Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 60
Saibei Grassland, Harqin Camp
Although Cao Yong's drinking capacity has been increasing recently, he can't stand to drink like this. He forcibly buckled the wine glass over several times, forcing them to turn it over and force him to continue drinking.Cao Yong didn't know why Xiaoliu was going crazy, did he want to get drunk and throw him in the arena for a drunken punch?Suddenly Jackie Chan's face appeared in front of his eyes, Cao Yong shivered, and he still had to find a way to get away.

The sixteenth elder brother is a good monkey, and he can't hide the tricks from him, and once he decides to tease you, you don't expect him to let you go, so Cao Yong positioned the absconding assistant as the relatively simple and honest Su Heba on Lu.

Looking at the opportunity with a cold eye to see the sixteenth elder brother go out to relieve himself, Cao Yong took the initiative to toast Suhebalu wine.Before Suhebalu's lips touched the wine cup, Cao Yong had already drank it all in one gulp, and suddenly he coughed loudly as if he had choked on the wine.

Sure enough, Suhebaru hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with concern: "Drink...drink...I'm in a hurry!"

Xiaoman is a clever little ghost, he was worried that his father would be hurt by drinking too much when he opened the table, and he had long wanted to use some tricks to help Cao Yong take refuge.Seeing that Cao Yong was overwhelmed by alcohol, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said to Su Hebaru with a look of fear: "Little prince, I think my master is about to vomit. If he vomits here, he will be punished. Please, my lord." The prince allowed the slave to help my father out to spit it out, sober up and come back to accompany the two masters to continue drinking."

Sukhbaru waved his hand with a worried face, "Quick... go."

Cao Yong secretly praised Xiaoman for his cleverness, if Xiaoman didn't say this, he would also say to go out and blow some air to cool off and sober up, Xiaoman's words are very good.

Cao Yong staggered and was supported by Xiaoman all the way to leave the table quietly. After he was out of everyone's sight, he straightened up, patted Xiaoman on the head, and said with a smile, "You are still clever."

Seeing this, Xiaoman knew that the master was fine, but he was still a little worried: "Master just drank a lot, let's go to the tent to rest first!"

Cao Yong shook his head: "No, Master Sixteen will come back later and see that I'm not there. He must go to the camp to look for it first. I'll go out for a walk, sober up, and come back when the banquet is about to disperse."

Xiao Man said: "Master, the servant will fetch the horse later, and the cloak is also needed. Then I will ask the cook to prepare a bowl of hangover soup..."

Cao Yong replied: "It's too bright here, it's a bit of an eyesore to stand on, turn around and look for me by the river. It's cooler over there."

Xiaoman agreed, and the two soldiers split into two groups.

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The meeting in Aobao is a blind date meeting. Cao Yong originally chose a secluded place to hide from the sixteenth elder brother. As a result, along the way, the singing of Yingying and swallows was endless, and he almost scared away several pairs of wild mandarin ducks.He was already feeling uncomfortable after drinking too much, but after listening to the live version of the dubbing, his head became more and more dizzy, and his whole body became hot. After rushing to the river, he washed his face with a few handfuls of water, and then he felt better.

There are a few boulders by the river, which can be used as a barrier.Cao Yong sat on the grass leaning on a stone, blowing the evening breeze, and looked at the stars in the sky.

The Mongolian nation is really a passionate nation...

If it wasn't for the age of this Mongolian woman who was really "young" and her appearance didn't fit Cao Yong's aesthetics, he doubted whether he would have such integrity.

Cao Yong thought of the shimmering oar shadow on the Qinhuai River, the makeup was like clouds, but unfortunately he was really young back then; he also thought of the fights he took Cao Song and Gu Na around, just like a real boy.

Gu Na, who is on the same list as Ma Jun, is a Jinshi in high school. I heard that several families are rushing to marry this new Jinshi.Thinking of him, Cao Yong's heart sank again.At this moment, I heard light footsteps, followed by a woman's surprised voice: "Lord Cao?" Without waiting for Cao Yong's reaction, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "I feel guilty for hurting my lord last time." , have never had the opportunity to apologize..."

