Wang Lusheng entered the Daotai Mansion before and after the beginning (one o'clock in the afternoon), and he did not leave the mansion until Youzheng (six o'clock in the afternoon). Then, with his daughter Jingjing, he returned to the inn.

Cao Hao's legs and feet were inconvenient, and Mr. Zhuang sent Wang Lu to give birth. Seeing the Wang family's carriage moving away, he turned around and entered the house, but he didn't notice that in the porridge shed not far away, a young man was staring at the gate.

Cao Hao did not go back to the inner courtyard, but waited for Mr. Zhuang to come back and speak. Wang Lusheng came in a hurry, just to say a few words. It's just that these few sentences are very related, and it's not good to announce them on paper and pen or send others to pass them on their behalf.

"What a fluke!" Cao Hao leaned back in his chair and groaned.

When Mr. Zhuang came in, his face was not good-looking. Cao Hao smiled: "Sir, don't be angry, I'm not fine?" ”

Mr. Zhuang couldn't let go, sighed, and said: "It's all because of my carelessness, all my thoughts are on the token of Hongmen, and I don't notice anything wrong in it." If the expectation is true, Du Hui should know something inside! Speaking of this, he shook his head and said regretfully: "It's too late to say this now, presumably Du Hui has already died in Jinan Mansion." ”

Cao Hao smiled bitterly: "Who would have thought that I would be such a leisurely platform and even hinder the eyes of others!" ”

Wang Lusheng came to Yizhou in person to tell Cao Hao two things, one is that someone entered Yimeng Mountain in the winter moon, and gave money to invite Qin Bajia, the leader of the bandits in Yimeng Mountain, to make a deal, that is, to rob and kill a group of people in Mengyin; The other thing is that Qin Bajia asked Wang Lusheng to be a middleman, and wanted to meet Cao Hao, the Taoist master.

Although he believed that Cao Hao was a human being, Wang Lusheng still left room between his words, and did not say that the other party directly entered the room and found him.

Mr. Zhuang pondered and said: "Those who can know your whereabouts, except for the few who follow you, Jinan Mansion and the capital side can be said to be reasonable." After all, to fight Jinan Mansion and return to Yizhou, Mengyin is the only way! ”

Being calculated like this is really uncomfortable. However, it is not only this matter that makes Cao Hao wonder. He thought for a while and said to Mr. Zhuang: "Sir, although the Yimeng Mountain bandits have a bad reputation, they have not shown bad deeds in the past year, what is the reason?" Could it be that they are originally good, and that the stigma is nonsense? ”

Mr. Zhuang listened, nodded, and said: "Wang Lusheng has a nickname, called 'Living Mengwei', in addition to the children of the clan who are officials, they are also very famous among the people. Although he said it lightly just now, he must have something to do with it, otherwise they wouldn't have asked him to come forward as a middleman. ”

Cao Hao's face showed a hint of puzzlement: "What Mr. said, I also thought about it, but no matter how famous Wang Lusheng is, after all, he is just a squire, why are those people sure that he can speak in front of me?" Could it be because of the pearl Fangzi a few years ago, that did not directly use the name of the Cao family, and most of the people who knew it were people in the industry. ”

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a while, looked at Cao Hao with a smile, and said: "Maybe this is Fu Ruo's good fortune, although it is only the first time I have met Wang Lusheng today, but looking at his actions, he is very righteous and refreshing." Maybe in order to make Fu Ruo's tenure too peaceful, he couldn't keep saying hello there! In this way, it can be explained why there was no chaos during the April civil unrest. At the beginning, when Xintai County was in turmoil, the people who contributed to the trouble should have been mountain bandits with little food. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, his face turned solemn, and said to Cao Hao: "Although Fu Ruosu said that he was low-key, but now that he thinks about it, he has also offended many people. During the epidemic last year, Fu Ruo assisted the fourth elder brother to seal the inner city mansion, although it was a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, but there were many people who were resentful; The same is true for this year's pot burning Zhuangzi. ”

"Don't worry, sir, even if it doesn't please me, it's just a little trick. The more powerful the family, the more they take care of it, even if they hate me so much, they don't dare to do it themselves. Cao Hao persuaded.

