Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

955 The Bear

After all, it is outside the Great Wall, and in August, you can already feel the strong autumn atmosphere.

The so-called siege is more like a military training.Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Eight Banners, surrounded by Shengjia, set off from Rehe and headed north all the way to Mulan paddock.

Because the place is Mulan, it is mostly held in July and August, so it is also called "Mulan Qiumi".

Cao Yong had seen this spectacular scene of tens of thousands of troops moving together several times, and he didn't think it was unusual. Instead, he was very philistine in his heart and calculated how much the "Qiu Mi" would cost this time.

Not to mention anything else, but said that the emperor rewarded the soldiers of the Eight Banners who participated in the siege and the Mongolian princes who came to the court with money.

However, this line is also essential.

Internally, it is hard to say whether the military training is really effective. It can make the Eight Banners recognize the emperor as the co-lord, and feel the mighty grace of the emperor at close range.For Qi Ding, participating in the Mulan Siege once or several times is the capital that can brag to his children and grandchildren for a lifetime.

Externally, through this form, not only to strengthen the connection with the Mongolian princes, but also to benefit the Mongolian soldiers in disguise.

The Mongols lost their wolf nature and became watchdogs of the Qing Dynasty during the year-by-year "reward".

This time around, it will take twenty days.

Except for a few large-scale hunts, the rest of the time, there are various banquets and competitions, and it is just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the camp is very lively.

Brother Sixteen's life was not easy, he was already busy, but he also caught up with stomach discomfort and diarrhea.

When Cao Yong got the news, when he came to visit, Elder Sixteen's face was already sallow and his eyes were sunken.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was taken aback and said, "Isn't it dysentery?"

Dysentery is contagious. Although it is not as serious as droplet infection, it pollutes land and water sources through feces and cross-infects humans and animals.

Now it is in the paddock, where 10,000+ soldiers and horses are stationed. If dysentery is really induced, it will be a very troublesome thing.

Brother Sixteen rolled his eyes at him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Can't you hope that I will be better? It's just that I saw Hongli and the others roast venison a few days ago, and ate a few pieces, maybe it's not cooked."

Cao Yong listened, but thought of his son.Children's stomachs are more delicate, but Hang Seng was placed in his tent, and he was alive and kicking these two days without seeing anything unusual.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong glanced at Elder Sixteen with a bit of contempt.

This guy has been pampered since he left the study room, and his body is puffy.Today, even a few pieces of roasted venison can't stand it. In the early years, he could eat two roasted venison legs for a meal.

"Okay, is there such a visiting doctor? Is it to come to see the Lord's joke?" Brother Sixteen saw that Cao Yong was suppressing a smile, and said angrily, but his eyes fell on the small package that Cao Yong was carrying: " Fortunately, I didn’t come empty-handed. I brought something good here, it’s rare for Grandpa to get sick, so you can’t fool Grandpa.”

Cao Yong ignored him and found a chair in front of the couch to sit down.

Brother Sixteen was full of curiosity, how could he hold back, leaned up half of his body, and snatched the cloth bag from Cao Yong's hand.

"What is so light?" He muttered as he opened the small cloth bag.It's small, it's really small, but it's bigger than an adult's fist; it's also light, no more than half a catty at most.

Inside, there were dozens of white mushrooms.

Brother Sixteen has seen this kind of mushroom before, and it is called "Mushroom".Part of the tribute will be paid every year outside the mouth, mostly dry products.The fresh product is the top grade among the fungi, and I have eaten it several times when I was in Rehe.

"I took it with Hang Seng when he was jogging this morning. Let's make soup for Mr. Sixteen. The soup Hang Seng and I drank in the morning is very delicious. Maybe it's because of the rain a few days ago. Now the mushrooms on the grassland There are so many. I don’t know the others, this one has been eaten, so it should be no problem.” Cao Yong said.

The sixteenth elder brother looked down at the mushroom, thinking of the scene of Cao Yong bowing his head to pick mushrooms, he smiled unkindly.

Cao Yong picked the corner of his mouth, it seems that he should not pity him.

Today, there was a big siege, and Cao Yong missed Brother Sixteen, so he didn't follow to join in the fun.

"This mushroom is good for making soup, and it tastes even better when it's roasted. Fu Ruo forgot, the mushroom juice will come out when it's roasted, it's in the umbrella cap, it doesn't flow out, and it's delicious." After drinking Two days of plain porridge, and when it came to food, Elder Sixteen's eyes lit up, holding a mushroom, swallowing his saliva.

That seemed to be many years ago. Looking at the happy sixteenth elder brother, Cao Yong felt like going back in time.

Brother Sixteen became interested, and couldn't lie down any longer, and had already rolled over and settled down.He was wearing a small coat, sitting on the edge of the couch, and raised his voice, "Zhao Feng!"

