Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 419
On April 53th in the [-]rd year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi ordered the Empress Dowager to spend the summer outside the Great Wall, and ordered the three elder brothers, the fourth elder brothers, the eighth elder brothers, the fifteenth elder brothers, the sixteenth elder brothers, and the seventeenth elder brothers to accompany them. start.

Tens of thousands of people are still mighty and mighty, thirty miles a day. On May [-]st, the holy driver will stop at the Rehe Palace.

In the past ten days, Cao Yong's life was very leisurely, and he only traveled for three or four hours a day, and the rest of the time, he just stopped along the way.

Cao Yong either played chess with Tang Zhiyu, or he roasted a chicken with the sixteenth elder brother and played a tooth-fighting sacrifice.It's nothing more than a domestic chicken, the people and horses are alarming, the places they pass, even if there is game, are still several miles away.Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen are both lazy people, and they were impatient to ask others to rob them, so they bought two chickens from a nearby house and roasted them for fun, but it was also a special taste.

Elder Seventeen didn't see him very often. This year Fujin followed Fujin for the first time outside the Great Wall. Whenever he had a little free time, Elder Seventeen was busy going with Fujin.

Several other princes and elder brothers also brought along their concubine Fujin, but only the sixteenth elder brother brought two Shu Fujin.Because the body of the sixteenth Fujin was not in good shape after giving birth, it was inconvenient for her to travel, and the side Fujin Li had to take care of her younger brother, so she also stayed in Beijing.

Brother Sixteen is now in a good relationship with Fujin Shiliu and Fujin Li, but he doesn't care much about other female relatives.These two concubine Fujin just followed him to attend to his daily life.

The princes can take care of their families, but the civil and military officials who follow them are not qualified to do so.Counting the half a year with your fingers, how do you pass the time?

I saw that there are more and more young servants around the civil servants, and Ghoshha next to the military officer is very young, and there are more and more people laughing nastyly in the ceremony room.

It's not the first time for Cao Yong to follow a retinue, and he naturally knows about these things, without him, he just feels sick in his heart.It's not that it discriminates against same-sex blind dates, it's just that it's unacceptable to use this as a way to solve animal desires.

Besides Xiaoman and Wei Hei, Cao Yong was followed by Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong.Among them, Xiaoman is the youngest, also eighteen years old, and looks like a young man.

Xiaoman had a handsome appearance when he was young. A few years ago, Elder Sixteen teased him, telling him to follow him into the palace to eat and drink.After hearing this, Xiao Man didn't say anything on the face, but rolled his eyes in his heart.Entering the palace, isn't that being a father-in-law?
Now, seeing that Xiao Man has grown up and doesn't look smart, Elder Sixteen even mentioned to Cao Yong that he wants to transfer his two children.After Cao Yong heard this, he quickly pushed it away. He has some hobbies, but it is not easy to develop.

Cao Yong couldn't help being a little suspicious because he saw the [-]th elder brother mentioning too many times. This kid won't develop in that direction, right?
There are quite a few officials in Beijing who keep child molesters, especially the officials from Fujian and Zhejiang, where masculinity is prevalent. If there are not many child molesters serving in the study, they will be ashamed to entertain guests.

However, Cao Yong doesn't want Brother Sixteen to get this.Kangxi hated gay sex.

Back then, several sons of Suo'etu were ordered to be executed by Kangxi because they had this intention with the second elder brother.In the second elder brother's palace, he went up to the prince to serve as an official, and down to serve the little eunuch. Because of this reason, the number of people who were killed by the rod cannot be counted in two palms.

The sixteenth elder brother's biological mother was a Han concubine, and he had no mother to rely on. Today's leisurely days are all thanks to Kangxi's favor.If Kangxi was annoyed by his indiscreet behavior, then life would not be easy.

Because of this matter in his heart, after the holy car arrived in Rehe, Cao Yong found a free time and called the sixteenth elder brother to speak alone.

