Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 838 Encirclement (seeking a monthly ticket)

Not to mention how anxious Li's father and son were, Sun Wenqian's eyes lit up when he heard Cao Yong's words, and he quickly echoed: "My nephew is right, your brother-in-law knows shame even if he is stupid, and he is not a brat. Would you be so aggressive?"

"Oh, did my brother-in-law tell my uncle the secret?" Cao Yong asked after hearing the words, as if he was a little curious.

Sun Wenqian sighed, and said: "There is no other secret, but I offended the villain and was calculated by others. I originally wanted to urge your brother-in-law to report to the police, but I have no evidence in my hand. Ridiculous."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "If it's not good, I will suffer from this dumbness for nothing."

Sun Wenqian gritted his teeth and said, "Keep in mind, the Sun family was not bullied for nothing."

Li Nai and his son couldn't sit still, Cao Yong seemed to think of something, and said to Li Nai: "Big cousin, it's rare for my nephew to come here, let someone take him to see some of his cousins?"

Li Cheng glanced at his father, saw his father nodding, and followed the housekeeper of the Cao family down.Not having to stay in the living room, he was both relieved and a little dissatisfied.But he thought he was young, but he was really curious about how Cao Yong would face the Sun family's request next.

Separate property and live separately, although it has a better reputation than "divorce" and "reconciliation", but it is not the norm after all, and it is inevitable to cause a few gossips, of course the Sun family is not willing.

Before Sun Wenqian could speak again, Cao Yong's expression changed, without the warmth just now, with a bit of solemnity.He took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Sun Wenqian.

Seeing this, Sun Wenqian's heart sank, he looked through carefully, and saw that there were two prescriptions, he raised his head in confusion.

Even Li Nai, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but kick in his heart.

Cao Yong sighed, and said to the two: "This involves Sun and Cao's family, and the eldest cousin is not an outsider, so I have to say something."

Sun Wenqian and Li Nai looked at each other, and naturally listened obediently to his explanation, and then he continued: "This is the prescription prescribed by my nephew at the beginning of the month, and my brother-in-law's kick just hit the child's heart. I vomited halfway that night. Pot of blood, half of my life was ruined, and later I bought a lot of good medicine from the palace and the palace, and changed a few imperial physicians, and I finally survived."

It was the "first time" for Sun Wenqian and Li Nai to hear about this, and they couldn't help but change their faces and make noises in surprise.

Sun Wenqian also seemed to understand why the Cao family was so annoyed and why the always virtuous nephew and daughter-in-law were so decisive.

Cao Yong let out a long breath, picked up a scroll from a few cases next to it, and handed it to Sun Wenqian.Sun Wenqian took it and looked at it, his face became more and more ugly.

This is a pleading written in the names of Cao Xiang and Cao Fu, in which Sun Jue took prostitution as a concubine, spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, innocently beat his son to death, and asked the Infantry Commander's Yamen to order Sun Jue to repay Cao Ying The dowry, split property and live separately.

After reading it, Sun Wenqian couldn't help shaking his hands, and hurriedly said: "Nephew, after all, it is a family scandal that cannot be publicized, and it is not good for an official!"

Even though Li Nai was steady, he couldn't help it. He stood up, walked up to Sun Wenqian, looked at his hand, and then said: "The two cousins ​​are justifiably angry, but since ancient times, persuasion has not completely separated. , between husband and wife, what kind of unresolved grievances can exist, why is this?"

Cao Yong seemed to be in a dilemma, rubbed the center of his brows, and said with a wry smile: "I stopped it bluntly. Because of this, I also annoyed the two of them. The big cousin misunderstood, this paper is Xiao Si, Xiao Xiao Wusuo wrote, but the meaning is that of the elder sister. The imperial doctor said that although the nephew has survived this disaster, the root cause of the disease has finally been made. I am afraid that it will take three to five years to recover. The elder sister does not want the nephew to make any mistakes. , and don’t want their father and son to turn against each other because of this, so they advocate separating the property.”

"Li'er, he..." Sun Wenqian couldn't care less about other things, and hurriedly asked, "I saw that he was only a little lighter yesterday, why is he so sick?"

Cao Yong sighed: "It's not like a trauma, even an adult, it hurts the heart, and it's fatal, let alone a half-grown child. When I came back yesterday, I felt a little uncomfortable. Xiao Wu specially sent someone to come over and took my name card. The imperial physician was invited over. Fortunately, it was just a cough and nothing serious. Seeing autumn, it’s time for warming up, let’s recuperate slowly.”

Sun Li is the eldest grandson of the Sun family, and the future suzerain, even the great-uncle Sun Wenqian, has to take care of him.

