Chapter 657 "Confrontation" (Part 1)

Rehe, Chunwang Mansion Garden, front hall.

Yuanzhi did not sit down, but was sweating profusely, looking anxiously at the direction of the door. Hearing footsteps outside, he had already rushed to the door.

Seeing that it was Cao Yong, his eyes were already red. He took two steps forward and said anxiously: "Master Cao...Master Cao...Master Cao..."

In a panic, I don’t know what to call it.

Cao Yong entered the living room and asked, "Is someone here to your mansion?"

Yuan Zhi nodded, calmed his mind and said, "Well, I'm here. I've asked someone to keep an eye on the access control, but I didn't expect it to be the case. As Mr. Cao told me, I asked the old man if he came to find Qi Niang. If so, I would like to ask him to have tea on Fumanlou. Looking at him, I'm really looking for Qi Niang. I just said that I was afraid that Mr. Cao would swear to him, so I would only let Mr. Cao go over and not come out, and remanded my brother as a hostage."

Cao Yong was not interested in playing "single-sword meetings". His life was nothing to others, but it was precious to his family.

He took out a purse that had been prepared from his sleeve and handed it to Yuanzhi and said, "This is his daughter's old thing, I think he should recognize it. It is the small wooden sword that his daughter carved a few days ago. He told him that if he hurts your brother a hair, he will not expect to see his daughter in this life."

Seeing that Cao Yong was confident, Yuan Zhi also felt much more at ease.

Although from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Cao Yong could go home with him without saying a word, he also knew that no one was a fool. If the other party was anxious and caused an accident, no one could afford it.

He took the purse and asked, "Master Cao, is it Fumanlou? Although he is an old man, his hands and feet are very neat. What if he can't catch it outside?"

"It's not an enemy, it's just a misunderstanding." Cao Yong said.

Yuan Zhi packed his wallet, and seemed to understand it. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Cao, why are he good? He is targeting our family? What does it have to do with Aunt Yang and the others?"

A few days ago, after Yiduli discovered something wrong, he was afraid that the relationship would be serious, so he did not dare to hide it from Cao Yong and told him the truth.

Although the Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi brothers were involved for no reason and were quite innocent, Cao Yong felt very grateful.

If the other party directly finds Chunwang Mansion Garden, there are many female relatives here, and if they are disturbed again, causing trouble, Cao Yong will not know how to apologize.

With the Duke's Mansion in front of the country, it can be regarded as a buffering opportunity for Cao Yong.

Cao Yong is really a little afraid of those who don’t follow the common sense. The other party can act voluntarily, be excited and careless; he can’t let go of his hands and feet, and there are too many responsibilities to bear.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, this is also a folk old man.

Seeing Yuan Zhi ask, Cao Yong couldn't say that it was the servant of Yiduli's family who "dang the water from the east", so he said, "Maybe, I'm chasing my inner son's affairs and I've got the news and know that someone is following you."

After hearing this, Yuan Zhi said with some gratitude: "Fortunately, Mr. Cao was interested and told us in advance, otherwise he would anger that person and would not know what would happen."

The former playboy was growing up. Cao Yong felt a little embarrassed and coughed, saying, "Do you brothers want to live in the capital for a long time? Since you are old, why not get along with the title?"

According to the system of titles determined in the 23rd year of Kangxi, the father of the brothers, Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi, did not become the Duke of the Eight-point Supplementary Kingdom. One son was demoted to one level and the other sons were demoted to two levels.

The sects here refer to legitimate sons. If they are concubines, they will be demoted and given to them according to their status and rank.

The royal family's yellow belt and red belt are not only entrusted by parents after they are over 20 years old, but also can participate in the examination of the clan's mansion. It is nothing more than riding horses and archery. The level of the seal is also classified according to the position of the father and biological mother.

Yuan Zhi heard Cao Yong mention the title of "Qiu" and couldn't help but bow his head and said, "Before leaving the capital, my brother told Ama that he had told Ama. The stepmother was afraid that after his brother had a title, the position of the eldest son would become more and more reliable, so he used methods to persuade Ama not to ask for a title for us. My brother originally wanted to take me to take the exam, but Ama heard that, and stopped him and forced us to set off for Rehe immediately, otherwise he would sue our brother for disobedience."

