Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 96 Family Law
Cao Mansion, at the gate.

The Wei family brothers came back with a few escorts and escorted two carriages. The blue cloth in the front looked higher than the carriage; the blue cloth in the back had a smaller carriage than the front.

The carriage stopped, and two women got off from the carriage behind, and went to the front carriage to wait: "Fang Tea, Vanilla, wait for the girls to get off the carriage!"

Someone inside responded, and a pair of jade hands lifted the curtain of the carriage, and a girl wearing a rouge vest and an oval face came down first, it was Fang Cha, the maid beside Cao Yi.Wei Bai looked at it, and he was secretly happy. It was worthwhile that he specially asked for the errand of escorting the young lady to pilgrimage today, and saw her twice.

Fang Cha noticed that someone was staring at her, and was thinking about some guy who didn't know how to behave. Looking along the line of sight, it turned out to be the middle-aged thick man with a beard, looking at her in bewilderment.Deliberately wanting to yell, but also knowing that he is someone who can be used by the uncle, he had no choice but to bear it, and gave him a hard look.

Wei Bai was fascinated by that white eye, he just felt extremely comfortable all over, and he couldn't help laughing "hehe".

Wei Hei had heard about his younger brother's thoughts a long time ago, but now that he looked so helpless, he shook his head and wondered whether he should take his brother out to play at night.Women's homes, don't they all look the same when the lights are off, even if this fragrant tea grows better...

Just as he was thinking wildly, another servant girl came down from behind Fang Cha. She was not tall and petite, with her head bowed all the time.After getting off the car, she removed the bench from the side of the car, put it on the ground, and said softly, "Girl, get out of the car!"

Wei Hei thought about this girl coming out in the morning like this, lowering her head to avoid seeing people, it seems that she is the loyal guardian vanilla.During the one and a half months in Beijing, it was the first time for Vanilla to go out.

A woman lifted the curtain of the car, Cao Yi got up and went out, because it was inconvenient to hold a small hand stove with white jade beams in his hand, so he handed the small stove to Fang Cha at the side, and got out of the car with vanilla.

Fang Cha was furious at the rudeness of the middle-aged man, and took it casually, but her hand slipped and she couldn't hold it firmly. The hand stove fell to the ground and broke into several pieces immediately, and the unburned silver coal inside was scattered open.

Cao Yi's face turned pale, he frowned and said nothing, and led two women into the mansion.

Before Fang Cha woke up, Xiang Cao had already bent down, picked up the pieces of white jade on the ground, and said to Fang Cha: "You should do your best, and you don't have to waste things. It's not like you don't know, this is because the old man is afraid of girls." Cold hands, I found it specially, it is the girl's favorite thing!"

Fangcha naturally knew that the hand stove was found by Cao Yong, and she was a little timid because of getting into trouble, but she felt wronged after hearing what Xiang Cao said, and said in a crying voice: "Which one is intentional? Why is it all mine?" No! I can't compare to your loyalty, am I the one who murdered the master!" The more I said, the more I felt aggrieved, tears streaming down: "When Aunt Zhang made a fuss, I was making sweet-scented osmanthus soup for the girl in the kitchen, so I was not in sight. When I got the letter and rushed over, it was the same scene! If I was there, how could I still hide behind the girl? Now that everyone says hello, that’s all, why bother stepping on me to compare? Two days a day Damn, why am I a sinner?"

Xiang Cao was originally quiet, but she didn't expect a word to attract Fang Cha's remark, and she didn't know whether to persuade her not to cry, or to persuade her not to say such private words in public.

Wei Hei saw that Fang Cha lost his composure and attracted everyone's attention, he frowned and took two steps forward, and said forcefully: "You two girls must be cautious, hurry up and enter the mansion!"

Since Fang Cha came to Beijing, she has always been trembling, not daring to act recklessly.Even the peeping from that man just now, she could only bear it.The man in front of her was similar in appearance to the man just now, and she seemed to be a brother and sister. She was so ashamed and annoyed, she didn't care about that, pointed at Wei Hei and cursed loudly: "What are you? You are a slave anyway, where is your turn?" You have to control me? So what if the uncle thinks highly of you? I am in the girl's room, so I have my own master to discipline me!"

Wei Hei hadn't opened his mouth yet, when someone over there snorted coldly: "What are you? I don't believe that, except for the third sister, no one else can discipline you! Come on, find two wives for you!" , this girl doesn't know the rules, and she's messing around at the gate of the mansion, and I'll give you [-] boards first to let her know what's going on!"

