Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 61 Rumors
Saibei Grassland, Harqin Camp.

Cao Yong returned to the station with Wenxiu on his back, and wanted to send her to the tent where she was, but was declined.It's late at night, and men and women are different, so we still have to be cautious.Cao Yong had no choice but to watch Wenxiu limping away.

He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was almost Haizheng (10 o'clock in the evening), Cao Yong was walking towards the tent of the guard camp, but he was thinking about the tragedy that just happened by the river.The murder, dismemberment, and whistle sounds all seemed to have been planned long ago.The prince Uliji is only seventeen or eighteen years old, how could he provoke such vicious enemies?
Arriving at the camp of the guards, Elder Sixteen stood in front of Cao Yong's tent with a half-smile, while Xiaoman held a cloak and stood behind him anxiously.Brother Sixteen's personal eunuch, Zhao Feng, stood aside holding a glazed lantern.

This little sixteen, I don’t know what’s so weird, Cao Yong thought in his heart, seeing that Cao Yong came back alone on the sixteenth brother, his face was a little strange, he looked behind him for a long time, and finally asked: "You Why come back by yourself?"

Cao Yong listened strangely, could it be that he wants two people to come back?

The sixteenth elder brother saw Cao Yong's expression, and asked in doubt: "I just heard that you came back with a woman on your back, isn't it Uzhina?"

"Wu Rina?" Cao Yong was puzzled: "Which U Rina, why would Master Sixteen think she is with me?"

Elder Sixteen was at a loss for words for a while, and Xiao Man muttered in a low voice: "Master Sixteen heard that Master went to the river, so he didn't let Xiao Man go, but told Uzhina Gege!"

Only then did Cao Yong remember who Uzhina was, the daughter of Khalkan and Beizi, who was one of his suitors.Wu Rina went to the river to find herself, thinking of this, Cao Yong's heart sank.

The sixteenth elder brother said curiously: "Since you are not with Uzhina, who is the person who carried it just now? Which family's Miss Gege?" While speaking, he looked Cao Yong up and down, with a strange expression on his face .

Because Cao Yong was late at night, he was afraid of disturbing everyone's rest, so he asked Brother Sixteen to whisper.Brother Sixteen rolled his eyes: "He Shan and the others are on duty at night, and they won't come back until dawn. Didn't I tell you at dinner?"

Cao Yong saw that Elder Sixteen looked a little annoyed, thinking about all the things before and after dinner, it seemed that he wanted to arrange a woman for himself.A child with a big fart has a lot of eyes.However, that Uzhina Gege, Cao Yong said seriously: "I didn't see her just now, did you send someone over to ask, if a little girl makes a mistake, she will be killed!"

Brother Sixteen listened to Cao Yong's seriousness and asked Zhao Feng to ask Wu Rina.

Cao Yong was almost sober from the wine, but the smell of alcohol still made people uncomfortable, so he went into the tent to wipe his face and change his clothes.

Elder Sixteen followed in, and asked with a smile: "Since the one you carried back is not Uzhina, who is it? Hurry up and recruit!"

Cao Yong wiped his face and felt much more comfortable. Seeing Brother Sixteen looking at him with a smirk on his face, he figured out his attempt to drink himself at night.I don’t know how these sixteen guessed that Cao Yong is still a virgin. Recently, he has purposely wanted him to “shit” for a while. It seems that if Cao Yong is really drunk at night, maybe two people will be arranged in this tent. A Mongolian chick.Thinking about people at this time, they are really precocious. Although Sixteen is only fourteen, there are already two people in the room.Because Shiliu was still young, she was not given any status, and served as a personal maid, and this time she also followed outside the Great Wall.Cao Yong met twice, both fourteen and five-year-old girls.

"It's just a chance encounter, that girl twisted her foot!" Cao Yong replied casually after being questioned impatiently by the sixteenth elder brother.

Brother Sixteen was very dissatisfied with this answer: "Then why did I meet you, is it like Uzhina, who is Miss Gege who has a crush on you?"

The two were talking, Zhao Feng came back from Uzhina, and said with a smile: "Master, Master Cao, Uzhina Gege's side is just starting!"

"Oh!" Brother Sixteen asked, "What's the matter, she didn't go to the river?"

Zhao Feng replied with a smile: "I heard that I went there, but I met an acquaintance shortly after leaving the camp, and turned back! Who is the acquaintance, I can't think of it!"

Brother Sixteen is a lively person. Hearing that Uzhina's good show was going on, he listened closely to the following. Unexpectedly, Zhao Feng would say half a sentence, and immediately kicked him with a smile: "If you dare to cheat on me, Hurry up and say it!"

Zhao Feng pretended to rub his buttocks, and then started from the beginning.It turned out that Uzhina was looking for Cao Yong by the river, and not long on the road, she met a pair of wild mandarin ducks. The voices sounded familiar, but she didn't expect it to be her Amaen, Beizi and her maid.Seeing that her Ama was swaying behind her back, Uzhina didn't feel the slightest sense of shame for the venerable, so she immediately made a fuss.En and Beizi fled, and the maid was dragged back to the tent by Uzhina.

When Zhao Feng left, U Rina was ordering someone to whip the maid severely on the pretext of losing her jewellery, but no one would listen to her persuasion, and finally she refused to give up until she was beaten to death.