Although the five fingers are long and short, they have not seen such bias.

Cao Yong was resentful, but he didn't know how to comment on other people's family affairs, so he said, "The Sixteenth Master had seen your brothers have a hard time before, and he specifically remembered it in his heart. After returning to Beijing, he mentioned it to Prince Jian. Seeing the meaning of his letter, the matter seemed to be a bit strange. The general meaning is that if your father did not ask for a title, he would arrange for your brothers to take the title exam. If you ride a horse and shoot archery, you two will practice first. The details were not explained clearly in the letter, and you will know it when the Sixteenth Master arrives in Rehe for a few days."

Yuan Zhi was stunned when he heard this and did not react for a while.

It is more appropriate to use this sentence for Cao Yong. Speaking of which, over the years, Cao Yong's purpose is mostly impure.

Cao Yong had no purpose in helping Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi brothers. He saw that they had a blind date and were in a difficult situation, but he was doing a lot of effort. Therefore, he did not intend to make a contribution and pushed all the contributions to the Sixteenth Prince.

Yuan Zhi had already understood and looked at Cao Yong unable to speak.

"I just happened to go out, let's go together." Cao Yong sighed in his heart, thinking that he had also envied the playboy life of Yuan Wei and the Yuan Zhi brothers.

How refreshing, heartless, and nothing to think about. I carried the cage and birds all day long, wandered around in Sijiu City, and saw the beautiful big girl and little wife, and looked like a rogue and teased her.

In fact, he was very happy to live such a life. He was just a human being for two lifetimes, and had a very familiar mind and thought too much, so he could not become crazy if he was young.

The two of them rode on horseback and walked side by side. Yuan Zhi was a little grateful and said, "Mr. Cao's kindness must be remembered in our hearts."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "What kind of kindness is not right? It's not accurate. Even if you have a correct letter, it's the Sixteenth Master's credit, and I dare not accept it."

Yuan Zhi had a bright mind and knew it in his heart that Cao Yong's words were specified here. Otherwise, the Sixteenth Prince would not mention the progress of the matter in detail in the letter.

However, Cao Yong was unwilling to mention this, so Yuan Zhi kept silent and felt more grateful to him.

When they arrived at the intersection, the two of them left each other. Yuan Zhi returned to his house, while Cao Yong went to visit his mother in the other courtyard.

Li sat on the kang, holding all kinds of gadgets in his hands. Most of them were played by children. They were collected by Cao Yong and Chu Yu before, just waiting to be distributed to the children.

There are also some bone carvings and other objects sent by Baoya.

Qi Niang sat by the kang, talking endlessly to Tianyou, and Hang Seng and her two stories about her previous experiences, such as those who were playing monkey tricks, those who were stilt-studded, and those who were holding bowls.

After hearing Tianyou and Hang Seng's relish, their eyes were already lit.

Vanilla sat on the small stool beside the kang, talking with Li while paying attention to the children.

However, in a few days, Qi Niang conquered both Tianyou and Hang Seng.

It’s not that Qi Niang can coax the child, but she can’t help but find another way. Seeing the two kids being naughty, she secretly took out two silver needles to scare people.

Although Tianyou and Hang Seng claimed to be young men, they were still afraid of taking medicine and acupuncture. In addition, they were used to being "in charge" by Niu Niu since childhood, so there was an extra sister here who could "climb the wall and "somestorm" and "somestorm". After a few days, they really became a little close.

This time they went north and came in a hurry, and the Master did not accompany him, but the Ren brothers followed him to the Rehe River.

The two little guys were eccentric. Seeing that Fang Qiniang seemed to be very powerful, they encouraged her to compete with the Ren brothers.

The Ren brothers did not work with the little girl seriously. They dealt with several rounds and tied.

When Tianyou and Hang Seng met, they felt more and more that Fang Qiniang was powerful and were willing to play with her.

