Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 194 Qingyun Road Post Station
Zhili, Shuntianfu, Wuqing station.

Yicheng Zhang Fu'an had peanuts and half a bowl of roasted duck while drinking some wine.It was about to enter the twelfth lunar month, and it was snowing outside, and it was freezing cold.Fortunately, because this place is still under the jurisdiction of the Beijing government, and it is a large post station, there is plenty of charcoal materials and money, and the room is burning hot.

Zhang Fu'an is in his forties, because he has been working in the post office for a long time, and he has a wider vision. He can also classify the officials who come and go. Yin is naturally straightforward; he doesn't neglect those who look at the word "back" easily. There are too many ups and downs in the officialdom.Just because he is a low-level, no-grade little postman, he is not qualified to be snobbish.

As the curtain was lifted, a gust of cold wind came in from the outside, Zhang Fu'an shivered suddenly, and said to the young man in the clothes of a postman: "Hundred years old, close the door tightly, you are going to freeze to death!" What about your uncle?"

This young man is called Zhang Baisui, and he is Zhang Fu'an's own nephew. Because his brother and sister-in-law left early, he took care of him by his side.

Zhang Baisui slammed his feet hard, pawing at the snow on his body, and said to Zhang Fu'an: "Uncle, just now when I went to hang the lanterns, I saw someone coming here from afar, coming from the south, or going to Beijing." ?”

"Damn, what do you say?" Zhang Fu'an couldn't help scolding his mother: "Damn weather, an admiral, a lieutenant general, two inspectors, three chief soldiers, and those criminal officials in Jiangning have already moved in. Why do people still want to come!" Although he was nagging, he still dressed neatly and went out to greet him.

Zhang Baisui looked at the kang table, grabbed a piece of duck meat and stuffed it into his mouth, then quickly chased his uncle out.

Seeing that the other party was just a carriage with a few carriages, Zhang Fu'an knew it well, such a shabby, it seemed that he was a worthless official.Sure enough, the other party got out of the carriage, and mentioned his identity, it was Chen Hongdao, the former prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, who has now been dismissed.

If Zhang Fu'an encounters this kind of unlucky person on weekdays, even though Zhang Fu'an is still polite on the surface, he will gloat and slander in his heart.However, at this moment he thought of someone, and looked at the two young men who were supporting Chen Hongdao, both dressed in sackcloth and filial piety. Knowing that his prediction was right, he couldn't help but respect him, and said, "So it's Chen Futai, and I hope you can forgive me." You are so rude, are you going to Beijing to pick up Wang Gongren's bones?"

In fact, he didn't need to be so polite when dealing with magistrates like Chen Hongdao who were exempted from government. He just remembered the "knocking case" that had caused a lot of trouble two months ago.Before entering Beijing, Mrs. Wang also took a rest at the post station. She is an extremely well-behaved wife.It is very rare to go to Beijing to sue the imperial court, not to mention the innocence of the cousin, the blood spattered in the capital procuratorate, how can it not be admirable?
Chen Hongdao heard the other party mention his dead wife, his eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Exactly! I have already dismissed from office, so I shouldn't bother the post station anymore, but it's getting dark and I can't enter the county, so I have to come here for convenience. "

Zhang Fu'an waved his hand: "Your Excellency is very polite, but there are many officials who come and go now, and all the rooms are occupied. Please feel wronged for one night. If someone leaves tomorrow, I will help you change."

Chen Hongdao hurriedly thanked him solemnly, and Zhang Fu'an was just about to order his nephew to take everyone from the Li family to the courtyard when he heard the sound of "Dede" horses' hooves, vaguely as if many riders had come.

Zhang Fu'an couldn't help but want to scold his mother, what's going on today?Could it be that the commander-in-chief came to Beijing from somewhere, and he was the most impatient with these military positions, and he brought his own soldiers with him, all of them were awesome, especially the uncle.If the waiter is not satisfied at all, he will be kicked.

Standing behind his uncle, Zhang Baisui was also feeling agitated. He couldn't help reaching out his hand to touch his face. The slap print that hadn't faded was the "reward" given by the lieutenant general who came from Zhejiang before dinner.

Just because the deputy came late, all three upper rooms were occupied by the admiral and the chief soldier who went to Yunnan to take up their posts.His official position was lower than those three, so of course he didn't dare to provoke, so he vented his anger on the people at the post station.

