Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 654
Rehe, the garden of Prince Chun's Mansion, the front hall.

Yuan Zhi didn't sit down, but was sweating profusely with an eager face, looking in the direction of the door.Hearing footsteps outside, he had already rushed to the door.

Seeing that it was Cao Yong, his eyes were already red. He took two steps forward and said anxiously: "Master Cao...Master Cao...Director Cao..."

In a panic, I don't know how to address it.

Cao Yong entered the living room and asked, "Is someone coming to your house?"

Yuan Zhi nodded, calmed down, and said: "Well, here we come. I have asked people to keep an eye on the gate, but I didn't expect it to be the same. I have asked the old man if he is looking for Qiniang as Master Cao ordered. If so, invite him to Fumanlou to drink tea. Looking at his appearance, he is really looking for some Qiniang. He just said that he was afraid that Master Cao would deceive him, so he was only willing to let Master Cao pass, but not come out, and took my brother as a hostage."

Cao Yong is not interested in playing "going to the meeting alone". His own life is nothing to others, but it is precious to his family.

He took out a pouch that he had already prepared from his sleeve, handed it to Yuan Zhi and said, "This is his daughter's old thing, I think he should recognize it. Inside is the small wooden sword that his daughter carved a few days ago. Tell him, if you get hurt Your brother has a hair, so he won't expect to see his daughter in this life."

Seeing that Cao Yong was confident, Yuan Zhi also felt relieved.

Although from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Cao Yong would go back home with him without saying a word, but he also knew that no one was a fool.In case the other party jumps over the wall in a hurry and makes trouble, no one can afford it.

He took the purse and asked, "Master Cao, is it Fumanlou? Although he is an old man, he is very agile. What if he can't be caught outside?"

"It's not an enemy, it's just a misunderstanding." Cao Yong said.

Yuan Zhi put away the purse, seemed to understand, hesitated for a while, and said: "Master Cao, why are you so good, he has his eyes on our house? Does it have anything to do with Aunt Yang and the others?"

A few days ago, after Yi Duli found out that something was wrong, he was afraid that it might be of great importance, so he didn't dare to hide the truth from Cao Yong, and told him the truth.

Although Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi brothers were implicated for no reason and were quite innocent, Cao Yong felt fortunate in his heart.

If the other party came directly to the garden of King Chun's Mansion, there are many female relatives here, and if they disturbed and caused trouble, Cao Yong would not know how to apologize.

With the Duke's Mansion standing in front of him, it can be regarded as giving Cao Yong a buffer opportunity.

Cao Yong is really a little afraid of those Jianghu people who don't play their cards according to common sense.The other party can be impulsive, passionate, and reckless; where can I let go, there are too many responsibilities to bear.

Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, this is also an old folk principle.

Seeing Yuan Zhi's question, Cao Yong couldn't say that it was Yidu Li's servant who "caused the water to the east", so he said: "Maybe, I got the news because of the investigation of my wife, and I know that someone pays attention to your side."

Yuan Zhi heard this, and said gratefully: "Fortunately, Master Cao has the heart, and told us in advance, otherwise I don't know what will happen if I anger that person."

The old dandy has also grown up, Cao Yong was a little embarrassed, "coughed", and said: "Are you brothers going to live in the capital for a long time? Now that you are old, why don't you leave and become a knight?"

According to the nobility system established in the 23rd year of Kangxi, the fathers of the brothers Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi were not allowed to be the dukes of Fuguo.

The sons here refer to the legitimate sons. If they are the bastards, they will be degraded and assigned according to the status of the biological mother.

The yellow belt and red belt of the clan, after reaching the age of twenty, in addition to being sealed by the parents, can also participate in the examination of the clan's mansion.It's nothing more than horseback riding and archery. The rank of the seal is also based on the status of the father and the biological mother.

Yuan Zhi heard Cao Yong mentioning "nobility", he couldn't help bowing his head, and said: "Before leaving Beijing, my brother told Ama once. The stepmother was afraid that after my brother got the title, the position of the eldest son would become more secure, so she resorted to tricks Convince Ama not to grant us a seal. My elder brother wanted to take me to test the seal, but Ama heard about it and stopped me, forcing us to leave for Rehe immediately, or sue our brother for disobedience.”

Although the five fingers have different lengths and short ones, they are not biased like this.

