Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1078

Cao Yong and Chu Yu didn't stay at Nian's house for too long, they left Nian's house at dusk.

It's not that he doesn't care about Nian Xi's injury, but because Fang Zhonggong said that Nian Xi's body is weak and has many pustules on his body, so it's not advisable to move too much at one time, because he is afraid of losing too much blood and can't stand it.It is best to apply it once every three or two days, several places at a time, until all the pustules on the body are treated.

Riding on the horse, Cao Yong looked at the sunset in the sky, and heaved a sigh of relief.

He had personally witnessed the "surgery" that Fang Zhonggong performed this afternoon. The sharp steel knife, the gauze boiled in boiling water, and the familiar knife skills all showed that it was not the first time Fang Zhonggong used a knife.

Even as he said, surgery to remove pus is an old method seen in the countryside of Fujian, but how could he make such preparations in a hurry?

What Fang Zhonggong is doing now has the shadow of Western medicine surgery.

Earlier, I heard Fang Zhonggong Zhang Luo's return to Fujian, but he didn't mention it anymore in the past two years.

It's just that although he acted swiftly, the "numbing medicine" needed to relieve the pain of the patient was prepared temporarily.

Is this a "in vivo test" that hasn't been conducted yet?
No wonder he hesitated for so long, and admitted that there was only [-]% hope.

It's just that poor Nianxi has become a guinea pig.

If it succeeds, let it go, if it fails, Nianxi's life span will be shortened by several days.

It was getting late, the husband and wife did not go out of the city, and went back directly to the Cao Mansion.

Cao Yong was a little disappointed, but he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to intervene in this way.

Chu Yu, on the other hand, obviously trusted Fang Zhonggong's medical skills more than Cao Yong.Cao Yong turned to think, even if it is a glimmer of life, it is better than waiting to die like that.

Mrs. Li and Gao Taijun brought their children to the Haidian Garden, which made the mansion here much quieter.

After dinner, Chu Yu was free to listen to the manager's daughter-in-law answering a few things.

Although it was hot during the day, it was much cooler now.

Cao Yong, on the other hand, had seen Nian Xi's tragic situation, and felt sad.Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable.If you plan so much by yourself, who can guarantee that you will grow old in good health?
He was tired of power and political affairs, so he said to his wife: "It's hard to be free, let's go for a stroll by Haizi!"

Every year after the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a night market by the Shicha seaside, which Cao Yong visited in his early years.

When Chu Yu heard this, she was a little moved, but she also had some scruples.But thinking that her husband was depressed after returning from Nian's house, she nodded, thinking that it would be good to go out with her husband to relax.

The husband and wife have traveled together in the early years, so they are very familiar with packing up.

Chu Yu changed into a more plain flag dress, low-soled flag shoes, and removed some jewelry from her body. She looked like a young woman from an ordinary family.

Cao Yong's clothes were not ostentatious, so they were not changed.

The husband and wife didn't bring their maids with them, apart from the young servant Jing Zhe, they were accompanied by a few long-term followers.

Shichahai is in the inner city, and the surrounding area is mostly houses of dignitaries. There are people from the five city soldiers, horses, and infantry commanders stationed in the yamen, so they are not afraid of trouble.

When the group arrived at Haizi, there were already figures swaying in the distance.

It cannot be said that there is a lot of traffic, but it is also a scene of peace.

The carriage pulled over, and Cao Yong and his wife got out of the carriage and strolled along Haizi.

In the middle of the month, a full moon rises in the sky.

Walking by Haizi, the lights on both sides of the road are scattered, there are noises of pedestrians, the sound of vendors selling, and the smell of food stalls, just like another picture of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

Cao Yong's state of mind gradually calmed down.

It was rare for Chuyu to be so at ease. Looking at the various grocery stalls on both sides of the road, she also picked and picked and bought a lot of things.

Although she has gone to most of the jewelry, most of the people in the market have a sharp eye.Not to mention, this seaside is where the rich and the rich hang out.

So whenever she picks up something, the stall owner asks for a lot of money.

However, Chu Yu only bargained for [-]% or [-]% of the price, which left the stall owner dumbfounded.

Seeing her stubbornness, Cao Yong couldn't help laughing.This was what Cao Yong taught her when the husband and wife came out in the early years. She didn't expect that after all these years, she still remembered.

There are a lot of things to buy, although these things are not worth much, but they are not common in the mansion after all, and they have to be divided up and down for fun.Not long after, Jing Zhe carried a large bag in his hand.

Cao Yong accompanied his wife to stand in front of a stall, which is a jewelry stall.It is said to be a jewelry stall, but there are silk flowers, copper hairpins and so on. The best ones are a few pairs of silver hairpins and silver earrings.

Cao Yong's eyes fell on a simple thorn hairpin beside the stall, he reached out to pick it up, and handed it to Chu Yu: "The thorn hairpin is not worth much, but it can also be used as a dowry gift!"

Chu Yu looked back at her husband, but smiled and said nothing.

This sentence is the libretto in "The Story of the Hairpin", which the husband and wife only heard from the garden of Prince Zhuang's Mansion a few days ago.

The husband and wife have been married for more than ten years, and they are both introverted. Except for the two years of newly married, they are old husband and wife at other times, and there is rarely tenderness.

It's rare to hear her husband say such a sentence, even though it is a joke, it also arouses Chu Yu's joy.

Only the hawker in the jewelry stall also heard this sentence, looked at the Jing Chai in Chuyu's hand, and looked at Chuyu's attire, although she was plain, she wore flowers on her head, not like a widow's attire.

Have the affair gone outside?

The peddler was wondering, when he heard someone snort coldly, saying: "As a dowry, do you have to stop your wife and marry again?"

