Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1029 "Coating"
Not far away, there stood a young man with a droopy face, looking coldly at the concierge.The young man in blue who followed behind him anxiously tried to persuade the young man, but the young man snorted a few times, but he didn't respond.

Sun Wencheng brought his sons over to greet him a few days ago. The concierge still remembered that he didn't dare to make up his mind when he saw the situation, so he went back to report to Wu Sheng, the steward.

Wu Sheng heard that it was "Sun Wuye", but whoever he remembered was the brother of the uncle's family.

In addition to the Li family, it also involved the Sun family, Wu Sheng dared not be self-reliant, but asked Su Xin, who was in charge of the internal affairs of the West Mansion, to make a decision.

That young man was Sun Ban, seeing that the servants of the Li family reported his name, the concierge of the Cao family did not come forward to say hello, but went away behind closed doors, his face flushed with anger.

Regardless of the boy's obstruction, he took a few steps forward on the ground, looked up at the plaque, and said, "It's shameful to be so powerful and ruthless!"

Seeing the closed gate, the man on the ground was in despair. Hearing what Sun Ban said, he turned his head and knelt down in front of him, weeping, "Also ask Fifth Master to make the decision for the young one. Now the situation in the south has changed. Earlier, he was only arrested. The master, the uncle, and the few people in charge, the family members are not allowed to go out, but now even the third young master has been detained. The third young master is not strong enough, how can he bear this. If there is no one to help, the third young master... the little one It was because I was smart that I was able to hide outside the mansion..." At the end, I broke down in tears.

He is Li Cheng's grandpa, named Wang Gui.Because the daughter-in-law she married was Sun's dowry, she was often sent to Hangzhou to give gifts in her early years, and she met Sun Wencheng.

Three generations of the Li family's grandparents were in prison, and it was the Sun family who took the opportunity to send Wang Gui to Beijing. He was originally asked to go to the Sun family and ask his mother's family to help him move around.

Sun Wencheng didn't see Wang Gui, so he only sent the housekeeper to reward him with two taels of silver, and sent him out.There are also good reasons. Now that there is no one with high grades here, how can we get involved in the officialdom?

Sun Ban happened to meet this incident, and was very unwilling. The Li family was indeed the Sun family's in-laws, and it was also the Cao family's uncle's family.Why at this time, the Li family is in jail, the Sun family is idle at home, and only the Cao family is beautiful?

Therefore, he showed Wang Gui the way to Cao's house.Even if the Cao family refused to help, there was still the second old lady of the Li family, so they couldn't just watch the younger generation of the family suffer.

After the concierge of Cao's family refused to pass on the pass, he came over to participate again.

Their crying and fuss inevitably attracted the attention of passers-by, and within a short time, there were people in twos and threes standing not far away to watch the excitement.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sun Ban felt that he had lost face, kicked the man away, and said, "Why are you crying?"

Just when Su Xin got the news, she brought a few maids to the front yard, when she heard the noise outside the gate.

After Su Xin found out that there were only three people, she ordered Wu Sheng to "invite" them in, so as not to make a mess at the gate and make people laugh.

As for the visitor, if you really can't drive them away, you can find an excuse to delay for a few days.The fifth master of the Sun family asked people to ask someone from the Sun family to discipline him.

Seeing that a manager came out, Sun Ban was a little proud, and walked in with his chin lifted.

When he got to the side hall, he put on airs and said, "I haven't been here for a long time, I'm going to pay my respects to the old lady."

He also kept an eye out, thinking that Mrs. Li is an aunt who came from the Li family, she nodded when she said it, and Cao Yong, a son, had to listen.

Wu Sheng only glanced at it, and saw that Sun Ban was not honest with his arrogant words and flickering eyes.Before, he was still thinking about him as a cousin, but now if he gets Su Xin, he already has some calculations in his heart.

He worked next to Cao Yin in Jiangning in his early years, and after returning to Beijing, he served as the head of Cao's family, and he had already practiced his eloquence when he was in and out of powerful families.

