Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 87
Cao Mansion, the living room.

With tears in his eyes, Cao Yi prostrated himself in front of Yongqing and Yongsheng: "If it wasn't for protecting me, Sister Yongjia wouldn't have hurt her arm. It's all the younger sister's fault. The younger sister apologized to the two Wanyan brothers." !"

Cao Yi is a typical southern woman, not tall and a little thin.Compared with northern girls like Baoya, she is even more charming.

"Don't blame the third sister, speaking of it, it's all my fault! Sister Yongjia didn't want to come out today, so she forced me to come out to catch up with this kind of accident!" Bao Ya pouted, her face full of embarrassment. upset.

Although Yongqing was worried about his sister, he didn't have the idea of ​​venting his anger or being punished by others. Even Cao Yong wouldn't blame him, let alone these two little girls.He stretched out his hand to help Cao Yi: "Sister Cao's family, get up quickly, it's just an accident, so what does it have to do with you? ——It's all the murderer's fault!"

Yongsheng was very annoyed, but when he saw the two girls in front of him scrambling to admit their mistakes, he quickly went to Qifen, and the rest was only pity.After hearing what his brother said, he also comforted him: "Gege, Miss Cao, don't blame yourself too much, who would have thought of such a change!"

Looking at Cao Yong who was silent beside him, Yongqing said seriously: "Dare to be so presumptuous in broad daylight, those people are simply lawless! Xiao Cao, friends are not for nothing. Although your parents are not in Beijing, but I and Ning Chun are two idiots who are older than you, so you can be regarded as elder brothers, but just speak up when you need it!"

Cao Yong's heart warmed up, and he nodded: "I'll save this, so I will trouble the two elder brothers naturally!"

Having said that, Brother Wanyan proposed to take his sister home again, but Yongjia had just taken the medicine and was already asleep; the second was Baoya's insistence, since the imperial doctor said not to move, it is better to follow the doctor's advice, otherwise If there is, who can bear it?Therefore, the Wanyan brothers failed to take Yongjia away after all, and the two went to the bamboo courtyard to see their sister, and then went home by themselves.

Before dinner, a group of maidservants came from the county palace, all of them were from Baoya's house. Knowing that Baoya was going to take care of Yongjia, Naersu and Cao Jia sent them over to wait on her.There are only a dozen or so rooms in the main and wing rooms of the bamboo courtyard, how can these people be accommodated?Fortunately, Juyuan lived in people a few days ago, so Zijing can live there now that the kang has been burned, so Zijing asked Baoya to keep two personal attendants, and the rest are temporarily placed in Juyuan.

Because she was afraid that Wanyan Mansion would send people over, Zijing deliberately left two houses, not wanting to wait for a long time but there was no movement.Yongjia didn't have a personal servant girl by her side, so Zijing arranged for Chai'er and Huan'er to serve her.

Although the case has a clue, but the person who bought the murder has not been found out, how can Cao Yong feel at ease?The other party was going after Cao Yin. I wonder if he is an enemy from Jiangnan?It's just that if he was an enemy of Jiangnan, how could he buy murder in Gyeonggi and pick such a bunch of low-ranking guys?If it was an enemy in the capital, it would be difficult to justify it. Cao Yin only returned to the capital once a year or two, so how could he have a chance to make enemies?That Wanjiu is a local ruffian in Tongzhou, and it seems that he has to go to Tongzhou to find clues.It's just that right now, even if he submits a personal leave application, there is still a process of approval.As for the signature of the parents, it seems that the brother-in-law has to be troubled.

In the end, the remaining two escaped must be found out as soon as possible, so as not to cause any further problems.Cao Yong discussed with the Wei brothers and went out to see the scene in person.

Before arriving at Tao Ran Residence, Wei Hei pointed to an unremarkable small teahouse not far away, "Young master, that's the teahouse." He then pointed to the entrance of the alley not far from the teahouse, "Afterwards, the gangsters took advantage of the chaos to escape from there. of."

Because this street is full of shops, and there is a Taoranju, which has almost become a commercial area. The several alleys connected to this street are full of stalls and hawkers who take advantage of the light, eat fruits, daily necessities, and sell anything. all have.At that time, there was chaos in front of the door of the VIP building, and all the peddlers packed up their stalls to escape for fear of getting hurt. No one cared to see if someone escaped from here, and even if they saw it, they didn't dare to worry about it. Yes, who still pays attention to the whereabouts of the gangsters?

Therefore, the three of Cao Yong inquired around, but found nothing.As soon as he came out of the alley, he suddenly heard someone calling Cao Yong, but it was Nalan Fusen who came on horseback.

After two salutes, Nalan Fusen looked worried, and said: "I just came to the VIP building, and I heard that there were some accidents in your residence. I was thinking of going to visit after finishing the mundane affairs. How is it now?"

Cao Yong said: "Brother Lao Fusen is worried about it, so it's okay to leave his family behind. The case has been accepted by Shuntian Mansion, and the murderer is still being arrested."

Nalan Fusen nodded and said: "It's good that the family is fine. These villains are so bold that they dare to commit murder at the feet of the emperor!"

Cao Yong didn't want to mention it again, so he diverted and said, "Brother Fusen is here...?"

Nalan Fusen said: "I went with my two uncles to give my brother-in-law a farewell party. I didn't know what happened until I came to the VIP building. The VIP building is not open today. I saw Brother Cao from a distance just now, so I came over to talk. Yes." After speaking, he took Cao Yong to the front of the VIP building and introduced him to his two uncles and brother-in-law.