Although the sixteenth elder brother is the prince's elder brother, in Cao Yong's heart, he cannot be equated with the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and others.

For the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, because of his identity, Cao Yong felt a little more awe in contact.Because I know that one of them is the future prince and the other is the future grandpa.

For Xiaoliu, Cao Yong was a little cautious when he first contacted him.As time went by, unconsciously, his status as a prince was downplayed, and he became more like a little brother with a close relationship.

The two stood by the river, Brother Sixteen saw that General Cao Yong had sent all his followers away from a distance, and his expression was somewhat solemn, so he couldn't help being curious, and asked: "Fu Ruo, what happened? Is it possible that you are thinking big right now, and you have only been out of Beijing for a few days?"

Cao Yong was still thinking in his heart, whether Brother Sixteen is a private matter, whether it is good for him to talk too much.However, thinking of Kangxi's indisputable temperament in recent years, he still felt that he should say a few words, and said: "Master Sixteen, there is something that has nothing to do with me, but I still want to say a few words. "

Seeing Cao Yong's solemnity, the sixteenth elder brother put away the smile on his face and said, "What's the matter, what's the relationship between us, Fu Ruo just say it!"

"From now on, that little boy, if someone else sends Master Sixteen, Master Sixteen should not accept it!" Cao Yong said.

Brother Sixteen blushed immediately when he heard this, smiled a few words, looked at Cao Yong sideways, and said: "Look at you, what a big deal I am, and you still call me here to talk. It's just a human relationship, I don't like that, Fu Ruo should know."

Seeing that he didn't care, Cao Yong said: "A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. Although he doesn't feel anything on weekdays, if others want to pick on Lord Sixteen, it's all talking about the boss. What happened in the East Palace in the past is very important. Master Liu, don't you remember?"

Listening to Cao Yong talking about this, Elder Sixteen couldn't help shivering.He was still young at that time, and he passed by the East Palace unintentionally. It was the time when the servants were executing the execution. He still remembers the bloody scene.

Elder Sixteen nodded and said: "Furuo's meaning, I understand." Speaking of this, his expression was a little complicated, and he smiled bitterly: "It's because my life has been so smooth in the past two years, and I started to feel a little proud. But I don't want to think about it." , Those brothers and sisters, which one is not a man with his tail between his legs. As you said, my wanton actions are not worth anything if I don’t settle them. As long as one day, I am unlucky, these are not all ready-made crimes. "

In the end, there was a bit of depression in his words.

If it goes on, it is a matter of the Tian family, not Cao Yong's random praise, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "That's all I said, why is the sixteenth master still emotional? Could it be that the young man knows the feeling of sorrow , committed the disease of lovesickness?"

Brother Sixteen was amused by what Cao Yong said later, pointed at him with a smile, and said: "You still have the nerve to make fun of me? In the past ten days, I have only talked about Fujin a few times, but you have been talking about it every three days. A letter from home, which one got lovesick?"

Cao Yong just smiled and didn't argue, even a letter from home every three days, he also felt that it was missing.He was really worried about Chu Yu, and before coming to Beijing, he told the inner house in the front yard that if Chu Yu felt unwell, he would send him a message as soon as possible.

After the two of them finished their serious business, they strolled to the market.

Whenever he sees a peasant girl selling flowers and wild vegetables, Elder Sixteen can't help taking a few extra glances.Cao Yong followed and looked over, those girls, although they were not pretty, they were all solid, with shiny black braids, and they looked very healthy.

Although Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother are both wearing ordinary clothes, their clothes are made of high-quality materials, just like two young princes.In addition, both of them are friendly people, and their faces are not as arrogant and contemptuous as other rich people.

Therefore, those girls who were timid bowed their heads shyly, while those who were bold looked back.

When the sixteenth brother saw it, he smiled and said to Cao Yong: "These girls are really courageous, so they are not afraid of being robbed by bad guys?"

