Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 796 Beginning of Autumn
Cao Yong has been in the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, and he has heard many stories about family raids, but he has seen countless things with his own eyes.

In mid-July, he really saw what it meant to "wives and daughters enter the government".In the case of "recovering the crown prince" involved in the first month, the men involved were either beheaded or exiled, and all the women and children were handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the rules, the family members of criminal ministers are not allowed to enter the Forbidden City, etc., and can only walk outside the palace.Women do hard labor, and the poor have no wives in the ration of waiting daughters. Girls under the age of 13 and boys under the age of three are handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of them and raise them to work as errands.

The majestic servant's mansion disappeared in the blink of an eye.

However, some families were happy and some were sad, Hongshu at Chunjun Prince's Mansion was full of joy.

Because, the Zhu family's women, children and family members were not handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but were personally approved by the imperial pen, and the reward was shared equally between Hongshu and the eldest son of Prince Heng's mansion, Hongsheng.

In this way, even if the prince's son and the county prince's eldest son were not formally canonized, Kangxi had already acquiesced in their identities.

There are dozens more people all of a sudden, how can they fit in Hongshu's yard?Honor the aunt's two maids, honor the biological mother's two maids, and give the younger brother two servants.

Even when Chuyu went back to her natal family, she was given two little girls, Zhu Duna's granddaughters, the nine-year-old elder sister named Yunying, and the seven-year-old younger sister named Caiying.

After all, it came from an official family, well-behaved, and it hurts to look at it.

What Chuyu meant was to let Xicai take care of these two girls, and then put them next to Tianyou and Hengsheng to serve them.Both Wu En and Little Walnut have reached the age to marry, and there are always a few maids by his son's side.

After hearing this, Cao Yong said, "How can you serve others at this age?"

Besides, he didn't want his sons to be born among maidservants and smell like rouge.Now the kids are small, nothing.According to Cao Yong's idea, after Tianyou and Hang Seng were ten years old, they would be moved to the front yard.

Cao Yong recalled Zijing's identity, and said to Chuyu, "Don't presuppose the two of them's backgrounds in Zijing."

Zijing was also a family member of a criminal minister back then, and her experiences were similar to those of these two children.

Chu Yu nodded and said, "Don't bother me to tell you, I know it myself. Otherwise, I'll take it directly to Sunflower Courtyard."

Yunying and Caiying didn't go to Kuiyuan in the end, but waited beside Tianhui.It is said to be a waiter, but it is just adding two playmates.

The Cao family had no shortage of servants, and both Cao Yin and his son admired the character of Zhu's father and son, so they would not humiliate his descendants.

Because of the arrival of these two female slaves, Cao Yong was quite touched in his heart.If history had not changed, the Cao family and the Li family would have ended up copying their family identities.

In this way, the idea of ​​continuing to buy sacrificial fields became more and more clear.

The tomb of his grandparents is in Fengrun, and the surrounding land is in the name of the Cao clan.Either buy the land in the hands of the Cao clan at a high price; or move the tomb and set up another tomb.Two options, choose one of the two.

Cao Yong does not want to involve too much with the clansmen over there, and favors are the most troublesome.He thought his father would not agree to move the grave, but he did not expect Cao Yin to agree.

See what he meant, not only did he want to move his parents' tomb over, but he also planned to repair his own.

For this, Cao Yin specially invited a Feng Shui master to choose two places in Changping and Haidian, and finally chose a good place in Haidian, which can be regarded as Fengshui.

The matter of moving the grave not only involved the head room, but also the second room.Because after Cao Quan died, he was buried next to Cao Xi's tomb in Fengrun.Therefore, Cao Yin sent people to call everyone in the second room to discuss.

Mrs. Zhao Jia didn't say anything, but only said to listen to his sons; the Cao Song brothers were all in favor of moving the grave.If the tombs of grandfather and father were moved to the suburbs of Beijing, it would be cheaper to worship in the future.

According to Cao Yin's intention, he wanted to go to Fengrun himself.The road is so long, how can Cao Yong bear the heart of his father to run around?

After finishing the errands at hand, he thought about whether to go to Fengrun for his father, but he didn't expect a distinguished guest to come to his door, that is the Seventh Old Master of the Cao family who had delayed coming to Beijing for several months.

Although the seventh old master has a high seniority, he is actually about the same age as Cao Yin.

It's just that in the countryside, life is good, and he looks very rich.On the contrary, Cao Yin, who worked hard in his early years, sat down to the root of his illness, and looked much older than Zhenzhen.

Cao Yong got the news, and when he returned home, Cao Song had already taken his two younger brothers to greet the Seventh Old Master.

