Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 334 Visiting the Golden Gate Birthday Ceremony

There are two Cao Yong and Yidu Li, one is young and the other is about [-] years old.Both of them are well dressed and riding side by side, which is also a bit eye-catching.

Today is a sunny day, the sky is blue and cloudless.On both sides of the road, the poplar leaves are golden and autumn is strong.

Qianmen Street was already full of people coming and going, all kinds of shouts mixed together, making it extremely lively.Occasionally passing by teahouses and restaurants, the scent of wine is also enticing.

Yi Duli reined in his horse, smiled and said to Cao Yong: "I have been delayed in this Yamen for half a day, and my stomach is a little empty. Why don't we find a place to cushion the mat first, and then go to Liulichang. Morning I just want to have a drink with Fu Ruo, because you were in the filial piety before, and it was not cheap."

Cao Yong drank half a bowl of porridge in the morning, and now he was a little hungry, so he said with a smile: "It's just right, the boy has long wanted to invite adults to drink. It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Today, I invite you to be my host."

Yi Duli waved his hand and said: "I have a thick skin, and I am happy to eat you. It's just that I should change this name soon. Although counting from the relatives on the second side, I deserve to be an elder. It's just that one size is one size, There is not much difference in age between you and me, don't talk about "adults", you don't have to make me ashamed. You see that you and the thirteenth master and the sixteenth master are of the same generation on weekdays, but you don't pay attention to these seniority. In front of me, Fu If you don't be so polite anymore, we will take turns in the same generation."

Cao Yong smiled and didn't say much.In the end, it depends on Zhaojia's face. To the in-laws in Zhaojia's mansion, Cao Yong always calls after Cao Song, which can be regarded as respectful.Yi Duli can say this, but Cao Yong is not too casual.

There happened to be a restaurant on the right hand side, which looked clean, so the two got off the horse.When he entered the store, Xiao Er greeted him.The two asked for a private room, ordered a few dishes at random, and sent the waiter to bring the wine first.

After this trip to Outer Mongolia, Cao Yong's drinking capacity is not what it used to be.It was okay when we went, everyone had something on their minds, and the weather was so warm, so they didn’t feel uncomfortable; on the way back, because the errands were over, it was cold outside the Great Wall, and when everyone encountered a town on the way, they all filled their wine bags to relieve fatigue and relieve the cold .

The wine sold in Mongolia is all the burning knives sold in the Central Plains, and it is the most potent.Those who come and go, even Cao Yong, who has a light drinking capacity, have also been trained, and it is not a problem to be half-baked.

After a while, Xiao Er brought over some side dishes and drinks.Four side dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, the meat ones are mixed beef tendon and crispy fish, and the vegetarian ones are salted almonds and mustard heaps.

Cao Yong took a cup and filled it with wine for Iduli, and then poured it for himself, and the two drank a cup first.

Iduli put down the wine cup, took a sip of side dish, put it in his mouth, then shook his head and said: "Perhaps it's because of the approaching winter, and now I'm impatient to eat these, so I'm just thinking about cooking the pot. Watching the hot pot Come and have a plate of 'Shangnao', 'Cucumber Strips' or something like that, this little day will be nourished."

Cao Yong nodded, and echoed: "That is, if you choose the mutton that is not in your mouth, it will be authentic."

Yi Duli heard the words, looked at Cao Yong for a few times, and couldn't help laughing: "I thought I was the only one who likes to think about these foods, but I didn't expect Fu Ruo to be good at this. Seeing your serious appearance on weekdays, I still think you are a gentleman of Taoism." Speaking of this, he remembered something and asked: "By the way, in the past few years, I seem to have heard that Tao Ranju under the name of Lord Jiu was used by your family's cook. No such thing?"

Cao Yong was taken aback, and two grizzled fat cooks appeared in his mind, Master Yu and Master Tian.Lin Xiazhai seems to be a long time ago, and it was his first pot of gold in this world.He earned more than [-] taels before and after, and he borrowed a lot when his sister Cao Jiashi got married.

The old relatives of King Pingjun did not dare to underestimate Cao Jia, a Fujin who was born in a coat. Apart from being married in the palace, he had something to do with the generous dowry.What about the origin of the coat?After all, he is the emperor's confidant, one of the best families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Cao Yong still remembers the joy when he and Yu Tian two masters were pondering those "exclusive menus".A series of familiar delicacies came out, and Cao Yong also somewhat relieved his "sickness of homesickness".