Cao Yong was not angry when he heard it, but he didn't like to comment on other people's family affairs, so he said: "Earlier, the sixteenth master saw your brother's difficulties, and he deliberately kept it in his heart. After returning to Beijing, he mentioned it to Lord Jian. Look at his letter It means that things seem to have some clues. The general meaning is that if your father does not ask for a seal, he will arrange for your brother to get a seal. The two of you should practice horseback riding and archery first. The details are not clear in the letter. When Master Sixteen arrives in Rehe in a few days, we will know."

Yuan Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and didn't react for a long time.

It's not too early to make money, and this sentence is more appropriate for Cao Yong.Speaking of which, Cao Yong's purpose in the personnel exchanges over the years is mostly not pure.

Cao Yong didn't have any purpose in helping Yuanwei and Yuanzhi brothers.It's just that they are on a blind date and are in a difficult situation, but it's easy for me to do it.Therefore, he didn't intend to take the credit, and pushed all the credit to Elder Sixteen.

Yuan Zhi has come to understand, looking at Cao Yong speechless.

"I just went out too, let's go together." Cao Yong sighed in his heart, remembering that he also envied Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi's dandy days back then.

How refreshing, heartless, don't have to think about anything.Carrying cages and raising birds all day long, wandering around the city of Forty-Nine, seeing pretty girls and daughters-in-law, posing as rascals, flirting with them.

In fact, he is very happy to live like that.It's just that after being a human being in two lives, the mind is mature, and the mind is too much, so the youth can't be crazy.

The two rode horses and walked side by side. Yuan Zhi expressed a little gratitude and said, "Master Cao's kindness, we brothers will definitely remember it in our hearts."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "It's not sure whether you are gracious or not. Even if you have a letter of approval, it is the credit of Master Sixteen. I dare not accept it."

Yuan Zhi's mind is bright, and he already understands it in his heart, and there is something Cao Yong said in it.Otherwise, just because of Elder Sixteen's intentions, he would not mention the progress of this matter in detail in the letter.

It's just that Cao Yong didn't want to bring up this issue, so Yuan Zhi kept silent, and the more grateful he was in his heart.

When they reached the intersection, they said goodbye, Yuan Zhi went back to the house, and Cao Yong went to visit his mother in another courtyard.

Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang, holding various gadgets in her hands.Most of them are played by children, collected by Cao Yong and Chu Yu before, just waiting to be distributed to the children.

There are also some bone carvings and other things sent by Baoya.

Qiniang was sitting on the edge of the kang, telling Tianyou and Hengsheng what she had seen and heard from her previous travels.Such as monkey tricks, stilt walkers, and bowl throwers.

Hearing that Tianyou and Hang Seng were enjoying themselves, their eyes lit up.

Xiang Cao sat on a small stool beside the kang, talking with Mrs. Li while paying attention to the children.

But within a few days, Qiniang subdued both Tianyou and Hangsheng.

It's not that Qiniang is good at coaxing children, but she couldn't bear to find another way. Seeing the two boys being mischievous, she secretly took out two silver needles to scare people.

Although Tianyou and Hang Seng call themselves little men, they are still afraid of taking medicine and getting needles.In addition, the two have been used to being "commander" by Niuniu since childhood, and there is an extra sister who can "climb the wall room" and "somersault". After a few days, they really grew close.

This time they went north, they came in a hurry, the master didn't accompany them, but the martial arts master Ren's brothers followed and escorted them to Rehe.

The two little guys are eccentric, seeing that Fang Qiniang seems to be very powerful, they encourage her to compete with the Ren brothers.

How could the Ren brothers be serious with the little girl, they dealt with it for a few rounds and ended in a tie.

When Tianyou met Hang Seng, he felt that Fang Qiniang was amazing, and he was willing to play with her.

When Mrs. Li first arrived in Rehe, due to the rush on the road, she was somewhat unbalanced in food and water and soil.I was afraid that the two grandsons would be mischievous, so I didn't watch, but with Qiniang as my helper, I also liked this little girl very much.

Speaking of identity, one cannot say that Fang Qiniang was plundered from someone else's house in February, but that she is Wei Hei's relative.

Fang Qiniang was naughty in front of others, but she was very well-behaved in front of Li Shi, she looked no different from ordinary children.Hearing that she lost her mother when she was young, Mrs. Li felt very sorry for her and asked people to prepare delicious food for her all day long.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, Tianyou and Hengsheng got up and climbed down from the kang.Vanilla also got up and stepped aside.

"Father..." Tianyou raised his neck, still so polite.

"Father..." Hang Seng pulled Cao Yong's sleeve, his small mouth cracked to the side of his ear, and he was very happy to see it.