Seeing Cao Yong's imposing appearance in mended clothes, the seventh old lady looked him up with a smile and said, "This is brother Yong? I haven't seen him for more than ten years, so I really dare not recognize him. The old lady at that time Jun Rutu is still a half-grown child."

For the elders of the tribe in Fengrun, Cao Yong has the impression that this is the Seventh Old Master.Knowing that it was the person his father often talked about, he also respected him a little more.

The Seventh Old Master went to Beijing for Cao Qi's marriage.If there were no empress dowager's filial piety, Cao Qi's marriage would have already been completed.

In the past few months, Li Shi and Chu Yu have also found a few girls, but they have no intention of making a decision for Cao Qi.

The Seventh Old Master has lived most of his life, and he is also a human being. After half a day in Cao's mansion, he has already noticed the difference.Cao Yin and Li's respect is respectful, but alienated.The children of nephews and grandchildren are all polite and polite.

When the children went down, only Cao Yin was left, the seventh old master couldn't help frowning, and said: "Things have been going on for half a year, and his aunt didn't show him to each other? Even if it's not a real nephew, because of his status as the eldest son, you don't have to." You should be so negligent!"

Hearing this, Cao Yin said: "It's just because Brother Qi is the eldest son and the wife of the clan was chosen, so we don't have much to say. Let the Seventh Old Master decide everything, so the juniors can feel at ease."

Hearing the words, the Seventh Old Master softened his expression a little, and said: "Just keep it in your heart. Although your Jiangning branch is a little bit estranged from the Fengrun lineage, it is also the grudge of the older generation. Brother Qi is now working in the capital. You My uncle doesn't take care of me."

Cao Yindao: "Brother Qi is diligent, he handles things well, and he will have great achievements in the future. Don't worry, Seventh Old Master."

"A single tree can't make a forest!" The seventh old man said with a smile: "It is better to have brothers to help. Now not only brother Yong is promising, but a few younger ones are also looking good. Anyone can produce flowers, or Ancestor bless."

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Cao Yin and said, "I thought you would go back to Fengrun to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival ancestor worship, but something delayed it. According to my opinion, let a few children go back to Fengrun in the twelfth lunar month of this year. They all have families and start businesses. Always burn incense sticks in the ancestral hall.”

When Cao Yin heard the words, his expression froze, he wanted to speak out about moving the grave, but he was afraid of offending the old man, so he responded vaguely.

On the day the seventh old lady came to Beijing, Cao Qi came over and wanted to take the old man back to his house for resettlement.Cao Yin thought that there was no one in charge of Zhongkui over there, and it was not cheap to live in the old man's house, so he left him to live in Cao's mansion.

It is rare to have family relatives in the family, and they are elders, so Li Shi and Chu Yu also take good care of them.

It's just that the Seventh Old Master seems to attach great importance to blood inheritance. He heard that Hang Seng is an adopted son and was included in the name of Cao's family. He even made a special trip to teach Cao Yong a lesson.It's nothing more than confusing family lineage. Names can be included, but they are not allowed to be included in the genealogy.

Cao Yong was very angry and funny when he heard it. Fortunately, his father had already given up his mind to return to the clan.

There was a seventh old man in charge, and Cao Qi's marriage was settled soon.

The other party is a beautiful girl who put down the brand in 54 years of Kangxi. Originally, the family was the master of the marriage. Because of the funeral of the mother, the marriage was only discussed this year.Aged eighteen, his old surname is Xilin Jueluo, his great-grandfather Tu Yantu is a doctor of the official household department, and his father is now the head of the six departments.There is a cousin who works as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

She is the eldest daughter of the family, she is good in appearance, and she can't be picky in how she behaves.When Li Shi and Chu Yu met her, they were also full of praise.

Only Cao Yong, after listening to the introduction of the new sister-in-law's family, felt quite familiar.After knowing the old Manchu surname, I can be regarded as a match. I know that this new sister-in-law is from the Ertai family, and according to her seniority, she is Ertai's niece.

The Seventh Old Master stayed in the capital for half a month. According to Cao Yin's intention, he wanted to keep the old man in the capital for the Mid-Autumn Festival.But the seventh old man was worried about Fengrun's side, and his eldest son was not there. As the elders of the clan, it was his duty to take care of ancestor worship.

Until this time, Cao Yin could no longer hide it, so he had no choice but to talk about his plan to move to the tomb.

Hearing the words, the seventh old lady couldn't hold back her anger, pointed at Cao Yin and said tremblingly: "I didn't hear the truth, please say it again."

