Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 890
When Cao Yong got the news that the seventh elder brother had fallen from his horse, he was in the yamen of the household department.

Regardless of going home and changing clothes, he put on his official uniform and hurried to Seventh Brother's Mansion.

How can there be so many accidents in this world?If the guess is correct, it's probably a "bitter trick" by Seventh Brother in order for the eldest son to return to Beijing.

But this trick was used by others, but Seventh Prince's use is dangerous.Because his legs and feet are inconvenient.

When we arrived at Seventh Brother's Mansion, it was already bleak up and down, and everyone looked terrified.Seventh elder brother is the pillar of the palace, if there is any trouble, I don't know how many people will be responsible.

Brother Sixteen was also there. He had arranged to follow the imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital, but when he got the news that Brother Seven had fallen off his horse, he came with the imperial physician.

Seeing Cao Yong coming here sweating profusely, Elder Sixteen's face was heavy, and he couldn't say a word of comfort.

The moment he saw Brother Qi, Cao Yong couldn't help worrying.

He was lying motionless on the kang, his face was pale, his teeth were closed tightly, but half of his forehead had been wiped off, it was very scary to look at.Not only that, but half of the pants were already soaked in blood.

An imperial physician was taking scissors and cutting open Seventh Brother's trouser legs.Below the knees, blood and flesh are indistinct, which makes people unbearable to look at.

The Seventh Fujin and the side Fujin Nala's were looking after him in the house, because Cao Yong was the son-in-law, and the two younger uncles, sixteen and seventeen, were far apart in age, so there were not so many taboos.

Seeing Qi's elder brother not knowing whether he was alive or dead, Nalashi wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, and Qi Fujin's eyes were also red.

After the imperial doctor bandaged Seventh Brother's wound, he checked the pulse carefully and retreated to the outside room.Brother Sixteen couldn't wait: "Doctor Lin, how is Qi Ye's injury?"

Doctor Lin's face was a bit heavy, and he said: "Master Sixteen, the pulse of the prince is unstable...it's very dangerous..."

Cao Yong heard the words, already pale.

Seventh elder brother has always acted cautiously, even if he wanted to use "bitter tricks", he would not do something like bribe the imperial physician to give others a handle.After all, bullying the emperor is a serious crime, and as a prince, you should be even more afraid of it.

It is really worrying for the imperial doctor to tell the danger.

In fact, he was overthinking.In addition to being injured, there are also medicines that can disturb the pulse condition. It's just that Cao Yong is not proficient in medical skills, so he didn't expect to be so worried here.

Seventh Fujin and Side Fujin were both on the verge of collapse after listening to Imperial Physician Lin's words.

At this moment, Hong Zhuo, Hong Xin, and Hong Jing also rushed over, and seeing everyone in the room was solemn and mournful, they were very worried.

Although when Cao Yong first got married, he couldn't treat the seventh elder brother who was in his early thirties as an elder, but after getting along for more than ten years, he got a lot of care from this father-in-law, and Cao Yong was not hard-hearted.

Now, how can Cao Yong feel at ease seeing Seventh Elder Brother being seriously injured and dying?
Even if Brother Hongshu can't inherit the title, Brother Qi has other sons, so the palace of the left and right cannot fall into the hands of outsiders.

Cao Yong cares about Hongshu, partly because of his brother-in-law's affection, and more importantly, so that the children will not lose the mother's protection.

It's useless to say anything else, I can only wait for Brother Seven to get better.

However, Brother Seven cannot suffer this crime for nothing.It just so happened that Elder Sixteen was going to report to Changchun Garden in person, which involved a major matter of the safety of a prince and county king, and Elder Sixteen did not dare to hide it.

Cao Yong asked Hongzhuo to take care of Seventh Brother, and sent Sixteenth Brother out by himself.

"Okay, why did you 'surprise' the horse? Seventh brother is always honest, and it is really annoying to encounter this!" Sixteenth brother gritted his teeth and said: "When you report back to Huang Ama, you must check it out. Seek justice for Seventh Brother."