The two uncles that Nalan Fusen mentioned were Mingzhu's second son Kui Xu and third son Kui Fang, and that brother-in-law was the well-known Nian Gengyao—Nian Gengyao married Nalan Rongruo's second daughter as his wife. wife.Although this Nalan family has passed away for many years, the relationship between Nian Gengyao and the Nalan family has always been very good.At this time, Nian Gengyao had just been released as the governor of Sichuan, and the Nalan family came to the VIP building to hold a farewell banquet for him.

Cao Yong followed behind him, thinking, there are quite a lot of celebrities today, just now I met the legendary Shi Gong in the lobby, and now I am going to meet the legendary Nian Gengyao.

The last time these people were senior officials of the second rank, any one of them had a higher official rank than Cao Yong, but because they were wearing casual clothes, Cao Yong only greeted him as a junior, and both Kui Xu and Kui Fang accepted his salute and greeted him with a smile. Treating him well, Nian Gengyao cupped his hands in return.

Nian Gengyao was a bit more handsome than Cao Yong had imagined, with a fair complexion, a short beard, and a crab-shell green gown. Overall, he looked quite Confucian, with only a hooked nose showing a bit of martial temperament.Cao Yong didn't feel any domineering or haze from him, but he couldn't feel any warmth either.

Nian Gengyao basically didn't say much, only when he heard that Cao Yong was the son of Cao Yin, he smiled and said: "My sister-in-law is now the magistrate of Yixing County in Jiangning, so I must ask my younger brother to speak well in front of Shiweng and take care of him. two."

Cao Yong only knew that Nian Gengyao's younger sister was given to the fourth elder brother, the famous concubine Nian, but he didn't know that he had a brother-in-law who was an official in Jiangning. Seeing that he was just speaking politely, although he smiled, there was no real smile on his face. I mean, it's just a few perfunctory and polite sentences at the moment.

Among the crowd, Kui Xu has a surprisingly good attitude, and always has an elder-like loving smile when speaking, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.It's just that this person is a die-hard Baye Party, Cao Yong has heard for a long time that he is good at recruiting party members, and he is not interested in being tied to the shipwreck of the Baye, so naturally he can't be enthusiastic about him.

Everyone greeted a few words, and then they said goodbye, they went to drink their wine, and Cao Yong took the Wei brothers back to the house.

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For dinner, Cao Yong ate with Cao Song, Mr. Zhuang Xi, and the Wei brothers.Seeing the two brothers' clothes being tucked in casually and their braids not neatly arranged, Cao Yong inevitably repeated the old saying and once again persuaded Wei Hei and Wei Bai to consider getting married.

When he first came to Beijing, Cao Yong had persuaded the Wei brothers, but both of them were used to being undisciplined, and they didn't want to get married and be restrained.In the past six months, if the two wanted a woman, they would go to a brothel to find a pleasing woman to sleep with for two nights, then throw down their money, pat their buttocks and leave.There was also a girl who fell in love with the two brothers and was willing to live with them, but they looked down on the girls who were happy, so they were always single.

Hearing Cao Yong say that he wanted to ask a matchmaker to help the two brothers to marry each other, Wei Hei still shook his head: "My lord, don't bother with this matter! It's too much trouble for women, there are many women outside, and they want to sleep and spend money." That’s right, I don’t want to get it right in front of my eyes!”

Wei Bai, however, seemed to relax a bit, he glanced at Cao Yong, hesitant to speak.

Mr. Zhuang is an old man, seeing Wei Bai's expression, he snubbed Cao Yong.

Cao Yong smiled and asked: "Second brother Wei, could it be that he has taken a fancy to some lady, no matter who it is, I will definitely fight for you!"

Wei Bai said with a "hehe" smile: "I'm a big boss, which lady can take a fancy to me? Young Master, I just saw that Fang Cha looks good... I don't want to hide it from Young Master, since I've met her before, I don't care what kind of brothel I'm in. In my eyes, the women here are all sows!"

"Fangcha?" Cao Song listened, disapproved, curled his lips and said: "How is that girl beautiful? She walks twists and turns, and speaks with a high-pitched voice, because she was trained by her grandmother, and she looks down on everyone!"

"Hahahaha!" Wei Bai wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Second Young Master is still young, I don't know that women are spicy enough! Women, they just need to be trained. The other day she came out to give the third lady a cloak, and I saw it straight Eyes. She gave me a hard look, and I immediately felt a lot more comfortable, and then... my heart, hehe, this heart is like a cat scratching, I can't let it go anymore!"

If Wei Bai had his eyes on a young lady outside, Cao Yong would definitely not hesitate to ask someone to propose a marriage right away; but he did not expect that what he saw was Fang Cha.Although Fang Cha is a maidservant of the Cao family, Cao Yong doesn't like her very much, but he doesn't want to presumptuously help her make a marriage.Although he will not talk about "everyone is equal", he will not dominate other people's lives because of his status.

After hesitating for a while, Cao Yong said to Wei Bai: "I have agreed to this matter. But I have to make it clear to Brother Wei. You know that Fang Cha has a strong temper. If she agrees, she doesn't say anything. There is no need to make arrangements for the marriage. Second brother puts a little thought into it, I will definitely hold a big event for second brother; but if she refuses to respond, we don't want to embarrass her, and hope that second brother Wei is more open-minded!"

Wei Bai responded readily: "That's natural! I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run away. I don't know about marrying a wife, but I understand the reason. A twisted melon is not sweet! After all, a wife is not a brothel." The woman in the house sleeps as soon as she sleeps, if she doesn't like it, she can't even think about being happy in this day."

Everyone at the table laughed at what he had said, but Cao Song seemed to understand. Seeing people laughing, he also laughed for a while, and then asked Wei Bai what he meant, and Wei Bai patted him on the shoulder. , "Second Young Master will know when he grows up."

Cao Song snorted and muttered, "Who is young?!" He buried his head in his meal and stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)