Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1236 Soft
When he arrived at Guanghua Temple, Cao Yong met Li Nai, Li Cheng and his son.

Although the Li family has fallen, it was Cao Yong's grandmother who died, and the old in-laws of the Cao and Li families naturally gave him face, so Gao Taijun's funeral is not deserted.

The funeral arrangements for the past 40 days have been properly arranged. Of course, the Li family is not willing to neglect this last step, and it must be properly prepared.

Cao Yong first went to Gao Taijun's spirit to worship incense, and then he talked to Li Nai and Li Cheng, father and son.

Forget about Li Cheng, Cao Yong had seen him before he went south, but Li Nai hadn't seen him for several years.

He is more than ten years older than Cao Yong, and this year will be the year of destiny.Although he had been with Li Xu outside the customs for the past few years, looking at his appearance, he didn't suffer much.

His expression faded from the pain of the family changes in the early years, and the brows also relaxed.

Among the members of the Li family, Cao Yong has always had a good impression of this big cousin, seeing how calm and peaceful he is now, he is also happy that he can think about it.

For Cao Yong, this little cousin, Li Nai can only be grateful.

Li Nuo and Li Yu brothers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Li Cheng in Cangzhou, more or less borrowed Cao Yong's light.

Cao Yong had to ask about Li Xu's recent situation in Shengjing, but he thought that because of the early death of the eighth elder brother, after Yongzheng came to power, he would not have to face criticism from the clan, and he would not treat ministers as harshly as rumors in history.

Li Xu is over 70, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to Beijing with pardon.

Yongzheng is fifty this year, I wonder if this year's Longevity Festival will amnesty the world.

But what to think, what to come.

Before finishing a cup of tea here, Li Nuo hurried over.

His face was blushing, and his brows and eyes were full of uncontrollable joy. After seeing Cao Yong, he hurriedly said to Li Nai: "Master, the great master is back..."

Hearing this, Li Nai stared, and said, "What are you in a hurry for? What's wrong with my grandfather..." After saying this, he woke up from his own stature, and got up from the chair all of a sudden, a little afraid Confidently asked: "Grandpa... Grandfather is back..."

Even Cao Yong was surprised that Li Xu came back?

It was indeed Li Xu who came back, and he arrived in Shengjing when he mentioned the purpose of pardoning him and returning to Beijing five days ago.Li Xu couldn't wait for his sons to pick him up, so he started to come back by himself, and he just got home.

Li Nuo rode a horse and came over to report to his father.

Li Nai was already weeping with joy, and Li Cheng also had joy on his face.

Although Cao Yong didn't like to see Li Xu very much, after all, he was an uncle in name, someone whom Li family cared about, and he would not cruelly hope that he would freeze to death outside the pass.

He then stood up and said to Li Nai: "Big cousin, since uncle is back, let's go and have a look first. I haven't seen his old man for several years, so I just want to say hello to him."

"Okay, okay!" Li Nai finally came to his senses, his face was wet and cold, and he quickly lowered his head and wiped his tears with his sleeves.

After everyone left Guanghua Temple, they bumped into Li Xu who was wearing filial piety.

Li Xu is 73 this year, his hair is all white, and he is leaning on crutches. His two grandsons, Li Dao and Li Zheng, helped him get out of the carriage.

He was rich in his early years, but now he is thinner, his face is full of wrinkles, and densely covered with age spots, his eyes are also cloudy, and he looks a little less angry.

After another meeting, Li Nai and Li Nuo took over Li Dao and Li Zheng's positions, and helped Li Xu to go to Gao Taijun's spirit.

Li Xu pushed away the hands of his children and grandchildren, put down his crutches, knelt down on both knees, and bowed his head to the ground.

With the hoarse cry, there were two puddles of water on the stone floor in front of him.

The joy of family reunion was immediately washed away by the crying, and it became a little more dignified.

After all, Cao Yong was not from the Li family, and he couldn't sit still under the desolate atmosphere. After watching Li Nai help Li Xu get up, he found an excuse to leave.

Li Nai and Li Cheng knew that he was coming to Beijing today, and he must have a lot of things to take care of, so they didn't keep him; Li Xu also nodded, and asked Li Nai to send Cao Yong out, and he stayed in front of Gao Taijun's mourning hall, burning paper for Gao Taijun... …

Compared with the mixed sorrow and joy of the Li family, the Li family was only happy when they got the news that their cousin was pardoned and returned to Beijing.

"Every time I think of your uncle, I worry in my heart, even if there is something wrong with him when he is old... Finally, I waited until this day, I finally waited until this day, if your grandmother has a spirit underground, she will also I feel happy..." She said to Cao Yong with red eyes.

Seeing that his mother was so excited, Cao Yong couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I was still too indifferent, in order to protect myself and avoid troubles, I ignored Li Xu's side, which made my mother miss her so much.

"Just now I looked at, uncle is still healthy, the hard days are over now, and he will be fine in the future." Cao Yong said.

Mrs. Li couldn't bear it anymore, if it wasn't for the fact that Li Xu just came back today, and the Li family's father, son and grandson got together, there would be a lot to say, she wanted to visit Li's house right away.

"Let someone go and have a look, just say I'll be there tomorrow." Li Shi said.

Cao Yong agreed, and went to arrange people without mentioning it, but he himself did not go back to Wutong Garden, but went out of the mansion to Prince Zhuang's mansion.

Yes, he had to find Elder Sixteen to ask about Li Xu's pardon.

It was a coincidence that Li Xu was pardoned before Madam Gao's funeral.If it was to flatter Mrs. Li, then their mother and son might have to express their gratitude.

