After visiting Cao Yi at Jueluo's house, when Cao Hao returned to the mansion, it was already dusk.

Outside the second gate, a carriage was parked, and Jinghui came out with the maid and the maid, and Xiyun and Xicai sent it out. Cao Song followed behind, his expression a little sneering.

Seeing that it was Cao Hao, Jing Hui leaned down and said, "Cousin! ”

Cao Hao looked at the sky and asked, "Where is this going?" ”

Jinghui bowed her head and replied, "Grandmother told the housekeeper in my cousin's house to take me to the old house on the other side of the newly opened alley." ”

The mansion of Dong E's family in the velvet alley has been seized, and Cao Hao knows it. It's just that how to let Jinghui a little girl go over, Cao Hao was a little puzzled and asked: "Even if you want to go over, you don't have to be so anxious, it's not too late to wait for the old lady to come out." ”

Jing Hui raised her head, her eyes were already red, and said, "Cousin, I heard that my grandmother has come back from the yamen, so I went to the Xinkai Hutong first." Although I didn't ask my sister to come over today, how can I let go of living here like this! ”

It's out! Cao Hao was a little surprised, this is a knock case, and the case was closed in only two days, so fast.

Although I want to know how to decide the case, the people involved in the case are all Jinghui's close relatives, and it is not appropriate to ask this in front of a little girl. Therefore, Cao Hao nodded and said, "In this case, you should go over to serve earlier, and persuade and persuade well, so as to save the old lady from feeling aggrieved." ”

Seeing Cao Song wearing clothes to go out, Cao Hao glanced at Cao Song with a little doubt. Cao Songhan laughed twice, and without waiting for him to open his mouth to inquire in detail, he took the initiative to say: "Sister-in-law can't send it in person, so I specially instructed that I would let my younger brother send it on behalf of my brother and sister-in-law, and by the way, I will take a look at what needs to be taken care of in the house over there." ”

Cao Hao listened, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since this is the case, take a few people to follow well, and if you need to ask for a doctor, take the name of our house." ”

Cao Song responded one by one, and Cao Hao saw that it was not early, so he waved his hand and let Jinghui get into the carriage.

Jinghui wanted to open her mouth to thank her, but she felt that these words were fluttering, and it was really tasteless to say them, so she leaned over and helped her mother-in-law to get into the carriage.

When the carriage went, Cao Hao entered the second gate with Xiyun and Xicai and went to Wutong Garden.

didn't see Chu Yu, Cao Hao was a little uneasy, and asked Xiyun and Xicai, both of whom said that Gege was fine, but his body was heavy and he was lying on the kang.

Cao Hao was a little relieved, but this was not the case.

Chu Yu was fine at noon, but when he was walking around the yard in the next morning, his feet slipped a little. Although Xiyun was holding on to him, he was still a little shocked by the baby in his belly, and he had abdominal pain. I asked the imperial doctor to come and take a look, and I prescribed two pairs of fetal pills, which were raised on the kang at this time. Therefore, Jinghui wanted to leave, so she didn't come out to send it off, but only called Xiyun and Xicai to send it on her behalf, and called Cao Song again, and told him to follow and take care of one or two.

Afraid that her husband would be worried, Chu Yu instructed a few of the waiters in the courtyard and asked them to ask for a doctor's visit to the house. Therefore, Xiyun and Xicai did not say anything.

* Penal Department, Prison.

Kali wore prison clothes and knelt on the ground. After only two kung fu, he seemed to be ten years old, and his gray hair was scattered. Where is there still the shadow of a feudal official, no different from an ordinary old man.

Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu came in person, pronounced Kangxi's dictation, and the jailer who followed him held a glass of dove wine in his hand.

When Kali Mudi listened to it, he couldn't see the joy or sorrow, but when he heard "Serqi and Gandu were beheaded and sentenced to be executed after the autumn", his body suddenly withered.

Although everyone has disposed of it in the holy decree, "the family property has been merged into the official", but there is no placement of the Jue Luo clan. Kali raised his head, his eyes cloudy like a dead fish, and muttered, "My forehead ......"

The matter has come to this point, although there is nearly 60 years of mother-son relationship, but the word "Eniang" is nothing to say.