"Seventh Uncle, my nephew is already sixty years old, so I have to worry about what will happen to me after death. Now that the Jiangning branch is in the capital, moving the tombs here as soon as possible is a matter of concern for my nephew." Cao Yin said in a low voice.

The Seventh Old Master's face was flushed, and he sighed after a while, and said, "Are you blaming your second uncle? Or brother Qi's father? No matter what, you can't turn your back on your ancestors!"

"Seventh Uncle thinks too much, he can't write two Cao characters in one stroke. Even if he doesn't belong to the direct lineage, isn't he from the Cao family?" Cao Yin said.

The Seventh Old Master was already wilted, looking at Cao Yin, he could only blame Cao Qi's father and grandfather in his heart for not doing things too badly in the early years.He originally thought that Cao Qi was now working in Beijing, and Cao Yin's team was also in the capital, selling favors to the Earl's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, people are not rare now.

Apart from sighing, what else can Old Master Seven say?
On Cao Yong's side, he has already handed over the booklet to Rehe, and asked for leave to return to his hometown to move the grave. Kangxi has already been allowed to leave for two months.

On Cao Qi's side, they didn't know about Cao Yong's going to move the grave. They didn't hear the reason until the seventh old master went out of Beijing and saw Cao Yong going with him in ordinary clothes.

In his heart, he was also shocked.

He still remembered that his father had mentioned before his death that the Jiangning branch was eager to return to the clan, and his father had not let go, not because he was unkind, but because he wanted to leave this favor to his son.

When Cao Qi became the head of the family, the Cao family in Jiangning began to prosper, first raising the flag, and then giving marriages.Cao Yin and his son are highly regarded.

Cao Qi was in Xiaozhong at that time, and he was not interested in adding to the icing on the cake, he just watched from the sidelines.In the past few years in Beijing, seeing that Cao Yin and his son didn't mention clan affairs, he couldn't say anything first.

Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, this is the result.

In addition to Cao Yong, Cao Song went to Fengrun to move the grave.As the eldest son of the second house, this is also his duty.Originally, Cao Xiang and Cao Fu also came together, but one had just entered the Hanlin Academy, and the other had to arrange for engraving and printing, so Cao Yong didn't bring them along.

Fengrun is more than two hundred miles away from the capital, and it takes only two or three days to go to the post station on a fast horse.Just taking care of the carriage of the seventh old man, slowing down the schedule, five days after leaving Beijing, Cao Yong and his party also arrived in Fengrun.

The day for moving the grave was chosen in the capital, on the third day of August, the third day Cao Yong and the others arrived in Fengrun.

I don't know if it is too sensitive to move the grave, the Cao clan looked at the Cao Yong brothers with inquiring eyes.Cao Yong didn't take it to heart, Cao Song felt uncomfortable being looked at, and complained to Cao Yong several times in private, obviously he came to move the grave, how could he look like a thief?
The tombs to be moved out this time include those of Cao Xi and the old matriarch, Cao Quan, Cao Yinfa's wife Gu, and several old aunts and grandmas.

Among them, except for Cao Quan's coffin, which has not decayed, the other coffins are dilapidated.

On Cao Yong's side, how could he think of bringing a coffin from the capital.Fengrun is just a county town, and the quality of life materials in the coffin shop is limited.It was the seventh old master who came forward and gave Cao Yong the two birthday materials prepared by the family in the early years.

For Cao Yong's side, thank you again and again.

The Seventh Old Master looked at Cao Yong, waved his hands and said: "One family does not talk about two families, no matter how polite you are, the old man will be annoyed."

After being in contact with this uncle these days, Cao Yong has seen that the old man is a sensible person.Jiang Ning's family moved their tombs to the capital, which is considered to have given up the idea of ​​returning to the clan.However, after all, the fifth suit has not yet been released, and relatives can still walk around.

"Brother Qi is a few years older than you, but he behaves a bit rigidly and doesn't know how to adapt. This is another job in the palace. If you don't keep it in order, you will offend the nobles. If you can take care of it, take care of it. After all, you are a descendant of your ancestors. .” The Seventh Old Master said in a rambling manner.

"The official voice of the elder brother is quite good, so don't worry about the seventh uncle." Cao Yong said.

Because Cao Yong was still thinking about returning to the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival, he didn't delay in Fengrun. After moving the grave on the third day, he got up and went to Beijing on the fourth day.

When I returned, I caught up with an autumn rain, which delayed me for two days, and I didn't arrive in the capital until August [-]th.

The coffin bones are all parked in a monastery in Haidian, and they will be buried on an auspicious day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The capital city in August is much deserted like a pool of stagnant water.The fourteenth elder brother, who was usually the most active, was also summoned to the imperial front and went to surround him.

