Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 277 Year End ([-])

Wang Lusheng entered Daotai Mansion before and after the beginning of the afternoon ([-]:[-] pm), and did not leave the mansion until Youzheng ([-]:[-] pm).Then, she took her daughter Jingjing back to the inn.

Cao Yong has inconvenient legs and feet, and Mr. Zhuang sent Wang Lu to give birth.Seeing the Wang family's carriage drifting away, he turned around and entered the mansion, but he didn't notice that there was a young man staring at the gate in the porridge shed not far away.

Cao Yong did not return to the inner courtyard, but waited for Mr. Zhuang to come back to speak.Wang Lusheng rushed here just to say a few words.It's just that these few words are very relevant, so it's not easy to spread them on paper or send others to pass them on.

"Lucky!" Cao Yong leaned back on the chair, pondering.

When Mr. Zhuang came in, his expression was not good.Cao Yong said with a smile: "Sir, don't be angry, am I okay?"

But Mr. Zhuang couldn't let go, sighed, and said: "It's all because of my carelessness. I was all focused on Hongmen's keepsake, and I didn't notice anything wrong with it. If the prediction is true, Du Hui should know something about it." Inside story!" At this point, he shook his head and said regretfully, "It's too late to say these things now, and Du Hui must have lost his life in Jinan Mansion."

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said: "Who would have thought that I would be an obstacle to other people's eyes by being a leisurely platform like this!"

Wang Lusheng came to Yizhou in person to tell Cao Yong two things. One is that someone entered Yimeng Mountain in the winter month and offered money to ask Qin Bajia, the bandit leader of Yimeng Mountain, to make a deal. A group of people and so on; the other thing is that Qin Bajia entrusted someone to ask Wang Lusheng to be a middleman, and wanted to meet Cao Yong, the Taoist master.

Although he believed that Cao Yong was a human being, Wang Lusheng still left some space between his words and did not say that the other party directly entered the room and found him.

Mr. Zhuang thought about it, and said: "The ones who can know your whereabouts, except for the few who are with you, can be justified from Jinan Prefecture and the capital. After all, Mengyin is the only way to go back to Yizhou from Jinan Prefecture. road!"

It's really uncomfortable to be counted on your life like this.However, it is not just this matter that makes Cao Yong puzzled.He thought for a while, and said to Mr. Zhuang: "Sir, although the Yimeng Mountain bandits have a bad reputation, they haven't shown any bad deeds this year. Why? talk?"

Mr. Zhuang listened, nodded his head, and said, "Wang Lusheng has a nickname called 'Huo Mengchang'. In addition to his sons from the clan becoming officials, he is also very famous among the people. Although he said it lightly just now, it must be It has something to do with that, otherwise they wouldn't have asked him to be a middleman."

Cao Yong showed a puzzled look on his face: "Sir, I have also thought about it, but no matter how famous Wang Lusheng is, after all, he is only a country gentleman. Why do those people believe that he can speak in front of me? Could it be that the Pearl Fang Because of the son, that one did not directly use the name of the Cao family, and most of the people who knew about it were people in the industry, and it would be a bit unreasonable for mere bandits to know the details."

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a while, looked at Cao Yong with a smile, and said: "Maybe this is Fu Ruo's blessing. Although I met Wang Lusheng for the first time today, I can see that he is very righteous and forthright in his behavior. Maybe in order to keep Furuo's tenure in place safe and sound, he couldn't even greet there! From this point of view, it can be explained why the civil unrest in April was not chaotic. At the beginning, when Xintai County was in chaos, Those who contributed to the flames should have bandits with little food."

Speaking of this, he paused, his face turned serious, and said to Cao Yong: "Although Fu Ruo usually acts in a low-key manner, but thinking about it now, he has offended many people. During the epidemic last year, Fu Ruo assisted the fourth elder brother Although it is a great event to benefit the country and the people to seal off the mansions in the inner city, there are still many people who have resentment; this year's matter of burning Guozhuangzi is also the same."

"Sir, don't worry, even if you don't like me, it's just a small trick. The more powerful you are, the more you care, even if you hate me so much, you don't dare to do it yourself." Cao Yong persuaded.

