Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 835 The Battle
"Our Jue'er's front teeth were broken at your house?" An's face drooped, and he stared at Zhao Jia's, annoyed.

She came to Beijing this time to listen to her husband's orders to mediate the eldest son's housework.Originally thinking that his son was at fault and sorry for his daughter-in-law, he gave up his face and brought his wife and grandson back.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in the capital and saw his son like this, how could Anshi feel at ease.

The original plan was to visit Cao's house in person to visit his wife, and then bring back his wife and grandson, but now he changed his mind and only sent the woman in charge.

However, in the end, it is to save face, seeing the wife of the in-laws coming, it is unavoidable to ask someone to serve tea and accompany them with a smiling face.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law treats him fairly submissively, An's heart feels at ease.Women are inferior to men, how can anyone really break up with their husbands and wives because of their quarrel?

When a man divorces his wife, he can still marry a beautiful girl to fill in the house; if a woman is divorced by her husband's family, she will be despised by the world.

When she hugged her eldest grandson, Sun Li, the words in An's mouth were a bit unpleasant: "Oh, my eldest grandson, look, how skinny is he? How can we go home outside..." At this point, he raised his head and blamed Cao Ying Said: "The daughter-in-law is really cruel. After all, she is a mother. Even if she is with Li'er and his father, she should not let the child suffer."

Mrs. Zhao Jia was by the side, but when she heard this, she was harsh and said: "Li'er is the flesh that fell from the elder sister's body. If she doesn't feel sorry for who? If she didn't take care of the child, she wouldn't avoid going back to her mother's house. Stay at home." Here, let his bastard father beat him to death?"

An's face was a little bit unsettled, and he said embarrassingly: "A filial son is born under the stick. In this world, there are a few who have never beaten their sons, but they are just hoping for him."

"There are quite a few Lao Tzu who teach their sons a lesson, but it is rare for them to beat and kill their wives and sons for the sake of their concubine? Do you really think our Cao family is easy to bully? If it is not for the sake of the late old lady, it is going to Nine admirals judge the law!" Zhao Jia said with a cold snort.

Seeing her mother and mother-in-law talking more and more unscrupulously, Cao Ying took care of the children, and said to Liang Shi who was standing behind her: "Please trouble sister, take the children down first."

Mrs. Liang responded in a low voice, calling Sun Li and Sun Chu to go out.

Although An Shi knew that the reason for the eldest son and his wife's rebellion this time was because of taking a concubine, but he didn't take it seriously.After all, it is not uncommon for this man to take a concubine.It is unacceptable for a woman to be jealous.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao Jia was not polite, she said coldly: "Judgment? How to judge? As the main wife, one should be virtuous and virtuous, and it is one's duty to take the initiative to take concubines for her husband. If it is not for 'jealousy' , how can it cause discord in the house?"

Zhao Jia was furious when he heard the words, stood up and said: "I finally understand why Li'er's father is such an idiot, so there is such an old lady who doesn't know right from wrong! It seems that last time I really took advantage of him, and only broke him. The front teeth should have been beaten to death with a stick long ago, so that I can vent my anger on my daughter and grandson."

It was still a fight before, but after hearing this, An's face drooped, staring at Zhao Jia, and asked: "Our Jue'er's front teeth were broken in your house?"

"Hmph! So what? If he can attack the eldest sister, our Cao family will just watch?" Mrs. Zhao Jia was anxious, and there was no way she would show mercy: "Beating a wife and whip is a thing that loses all conscience. Abduction He doesn't think he's dirty even if he has Sister Kiln as a concubine? Now that he's been beaten, he's dismissed from office, God really has eyes!"

After hearing this, An Shi was secretly thinking about it. There are many daughters-in-law and brothers, and the son didn't know if he was at a disadvantage, but after hearing it, he was stunned.

"What dismissed from office? Why dismissed from office, can you explain more clearly?" An said anxiously.

