Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 820 The Middleman

Sun Jue carefully put away the paper and looked at Cheng Mengxian.Thinking about taking the beauty who is about to enter the palace as his own, it can be regarded as a great blessing.

It is Cao Yong and Li Nai, even if they have the heart, they will not have such courage with their wimpy temperament.

On Cheng Mengxian's side, although he was annoyed, he knew that the matter was not over yet, so he could only respectfully say to Sun Jue: "Sun Ye, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with me, but since Sun Ye is my cousin's best friend, the boy can't help it." Just a few words."

On Sun Jue's side, seeing his respectful attitude, he nodded rather arrogantly, and said, "If there is anything, just say it!"

Cheng Meng showed some caution, led Sun Jue to the quiet room, and said in a low voice: "Master Sun, since the money has arrived, Xia Chan's body deed should also be given to Master Sun." While speaking, he took out a bag from his arms. A piece of paper came and handed it to Sun Jue.

Sun Jue took it, looked carefully, and saw that there was a note from the Yangzhou prefect's yamen on it, and it was indeed true.

He wondered why Cheng Mengxian was so careful in giving a deed.

"Mr. Sun, this is a major matter of deceiving the prince. Even if the head of the palace keeps his mouth shut, there is no guarantee that no news will leak out." Cheng Mengxian said.

Hearing this, Sun Jue couldn't help frowning, stood up abruptly, stared at Cheng Mengxian and said, "What is Cheng Qiye's intention in saying this?"

Seeing that he was going to be annoyed, Cheng Mengxian quickly stood up and said, "Grandpa, the boy is just saying, as for what to do, let Grandpa make up his own mind."

Seeing that he didn't intend to stop him from leading someone, Sun Jue calmed down a little, and said, "The prince won't take care of a woman in his spare time, will he?"

Cheng Mengxian smiled wryly: "Women are nothing, isn't this also related to the face of the palace? Since ancient times, there have been fewer people who have lost their lives because of their beauty?"

Hearing this, Sun Jue's face turned pale, thinking of the power of Heshuozhuang Prince's Mansion, he felt a little uncertain.This is the only prince left in the same generation as the emperor, and his status in the clan is naturally extraordinary.

"One more word, kid, Grandpa took Xia Chan away, it's better not to put him in his own house for the time being, but to put him outside, wait a few months, and after the matter is over, it's safer to leave at the palace and take him home. It's just in case, if the palace is in trouble, if you keep him in a foreign house, you can find a reason to get rid of it." Cheng Mengxian said after deliberation.

When Sun Jue heard the words, his mouth was still firm, but he was already afraid in his heart.

But he didn't want Xia Chan to stay in Cheng Zhai for a while, fearing that there would be trouble, so he ordered his attendant to hire a carriage.

After a while, the long follower hired a carriage and came over.

Xia Chan lowered her head and came out with small steps.There was a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, although she was not yet in shape, she had a small oval face and was somewhat clever. She was carrying a bundle and followed beside her.

Sun Jue glanced at the little maid, and Cheng Mengxian said, "This is Miss Xia Chan's personal maid, and the body deed is kept in the girl's hands."

Buy one get one free, Sun Jue only felt that he had taken advantage of it, and felt much more at ease.

He personally helped Xia Chan into the carriage, but the little maid looked at her, so she didn't follow her in and sat on the side of the carriage.

With beauty in front, and new love again, Sun Jue couldn't help it when he got into the carriage, hugged Xia Chan, and made a match.

Xia Chan was held in his arms, trembling, but she was thinking about what Cheng Mengxian said last night, that she would tell Yangzhou to find her brother and send him to the capital.The premise is that as long as she is well-behaved, she will serve Sun Jue well.

She is from Yangzhou, and she was sold to someone else by her stepmother a few years ago, and the most worrying thing is her little brother.

Since Cheng Mengxian wanted to make a fuss about the skinny horse, he naturally wouldn't make mistakes in his accent.

With Sun Jue nephrite in her arms, regardless of the narrowness of the carriage, she has already used both hands and mouth.

Xia Chan has been in the brothel for several years, but she has never received any customers. It's really embarrassing to be in the carriage under the blue sky.She struggled vigorously, but she used a lot of strength, but as a woman, her strength was limited after all, and most of her clothes had been stripped off.

Sun Jue has a heart, but the carriage is limited, so he can just touch it a few times, but it is not cheap to go further.

Sun Jue's brow was covered with sweat and he was out of breath, but he couldn't fulfill his wish in the end.

At this moment, I heard the coachman yell, the carriage stopped, and then the attendant said: "Master, I'm home."

Sun Jue let go of Xia Chan, remembering what Cheng Mengxian said just now, and hurriedly said: "Who asked Xiang to come home, hurry up!"

