Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 36

On March 48th in the [-]th year of Kangxi, Cao Yong arrived in the capital on the third day.

After breakfast, wearing clothes made of amethyst, Cao Yong rode to the Forbidden City to "work".Today, I didn't bring Xiaoman with me.He passed Detehei and the others yesterday, and he knew that there was a carriage and stable for the guard camp outside Donghua Gate.

It takes about two quarters of an hour to ride horses from the Cao Mansion to the Forbidden City. Today, Cao Yong and his guards are on duty from Chenshi to noon ([-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] noon).The palace guard battalion is divided into twelve shifts, which are shifted in rotation.There are six shifts at a time, two hours per shift per day, for six consecutive days.Six days later, Hugh Mu, and the other six shifts.

Cao Yong set up his mount and showed his badge at Donghua Gate to enter the palace.As soon as I entered, I saw Nalan Fusen who I met yesterday standing on the bridge in front of me.

"Brother Cao, here we come!" Nalan Fusen greeted with a smile.

Cao Yong felt somewhat kind in his heart, yesterday he felt that this Nalan guard treated him kindly, but today he looked like he was waiting for him specially.

As it turned out, Nalan Fusen said: "Brother Cao is on duty for the first time today, so it is inevitable that he is confused. Yesterday I greeted the head of De, and I will take you in this shift!"

As a "newcomer in the workplace", Cao Yong came here with a bit of anxiety. Hearing Nalan Fusen's words, he was very moved: "Cao Yong thanked Brother Nalan here!"

Nalan Fusen shook his head: "Brother Cao, you are being polite. Not to mention that my late father and father-in-law were close friends, Fusen alone received countless favors from your father-in-law. If Brother Cao doesn't dislike it, just call me Brother Fusen!" "

"Brother Fusen, do you dare to ask your father's name?" Cao Yong thought of one person.

"Father's name is taboo above sex and virtue!" Nalan Fusen hesitated for a moment and replied.

"If life is only as it was first seen, why is the autumn wind sadly drawing a fan. Waiting for leisure to change but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable. Lishan language is late at midnight, night rain and Linling will never complain. How can you be so lucky as a man in brocade clothes, wing to wing Zhi wished that day." Cao Yong murmured.

In addition to the imperial family, the Manchus also had many surnames from aristocratic families, and the Nalan family was one of them.The Nalan family can be traced back to the Haixi Yehe tribe, and the ancestor is Haixi Beile Jintaiji, so this family is also called Yehenala by the world.Jin Taiji's sister married Qing Taizu Nurhachi as his concubine, and gave birth to a son who was later Qing Taizong Huang Taiji.The grandson of Jin Taiji is the Nalan Mingzhu University scholar who was in power before Kangxi.Mingzhu's eldest son was Nalan Xingde, whose style name was Rongruo, and was called "the first poet in the Qing Dynasty" by later generations.

A sentimental Nalan Ci came down, adding a lot of sentimentality.Cao Yong walked side by side with Nalan Fusen, and for a moment neither of them spoke.

Cao Yong's group of guards is an outside class, responsible for the gate guards between Taihe Gate and Baocheng Hall.Cao Yong and Nalan were arranged to guard the left wing gate on the east side of the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After a stroll, the time is about the same.Nalan Fusen and the two previous guards on duty seemed to know each other. After greeting and handing over, they were considered to be on duty.

*
Cao Yong shook the guard knife hanging on his waist, and looked at the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony full of murderous spirit.On both sides of the corridor from the Gate of Supreme Harmony to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a pair of soldiers stood facing each other every ten feet.

In the whole square, there were hundreds of soldiers at least, but they were silent and oppressive.

Being in it, Cao Yong couldn't help standing up straight, his face was a little more serious.At this time, Nalan Fusen said in a low voice: "Brother Cao, don't be too nervous, the morning court is not over yet, and it will be better when the court is over!"

Cao Yong nodded his thanks to Nalan Fusen, but secretly sighed that the emperor's job was not easy.

