Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 706

In a blink of an eye, it was the "first seven" of the eighth elder brother.

The number of people who came to hang sacrifices gradually increased, and many female relatives also came over.The eight lucky ones are the most powerful, they can be supported by others, and entertain the female relatives everywhere, and they don't want their husband's funeral to be too deserted.

Although the eighth elder brother has been reciting words for the past two years, no one dares to get too close and bear the charge of "forming a party".But a prince is a prince, and those in the clan who are obedient have to keep their filial piety; among the courtiers, most of them have to go through the motions.

"The first seven" is the day when everyone makes their debut.

Regardless of whether the usual relationship is good or bad, they always come out for a face-to-face interview.Among them, there is someone unexpected to everyone, and that is Elder Brother Thirteen who has been shutting himself out for several years.

The thirteenth elder brother wore a filial piety hat, and in the astonishment of everyone, burned incense in front of the eighth elder brother's spirit, made a toast, and went to the eighth elder brother and said: "Eighth sister-in-law, please express my condolences."

Bafujin was astonished and forgot to return the words. When he woke up, Elder Thirteen had already turned around and left.

The ninth elder brother still had a gloomy face, looking at the back of the thirteenth elder brother, without saying a word.Elder Brother Ten couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "Why is he here?"

The fourteenth elder brother was beside him, his eyes rolled and he chased after him.

"Brother Thirteen, since we are here, we will leave later. How long has it been since we brothers?" Brother Fourteen said kindly.

Elder Brother Thirteen shook his head and said, "Today is also busy here, let's choose another day."

Seeing his calm expression, Elder Fourteen felt a little uncomfortable, forced a smile and said, "Well, my younger brother will go over to pay Thirteenth Brother another day."

"As long as you don't dislike the desertedness on my side." Brother Thirteen said casually.

He and the fourteenth elder brother are two, only two years apart in age.In addition, the thirteenth elder brother was also raised by the concubine De when he was a child, so he and the fourteenth elder brother played together until they grew up.It's just that when I grow up, the fourteenth elder brother is attached to the eighth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother is close to the fourth elder brother.

Seeing the thirteenth elder brother's carriage drifting away, the fourteenth elder brother also restrained his smile.Although it is not like the elder brother and the second elder brother who have been sealed off, but the thirteenth elder brother has been quiet these years and rarely shows up in front of people.

Now, come here, what is it?Show brotherhood?
Thinking of how ninth elder brother and tenth elder brother looked at him, fourteenth elder brother was full of regret.If I had known this before, even if I put on a show, I should have made two more trips.

However, it is undeniable that when he heard that the eighth elder brother had passed away, the fourteenth elder brother was also somewhat happy.If the eighth elder brother didn't die, he would feel uneasy, always afraid that something might happen.

The eighth elder brother died. After he was overjoyed, he also began to feel a little anxious.How to resolve the grievances of Brother Jiu, and the brothers "work together" again?He pondered this question for two days.

*
Tangquan, the palace.

Cao Yong knelt behind several princes and ministers, and greeted them with everyone.

According to the rules, when the younger generation dies, the elders should also wear filial piety for the younger generation, which is called "anti-filial piety".But the rules are the rules, and some of them only make a fuss during the funeral, while others are not acceptable.The more relatives and elders, the more so.

Just like Kangxi at this moment, he is wearing ordinary clothes, but the purse is tied around his waist, not the usual golden silk embroidered dragon purse, but a plain blue purse.

After Kangxi summoned everyone to calm down, he asked a few questions about the capital, and several princes and ministers answered one after another.

After everyone finished answering, Kangxi waved his hand and told everyone to "kneel down", leaving only the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother to talk.

As soon as Cao Yong went out, he saw Elder Brother Sixteen waiting outside with an anxious look on his face.

Looking at the sixteenth brother, Cao Yong couldn't help being a little worried, and asked: "What's wrong with the sixteenth master? I haven't heard the news that the sixteenth master is ill."

Brother Sixteen touched his chin and said, "Is it so obvious?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Your face is also dark."

It's hard to go into details outside, Elder Sixteen called him to his residence, and only then did he tell the story of his opium addiction in the past few months.

Cao Yong was shocked when he heard this.

He is the most aware of the dangers of drugs, so he wants to do his best to do something for future generations.I told Brother Sixteen that, I also wanted him to have this concept, so that it could be related to opium in the future and prevent opium from being promoted in China.

Who would have thought that Elder Sixteen would test the poison with himself out of curiosity.

"In the past few months, I have also been thinking about giving up opium. I persisted for seven days at most, but I couldn't persist. It was okay at first, but I didn't smoke so diligently. In the past two months, I have become more addicted." Elder Sixteen said.

"If you want to detoxify with perseverance, you have to be in a remote and uninhabited place, and you have to be watched by others." Cao Yong didn't care about self-blame at the moment, his mind was running fast, thinking about the detoxification methods he knew in his previous life: If it doesn’t work, you have to take medicine.”

