Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 921

Cao Mansion, the living room.

The atmosphere was very strange, Hong Shu sat at the head of the thirteenth elder brother, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"One, two, three, four, five..." Hong Shu couldn't help muttering, except for the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother who didn't come, the princes who stayed behind in the capital all came.

The thirteenth elder brother, the seventeenth elder brother, and their brother-in-law have a good relationship, Hong Shu knows, but he doesn't know where the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the twelfth elder brother come from?

It wasn't that he was muttering, Brother Thirteen and Elder Seventeen looked at each other, but smiled wryly.

The two of them, just looking at Cao Yong's face, temporarily revolted and came to worship Cao Yin. Who would have thought that they would catch up with such a lively scene.

Brother Jiu just squinted at Cao Yong, not pleasing to the eye, and snorted secretly.

My own nephew?It's just a slave of the Cao family, Yang Zi, who is about to shake up?
Huang Ama is not stupid, even if there is an illegitimate daughter outside, there is no need to publicize it with great fanfare, for fear that others will not know about the royal scandal.

Sitting next to the ninth brother is the tenth brother. He has a droopy face, but his face is ugly. It doesn't look like he is visiting someone's house, but he is here to collect debts.

In addition to these four, there is also a prince elder brother, the twelfth elder brother who just entered the door.

Cao Yong took his cousin Cao Fujing to accompany him in the last seat, and he was also confused.

This "third anniversary of burning" is not a big deal at all. Usually, relatives and close relatives gather together to worship in front of the grave or in the ancestral hall.

For this reason, Cao Yong didn't think about Zhang Luo, but he and Cao Fu went out of the city early, went to Cao Yin's tomb, placed sacrifices, and returned from worship.

Unexpectedly, this time back to the mansion, the room is full of "distinguished guests".

Hong Shu is Cao Yong's brother-in-law, Cao Yong's in-laws, so it's understandable to come here for a cutscene; the thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, it's not unusual to stroll over and meet Cao Yong.But why did the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the twelfth elder brother come here?
Cao Fu followed his cousin and greeted the princes, but he didn't know what to do.It's just that he also knew that there was no room for him to speak, so he honestly retreated to his cousin and watched from the sidelines.

When there are more people, the big guys talk less, and there is a bit of silence in the hall.

Among the people in the hall, except for the Cao family brothers and Hong Shu, the other five are princes, so they sat in rows.

The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother are the first chairs on the left and right respectively. The ninth elder brother is the twelfth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother is the thirteenth elder brother and Hong Shu. accompany.

"I haven't heard that the twelfth brother has friendship with Cao Yong. Is the twelfth brother looking for Cao Yong?" Brother Jiu picked up the tea and took a sip. After eating it, it was Penglai Xianhao, and his heart felt a little sour. I asked a casual question out of nothing.

This question is also what other people are curious about. For a while, Elder Brother Twelve felt his face burning hot, and said embarrassingly: "Hehe...it's not a big deal, but it was a letter with Sixteenth Brother a few days ago. When I get to Cao Yong, I'll come and walk around..."

Brother Jiu saw that he was cowering and timid, and he looked down upon him, but he didn't want to embarrass him in public.Listening to him mentioning Brother Sixteen, he found Huatou and asked Cao Yong about cigarette holders and pipes.

Although this business was taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the cigarettes were in the hands of Brother Jiu.

He looked at Cao Yong, and his earlier disgust was reduced a bit, wondering how much he would have saved if this kid was obedient.

The atmosphere in this hall is really strange, the thirteenth elder brother is afraid that something will happen to make it difficult for Cao Yong, so when the ninth elder brother finishes talking with Cao Yong, he excuses something to say goodbye to everyone, and takes the seventeenth elder brother away.

Seeing that the two of them had left, Brother Twelve didn't stay any longer, he even ignored the reason he had asked before, and said goodbye to everyone.

Hong Shu originally wanted to stay and ask his brother-in-law why everyone came, but seeing that the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother were as stable as Mount Tai, they had no intention of leaving, so they could only go back with trepidation, and asked the seventh elder brother for advice.

In the living room, only the Cao family brothers, ninth elder brother, and tenth elder brother were left, but the depression remained undiminished.There is no other reason, but Brother Ten's expression is too gloomy, looking at the Cao brothers is like shooting a knife.

At this moment, Cao Yong's heart has been spinning for more than a dozen times, and he has thought through his actions in recent years, and there is really no place to offend Brother Shi.Well, as for what happened 11 years ago, it was too long ago, and there were very few people who dealt with it, so it is impossible to disclose it.

After thinking about these, Cao Yong is confident enough.

Seeing Brother Jiu chatting about gossip one after another, Cao Yong also answered one sentence at a time.

He is not in a hurry, but Cao Fu is a little anxious.He saw that the tenth master was not kind, so he was a little worried about his elder brother, and he couldn't help complaining that the thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were not kind.

If you leave later, it's better to leave some room for buffering.

