Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 196 Qingyun Road Fire Rising
Although it has been less than three months since Wang's "detaining the gate", the allusion that "Wang's daughter's blood was splashed on the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Chen Hongdao wronged Qingyang Mansion" has already been spread.

Whether it was Cao Yong, Zuo Shiyong, or Admiral Zhang, they all looked at Chen Hongdao in different ways.Warriors like Zuo Shiyong and Admiral Zhang, although usually rude, still have a bit of respect for scholars, besides, Chen Hongdao is a well-known upright official.Not to mention the official voice, such a Zhenlie lady is also enviable.

Zuo Shiyong became more and more ashamed, pulled out the saber from his waist, pointed at the man kneeling on the ground, couldn't speak, and finally knelt down in front of Chen Hongdao on one knee, offering the saber with both hands: "This bastard is Zuo's brother-in-law Acton. There are bad deeds every day, and today's disaster is caused by Zuo's connivance. Zuo has no face to defend himself, and now hand over this beast to Chen Futai for disposal."

Zuo Shiyong, as a second-rank lieutenant general, was able to kneel down so condescendingly, and spoke freely, without any intention of favoritism.Admiral Zhang and the others nodded and praised him non-stop, admiring his decisiveness very much.

Cao Yong felt that something was wrong with Zuo Shiyong just now. Although he told everyone that he would send his brother-in-law to the county government the next day, when the sufferer came, he apologized and gave money, and picked his brother-in-law out.Right now, it's this pretentiousness again, coupled with his "upright face", it really makes people feel chills.

Those who are well-informed know about Chen Hongdao's dismissal. If a commoner really killed someone, what would be the consequence?Not to mention that it was a Manchurian bannerman who was killed.

Besides, Zuo Shiyong didn't point out in front of everyone just now that his brother-in-law is a Manchu, he only said that he would be sent to the county government for legal action.However, according to the "Law of the Qing Dynasty", the local yamen has no jurisdiction over the violation of the law by a bannerman, and needs to be tried by a special yamen.In other provinces, the Manchuria Metropolitan Commander and Deputy Metropolitan Commander tried it. Ordinary bannermen near the capital were tried by the Infantry Commander’s Yamen.

How could "Akton" be a Han Chinese name? How could a Manchu not be in the banner?As a local parental official, Chen Hongdao knew all about the law of criminal names, and of course he knew what would happen if the Han people killed the Manchurians.At that time, let alone himself, even his children will be involved.

Chen Hongdao looked at Admiral Zhang, who was wearing first-rank and second-rank costumes, and Zuo Shiyong who was kneeling in front of him, his heart was full of despair.His wife died, his beloved concubine died tragically, not to mention that he himself was half-crippled and half-crippled, or he was "relegated to the people and never used", but there was not even a place to reason.

In grief, indignation and despair, he suddenly felt lifeless, took the knife in Zuo Shiyong's hand tremblingly, and was about to wipe it off his neck with his hand back.

Because of the sudden incident, no one thought that he would commit suicide, and the blood was about to splatter on the spot. The situation was really critical.

At this moment, Cao Yong was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat.In fact, the moment he stopped the blade, he already regretted it, because it hurt too much.

Although he was wearing big woolen clothes in winter, because the saber was too sharp, when Cao Yong reached out to stop Chen Hongdao, the sharp blade pierced into the flesh and injured his forearm.

Cao Yong was in extreme pain, and he was equally angry in his heart.Because he felt that the lieutenant general was not right, he walked to Chen Hongdao not far away seemingly "casually", and quietly observed the look of the lieutenant general.The moment Chen Hongdao took the knife, a gleam of joy flashed in the eyes of the general.

Cao Yong suspected that he was going to use the strategy of "borrowing a knife to kill someone". Not only did he "destroy his relatives righteously" in front of several military officers, he ended the brother-in-law who caused him trouble; Today's revenge.

It's fine if you can't see it, since you have encountered such an injustice, how can you keep silent?Just as Cao Yong was about to persuade Chen Hongdao to put down the knife, he wanted to save his life, but what he saw was to wipe his neck?Before he had time to think about it, he had already taken two steps forward, stretching out his arms to block the blade.

