Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 816

The water, which was originally warm, has gradually cooled.

"Brother Sun, why didn't you come here so late? Cousin is waiting..." Following the voice, the door was pushed open with a creak, and Cheng Mengxian helped the drunk Shen Qing in, followed by several elders. Do whatever you want.

Sun Jue hadn't woken up yet, and squinted his eyes.

Everyone at the door was dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

Shen Qingjiu woke up most of the time, stood up straight, as if she couldn't believe what she saw, she tentatively called out: "Is it Yushu?"

"Ah!" Sun Jue responded casually, and then realized that he opened his eyes.

Seeing a group of people standing indistinctly at the door, Sun Jue shuddered, already startled.

He just felt his mind go numb, and for a moment, he stood there in a daze, forgetting that he and Xia Chan were still hanging out in front of everyone.It was Xia Chan who woke up, exclaimed, and pulled the quilt by the bed.

Sun Jue's last drunkenness was also wiped out, but he knew that he couldn't wake up right now.

Just now during the banquet, when Cheng Mengxian said something, Sun Jue only felt that his mind was in a mess and he didn't understand.He closed his eyes, fell on Xia Chan, and refused to open his eyes again.

"Oh, what a disaster! The steward of the palace has already met Xia Chan, and because Prince Zhuang attaches great importance to it, he specially picked an auspicious day, and he will enter the palace in three days." Cheng Mengxian's voice was a little panicked: "What should we do? How can this be good? If Prince Zhuang's Mansion blames it, who can bear it?" At the end, he couldn't restrain himself anymore, his voice became louder, and the anger in it could no longer be concealed.

"Prince Zhuang's Mansion", Sun Jue's heart trembled, and finally remembered Cheng Mengxian's words before.

This Xia Chan is not an ordinary maid, but Jiangnan Meiji who is a filial piety to Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

Lying on Xia Chan's neck, Sun Jue regretted it all.In the past few years in the capital, he didn't understand anything else, but he knew how much he had, and robbing the prince of a woman, isn't that courting death?

Sun Jue's two long-term attendants stood behind Cheng Mengxian and Shen Qing, and their expressions were not good-looking.

It doesn't need to say much about this situation, it can be understood that it is their master who lost his morals after drinking.The most terrible thing is that the person sleeping is not an ordinary woman, but someone who is going to serve in the palace.

Sun Jue's hands and feet were cold, and he was already howling in his heart, but he had no countermeasures, so he could only pretend to be drunk and continue listening to Cheng Mengxian.

There was a tugging sound, and then Cheng Mengxian said angrily, "Cousin, what are you stopping me for?"

"Cousin calm down for the time being, Yushu is just drunk, he didn't do it on purpose, let's wait until he wakes up." Shen Qing's voice was a little pleading.

"Can you do anything wrong when you're drunk? No, I can't take responsibility for this. He's the one who caused the misfortune, so I'll send him to Prince Zhuang's mansion directly. Whether it's beating or killing, we'll see what happens to the prince!" Cheng Mengxian said angrily.

Sun Jue was terrified and didn't know what to do.

"Don't do it! If you offend Lord Zhuang, let alone whether you can keep Ding Dai in the future, whether you can save your life is another matter. Left and right are just servants, please be lenient, cousin, and wait for me to wake up Yushu. Let's discuss it carefully." Shen Qing seemed to be bluffing too hard, she stopped drinking, and said earnestly with a bit of urgency.

Cheng Mengxian took a few breaths and snorted coldly: "A servant girl? This is the person my cousin picked out from the Shou Ma Tang. The price alone is 9000 taels of silver! How can it be enjoyed by ordinary people, so be careful killed!"

"Ah, how good is that?" Hearing what he said, Shen Qing didn't know how to stop her.

"What else can I do? Naturally, I will force him to go to the palace to make amends, and let the lord be punished, so why not let the lord wear worn-out shoes?" Cheng Mengxian said coldly.

Unable to persuade Cheng Mengxian, Shen Qing kept sighing and could only take two steps forward to call Sun Jue.