Where is this, Cao Yong stood up, a woman knelt on the grass, and under the moonlight, she vaguely recognized the maid who was blamed after she came to send Tana's purse last time.Thinking of the shocking whip marks last time, Cao Yong stretched out his hand to help him, and said: "The girl is serious, but it is my fault, and the girl will be punished!" As he spoke, he looked behind her, thinking that she was with his lover When Aobao met, he was a little annoyed, wondering if he had taken up his date.

Seeing Cao Yong looking around, the maid said in a low voice: "Your Majesty Cao misunderstood... This servant is not that shameless... This servant is here to sacrifice to my late mother." She pointed to the bamboo basket on the side, and there was a jug on one side And a few knives of yellow paper.

Cao Yong nodded and made a gesture of please.The maid received a blessing, found a leeward place behind the boulder, and began to clean up the place where the block was produced, preparing to burn paper money.

Seeing Cao Yong, he went to help, and just squatted down when he suddenly heard a very small sound, which seemed to be the sound of a bird startled.

Cao Yong remembered that it was often said in novels that marching at night would startle a flock of birds, so he immediately became alert, held down the hand of the maid who was about to hit the scythe, signaled her to silence, and then listened carefully.Soon, there was another whisper.This time he heard it clearly, it was not a bird song, but a whistle, and the whistler was coming from far and near.

Near the Shengjia camp, there was such a strange whistle, Cao Yong turned a lot of thoughts for a while, is there an assassin?However, tens of thousands of soldiers are stationed near this camp, so the assassin's words will be too childish.Suddenly, there was another sound of horseshoes, and a man could be heard talking and laughing in Mongolian when he got closer, occasionally mixed with a woman's coquettish teasing.

Although Cao Yong could not understand Mongolian, he also knew that they were a pair of wild mandarin ducks.The maid heard it clearly, blushed, and said to Cao Yong in a low voice: "My lord...that's Prince Wuliji...The servant girl wants to sacrifice in another place..."

Uliji, his father, Ujumuqin, and Sedendundub, Prince of Shuochechen, were considered prominent among the Mongolian kings who came to the court. It was heard that the prince was intending to marry his family.Cao Yong nodded, and whispered: "Look at where they are going, let's avoid..." He leaned down to look under the shadow of the big rock.

Today is thirteen, the full moon is approaching, and by the light of the moon, Cao Yong can clearly see the scene more than ten meters away.

The Prince Wuliji was riding on horseback, holding a woman in his arms, and the two hugged together in a "humming and chirping" manner.Could it be the one on horseback? This is also a technical job. Cao Yong doesn't know whether he should admire these two.Prince Yomona also sensed the inconvenience, and got off the horse with the woman in his arms, it seemed that he wanted to accomplish something good on the spot.

For the upcoming Live Spring Palace, Cao Yong is not very interested, and wants to leave, but the distance from the prince is too close.He was just about to step back to avoid it, when he saw two people standing up slowly from the grass behind the prince, dressed in black, holding a steel knife in their hands, and in the blink of an eye, the pair of mandarin ducks had already He fell to the ground with a bang, before he could even call out.

Cao Yong heard the sound of his own heartbeat, and also heard the sound of the woman's teeth fighting behind her.The prince's son, if you say you will kill him, you will kill him. Reminiscent of the whistle before, this is definitely not a whim, this is a planned murder.

The two murderers did not leave immediately after killing people, but brandished steel knives again to dismember the two corpses on the ground.There was a touch of blood floating in the air, Cao Yong frowned, it was too cruel, what kind of hatred is like this.He turned his head, and the maid also witnessed the murder behind him, covering her mouth tightly with one hand, and holding Cao Yong's sleeve with the other hand.Perhaps because of the excessive fright, the maid trembled all over, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of endless fear.

Cao Yong really couldn't bear it, and stretched out his hand to cover the maid's eyes.

The two men in black tied up the body parts with ropes and threw them into the river ahead.Cao Yong was afraid that they would see this side, so he hugged the maid and moved gently to the other side of the stone.After the two of them threw away the corpse, they sprinkled soil on the bloodstains at the scene of the murder, and left after handling it properly.

