Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 166
The infantry yamen is located in Chongwenmen, and its chief officer is commonly known as "Jiumen Admiral", and its full name is "Admiral of Jiumen Infantry Patrol Battalion and Third Battalion Commander". The third patrol battalion formed by the army.

Because the infantry yamen guards Rongjing City, in addition to being responsible for the guards and access control inside and outside the inner city of Zhengyang, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Anding, Desheng, Dongzhi, Xizhi, Chaoyang, and Fucheng, they are also responsible for night patrols, bans, arrests, and trials. cases, incarceration, etc.

Now the Admiral of the Nine Gates is Tuo Heqi, the mother-in-law of Twelve Elder Brothers. Cao Yong took Prince Yong's warrant and came to the Bujun Yamen just to find him, so that he could accompany their people to investigate the epidemic in the inner city.Unfortunately, when he arrived, he was told that Tuohe Qi had just left for Fuchengmen.

The person who greeted Cao Yong here was an acquaintance, Changling, the son of Fu Ding, who stayed in Beijing after the next year and served as the deputy commander of the infantry here.Even though he seldom interacts with each other on weekdays, but after all, he is his aunt's cousin, Cao Yong had no choice but to be patient and polite.

Changling's attitude was much more cordial than when we met years ago, and he said with a smile: "I heard my lord mention yesterday that Prince Yong is going to send us a helper today, and it turned out to be my cousin! I don't know, Cousin My younger brother and Prince Yong..." The conversation was full of exploration.

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said: "My brother is working in the household department now. I'm afraid it's a hard job here. Prince Yong couldn't find anyone for a while, so he slipped me out!"

Changling had an epiphany, no wonder it was so, except for Prince Ping's Mansion and Prince Chun's Mansion, he had never heard that the Cao family had contacts with any other mansion.Prince Yong is also in trouble now, even the civil servants from the Ministry of Households are used. It should be to borrow Cao Yong, the princess's son-in-law.

After thinking about it, Changling still put on the airs of his cousin, exhorted Cao Yong a few words, and then called two soldiers and told them to take Cao Yong to Fuchengmen to find Tuoheqi.

Speaking of it, Cao Yong has always been very curious about his uncle's family in the capital. If it is because of his uncle's continuation, the relationship between the two families has become estranged, which makes sense.But Changling is the son of his own aunt after all, why never heard his grandmother and parents mention it?When he came to the capital to visit relatives and friends of the Cao family in the capital at the beginning of the previous year, he saw the list given to him by his father, and he knew that there was such a relative.

Cao Yong also asked his mother, but Li didn't know the reason, because when she married, Cao Yong's aunt had passed away; and he tried to ask his father, but Cao Yin avoided talking about the brother-in-law's family.

In any case, since Cao Yin did not completely exclude this relative from the list of relatives, then this relative has to be recognized.

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Chongwenmen is in the southeast, and Fuchengmen is in the west. After riding for half an hour, Cao Yongfang arrived here.

In front of Fucheng Gate, swords and crossbows were drawn, the city gate guards and infantry yamen soldiers stood in a row in front of the city gate, confronting a group of palace guards.Behind those guards, there is a row of more than a dozen ornately decorated carriages.

Cao Yong did not come forward immediately, but looked around a lot.Although people stayed away from them, there were many strong men in the streets and alleys staring at the city gate.

The leader of the guards was a young man in his twenties, with a slightly feminine look between his eyebrows, but his attitude was extremely arrogant. He stretched out his hand, pointed at the soldier opposite him and said, "You bastards, you have eaten the guts of a leopard, even we The prince's car even dares to stop, why don't you hurry up and get out of the way!"

The leader of the infantry yamen is a school lieutenant in his forties, with a slightly auspicious figure.He took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, it is really my duty, I dare not let him go, I hope my lord and the prince will be sympathetic!"

Because the captain of the infantry is the fifth rank, and the leader of the guards is wearing the second-class guard uniform of the palace, but he is from the fourth rank, so he still has to perform etiquette.

The guard of the royal palace didn't appreciate it, raised his hand and slapped his face, angrily said: "You dog slave, don't you understand human words? What are you, even if you come here, you don't dare to push our lord like this!"

