On October 29, Cao Song left Beijing and returned to Jiangning, and Wu Sheng took a few long-term companions with him. Before this, Cao Hao had asked Wu Sheng and Cao Yin for an explanation when he sent him out. Because, when Cao Song left a book for his uncle and entered Beijing, there was only one person by his side, and Wu Sheng was ordered by Cao Yin to chase Cao Song behind.

Wu Sheng has been an errand boy by Cao Hao's side for two years, and his surname is not as frizzy as before, and he has become more and more calm. Don't talk about this, it's just the few long entourages who came with him, looking like people with big shoulders and round waists, like brave warriors.

Although it is true that Cao Song is the little master, but Wu Sheng and several strong men came on the orders of the head of the family, even if they can't tie Cao Song back to Jiangning, they shouldn't watch him find bricks and shoot Seshtu? If someone really died, not to mention that Cao Song would be sued, even if they were escorted, they would inevitably be punished by the Cao family.

Sure enough, Cao Hao was not wrong, but Cao Yin's order was a little strange - let Wu Sheng and them chase Cao Song back; If he can't chase him back, he will wait by Cao Song's side and escort him to Beijing; If there is anything that can't be solved, let them go to the Fujin of the Pingjun Palace.

It seems that as an adoptive father and uncle, Cao Yin is also dissatisfied with Seshtu, otherwise he would not let his nephew go to Beijing like this.

Cao Hao sent his younger brother out of the city, and carefully instructed two more sentences. Now, Cao Yin is old, and there are many things in the mansions on both sides that Cao Song needs to contribute. Although he was noncommittal about his entry into Beijing this time, he still had to persuade him a few words about his reckless surname.

Cao Song is also a lot more sensible, he is unambiguous, and he has already spoken with solemnity. However, after answering, he also said with a little hope: "Brother, it's better to ask someone to make some money and adjust the shortage in Jiangnan." When the time comes, it will be better for the family to get together than to stay for two times. Even the uncle and aunt also specified that they wanted their grandson. If we can't stay in the south, even if we move back to the capital, we must always be together as a family! ”

Cao Hao is an official in a different place, and every time he thinks of his parents who are far away in Jiangning, he is also relieved. Hearing Cao Song say this now, he couldn't help but be moved. At present, the matter of the "two abolished princes" is about to come to an end, and the future battle for the heir, as long as it is not related to the unlucky eighth elder brother and the reckless fourteenth elder brother, it should not be difficult to mix with the Yongzheng Dynasty safely.

If you mix the six departments and be a Beijing official, then it is really idle. Cao Hao pondered in his heart, but to be honest, he can't be idle in Yizhou now, and his only regret is that he can't be with his family.

Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded at his younger brother: "Well, what the second brother said is true, I will take a look in the capital these days, if I can have a chance, it is really a great good!" ”

Cao Song was very happy when he saw that he was moving his brother. Cao Hao remembered something, slowly smiled, and asked, "Where did you hear about the news of Jueluo Mansion?" ”

Cao Song scratched his head and replied, "In the letter! Seeing that Cao Hao didn't understand, he said in a few words that the people in his house had written a letter to him, and inadvertently mentioned the matter. He was even annoyed when he said that, and he only hated that he knew it late.

Cao Hao knew what to expect, sent him to set off, and instructed Wu Sheng and others to protect him.

Back in the city, Cao Hao first went back to the house to change his official uniform, and then urged the horse to go to the household department. The budget for next year's budget of the Yamen of the Shandong Political Department has been sent to the court officials for three days, and it is okay anyway, and it seems that it is more responsible to put on some "tolerance" appearances.

When he was about to arrive at the [***] city tower, Cao Hao heard the noise in his ears, and looked up, it turned out that there was a circle of people in front of the yamen of the military department not far away, clamoring and not knowing what he was doing.

This piece, with the [***] city tower as the center, is a slip of yamen on the left and right sides, and it is strictly forbidden to be noisy, why has it become a vegetable market now?

Cao Hao was a little curious, reined in the horse's reins, looked over there and looked carefully, but he couldn't see it really. When the horse approached two paces, he heard someone counting in the noise: "Forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one...... "With the sound of counting, it was the sound of whipping.

After sending Xiaoman forward to investigate, through the gap in the surrounding crowd, Cao Hao saw a middle-aged man in his thirties, naked and upper, showing the public in front of the yamen of the military department. Opposite him were two military officers, with whips, beckoning to him. Every time he hit, it was a bloody mark, and it seemed that his subordinates were using their strength.

The man was quite tall, and he was originally a brave warrior, but now he is not half angry. The two arms drooped a little strangely, and although the flesh and blood on the chest had been whipped to the flesh, the expression on the face was frozen, and the eyes were wooden, and I didn't know where to look.