Mr. Zhuang knew that he was right, unless he was stupid, the other party would not directly tear his face to make an enemy of Cao Hao. Cao Hao himself has nothing, but behind him there are the two palaces of Chunping, as well as the sixteen elder brothers who are good friends, and the three families of Cao, Li, and Sun in Jiangnan, and various forces rely on them. However, he had to give a few more instructions, advising him to bring more people with him when he traveled in the future, and not to follow him lightly.

Although it was said that it was a hundred words blessed by God immediately, Wang Lusheng had scruples in his heart, and it was not good to be a guest in Daotai Mansion with great fanfare, so he did not stay in Yizhou for more, and then he bought a few cars of New Year's goods, so that his trip to Yizhou was "famous", so he returned to Yuezhao.

Yesterday at the dinner table, Cao Hao mentioned that the steward Zheng Hu sent New Year's goods to Yuzhao, and simply asked Wang Quantai about his condition. I didn't say much about the specifics, after all, this is a private matter of the Zheng family, and it is related to Zheng Woxue's marriage. He is the former master, and he must be more avoided, otherwise it will just add to the chaos.

After leaving Yizhou City, Wang Lusheng sat in the carriage and closed his eyes. Although he completed the errand of the Chinese people, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, and there was a faint threat in Liu Er's words. For example, if he refuses to help him walk, something may happen in the mountains. When the time comes, if you are unlucky and are caught by the people of the yamen, where do you know what you will say?

If he didn't know Qin Bajia's benevolence and righteousness, I am afraid that this second master would make his own opinion, and Wang Lusheng would not bother to pay attention to this stubble.

Thinking of this, Wang Lusheng couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "This group of white-eyed wolves who can't be fed!" ”

Wang Jingjing was wearing a thick leather jacket and holding a box in her arms, fiddling with the gifts she got in Daotai Mansion yesterday, except for a string of agate beads, the rest were gadgets made in Beijing.

Hearing her father say this, Wang Jingjing was startled, patted her little chest, and asked, "Dad, what are you talking about?" I see that Cao Ye and Grandma Cao are both good people! Originally, we were rich in our family, but when we arrived at Grandma Cao's house, we realized that we were stupid! Speaking of this, the little face tightened: "Grandma Cao also asked me to play today, but we went home." If the Cao family moved here, it would be great to be neighbors with our family! ”

Wang Lusheng was interrupted by his daughter, and his anger disappeared for most of the time, and he said with a smile: "Silly boy, this is just Cao Ye's residence during his tenure, what is it?" In the early years, my father went to Jiangning and hit the door of Cao Ye's house, but he didn't dare to gasp! Gorgeous, better than the New Year's paintings, where can a countryman like us compare? ”

Wang Jingjing was a little unconvinced, pouting and said: "Dad just talks big, it's just a few more houses and more people, although they are richer than our family, I still think our family is good!" ”

Wang Lusheng laughed twice, patted his daughter's head, and said: "Good boy, yes, it's better for our family, we don't envy other people's families!" ”

Wang Jingjing smiled on her little face, nodded vigorously, but said a little melancholy: "However, Grandma Cao's dim sum is really delicious......

The twenty-first day of the lunar month is the hundred days of God's blessing. Because it was about to be a small year, I didn't do much, except for the guests of the Zhizhou Mansion, but these people in the mansion had a meal, and it was lively for a while.

After eating and seeing off the guests, Cao Hao went back to the inner house and felt a little uncomfortable in his legs. Maybe it was when I gave it away, I stood at the door and said a few words, so the injury was a little inappropriate.

He didn't want to leave sequelae, so he sat down on the kang and checked it, and it was okay before he was relieved.

Wu'er dotted rouge between her eyebrows, combed two pigtails, walked around with the corners of Chu Yu's clothes, and raised her little face to look at Chu Yu and smile when she was fine.

Cao Hao looked very interesting, although there are many children in the house, now there are five children in the largest, and they are the best, and they are very attractive.

After a few days of being brought by my sister-in-law, Wu'er's body has gradually improved, but she is sticking to Chuyu tightly, and she can't see it for a while, so she kicks her calves and looks all over the house, looking a lot happier than before.

