Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 9
Jiuling is gloomy, and Longgongsuo is lonely.

The building overlooks the sea and the sun, and the door faces the tide of Zhejiang.

Guizi falls in the middle of the moon, and the fragrance of the sky floats outside.

The tower is far away, and the spring is far away from the tree.

Frost-thin flowers are more abundant, and ice-light leaves have not withered.

The old age is still different, so search for the troubles.

After entering Tiantai Road, look at Yudu Stone Bridge.

——————— Tang & #8226; Song Zhiwen "Lingyin Temple"

Lingyin Temple is located at the foot of Lingyin Mountain between Feilai Peak and Beifeng Peak in the northwest of West Lake, Hangzhou. It is the most incense-filled ancient temple in the south of the Yangtze River.In the spring of the previous year, during his third southern tour, Emperor Kangxi went to Lingyin Temple to pray for blessings, and personally raised the plaque of "Yunlin Temple".

It's late July now, and in a few days it will be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Christmas.Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, also known as the Lord of the Underworld in Buddhism, is the Bodhisattva in charge of the Yin Division.On his Christmas day, it is advisable to make a wish to support all the lonely souls who have passed away, because there are countless pilgrims from all over the world who come to do good deeds.

The beggar who brought Cao Yong to Hangzhou, surnamed Xing, was originally a rascal in Suzhou. He made friends with a few brothers and ranked second among them.All kinds of Buddha's birthdays in Lingyin Temple, these hooligans never failed, not only abducted children, mutilated beggars, but also picked up pilgrims who ordered money and killed them, just because they had to change places after each crime , and is therefore still at large.

On the second day Cao Yong arrived in Hangzhou, he began his begging life in Lingyin Temple.His health was not good at all, he tossed for a few days, traveled thousands of miles, his leg was broken again, and he developed a high fever.

Xing Er put Cao Yong on the only way from West Lake to Lingyin Temple, and knelt aside by himself.Rubbing eyes with sleeve.The cuffs were painted with ginger, which made the eyes red and swollen, echoing the sick child lying there, really like a father and son in distress.

The adults cried pitifully and the children looked miserable, which made the passers-by who came to worship Buddha show kindness.At the end of a day, the copper coins and broken silver add up to six or seven taels of silver.

After sunset, Xing Er returned to his lair, and the other brothers also made a lot of money.Lao Qi bought a pack of steamed buns and threw them on the ground, which was the children's daily meal.These children are their tools to cheat money, and they can't just die like this.Except for Cao Yong, who was in a coma with a high fever, the other children crawled over like puppies, grabbing one or two steamed buns with their dirty little hands.

The rogues kept two of them, and the rest took the money they begged today and went to whoring and gambling.There was a little boy who was about the same age as Cao Yong in the room, his little face was dirty and dark.It was his right arm that was broken by those people, and his left hand was still intact, protecting two steamed buns, and went to Cao Yong's side.

Cao Yong was talking nonsense, but he couldn't make a sound in his throat. He opened his mouth and closed it, looking weird and pitiful.The child was soft-hearted, and when Cao Yong wanted to eat, he tore a small piece of steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.Cao Yong was in a daze, how could he swallow it.The little boy took another big bowl, soaked the steamed buns in cold water, and put them into Cao Yong's mouth little by little.

Although Cao Yong was sick, he knew he was hungry and swallowed it indiscriminately.

After the other children finished eating their steamed buns, they stared at the one in the little boy's hand.The little boy glared at everyone and pinched his waist: "Do you want to fight?" His eyes were wide open, like a little rooster about to fight.

The other children seemed to have suffered from the boy, so they didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they could only smack their mouths and swallow their saliva.

The boy fed Cao Yong and ate most of the steamed buns, and ate the rest by himself.

After Cao Yong ate something, he slowly woke up, with severe pain in his leg.Although he was a human being in two lifetimes, how could he have suffered such a pain, his nose was so painful that tears flowed out.He closed his eyes, feeling extremely resentful in his heart, and vowed that if he escaped from here, he would kill these rascals with his own hands.He began to hate Gu San and Cao Yinlai again, one of them was greedy for money and the other was a fool.Suddenly, he felt a coarse cloth gently wipe away his tears on his face.He opened his eyes, and a small dark face appeared in front of him.

Seeing that Cao Yong woke up, the boy felt a little embarrassed, and scratched the back of his head with his unbroken hand.Cao Yong remembered that someone was feeding him just now. He saw an empty bowl next to the boy, and there was still something like batter in it. He knew it was him, and he was very grateful.

Although he woke up, Cao Yong had only one feeling, which was pain. Thinking that he might be a lame or dumb in this life, he wished he could die like this.However, how could he be willing to die like this, his life was short enough in his previous life, and he only lived for so few days in this life.

No, to live, Cao Yong raised his arm and touched his forehead, burning very badly, trying to save himself, those rogues can't be counted on.

Seeing Cao Yong's action, the boy stretched out his dirty little hand and touched his forehead: "Ah, it's very hot!"

Cao Yong's throat was so dry that he made a gesture to drink water.The boy was also clever, and filled a bowl with half a bowl of water to feed Cao Yong.

Cao Yong's tears are about to come out, I just feel that this child is closer than the old lady at the moment.After drinking the water, Cao Yong patted his forehead again.The boy should have taken care of the sick, so he threw a rag with water and carefully placed it on his forehead.