The coachman was still waiting for the cashier to go back to the dealership. Hearing what Sun Jue said, he looked at the two entourages of the Sun family, wondering.The master in this car is not like a serious person. He takes his sister with him in broad daylight. He is afraid that his daughter-in-law is very powerful, so he dare not go home.

After listening to Sun Jue's words, the two captains didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they urged the coachman directly.

The coachman looked at the big sun and muttered: "I always have to tell you where to go, so the young ones know where to drive the car..."

Sun Jue turned around and pulled Xia Chan's skirt twice to cover the glistening white flesh on her chest, then lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Originally, I wanted to send the chief follower back to the house to get the silver, but the amount was too large, so I decided to get it myself.

He said to the coachman: "Today, I have hired the carriage. Just wait, there will be another place to go in a while."

Seeing the guest's order, the coachman bowed and answered.

Sun Jue told the two attendants to "guard" the carriage, while he flicked his sleeves and entered the house.

On the side of the inner house, Cao Ying put on a sullen face, caressing her chest, leaning on the kang.

Married for more than ten years, she disobeyed her husband's wishes for the first time, and she felt "chug" in her heart.Thinking that the third sister was a human being when she was young, she couldn't hide it this time.

When her husband's anger subsides, he wonders if he can bring Zhixian and sisters back as soon as possible, so it's better not to trouble Cao Yi.

The two concubines have been dealt with, but the two concubines have disappeared for three days.

I asked my husband about it, but he stared like he wanted to eat people.

Cao Ying was still thinking wildly, when she heard footsteps coming from the yard.Who else can come to the inner courtyard of this deep house?

She got up quickly, feeling a little strange, why did her husband come back before Shen Shi?

At this moment, Sun Jue had already strode into the room when he heard the girl's greeting and the sound of picking up the curtain.

"Where are the bank notes that you kept in your possession a few days ago?" Sun Jue thought about his heart in the carriage, unwilling to delay, and said directly: "I'm useful, bring it to me!"

After hearing this, Cao Ying took out the key, opened a locked drawer on the dressing table, took out the bank note that Sun Jue had handed over to her a few days ago, and handed it to Sun Jue.

She recalled what her husband mentioned before, that this was to prepare a birthday gift for her cousin, and said, "Did you find a suitable gift? Tomorrow is Uncle Li'er's birthday, so luckily I can make it in time."

Sun Jue was stunned when he heard the words, and then remembered that tomorrow is the first day of July.Busy with raising money these days, I will forget about preparing a birthday gift for Cao Yong.

He squeezed the bank note in his hand vigorously, nodded indiscriminately, stopped looking at Cao Ying, turned and went out...

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Changping, Caojiazhuangzi.

Mrs. Li looked at the exquisite pots of bonsai in front of her, as well as two boxes of rue and sandalwood bracelets, squinted her eyes, and said with a smile: "This is a birthday gift for your brother? Didn't someone send it a few days ago? Why are you still sending it over? It’s not a whole life, it’s not cheap for him!”

Sitting on a chair, Mrs. Han Jiang replied, "Ma'am, my uncle came from Yangzhou and brought these ceremonies with him. I know that my wife takes care of me. This is a reward from my filial wife. He wanted to come here to say hello to my wife, but Don't take the liberty of interrupting, just let me run errands."

Mrs. Li heard it, and remembered that Mrs. Han Jiang had heard about it before. Her grandmother had a young son in Yangzhou, so she said, "That uncle who is younger than you?"

Han Jiangshi nodded and said, "That's him. When I came to the capital that year, he was only a teenager, and now he's married and has children. When he was young, he always pestered me and asked me for sweets."

In a word, both Li Shi and Chu Yu laughed.

Changsheng is five years old this year, and he has started to be naughty, looking for Tianyou and Hangsheng all day, like a little tail.

Although he is an uncle, but he is the youngest, Tianyou and Hang Seng let him go, and they are more and more used to him like brown sugar.

Seeing their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law laughing happily, Han Jiangshi didn't know where he said something wrong, looked at Chu Yu, and stopped talking.

Chu Yu said with a smile, "My wife is thinking about longevity."

After hearing this, Han Jiangshi remembered that he hadn't seen a few little ones yet, and asked, "You guys are all in the school?"

Chu Yu shook her head and said, "It's a good day today, my uncle took a few children to the back mountain to pick peaches."

Han Jiangshi thought of the peaches sent to the city since the beginning of June, and said, "This year's peaches are really juicy. I heard that the longevity peaches in the shop are selling very well."

The longevity peaches in Daoxiang Village are different from other shops because peach juice is mixed into the noodles.

Cao Yong kept these peach mountains in his hands, and nothing wasted. Except for what he ate, his relatives sent some early adopters, and the rest of the peaches were taken to Daoxiang Village.