"Master Sixteen..." Cao Yong didn't want to lie to Elder Sixteen, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he was not allowed to summon him, and he couldn't see Kangxi. One... Hongshu is still in the northwest..."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "That's right, Brother Seven is like this, someone must take charge of the overall situation in the palace. This kid Hong Zhuo is in his twenties, and he is still frizzy."

Brother Sixteen rode out of the city with his entourage.

Cao Yong turned around and returned to the palace, Hong Zhuo was coming over with a gloomy face, going to check over the stable.

Among the dignitaries in the capital, it is not an uncommon way to die by falling off a horse.

Cao Yong was also afraid that this "falling horse" would be found out to be "strange", so he went with Hong Zhuo.

Chen De, the groom, was tied up by the head of the royal residence long after Brother Seven fell off his horse.When Cao Yong and the others came over, Chen Dedui was sitting at the foot of the wall with his head bowed, motionless.

The mount that caused Seventh Brother's accident was a bay red horse, which came out of the Royal Horse Garden.Aside from looking sturdy, the fur is still like brocade, shiny and shiny, and looks great.

Even a half-baked guy like Cao Yong, who doesn't know how to look at horses, can't help taking a few more glances every time he sees his father-in-law's horse.

This bay red horse is Seventh Brother's favorite.Don't say anything else, let's just say that the feed is all soybeans mixed with eggs.

In the early years, there was a censor, who was "extravagant" for this impeachment of the seventh elder brother.Perhaps Kangxi was more tolerant of Seventh Prince because of his leg disease, and finally the matter of impeachment was settled.

It is such a handsome horse, but its current appearance is not good-looking.There were blood stains on the back, and the horse also lost its usual composure and kept pawing the ground with its hooves.

Seeing that the horse looked wrong, Hongzhuo wanted to go closer to check, but was stopped by the butler: "Second elder brother, don't go near, this horse's back is injured, and it is very violent."

"The horse's back is injured?" Hong Zhuo stared and shouted, "What's the matter?"

The head steward was full of grief and anger, pointing at Chen De who was tied up on one side, and said: "It's all that unconscionable thing, it's tampered with in the saddle of the Lord."

It turned out that the groom, Chen De, although he was good at raising horses, was a gambler.

Due to gambling addiction, he even sold his wife and children a few days ago.After the seventh elder brother found out, he reprimanded him and redeemed his wife and children, which was considered a great kindness.I don't think why Chen De became mad, he wanted to murder the prince.

Ever since Hong Zhuo saw his father's serious injury, he felt a surge of anger in his stomach.After listening to the words of the butler,

He raised his eyebrows, ran forward, put his foot on the groom, and shouted: "Damn slave, how dare you harm Ahma... I'm going to kill you alive..."

That Chen Deben was hanging his head, piled up in the corner of the wall, after being kicked, his body was tilted to one side, and he fell heavily on the bluestone board.

"Huh?" Cao Yong realized something was wrong, so he quickly grabbed Hong Zhuo and said, "Wait!"

"What are you waiting for? Such a slave, allowing him to live for a while, will make people feel bored!" Hong Zhuo said angrily.

Looking at the bruised face of the groom who fell to the ground, bleeding from the seven orifices, Cao Yong said: "Don't cut him, he's already dead..."

*
In Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

In addition to several bachelors and the third and fourth elder brothers, the two ministers of the household department were also there.In addition to the Northwest War, what the imperial court is discussing today is the relief of various Mongolian ministries.

The Ministry of Households has no extra money, and after years of severe drought, the rivers on the grasslands have dropped sharply, and they can't learn how to ask the Lifan Academy to arrange people to teach the Mongolians how to fish.

But since the Mongols asked the court, the court couldn't stand by and watch, so Kangxi recruited people to discuss the matter.

After all, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

As long as the household department's treasury is more abundant, rewarding some Mongolian princes with silver can appease them.It's just to win people's hearts and make them be honest. As for the life and death of the Mongolian herdsmen, the imperial court will not care about it.