Mr. Zhuang knew that what he said was reasonable, unless he was stupid, the other party would not directly tear his face to become an enemy of Cao Yong.Cao Yong himself has nothing to do, but behind him are the two palaces of Chunping, the sixteen elder brothers who have been friends with him, and the three families of Cao, Li, and Sun in Jiangnan, and various forces are relying on them.However, it is necessary to give a few more instructions, admonishing him to bring more people when he travels in the future, and not to follow the car lightly.

Although it will be a hundred days blessed by God soon, but Wang Lusheng had scruples in his heart, and he didn't want to be a guest at Daotai Mansion with great fanfare, so he didn't stay in Yizhou. He bought a few cars for the Spring Festival the next day, making his trip to Yizhou " Those who are famous for their teachers, returned to Rizhao.

At the dinner table yesterday, Cao Yong mentioned that Zheng Hu, the steward, was sending New Year's goods to Rizhao, and also briefly asked about Wang Quantai's condition.I won't go into details, after all, this is a private matter of the Zheng family, and it is also related to Zheng Woxue's marriage.He is the former owner, so we should avoid it, otherwise it will just add to the chaos.

After leaving Yizhou City, Wang Lusheng sat in the carriage and closed his eyes.Although he had completed the middleman's errand, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, and Liu Erdao's words were vague and threatening.It seemed that if he refused to help him walk around, there might be some disturbance in the mountains.At that time, if you are unlucky and caught by the people in the yamen, you don't know what you will say.

If he didn't know Qin Bajia's benevolence and righteousness, Wang Lusheng would not bother to pay attention to it because the second leader might have made his own opinion.

Thinking of this, Wang Lusheng couldn't help snorting coldly, and said, "This group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves!"

Wang Jingjing was wearing a thick leather jacket, holding a box in her arms, and was playing with the gifts she got at Daotai Mansion yesterday. Except for a string of agate beads, the rest were all made in Beijing.

Hearing her father's words, Wang Jingjing was taken aback, patted her small chest, and asked, "Father, what are you talking about? I see that Master Cao and Grandma Cao are good people! Originally, they were both good people." Our family is rich, and we don’t know how stupid we are until we come to Grandma Cao’s house!” At this point, his little face twitched into a ball: “Grandma Cao told me to play today, but we went home instead. Well, it would be great to be neighbors with our family!"

When Wang Lusheng was interrupted by his daughter, most of his anger subsided, and he said with a smile: "Silly boy, this is just the residence of Master Cao. What is it? Father went to Jiangning in the early years, and he didn't dare to go to the door of Master Cao's house." Breathe! It's magnificent, even better than the ones in the New Year pictures, how can a country house like ours compare to it?"

Wang Jingjing was a little dissatisfied, she pouted and said: "Father is just talking big, it's just a few more houses and more servants. Although they are richer than our family, I still think our family is better!"

Wang Lusheng laughed "haha" twice, patted his daughter's head, and said, "Good boy, yes, our family is better, we don't envy other people's family!"

Wang Jingjing smiled all over her face and nodded vigorously, but said with a bit of melancholy: "However, the dim sum at Grandma Cao's house is really delicious..."

The 21st of the twelfth lunar month is a hundred days blessed by God.Because the new year was coming soon, there was nothing to do, except for the guests from Zhizhou Mansion, it was just these people in the mansion who had a meal, and it was lively for half a day.

After eating and seeing off the guests, Cao Yong went back to the inner house, feeling a little uncomfortable in his legs.Maybe it was because he stood at the door and exchanged some pleasantries when sending someone off, so the wound was a bit inappropriate.

He didn't want to have sequelae, so he had long and short legs, so he sat on the kang, checked it, and felt relieved when there was no serious problem.

Wu'er put some rouge between her brows, combed two sky-high braids, walked around by the corner of Chu Yu's clothes, raised her small face to look at Chu Yu and smiled when she was free.

Cao Yong is very interesting to watch. Although there are many children in the house, they are the largest and the best looking. They are carved in pink and jade, which is very attractive.

After being taken by his sister-in-law for a few days, Wu'er's body is getting better, but she is stuck to Chuyu so tightly that she couldn't see it for a while, so she kicked her calf and searched all over the room, and she was much happier than before.

