the news?"
"The city has been unblocked. When I came back, people from the city were out on the street, and the bandits no longer took care of me." Butler Cao said.
Mr. Cao's expression changed and he said, "Can we leave the city?"
"Okay, when I came back, I walked around outside the south gate and found that the city gate was wide open and people were fleeing out of the city." Butler Cao said.
The master of the Cao family stroked his beard and said, "It would be great if you can leave the city. Once you leave the city, you can get in touch with people outside. It will be convenient for you to do whatever you want."
"Master, please send someone out of the city quickly and find a way to inform the imperial court of the situation in the city." Butler Cao said, "When the imperial army regains Datong City, our Cao family will not only have no fault, but also meritorious deeds."
The Master of the Cao family gently waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent, let me think about it."
"The young one will leave first. If anything happens, sir, please send someone to call for the young one." Butler Cao proposed to leave.
After a hard night's work, I was sleepy and tired. If I didn't need to report to my master the reason why I was arrested last night, I would have wanted to go back to my room to rest.
Mr. Cao nodded.
After giving a salute, Butler Cao took a few steps back, turned around and walked out of the house.
"Wait a minute." Mr. Cao suddenly called to Butler Cao and said, "Did you just say that the bandits have lifted the martial law in the city?"
Butler Cao turned around and said respectfully: "Yes, the martial law in the city has been lifted."
"It's good that it's lifted. Now take people to those houses and get all my money back. By the way, tell them to come to the Cao family because I have something to discuss." The master of the Cao family said to Butler Cao. .
Butler Cao felt bitter when he heard that he had another errand, but said without changing his expression: "Young man, go right now."
After saying that, he turned around and exited the bedroom.
After leaving the yard, Butler Cao was not in a hurry to go out. He asked his servants to prepare the cart and servants first, while he returned to his room.
After returning to the room, I washed my face with water, ate some snacks, and brewed a pot of strong tea.
It wasn't until his servants told him that the carriage and people were ready that he left the door and left Cao's house again with the cart and servants.
Although there is no martial law in the city, there are not many pedestrians going out.
Most of the people were watching at home, and only some people who were running out of food had to go out to find work so that they could earn enough for the whole family to chew grains for a day.
Before dark yesterday, Liu Heng entered the city and stayed at the main town office.
The governor's office in Datong City was left to Zhao Yutu as the temporary office location of the Logistics Bureau.
Chen Xunping, Zhang Hong, Jia Liu, Zhang Sancha and other generals gathered at the main town office at dawn.
"Have you all eaten?" Liu Heng asked the tiger-character flag generals who were coming over, biting a pancake.
Chen Xunping said: "I have already eaten before coming here."
"Find a place to sit by yourself. I got up a little late today and had breakfast a little late." Liu Heng explained with a smile, taking a sip from the porridge bowl.
The place where Liu Heng ate was a temporary mortgage room, which used to be the office of the general town office.
The room is bright and bright, with many seats placed.
Several people fell on their seats.
Liu Heng was eating and said, "You guys came here so early. What's wrong?"
The Master of the Cao family rinsed his mouth, cleaned his face with a silk cloth, handed the silk cloth for wiping his face to the maid, and then said to the housekeeper outside the bedroom: "What did you do yesterday? Why didn't you come back all night?"
"Yesterday, not long after I took the people out, they were arrested by the bandits. They were locked up all night and were released at dawn." Cao Jiayu said with a cry.
