Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 202 Encounter

"Retire?" Cao Yong didn't know the purpose of Li Xu's coming to Jiangning until only father and son were left. He couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Father, Dong E's family is not just Gali. There are many people who inherit the title of earl and son, and many generations have married into the clan, it is too inappropriate for this uncle to deal with it like this!"

Cao Yin sighed and said: "Even you know this truth, so your uncle doesn't know? He is because Jiangali caused a lot of trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was left in the cold by the Long Live Lord for half a year. "

"This... there is no room for change?" Cao Yongyou continued to ask.

Cao Yin smiled wryly and said: "As long as there is still a little bit of leeway, can you stand by and watch on the father's side? It's just that your uncle didn't listen to people's persuasion, and he went to the governor's mansion first before coming to our side. Even if he is persuaded to go now The governor's office took back what he said before, so would Gali allow him to repeat it?"

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In the governor's mansion, the inner hall.

Gali and his younger brother Seleqi sat at the bottom, each looking more embarrassed than the other, only looking at Jue Luoshi, the aunt who sat on the main seat.

Jue Luo's face was full of anger, his face turned pale with anger, he pointed at the two bastards and was speechless.The two grandsons, Gandu and Gantai, saw that their grandmother was very angry and their father couldn't speak, so they both wanted to go to their grandmother to express their feelings.

Gandu was closer, so he stepped forward two steps ahead of Qiantai, brought tea respectfully and respectfully to Jueluo, and comforted him: "Grandmother, calm down, it's really not good for the Li family's coated villain to repeat so many times. When you are always so angry!"

Jue Luo waved his hand and knocked over Gandu's teacup, and said angrily, "You don't need to be courteous, you don't know how to treat me like an old lady? If you hadn't given your father's idea, how could you have given your sister such a family?! Your third uncle Although Third Aunt said she left early, but there is still my old lady here, so I won't allow you to trample on Hui'er!"

I was so bored, I didn't dare to wipe off the water stains on my body, I just lowered my head and retreated sadly.

Jue Luo looked at Kari and said angrily, "Tell me, what is the reason for the Li family? Now that there is already a marriage contract, how can you just quit?! Although you are not Huier's Ama, you are her Dear uncle, you can’t treat her like this casually! I told you earlier, our girl, how difficult it is to get a decent marriage through the draft! But you said you couldn’t bear to part with this niece, and you wanted to marry her to Jiangnan, so you called me Asked for exemption from election! Now, what do you say?"

Seeing his aunt reprimanding him in public, Gali felt a little unhappy, and said impatiently: "Don't worry about Er Niang, this son will take care of her. Even if the Li family doesn't come to withdraw the marriage, the son will also withdraw. It's just a joke, it's not serious! Hui'er is only fourteen this year, and next year's general election is a good time. The seventeen princes and the princes of the royal family have not yet had a Fujin! Even if this Fujin is hopeless, Fujin will never be able to escape , no better than coating the Li family!"

Jue Luo shouted angrily: "What are you talking about!! Are you joking?! Thank you for being able to speak out! You should joke about marriage matters, but how can you tell Huier to be a man? How dare you mention the draft? What are you being a royal family? Allow you to repeat like this?!"

She paused, and raised her voice again: "What people say about you now, you don't know as an old woman, and now you have this terrible plan! Even if Hui'er pointed out which palace, the story of Jiangnan will be passed on , Do you still want her to live? You are trying to force her to death..." The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and her voice became louder and louder. When she reached this point, she couldn't hold her breath and fainted.

This bluffed everyone, who rushed to send someone for the doctor, and brought the old lady into the room, causing chaos in the governor's mansion.

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Because of Li Xu's arrival, Zhuang Chang did not come back to Zhizao Mansion.Although there is nothing to be shy about being a guest and host, since he has retired, he is impatient to deal with these official exchanges, so he still stays at Qingliang Temple for the time being.

