Chapter 1117: Lost Words

After paying a visit to the new governor and being left for meals, Wei De was worried. He heard his nephew say once before paying a visit, but he was not too surprised, but his expression was inevitably a little restrained.

Although I heard that Wen Jie and his sister had borrowed the power of the Cao family before, I didn't expect the relationship to be so close.

After all, there are many people in this world, and there are also many nostalgic people. The Cao family was an official in Jiangning in the early years, and the Wei family was a well-known gentry in Jiangning, so it was not surprising that the two families had old age.

Isn’t it just that I am the kindness that my brother Gu Nian tribe gave in his early years that he wanted to take care of his children?

Unexpectedly, Cao Yong not only looked at Wen Jie with a different look, but also took care of his uncle.

The governor was the host, and he was also asked to be a guest, and the Governor's cousin was accompanying him. Wen Jie followed the Governor's son to go to the inner house for dinner. The Governor's Mansion's family banquet, not to mention that he was a seventh-rank county magistrate, even the governor of Baoding Prefecture may not be qualified to be a guest of honor.

In fact, Cao Yong kept him half for Wen Jie and half for himself. He could not always be held in the Governor's Office, but always had to go down to see the local people's livelihood.

But only his eyes may not be comprehensive when he sees it for a moment.

Wei De has been in Mancheng for four years and the Ministry of Personnel's school examination was good, so Cao Yong wanted to learn more about local people's livelihood through him. But today Cao Song came here and didn't bother to talk about the other side. He was really just having a meal.

However, Cao Song heard that Wei De was from the Wei family in Jiangning and Wei Wu's cousin. He looked at him several times and said strangely: "When I was in Jiangning in my early years, my elder brother and I often went to the Wei family. Why haven't I seen you before?"

Wei De hesitated for a moment and said, "When I was young, I studied in my brother's private school. After I was twelve, I left the private school, so I went to the family less."

Cao Song was stunned when he heard this, and then understood the reason.

Wei De was born as a Jinshi. He thought he would start studying hard like other scholars since he was sensible. Wei Xin was a tyrant when he was young and was a troublemaker all day long. It would be strange if these two people played together.

"I have a fair relationship with Wei Wu, but I can still think about taking care of his room, Lord Wei Gao Yi." Cao Song glanced at Wei De and said with a smile.

It’s not his fault that he was too careful. It’s been more than half a year since the Wei brothers entered Beijing, and they haven’t heard of this relative in Zhili. When Cao Yong was promoted to the Governor of Zhili, he had an “benevolent” clan uncle.

It is really too despicable to be a clan member who is an orphan.

Cao Song has always been the one who can't get into the sand in his eyes, and he is the one who plots against his most respected brother, so he feels a little uncomfortable. Now he drinks again and speaks without hesitation.

Wei De was able to take the exam from a child to a Jinshi by his own strength, and was also very vivid in his position as a county magistrate. He was definitely not a nerd who was ignorant of the world.

After hearing Cao Song's words, he knew that he was doubting his intention toward Wen Jie.

His face turned red, but he raised his head, looked at Cao Song openly, and said loudly: "I dare not be the praise of General Cao Zhen, but I just made a little effort."

In fact, there is something else in this, but he is a scholar. Although he knows that the two brothers in front of him are people he can't afford to offend, he is unwilling to speak out for himself.

Although his surname is Wei, he has already given five slaughter with Wei Xin.

The Wei Xin family is one of the best gentry in Jiangning, but the Wei De family is poor, with only a dozen acres of thin fields passed down from his ancestors to live. When he was young, his father fell ill and sold several acres of thin fields, but it was not able to save his life. He left the orphan and widowed mother and left.

From then on, the mother and son made a living by Wei De's mother Yao's spinning and weaving cloth.

Although life was difficult, Yao had some knowledge and knew that the family had no permanent property. His son could only study and learn to read and learn to be famous and famous, so that he could start a family and start a career and no longer suffer.

Although there are private schools in the countryside, it is still difficult for them to fill their worries with their mother and son, so there is no spare money to buy a slaughter.

When I heard that the fifth young master of my family was going to enroll, my wife was picking up companions for the fifth young master, so Yao took her son to the Wei family.

Mrs. Wei had already agreed to others at that time. Although it was not easy for Yao's orphans and widows to be sympathized with, she just asked someone to wrap a few feet of cloth head and a few scattered coins of copper, and there was no intention of replacing people. After all, she was of the same clan and was not much higher than the servants' status, so she was unwilling to commit quarrels.

It was Wei Xin. Seeing that Wei De was honest and well-behaved, younger than him, he only said that he had a younger brother and wanted to go to school with this younger brother.

Mrs. Wei was the most doting son. Seeing that his son held Wei De and refused to let go, he really couldn't do so, so he allowed Wei De to study with his husband, not as a companion.

Later, Wei Xin grew older and became more and more naughty; Wei De studied hard and learned with his teacher's success.

Wei Xin thought he was bored and too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. Instead, the two of them were not as close to each other as they were when they were young.

When Wei Xin was thirteen years old and Wei De was twelve years old, Wei Xin refused to enter the school again, and the private school in Wei's house was disbanded.

Because of Wei De, Mrs. Wei has taken good care of Yao in recent years, and their mother and son are no longer so hard. The family also has spare money, which allows Wei De to continue his studies.

