Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 105
Cao Mansion, outside the gate
Because Ma Liandao was pressed by his wife, he paid close attention to Cao Yin's going to Beijing every day. On the second day of junior high school, he got the news that he was going to Beijing, but he couldn't get away from his busy schedule.

Because Shengjia was not in Beijing, Maliandao expected that Cao Yin was going to meet the Holy Spirit at Xiaoling, and he was afraid that he would go back to Jiangning from there, so he rushed here.He thought in his heart that he had to meet with Cao Yin before he left to finalize the matter of his son and daughter.

As soon as he entered the alley, Ma Liandao first sent an attendant to hand over the post, adjusted his clothes, and hurried the horse over slowly, so as not to be so eager.

But the attendant came to the door quickly, got off his horse and handed the post to the door. First he reported his family name, and then he said that Mr. Ma came to see Mr. Jiangning weaving and weaving Mr. Cao.

The receptionist at the concierge first heard about the Ma family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was very happy to come. He only said that the Goddess of Wealth had come, but later he heard that it was Mrs. Ma who was begging to see the master, and immediately withdrew completely.Mr. Ma came here twice, but he didn't give him a penny. Another time, he was too slow to lead the horse and was scolded by one of Mr. Ma's followers.

Thinking of this, the boy's attitude became a little vague, he only said that the adult was not there, and wanted to dismiss the entourage.

The Ma's entourage was proud and said a few words such as leaving a greeting post and coming to visit another day.The servant casually accepted the greeting post, and of course it was a general nonsense polite remark.

The man from the Ma family was quite respectable because he was a close entourage of a third-rank official, and most housekeepers and deacons treated him politely, but today he didn't seem to be looked down upon by such a humble concierge boy in Cao's mansion. In the eyes, there is anger in the heart.However, because following the adults out, it is really not easy to have a seizure, he sneered and glanced at the boy, and then got on the horse to tell his lord.

Suddenly the sound of horseshoes sounded, a black-maned horse galloped to the door, and immediately a man in a plain white satin leather robe came down, greeted the young man and said: "This little brother, please stay here..." Then he took out a It was a rosewood worship box covered with gold at the four corners, and it was held in both hands, saying that it was an invitation card from the Palace of the Earl of Yongwu.

This young man is the most familiar with the words "Earl's Mansion of Bravery". Everyone in the house does not know that his young masters and young ladies are very close to his three young masters?Seeing that the man was well dressed and mounted, and spoke politely, knowing that he was in charge, he hurriedly went up to greet Qian'er with a smile, took the box respectfully, and politely said that the old man had left the house early in the morning.

The attendants of the Ma's family watched from the sidelines and were half-dead in anger, but the other party was a famous figure in the Earl's mansion, and he was extremely dignified - just the worship box, I'm afraid there will be no corner of it if you search the Ma's mansion.At the moment, he had no choice but to bear it, slandering him endlessly, and rode up to meet Ma Liandao who was coming this way, and went back with him when Cao Yin was not there.

Ma Liandao guessed that Cao Yin had gone to see him, and he felt a pity in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.But now, I am only worried about how to deal with the shrewd wife without inviting Cao Yin back.

After leaving the alley, Maliandao was meeting a man in brocade clothes riding a horse.Both of them felt a little familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was, so they passed by on the wrong horse.

The brocade-clothed man was an outside steward of the Prince's Mansion of Pingjun, and he was ordered by Naersu to invite Cao Yin to the mansion.Just now at the entrance of the alley, I saw Ma Liandao wearing a third-rank official uniform, and couldn't help but take a look at him twice, thinking that he looked familiar. When he was about to arrive at the door of Cao's house, he ran into an acquaintance.

"Old E!" The brocade-clothed man happily yelled at the person from Wanyan Mansion.

Seeing him, Lao E hurriedly got off his horse, beat Qian'er to greet him, and said, "Please ask for peace!" Wanyan's Mansion and Heping County Prince's Mansion are also frequented, so the prominent stewards of the two families know each other.

Manager Suo said with a smile that he was excused, and asked him what he was doing here, and Lao E replied that he would send an invitation to Cao's mansion.The two exchanged a few words of farewell, and Guan Shi went straight to the gate of Cao's mansion.As soon as he reported the number, the porters rushed to welcome him in, and told about the master's meeting with him.
When Suo Guanshi heard that the old man of the Yue family was not there, he didn't stay. He only made it clear what the king of Pingjun had asked his father-in-law to say, and then left.

When going out of the gate, because he remembered that he met the familiar third-rank official at the entrance of the alley, Guan Shi casually asked the boy.

The servant then told him that he was the Langzhong of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Steward Suo thought about it, and it seemed that he had dealt with him once.

