Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 411
Haidian, Caoyuan, Jingchunzhai.

This is the northwest corner of Caojiayuanzi, a small courtyard facing the water.There are three north rooms, two bright and one dark, and two east and west rooms.There are several green peaches planted in the yard, and the branches are already full of prosperity, quietly bearing fruit.

This is Cao Song's residence in the garden, chosen by himself.

Because it is close to the water and the level is like a mirror, this courtyard was originally called Jingchunzhai.After Cao Song came over, he fell in love with this place, so he changed the name to "Jingchunzhai".The deep meaning in it is only known in his heart.

Because Cao Song and his brothers all lived here, several civil and military masters invited by Cao Yong also lived here, so that they could teach them to prepare for the exam.

In the first half of the day, Cao Song followed his two younger brothers to learn strategies from his master, and in the second half of the day, he practiced foot marksmanship in the school yard, and returned to the garden sweating profusely.

Yuqian, Yuchan, and Yuying all served in the garden. Because there was no jade spider, and one of the maids was missing, Zhao Jia chose another girl to fill in. The name was Yumo, 15 years old, with an ordinary appearance. , It looks very duty-bound.

Yuchan and Yuying are both in their twenties this year, reaching the age of release.The two originally hoped to let them out and find a stable man to marry, so they also asked people about the young servant in the mansion, and they looked at the two they liked.But because Zhao Jia didn't pay attention, and forgot to let people go, the matter dragged on.

Although Yuchan and Yuying were anxious, they also knew the rules, and there was absolutely no reason for a girl to mention this kind of thing first.Therefore, they had no choice but to wait, thinking that when the filial piety was born in August, the second master had promised to marry, and before and after grandma came in, it was appointed that personnel should be rearranged.

Although the two cousins ​​were very dissatisfied with the jade spider at first, after all, they have guarded the same yard for five or six years, and seeing her end up like that, they are also very sad.

The remaining Jade Dragon was fed medicine, and was implicated by the Jade Spider and ruined his face.The two of them had no choice but to pray that the future second mistress would be a kind person.If it's not like Yulong who can't have children and is ugly, there is no room for her to stand.

When Cao Song came back from outside, Yuchan, Yuying and Yumo were in the upper room lighting incense and catching bugs, but Yulong was not there.

Seeing Cao Song coming back, everyone served water, handed handkerchief handkerchief, and helped him change clothes and freshen up.

After Cao Song changed his clothes, he drank two cups of warm tea to quench his thirst.Yuchan stepped forward and asked, "Second Master, should we pass on the meal now, or wait a while?"

Cao Song waved his hand and said, "Let's pass it on. I'm a little hungry." Speaking of which, he looked around, but he didn't see the jade dragon. He was a little surprised and said, "Where is the jade dragon? Why don't you see it? It's in her room again. stay?"

The life of Yulong is easier said than done.Even though she was in better health, Zhao Jia still sent people to tell her to behave, but Xu saw that the scars on her face were not pleasing to the eye, so after two days she would not be allowed to go near her again.

After Yulong came to this garden, she never left it.Except for Cao Song who came to serve him when he was there, the cat stayed in his own room at other times and rarely appeared in front of people.

Seeing Cao Song asking about Yuqin, Yuchan said with a bit of worry: "Looking at her for the past few days, the servant girl asked her, it seems that it is hot, and she... the wound on her face is very itchy, and she sleeps at night. Unsettled..."

When Cao Song heard this, he looked embarrassed and said, "Master, go and have a look at her, and ask someone to tell the kitchen, don't put soy sauce in my grandpa's dishes today, and don't put it in my grandpa's dishes... ..."

Yu Chan went down in response, Cao Song rubbed his face and picked up the curtain to go out.

Yuqin lived in the East Wing. Cao Song walked to the door and wanted to knock on the door. He put his hand on the door and put it down again, and pushed the door gently to enter.

Yulong sat on a small scorpion, lying on the edge of the kang, next to the kang was a pair of needles and threads, on which were half-embroidered pomegranate flowers.

When Xu Shi heard the movement, Yulong slowly opened her eyes and saw that it was Cao Song, but she didn't react for a while.

Cao Song took two steps forward, frowned and said, "Since you're sleepy, let's rest on the kang. Sitting and sleeping like this, I'm so tired!"