Wei De passed the imperial examination in the 56th year of Kangxi, but failed the imperial examination in the 57th year of Kangxi. He was not allowed to pass the third-level Jinshi in the 60th year of Kangxi. He was then appointed as the magistrate of Mancheng, Baoding Prefecture, and has been serving until now.

Although the Yao family is not from a wealthy family, they know how to be grateful and polite. They are grateful to the care of the Wei family, and are especially grateful to Mrs. Wei and Wei Xin.

As early as when Wei Wenjie and his siblings were sent back to Jiangning, Yao often took the opportunity to pay homage to Mrs. Wei to visit their siblings and sew shoes and socks for several children with their own hands.

When Wei Xin's bad news came, Yao felt more pity for the children of the Wei family. Although he was willing to repay his kindness, the two families had different backgrounds. The family also had children's grandfather and grandmother, so it was not her turn, the elder who had finished the fifth ward.

Then, Yao's son took office and became far away from Jiangning, and the local accent was easily heard.

It was during the Dragon Boat Festival that Wei De's uncle went to visit his sister and brother-in-law in the city. When talking about his hometown, Yao heard that Wen Jie and his sister were run over by the Wei family's large house and their family went to Beijing.

Later, Wei De ordered his eldest son to go to Beijing and register through the Shuntian Prefecture Juren, and then he found the residence of Wenjie and his sister.

According to Yao's original intention, he wanted his son to take Wenjie and his sister to take care of him in order to repay his early kindness.

But when Wei De heard his son's return, his brother Wen Jie had already passed the imperial examination. Now he went to Beijing for the examination. The Wei brothers and sisters have bought houses and settled in the capital. Several brothers and sisters followed their adoptive mothers and lived a wealthy life, and were taken care of by powerful families.

Wei De did not come to Beijing to pick up people, but only sent people to send letters to Wei Wenjie a few times, asking their brothers to prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Wei De was also hesitating in his heart, not knowing how to repay this kindness. If the Wei brothers and sisters lived a tense life, they would just give up some money; but their brothers and sisters did not lack money, so they could only find another way.

If you want to make a difference, he, a seventh-rank magistrate, was really powerless.

When Wenjie failed, Wei De remembered that there was another way, which was to take Wenjie to teach, in order to take him to the next exam. Therefore, he called Wenjie to Zhili on the pretext of lack of clerks in the yamen.

Unexpectedly, a kindness fell into the eyes of the powerful and powerful and ulterior motives.

"When I established my name, I sent Wenjie to come over. Wenjie was worried about the Wenzhi exam and delayed it until the winter moon." Cao Yong said to Cao Song: "If I had the intention of establishing my name, I would not enter the capital twice, and I would not be at home. The world is so big, there are many villains who like to be a sect, and there are also many kind-hearted and gentlemen who value loyalty."

When Cao Song heard the first sentence, he knew that he had misunderstood.

Cao Yong's order to be promoted to the Governor of Zhili was issued in early October. Not to mention Wei De, a seventh-rank magistrate, was the Cao brothers, one in front of the imperial court and the other in Jingtang, and he had never heard any noise before.

He was ashamed, stood up, bowed to Wei De, and said, "It is me who judges a gentleman with a careful heart. Here I apologize to Brother Liming!"

Wei De didn't expect Cao Yong to break the window paper, nor did he expect Cao Song to bow and admit his mistake. He quickly stood up, avoided the seat, and said, "I really don't dare to take it. Master Zhongzhen asked him to get up..."

However, Cao Song did not allow him to avoid him, so he bowed to him, then straightened his waist and said embarrassedly: "I am used to seeing everyone in the capital, and I am confused by the fact that no one looks like a good person!"

Wei De couldn't say anything. Cao Yong asked a few questions about Jiangning before the atmosphere gradually eased.

After Wei De left, Cao Song rubbed his hands and said to Cao Yong: "Brother, I said the wrong thing and offended someone."

Cao Yong sighed and said, "If you talk again in the future, think twice and don't leave any room for nothing. Wei De is a gentleman, so it's fine if he speaks openly. If he is really a scheming person and is exposed in public, he doesn't know how he will be jealous of him! He is a gentleman who is open to interacting with others, and he is certainly worthy of respect; shameless villains are inevitable, and even if he can't see them, he still has to socialize. Throughout history, many gentlemen have fallen under the attack of villains. If you feel that you can't stand it, it's better to go to the office quickly to avoid suffering and let us be sad."

Cao Song was ashamed and lowered his head and said, "It was my younger brother who was so arrogant. He just wanted to drink a few more cups of wine on his elder brother's territory, and his words became presumptuous... After a lesson was learned in the future, he would never dare to..."

Inn, Wei De's room.

Seeing Wenjie come back with a big bag, Wei De was stunned.

"It was all prepared by my uncle Shi. This is the ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum for my uncle, this is the jewelry and materials prepared for my aunt, this is the inkstone for my uncle, the two boxes of lake pens for my cousin, and the purses for my two sisters..." Wen Jie said in a low voice.

Because the uncle of the clan came back first, Cao Yong and his wife ordered him to bring back the greetings.

It’s not that he was self-centered and received courtesy without asking his uncle’s intentions; but as a junior, he could only follow his instructions and had no room for more talk.

Besides, he also knew that it was because of his reasons that Cao Yong and his wife were prepared so well; if he pushed for it, he would seem ungrateful.

Wei De looked at these things and waved his hand for a while, saying, "I understand, it's getting late, you can also place it early..."

When Wenjie left, Wei De was on the kang but couldn't sleep.
Chapter completed!