Rehe, Summer Resort, Northeast, Puren Temple.

Together with the adjacent Pushan Temple, it was built by the princes of Mongolia in order to congratulate Kangxi Jiazi on his longevity.

Today, it is Cao Hao's Xiu Mu said, the sixteenth elder brother knew that he was out of service, so he pulled him here to worship the gods and Buddhas, which is considered to be complicated and simple. The seventeenth elder brother knew that Xin'er was born, so he followed.

Although the building here is in the form of a Han temple, there are lamas stationed by the imperial court, which are managed by the yamen of the Beijing Lifan Yuan, and the relevant reception personnel are of high grade. At present, it is not open to the people, it is very quiet, and there are only a few lamas walking around inside and outside.

In the main hall of the Heavenly King's Palace, there are six Buddha statues, Maitreya, Wei Tuo and the Four Heavenly Kings.

Although Cao Hao has always disdained the gods and Buddhas, but because of the rules and etiquette, he still put three incense sticks in front of the Buddha, and gave up fifty taels of silver to the temple, lit an ever-bright lamp, and prayed for his uncle Cao Quan.

Perhaps because of the new construction of the temple, the hall was filled with a strong smell of ink. The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother endured it, and when he was all saluted, they pulled him out.

It wasn't until he got out of the mountain gate that the seventeenth elder brother shook the fan in his hand and said, "It's not easy for these monks, and it's really choking to stay in this house." ”

The sixteenth elder brother also took a fan, closed it, patted his palms, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, they all eat meat, each of them has big shoulders and round waists, and their bodies can withstand it." This temple looks like a Han style, but the people who paint the Buddhist shrines inside invite Qinghai artists, who are used to using this thick ink. ”

The three of them walked towards the city, except for Cao Hao's little servant Xiaoman, Zhao Feng, the personal attendant of the sixteenth elder brother, and Wang He, the close attendant of the seventeenth elder brother, Wei Hei, Zhang Yi, and the guards of the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were all ten meters behind, following in twos and threes.

The villa was built, and the holy driver has not moved for half a month, and has been on the side of the villa. The two elder brothers were tired of visiting the villa, so they wanted to come up with the trick of "micro-service travel". They just touched the lip of the mouth, but the two elder brother's guards and entourage were worried.

Even when Cao Hao heard it, he couldn't help but persuade a few words. The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother didn't plan to pull him down, and they were worried that he would be removed, and everyone would have a good drink.

Cao Hao couldn't persuade them, so he had to say yes, except for Pushan Temple, he would only go to the market near the villa. This side is next to the garrison camp and the forward battalion, and there are more soldiers patrolling the streets, so there should be no major incidents.

Due to the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the common people were forbidden to enter and leave Shanhaiguan at will. Therefore, in addition to the old households of the banner people living on this side of Rehe, they are the house slaves who come to the houses in the capital to set up the shops, and the streets are full of shouts with a Beijing accent and Beijing flavor.

As far as the eye could see, there was a shop with the most pedestrians coming and going, and Cao Hao couldn't help but look at it with a little curiosity. There was no flag, only a big "gamble" word on the curtain of the house.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother also saw it, and the seventeenth elder brother took out two silver ingots from his purse, and said to the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao with a smile: "If my brother and Fu have the courage to gamble with me, not to mention anything else, it is designated to earn thousands of taels of silver steadily." ”

The sixteenth elder brother scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are greedy for money, you are greedy for money, what are you doing with Fu Ruo?" Do you think he's not enough to get the eye of others, so you have to send a pigtail over? ”

The seventeenth elder brother laughed twice and said in a low voice: "I heard that Brother Jiu has nothing to do recently, and he has not collected 10,000 hush money in his hand, but 8,000, and my younger brother is really a little red." ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said, "You are light, if Fu Ruo is seen by anyone, don't you still have to give up the silver to seal your mouth." ”

Cao Hao looked at the door curtain and listened to the little brother talking, and sighed in his heart. Who said that being an official is comfortable, and who said that the streets are full of gambling halls?

According to the "Great Qing Law", "all those who gamble money will be given eighty rods, and the stall will be in the property and enter the official", this is not the end, but also depends on whether there is a criminal record, and the flail is one month or two months. If it is a gambling official, the crime will be increased by one degree, and the emperor should be asked to ask for the crime, and the civil official will be dismissed from his post for the people; After the military attache is dismissed, there are other punishments. If you raise people and show off your talents to gamble, you must get rid of your fame.

The same is true of the Ji Yuan, if Cao Hao wants to see and see, he can only go to private prostitution. The streets are full of red sleeves, no matter how beautiful the girl is, no matter how nice the song, the door cannot be entered.

Seventeenth Elder Brother is just a mouthful, if he is allowed to go to the casino, he will not go. The group walked half the street, and when they were a little tired, they found a clean restaurant and went in.