Elder Sixteen's answer was beyond Cao Yong's expectation: "It's not to flatter Mrs. Tai, but by the way. The old lady of the Nian family is seriously ill, and the emperor is soft-hearted. He wants to pardon the younger sons of Nian Gengyao, but he is afraid. The outsiders talked, which is why many old criminals and young and weak officials were pardoned. Li Xu happened to be among them. It seems that the emperor's anger towards the Li family has dissipated, so there is no obstacle Why not let him come back?"

"So it is!" Cao Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Jun En is mighty, he is really afraid that the emperor will "mighty" himself.

Sometimes, the king's kindness is too great, and the courtiers can only repay it by "devotion to their hearts and souls".

Brother Sixteen said Li Xu, and with a bit of pride, he talked to Cao Yong about the Ministry of Households' sea trade bidding a few days ago.

Most of the qualified bidders are big merchants, and many of them wear the hat of imperial merchants. Brother Sixteen, the Minister of Internal Affairs, naturally knows it well.

After asking Cao Yong, he was not surprised to know that Jiangnan's 300 million sea trade funds had been raised through bidding.In his view, [-] shares are just a piece of cake for Cao Yong.

Tired of the journey, Cao Yong was a little tired. He said a few words with Brother Sixteen, and then went home.

After dinner, Cao Yong went to bed early, after all, he had to get up early the next day.

Although he is an old husband and wife with Chuyu, but a little farewell is better than a newlywed, and Dun Lun is a must.

The next day, Cao Yong got up early and went to pass the sign outside the palace gate in the dark.

According to the rules, the emperor summoned his courtiers to meet after breakfast.

At the beginning of Mao (five o'clock in the morning), a servant came over and led Cao Yong to meet him outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, a servant came out and sent Cao Yong in.

Yongzheng knew about Cao Song's "serious injury". Of course, he also knew that it was cheap to give him the title of "imperial envoy" years ago, but he still asked about Cao Yong's errand in Jiangnan meticulously.

Cao Yong answered respectfully, and said a few words about what he had seen and heard in Jiangning before Yongzheng nodded and waved him to "kneel down".

It was still early to leave the yamen, so Cao Yong rode back to Cao's mansion, took a nap again, and got up and went to the yamen of the household department when it was almost time.

When he left a year ago, the yamen had already been sealed; after the year he was busy with errands, he didn't have much official documents.

It took Cao Yong a long time to tidy up almost; in the afternoon, he met several doctors in the hall, and the day's work was over.

When I got out of the yamen, I saw Zhao An, the steward, waiting outside.

Seeing Cao Yong coming out, Zhao An came forward and said: "Master, the old lady is at Li's house. Send the younger one to welcome Master to Li's house."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he couldn't help frowning.

He looked at the sunset in the sky, and said: "Didn't Madam go to Li's house early in the afternoon? Why did you stay until now?"

Zhao An bowed and replied, "I don't know about it, it's just that in the afternoon, the old lady sent people back to the house, and she only said that she would go back after dinner, and told the wife not to worry."

Thinking wildly now can't solve the problem.

Cao Yong suppressed his suspicions and took Zhao An and several long entourages to Li's house.

Mrs. Li sent people to invite her son to come to discuss important matters, to discuss the succession of Gao Taijun's family incense.

Li Xu discussed with his cousin that he wanted to adopt one of his grandchildren and inherit the incense of Gao Taijun's house.

In Gao Taijun's room, there is only Li's daughter, who should have adopted a boy long ago to inherit the incense.But Gao Taijun himself is dependent on others, so why would he still make that trouble, so the matter was put on hold.

She is young and widowed, apart from relying on Li Xu, she is very strange to other Li family members.But in Li Xu's house, there are only two heirs, and Gao Taijun can't even mention the matter of inheritance.

Now that Gao Taijun passed away, Li Xu thought about the funeral tomorrow, so he mentioned the matter of adoption.

When Mrs. Li heard this, she was happy at first.

For Gao Taijun and the "father" who has not met, Li feels guilty, because she is not the Li family, but takes the title of the Li family's daughter.

However, Li Shi also knew that no matter which son of Li Nai adopted Gao Taijun's house, he would become her grandnephew, Cao Yong's cousin, and the relationship would be much closer than it is now.

Thinking of this, Li Shi felt that it was not good to make decisions by herself, so she made people go to the yamen to pick up Cao Yong.

After hearing these words, Cao Yong did not object.

For the ancients, blood inheritance was a big deal.

If the Li family is in charge, choosing an heir and grandson to inherit Gao Taijun's house, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a great filial piety.

Cao Yong knew that his mother was a soft-hearted person, because she was not the Li family's own flesh and blood, she was always grateful to the Li family.

Inheritance is succession, Li Cheng is the first son, Li Nuo is the eldest son, Li Dao's brother will inherit Li Ding's branch, and the rest is Li Nai's second son, Li Yu.

Looking at it for several years, Cao Yong also knew about this Li Yu.That was a down-to-earth young man, and Cao Yong didn't mind helping him twice.

Seeing that her son did not object, Mrs. Li was very pleased.

Although she prefers Li Cheng in her heart, she also knows that Gao Taijun loves Li Cheng the most.But I also know that there is no reason to be picky.

Li Xu sent people to call Li Yu and his wife over, and told them to meet Li Shi and Cao Yong again, and it was regarded as finalizing the succession.

When the funeral is held tomorrow, Li Yu will preside over it as a filial grandson...

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Double monthly pass in the last 21 hours, seventh in history, continue to climb to the top six, begging, begging. .

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