This was just a casual joke, Shengjia was stationed in Rehe, and the Mountain Resort became a large barracks with a radius of dozens of miles.If he dared to commit murder at the Jehol Fair, he would really have had the guts of a bear, and the old birthday star would have a long life if he hanged himself.

Brother Sixteen is still like a peacock with its screen open, looking east at this and west at that.Some young girls, with their father and brother by their side, saw that Elder Sixteen's eyes were irregular, and they wanted to get angry, but they didn't dare, so they had to pull the girl to avoid it with a black face.

Cao Yong couldn't help but wonder when he saw the virtue of sixteenth elder brother.Sixteen elder brother now has a good wife and concubine, why is he so anxious?Could it be that the two concubine Fu Jin couldn't wait on him, and he still wanted to find another girl in Rehe to try something new?
Elder Sixteen turned his head and asked Cao Yong to look uninterested, touched his arm and said: "You should take a closer look!"

"What are you doing looking at these?" Cao Yong was a little puzzled, even if Brother Sixteen wanted to take over the house, he didn't need to refer to it.

Brother Sixteen saw him being so puzzled, he couldn't help shaking his head, and said, "Fu Ruo, I really admire you, this...how do you endure the four or five months you've been following each time? It’s a waste of youth if you don’t flirt, even if you have two more waiters around you, can Da Gege still make a fuss? There are so many virtuous and virtuous women in this world, how many Hedong lions are there like Sister-in-law Ba?”

Cao Yong smiled and said: "Cultivate your body and cultivate your character, cultivate your body and cultivate your character!"

Elder Sixteen heard this, gave him a sideways glance, and said, "Extreme hypocrisy! You, you are the kind who eats soft but not hard, that is, you are so soft-tempered, but it hurts so much. .If the other party is a tigress, do you miss my concubine?"

Well, in this half hour, I have done it with the child molestation concubine.Cao Yong smiled and looked around, just in time to see a bigger restaurant ahead.

It was already noon, and when it was time for dinner, Cao Yong was also a little hungry, so he pointed to the restaurant to Elder Sixteen.

The sixteenth brother saw that Cao Yong didn't agree with each other, knew that he didn't want to say this, so he shook his head and didn't say anything more.

The two entered the restaurant and found a place by the window to sit, Zhao Feng and Xiao Man followed and waited on them.Wei Hei and the others found two tables nearby and sat down.

Xiaoer took a rag, went up to wipe the table, and asked, "What do you two want to order? The silly roe deer meat and pheasant that just arrived from the shop are authentic."

In the ten days from the capital to Rehe, Elder Sixteen and Cao Yong ruined a lot of chickens.Hearing Xiaoer mention the pheasant, Elder Sixteen hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I don't want the pheasant, I want your local products, those mushrooms, and the roe deer meat, too. It doesn't need too much, four dishes and eight bowls That's it." Then he pointed to the two tables where Wei Hei and the guards were sitting, and said to Xiao Er: "Go over there and ask them what they want to eat, and the good ones will be served."

After finishing speaking, Elder Sixteen raised his jaw at Zhao Feng who was standing beside him.Zhao Feng has served him for many years, so he understood what he meant, took out half a handful of copper coins from his purse, and rewarded the little girl.

Seeing a wealthy customer coming, Xiao Er bent even lower, with a smile on his face, and sang the name of a few dishes loudly with the accountant, while going to Wei Hei and his two tables to ask for the dishes.

Here, there is already a shopkeeper, who personally brought a pot of tea and poured it for Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother.He said two more words of flattery before he went down.

Elder Sixteen seldom eats out, seeing the behavior of the shopkeeper, he felt a little strange, smiled and said to Cao Yong: "To be honest, the food of this businessman's house is not good, how is your dim sum shop prepared?" How is it?"

