Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 652
On the road from Beijing to Rehe, Hong Zhuo had already made up his mind that he wanted to show his brother-in-law Cao Yong some "color" when they met.Let my sister suffer along with her, isn't that indebted?
After several days of rushing down the road, he was a little hesitant.

Along with him is his wife, Li Shi, who is soft-tempered and kind, and gets along well with the Fujins.

If you punch your brother-in-law twice when you meet, it seems a bit unkind to beat your son in front of other people's mothers.Besides, this brother-in-law was not mean to him.He loved horses earlier, and Cao Yong bought him good ones without saying a word; he got married two months ago, and although his sister and brother-in-law were not in Beijing, there were a lot of related gifts and money.

After thinking this way, Hongzhuo was a little undecided.

After hesitating and hesitating, on the afternoon of April [-]th, the Fujins from Prince Chun's Palace and Mrs. Li's car arrived at Rehe.

Two days ago, the group met the person sent by King Chun to deliver the letter.Knowing that Chuyu was out of danger, Fujin and Li Shi also heaved a sigh of relief.

If so, he didn't see anyone, and he was more or less worried, so Mrs. Li didn't go to the Cao's other courtyard first, but followed the Fujins directly.

After all, Hong Zhuo didn't do anything. Although Cao Yong didn't suffer from skin trauma, he was exhausted and his eyes were sunken.

Hong Zhuo looked at his fist, then at Cao Yong's small body, and hummed a few words to finish the job.

During the past few days of Chuyu's breath adjustment, her energy has improved a lot, and her face has turned red.It's just that because of the injury to her lungs, she can't move for the time being, and she can't talk for too long.

Seeing the aunt, biological mother, and mother-in-law all arrived, and seeing the two sons who had been separated for several months, Chu Yu could only shed tears.

Tianyou and Hang Seng were a little happy when they saw their mother, but they were a little stunned when they saw her tears streaming down their face.

Chun Wang Fujin stepped forward to hold Chu Yu's hand, and also shed tears.

After this meeting, everyone felt both joy and fear.

There are a lot of people here, the King of Chunjun has already asked someone to prepare a banquet to welcome everyone, and also cleaned up the guest room, inviting Mrs. Li to stay.

Mrs. Li saw that her daughter-in-law was not in any danger, so after eating the food and wine, she still hesitated, and wanted to take her two grandchildren back to the other courtyard.

Chu Yu felt quite uneasy, wondering if she should go back to her husband's house to recuperate.Her wound was healed, how dare Cao Yong let her move.If the wound is stretched, wouldn't it be too late to regret.

All the tonics brought by Mrs. Li were unloaded and left in the garden for Chuyu to use.

Cao Yong personally sent the mother and sons to settle down properly.

The furniture in the other courtyard was arranged by Chu Yu himself.On the side of the main hall in the inner courtyard is the place where Mrs. Li lives, sits and sleeps, and everything is done according to her heart.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li thought of her daughter-in-law's usual virtuousness, so she sighed twice, and drove her son back to take care of his daughter-in-law.

Both Tianyou and Hang Seng were a little tired and drowsy, but seeing that Cao Yong was about to leave, both of them pulled the skirts of his clothes.

"Father, mother..." Tianyou showed some concern on his face, and said, "When will mother come back..."

Hang Seng also asked: "Yes, will mother lie down all the time?"

Cao Yong touched their small heads and said: "I will be back in a few days. You will live here with your grandmother first, and you will go to see your mother tomorrow during the day..."

The two couldn't help but jump for joy when they heard this.

Hang Seng said, "Where's my sister? Won't you come back?"

Tianhui was picked up by Baoya today, Tianyou and Hangsheng couldn't see each other, that's why she asked this question.

Hearing Tianhui mentioned by him, Li said to Cao Yong: "Yes, my daughter-in-law is sick, where can I have time to take care of Tianhui, or send someone to send Tianhui here."

Cao Yong looked at Mrs. Li looking tired, and there were two little radish heads in front of him. He hesitated and said: "Mother, you have been tired all the way, and you have to rest for two days. Don't get sick again, or else you will be sick." How can we feel at ease as children?"

Mrs. Li shook her head and said: "It's okay, I was in a hurry for the past two days, and I met the steward of the palace a few days ago, so I have already slowed down my schedule, and I'm not that tired."