Seeing my son drinking heavily during the day yesterday, I felt something was wrong.Knowing a child is like a mother, and a son is the most respectful, not an unrestrained person.Seeing him today, he didn't mean to go to the Yamen, he didn't seem to be Xiu Mu.

An Shi thought that her son stayed at home because her daughter-in-law was coming, but she didn't expect that there was something else hidden.

Seeing that she was in a hurry, Zhao Jia felt a lot more relieved, snorted coldly, and said to Cao Ying: "Eldest sister, you have greeted your mother-in-law, and you have done all the courtesy, we should go back."

Cao Ying was also tired of hearing about the arguments between her mother-in-law and her mother.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lived together for eight or nine years, and she thought she had fulfilled her duty as a daughter-in-law.This time, I came here to greet my mother-in-law sincerely as a daughter-in-law.

Regardless of Sun Jue's status, he is the husband of her two children.Anshi is her mother-in-law, the children's grandmother.

I thought that even if An's family would not completely protect her, he would say something fair for her, but he didn't expect that An's words were all about blaming her for troublesome things. Like Sun Jue a few days ago, even "seven out "All moved out.

Cao Ying thought of her "virtuousness" over the past ten years, but thought it was a joke, which made her feel disheartened...

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In the east wing, Mrs. Xie bit her lip and looked at Mrs. Liang with a changing expression.

Liang's expression was a little stiff, and then he got shorter and said, "Thank you, sister."

Sun Li and Sun Chu who were following behind her also said, "Auntie please be well."

Seeing Sun Li, Mrs. Xie's eyes turned red. She took a few steps forward, pulled Sun Li's arm, and looked at him from beginning to end.Seeing his sallow face, not as rosy as before, he choked up and said, "Young master's injury...seems healed?"

Cao Ying was busy with housework, Sun Li was mostly looked after by Mrs. Xie when she was a child, and he was very close to this concubine.

Seeing her sad, Sun Li hurriedly said: "It's all done, don't worry about it, my aunt. Seeing that it's autumn, my aunt has a serious illness, so I need to take care of it."

Seeing that he was so sensible and considerate, Mrs. Xie couldn't hold back her tears anymore, and fell down rustlingly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liang couldn't bear it, and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, my uncle invited several imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to check the young master's pulse, and the second and third aunts sent high-quality tonics. The young master looks a bit tired, the injury has almost healed, and it is enough to replenish the strength."

Mrs. Xie heard her say "uncle", this must not be referring to her own adults, but the Cao family's uncle.She couldn't help frowning, tried her tears, and said with a bit of reproach: "The grandma and the uncle are married, even if there is a quarrel, we are maids and concubines, and it is too late to reconcile it, why are you making trouble?"

Liang Shi listened, lowered her head, and didn't try to defend herself, but only held Sun Chu's hand tighter and tighter.

When Mrs. Xie saw her, she thought she felt sorry for her son, and was afraid that Sun Jue would beat Sun Chu like Sun Li, so she took the child and hid. She sighed in her heart, but it was hard to say anything, so she dragged Sun Li to sit on the kang By the side, ask some questions about diet and daily life.

Mrs. Liang stood aside, thinking about her life in the Cao family for the past half month.

When she left the Cao family with Cao Ying in the early years, the Cao family was also prominent, but it was a prominent weaving mansion, and the second room was just attached to the long house for a living.

Speaking of which, the second wife of the Cao family is also under the protection of the elder, but the wife of the Duke, the master of the bodyguard, and the master of Tanhua are also much more prominent than ordinary people.

Liang brought his son to "serve" his master, not because he was afraid that his son would be beaten by Sun Jue if he stayed in the Sun's house, but because he was afraid that he would alienate the brotherhood of Sun Li and Sun Chu.

She has no family to rely on, and her son's future depends entirely on his father and brother.Sun Jue saw that he was a ruthless person, and he treated the eldest son with no pretense, let alone the bastard raised by a girl.

She could also see that Cao Ying had made up her mind this time, and this matter would not go well.

