Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 742

The man who hit the post to death was wearing old clothes and was about forty years old.

Cao Song suppressed his panic and clenched his fists vigorously.After all, he has been working in the palace for several years, and he is quite stable. Although his heart is horrified, his face is much calmer.

At this time, I heard the second housekeeper Xiong Ren who followed behind him say in surprise: "Hey, isn't this the lunatic Du Tian?"

Cao Song turned around and asked, "Do you recognize it?"

Xiong Ren bowed and said, "Second Lord, this is a tenant in our village. He has always been nagging, and he resisted the renter last year."

"Resist rent?" Cao Song couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, and said, "Didn't I tell you to go down and reduce some rents? Is there anyone else who resists rent?"

When Xiong Ren heard the words, he faltered and couldn't speak, his eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Cao Song.

This is the first time Cao Song has encountered such a thing since he took charge of the family.Originally, I was expecting it to be an accident, but after asking a few questions, I more or less knew in my heart that it had nothing to do with my family.

"Quickly go to the West Mansion to invite the old man... Remember not to disturb the old man..." Cao Song didn't dare to look at the corpse on the ground, but felt an indescribable annoyance in his heart.

The matter of renting a child was told by my elder brother years ago, and I also ordered someone specially, but it still ended up like this, what is it called.However, when he was not talking about this, he just waited with a gloomy face.

After a while, Cao Yong, who got the news, came in a hurry.

Seeing the scarlet scene in front of him, Cao Yong still felt heavy even though he knew it well.

It was already daylight, fortunately there are several official residences here, far apart, no one came to see the excitement.

Why the tenant crashed and died at the gate of Cao's house, and how much grievance was caused by such a tragedy, Cao Yong is still unknown for the time being.

However, he was very clear in his heart that the Cao family was not able to cover the sky with one hand in the capital, and he also knew that if a mistake started, it would be covered up with countless mistakes.

He didn't take chances, nor did he immediately think of a solution as Cao Song expected.

He directly asked someone to invite Cao Yin to come out to make up his mind. It doesn't matter whether today's incident was an accident or someone pushed the flames. The important thing is whether the Cao family can handle it properly and cleanly, so that there is no trace left.

For this, the two brothers Cao Yong and Cao Song are not as good as Cao Yin.

Seeing that he still had to bother his uncle, Cao Song was speechless in a daze.

Cao Yong glared at him, and said with a dark face: "It's more than twenty, can't you still manage the house? Didn't you say that the rent has been reduced? What's going on?"

Cao Song was also confused about how to answer these questions.Xiong Ren was beside him, and when he saw Cao Yong, he didn't dare to intervene.

After this change, Wei Hei and Zheng Hu also came out.Wei Hei is from the rivers and lakes, he is used to beating and killing, but he didn't take this seriously.He walked forward, stroked the corpse twice, and found a blood-stained form on its chest.

The above lists the Cao family's rent increase in disaster years and usury.

In addition to this, Wei Hei also checked the man's hair and nails, and found nothing unusual.

After a cup of tea, Cao Yin arrived.

Looking at everything in front of him, he glanced at his son and nephew, also faintly angry.

"Send someone to report to the yamen of the capital of the infantry immediately, Yong'er to go to the yamen as an errand, and Song'er to ask for leave at the guard's office." Cao Yin ordered a few words casually, and turned back to the mansion.

Although his back was still straight, it showed a bit of depression.

Cao Yong sighed in his heart, knowing that his father was helpless.After all, it took a while from the time when the corpse was laid down to when it was discovered in the early morning. It is hard to guarantee that it will not be seen.

No matter what the truth is, it is true that the tenant of the Cao family crashed and died in front of the gate of the Cao family. In this way, Cao Yin was more and more convinced of the crime of "lack of family management" when he retired.

Cao Yong stood where he was, but his heart could not calm down.

If it is according to what Du Tian's certificate said, because he was forced to rent a son in the twelfth lunar month last year, he sold his daughter and sold his daughter, and his family was ruined, so why didn't he make trouble before, but now?
What's more, a tenant who can't read big characters can think of asking someone to write a complaint and sue the Cao family. Why doesn't he go to the yamen and insist on dying?
Cao Yong picked the corner of his mouth and turned his head to whisper a few words to Wei Hei.

If you don't provoke him, it's true that he has a kind heart, but in the final analysis, he is still an egoist.The so-called kindness is under the condition of not breaking his bottom line.