Zhao Feng saw the expressions of other people in the tent flickering, and Wu Rina became more violent. Of course, he didn't believe the "stealing" rhetoric. After he came out, he quietly inquired and found out the reason.

After hearing the reason, Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother each had their own feelings.On the one hand, Cao Yong was glad that Wu Rina did not go to the river, on the other hand, he thought of Wenxiu from her beating the maid.In this patriarchal society, Enhe Beizi, as the princes of the state, wants the body of a maid, so there is no reason for people to refuse.Uzhina whipped the maid just to vent her anger. In the eyes of these Mongolian princes and nobles, slaves are really not human beings.

Elder Sixteen shook his head: "Tsk tsk, I lost my mind. Although I heard that En and Fujin are famous jealous wives, but U Rina usually behaves softly, thinking that she is not like her mother, but I didn't expect it to be this Such a temper. In this way, you are really lucky that you didn't get involved with her!"

Cao Yong was thinking about redeeming Wenxiu's body, so he asked Elder Sixteen: "If you want to redeem a female slave, how should you proceed properly?"

"Redemption?" Elder Sixteen looked at Cao Yong curiously: "You treat this place as Guanli, where is there any talk of redemption on the grasslands! The slaves here are all sold out, and life and death are controlled by the master, unless the master Family grace, otherwise there is no possibility of getting out of slavery at all!" At this point, he realized a little bit, looked at Cao Yong and said, "The one you just carried back was a female slave?"

Cao Yong nodded, and the sixteenth elder brother smiled and said: "Finally see you open up, what kind of beauty is it, let us Master Cao be tempted, tell me who belongs to it, what is its name, I will help you tomorrow." Come, I will always fulfill you!"

"It's... Bou Le, a low-ranking maid of Tana Gege!" Cao Yong wanted to say "Wenxiu", but thinking about his identity, it is estimated that this Han name is not well known.

Elder Sixteen nodded: "Boul, I've made a note, and I'll ask for it tomorrow. Tana is planning on my brown horse, so I'll definitely agree!"

It was late at night, Brother Sixteen let out two breaths, and brought Zhao Feng back to his dormitory.

Xiao Man served hangover soup, and Cao Yong drank half a bowl before lying down, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.Tonight was not the first time he saw a murder scene. After being abducted to Hangzhou, he had seen those disobedient children beaten to death by rogues, but it was far less shocking than tonight.Maybe it was because I was on the verge of death back then, and I didn't think death was scary; not only did I witness a murder case with my own eyes tonight, but I also heard about another murder case with my own ears.The so-called Great Qing law is just a display for these privileged classes.

Tossing and turning, Cao Yong didn't fall into a deep sleep until dawn, when He Shan and others in the same tent came back from duty.

*
When Cao Yong woke up again, it was already noon the next day, and after Fang had finished washing, Zhao Feng came over to send a message, saying that Elder Sixteen had invited him.

It is estimated that Wenxiu's affairs are almost done, and how to arrange her at that time, if it is not possible, I have to trouble Brother Sixteen again.Cao Yong thought, followed Zhao Feng in the past.

Brother Sixteen saw Cao Yong, but his face was full of embarrassment: "Cao Yong, I got up late, I didn't expect Tana to go back to Bahrain early in the morning with his Ama, and all the maids and servants were brought along! I heard that Princess Rong Xian is ill, and their father and daughter rushed back to take care of her!"

The matter of helping Wenxiu to redeem her life is nothing.Cao Yong kept it in mind, if Tana Gege did not come back before Sheng Jia returned to Beijing, then find a way to go to Bahrain.

*
For the next few days, Sheng Jia was still staying in Karaqin.

The news of Uliji's missing son began to cause various speculations.When Shizi's mount is found, Shizi's life and death will become a mystery.Among the various rumors, the crown prince's retaliation accounted for the mainstream.The crown prince once wanted to give Sangege to the crown prince Uliji, but was declined by the crown prince because he had a deep relationship with his childhood sweetheart cousin and had a white-headed agreement.This time, not only Prince Wuliji disappeared, but also his cousin disappeared at the same time. After the night of offering sacrifices to Obo, no one saw the two of them again.

The majestic Mongolian prince's son has ended up in a situation where he doesn't know his life or death, and the crown prince is involved, so how can he not let the interested people guess?Even Kangxi, after knowing about this, ordered people to investigate this matter strictly.

Prince Ulji once bullied Sukhbaru, Brother Sixteen didn't have a good impression of him, but he still pondered for a long time when he heard the so-called crown prince's revenge.

Even if he loses face because of refusal, there is no need to retaliate like this. Cao Yong doesn't believe this rumor.Although there was a scandal, but the prince was taught by Emperor Kangxi himself, how could he act like this?If you want to take revenge, it's just a matter of one sentence to become the empress, so you don't need to worry about it.

However, so what if it wasn't the prince's doing?With this rumor, as long as half of the people believe that the crown prince will take revenge, the person behind the scenes will be considered a success.Thinking of this, Cao Yong suddenly felt that this way of doing things was somewhat familiar. Isn't the matter in Liuyin Hutong in the capital similar to this?They all offended the prince and were persecuted and hunted down, and the murderer pointed at the prince.

(End of this chapter)