Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 817

"Is it the day he rested Mu?" Cao Yong asked.

"It doesn't look like it. An hour after Uncle Sun entered Li's house, the housekeeper of the Sun family brought the third and fourth young masters of the Sun family into Li's house. When they came out of Li's house, only Uncle Sun and the housekeeper were left. The housekeeper of the Li family accompanied him out, but the two younger cousins ​​did not come out. Uncle Sun followed the housekeeper of the Li family to Shuntian Mansion, and then went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War." Zheng Hu replied: "The news from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion is that Change the title deed of a Zhuangzi in Tongzhou. Thirty hectares of land, mostly fertile land."

When it comes to property, Cao Yong has a bottom line in his heart.

It seems that the "child seizure case" has come to an end, but I don't know how the Li family persuaded Sun Jue to let Sun Jue take the initiative to send the child to the door.

"What happened to the Sun family these two days?" Cao Yong asked after thinking for a while.

Zheng Hu replied: "There is no other abnormality, that is, Uncle Sun went to drink with his colleagues last night and returned late at night."

"Eat wine", when Cao Yong heard these two words, he picked up the corners of his mouth, thinking of Li Ding's old things back then.

Among them, what happened?
Sun Jue is not a scheming person, could he be tricking someone?

"Let people inquire, where did Sun Jue go to drink, and who were the people at the same table!" Cao Yong said.

Zheng Hu agreed, and Cao Yong said: "It's not early today, or just stay overnight, and I will send some melons and fruits back tomorrow."

Zheng Hu responded and went to find Wei Hei and Ren's brothers without saying a word. Cao Yong sat on a chair and calculated the price of the 2 hectares of land.If it is a well field, at least six or seven taels of silver per mu, thirty hectares of land, that is [-] taels.

Sun Jue raised the twins for more than five years, and earned 2 taels, which is considered a steady profit.It's just that I don't know what excuses the two families will come up with to fulfill their twin identities...

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Half a day later, Li Nai was still in a dream.

Unexpectedly, my brother-in-law let go so easily and happily sent the two children over.

Sun Jue came and went in a hurry early in the morning, and didn't even care about how the two families could come up with a proper justification for the identity of the twins.

Sitting at the dinner table, Li Nai looked at the two handsome nephews, and recalled his younger brother's appearance when he was a child, and all the jealousy he had had towards his younger brother disappeared.

The twins lowered their heads, with a little caution.They really didn't understand why their father led them to the house of "uncle".

Li Nai thought that since his younger brother's flesh and blood returned to the Li family, it should be sent back to Suzhou, so that his grandmother and father could be happy with him.It's just that right now, his shortcomings haven't come down, and he can't leave the capital for the time being.

It seems that we need to discuss with the housekeeper Qian Zhongshui, and let him go to Suzhou to escort the two children back to the south.

Seeing that the servant girl had already served the dishes and Li Cheng hadn't come yet, Li Nai frowned slightly, and called someone, "Why isn't the third young master coming, I've got someone to remind me!"

Before the words fell, a servant had already come in to answer.

It turned out that Li Cheng went out at noon, saying that he was going to his uncle's house and would return after dinner.Because Li Nai took a nap, he didn't tell him.The big housekeeper, Qian Zhongshui, took two people and accompanied him.

The "Old Uncle" Li Cheng mentioned was Mrs. Han's brother, Mrs. Han, who was an officer in the capital in his early years, but now he is getting old and serving as an official at home.Mrs. Han had no son, nor did he invite a son-in-law to come to his house, but lived with his wife and a few servants.

He has always been kind to Li Nai, his nephew, and he loves Li Cheng, his grandson, even more.

Li Nai is filial to his uncle, and he is also happy for his son to be close to the elders, so Li Cheng often goes there to pay his respects in the past few months.

When Li Nai heard that his son had gone to Han's house, he nodded, but he felt a little bit annoyed at his son.Today is the day of family reunion, and we should have a reunion dinner.

The twins were pulled up early in the morning, and Sun Jue couldn't even take care of his own breakfast, so how could he take care of the two of them?Therefore, the two brothers did not drink rice water for most of the day.

Looking at the dishes on the table, all kinds of aromas rushed straight into the nose, and the stomachs of the two brothers couldn't help "grunt", "grunt".

Li Nai heard it from the side, quickly raised his chopsticks, and said: "You three cousins... the third brother is out, don't wait for him, let's eat first."