Although the East Mansion and the West Mansion have been divided into houses, they live next to each other, and Cao Quan, the second house, passed away early. Whether it is in the eyes of outsiders or Cao Yin himself, he is still regarded as the head of the Cao family.

My father has already retired, and if someone else wants to do something like this, is it really deceiving no one in the Cao family?
Cao Yin who returned to the study was also full of anger.

He came out in a hurry and hadn't eaten breakfast yet, but he didn't want to go back to the inner courtyard full of anger, so he went directly to the study.He has experienced ups and downs in his official career for decades, Cao Yong can see it, and he naturally knows it well.

In the past few years in Beijing, he has always been holding back a fire.

Right now, if Cao Yong and Cao Song see his appearance, they will definitely be shocked, because he has no usual gentleness, but a bit of ferocity.

Who is Cao Yin? He is the emperor's sword and guard dog who guarded Jiangnan for thirty years for Kangxi.In the past 30 years, those famous and powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River have thought about removing the sharp sword hanging from their heads, and there are snakes playing tricks in the middle, and dragons crossing the river want to overwhelm the river and the sea, so what is the result?

Why did Cao Yin love Buddhism in his later years?That's because he killed too much when he was young, and he was afraid of harming his children and grandchildren.Although he didn't believe this at first, but when he got old, his heart became softer, and he valued his children and grandchildren more and more.

If Cao Yin was just a showman, he wouldn't have become the "King of the South of the Yangtze River".Kangxi would not guard against him when he valued him highly, forcing him to retreat before he began to use his son.

Cao Yin straightened his waist, said in a cold voice, "Zhuzi bullies people too much!"

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Lanyuan, go to the room.

Mrs. Li didn't know that there was a change in the family, she had already watched the dinner table being set, and was hesitating whether to send someone to the front yard to invite her husband back.

Early in the morning, I don't know what's the matter with my son, so I can't talk about it here, so I want to invite my father to the study to talk.Even though Mrs. Li didn't pay attention to foreign affairs, she was still a little worried.

Today is the third day of March, and there are temple fairs in and outside the city.Mrs. Li originally agreed with her husband that the husband and wife would take their granddaughter and youngest son to the Pantao Palace to visit the temple fair.

The sesame oil, white rice, and silver that are going to be donated to the Taoist temple have been prepared, and the lunch at noon has also been ordered.

After waiting for a long time, Cao Yin did not come back, so Li couldn't help asking people to inquire.The news I got was that Cao Yong had returned to Wutong Garden, and Cao Yin was alone in the study.

Mrs. Li hesitated for a while, she didn't ask someone to invite Cao Yin to the front yard, but ordered someone to take care of Chang Sheng, and she came to the study room in the front yard by herself.

When I arrived at the study, the young man outside the door saw Li Shi coming, and wanted to report in, but was stopped by Li Shi.

Mrs. Li opened the curtain, and when she went in, she saw a cigarette had expired, and her husband was sitting upright behind the desk, writing with a pen.

Mrs. Li walked lightly to the desk, took the half piece of ink lying on the inkstone, and lightly grinded it.

Cao Yin raised his head and said, "Madam... I am copying the Diamond Sutra for my husband, so I can't accompany Madam to the Pantao Palace today..."

"Diamond Sutra"?Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li felt her heart tremble.

Since when did my husband like to copy the "Diamond Sutra" when encountering troubles?By the way, it was the 40th year of Kangxi, after their only son Cao Yong disappeared.

That year, when she brought her son back to the mansion, she knew that her husband had taken in a new couple. Li Shi felt uncomfortable, but accidentally found a stack of "Diamond Sutra" written by him in her husband's inner study.After being married for many years, she also knows that her husband loves her son, but he just hopes that the son will become a dragon, and she will not talk about love...

Cao Yin had already put down his brush, looked at Li Shi and said, "Madam, do you still remember the late Zhang Tianshi and Mrs. Zhu?"

The Cao family has lived in Jiangning for decades, and in addition to picking up their masters, they have also received many famous masters, including several generations of teachers from Longhu Mountain.

What Cao Yin was talking about was Zhang Yingjing, the second-generation head teacher of Longhushan who had been a guest at Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and his wife Zhu Shi, the princess of the Ming Dynasty.

There are two couples, one is in charge of the Holy See and has a prominent reputation; the other was born in the royal family of the former dynasty and has a dignified status, so Li Shi still remembers it clearly.