Cao Yong said a few words with his mother, and Li Shi drove him back to take care of his wife.

When Cao Yong turned back to the garden, Hong Zhuo was standing in the yard, already waiting a little impatiently.

"What the hell did my brother-in-law do to form a life-and-death enmity with others?" Hongzhuo asked loudly with his neck straightened and dissatisfaction on his face.

"What's the big deal? Don't my brother-in-law know what I'm doing? I'm busy with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and bidding after the year, and I've been repairing the palace here for the past two months." Seeing him like this, Cao Yong didn't feel annoyed. , just thinking about what Seventh Brother said before, with a bit of irritability.

Speaking of it, he didn't have any chance of personal grudges.

Except for Guishan when I first came to Beijing, it had nothing to do with errands or anything, it was just a battle of loyalty; other times, I offended people when I was on errands.

I have been bothering myself, but I just want to live a peaceful life.

But what kind of peaceful day is this?In addition to dealing with Kangxi who is aloof and holds the power of life and death, he must also beware of back arrows.What's even more hateful is that Kangxi is capricious and doesn't care about the feelings of the people below.

I am the only one who is the emperor.

Seeing that Cao Yong was neither humble nor overbearing, and didn't explain, Hongzhuo couldn't help frowning, and said: "Brother-in-law Shan is on the job? Ama is also on the job, and my brother is also on the job. I will also join the ministry at the end of the year. Why don't you see others like my brother-in-law? Last year, my brother-in-law was seriously injured. After raising them for a few months, both Ama and Erniang were worried, for fear that their brother-in-law would not be able to make it through, and the elder sister would become... It took a long time, and the elder sister was troubled again..."

The more Hong Zhuo said, the more angry he became, and in the end, he glared at Cao Yong.

Not only was Hong Zhuo questioning, even Cao Yong asked himself how tall he was.

I don't want to be famous, famous and dignified, I just want peace, isn't it an extravagant wish?It's also quite joyful to watch other dude's do it.

It's just that he is envious of envy, but as the future head of the Cao family, Cao Yong has no right to indulge.

He stretched out his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally patted Hong Zhuo's shoulder, saying: "I'm also confused. Why don't you think about it with brother-in-law, why is brother-in-law so unlucky?"

Hong Zhuo was annoyed, impatient with Cao Yong's closeness, twisted his shoulders, avoiding Cao Yong's hand, and said: "Isn't my brother-in-law messing around? Let's not talk about the things that were released back then. When I return to the capital In two or three years, the brothers-in-law of the Taipu Temple, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have less tossing around? If it were someone else, they would stay in the same yamen honestly and only finish one term in three years. If the brother-in-law is also so peaceful Yes, how could you offend people indiscriminately?"

Listening to Hong Zhuo's accusation, Cao Yong was really dumbfounded.

If he could make the decision, he would rather continue to be an imperial bodyguard, let alone work, no one would dare to offend, and he would be more relaxed.

After Hong Zhuo said these words "ba la", "ba la", seeing that her brother-in-law didn't mean to be "teachable", her little face drooped even more, and said: "My sister treats my brother-in-law as if she was a day, and my brother-in-law loves my sister like this. ?”

Hearing that Hong Zhuo still complained, Cao Yong sat on the steps in front of the hall, looked at the oleander in the yard, and thought about the itinerary of Shengjia in his heart.

Shengjia set off from Changchun Garden on April [-]th. According to the old practice over the years, Shengjia traveled [-] miles a day and arrived at Rehe in about ten days.Counting the days, it will probably take seven or eight days.

The father-in-law's reminder, Kangxi's attack on A Ling'a and Kui Xu, made Cao Yong vigilant.

In normal times, people before and after, how gracious Kangxi treated the veterans.Let's just say Ah Ling, as early as when the prince was abolished, he was reprimanded for his involvement in the matter of recommending the eighth elder brother as the reserve.

However, unlike Ma Qi, a senior scholar who has been ups and downs, A Ling'a is still a close minister of the emperor.As a result, now that the crown prince's wings have been eradicated, the eighth elder brother has become a thorn in Kangxi's heart.

Although anyone can see the strangeness this time, Kangxi still accused A Ling'a and Kui Xu.

It seems to appease the Cao family, but in fact, it just happened to be a chance to justify the name.

Not only to be a bitch, but also to set up a memorial archway, this sentence is considered appropriate for the emperor Kangxi.