In a hurry, Cao Yong felt his mind was empty.He didn't practice medicine, so how could he know which drug suppresses drug addiction.In addition, most of my exposure to Western medicine in my previous life was very unfamiliar with Chinese medicine.

Brother Sixteen saw that Cao Yong was in a hurry, but he calmed down, smiled, and said, "What's the rush? Look at me, smoking opium is like smoking dry tobacco, but it's just refreshing. Isn't smoking dry tobacco also addictive? Look See if there is a prescription for quitting smoking in the pharmacy. If not, I will find a place to cat for a month or two. If there is no chance to get this, I will quit if I don’t."

What else can I say, what I say now is useless, and I have to wait until I go to Beijing to say anything.

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Yong's top hat and asked: "I heard that these few days are your funeral for the prime minister at the starling's side. The ninth brother didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

Mentioning this, Cao Yong shook his head and said: "No. I only do my job with all my heart, Brother Jiu may be too sad and can't care about anything else."

"Okay, a typhoid fever, why is it gone?" Elder Sixteen sighed, and said, "Who would have thought that he would end up like this. Speaking of it, myna treats siblings well."

Cao Yong is not good at commenting on Ba Age's behavior.

Speaking of which, since he came to Beijing in 48 of Kangxi, Ba Prince's limelight is not as good as before.In addition, Cao Yong thinks he knows the history, and regards the eighth elder brother as the unlucky prince, wishing to avoid him.These years, they have rarely communicated; occasionally there were frictions, mostly because of the direct enmity between Brother Nine and Brother Eight, but there was no such thing.

These days, Cao Yong saw and heard a lot at the funeral in the garden of Baylor House.

In the final analysis, Eighth Brother is just a poor man.Even if he had a plan, it was Kangxi who threw out the bait and teased his sons to take the bait.The big brother who was imprisoned was like this, and so was the eighth brother.

The two of them were sobbing, when a royal servant came over and brought Kangxi's oral order, saying that the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yong had met before the imperial court.

In the palace, in addition to the third and fourth elder brothers who were left behind just now, the fifth and seventeenth elder brothers were also there, as well as Yaerjiang A and officials from the Ministry of Rites, Cao Yin was among them.

Kangxi sat on the kang with a deep expression on his face, showing no joy or anger.

After Cao Yong saluted with the sixteenth elder brother, he retreated behind everyone.

It turned out that what we are talking about now is the funeral of the eighth elder brother.On Kangxi's side, someone has already asked someone to draw up a decree to posthumously confer the posthumous title on Ba Age as Duoluo County King.

The posthumous title drafted by the Ministry of Rites includes the three characters "Hui", "An" and "Shun". Please Kangxi delineate it.

To be soft and remonstrated is called wisdom, to be kind and not to contend is called peace, to be kind and to be subdued is called obedience.All three are compliments.

On Kangxi's side, he hesitated for a moment, picked up a pen, and drew a circle on the word "Shun" himself.

Hearing that the posthumous title given by Kangxi to the eighth elder brother is "Shun", everyone in the hall has different thoughts.Regardless of the father-son relationship between Kangxi and the eighth elder brother, at this moment, he finally recognized the merits of the eighth elder brother.

Cao Yong is not surprised that the posthumous title is the county king, not the prince.Because among the princes of the current dynasty, only the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and the fifth elder brother were named princes.If the eighth elder brother directly pursues the title of prince, the title of the seventh elder brother who is named the county king will also be promoted.

Among the princes, only the tenth elder brother was born of a noble concubine and had a noble status. When he was knighted, he was higher than the previous elder brothers. For the other princes, the lower the teeth, the lower the title.

After deciding on the posthumous title, Kangxi was not in the mood to speak, and asked everyone to kneel down again.

Cao Yong didn't talk to his father just now, but when he came out this time, he went to his father's side to say hello.

Cao Yin looked at his son with a little more love on his face, and asked a few questions about the family.Seeing that it was the Empress Dowager's longevity, plus the day when the calendar was issued on the first day of October, the Ministry of Rites had a lot of errands.After Cao Yin ordered a few words, he went to talk to several officials in the Ministry of Rites.

Yi Duli heard that Cao Yong was here to greet him, so he also came here.There is a lot to say about the reunion after a small farewell.It's just that the atmosphere in the palace is weird now, and it's not easy for the two of them to chat and laugh.

Looking at Yidu Li's face turned red and he was very energetic, Cao Yong was also happy for him, saying: "This is practicing riding and shooting on the grassland? My lord looks quite strong."

Yi Duli patted his chest, and said with a little pride: "Although I didn't come out of the guards, I did have some real kung fu when I was young. It's just that I've been tired and lazy these years. I've caught several Only roe."

Hearing him mention this, Cao Yong thought of the vast grassland, and felt a little nostalgic.

After Yi Duli finished speaking, seeing that Cao Yong was silent, he smiled twice and said: "Look at me, I'm crazy, I can't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. My lord followed the crowd, and I still say this?"