The infantry captain was beaten back a step. Some of the soldiers behind him were upset and wanted to move forward, but he raised his arm to stop him.He turned his head to look at the city gate, and when he turned around, he was still respectful, and said to the guard: "My lord speaks seriously, and I dare not neglect the prince because of the imperial decree, unless there are three princes, Prince Cheng, Prince Yong, and Lord Admiral. Jointly agree, otherwise the Nine Gates will prohibit the entry and exit of soldiers and civilians. Just now, I have sent people to invite Prince Cheng and Prince Yong to come here, and please wait for a while!"

"Okay, you slave won't come in. If the two princes don't come for a long time, we will have to wait for a long time!" The guard didn't appreciate it, and sneered: "Master, count to three, you hurry up!" Get out of here, or you will be charged with assaulting your clan, our knives are not for display!"

Cao Yong felt that something was wrong, looked at the people on the corner of the street, and said to Wei Hei in a low voice: "Looking at their unhurried and confident appearance, I am afraid that the person who sent the letter has been stopped long ago. Brother Wei, go to the Donghuamen guard barracks , Prince Yong should be over there, tell the situation here, and ask him to come here with the imperial edict!"

Wei Hei was worried about Cao Yong's side, so he let the Wu brothers go.

Cao Yong said: "If they arrange people at the intersections in front of here, Wu Mao and the others may not be able to reach Donghuamen! I won't move forward, brother Wei don't have to worry about me! But they can't succeed here, Otherwise, those who follow out of the city will definitely not be one family or two, if any of these people suffer from the epidemic, it may spread to the whole Zhili, and it will be difficult to contain it, and we don't know how many people will die!"

Wei Hei nodded and turned his horse's head.Cao Yong suddenly felt uneasy, and said solemnly: "Brother Wei, if you really meet someone who is blocking you, don't worry too much, you must take care of yourself first!"

Wei Hei turned his head, raised the knife in his hand to Cao Yong, and said with a smile, "Master, you don't believe in Lao Hei's skills? I have been defeated in these years!"

In front of the city gate, the guards had already counted to three. After all, it was the capital city, so of course they didn't dare to commit murder directly. Instead, they drove the prince's carriage and charged towards the city gate guards and infantry battalion soldiers.From this point of view, as long as the other party dares to intercept the carriage, the crime of "attacking" the clan will not go away, and then these guards can "counterattack" as a matter of course.

Many gate guards retreated to the sides in fright, and the infantry soldiers also took a few steps back, but the middle-aged captain not only did not move, but pulled the reins, knelt down, raised his head and said: "The reason why the nine gates are closed is by the prince. Don't you know? Also, please, my lord, take the common people into consideration and don't embarrass the slaves anymore!" After speaking, there was a series of kowtows, and the forehead was already green and red.

Cao Yong raised his head and looked up the city gate. How long will this Tuo Heqi want to hide?Could it be that he is hiding in the gate tower by himself, so the changes here have nothing to do with him?
There was a cold snort from inside the carriage, and the second-class guard seemed to have received a signal, pulled out the saber from his waist, pointed the knife at the captain and said, "You still slapped your nose? Why don't you let go?"

The school lieutenant kept kowtowing as if he had never heard of it.

The guard's face was a bit more hostile, and he moved his hand holding the knife, and someone said: "I don't know which prince is here, please show me some face, and let Cao Yong pay his respects!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at each other, and they saw a young man in five-rank official uniform with a long follower urging his horse over. It was Cao Yong.

After all, Cao Yong didn't hold back, and there was really nothing he could do. If he didn't show up, could he just let them go out of the city gate?What's more, he couldn't just watch the captain die.He is not a soft-hearted person, but this captain is really admirable.

The guard of the palace had never seen Cao Yong, but he seemed to have heard the name in a daze, and couldn't remember his identity for a while, but because Cao Yong was too young, but he was wearing a fifth-rank official uniform, that man didn't dare to go too far underestimate.