The two children were so absorbed in eating that they didn't have the time to think about how the "third cousin" became the "third brother"...

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On Li Cheng's side, he went to the Han's house and talked with Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han for a while, then got up to leave.

It was almost dinner time, how could the old couple be willing to let him go, but decided to keep him for dinner.It was Li Cheng who said that only his father was at home, afraid that his father would eat alone and be lonely, so the old couple praised Li Cheng for his filial piety, and at the same time asked someone to send him out.

After leaving Han's house, Li Cheng didn't go back to Dongzhimen directly, but came to Shichahai.

I don't know when in the sky, a few floating clouds floated to cover the scorching sun and add a little shade.

Li Cheng was riding on the horse, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he seemed to be in a good mood.Qian Zhongshui followed on horseback, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Third young master, do you really want to hide it from the uncle?"

Li Cheng frowned slightly, and said: "It's not like the housekeeper doesn't know about father's temperament, so why do you still ask him?"

"The Sun family is Grandma's natal family. If there is a rift with the Sun family because of this, Grandpa and Grandma will feel uncomfortable." As servants, the master's affairs should not be interrupted, but Qian Zhong Sui is an old man of the Li family and Li Xu's confidant, not to mention Li Cheng, even Li Nai should be polite when he sees him.

"Uncomfortable, it's better than being angry. It doesn't tear your face, it can't be called offending. Besides, even if you offend, so what? My grandfather can't be compared with my grandfather, and my uncle can't be compared with my father. The Li family is also afraid of the Sun family. ?" Li Cheng raised his chin and said with a bit of pride.

After hearing this, Qian Zhongsong was speechless.

The three young masters spoke eloquently and seemed to be proud of the Li family, but they never thought that the Sun family was his mother's family.

At such a young age, he is so cold and indifferent, which really echoes the saying, "Blue out of blue is better than blue".Even the master, the uncle, does not have such courage.

In Qian Zhongshui's heart, he no longer dared to regard the person in front of him as an ordinary boy.In the master's letter, asking him to obey the third young master's orders, he must have seen this.

After a while, I arrived in front of a house in Haihaizi.

Li Cheng got off his horse and ordered an officer to come forward and knock on the door.

This house is where Sun Jue and Shen Qing had a banquet yesterday.Hearing the knock on the door, two healthy servants in green clothes opened the door, and one of them had seen Li Cheng before, hurriedly went up to greet him and said, "It's the third master Cheng who came, and our master was still talking about it just now."

Li Cheng grabbed a few golden melon seeds from his purse, stuffed them into the man's hands, and said, "I've been delayed, Uncle Xian didn't go out today?"

The servant leaned over and replied: "Thank you for the reward. Our master went to Prince Zhuang's mansion at noon and just came back. It seems that there is something to wait for the third master, so people went to the front to see it twice."

Li Cheng smiled and entered the house together with Qian Zhongshui.

As soon as he bypassed the screen wall, Cheng Mengxian rushed over.

"Uncle Xian!" The smile on Li Cheng's face was even stronger, he took two quick steps to meet him, bowed and said, "Uncle Xian is tired of worrying this time, nephew will thank Uncle Xian!"

Cheng Mengxian didn't dare to accept his gift, so he hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Third Young Master, didn't you kill me? It's just a matter of effort."

Seeing that he was too respectful, Li Cheng pulled his arm with a smile, and said, "My nephew came here at some time, and he didn't even have dinner, so I'm going to bother Uncle Xian today."

Seeing that he was so close, Cheng Mengxian didn't want to be too alienated, and said with a smile: "The third son is not too simple, and it is Cheng's face to keep it for face."

He had already seen Qian Zhongshui, he looked good, unlike ordinary servants, and asked, "Third Young Master, who is this?"

"This is the steward Qian of my house in the capital..." After speaking, Li Cheng turned his head and said to Qian Zhongsong: "Master steward, this is the seventh master of the Cheng family. Extremely familiar."

Since Cheng Mengxian came to Beijing on behalf of the head of the Cheng family, he naturally knew about the mansions of the relevant people in the capital. Hearing that the housekeeper's surname was "Qian", he thought of his cousin mentioning that Qian Boxuan, the chief steward of the Zhizao Mansion in Suzhou, had a younger brother who worked in Li's house in the capital. steward.The Li family's contacts in the capital are all managed by this manager.