Seeing that Cao Yong was silent, Yi Duli said, "If you don't know, it's probably a rumor!"

Cao Yong said: "It's not a rumor. I don't know if they have changed their cooks in the past few years. If they haven't changed, it should be an old acquaintance of the Cao family."

The old acquaintances he was talking about were not Yu Tian's two masters. After all, these two masters were both in their seventies and eighties, no matter how old they were, how could they be able to cook.The cook here in Tao Ranju is the son of two masters, whom Cao Yong met when he was in Jiangning.

"Tsk tsk, Fu Ruo is not in Beijing, so I don't know. On the night of Ghost Festival, Tao Ranju caught fire, and many people were burned to death. A master chef said that he was not feeling well, so he went to the bathhouse for cupping. Survived. The strange thing is that that night, the cook also died violently in his own home. The incident became a big mess, and the Shuntian Mansion and the infantry all went to the yamen. Later, I don't know how Jiuye moved, so he suppressed it. "Iduli sighed.

The "ghost festival" mentioned by Yi Duli refers to the Ghost Festival on July 21th. Cao Yong calculated the time in his mind, and Sheng Jia left Rehe on July [-], and he himself left the camp at the end of July.During this period, Brother Nine has been accompanying him.

Hearing that Cao Yong didn't speak, Yi Duli said again: "Although it was Jiu Ye who ordered people to suppress this matter from Shuntian Mansion and the Infantry Dutong Yamen, it was just an ordinary fire. But the bright fire that night, when When the neighbors from the neighborhood came to put out the fire, although they heard the crying father and mother calling for help inside, none of them ran out...the door was locked outside..."

Cao Yong clicked his tongue as he listened. This was a blatant murder. Who dared to confront Brother Jiu in the capital after eating the guts of a leopard?Although the ninth elder brother is hopeless, he is the prince elder brother after all, with the blood of the Tian family.

Iduli went on to say: "...Everyone said in private that it was the evil spirits who took their lives... If the businessmen in the capital have some backgrounds, it's okay if they have some backgrounds. It has caused disasters to many families. Those who hanged themselves and jumped into the river must have ten or eight dead. I heard that more than 30 people were burned alive, and many people were burnt to the point of leaving only their stomachs and intestines... Even if there are real ghosts, this Hate is not spread in the right place..."

The two of them were just average, talking about Tao Ranju while drinking.Just when Iduli spoke with eloquence and Cao Yong listened attentively, he heard a woman's cry.

Yi Duli stopped talking immediately and looked at Cao Yong in amazement.Cao Yong also felt the wind blowing, a little uncomfortable.But it's bright and sunny, where are there any ghosts?
The two listened carefully, and it turned out that the sound came from the private room next door.

Although Cao Yong doesn't like to be meddlesome, Yi Duli has a long waist after drinking half a pot of wine.Hearing the sound of "嘤嘤", he didn't know how to feel pity for flowers, so he sat up on his seat and shouted: "Xiao Er, Xiao Er..."

When Xiaoer heard the greeting, he ran over in a hurry, bowed and said with a smile, "My lord, do you want more wine or more food?"

Iduli blinked his eyes, and slapped Hulu vigorously: "No more wine, and I don't add any food... Tell me, who is the guest sitting next door? Crying and crying, I can hear people making a fuss Heart. Could it be that there is some evil young man here, molesting good women?"

Seeing that he was very drunk, Xiao Er was amused in his heart, who can show his face, how can there be any decent woman from a good family?Thinking in his heart, he still replied respectfully: "My lord, you misunderstood. There is a female customer next door. She seems to have encountered some troubles and ordered two jugs of wine. She may be drunk, or she will pass by Tell me?"

Iduli listened, shook his head and said: "Hearing that she is so wronged by crying, she must have been bullied. Lord, I will go over and have a look. There are still many good people under the feet of the emperor!" After saying that, he didn't care about the second child, and went out go next door.