Only then did Yulong come to her senses, stood up with a smile and said, "The servant girl was thinking about finishing this job, so she turned over without thinking about it."

Seeing that Cao Song had already changed into neat clothes, Yuqing said, "Second Lord, after washing up, have you eaten your lunch yet? This servant will wait for you to eat!"

Cao Song turned around and said: "I haven't eaten yet, come here quickly, let's have dinner together today!"

Just as Yulong wanted to say that was against the rules, Cao Song had already opened the door and left.

Looking at Cao Song's back, Yuqin reached out and touched the scar on his face, looking melancholy.

After a while, someone from the kitchen had brought food, and Yulong packed up and came over.

Cao Song pulled her to sit down, put the chopsticks into her hands, and said: "From today on, I'm staring at you, seeing that you don't have any meat on your body! No matter whether it suits your appetite or not, you always have to eat. You can see that Don't let you look sick and crooked. Zuo Ye is not picky about eaters, if you want to eat anything, just use the name of the master to make people go to the kitchen!"

"This...Second master...servant..." Yuqin wanted to get up and wait, but Cao Song grabbed her and said, "What are you fussing about? I'm hungry, hurry up and eat. While it's still bright, I'll take you Let's go to the garden."

Seeing that Cao Song was determined, Yulong nodded slightly without getting up again.

Only then did Cao Song show a smile on his face, put a chicken leg into the jade dragon bowl, and said: "We each have one, this is a pheasant sent by Changping Zhuangzi, it tastes good!"

Seeing that the few dishes in front of her were all light in color, Yuqian felt warm in her heart, took a bite of the chicken leg, and felt a little hungry.

Seeing that Yulong had eaten it, Cao Song took one himself. Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, he saw Yuying stepping in quickly and said, "Second Lord, there is a message in the front yard that the uncle sent someone to look for Second Master. Waiting outside the door."

"Brother sent someone to look for me?" Cao Song was a little surprised, because he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't dare to delay, so he put down the chicken leg and said to Yulong, "You eat first, so that the food doesn't get cold. Master, go ahead and have a look." !"

"Yeah!" Yulong got up and responded, and sent Cao Song out of the house.

Because Cao Song's yard is at the innermost part of the garden, and the distance is not close, Cao Song trotted all the way and went out of the second gate.

Outside the second door, standing is Xiaoman, Cao Yong's personal servant.Xiaoman looked up at the sky, and at the same time looked at Ermen.Seeing Cao Song coming out, he hurried forward and said, "Oh, second master, you can come out, go with the little one, you won't be able to enter the city if you stay late!" As he said, he had already sent someone to lead Cao Song's horse .

"Back to the city, what's wrong with brother? Or sister-in-law..." Seeing Xiaoman's anxiety, Cao Song asked hastily, startled.

Xiao Man heard this, shook his head, and said: "Uncle and Grandma are fine, Second Master, don't try to screw it up, the younger one is worried that we won't be able to enter the city because it's getting late." Having said that, he paused Suddenly, a ghostly smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Second Master, it's Dong E's cousin who is here..."

Xiaoman has always been by Cao Yong's side, and when Cao Song talked about Jinghui with his elder brother, he didn't avoid him, so he knew what Cao Song was thinking.

When Cao Yong told Cao Fang to send people to deliver letters everywhere, he specifically mentioned that he asked Xiaoman to look for Cao Song, just because he was afraid that others would not be able to explain clearly.

Hearing the words "Miss Biao of Dong E's family", Cao Song was already stunned.

At this time, someone had already come to reply, saying that the horses were ready.Seeing that Cao Song was still in a daze, Xiaoman hurriedly said: "Hey, good second master, don't be in a daze soon, so as not to get in the city gate and be delayed, let's talk about whether we can see you tomorrow!"

"The ugly girl is here? In our house, when did you come? What are you doing here?" Cao Song came to his senses, grabbed Xiao Man's arm, and asked endlessly.

This matter can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences, Xiao Man said with a smile: "Second Master, don't worry, let's return first, there is a lot of time on the way, let me talk to Second Master slowly!"

At this time, Cao Song was already returning home like an arrow, and strode out of the garden.The sky is getting dark, if you want to rush into the city at the gate of the city, you have to hurry.

"Drive, drive!" Cao Song got on his horse, flicked his whip, and galloped towards the capital...