She nodded and said: "Remember, the head teacher's wife once gave me a string of mahogany bracelets. The old lady also took the head teacher to show Yan'er and Yong'er. Yong'er was about the same age as Changsheng at that time. , just call someone."

Mrs. Li said, falling into distant memories: "In the end, it was said that our daughter is precious and not worthy of ordinary people, and that our son grew up to be extraordinary. The old lady was very happy at that time."

Cao Yin was silent and didn't say anything more.

He remembered the scene very clearly.Although Zhang Tianshi didn't want to reveal the secret, but after seeing the life patterns of Cao Yin and his son, he still told the truth at Cao Yin's request.

To be honest, it's not what was said around the old lady.

It's that their father and son both have broken lines, and they are destined to live and die, not a sign of longevity.Tracing back to the source, it was because Cao Yin had killed too much, cut off his welfare, and looked like a cut off descendant, and he had to inherit the family by a side branch.

After seeing Li Shi, Zhang Tianshi didn't say anything, only said that the vitality of their father and son may have something else, and it lies in Li Shi.

Even if Cao Yin doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, he won't regard the words of the real person in charge as a trifling matter.Just in case, he used his relationship to transfer his younger brother back to Jiangning.

Unexpectedly, in less than two years, Cao Yong was kidnapped and survived.

When Cao Shun was born, Cao Yin was mad because he thought he had broken Zhang Tianshi's "secret", and Cao's family had a flourishing appearance.

Life and death?Whether it's Cao Yin or Cao Yong, how long has it been so long?
Cao Yin looked at his wife, recalled this old event, and seemed to have some epiphanies in his heart...

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Cao Family East Mansion, Inner Court.

There was a floor table on the ground, Zhao Jia took his fourth sister and fifth son to sit down, Jinghui and Su Xin, who were daughter-in-laws, had no seats, and only brought their maids and daughter-in-law to stand beside them.

Ever since her youngest son and daughter-in-law Su Xin came over, Zhao Jia liked to take her two daughters for breakfast and dinner.

The fourth sister is eight years old this year, and the fifth son is seven years old. The two sisters no longer shaved their hair and started to grow their hair.Although the grades are still young, the two sisters can already see the difference.

The fourth sister is taller, with a long face and a straight nose. She has the appearance of Cao Ying when she was a child, and she is not outstanding; the fifth son has a melon-seeded face, a beautiful point, and a pair of small dimples. In addition, her skin is fair, and her hair is black and thick. , is already a little beauty fetus.

Seeing this appearance that resembles Lu Mei, Zhao Jia really despises her from the bottom of her heart.But with Cao Yi's lessons learned, even though she didn't see this concubine in person, she was not mean.

Jin Gui, a girl from the banner family, looks at Wu'er's small appearance, as long as she doesn't grow bad, she can get married when she grows up.

The staple food this morning is shepherd's purse steamed buns, creamy flower rolls, a few side dishes and duck porridge.Zhao Jia saw that the two little ones were eating well, and the two daughter-in-laws were also pleasing to the eye, so she felt satisfied and ate several more shepherd's purse pastries.

Because Cao Song presided over the event in the front courtyard, the incident outside the gate had not yet spread to the inner courtyard.

After breakfast, Mrs. Zhao Jia ordered the maid to send the fourth sister and fifth son back to learn the rules, and then slowly said to the two daughters-in-law: "I heard that the eldest lady is going to the temple fair today, so I asked someone to ask. It's a good day. Take you out to play too."

Jinghui and Suxin looked at each other when they heard the words, feeling helpless.

Jinghui has to take care of her daughter and do housework, where can she get away?On Suxin's side, she has been married for a few months and is still a new daughter-in-law. She is wearing a red dress, so she should not show her face in public.

However, the two of them know a little bit about her mother-in-law's temperament, knowing that she has always been arbitrary and would not listen to persuasion.Therefore, in response, Jinghui ordered people to go to the West Mansion to inquire.

On Suxin's side, she had to go back to her room to serve her husband's breakfast, so she retreated from her mother-in-law's room first.

Outside the window was already full of greenery, and Zhao Jia still wondered what cheongsam to wear and how much sesame oil to donate to the temple fair.Now that the youngest daughter-in-law has also come in, she really has nothing to look forward to, except to hold her grandson soon.

Having given birth to three legitimate sons, if she had no direct grandsons, how could she swallow this breath.