Cao Yongdao: "Listening to the adults' narration, I also have a yearning heart. It will be great if I can follow the retinue next year. How refreshing it is to shoot and hunt on horseback!"

Yi Duli nodded vigorously and said, "That's right."

The two were talking, so they called someone to pass the message, but the fourth elder brother asked Cao Yong to go over.

Yi Duli heard the words, took a look at Cao Yong, and said: "My lord is really busy. I came here once just now, and said that my lord was called by the sixteenth master, and this time it was the fourth master."

Cao Yong patted his forehead and said: "Isn't it because of my funeral in Beijing a few days ago, maybe the fourth master has something to say."

While talking, he said goodbye to Yi Duli, and followed the servant to the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother sat by the table, looking at the two scrolls on the table, wondering what he was thinking.

When someone outside told Cao Yong that he had arrived, he raised his head and said loudly, "Tell him to come in."

I have to say that Cao Yong's state of mind has changed a lot these days, but his respect for Si Age is quite a bit.When he was sleepless in the middle of the night, Cao Yong was also thinking about whether there would be any great changes in history. After all, the eighth elder brother had passed away, and the pattern of Kowloon seizing the heir had been broken.

However, after thinking about it, the fourth elder brother is still the most promising person to inherit the throne among the Kangxi sons.

"Huang Ama ordered you to follow me back to the capital, pack up and leave in half an hour." The fourth elder brother quietly ordered.

"I obey the decree." Cao Yong leaned over and responded, and the corner of his eyes swept to the two scrolls on the table, revealing the yellow silk, which should be the imperial decree.

The fourth elder brother looked calm, but his heart was already turbulent.

Cao Yong answered here. Seeing that the fourth elder brother had no other orders, he thought about stepping back and preparing. Before he could speak, he heard the fourth elder brother ask: "The emperor ordered the king to go with you to the garden of Lianjun Wangfu to pass the decree. .” While speaking, he pointed to the scroll on the outside and said, “You can keep this.”

Cao Yong agreed, stepped forward two steps, and held the scroll.

The fourth elder brother looked at Cao Yong with a complex expression, opened his mouth to say something, hesitated for a while, then closed his mouth tightly, and waved his hand to signal Cao Yong to go out.

Seeing Si Age's reaction like this, Cao Yong also felt that something was wrong.

Retreating outside, seeing no one around, Cao Yong opened the imperial decree, which was the decree of posthumous title and posthumous title, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Just now when Kangxi left the third elder brother and fourth elder brother alone to speak, Cao Yong also guessed whether what their father and son said was about moving spirits.With Brother Jiu's current disposition, if anyone is going to spread the decree and move the spirit, that is the enemy...

Thinking of this, Cao Yong looked at the imperial decree in his hand, and what appeared in his mind was another volume of imperial decree on the table.Since the one on his side is the decree of posthumous title, isn't what the fourth elder brother has in his hand is the decree of moving spirits?
In this way, even if the eighth elder brother died, the grievances between the ninth elder brother and the fourth elder brother would not be resolved.

Uneasy all the way, Cao Yong rode on the horse, looking at the carriage of the fourth elder brother in front, thinking about Kangxi's emperor's mind, it made people feel cold all over.

*
Tangquan, the palace.

With a smile on his face, the third elder brother sat on the chair with his legs crossed, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, and praised the fifteenth elder brother: "Good tea, good tea, yes The winter tea from Little Sixteen Garden?"

"Yeah." Brother Fifteen nodded, and said: "If the third brother likes it, and there is still a bag for the younger brother, I will honor the third brother. The younger brother doesn't like these things at all."

The fourth elder brother returned to Beijing to pass the decree, and the happiest person was the third elder brother.Thinking of Cao Yong who went back to Beijing with the fourth elder brother, the third elder brother raised his eyebrows and said: "Speaking of which, this Cao Yong is considered affectionate, otherwise he wouldn't be here because of the old thirteen's life-saving grace. I have been filial for these years. The same goes for the fourth brother. Speaking of which, the fifteenth brother and the sixteenth brother are both cousins ​​of Cao Yong, but this tea garden village only gave away the sixteenth brother, not the fifteenth brother. Maybe it was him Unintentional."

The fifteenth elder brother grew up in the palace when he was a child, what words haven't he heard?For such a blatant provocation, I just feel strange. These years, I have watched others become more and more sophisticated, but the third elder brother has become more and more unbearable.

Could it be that he spends all day compiling books and making people stupid, otherwise how could he be so self-righteous and play such a clever trick?

Although he looked down on the third elder brother from the bottom of his heart, but the fifteenth elder brother still followed the third elder brother's words, with a bit of anger, he said: "Yes, he is the eldest son and grandson of the Earl's mansion, and I am the son of the bastard." Prince Wujue is not as holy as the sixteenth brother, so it's nothing to look down on me..."

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The code word is gone, two more before zero o'clock. .Weeping and begging for a monthly ticket. .

(End of this chapter)