Those who can be flailed outside the military department are all in the military, but they don't know what great sin this person has committed and has been tortured like this. Could it be that he was implicated in the "Second Waste Prince" case? Cao Hao remembered that he heard his brother-in-law mention yesterday that Qi Shiwu, the former secretary of the Criminal Department, was implicated in the "Tuoheqi Hui Drinking Case", and a few days ago he was "nailed to death with an iron nail to his five bodies on the wall".

Xiao Man was clever, and after a few moments, he had already inquired and understood. This man's name is Hakesu, and he is the leader of Jilin Wulazuo. In September, when the holy driver was besieging Jilin Wula, Haksu was ordered to follow the siege. As a result, a rabbit came out next to him, but he didn't see it, he still held the big flag, and he didn't know what to do, and he happened to be seen by Kangxi.

Jilin Ula is where the former Haixi Jurchen Ula Department is located, and it is a world enemy of the Jianzhou Jurchen where Nurhachi is located. After decades of fighting, he finally surrendered to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

It is also this Haksu who is unlucky, perhaps because he is not good at bumping into Kangxi. Kangxi, who has always been generous, actually made a big fuss, blaming the negligence of Hakesu as the negligence of the entire Jilin Ula people, thinking that it was the vice of the people of Wula. In addition to ordering the Ula people to be summoned and beaten with a cane, he also ordered Haksu and his wife to be escorted to Beijing to serve in the Baoyi Banner. In addition to recovering all the money and food he received on errands over the years, Haksu himself was also shackled for three months and whipped one hundred.

It's really "a tragedy caused by a rabbit", Cao Hao listened to it, and he really couldn't laugh or cry. Although he also lamented that this man was unlucky, this was an internal contradiction among the Manchurians, and Kangxi didn't think about it arbitrarily. It is estimated that it is through this trivial matter to knock and knock those Manchurian officials outside the Guan, don't forget whose slaves they are.

When you're in a good mood, be closer, and when you're bad, you can't bear it at all. In Kangxi's eyes, this world is his own world, whether it is a Manchu minister or a Han official, but they are all his servants who control his fate.

The enthusiasm that wanted to persuade Cao Yin to enter Beijing was half extinguished in an instant. Cao Hao once again warned himself in his heart, don't be complacent for a while, the little tail is cocked, and he forgot the phrase "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger".

Like this Haksu, he is just a small military attache of the fifth grade, how many people dare to defy the imperial power? Maybe it's because of the first time I'm on an errand in front of the palace.,I'm a little nervous.,I didn't notice that there were rabbits around me and couldn't be prepared.。 But when the emperor was in a bad mood, not to mention that the top was gone, the whole family was also implicated.

Cao Hao was a little depressed in his heart, turned his horse's head, passed the [***] city tower, and went to the household department.

Although he was wearing a four-grade supplement uniform, the officials of the household department all recognized him, where would they put a Beijing official on his shelf? Shang Shu Mu Helun and Shilang Ta Jintai heard that the county lord Cao Hao was waiting for the official document of the household department, and Gu was very enthusiastic to greet a few words.

Unfortunately, a few days ago, when the Shandong Division handed over the Shandong Political Secretary's money and grain budget for next year to the Tang Guan, neither of them was there, and it was a Han servant who took it, and today it was just a day off.

Cao Hao was trying to stay in the capital for a few days to see if he could find clues about the tragic death of Ning Chun's father and son, although there was a slight hint of urgency on his face, but in his heart he wished that he could delay for two days.

Tong Mu Helun and Ta Jintai had a few more gossips, and then Cao Hao left the household yamen and did not go to the Fujian Division to visit his former colleagues. After all, it was morning, and when the ministry was busy, it was not good for him to interrupt in the past. In the end, it's just drinking and catching the wind, and he is not very proper in the filial piety period.

Although the emperor should not be too close, he should not fall behind when it is time to offer his loyalty. I heard that the governors of the distant provinces have begun to have some people on the fold, asking to enter Beijing after the year to congratulate them on their birthdays. Next year is Kangxi Jiazi's birthday, and the Ministry of Rites has begun to arrange a series of ceremonies for next year, and King Chunjun has also begun to get busy.

Please An excerpt was handed over three days ago, I don't know if it was approved? Thinking like this, Cao Hao entered the palace and went to the guards to inquire about the news. It just so happened that Fu Erdan, the minister of the guard, was on duty, and he was about to send someone to deliver a letter to him, but he asked An Jiezi to approve and send it back.

Fu Erdan had known Cao Hao for a long time, and knew that he was a close friend of his niece-in-law Wanyan Yongqing, and he was closer to him than before.

