Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 485 Swimming Dragon Dance "Calling Bees"
There are usually many customers in Liulichang, but before the new year, it will be full of traffic and pedestrians.

Today is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and Cao Shuo took his daughter-in-law "back home", and the wedding shed in Cao's mansion has been demolished.

It has been a month since Zhiran came to Beijing.Cao Yong was working in the yamen before, and he was still busy with the affairs of the mansion in the past few days after the seal, and he couldn't get away from it.Zhiran was mostly accompanied by Mr. Zhuang, and as an old friend, he was also a little embarrassed.

Today, when he was free, Cao Yong went to the front yard to find Zhiran and went out for a stroll with him.

I originally wanted to go to Xishan to see the snow. After all, there is a scene called "Xishan Jixue" in the "Eight Scenes of Yanjing".However, there were a few snowfalls at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but less in the middle and late ten days.

In addition, the weather has been fine recently, and the remaining snow on the ground has almost melted.

Even if the temperature in the mountains is lower than that in the capital, but there is no fresh snow, the scenery is limited.Therefore, Cao Yong and Zhiran didn't go out of the city, they just went shopping in the city.

Before leaving the mansion, Cao Yong went to the Banyan Courtyard to ask Mr. Zhuang to go with him.

Mr. Zhuang drank a little too much yesterday. He was hangover and feeling uncomfortable, so he didn't come out and let Cao Yong and Zhiran do their own thing.

Mr. Zhuang has taken Zhiran to many places in the city.Cao Yong asked about it, and knew that Liulichang hadn't been there yet, so he took Zhiran to Liulichang.

I have asked the housekeeper to ask a tailor to sew winter clothes for Zhiran, so Zhiran no longer wears Cao Yong's clothes.He was wearing a blue monk's robe and a hooded windbreaker of the same color, looking very refreshing.

Although the windbreaker looks like it is made of fine cloth, it is wrapped in high-quality leather, so it is extremely warm.

Cao Yong wore a plain satin robe and a fur vest outside, and he looked like a noble young man.

Cao Yong only took Xiao Man, Wei Hei, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, and rode out on horseback. The horses stopped at the street corner, which made people watch.A group of people strolled around Liulichang.

Looking at many people on the street who brought their children out to buy New Year's goods, Cao Yong thought of a few children in the house.Because it was cold outside, the children were too young to bring them out.When I came out this time, I had to buy them some toys to go back.

Tianhui is still young, and Niuniu is a little girl. Fortunately, the other little boys are about to reach the age of naughty.

His eyes, apart from looking at the plaques mentioned by everyone in calligraphy on both sides of the road, fell on the small stalls selling miscellaneous things.

Zhiran is a monk after all, and he only glanced at the antique calligraphy and paintings, and focused more on Buddha statues, rosary beads, and some ancient scriptures.

Xiaoman spent twenty copper coins on the street to buy a small bag of Tanggua, starting from Cao Yong and Zhiran.

Cao Yong and Zhiran didn't like sweets, so they smiled and waved their hands; Wei Hei and the others looked at the bright and cute Tanggua, so they each took one and put it in their mouths.

Xiaoman held the remaining sugar melons, picked a green one and ate it.

Speaking of which, Wei Hei also watched Xiaoman grow up.

Seeing that he is so old and still has a childish look, Wei Hei smiled and said: "You will be nineteen in the next year, and the son is your age, and he will be a father. Your father didn't nag you, and asked you to marry a wife and have a baby early ?”

Talking about marrying a daughter-in-law, Xiaoman blushed and said with a smile: "What's the rush? Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhao are both in their twenties, so they just thought about getting married. I want to be more comfortable for a few more years!" At the end, looking at Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, he shook his head and said, "These two are going to be tied up in the house!"

Zhang Yi heard it funny, patted him on the forehead, and said: "What's this called? I never heard that if you marry a woman, you can't leave the house. But you, tell me the truth, are you still a chicken? Tell brother, brother God will take you there for entertainment, and you can earn a small ingot if you don't keep it all."

In a word, both Wei Hei and Zhao Tong laughed.

Xiao Man blushed with embarrassment, straightened her chest vigorously, raised her chin, and said, "I don't have to look down on people like this. I have traveled far and wide with my uncle for longer than you. What didn't I pass by? It's the flower wine on the Qinhuai River. I drank it back then."