Although Chen Hongdao wanted to urge the postmen to take him and these people to resettle them first, he ordered his family to move the carriage aside and let them out of the post station gate in order to avoid the time when he could talk.

The first to arrive were two well-dressed young men, both wearing thick cotton clothes, who jumped off their horses.Because the lanterns were lit at the gate of the post station, the young man looked around at the people at the gate, recognized Zhang Fu'an's clothes, and said: "My uncle is Mr. Cao from Daotai, Dongyan Road, Shandong Province, who has just been promoted. Lord Cheng arrange a clean place for you!"

Hearing that it was a Taoist platform, Zhang Fuan felt relieved and responded with a smile. Seeing that Chen Hongdao and others were still standing aside, looking very weak in the cold wind, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.So what if he is an upright official?Now that such a big case has been uncovered and several governors' titles have been lost, who will allow him to be an official again?He hurriedly asked his nephew to lead them to settle down.

After standing under the lantern and waiting for a while, the convoy arrived.

Seeing the accompanying thirty or forty guards coming over with seven or eight carriages, Zhang Fu'an couldn't help scolding in his heart: "Damn, a fourth-rank Taoist platform is bigger than the governor's ostentation?"

Seeing the two aristocrats in fur clothes dismounting, Zhang Fu'an was stunned inwardly, looking at the clothes and attire, this stage is either a corrupt official, or he is not from an ordinary family.

Since he was going back to the south to visit relatives, could it be that he came from a family of Lianghuai salt merchants?Although he was thinking wildly in his heart, there was a smile on his face, and he cupped his hands and said: "I think these two are the masters of Daotai. The next official, Zhang Fu'an, the postman of Wuqing, please help me to introduce Master Daotai!"

"Young Master Daotai?" Before the man who looked more stable and like an older brother could speak, the young man next to him laughed out loud: "You want to meet Master Daotai, right in front of you, where else do you need an introduction?"

Zhang Fu'an was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked behind the two brothers, there was a carriage parked a few feet away.It seemed that Mr. Daotai was in the carriage, he nodded to the two "Master Daotai", and trotted towards the carriage.

Those two "Masters of Daotai" were surprised, and when they turned around, Zhang Fu'an had already bowed his head in front of the carriage and said, "Zhang Fu'an, the postmaster of Wuqing, has seen Cao Daotai!"

This "Cao Daotai" not only caused the "Master Daotai" who spoke just now to burst into laughter, even the guards on both sides of the carriage couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Fu'an was so uneasy because of the laughter, he didn't know what went wrong, and he was still thinking about it, when he heard a female voice from the carriage: "Forehead son-in-law!"

Where did the "forehead son-in-law" come out?Zhang Fu'an was still confused, when he heard someone behind him respond: "I'm here, we're at Wuqing Post, if you bear with it, I'll ask Post Cheng to help us arrange it!"

Only then did Zhang Fu'an come to his senses. This "forehead son-in-law" is the title of the husband of the noble daughter and husband of the royal family, so isn't the carriage in this carriage a nobleman?Look up, can't you?The Zhulun chariot, the red cover, the red curtain, the red swan, and the cover of the saponins are exactly the chariots regulated by the princess.

Zhang Fu'an was thinking about whether to kneel down to pay his respects immediately, when he heard the humane voice: "Zhang Yicheng, I'm Cao Yong, who will guard the road on Dongyan Road, and bring his family back to his hometown, please arrange a place to live!"

A princess has already surprised Zhang Fu'an, and now seeing this young man who is not yet a weak crown claiming to be a fourth-rank Taoist, he is getting more and more confused.Suddenly, like enlightenment, he thought of a possibility, that is, this group of people came from unknown sources and pretended to be relatives of the emperor, but they didn't know what they wanted to do.Then he thought about it, and felt that it was impossible, this is not out of Shuntian Mansion yet, from the capital to here, it is all official way, even a villain can't be so rampant.

But Zhang Fu'an was a little worried after all, and said with a smile: "I have seen Mr. Cao, because there are many officials coming and going today, and all the rooms are full. If you look at this, you can borrow the road lead first, and the next The officer went to discuss with the admiral in the upper room to see if he could let the two commander-in-chiefs who came with him give up a yard, so as not to wrong the nobleman!"

