Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1399 Who Left, Who Comes Back (The Finale)

Cao Yong was by the side, seeing the development of the world as he expected, he was still faintly happy; but seeing the pity in the imperial doctor's eyes, he almost got goosebumps.

A few old doctors looked at Cao Yong's crotch with one glance or another. When he woke up, his face flushed immediately, and he almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

Why such a misunderstanding again?There were such gossips when I didn't take a concubine in the early years, but now I want to get sick, why do I bring this up?
Such an expression, in the eyes of others, has become the evidence that Cao Yong really can't do it.

Yongzheng looked at Cao Yong, wondering if he would give some secret medicine.As a man, sometimes you feel powerless, everyone understands it.He also blamed Chuyu in his heart, even if her husband had something to hide, he should try to comfort her husband, and forced his beloved minister into such a state.

Although Cao Yong was full of shame and anger, he still took advantage of this east wind to kowtow and ask for illness.

Yongzheng was angry, seeing Cao Yong like this, he wanted to reprimand him, but after all, he was a little pitiful, and said: "What are you talking about? You are in your prime, why do you need to retire from illness? Give me a ten-year leave, so that you can recuperate, and don't think about it .”

Cao Yong knows that it can only be the case at present.For a powerful emperor, it is more appropriate to proceed step by step.

But after coming out of Yuanmingyuan, Cao Yong was still a little helpless.So procrastinating, how long will it be?In order to conform to the symptom of "insomnia and headache", he has tortured himself a lot these days, otherwise how could he hide it from the imperial physician.

It's okay, so I can't do it.In addition to those deduction strategies related to the West, he was summing up his experience as an official over the years at other times.

Relief for the people in the Shandong period, "captive breeding" in the Taipu Temple period, "tendering and bidding" in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, road construction, agriculture, and business promotion in the Zhili governorship, and revenue and expenditure reduction in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After a month of hard work, I have already written a lot.I didn't plan to publicize these things, so it's better to leave it to my brothers and nephews for reference.

During these days of rest and recuperation, I can just finish writing the rest.

It can't be said that there was a commotion in all directions when he was out of illness, but there was an endless stream of relatives and friends who came to visit him.Cao Yong used the excuse that "it is inconvenient to entertain guests during illness", and all those who could be seen disappeared, but Elder Sixteen has always been in the room.

Although there are always many sieves in the palace, with eyes and ears from all directions, Yongzheng is a very controlling emperor. In his opinion, Cao Yong's illness involves the dignity of a man, so he opened his mouth to warn.Therefore, there was no rumor going out.

Brother Sixteen has also seen Cao Yong in recent days, seeing his face is clear, he only thinks that he is Ku Xia, but unexpectedly, he needs to "sick leave".

He didn't think about Cao Yong's serious illness, but worried that Cao Yong was ordered to "sick leave" because he offended the emperor somewhere.

The emperor's temperament is not gentle, as Cao Yong's best friend, how can he not worry?

Cao's waiver card is useless to him.Brother Sixteen left his attendants outside, and went directly into the inner house of Cao's mansion.

In the inner study, Cao Yong finished writing the last word and put down his brush.

He raised his eyelids and looked at the half-foot-high document file on the upper left of the desk. His 20 years of official career flashed before his eyes like a movie.

Thinking of the childishness when he entered Beijing at the beginning of the year, Cao Yong not only thanked Mr. Zhuang again in his heart.Without the teaching and guidance of Mr. Zhuang, he would have to stumble a few times to be comprehensive.

There is also Jiang Jian, who has worked hard in the ten years since he entered Cao's mansion as a veil, saving him a lot of effort.

Cao Yong told Jiang Jian that he wanted to retire from illness, and Jiang Jian also had his own arrangements.Although Cao Yong has bought property for him in the suburbs of Beijing and moved his family's household registration to Shuntian Mansion, he still plans to take his wife and children back to his hometown.After a few years, Xiao Leiming will come back to Beijing when he grows up.

For a moment, I was a little crazy thinking, even Brother Sixteen didn't notice when he came in.

Brother Sixteen took a look at Cao Yong, his complexion was gray and blue, his complexion was really bad, and his expression was dull, what's wrong?
He was worried and shouted anxiously: "Cao Yong, Cao Yong..."