Zhang Yi squinted at him, but didn't believe it.

Xiaoman was so angry that he couldn't help it, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is a frequent visitor of Tangzi, so I want to show off to Sister Xiyun."

Zhang Yi and Xiyun's marriage has already been decided, but because the mansion was too busy arranging Cao Song and Cao Shuo's marriage a few years ago, they could not take care of him, so they had already asked someone to find a date to arrange the wedding before the Lantern Festival.

Hearing Xiao Man's words, Zhang Yi's expression froze, he squeezed his right fist with his left hand, "Hehe" laughed twice, and said, "Master Man, it seems that we two brothers should be close!"

Xiaoman turned sideways to Wei Hei's back, poked his head out, and said with a smile: "If Brother Zhang wants to make gestures, I'll ask Uncle Wei or Master Zheng to help, and see how good it is!"

Seeing that he had found a backer, Zhang Yi had nothing to do with him, he pretended to bow and said, "Master Man, please forgive this little one! I won't dare... never again..."

Seeing that he was subdued, Xiao Man was secretly proud of himself, so she heard him say: "...don't dare to laugh at Master Man as a chicken again!"

Xiaoman was so angry that he jumped up, glared at Zhang Yi, walked forward a few steps, and said to Cao Yong: "Master, it's terrible, Zhang Yi is in spring, and he's talking nonsense!"

Cao Yong and Zhiran stood side by side, listening to everyone teasing Xiao Man, but didn't take it to heart.

Seeing that Xiaoman couldn't say no to Zhang Yi, he stopped, turned around, and said to Zhang Yi with a smile: "Don't be complacent, be careful that someone will hold you accountable!"

Zhang Yi laughed twice and said, "Master, don't worry, don't say you haven't passed the door, even if you have passed the door, there is no reason for a woman to ride on a man's head!"

Cao Yong saw that although his words were tough, but there was some uneasiness on his face, he shook his head with a smile and did not speak again.

Seeing Zhang Yi like this, Xiaoman felt annoyed, made a face at him, and said, "Since Master Zhang is not afraid, I will tell Sister Xiyun to go tomorrow! Not only the mature girls in the hall, but also the little widow who sells wontons !"

Zhang Yi hurriedly laughed and said: "Brother Xiaoman, how can you be so unkind, how can we pass the words of our men into the ears of women?"

Seeing them bickering, Cao Yong ignored them, and said to Wei Hei: "Brother Wei, it's rare for us to take a walk in the street. Don't forget to buy something for my sister-in-law. After all, it's the Chinese New Year."

Wei Hei nodded, and said with a smile: "Understood, young master. Old Hei is also thinking, if he sees bracelets, hairpins, etc., buy two for her. It's not easy for her all year round..." Before he finished speaking, But his face changed, and he said anxiously: "Young master, little master..."

Seeing that Wei Hei's expression was wrong, Cao Yong hurriedly turned around to look for Zhiran, but he was not in front of him, he had walked more than ten steps away, and fell down on the side of the road in order to avoid the speeding carriage.

Cao Yong hurriedly stepped forward, Zhang Yi and Xiao Man didn't care about bickering, and followed closely behind.

I heard the cry of "Wah-wah" coming from under Zhiran's body. It turned out that when the carriage came galloping just now, there happened to be a child on the road.Zhiran saw it, and pulled the child away, but he was not in a hurry to dodge, and was almost hit by a carriage.

The child was only four or five years old, and he got up from the ground, crying with snot and tears.

There was a pool of bright red blood on the ground, and Cao Yong jumped.

The child stood up, and the whole body was left. Except for the soil, there was no wound, so the blood naturally belonged to Zhiran.

Seeing that the child was crying so much, Zhiran picked up the half-drawn fire that he had just dropped on the ground, blew the dirt on it, and sent it back to the child.

The child took half of the fire, looked at Zhiran's blood-soaked sleeve, and cried louder.

The child's mother was buying Spring Festival couplets at a stall not far away. Because she was illiterate, she was begging the merchant to read a few of them, but she didn't notice that the child was missing.

She didn't know something was wrong until she heard the cry, and rushed over, only to see her son crying to a young monk.

She hurried forward, guarding her son behind her, looked at Zhiran suspiciously, and asked, "You great monk, why do you bully children, and you are not ashamed?"