In spring and summer Maozheng starts discussions, in autumn and winter it is Chenchu, Maozheng is six o'clock in the morning, and Chenchu ​​is seven o'clock in the morning.Moreover, the emperor was not in any hall or palace in the early court, but in front of the Qianqing Gate, also known as the "Qianmen Hearing".Whether it's midsummer or severe winter, the emperor's throne rests under the Qianqing sect, and he discusses politics with his ministers early.

However, it is not Cao Yong's turn to worry about these things. Right now, he only needs to do his job well, that is, keep an eye on the gate and check the waist card when someone comes in and out.Fortunately, he was not on the night shift this time. If he had been on the night shift, he would not be able to leave the palace after the shift was over, and he would have to wait until the next day.

After a while, I heard the sound of drums in the distance, and then I heard the sound of trampling footsteps, and they dispersed.

In twos and threes, princes, Baylor, and ministers of civil and military affairs opened the back right door and the back left door to exit from Qianqingmen square.They will pass through the Taihemen Square, exit the Taihe Gate, cross the Jinshui Bridge, and leave the palace through the Meridian Gate.

When all the princes and ministers dispersed, the palace guards in the corridor in the middle of the square withdrew like a tide.

Cao Yong and Nalan Fusen smiled at each other, it seems that the next need not be as serious as before.Seeing that no one was coming and going, Nalan Fusen pointed out the points that need to be paid attention to as a guard.Cao Yong listened, secretly in mind.

Time flies fast or slow.Near noon, two guards came over to hand over, and Cao Yong was on duty.Standing for two hours, ordinary people must be tired. Fortunately, after so many years of tossing, Cao Yong's physique is getting better and he doesn't take it seriously.

*
Coming out of Donghua Gate, Cao Yong saw Detehei, Nalan Chengping and a few unfamiliar guards, and knew in his heart that these should be Yishizhong's colleagues.

Although Detehei is very tall, his team of guards has only eight people.In addition to the Nalan brothers, he and Cao Yong, there are four other people.Among them, one is a second-class guard, two third-class guards, and one is a Lan Ling guard.Except for the second-class guard, Aji, who was about the same age as Detehei, in his thirties; the other three were all in their twenties.We are all warriors, and we know each other by reporting our names, because they are all older than Cao Yong, so we follow De Tehei and call Cao Yong "Xiao Cao".For a while, Cao Yong felt like he went to an office as an intern in his previous life.

The reception banquet for the newcomers is still required, and it is the VIP building that Nalan Taiping mentioned yesterday.

The VIP building is at the front gate, and everyone rides on horseback and arrives as soon as they talk.

The shops on both sides of the road, all kinds of cries with a Beijing flavor, and all kinds of pedestrians on horseback and sedan chairs make this place look extraordinarily prosperous.

According to the laws in various novels, this restaurant is an area with a high incidence of incidents.Such things as "seeing injustice on the road" or "hero saving the beauty" are usually staged on the stage of the restaurant.

Cao Yong followed the crowd and dismounted in front of the restaurant. Before dinner, there were only a few sparse people in the lobby.De Tehei seems to be a regular customer here, the shopkeeper bowed his body, and came up to greet him personally: "Oh, Mr. De, you came, I knew you were here today, and the private room on the second floor is reserved for you!"

De Tehei nodded: "Good wine and good food, please order it from Maliu, I want to drink a few cups today."

*
VIP building, private room on the second floor.

Everyone said that it was for Cao Yong to catch up with the wind and let Cao Yong take the seat.After all, Cao Yong is not a young man who doesn't know the world, so he repeatedly gave way.In the end, Detehei and Aji took the upper seat, and Cao Yong sat at the lower head of Nalan Fusen, accompanying him on the left side.Nalan Chengping and a third-class guard sat on the right side, and the other two sat on the lower side.