He casually sent a young boy to the second door to spread the message, and then he started talking nonsense, without a word of truth.

He is also very flattering, one mouthful of "five masters", making Sun Ban so popular that he can't find his way.

It's still Wang Gui who is old and has more experience. Seeing that the steward is only messing around, he is very anxious.

Sun Ban ate two cups of tea, but he didn't see the young man answering, so he urged Wu Sheng to send someone again.Wu Sheng responded with a full mouth, and sent a young man to pass the message.

Wang Gui couldn't bear it anymore, bowed and said: "Master Butler, since it is not cheap to see our aunt, it is also fine to see our second old lady."

Wu Sheng glanced at him, then frowned and asked Sun Ban, "Fifth Master, who is this? He interrupted randomly, so I don't know the rules."

Sun Ban was also annoyed at Wang Gui's impoliteness, so he glared at him and said, "This is Wang Gui, the steward of the Li family in Suzhou, and he was ordered to pay his respects to the two elders."

Upon hearing this, Wu Sheng stood up, clasped his fists and said, "So it's Steward Wang, I've been negligent. I don't know if Steward Wang is under the orders of some master of my uncle's family, do you have a letter?"

He asked this because he knew that Wang Gui had been here once, and he only asked to see him but did not mention a letter from home.

If there was a family letter, he would have taken it out to prove his identity, instead of asking Sun Ban to come over.

Sure enough, Wang Gui faltered and said: "At the order of our grandma... There is no family letter..."

After Wu Sheng heard this, his heart became more and more determined. He immediately put on a straight face and said, "I never heard of any slaves coming to the door at will to greet the relatives and masters! If this is the case, then this Earl's Mansion is not a pig, a dog, a horse, a cow. Can you all come in?"

Having said that, he turned to Sun Ban and said, "Fifth Master, this is really my uncle's steward. You didn't admit your mistake, right? Our uncle's family is a family of officials and eunuchs. How could there be such an unruly steward? Don't be his son again." With other thoughts, to deceive the fifth master? The fifth master has lived in the south for a long time, and he doesn't know that the capital is mixed with fish and dragons, and people who practice tricks and abductions are like carp crossing the river."

As he spoke, he also looked at Sun Ban a few times.

Seeing the suspicion in his eyes, Sun Ban regarded himself as a gullible bumpkin. He was very annoyed, and said, "He came from my house, how could he admit his mistake? My father also rewarded him with two taels of silver."

Wu Sheng kept his composure, and said in a long voice: "Since you are really uncle's servant, why did you come to the door empty-handed? Why did you ask to see the master loudly? Could it be that he did something wrong and was kicked out?" , are you still under the banner of uncle?"

Sun Ban said: "There is a letter, it is for my father. He is a loyal servant..."

Actually "crackling" said everything he knew.

After Wu Sheng listened carefully, he realized that there was nothing wrong with him at all. It seemed that the one who caused the trouble was Sun Ban in front of him, and his teeth itch with hatred.

After Sun Ban finished speaking in one breath, he regretted his quick talk, but he still didn't take it seriously, and urged Wu Sheng to send someone to report to Li Shi and Gao Shi.

Wu Sheng only said that the boys were naughty, and asked Sun Ban to do a little work, and he went to remind him himself.

Sun Ban waved his hand and told him to go, and then he stared at the decorations in this room, most of them were ordinary things, and he didn't see luxury, so he couldn't help but whispered: "Could it be an empty shelf..."

Wu Sheng came out of the side hall and had tea in the porter's room. After a while, a young servant came in to report that the second master of the Sun family had come.

Wu Sheng had already got up, came out personally to welcome Sun Jin in, passed the screen wall, but did not move, only pointed to the side hall, and said: "Second Master, Fifth Master... Fifth Master, he... has some words to be a servant. It's not right to say this, but after all, the fifth master is the cousin of the Cao family, or the uncle of our aunt... If there is a mistake, how can it be good?"