The situation was urgent, and she could no longer care about "see no evil", Shen Qing called out: "Yushu is about to wake up, something serious happened, wake up soon..."

Sun Jue's ears were always in a daze, hoping that Shen Qing could persuade Cheng Mengxian to change his mind.Unexpectedly, after listening for a while, Cheng Mengxian was not moved at all.

Sun Jue was really helpless, if he pretended to be dragged to the palace, the consequences would be disastrous.He could only wake up slowly, pretending to be drunk, got up unsteadily, half-opened his eyes, and said with his tongue out, "Yuan Wang... drink... another cup..."

Seeing Sun Jue's body leaning under the bed, Shen Qing hurriedly supported his arm, and said, "Wake up, Yushu has caused a catastrophe!" He dragged one of the clothes he was wearing and asked Sun Jue to put it on.

Sun Jue was also in his thirties. After reading the books of sages for many years, he felt ashamed in his heart. He was blushing with embarrassment when facing a few big men naked. He took the clothes and put them on in confusion.

At this moment, it was not like pretending to be drunk again, so Sun Jue had no choice but to turn pale, looked at the bed twice, and then looked at Shen Qing, revealing a dreamy appearance, and murmured: "Yuan Wang, I What is this...what's wrong..."

"Yushu is drunk and has done something stupid..." Shen Qing slammed his feet hard, sighed, and said, "How can this be good, how can this be good?"

"It's really an unintentional mistake..." Sun Jue took a peek at Cheng Mengxian, saw him gnashing his teeth, and said guiltily.

"Whether it's intentional or unintentional, is it going to kill me?" Cheng Mengxian stood there, staring at Sun Jue and said, "Master Sun is an official of the imperial court, no better than a nobody like me, why don't you invite Grandpa to come with me?" By the way, let's close this lawsuit."

"Brother Cheng Xian! Jue is really not sincere, please forgive me." Sun Jue was anxious, stood up, and begged.

"I don't dare to blame Grandpa, but please be sympathetic to me. Grandpa is an official of the court, even if he is a prince, he is not qualified to beat and scold Grandpa; but the boy is a commoner. If the prince is annoyed, he will be punished." , My little life is ruined. Please grandpa spare my life!" Cheng Mengxian said with a bit of pleading, suppressing his anger.

With one word, Sun Jue's plea was blocked.

This is related to Prince Zhuang's mansion, and it is indeed not something he can take care of.

Sun Jue kicked in his heart, he was speechless, he could only look at Shen Qing desperately, tears were about to come out.

Seeing his ugliness, Shen Qing was already about to burst out laughing, and held back, and said to Cheng Mengxian: "Cousin, think again. Instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, I have the right to beg my cousin! Yushu is My dear friend, this time it was just a drunken mistake, if he offends the palace and ruins his future, how can I feel at ease? Cousin, please be lenient."

Seeing Shen Qing pleading for him again, Sun Jue felt a little hopeful in his heart, and looked at Cheng Mengxian.Cheng Mengxian stared and said, "Cousin only thinks about friends, but just watched my cousin die?"

"I don't mean that, I don't mean that. Don't be impatient, cousin, let's think of a way for both sides." Seeing that he was offended, Shen Qing quickly waved her hands and said comfortingly.

Cheng Mengxian glanced at Shen Qing, then at Sun Jue, his expression changed, and he pointed to the quilt on the bed after a while, and said, "Xia Chan's body deed is 9000 taels of silver, what does grandpa say..."

Sun Jue was already overjoyed to see that he was accommodating in his words, and the "9000 taels" didn't sound as important as usual, so he hurriedly said: "One person does things and the other person is responsible. Since she followed me, the money will naturally come from me." out."

Cheng Mengxian's expression softened a little when he heard the words, and said: "Since Grandpa agreed, otherwise, Grandpa will pay Xia Chan's worth in silver, and I will add 1000 taels to make it 1 taels. Let's see if we can erase this matter."

Sun Jue was already nodding his head and said, "That's it, that's it." While speaking, he looked back at the bed, thinking that this was a woman bought for 9000 taels of silver, and his heart ached. He also regretted that it was too late to cover up, and let the man next to him see Xia Chan's snow-white body.