Cao Yong heart, secretly strange.

Logically speaking, Zhungeer has already occupied Tibet, and the imperial court should start to send troops. Why is there still no movement in August.

The Bank of Great Qing has been in operation for more than a month. Seeing Brother Sixteen, everything is going well.

Regarding the burial, Cao Yin specially asked someone to pick a date.The Tao is that in August, there are no good days in the leap month, and there will be no good days until September.

Cao Yin was not in a hurry, and now all his thoughts were on the construction of the cemetery.He also reserved a place for himself, just to the left of his parents' grave.In one tomb, three holes were drilled.Originally, the husband and wife should be buried together, with the Gu family in front and the Li family in the rear.What Cao Yin meant was, don't be a person who has gone too far.It was the same after his death, and it was the same after Li's death.

Cao Yong was shocked when he heard his father's last words.He was still on vacation, so he didn't go to the Yamen as an errand, and accompanied his father around the Haidian Tomb every day.

Sometimes I'm too lazy to go back to the city, so I just rest here in Haidian Garden.

By the end of August, several main tombs in the cemetery had been built. Cao Yin stood in the cemetery, looking at everything in front of him, not knowing what to do,

The father never forgot to return to the clan during his lifetime, but in order to reduce the shackles of his son, he set up his own family.When it's underground, I'm afraid the old man will still annoy him.

The Cao family was preparing for the funeral, and the Chun Palace welcomed the red wedding.

Seventh elder brother has come back from Rehe, Wugege has sealed the title of the princess and pointed it to the Wendu family to protect Jinzhi, and the wedding date is set for September.

Qi Fujin's health was not good, and he couldn't bear the great sorrow and joy.The good news turned out to be a cause of illness.Thinking that her daughter finally didn't have to go to Mongolia to eat sand, she was very happy; she also thought about how she would be reassured when she was about to become someone else's daughter-in-law with just this little blood of her own blood.

When Chuyu got the news and went back to her mother's house to see her illness, Qi Fujin had already been sick for several days, her face was full of sickness.

Seeing that Chuyu was very sad, she took a medicine bowl and advised, "I know that Erniang is reluctant to let the fifth younger sister get married, and the fifth younger sister is determined not to worry about Erniang. It is better for Erniang to get better soon, so that the fifth younger sister will not worry about it."

Qi Fujin looked at Chu Yu lovingly, and said: "If she is half as sensible as you, I won't worry about that. She has a tricky temper when she was young, and she only likes to cling to Er Gege and treat others coldly. In the future, you If you can take care of it, take care of it more.”

Chuyu sat in front of the bed, took a spoon, fed Qifujin the medicine with her own hands, and gave her candied fruit, then said: "I'll tell my mother about this, my daughter will naturally know."

Qi Fujin patted Chu Yu's hand, and said, "Go and see your sister. Ever since Er Ge Ge went out, she has become less and less fond of talking to others, and is very lonely. Even here, she hasn't come for two days gone."

Chuyu supported Qifujin to lie down, then got up and went to Wugege's yard.She knows Wu Gege's temperament, but no matter what, she should not forget the way of filial piety.

Now that Qi Fujin is ill, Wu Gege is supposed to serve the sick at the bedside, so how can he still be petty?

Seeing Chuyu coming, Wu Gege's expression was indifferent, the circles of his eyes were red and swollen,
Seeing her like this, Chu Yu could not utter a word of reproach, took her hand and sat down, and said: "Is it boring to be bored in this small courtyard all day long? It's just to loosen your muscles and bones, and you should also take more walks." Er Niang's side is thinking of you."

Wugege listened, lowered his head, and asked after a long while: "Big sister, has Er Niang been living hard in the mansion these years?"

When Chu Yu heard this, she was stunned, and said, "What do you mean by suffering or not? Where did you hear this nonsense? The Fifth Younger Sister knows about Amma's temperament. It cannot be said that Amma and Emiang are in love with each other, nor can they Treat each other as guests."

Wu Gege couldn't stand it anymore, turned his head away, and said: "Respect each other as guests, is this the way of husband and wife?" While speaking, tears fell down.

Chu Yu didn't understand why she was so sad, took the handkerchief, tried tears for her, and said, "Fifth Sister, are you afraid? I thought my sister was not afraid of heaven and earth, but now she is afraid of getting married. "

Wugege supported Chuyu's shoulder, choked up and said, "Big sister, I miss second sister."

Chu Yu stroked her hair and said, "Second Sister has always loved you the most, knowing that you pointed to Jingzhong, she would be happy..."

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The monthly ticket has fallen to the fifth category, and I urgently need monthly ticket support. . .

(End of this chapter)