Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 321
Rehe, Summer Resort, Northeast, Puren Temple.

Together with the adjacent Pushan Temple, it was specially built by the princes of various Mongolian ministries to congratulate Kangxi Jiazi Wanshou.

Today is Cao Yong's rest and holiday. Brother Sixteen knew that he was taking off his clothes, so he dragged him here to worship the gods and Buddhas.Unexpectedly, the seventeenth elder brother knew about Xin'er, so he followed him.

Although the building here is in the shape of a Han temple, there are lamas stationed by the imperial court, managed by the yamen of the Lifan Academy in the capital, and the relevant reception staff are of high grade.Now this place is not open to the common people, it is very quiet, only some big and small lamas are walking around inside and outside.

In the main hall, the Hall of Heavenly Kings, there are six statues of Buddha, Maitreya, Wei Tuo and the Four Heavenly Kings.

Although Cao Yong has always disdained gods and Buddhas, but because of the rules and etiquette, he still put three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha, and gave 50 taels of silver to the temple, lit a long-burning lamp, and prayed for his uncle Cao Quan. Mingfu.

Perhaps because of the newly built temple, the temple is full of strong smell of ink.The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother held back, and when he had finished the ceremony, they pulled him out.

It wasn't until he got out of the mountain gate that Elder Seventeen shook the fan in his hand and said, "It's not easy for these monks, and staying in this room is really suffocating."

Brother Sixteen also took a fan, closed it, patted his palms, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, they all eat meat, each of them has big arms and round waists, and their bodies can stand it. This temple looks like a Han style. The ones who painted the Buddhist altars were Qinghai artists who are used to using this thick ink."

The three of them wandered to the city. Except for Cao Yong's servant, Xiaoman, Brother Sixteen's close servant Zhao Feng, and Brother Seventeen's close servant Wang He, Wei Hei, Zhang Yi, Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen Brother's guards were all about ten meters behind, following in twos and threes.

After the villa was built, Shengjia didn't move in the past half a month, and stayed at the villa all the time.The two elder brothers got tired of visiting the villa, so they wanted to play the trick of "traveling in micro-clothes".They were just a matter of lip-to-mouth touching, but the guards and followers of the two elder brothers were worried.

Even after Cao Yong heard it, he couldn't help persuading him a few words.Elder Sixteen and Elder Seventeen had no intention of pulling him down at first, but they were thinking that he was going to quit serving, and everyone wanted to have a good drink.

Cao Yong couldn't persuade them, so he finally had to agree that, except for Pushan Temple, he would only go to the market near the villa.This side is next to the guard camp and the vanguard camp, and there are more soldiers patrolling the streets, so there shouldn't be any major incidents.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the common people were forbidden to enter and leave Shanhaiguan at will.Therefore, in addition to the old banner people living in Rehe, they are domestic slaves from various prefectures in the capital who came to set up shops, and there are many shouts with a Beijing accent that can be heard all over the street.

Looking around, there is a shop with the most pedestrians coming and going, Cao Yong can't help but look at it with a little curiosity.There are no flags, only a large "gambling" character on the curtain of the house.

Elder Brother Sixteen and Elder Seventeen also saw it. Elder Seventeen took out two silver ingots from his purse, smiled and said to Elder Sixteen and Elder Cao Yong: "Brother and Fu Ruo, do you have the guts to go with me?" Take a gamble, among other things, it is designated to make a few thousand taels of silver."

Brother Sixteen scolded with a smile: "You brat, you are greedy for money, what are you doing with Fu Ruo? Do you think he is not obtrusive enough, so you insist on sending a pigtail over there?"

Elder Seventeen laughed "hehe" twice, and said in a low voice, "I heard that Brother Ninth sneaked out here recently, and the hush money he received was not ten thousand, but eight thousand. My brother is really jealous. "

Brother Sixteen glanced at him, and said: "You're taking it easy, if Fu Ruo is seen by someone, you still have to give up the money to seal it."

Cao Yong looked at the door curtain and listened to the two little brothers talking, and he was full of sighs in his heart.Who said that being an official is easy, who said that the streets are full of gambling houses and brothels?

According to the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", "Anyone who gambles with property will have a stick of eighty, and the property in the stall will enter the government."If an official gambles, the crime will be added to the crime, and the emperor will be asked to inquire about the crime, and the civil official will be dismissed as a civilian; after the military officer is dismissed, other punishments will be required.If juren and scholars go to gamble, they will lose their fame.

The same goes for the brothel. If Cao Yong wants to see and see, he can only go to the private prostitute.There are red-sleeved tricks all over the street, no matter how juicy the girl is or how nice the tune is, you can't enter the gate.

Brother Seventeen is just enjoying his mouth, if he was asked to go to the casino, he would not go.A group of people walked half a street, a little tired, so they found a clean restaurant and went in.