Cao Yong said: "I want to invite master chefs from Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. Although I have already been to Beijing for a few times, it is still not enough to make me want to make more dim sum. I am afraid that the days will be delayed. It is considered early if it can open in the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Elder Sixteen nodded and said, "The recipe I asked for last time has already been presented to Emma Huang. I heard that the Empress Dowager likes two of them very much, and there are many dignitaries in the harem who also like this. It has already spread to the palace outside. After a few days, the movement will be quieter, and I will think about other ways with you. It will be effective, and it is fashionable to eat southern-style dim sum in the palace, so that some people find it in the market to curry favor, so This is faster. Now, the clothes, jewelry, and recipes in the capital follow those in the palace!"

It was last month, when Cao Yong had no intention of mentioning to Brother Sixteen that the family wanted to open a South Point shop, and Sixteen said at that time that he wanted two dim sum recipes.

Cao Yong also thought that he was going to prepare for Fujin, so he chose a few rare ones in the capital, and asked the master to write down the recipe, and gave it to Brother Sixteen. Unexpectedly, he did it to help himself...

"This..." Cao Yong was a little embarrassed, but it was too polite to say thank you, so he smiled and said: "I have accepted the sixteenth master's kindness, and when it opens, I will trouble the sixteenth master to write A sign is the best."

Elder Sixteen smiled and said, "Since you have spoken, then there is no problem, but you can't make Bai Gong, and my brother is still clear about it. Tell me, what do you have to thank me?"

Cao Yong recalled that Cao Yin's family book mentioned that he had nothing to do in his spare time and sorted out opera scores, and said: "When Lord Sixteen opens the mansion, how about I prepare a team to send you off?"

Brother Sixteen was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "Okay, okay, I don't like this, we can make a deal..."

He stretched out his hand, thinking about clapping his hands together with Cao Yong or something, but the smile on his face froze.

Seeing that his expression was different, Cao Yong followed his line of sight and looked out the window.I saw people coming and going diagonally across the street, which was very lively.There were several people standing at the door, and the person opposite didn't know what to say.The man on the opposite side bowed and nodded again, begging for mercy.

The man begging for mercy was over 40 years old, but he looked familiar. Cao Yong was still wondering who this man was and where he had seen him before, so he heard Elder Sixteen snorted coldly and said, "Zhao Feng, come over here and give me a hand." Look, could it be that Grandpa's eyes are dazzled?"

Hearing that Elder Sixteen's tone was not friendly, Zhao Feng leaned over and looked outside, but he let out a "huh" and said with some surprise: "Master, it's Tao Jinxiao."

It was a surprise that Cao Yong was by the side.Although he saw the silhouette just now and didn't recognize him, he knew Tao Jinxiao.Tao Jinxiao is one of the father-in-laws beside Sixteenth Brother, and his qualifications are no less than that of Zhao Feng, the eunuch who has been with Sixteenth Brother.

Elder Sixteen heard the words, his complexion became gloomy, and he said, "The two standing next to that dog slave look familiar, are they by Master Fifteen's side?"

Zhao Feng looked carefully at his neck and replied: "Returning to the master, one is the father-in-law next to the fifteenth master, also surnamed Tao, who usually walks around our place, I heard that he is Tao's cousin; the other two But one is not in the palace, it is the external steward of the third master's mansion, the slaves have met, one is Mingtu and the other is Tu Bahai."

Don't talk about elder brother sixteen, when Cao Yong heard the names of the two foreign stewards in San elder brother's mansion, he kept it in his heart. "Tu Ye", ah, the "Tu Ye" who was so inconspicuous back then is still an unsolved case.

It's just that Master Tu mentioned that the main family was Master Belle, and the third elder brother was already Prince Heshuo at that time, but this point was a bit wrong.

Even so, Cao Yong couldn't help but looked over there a few more times, but happened to see a strange thing.

The person who was nodding and bowing, stretched out his hand, bit his thumb, then took a piece of paper from everyone, and pressed a bloody handprint.

Tao Jinxiao and his accomplices were satisfied, they put away the fingerprinted paper with a smile, patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder, and said a few words with a smile.