There were two slightly hoarse laughter from the carriage, and a young eunuch came out of the carriage and lifted the curtain.The man who came down was a man in his forties wearing a fine attire, smiling all over his face, and said in a friendly tone: "Hahaha, it turned out to be Xiao Cao Yong! I met you here, so it can be seen that this is the fate between me and you!" As he spoke, he stretched out his well-maintained hand, which only wore an agate ring finger, and waved at Cao Yong: "Come on, come on, let's talk! It doesn't matter whether you're talking about it at Neersu's place, or at Seventh Brother's side. You have to call me 'brother'!"

Those cloudy eyes looked Cao Yong over, and Cao Yong only felt that the hairs on his body stood up. He didn't know whose car was driving, but he got out because of the emergency, but unfortunately, whoever he met would not Well, it happened to be Bu Muba, King of Shuncheng County! !

This prince is notoriously fond of men, and it is said that this hobby is really complicated, no matter how old or young, as long as anyone with a good-looking appearance, he can't wait to pull him over.This rumor is really not good, so that in the past two years in the capital, Cao Yong also met the Shuncheng County King twice, but each time he avoided it far away.

Cao Yong is not afraid of how he treats him, but he is too lazy to cause trouble. If he has a deal with this prince, even if it is nothing, I am afraid that many things will be wrong.

Cao Yong was tired of feeling, still smiling on his face, jumped off the horse, and said, "It turns out to be the prince of the county. I greet you!" Yong came here to receive an errand, Prince Yong will arrive soon after, and it is Prince Shuncheng driving here, why don't you come down to pay your respects?"

The voice was really loud, and Bu Muba only felt that his ears were hurting, but he heard that Prince Yong would arrive in a while, so he couldn't care less about it, so he said with a picky corner of his mouth: "Cao Yong, the fourth elder brother is here today. Isn't my son at the guard barracks? Why do you have time to come here?"

There was no movement on the tower, and Cao Yong was so contemptuous in his heart that he said to the captain who was still kneeling on the ground: "Please trouble me to call Mr. Tuo. If Mr. Tuo continues to doze off like this, I am afraid that Prince Yong will arrive. He will think about it again." It will be difficult to come down!"

Seeing that the school lieutenant went up the gate tower through the corridor, Cao Yongfang cupped his hands to King Shuncheng, and said casually: "I don't know this Cao Yong. Seeing Prince Yong's appearance, he didn't make a temporary decision to come here, maybe it was Even if you have an appointment with Master Tuo, you can't wait!"

Prince Shuncheng's face turned blue and white, white and blue, and he was hesitant.

"My lord, because of the fact that my lord and my brother-in-law are in the same branch, Cao Yong can't help being troublesome, and I want to give some advice!" Cao Yong lowered his voice and said, "Your lord, look around!"

King Shuncheng looked back, but he couldn't see anything except his head, which was too late to retract.The ones he arranged were all at the intersection, and there were not so many people. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that something was wrong.

Prince Shun Cheng had a gloomy face, and said coldly: "You are playing tricks on me!"

After all, Cao Yong didn't want to involve himself in the fact that he was a **** Lord, and he said with an angry look: "It seems that Cao Yong is really troublesome. If the prince doesn't say thank you, he has to take the blame for others. Already!"

Prince Shuncheng knew that he was thinking left, and he had no grudges against Cao Yong. He, a princess, planned what he would do, so he couldn't help but whispered: "What a cold-faced prince, this is to use this prince as a raft. Well, this king will have to see if he can still kill me!"

In Cao Yong's heart, he really has nothing to do with the prince of Shuncheng, and he can't blame him for not receiving errands like other princes. This is really no brains.The two princes can't be allowed to fight here, he is not worried about what will happen to Prince Shuncheng, if Prince Yong is convicted because of this, then who will take care of the epidemic in the capital?

Cao Yong frowned, thought about it carefully, and said: "My lord, something is wrong! This Prince Yong decided to come here a long time ago. Could it be that he got the news from your side? If so, he will go directly to the palace. To persuade the lord, why bother to block the lord here. If you two lords have a dispute, if it gets to the ears of the Long Live Lord, it will not be good, and it will only make other people laugh!" Said When it came to the word "other people", Cao Yong deliberately increased his voice.

