Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1232 Undercover Career

Hearing what Cao Song said, Cao Yong also felt lucky.

Fortunately, the girl born to Ada was taken over by Ada's sister to raise her. If she was raised in Jiangning or the capital, her family might not be used to it even if she didn't see anyone in the deep boudoir.

As far as he knew, among the five brothers and sisters Wei Wenjie, the two birth mothers of the youngest, Wen Qiang and Wen Ying, were from Nanyang.It's just that at this time, Luzon was mostly a survivor of the previous dynasty, and he was no different from the Qing people.Moreover, that was a young lady from a poor family, not a diva or a prostitute.

Although Wei Ren was absurd when he was young, it was taught by Confucian ethics for many years.Although there are dozens of concubines, not all of them are qualified to bear children for him.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong thought of Ada's sister.

According to the news from Guangzhou, Ada's younger sister has now inherited the family business and is already well-known in Nanyang.He also treats his niece as his own and has been well educated.

Wei Xin...

Cao Yong had a dream several times, dreaming that Wei Xin came back on an ocean-going ship, bragging about America to himself...

But, year after year, Cao Yong also knows how slim that kind of hope is...

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Cao Jia returned to the General Military Mansion the next day, and Cao Yong did not take the initiative to find him.

Nowadays, in the era of peace, coupled with the promotion of corn and double-crop wheat, the emperor attaches great importance to local grain storage, and local granary is no longer a decoration like it used to be.

Even if drought and flood disasters occurred in three or five provinces, the foundation of the imperial court would not be shaken.

If the people of Hongmen are really smart, they should choose to continue to lie down and wait for the opportunity; now, if they confront Li Wei head-on, they will really seek their own death.

Although there are many Hongmen family members in Pangjia Village, what crimes do sixty-year-old women and infants have?
Cao Yong didn't want Li Wei to engage in iron blood and implicated companies in Jiangning, because Cao Song, who was the general soldier, was involved in it.

Even though he was born at this time, in the officialdom, it is rare to see blood, but Cao Yong didn't have to let his cousin use the lives of others to seek credit.

Others don't know, but he knows the disposition of his cousin.

On the surface, he looks carefree and reckless, but in fact he is very sympathetic to the poor and the weak.

If it were someone else, they would be eager to make "military exploits" and use the blood of others to dye their hats red, and they would not care about the lives of the people; but Cao Song would never care about such achievements.

Before New Year's Eve, Cao Jia went out two more times, but Cao Yong still let him go and ignored him.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Jia finally stepped into Cao Yong's yard.

Cao Jia is in his early fifties, and because he is a warrior, he has always been in good health. He looked like a man in his forties.I haven't seen him for a few days, he seems to be ten years old, showing a bit old.

It seems that he really encountered a difficult problem this time.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was extremely solemn. The moment he saw Cao Yong, there was a bit of begging in his eyes.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was so surprised that he hurriedly sent all the servants who were waiting in the house away.

Cao Jia's face was a little pale, facing Cao Yong, he knelt down slowly.

How could Cao Yong allow him to kneel down, stepped forward, and wanted to help him up.

Cao Jia shook his head, and said: "Whether the master can help or not, it's a big mistake for a villain to mention this embarrassing thing to the master out of selfishness. How can he have the face to stand up and speak?"

Seeing his determination, Cao Yong said solemnly: "Grand priest, if you insist on doing something, I will not listen to it. I have already said that the Cao family will not lose the great priest, and Cao will not lose money." Thanks to the great offering. If I can do my best, I won’t shirk it; if I can’t do anything, I can only do nothing about it. What is it, you should be blunt.”

Cao Jia was not a long-winded person, so when he saw what Cao Yong said, he stood up.

He took a deep breath, and said: "Master, the bandit leader Wan Fu that Mr. Li is looking for is the queen of the villain's old friend. His grandfather has a kindness with the villain, and the villain wants to save him."

Sometimes, it is more difficult to repay gratitude than revenge, especially when the object of "repayment" is a "bandit leader" that is not tolerated by the court.

Although Cao Yong said that he was prepared in his heart, he did not expect that the person Cao Jia wanted to protect was the number one on Li Wei's arrest warrant.

It's not difficult to be someone else; if it's Wanfu, even Cao Yong doesn't dare to guarantee it.

Cao Yong was silent for a while, and said: "In addition to selling private salt, Wan Fuke has committed other serious crimes? The owners of the two salt workshops that were annexed by him were killed by him, or are they Hongmen's own people?"

Hearing Cao Yong mention the word "Hongmen", Cao Jia raised his head all of a sudden, with a look of astonishment on his face.Immediately, gradually relieved, since Cao Yong and Li Wei have a good personal relationship, it is not surprising that Cao Yong knows Wan Fu's true identity.

"Don't worry, my lord, Wan Fu did not do evil. The villain found out clearly that he grew up in Qiongzhou when he was a child, and came to Jiangnan when he was a teenager. Those two saltworks were originally the property that his elders set up in the early years, not Take people's property." Cao Jia said.

"Elder? Is he a member of Wan Yunlong?" Cao Yong asked.

Cao Yong does not believe the so-called "son of Wan Yunlong".

He was the one who watched Wan Yunlong die. It was in the 40th year of Kangxi.If there is a son left behind, he will not be the same age as Wanfu.

