Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1052
Cao Yong was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Liu Heng!"

That's right, the one standing in front of him was none other than Liu Heng, an actress who was once so popular in the capital.

Liu Heng knelt down on both knees, kowtowed and said: "The villain is humble, but I trouble Master Cao to help again. Master Cao is so kind and virtuous, and a villain can't repay you. I would like to use my remaining life as a cow and a horse to repay Master Cao's kindness. "

Cao Yong shook his head, leaned over to help him up, and said: "It's just a little effort, nothing to worry about. When my father sent you to Li's house, it was just a lodging. It's just that you don't want to go to Beijing, why did you come to the capital again? ?”

What Cao Yong did was nothing more than a good beginning and a good end.

As early as when the Li family had an accident, Cao Yong remembered that there was another Liu Heng in the Li family.It's just that the rumors were tight at the time, and even the Li family and his son were just pretending, so how could he earnestly get Liu Heng out.

When the Li family was dealt with, the servants of the Li family were sold on the spot by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Cao Yong mentioned to Brother Sixteen that there was an old servant of the Cao family in the Li family.

It just so happened that a secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to Jiangnan, and Elder Sixteen explained the matter.

Cao Yong sent 100 taels as a redemption fund, and asked someone to deliver a letter and 200 taels of silver to Liu Heng, telling him to arrange a place for himself. If there is really nowhere to go, he will go to Guangzhou to find Cao Fang.

It's just an old and disabled servant, even if the official sells it, he can't sell it for a few silver coins.

I heard that elder brother Shiliu ordered the dignitaries to take care of the old servant of the Li family, and he released him very happily.

On Cao Yong's side, he thought the matter was over and put it aside, but he didn't expect Liu Heng to enter the capital.

Liu Heng smiled wryly and said: "The reason why the villain ran away was to avoid disaster. Even if Prince Jian saw the villain's appearance, he would not regard the villain as the same person as Liu Zidan back then, let alone others."

This is true, when Cao Yong brought him back to Jiangning from Yizhou, he could be recognized at a glance because of his half handsome face; but now he can only recognize people from half of his scarred face.

Only the speaking voice was somewhat different from ordinary people, but it was not too obvious.

Cao Yong sighed and said: "Ms. Xu has been guarding these years and refuses to remarry. Since you are back, it's better to go see her first."

Xu's Qingniang is Tianyou's wife, Liu Heng's nominal wife.

After Liu Heng stayed in the south of the Yangtze River, and after the Xu family went to Beijing with Cao Yin and his wife, Cao Yong asked Chu Yu to ask her if she would remarry.Xu's family, on the other hand, values ​​friendship, even if it's just a false name, she refuses to be a remarried woman.

Xu worked for Tianyou in the early years. After Tianyou went to school, Chu Yu arranged for her a light job and transferred her from the sunflower courtyard.

It's just the narrow-mindedness of the mother, who doesn't want her son to get too close to the nanny, so as not to weaken the mother-child bond.

Mrs. Xu is also obedient, and never flaunts because she has nursed the eldest son of the mansion, nor will she rely on the old to sell the old, pointing fingers at the sunflower courtyard and Tianyou.For this reason, Chuyu and Tianyou respected her more.

Seeing that Cao Yong was willing to stay with him, Liu Heng kowtowed respectfully a few times before getting up.

Cao Yong called a servant and took Liu Heng to see Mrs. Xu.

Wei Hei knew Liu Heng's identity, and said with a frown, "Master shouldn't keep him. Even if his appearance changes, he is in the capital. Unless he stays in the mansion and doesn't go out, he might run into acquaintances sometime. After all, Sanxi Ban was very famous back then, and there were too many people who had seen him. Even if Prince Jane had forgotten him in the early years, if the matter was revealed, he might be angry with the master."

The existence of Liu Heng is indeed troublesome.

Even if Prince Jane doesn't recognize him, or forgets him, there is still the Li family.The Li family would not think that he was an old servant of the Cao family, and that Cao Yong would redeem him through his connections. Instead, they would think that Cao Yong only redeemed this one, and did not help them redeem the others, for fear of resentment.

For the affairs of the Li family, the Li family and Cao Yong's mother and son have worried a lot. Even if the Gao family is brought back today, the Li family will not completely ignore the Li family.

The same is true for Cao Yong's side. Even for the sake of reputation, it is impossible to break the relationship with the "uncle's family".

Cao Yong sat down and said: "If he wants to stay, he will send the two of them to Haidian Zhuangzi." Speaking of this, he thought of Brother Sixteen in his heart.

Ever since he attacked Wang Jue, Elder Sixteen mentioned his jokes in his early years and asked Cao Yong for a troupe.

He himself was thinking about building an opera troupe in the palace, and besides his own love of watching operas, he also wanted to find some entertainment for old Fujin, so that old Fujin was always thinking about tossing his heirs and daughter-in-law.

It's just because of the filial piety period, I haven't made any preparations yet, so I'm just thinking about it now.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong's eyes lit up, and he already had an idea in his heart.

Although Liu Heng said that he worked as an accountant when he fled, his favorite thing was singing.Even if his appearance was ruined, during the years in Jiangning, he helped Cao Yin sort out the music score and opera lyrics; after arriving at Li's house, he directly took charge of the prefectural class.

Elder Sixteen wants to organize an opera troupe, and it would be best to have Liu Heng cook.

He told Wei Hei, and Wei Hei also thought it was a good idea.

Although the sixteenth elder brother is behind Prince Jane, he is one of the emperor's most respected younger brothers, and his dignity is no less than that of Yaerjiang.