Just as she was thinking, she heard noisy noises coming from the yard.

"Don't leave, Mrs. Cao, if you step out of the Sun's house today, you will want to come back later, but it will not be easy!" An's voice was sharp and angrily shouted.

Next came Zhao Jia's voice: "It's really funny, what kind of expensive place is this, who cares about it?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie's expression changed, and she glanced at Sun Li.

Sun Li got up from the kang, Xie Shi said with a calm expression: "Go back today, and talk to my aunt someday." Then, he bowed slightly, raised his head and said to Liang Shi: "Second Aunt?"

With a smile on Liang's face, he said: "Since grandma wants to go back, let's go out too, young master." While speaking, he followed Sun Li out.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xie knew something was wrong, turned pale with shock, and followed everyone out of the house.

In the yard, there is chaos.

An Shi took Cao Ying's arm and refused to let her go.Zhao Jiashi tugged at Anshi, wanting her to let go.

While scolding Cao Ying, An called loudly for someone to call Sun Jue over.

At this time, Sun Jue and his uncle Sun Wenqian were having tea with Cao Xiang and Cao Fu.

Although Sun Jue was embarrassed, he just ignored Cao Fu and was polite to Cao Xiang.He originally looked down on this concubine brother-in-law, but there is an old saying that "Lu Yao knows horsepower, and time sees people's hearts".

Right now, there are lawsuits and impeachments on his side, causing a lot of trouble.The thousands of taels of silver borrowed from Li's family have been cleared up for a long time, and it was in vain.

Afterwards, there are still nine admirals and Shuntianfu yamen's servants and book offices to fight the autumn wind, and they need a lot of money.

Sun Jue was so helpless that he had no choice but to ask for loans. One day, he happened to meet Cao Xiang who had come down from the Hanlin Academy on duty.

Sun Jue was ill and went to the doctor in a hurry, ignoring the humiliation he had done before, so he spoke to Cao Xiang boldly.Unexpectedly, Cao Xiang was indeed a loyal person, and he did not refuse outright like the others, but said that the money was in the hands of his wife, and he wanted to go back and discuss it.

The next day, when he saw Sun Jue again, Cao Xiang mentioned that he could lend Sun Jue 500 taels of silver, but he had to use the house deed and land deed as guarantee.

After hearing this, Sun Jue couldn't help but despise the Cao family again in his heart. It really is "Yin flourishes and Yang declines". Men have the problem of "fear of internal affairs", which can be regarded as a family tradition.The little Gege from the general's mansion was only in his teens, and he already controlled men to death.

Originally a virtuous wife, but now she is so unkind, it could be said that she was influenced by a bad family tradition.

The slander is the slander, in order to get the money, he still handed over the deed and land deed of the house to Cao Xiang.

For this reason, he became much closer to this brother-in-law.Even Sun Wenqian was a little surprised. If he remembered correctly, this Xiaowu of the Cao family was the younger brother of his nephew and daughter-in-law, and his nephew was his brother-in-law. Why did his nephew treat him like an enemy, but he was affectionate to another brother-in-law from a concubine?

For Sun Jue's pretentiousness, Cao Fu just ignored it, and still talked with Sun Wenqian with a smile on his face, saying "cousin" one by one, without showing any outsiders.When speaking, he covers everything and makes people feel close to each other naturally.

Looking at the two brothers of the Cao family, one is a calm and steady Tanhualang, the other is a gentle and elegant boy, and thinking about his nephews who are not up to date, Sun Wenqian sighed inwardly.

Everyone in the hall was talking, when they heard a housekeeper coming, the eldest uncle of the Li family came with the young master Biao.

Sun Jue was annoyed by his uncle's scolding from yesterday to today, it's rare that this brother-in-law has always been towards him, so he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to invite him.

Sun Wenqian saw him beside him, but he could only help his forehead.Doesn't this nephew know the reason why family ugliness should not be publicized?Even if it's relatives who come, we have to see if it's time to receive them.

