Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 262
What I met was a landlord and servant, and the "weapon" used by the other party was only a dozen strings of firecrackers, so I turned my head and almost broke an arm or a leg. Isn't this a joke?
No wonder Cao Yong laughed at himself before he fainted, he always cherished his life, he came to this world for more than ten years, but he was injured only three times.Even when facing that dude, or those mysterious black-clothed killers, he can handle them with ease, never in such a mess.

Who would have thought that when he became an official in a local area, he would become tired and lose his luck, and he would almost die from the disturbance caused by a few strings of firecrackers!Where did all the years of practicing martial arts and self-defense go?

However, if Cao Yong knew that this "joke" almost frightened Mr. Zhuang to his back, and frightened Chu Yu almost crying to death, then he might not be able to laugh.But how would he know this?He has been in a coma for three whole days, lying in the courtyard of the Mengyin County Yamen.

That day, Cao Yong passed out before Wei Hei and others approached.Wei Hei hurriedly stepped forward to check. In addition to the skin trauma on the face, there seemed to be injuries on the legs.Because he knew that Cao Yong had been injured here when he was young, and he was afraid of triggering the old disease on his leg, he dared not ignore it, so he sent Cao Yong back to Mengyin County together with everyone.

Liang Shunzheng, the magistrate of Mengyin County, has been promoted to the sixth-rank general judge because he has not been affected by the civil unrest in Chunri, and has made great contributions to the peace of the people.As long as his term expires in the first month of next year, when Xinzhi County takes office, he will go to Zhili to be a general judge.

The majestic princess' son-in-law, who was guarding the way at the fourth rank, was attacked in his jurisdiction, and he is still comatose, life and death uncertain.Liang Shunzheng couldn't help feeling fearful, and in the study, he rubbed the set of six-grade supplementary clothes that he specially asked someone to buy in Jinan Mansion, in a daze.If this lord makes a mistake, the higher-ups will investigate, not to mention the sixth-rank make-up suit, I am afraid that the seventh-rank suit will be taken off.

He is already in his twilight years, even this opportunity for promotion is due to the honor of this Daotai master.He wasn't complaining, but after all these years, he had finally been promoted to the sixth rank. If he was dismissed for this reason again, he would be somewhat disappointed.

He sighed, and was thinking whether he should ask a Taoist priest to perform rituals, otherwise how could he be so unlucky?The servants of the landlords and squires attacked the fourth-rank Taoists and caused serious injuries to the Daotai master. How many people believed this?Unexpected birth happened in Mengyin, I really don't know if it opened his eyes and gained insight.

It was because of melancholy that someone said outside the door: "Is your lord here?"

The person who came was the master from the yamen, he was a distant relative of Liang Shunzheng, the two of them got along well as the host and guest, so everything was inevitable.Liang Shunzheng said weakly: "Yes, come in and talk!"

The master came in, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and he said to Liang Shun worriedly: "My lord, Du'an hanged himself in prison!"

Maybe it was because there were too many strange things in the past two days. Liang Shunzheng was stunned when he heard this, then he shook his head and said, "Has someone from the Du family come here? This Du Xiong still thinks he is someone, thinking that he will make a fool of himself." You can get away with being in charge of the crime, what a fool!"

The master said: "Yes, after all, he is a rich man from the countryside. Even if he has paid the donation and has the reputation of being a supervisor, he has little knowledge. In the past six months, he has relied on his son-in-law's power, and he is really arrogant! It's our side, I'm afraid He didn't pay much attention either!"

Liang Shunzheng nodded, stroked his beard and said, "It's bad luck for him! His son-in-law is just a brother-in-law who knows the state, so he has no limit to his arrogance! But he doesn't know the other one, how can he provoke him? If he is a smart person , you should burn incense and pray to Buddha to pray that Mr. Cao is safe, and then come to kowtow in person to plead guilty! Mr. Cao has a noble status, as long as he is healthy, he is just punishing and venting his anger. How can he care about such a bastard! "

The master said: "His brother has been here with the people from the Huwei Martial Arts Hall for the past few days, he probably thinks Master Cao is his brother's backer, and he is even more unwilling to come!"