This "noble person" refers to the person in the carriage. If the carriage is really a princess, let alone a second-rank general soldier, even a first-rank admiral should let go; Unless it is arranged by the admiral, he will not do anything with his little postman.

Cao Yong took a look at Yicheng, and said to the two officers who arrived earlier: "You two, follow Zhang Yicheng to pay a visit to the admiral!"

The two chief followers agreed with each other, and saw another nobleman said: "Why are you so wordy? It's so inconvenient to live in a broken post station. If I had known this, I should have stopped in the county in front! Wu Mao, Wu Sheng, you guys The two of you should make it clear to the admiral, and hurry up to vacate the house!"

Hearing that the other party didn't even pay attention to the admiral, Zhang Fu'an believed that the person in the car was indeed the princess, otherwise how could he be so arrogant?
Leaving the door, Zhang Fu'an took the Wu family brothers to the backyard to go to the room, and asked while walking: "Dare to ask the two little brothers, which noble person is this coming out of Beijing?"

Wu Sheng was surprised when he heard this, and replied: "Hey, why can't you listen to the post? Didn't we just talk about it? It's my uncle, the newly appointed Daotai in Dongyan Road, Shandong!"

Zhang Fu'an laughed twice, and said: "The lower official asked the person in the car!"

Wu Sheng couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Then there's no need to ask, naturally it's the mistress of our mansion!"

Wu Mao heard Zhang Fu'an's intention to explore, and this is not something that can't be said to outsiders, so he said: "We are from the second-class uncle Jiangnan Cao Zhizao's mansion. With the title of a first-class male, Long Live Lord personally ordered Dongyan to guard the way, and now he is returning to Jiangning to visit relatives. In the car is our mistress, Da Gege of the Chun Palace, and the imperial princess Herui. "

Zhang Fu'an's heart trembled when he heard it, Prince Chun's mansion is the prince's mansion, and this big princess is the emperor's own granddaughter, a real golden branch and jade leaf, I can't complain that Daotai is so young, came from the earl's mansion, and married the princess, look Come to be blessed.

He was just about to regret it, was it rude to kneel down to pay respects just now? Can it be so beautiful?

In the upper room of the post station, Yunnan Admiral Zhang Guzhen was sitting cross-legged on the kang, drinking with two subordinates, Yunnan Yongbei General Soldier Wang Yigui and Yunnan Kaihua General Soldier, around a hot pot.

Speaking of fate, these three people were newly appointed a few days ago. Admiral Zhang was originally the general of Huguang Town, General Wang was the deputy general of Yizhou, and general Yan was the deputy general of Yongchang.The three of them happened to go to the military department on the same day to lead the way, but they were colleagues, and warriors were not as particular about civil servants, so they made an appointment to go to the post together.

Hearing that it was Da Gege and Fore Prince Consort of Prince Chun's mansion who came, the three of them got off the kang.Admiral Zhang and Zongbing Yan had nothing to do with it, they were just thinking about giving up their room to go to the room to say hello; Zongbing Wang was a little at a loss, seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said: "This is the one with the white flag. Prince Chun is your serious master, and it is a bit disrespectful to greet you after drinking wine now!"

Admiral Zhang is a superior officer, so it's hard to say anything; Zongbing Yan is equal to him, and laughed and scolded: "Look at your cowardice, we just greet you from a distance, who else can we smoke?"

After Wang Zongbing finished speaking, he regretted it, because the wine was invited by the Shangguan, so he said it like complaining, seeing Admiral Zhang's face as usual, Fang smiled and said: "Hehe, I made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, since it is My master is here, so I should vacate the house, brother Yan, but I'm going to spend the night in your yard!"

Zongbing Yan hurriedly said "no problem", Zongbing Wang called a long follower and sent him to the courtyard next door, telling the follower and others to make room for the nobleman quickly.

When Admiral Zhang and the others arrived at the gate of the post station and greeted the princess and Cao Yong, they surrounded the two of them and went up to the room.

Suddenly, a woman's cry came from not far away: "Help, help!" The voice was so miserable that people couldn't bear to hear it.

What is the reason?Everyone's face changed, and they heard hurried footsteps, Zhang Baisui ran over with blood on his face, and said to Zhang Fu'an: "Uncle, it's not good, the kitchen..." Before he finished speaking, he made a "plop", fell to the ground.
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