Zhao Fengben was waiting outside the tent. Hearing the movement, he hurriedly picked the tent door and came in.Seeing that Elder Sixteen had already stood up, he took two steps forward and said, "Master, do you want to wash and change?"

Brother Sixteen looked down at himself, only to realize that he hadn't washed yet.

"Bring some water, and then send someone to find an oven and ask for some copper grates." Elder Sixteen ordered.

Others don't know why Elder Sixteen is ill, but Zhao Feng, his personal attendant, knows.

Now, as soon as he heard that Elder Sixteen Zhang Luo wanted an oven, Zhao Feng felt bitter and wanted to persuade him one or two.

Elder Sixteen was in high spirits, how could he listen to his ramblings? Before he could speak, he waved his hand and said, "Go, go, I'm hungry!"

Zhao Feng had no choice but to go down reluctantly.

Seeing Elder Sixteen playing childlike, Cao Yong said, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

Elder Sixteen coughed dryly twice, and said, "What else can I say, but it's called Jingjing intestines and stomach."

After a short while, hot water was brought in, but Elder Sixteen did not mention washing and changing clothes.

This barbecue stove is Cao Yong's "creation" in the early years. It is the kind of charcoal stove that is welded with a few pieces of iron for skewers on the side of the road in later generations.Later, it spread unknowingly, and I heard that it even exists in Mongolia.

When the barbecue stove arrived, Zhao Feng asked with a bitter face: "Master, what do you want to prepare for food?"

Before the sixteenth elder brother ordered, Cao Yong interjected: "Go to the dining room to ask for some vegetables, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, tofu, etc., wash and slice everything that can be sliced." At this point, he handed the bag of mushrooms To Zhao Feng: "Wash this well, boil half of it for soup, and wash half of it and send it up."

When Zhao Feng heard this, he agreed immediately, and went out to prepare in a hurry.

Brother Sixteen saw this, laughed and scolded: "This slave, I forgot that Master is the serious master."

"But just for a few days, Lord Sixteen can bear it." Cao Yong knew that Elder Sixteen is the master of all kinds of meat and dislikes, and persuaded him: "Otherwise, a small problem will turn into a big problem, and the one who suffers will still be himself. .”

Elder Sixteen heard this, sat on the chair, sighed, and said, "I was looking forward to hunting bears in the past few days, and eating bear paws to make up for it..."

"Hunting bears?" Cao Yong listened, only to feel like he forgot something.

The sixteenth elder brother saw that he was puzzled, and said: "Today, we are surrounded by Dongshan in the paddock. It's not like on the grassland. There are only roe deer and deer. There are serious big guys."

After hearing this, Cao Yong couldn't sit still. He stood up and said, "Today Hang Seng will go to surround with brother Hongli."

Brother Sixteen saw him like this, it was really funny, and said: "It's not that you haven't participated in the siege, what are you worrying about? It's the safest thing to follow Hongli, even if you really meet a bear, so many guards By the side, can you still hurt them?"

This line of encirclement is tens of thousands of troops from the big encirclement to drive the prey into the small encirclement.Then, the emperor shot the first arrow, and then the princes and grandsons shot again, and then the army moved together to slaughter and harvest the prey.

Hongli is the emperor's grandson, following in front of the emperor, surrounded by hundreds of guards and surrounded by thousands of guards, there is indeed no danger.

"The sixteenth master said that too." Cao Yong knew that he was a bit of a mother-in-law, but he was a little embarrassed.

Brother Sixteen snorted coldly, and said, "That little guy Hang Seng is not only your son, but also the son-in-law of the master, and you are not the only one who misses it."

Brother Shiliu mentioned this a few times in jokes, but Cao Yong didn't say much about it.

The marriage right of the clan Gege is all in the palace, not in the hands of Sixteenth Elder Brother.Even if Elder Sixteen wanted to make decisions for his daughter, he had to have Heng Seng's title of King Khan in order to match his identity.

Seeing Cao Yong smiled and said nothing, Elder Sixteen also thought of this, sighed, and said: "If you were someone else, if you saw that the Lord took the initiative to marry you, you would have come to him. You can't count, even if you don't succeed in Hang Seng Well, it’s okay to send Tianyou to be a son-in-law. When we are married, we only talk about the age we want to be, and we don’t stick to seniority.” At the end, he took a bit of seriousness.

After Er Gege passed away, he had only one prostitute daughter left, who is now nine-year-old Da Gege.In his heart, he loves this prostitute more than other prostitutes.

Although Da Gege is still a few years away from Jiji, and it is too early to propose marriage, but thinking of the bleak end of the Princess Gege who caressed Mongolia, Brother Sixteen had to plan ahead for his daughter.