Although Liang Shunzheng has always been used to being a good old man, after all, he has lived for most of his life, so he still has a few tricks in judging people.After thinking about it for a while, he said to the master: "The second child of the Du family seems to treat people kindly, but he is more scheming than his elder brother. If he is so pretentious, he may also have the idea of ​​'leaning on a big tree to enjoy the shade', but he doesn't know it. , who can take advantage of this lord!"

Du Kui, the largest squire in Mengyin County, died of illness at the end of September. Although he had a son earlier, he was kidnapped and killed by "Yimeng Mountain Bandits" in March. Although the county government sent a lot of manpower, it was unable to enter Yimeng. Mountains, finally nothing.

Du Kui has taken in five or six concubines in the past six months, and he only wants to have a son to inherit the family business, but he doesn't think that he is already an old man in sixties, how can he stand such a toss?At the end of September, when the weather turned cold, he suffered a stroke and died within two days.

Without an heir, the two nephews started to discuss the property of the uncle's family, each using their own means, almost fighting with weapons.The county government also knows about the Du family.The two brothers sent money in private, for fear that the magistrate would help that one.Liang Shunzheng was waiting for the news from above, so why worry about it?Happy to be a good old man.

Unexpected, but now it has caused a catastrophe.

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County government office, inner courtyard, main house.

This was originally Liang Shunzheng's residence, but because of Cao Yong's high status and being a Shangguan, he consciously let him out.

In a daze, Cao Yong only felt that he had a good night's sleep, and his body was lying crisp.He stretched out his arms subconsciously, wanting to stretch, but his body was so soft that he couldn't control it, making him very uncomfortable.

He was very surprised, slowly opened his eyes, only felt that he was in a dream, otherwise how could he see his wife sitting beside the bed?His head was really hurting and he was too lazy to think about it. He closed his eyes and murmured, "Let's think about it every day!"

Just about to fall asleep again, he heard a slightly surprised voice say: "Forehead?"

"Forehead son-in-law?" Cao Yong couldn't turn his mind for a moment.At this moment, Chu Yu's soft call was heard again, and at the same time, a cold little hand was placed on her forehead.

"Thank God, the forehead fever is gone!" Chu Yu sighed.

Cao Yong was shocked by the stimulation, opened his eyes, his mind was much clearer, raised his hand, grabbed Chu Yu's little hand, and said slightly annoyed: "Why is it so icy? Where's your hand stove?"

Chu Yu guarded her husband in fear for two days, now that he woke up, how could she stop her tears?rustled down.

Cao Yong looked at the utensils and furnishings in the room, remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and knew that this was not in the Yizhou Mansion, so he smiled at Chu Yu and said, "Brother Wei, it's so cold, why do you still bother you?" Don't cry, it's nothing serious!" As he spoke, he was about to struggle to get up, but there was a sharp pain in his leg, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Chu Yu hurriedly supported him, choked with sobs and said, "Move slowly! The doctor said, I'm afraid the injury is in the old wound, and I need to rest for a while!"

Cao Yong responded, and with Chu Yu's help, he sat down on the pillow and asked, "I frightened the horse that day, did anyone get hurt?"

While talking, Xi Yun bought the fried medicine and was also happy to see Cao Yong woke up.

Chu Yu took the medicine bowl from Xi Yun's hand, and then replied: "The others are fine, only Xiao Man knocked his forehead, but it's not a serious problem, the scab has already formed."

When Cao Yong heard that Xiaoman kowtowed his forehead, he felt itchy on his own face. He couldn't help but reach out and grab it, his right cheek was prickly.

It's really embarrassing, it's just a startled horse, everyone is fine, only he himself is in such a mess.Cao Yong was very ashamed, his expression could not help but a little stiff.

Chu Yu only thought that he cherished his appearance, and comforted him, "Don't worry, my son-in-law, don't we have a lot of pearl powder in our house? It won't leave scars!"

