Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 216
Yizhou, Daotai Prefecture.

When Cao Song came back from the martial arts hall, he saw that there were two more carriages at the door, and the servants were leading the coachmen to the carriage and stables.Thinking about the words his mother said years ago, he felt itchy in his ears. What if his mother forced two wives to chase Yulong away?

When the boys saw Cao Song, they all lowered their hands and said, "Second master is back!"

Cao Song nodded, looked at the two carriages, and asked, "Whose family is this?"

The boy replied: "Going back to the second master, Miss Biao's family sent her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to pick her up!"

"Miss Biao!" Cao Song frowned, thinking that every time Dong E Jinghui saw her awkward appearance, she felt very uncomfortable, snorted coldly, and muttered: "Ugly girl, you really have no conscience!"

Cao Song's residence was the original west neighbor of Daotai Mansion, but now it has been connected, and it is connected with the original inner house of Daotai Mansion and the east neighbor of Daotai Mansion, forming the West Road.He lived in the main courtyard on West Road, and Cao Yanxiao, Cao Yanwei, Wei Hei and others lived in the small courtyards in front of him.Mr. Zhuang lives in the main courtyard on the East Road, in front of which are the residences of Master Han and Master Lu, and there are two empty courtyards for guest rooms.The two newly hired criminal masters are both locals, so they don't live here.

Perhaps it was because Yuchan and Yuying had put a lot of effort into dealing with Nanny Zhang back then; perhaps it was because they were used to seeing these two maids, and they didn't find them as obtrusive as before.Therefore, Cao Song asked Zijing to bring them to Shandong.In addition to Yulong who is the housekeeper, the girl who was assigned with Yulong at the beginning, named Yuzhi, also came to serve.

Because of Yulong's status, she is the head of the crowd.

Seeing Cao Song come back, Yuchan and Yuying went to bring water, and Yuzhu and Yulong helped him change into clean clothes.Cao Song asked Yulong, "Are there any relatives in the house? Have you seen them?"

Yulong shook her head: "I just heard a nanny mention that she went to the Princess's yard!" As she spoke, she helped Cao Song tighten her belt.Jade Spider stood in front of Cao Yong, busy him buttoning his vest.

Although when they first came to serve Cao Song, Yulong and Yuzhu were still two fourteen and five-year-old girls, but now two and a half years later, they are already slim and well-behaved.

Although Yulong is dressed as a girl, after all, she has been a woman for two years, her body is round and smooth, and there is a bit of affection between her eyebrows; Yuspider is half a year older than Yulong, also seventeen, petite and fair-skinned. Behavior is demure.

Cao Song smelled the familiar fragrance, and couldn't help but look at the jade spider, and saw that she lowered her head slightly, revealing a section of her fair neck, and she was buttoning the buttons wholeheartedly.

Cao Song only felt hot all over, and his breathing became a little heavy.Yu Spider had finished fastening the buttons, took a step back, raised her head, glanced at Cao Song, turned around and passed the meal with Yu Chan and Yu Ying.

Yulong didn't hear right, and asked with concern: "Master, what's the matter? But what's not comfortable?"

Cao Song glanced at the slightly graceful figure of the jade spider at the door, and replied casually: "Well, I moved a lot this morning, and I'm a little tired. I'm going to lie down for a while!"

After he had eaten his food indiscriminately, Cao Song said he wanted to take a rest, leaving only the jade spider to wait by his side.

Although Cao Song was a little absurd in the first two years, it was only for a while. Since he had a jade dragon in the house, he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of men and women.Originally, the mansion thought that he would take the jade spider for use, but he didn't expect him to be impatient.

Therefore, although Cao Song left the jade spider in the room, Yulong didn't think much about it, and went back to the house with the embroidery frame to do needlework.

In the upper room, Cao Song lay on his back on the bed, watching the jade spider standing in front of the table pouring tea.Different from the plumpness of the jade dragon, the jade spider has a thin oval face, coupled with a slightly petite figure, it looks like an immature girl.

She poured tea, turned her head and saw Cao Yong was looking at herself, tilted her head and smiled and said, "What are you looking at? What is there for slaves to see?"

Cao Song was a little embarrassed by her teasing. He hummed and glanced at him and said, "Look at you, why don't you gain weight!"