Cao Hao also had doubts in his heart, and he wanted to find a good minister to ask carefully, and it was also very desirable to meet Fu Erdan.

That is the position of the third-class Qianqing Palace guard on his body, which is still hanging and has not been withdrawn, and the waist card or something is also there, is this not appropriate? Earlier, when I was on an errand in the household department, it was good to say that I was in the capital, but I just received more money and food, which was also long live grace; It's been nearly a year since I've been released from the foreign office, and there are no other arrangements on the guard side.

The reason why I only remembered this now is not that Cao Hao coveted the money and food of the third-class guard, but that he didn't expect this when he left Beijing at the end of last year, after all, the third-class guard is already a vacant position, and it does not need to be handed over like a household errand.

Fu Erdan listened to Cao Hao's words, and was silent, and after a while, Fang smiled and said: "Fu Ruo, this is not to worry, it must be the grace given by the Lord Long Live in Ling Zun's affection." Although there is no precedent, for the old minister Enmeng, the lack of a third-class guard is nothing. Although the grade is not high, it is still much more convenient to act. It's like handing over An Excerpt this time, if you don't have the identity of this guard, how can you have this qualification to guard the road in other places? However, if Infu has the identity of the county lord, this is not needed. ”

Cao Hao listened to this, it seems that his false position was not arranged by the guards. Well, when he first transferred from a military position to a civilian position, his grade was one level lower, so Kangxi was kind and let him receive two portions of money and grain, I don't know if the emperor forgot about this little sesame thing, making Cao Hao a courtier who ate three cents of food.

Please Ann fold the royal pen Zhu Criticism, more than a dozen words "I am safe, do errands with heart, and be diligent". According to the rules, after taking a look at these Cao Hao, they have to be sent back for filing, and they can't be taken away.

It seems that he will not be summoned. couldn't tell the reason, Cao Hao was faintly disappointed.

* Out of Donghua Gate, Cao Hao has nothing to do, 26 people go to Pingwangfu, 27 people go to Chunwangfu, other people's families, not close relatives, because in the filial piety period, it is not good to enter the house. On the side of the Thirteen Mansions and Prince Yong's Mansion, Cao Hao sent housekeepers to ask for peace in two places for him.

However, he didn't come to the door, but the thirteenth elder brother was worried about him and sent the steward to Cao Mansion to invite him. I heard that Cao Hao went to the household department, so he went to the household department to look for it, but it diverged again. At the intersection of Donghuamen Road, I met a positive one.

When I arrived at the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, the Thirteenth Elder Brother was already waiting in the front hall a little impatiently and was walking around. Seeing Cao Hao enter the door, his eyes lit up and he stepped forward quickly.

Cao Hao saw that his face faintly showed a little ecstasy, and he was a little flattered in his heart, could it be that he weighed so much in the heart of the thirteenth elder brother, how could he see himself and make him so excited?

The thirteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao and didn't speak, but looked behind him and asked, "You came by yourself?" ”

Cao Hao was asked inexplicably, even if he brought someone here, it was not easy to follow him to the living room, so he was naturally led to the side hall by the steward to wait.

The thirteenth elder brother didn't understand Cao Hao, stomped his feet, and said, "Where's the tea?" Didn't bring tea? ”

I really don't complain that he is anxious, he is a tea lover, and he is drinking the tea here in Yizhou. I don't want to know which palace's Yizhou tea flowed out, so that the powerful people in the capital who love tea know that there is this good thing.

The thirteenth elder brother is an unlucky prince, in a state of retirement, although outsiders are not good to come to the door to beg, but like the Zhaojia family, Marhan, who is retired and pensioned, has put on a father-in-law's shelf, so that people have come to beg him several times.

Cao Hao understood the reason, and said to the thirteenth elder brother with a smile: "Thirteenth master, don't say that this time it was because of the 'errand' that rushed to Beijing, even if it was carefully prepared, there was no tea!" The winter tea in the tea garden over there will be picked in November, and the thirteenth master will endure it again, and Zhuangzi will send new tea in another ten days and a half months! ”

The thirteenth elder brother sighed with a little disappointment, pointed to the chair in the hall, asked Cao Hao to sit down, and called someone to bring tea.

Picking up the tea bowl, the thirteenth elder brother lifted the lid of the bowl, looked at the few tea leaves floating inside, and lost the interest in drinking tea. He glanced at Cao Hao, only then did he notice that he was wearing a four-grade white goose supplement suit, and joked with a smile: "What a young Dao platform!" Other people's families are afraid of touching the moldy head, what else is there to be afraid of? If you don't come to the door with filial piety, what? When you become an official, you also abide by the rules? ”

(To be continued)