Hearing that the child suffered a serious crime for no reason, Sun Wenqian scolded Sun Jue to death.When he said that Cao Ying was jealous, he didn't believe it; when he said that Sun Li was disobedient, he opened his eyes and spoke plain words.

The eldest grandson of the Sun family still has to be protected by the Cao family, and Sun Wenqian is not a fool, he just felt so ashamed that he couldn't say anything to intercede on behalf of Sun Jue.

Li Nai was even more tangled.

In fact, as long as he told the truth to the Sun family that Xia Chan's incident was just a plot by his son Tong Cheng's family, and handed over the written evidence written by Sun Jue in his hand, and then testified, he would be able to clear half of Sun Jue's charges.

At least the item "Abduction of Qing courtiers privately" is not correct, and the written receipt states that Xia Chan bought it as a "handmaid", so the item "accepting prostitutes as concubines" is also avoided.

The rest is that Sun Jue "does not know people well" and being fooled by others is not a major crime.

However, right now, his brother-in-law not only lost his reputation, but almost killed his son. No matter how kind Li Nai was to his relatives, he still had to weigh the consequences.

I'm afraid that even if Li Cheng is beaten to death, the anger of the Sun and Cao families will not be appeased.

After thinking about it, Li Nai sighed in his heart, and could only choose to wait and see what happened against his conscience.

The three people in the room were silent, the silence was frightening, after a while, Sun Wenqian asked dejectedly: "Nephew Fu Ruo, according to your opinion, what should we do with this matter?"

"What else can I do? What my nephew means is that it is best not to be an official. There is no other way. I have to ask my fourth cousin to make the decision. If it doesn't work, I will break the friendship between the two families." Cao Yong said with a little helplessness.

Sun Wenqian trembled, and wanted to say something, but he didn't have the confidence, so he could only sigh a few times...

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The inner house, the orchid courtyard, and the upper room.

After all, An Shi learned how to be good, but she didn't dare to pick on her daughter-in-law again, she just begged Li Shi to reconcile one or two for his son and daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Li had already listened to her son's words yesterday, and knew that her niece had already made up her mind this time, so naturally she didn't want to be troublesome.Not to mention, there is still the second wife, Zhao Jiashi, in the East Mansion, so there is no need for her to talk too much.

But seeing that An's was over fifty years old, it was not easy for her to travel thousands of miles for her son and daughter-in-law, so she could only accompany her and say good things.

Mrs. An only spoke dryly, and Mrs. Li couldn't agree to half a sentence. She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and her words turned sour, and she left a sentence: "My cousin is an uncle and wife, and she has a noble status, but she doesn't miss us poor relatives anymore." ", the right sentence "If the old lady is alive, how can she bear to see her nephew and live in the countryside?"

Where would Mrs. Li quarrel with her, but Chu Yu couldn't stand her mother-in-law being spoiled, and what's more, Cao Ying was blamed for the conflict between Cao Ying and her husband on Cao Ying, confusing right and wrong, which was annoying.

She glanced at An Shi, and said to Li Shi: "Madam, it's almost noon, do you want to stay in An Yi for dinner?"

Anshi's face flushed when she heard this.

Sun Wencheng's weaving is the title of the fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is not wrong to call An's "pleasant".It's just that raising the level of imperial order in a serious manner just followed An's words just now.

If it were someone else, so to speak, it would be suspected of "bullying others", but it would be very natural if it were Chu Yu.

Chuyu is the emperor's grandson princess, He Shuogege, Sun's family is Baoyi, even Cao's in-laws can't lose their status as royal servants.

Not to mention calling her "Gao Feng", Chu Yu could just call her "Anshi".After all, they are not from the husband's family, and they have the patriarchal hat on them, so they need to guard their status as seniors and juniors.

For this reason, Mrs. Li didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what Chu Yu said, and said with a smile: "The relatives are far away, and it is rare to come here. Naturally, we have to leave a meal and ask the kitchen to prepare it."

She originally wanted to instruct her daughter-in-law to prepare more delicious dishes, but she was afraid that it would be a show off in An's eyes, so she didn't say more.

Chu Yu agreed, then looked at Anshi, and asked, "Is there any taboo in Yiren, don't be a layman, just say it, so that the slaves don't prepare too well for Yiren's taste."

Asked with Shuo Gege, but An Shi couldn't sit still, blushing, got up and replied: "Don't dare to bother Gege, just do whatever you want."

Chu Yu nodded slightly, and said: "Understood. Yiren sits slowly with his wife, I'll go down first."

An Shi held her breath and concentrated, stood and saw her off, and was relieved to see her go out.

Mrs. Li sat on the kang and looked at it, but she was a little embarrassed, and said: "Don't be cautious, after all, they are relatives."