What is the fundamental reason why Hong Xi is an enemy of himself?It couldn't be because I refused the study companion back then, right?

If Kangxi insisted on protecting Hong Xi, what could he do?

Cao Yong thought, his brows were already tightly locked, and he had already thought of various countermeasures in his mind, but he felt that they were not appropriate.

Just as he was hesitating, he heard Hongzhuo tentatively ask: "Brother-in-law, are you stupid?"

As the sun was setting, Hongzhuo suddenly felt embarrassed looking at the silent Cao Yong in the afterglow of the setting sun, wondering if he had said something too much.

He has never been careful, and the embarrassing thoughts disappeared in a blink of an eye, and he remembered something, and said: "By the way, Ama invited your monk friend to play chess in the study. It's been a while, and I haven't come out yet!"

"Zhiran?" Cao Yong was a little surprised, stood up and said, "When did he come?"

Since the seventh elder brother arrived in Rehe on April [-]th, Zhiran, Jiang Jian, and Li Wei all moved to live in Cao's other courtyard.Only occasionally when something happened, they came to see Cao Yong.

"As soon as brother-in-law sent his wife away, the monk came and said he wanted to see brother-in-law. Just in time for Ama to see him, Ama invited him to play chess." Hongzhuo said.

For the father-in-law of the seventh elder brother, Cao Yong had only admiration. He thought that although he was a little withdrawn, he was considered a man of temperament, and he was indifferent to fame and fortune, and he was approachable.

The exhortation, Cao Yong also believed that he was for his own good.It's just that there seems to be something hidden in it, which Seventh Brother doesn't want to say.

Originally, I only thought that it was because of the fourteenth elder brother's intention to win him over that Hong Shu got closer to him, and that he would be implicated if he failed to keep them together in the future.No matter how you listen to Seventh Brother, he is not completely fraternal to the abolished prince as a younger brother, and he is also very optimistic about Hong Xi's nephew.

Thinking in my heart, Cao Yong has followed Hong Zhuo to the study.

Hong Zhuo bowed across the door and said: "Ama, brother-in-law is back."

There was no sound in the room, and it took a while to hear Brother Qi say: "Come in."

The lamps were already lit in the study, and Seventh Prince and Zhiran were sitting on both sides of the chessboard.Seventh elder brother is black, Zhiran is white, and they are fighting lively.Although black and white bite hard, but Cao Yong glanced, or can see that Heizi has the upper hand.

Zhiran has no ambition to win, otherwise with his chess skills, he wouldn't be able to reach this level.

Seventh elder brother didn't see the son-in-law and son who came in, his eyes were glued to the chessboard, holding a chess piece in his hand, thinking about where to play.

Hong Zhuo is quick-tempered, seeing his father's delay, he was already scratching his head in anxiety.

Seventh elder brother looked at the chess board for a while, put down the chess pieces, and said to Zhidao: "This king has lost."

Zhiran stood up, clasped his hands together, and said: "Amitabha, the prince has accepted the concession, the monk is ashamed, it can't be considered a win or a loss."

Seventh elder brother glanced at Cao Yong, then at Zhiran, and asked, "I heard that the little master recently studied Zen in the temple here. How did you get it?"

Zhiran replied: "It is really a blessing to be able to listen to the supreme Dharma, so that the little monk can break through the profound meaning of Dharma."

Seventh elder brother heard the words, didn't speak any more, looked at Cao Yong and said: "Little master came here to find you, and I just happened to be pulled here to play chess by this king. You sit down slowly, and this king and Hong Zhuo will go to Fujin to have a look."

While speaking, Seventh Elder Brother had already got up, nodded to Zhiran, and then told Hong Zhuo to leave together.

Cao Yong sent her to the door, then turned around, looked at Zhiran and said: "Mother has arrived, I sent her back to another courtyard just now. Zhiran is looking for me, what's the matter?"

Zhiran nodded, and said: "Mr. Feilin, a fellow clerk in the Xinggong yamen, got word that the case files from when the garden here came to the Xinggong mansion were investigated before, and they have been transferred back to the capital."

What kind of case is it that "Tu Er" and the others hid in A Ling'a's house?

Alinga's scenery, is this the end?

