Chapter 1325 Reunion

Returning from Tongzhou to Beijing, there are official roads all the way.

When passing vehicles, officials and their families are inevitably accompanied by their families. Chu Yu was riding a carriage with an internal carriage and a grade decoration of Heshuo Gege.

Most of the officials who meet are avoiding each other.

At this time, the hierarchy was very strict, and the carriage here showed that it was a female family member who was traveling, so there were no irrelevant people coming to camp. Only two outbound officials who were born in the Prince Chun Mansion came to meet him, recognized him as the chariot and horse of the princess of his Prince, flew off the horse, and rushed over to pay their respects.

When they got closer, the two saw Cao Yong in regular clothes again.

They often go to Prince Chun’s mansion to recognize Chu Yu’s carriage, and it is not surprising to recognize Cao Yong, the gentle prince.

Cao Yong was reluctant to say a few words of congratulations. Zhang Yi was quick and prepared to take Cheng Yi to come forward when he saw this.

The two were very grateful and watched Cao Yong and his team gradually drift away before turning around to Tongzhou.

Zhang Yi rode a horse and followed Cao Yong, saying, "Master, it seems that Tongzhou is still a good place to come rarely. He didn't send seven or eight of them when he came here."

Cao Yong smiled and said, "You are not afraid of being sent out when you are sent out, just don't take too much back."

Zhang Yidao: "The only master is afraid of receiving heavy gifts. Other officials in Beijing are eager to give away a penny and come back a hundred gold coins."

Cao Yong just smiled and said nothing, and even the capital officials had to separate people when they were poor.

Those with low ranks will be filial to the top, and their colleagues will be socialized and appeased their subordinates. In addition, the prices in the capital are relatively expensive, so there are not two officials who go to and from the pawnshop on weekdays.

A grade like Cao Yong did not have such concerns. The subordinates of the yamen had "three festivals and two lives" respected, the ice charcoal respected by foreign officials in Beijing, the local taxes when entering the warehouse, and the various legitimate reasons for receiving gifts and cashiers.

At this time, I am really not afraid of not receiving the gift, but I am really afraid of heavy gifts.

If you give a gift, you must ask for something. If you accept it, you must take responsibility. If you refuse to offend others.

The career is dangerous, and who knows which "little stone" can affect the fall of the master of the ministry.

Like Zhang Tingyu, it is a way to just give gifts of more than 100 taels of silver. Like Cao Yong, no matter how much gifts he received, he would ask someone to give him a similar gift.

When the outside world talks about the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, some praises and some say sarcastic words.

It is nothing more than that the Zhang family is collectively called a rich man. The family has hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, and there is no shortage of money in official communication. It is also said that the two generations of the Cao family's father and grandfather run Jiangning weaving and save up large-scale industries.

After walking for a while, I saw a carriage parked on the side of the road. It was not like seeing a noble man giving in, but because there was something wrong with the horse being unloaded.

In addition to this broken carriage, there is also a mule carriage that looks rougher and should be prepared for the servants.

Outside the broken carriage were several servants and a middle-aged man in regular clothes, and a young man stood beside him.

Is this a carriage broken?

Zhang Yi knew that his master was not nosy, so he looked away.

However, Cao Yong squinted his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of the carriage, with a faint smile on his face.

The man seemed to notice someone looking at him and looked up in this direction.

At this moment, Cao Yong and his party were less than a familiar distance from the man. Even Zhang Yi and Cao Man could see that the man in front of him was kind-faced.

"It's Young Master Cousin..." Cao Man said in surprise.

The man also recognized Cao Yong and his party. He was stunned at first, then immediately rushed forward a few steps, approached Cao Yong's horse head, and greeted him with great tribute, saying, "Nephew... I have met Uncle Yong, please Uncle Yong..."

It turns out that what I met was not someone else, but Gu Na.

Cao Yong held back the reins of the horse, turned over and dismounted, and personally helped Gu Na up.

The handsome young man back then had become a middle-aged man.

He is just a few years older than Cao Yong, but now he looks like he is more than ten years older.

Although I had already known that Gu Na would go back to Beijing to meet him, Cao Yong was still feeling a little excited when he saw Gu Na. He nodded and said, "I am safe, are Yurong safe too?"

"Yurong" is Gu Na's name, given by his mentor and father-in-law Cai Shengyuan in his early years, meaning "rich and generous".

Gu Na nodded without hesitation and said aloud: "Thank you uncle, your nephew has lived a good life and is very happy."

Due to the small bumps and displaced, his fate was very difficult. In his early years, Gu Na often looked depressed between his eyebrows and eyes, and because of his frequent frowning, he had deep "Shu River pattern" and looked lacking in vitality.

After being exposed for a few years, although he was tanned, his body was strong and slightly rich. The "Shu River pattern" between his eyebrows was much lighter.

The temperament that the whole person exudes has changed a lot from the previous one.

Cao Yong let him go twice and knew the freedom of "the sky is high and the emperor is far away". Even if the government is complicated and he needs to bear great responsibilities, he felt relieved even if he was tired from the court center and the struggle for power.

I missed his life for half a long time and finally lived a happy life, and Cao Yong was also happy for him.