Cao Yong touched their heads and met with his mother and vanilla.Fang Qiniang was already wide open, leaned in front of Cao Yong, and asked in a low voice: "Is the princess's grandmother better? In addition to ginseng chicken soup, you should also eat some food that removes fire and clears lungs, or else this day It's getting hotter, and when the damp heat accumulates, a rash will appear."

"Well, the imperial physician also said so, and a new prescription has been used in the past two days." Cao Yong nodded and said.

"Prince doctor..." Fang Qiniang's heart became alive when she heard this.

It's just that she also knows that medical skills are mostly "private food", and many are hidden.If it doesn't matter, who would want to teach others?

When Mrs. Li saw her son, besides asking about his daughter-in-law's situation, the only thing left was to ask him to eat more and make up for it.If it goes down like this, it will lose its vitality again.

Tianhui didn't come here, and was taken by Chunjun Wang Fujin to take care of her.

Seeing their mother and son talking, Xiang Cao wanted to take Qiniang away.

When Cao Yong saw it, he got up and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm looking for Brother Wei for something, so I'll go with you."

Because the Li family is here, Cao Yong was afraid that "Xiaoxiao" would come in and disturb the mother and children, so he asked Wei Hei to bring the Ren brothers to stay here to guard.

Beside him, besides Xiao Man and Zhang Yi, were brothers Cao Jia and others.

"Let's go now..." Seeing this, Mrs. Li felt a little bit reluctant.

Cao Yong smiled and said: "Don't go, go back after dinner. Do we have deer tendon here? I want to eat braised deer tendon."

Mrs. Li got up from the kang and said: "Yes, Hang Seng likes this dish, and I asked someone to cook it for him yesterday. If Yong'er wants to eat anything, I will ask someone to tell the kitchen. "

"Others? I can't think of it for a while. If there are vegetarian meatballs, use that to make soup." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

Mrs. Li couldn't stop nodding, and said: "I see, I see, besides deer tendon, there is vegetarian meatball soup... We ate shredded radish pancakes this morning, and I asked the kitchen to make some for you to try..."

While talking, Cao Yong came out with Xiangcao and Qiniang, and Li's side began to think about the recipe for dinner.

After leaving Li's courtyard, Fang Qiniang made a face at Cao Yong, and said, "How old is she, and she still wants to act like a baby with her mother. If you want to eat roasted deer tendon, meatball soup, etc., are you not ashamed?"

"Qiniang, don't be rude to the uncle." Seeing her like this, Xiang Cao felt a headache and said with a straight face.

Qiniang stuck out her tongue, she was much more cute.

Cao Yong thought of Mr. Fang Zhong, and said to Qiniang: "Children are the debts of parents. When you get older, you will know. For the sake of children, parents have to stop and worry. Children , You should also know how to be filial, and it’s okay to coax the elders into favor.”

When Fang Qiniang heard about her parents, she thought of her father, her smile froze on her little face, and she murmured: "There are things that are more important than children, such as faith and righteousness. Even daughters, they can't be ranked in front of morality." Number……"

Thinking of her father throwing herself in the capital in order to send the benefactor's son back to the south, her little face was clenched into a ball, and tears were about to come out.

Cao Yong just said casually, seeing that it made her uncomfortable, he said: "Don't be annoyed, maybe your father has already gone north to pick up his precious daughter."

Fang Qiniang lowered her head, kicked the stones on the ground, and said, "It's been half a year, so come early."

"It's a long way from the capital to Fujian, so you have to give people the time to go back and forth." Cao Yong persuaded.

While speaking, a group of people had already left the second door and arrived at the front courtyard.

Wei Hei was not in the house. Just as Xiangcao was about to go out to look for it, he saw Wei Hei rushing over and said to Cao Yong, "I was just about to send a message to the second gate, son, and Lao Zheng sent someone to come back and tell him that it is a guest." ’ We’ve arrived at Fumanlou, ask the young master for instructions.”

Mr. Fang Zhong got the letter that his daughter might be in Fuguo Duke's mansion, and spent three or four days to scout the site, which shows that he is a alert and calm person.

It's just flesh and blood, seeing his daughter's needle bag, even if he is a veteran, he will lose his usual composure.

"How many people? With the young master of Fuguo Gongfu?" Cao Yong asked.

Wei Hei shook his head, and said: "I heard that I went to the meeting alone, ordered a few dishes, and ate and waited there. Looking at this pie, I look like a man."

