Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 378
In a twinkling of an eye, on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the festival was held at the Ancestral Temple, and Kangxi personally saluted.

The Taimiao is located in the east of Tiananmen Square. It was built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and was the family temple of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.According to the system of etiquette and law, every time the new emperor enthrones, pro-government, big wedding, canonization, longevity, badges, prisoners and other activities, it is necessary to sacrifice to the Taimiao.There is also the need for the four mengs and the big robes at the end of the year every year.

Although the chief priest of the Taimiao Temple was under the management of the Taichang Temple, according to the rules, Kangxi had to go to the Taimiao Temple in a big boat, so Cao Yong and his Taipu Temple were also busy for half a day.

It's just a ceremony. There is not much distance from the palace gate to the Taimiao, but there are many guards of honor, drums, sacrifices and other personnel, making the scene extraordinarily grand and magnificent.

At Sizheng ([-]:[-] a.m.), the grand ceremony for offering sacrifices to the Taimiao ended, and Kangxi returned to the palace. The officials did not have to go to the Yamen, but went to their homes.

According to the system, Kangxi sealed it the day before yesterday, and the officials of various ministries in the capital were sealed by Qin Tianjian on the auspicious day of the twelfth lunar month.

Except for the officials on duty, the others are considered to be on annual leave.After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the auspicious day selected by Qin Tianjian will be printed around the twentieth day of the first lunar month.

The rotation table was arranged by the following principals. For the convenience of Cao Yong, the chief official, he was assigned to the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.Cao Yong accepted his kindness, and also made people buy a lot of food gift boxes and put them on the side of the yamen. They were paid by head, and those who were scheduled to be around the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month were given double or three copies.Of course, this is the funds of the yamen, and the cost is not much, but it makes the officials below feel a lot of caring.

This came out from Tiananmen, Cao Yong and Yi Duli walked for a while.During this time, Yidu hesitated to speak, as if he had something to say.

He changed out of his official uniform and put on his ordinary clothes, and he tidied up very neatly, as if he was looking for relatives and friends.

Cao Yong wondered in his heart, seeing that he is also cheerful on weekdays, what happened today?Could it be that you are going to be a guest at some house, you don't have a lot of money, and you want to borrow money?

I can't blame Cao Yong for thinking this way. Apart from salary, the other money that Beijing officials can receive is limited, which is not as good as the constant filial piety of local officials.However, no matter what the income is, this year's holiday exchanges are indispensable.

The Spring Festival is the time of "three festivals and two longevity", and the officialdom must prepare for the day of filial piety.Not to mention the officialdom, even between relatives, you can't be fooled in the slightest when you come and go, otherwise it's really bad to hurt people's feelings.

Taking Cao's family as an example, the New Year's gift will cost three to four thousand taels of silver.Although it is a lot of spending and a lot of money, every mile and a mile is just a handover, but the subsidized money is nearly a thousand taels.

Yidu made two "hehe" and said, "There is one thing that I would like to ask Furuo about..."

Cao Yong said with a smile: "Look at the embarrassment of the adults. What do you think the younger generation is? What do you want to inquire about? What the younger generation can say, they know everything and say everything."

Yi Duli raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal..." At this point, he hesitated for a while, thinking about Cao Yong's character in the past, he would never touch women. .

Although the two are relatively close, and they are also related to their in-laws, they are different from ordinary colleagues, but there are still some things that should not be too casual.Thinking of this, Yi Duli changed his words and said with a smile: "There is an old man in my family who also loves tea. I heard that the winter tea from Prince Ping's Mansion and Prince Chun's Mansion was discovered by Fu Ruo when he was in Shandong. Let me help you find out. Since Shandong is producing tea, what about Zhili and Jingji?"

Cao Yong could not help but wry smile, where did he know this.

Over the years, although Cao Yong has gone to many places, most of them are on the road.In addition, the ability to grow tea trees in the local area has something to do with water quality, soil quality, and tea-making methods, so that good tea can finally come out.

He was a layman to tea, and he took advantage of it only because he remembered the producing areas of several famous teas.

Cao Yong replied: "My lord, do you think that the younger generation has the time to go to Zhili? In these years, except for going back and forth between Jiangning and Shandong, I have never been to Zhili."