Seeing that the jade spider just stood there with a smile on its face and didn't come forward, Cao Song felt itchy in his heart, and said with a straight face on purpose: "You girl, do you still want to die of thirst?"

Jade Spider smiled, stepped forward, stood one step away from the bed, and served the tea with both hands.

Cao Song closed his eyes, took a breath, opened his mouth and said, "I'm tired, bring some here, and serve me to drink!"

Jade Spider took another step forward, bent slightly and brought the tea bowl to Cao Song.Cao Song was lying on the pillow. If the tea bowl was tilted, the tea might drip onto him.

Jade Spider was thinking about Zensheng serving him tea, Cao Song's eyes were already open, he held the wrist of Jade Spider with his left hand, took the teacup with his right hand, brought it to his mouth, drank it in one gulp, and then put the empty teacup by the pillow .

During this period, his eyes never left the jade spider's face, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.

Yu Spider only felt that her body was about to go limp, and her heart was about to jump out of her throat. Seeing Cao Song looking at her like this, she timidly said "Master".

Jade Spider twisted her body and stretched out her hand to push Cao Song's arm...

When the weather was calm, Cao Song closed his eyes and asked, "You have a very pleasant scent. Why didn't you use it earlier?"

The jade spider didn't respond, Cao Song got impatient, frowned slightly, and opened his eyes to look at her.Although she didn't cry aloud, there were two lines of tears hanging on the face of the jade spider, which looked very lovable.

Cao Song immediately hugged her into his arms: "Why are you crying? My grandpa loves you!"

The jade spider leaned close to Cao Song, and said in a hoarse voice: "My master is bullying, not to mention hurting the spider, and making the spider ashamed to see the jade dragon!"

Cao Song pushed her away: "My lord cares about you, hurry up and ask someone to bring you a basin of water, it makes me feel so greasy!"

Seeing the worry on Yuspider's face, Cao Song waved his hand: "Don't worry about Yuqin, Lord, it's her turn to talk, besides, she doesn't have a temper!"

Jade Spider stood up, brushed her hair, then looked down at the crumpled clothes on her body, stretched her body twice, and then got out of the room to fetch water.It happened that Yuchan came out of the wing room and saw Yuspider's face full of love, looked at her with a half-smile, then turned and went to Yulong's room.

Yu Spider looked at it, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, and when she turned back to the room, only shyness remained on her face.

Yuqin and Yuying were working together and gossiping. Seeing Yuchan coming in, she had a strange expression on her face, so she asked why.

Yuchan sat down on the side of the kang with a fat body, and without being moved, she picked up the plate of hawthorn placed on the kang table in her hand, and said while eating: "The jade spider comes out to serve water, as if the master is waking up!" Because he ate in a hurry, he was accidentally bitten by the hawthorn boy and bit his cheek.

When Yuqian heard that Cao Song had woken up, she put down her work and got off the kang to wait in the upper room, but Yuchan grabbed her clothes.

Yulong didn't understand why, so Yuchan rubbed her cheeks and said, "Don't go just yet... I'm afraid it will be an eyesore!"

Yulong didn't react for a while, Yuchan's face was a little mocking: "That one is afraid that others will not know what he is doing, so he tied the sweat towel of the master and came to the yard to fetch water!"

Yulong didn't move for a while, sat back on the kang for a while, picked up the embroidery frame, and said with a smile: "This is a happy event, let's congratulate Sister Spider later!" Shaking, the needle pierced his hand all at once.Immediately, blood gushed out from the fingers, congealed into drops of blood, and slid down onto the bandage, bright red.

Yuying couldn't bear to see it, she rolled her eyes at Yuchan and said: "What's the matter, it's worth talking about for a while, the master's business, let's just watch it!"

Although the two look fatter and thinner, they don't look alike, but they are cousins, and Yuying is a cousin.

Yuchan took a hawthorn and put it in her mouth, muttering in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that Yulong will suffer? That ghost girl is not as honest as Yulong, and she is used to pretending. What if the master has a new love..."

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Daotai yamen, study room.

Looking at the tax and silver booklets for burning pots in various counties over the years, which were taken from the magistrate's office in Yizhou, Cao Yong roughly counted them. What is the truth?

For some reason, the words "Weifu private visit" appeared in his mind.Because the cooking pots registered in this booklet alone cannot digest the local food.