It was Cao Song who arrived, riding a horse and looking at Fang Cha with a cold face.Although the eyes are a little scary, but the face is blue and red, and there is some blood at the corner of the mouth. This look is really not majestic.

Hearing Fang Cha's grievances, Wei Bai thought it meant a little bit; but when he saw her offending his brother, he lost his smile.It's outrageous for the elder brother to be the father, and it's outrageous for the younger siblings to talk to the uncle like this.Therefore, when Cao Song asked someone to beat her thirty boards, although she felt a little distressed, she didn't ask for mercy.However, looking at Cao Song's painted face, he was taken aback: "Oh, my second son, what's going on?"

Cao Song got off his horse, rubbed his face with his sleeve, and said quite comfortably: "I have been in Beijing for a month and a half, and I am not happy until today!"

Bullied?It doesn't look like that either, the servants and long followers following behind are all complacent, they don't look like they have suffered a disadvantage.Wei Bai swept the crowd around, smiled and said to Cao Song: "So the second son is exercising his muscles and bones today!"

Cao Song had a silly smile on his face: "Isn't it? Brother Wei is right!"

The crowd surrounded Cao Song and entered the mansion. Two women had been called out a long time ago. They took a stool and a board, and dragged Fangcha to go to the family law.Vanilla was so frightened that her face turned pale, her eyes were red and she whispered anxiously to Fang Cha: "Sister, hurry up and beg for mercy, I'll ask the girl to come and intercede for you!"

Fang Cha bit her lower lip tightly, with a dull expression on her face, as if she had never heard of it.

Xiang Cao had no choice but to step forward boldly and said: "Second Master, for our girl's sake, please forgive Fang Cha for what happened, she will never dare again!"

Seeing that the scars on Xiangcao's face were light and healed up a lot, Cao Song was very happy for her, and he was not annoyed when she saw her talking too much, so he just waved his hand: "Xiangcao, don't worry about this. After staying in Taijun's courtyard for a few years, she is so ignorant of the rules, she should have been taught a lesson long ago!"

Vanilla wanted to persuade her again, but the women over there were already crackling with their boards and started beating.

Fang Cha bit her lip tightly, her face was full of stubbornness, she stood upright, she still refused to beg for mercy.

Cao Song was angry at the outside, seeing Fang Cha's disobedient appearance again, he was even more annoyed, and shouted: "Hit, give me a hard hit, so that this lowly servant girl knows what the rules are, and beat her so hard. Until I beg for mercy!"

Seeing that the situation was critical, Xiang Cao didn't dare to delay, and hurried to the inner courtyard to move the savior.

*
Cao Mansion, Bamboo Courtyard, Dongnuan Pavilion.

Zijing heard that Cao Yi came back to worship Buddha, so she came to talk with her.Cao Yi changed into homely clothes and sat on a chair, wondering what he was thinking.

"The girl is back?" Zijing smiled and entered the door: "I heard that the incense in the White Pagoda Temple is extremely prosperous, so it must be different from ordinary temples."

"Sister Zijing!" Cao Yi stood up, "I asked my sister to go with me a long time ago! Even if there are more trivial matters in the house, I can't stay at home all the time. I always have to go out to get some air."

Zijing smiled and said: "It's not that the girl doesn't know about my temperament. I am the most impatient to go out, so I hide away from it!"

Cao Yi invited Zijing to sit down, and called the maid to serve tea.These were bought by Mrs. Li when he was in Beijing, and they were named Chunya, Xiafu, Qiuxuan, and Dongzhi after Vanilla and Fangcha.In addition, there are two servant girls brought from the south, one is Xiaoqin and the other is Xiaoai.

Zijing knew that Cao Yi went to worship Buddha today, on the one hand, to attend Mrs. Jueluo's appointment, and on the other hand, to take Xiangcao out for a walk.After a month and a half of conditioning, the scars on Vanilla's face have faded a lot, but she still doesn't want to see people.This knot always has to be untied.

"Where is Vanilla? Did you hide in the room again?" Amethyst asked without seeing Vanilla.

Cao Yi looked at the door, feeling a little strange: "The two of them were left behind just now, so they should be back!"

Seeing that Cao Yi had a smile on his face, but his brows were slightly frowning, Zijing seemed to have something on his mind: "Girl, what's wrong?"

Cao Yi glanced at Zijing, and replied with a little self-reproach: "Sister Zijing, the white jade hand furnace sent by my brother, I broke it in less than a month after it was used!"