It's rare that Cao's family came to visit today, it's the time for the husband and wife to reconcile, how can they have the time to entertain relatives?
The moment Li Nai walked into the gate of Sun's house, the impulse in his heart eased a bit.Just now along the way, Li Cheng repeatedly said that it was not the time to make amends.

It's wrong for Li Cheng to join forces with outsiders to plot against his uncle, but now there is a lot of trouble.

That Xia Chan became a "runaway prostitute". Because of this, Sun Jue's husband and wife turned against each other, and was also involved in lawsuits, and his official career was not going well.When he was full of hatred and had nowhere to resolve it, the Li family stepped forward to admit it, and there was no room for the two families to transfer it back.

Besides, the Cao family was also mixed in.

The Cao family is not as kind as it appears. "Smiling Tiger" Cao Yong is not a vegetarian.Xia Chan was obviously a nobleman bought by Cheng Mengxing for 800 taels of silver. After Cao Ying was beaten for a few days, she became a "runaway prostitute" and was forced to hang herself.

Even Cheng Mengxing, who was familiar with the inside story, hid in fear, but he was afraid of the situation of the Cao family.

In Li Cheng's heart, he only thought that the Cheng family was a businessman stalking others, so he would never have thought that this farce was done by them, and their purpose was just to show favor to the Cao family.

In his heart, seeing his uncle come to such a miserable end in less than a month, he also became jealous of the Cao family.If the news of the chief steward's investigation is true, Gu Na, the Xuncheng censor who impeached his uncle, is Cao Yong's nephew, who was also raised by Cao's family in his early years.

In this way, there is a reason for the inexplicable impeachment of my uncle.

After hearing what his son said, Li Nai felt a little confused.He didn't believe that Cao Yong, who looked loyal and amiable, would plot against his relatives, but what his son said was not groundless.

While talking, we reached the door of the living room.

With some joy, Sun Jue stood up to greet her and said, "Brother-in-law, nephew Cheng, you are here..."

Li Nai responded, and was quite surprised to see Sun Wenqian and the Cao brothers present here, and said, "When did fourth uncle arrive in Beijing? Why didn't you tell my son-in-law, I should come here earlier to say hello."

Sun Wenqian was always close to his niece and son-in-law, who was a few years older than himself, and said, "I just arrived yesterday. I thought I would find you for a drink tomorrow, but you came today. It just so happens that the two cousins ​​of my in-laws My son is here, let the kitchen make some good dishes today, so we can eat a few cups raw."

After Li Nai exchanged pleasantries with him, he bowed his hands to Brother Cao Xiang and said, "You two cousins ​​haven't seen each other for a long time, are you here to see fourth uncle?"

Cao Xiang and Cao Fu got up early, first bowed to return the salute, then Cao Xiang said: "Well, I heard that my cousin is here, so I came to visit my cousin. The eldest brother was also here, but I happened to be out in a hurry in the morning. Just send me and my fifth brother over here."

At this time, Li Cheng had no choice but to go forward again, and saw his uncle and his two cousins.

Seeing his eyes flickering, Cao Fu couldn't help but pay attention, and saw that he retreated to his father after showing the ceremony to everyone, and said something in a low voice.

Li Nai looked a little uncomfortable, closed his mouth, and remained silent.

Seeing this, Sun Jue felt a little uneasy.You must know that Li Nai is not only his brother-in-law, but also his creditor. He borrowed 4000 taels of silver from Li's house a few days ago, of which [-] taels were embezzled by Li Nai from someone else's house.

He lowered his head, but he didn't dare to ask, for fear that Li Nai would say something about debt collection.

On the other hand, Sun Wenqian saw that Li Nai's expression was wrong, and said, "My niece and son-in-law are here to find Jue'er for something?"

When Sun Jue heard this, the hand holding the teacup couldn't help shaking, and he hurriedly raised his head to wink at Li Nai desperately.