With a sound of "bang dang", the steel knife in Chen Hongdao's hand fell to the ground, looking at Cao Yong's bloody arm, he was speechless.

Everyone was stunned, but Wang Zongbing was the quickest to react, and hurried forward: "Oh, my son-in-law, this... this..." I wanted to complain about him, but when the words came to my mouth, I felt that something was wrong, and I was very angry. Stopped, opened the hem of the official uniform, tore off a piece of white cloth, and hurriedly helped Cao Yong wrap it up.

Chen Hongdao's two sons woke up like a dream. First, they kowtowed to Cao Yong to thank Cao Yong, then knelt at Chen Hongdao's feet and cried bitterly.

The other cried: "Even if it's not for the sake of our brothers, there is still a poor little sister, how can the father abandon the child and wait!"

The two brothers, the older one was no more than fourteen or five years old, and the younger one was only twelve or three years old. They were wearing heavy filial piety and hugging their father's legs, weeping miserably.The little girl, after experiencing these things, only cried "Wow".

Chen Hongdao let out a long sigh, put his arms around his little daughter, and pulled his two sons. The four of them cried together.

Don't say that Cao Yong is a soft-hearted person, even Admiral Zhang, Yan Zongbing and Wang Zongbing, who are used to seeing life and death, can't help but have red eyes.

Among them, Yan Zongbing looked at Wuchengfu the most, and couldn't help but yell: "My surname is Chen, because your official reputation is good, and I have a good lady, I respect you, I didn't expect you to be such a coward! The kid ruined your woman, Master Zuo handed him over to you again, what are you trying to do with a knife on your own neck? Look, you are bluffing these children!"

Although Admiral Zhang and Wang Zongbing are warriors, they have experienced ups and downs in the officialdom for many years, and their minds are a little more delicate than Yan Zongbing.Now because of Chen Hongdao's abnormal behavior, they also faintly felt that something was wrong, and when they looked at Zuo Shiyong again, they were a little suspicious.

Zuo Shiyong's expression froze, then he got up, frowned slightly, and said in a loud voice: "Master Chen, what are you doing, is he going to trap Zuo in an unrighteous way? Since your lord can't do it, then Zuo will do it for you!" , bent down to pick up the sword, and walked towards Acton.

The Chen family's father and son were crying, how could they care about anything else?Cao Yong held his right arm, just watching with cold eyes; Admiral Zhang and Zongbing Wang were already suspicious, wanting to see what Zuo Shiyong would do; Afraid of embarrassing him, he just wanted to speak out to dissuade him, but Wang Zongbing covered his mouth.

Zuo Shiyong originally hoped that everyone would call him to step down, but he didn't expect it to be like this, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

Actun has been by his side for more than ten years, so he naturally saw that his brother-in-law was really murderous, he hurriedly backed away, and said in a straight line: "Without the support of our Ulanara family, you little Han army can't do it!" Today? Ye Minger will go back and tell Wang Ye's brother-in-law that you have already taken refuge..."

The last words could not be uttered, and with Zuo Shiyong's knife, Acton was decapitated immediately.The head fell to the ground, and Gu Lu went a long way; a lot of blood spurted out from the neck cavity of the body, and then fell heavily on the ground.

Zuo Shiyong was not in the mood to collect his brother-in-law's body, so he forced a smile to everyone, but his eyes were full of chills, and he strode out.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, everyone was amazed at Zuo Shiyong's hot hand. Although a beast like Acton is not a pity to die, but everyone saw that when Acton scolded, Zuo Shiyong changed his posture of holding the knife. Acton changed the way of death.

To bear such a grudge against insults to a mortal man, this is indeed a bit small-minded.Whether it was Cao Yong or Admiral Zhang, they all felt a little chilly.

Or because of blood loss, Cao Yong's face was pale.Seeing that Chen's father and son were frightened, he looked at the female corpse on the ground, then called the Yicheng over, took out two ingots of silver for him, and ordered two women to come nearby to help with the makeup. If you can't find it, look for it tomorrow morning.

When the matter came to the present, everyone felt bored, so they comforted the Chen father and son a few words, then Admiral Zhang and others left with Cao Yong.It wasn't until Cao Yong was sent to the courtyard where Chuyu was placed, that Admiral Zhang and the others bid farewell and left.