But he didn't know, if the ten elder brother's temperament was not really looking for Cao Yong, how could he stop for so long.The thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother also knew this, so they left with peace of mind.

Seeing Brother Nine chattering for a long time, Brother Ten couldn't sit still, and said to Cao Yong with a straight face: "Cao Yong, I heard that Mr. Fang Zhong, who served in front of Huang Ama in the early years, is in your house. Fujin is a little uncomfortable in the master's mansion, so you ask someone to call Mr. Fang Zhong to come and follow the master."

Seeing that he finally explained his purpose, Cao Fu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but Cao Yong's heart sank.

The tenth elder brother's original partner, Fujin, died of illness a few years ago, and now this successor, Fujin, has nothing to do under his knees, and his relationship with the tenth elder brother is notoriously bad.It is strange that the ten elder brothers can seek medical treatment for Ji Fujin.

I'm afraid it's the "hidden disease" of Elder Brother Ten.

After 50 years since Kangxi, there has never been a younger brother in the ten elder brother's house.Except for Ji Fujin, he never pointed out Xiu Nu again. In the early years, no one said anything, but after a long time, some people hesitated behind their backs.

In the 50th year of Kangxi, the ten princes were not yet in their thirties. Why did they fail to prosper?

The fourteenth elder brother hasn't added a younger brother or little Gege in the past ten years because he injured his kidney water, so what's the reason for the tenth elder brother?
The tenth elder brother didn't care about his heirs, but he had been a "eunuch" for more than ten years, which was really a lot of experience.

Fang Zhonggong, who was born in Piansheng, was well-known outside. He had served in front of the imperial court, not to mention, he said that if Cao Yong's eldest daughter was cured from blindness to eyesight, she would be able to be called a "miracle doctor".

Elder Brother Ten has long been eager to move in his heart, but because it is a "hidden disease", he is always afraid of the traces of being exposed, concealed, and hesitant. Leaving Beijing.

Although the tenth elder brother was determined to cure the disease, he couldn't hold back his face and made people chase him out of the capital. He could only sigh twice and look for other prescriptions.

Now, finally got the letter, knowing that "Fang Miracle Doctor" came to Beijing again and lived in Cao's house, Tenth Brother couldn't hold back, and dragged Ninth Brother to the door.

Not to mention the Qing Dynasty, even hundreds of years later, this man's refusal to lift up is also an "unspeakable secret".

Cao Yong is also a man, so he naturally knows what the so-called dignity of a man is all about.

If Fang Zhonggong waded into this muddy water, he might not be kind.

Seeing that Cao Yong was hesitant to say anything, Elder Brother Shi had already stood up and said angrily, "Why, Grandpa came to beg, and you should not? This genius doctor can go to Lao Shisan's mansion, can go to Seventh Brother's mansion, can give Elder Seventeen prescribes a prescription, so why can't I prescribe a prescription for Grandpa... for Grandpa's Fujin?"

He was already full of anger and came with a thick skin, how could he allow Cao Yong to refuse?
Ninth elder brother watched coldly, without any intention of stopping him, but said in a neutral manner: "The tenth younger brother is too real, don't you treat yourself as an outsider? The seventh brother is Cao Yong's father-in-law, the thirteenth brother and the seventeenth brother My younger brother and Cao Yong are also on good terms, let's count it on that tablet!"

Elder Brother Shi heard this, his face became more and more ugly, and he stared at Cao Yong stubbornly.

Look at it like that, if Cao Yong stops hard, he will do it.

Seeing his eyebrows and straight eyes, Cao Yong only felt embarrassed.

It was not Cao Yong's idea to prescribe medicine to Elder Brother Shi at the beginning.It is too immoral to harm people without raising them and cut off their children.

Speaking of which, apart from being arrogant and domineering, Elder Brother Ten has no bad deeds.Otherwise, it would be no one else's turn, and Kangxi would not be able to spare him.

Speaking from the blood, this is a pro-uncle, Cao Yong heart a little weird.

Although not close, but not as disgusting as before, willing to leave a leeway.

However, he will not put Mr. Fang Zhong into danger for a moment of soft-heartedness.Therefore, he said, "Master Fang, Mr. Fang is indeed at my house. It's just that he is getting old and has come all the way from Fujian. .Even on his father-in-law's side, he stopped giving acupuncture, and he might be powerless on Fujin's side."

After hearing this, Elder Brother Shi blushed and trembled all over, as if he couldn't help it.

Cao Yong saw that he had no room for accommodation, so he could only continue to say: "If Shi Ye can wait, let Mr. Fang rest and recuperate for two days. This will save him from lack of energy, and he will not be able to share his worries for Shi Ye."

Elder Brother Ten was full of evil fire, and couldn't help wanting to vent his anger. Hearing that Cao Yong didn't say anything to death, he hummed and looked at Cao Yong, and said: "Then the day after tomorrow, it can't be later. Master I will send a carriage to pick him up and let him live in the Lord's residence for a while."

