Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 66 Vortex
How many people will pay attention to the death of a female slave in the county palace?After the steward of the Wangfu came to check it, he came to a final conclusion.The Mongolian man committed suicide, and he wore the badge of the county prince's mansion, but no one inside or outside the county prince's mansion knew him.

Sheng Jia is about to arrive in Bahrain, and this kind of strange man appears, which is the reason why everyone in the palace pays attention.After careful investigation, some clues were finally found from a nervous porter.He once borrowed money from two men with his waist card as collateral in a casino, and later returned the money and got it back, but he didn't take it to heart.

Cao Yong was in a bad mood. Although he had been in this world for several years, he still couldn't despise human life.Wenxiu, a poor, weak, harmless woman, just died in front of his eyes.He was very angry. Thinking about it now, the tragedy that happened by the Harqin River a few days ago was just a part of the conspiracy.Even if it wasn't Prince Wuliji who died at that time, other people would be targeted by the murderer, and the only goal was to frame the prince.No matter how you investigate afterwards, as long as half of the people believe that it was done by the prince, the black hand behind the scenes will be considered to have achieved their goal.

Cao Yong has a cautious personality and is not the kind of passionate young man, but watching the murderer succeed like this makes him extremely uncomfortable.Such an innocent woman died tragically just because she got involved with the conspiracy. What kind of world is this?
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The next day, Bahrain Right Banner, Doro County Prince's Mansion, Houshan.

Cao Yong sent some money and called several servants in the mansion to carry Wenxiu's body to the back mountain.Since he promised to send her home, he couldn't let her be buried alone in Saibei Grassland.

Wenxiu was abducted at the age of five, entered the palace as a slave at the age of seven, and worked as a low-level handyman in the palace for ten years.Before leaving, only a ten-year-old slave girl, Wu En, came to see him off.Cao Yong recognized her, the little girl who could only speak Mongolian, whom she had seen in Rehe at that time.

Wenxiu's body was engulfed by the flames bit by bit, and Wu En almost died from crying, babbling, not knowing what to say.

Cao Yong looked at everything in front of him, and warned himself again, don't forget the promise to Wenxiu, and must send her home.In addition, if you don't say it, you want revenge.To say revenge is too high-sounding, it is nothing more than self-protection.Now, the other party has found Wenxiu with the help of the tin flagon left by the river, so who can guarantee that he will not be found.That night, when he recited the text and returned to the camp, he saw more than one or two people.Since he was able to chase and kill a female slave from thousands of miles away, there was no reason to let him go.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong's angry heart became heavy. He really said "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet." .Although he has lived two lifetimes, he still cherishes his own life. If someone wants to take his life, how can he be willing to wait for death.

The servants of the palace, hearing Wu En crying miserably, were afraid that Cao Yong would think she was noisy, so they explained beside her.This Wu En is a servant of the royal family, his mother died when he was three or four years old, and I married a daughter-in-law again. He didn't care about this girl at all, it was Mao Wuhen who took care of her all these years, so the relationship was inevitably deeper.

Cao Yong looked at Wu En, who was wearing coarse clothes and was crying until he was dark. This must be the portrayal of Wenxiu when he was a child!Thin body bones, calloused hands, endless labor and beatings.

"Cao Yong, I finally got Ben Gege to catch you!" With a slightly smug voice, Tana came over with a whip in her hand.

Wu En, who was crying miserably just now, stopped immediately when he heard Tana's voice, his face was full of panic, his small body shrank into a ball, trembling.

Cao Yong was not in the mood to talk to this domineering princess, thinking of the name she gave Wenxiu, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at her.Perhaps it was precisely because of being a slave under her that Wenxiu suffered more.

Seeing that Cao Yong ignored him, Tana was about to get angry when she saw the fire in front of her, pointed at it with a whip, and said, "Is that burning Mao Wuhen? It's just a slave, it's not worth you to come and watch!"

Cao Yong looked at Tana: "Ge Ge, she has served you for ten years, is she just a slave to you?"

After hearing this, Tana's face became a little more annoyed: "Aren't you a slave or something? I just can't get used to her chirping and wow-wah-wah-wah! Pay attention to her, and go to coax Wu En again. What kind of sister's spectrum are you showing off, you are simply a slave who doesn't know the rules!"

Cao Yong could imagine that scene, the seven-year-old Wenxiu was sold to the palace, and after being assigned to Tana, he must really care for this little master.Now that the Sri Lankan has passed away, he still thinks about what to do, and he is very self-deprecating.

Tana arranged Wenxiu, she seemed very annoyed, and stomped her feet: "Cao Yong, go hunting with Ben Gege! Shengjia will be in Bahrain in two days, so he won't be free then! Baoya, that stupid girl, I want to entangle you!"