Yi Duli smiled and said: "I just asked casually like this, just do my best after asking!"

While talking, we have reached the intersection, Cao Yong is going west, and Yiduli's family lives in the north of the city, so the two will leave.

Yi Duli did not go back to his home, nor did he visit relatives and friends, but came to the shore of Shichahai.

At the place we made an appointment with yesterday, there was already a man in a cotton robe waiting there.Seeing that Yi Duli had arrived, he hurriedly lifted the box on the ground, stepped forward, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, sir, you are here, I have been waiting for you for half an hour!"

Yidu stood on the horse and said to the boy behind him, "Reward!"

The boy took out a piece of broken silver and threw it into the man's arms.

The man quickly picked it up and put it in his arms with a smile.Yi Duli looked at the bamboo tube pinned to his waist, and asked, "Is everything tidied up?"

The man said with a smile: "As I ordered, all the sticks have been painted with braised chicken."

Yi Duli thought about the smiling face of that "Madam Bai", and felt so itchy in his heart that he was about to ask Cao Yong in front of him.But it's ridiculous when you think about it, even though the other party is a little widow, it's not easy for Shangguan to get involved and pretend to be a pimp.

Yi Duli raised his whip, pointed to the gate not far away, and asked, "Does his little grandma still draw lots every day?"

The man said: "Back to the uncle, he smokes every day! He smokes several fat chickens every day, and they are all casual rewards, so that the concierge has met the young ones these days, and it is called a kiss!"

Yi Duli nodded, and instead of looking for a place to hide, he stood not far from the door diagonally.Afterwards, he said to the man, "Scream!"

The man bowed in response, and went to the door of the house, pulling his neck and shouting: "Fat stewed chicken...Fat stewed chicken..."

Before the sound of yelling came to an end, the door of the house was opened, and a young servant poked his head out and said with a bit of reproach: "Why is it so late today, our little grandma has already asked people to ask me twice?"

The man leaned forward and said with a smile: "During the new year, there are many people who buy stewed chicken, so they were delayed in other alleys!"

The young man asked the man to wait, and turned around to send a message to the second gate.

After a while, I saw a half-purple body protruding from the door.Yi Duli looked at his neck, but couldn't see his face vaguely, so he urged the horse to take a few steps forward, and heard a soft voice saying: "Today is to see how luck is, I only smoked two cigarettes yesterday. , I'm really not happy."

It was Yang Shi Ruixue who came out, and because she lived alone in the house here during the new year, she was extremely bored, so she took the daily lottery as a pastime.

The man smiled flatteringly and said: "Grandma must be very lucky today, she must draw a dozen or so!"

"You can talk, but you are just coaxing people. Who knows if you have tampered with the lottery! Otherwise, why are you smoking less and less every day!" At this point, Yang Ruixue covered her with a handkerchief. He pursed his mouth and smiled coquettishly.

The man hurriedly said: "Little grandma, the young ones eat this kind of food, and don't dare to break the rules and earn black-hearted money! You can ask around in these alleys, the small nickname is Lujizhang, it is the most duty-bound people!"

Because he had seen her more often in the past few days, this man also looked at Yang Ruixue a little less dignified, and his eyes became less honest.

Yang Ruixue was in the house here, she hadn't touched a man for a long time, and she was panicking about him.Even though she didn't like this stewed chicken seller, she was not annoyed by the frivolous look in his eyes.She straightened her waist more and more, and said with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and pass the lottery!"

Only then did the man remember his "errand", there is a master banner man behind him, is he playing for his life, dare to grab "food" with the nobleman.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back, only to see Yi Duli standing a few feet away riding a horse.

Yang Ruixue also leaned out halfway, and looked behind the man, but she was standing directly opposite Yidu.

After half a year in the capital, Yang Ruixue also developed a pair of good eyesight, and with just one glance, she knew that she was an official.

Yi Duli was thinking about it today, and his whole body was glamorous.Yang Ruixue was looking at the python satin on Yi Duli's body and the gems inlaid on the hat, and felt that the other party's gaze was sticking to her body.

Although men don't pay attention to whether they look good or not, but speaking of it, Itoli is in his thirties, tall, with a refined appearance, and can be considered a dignified appearance.