Cao Yong was relieved until he couldn't hear the footsteps. Looking at the way of killing people, he was too skillful. Could it be the legendary killer?The eldest son who came to accompany the driver was killed, it seems that there are troubles in the grassland.Cao Yong sighed a little, whether he was cold-blooded, why he didn't have the idea of ​​being brave.If you do it yourself, give the prince some time, as long as you call out loudly, you may alert the guards patrolling nearby.In fact, he can't be blamed, those people shot too fast, Ken didn't give him time to think about it.

The maid sobbed softly and sat on the grass, looking very pitiful.Cao Yong put down his hand covering her eyes, and said to her very solemnly: "Tonight, you haven't seen anything, and you haven't been here, remember, remember, so as not to get into trouble."

The maid choked with sobs: "Master Cao, don't worry, slaves will save it!"

Cao Yong looked to the other side of the camp, the two men in black were going there just now, if they met Xiao Man?He broke out in a cold sweat, stood up, and said to the maid: "This place has become a fierce place, the girl will be exempted from these secular gifts, and I will send you back!"

The maid nodded, wanted to stand up, shook her body, and sat on the ground again frowning, a lot of sweat broke out on her forehead in an instant.

"Twisted foot?" Cao Yong asked.It seems that he was terribly frightened by what happened just now, and his feet are weak.

"En!" The maid responded: "If your lord is in a hurry to go back, you don't have to take care of your slaves, slaves... slaves..."

Cao Yong knew that she was unwilling to delay herself, but she was a woman after all, and she was afraid that she would say that she would go back but couldn't speak.

"I'll carry you back!" Cao Yong gently helped the maid.

"Lord Cao!" The servant girl hesitated.

Cao Yong didn't speak any more, and slowly squatted down in front of the maid.

After a while, Cao Yong felt that there were two arms towering on his shoulders, and the maid was gently lying on Cao Yong's back.

Cao Yong could hear the maid's breathing and smell the faint fragrance of milk on her body.He stood up, reached behind his back, grabbed the maid's calf, and sent it up again.

The maid was still trembling, and it seemed that she had been frightened just now. Cao Yong wanted to distract her, and asked, "I've seen you twice, but I still don't know your name? Um... excuse me." I'm rude, what should I call you?" Speaking of which, it's impolite to ask a girl's boudoir name in this era, but it's a bit awkward not to have a title.

The maid replied: "The servant's name is Boul."

"Bourle..." Cao Yong said the name again, feeling a little awkward, and said, "What's the explanation for this name?"

The maid's voice was inaudible: "That means slave in Mongolian."

Cao Yong heard her melancholy, and then asked: "You said that you are Han, do you have a Chinese name?"

The maid paused for a while before replying: "This servant...named Wenxiu."

Cao Yong smiled: "Written Jinxiu, such a scholarly name, if the girl does not blame me, I will use the word 'Wenxiu' to address the girl."

Wenxiu gradually calmed down, it seemed that the gossip between the two diverted her attention, and when she heard Cao Yong's words, she gave a soft "hmm" as a reply.

No matter in Jiangning or in the capital city, there are many maids, large and small, in the mansion, but none of them are in such a pitiful situation as Wenxiu.On the grasslands, the price of female slaves is not as good as cattle and horses, and their status is extremely low.Cao Yong saw that she spoke and acted in a slightly gentle manner, and she looked like she had read a book, so she asked why.Unexpectedly, Wenxiu also came from a wealthy family, and was kidnapped to the north at the age of five.

Cao Yong remembered the suffering of being abducted at the beginning. If he hadn't met a nobleman, he might have been dead.It would be boring to say some comforting words, he paused, and asked: "Do you... still remember the past, who else is in the family? I will find a way to redeem you and send you back to the Central Plains to find your relatives."

Wenxiu was silent for a while, before sighing quietly: "My lord's kindness, Wenxiu will never forget, but after 12 years, I can't remember the past clearly. I only remember that there are many people in the family, and there is a sister who is two years younger..."

(End of this chapter)