Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 827

It was already noon the next day when Cao Yong got the news.

If it weren't for Cao Xiang's handwritten letter, he would not have believed this to be true.Sun Jue, who had only borrowed 9000 taels of silver from the Cao family for a short time, beat his wife and children and injured them.

Although he is farther away from this cousin than Cao Jia and Cao Yi, but since Cao Yong is a man from the Cao family, he can't see his cousin being bullied like this.

He ordered people to prepare horses, and at the same time made people call Cao Fu.

At this time, I miss my reckless brother who is far away in Xining.

For someone like Sun Jue, reasoning with him is not as practical as Xiao Er's bricks.

Cao Yong sneered in his heart, and his impatience with Li and Sun's family was detonated to the extreme by this sudden incident.

There is still sunshine on Cao Fu's side, and he is thinking of taking the two stereotyped articles written yesterday to ask Qian Chenqun for advice in the afternoon.

Qian Chenqun didn't teach students in the afternoon, and Cao Fu also kept his sense of proportion and didn't disturb him every day, but only every three days, he used to discuss the text for half an hour.

Although there is a difference of ten years between the two, Cao Fu behaves elegantly and is proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Qian Chenqun has a good impression of this little friend, and the two can talk to each other.

Seeing the contents of Cao Xiang's handwriting, Cao Fu was still in a daze, couldn't believe it, raised his head and asked with wide eyes, "Brother, is this all true?"

Cao Yong nodded, and said: "Little Si is prudent, let alone joke about it."

Cao Fu blushed, trembling all over with anger, and said bitterly: "It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable, is Sun Jue crazy, dare to bully big sister like this?"

The two brothers, one extremely annoyed and the other extremely angry, hurried all the way back to the city...

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Cao's house, Dongfu, guest room.

Cao Ying lay on the kang, feeling sore and limp all over, her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties, but her mouth was extremely thirsty.

"Water...water..." In a daze, she closed her eyes and murmured.

She heard the woman's astonishment, and then Cao Ying felt that someone gently helped her up and brought the teacup to her mouth.The water temperature was just right, she opened her mouth and took a sip vigorously.

Swallowing the fragrant tea down her throat seemed to make her feel much more comfortable.

Her mind suddenly cleared up a lot. Thinking of her son, she only felt colic in her heart, sobbing and saying, "Li'er?"

"Big sister, don't worry, my nephew is fine..." The one who fed her tea just now was Cao Yi who had been with her all the time.Seeing that Cao Ying was in a daze and was still thinking about her son, she quickly bent down and comforted her softly.

Cao Ying slowly opened her eyes, and saw Cao Yi sitting on the edge of the kang, looking at her with some worry.

"Third sister..." Cao Ying scanned the strange room, somewhat unable to wake up.

Cao Yi took Cao Ying's hand, and said with red eyes: "Thank God, big sister finally woke up..."

"Where is this place... Li'er..." Cao Ying wanted to get up, but after struggling, pulling the wound on her back, she felt excruciating pain, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Seeing this, Cao Yi hurriedly stepped forward to hold her down, and said, "Don't worry, big sister, my nephew is in the West Room. I just went to see it, and I drank the medicine and fell asleep. This is the guest room in the East Mansion. Yesterday, the second sister wanted to Picking up elder sister and nephew to pass over to the palace, but the fourth brother said that elder sister should go back to her mother's house. I have already sent a letter to elder brother. Eldest sister rests at ease and takes medicine first. I will talk about anything when elder brother comes back." During the speech , she got up and took a bowl of medicine, and fed it to Cao Ying herself.

The mouth is full of bitterness, even if there is a candied fruit in the mouth afterwards, it is disgusting.

Cao Ying murmured as if falling into a dream: "Third sister, what's going on, why did it alarm the third sister and Tong Fujin? Why is there still a fourth brother..."

Cao Yi was already ashamed, and said: "It's all my fault. Since I know that my sister has been wronged, I should ask my elder brother to make decisions for my sister as soon as possible, and I won't let the surnamed Sun be so rampant! Big sister, don't worry, second sister Having said that, the daughter of the Cao family is not something anyone can bully, and she must find justice for the eldest sister."

Cao Ying slowly closed her eyes and stopped looking at Cao Yi, not because she was blaming her in her heart, but as the eldest sister, returning to her mother's house in such a distressed situation, she really had no face to see her younger siblings.

Jinghui stood outside the curtain, stopped, hesitated for a while, but still did not come in.

"Third Sister, Xian'er..." Cao Ying suddenly remembered her daughter, opened her eyes again, and asked, "Please trouble Third Sister to take care of Xian'er..."