Cao Yong was numb from the pain, felt much more comfortable on his forehead, and fell asleep again groggyly.Seeing that he was fast asleep, the little boy curled up beside him and closed his eyes.

Jiangning, Weaving Mansion.

It has been ten days since Cao Yong had an accident, and Cao Yin was so anxious that a lot of gray hairs grew on his temples.At that time, after land tracking failed, he and Zhuang Chang wondered if Gu San had gone by water, and inquired in detail, and found out that a man who was about the same height and appearance as Gu San went to Suzhou at noon that day with a sick child in his arms.

Cao Yin personally led people to Suzhou in a hurry. He searched various pawnshops and gambling halls, but only found some clues.Cao Yong's accessories were redeemed, and he also knew that Gu San had won money in the casino, but the clues ended here.He didn't know that Gu San was dead until Gu San's body surfaced from the pond a few days later.The Li family also got the news that Cao and Li's family guards searched the urban and rural areas of Suzhou like casting a net, but they still found nothing. Cao Yong's whereabouts became a mystery.

Mrs. Li was worried about her son, who had fallen ill.The old matriarch still kept it a secret, only thinking that his grandson was with his in-laws in Suzhou, and he had to talk about it several times a day.

Zhuang Chang knew that Cao Yin was fine on the surface, but he was always in a hurry. After all, he was an only child born in his 30s.He wanted to use the power of the General Secretary, but he knew that Cao Yin was an upright person and would never agree to this kind of favoritism, so he secretly mentioned it in the secret letter to the emperor.Emperor Kangxi met Cao Yong during his southern tour, of course he knew that this grandson of Cao Yong was the lifeblood of the old grand dame of the Sun family. focus on.

Hangzhou, Lingyin Temple.

Or it was really "the old man can't starve to death blind house sparrow", Cao Yong's fever slowly receded.He laughed at himself in his heart, it seems that people really can't be coddled, this little body was well-clothed in the weaving mansion of Jiangning, and he could die when he got heatstroke, and let himself be possessed, but when he went to Hangzhou, his body was disabled, and he would eat a steamed bun every day Half a bowl of water is still alive and well.

The wound at the broken bone was festered and inflamed, bloody and bloody. Two or three days later, Cao Yong saw white maggots on the wound, and was so disgusted that he almost vomited it out.However, thinking about the introduction in the previous life, this maggot eats the carrion, which is good for the healing of the wound, so I let these little things go around, and I didn't take them away until I felt the pain in the flesh.

Day by day, the life of a beggar is boring.Cao Yong can do is to lie on the ground, motionless.His eyes became sharper, he looked at the pilgrims passing by, and secretly planned in his heart.The throat is still unable to speak, it seems that it is impossible to ask for help.

Cao Yong knew that in the hands of this group of people, if he didn't escape, even if he didn't die, his legs would be disabled.At night when there was no one around, he lit the fire under the stove and wrote a call for help on the front of his shirt with the blood from his wound.The next step is to find a real good-hearted person to ask for help.This person can't be too weak, otherwise, if he is timid, his hopes will be in vain.

When he first came to this world, Cao Yong was still lucky, thinking that relying on the big tree of the Cao family, he could live a stable life for a few years. After all, it was more than 20 years before Yongzheng came to power and the Cao family ransacked the house, and it was not enough to worry about the rise and fall of the Cao family when.The experience of these ten days made him realize that relying on no one is worse than relying on himself, and also realized that in ancient society, human life was as cheap as grass.Taking off the title of Young Master of Zhizao Mansion, he is no different from those children in the same room, they are all weak and weak.

The child who took care of Cao Yong was called A Ping, and his accent was that of a person near Hangzhou.Cao Yong's legs and feet are inconvenient, and Aping grabs the steamed buns for him every day and feeds him water.Cao Yong looked at him, thinking of Cao Song, he is a cute little brother, thinking that if he can escape the danger smoothly, he must repay him.

Leaving aside Cao Yong, let's just talk about Gu Na who lived with Zhuang Chang in Cao's house and learned of his father's death immediately.Zhuang Chang liked that he was young and intelligent, and he didn't want him to have resentment towards the Cao family because of his father, so he didn't conceal the real cause of Gu San's death.When Gu Na heard that his father died in gambling, he was not surprised at all, he didn't shed any tears, he just said that he was bleeding that man's blood after all, and he had to be mourned for three days.

After returning from Suzhou disappointed, Cao Yin met Gu Na once, in addition to telling his father's burial place, he also said that he would be sent to a foreign academy to study.He is not a saint either, it would be fine if his son returns safely, but if there is an accident, how can he watch the son of the enemy wandering around in front of his eyes with peace of mind.Gu Na just remained silent, Zhuang Chang waited for the news from Beijing, and asked Cao Yin to be calm.

Mrs. Li lived in Cao Quan's mansion, shed tears day and night, and her eyes were crying badly.Zhao Jia took care of her, and the unhappiness of the two sisters-in-law disappeared.Cao Quan saw that it was difficult to grow the house and heirs, and the life and death of the only nephew was unknown, so he whispered to his wife that if Cao Yong was really in danger, he would adopt his son as the eldest son.Although Zhao Jia was reluctant to give up, seeing how pitiful Li was, he reluctantly agreed.

(End of this chapter)