"Master Sixteen..." Cao Yong woke up now, got up quickly and said, "Why are you here..."

The sixteenth elder brother didn't talk too much, and asked directly: "Okay, why did you take a 'sick leave'? I heard that the emperor will keep you in front of the imperial court yesterday. Is there something wrong with you in the imperial court that annoyed the emperor? Already?" At this point, he hesitated: "Or because of the funeral at the Thirteenth Brother's house, you didn't come forward?"

Facing the sixteen elder brothers who have known each other for half his life, Cao Yong did not tell lies or "unspeakable secrets", nor did he outline the beautiful vision of traveling in mountains and rivers like he did in front of Li Shi and Chu Yu, but said bluntly: "Sixteen Lord , I'm tired... In the officialdom, so what if I'm a minister? It's just that the position is high, and there will be more interest disputes, and it will be a luxury to think about retiring. Although my position is more important now, it's not It's up to me... Now that the imperial court is peaceful and the family's affairs are about the same, I decided to step back..."

He didn't admit that he was pretending to be sick, nor did he deny it, he just told Brother Sixteen that he decided to step down.

How did Brother Sixteen know that Cao Yong was just a modern laziness outbreak, afraid of being pulled into the soon-to-be-established military aircraft department to "work hard", so he made the decision to retire as soon as possible.He only thought that Cao Yong was touched by the death of the thirteenth elder brother.

Not to mention Cao Yong, Brother Thirteen's situation, even he can't see it.

On the bright side, it seems that the thirteenth elder brother is the most important thing to watch out for.Even the eldest son of the concubine was honored with Baylor, and the concubine who died was buried in the rank of Baylor, but the eldest son of the royal family has not been granted the eldest son of the royal family for a long time.

Elder Sixteen thought for a while and said, "It's fine to step back. You are in charge of the household department, and you have blocked many people's money. Even Zhang Tingyu played tricks and pushed the household department's errands away under the pretext of being in charge of the government officials' department." Clean, it can be seen that villains are difficult to deal with."

Seeing that Elder Sixteen didn't persuade himself, Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right. The government office seems to be calm and orderly, but who knows when it will start? When the bank was empty in the early years, everyone I couldn't help stretching out my hand; now that there are tens of millions of taels of silver, how many people are red-eyed, but they just hinder me and dare not speak for a while."

Although Elder Sixteen also knows that Cao Yong is a capable minister to the imperial court; but from the standpoint of Elder Sixteen, the emperor will naturally worry about the affairs of the court. For the sake of Yong.

He stood up, turned around Cao Yong twice, and stretched out his hand to rub on Cao Yong's face.

With such a movement, Cao Yong stretched out his hand to push it away: "What's wrong with Mr. Sixteen?"

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Yong's sallow complexion and bloodshot eyes, which did not seem to be fake, but the meaning of what he said just now was obviously to "escape from illness".

Real illness, fake illness, it is very confusing.

He looked at Cao Yong again, but he still didn't see any flaws, leaned over and said in a low voice: "How did you get such a weak and bad appearance?"

"Tossing and not sleeping every night, it will be like this in a few days." Cao Yong also replied in a low voice.

Elder Sixteen took a deep breath, and then said: "No, you've been reducing weight slowly. It's been a while. If you don't sleep all the time, how can your body survive? What's the trick? Tell me quickly. ?” After talking about it, there was already a bit of excitement.

When Cao Yong saw this, he knew that the sixteenth elder brother had taken a fancy to his "dharma door" of pretending to be sick, and he didn't hide his secrets. He said: "In three nights, sleep well for one night, and stay up for two nights. It won't hurt the root, but Looks really uninspired."

Elder Sixteen is always smart, so he immediately thought of the key point, and said joyfully, "It must be that Xiaochao slept soundly that night, and after staying up for two days, he looked the most haggard at the Xiaochao meeting."

Speaking of this, he turned his face to joy again, frowned and looked at Cao Yong and said: "This method, if you want to be lazy temporarily, it is not easy if you want to take advantage of the 'serious illness'. If you really want to endure it, you will not Just because it looks seriously ill from the outside, it might hurt the inside, it must be done!"