However, within half a month, the price of grain in Yizhou has risen by [-]%, and now, there is still the meaning of continuing to rise.Cao Yong thought of the residence newspaper sent by Jinan two days ago, and murmured: "This is the prosperous age. In the prosperous age, there will be more children, and there will never be more gifts!"

Cao Yong was thinking about the consequences of the lack of grain in Yizhou. Although he didn't hear any more cases from various places, there must be many people who were kidnapped and demanded grain like Du's family. Otherwise, the grain price would not have risen so fast.

Just as he was contemplating, he saw Mr. Zhuang stepping in with excitement on his face: "Furuo, I have found out that the largest pot near Yizhou is in Daxing Town, Tancheng County, guarding the North Shangguan Road. If it is as expected, Even if they have nothing to do with the Du family's affairs, they should be able to find out something along the way!"

Cao Yong nodded: "Mr. is right, since the account books in the official warehouse are full, let's see if it is because of the boiling pot. Who made us have no right to check the official warehouse!"

Mr. Zhuang's expression was a little serious, and he asked seriously: "It seems that Wang Lusheng is a man with a heart, Fu Ruo, can we stand aside?"

Cao Yong smiled: "Sleeve your hands? Sir, it's too early to talk about this now? Daxing Town, why don't we go over there and have a look in person tomorrow! Otherwise, we can only ponder over here all day long!"

Mr. Zhuang sighed and said, "That's true. If the price of grain continues to grow like this, the common people will have no rice to eat! At that time, there will be trouble, and Fu Ruo will not be given a choice! Blame me for not being familiar with the details of the place, so I let you find this vacancy!"

Cao Yong looked at Mr. Zhuang and laughed dumbfoundedly: "Sir, isn't being an official just to deal with all kinds of troubles? If there is nothing wrong with it, what is the purpose of setting up this yamen in this place? Even if you don't come to Shandong, go to Shanxi, Zhili, there will be such and such things coming out, so I will still have to rely on Mr. Zhuang!" Speaking of this, he deliberately frowned and looked at Mr. Zhuang, feeling a little sad
Said: "Sir, are you underestimating me? Could it be that in your heart, I am just a worthless rice bug waiting to die!"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang quickly waved his hands: "No such intention, no such intention!" After speaking, he saw Cao Yong smiling at him, and couldn't help shaking his head.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the study eased a lot, and it was no longer as heavy as before.

The two discussed a few more words and decided on the itinerary to Daxing Town tomorrow.It is more than seventy miles away from Yizhou. If you want to go back and forth that day, you have to leave early. If you don't come back that day, the mansion here has to explain it carefully.

Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Yong and Mr. Zhuang went back to the yard respectively.

In the main room of the inner courtyard, Chu Yu was sitting in a daze, when she saw Cao Yong coming in, she got up to greet her.Cao Yong saw that her eye circles were red, thinking about the news he had received before, he asked, "Why did you cry? Girl Jing is leaving?"

"En!" Chu Yu replied, "It was her grandmother who sent someone to pick her up. Seeing that she doesn't want to go back, but she still misses her grandmother!"

Regarding the matter of Dong E Jinghui, Cao Yong not only sent a letter to Mrs. Jueluo of Dong E Mansion in the capital, but also sent a letter to Cao Yin in Jiangning.

What Cao Yin meant was for Dong E Jinghui's grandmother to decide. After all, it was related to Dong E Jinghui's life-long affairs, and the Cao family should not intervene.Don't worry about falling behind, there are no people inside and outside.Even if it is the Li family, they are relatives after all, and their dignity must be taken into account.

Cao Yong knew that Chu Yu and Dong E Jinghui were very close, so he comforted him: "It's just a farewell, and it's not that we won't see each other again. After two years, when we return to Beijing, we will see each other again!"

Chu Yu was a little worried: "After the divorce, I don't know what will happen to Sister Jinghui in the future? Chu Yu looked at her, and she is not as soft-tempered as she looks. If she is wronged in the future, it will really make people feel distressed! "

"Isn't there still her grandmother? You have seen that old lady, she is very sensible, and naturally she will not let her granddaughter suffer!" Cao Yong said.

Chu Yu was slightly curious: "Chu Yu met?"

Cao Yong talked about the encounter in "Zhenbaozhai", and Chu Yu remembered the majestic look of the old lady, and understood why Jinghui was so timid.
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(End of this chapter)