Cao Ying couldn't tell whether it was grief or remorse, but she just felt that half of her life had been wasted.

Begging for perfection, but ended up in this situation, is it self-inflicted?

"I don't need to ask my elder sister, my niece and daughter took it together yesterday. I stayed with my elder sister yesterday, and now I let the fourth younger siblings take it home and settle down." Cao Yi took out the handkerchief and tried it on Cao Ying's forehead. cold sweat.

Cao Ying was already lacking in energy, so after talking for a while, she closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

Seeing this, Cao Yi let out a long breath, stood up, and saw Jinghui standing behind the curtain.

Afraid of disturbing Cao Ying, Cao Yi walked out quietly, greeted Jing Hui who was looking restless into the yard, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"The eldest uncle of the Sun family is here. He is in the living room of the front yard. He wants to pick up the eldest aunt and grandma. The fourth uncle has been out for a long time, but he hasn't come back..." Jinghui frowned, and said in a low voice: "The fourth uncle is young... just in case I stop Can't stop..."

Uneasy about Cao Ying, Cao Xiang went to the Yamen to ask for leave in the morning and came back.

When Cao Yi heard this, he was really angry: "He is so brave, does he still want to come to Cao's mansion to rob someone?"

Thinking back to last night, when Cao Ying, Sun Li, mother and son were dead, and Sun Jue was nowhere to be seen, Cao Yi really had no hope for him.

She didn't know that Sun Jue got the news from the outer house, and originally wanted to go back to the house, and turned the big thing into a small one.However, when he walked to the entrance of Cao's Hutong, he saw the car of Pingjun Wang's mansion approaching, and immediately lost his courage, and hurriedly took people to hide.

Although Cao Jiashi is the second aunt, Sun Jue never dared to show her brother-in-law's score in front of her.

Not to mention that Cao Jiashi has always been sharp-tongued, and every time he sees Sun Jue's pretentious Taoist appearance, he has to snap a few words.Due to his status as a student, Sun Jue could only listen.

Speaking of which, he was three points more afraid of this Fujin second aunt than Cao Yong.

Of course, he would never admit that he was afraid of the power of the Pingjun Palace behind Cao Jia's family, and comforted himself with "good men don't fight with women".

Unexpectedly, not only the two sister-in-laws were alarmed, but the concubine's wife and brother also joined in the fun, and came over in the middle of the night without saying anything, and took Cao Ying's mother and son back to her natal home.

Sun Jue came home in the middle of the night, looking at the unheated room, half dead with anger.

I don't know whether to scold Cao Ying for not knowing what is good or bad, or to scold the Cao family for being troubled.

After a night in a daze, Sun Jue started to be afraid when he arrived at the Yamen today.All of a sudden, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law were offended, and I don't know what the Cao family will say.

If it were another family, if the husband and wife were not in harmony, it would be a big deal to divorce his wife.

But on Cao Ying's side, don't even think about it.She was promised to him by Mrs. Sun before his death, and my father was most satisfied with this cousin and daughter-in-law.Not to mention that Cao Ying gave birth to the eldest grandson, Sun Li, for the Sun family, and she has always done well.

After hesitating in the yamen until noon, Sun Jue still decided to come to the door with the cheek to take his wife and children back.They are the Sun family, so there is no reason to live in the Cao family.

But he didn't want to think about it. When he wanted to beat his wife and children to death, he didn't think about whether his family was not his own.

Although Cao Xiang and Cao Ying have different mothers, they have always respected this gentle and amiable elder sister.Seeing their mother and son covered in blood last night, they were also shocked and angry.

If he had met Sun Jue at that time, he would definitely have raised his fist.

Even after one night, the resentment in his heart has not diminished in the slightest.It's just that he is a younger brother after all, and there is an elder brother above him.This matter is handled in this way, and I have to wait for my brother to make a conclusion.

Among Cao Ying's younger siblings, there were several who made Sun Jue feel scruples, but Cao Xiang was not included.

Although Cao Xiang won Tanhua and is now in the Imperial Academy, in Sun Jue's eyes, he is just an insignificant son of the Cao family.

Seeing that Cao Xiang was lukewarm, and that he would take his wife and children home without any room for refusal, Sun Jue became angry.

He jumped up, jumped up from the chair, pointed to Cao Xiang's nose, and cursed: "What are you? Don't think that with the seventh-rank top wear, you are just like a dog, but you are raised by a girl." Yes, how dare you meddle in my Sun family's affairs? It's just because of your relatives that you haven't been charged with trespassing, so don't make a fuss about it!"