In Daoxiang Village, peach juice was boiled or preserved peaches were made.

Chu Yu smiled and said, "Yes, two hundred birthday peaches were brought in this morning, and my wife and I ate them all."

Mrs. Li has already said: "When I was in Jiangning, I heard the master mention the wealth of the Cheng family. The Zhuangzi here has not been cleaned up. Is it a joke to entertain guests?"

Mrs. Han Jiang hurriedly said: "My grandfather's branch is just a collateral branch of the Cheng family, not as evil as my wife said. My uncle is just a supervising student, and he works as a businessman. My wife doesn't think his status is low, so he just gave it to us. It's the face of the younger generation..."

Mrs. Li looked at Mrs. Han Jiang, shook her head in disapproval, and said, "Look at you, what are you saying so heretical, why don't you dislike it? Whose relatives are all heavenly kings?"

Seeing her kindness, Han Jiang's heart warmed, thinking of his deceased mother who had never had the chance to meet, what would happen if she was alive.

Chu Yu heard what the two said, and then said: "A member of the Cheng family? Is that Mr. Cheng's brother? My uncle mentioned Mr. Cheng a few days ago, saying that it would be great if Mr. Cheng was in Beijing, and he could also transfer this Zhuangzi. Fix it well. If the uncle knows that Mr. Cheng has a brother coming to Beijing, he will also be thinking about meeting him. When he comes back in a while, I will tell him."

After hearing this, Han Jiangshi nodded and said, "Thank you, Grandma."

A few people were talking, when a servant girl came in to report that the third aunt from the Duke's mansion had sent someone over, saying that the third aunt would go out of the city to pay respects to the uncle on his birthday tomorrow.

Mrs. Li felt a bit reluctant after hearing this, and said, "It's so hot, and the distance is dozens of miles, it's strange..."

Chu Yu said with a smile: "If the wife loves the third sister, she can stay with the third sister for a few more days. I heard that the third sister is very busy all day long in such a big Duke's mansion, as well as their old lady. Go to Zhuangzi's side and rest for a couple of days."

Hearing the words, Mrs. Li felt that what the daughter-in-law said was very true, so she passed on the word to the daughter-in-law of the Duke's mansion, and said a few gossips, which got people to seal the silver seal, and then sent her away.

On Han Jiang's side, they were in a hurry to return to the city, so they got up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Li didn't allow her to go, and said: "Tomorrow is your brother's birthday, and your third sister is coming back, so it's time to be lively. You child, you are good at everything, but you are too polite. Since you think my mother, they are all you Brothers and sisters, just want to get close."

On Chuyu's side, she also opened her mouth to stay with each other.

Han Jiangshi had no choice but to stay.The Zhuangzi on the left and right side is big, and there are many guest rooms. Chu Yu thought about Cao Yi who was coming back tomorrow, so she asked people to go down and tidy up two clean rooms, asking Han Jiang to live in one and leaving one for Cao Yi.

On Cao Yong's side, he became the king of children, and with a group of children, he picked a few baskets of peaches and went down the mountain to return to the village.

When Chu Yu mentioned that Han Jiang's uncle wanted to come to pay his respects, Cao Yong agreed casually.

The Cheng family knew Cheng Mengxing and Cheng Mengkun brothers, both of whom were good people, which made him a little curious about the Cheng family, the No. [-] wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.I don't know if the Cheng family's children who came to Beijing this time are as free and easy as Cheng Mengxing, or if they are as free and easy as Cheng Mengkun.

Hearing that Cao Yi is coming tomorrow, Cao Yong said with a smile: "It's good to come out for a walk, and let her relax. It would be even better if my sister could come out too."

Chu Yu helped him change his clothes, and said with a smile, "I told my wife the same thing just now. This time, I want to stay with my third sister for a few more days, so that she can enjoy the blessings of my aunt for a few more days."

When supper, Cao Yong just saw Han Jiangshi.

Seeing that she was wearing plain brocade and only had a white jade hairpin on her head, Cao Yong was taken aback for a moment, and then he took a look at Chu Yu, who was also plain and clean, before he understood.

Although it has been a year since Li's recognition of his daughter, Cao Yong still feels uncomfortable when he sees Han Jiang's.

The partner in the early years, and later the shopkeeper, became a "righteous sister", but she couldn't get close.Even knowing that this woman's fate is doomed, but Han Jiang's strong temper makes people unable to feel pity.

On Han Jiang's side, his face was calm, and his etiquette remained the same, just like in the past.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was a little relieved, and couldn't help laughing at himself, what happened to him?

Asking his mother to protect Han Jiang's family was just a stopgap measure, and Han Jiang's family knew it well, maybe it was a bit helpless.It's funny that I didn't get entangled in not treating her as a family member.

