Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 404
Although it was Chu Yu who was suffering, but two well-known old doctors were invited to check the pulse, and they all said that there was no problem.

The weather was getting hotter, and Chu Yu was afraid of the heat, so she didn't want to go out of the house, and Zhao Jia was also busy and stuffy, so she asked twice about Haidian Garden.Wu Sheng has already come back and reported that the garden has been tidied up.

Wu Sheng once followed Cao Yong to Yizhou and worked as a housekeeper in the mansion there.Now back in the capital, there is Cao Zhong, the old housekeeper at Earl's Mansion, so Cao Yong asked him to keep an eye on the project of the garden, and he can be regarded as an outside housekeeper
The Cao family's garden is on the edge of Haidian Town, and Cao Yong went to see it once again. It is already full of flowers and trees, and it is the time when the green leaves are green and the mountain flowers are brilliant.

It’s just that Chuyu is already six months old, and the road to Haidian outside the city is smooth, but the outside of the city is not as good as inside, and it’s inconvenient to ask a doctor, so even if it’s hot, Cao Yong doesn’t dare to let him go to the garden. go.

Cao Yong asked Mr. Tian and Mr. Zhuang to see if they went to escape the summer heat.It was inconvenient for the two of them to go because of Chuyu, only the members of the second room of the Cao family went, and they all said that they would not go there first, and they would talk about it later.

On this day, April [-]th, just in time for Cao Yong to rest and take a bath, he took Cao Song and his brothers to send Zhaojia's family to a garden outside the city to escape the summer heat.

The garden is divided into three roads. Mrs. Zhao Jia lived in several courtyards on the West Road with her son and daughter.

Cao Yong has been busy here for half a day. After his younger brothers and sisters have settled down, he gave Cao Song a few more careful instructions before returning to the city.

After entering the city, when Cao Yong returned to Cao Mansion, it was already dusk.

As soon as Cao Yong arrived at the gate, before he got off his horse, a porter reported that two Shuji scholars from the Hanlin Academy had come to ask for an audience, and they had been waiting in the side hall for a long time.

A concubine from the Imperial Academy?Cao Yong got off his horse and remembered the few people he met when he sent Cheng Mengxing off last time.Although of course they were polite to each other and said that they would visit Yunyun in the future, but it has been more than a month, how did they remember it?

When Cao Yong entered the side hall, two people got up from their seats.One of them is acquainted, it is Cheng Mengxing's same year, named Wang Mengxu, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy.Another person, about the same age as Wang Mengxu, looked unfamiliar, and it should be the first time we met.

"Mengxu has met Mr. Cao!" Wang Mengxu bowed.The other person also stood up.

Cao Yong laughed and said, "Brother Wang, you're welcome. Because I went out of the city today, I didn't know that there was a visitor at home. Please wait for a long time!" Then he called someone to bring tea to them again.

Wang Mengxu said with a bit of shame: "It's all Mengxu's rudeness, and he was an uninvited guest. Please don't blame me, my lord!"

Cao Yong invited the two of them to sit down. Speaking of which, there are not many people who visit directly like this.But things flock together and people are divided into groups. Since Cheng Mengxing is a good friend, he should not be an ordinary person.

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Brother Wang, you don't have to be polite..." At this point, he looked at Wang Mengxu's companion and said, "Who is this gentleman?"

This saved Wang Mengxu from introducing the two of them, so he hurriedly said: "Master Cao, this is Mengxu's colleague, Guisi Enke Jinshi Juan!" Then he said to the man: "Brother Tairan, this is Mrs. Servant Master Cao!"

Cao Yong met that person again, and all the talents were divided into guests and hosts.

Seeing Wang Mengxu hesitated to speak, Cao Yong couldn't help thinking, could it be that he borrowed money?It's not justified to borrow money from someone I've only met once.

After hesitating again and again, Wang Mengxu still bit the bullet and said the reason.

It turned out that it was really related to money, but he didn't borrow money from Cao Yong, but came to ask for it.

It turned out that Wang Mengxu had a friend from the same hometown who went to the capital to run an official.He didn't find anyone he liked for a while, so he took over the shop and opened a southern paper shop, selling some books along the way.

These days, when the Shuntian government office searched for banned books, they went to that shop.It was also Wang Mengxu's fellow countryman who was careless and entrusted the shop to a clansman to take care of it, but he started to ban books in the yamen and promoted a lot of pornographic novels in the market.