This is about Cao Yong's worry, he sighed and said: "I can't be ruthless, but if the illness is mild, there is no reason to resign. The emperor has always been suspicious, so how can I be vague."

Others are reluctant that their children will not be able to beat wolves, and he is reluctant to part with his body in exchange for freedom.

Elder Sixteen snorted softly, raised his chin, and said proudly: "It's such a big deal, but it's so embarrassing for you. Why don't you get everything if you come to discuss it with Master earlier? Don't you forget, Lord Zhuang Jing?" What do you like most about collecting folk apricot masters and refining various small pills?"

Cao Yong raised his head and looked at Brother Sixteen...

The background of Prince Zhuang's Mansion is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Under the "helping hand" of elder brother Sixteen, Cao Yong's next things went much more smoothly.

When the ten-day holiday was over, Cao Yong still went to the Yamen to be on duty.When colleagues and subordinates saw him, they couldn't help congratulating Cao Yong on his "recovery".After all, he seemed to be looking much better and more energetic.

Cao Yong nodded to accept everyone's congratulations, and went to deal with the official documents.

Although Yongzheng was taking care of everything, he didn't forget to pay attention to Cao Yong, an important minister.

The sticklers of the Cao Mansion resumed the habit of daily newspapers. Yongzheng also took a look at them every now and then. He knew that Cao Yong was recuperating at home these days. Very satisfied.

When Xiaochao met, seeing Cao Yong's improved face, Yongzheng felt relieved.

After all, Cao Yong is different from those courtiers in their seventies and eighties, and with the origin of blood, he is really reluctant to break this courtier.

Just looking at Cao Yong's appearance, the symptoms of lack of sleep should be alleviated. As for the "sufficiency of essence and blood", let's take another look.If there is really something wrong, let the two maids go down.As the Princess of the princess, Chu Yu is not willing to take the initiative to serve her husband because of her status.

Yongzheng had a conclusion in his heart, so he put Cao Yong's affairs aside, after all, he had to do everything himself, and there were really too many things to pay attention to.

Unexpectedly, Cao Yong passed out in the yamen the next day after Xiaochaohui.

This time, the news that Cao Yong, Minister of the Household Department, was "seriously ill" was no longer a rumor, but what everyone saw with their own eyes...

The errand of the household department was once again handed over to several servants, and Cao Yong, the minister of the household department, began to take sick leave again.

After these repetitions, even Yongzheng was a little startled.Judging from the doctor's pulse case, Cao Yong's health is getting worse.It looks better, but it's just made up for these days, and the inside is still not strong.

At the end of June, Cao Yong submitted a booklet and asked to resign from the position of Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

Yongzheng did not send him to stay in the middle school, but only sent his servants to Cao's mansion to deliver oral instructions, ordering him to rest in peace.

At the beginning of July, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Bo Tai, entered the zhezi, and in the zhezi, she asked her to resign as the Minister of the household department for her son. Yongzheng still stayed in the middle school.

By mid-July, Cao Yong had been chanting scriptures to the Buddha statue all day long, so that he could barely sleep on his pillow.

Mrs. Bo Tai's wife, Mrs. Li, submitted the booklet, please see your majesty.

Yongzheng sighed, put down the booklet, and asked someone to pass on Li's audience...

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On July [-]th, Cao Yong, the Minister of the Household Department, resigned from the Minister of the Household Department due to illness. On the same day, Yongzheng listed Cao Yong's [-] meritorious deeds in the Household Department.

Before the congratulatory guest came to the door, he got the news that the newly released third-class Marquis Cao Yong, accompanied by Mrs. Hou's wife Li and his eldest son Cao Zhan, left Beijing on a boat from the House of Internal Affairs.

Isn't he a seriously ill person?Why are you still fussing like this?
All of a sudden, there were many speculations.

In the end, there are people who are well-informed. After a few days, they found out one or two.

Cao Yin was destined to have no children. The two Cao Yong brothers were born after the late Sun Taijun and Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ate fast and recited Buddha.

What is Cao Yong's fate?

It is also said that Cao Yong was a monk in his previous life, and he was reborn in Cao's family in order to repay the kindness of Cao's ancestors.

