I Made a Fortune By Raiding Houses In Ancient Times

 Seeing the gold, silver, jades, silks and satins in the big box, Ms. Jiang was both happy and angry.

 Happily, she had found all her daughter's betrothal gifts, and her daughter's marriage was not delayed.

The angry couple were the thieves, who were shameless and greedy, and even stole everything belonging to the niece.

 Her mother-in-law's favoritism also chilled her.

Knowing that her youngest son and his wife were stealing her daughter's things, not only did she not stop them, but they actually helped them.

Seeing that all those things were found, Mother Cao wanted to scratch Ling Chu's face all over.

Seeing Mrs. Jiang ordering the maid and mother-in-law to carry away the betrothal gift, I felt heartbroken.

Hands firmly held Cao Hongxin's arm, nagging him to keep the things.

Cao Hongxin was so quarreled by his mother that his head hurt, and he was angry and helpless.

His mother persuaded him to leave his daughter's bride price for his son to marry in the future.

But Cao Hongxin knew that his mother actually wanted to wait for him to leave the things behind, and then find a way to use them to supplement the second house.

Lingchu glanced at Cao's mother who was still chattering, and handed the thing in her hand to Cao Hongxin, "Mr. Cao, take a look at this."

Cao Hongxin was a little confused and didn't know what Ling Chu asked him to see.

Seeing her serious expression, she hurriedly broke away from his mother's pull, quickly stepped forward and reached out to take the piece of paper.

As soon as his eyes touched the words on the paper, Cao Hongxin's expression changed.

 The further he looked down, the uglier Cao Hongxin's face became.

Mother Cao didn't know what he was looking at, and she wanted to persuade the eldest son not to give everything to his daughter as a dowry.

Cao Hongxin didn't care about the dowry at the moment, and asked Cao's mother with a dark face, "Mom, is my second brother crazy? He actually borrowed usury money?"

Mother Cao was confused, "What usury money?"

Cao Hongxin was so angry that he threw the IOU in his hand in front of his mother.

Mother Cao lowered her head and saw the amount of money on it, her eyes went dark.

She didn't know that her youngest son had actually borrowed usury money. No matter how much she doted on him, she knew that he couldn't touch it.

 Compounding profits can bankrupt their family.

Mother Cao no longer cared about her granddaughter's betrothal gift. She took the IOU and ran outside to question her youngest son.

Cao Hongxin endured his anger and followed him.

 Originally, only his wife Yao knew about Cao Hongdeng's usury loan.

Facing the questioning from Cao’s mother and Cao Hongxin, Cao Hongdeng was panicked at first, but then he felt happy.

The reason why he stole his niece's betrothal gift was to sell it so that he could use it to pay back the loan sharks.

Originally, this was done secretly, but the family members discovered what happened, and they just asked everyone to help him pay off his debts.

Cao Hongdeng cried to his mother, saying that the reason why he borrowed usury money was because his family could not make ends meet and he couldn't bear it.

Thinking about borrowing money to expand the business and make money so that his parents can be happy.

 Cao Hongdeng has been sweet-tongued since he was a child, and now his eloquent tongue coaxed Cao's mother out of her anger, and she felt that his filial piety was rare. Seeing that her mother-in-law was no longer angry, Mrs. Yao secretly made a dark move towards her husband.

 Cao Hongdeng immediately wiped his tears and began to cry about poverty, saying that he had no money and could not pay the usury.

Seeing him crying so sadly, Cao's mother immediately felt heartbroken.

Without thinking, he said to Cao Hongdeng, "Xin'er, although your second brother is wrong to borrow usury, he is also very filial. Now that your second brother is in trouble, you can't just stand by and watch. You are brothers..."

The more Cao Hongxin listened, the colder his heart became. His mother was so partial.

"Mom, I am only a sixth-grade official. My salary is not enough to support my family. My second brother has borrowed so much money. How do you ask me to help him pay it back?" "Why don't you have money? There are so many betrothal gifts. You can sell them first..." Mother Cao She subconsciously blurted out, but when she saw her eldest son staring at her in disbelief, she couldn't help but stop.

Ms. Jiang sneered in her heart when she heard her mother-in-law's words. She was too lazy to say another word.

She just glared at her husband coldly, and then asked the maid and mother-in-law to carry away her daughter's betrothal gift box. Ms. Jiang had already thought in her mind that when her daughter got married, she would take her children and Li back to her parents' home.

Having been married for many years, Cao Hongxin could tell what his wife was thinking at just one glance.

 At this moment, he was angry and helpless.

His wife is about to divorce him, but it’s as if his mother can’t see it and is still insisting on him to help his second brother repay the huge usury money.

Ling Chu glanced at Cao Hongxin, who was filled with suppressed anger, and then his thoughts changed, "Master Cao, can you take a step to speak?"

Cao Hongxin was already very angry with his mother, but Ling Chu's words just gave him a chance.

He said a few perfunctory words to his mother, took the opportunity to break free of his arms, and led Ling Chu away.

Mother Cao and Cao Hongdeng frowned and looked at their backs. Although they were curious about what they were going to say, they did not dare to follow them. We can't anger Cao Hongxin and expect him to help us repay the usury.

"Miss Ling, thank you for your help." Cao Hongxin was truly grateful to Ling Chu. Fortunately, she found the betrothal gift, otherwise his daughter's marriage would have been ruined.

"You don't have to be polite, Mr. Cao. I'll tell you the truth. I have something to ask of you. I would like to borrow Mr. Cao's usury note for use."

Cao Hongxin looked puzzled. This was the first time he heard someone wanted to borrow this thing.

Ling Chu knew that he was curious, but she couldn't elaborate, "Master Cao, I can't tell you the details. But... if you are lucky, maybe I can help you avoid the high interest. Even if not, I will The IOU will be returned to you intact."

Cao Hongxin's eyes widened suspiciously.

Ms. Ling wants to help them get rid of the high interest rate, and is there such a great thing?

Cao Hongxin’s mind started working quickly.

If someone else said this, he might not believe it, but Miss Ling is a disciple of Master Xuan Yi, so maybe there is something we can do?

 Cao Hongxin only hesitated for a while before agreeing.

Although I didn't believe that Ling Chu could really help them avoid the high interest rate, I was thinking about what might happen.

 As long as there is a one in 10,000 chance, he would like to try.

Knowing that Ling Chu would not elaborate, Cao Hongxin did not ask further.

After getting the IOU from his mother, he gave it to her while sending Ling Chu out.

 Cao's mother and Cao Hongdeng were so happy that they couldn't help but see Cao Hongxin asking for the IOU, so they thought he had finally agreed to help pay back the money.

 After leaving Cao Mansion, Ling Chu returned to his house on Qintai Street and took out the IOU from Zhou Banqin's family to compare.

 The writing on the note is exactly the same as the name of the lender.

Zhou Banqin’s father and Cao Hongdeng both borrowed usury money from the Duke of Zhao.

Although the lender above is the nanny next to Mrs. Zhao Guogong, the person behind it is definitely Mrs. Zhao Guogong.

Tomorrow she will take these two IOUs and go to Mr. Guo to get the concubinage document back.

The person who poured oil and set fire last night was not caught. Seeing that it was getting dark, Ling Chu arranged for the maid to patrol at night, but he still felt uneasy after thinking about it.

 Before going to sleep, I simply summoned the big shovel and the small hammer.

 Originally it was just in case.

 But she woke up suddenly and inexplicably at night, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

After thinking about it, Lingchu decided to open the system and check it out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the system was turned on, a black shadow jumped from outside onto the wall of the east wing.

 (End of this chapter)