Cao Yong can't laugh or cry, he is not a woman, how can he care about these?
Chu Yu tried the medicine and sent it to Cao Yong's mouth.Although Cao Yong is the most impatient to drink this, but in front of his wife, it is not easy to get away with it. He took it bravely, drank it in one gulp, rinsed his mouth with water, and then asked Chu Yu with a smile: "I am fine, look at you I'm so tall, my eyes are like peaches! This is in the Mengyin county government office? Who sent you here?"

Chu Yu replied: "Following Mr. Zhuang, the forehead has been in a coma for three days, so afraid of people!"

I can't complain that my whole body is weak. After lying down for so long, I heard that Mr. Zhuang also came. Cao Yong was a little surprised.Originally thinking that Mr. Zhuang would stay in the yamen over there to serve as a director, Cao Fang led someone to escort Chu Yu over.

When the husband and wife said this, Chu Yu remembered that he hadn't told everyone about Cao Yong's waking up, and everyone was very worried, so he sent Xiyun out to tell them.

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Mengyin County, west of the city, Dujiazhuang.

Du Xiong walked back and forth with a gloomy face.Although Duan is dead, as long as he doesn't admit it, it's just a crime of negligence.However, for some reason, he still had no idea.Thinking of the sarcastic expression of his second child when he looked at him, he couldn't help being furious.

The person sent to Yizhou to deliver the letter has been there for three days, why has there been no reply yet?
Daotai, daotai, shit daotai, who would have thought that a few roadsides would be daotai?Thinking of this, he couldn't help itching his teeth, and scolded that bad guy Duane a few more times.

However, he still had hope in his heart. He remembered that when he met last time, he seemed to have heard his son-in-law mention that the relationship between Daotai Mansion and Zhizhou Mansion is very good, and the adults of the two yamen have personal contacts.

It's not that he's not afraid, but seeing that the people his second son recruited to help him seem to be very familiar with the people at the Daotai Yamen, he was afraid that posting it now would be unflattering, and he wholeheartedly waited for his son-in-law to come and be a middleman.

All the things for the apology have been prepared, 3000 taels of silver, 100 taels of gold, and two sets of jewelry for Mrs. Daotai.If Daotai's wife hadn't come the day after the incident, he would have prepared four beautiful maidservants here.

The price of land in Mengyin is high or low, ranging from 500 to [-] taels per hectare. These gold and silver jewels total more than [-] taels of silver, which is the price of ten hectares of land.

Not to mention the Daotai, even the governor's yamen, if you use this money, you can make a fortune.

Although Du Xiong felt pain when thinking about it, he had no choice but to bear with the idea of ​​"spending money and avoiding disaster".What's more, if you use this to climb up to Daotai Mansion as a backer, the [-] hectares of land in the uncle's house is still within your grasp.Thinking of it this way, he felt a little bit proud, who would dare to shake his fist at Master Daotai at will?Hmph, when you meet Boss Du, you still have to obediently suffer.

I also thought of my second daughter who was fourteen this year, and fifteen the next year, and also reached the age of talking about others.Because that day was far away, Du Xiong didn't see which one was which, but he heard other people mention that the Taoist master was really young.Although I already have a wife in the main house, if my daughter becomes a second wife in Daotai Mansion, it is better than being the mistress in a small household.

If he became a brother-in-law with Daotai, he would have a good future with his eldest son-in-law, and he would definitely agree with it.Thinking of this, Du Xiong touched his fleshy nose and couldn't help laughing out loud.I don't feel sorry for the thousands of taels of silver anymore, I just feel that the whole body is smooth and ironed.I became the father-in-law of Master Daotai, and my second brother is even arguing with me!I'm afraid that if I want to come to the door to fight the autumn wind, it's not far away.

Sitting on the seat, taking a sip of tea, Du Xiong was about to sing a ditty complacently, and his complaints towards Du An were a little less, thinking in his heart, he would send someone to send more pension money to his old lady later.

This is, just hearing the footsteps of "Deng Deng", a person ran in in a panic from outside, saw Du Xiong, knelt down with a "plop", and cried, "Master... Master... No Alright...Miss...Miss is gone..."