When she heard her calling Chuyu "Mom", Cao Yong couldn't help being startled, wondering if his little cousin came from crossing, why is she called this?But when he woke up, he knew that he was thinking too much.

Just like Chuyu called Ye's "Nurse", the "mother" in Wu'er's mouth is also a name for grandma.

Presumably it was because she was having a hard time breastfeeding, her previous sex was not meticulous, and Chu Yu loved her again, so she got close to her from the bottom of her heart and treated her like a nurse.

Although Chu Yu loves this sister-in-law, she still has a headache because of this title. She talks to coax her to change her name to "sister-in-law" every day, but it doesn't work.Even if I coax the little girl to call "sister-in-law" occasionally, it will be "Mom" and "Mom" after that.

Tianyou looked a lot bigger than when he was full moon, white and fat, and looked more and more fleshy.He seems to be a lazy boy who sleeps most of the day.Even when she wakes up, she doesn't cry like other children.He is not afraid of life, he can be hugged by anyone, he looks at people with his black eyes, and yawns when he has nothing to do.

Cao Yong did not have the idea of ​​"holding grandchildren but not children" like ancient men. When he returned to the inner house, he often teased his son.

Thinking back to his previous life, he had seen many people play football with their sons, and he was quite moved. He wondered if he should get a football and play with his son.

But when I looked back, although my son was born, he was still a meatball, and he didn't know when he wanted to run all over the ground, so Cao Yong could only put down the idea in frustration.

Now, seeing the little guy lying there, yawning again, the bored Cao Yong lay down beside his son, and closed his eyes for a nap.

Chuyu picked up Wu'er and sat on the edge of the kang.Seeing that her husband and son looked alike, lying there and gradually falling asleep, she looked down at Wu'er in her arms again, showing a thoughtful expression.

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In a blink of an eye, it is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which is the New Year's Eve.

Not to mention how leisurely Cao Yong is in Yizhou, these princes and princes in the capital are in different situations.To say that he is the happiest, none other than Seventeen Elder Brother Yinli.He got married on the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, and married Niu Gulu, the daughter of the second-class father-in-law, Ling'a, as the first Fujin.

Niu Jilu is this year's show girl, and she entered the palace during the draft in October.Although Elder Seventeen couldn't see her, Concubine Wang had seen her and praised the girl's appearance and character very much.

Elder Seventeen was originally worried about "Qi Dafei", since the other party is the daughter of the direct branch of the government, perhaps she also has the arrogance of a Manchu aunt, just like his eighth sister-in-law.If the other party looked down on him, the elder brother from a concubine, and even neglected his own mother, that would be unbearable.

On the night of the bridal chamber, he was still a little uneasy, and he was laughed at by Brother Sixteen.

Although I don't know how the young couple got along on the night of festive candles, but the next day, the servants of my elder brother looked at the two masters like Siamese twins, you follow me, I follow you, wishing to stick together.

Although Niu Gulu is still young, he is very polite and behaves quite decently in front of the palace lords.In addition, when visiting the dignified, he was not disrespectful at all because of his mother-in-law's low status.

When the seventeenth elder brother saw it, he sighed in his heart that it was God who had eyes, which made him marry a good Fujin, and he fell in love with him even more.People before and after, they couldn't hide their joy, and praised their own Fujin again and again in front of the sixteenth elder brother.

Elder Sixteen was still listening, but finally saw that he was grinning from ear to ear and couldn't hide the joy on his body, so he couldn't help persuading him: "Brother Seventeen, although you are newly married, you You have to restrain yourself a little bit. Now, don't look too happy!"

Elder Seventeen was surprised when he heard this. He has been walking around Xinfujin for the past few days, not paying attention to the situation outside.

Hearing the sixteenth elder brother's words, it seemed that he meant something, and the seventeenth elder brother asked: "What is the reason for this? In this new year, those brothers are making trouble again? All year round, they don't know how to rest for a while. Rest. Even if they are not tired, the spectators are tired!"

The sixteenth elder brother was amused by the seventeenth elder brother's sarcasm, and said: "This time it's not the brothers who are torturing, you have heard it, the holy car is stationed in Miyun County today, and tomorrow he will go to Sanjiadian. Go back to the palace."