He paused and said, "Dare to ask the two adults, old lady, how is the Holy Will settled?" ”

Seeing that Kali was so embarrassed, Lai Du also felt a little sad in his heart. I think that when the Kali scenery was in its prime, he was the head of the world's governors, and he was really a great minister of the Son of Heaven. So far, it is said that he was dismissed because of the mother murder case, looking at the attitude of Kangxi and the eighth elder brother, Lai Du can also think about the reason in his heart.

He sighed and said: "According to investigation, the old lady has one or two old houses in Xinkai Hutong, which is the property of the dowry back then, and the house over there is not confiscated, and the old lady is a place to retire." ”

Xu is a man who is about to die, and his words are also good, and at this point, there is no resentment in Kali's heart. Hearing the word "dowry", he remembered the property in the name of Jinghui's mother, and raised his head and said: "My lord, the brother and daughter-in-law of the guilty minister have a land village in their name, which is also the property of their dowry during their lifetime, not the public property of my Dong E's family. ”

Lai Du shook his head and said, "Lord Ka, the old lady also asked about the Zhuangzi, but the Zhuangzi let Mrs. Ling transfer the ownership a few days ago, and now it has been confiscated. ”

When Kali heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, it was really unpleasant to retribution. After calculating the deceased's inheritance, he will go underground to plead guilty.

There was silence in the cell, and Lai Du waited for a long time, and he didn't see Kali speak again, so he coughed and asked, "Lord Ka, do you need to ask someone to give you a ride!" ”

The so-called "send" is just a nice way to say, after all, the holy decree is "suicide", and he must commit suicide before he can reinvent the decree. But if the offender is afraid of death, the official who delivers the decree can't wait all the time, so he has to let someone "send" it.

Kali has been a priest for more than 40 years, and I still don't understand the key to it. He raised his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, and when the guilty minister has thanked God, he will go on his way." So saying, he bowed three times to the northwest, and then took the dove from the jailer's hand.

It wasn't until the moment he took the cup that he was really afraid, his hands trembled, and he said to Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu: "It is difficult to be a clean official, and it is easy to be a corrupt official, but it is the sky net that is restored...... No one ...... Can you escape ......" said, his face full of sadness, and he tilted his neck and drank the dove wine in his hand.

Seeing Kali fall to the ground and convulsions, Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu couldn't bear to look at it anymore and retreated to the prison. After the tea was over, and the voice of the Kali could no longer be heard, Lai Du sent his jailer and his servants in for an autopsy.

One time later, the jailer came out with him, and the returning prisoner had already committed suicide.

Lai Du sighed, waved his hand, called the cell boss over, told him to go to the women's prison, and ordered Kali's wife to ...... from death on Taijichang Street, Lianbeile House.

Because he will be out of the city in the early morning tomorrow, the eighth elder brother will be settled early, but he can't sleep if he wants to.

Kangxi's handling of the Kali case, he has already heard from him, but he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh. I knew that the imperial father would have another "grace", and I would not rely on the judgment he gave.

It's just, Huang Ama, the son's heart, do you know?

"Hundred virtues and filial piety come first, and all evil silver is the first", you can govern the country with "benevolence and filial piety", why don't you believe that your son can also be filial and respectful?

He was stunned in a daze, and it wasn't until the sound of the second watch came from a distance that he fell asleep............ The eighth elder brother couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, and raised his head, surrounded by people...... The eldest brother is here, the second elder brother is here, the other princes and elder brothers are here, the ministers of the interior, Shangshu, all of them, each of them is a familiar face.

The eldest brother's face was like frost, and he tilted his chin and sneered: "Why am I imprisoned, eighth, tell me about it?" Where did the Taoist priest come from, and who did the witch Gu trip? ”

The second elder brother's expression was even more hideous, and he pointed to the eighth elder brother and said, "Who can be the prince?" I was originally a king and a brother, and you were a minister and a brother, but I did disloyal things and had an unrighteous heart, is this the virtuous brother that everyone is vying for? ”

I heard all kinds of roars, like a mountain and a sea, and the eighth elder brother only felt a splitting headache. He tried to reach out and rub his forehead, but he couldn't move...... At this time, I heard a voice in the crowd: "Yinxi, as the prince's elder brother, is plotting to save the throne and murdering his own brother, and he is extremely disloyal and unjust, he should be executed by Ling Chi, and Ling Chi ......."