It's just how to determine the crime, it can't be said that he colluded with gangsters to assassinate courtiers, right?In that case, what is the face of the imperial court?
"One more thing is that the 'Tu Er' party members confessed to boss Xu at the top of the mountain, but the police did not find him when they arrived at the appointed place." Zhiran said slowly: "According to what Wu Zuo said, the woman who committed the murder a few days ago It's calluses, the bones are thick, and judging from the fact that he shot it that day, he is a martial artist. Because of this, Mr. Feilin stayed at the magistrate's office for a few days and looked at all the wanted portraits for more than ten years. Among them, he found some clues .”

"I can't complain that he wanted my name card the day before yesterday. It turned out that I went to the Yamen of the magistrate. What clues?" Cao Yong asked.

"Nine years ago, in Cangzhou, Hejian Prefecture, Zhili Province, a couple was wanted for rent-resisting murder. The man's name was Xu Yunlong, and the woman's was Guo's. Although they were rural people, both husband and wife had some skills. Because of the severe drought that year , the crops were not harvested, and the head of the village brought people to pay the rent to the Guo family, but the husband and wife resisted and killed them." Speaking of this, Zhiran couldn't help chanting the Buddha's name.

"Xu Yunlong and Mrs. Guo became bandits because of the murder case?" Although this story sounds familiar, the couple in it has no other choice, but thinking that they might be the ones who came to assassinate him and Chuyu, Cao Yongshi It is impossible to give birth to sympathy.

Zhiran shook his head and said: "No, although their husband and wife fled, the Zhuangzi is not the Zhuangzi of ordinary people, it is the property of Prince An's mansion. The local magistrate was afraid of trouble, so he arrested Guo's old lady according to the arrangement of the man from the mansion. Get up and show off."

The story that follows is still clichéd.

Xu Yunlong and Mrs. Guo got wind of it, so they went to the Yamen to surrender.Immediately, he was imprisoned in death row, only waiting for Qiuhou to be executed.

Although the daughter and son-in-law of Guo's mother were released from the yamen because of her involvement, they were hanged to death with a hemp rope.

Before Qiu Hou asked about the killing, both Xu Yunlong and Guo's couple "died suddenly due to emergencies", and the case was considered closed.

While talking, Zhiran took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and opened it for Cao Yong to read.

Although it is just a simple outline, but the eyebrows and eyes look familiar, it is the "Sister-in-law Xu" who assassinated Chu Yu.

"According to the testimony of the theater troupe, this woman's accent is from the Hejian area. When the bandits talk about the origin of Boss Xu, they only know that seven or eight years ago, the husband and wife took over the mountain with their kung fu." Zhiran said slowly: "From this point of view, the Xu family couple may be the former Cang County death row."

Although it is still uncertain who is behind the scenes, but since the identities of Xu and his wife have been found out, there will always be clues left.

Cao Yong let out a long breath, and said to Zhiran: "I've been taking care of my wife for the past few days, thanks to the little monk Tong Feilin. Those who can not be afraid of the power of Prince An's mansion and win people from the death row, can do it like this. It can be counted. Finally, I don’t have to be blind anymore. I went back to the other courtyard just now, but I didn’t see Feilin, could he still be in the yamen?”

Zhiran nodded, and said: "Mr. Feilin said that after Shengjia arrived in Rehe, it might be difficult to investigate further. In the next few days, let's see if we can find out more clues."

It has been eight days since Chuyu was assassinated on the [-]th, and Jiang Jian has been running outside.Even if something comes back to report to Cao Yong, it is Zhiran or Li Wei.

Before, Cao Yong's whole mind was on Chu Yu, and he didn't think so much, but now he felt something was wrong.

He hesitated, and asked, "What about the non-phosphorus state? What's wrong?"

Zhiran listened, looked at Cao Yong with complicated eyes, and said: "It seems that I am quite self-blaming in my heart, and I have forgotten to eat and sleep in the past few days, and I have been suffering a little bit."

Cao Yong stomped his feet, only to realize his carelessness.

He glanced at Zhiran and asked, "Have you used your dinner, little monk?" Seeing that Zhiran nodded, he said again: "Then wait for me for a while, I will visit my wife, and then we will go to the yamen to pick up Feilin... ..."

*
Rehe, University Scholars' Mansion, Inner House.

Yidu sat upright in the hall, his face a little dark.Opposite him stood the big housekeeper, and beside the big housekeeper was a young man dressed as a servant kneeling.