Wu Sheng heard that Cao Song was going back to the city, so he followed him out, and wanted to ask the second wife how to explain, but in the blink of an eye, there was only smoke and dust left.

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West of the city, Cao Mansion.

When Cao Yong came back from the Yamen of the Infantry Capital, it was already sunset and the sky was filled with colorful clouds.Longkodo came back from Changchun Garden, brought Kangxi's handwritten letter, and handed over the Jueluo family to the Ministry of Punishment.

It was inconvenient for Cao Yong to go with him, so he sent Cao Fang to follow him, and he would go up and down first.Because Luo Shi is the patriarch's daughter and is ordered by imperial edict, and this is a case to be tried by Kangxi's decree, no one will make things difficult for the old man.

Although it has only been a few hours since Gandu stopped the car and Jueluo's infantry all commanded the yamen to knock on the door, there has already been talk among the market.

Mr. Zhuang happened to see that he was in a good mood today, so he went to the teahouse outside, and just heard about it.It would be okay if it was just about the Gali family, he just took it as a joke, but after hearing that Mr. Cao was involved, Mr. Zhuang felt a little worried and hurried back home.

As a result, when people inquired, it was really Cao Yong, and Mr. Zhuang couldn't help frowning.He left a message at the concierge, telling Cao Yong to look for him in the study when he came back.

Therefore, after Cao Yong entered the mansion, he did not enter the inner house, but came directly to the study.

Entering the study room, seeing Mr. Zhuang's face full of deep color, Cao Yong rubbed his forehead and said: "Sir, I must have heard about it. I really didn't expect that Kari would do this. Old lady... hey..."

Thinking of Jue Luo's gray-haired appearance, Cao Yong could only sigh.After this lawsuit, even if it didn't end well after poisoning his wife's gift, Luo Shi didn't know how sad he should be.

When Mr. Zhuang saw that Cao Yong only thought about how Luo Shi felt, he couldn't help being angry and funny, and said: "What about the old man, don't worry about it for now. Since it is a knock-on case, the Lord Long Live will arrange for people to judge it. But Fu Ruo you yourself , why are you meddling in all these irrelevant things?"

Cao Yong saw that Mr. Zhuang's words were reproachful, and he still defended himself: "Isn't this just a good time to catch up? I know this is Dong'e's family affairs, and outsiders should not get involved."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said: "Since Furuo knows, he should know to avoid it. Even if you want to send Mrs. Dong Etai to the yamen of the infantry capital, you don't have to go there in person, and you are still wearing an official uniform. Mrs. Tai is already The ancient old man had a quarrel with his son, so he went to kowtow like this. Those who know the details are fine. Those who know the old lady is stubborn, but those who don't know think it's you secretly instigated. People from Dong E's family. Besides Dong E's family, there is also Prince Yu's mansion."

I got up in the middle of the night today. Cao Yong had been running outside for a day and hadn't eaten yet. He was tired and tired.

Although he knew that Mr. Zhuang's words were all for his own good, but Cao Yong was helpless, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, you haven't seen the miserable scene of the old lady. If the quarrel is okay, it was poisoned. No matter what Dissatisfaction, considering that the old man is over eighty years old, it should not be the case."

When Mr. Zhuang heard this, he was taken aback.He had heard it in the teahouse before, but he only knew that Mrs. Dong E's family was going to sue the imperial court, and his children and grandchildren knelt down on the street to stop him, but they didn't stop him.

When Gali was dismissed from office the year before last, Kangxi once mentioned "what about his mother" in his edict.Therefore, in these four or nine cities, when it comes to Gali, the former governor of Liangjiang who was dismissed from office, many people know that his future is lost in the hands of his mother.

"Poison killing?" Mr. Zhuang's face was also filled with anger, and he said: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a thing. Even if mother and child are born, they should still remember the word 'filial piety'!"

Cao Yong said: "Perhaps because of the entanglement of being dismissed from office the year before last, I have resentment in my heart. I am also a coincidence today. My husband did not see the urgency at that time. The son of Ga Li accompanied the dean with him. He was already robbing people in the street. Someone Seeing them, they beat me up and almost beat me to death. I didn’t understand how unscrupulous they were, but I didn’t understand why they took the old lady back until I heard that Gali himself admitted to the poisoning.”

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, sighed, and said after a long while: "I can't blame you for this, I thought you always knew the importance, so you shouldn't be so reckless..."

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