"Rip him, rip him......" echoed in the crowd and grew louder.

The eighth elder brother was so anxious that he said loudly: "I am the son of the Long Live Lord, who dares to touch me......"

The twitching subsided suddenly, and I saw the crowd parting left and right, making way out of the corridor, and one person walked in with a sneer, saying, "What about me?" I can't move ......"

For a moment, the eighth elder brother only felt his heart broken, and said sadly: "Huang Ama, ......"

At this time, I heard someone say: "Lord, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up......"

The eighth elder brother slowly opened his eyes, but he felt that his face was cold, and he reached out and touched it, but his face was full of tears at some point.

Bafujin Guo Luo Luo had already taken the lamp on the ground, returned to the kang, and said with a little worry: "Master, this is a nightmare? ”

Eighth Elder Brother sat up, wiped his face indiscriminately, and said, "Well, what time is it?" ”

Bafujin touched the pocket watch from under the mattress on the side of the kang and came out to look at it, and said: "It's the second quarter of the first month of the first month (half past eleven in the evening), and the master wants to rest for another two quarters of an hour, so he should get up now." ”

The eighth elder brother said: "Let's change clothes, we have to rush out of the city in a while!" ”

This time, with Hu Rehe, Bafujin also followed. She remembered the rumors she had heard years ago, squinted at the eighth elder brother and said, "I'm going, will it delay the good things of the master?" But I heard that the master also built a garden and wanted to hide the beauty of the house? ”

The eighth elder brother was still thinking about Fang Cai's nightmare, but he didn't know what the signs were. The dream of the capital is reversed, so the emperor Ama appointed him to follow the summer vacation this time, does he value him?

After tossing for half a year, the eighth elder brother really has no bottom in his heart, and he doesn't know what the imperial father's charter is. There was some fear in his heart, and there was a little expectation, and all kinds of tastes were mixed together, and it was indescribably gloomy.

Seeing that he didn't say a word of denial, Bafujin's face was a little ugly, and he snorted.

Only then did the eighth elder brother come to his senses and said blankly: "What's a good thing?" ”

Bafujin wanted to beat him again, but looking at his withered yellow face, he suddenly couldn't bear it, and said, "Hurry up and freshen up!" ”

She didn't continue to ask, and there was a reason. Although someone sent five Jiangnan women to the eighth elder brother, after asking someone to check, they knew that the eighth elder brother had transferred those to the ninth elder brother.

* Those who got up in the middle of the night, not only the eighth elder brother, but also the prince and elder brother, as well as civil and military officials, all had to rush out of the city from Xizhimen at Chouzheng (two o'clock in the morning).

If it's too late, when you miss the Xizhimen water gate switch, you want to get out of the city in a hurry, but you can't. They all have errands with them, who dares to eat leopard gall bladder, because they are lazy and delay their errands.

Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

Cao Hao has already risen, and Chu Yu has also followed. Originally, Cao Hao stopped her and wanted her to continue sleeping. It's just that after all, her husband is going to go far away, so Chu Yu can rest assured, so she naturally follows along.

Looking at Chu Yu's big belly, Cao Hao remembered that he went to visit Cao Yi yesterday, and said: "Calculate it, my brother-in-law only arrived in Beijing at the end of September last year, and Ping'er's pregnancy is almost the same as yours, but her belly is smaller." ”

Chu Yu remembered that the year before last, when she was pregnant with Tianyou, Cao Hao was worried about her big belly, and said with a smile: "It's the big child, the little child, I told the third sister earlier." The third sister is the first child, and it is difficult to give birth when she has a big belly. ”

Cao Hao finished grooming, changed into his official uniform, walked to Chu Yu's side, reached out and touched her belly, and said: "Whether it is a girl or a boy, this child seems to have weight, but he wants to compare Tianyou with the past, and it is estimated that he is ...... worse than Hengsheng" In the end, he couldn't say anything.

Hengsheng is born from abnormal fetal position and dystocia.

In this era, the fetus is too large or the fetal position is not in the right place, which is enough to kill the mother.