"He is Wan Yunlong's grandnephew. When Wan Yunlong passed away, he left behind a nephew, who is the father of Wan Fu. Although Wan Fu's father gathered some of Wan Yunlong's subordinates and hid them, he didn't live long. He didn't live for a few years. It's gone. Wan Fu was raised as a young master. Because he didn't have the elders to teach him, that child didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and the majesty of the court. Originally, it wouldn't have caused such a big disturbance, because he was pushed by others and wanted to learn from Huang's family. Under Mr. Li's sect, in order to appear to have weight, he sent someone to confront Mr. Li. Unexpectedly, he reaped the consequences and let Mr. Li copy his old nest. Those people were not all with him, and when things got chaotic, he would Some can't be controlled." Cao Jia said.

The Huang family mentioned by Cao Jia is the Huang family where Huang Tianba's prototype is located in the later romances.

His family used to carry darts on the waterway wharf, and they are very powerful among the wells in Yangzhou City.By the time of Huang Tianba, it was already the third generation.

When Huang Tianba was a teenager, relying on his family's influence, he swore with several young friends, bullying men and women, and seeking people and property.It's just that because several of them are big local households, some people naturally messed with them, but they didn't cause any big trouble.

It happened that Shi Shilun, the magistrate of Yangzhou, wanted to get rid of this harm for the people of Yangzhou, so he planned to capture Huang Tianba.

I don't know what Shi Shilun said, but the young and hot-blooded Huang Tianba decided to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", personally testified against the three "righteous brothers", and helped the government to question the three dudes who harmed the people.

From then on, Huang Tianba attached himself to Shi Shilun and became a disciple of the Shi family.

It was not until Shi Shilun died of illness two years ago that Huang Tianba brought his disciples and grandchildren back to Yangzhou to settle the matter.

With the support of the Shi family, his two sons have already become officials, and several older grandsons have also achieved fame.

Even Huang Tianba himself served as a third-rank general.

In more than 30 years, the Huang family has changed from an ordinary commoner who earned hard-earned money to an official family, and has also become a legendary figure in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Cao Yong heard this explanation, he just felt dumbfounded.

He had long felt that Hongmen's actions were a bit too weird, that they were aggressively competing with the government, and it turned out that it was only because of Wan Fu.

"The priest thinks, what can I do?" Cao Yong said seriously.

Such a big commotion cannot be avoided with a single sentence.

No matter whether Wan Fu really wanted to defect to the government, or he was talking nonsense, the situation was beyond his control.

Even Li Wei may not be able to call the shots.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Han people have been strictly guarded against. According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, it is a capital offense for the Han people to gather ten people without any reason.

Pangjia Village, but the Hongmen family, dared to use weapons against officers and soldiers.

How can Yongzheng tolerate it?
The Cao family is not as good as the Jinghai Hou Mansion back then, and Wan Fu's status is many times greater than Huang Tianba's.If it is said that the Cao family can protect Wanfu at this time, it would be beyond their control.

Cao Yong wanted to repay Cao Jia's hard work in guarding him for more than ten years, but he would not repay it by putting all his wealth and life on it.

"I don't dare to embarrass the master. I just want to ask the master to ask Mr. Li for a word. If the villagers of Pangjia Village can let them go, Wan Fu still has a way to survive. If not, I will tell him to leave the stall." Whether you go back to Qiongzhou for refuge or go to Nanyang, you have to save your life in the end." Cao Jia said.

Speaking of it, this is really not too difficult.

The only thing that can make Cao Yong embarrassing is the relationship between Cao Jia and Wan Fu.

If Cao Jia is really a member of the Hong family, and if he is exposed, the Cao family might be dragged into the water.

It can be the father's prudence, as long as he will not do such a thing that brings disaster to his grandparents and grandchildren.

Cao Yong looked at Cao Jia, pondered for a while, and said: "Grand Priest, please forgive me for asking one more question. Could it be that Grand Priest, like Mr. Zhuang, was also an 'Emperor's Envoy' in his early years?"

All he could think of was this.

It is normal for the Cao family to be the eyes and ears of the Cao family in the south of the Yangtze River in the early years, and there are some people arranged by the royal family around them.

As Mr. Zhuang's aide, he has been an undercover agent in Suo'etu Mansion for 20 years; this Cao Jia is a Jianghu man, and it seems possible that he got mixed up with Hongmen.

When Cao Jia heard this, his expression changed immediately.

He looked at Cao Yong, took a long breath, and said: "That's all. The master's caution is no less than that of the grand master. If the villain hides it, he will let the master worry about it."

He was originally from Zhili, the youngest son of a Baoyi family.

At the age of five, he was sent by his father and brother to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a candidate for a servant boy. After five years of secret study, he was sent to Fujian at the age of ten.

As a refugee orphan, he joined the Hongmen, and was adopted as a adopted son by Wan Yunlong.

Fifteen years later, he joined forces with several other partners who had infiltrated the Hongmen, and launched the civil strife in the Hongmen, poisoning the master of the Hongmen, Wan Yunlong, and causing the Hongmen forces to fall apart.

After that, he was dying of serious injuries and recuperated for several years.

Although the task was completed, he was homeless.After all, in the eyes of his parents, he had already "died" for many years.

Although the world is vast, there is nowhere to go; except for fighting and killing, and there is no skill, you can only wander like a lost dog...

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It's the [-]rd, it's the [-]rd, continue to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass. .

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