The king of Shuncheng County was still surprised, he heard the sound of "dada" footsteps, and Tuo Heqi, the admiral of the nine gates, came down from the gate tower.

Tuo Heqi smiled all over his face, shook his sleeves, and slapped King Shuncheng a thousand times: "Your servant asked you to pay your respects to the lord. It's really a slave. I went to bed late last night, so I just endured it." If you don’t live on the city gate and doze off, it will be late when you come down, I hope you will always forgive me!”

King Shuncheng sneered and said, "This is really a good time to take a nap? What's the matter, this admiral did a good job, forgetting that when Prince An's mansion led the horse, he didn't even recognize the master? Or do you think that when you arrive at the House of Internal Affairs, you just Can you step on the old master?"

Tuoheqi was originally the coat of Prince An's Mansion, but was later transferred to the House of Internal Affairs because his younger sister became a nobleman of Kangxi.Starting as a division officer, Kangxi began to serve as the admiral of the Nine Gates in 41 years.Prince Shuncheng's Mansion and Prince An's Mansion are both from Prince Li Daishan's family, so they can be regarded as the main family of Tuoheqi.

Tuo Heqi has been pampered all these years, how can he stand such ridicule?I hated it so much in my heart, but because of my status, I still leaned over and dared not dare.Thinking about the scene just now, he couldn't help complaining that Cao Yong was troublesome.

If this becomes a big commotion, even if the Prince of Shuncheng leaves the capital, there will be no good fruit to eat.Thinking that Prince Yong is coming soon, Tuo Heqi wished to be troubled by the county king, so his attitude was not so respectful, he straightened his back and said: "I seem to have heard the commotion downstairs just now, my lord, this is to... "

The king of Shuncheng County had just been said to be suspicious by Cao Yong, but now seeing Tuo Heqi being so big, it proved more and more that something was wrong.He couldn't make up his mind for a while, he didn't know whether to go out of the city like this, or find a way to go down.If there is a big outbreak, I'm afraid it will not end well; if you go back like this, the epidemic will break out at this time, but it will kill people.

He was still hesitating when he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, he finally heaved a sigh of relief, "haha" laughed twice, and said, "What else can I do? It's just that I'm bored in the mansion, so I came to you Admiral just have a cup of tea!"

However, when he turned his head to look, he found that the person who came was not Prince Yong, but the thirteenth elder brother who had not shown his face for a long time, followed by fifty or sixty guards.

Everyone was surprised, and so was Cao Yong.

The thirteenth elder brother dismounted with a smile, first glanced at Cao Yong, and felt relieved to see that he was fine, then Fang smiled and said to King Shuncheng and Tuo Heqi: "The fourth brother is busy, and he can't get away. , and I was afraid that I would not delay your business, so I sent me here! I am confused, what kind of errand do you want me to do?"

Tuo Heqi is fine, King Shuncheng fully understands that he has been tricked, this is because someone wants to provoke a dispute between him and Prince Yong, and wants to "get a profit".

"Haha!" The thirteenth elder brother looked at the faces of the two of them, laughed twice, looked up at the sky, and said: "From today to the eighth day of the lunar new year, but the imperial decree ordered us to pray for rain. Chicken is also taboo! It’s boring. The king of the county is here, but he is afraid that someone will go out of the city against the decree, and Tuo Heqi can’t be deterred? Don’t worry, brother of the king, this is not the old thirteen. I want to see it Look, who dares to underestimate the imperial father's imperial edict!"

There are several meanings in these words.King Shuncheng smiled and said: "Who doesn't know, Elder Brother Thirteen is the most brave. With you here, I feel at ease, so let's drink another day, and that's all for today!"

The thirteenth elder brother clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to the elder brother of the county king!"

After watching the carriage guards of Prince Shuncheng leave, Brother Thirteen glanced at Tuo Heqi, then called Cao Yong aside alone, and said in a low voice: "Cao Yong, fourth brother is gone!!"
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At the end of the writing, it was really scary, where did the fourth child go? ? ? ?
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