"Amitabha, as long as there is a way to solve it." Shen Qing said with a sigh of relief seeing that there was a way.

Cheng Mengxian put on a straight face again, frowned, looked at Sun Jue's eyes, and said to Shen Qing: "Cousin, they all say that Beijing officials are poor, this 9000 taels of silver is not a small amount, don't let Grandpa coax me?"

Seeing that he was speaking rudely, Shen Qing was afraid that Sun Jue would not come down, and said, "What did you say? Didn't I say that Yushu is the eldest son of Hangzhou Sun Zhizao, and there are countless old relatives in the capital. Not to mention others, just The previous Jiangning weaving Cao family and Suzhou weaving Li family both have children in Beijing, and they are close relatives of Yushu. Let alone a few thousand taels of silver, what is it worth tens of thousands of taels of silver?"

Cheng Mengxian was dubious, and said: "It's not good to be empty-mouthed, I'd better ask grandpa to write a letter. Three days later, the palace will come. If grandpa sends the silver before then, he will have nothing to say; if grandpa has something to delay ', then I can only send the written documents to the Wangfu, and ask the Wangfu to collect the debt!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and asked someone to fetch the paper and ink.

Sun Jue's face was flushed, and he was naturally unwilling to write, but Cheng Mengxian had made up his mind and refused to change his mind.

Shen Qing spoke a few more words of persuasion, but she had no choice but to sigh, and said to Sun Jue: "I can't help it, Yushu should make up his own mind!"

If you don't write, things will fail, and you will be sent to the palace.Sun Jue had no choice but to pick up a pen and write down the documents according to Cheng Mengxian's intention.

Although it was a taboo, it clearly stated that he was drunk and lost morality, took Xia Chan's innocence, voluntarily paid 9000 taels of silver to redeem him, and settled it within three days.

Cheng Mengxian couldn't fully trust Sun Jue, so he asked Shen Qing to sign his name as a witness, and asked the two senior followers of the Sun family to press their fingerprints before finally nodding his head.

Sun Jue's face was already blue, Cheng Mengxian took the paper, put it away carefully, and said, "With this, I won't be afraid. If the manager is easy to talk to, it's my luck with Grandpa Sun; if it's not easy to talk, we have to Please grandpa take care of it with me."

Sun Jue couldn't help being anxious when he heard the words, and said, "Why is it different from what I just said? Didn't I pay Xia Chan's net worth and tell the palace?"

Cheng Mengxian said: "That's all, 1 taels of silver is not a small amount after all. Not to mention the manager of the palace, even if it is sent to the prince, it has some weight. As long as grandpa doesn't 'delay', the manager should answer the question." There will be no extra problems."

Sun Jue only felt that his little heart was ups and downs, and he was already flustered. He hurriedly said: "There will be no 'delay'. Within three days, I will collect all the money and come to pick up Xia Chan."

Cheng Mengxian looked at Sun Jue for a while, nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, I'll wait for Master Sun to come and pick him up..."

The matter had already been discussed, so it would be useless to stay longer, Sun Jue just felt that his mind had gone numb, he didn't know when he would say goodbye to Cheng Mengxian, and when he would leave Shichahai with Shen Qing, anyway, when he woke up, he had already arrived at the gate of his house.

The commander stepped forward to help him off the horse, but Sun Jue only thought of the "9000 taels" in his mind.

That was "9000 taels", not 90 taels, but 900 taels, even if he sold all his belongings in the capital, he still couldn't get half of the 9000 taels.

Sun Jue was a little fuzzy, Cheng Mengxian didn't say anything harsh, but he made it clear.If he didn't send the 9000 taels of silver within three days and delayed giving the gift to the head of the palace, then his rape of Xia Chan would be brought before Prince Zhuang.

Thinking of the money, Sun Jue hurriedly opened the purse from the Chang Sui's arms among the clothes he had changed.It's okay, it's okay, the 500 taels of silver that I got in the afternoon is still there, I just need to add another 500 taels of silver.