"Gege find someone else to go, I have to wait to collect the bones for her!" Cao Yong replied without sadness or joy.

"What?" Tana screamed: "In the past, you had no free time, but today I came here to find you. You would rather wait here to collect bones for a servant than play with me! It's too much, The slaves in our mansion, it's your turn to worry about it!"

Cao Yong is really not interested in wasting words, and did not deal with Tana's words.

Tana became more and more annoyed, trembling with anger, pointed at Cao Yong and said, "I see, why are you so concerned about this little bitch. During the purse sacrifice in June, I heard people chewing their tongues, saying that this little bitch is Could it be you who was carried back by a man?"

Seeing that Cao Yong did not deny the matter, Tana rushed to the servants of the Prince's Mansion and said, "Extinguish the fire for me, who would allow this little bitch to be cremated, and drag him to the meadow to feed the wild dogs!"

Those servants were all accustomed to seeing Tana's coercion, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Cao Yong turned his head and glanced at Tana: "I have paid ten times the price to redeem Wenxiu's deed from your housekeeper, now that she is no longer Gege's slave, she dare not bother Gege to worry about it! "

Although Cao Yong didn't give Tana a good face when he saw Tana hiding if he could hide on weekdays, but it was the first time he had such a cold attitude like today.

Tana's tears were hazy, and she murmured: "Why? I'm not as good as Bao Ya, so I'm not even as good as a slave?"

Cao Yong is not a person who likes to preach, and he is not interested in comforting this little girl who regards human life as nothing.

Tana stood for a while, choked up, turned and left.

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Balin Right Banner, Duoluo County Prince's Mansion, Guest House.

After Cao Yong received Wenxiu's bones, he returned to his room, where Elder Sixteen had been waiting here for quite a while.

What should come will come, Cao Yong poured himself a cup of tea.

"What's going on here?" Elder Sixteen was rare and serious: "Last night, I saw that you were in a bad mood and didn't want to talk, so I didn't ask you. Who is the murderer? Have you offended someone you shouldn't have offended?" ?”

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said: "How could you think of getting involved with me? Didn't you say that I was just passing by?"

The sixteenth elder brother did not answer Cao Yong's words, and said to himself: "I have checked, and although the dead female slave is called 'Mao Wuhen' now, she was called 'Boule' two months ago. Seventeen and eight, he is thin and thin, isn't that the man you are looking for? I went to see the murderer this morning. Although he is dressed in Mongolia, he may not be a Mongolian. He tried his best to get his badge, and carefully confused him. Entering the Prince’s Mansion just to tease a female slave? Who would believe this kind of nonsense! Did he come running after you, but the 'Boule' was unfortunately implicated by you!"

Cao Yong didn't want to tell the sixteenth elder brother about the matter of Uliji's son, there is no need for him to follow Xuanxin.However, what happened last night, he will not stop until he asks clearly.With the sixteenth elder brother for two months, Cao Yong knew that he was far smarter than he showed.Perhaps, his carefree character is to conceal his wisdom.Right now, since the sixteenth brother has taken care of it, even if Cao Yong continues to conceal it, he will continue to investigate according to the clues, so that if he stuns the enemy and arouses the vigilance of the enemy, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Cao Yong put down his teacup, looked into the eyes of Elder Sixteen, and asked, "Master Sixteen, do you still remember the matter of Prince Wuliji? Cao Yong wanted to ask, do you believe that the Mongolian Vice President killed him because of a quarrel?" Speech?"

Brother Sixteen shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It's just an explanation to the Mongolian kings. Only simple and honest Mongolians will believe it!" This question is a bit disrespectful, could it be that what happened yesterday is related to the death of Prince Uliji?"

Cao Yong nodded and recounted in detail what he witnessed Uliji's killing by the river near the Karaqin camp.

Elder Sixteen's expression became more serious the more he heard it, and he sighed helplessly after hearing it, with a bit of worry in his eyes: "According to what you said, they have already found Boul, and maybe they will find you too." , This is troublesome! I will be looking for Urgon in a while, pointing out that these suspicious people must be under control before the arrival of Shengjia. No matter who they are, just in case, it is better to silence this, so as not to have you Get sucked into that vortex!"

"Master Sixteen, whose handwriting does this look like?" Cao Yong asked after being silent for a while.

Brother Sixteen shook his head: "It's hard to say, none of those few have clean hands. They are all eager to splash sewage on the prince!"

Perhaps seeing that Cao Yong didn't speak, Elder Sixteen comforted him: "Don't worry too much, after all, there's still me, and Neersu, and we're not at the mercy of others! Let's not go to that muddy water, But I won't let others bully me! It's really urgent, and they won't get any good if they report to Huang Ama!"

(End of this chapter)