This is a small courtyard with two entrances, the front is the upper room for temporary reception, the left and right wing rooms are the small kitchen and the place where the attendants live, and the back is for the family members.

Tweety and Xicai brought hot water out of the small kitchen, and when they saw Cao Yong, they leaned over to say hello.Cao Yong hurriedly asked: "How about the princess? Are you scared?"

Originally, this kind of rough work outside the second door was not their turn, but this time Cao Yong and Chu Yu didn't bring so many waiters for the journey, they only brought four maids, Zhu Cui Yuncai, and they didn't have those people. pay attention to.

Cui'er nodded: "The princess's face was so ugly just now, the second master is talking with him, he is already better, we have to wait for the uncle to come back for dinner!"

Cao Yong nodded: "Just say I'm back, say a few words in the front yard, and go there later!"

Tweety agreed with Xi Cai and went to the backyard.Cao Yong and Wei Hei entered the house, and Wei Hei saw that Cao Yong's forehead was full of cold sweat, knowing that he was in pain, and could not help but blame himself.Because at that time he escorted Cao Song and the princess back, and asked everyone to check the surroundings carefully, before returning to the big kitchen of the post station, Cao Yong was already injured.

After untying the blood-soaked cloth strip, Wei Hei untied the wine bag around his waist, helped Cao Yong treat the wound with strong wine, and sprinkled the best golden sore medicine.Xiao Man was watching, already in tears, cursing Acton non-stop, and couldn't help cursing that wimp surnamed Chen.

Cao Yong listened and waved his hands: "Stop it, I'll grind my ears for a while, and my ears will get calloused! Go to Zhuer and ask for a piece of clean fine white cloth, don't say it's for me, just think about it Another reason!"

This saved Xiaoman from having to deal with serious business, so he hurriedly answered the call and went out.

Cao Yong's expression became serious, and he said to Wei Hei: "This Zuo Shiyong looks upright and honest, but he is a villain who is full of calculations and will report his flaws. Didn't you see that when Chen Hongdao raised his knife to kill himself, his face It's obviously a kind of satisfaction that one's wish has been fulfilled. The Chen family and his son will go to Beijing to be buried again, and I'm afraid that they will escape his murderous hands, so is there any way to help them?"

When Wei Hei returned to the big kitchen, he was witnessing the scene of Zuo Shiyong's murder, so he agreed with Cao Yong's words very much, and asked in a low voice: "Then Lao Hei is going to investigate at night?" While talking, he looked at Cao Yong.

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "Go and see first, how to deal with it, let's discuss it tomorrow!"

While talking, Xiao Man had already gone to the backyard to fetch fine cloth and came back.Wei Gang bandaged Cao Yong, Cao Yong asked them to heat up some food for dinner, and went to the backyard by himself.

He turned his head to look at his right arm, and thought it was a bit ridiculous, because the sleeve was torn and the blood was stained on the cloak, it was impossible to hide it from Chu Yu, but just now he ordered Xiao Man to tell lies.His mind was in a mess, and he didn't think well.

After standing on the porch for a while, he opened the door curtain and went in.

Chu Yu and Cao Song were sitting at the table talking, but when they saw Cao Yong coming in, they both got up.

Chu Yu looked a little tired, presumably because she was tired from working on the carriage.Because they were in a hurry, they left the city early in the morning, went to the peak at noon, and traveled all afternoon before arriving at Wuqing Station.

"Brother, then..." Cao Songxiang asked how the rape and murder case was handled over there, and when he opened his mouth, he thought it was not good for Yu to mention this in front of him, so he covered his mouth.

Chuyu asked Xiyun and the others to bring up the hot food, and at the same time helped Cao Yong untie the shawl.Although Cao Yong had deliberately moved her right arm behind her back, she still looked at the bandaging place with a single glance, frightened her, and made a sound in surprise.

Now even Cao Song realized something was wrong, and immediately walked over, pulled Cao Yong's sleeve to see, just touched his wound.Cao Yong gritted his teeth in pain, but he didn't cry out.

Chu Yu's eyes turned red immediately, and she choked up and asked, "This...this..."

Cao Song was already furious, and asked anxiously: "Brother, who hurt you, brother brought our people to find him?"