The middle-aged man nodded and bowed, but he couldn't stand up straight anymore.Tao Jinxiao and his group were all smiling, and then they wandered away.

Brother Sixteen looked at their backs, with a gloomy face, and said to Cao Yong: "I don't know when these slaves got together. If you don't know this, appoint someone who will treat me as the third brother." .”

Cao Yong nodded and said: "That's true. Since Master Sixteen has seen it, he will pay attention to it in the future. Maybe it's just a new arrival in Rehe, and he can't be prepared to go out with his companions."

Having said that, Cao Yong looked at the shop with people coming and going, feeling a little strange in his heart, so he called Xiao Man and asked him to go and have a look.

Sure enough, as Cao Yong thought, the opposite is indeed a gambling house.

The middle-aged man had left dejectedly, but Cao Yong also remembered who he was, a small civil servant who followed him.A few days ago, I saw him talking with Tang Zhiyu, and I heard that he was the same year as Tang Zhiyu.

It's not a big deal if you just have some contacts with the steward of the third elder brother and the servants around the fifteenth elder brother, but it's not a trivial matter to blackmail the court officials.

Cao Yong mentioned what he thought in his heart to the sixteenth elder brother. Hearing the words, the sixteenth elder brother's face became more and more ugly, trembling with anger, and said: "I really didn't expect that there is such a face beside me. This slave is gone!"

Because of such a thing, the two of them still had no interest in eating, so they used two chopsticks and went back to the villa.

Along the way, Elder Sixteen resented him endlessly.Cao Yong saw that he was about to get angry with Tao Jinxiao, thought for a while, and said: "If the Sixteenth Master wants to hold him accountable, don't forget to ask the third elder brother about the details of the two foreign managers. The Qianmen bombing incident that year , and there is a 'Tu Ye' in the middle, so Qiaoer Na Ming Tu and Tu Bahai both have the word 'Tu' in their names!"

Brother Sixteen had heard Cao Yong mention this matter in his early years, and when he finally checked whether there were any "Tu Ye" around the princes, besides Mr. Zhuang, Brother Sixteen also enthusiastically helped to check for a few days.

As a result, at least half of the elder brothers' mansions are called Tuxi, or Tuxi, which is a very common name in Manchurian names.

Among the disciples at the only Baylor Mansion, the eighth elder brother, there is no one named Tu Shi or Tu Shi.After checking and checking, I have no clue, so I have to let it go.

Hearing Cao Yong's old remark, Elder Sixteen couldn't help but stop and asked, "Why did Fu Ruo think of doubting there? Look at him, he doesn't look like such a thoughtful person?"

Cao Yong has no idea, just habitually doubting, unwilling to give up clues.

Be it the bombing case or the horse falling case, since you know that someone is watching you in the dark, it is natural to pay special attention to these cases.

Because of mentioning other things, Brother Sixteen's anger temporarily subsided a lot, he frowned slightly, and said with a bit of worry: "I don't know what Brother Fifteen thinks, does he want to be a tumbler? Needless to say, the relationship with the second elder brother, the fifteenth sister-in-law is Er Fujin's biological sister; with the third brother, looking at it like this, it seems a little unclear; very close..."

These words, brother sixteen is not to say, Cao Yong also know.Although Brother Fifteen gives the impression that he is easy-going, he always feels a little unassuming, secretive and suspenseful when he acts.

Even in the early years, Cao Yong suspected that the fifteenth elder brother was the dark party of the third elder brother, the real culprit of "blaming" the prince and the eighth elder brother on the grassland.

After these two years, knowing that the fifteenth elder brother was raised in the Defei Palace when he was a child, and that the relationship with the German concubine was deeper than that of his biological mother, Cao Yong suspected that he was the party member of the fourteenth elder brother...

The fourteenth elder brother sent troops to the northwest, there must be someone in the capital to support him, or else the fourth elder brother ordered people to block Changchun Garden before he ascended the throne, who is it to guard against...

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