In recent years, under the banner of "reusing" the Mongols, the imperial court recruited a large number of soldiers and horses from Mongolia whenever there was a war, and arranged them at the forefront of the war. It was just a "reduction policy" in disguise.

Hearing that the discussion was about the lack of food in Mongolia, a person appeared in front of the fourth elder brother.It's not someone else, but Cao Yong, the servant of the household department.

In the past few years, Cao Yong and Ding worried, but he had nothing to do, so he paid attention to serving the crops.For this reason, the fourth elder brother paid a lot of attention to potatoes and corn, which are rare and cheap things in rich and noble families.

When it was known that the production capacity of potatoes per mu reached more than 1000 catties, and even more than 2000 catties for good land, the fourth elder brother was really shocked.

You know, at this time, the yield per mu of high-quality fertile land is only two or three shi of grain, more than 300 catties.Potatoes do not pick the land, and the yield is several times that of other grains.

A few years ago, potatoes and corn were planted in Henan Province for trial planting. In the next three years, Henan Province never asked for relief from the imperial court.

You know, this Henan Prefecture is mountainous and hilly, the land is poor, and the lives of the people have always been miserable.In the ten years, there were seven years in which the court needed relief.

This is if the Mongols don't have to worry about rations, the population will live...

In addition to being a courtier, the fourth elder brother is also a descendant of the Aixinjueluo family. In addition to the people's livelihood, he will never forget the country.

Therefore, he didn't speak in front of the great scholar and the two ministers, but wanted to report it alone, listen to the emperor's intentions, and then talk about it.

Obviously, the news of Seventh Elder Brother's accident has not yet reached the imperial court.

Hearing Wei Zhu's report that when Elder Sixteen asked to see him, Kangxi thought he was talking about Shengjia's departure tomorrow, so he nodded and called Xuan.

The best imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital are all on duty in Changchun Garden. Elder Sixteen still wanted to ask for an order to send the imperial physicians there again, fearing that the gates of the city would be closed, so he rode his horse and ran wildly after leaving the city.

After entering the garden, he also hurried all the way.

When he arrived at the Imperial Palace, he was still panting heavily, his face flushed.Although he was anxious, he did not forget his sense of proportion. He looked at several senior scholars and ministers, knelt down and said, "Huang Ama, I have something urgent to report!"

When Kangxi saw that he was dusty and dusty, with sweat profuse on his forehead, he felt a "chug" in his heart.The first thing that came to my mind was, could it be that something happened in Xian'an Palace.

Or, mutiny?
In the past dynasties, it is not uncommon for the prince to force the palace.

He drooped his face, and said to several great scholars and ministers: "Kneel down!"

As for the third elder brother and fourth elder brother, he did not send them away.If something really happened, the two palm sons could not leave their eyes, otherwise who would know what happened.

He is really a bit of a soldier.

But he didn't want to think about it, these princes asked him to repair almost all of them, and some of them were still popular and capable, and launched mutinies in important places in the capital.

Seeing the courtiers backing away, the sixteenth elder brother took a few steps on his knees and said with a sob: "Huang Ama, the seventh brother fell off the horse, it doesn't look very good... I also ask Huang Ama to show you the grace to send the imperial doctor... Hongshu's side I'm afraid I have to return to Beijing quickly, so... it's more safe..."

Although not from the same mother, but because of Cao Yong's relationship, the sixteenth elder brother has been close to the seventh elder brother these years.

Now thinking of the clans that died due to serious injuries from falling from a horse, there are many precedents, Brother Sixteen is also very worried.

After hearing the first sentence, Kangxi just frowned; after hearing the last sentence, his body trembled involuntarily, and his arms firmly supported the kang pillow.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother also changed their faces.

Regardless of the relationship between brothers, if it is a normal birth, old age, sickness and death, it is just a sigh of emotion, but there is the word "falling from the horse", and there is a lot of room for development. Who knows who will be involved, why not make the two of them tremble... …

*
Brother Sixteen led the two imperial doctors, and when they arrived outside the gate of Andingmen, the gate had already been closed for a long time.