Because it was not time for dinner, there was only one table of guests in the restaurant, so Cao Yong and the others sat by the window.Xiao Er shook the rag, came forward to wipe the table, and said with a smile on his face: "What do you guys use, there is a new 'wild eight immortals' in the shop, the taste is good, do you guys want to try something new? "

"Wild Eight Immortals" is a famous dish in Rehe, which is made by steaming eight kinds of raw materials, including roe deer meat, pheasant breast, mountain rabbit, ground sheep, Shafeng chicken, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and green peppers, in old soup.

If you change to someone else, you must order one to try.But this dish, Cao Yong and the others can't say that they can see the sky in the villa, but they often eat it, and they really don't have much interest.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were a little bit depressed, presumably because although they felt hungry, they really didn't know what to eat.After all, on a hot day, I am really tired of these meats.

Cao Yong said to the waiter: "Is there any common food, light vegetables, cold dishes or something?"

Xiao Er glanced at the well-nourished and tender sixteenth elder brother and seventeenth elder brother, and knew which family's young master came out to eat coarse food from the countryside, so he said: "This master can ask questions, there is a buckwheat noodle river leak It’s the same as buckwheat noodle bowl. If you think it’s too hot, you can mix chopped scallion fried in sesame oil with sesame paste, minced ginger, mashed garlic, etc., and serve it in a bowl! It’s like a fairy will not change it! Coupled with a few side dishes and two taels of Shandong shochu, this man will be fine!"

Hearing his lively talk, Cao Yong looked at the sixteenth elder brother and seventeenth elder brother sitting opposite him and said, "Let's just order this?"

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother turned their heads and looked out of the window with a slightly mocking expression.

Cao Yong looked along the line of sight of the two, only to see several mule carts pulling lake stones drifting away, and occasionally there was the sound of the coachman yelling to give way.

Brother Sixteen withdrew his gaze and asked Cao Yong, "We're just taking a bite out of it. Fu Ruo will take a closer look. It would be best if we can try something new."

Cao Yong had only heard of these foods and had never tasted them, so he asked Xiaoer to serve three bowls of Helou and Wantuo each, and four side dishes to match.Soju?He pondered for a moment and asked, "Why don't you try the wine from the outside too? Although the taste is not as good as the wine inside, it's better than the simple and strong taste."

The sixteenth brother said: "There is nothing left and right, so I have to try it naturally. Don't make too many at noon, so as not to lose your temper, and it's not good to meet the censor. Everyone come to the two or two to meet the occasion!"

Cao Yong sent someone to call Xiao Ergu for wine. At this time, more than half of the room was already sitting in the room, and they were all three guards.They pretended to be casual, and vaguely surrounded Cao Yong's position.

These few from the Cao family are not counted, and most of the other prince's guards are with the title of title.Among the people here, not to mention half, one-third are higher than Cao Yong's current Congwu grade.

Although these people are not arrogant on weekdays, they are all arrogant and arrogant, but now they can only listen to the arrangements of the two elder brothers and pretend to be ordinary people.Seeing that they were sitting awkwardly, few of them were comfortable.

Seeing that the two princes didn't make any arrangements, Cao Yong said to Xiaoman in a low voice: "I ordered in the past, and said that the food management is enough, and I will pay for it today." He doesn't need to order the wine, and protects the two princes. In the marketplace, these guards were also concerned.

Xiaoman whispered in the past, and several guard leaders clasped fists at Cao Yong one after another.

Cao Yong couldn't help but touched his forehead. Fortunately, the guests at the original table in the hall had left. If it wasn't for the individual, he could see that everyone was in the same group.

Elder Seventeen also saw something was wrong, shook his fan and said, "I told you not to let them follow, if there is any trouble here, it will be a joke!"

Cao Yong thought of the carts of lake stones just now, stretched out his hand, made a "eight" and said: "I heard that this man is repairing a garden in Rehe, just now he belongs to their house?"

Brother Sixteen showed a hint of sarcasm, and replied: "That's not true, because seeing that the third brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother won the emperor... and got Ama's money, he also tried to repair it. I think Like the older brothers, invite Ama to visit the garden." Having said this, he lowered his voice and said, "Besides this, it seems that people are going to the south to find a woman from a good family! My sister-in-law is tough, and he has few heirs. , This is also his heart disease. He dare not let people in the house in the capital, put some in the garden here, can my sister-in-law chase after him?"

Elder Seventeen nodded while listening, and said with a smile: "He doesn't measure his size, but just because everyone flatters him, he thinks he is valuable. Not to mention anything else, just this 'fear of internal affairs' is enough to make Amma See you soon! It's ridiculous that he didn't even know it!"

Elder Sixteen glanced at Elder Seventeen with a smile and said: "Don't 'the old kite fall on the pig', you can't see that you are dark! How did you hear that you released the two maids who served you earlier? The palace is gone!"

Elder Seventeen blushed and muttered, "My brother is different, my brother really loves her!"

Cao Yong was by the side, but his heart gradually became heavy. Eight princes chose Hushi women in the south of the Yangtze River, so they couldn't be from the Li family, right?
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New Year's Eve, Jiu wishes everyone a happy New Year. .

I want to watch the party with my parents, so I will write less tonight. .

Next update, tomorrow. .

(End of this chapter)