Cao Yong looked up, looked at the hesitant young man not far away, and said to Gu Na: "Is he back with his wife and children?"

In the early years, Gu Na had a personal relationship with Cao Yong and visited him occasionally, but what he revealed to the world was that Gu Na wanted to cling to the Cao family.

After all, one of them is affiliated with the prince and the other is determined to be a pure minister. They have different ideas and will not make plans for each other.

Therefore, Gu Na's wife, Cai, and their children have never visited Cao's family to ask for peace.

The reason why Cao Yong believed that the boy was Gu Na's son was because the boy's appearance was somewhat similar to Gu Na when he was young.

After hearing Cao Yong's question, Gu Na realized that he was excited and forgot to introduce his son to Cao Yong, and hurriedly said, "It's his nephew's eldest son Boping. His mother-in-law is old and misses his daughter and granddaughter. The nephew takes them to Beijing for a few more people to get together." After that, he turned around and greeted the boy.

"Brother Ping is your father's cousin, your cousin, why don't you come forward and pay your respects!" Gu Na said loudly.

Gu Boping stepped forward as he said, lifted up his clothes without hesitation, and knelt down on the ground. He saw the gift of this "cousin" whom he met for the first time: "The grandson has met his cousin, and the grandson asks him for his cousin***."

Although he saw Cao Yong for the first time, he could already know who this person was when he heard the three words "cousin"?

He is the grandson of the Gu family's grand aunt, the Minister of Revenue, and the second-class uncle Cao Yong.

Gu Na never concealed his origin in front of his family. The Gu family was the leader of the Shilin family in Jiangnan, the Gu family's decline, and the youth of losing their father and marrying their mothers and being taken care of by the Cao family.

Gu Boping heard it all in his ears and remembered it in his heart.

As for why the two families were alienated in their early years and had several internal affairs, Gu Na couldn't explain it in detail to a child, only saying that it was different political views.

Gu Boping seemed to understand but not understand, but only felt that it was something vaguely.

When Gu Na was demoted from the capital, Gu Boping was already in his teens and was already a half-year-old child. Not only did he remember things, but he also had his own judgment.

He knew that his father's fault was "the party's subordinate prince", and the reason why his grandfather slandered his reputation during his lifetime was that he "spoken the powerful and noble" and "frivolous and unrealistic", because his grandfather could not get entrusted by the Ninth Prince, he married a concubine's daughter to a disciple of the Ninth Prince as his wife.

Now, the clan had long been dismissed from office and the Cai family's concubine had already died of illness.

These are all things he heard, and he didn't dare to ask the reason in detail. He just realized what was going on in the past two years.

No matter what difficulties my father and grandfather have, they are just taking sides.

Because of the battle for the throne of the Nine Dragons, how many officials were involved.

It is reasonable to say that this cousin of the Cao family has alienated them.

However, even when the two families are alienated, can the uncle of the Cao family still give advice and care for his father without grudges, so that Gu Boping will not be truly grateful?

He was young and even if he tried his best to restrain himself, he could not hide the gratitude between his eyebrows and eyes.

Cao Yong reached out to help Gu Boping up, and he had to ask how old he was and what books he read.

Here, the uncle and nephew met, and Chu Yu received news in the carriage.

Just as Gu Na proposed to bring his son to pay tribute to Chu Yu first, Chu Yu had sent the woman over and reported, "Master, the wife said that it is inconvenient to treat her outside, but it is not cheap. Since the cousin brought the female relatives, she asked the female relatives to come and return to Beijing with the same car, so it is easy to talk on the road."

Although he was tactful, Gu Na didn't understand? This arrangement was just because their carriage was broken and they wanted to take them back to Beijing, but they were concerned about the face of their couple.

With such kindness, Gu Na only has gratitude, so how could he not appreciate it?

He sent his son over to pass the message, and two people got off the carriage, a woman led a little girl and a little boy got off the carriage.

The woman looked in her early thirties, wearing clothes that were not old and elegant, with an elegant and calm expression.

The little girl is only six or seven years old, she looks cute and pitiful; the boy is younger, only three or four years old.

Cao Yong's eyes passed by the woman, but he was a little surprised when he saw the little girl.

As far as he knows, Gu Na only has two sons and one daughter, his son lives in the last place and his daughter is in the middle. His daughter is not born at the age of one year. One of his two sons was born in the capital and the other was born in Gu Naren. Cao Yong asked people to prepare for the "100th anniversary" and "anniversary", so I remember these a little.

Now, how can there be an extra little girl?

At this moment, Cai had already brought his two children forward, obeyed her husband's instructions, and respectfully brought his two children to pay tribute to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong was able to receive the courtesy of Gu Na and his son, but he did not want the women and children to kneel in front of him, so he ordered the mother next to him to support Cai and take Cai and his two children to Chuyu's carriage.

Uncle and nephew have their way of greeting each other, and it is the same between women.

However, Chu Yu treats people gently, and Cai is from a scholarly family. The two of them are just speculative.

Cao Yong and Gu Na were both on the horse. Before Cao Yong could ask questions, Gu Na honestly explained the girl's origin.
Chapter completed!