When she called Chu Yu "Mom", Cao Hao couldn't help but be startled, thinking that her little cousin didn't come through, how could she be called this? But when he woke up, he knew that he had thought too much.

Just like Chu Yu called Ye's "Mama", the "mother" in Wu'er's mouth is also a title for **.

Thinking that she was pinching her milk and was unbearable, the original ** was not careful, and Chu Yu loved her again, so she was close to her heart and treated her as a nurse.

Although Chu Yu loved this sister-in-law, she had a headache for this title, and coaxed her to change her name to "sister-in-law" every day, but it didn't work. Even if she occasionally coaxes the little girl to call "sister-in-law", then she keeps calling "mother" and "mother".

Tianyou looks a lot older than when he was full moon, white and chubby, and he looks more and more fleshy. It seems to be a lazy boy, and he sleeps most of the time. Even when I wake up, I don't cry like other children. I'm not afraid of life, anyone can hold it, look at people with dark eyes, and yawn when it's okay.

Cao Hao did not have the idea of "hugging grandchildren but not children" of ancient men, and when he returned to the inner house, he often teased his son.

He remembered that in his previous life, he had seen many people take their sons to play football or something, and he was also quite excited, thinking about whether to get a football out and take his son to play together.

But looking back, although he has a son, he is still a meat ball, and he doesn't know what year it is when he wants to run all over the ground, so Cao Hao can only extinguish this idea in frustration.

Now, seeing the little guy lying there, yawning again, the bored Cao Hao lay down beside his son, and closed his eyes to rest.

Chu Yu picked up Wu'er and sat on the side of the kang. Seeing that her husband and son were the same, lying there and gradually falling asleep, she looked down at Wu'er in her arms again, revealing a thoughtful expression.

* In the blink of an eye, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is Chinese New Year's Eve.

Not to mention how leisurely Cao Hao is in Yizhou, these princes and princes in the capital are in different situations. If you want to say that it is the most lively, it is none other than the seventeenth elder brother Yinli. He was married in the twentieth month of Layue, and married Niu Yulu, the daughter of the second-class prince A Ling'a, as his concubine.

Niu Yulu is this year's show girl, and she entered the palace during the draft in October. Although the seventeenth elder brother didn't see it, the princess had seen each other, and she also praised this girl's appearance and surname.

The seventeenth elder brother was originally worried about "Qi Da Fei Couple", the other party was not only the princess of the princess, but also with the arrogance of the Manchurian aunt and grandmother, and the arrogance of his eighth sister-in-law. If the other party looks down on him, the elder brother from the concubine, and even neglects his own mother, it will be unbearable.

On the night of the cave room, he was still a little nervous, and was well laughed at by the sixteenth elder brother.

Although I don't know how the little two get along on the night of the candles, the next time the elder brother looked at the two masters as if they were conjoined babies, you follow me, I follow you, I can't wait to stick together.

Although Niu Yulu is still young, he is very polite, and he behaves quite appropriately in front of the palace masters. In addition, when visiting the diligent nobles, he was not disrespectful at all because of his mother-in-law's low status.

When the seventeenth elder brother saw it, he sighed in his heart that God had eyes, which made him marry a good fortune, and he liked it more and more. Before and after others, he couldn't hide his joy, and in front of the sixteenth elder brother, he praised and praised his own Fujin.

The sixteenth elder brother was still listening at the beginning, and finally saw that he was smiling from ear to ear, and the joy on his body couldn't be hidden, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Seventeenth brother, although it is a new wedding, you also have to restrain it a little." Now, you can't be too happy! ”

The seventeenth elder brother was surprised when he heard this, and he said that he was circling around Xinfujin all day, and he didn't leave an accident.

Hearing the words of the sixteenth elder brother, as if he meant something, the seventeenth elder brother asked: "What is the reason for this, in this big year, those brothers are making trouble again?" At the end of the year, they don't know how to take a break. Even if they are not tired, this is called watching the lively people tired! ”

The sixteenth elder brother was amused by the poor mouth of the seventeenth elder brother, and said: "This time it's not the brothers tossing, you have also heard, the holy driver is stationed in Miyun County today, Ming'er will go to the three stores, and then return to the palace." ”

Seventeenth Elder Brother nodded and said, "Well, I heard that!" Huang Ama is also, after temporarily enshrined in the palace and filial piety, he also went to Rehe, this cold winter wax moon, back and forth to the hard work, I heard that he was stationed in Rehe for two days and returned to Beijing. Speaking of this, he sighed, and knew the reason in his heart.