Li Xu originally wanted to return to Suzhou the next day, but because Gao Taijun insisted on going back with him, he stayed in Jiangning for another day.Mrs. Li took her daughter-in-law Chu Yu to start arranging gifts for all kinds of people in the Li family. Even Mr. Gao prepared a lot here.

Cao Yong still wanted to see if he could persuade Li Xu to change his mind, but before he opened his mouth, Li Xu pushed him back in a nonchalant manner.The old guy said with a smile: "Yong'er is finally promising, and now he can give advice to uncle! It's just that this is a family matter after all, and Li Xu will listen to the teachings of the daughter-in-law of the princess next time!"

With his attitude, what else can Cao Yong say?Even Cao Yin was a little annoyed seeing his son being ridiculed like this, and he was even more unwilling to take care of his family's affairs.

Cao Yong remembered that the Li family ransacked the house after Yongzheng came to power. Counting the days, there are still more than ten years left. Knowing that they have nothing to do now, he is impatient to worry about him again, so as to avoid the label of "frivolous, arrogant and disrespectful to his elders" Withholding it, I am really wronged.

I wanted to take Chuyu out for a stroll, but because Chuyu wanted to accompany Mrs. Li, Cao Yong strolled out of the mansion by himself, just in time to see Cao Song also coming out of the West mansion.

Seeing his brother, Cao Song was very happy, and he patted his horse and said, "Brother, where are you going?"The reason was still the matter of closing the house, this time because of the hurry on the road, Zhang Nanny did not come back with her.But Zhao Jia got the news as early as last year, knowing that his son had taken in a maid in Beijing as a roommate.

When Zhao Jia first married Cao Quan, Cao Quan had two other rooms in his house, so he felt very uncomfortable, and later found excuses to send them out.After suffering this herself, she was unwilling to prick her future daughter-in-law's heart, so she disciplined her sons strictly.Originally, the eldest son looked reckless, but behaved well to the maids and daughters-in-law at home, and she didn't look lustful at all. She was still very proud of herself.Unexpectedly, the house was accepted within two months of entering Beijing.

At first, Zhao Jia wanted to complain about Cao Yong, wondering if his son followed his elder brother's example, that's why.As a result, I found out in Zhang Nanny's letter that there were no concubines and concubines around Cao Yong except for a serious daughter-in-law who referred to marriage.

Although when he was in the Taoist family with Li, he would not gossip about his children and juniors, but Zhao Jia still felt that he had lost his position and felt very uncomfortable.After talking to Cao Song for several days, he asked him to write a letter immediately to dismiss the maid in the capital.

Cao Song was naughty, so he asked the boy to pretend to be his elder brother and call him. He tricked Zhao Jia and slipped out. He happened to meet Cao Yong and also came out.

When Cao Yong saw Cao Song, he smiled and said, "I came out for a stroll because I felt bored. Where is the second brother going?"

Cao Song raised his eyebrows and smiled ambiguously: "Brother, why don't you two go for a walk by the Qinhuai River?" After finishing speaking, he felt a little regretful, and quickly shook his head: "It's not right, it's not right, brother has a sister-in-law How can you go to such a place?"

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help laughing. Seeing what the child said, if he didn't know what he had heard, he would think he was a frequent visitor to the party.

Xiao Man, who was following Cao Yong, also felt uncomfortable, and said: "Second Lord, what you said is unfair, our Lord is a decent person, when did he care about going to such a place?"

Wei Hei smiled and said, "Second Young Master, if it's an interesting place, you should call Lao Hei there!"

Cao Song first glanced at Xiaoman: "Don't pretend to be like me, you boy has not made up his hair yet, and there are so few outrageous things about hooking up with little maids around? This is to see if you are not a decent person!" Then he flirted with Wei Hei Waving his hand: "Brother Wei, it's not easy to fool around with you in the future, so that my sister-in-law won't want to see us in the future!"

Xiaoman and Wei Hei laughed at the words. Cao Yong thought about it and said to Cao Song: "If it's okay, let's go to Qingliang Mountain. Mr. Zhuang's elder brother is in Qingliang Temple! Go over and greet him, it's just right You can go and chat."

