Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 356

Changchun Garden, West School Factory.

Cao Yong was wearing an official uniform, standing next to Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen, watching the martial arts riding and shooting on the field.Although Yongqing has a burly figure, compared with his friends on weekdays, he is a first-class height, but he doesn't show it among the public.

Seeing a move on the field, riding and shooting five rounds in a row, the sixteenth and seventeenth elder brothers couldn't help applauding.

Today, the seventh day of November, the martial arts examiners take the test in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the morning, and go to the Changchun Garden in the afternoon to test riding, archery and infantry.Cao Yong didn't have an errand to come to the garden, but because he was thinking about Yongqing's martial arts, he found a small errand in the yamen and went to Changchun garden in person.

After completing his errands, he went to the school grounds and happened to meet sixteenth elder brother and seventeenth elder brother, and they talked together.

After saying a few gossips, Brother Sixteen felt something was wrong.Cao Yong is now a hall official, and he doesn't see you today, and it's not the day of the court meeting, so why come to this side of the garden?Even if there is an errand to send a message, it won't be his turn, can it?

Brother Sixteen turned his head and was about to ask a question when he saw Cao Yong was looking intently at the students on the field.Elder Sixteen followed his line of sight and looked at it. Because of the distance, he couldn't see it clearly. He only felt that there was a burly man with a beard who had a kind face.

He touched Cao Yong's arm and asked, "Who does Fu Ruo look at?"

Cao Yong pointed and said: "That, it's Yongqing, he's here to participate in the Enke examination!"

Yongqing is Cao Yong's good friend, brother Sixteen also met a few years ago, he couldn't help being surprised when he heard this: "Why is he still participating in this?"

As he said it, he remembered that Cao Yong wrote a letter back last spring to help Yan Yongqing exonerate him, and he vaguely understood the reason.

Although the Seventeenth Elder Brother didn't know much about Wanyan Yongqing, but following the words of the two, he looked at Wanyan Yongqing twice, and said: "Isn't this the cousin of the Fourteenth Sister-in-law, the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion, a few days ago I have a very good relationship with Brother Fourteen. The year before last, Brother Fourteen took me to their house, which is at Xinjiekou."

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Well, it's him, he lives in another household!"

Whether it's a royal family or a common people's family, there are too many brothers, and it's not uncommon for them to live in separate households after they get married.It's just that most of the eldest sons want to inherit the fame and inheritance of their ancestors, but it's rarely heard of the other households.

Presumably, there are some messy family entanglements involved in this, Elder Seventeen asked impatiently, "Oh", and did not speak again.

The sixteenth elder brother thought more, and whispered to Cao Yong: "Although I know that you have a relationship, but you should pay attention to it. He is already an outcast of the family. You go with him, and the fourteenth elder brother and Wanyan's family It doesn't look good on the face."

Although this is not pleasant to say, Brother Sixteen is out of goodwill, so Cao Yong thanked him.

Brother Sixteen saw that he thanked him, but he didn't seem to take it seriously. He knew that he valued friendship, so he could only sigh.

Hearing the sound of whips, Kangxi, surrounded by officials and guards, arrived slowly in a 16-person pawpao.

Inside and outside the school grounds, everyone immediately became shorter.The children who were on the horse also got off the horse and knelt down.

Kangxi ascended to his seat and said "flat body", and all the talents on the field stood up in awe.

Cao Yong had also seen this scene a few years ago, Kangxi was just going through the motions, reading and testing his martial arts riding and archery skills, and the next step is to lead the guards who are good at shooting and shoot a few arrows.

Sure enough, Kangxi shot first, and he personally fired five arrows, all of which hit.Afterwards, two imperial guards came out and shot a few arrows. Although they also hit, one or two missed the target.

Immediately, there was a chorus of chants again, and Kangxi took the opportunity to leave the school grounds with the officials and guards.Everyone had to kneel down to see off the holy driver again.

When the holy car gradually moved away, everyone got up one after another.

The seventeenth elder brother looked at the target that Kangxi had just shot, and said to the sixteenth elder brother: "Huang Ama's arm strength has not diminished, it looks the same as the previous two years."

Elder Sixteen nodded and said: "This year there will be fewer bad things, and Huang Ama will feel happy!" He himself did not believe what he said.

Although it is said that the "second waste prince" is now, there are quite a few people who are thinking about the prince's restoration from top to bottom, inside and out.It's all caused by Confucian etiquette, and everyone in the world values ​​"concubine" and despise "concubine".

No matter what the second elder brother's personal morals are, after all, he is the noble son of the empress Yuan, and according to the etiquette, he should be the heir to the throne.