His clansman saw that he had been stabbed in the basket, and was afraid of taking responsibility, so he took the money on the account and ran away.There is no shopkeeper here, so the yamen naturally wants to find the shopkeeper and ask about the source of the forbidden book.

Piansheng, the boss, usually doesn't ask about business matters at all, how does he know these things.

Zaoli in the yamen was so fooled, the more the owner gritted his teeth and kept silent, the more they thought there was a big fish behind him, and the more they became sympathetic.

When Wang Mengxu got the letter, his friend had already been detained in Shuntian Mansion.Although his friend has the fame of being a supervisor, in the capital, being a supervisor is not even a fart, and has no weight at all.

When some of their fellow villagers went to the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture to inquire, they were charged with smuggling banned books.If this crime is convicted, not to mention the loss of fame, but also "one hundred rods, three years in prison".

Wang Mengxu and the others talked nonsense, and only then did they speak out, and they wanted to charge a fine.A total of 3000 volumes of banned books were collected in that shop, and the fine was [-] taels of silver for each volume, which was [-] taels.

Wang Mengxu and the others are just a few humble students who have just entered the Imperial Academy, and their entire net worth of hundreds of taels is not bad, where can they get 3000 taels?
Wang Mengxu ran away from the Xuzhou Guild Hall and found a few fellow villagers. Hearing that they were borrowing money, they all changed their faces.

Wang Mengxu has been busy for two days, but has made no progress, and his mouth is full of blisters in anxiety.It just so happened that Juan also knew his fellow villager, had received favor from him, and was willing to do his best.However, he is also very cash-strapped and powerless.

In the end, there was really nothing to do with money. Wang Mengxu remembered Cao Yonglai, the biggest Beijing official he knew.Although I have only met once, but with the meaning of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, I came here bravely.

After hearing this, Cao Yong knew that he was selling banned books, and he didn't have a good impression of Wang Mengxu's friend, so he didn't want to get involved in this matter.Although it is not a big deal to send a hand sticker and inform the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, but there is a lot of human affection in it.For a businessman who sells banned books, Cao Yong is unwilling to owe this favor.

It's just that since Wang Mengxu came to the door once, it's better not to let him come in vain. Cao Yong thought about whether to help some money.

Although Zaoli from Shuntian Mansion asked for three thousand, but none of them were dead, and in the end they couldn't find any money, so they gave some money and let them go.

Seeing that Cao Yong had no intention of agreeing, Wang Mengxu sighed inwardly, feeling a little disappointed.He thought in his heart that it would be great if Cheng Mengxing was here. To the Cheng family, 3000 taels of silver is nothing.Please don't trust the favors here, do you really want to borrow money from Cheng Zhai, Cheng Mengxing's niece?

It is easy to say "yes" to other people's invitations, but difficult to say "no", especially to Wang Mengxu, who is not annoying.

Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, wondering what to say.

Wang Mengxu is nearly [-] years old, and he can see that Cao Yong doesn't want to be nosy, so he smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, don't be embarrassed, Mengxu shouldn't have come today. It's also Li Wei's bad luck. It is really presumptuous to end up in this prison, and please don't blame me, my lord!" Then he got up and said goodbye.

Li Wei, the person who was detained in Shuntian Mansion for selling banned books in a shop, his name is Li Wei?

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Brother Wang, please go slowly, do you dare to ask Zunyou from the south?"

Wang Mengxu replied: "Li Wei is Mengxu's fellow villager, from Xuzhou."

Cao Yong calculated the time in his mind. Since he was able to be the governor in the Yongzheng Dynasty, he might start to be an official now, but he doesn't know whether this Li Wei is that Li Wei.

Li Wei, the head of the three model governors who was praised by Emperor Yongzheng, did he ever face a lawsuit for selling banned books?

, perhaps because of the worship of legendary figures, Cao Yong pondered for a moment, and said to Wang Mengxu: "Brother Wang, don't worry, it's getting late today, and I'll ask someone to go to the yamen tomorrow to ask what the rules are. If If you really violated the law of the country, then the yamen will judge it arbitrarily, if you can get it redeemed, let's think about it!"

Wang Mengxu was already in despair, but he didn't expect Cao Yong to agree, so he couldn't help but stood up, made a long bow and said: "My lord is righteous, Mengxu thanked you for Li Wei!"

Cao Yong then got up, stretched out his hand to help him and said: "Brother Wang, please don't be too polite, it's just a little effort, I hope I can help Brother Wang!"

Wang Mengxu thanked him again and again, seeing that it was too late to delay, he took his leave and left.