Cao Yong was very idle, so naturally he had no objection, and a group of people came to Qingliang Temple.

By coincidence, Mr. Zhuang went out to visit friends.Cao Yong asked the little monk Zhiran again, but was told that he had been out for alms since June, and that he was now placing an order in a temple in Huainan, and had not returned to Jiangning.

Everyone came here in high spirits, and returned disappointed, but the weather was not so beautiful, and when they went down the mountain, it was raining again.Although the rain was not too heavy, the rain of the twelfth lunar month made people feel cold all over their bodies.Everyone reined in their horses and took shelter from the rain under a big tree next to the mountain gate, thinking that the rain would be lighter before returning home.

Not far away, there are two carriages parked, and several long-term attendants, it seems that they are also sheltered from the rain.Speaking of which, they still arrived first.Looking at the clothes and attire, they are all very sleek, like the proud servants of a rich family.

It was cold and the horses were not feeling well, so the horse Xiaoman was riding snorted and dropped some horse manure on the ground.

Cao Yong and the others are all gentlemen. Although they feel that the smell is a bit unpleasant, they don't care about these.

The arrogant servants not far away were a little unhappy.Seeing that Cao Yong and the others were dressed in ordinary clothes, and there were few servants following them, they didn't take it seriously.This can't be blamed on their lack of vision, they look decent, but they are just servants of merchants' families, where have they seen real rich people?Even if the clothes Cao Yong and Cao Song were wearing were not available in the market.It is estimated that in their eyes, they are not as decent as those new coats on them.Thinking about it, I'm used to being arrogant, otherwise I wouldn't dare to be arrogant.

I don't know what to say to the people in the car, a man in charge raised his head and waved at Cao Yong and the others.

Both Cao Yong and Cao Song felt strange. After looking at the man for a while, they didn't understand what he meant, so they naturally ignored him.Those who followed them, besides Wei Hei and Xiao Man, were Mo Shu, Cao Song's servant.Mo Shu looked at it, and said to Cao Song in a low voice: "Master, servant, go and have a look?"

Cao Song snorted: "What are you looking at? Don't bother."

The steward was a little impatient, and shouted: "What are you looking at, I'm calling you!" Then he pointed to the horse manure on the ground: "Hurry up and clean it up, so as not to fume my lady!"

Cao Song was just bored, so when he saw Le Zi came to the door, he laughed "hehe" twice: "Hey, your lady is weird. Why didn't I hear that, when did Qingliang Mountain become your back garden?"

The steward was choked for a moment, and turned angrily: "You boy, you can't find death? Let's see how I teach you a lesson!" Saying that, he called other servants and rushed over to Cao Yong and the others.

Hearing that there was a female family member sitting in the other party's carriage, Cao Yong didn't want to care about it at all, but seeing that the steward had spoken rudely to Cao Song, and now he was making more progress, he was unhappy, and scolded: "Who are you from, so you don't know the rules? "

The steward wanted to say something, when he saw a corner of the curtain behind the carriage slightly opened, and a delicate voice came out: "Yang Fa, don't be rude!"

Everyone looked at the carriage, and following the voice, a young woman in a silver-red cloak came down.Although he is not very old, only eighteen or nineteen years old, but looking at the hair and clothes, he is indeed married.I saw that the black hair was completely unruly, the pink and tender face was painted with eyebrows and eyes, and the makeup was extremely delicate.

I saw her help a little maid to get out of the car, and then she looked over with a smile, and finally her eyes fell on Cao Yong, and she leaned over: "I have seen the eldest son!"

Cao Yong was taken aback for a moment, feeling familiar, but couldn't remember who the person in front of him was.

Both Cao Song and Wei Hei came here, seeing the little woman's eyes wishing to stick to Cao Yong's body, she just regarded it as a romantic debt left by him, and joked in a low voice beside her.