The abolition of the prince is a major event of the imperial court, and the emperor went to Rehe like this and hunted with Mongolian officers and soldiers, obviously not for the interest of hunting in the winter, but to find an excuse to give the Mongolian kings, Beile, Beizi, Gong, Taiji and other silver coins to saddle horses, showing the grace of the imperial court.

Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother didn't look like he heard the wind, the sixteenth elder brother whispered: "I just got the news that Liang Jiugong's minion has been detained!" ”

Liang Jiugong is the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, and he has always been the most decent chamberlain before Kangxi, how could he be detained?

The seventeenth elder brother knew that the sixteenth elder brother warned himself not to appear too happy, for fear that someone would be unhappy and would look at him as an eyesore.

The seventeenth elder brother looked at the sixteenth elder brother with a suspicious face and asked, "Is this ...... Which brother is going to be unlucky...... I really can't see that this minion has always smiled at everyone, and he has this guts......"

"It's not just Liang Jiugong, but also Guo Shouyi, Zhang Jinchao, Zhang Yifeng, and Wei Zhu, all of them are not left behind! In addition to the brothers having a hard time, I'm afraid that Huang Ama is really annoyed this time! The sixteenth elder brother took the teacup and took a sip, but his tone couldn't help but bring out a bit of schadenfreude.

Except for Wei Zhu, who is younger, the others are the leaders and eunuchs in the palace, and they are used to being powerful. is the princess, and in the early years, she also had to go to these places. Therefore, the Sixteenth Elder Brother will be like this.

The seventeenth elder brother was stunned for a while, and then asked, "Is this ...... What's going on? Even the most popular starlings can't move these people! What kind of crime made Huang Ama move his liver and dispose of these old people in the palace? ”

"Haha, the crime? That's not simple, embezzling the silver saved by the three houses of Yong'an Hall and Jixiangmen over the years, since the forty-one years to the present, a total of more than 8,000 taels! Brother Sixteen replied with a smile.

I can't help but laugh at him, a few leaders and eunuchs in the hall, in addition to their own money, the rewards of the palace masters' New Year's Festival, which year can't leave a thousand taels of silver, and it takes several people to use more than ten years of hard work to embezzle thousands of taels of silver, isn't this a joke?

The seventeenth elder brother thought about this inconsequential reason, and said with a smile: "Sixteenth brother, although it is funny, it is also the old love of the emperor Ama and leaves them a way to live." If you really come up with some other crimes, I'm afraid that my surname will not be saved. ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "It's this reason, I can see it too!" Liang Jiugong was detained, Guo Shouyi and Zhang Jinchao were flailed three times, whipped 100, and sent to the weeding place of Wengshan, Zhang Yifeng whipped 100, and Wei Zhu was exempted. The penalties are very light! ”

The seventeenth elder brother thought about it for a while and said, "In this way, I'm afraid that Wei Zhu's slave is about to come up!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother agreed with his younger brother's opinion and said, "Hmm! But he's okay, he's never ostentatious, better than those old minions who don't smile! ”

"What about the outside? Which brother is involved? "Seventeenth Elder Brother still doesn't understand this matter.

The sixteenth elder brother stretched out his hand, shook it in front of his younger brother, flicked his fingers, and said with a smile: "Which brother is it, which brothers should be asked?" This year's New Year is not easy, except for the two of us who look at the excitement, the thirteenth brother who coaxes his son and enjoys leisure, the fourth brother who is pure and worships the Buddha, tired of mundane things, and the rest of the brothers, I'm afraid that no one is clean! ”

The seventeenth elder brother remembered that Eniang was in the current situation because of those brothers who tried to save the position and dump the prince, although there was no explicit order to enter the cold palace, but it was not good, and he hated it in his heart, and picked the corner of his mouth and said: "Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, God really has eyes!" ”

(To be continued)