An shi sat down awkwardly, weighed it up and said: "Big cousin, it's a blessing that the honored person has descended, but this mother-in-law is not easy to be, right? Look at this Ge Ge, who speaks kindly, but the demeanor around him is shocking." It's not like being someone else's daughter-in-law, but like being the master."

Ever since Chuyu entered the house, Mrs. Li has never been picky about Chuyu's daughter-in-law.Now hearing that An's words were provocative, Li couldn't help feeling annoyed.

Li Shi would not take An's harsh words to heart before, after all, the conditions of these families were similar in the early years, and now the Cao family is indeed better off than the Li and Sun families.

But when it comes to his own family affairs, Mrs. Li doesn't like to hear it.

She glanced at An Shi and said, "Who doesn't praise my daughter-in-law for her virtuousness in this capital city? After getting along for so many years, how come I haven't found anything inappropriate about my daughter-in-law? She is already noble, the emperor's grandson Gege, the blood of the Tian family , and married into the Cao family as the eldest daughter-in-law, a serious master, can he still be a slave?"

Anshi was speechless, and quickly apologized with a smile: "That's not what I mean, I just think that my niece and daughter-in-law are too dignified, and they are not easy to get close to."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li was speechless.

The Cao family visited these relatives, and the women's family members did not dislike Chu Yu's kindness, but An's tried to pick faults over and over again.

If it were in front of other people, maybe it would be easier to fall behind.After all, since ancient times, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have always been nitpicking.Mrs. Li has a generous temperament, and Chu Yu is indeed a good wife and mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along very well.

The more Mrs. Li listened, the more annoying she became, and she already believed that Mrs. An was "mean" in her heart, and her original thought of reconciling Cao Ying and her husband disappeared.With such a mother-in-law, it seems that the niece has suffered a lot in recent years.Fortunately, in the capital for the past few years, it was finally far away.

Seeing that Li Shi didn't respond, Mrs. An only thought that she was talking about her itching, and she had nothing to say, and said: "Don't talk about anything else, even if the husband and wife love each other, you should also care about the important issue of children. The old man who farms outside, pay more A few acres of food, and still thinking about taking a concubine, let alone our father-in-law..."

However, Mrs. Li couldn't listen to it. The reason why Sun Jue beat his wife and whipped him was because he took a concubine.It seemed that the Sun family didn't think there was anything wrong with them, no wonder Sun Jue was so lustful and didn't want to get married at all.

She "coughed", interrupted An's words, and said: "It's hard for an old man to talk about the young couple. Whose daughter is not precious? Let them go."

An only thought that what Li said was Cao Yong and his wife, but Li made up his mind not to get involved with Sun Jue and his wife.

Chu Yu stood outside the door, hearing An's words, her expression turned ugly, and she agreed with her husband more and more in her heart, and supported Cao Ying's "separate property and live separately".

How can Cao's daughter be bullied in vain?

You know, Tianhui will eventually get married...

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On the side of Xifu, the Li family is still so gentle, and Cao Yong is not rude, but the people of the Sun family can only take advantage of their happiness and return when they are disappointed.

Back at Li's house, Sun Wenqian had no choice but to scold Sun Jue again.

Sun Jue is an idiot, how can he admit that he was wrong, the two uncles and nephews almost staged a full martial arts.Sun Jue didn't want to reflect on himself, and thought that the Cao family took the opportunity to humiliate, cursed his wife and children, and Sun Wenqian was so angry that he almost died.

Even Li Nai felt that my brother-in-law was a bit too much.

In this world, there are many husbands and wives who have turned against each other, but it is rare for them to be so cruel to their sons. Otherwise, why would there be a saying that "a tiger's poison does not eat its sons".

Looking at Sun Jue, he almost went crazy because of a woman of unknown origin, and almost beat the eldest son to death with his own hands, this is already outrageous.

Although Cao Yong also mentioned "property analysis and separate residence", Sun Wenqian did not give up after all, thinking that if he procrastinated, he might turn his luck.

Unexpectedly, before going to Cao's mansion for the second time, the summons from the nine admirals' yamen arrived.

Previously, the case file was suppressed without trial. Firstly, the circumstances of the case were unclear, and secondly, Sun Jue was an official.Now that the case is gradually becoming clear, and Sun Jue stopped his work due to the imperial censor's impeachment, it's time for trial.

Sun Wenqian was just a supervisor, and Li Nai was just an alternate magistrate, so the two really didn't matter much.

Not to mention Long Kedo, the chief of the nine admirals, even the book offices did not take them seriously.After all, there are not many other things in the capital, but there are many people with status.The royal relatives and relatives are all caught, not to mention the officials and gentry.