Even the young woman's servant looked suspiciously at Cao Yong.Cao Yong was amused in his heart, if he really got into a romantic debt, Cao Song would say, how could he hide it from Wei Hei?
Seeing Cao Yong's response, the little woman frowned slightly, with tears rolling in her eyes, she said helplessly, "Did the eldest son forget the old man?"

Cao Yong sighed in his heart, except for his sisters and relatives, he had never seen this woman much, especially in Jiangning.If this person changes his style right now, I'm afraid he really won't be able to remember who it is for a while, but the only ones who behave like this are the half-sister of the Zheng family and the granddaughter and daughter-in-law of the Bai family, Yang Shi. Ruixue, which one else?
Cao Yong is not a person who cares about women, otherwise he would not have deliberately explained yesterday in Zhenbaozhai because he was afraid of the shopkeeper's misunderstanding.Therefore, he just nodded and said, "Because I don't know whether to address you as 'Miss Yang' or 'Young Mistress Bai', I'm a little neglectful!"

When Yang Ruixue heard this, her eyebrows were curved, and her face immediately flushed.Speaking of it, she met Cao Yong only once in a serious way. Although she thought about it in her heart, she didn't think that Cao Yong really remembered her height.It was only because of self-suffering that he acted like that just now.Although she is married to her cousin, she is a playboy and doesn't take her seriously.Now, her father is ill again, and her mother is also coaxed by the Bai family, so she doesn't care much about her own daughter.

Then Yang Ruixue took another two steps forward and said, "Young master and Ruixue are young friends, why should you be so polite." Speaking of this, she thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "If we start from my sister, Ruixue is also the same. Where is the son's sister!"

When Cao Yong saw her coming forward, he originally wanted to get off his horse to entertain a few words, but after hearing what she said behind him, seeing her winking at her, he felt chills all over his body.

He looked at Yang Ruixue and said, "It's about Miss Zheng's reputation, Young Mistress Bai needs to be careful!"

Yang Ruixue was startled when she heard the words, she couldn't tell whether it was joy or annoyance in her eyes, she opened her mouth to say something else.On the other side, Cao Yong clasped his fists, saying that he was one step ahead, and before she could react, the group of people had already rode away.

Wei Hei and Cao Song had no association with the two terms "Miss Yang" and "Ms. Bai", but when they heard Cao Yong's last sentence, it was related to Miss Zheng, so it was naturally a member of the Yang family in Bihelou. The two of them didn't have the slightest affection for her.

Cao Song murmured, "This doesn't look like a woman from a good family. She wears heavy makeup. When she comes to the temple dressed like this, is she going to burn incense and worship Buddha, or to hook up with monks?"

Hearing his harsh words, Wei Hei said with a smile, "Second Young Master, you shouldn't have said such a thing, you don't have to ruin the monks of Qingliang Temple!"

Cao Yong heard the two people's funny words, so he couldn't help shaking his head: "Where are you talking so badly? Keep some morals, after all, you are a woman, so why bother!"

Cao Song curled his lips, but did not say a word, Wei Hei said in a low voice: "My lord, it seems that she has something in mind for you, should we be more careful about this?"

When Cao Song heard this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, but he stopped after being glared at by Cao Yong.Cao Yong looked at Wei Hei, and said helplessly: "Brother Wei, this is too serious. She is a little girl, what can she plot against me? It's just a coincidence that we met today. We will go north in a few days. How can we meet again?" To her?"

Wei Hei thought about it, yes, this is still a problem developed by the capital, and it is too guarded against everyone.

Although the rain was less, the sky was gray due to the overcast sky.

When he was about to enter the city, Cao Song found that there was a shadowy person curled up not far from the roadside, and hurriedly reined in his horse: "Brother, Brother Wei, there seems to be a person lying there!" As he said, he rode his horse over to check.

Cao Yong and Wei Hei also rode their horses in the past, but what happened to them?Wearing a blue cloth jacket, dressed as a servant, with blood all over his face.

Cao Song was taken aback: "Dead!"

Wei Hei got off his horse, tested the man's breath, and said, "I'm still alive! I'm just dizzy!"
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(End of this chapter)