Zijing comforted: "What is a hand stove for, girl, don't worry, how can the uncle care about these things!"

"Even though my brother doesn't care about it, I feel very sad!" Cao Yi's expression was gloomy: "At the beginning of the month, didn't my sister let me see the account books in the house? The white jade hand furnace was bought by my brother for 600 taels of silver. .My brother has always been frugal, but I, as a younger sister, make him mess up!"

Zijing wanted to persuade her again, but she heard Xiangcao's hurried voice from outside the room: "Girl, it's not good, save Fangcha!"

Cao Yi and Zijing couldn't understand the nonsense words, and Xiang Cao ran in panting, "Girl, sister Zijing, hurry up and save Fang Cha! She is about to be beaten to death!"

"Where is Fangcha?" Cao Yi asked, "Why did someone beat her? What's going on?"

Zijing's face also became a little more uncomfortable: "Who is making such a mess? Fangcha is by the girl's side, what's wrong, she has her own discipline, and it's not someone else's turn!"

"It's the second master!" Xiang Cao cried and said, "Miss and sister Zijing, go to the front yard quickly, if you delay, thirty boards will be finished!"

At first, Cao Yi and Zijing thought that Fang Cha had a dispute with other inner court officials, but when they knew that Cao Song had ordered the beating, they also panicked.Cao Song is not the master of pity and sympathy. Except for his own sisters, how has he ever treated other women with good looks?Just like Yongjia and Baoya, they still look at the face of their brothers and sisters.

Sure enough, when Cao Yi and Zijing arrived at the front yard, Fang Cha had already beaten [-] boards, and she had passed out, her back and buttocks were red with blood, and she looked disfigured.

Seeing Cao Yi and Zijing approaching, Cao Song stood up, rubbed the back of his head, and said with a guilty conscience: "Third sister, this fragrant tea is really outrageous, crying and making noise at the gate of the house, I will make the decision for my sister Lesson learned! Catch Minger and ask my brother to buy two more good teas to serve you, this fragrant tea..." Speaking of this, I thought of the Wei family brothers who had just avoided after entering the mansion: "This fragrant tea is getting old now, so let's put it away. Come out and be a daughter-in-law for Second Brother Wei!"

Zijing frowned, Cao Yi complained: "Second brother, even if she was at fault, this punishment is too severe!" He hurriedly ordered the mother-in-law to carry him back to the room, and then ordered the doctor to go out of the mansion.

*
After Cao Yong left school, he saw Yongqing and Ningchun standing in the shade as soon as he left the Donghua Gate.

Cao Yong hurriedly smiled and greeted them, "Brother Shanyu, brother Jingming, are you waiting for me?"

Ning Chun patted his arm with a smile, and said, "I'm just waiting for you! Come on, come with us, and send someone to tell me that I'm staying outside today."

Cao Yong was stunned: "Brother Jingming, this is..."

Yongqing laughed heartily: "Haha, Jingming is here to treat guests sincerely. He came to me early in the morning and dragged me to block you. Hurry up and answer him, or he is in a hurry and can't be tied up." you go!"

Ning Chun hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't say that there is Shanyu, you are here. Xiao Cao is the only one. I am not an opponent. How can I tie him up? Xiao Cao, I really want to treat you. I will take you to a good place. Have a few drinks." After a pause, he continued, "Don't worry, I won't miss your homework tomorrow morning in the city."

Cao Yong nodded, turned around and ordered the commander to go back and inform the family, and followed Yongqing Ningchun to ride his horse all the way to the south of the city.

The three of them got off their horses in front of a house in Diao'er Hue in the south of the city, and Ning Chun's servant stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A little while later, a daughter-in-law came to answer the door, met Ning Chun, and smiled with a distinct southern accent: "Master Ning is here!" Saying this, she bowed to the three of them and led them in.

Yong Qing frowned, and asked Ning Chun: "Where is this place? I can't compare with Xiao Cao, you are white, but you are both in official positions. If this is found out..." The implication is that this place is regarded as a prostitute. .The rules of the Qing court expressly forbid officials to go whoring. Although very few people actually abide by it, if they were really caught by the censor because of this, it would be indisputable.

Ning Chun said: "How dare I take you to such a place! In fact, I wanted to go to my private house outside the city, but I thought that little Cao Ming'er went to school so early, and I was afraid that the city gate would not be open to delay his business, so I came here specially. Borrowed a place. The owner of this house was originally a shepherd in Yiyue Tower, but now he has redeemed himself, bought this yard for retirement, and no longer does that business. This place is clean."

(End of this chapter)