Elder Seventeen nodded and said: "Well, I heard! Huang Ama is also, after visiting the Temporary An Fengdian and Xiaoling, he still went to Rehe. After staying in Rehe for two days, he returned to Beijing." Having said this, he sighed and knew the reason behind it.

Abolishing the crown prince is a major matter for the court. The emperor's father went to Rehe to hunt with Mongolian officers and soldiers. Obviously, it was not for the interest of hunting in winter, but to find an excuse to bestow the Mongolian kings, Baylor, Beizi, Gong, Taiji, etc. The silver coin pommel horse just shows the court's grace.

The sixteenth brother saw that the seventeenth brother didn't look like he heard the wind, so he whispered: "I just got the news that Liang Jiugong's slave has been detained!"

Liang Jiugong is the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, and has always been Kangxi's most respectable servant. How could he be detained?

Brother Seventeen knew that Brother Sixteen had warned him not to look too happy, for fear that someone would be unhappy and would look at him as an eyesore.

Elder Seventeen looked at Elder Sixteen suspiciously, and asked, "Which brother is going to be unlucky... I really can't tell, this slave always smiles at everyone, and this Courage..."

"It's not just Liang Jiugong, but also Guo Shouyi, Zhang Jinchao, Zhang Yifeng, and Wei Zhu, all of them are not left behind! Except for the brothers who are having a hard time at the end of the year, I'm afraid Huang Ama is really annoyed this time!" Sixteenth elder brother brought a teacup, After taking a sip, there was a bit of schadenfreude in his breath.

Except for Wei Zhu who was younger, the others were the chief eunuchs in the palace, and they were used to domineering.Even Wang Concubine had to go to these places in her early years.Therefore, the sixteen princes will be like this.

Elder Seventeen was stunned, and after a while, he asked: "What... what's going on? Even the most popular starlings can't handle these people! What crime is it that made Huang Ama angry? , deal with these old people in the palace?"

"Haha, is it a crime? It's not that simple. It embezzled the money saved by the three kitchens of Yong'an Hall and Jixiangmen over the years. Since 41, it has totaled more than [-] taels!" Elder Sixteen replied with a smile.

I can't blame him for laughing. Apart from their own salaries, the majestic chiefs and eunuchs don't say a thousand or a hundred taels of rewards for the New Year's Day. It will take several people more than ten years to embezzle thousands Two silver coins, isn't this a joke?
Brother Seventeen thought about the reason for this inconsistency, and said with a smile: "Brother Sixteen, although it's funny, it's because Huang Ama misses the old love and left them a way to survive. If they are really charged with other crimes, I'm afraid it will cost my life." I can't keep it."

Elder Sixteen nodded and said, "That's the reason, I can see it too! Liang Jiugong was detained, Guo Shouyi and Zhang Jinchao were lashed for three days, and sent to the weeding place in Wengshan. .The punishment is very light!"

Elder Seventeen thought about it for a while, and said, "From this point of view, I'm afraid Wei Zhu, the slave, is about to come up!"

Brother Sixteen quite agreed with his younger brother's opinion, saying: "Yeah! But he's okay, he's never been ostentatious, and he's better than those old servants who are smiling and not smiling!"

"What about outside? Which elder brother is involved?" Elder Seventeen is still puzzled.

Brother Sixteen stretched out his hand, waved it in front of his younger brother, twitched his fingers, and said with a smile: "Which brother is it, and which brothers should I ask? This year's year is not easy, except for us These two watch the bustle, the thirteenth brother coaxes his son and enjoys leisure all day long, the fourth brother is pure-hearted and worships Buddha, and is tired of ordinary things, the rest of the brothers, I am afraid that no one is clean!"

Elder Seventeen recalled that Er Niang ended up in the present situation because of those elder brothers plotting to save the throne and to exclude the crown prince. Although there was no explicit order to be thrown into the limbo, but it was not good, and he felt resentful in his heart, and twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. God really has eyes!"
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Call for monthly tickets, flowers, and recommended tickets. . .

Click on the monthly pass on the homepage, maybe there is a monthly pass. . . .

Jiu also clicks a few times a day, um, dreaming, (*^__^*). . .

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