Cheng Mengxian was very polite, he cupped his fists to Qian Zhongshui and said: "It turns out to be the Chief Manager, I, Cheng Mengxian, have met the Chief Manager."

Seeing that he was young, Qian Zhongsong was a bit worried at first, cupped his hands, and said in return: "I'll see Master Cheng Qi."

Seeing that the two of them had finished exchanging greetings, Li Cheng smiled and said to Cheng Mengxian: "Uncle Xian, you're welcome, hurry up and get some food, it's serious."

When a distinguished guest came, Cheng Mengxian didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly asked him to go to the nearest restaurant to order a table.

When everyone went to the living room, Cheng Mengxian asked Li Cheng to sit with Qian Zhongshui, as if he had something to say, but he took a look at Li Cheng because of Qian Zhongshui.

Li Cheng said: "I didn't hide this matter from the Chief Manager, Uncle Xian, but it doesn't matter."

After Cheng Mengxian heard this, he took out a piece of origami paper from his sleeve, handed it to Li Cheng, and said, "This is a document written by my respected relative. I have kept a copy here, and the original copy should be disposed of by the third son."

Li Cheng glanced at it twice, handed it to Qian Zhongshui, and said: "The chief manager has a look, and then put it away." After finishing speaking, he said to Cheng Mengxian: "My nephew is very grateful for my uncle's help. It's just my nephew." Young and weak, unable to repay, I will definitely tell my grandfather about this matter, and ask my grandfather to prepare a thank you gift."

Cheng Mengxian was happy in his heart, but said on the face: "Third Young Master, you are being polite, but it is just a trivial matter, and it would be outrageous to talk about anything else."

"Uncle Xian, how much is that sister's worth?" Li Cheng asked after thinking about it.

Cheng Mengxian replied: "He's a young lady with no breasts, and he looks good. The madam originally wanted 500 taels. Because their boss is from Yangzhou and the brother of the same family knows each other, they only spent 800 taels."

On Li Cheng's side, he took out two banknotes from his purse, pushed them in front of Cheng Mengxian and said, "I'm ashamed to bother Uncle Xian, how dare you make Uncle Xian spend money? This is 1000 two hundred taels of silver. The money for the redemption of the husband, and Uncle Xian is left as a reward."

It's meaningless to mention money if the favor is eight points, how can Cheng Mengxian lose the big because of the small?

He hastily pushed the bank note back, and said: "The third young master looks down on me, these few small coins don't bother the third young master. But there is something, please tell the third young master."

Seeing that he didn't want it, Li Cheng continued to push and shoved him, so he felt petty and let the bank note be thrown on the case, without looking at it, and asked, "What's the matter, Uncle Xian is still asking about my nephew?"

"The next day, the respected relatives will send money over. According to the previous agreement, Xia Chan will be taken back. Although Xia Chan doesn't know about this matter, if she enters the Sun's house, she will go out if she mentions it twice." It’s not a mistake.” Cheng Mengxian felt somewhat distressed: “If you want to be considerate, I’m afraid that Xia Chan won’t be able to stay. But if that’s the case, I’m afraid it’s not easy to appease my relatives and wealth.”

Li Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth, showing a bit of sarcasm.Even if "people and wealth are lost", does my useless uncle dare to make a fuss?

It's just that his intention, apart from fulfilling his father's wish of returning those two little cousins ​​living outside to the Li family, has other intentions, so the matter is only halfway up to now, and it's not over yet.

He pondered for a while, and said: "We can't let him take Xia Chan away, and there's no need to get rid of Xia Chan right now. It's better to scare him so that he doesn't have the guts to take Xia Chan home and put him outside as a private room."

Cheng Mengxian was puzzled by Li Cheng's intentions, hesitated for a moment and said: "From what my cousin said, Zunqian is not rich. Even if he can get the 9000 taels of silver together, there may not be Jinwu Zangjiao's money."

Li Cheng said with a smile: "Uncle Xian, don't worry, my uncle has just made a fortune, so I'm afraid he can spend some time leisurely."

After all, this is the Li family's grievances, and Cheng Mengxian is hard to say.

At this moment, the table noodles have been delivered, and Cheng Mengxian accompanied Li Cheng and Qian Zhongshui to use them.

After dinner, it was already dusk, so Li Cheng didn't stay any longer, and left Shichahai with Qian Zhongying and returned to Xizhimen.