What Sun Wenqian meant was that he wanted to have the audacity to ask Cao Yong to come forward.Cao Yong went to Xishan to pray for his father, but he was not in the city.As for the brothers Cao Xiang in the Eastern Mansion, Sun Wenqian didn't even dare to think about it.

As an in-law, when he came to the capital and it was before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sun Wenqian had no choice but to go to Pingjun Wangfu to pay his respects.

It's not close relatives, and Pingjun Wang Fujin doesn't like to see male guests, so he only sent the steward of the palace to entertain him and drank half a cup of tea.

The steward of the palace made it clear that Fujin was very annoyed with the matter of the grandma of the Cao family, and said that he wanted to make decisions for this poor sister. If the Sun family didn't make a proper arrangement, the palace would probably come forward to take revenge on Cao Ying.

Although the words are not explicitly stated, but this is what it means.

Sun Wenqian didn't understand at the beginning, he just felt that what Pingjun Wang Fujin said was angry.Even if you vent your anger again, what can you do, even the nobles of the royal family can't kill people at will.

Unexpectedly, when Sun Jue was summoned to the nine-door admiral's office, the situation changed drastically.

Originally it was just a summons, but it became a prison sentence.

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, officials are not allowed to use punishment at will without imperial orders.However, on the day Sun Jue was imprisoned, he received thirty boards and beat him half to death.

Until then, Sun Wenqian bought a few quasi-words from the book office after spending 500 taels of silver.The imperial decree has already been issued, and the emperor's decree only has two words "to investigate".

Within a few days, the money that the Sun family brought into Beijing had been spent 2000 taels in the nine-door admiral's office, but it did not stop the interrogation.

However, after three or five days of work, there were two trials.

Sun Jue refused to agree, so he got boarded twice.He is greedy for sex and loves to drink, and his body is not strong, how can he withstand such a toss?

He is not a man of backbone, he is afraid of being beaten by the board, and he doesn't care about his face, so he confesses that he was involved in being framed.

This official's greed is not a big case, if it has something to do with it, just take out some money and do it privately, but Longke has been entrusted by all parties, and he wants to teach Sun Jue a lesson, so he acted according to the rules.

Unexpectedly, this also bit out a "fraud case".

Cheng Mengxian is now in Prince Zhuang's mansion, and the other new Huguang Shoudao who was bitten out by Sun Jue is a disciple of Brother Jiu.

Even Longkodo felt a headache.

Cheng Mengxian came here to listen to the training after he got the summons, and he talked about the drinking, but he firmly denied the other things about "extorting the young man as a thin horse".

Sun Jue is not a rich man, even if he wanted to cheat, it would not be his turn.Besides, the Cheng family really has no shortage of money.

That Huguang Shoudao had finished his meeting with His Majesty in Rehe a few days ago and had already gone to Huguang to take up his post. This time he was replaced by the steward of Jiubeizi Mansion.

The steward said it well, since he bears the emperor's order, he should guard the place. Could it be that he left his errand and came back to hear the trial because of a sinner's random stalking.

Although these nine admirals' yamen are prominent, they are also troubled places.Longkodo has been able to sit still for several years, and he has already learned to play Tai Chi.

This was a small case, so why did he make it bigger, offend Prince Zhuang's mansion and Brother Nine, and even make trouble in front of the imperial court to add to the embarrassment of the emperor.As for whether the Sun family will suffer or not, he really doesn't care.As long as the Cao family didn't intend to make a move, the Sun family didn't let him take it into consideration.

He sent a confidant to see Sun Wenqian and made a few remarks.

From now on, Sun Jue will have nothing to do.

In the Huanxi Building, there are both personal and physical evidence, as well as the confessions of the servants of Sun's house outside the front door and the neighbors.

Within half a month, Sun Wenqian, who seemed to be a few years older, had already rushed to Hangzhou to deliver the letter.

Sun Wencheng had to make an apology for his son's misbehavior.If the emperor is offended, a crime of "lax family management" can also ruin his future.

It was not until the beginning of September, more than a month after Sun Jue was imprisoned, that the nine-door admiral's yamen handed over the documents to the imperial court before they were approved.

Sun Jue lost the dignity of the court and committed disorderly conduct. According to the law, he should be dismissed from his post, sentenced to exile with a hundred sticks.The imperial decree allowed dismissal and exempted from exile, so Sun Jue escaped death.

During these days in prison, after being beaten several times, he was still ill and only had half his life left.At this time, if he received another hundred sticks, even if he came from the top, if he only hit forty sticks according to the rules, it would still kill him...

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I haven't asked for a monthly pass for a few days, and I'm about to fall out of the top six. The historical competition is so fierce.Xiao Jiu begged for monthly ticket support.

(End of this chapter)