With anger in his voice, Cao Yong turned his head and saw Hong Zhuo standing behind him with raised eyebrows.Looking at it like that, it seems that if there is a disagreement, they are about to shake their fists at themselves.

Beside Hongzhuo, stood a few young people in fancy clothes, carrying cages and birds, some familiar and some unfamiliar, and they all looked at him winkingly.

Seeing this, Cao Yong couldn't help but startled.

Although this brother-in-law had a rift with him in the early years, it has been repaired long ago.When Hong Zhuo got married, he and Chu Yu even gave him generous gifts.

However, the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar.

"Hey, this is your brother-in-law. Didn't you say that he is a gentleman who never takes concubines? Why are you still arrested?" One person said in a strange way.

"Where in this world is there a cat that doesn't steal fish? It's just that it's afraid of the power of the palace, and it shines in front of people..." Another person said.

Standing behind her husband, Chu Yu had already recognized her younger brother and several other members of the clan.She was a little embarrassed to come out at first, after all, what the husband and wife are doing today is considered reckless, and if it spreads to the clan, it will become a gossip for others.

Although she knew that her younger brother had misunderstood her husband, she was not in a hurry to defend herself, and she was more or less playful, wanting to see how her husband would respond.

Unexpectedly, before her husband said anything, he would attract such cynicism, and the words were already insulting.

Chu Yu couldn't bear it, stood up and said, "Second brother, it's me!"

"Elder Sister..." Hong Zhuo's eyes widened, showing some disbelief: "Didn't Eldest Sister live outside the city to avoid the summer heat?"

The few clan disciples who were helping at the side also fell silent when they heard this address.

"Today I have something to go back to the city, and when I got home, I thought the yard was stuffy, so I dragged your brother-in-law out." Chu Yu replied.

Hong Zhuo's anger turned into embarrassment, he said "hey" twice, looked at Cao Yong and said, "It's because I'm thinking left, brother-in-law, don't worry!"

In his early years, Cao Yong was wronged by Cao Yi and blamed Seshitu, but he didn't mean to blame Hongzhuo, but he just glanced at the few clan children who were helping him, and was a little worried.

It is said that things of a kind flock together and people are divided into groups. The few clan disciples around Hong Zhuo don't look promising.

Among them, the yin and yang guy looks like a hemp stick, and when he stands there not talking, he keeps yawning, looking like a big smoker.

"It's just a misunderstanding. I haven't seen you for a few days, so I'll come over to sit down some other day when I'm free. Hang Seng still talked about you a few days ago." Cao Yong said with a smile.

Now that he is outside, when he is not talking, he has no intention of staying with Hongzhuo.

"Well, I'm going to find my brother-in-law for a drink some other day. I have a friend here today, so I'll leave first." Hong Zhuo had a big misunderstanding, and he was embarrassed, so he answered and led everyone away in a hurry.

Interrupted by Hong Zhuo, the couple lost interest in wandering around, left Haizi and returned to Cao's Mansion.

"Is Hong Zhuo still busy?" Cao Yong asked, "He's also 24 or [-], so it's not a problem if he stays idle like this!"

At the beginning of the year, Hongzhuo was named General Fuguo, and the House of Internal Affairs was divided into another residence.As an adult elder brother who cannot be a prince, he and his descendants will become offshoots of Prince Chun's Mansion.

"I'm four years younger than me, and I'm 24 this year." Speaking of this younger brother, Chu Yu was also worried: "It was fine in the early years, and the second brother was working with Ama on errands... In the past two years, everything has been not cheap..."

Unlike when Kangxi was alive, he used the sons of the clan arbitrarily as errands, but the one on the dragon chair now wants to do everything by himself. Although he also favors the clan, he has a stronger sense of precaution.

If Jueluo is a red belt, he can still seek foreign appointments. In the early years, the Fujian and Zhejiang government was Jueluo; the descendants of the clan, unless there is a special order to send troops, will be detained in the capital for life.

"It's not a way to go on like this!" Cao Yong said: "It's really not possible. Hanging a guard is better than messing around outside."

"Ama's current status needs to avoid suspicion, so it's not good for my second brother to work in the palace." Chu Yu said with a sigh.

After hearing this, Cao Yong frowned and said, "We must find a way, or good people will be useless!"

There are not one or two disciples of the idle clan, Cao Yong is common in these years, but today it is Hong Zhuo's turn, which makes people feel sad when they see it.Once upon a time, Hongzhuo was full of ambitions and wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but now he can only hang up a cage and hang a bird to dawdle.

Because Mrs. Li and the children were at the other end of the garden, it was not easy for Chuyu to stay here for a long time. When Cao Yong fell into the Yamen the next day, the husband and wife went out of the city together and went back to live outside the city.

Prior to this, Cao Yong sent someone to take a look outside the mansion last year, but there was nothing.

You know, with Nian Xi's state, last night must have been extremely dangerous.Being able to survive last night gave me more hope.

After that, although Cao Yong didn't make people go to the mansion every day, he always paid attention to the news there.

Fortunately, no bad news came out.Even the news of Fang Zhonggong's past diagnosis and treatment did not come from the Nianfu. It seems that the old master ordered people to join him and not to talk too much.

Ten or so days of effort passed by in the blink of an eye.

When he got the news that Fang Zhonggong had left Nian Mansion and returned to Prince Yi's Mansion, Cao Yong's heart was finally relieved.

Counting the days, Nian Xi's most dangerous days have finally passed...

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Shicha seaside, a certain house.

A high platform was set up in the yard, and wooden pillars were erected at the four corners of the high platform, and thick cotton cloth was wrapped around the pillars.Between the pillars, there is a rope as thick as a child's arm connected...

(End of this chapter)