On the way, Qian Zhongshui asked the question in his heart: "Third young master, since the eldest uncle has already sent the two young masters back, Xia Chan should not stay any longer. Without her, Cheng Qiye will return to the south in a few days, who will return?" They also don’t know that this matter has something to do with the Li family.”

It wasn't because he was wordy, but because he was worried about the kindness of the little master, and he didn't do things well, so he opened his mouth to remind.

Li Cheng glanced at him and asked, "How does the housekeeper think of my grandfather?"

The master is like this, how can a servant be able to comment on it, no matter how decent he is, Qian Zhongshui is not easy to surpass, he hurriedly said: "The villain dare not!"

"Although Grandfather is generous, he hates others' greed the most. Uncle is not a sensible person. This time, he reluctantly agreed to the matter because he was in the game and was in a hurry to spend money. If he makes more progress and regenerates greed Isn't it troublesome?" Li Cheng said.

On Qian Zhongshui's side, he already understood why Li Cheng had accepted the original copy of Sun Jue's documents, but he still didn't understand what it had to do with Xia Chan.

"This evidence can stop Uncle's greed, is that Xia Chan? It is to get back the thirty hectares of land. Anyone can take what belongs to the Li family." Li Cheng looked at the blood-red sunset in the sky , I just felt a bit of arrogance in my bones.

Qian Zhongshui's eyes flickered when he heard the words. He didn't know whether Li Cheng said these words unintentionally, or if he listened to him on purpose. He saw Li Cheng turned around, smiled innocently, and said, "That's the way it is. In the letter, you can tell the truth..."

*
Shichahai, Cheng Zhai.

Cheng Mengxian was holding a piece of paper in his hand, which was a copy of the note written by Sun Jue yesterday.In order to prevent accidental problems, he did not seek outsiders, so he directly asked Shen Qing for help.

Thinking of Li Cheng's reaction, Cheng Meng was a little confused, and really couldn't think of the intention of keeping Xia Chan.Could it be that calculating Sun Jue once is not enough, when do you want to blackmail him again?
Even if the relatives have suspicions, this Li Cheng is the grandma of the Li family, Sun's son, and is the nephew of the Sun family, why is it so tricky?
Even if he couldn't figure it out, Cheng Mengxian stopped thinking about it.It cost 800 taels, and it was worth it to sell it to the Li family as a big favor.

Li Xu has served as the censor of salt inspection for the past few years, and has a close relationship with the Cheng family.The Cheng family usually pays 5000 taels to 800 taels of filial piety during the New Year's Day, and the [-] taels are well worth the money.

Just as he was thinking, someone in charge came in and said, "Master, Miss Biao sent someone to pay her respects."

"Oh. Pass it quickly." Cheng Mengxian put down the paperwork in his hand when he heard the words, and hurriedly said.

After a short time, I saw an old servant coming in with the steward, saw Cheng Mengxian, knelt down, and said: "The villain has seen my uncle, please greet my uncle."

Cheng Mengxian waved his hands, and seeing him get up, he felt a little friendly, and asked, "Have you waited for your girl to go back to Yangzhou?"

The man replied: "Returning to my uncle, the villain was also a servant of the Cheng family in the early days. He used to work under the name of the old lady. When the wife went out, the old lady pointed out the younger one to the wife as a companion."

Cheng Mengxian thought for a while and said, "Are you Yu Cai's brother?"

The man said: "It is the slave who is rich."

Cheng Mengxian nodded, and said: "Your nephew Yu Kui is now working by my side, and he is also in the capital. I can see your nephew and uncle later."

Yu Fu listened and thanked him respectfully.

Cheng Mengxian said: "Didn't I tell people to go and see your girl tomorrow? Why do I still ask you to come to pay my respects?"

Yu Fu bowed and replied: "Uncle, our girl said that my uncle is an elder and I dare not trust him. Uncle Lao condescends. I sent the younger one to pay my respects to my uncle, and I want to ask my uncle about his itinerary for tomorrow. If Uncle is free, our girl would like to come over and say hello to Uncle."

Cheng Mengxian frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said: "They are all close relatives, why are you so outrageous? Your girl has been in Beijing for several years, and it is really not easy for a single woman. Although the old lady passed away, there are still us uncles , can't it all be used as a decoration?"