Although Nalan Chengping was not as sticky as yesterday, but he looked at Cao Yong with some calculations in his eyes.Before the food and wine were served, Nalan Chengping wished he could use tea instead of wine, and establish a good relationship with the county king's brother-in-law in front of him.Although he is not too explicit in front of everyone, everyone still recognizes Cao Yong's identity.

When the food and wine came up, it was inevitable that there would be some jokes. Even Cao Yong did a toast with all his heart.Throughout the ages, wine has been the best catalyst for friendship between men.Sure enough, after the two jugs of spirits went down, everyone's atmosphere rose.

Although Cao Yong looks gentle, he drinks happily and is not talkative.The more everyone looked at him, the more they felt pleasing to the eye, and after a while, they hooked their shoulders together and called him brothers.From Cao Yong to Jiangnan, from Jiangnan to beautiful women, from beautiful women to prostitutes in Bada Hutong.Which one has pretty looks, which one has good posture, and all kinds of dirty words, I won't list them one by one.

Except for the two Nalan brothers, the others spoke vulgar words, but they were all men who really had no plans.Cao Yong has been in this world for seven or eight years, and the people he usually comes into contact with are children and teenagers. Now he is drinking and chatting with a bunch of men, and he feels like having dinner with colleagues in his previous life.This feeling, not bad.

*
West of the city, Cao Mansion.

When Cao Yong came back with the smell of alcohol all over his body, it was already dark.Amethyst took a few maids to help Cao Yong change his clothes and wait for him to lie down.

Cao Yong was hazy, but still a little conscious.I just remember that everyone drank too much, it seems that Nalan Fusen sent the boy to each house to deliver letters, and each house picked them up.

Maybe it was because he was drunk, or because he was teased by everyone's dirty talk on the wine table, Cao Yong only felt that his body was uncomfortably hot.

Amethyst saw Cao Yong lying on the bed, her face was flushed, she felt something was wrong, she stretched out her small hand and touched his forehead: "What's the matter, sir, could it be that you catch a cold after drinking?" After touching it, she raised her hand and left.

Cao Yong's body was on fire, and he felt that the slightly cool little hand covering his forehead was very comfortable, how could he let her leave?Both hands were raised at the same time, pulling Amethyst's hand towards her forehead.

Zijing trembled: "Master?"

"Don't move, just stay like this for a while!" Cao Yong's voice was a little hoarse: "I'm uncomfortable!"

"Where is the uncle feeling uncomfortable? Are you homesick?" Amethyst sat on the edge of the bed and asked softly while putting her hand on Cao Yong's forehead again.

Listening to this gentle voice, a picture flashed in Cao Yong's mind.A seven or eight-year-old boy stood by the porch, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid touched the boy's forehead with her hand: "Why are your eyes red, are you still not well?"

Cao Yong closed his eyes, slowly regained his senses, and shook Zijing's hand: "Zijing, you are a good woman, find a man who is worthy of you and marry her!"

Amethyst lowered her head slowly, without saying a word.

In this way, Cao Yong took Amethyst's hand and fell asleep in a daze.

*
"Who are you, why are you in my room? How did this place become like this?" Cao Yong looked at the bright red in front of him, full of doubts.

On the edge of the bed, sitting a beautiful woman with a phoenix crown and a xiapei, said shyly: "My family is my wife!"

"Lady?" Cao Yong remembered in a trance, as if he had worshiped heaven and earth just now.

The beautiful woman stood up, pulled Cao Yong over, and wrapped herself around him like a snake: "Master, tonight is our bridal chamber wedding night!"

The two fell on the bed, and the spring was endless.

*
"Young master, wake up, wake up!"

Cao Yong's ears were buzzing, and he woke up suddenly. He was taken aback, and the feeling he had been away for a long time came up, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

This body is actually an adult.

Right now is not the time to be emotional, only to hear a very anxious voice: "My lord, it's not good, someone's life has been lost!"

Cao Yong woke up immediately, and by the moonlight, he saw Wei Hei standing in front of the bed with blood stains on his chest.

(End of this chapter)