"Master Shi, not only the father-in-law is waiting for Mr. Fang to give the needle, but also my mother has a serious illness today, and needs Mr. Fang to take care of her. Look..." Cao Yong felt a little embarrassed.

Elder Brother Ten frowned, but he was not unreasonable, besides, Elder Brother Seven and Mrs. Li still had face in it.

So, annoyed in his heart, he still responded happily: "Okay, don't worry about it, I understand, and I won't delay Seventh Brother and Lingtang."

When Cao Yong saw that he had agreed, he stopped talking.Although he didn't have much contact with the tenth elder brother, he knew that the tenth elder brother was very arrogant and would not break his promise easily, and he cared about the brotherhood of the princes.

After talking about the business, Brother Ten couldn't stay any longer, and left with Brother Nine.

Cao Yong took his cousin to personally send the two princes out of the house, and they were relieved to see them riding away on horseback.

Cao Fu wiped the cold sweat off his head, let out a long breath, and said in a low voice: "Looking at the posture of Elder Brother Shi, he is not here to beg for help, he is here to rob someone. I am afraid that if the eldest brother utters the word 'no' He is going to roll up his sleeves. Although he is small, even if there are two more opponents, he is not the big brother's opponent, but he is a prince and county king. If he runs to our house and waves his arms, he will attract people's attention."

The tenth elder brother is thinner, thinner than the thirteenth elder brother who was depressed in his early years.

Thinking of the entanglements caused by the epidemic in Beijing that year, Wei Hei was blinded, and the embarrassment in Cao Yong's heart disappeared.

Not only that, but he was a little reconciled.

It would be great if Wei Bai did not prescribe the medicine but Brother Nine.

Even if there was a feud with each other back then, the person who came forward to play tricks was the tenth elder brother, and the ninth elder brother was behind it.

Cao Yong picked the corner of his mouth and cursed himself secretly.

I am a little confused, do I really think that everyone is relatives?
Not to mention the prince's Beizi Mansion, which has never been in contact with each other, even the Li family, which is regarded by others as "one is prosperous and the other is damaged", and the Cao family are nothing more than a combination of interests. The so-called relationship between relatives is just a fig leaf.

Both came from the coat of arms of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and their family status is not obvious. The Cao and Li families formed an alliance due to their in-laws and guarded the south of the Yangtze River together, which was a last resort.

According to the clan concept of the ancients, if there is someone in the clan who can be relied on, it is no better than getting help from a foreign surname...

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Lanyuan, go to the room.

In addition to Zhaojia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from Dongfu, the three sisters from Cao's family and Li's adopted daughter Han Jiang all came.

In the morning, Mrs. Gao also came over to talk with her daughter for a while, but after seeing a lot of people, she went back to Shaoyuan.Mrs. Li knew that she didn't like excitement, so she let her go, but asked the kitchen to buy an extra table of noodles and send them to Shao Yuan.

Although no one went out of the city to worship, there was Cao Yin's tablet in Li's hall. Starting from Zhaojia's, everyone paid respects to the tablet.

Cao Jia's status is noble, with her, not only the daughter-in-law of the younger generation is cautious, even Zhao Jia's speech is not wanton.

Fortunately, the palace is inseparable from people. After paying homage to her father, she stayed with her mother for a while and left before noon.

Now, Mrs. Zhao Jia felt more at ease, and asked Mrs. Li to talk about buying new year's goods.

Although it's only September now, if you want mountain goods, it's time to send people out.

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "This year, there is no need to make a special trip. Brother Yong arranged for people from the other hospital over there when he came back from Rehe."

"It would be great if the second and fourth child can come back, otherwise the mansion over there is really deserted." Mrs. Zhao Jia said with a sigh.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li looked at Chu Yu with a smile.

It would be great if there was another grandson. With more little boys, the house would be more lively.

Li Shi was afraid that she would be tired after tossing around for half a day, so she saw their younger generation go to Wutong Garden to talk.

Everyone followed Chu Yu to Wutong Garden to talk, and there were only two old wives and sisters left here, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhaojia.

"Sister-in-law, why did you vaguely hear that several princes are coming to the house?" Zhao Jia asked with some curiosity.

Li's heart twitched, and she squeezed out a little smile and said: "Maybe he was passing by, Yong'er has always had a good relationship with the thirteenth master and the seventeenth master."

After hearing this, Zhao Jia complained: "The Thirteenth Master is over 30 years old. He has been in the mansion for more than ten years. When will he be conferred a title? The emperor has forgotten him, right? The old man is not young anymore."

As a bystander earlier, Li only felt that the emperor was cruel, and the situation of the thirteenth elder brother was pitiful.Now, knowing her own background, Li could not help but lose her mind.

That one is not a loving person.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was next to him, and then muttered: "It would be great if the Thirteenth Master could go to the Ministry of Officials, we can get a good job after five or two years..."

(End of this chapter)