Du Xiong was confused when he heard this, frowned, and said, "Why are you howling? What's the matter, but you didn't come? I didn't invite her at all, where is my uncle?"

The steward wept and shook his head, and said, "Master...Master...it is Missy who is gone...the body is still on the carriage...Young Master divorced Missy..."

But Du Xiong understood it, and stood up on his seat with a "teng", and walked out with a livid face.
In the yard, Du Xiong's wife, Mrs. Chen, got the news. She brought her daughter and son out, and fell down in front of the carriage crying.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and the body of Du Zhen'er, the eldest daughter of Du Xiong, remained in the posture before death, which had been stiff for a long time.Inside the carriage, there were dried dark red blood stains.

The two accompanying family members knelt in front of the carriage, crying and telling what happened.

It turned out that Du Zhen'er's husband was Zhao Wenhe, the brother-in-law of Ye Fu, the magistrate of Yizhou.The two have been married for three years. Although they have not had a man and a woman, they are still in love.

At noon the other day, the steward of the Du family arrived at the magistrate's yamen in Yizhou, and handed Du Xiong's autographed letter to Zhao Wenhe face to face.After Zhao Wenhe read the letter, his expression turned sour. After asking a few more details, he sent someone to take the officer down to rest beforehand.

Early yesterday morning, Zhao Wenhe asked someone to prepare the carriage, and asked someone to pack up his wife's luggage and clothes.Du Zhen'er knew that there was someone from her natal family, and she only thought that her husband was going to take her to her natal home for a few days, so she happily cleaned up.

On Zhao Wenhe's side, he was always gloomy. He didn't say anything to his wife through the curtain of the carriage until he drove out of Yizhou City in the car escorting his wife.It was nothing more than the Du family's misbehavior, and now it caused a catastrophe, fearing that it would bring disaster to the relatives, so he begged his wife to let him go for the sake of three years of love, and then handed over the divorce letter to the accompanying mother-in-law.

Du Zhen'er turned pale with fright, how could she have thought of such an accident?She didn't care about other things, she got out of the carriage crying, and wanted to ask her husband for clarification, but Zhao Wenhe had already urged the horse back to the city, leaving only a back.

Du Zhen'er was confused and wanted to return to the city, but was stopped by the people left by Zhao Wenhe.After making a fuss, she also understood some reasons one after another, knowing that her husband was afraid of being implicated by the Du family, so she got into the carriage without crying.The people in Zhizhou Mansion were not at ease, and they had been arranged by Zhao Wencai to protect Du Zhener all the way to Mengyin.

Due to the slippery road in the snow, the carriage was already slow. After driving for more than [-] miles, when passing by Nanmeng Town, Du Zhen'er said that she was not feeling well and wanted to rest overnight.

When Du Zhener got up early and set off today, everything was still as usual.While on the way, the servant girl came forward to deliver water, and called several times, but there was no movement. When the curtain was lifted, she was already out of breath.I don't know where I got a knife and wiped my neck.

Du Xiong looked at his daughter's body, his eyes were about to bleed, he clenched his fist tightly, and asked the steward who reported the letter to Yizhou: "What did that bastard say? Could it be that the Daotai master is the king of heaven and I can't do it? To be able to force him to divorce his wife to protect himself!"

The steward knelt on the ground and said: "Master, my uncle said..." At this point, he couldn't help slapping himself: "Master Shit! The master is right, it is that bastard! The bastard said, what is this Taoist platform?" Son-in-law, grandson-in-law of the emperor, a close minister of the emperor, not to mention the magistrate, even the governor would not dare to offend him! He also said that our Du family is tired of living, and he is unwilling to die with him! He also said..." Speaking of this, he took a look at Du Xiong's eyes and said: "I also told the master to be more acquainted, don't be like a mad dog, biting everywhere, since the letter of divorce has been delivered, the Zhao and Du families have nothing to do with each other!"

Du Xiong only felt the taste of salt in his mouth, and couldn't bear it anymore, he vomited blood angrily, staggered around, and almost fainted.He gritted his teeth and stiffened himself. Looking at the daughter and son beside his wife, he felt endless regret in his heart.
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