Those with noses and eyes are more and more like that.Even Cao Yong's refusal to accept concubines and maidservants has become evidence of his monk's reincarnation.

Those who are dissatisfied can't bear others to praise Cao Yong as a "good man with a Buddha's heart". They want to catch his little tail, but they check his 20 years of official career. All kinds of good deeds, there is no one who is greedy and perverts the law.

Being worthy of the king above, worthy of Li Shu below, and never having any grievances with his colleagues in the middle, Cao Yong, an official, can be called a model, not inferior to the "Three Model Governors" publicly commended by the court.

Everyone has a problem, that is, they can't see the good of others.Even if Cao Yong himself can't fault it, what about the Cao family?
As a result, Cao Song's "lust for money and lust" is well known, Cao Xiang became "pedantic and ignorant of flexibility", and Changsheng became a playboy.

There are few shadows, and most of them are nitpicking.But true or false, there are still few words to praise Cao Yong.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shengjia moved back from the Old Summer Palace to the Forbidden City.

A few days later, the emperor decreed that due to the use of troops in the northwest, the cabinet was inconvenient outside the Taihe gate. In order to prevent the leakage of military aircraft, a military computer room was set up in the Longzong gate, which was regarded as a place to handle emergency military affairs and assist the emperor in handling military affairs.

Select the minister of military aircraft from among the bachelors, ministers of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, and ministers, and select Zhang Jing of the military aircraft from the books in the cabinet.

The officialdom in the capital immediately boiled.

The matter of Cao Yong's retirement from illness has already become old news, and the clan and dignitaries have all set their sights on the military plane.

Inside the Longzong Gate is the Qianqing Palace, and the Military Aircraft Office is located under the eyes of the emperor.When it was time to use troops in the Northwest, everyone knew that as long as they went in, there would be no problems, and when things in the Northwest were settled, rewards for meritorious deeds would not escape.

It is said that "accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger", but everyone is willing to join the emperor.

Even if he is just a little Zhang Jing, after a long time, he will have more chances to show up in front of the imperial court than officials outside.

Everyone's eyes were hot, and they were pinching their fingers, trying to figure out who might be on the military plane.After this calculation, someone thought of Cao Yong again, and couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

Cao Yong is in his prime and has good conduct. If he is in the position of minister of the household department, he will probably join the army.His departure from Beijing can be regarded as giving everyone an extra chance...

By the time Cao's eldest son, Cao Zhan, returned to Beijing, the candidates for the Military Aircraft Department had already been settled.

The matter of Cao Yong's illness has become a thing of the past, and others are too lazy to pay attention to it; but relatives and friends are really concerned about Cao Yong's condition, so they must ask people to inquire.

Tianyou didn't hide anything, he told about his grandmother and father recuperating in the Qingliangshan courtyard, and also mentioned that the abbot of Qingliang Temple had sent a letter to Master Wuxing, the abbot of Lingyin Temple.When my father recovers next year, he will go to Hangzhou Lingyin Temple to study Buddhism.

Although Cao Yong has resigned from office, the Cao family is the Hou's mansion after all, and Mrs. Cao has a different status. Changsheng, a new student, has naturally become a good son-in-law candidate for many officials and eunuchs.

Coupled with the fact that Cao's parents and concubines are well-known, many people who love their daughters and have no intention of clinging to the clan spread the word that the draft is about to be drafted, and everyone wants to get married after the draft.

Mrs. Li is not in the capital, Chu Yu, the eldest sister-in-law, of course would not make her own decisions, so she had to ask Chang Sheng.Although Mrs. Li had already handed over the marriage of longevity to the eldest daughter-in-law, Chu Yu also wanted to ask her brother-in-law what kind of wife he wanted in his heart.

Changsheng only said that there was no rush and waited for two years, so he took Hangsheng out of Beijing to change to Tianyou. Chuyu had no choice but to shelve the matter temporarily.

After all, Hang Seng is the son of a vassal king, and it is not suitable to live outside for a long time. In the spring of the eighth year of Yongzheng, after sending Cao Yong and Li's party to Hangzhou for resettlement, they returned to Beijing.