Sun Jin turned pale with shock when he heard this, and said, "What's wrong?"

Wu Sheng took a silver seal, stuffed it into Sun Jin's hand, and said, "Please tell the second master to the fifth master...the capital is prosperous, and it is also a place where filth is hidden...some things, you must not get involved...this It's a relative's house, so I won't let Fifth Master...if someone else, Fifth Master..."

Every word he said, only half a sentence, made Sun Jin tremble even more.

Sun Jin still wanted to ask for more details, but Sun Ban had already heard the movement in the side hall and looked out.

Seeing Sun Jin, he said "Hey", walked out, and said, "Why is Second Brother here?"

In front of him, Sun Jin couldn't take his place again, and said, "Fifth brother, there is something at home, and my father told you to go home."

When Sun Ban came out of the hall, he felt strange, what happened at home, and why his father knew that he was in Cao's mansion.

He came to Cao's house without telling his family, and he didn't dare to stay longer, fearing that he would miss something, so he hurriedly followed Sun Jin.

Seeing that the Sun brothers had left, Wang Gui still refused to give up.Wu Sheng was afraid that he would go out and talk nonsense, so he coaxed him a few words, but the Patriarch was not around, so it was hard to make up his mind, so he asked him to come back in a few days.

Wang Gui had no choice but to go feeling disappointed...

*
After Wu Sheng took care of the errands, he reported to Su Xin one by one, and he didn't even give Sun Ban a lesson.

Wu Sheng was ordered to send someone away, and the small tricks he used were nothing, but the Sun family was cousins ​​after all, Su Xin didn't say anything on the surface, but she knew in her heart that the relationship between the Cao and Sun families was not different. It eased because Sun Wencheng went to Beijing.

Even the members of the Li family were not seen. It can be seen that the Cao family has chosen to watch the Li family go to prison.

When Cao Fu came back from the Imperial Academy and heard about this, he sank for a long while and said, "Brother is like this, but he is helpless. During the first month, brother was busy, just to make arrangements for the Li family... Later, I got a warning from the Thirteenth Master, afraid of dragging down the family. , I had no choice but to be cruel..."

This is Cao Yong's decision, Su Xin is a brother and daughter-in-law, and there is no room for questioning, so she diverts the conversation.

In Cao Fu's heart, he looked down on the Sun family very much. Hearing that Wu Mao had taught Sun Ban a lesson, he made people stare at the Sun family, waiting to see the Sun family's jokes.

*
Yangjiazha Palace, at the place of Princess Kejing.

Apart from Chu Yu's visit to pay his respects, Prince Ping's Fujin, Cao Jia and Cao Yi visited together, and they both accompanied with a few words, and then went to the East House Li's place.

Princess Kejing was very envious when she saw that Li's daughter was considerate and her daughter-in-law was submissive.

Mrs. Li couldn't laugh or cry, mother and daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were rarely reunited, but they were in the emperor's palace.

Cao Jiashi and Cao Yi have already read the imperial decree, and both of them couldn't stop talking.Except that the princess mansion was not given, the salaries of the chariots and horses were all the treatment of Princess Gu Lun.

Mrs. Li didn't like to show off, so she warned the two sisters not to come again when they knew it, so as not to make others gossip.

*
The emperor is here.

Yongzheng saw that the secret decree handed over by Jiangnan was the case of Li Xu.

When he saw that the money confiscated from the Li family was only three or four thousand taels, he couldn't help frowning, and a bit of sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He didn't believe that the Li family only had this little property. There were two possibilities, one was that the property was transferred, and the other was that the people who ransacked the house hid too much.

Looking after the accounts that have not been collected outside, there are two boxes of IOUs, the few are dozens of taels, and the many are tens of thousands, with a maximum of 4000 taels of principal and interest.

Even in the capital city, where the rich and powerful gather, there are only a handful of people who can lend tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Looking at the real estate, house land, and all kinds of furniture, Yongzheng's face is getting darker and darker...

(End of this chapter)