Yu Fu replied: "I know that my uncle misses our girl, and our girl also misses my uncle. When our master passed away, my uncle was still young, so maybe he didn't know something. It's not that our girl didn't have elders in her eyes. Back then The elder uncle and the second uncle pushed the girl a little harder. It was not until the old lady made the decision and the girl recruited a relative. Then, somehow, the people from the Jiang family found the uncle and joined forces to deal with our girl. If not Our girl has left her hometown and stayed far away from the capital, and she still doesn't know what's going on." At the end of the speech, the loyal old servant's eyes were already red.

After speaking, Cheng Mengxian sighed and said: "The two of them only have money in their eyes, how can they remember that they are your girl's uncle! I hate that I was young at that time, otherwise I wouldn't let your girl suffer so much."

"My uncle is our girl's biological uncle, and our girl has missed my uncle all these years. I heard that my uncle is with Master Kun, and I am also happy for my uncle." Yu Pu replied, touching his tears.

Cheng Mengxian shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, my uncle is useless. If you girl hadn't mentioned to Master Kun that there are so many people in the clan, how could he think of promoting me?"

These things were not known to Yu Funeng, so he was a little dazed.

After Cheng Mengxian finished speaking, he also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and said, "Go back and tell your girls, I'm free tomorrow, I won't do anything, just wait for her to come over, and the family will be reunited."

Yu Fu bowed and agreed, took his leave and went back to answer.

*
On Han Jiang's side, after hearing Yu Fu's reply, his heart was mixed with sadness and joy.

Speaking of which, this little uncle is the closest person in the world to her.Although there are two uncles, they are not descendants.Her grandmother only gave birth to a pair of children, her mother and this little uncle.

This little uncle is a descendant of her grandmother, who is two years younger than her.

Earlier, when her grandmother was there, she protected the granddaughter and stopped the Cheng family from letting the people over there think of her.Later, the old lady passed away, and this uncle was young, so the two elder uncles of the Han Jiang family thought about their niece's property, and joined forces with the Jiang family to plot against Han Jiang's family.

The Han Jiang family left Jiangning because of the "credit" of the two uncles.

However, the Han Jiang family is not a fool, and did not hate the Cheng family because of the persecution of these two uncles.

Han Jiang always paid close attention to this little uncle left by his grandmother.

Hearing that the eldest uncle presided over the separation of the family and made the younger uncle suffer, Han Jiang was a little worried, so he sent someone to write a letter, wanting to take the younger uncle to Beijing.

Although Cheng Mengxian is young, he is very strong and determined to become famous, so why is he willing to join his niece in desperation?Han Jiangshi had no choice but to ask people to send more money.

That year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs called for bidding, and Cheng Mengkun, the head of the Cheng family, went to Beijing.Han Jiangshi thought of his little uncle, so he asked him to take care of him in private.

Unexpectedly, when Cheng Mengkun returned to Yangzhou and saw this little cousin, he got it right and took him with him to practice.After a few years, Cheng Mengxian is no longer the boy who was bullied by his concubine brother, but has become a leader of the Cheng family's generation.

Uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for several years, Han Jiang's tears fell from his uncle to his grandmother.

Just when Hui'er came in, seeing her crying, she stepped lightly, holding a small handkerchief, and went up to test her tears.

"Why is mother so sad?" Hui'er asked in a low voice.

Han Jiangshi shook his head, hugged Hui'er in his arms, and said, "I'm not sad, but happy. Your uncle is here, let's greet your uncle tomorrow..."

*
Xizhimen, Li's residence.

Hearing Li Nai's words, Li Cheng was very surprised, and said: "Why did father say that? The two younger brothers are descendants of the Li family, and it is only natural for them to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan. Those two women, even if they served the second uncle, are now How can the eldest uncle's concubine be taken back to the Li family?"

Li Nai also knew the absurdity, but thinking of the pitiful appearance of the two nephews, he said, "Aside from other things, she is the biological mother of your two brothers..."

"Grandfather won't allow it, father..." Looking at such a soft-hearted father, Li Cheng felt his head ache.

Finally, the matter of the Sun family came to an end. Suzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital. After sending the two children to Suzhou, it would be nice to think of a proper excuse and have an explanation to the outside world.

At this time, it is nothing to get two more maids and concubines from the Sun family to follow.

Hearing what his son said, Li Nai said embarrassingly: "It would be fine if your two brothers were younger. Now they are old enough to remember things. If they are older, wouldn't it be a joke if Zhang Luo went back to the Sun's house to accept his mother?" ..."

Li Cheng listened, but was stunned.

After all, he is only a 12-year-old boy, he didn't think carefully, and he didn't think of this place...

(End of this chapter)