Most of the relatives and friends in Beijing know that after half a year of recuperation, Cao Yong's condition has improved slightly.

But Prince Yi, who had been sick since the winter of last year, couldn't make it through.

On the fourth day of May in Yongzheng, Prince Yi passed away.Before his death, Prince Yi entered into the will, and asked his nine-year-old son Hong Xiao to inherit the title.

The emperor was deeply saddened, and issued an edict to restore Prince Yi's name as "Yinxiang", who deserves to enjoy the Taimiao, and the posthumous title of "Xian".

After Prince Yi's funeral, Yongzheng ordered his youngest son Hongxiao to inherit the prince's title according to the prince's legacy.
The eldest son Hongdun is the king of Fujun, and the second son Hongjiao is the king of Liangjun.

So far, Prince Yixian has four living sons, one prince, two county kings, and one Baylor.

There was an uproar in the clan, and all kinds of envy and jealousy, so I won't tell them one by one.

But no matter how jealous, no one dared to show it at this time.For Prince Yi's funeral, the emperor dealt with fewer clan ministers?

Cao Yong got the news a few days after Prince Yi passed away.

He and he have already settled down in a courtyard next to Lingyin Temple, went to Lingyin Temple to listen to Zen every three days, and went out with Mrs. Li every five days, living a quiet and peaceful life.

The news was sent by Li Wei's envoy.

After Li Shi and Cao Yong arrived in Hangzhou, Li Wei visited them.

Cao Yong only met once, and the two did not know what to say.Li Wei never came to the door again, but he didn't mean to cut off contact, and sometimes sent some people to report to him.

Among the sons of the holy ancestor, except for Prince Zhuang who is closest to the Cao family, Prince Yi has a deep connection with the Cao family.

If we were in front of Lingyin Temple back then, without the help of Jinshang and Prince Yi, whether Cao Yong could save his life is uncertain.

Listening to his loss of faith, Li Shi and Cao Yong's mother and son were both uncomfortable.The mother and son went to Lingyin Temple, donated a sum of money for sesame oil, and asked the temple to chant sutras for 49 days, which is also considered as the cause and effect of this period.

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Hang Seng's wedding is approaching, and Cao Yong is getting tired of living in Suzhou and Hangzhou.When he received a letter from Tianyou, knowing that the other courtyard in Wutai Mountain had been completed, Cao Yong left Hangzhou with his mother and went south by boat.

When the ship arrived in Dezhou, Cao Yong parted ways with the Changsheng brothers.Changsheng Feng Li continued to go north and return to Beijing, while Cao Yong went northwest to Shanxi.

The news that Cao Yong was accepted as a lay disciple by the abbot of Lingyin Temple, Wu Xing, is no longer news in the capital.Cao Yong didn't return to Beijing, but went to Wutai Mountain to study Buddhism. After hearing this, everyone just sighed twice.

In July of the ninth year of Yongzheng, Monk, the eldest son of King Khalkha Khan, married Princess Duanrou. After marriage, the princess lived with the eldest son in the palace of the capital, and there was no princess mansion.

In September of that year, the empress passed away, and the birth mother of the fourth prince, Concubine Xi, took photos of the sixth palace...

Everything in Beijing seems to have nothing to do with Cao Yong.

He sat leisurely on the reclining chair in the other courtyard of Wutai Mountain, talking about the flying in the sky and running on the ground, a strange world.

Tianbao, who was already half a boy, sat aside, holding a pen and ink in his hand, listening with shining eyes, writing non-stop.

"Is father talking about fairyland? Tens of thousands of miles away, it will arrive in a few hours... People can go to the sky, and they can go to the sea... Maxima eats oil instead of grass?" Listening to his father's vivid description, Tianbao was almost fascinated Fascinated.

But no matter how real and illusory, it is not a fact, right?

Not far away, a young man was sweeping the floor with his bow.If you look carefully, you will find his ears moving unconsciously occasionally.

Cao Yong looked at it with a smile and said: "The Dharma is boundless. For the Buddha, these are just tricks."

Tianbao was stunned when he heard it, and he couldn't help yearning for gods and Buddhas, but he loved dried meat the most, thinking about the hardships of learning Buddhism, he finally retreated.