Since it was not yet time to eat, there was only one table of guests in the restaurant, so Cao Hao and the others picked up the place next to the window and sat down. Xiao Er shook the rag, stepped forward to wipe the table, and said with a smile on his face: "What do you use, there are 'Wild Eight Immortals' that have just entered the store, the taste is just right, do you want to try it?" ”

"Wild Eight Immortals" is a famous dish of Rehe, which is made with eight kinds of raw materials, such as roe deer meat, pheasant breast, mountain rabbit, ground sheep, Shafeng chicken, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and green peppers, and is steamed in the old soup.

If it's someone else, you can't even order a try. But this dish, Cao Hao and they can't say that they can't see the sky in the villa, but they often eat it, and they really don't have any interest.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were a little excited, thinking that although they felt hungry, they really didn't know what to eat. After all, it's a hot day, and it's really greasy about these meats.

Cao Hao said to Xiao Er: "Are there any common foods, vegetarian ones, cold side dishes or something?" ”

Xiao Er glanced at the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother who were nourished white and tender, and knew which family's son-in-law came out to eat coarse food in the countryside, so he said: "This master can be regarded as asking, there is a buckwheat noodle river drain and buckwheat noodle bowl." If a few masters are afraid of the heat, use sesame oil fried green onion with sesame paste, minced ginger, garlic or something, and have a bowl! That's just a fairy who doesn't change when he comes! Paired with a few side dishes, two taels of Shandong soju, this gentleman is okay! ”

Cao Hao heard him lively, so he looked at the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother sitting opposite and said, "Let's order this?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother turned their heads and looked out the window, their expressions slightly mocking.

Cao Hao followed the line of sight of the two, only to see a few mule carts pulling lake stones gradually moving away, and occasionally the sound of the coachman shouting to give way.

The sixteenth elder brother retracted his gaze and asked Cao Hao: "Let's just take a bite, if Fu Ruo looks at it, it would be best if we could taste it." ”

Cao Hao only heard of these foods, and he had never tasted them, so he asked Xiao Er to serve three bowls of each of the river drains and bowls, and then four side dishes. Shochu? He pondered for a moment and asked, "Why don't you taste the wine from outside?" Although the taste is not as good as the inside, it is better because the taste is simple and strong. ”

The sixteenth elder brother said: "It's okay left and right, so naturally I want to try it." At noon, don't have more, save the gaffe, it's not good to meet the imperial history, everyone comes to two or two to meet the occasion! ”

Cao Hao asked someone to call Xiao Ergu to drink, and at this time, most of the room was already seated, and they were all escorts of the three people. They pretended to be casual, and faintly surrounded Cao Hao's position on their side.

These few of the Cao family are not counted, and the other princes are guarded by themselves, and most of them are with knighthoods. Not to mention half of these people here, one-third of them are higher than Cao Hao's current five-grade grade.

Although these people are not arrogant, they are all upright and angry, but now they can only listen to the arrangements of the two elder brothers and pretend to be ordinary people. Looking at the awkwardness of the place they sit, few of them were comfortable.

Cao Hao saw that the two princes had not made arrangements, so he whispered to Xiao Man: "I ordered it in the past, and I said that the dishes were enough, and I will count it in my account today." "The wine doesn't need his orders, protecting the two princes in the market, and these guards are also hanging their hearts.

Xiao Man whispered in the past, and several guard leaders hugged their fists at Cao Hao one after another.

Cao Hao couldn't help but touch his forehead, fortunately, the original table of guests in the hall was gone, if it weren't for the individual, he could see that everyone was in a group.

The seventeenth elder brother also saw that something was wrong, shook his fan and said, "I said a long time ago that I wouldn't let them follow, if there is a mess here, it will be a joke!" ”

Cao Hao thought of the carloads of lake stones just now, stretched out his hand, and said with a "eight" figure: "I heard that this person is cultivating a garden in Rehe, but Fang Cai is from their house?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother showed a hint of ridicule on his face, and replied: "That's not what you said, because I saw that the third brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother won the emperor's ...... When he got Amma's money, he also cultivated it. I want to follow the example of my brothers, and invite Amma to visit the garden. Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and said, "In addition to this, it seems that people have gone to the south to find a good woman!" The sister-in-law is strong, and he has few heirs, which is also his heart disease. In the capital, he didn't dare to release people into the house, put some in the garden here, can his sister-in-law still chase after him? ”

The seventeenth elder brother nodded while listening, and said with a smile: "He doesn't weigh his own weight, just because everyone flatters him, he thinks he is valuable." If nothing else, it's just this 'fear of guilt', which is enough to prevent Amma from seeing him! He didn't know it, which is ridiculous and lamentable! ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at the seventeenth elder brother with a smile and said, "Don't 'the old harrier fall on the pig', you can't see yourself black!" How did my brother hear that you released the two girls who served you earlier out of the palace! ”

The seventeenth elder brother's face turned red, and he muttered: "Brother is different, my brother really feels sorry for her!" ”

Cao Hao was beside him, but his heart was gradually heavy, the eighth elder brother chose a lake stone woman in Jiangnan, so that it would not be a member of the Li family, right?

(To be continued)