"Tell me carefully from the beginning to the end, don't say a word." Yi Duli stared at the servant, and said slowly: "Well said, I will reward you; if anyone dares to hide it, hehe..."

The servant had kowtowed, stuttered, and told what had happened in the afternoon.

He is the son of the family, and because he is the nephew of the housekeeper, he got a leisurely and decent job as a porter.

Because he had some spare money in his pocket, his hands were itchy, and while he was not on duty, he went to the casino with a little brother to try his luck.

But it was a bit of a back, three times and five divisions, and I lost all the few taels of silver I was carrying, and I also exchanged the clothes for copper coins, and I also lost everything.

At this time, an old man came forward, holding a large ingot of ten taels, claiming that a niece was separated from him and sold to Rehe as a maidservant.

In addition to asking the whereabouts of his niece, there is no intention of inquiring into the privacy of the scholar's residence.

This concierge is a son of a family, and knows what can be said and what cannot be said.But he was greedy for the money, so he made up some nonsense and took the money.

He didn't know what to do and didn't dare to gamble any more, so he turned back to his home, and was caught by his uncle.

His uncle heard that his nephew had gone to the gambling house again, so he brought a stick to beat him, but he didn't expect that a silver ingot rolled down after him running around.

The big butler sensed that something was wrong, and the concierge didn't dare to hide anything, so he told about what happened in the casino.

Rehe has not been peaceful for the past few months, and the head steward knew it. Hearing that someone was spying on the scholar's mansion, he reported directly to Yiduli.

After hearing this, Yiduri was a little confused.

Although the rumors are not right recently, it doesn't involve me, so why do people still want to have their own ideas?

After the concierge finished speaking, he kowtowed non-stop, and said in a crying voice: "Master, the servant dare not betray the master, and just talks nonsense, there is no truth."

Yi Duli snorted twice, and said: "The man said how old is his niece, when did he see it?"

"It's eleven or two, it's not tall, I saw it vaguely at the gate of our house a few days ago, and I think it looks like it." The porter replied.

Eleventh and Secondary maidservants, of course there are some in the mansion, but most of them are born in the family, and I haven't heard that the family recently bought a maidservant.

Yi Duli didn't understand whether the man was really looking for someone, or he was using excuses to inquire about other things.In any case, be on guard.

"You servant, you are courageous enough. If you dare to accept this money, you won't be afraid that the master will peel your skin." Yi Duli stared at the concierge and said, "Let me tell you what nonsense you are talking about. "

The concierge kowtowed and said: "If you come back to the master, the servant saw that man was sneaky, and was afraid that he would be bad for our mansion, so he lied. He only said that there is no little maid in our mansion. A few days ago, it was a treat in the mansion, and the person who came was Fuguo." The female relatives of the Duke's mansion. If he sees his niece, it will be in the Fuguo Duke's mansion."

"Fu Guogong?" Two brothers Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi appeared in Yi Duli's mind. He got up and kicked the porter, and said, "You are still smart, and you didn't recruit people to the mansion? Tell me, let the master take it." What rewards you?"

The concierge raised his neck and said shyly, "I don't dare to be the master's reward. If the master kicks the slave again, so that the slave will have a long memory, it will be a face to the slave."

Yi Duli heard this, kicked him with a smile, and said: "Okay, I will help you." At this point, the smile in his eyes disappeared: "Just remember, there will be no next time. If you let the master hear If you continue to gamble, the Lord will chop off your paws and feed them to the dogs."

The concierge was already frightened out of his wits, kowtowing endlessly.

Yi Duli didn't even look at him, and said to the chief steward, "At least he wasn't dazzled by the money, and he didn't do the thing that betrayed the Lord, so reward him with 20 taels of silver."

Hearing the words, the butler hurriedly bowed in response, with joy already on his face...

On the side of Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi, Yi Duli didn't bother to worry about it, but he couldn't help thinking of this eleven or twelve year old girl.

He turned his head, frowned at the concierge, and said, "The old man who gave you the money, who is born there, can you hear his accent?"

The concierge pondered for a while, then said with a bitter face: "Master, I can't tell you well, how many people have I met? It sounds like Nanyin, where the servant can't really tell..."

Yi Duli listened and nodded his head, although he didn't understand what was going on, but the person was probably looking for Fang Qiniang to come...

That Fang Qiniang is following Chu Yu, doesn't she look like a maid?Is there something else hidden in this...

(End of this chapter)