Cao Yong's mind is still on the court, Yongqing has already done three rounds of foot shooting, and the results are all good.Cao Yong couldn't help itching, if he was also on the field, maybe he could be a top three.

Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen looked at it for a while and felt bored, so they all went back.Only Cao Yong was left. After all the exams were over, he said a few words with Yongqing before leaving.

Yongqing and the others will have other exams tomorrow and the next day, so they will not leave the garden. They will be led by officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rituals, and placed in the row room on the side of the school grounds.

As soon as he left Changchun Garden, Cao Yong saw the fourteenth elder brother and the fifteenth elder brother coming hand in hand.Cao Yong had no choice but to shake his sleeves and said, "Fourteenth Lord, Fifteenth Lord!"

Seeing that it was Cao Yong, the fourteenth elder brother looked at him thoughtfully, but did not respond; the fifteenth elder brother glanced at his official uniform, asked a few gossips, and then entered the garden with the fourteenth elder brother.

Cao Yong looked at the backs of the two, and remembered what Elder Sixteen said, Elder Fifteen was raised by the concubine De, and he was very respectful to Concubine De.

The fourteenth elder brother is the son of Concubine De, and the fifteenth elder brother is the adopted son. The relationship between the two brothers is relatively good, which is normal.But, for some reason, no one has ever put these two elder brothers together.

If the history remains unchanged, the [-]th elder brother will have the strength to seize the reserves by virtue of his military exploits in the Western Expedition in two years, so is the [-]th elder brother the hidden "Fourteenth Party"?
People of later generations, through the clues left over from history, summed up the last years of Kangxi in four words, that is, "Kowloon seizes the throne".

So far, Kangxi's harem concubines have given birth to more than 30 princes and elder brothers, among whom there are more than 20 who died prematurely.

The famous "Nine Dragons" refers to the nine princes who intermingled and seized the throne, that is, the elder brother and the deposed prince who are now imprisoned, the thirteen elder brothers who are self-imposed, eight, nine, ten, and fourteen A few elder brothers, and the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother.

There shouldn't be a few little elder brothers among them, right?Cao Yong thought in his heart.

Although I don't know how the fifteenth elder brother will end up in history, Cao Yong knows about the fact that the sixteenth elder brother attacked the Grand Duke.
The two are brothers from the same mother, if the fifteenth elder brother really interfered with the matter of Jinshouyi, how could the fourth elder brother treat the sixteenth elder brother so graciously?Cao Yong rode on the horse and felt that he was thinking too much.

When Cao Yong returned to the city, it was already getting dark.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Cao Yong saw Mr. Zhuang standing at the door of the front hall and waving at him.He handed the whip in his hand to Xiao Man, stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile, "Sir, are you waiting for me?"

Mr. Zhuang's face was a little dignified, and he said with his hands behind his back: "Talk in the study!"

Cao Yong was a little surprised, not knowing what was going on, and followed into the study.

When the servant brought the tea, Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and sent everyone away, and then he said to Cao Yong: "Our mansion has been watched by someone, someone is looking for the identities of Wei Hei and the brothers of the Ren family!"

Cao Yong remembered the people who followed him that day, frowned slightly, and said: "Or the people from the mansion over there?"

The people around Cao Yong, except for Wei Hei and Ren's brothers, are mostly the children of the family.Although Wei Hei regarded himself as a servant, he was not a slave; the two brothers of the Ren family were running errands in the Daotai Mansion back then, and they were not enslaved in the Cao Mansion.

Wei Hei was born in Jiangning, and the Ren brothers were good people in Yizhou. Cao Yong was not afraid of people checking their identities.It's just that if this continues, I'm afraid that other things will be involved.

I heard Mr. Zhuang say: "It may not be from the fourth elder brother's side, maybe it is from the ninth elder brother's house or from the Li family." Having said this, he smiled wryly and said: "A few days ago, someone sent me Maybe it was reckless this time to inquire about the old man's condition, but this shot has startled many snakes!"

When Cao Yong heard Mr. Zhuang's words of asking money to inquire, he asked, "someone said it, who is it?"

Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and said: "It is a good thing to run a family rigorously, but when the water is clear, there will be no fish. You usually give people the impression of gentleness and kindness, so you should not be too strict with the servants in the house, otherwise someone with a heart will know it when you compare it. You are hiding your clumsiness."

Although Cao Yong knew that Mr. Zhuang was right, he still felt a little uncomfortable.I don't expect everyone to be loyal and righteous, but since I have received the money from the Cao Mansion, it is better to have fewer people who have to eat inside and outside.