Li Nai was taken aback by his wife's brother's distorted expression, and remembering his narrow-minded temperament, he couldn't say what he originally wanted to apologize for his son's nonsense.

Things have developed to the present, and his wife and family are about to be destroyed, and his reputation will be ruined. How can a sentence of "I'm sorry" be enough to end it.

But letting Li Nai sit on the sidelines with peace of mind, his conscience is really uneasy.

He glanced at the Cao brothers across the way, and replied to Sun Wenqian: "There is nothing else, just worry about Yushu, come and have a look. Although Yushu is at fault, the family and everything are prosperous, even if it is nothing else. For the sake of the children's love, they should also be able to pick up their sister-in-law as soon as possible. There is no woman in the family, how can we live in this day?"

These words came to Sun Wenqian's heart, and he just said the same thing over and over with the Cao brothers.Cao Xiang's expression was only indifferent, and Cao Fu was smiling all over his face, but he didn't agree with a word.

I heard him say: "Yes, yes, what my niece and son-in-law said is exactly..."

He had only spoken half a sentence when he heard a faint noise coming from the backyard, and then someone came over and told him, "Master, madam please hurry to the backyard. My wife and her in-laws are tearing up..."

When everyone heard this, they were really taken aback.

"Tear it up?" Sun Jue murmured, still in disbelief, Sun Wenqian had already stood up, glared at him, and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry over and have a look..." While speaking, he already walked out quickly.

Cao Xiang and Cao Fu looked at each other, and immediately got up and followed.

Li Nai and his son were left in the living room and ignored.It was because Li Cheng was too young and couldn't bear it, he said: "Father, let's go to see the excitement too?"

"You're young, don't learn from those gossip women." Li Nai scolded, got up from his seat, and followed behind the Cao brothers.

In the inner courtyard, it was already a mess, Zhao Jia and An's scuffled, Cao Ying fought with Qian and Liang's aunts, Sun Li held his younger brother Sun Chu's hand, and stood far away on the porch, his face tensed. tight.

An Shi pulled Zhao Jiashi's collar, and Zhao Jiashi grabbed An Shi's hair.

Cao Ying was by the side, really wanting to cry but without tears, so she could only hold Zhao Jiashi out, and begged: "Mother, let go..."

"No! This old godmother doesn't look in the mirror and see what kind of virtue she is. She still has the face to scold you for being uneducated? She also threatens others. As for her useless and useless son, who cares? So what about 'He Li' and 'Yi Jue'?" Zhao Jia was on fire, how could he let go, and when he exerted his strength, An's wailed, and a strand of hair was torn off.

An Shi felt the pain, put down Zhao Jiashi's collar, and grabbed Zhao Jiashi's hand.

The nails were sharp, and there were four bloody streaks on Zhao Jiashi's hands in an instant.Zhao Jia wanted to fight back, but was hugged by Cao Ying again, so anxious to yell at her daughter, or at her in-laws, she didn't know.

When Sun Jue and others came in, they saw this scene.

Seeing his mother being humiliated, how could Sun Jue bear it? He didn't dare to get angry with Zhao Jia, so he pointed at Cao Ying and cursed: "Woman who disturbed the disaster, get out of here, since you don't care about the Sun family, the Sun family is not in love with you." I don't care about you either, I'll just write a letter of divorce. As long as you remember, if you leave the Sun family today, Sun Li and Sun Xian are the flesh and blood of my Sun family, and they will have nothing to do with you in the future!"

He scolded righteously before, but then he suddenly remembered that he was down and down now, and he still counted on the Cao family for help, so he brought out his children and said this sentence.

Cao Ying could hear the threat in his words, and trembled with anger.Before she opened her mouth, she heard Cao Fu say unhurriedly not far away: "Let's go? Who's going? This is the Cao family's house. Even if someone is kicked out, it's the Cao family who speak..."

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It's time for a battle, and Xiao Jiu begged for a monthly ticket. .

(End of this chapter)