Cao Xiang saw that he was beating him upside down, talking nonsense, his face flushed with anger, and he sneered and said, "So, is it better to take advantage of me? I dare not take advantage of this advantage, or we can talk about it in the yamen. Look. Is it the crime of pampering the concubine and destroying the wife, beating the son-in-law innocently, or it is the crime of me taking my sister back to her mother's house to 'break into the private house'!"

Seeing the disdain on Cao Xiang's face, Sun Jue couldn't bear it, and roared, "Hmph! Who is afraid of going to the Yamen? Women are jealous, and they have violated the 'Seven Rules'. If it wasn't for you Cao Xiang Let the family save some face, Sun has already sent a letter of divorce, and hired another virtuous woman. The little beast is the flesh and blood of the Sun family, and he disobeyed his father for no reason, so if he is beaten to death, what will anyone do to me?"

Cao Xiang laughed angrily when he heard this, and said, "You want to divorce your wife? If you really want to save face, you should first redeem the elder sister's dowry, and then it won't be too late to mention these two words!"

Sun Jue couldn't hold back when he was exposed to the scandal, and looked at Cao Xiang as if he was looking at an enemy, and said bravely: "It seems that in addition to 'jealousy', the Cao family has also committed 'talkative' Seven out of two, how can such a woman deserve to be Sun's wife?"

He kept talking about "divorcing his wife", but they were husband and wife for more than ten years, and he knew that Cao Ying's temperament was inseparable from a pair of children.

Even if she is asked to die, she will die in the Sun's family, because all her children are in the Sun's family.

Thinking of this, Sun Jue became more confident, raised his chin, looked at Cao Xiang and said, "Mr. Cao, you can stay as long as you want. I don't care for such a woman who is jealous and slanderous. Sun Li is me. The flesh and blood of the Sun family has no reason to be forced to stay in the Cao family..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already grabbed by the collar.

"Jealous and evil words, which one are you talking about?" Cao Fu no longer had the gentleness of the past, looked at Sun Jue angrily, and asked.

Sun Jue was so strangled that he couldn't breathe, his face was pale, and he struggled to speak.

Turning his head sideways, he happened to see Cao Yong following Cao Yi, looking at him with a face as heavy as water, coughed twice, and said: "Furuo..."

Cao Yong glanced at him lightly, ignored him, walked up to Cao Xiang, and patted him on the shoulder: "Fourth brother, well done."

Seeing the concern and affirmation in his eyes, Cao Xiang couldn't help bowing his head, feeling his eyes sour.

Even if he was raised by a girl, he is also a son of the Cao family.

As a man of the Cao family, if he can't even protect a woman, then what's the point of supporting his family and making contributions.

Seeing Sun Jue acting like a clown, Cao Fu felt disgusted in his heart, and couldn't help but wave his fist up high.

Hearing "Ouch", Sun Jue covered half of his face, staggered and almost fell.

Cao Fu was a bit obsessed with cleanliness. After punching him, he looked at his fist and looked at Sun Jue, just like looking at something filthy.

This fist just hit the bridge of Sun Jue's nose.For a moment, he felt his nose was sore and numb, tears and nosebleeds flowed out uncontrollably, and he was in a panic.

"Why do you go above and below and hit someone?" Sun Jue stood up straight, holding his nose, and pointing at Cao Fu.

Cao Fu snorted coldly, was too lazy to look at him, went to sit under Cao Xiang, looked at Cao Yong and said, "Brother, since there are people who don't care about big sister, then this relative can't do it either. It's just that the fourth brother is right. , Big sister’s dowry can’t be less, and it will be taken back according to the dowry list, and it can’t be cheaper, you bastard!”

Cao Yong listened quietly, staring at Sun Jue, and did not reply to Cao Fu's words.

Although he didn't speak, nor did he intend to blame him, but Sun Jue felt guilty.Regardless of the bleeding from his nose, he lowered his hands, cupped his hands and said, "Fu Ruo, this is about my brother-in-law's family business. Just now, my fourth uncle was rude, so I just said something indiscriminately. I asked for leave from the yamen today, just to receive the gift. Son, their mother and son go back. There is nothing wrong with it, if there is a big fuss, it will be a joke for nothing."

He still doesn't know that Cao Yong has already arrived at the door when he pointed at Cao Xiang and scolded him as "raised by a girl".

Bullying an older sister is already an unforgivable crime, but if you want to come to Cao's house to bully his younger brother, Cao Yong will be angry even if he is a clay figurine.