Cao Yong pulled Chuyu with his left hand to sit down at the table, pointed to the other side, motioned for Cao Song to sit down, and then said: "It was the sufferer who was so wronged that he wanted to commit suicide. I happened to be by the side, so I stopped him." , I didn’t want to but scratched my arm, it’s just a skin trauma, it’s not a problem, Brother Wei has already helped to deal with it!”

Cao Song wanted to say more, Cao Yong touched his stomach and said: "I've been on the road all afternoon, hurry up and eat, and then settle down early, and I have to go on the road tomorrow!"

Although Cao Yong looked relaxed, but this meal is still boring.After all, Cao Yong lost his blood, and his head was a little dizzy. After a while, he will not be able to hold on.After Cao Song left, he supported the Kang and sat down, and told Chu Yu to settle down sooner.

Chu Yu sees Cao Yong's fatigue, and sends Xiyun and the others to settle outside, and waits for Cao Yong to lie down by himself.These blankets are all accompanying, Cao Yong was dizzy, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at Cao Yong's pale face, how could Chuyu sleep?Wanting to check his wounds, but afraid of waking him up.Frowning and feeling uncomfortable for a while, she gently got off the kang, turned off the lamp on the table, and tiptoed back to the kang.

She still couldn't sleep, and she didn't dare to turn around, so she kept on sideways, and gradually, her eyelids became heavy.

I don't know how long it took before I heard the rapid beating of gongs outside, mixed with shouts.

Chu Yu listened carefully, vaguely.It was as if someone was calling: "It's the water! It's the water!" She hurriedly sat up, just about to tell Cao Yong to get up.Cao Yong has been awakened by the sound of the gong and rubbed his forehead.

Chu Yu said: "Forehead son-in-law, the outer portrait is leaking!"

Cao Yong sat up and frowned.Xiyun and the others also heard the movement, and asked at the door: "Gege, forehead, someone called 'go water', why don't the servants go out and ask?"

Just as Chu Yu was about to respond, Cao Yong came to his senses, his heart moved, and he said: "If it goes into the water, it will be a mess. It's inconvenient for you little girls to go out. You accompany the Princess, and I'll go to the front yard to have a look!"

Although Chu Yu was worried, she also knew that Cao Yong was right, so she went down to the ground to help him get dressed, and asked Xi Yun to get a fox fur cloak for him to put on.

When I left the house, I saw a fire in the distance.When Cao Yong came to the front yard, someone had already come back to inquire about the news. It was said that the three rooms on the side of the row of houses on the south side were flooded for some reason, and several officials from the adjacent houses ran out. It was too late to save people, and a lieutenant general who had entered Beijing was burned to death.

Cao Yong's heart "thumped", just in time to see Wei Hei also came back from the outside, with a strange expression on his face.

Because the gong sounded for a long time, everyone rushed out, and when they saw him come back, they thought it was him who went to watch the excitement.Cao Song asked: "Brother Wei, did you really burn the lieutenant to death? That's from the second-rank officer!" While speaking, he looked around and saw that the house was covered with snow. He can still walk in the water, this lieutenant really went back to his hometown!"

After waiting for a while, watching the fire over there gradually fade, I heard the footsteps of a few people outside.

The person who came was Zhang Fu'an, the postman who wanted to cry but had no tears. Because a row of houses were burned there, although the fire had stopped, there was no way to live there, so the officials from those houses had to be resettled.

The official is a third-rank inspector, and this rank is supposed to be his turn, but today Admiral Zhang and Wang and Yan came earlier, and his rank is higher than him.Originally, he was still angry, knowing that the person next to him was burned to death by a second-rank lieutenant general, so the inspector was quite honest.

Now, knowing that there is a princess living in this yard, and this is the forehead of the princess in front of him, the inspector is more polite.

After Cao Yong greeted each other with him, he asked Xiaoman to lead people to clean up the upper room in the front yard and ask them to stay.These long-attached guards of the other Cao's family should be arranged, and they should be on duty at night.

When everyone dispersed, Cao Yongfang followed Wei Hei to his room, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you do this? But they were alarmed!"

Wei Hei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Master, it's not Lao Hei! When Lao He went, he could smell the smell of oil, but it was already too late! Looking at the figure, he is going to the two courtyards next door!"
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