Seeing him staring at her so eagerly, Yang Ruixue turned half of her face sideways and squinted her eyes.

Yi Du stood straight and felt that his body was crisp, thinking that among the women he had seen, there was no such style.

Yang Ruixue glanced several times before realizing how abrupt this man was, so she couldn't help but stare twice.Although she stared, but with the resentment on her face, it seemed like she was being coquettish.

Yi Duli stared straight at his eyes, and it took him a while to regain his composure.

Although she knew that the man was looking at her, Yang Ruixue didn't shy away from it. This is a private house, and it's not easy for the other party to break in.Therefore, she exposed her waist and asked the man selling braised chicken to give her a bamboo stick.

The man held a bamboo stick and sent it forward, Yang Ruixue used a handkerchief to cushion it, and twisted out a bamboo stick.Seeing the appearance of a chick outlined in red ink, Yang Ruixue immediately burst into a smile, clapped her hands lightly and said, "I got it, I got it!"

The man flattered: "The young one is Grandma who is lucky today, you see, isn't that so?"

Yang Ruixue giggled, handed the stick to the maid behind her, and twisted another one out, her eyes were bright, adding a bit of coquettishness.

"It's still!" Yang Ruixue smiled while holding up the lottery, but she glanced towards Yiduli. Seeing his foolish appearance, she pursed her lips and smiled, and beckoned the man to continue drawing lots.

When the third stick was also stewed chicken, Yang Ruixue just smiled.She was originally a girl from a businessman's family, so she naturally knew the twists and turns of the businessman.

To her, buying stewed chicken is just playing with the lottery, as a pastime to relieve boredom.She couldn't believe that her luck was so good that she won three shots in a row.She made a serious face, and took out half a handful of sticks.

Sure enough, just as she had guessed, each stick was a marinated chicken stick.

Yang Ruixue opened her beautiful eyes, and even though she was looking at the stewed chicken seller, she knew in her heart that it probably had something to do with the man standing on the road.

Seeing that the man who sold the stewed chicken had revealed his details, he said with a smile: "Little grandma, don't be upset!" Having said that, he pointed to Yiduri and said, "That master said he was your old friend. Playing this, I ordered the little one to do this, so that I can please you!"

Yang Ruixue shuddered when she heard the word "old friend", she quickly raised her head, and looked at Yi Duli carefully, but she was not the one she had seen before.Last time in the restaurant, she was drunk and only looked at Cao Yong again, so she had no impression of Yidu.

Yi Duli stared stupidly for a long time, and seeing Yang Ruixue looking over, he knew that his kung fu was not far off, so he turned over, walked in and cupped his fists and said, "Excuse me, are you Mrs. Bai?"

Yang Ruixue's face immediately changed, she restrained her frivolity, and looked at Yi Duli suspiciously.In the Li family, people who always called her "Grandma Yang" and "Miss Yang" concealed her husband's surname.

Who is this person in front of him, how can he know his height?Her face was uncertain, and she asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask this old man..."

Yi Duli said: "Two months ago, I met the young lady once by chance!"

Seeing her puzzled look, Yi Du immediately patted his forehead and said: "By the way, Madam was drunk last time, and I was traveling with Master Cao Yong Cao, and I met Madam at the Qianmen Tavern."

When he said this, Yang Ruixue knew that she was thinking too much about her size, so she smiled and said: "That's why, the little girl lost her composure last time, and let this old man see a joke!"

Yi Du quickly waved his hands and said, "Madam, you are welcome, here... I think this is Madam's cousin's house where she lives temporarily?"

Yang Ruixue nodded and said: "This is the idle house of my cousin's family. It just so happened that the little girl went to Beijing, so she stayed here temporarily."

Yiduri has walked around here several times in the past few days, which also caused people to inquire.Because Li Ding and his son usually go out early and come back late, they are a bit secretive. After random inquiries, he found out that this family seems to be a woman. Hearing Yang Ruixue's words matched him, he felt more and more happy...
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In addition, Xiaocao's physical book Dangdang Excellence is on the shelves. Friends who like this book can buy it if they want to. .

The first change is over, and the second change of the nine code words has gone. .

(End of this chapter)