If you don't ask for the golden boy in the sky to come down to earth, you can't be much worse than Tianyou.As for Hang Seng, the Zhao Jia family has never regarded him as the blood of the Cao family.

Unexpectedly, before the people sent to the West Mansion came back, Cao Song came in with a frown.

When Zhao Jia saw this, he couldn't help being surprised, and said, "Aren't you on an errand in the morning? Why don't you go out of the city? How about a delay?"

"Mother!" Cao Song looked at Zhao Jia, his eyes were already red, his face was flushed, and he asked, "Is it mother's order to increase the rent?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia nodded, and said: "Yes, last year was expensive. The fourth child was put on a errand and got engaged, and the fifth child married a wife. The business in the shop requires capital, so which one doesn't need money?"

"There was a severe drought last year. Didn't my son make a special trip to ask people to go down to reduce the rent?" Cao Song stared at his mother, feeling trembling and powerless.

He was not surprised by this result, but he still couldn't bear to hear his mother's plausible words.

Although Mrs. Zhao Jia didn't understand why his son mentioned this, but when he thought of the word "rent reduction", he still felt pain in his flesh. He rolled his eyes at his son and said, "I know it was Brother Yong who encouraged you. If you don’t want to think about it, the West Mansion doesn’t depend on Zhuangzi’s chewing and using. Are we going to drink the Northwest Wind? Brother Yong wants to be a good person, let him do what he does, and what do we do for nothing? Dividing the family is dividing Let's go home, let's not take advantage of Xifu, nor be the one to be taken advantage of."

Cao Song looked at his mother with a sarcastic expression on his face, and in front of him was the corpse whose brains were knocked out of the door.

Although the Infantry Commander's Yamen has come to take away the corpse, the steward Yu An and Dongfu Cao Yuan also went to the Yamen, but it is a life, how can Cao Song feel at ease.

Thinking about the sake of the tenants, my elder brother told me on a special trip a few years ago, and asked me if I could take care of it, and if it was difficult, I would send Tong Zhao to help him.

He had been the head of the family for several years, and he didn't want his elder brother to treat him as a child again, so he made sure that he made the second housekeeper in the house take care of this matter, but he didn't expect that he couldn't match his mother's greed.

Cao Song was both depressed and ashamed, and sat down in the chair all of a sudden, with a numb expression and could not speak.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was still surprised that his son didn't go to work in the garden, and he was looking for some trouble with him. Just as he was about to scold him, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the yard.

Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.

"Second brother, what's the matter? Someone died outside our gate, and it even alarmed the infantry's capital..." Following the voice,
Cao Fu stepped in quickly, ignoring to greet his mother first, and asked Cao Song a series of questions.

Zhao Jia is still confused, Jinghui's face has changed in horror when she thinks of her husband's abnormality just now, and compares her brother-in-law's words...

*
In the household department office, there are official documents spread out in front of Cao Yong, but he can't see them at all.

Including Cao Jia and Cao Yi, he dispatched most of the people around him.Whether Cao Jia and Cao Yi belonged to Kangxi or Cao Yin, Cao Yong didn't think it was necessary for him to hide them.

He is not a person who covets fame. If someone pours some dirty water on him and slanders him, as long as it is irrelevant, he will not take it to heart.

But my father's generation had read the books of Confucius and Mencius all their lives, and all that was left was the arrogance of Confucian scholars.

After the stigma retired, Cao Yong did not want his father to suffer any grievances.

The one on the dragon chair couldn't do anything, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and when the Cao family was powerless to rebel, he could only say, "Thunder, rain and dew are all due to your grace."There are kittens and puppies out there, do they want to stretch out their paws to scratch people?
Brother Sixteen stayed at the door for a long time, and in his eyes was Cao Yong's appearance of wandering nine days.

"What are you thinking?" Elder Sixteen asked with a smile, a little curious.

Only then did Cao Yong wake up, stood up and said, "Master Sixteen is here, why isn't he in the garden?"

After visiting Jidian, Shengjia is now stationed in Changchun Garden, so Cao Yong asked.

"It's the Longevity Day. I'm busy with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I'll be back." Sixteen elder brother said, walked to the Kang, sat down, and still looked at Cao Yong with doubts.

"Yes, it will be Longevity Day soon." Cao Yong said, but there was no joy on his face.

If it was an accident, there would be no movement in the capital if a lot of people died; ...

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