Cao Yong went out and took a few kids to dinner.

Mrs. Han Jiang was left here for dinner by Mrs. Li. Because she came, Mrs. Li made a special trip to ask Chuyu to order the kitchen to add some Huaiyang dishes.

Others are fine, but Zhao Jia doesn't pay much attention to this "righteous daughter" of the Cao family.

When Li Shi asked the fourth sister and fifth son to call Han Jiangshi "sister", she frowned and wanted to say something, but because Chu Yu was by her side, she kept her mouth shut...

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After dinner, Cao Yong went out for a walk by the field, thinking about Sun Jue.

Last night and today at noon, Sun Jue took 9000 taels of silver from Cao's house, but he didn't know where the money went.

Sunset on the west mountain, dusk is heavy.

Because of going up and down the mountain in the afternoon, Cao Yong's legs felt a little sore, and he felt tired after walking for a while.He turned back to the inner courtyard, asked for hot water and took a shower.

Tomorrow is his 26th birthday, he is 25 years old, and he will be 18 years old when he came to this world.

In the romance novels I read in my previous life, there were always heroes who were not afraid of life and death, and plausibly said: "He lost his head, and he has a scar as big as a bowl. After 18 years, he will be a hero again!"

If he had the courage to not fear death, would he live a more comfortable life than he is now?
Cao Yong squinted his eyes, soaked in the water, and what appeared in his mind was the picture of waking up at the weaving mansion that year.In the old lady's yard, the screen wall full of blessing characters, and the two white cranes with their necks up, don't like to talk to others.

The pampering of the old lady, Amethyst's concern, the father's stern face, and the mother's pity for her as if she was her lifeblood, lingering in her heart like the smoke of the past.

Now, the old lady, Zijing, and the father have passed away, and the remaining mother, who has to mourn the deceased husband and take care of the youngest son, can only wait for others to comfort her.

Cao Yong sighed, just feel a little tired.

He is also a very dependent person, no matter in his previous life or this life, he has always been under the care of his parents.

Now, there is no big tree to shelter him from the wind and rain.

And he has also become a big tree in the hearts of mothers, wives, and children.

Unknowingly, Cao Yong fell asleep, and in a daze, Chu Yu called out softly: "My son-in-law, my son-in-law, wake up!"

Cao Yong opened his eyes, rubbed his face, and got up from the tub.

The water is already warm.

Chu Yu wiped Cao Yong's hair with a towel, and said, "My son-in-law, Guanshi Zheng just came from the city, so I came to Zhuangzi, please see my son-in-law."

Cao Yong couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, and said: "How old is this tiger, but he's still impatient. We're all black, and he still rides on the road. I really have to scold him a few words."

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, and asked, "My son-in-law, did something happen? Is it on the side of Rehe, or is there something wrong with the court?"

Cao Yong put on his clothes and said: "What are you thinking about? It's not that. It's something. I don't know much now. I'll tell you when I come back."

After he finished speaking, he didn't ask anyone to braid his hair, and with his hair loose, he went to the front yard to meet Zheng Hu.

Zheng Hu's face was a little heavy, and he said to Cao Yong: "Master, the 9000 taels of silver...the 9000 taels of silver were transferred in Shichahai, and then transported to Uncle Li's house in Dongzhimen..."

Cao Yong listened here, but he was faintly relieved.

Maybe he thought of the Li family before, so he wasn't surprised.Compared to the Li family, being someone who doesn't know about Sun Jue's schemes makes him even more disturbed.

"What is the situation, sit down and talk about it carefully." Cao Yong pointed to the chair and said.

It turned out that since Sun Jue sent Zheng Hu and the others out at noon, they had been hiding in the dark.Divided into two places, one staring at Cheng Zhai, the other following Sun Jue.

On Cheng Zhai's side, half an hour after Sun Jue left, there was a carriage leaving the house.Seeing that the carriage was slow, and the bluestone road "creaked" and "creaked" under the pressure, it meant that it was carrying a lot of weight.

The carriage drove around the city twice, and the final stop was Li's house in Dongzhimen.When they came out of Li's house, the carriage was light and its load had been unloaded.

Li Nai went to Beijing for several months, Cao Yong asked people to watch Li's house, and Li's house was also lined up along the route.After checking the news, Zheng Hu confirmed that the carriage was indeed carrying silver.

"Cheng Zhai, Cheng Mengxian... is it..." After hearing Zheng Hu's story, Cao Yong frowned slightly when he thought of the name of the "middleman"...

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It’s about to fall to the fifth place in history, everyone click to support the monthly ticket, that’s the lifeline, Xiao Jiu begged...

(End of this chapter)