Cao Hao was afraid of scaring Chu Yu, so he changed his words and said: "Hengsheng can already sit and climb, let him climb on you, look at that kid's weight, don't tire you anymore......"

Chu Yu said with a smile: "When the forehead comes back, Hengsheng will be a lifetime, and when the time comes, he will be able to walk and learn to speak!" ”

Cao Hao listened to it and remembered Tianyou, the eldest son who was far away in Jiangning. Although in his father's family letters, Tianyou's recent situation is mentioned every time, but in the end, I can't watch him grow up by his side, I can't teach him to speak, and I can't say that I have no regrets in my heart.

Although Zhao Jia's family came back, he could also take care of Chu Yu, but Cao Hao was still a little uneasy, and said: "You are now heavy, so you can raise it in the house, it is serious to take good care of your body, and other trivial matters can be handed over, if you are not at ease, let Amethyst take the idea, don't be tired of yourself." ”

Chu Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Chu Yu knows the importance of it, and the heirs are always important." ”

Cao Hao listened, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "What are these words?" Where is a child more important than an adult? I don't worry about you in my heart, you must know that I can only rest assured if you are well. ”

Although there were no rhetoric, just two ordinary words, Chu Yu could hear his concern, his heart was very hot, nodded vigorously, and said: "Well, I know, I will take care of my body well, my forehead is outside, and the wind is blowing, so I should take care of myself." ”

This mentioned "the wind blows and the sun", and Chu Yu remembered that he had forgotten something. When Cao Hao came back last fall, his face was sunburned, so at the beginning of this year, Yu prepared a moisturizer for Cao Hao early. I knew that my husband didn't like the smell of pollen, so he made it specially and put it in two small porcelain boxes.

Cao Hao was very surprised when he saw this given by Chu Yu, and said with a smile: "This is for women, if I take it with me, so that others can see it, isn't it a joke?" ”

Chu Yu put the two small porcelain boxes into the package containing Cao Hao's change of clothes, and said with a smile: "This is just moisturizing, there is no fragrance, the grassland is said to be head and foot, and the forehead is fine, so as to save the sunburn on the face." When I came back last year, didn't I still shout that I was uncomfortable? ”

"Last year, it was out of tolerance, and I was in a hurry all day. This is an ordinary man, and every march is only three or four hours, and it is said that he can walk thirty or forty miles, which is also leisurely. Cao Hao said.

While talking, Xiyun had already set the table with the little girl. Although he didn't have much appetite for the third watch in the middle of the night, the next meal was in the evening, and Cao Hao still filled a lot.

This morning's bean paste bag put **, with a milky flavor, eating sweet and fragrant. Cao Hao ate a few, picked up his chopsticks, and asked Xiyun: "Go and ask the kitchen, if there is this, if there is, put a food box, put some cold cuts, and eat on the way." ”

Xiyun glanced at Chu Yu with a smile and said, "I still use my forehead to worry about this, Gege has already asked the slaves and maids to prepare." ”

Cao Hao turned his head and asked, "Since you have no energy these days, why are you still worried about these?" ”

Chu Yu just laughed and didn't speak. There was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, it was Amethyst who had arrived. Cao Hao saw that she was in better spirits, and his heart was a little calmer.

Because Chu Yu and Amethyst are both sick numbers, Cao Hao had to explain again and let these two recuperate.

After saying a few words, seeing that the time was not early, Cao Hao got up. Chu Yu still wants to send it, who dares to toss her in the middle of the night?

It was still Xicai and Xiyan who held Cao Hao's package, and together with Amethyst, sent Cao Hao out of the yard.

Although I should say a word to Zhaojia before leaving, it seems a little inconvenient in the middle of the night. Cao Hao was still hesitating in his heart, so he listened to Amethyst say: "Uncle, the second wife's yard is in charge of the lamp." ”

Cao Hao looked up, and there was a faint light coming from the Shao Courtyard.

In the upper room of the Shaoyuan, Zhao Jia's family was already waiting, and Cao Song was also there. He got up early, originally wanting to see his brother off in the front yard, but when he saw his mother holding the lamp in the yard, he came here.

When Cao Hao entered the house, Zhao Jia's family had to give some advice again, and finally explained that she was in the house, so there was no need to worry about the family......

(To be continued)