*
Shifuma Street Pingjun Palace
After listening to Guan Suo's report, Na Ersu went to the inner courtyard to tell Fujin Cao Jia that he knew.

When Cao Jia heard that his father was going to meet Sheng today, his eyes turned red.Naersu hurriedly embraced her, and comforted her, "I know you miss your father-in-law, but you also know that your father-in-law is the most loyal to the emperor, so naturally he puts public affairs first and then private affairs. He still wants to return to Beijing after seeing Shengjia, so let's go back to Beijing again." It’s not that we can’t invite him, but it’s only two days late!”

Cao Jiashi also knows this truth, but she originally hoped to see her father today, but now she is inevitably disappointed.She wiped away the teardrops from the corners of her eyes, and began to worry about her father's body again.In this cold and twelfth lunar month, I have traveled all the way from the south, and I have to go back and forth before I have rested for two days. I am also in my 50s, how can I bear it?In addition to worrying about his father, there is also Cao Yong, who heard that he caught a cold in the hot spring, and he was traveling with his father before he recovered from his illness.

Hearing that his wife was worried about his father-in-law's health, Naersu naturally needed to comfort him; and when he heard that he was worried about Cao Yong, he couldn't help laughing and said: "My dear Fujin, this worry is too much. Our younger brother is a delicate person. Don't worry about your elder sister, he will also think about taking care of his father-in-law. As for that boy, he is strong! Even if he is not made of iron, he is also a bit stronger than ordinary people. Only you always treat him like an eyeball, I'm afraid he'll bump it, I'm afraid he'll touch it."

Cao Jia looked at her husband with dissatisfaction: "Yong'er has been weak since he was a child, and he has gradually gotten better in recent years. My parents are not around, and my elder sister doesn't love him, who loves him?"

Naersu knew his wife was unhappy, so he hurriedly changed the subject to make her happy: "You don't know, just now when my father-in-law came to Beijing, there were visitors blocking the door! Just now, Lao Suo said that he saw the doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Daoist Ma Lian went to pay a visit. In addition, Earl Yongwu also sent someone to invite his father-in-law!"

"The Ma family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Cao Jia frowned slightly, and snorted softly: "He is delusional."

Naersu wanted to make his wife happy, but she couldn't make her frown. Just when he was about to coax a few words, someone came to announce the visitor.He had no choice but to pat Cao Jiashi on the back, say a few words of comfort, and went out to entertain guests.

Nongshu twisted a hot towel and handed it over. Cao Jiashi took it and wiped her face, and then touched up her makeup.Thinking of Ma Liandao's Mrs. Tian, ​​whom she met once in April, she shook her head lightly, and couldn't help saying to herself, "What a delusion!"

Nongshu said with a smile: "Fu Jin don't get angry with irrelevant people!"

"I can't blame me for being angry." Cao Jia said: "This Ma's family begged for nothing to stuff their daughter here. It's so disgusting! At the beginning, their family was a little rude, but now it's getting worse. When my mother came over in April, the Ma's family The madam took her daughter to our palace to pay a visit to mother without hesitation!"

After thinking about it for a while, "After listening to what Fujin said, the servant will remember, but that wife with a slightly higher volume and very fast speech? I think our wife doesn't like her either."

Cao Jia nodded and said: "Isn't that her, like a firecracker! Although she was smiling all the time, she didn't wink. When someone else was talking, she stuck in a string of crackling and twisting around. Di mentioned the marriage between the two families at the beginning. Although Yong’er was a child, they mentioned it once, but neither father nor mother responded. They were both milk babies at that time, so how could they be married? Because of the old friendship between the two families, if this The daughter of her family is well-born and worthy of Yong'er, so this marriage is naturally discussed. However, right now..." Having said this, he shook his head: "She is not good in appearance, but with such a mother, What a pity for the eldest girl of the Ma family!"

Nongshu said with a smile: "Uncle is an outstanding man, no ordinary woman is worthy of him!"

Cao Jia was very satisfied after hearing this sentence: "That is!"

However, thinking about the matter of the Ma family, it was difficult for Cao Jia to show her face: "Although my mother's words were tactful in April, her refusal was clear, so the wife of the Ma family should know it too. Who knows if she really doesn't want it?" I'm decent, and I'm confused again, I heard that she has been taking her daughter to the mansion over there in the past two months. Today, if I don't come to my father again, what if my father can't bear the shame and refuse!"

Nong Shu persuaded: "Fu Jin doesn't need to be upset, I think the master has known his family for many years, so he must know it well."

"I hope!" Cao Jia took a sip of tea, calmed down, recalled Wanyan's mansion from Cao Yong's marriage, and sighed with a smile: "It seems that Yong'er has become a sweet pastry, I don't know how much Let's get his idea!"