Xiao Er was taken aback, no matter if this woman is from a good family or a prostitute, if something happens in the store, wouldn't it be a loss of her job?
Yi Duli smelled of alcohol, and also had a bit of arrogance, Xiaoer didn't dare to stop him, seeing Cao Yong, the guest who came with him, was still awake, so he begged: "My lord, please help me Stop it, I'll invite the shopkeeper to come here!"

It was the first time Cao Yong saw Iduli drunk, but he didn't expect him to be this kind of wine, and he felt a little regretful.He said to the waiter: "It's okay, I'll stop him, so don't say anything. Quietly ask the shopkeeper to come up to wait on him. Don't make a fuss, it won't look good either!"

Xiao Er bowed and agreed, Cao Yong strode out, followed Yi Duli and entered the next room.

On the wine table, there was a table full of dishes, but only a few chopsticks were moved. At the edge of the wine table, a woman in a crimson dress was lying on the table, crying "嘤嘤".

Hearing that someone entered the room, she casually threw the wine cup by the table towards the door, raised her head slowly, and said angrily, "Bitch, I told you to wait for me in the car, how dare you come up..."

Although she is under the tenderness, Iduli's body is numb from the rainy appearance of the pear blossoms.There are also a lot of wives and concubines in his family, but there are a few men who are not lecherous.Not to mention that wine is a sex matchmaker.He actually watched the wine cup flying towards him, but he did not avoid it.

After all, it is a woman's house, how much strength does it have? The wine cup hit Iduli's shoulder, and then fell to the ground, smashing into pieces.

Cao Yong lowered his head and came in behind Yiduli, thinking how to take Yiduli away without hurting his face.Hearing the sound of the wine cup falling to the ground, he was startled, looked up, and looked directly at the woman on the seat.

For some reason, Cao Yong looked at this woman with a panicked face, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

The woman raised her head and saw two big men coming in. She was drunk and didn't realize the smell for a while.She was watching with drunken eyes, and when she saw Cao Yong behind him, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Her heart was sore and unstoppable, tears fell down, she held up her fingers and cried: "You...you are so cruel..."

Iduli was confused when he heard it, he just thought it was his old idea, and he was still trying to figure out which one it was.

Cao Yong, however, heard the voice and thought of someone. He took a closer look, but it wasn't Yang's Ruixue.

Yang Ruixue closed her eyes, tears streaming down like rain.

Cao Yong paused and asked, "Madam Bai, why are you here?"

"Young Madam Bai...Young Madam Bai..." Yang Ruixue wiped away tears, sat up in meditation, leaned forward unsteadily, and said with a smile: "Nowadays, there is no Madam Bai... Nuer...Master Cao can call my slave Grandma Yang, Dongjia Yang, Miss Yang..." As he spoke, he walked, but he couldn't walk steadily, and suddenly shrank to the ground.

She happened to be sitting next to the shards of the wine cup that fell to the ground just now, and because she touched the ground with her palms, she happened to be stuck squarely.

She let out a "wow" and burst into tears, holding up her injured palm and crying, "It hurts...it hurts..."

Cao Yong didn't have much friendship with her, but he remembered that she just said that she was no longer "Young Madam", thinking that she was divorced by her husband's family.

Now, seeing her bloody hands, crying like a child, Cao Yong sighed, and turned back to ask the shopkeeper to invite a doctor to come over.

Although Iduli was drunk, he could tell that the beautiful woman in front of him was Cao Yong's old acquaintance.Although he wanted to go forward to help her up, but because of Cao Yong, he didn't move.

Cao Yong thought about what Yang Ruixue had done in the past, and he didn't want to entangle with her too much, so he also stopped.

When Yang Ruixue heard that he was going to invite a doctor, she cried and shook her head, "Don't look at the doctor, don't look at the doctor...the medicine...the medicine is poisonous..."

Cao Yong saw her childish, angry and funny, stepped forward and said: "Bai...Miss Yang, who did you come out with? Cao asked someone to call over, and take you back?"

Yang Ruixue shook her head vigorously, and said: "I won't go back, I won't go back today! It's my son's birthday, I want you to be happy!" At this point, she pouted and said to Cao Yong, "Master Cao It's so comfortable... Nu'er, sister Wo Xue, has nowhere to go. Speaking of which, Nu'er still needs to be called brother-in-law Cao..."
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