It's just an actor expelled by the palace. The Cao family took him in. It was the Cao family who were disrespectful. Yaerjiang Ah Xu would be narrow-minded and angered the Cao family; the sixteenth elder brother took him in. Too big.

Putting aside one concern, Cao Yong asked about Wei Bai's entry into Beijing.

"According to the time, it's almost here. It's been more than ten years since I've thought about coming back to this brat, let me kick him well!" Wei Hei cursed, but couldn't help but smile on his face.

Today, Wei Hei is still living in Cao's mansion, but he also bought Zhuangzi. He is a moderately wealthy man, and he is as straightforward in his actions and speech as in his early years.

At this moment, he hesitated, and said: "Master, the second letter came back and asked about the land price in the capital. Although the Henan side is the ancestral home, there are parents' tombs, but the sister-in-law's natal family is here. Mansion, I still want to come back..."

The reason why it took more than ten years to ask is because Wei Bai was finally afraid in his heart.Prescribing medicine to the prince, if you really talk about it, is really a crime of copying the family and exterminating the family.He was afraid that Cao's family would be implicated for his own sake, so he didn't dare to return to Beijing these years.

Now that the new emperor is enthroned, the elder brothers who had a feud with Cao's family died and were exiled, so Wei Bai dared to mention the matter of returning to Beijing.

Cao Yong heard this, and said: "Brother Wei, I also miss Brother Wei. But now I am in the officialdom and I can't help myself. Today I look at the flowers and flowers, and I may be arrested tomorrow. Brother Wei is far away from the capital. If something happens to me, I won’t be able to implicate him for a while. If I’m in the capital, I might not be able to live a peaceful life.”

Wei Hei knew that what Cao Yong said was the truth, after all, there were lessons learned from the Sun family and the Li family.If you talk about Li's family, you can still say that you deserve what you deserve, but at the other end of the Sun's family, it's an unwarranted disaster.

Even the county magistrate of the seventh rank can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in three years; the weaving of the fifth-rank house of affairs has been in charge of Hangzhou weaving for 20 years, and the accounts are only a few thousand taels of silver, which is not a crime in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.

Wei Hei said: "If the master is not really tired of him, let him come back. Even if he is in his hometown, if the master has not sent letters to the magistrates for these years, he will not live with him even if he is a rough person." I have lived happily for more than ten years."

Since Wei Hei has said so, Cao Yong certainly has no objection.

Although the Wei family has some relatives in Henan, they are all distant relatives, otherwise the two brothers would not have become orphans.It is understandable for brothers to want to be together.

At this moment, Liu Heng had come back from seeing Mrs. Xu, came to Cao Yong, and talked about his intention to go to Cao's Zhuangzi as an errand.

It seems that he still remembers his identity, and he is afraid that he will cause trouble to his benefactor.

Cao Yong mentioned the matter of the theater troupe, Liu Heng's originally dull eyes instantly became a little angry, and then dimmed, saying: "Master Cao, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, the villain should go to the Zhuangzi as an errand." It's more secure..."

"It's been a long way, and you're tired too. Let's rest for two days before talking." Seeing him like this, Cao Yong became fond of talent instead.

Back then, when Liu Heng was still Liu Zidan, he was on the same stage with Yang Zimo, his singing skills and costumes were amazing, even the old theater fan, Brother Sixteen, was full of praise.

The next day, after falling from the Yamen to the Yamen, Cao Yong went to the House of Sixteen Princes.

He didn't hide the slightest bit. He talked about his relationship with Liu Heng from the encounter in Yizhou.

Hearing halfway through, Elder Sixteen couldn't sit still, jumped up all of a sudden, and said: "The servant you entrusted me to get from Li's family is actually Liu Zidan from Sanxi Class? What about him, take me to see it quickly! "

Seeing this, Cao Yong was very surprised: "Hey, after more than ten years, Master Sixteen still remembers him?"

Brother Sixteen gave him a sideways glance and said: "What is this called? In the past few years, there has only been one 'Sanxi Class' in the capital. In recent years, the 'Changqing Class' and 'Wufu Class' have been well-known, but Even flattery can't compare to the 'Sanxi Class' back then. Prince Jian's mansion is rich and rich, hired more than ten masters, and only trained three out of hundreds of boys, how can the outside team compare?"

Cao Yong is not a fan of the theater, even if there is time to watch the theater, it is just to watch the fun.Movie fans like Brother Sixteen are different. Apart from being able to tell the good from the bad, they will naturally be familiar with all the famous actors and actresses in the capital.

Cao Yong only knew that Liu Heng was famous in his early years, but he didn't expect the influence to be so long-lasting. He hesitated and said: "But, he has a grievance with Prince Jian, so if he is kept in Beijing, what should we do if it spreads over there?"

The sixteenth elder brother heard the words and said with a smile: "If Yaerjiang really knows, maybe he will reward Liu Zidan with some silver. Who doesn't know that Liu Zidan and Yang Zimo are brothers, and it's too late for Yaerjiang Aiwu and Wu In the early years, when he kept Yang Zimo in his outer house, when he was living in a golden house, he even sent people to look for Liu Zidan around the capital, but there was no news. Unexpectedly, Liu Zidan has been in the south of the Yangtze River all these years."

Cao Yong was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said: "It's the first time I've heard of it? When the old man went north with his family, Liu Heng was afraid of Prince Jane's mansion, so he went to Li's house. I knew it earlier. Why bother to hide in fear all these years."

Brother Sixteen said: "You don't like to listen to operas, even if Yaerjiang wanted to find someone, he wouldn't ask you."

He couldn't wait for the time to speak, greeted Cao Yong, insisted on going to see Liu Heng immediately...

(End of this chapter)