Before Nongshu could answer, Cao Jia said to herself again: "Speaking of which, Wanyan Yongjia was also a top-notch in the Jizhu Society back then. He looks good and behaves generously and politely, but..." She frowned She frowned, "It's just that she is too tall, and she also practiced riding and shooting, so her hands are hardened, and she lacks a bit of the charm of her daughter's family! Her personality is not gentle enough..."

Listening to Fujin's words, it was like a harsh elder sister-in-law scolding his brother and daughter-in-law, Nongshu couldn't help laughing and said: "The prince is very right, Fujin treats the uncle like an eyeball, no one is worthy of it !"

Cao Jia herself laughed for a while, and said: "Actually, it's fine if we only talk about this person. Her mother-in-law, Princess Fuhui, is not easy, her eyes are on the top of her head. If she becomes Yong'er's mother-in-law , I'm afraid I'm picky a lot!"

*
Xiaoling Mausoleum is located in Zunhua, Zhili, 250 miles away from the capital.Cao Yong rode a horse, took a dozen or so followers, and guarded his father's carriage from Dongzhimen, heading east along the official road.

Because it was the twelfth lunar month, Zijing helped Cao Yong choose thick woolen clothes, a fur hat with earbags, and leather boots with fur linings.Therefore, Cao Yong didn't feel too cold when he was riding on the horse.Although Cao Yin once asked his son to get in the car, he was declined by Cao Yong.At this time, the carriage was made of wooden wheels, without shock absorption, and it was not ordinary bumps.Even if you take the official road, you can travel more than ten or twenty miles in an hour, which is fast, and it is bumpy and stuffy, so you should feel more comfortable outside.

Arrived in Tongzhou that night, went to the post station for official documents and stayed.Just in time for him, Shaanxi Governor Liang Dao Wang Yonglin also went to see him. He was an official of the fourth rank.Although Cao Yin's Jiangning weaving is only a fifth-rank title, but he has the duty of inspecting the two rivers and salt waters and supervising the censor, and he is also the title of second-class uncle.In addition, the Cao family has been in Jiangning for 50 years, and Cao Yin's name is well known. How can Wang Yonglin dare to take it?Therefore, the housekeeper was dismissed, and a greeting card was respectfully handed over, asking for a banquet invitation.

Cao Yin has always been modest in his dealings with others. Seeing a colleague at the post station, he also went to see the driver and report on his work. He readily agreed and took Cao Yong to the appointment.

Wang Yonglin is over 40 years old, with a slightly burly figure, and two slender eyes on his big round face, which looks a little uncoordinated.However, when he saw people smiling, his head and face were shiny, and he looked very happy.In addition, he was born as a Jinshi, and he speaks elegantly and humorously, so he is quite speculative with Cao Yin and his son.

Hearing that Cao Yin was also going to Zunhua, Wang Yonglin made an appointment to go with him.Although Cao Yin was anxious to go see him, but it was only a two-day journey, no matter how fast it would be, it would be difficult to arrive in one day, so he agreed.

The next day, two groups of three and 40 people joined together.Seeing that Wang Daotai's entourage was beaming, Wei Hei asked a few words casually, only to realize that their master was not an ordinary report.After three years of tenure, he got an "excellent" evaluation. After seeing the Long Live Lord and reporting his duties, he will at least be promoted by one grade, but he still doesn't know where he is lacking.

Wei Hei talked to Cao Yong, and Cao Yong was thinking about the resume of Lord Wang mentioned by his father last night. In the 27th year of Kangxi, he started as a magistrate of the seventh rank, and now he is the fourth rank, and he is from the third rank.In contrast, Cao Yin, when Kangxi went to Jiangnan for weaving in 23 years, he was the fifth grade, and it is still the same 25 years later.If it develops in the capital, with Cao Yin's talent and learning, it is not uncommon for him to be a chief official.But thinking about the party disputes back then, countless courtiers were involved.One of the main reasons is that the Cao family has not declined for so many years and has always stayed away from court disputes.

Now that the deficit problem is over, how can we persuade Cao Yin to agree to get out of the Jiangnan political situation?Cao Yong rode on the horse and began to think about it. As later generations know, it is still necessary to try to avoid the stupid thing of three generations succeeding Jiangning weaving.The emperor's eyes and ears are not so good. When the new emperor comes to power, how can such a person be allowed to continue to exist?

On the evening of the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Yong and others arrived at the Tangjiazhuang Post Station near Xiaoling Mausoleum.No, after Shengjia paid a visit to the Temporary Anfeng Palace and Xiaoling Mausoleum on the third day of the third day, he set off on the fourth day to inspect the Qingshan Camp two hundred miles away.

After resting in Tangjiazhuang for one night, everyone went on the road again. It was not until the seventh day of the lunar new year that they caught up with the Holy Driver team in Hanerzhuang.

(End of this chapter)