The sixteenth elder brother showed Kangxi's letter, but opening the city gate was a big deal, and the city gate envoy didn't dare to make his own claim, so he sent someone to quickly report it to the Jiumen admiral's yamen.

Brother Sixteen waited for more than half an hour, until the admiral of the Nine Gates, Long Kedo, came over in person, and the city gate slowly opened.

After delaying for such a long time, Elder Sixteen was very angry.But Longkodo's identity is there, and he would call "uncle" when it comes to talking about it, so he can only bear this anger.

It has been half a day since Brother Seven fell off his horse, and Long Kedo naturally got the news.

Now that the sixteenth elder brother was ordered to bring the imperial physician into the city, he knew that he was going to the seventh elder brother's residence.

He was also afraid of delaying the diagnosis and treatment over there, so he would complain himself, so he hurriedly explained to Elder Sixteen: "Master Sixteen, it's not that I'm meddling, but it's the emperor's will. Even if there is an emperor's order, I have to confirm it with my own eyes." Only then can the city gate be opened.”

Elder Sixteen's heart skipped a beat when he heard that.

It seems that the emperor's father really has extraordinary trust in Longkodo, but he doesn't know who is being guarded by this arrangement.

"Your Excellency, there is nothing wrong with doing business. Brother Seven doesn't know what's going on, so I'll take a step ahead today. It's so late, and I still bother you once. Please don't blame me. When Brother Seven recovers from his injury, we brothers will treat you to a drink." ” Elder Sixteen said earnestly.

Seeing that Elder Sixteen had no strange expression on his face, Long Keduo felt relieved and accompanied Elder Sixteen himself to the Mansion of Seventh Elder Brother.

It should be said that the sixteenth elder brother brought these two imperial doctors, who are also experts in orthopedic surgery, but the seventh elder brother was unconscious and his pulse was weak, which also made the two old imperial doctors feel uncertain.

They are all veterans in the Tai Hospital, and they refuse to speak big words, and they have taken the responsibility for nothing.

Thus, the Seventh Elder Brother's illness was diagnosed, and he suffered "extremely serious" injuries, with a broken leg and trauma to his head, which was very "dangerous".

Cao Yong stayed at Seventh Brother's Mansion until the second watch, because he would get up in the early morning tomorrow and go to Changchun Garden, preparing to go out with his retinue, so after the imperial doctor "diagnosed", he said goodbye to everyone and went back to the mansion .

The broken leg of Brother Seven is his sick leg.Although the forehead looked oozing, the wound was not caused by an impact, but an abrasion.

Coupled with Chen De's death from taking poison, Cao Yong can already conclude that this is indeed the plan of Seventh Brother.

So far, he is more at ease.

Seventh elder brother came prepared, and would not let himself be really dangerous, at most it would be "scared but not dangerous".

On Chuyu's side, Cao Yong couldn't tell the truth, lest she show her feet in front of outsiders and make people suspicious.

That night, Da Gege, who was married in Chunjun Palace, took a carriage and went back to her mother's house to serve her sick...

When Cao Yong returned to the mansion, he realized that he had paid a visit to the mansion in the afternoon, the former governor of Huguang, and left after eating half a cup of tea at Cao's house.

"Why don't people find me?" Cao Yong couldn't help but frown a little.

Now, in the eyes of outsiders, it was the time when he and Nian Gengyao had a rift.The [-]-year-old man of the Nian family came to the door in person, but he didn't see himself, and he didn't know how outsiders would arrange it.

"Master, the younger one wanted to send people to the palace to find the master, but was stopped by the old master. He said that since the master is busy, he will visit the mansion another day, and then left." Cao Yuan said with a bow.

"This old fox!" Cao Yong cursed twice and rubbed his forehead: "The designation was intentional..."

With the status of the Nian family, it is not difficult to know the list of ministers accompanying him.

I chose to come to visit this afternoon, and when something happened in Seventh Prince’s Mansion, I came to "visit but not meet", and I didn’t leave time for Cao Yong to return. If it is said that this old man is unintentional, the devil will believe it...

(End of this chapter)