Zhiran smiled lightly and didn't bother to argue.

Still, the passers-by who were watching the bustle couldn't see it, and they talked all over the place, saying: "This sister-in-law, why doesn't she know what's good? If it wasn't for the help of this master, your son would have been hit by a car."

That one said: "I saved your kid's life, why don't you hurry up and kowtow."

The woman was stunned by what was said, but she recovered and looked at the pool of blood on the ground, she was also horrified.She knelt down, looked at the child carefully, and asked if there was any pain.

Seeing that her son was not hurt, she knew that she had just been rude, and hurriedly leaned over to thank Zhiran.

Seeing the blood on Zhiran's half-sleeve, the woman made a sound in surprise, and touched the two slings of money in her purse for the New Year's goods. The word "thank you" came to her lips, but she couldn't say it.

Cao Yong looked at Zhiran's arm, worried about his injury, and didn't bother to pay attention to others, and said: "Is this a rubbing? Come on, let's find a doctor to take a look." After finishing speaking, he remembered the carriage that caused the accident and turned his head to Look around.

Because there were too many spectators here, the road was blocked, and the carriage was also stranded here.

Driving around the city, whose carriage is so rampant?

Looking at the Zhulun carriage surrounded by a group of chief guards, Cao Yong felt a little puzzled, which palace is this, does it look familiar?
In his heart, he felt extremely unlucky. Since his status was different, it seemed that he would not be able to directly seek justice for Zhiran.You can't suffer this loss in vain, you have to teach this person a lesson.

Just as he was thinking about it, Cao Yong heard someone leaning forward and said: "Consort Cao, our prince invites Concubine Cao to speak."

As expected, the person sitting in the car is a prince, but who knows which palace it is from?

Cao Yong turned to Wei Hei and said, "Look at the nearest medical center, first find a doctor for the little monk."

Wei Hei agreed, and Cao Yong said to the visitor: "Which prince is in the car?"

The visitor leaned over and replied: "Our master is the iron hat county king, but his name is not something we slaves can say."

There were several grand masters in the Qing Dynasty, among which the only county kings were Pingjunwang and Shunchengjunwang.

It seems that in the car is Mububa, the king of Shuncheng County.

No wonder Cao Yong looked familiar with this carriage. During the epidemic a few years ago, Mu Buba was riding this carriage and wanted to break through the city gate, but Cao Yong happened to meet him.

While speaking, Cao Yong had already followed the visitor and walked to the front of the carriage.

Mu Buba stretched out a hand, picked up the car curtain, and was staring at the crowd intently, even Cao Yong didn't notice it when he came to see him.

Cao Yong saw that Mububa squinted his eyes, and there was something wrong on his face. He followed his line of sight and landed on Zhiran.

At this time, someone in the car said: "My lord, who are you looking at? I'm so reluctant to look!"

Mububa seemed to have never heard of it, and stared at it with his neck bent.An arm had already reached his shoulder, and someone reproached him, "My lord..."

Cao Yong was in front of the carriage, thinking of the "excellent name" of the prince in the carriage, and listening to the man in the same carriage speak in a tone of voice, he felt that the hairs all over his body were about to stand up.

He knew that the little monk was handsome, but he didn't expect to be targeted by a man.

Before, Mr. Zhuang joked in private that he could no longer take the young monk to the front door to listen to the opera, so as not to cause disputes, Cao Yong took it as a joke.Looking at it now, it's hard to say that he really encountered something unsightly.

Cao Yong only felt disgusted in his heart, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and give a thousand salutes, saying: "Little Cao Yong pays his respects to the prince!"

Hearing Cao Yong's movement, Mu Buba saw him approaching, reluctantly looked away, asked someone to open the curtain, and said with a smile: "It's Xiao Cao Yong, I haven't seen you for a while, Why don't you go around the palace more?"

From the Great Court Meeting on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the present, it has only been three or four days.

Cao Yong also answered a few words in vain, thinking to find something to say and leave quickly, but it is better to keep a distance from this prince.

Mububa exchanged greetings with Cao Yong, but he was also a little absent-minded, pointed to Zhiran, and asked: "Look at this king, Xiao Cao is very close to that little master, who is..."

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Rolling around asking for monthly tickets and recommended tickets, Xiaojiu continued to code, please support some motivation, eh. . .

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