Hearing what Brother Sixteen said, Cao Yong was taken aback, and he had already calculated the seniority of Tianyou and Brother Sixteen in his heart.

Tianyou's great-grandfather was the grandfather of the sixteenth elder brother Da Gege, a blood relative within four generations.

"Master Sixteen, inbreeding is not good for offspring." Cao Yong hurriedly said when he saw Elder Sixteen's eyes brighten.

He said that the other things are fine, after all, the Cao family is Han Chinese, and they are more strict about etiquette, and if they stick to the issue of seniority, Elder Sixteen will not say much.When it comes to the issue of close relatives, there is no strength at all.

Elder Sixteen glanced at him and said, "Could it be that the three brothers and sisters of your family jumped out of the cracks in the rock?"

Cao Yong was dumbfounded, touched his chin, and watched Zhao Feng lead people to move all the vegetables from the oven into the tent...

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East Hills paddock.

In the distance are the shouts of soldiers, Kangxi has dismounted, and is sitting on a gilded sandalwood dragon chair.

In front of him were the prey handed over by the princes and grandchildren who followed him, mostly deer, sheep, etc., and some foxes and rabbits were also mixed in.

Hang Seng was wearing a uniform, and together with Hongli, followed behind Brother Twenty, counting the prey together with the guards.

The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother stood behind the dragon chair. They were middle-aged and had lost their youthful vigor, so they didn't bother to go tossing around with young people.

At this time, a dozen guards came over carrying a wooden raft.

On the wooden raft, there was a big bear in the dark.

"Your Majesty, the servants have hunted a bear." One of them walked forward a few steps and knelt down to report.

After looking at the sheep and deer for a long time, there is a big guy, Kangxi also became interested, and said: "Okay, okay!"

The bear was seven or eight feet long, and there was a fishy smell coming from a distance.

Kangxi traveled around for decades, and he also hunted bears with his own hands.In the past few years, he has been old and frail, and every time he walks around, he just goes through the motions. Most of the guards do it for him, and he rarely goes hunting by himself.

Needless to say, this bear today will be recorded in his name.

Kangxi stood up with a smile on his face, as if he had gained more strength.

The 69-year-old emperor can still hunt bears, which is also the glory of a man.

Seeing him get up, the guards carrying the bear put down the bear's body and knelt down.

Kangxi didn't rush to tell them to get up, and walked towards the bear corpse step by step.

Third elder brother, fourth elder brother and others followed behind him.Seeing this, the twentieth elder brother turned sideways to hide behind the thirteenth elder brother.

Only Hongli pulled Hang Sheng and the two of them to avoid Kangxi's left hand.

Kangxi's health is not good recently, and he seldom walks in front of people, because not only his left arm is numb, but his right leg and left leg are also a little stiff, making his walking a little unsteady.

Hongli knew this. When he was in the palace, when Kangxi traveled occasionally, Hongli always stood on the left side and acted as a crutch for his grandfather.

Now, in front of the guards and uncles, Hongli didn't go to help his grandfather, but he didn't dare to go too far.

There were still a few steps away from the bear corpse, and the strong smell of blood was even more overwhelming.

Although I didn't see the scene of the guards hunting the black bear, but from the dark red blood on the raft and the numerous arrow marks on the bear's carcass, we can see the tragedy at that time.

Kangxi looked at the dozens of kneeling guards, and was about to tell everyone to stand up.

In an instant, I saw a shocking change.

The fallen black bear suddenly stood up.

With a piercing roar, the black bear wanted to pounce forward with red eye circles.

In front of it is Kangxi.

Before many people could react, Hongli had already stepped sideways, standing in front of Kangxi.In his hand, he had already set up a bow, and the bow and arrow were pointing at the throat of the black bear.

There was only a "swish", and the arrow flew out.

After all, being young and weak, the arrow only shot down half an inch, and it hung loosely on the bear's neck, without much effect.

At this time, everyone had reacted and shouted "help".

The black bear was less than ten feet away from Qianlong, and amidst the shouts of the crowd, it had already rushed in front of Kangxi, and it was about to throw Kangxi to the ground.

Everyone's eyes were fixed, and no one dared to imagine what would happen next.

Hearing a "bang", the bear wailed and fell heavily to the side, kicking up a burst of smoke and dust.

Kangxi put the musket in his hand back into his sleeve, and looked down at the two small figures in front of him.

Hongli was still holding a bow in his hand, and his shoulders were slumped tightly; Hengsheng's face was pale with horror, and he was holding a sharp Mongolian knife in his hand.

The guards had come to their senses, took steel knives, and stabbed the bear a few more times to make sure that it was completely dead before rest assured...

The third elder brother looked at Xiao Hongli who was stained with bear blood, and felt a little panic in his heart...

(End of this chapter)