He breathed a sigh of relief and strode into the house.

Because he didn't come back, Cao Ying waited here, and seeing her husband come back reeking of alcohol, she was afraid that he would be drunk, so she was very careful and waited for him to change his clothes.

Cheng Mengxian was much thinner than Sun Jue, and his clothes were tight on Sun Jue's body, which seemed weird no matter how you looked.Cao Ying looked at it, and naturally recognized that it was not her own clothes, but she didn't have the courage to ask.

Sun Jue changed his clothes and sat on the edge of the kang in a daze. After a while, he raised his head and asked Cao Ying, "How much money do you have at home?"

"There are still a hundred or so, and a few more days. In July, the Lord will let go of the salary, and save some money, which can be used until August." Cao Ying said in a low voice.

In August, Hangzhou will send festival gifts to Beijing, so the husband and wife will have a better life.

Sun Jue frowned, stood up, walked to the dressing table, and opened the jewelry box on it.There are only some gold-covered or blue-burned jewelry inside, and there is no serious gold jewelry with pearls and hairpins.

"Where's your jewelry? Are you hiding it?" Sun Jue turned his head and looked at Cao Ying with sharp eyes.

When Cao Ying heard this, she was so wronged that she bit her lip and took out a small box from the drawer of the kang cabinet, put it in Sun Jue's hand, and said, "It's hidden, it's all hidden here, Lord, take a good look at it!"

Sun Jue only felt light and weightless, and opened the box, there was no jewelry inside, only a stack of pawn tickets.

He threw the small box on the kang, snorted twice, stood up, looked at Cao Ying, threw the curtain and went out.

Cao Ying hesitated for a moment, followed Sun Jue out, saw him lift the curtain of the west wing and entered the west wing, then retreated into the room, sat on the edge of the kang holding the box, weeping "ba da", "ba da".

In the west wing room, there is the concubine whom Sun Jue promoted last month.

It's less than a month now, it's fresh, and Sun Jue stays here every night these days.It's just that today has undergone major changes, and Sun Jue has no intention of seeking pleasure. He came here because he couldn't see Cao Ying's bitter face.

He fell down on the kang, stretched out his arms, covered his eyes, and only thought that if he was dreaming, it would be fine, if he woke up from the dream, nothing would happen...

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Haidian, Cao's family offering sacrifices to the fields.

Two hundred feet away from Cao Yin's cemetery, there is a solitary tomb. On the tombstone is written "the tomb of Yijie Wen's Ziru", and the person who erected the tomb has the words "Yiyi brother Cao Yong" written on it.

Zijing never mentioned her name before entering the mansion. This was when Hu Jiren went to Cao's house to redeem Zijing, and Cao Yong asked Mr. Zhuang to help check it.

Although I think Zijing is much more pleasing to the eye than "Ziru", but after all, "Ziru" is Zijing's real name, Cao Yong still asked people to carve letters on the tomb like this.

Cao Yong knew Amethyst's affection for his father, but it did not affect his friendship with Amethyst.

Every time I said to her, treat her as a sister, but the body of that seven-year-old child was filled with a soul in his twenties, how could he treat a little girl as a sister?

In Cao Yong's heart, in fact, Zijing and Cao Jiashi are both treated as younger sisters, but they rely on her a lot unconsciously, and it is hard to say who is protecting whom.

Today is Amethyst's life sacrifice, Cao Yong said hello to Mr. Qian, and brought Tianyou and Hang Seng to pay homage to Amethyst.

Tianyou and Hengsheng were not by Zijing's side except when they were babies, and since they moved to Sunflower Courtyard, Zijing took them with them.Years of upbringing and teaching made the two children really close to this "aunt".

The amethyst had only been buried in the soil for more than half a year. Several clumps of weeds grew on the grave, and there was also a wild chrysanthemum, with fingernail-sized flowers blooming, bright yellow and full of vitality.

Cao Yong's heart is not as good as this wild chrysanthemum.He bent down and pulled out all the weeds on the grave, and the wild chrysanthemum was not spared.