However, this did not affect his curiosity and puzzlement about the "Western Paradise" in his father's eyes.

Cao Yong is also willing to tell him about the "Elysium" in his spare time and in the anticipation of the child.

The book that recorded Cao Yong's "nonsense" also arrived at the imperial court half a month later.

After losing his brother and wife, Yongzheng became more and more old.

He can understand Cao Yong's difficulties, because he can't do it either.Nowadays, every time a person is in the palace, they need to use the secret medicine.

For an emperor who looks down on the world, this blow is not insignificant.He somewhat understood Cao Yong's escape from the world by means of Buddhism, and he did not want to face his wife and children's feelings.

Even, in his heart, he was secretly angry with Chu Yu.How many felt that it was because of her inconsiderate wife that Cao Yong left home so disheartened.

Ever since he heard that Cao Yong's health was getting better, he thought of rehabilitating Cao Yong again.

However, after reading the excerpts of the dialogue between Cao Yong and Tianbao, Yongzheng understood that Cao Yong had been deeply addicted to Buddhism and had lost his usual prudence and reason.

How can such a courtier who is so confused by the teachings of Buddhism be useful?

Two months later, a young servant was lost in Cao's other courtyard in Mount Wutai.

Cao Yong sat on the recliner, this time he really smiled...

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At the Guangzhou Wharf, a large ship came from afar.

On the pier, people surged and cheered loudly.

At the bow, one person put down the clairvoyance and said to himself: "I, Wei Wu, finally came back..."

(End of the article)

(Relevant personnel have special episodes, which will be released from time to time)

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Bow down and thank you all, I have been with you for three and a half years, and I have nothing but gratitude and gratitude.In the past three and a half years, many things have happened to Xiao Jiu, and there are many shortcomings.

Xiao Jiu has already explained it, but maybe everyone didn't pay attention, or maybe they thought it was an excuse.Again, Xiao Jiu did not lie. In January 2011, Xiaojiu was checked out in the hospital and found something growing in her breast. The doctor said it was very serious and asked to take medicine to control it. If the control could not be eliminated, surgery would be needed.Then I started to take medicine, and it was okay at the beginning, and I took it peacefully until March.After the result of the reexamination, the effect was not great, so the dressing was changed.The reaction is strong, except for dizziness, it is very irritating to the stomach and intestines.The claws in the stomach seem to be disturbing, and they need to eat non-stop to stuff the stomach slowly to be comfortable.It's not just because of hormones, but also because of the gastric mucosa. Xiao Jiu has been obese all the way.

Xiao Jiu couldn't stand the torment, and the update was out of order.

When she has a cold and fever, Xiao Jiu has no burden to ask for sick leave; but when the consequences may be unimaginable, Xiao Jiu really doesn't want to say anything.

At this time, I don't need or want comfort, I always feel that if I say one more word, I will become a crow's mouth, and I feel very taboo.Very evasive, not on QQ, not even answering calls from editors.

In July, an operation was performed, but fortunately, the result was benign.Escaped.

In September, my mental state improved a lot. Because I went to Jiuzhaigou with Futian and Liu Anhuaming, I felt powerless and lay down in the hotel for three days, disappointing the beautiful scenery.

After I came back, I was still weak and lack of energy, and Xiao Cao, who had been changing for a few days, broke down again.

In December, the update was resumed.

Everyone's tolerance made Xiao Jiu feel ashamed.Xiaojiu was still wrong. As early as when her body found something wrong and she didn’t have the time to code the text, she should have ended it instead of procrastinating like this. The only way to truly deserve everyone’s liking for this book is to start well and finish well.

The old book is over, the past has come to an end.

Starting from the new book, Xiao Jiu started to exercise every day besides coding.Now the weight goes straight to 160 kilograms. For Xiao Jiu who is only [-] tall, this is a terrible number.Let's think about a ball where you are sweating non-stop, and you will know.

It's in good shape now, and will start to speed up the update speed.

The new book tells the story of a modern man who was reborn in Ming Dynasty. From the little monk in the mountain temple to the first rank in the official residence, the little monk climbed up step by step. . . .Welcome everyone to sign up for dragon sets. . .

Again, bow and thank you all! !

(End of this chapter)