Fang Qiniang was listening, very curious.It's just different from being casual with Cao Yong, she was a little afraid of Wei Hei, so she didn't dare to interrupt rashly.

Seeing her flushed face, Wei Hei couldn't help but find it funny.Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, and said to Qiniang, "Go, go with us and have a look. Someone came to Rehe to look for you. You look like your father in your age."

On Fang Qiniang's side, she still couldn't believe it, she only thought that Cao Yong was lying to herself, and curled her lips and said: "Just now someone said that Fujian is far away, why do I have an extra father this time? Just coax me to play, believe me You are the one to blame."

Seeing her like this, Cao Yong didn't say much, and said to Wei Hei: "Since Qiniang won't go, let's go and have a look. See who is so holy, who dares to cheat so much, he must be kicked out with a stick." go out."

Wei Hei agreed, and Cao Yong went out with him.

Seeing that they were serious, Fang Qiniang felt a little undecided, hesitated for a while, and followed.

*
Fuman Building, the second floor.

Since it was not time to eat, there was only one table of guests sitting by the window.It is said to be a table, but it is actually just an old man.

In his 50s, with a lean body, he was dressed in a blue cloth jacket that was not worn out, and cloth shoes with layered soles on his feet.

The few small dishes in front of me are also common dishes, fried bean sprouts, roasted tofu, mixed with radishes, only the braised elbow is a meat dish.In addition to four dishes, there is also a bowl of noodle soup.

There are already two empty bowls beside him, and the old man is eating the third bowl of rice.Several dishes have bottomed out, so the old man rinsed the bottom of several dishes with noodle soup, poured them into bowls, and ate with rice.

After eating and drinking, the old man put down his chopsticks and looked out the window
Not far away, six or seven riders came over, and there was a familiar figure among them, which made the old man tremble.

This old man is none other than Fang Qiniang's father, Fang Zhonggong.

At the beginning of February, he escorted Fang Baikui's son to go south.Not long after returning to Fujian, I heard news of something bad happened to the Fang family.

Fortunately, they hurried all the way. When they arrived in Fujian, they collected some of the Fang family's floating wealth and prepared the boat to go to sea.They ran out before the government sent someone to seal the house and arrest them.

The young master of the Fang family obeyed his father's orders and avoided living at sea. After all, he was a son of man. How could he rest assured of his father who was in prison.

There was no one else around him, so he had no choice but to beg Mr. Fang Zhong to come to Beijing to find out the news.

Fang Zhonggong was also concerned about his daughter's whereabouts, so he returned to the capital from Fujian.Unexpectedly, when he arrived in the capital, Fang Baikui had already come out of prison.

After tracking for half a month, the two finally met.

Regarding Fang Qiniang's whereabouts, Fang Baikui was also uncertain.But since it was not there that night when Cao Yong brought people to Fang's house, it probably has nothing to do with Cao's house.

This time I made the gun of Brother Jiu and offended the Cao family.If the Cao family doesn't let go, he won't be able to get out of prison.Knowing this, Fang Baikui felt grateful to the Cao family.

He was afraid that Mr. Fang Zhong would have a dispute with the Cao family, so he kept this paragraph secret.

Fang Zhonggong had no choice but to go back to the capital and search around Fang's house.

By chance, I got the news that Ren Yazi in Zhili area took the girl, took Rehe to teach her, and sold it to the palace over there and the Mongolian prince as a concubine.

Although Fang Zhonggong knew that his daughter had some skills, but after all, she was a child, and there were really two strong guards watching her, so she couldn't do anything about it.

Holding a sliver of hope, he chased to Rehe, but he didn't expect that it really came.

When it comes to Cao Yong's name, he knows it.Back then, when Fang Baikui was forced to get involved in the affairs of the Imperial Merchant, he often nagged in front of Mr. Fang Zhong.

Cao Yong is a errand for the emperor Lao Tzu, how can it be a good stubble?
He's just incompetent, and when he gets to that position, he's capable.Not to mention, the young master of the Cao family is not an ordinary person who makes money well...

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Since his daughter is in the hands of Cao Yong, how could Fang Baikui not know about it?
The two had known each other for half their lives, and he knew that he was only such a girl, so he didn't tell the truth.what is the reason?Is it because I am afraid that Cao Yong is too powerful, and I am not his opponent; or I am afraid that Cao Yong is a nobleman, and I have disturbed the nobleman...

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The first change, continue to code words, happy weekend everyone. .

(End of this chapter)