After cleaning the grave, Cao Yong took the food box from Xiaoman, which contained several vegetarian dishes Zijing loved to eat during her lifetime.

He squatted down and placed several dishes in front of the amethyst tombstone.Besides these, there were two plates of peaches, and a jug of fruit wine.

He poured three cups of wine, spilled them in front of Zijing's tomb, and whispered: "Happy birthday, Zijing!"

Tianyou and Hengsheng were wearing plain clothes, looking at the tombstone with tears in their eyes.

Cao Yong had already stood up, looked back at Tianyou and Hang Seng and said, "Why don't you come forward to pay respects to Auntie?"

On Xiaoman's side, two cushions have been taken out of the carriage and placed in front of the tomb.

Tianyou and Hang Seng stepped forward, knelt on the mat, kowtowed politely and said, "Happy birthday to my aunt, my nephew wishes my aunt a blessing like the East China Sea, and an early bliss." At the end, the two had already started crying.

Cao Yong let out a long breath, and said: "Get up, congratulate my aunt on her birthday, and go to see your grandfather."

Tianyou agreed with Hang Seng, got up and stood beside Cao Yong, all bowing their heads.Just because Cao Yong said to them in the past that "a man is not easy to flick", they don't want their father to see themselves dropping golden beans.

Those who followed Cao Yong included Xiaoman, Cao Jia, and several long followers who had been working by his side for the past two years.

There is a difference between the inside and the outside, but others are alright. As for those buried in this tomb, all I know is that the maid who served the old lady in the early years was treated favorably by the master, and has assisted the grandma in housekeeping all these years.

Xiaoman is very familiar with Zijing, and she also treats Zijing as her elder sister. Now she can't bear it anymore, she turns her head away, wipes away her tears, and goes up to Cao Yong, saying: "Master, Rong Xiao also respects Zijing." Sister Jing has a glass of wine, will it work?"

Cao Yong nodded, sent the wine cup to his hand, and filled him with wine.

Holding the wine cup, Xiaoman took two steps forward, stood still in front of the purple crystal tombstone, choked up and said, "Sister's birthday, Xiaoman, with the help of the Lord, also toasted the wine to my sister. The Lord has a heart, this is my sister's favorite food." If the fruit wine is not topped, my sister will take two more mouthfuls." Saying this, she bowed and sprinkled the wine on the tomb.

After worshiping Amethyst, everyone walked to Cao Yin's tomb again.

Cao Yong took Tianyou and Hengsheng to pay homage, and all the talents got into the car, and those who rode horses rode back to Changping.

When I arrived at Zhuangzi in Changping, it was already the second quarter of Shenchu ​​(03:30 in the afternoon).

Chu Yu knew that their masters hadn't had lunch yet, so she was busy getting someone to prepare a meal.Tianyou and Hengsheng are still young after all, after crying for Zijing, they didn't delay their meal.

On Cao Yong's side, he really didn't have any appetite. He used half a bowl of small stubble porridge and put down the bowl.

At this time, a servant girl came to report, but the second door sent a message that Guanshi Zheng came from the city, waiting to see the uncle.

"I'll go to the front and have a look." Cao Yong explained a few words to Chu Yu, and then came to the front yard.

When spring came to Changping, Cao Yong arranged for Zheng Hu to stay in the mansion in the capital to collect the news of the capital so as not to become blind.

These days, Cao Yong is thinking about news from the Li family.

Li Nai vigorously "investigated the case" in front of him, but there was loud thunder and little rain, Cao Yong was still puzzled.As for the Sun family, I didn't expect that after two months, the confrontation between the Sun and Li families for the son had not yet come to fruition.

Sometimes, Cao Yong feel bored.

For these relatives in name, he was very vigilant in his heart, even more guarded against the ninth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother and others.Could it be that he is really the attribute of the monkey grandson, and his relatives don't recognize him?

"Dog days, it's so hot, I just send someone if I have something to do, why did you come here?" Cao Yong looked at Zheng Hu and said disapprovingly.

"Master, Uncle Sun went to Li's house early this morning..." Zheng Hu replied...

(End of this chapter)