"Joke? What kind of joke? Cao's daughter's 'jealous and evil words' joke?" Cao Yong said indifferently, with no trace of joy or anger, and Sun Jue had already been hacked into pieces in his heart.

Sun Jue was speechless, and after a while he blushed and said, "It's rare for Lier's mother to go back to her mother's house, so let her rest here for a couple of days. The water is deep. Even if it’s not for my love, I still have to think about the children. Or, let your elder sister make the decision..."

After speaking, he turned around and ran out without looking at the Cao family brothers in the hall.

Cao Fu didn't expect him to run, so he hurriedly got up to chase, but was stopped by Cao Yong.

"Brother, just let him go like this?" Cao Fu said with some dissatisfaction.

"It's not too late." Cao Yong looked at Sun Jue's back, without any warmth in his eyes.

The reason why Cao Yong held back and didn't let someone beat Sun Jue to death immediately was mainly because he thought of Sun Ying.The eldest sister has always been a virtuous person who "regards her husband as the sky", which is different from Cao Yi's self-reliance and self-improvement.

Sun Jue dared to say "divorce" after beating his wife with the whip, just to control Cao Ying's temperament.

Did he really think that the Cao family was afraid of the word "divorce"?
"Go and see big sister first..." Cao Yong said, looking at Cao Fu, who was still unconvinced.

Cao Fu kicked his feet hard, and said: "It's really cheap for him, at least he has to be beaten to death before being kicked out. The elder sister is the most virtuous, and he still calls the elder sister 'jealous' and 'bad words', and keeps saying that he wants to "Divorce your wife" is really pissing me off!"

"Divorce..."

Following the sound of speaking, everyone turned their heads away, and saw Cao Ying walking towards the corridor, supported by Cao Yi and Jing Hui.

Her face was pale, she looked at Cao Yong and the others, and murmured: "Sun Jue wants to divorce me?"

Although Cao Yong didn't know how her injury was, seeing her half-dead appearance made her heart ache.

"Eldest sister is not feeling well, I'd better go back to the room to talk..." Cao Yong stepped forward and said.

Cao Ying looked at Cao Yong, took a step forward, held his arm tightly, and asked again: "He really... wants to divorce me... Then what about my Lier, my Xianer..." Said In the end, the emotions became more and more agitated, the voice was shrill, and the body trembled: "My child... what should I do with my child..."

Cao Yong saw that her eyes were lax and she was about to go crazy, and said: "Don't worry, elder sister, Li'er and Xian'er are the flesh and blood of the Cao family, and no one can take them away. They are by the elder sister's side, by the elder sister's side!"

Perhaps it was Cao Yong's firm expression that comforted Cao Ying, and her lax eyes gradually became clear, and then they were covered with mist.

She let go of Cao Yong's arm and slowly lowered her head, unwilling to let her younger siblings see her tears.

"It's all my fault, let everyone bother...I'd better take Lier and Xianer back...I can't leave them..." Cao Ying just felt powerless, and I'm afraid it will be like this in this life.

Her children are her hope in this life, if she can't stay by her side, what is she going to do with her life.

Cao Yi was at the side, seeing her like this, he stepped forward and took her hand, saying: "Elder sister doesn't believe what brother said? Brother is going to be annoyed."

When Cao Ying heard the words, she didn't care to wipe her tears, she raised her head, and saw Cao Yong looking at her expressionlessly.

"Brother Yong, sister doesn't mean that! It's just, it's just... the bond between husband and wife can be broken, and the bond between children and children can't be parted with... If I'm not here, if I have a stepmother, I'll have a stepfather, Li'er...Xian'er...but what? What should I do?" Cao Ying cried and said, "If it wasn't for this, why would I have to swallow my breath all these years..."

Just now Cao Yong was a little annoyed, even though Cao Ying was his cousin, but when she saw that her natal brothers and sisters were all in front of her, she still chose to compromise and didn't have the slightest idea of ​​relying on her natal family, how could she not be annoyed?
Such a useless person must have something to hate.

Now, after hearing her words, it's not because she misses her husband Sun Jue, but because of her kindness, she cares about her children.

Cao Yong is also a father, and the anger in his heart has long since dissipated.

He stretched out his hand, supported Cao Ying's shoulder and said, "Eldest sister, don't worry, so many natal families, can't they protect the two children of the eldest sister? Don't worry about Sun Jue's words. Divorce is fine, and It doesn't matter if you leave, it's not his turn to make the decision... I will write to Hangzhou, our Cao family can't be bullied in vain, we must first seek justice for you, and then talk about other things..."

(End of this chapter)