Mr. Zhuang thought for a while, and said: "After all, the brothers of the Ren family are different from Wei Hei. They have no kindness to the Cao family. They are just for fame. It’s better to become a householder, otherwise you will use it less in the future.”

Cao Yong himself is a cautious person, but he is still not used to turning people into slaves.What Mr. Zhuang said was reasonable, and Wei Hei had already mentioned these words to him once.

"These days, it is possible that someone will try to trick the two brothers of the Ren family. This is a test. If the two of them are useless, it is serious to dismiss them as soon as possible!" Mr. Zhuang said.

Cao Yong nodded, in mind.Fortunately, he has always been used to being cautious, and Wei Hei handles confidential matters without the hands of others.

The two brothers knew about the drunkenness at Li's house that night.If it is known that Cao Yong and Li Ding had friction, then Cao Yong must be suspected of Li Ding's disappearance.

"Kill", Cao Yong was taken aback when he thought of this word.If it is really necessary to eliminate all clues, there are several people in Li's house who know about it.What's wrong with me?
Cao Yong was surprised and began to reflect.

It seems that the precept of killing is not easy to commit, otherwise people's psychology will become dependent, and when they encounter any troubles, they just think about killing them, and the world will be clean.

After discussing with Mr. Zhuang, Cao Yong decided to remain unchanged.Regardless of whether it is the fourth elder brother, the ninth elder brother or the Li family, since he is eyeing the Cao family, let him investigate. At most, he can find out that he has a similar relationship with Li Ding's cousin, and he can also find out Hua?

On the study desk, there is an invitation card, which was sent by Cheng Mengxing yesterday, saying that he will visit tomorrow.When Cao Yong saw this, he thought of Wenxiu's younger sister, Han Jiangshi.

Han Jiangshi is Cheng Mengxing's niece, and she lives in Cheng's family in the capital.Cheng Mengxing came here tomorrow, probably because of Wenxiu's ashes.

It was already dark outside the window, and Cao Yong hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he was a little hungry, so he said goodbye to Mr. Zhuang and entered the second gate.

After walking a few steps, Cao Yong happened to see Chuyu come out of the courtyard with her maidservant when he was approaching Shaoyuan.He took two quick steps and went back to Wutong Garden with Chu Yu.

A few days ago, he told Chu Yu about Cao Song's concerns, and asked Chu Yu to help talk about it in front of Zhao Jia.

Dong E's family is also a serious Manchurian family, and there are many Dutong and Lieutenant Generals in the family who inherit the title.It's just that the Gali branch is in decline now, otherwise the Cao family is really nothing because of Dong E's family status.

Chuyu waits on Cao Yong to change clothes, and asks Xiyun and the others to spread the meal and set the table.Husband and wife, talking about homework while eating.

Chu Yu likes Dong E Jinghui from the bottom of her heart, and thinks she is a good girl, not to mention her docile temperament, and she can cook well in everything.However, even so, she is not very optimistic about this marriage.

Although Mrs. Zhao Jia doesn't talk much, now everyone gets along and looks decent.But after living in a mansion for half a year, Chu Yu saw that she was not easy to talk to, and she was a bit stubborn.

After all, Cao Yong and Chu Yu live in the next room, they are not serious brothers and sisters-in-law.Now that Zhao Jia is here, Cao Song's marriage has to be her last decision.

One is the real niece of the servant's mansion, and the other is the orphan girl of the sin official's mansion. How Zhao Jia will choose, the answer is obvious.

"Brother-in-law, listening to the second wife's voice today, there are many complaints about the servant's mansion. It seems that the uncle and wife are not willing to promise their daughter to the second brother." Chu Yu said.

For the health of the next generation of the Cao family, Cao Yong opposed the aunt's marriage from the bottom of his heart.But when he heard what Chu Yu said, he was still a little unhappy, frowned and said, "Why, their girl is a fairy, how can our little one not be worthy?"

Chu Yu said with a smile: "Look at what the son-in-law said, whose parents don't think the girl is like a fairy baby? The second wife is strict, maybe the uncle and wife are afraid that their daughter will be wronged, and they are worried, and there are some."

Cao Yong watched Cao Song grow up, and he has the deepest affection for this brother. Now that he knows what is on his mind, he naturally cares about him.

After thinking about it for a while, he said to Chu Yu: "In a few days, find a time to meet Dong E girl. If she is willing, we, as brothers and sisters-in-law, must find a way to help our second brother. After more than half a year of hard work, I will always come up with a discount!"

Thinking of the two neighbors in Cao Song's house, Chu Yu disapproved of marrying Dong E's family, fearing that Jinghui would be wronged.However, seeing what Cao Yong said, and knowing that he loved this younger brother the most, she gave a "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

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(End of this chapter)