Cao Yong sent the two to the entrance of the hall, but he was a little guilty in his heart, whether he was too snobbish.

Before, he was still thinking of "nothing to do with himself", but when he heard that it was Li Wei who was detained, maybe he was the legendary Governor of Liangjiang in later generations, he readily agreed.

Thinking of this, he sighed, feeling a little bored, and entered the second door feeling disappointed.Now Mrs. Zhao Jia took Cao Song and the others to the garden. Most of the population in the mansion has been reduced here, so it feels a bit deserted.

Because of Li Wei's matter, Cao Yong thought of the fourth elder brother again, where is the dog?If it was fabricated by a novelist, then when did this Li Wei "hook up" with the fourth elder brother?
Since I had a drink with the fourth elder brother in the thirteenth elder brother's house last year, Cao Yong's tail has grown a lot.Perhaps in the eyes of the third elder brother, the eighth elder brother and others, he has been labeled as the fourth elder brother.

Cao Yong has no ghosts in his heart, and Mr. Zhuang is by his side, so he doesn't need to worry about being misunderstood by Kangxi, so he lets others think about it.

It is estimated that staring back and forth, did not find any tricks, those people are also tired of crooked, the tail behind Cao Yong is gone.

That's right, let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the six nine ministers, who is like him, and goes home as soon as he falls into office.The life of two points and one line should be as regular as possible.

Before arriving at Wutong Garden, Cao Yong saw a person standing at the gate of the yard.

Because the night was getting darker, some couldn't see clearly, until he got close, Cao Yong didn't see that it was the little girl Wu En.

Seeing Cao Yong, Wu En hurriedly leaned over and said, "Master..."

When Wu En was brought back from the grassland by Cao Yong, he was only ten years old. This year he is already fifteen, and he looks like a big girl.Because she is Mongolian, she is taller and looks stronger than other people in the house.

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Why did you come here? Your Zijing sister sent you to answer?"

In the past few years since Wu En came to Cao Mansion, he has been by Zijing's side all the time.Because of her young age, Cao Yong had already confessed that she need not be sent on an errand.After Hang Seng entered the mansion last year, Wu En came to Wutong Garden because the Mongolian lady who came with him could not speak Chinese.

A few days ago, Hang Seng moved to Sunflower Courtyard, and Wu En followed him.

After listening to Cao Yong's question, Wu En didn't respond immediately, tears had already flowed out, and he choked up and said: "Master, Sister Zijing is ill..."

Cao Yong bluffed, frowned and said: "What? Sick? Then why are you here? Did the imperial doctor invite you?"

Wu En wiped his tears and said: "The slave girl wants to go back and forth to grandma, sister Zijing doesn't allow it, she just said it's not in the way, it's good to sleep, don't let grandma be disturbed. But just now the slave girl went to see, sister Zijing is burning, don't look at it Good job! This servant wants to report to grandma, but she is afraid that grandma will be anxious and feel uncomfortable."

Cao Yong was anxious, and said to Wu En: "You go to the front yard to find the housekeeper, just tell me what I said, and send a car to bring the imperial doctor over immediately!" After speaking, he turned around and walked quickly to the sunflower courtyard.

Amethyst lived in the wing room of the sunflower courtyard. When Cao Yong passed by, the lights were already on in the room, and there was only a little girl beside her, Liu Ye, guarding her.

Zijing was lying on the kang, her eyes were closed, her face was flushed.Liu Ye was sitting on the edge of the kang with a towel, wiping Amethyst's sweat.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Liu Ye thought it was Wu En, and said with a bit of blame: "Where did you go crazy? Don't pick the time!"

Seeing that no one was replying, Liu Ye turned her head and found that it was the master Cao Yong. She hurriedly stood up and said with a little panic: "Master, slave... slave..."

In a hurry, she spoke poorly.

Cao Yong took two steps quickly, walked to the edge of the Kang, reached out to try Amethyst's forehead, it was hot.

Hearing voices, Zijing opened her eyes in a daze, and muttered: "I'm fine...don't go to Wutong Garden..."

After seeing clearly that it was Cao Yong, Zijing showed a little smile on her face, and said: "It's the uncle who came..."

Cao Yong saw her like this, with a bit of anger on his face, he said: "They are all sick like this, why don't you let people talk about it?"

Zijing struggled to get up, her body was so weak, how could she get up again?

Afraid that Cao Yong was in a hurry, she hurriedly persuaded her: "Your servant just caught a cold last night, it's not a serious problem, sir, don't worry..."
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