When Li first arrived in Rehe, he was somewhat unbalanced in diet and unacceptable to the local environment because of the rushing road. He was afraid that his two grandsons would be naughty, so he didn't watch it. With Qi Niang as his helper, he also liked this little girl very much.

Speaking of identity, we cannot say that Fang Qiniang came from someone else's house in February, but only said that she was Wei Hei's relative.

Fang Qiniang was naughty in front of others, but in front of Li, she was very well-behaved. She looked at an ordinary child. She heard that she lost her mother since childhood, and Li was particularly pitying for her and asked people to prepare delicious food for her all day long.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, Tianyou and Hang Seng got up and climbed off the kang. Vanilla also got up and retreated aside.

"Sir, Father..." Tianyou raised his neck, and it was still so regular.

"Father..." Hengsheng pulled Cao Yong's sleeve, his little mouth broke into his ear, and he looked very happy.

Cao Yong touched their heads and met with his mother and vanilla. Fang Qiniang was already round and round. She approached Cao Yong and asked in a low voice: "Have the princess's injury been better? In addition to ginseng and chicken soup, you should also use some food to remove fire and clear the lungs, otherwise it will get hotter this day and get damp and heat accumulation, and you will have rashes."

"Well, the imperial physician said so, and he has used the new prescription in the past two days." Cao Yong nodded and said.

"Imperial Doctor..." Fang Qiniang's heart was alive when she heard this.

But she also knew that medical skills are mostly "private dishes" and are hidden. If it doesn't matter, who would be willing to teach others?

When Li saw his son, he was not limited to asking his wife about his situation, so he could only give him a few more instructions and ask him to eat more and make up for it. If he continues to clear himself like this, he will lose his vitality.

Tianhui did not come here, and was taken by Prince Chun Fujin.

When Vancao saw that they and their son were talking, she wanted to take Qi Niang to avoid it.

When Cao Yong saw this, he stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm looking for Brother Wei for something, and I'm going with you."

Because Li was here, Cao Yong was afraid that a "small girl" would come in and disturb his mother and children, so he asked Wei Hei to bring the Ren brothers to guard here.

Beside him, except for Xiaoman and Zhang Yi, the Cao Jia brothers and others.

"Let's go now..." Li was a little reluctant to leave when he saw it.

Cao Yong smiled and said, "I won't leave, I'll go back after dinner. Do we have deer tendons here? I want to eat braised deer tendons."

Li stood up from the kang and said, "Yes, Hang Seng loves to eat this dish. Yesterday I specially made someone to cook it for him. What else does he want to eat? I'll tell someone to tell the kitchen."

"The rest? I can't think of it for a while. If there are sausage meatballs, I will use that to make soup." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

Li nodded and said, "I know, I know, in addition to deer tendons, there is also vegetarian meatball soup... We ate shredded radish cakes this morning, and we also asked the kitchen to make some for you to taste the fresh..."

While talking, Cao Yong, Xiangcao and Qi Niang came out, and Li's side began to think about the recipe for supper.

After leaving Li's yard, Fang Qiniang grimaced at Cao Yong and said, "How old is he? He still has to act coquettishly with his mother. If you want to eat roasted deer tendons, meatball soup, etc., are you too embarrassed?"

"Qianniang, don't be rude to the uncle." Seeing her like this, Vanilla felt a headache and said with a stern face.

Qi Niang stuck out her tongue, but she was much more well-behaved.

Cao Yong remembered Mr. Fang Zhong and said to Qi Niang: "Children are parents' debts. When you get older, you will know. For the sake of your children, parents must not calm down and have endless hearts. Children should also know filial piety and please the elders if you have nothing to do."

When Fang Qiniang heard about her parents, she remembered her father, and smiled on her little face, and murmured: "There are some who are heavier than their children, Xinyi, etc. Even if she is a daughter, she can't rank in front of Daoyi..."

I remembered that my father threw herself in the capital to send her benefactor's son back to the south. Her little face was tightened and tears were about to come out.

Cao Yong just said casually, and saw that it made her feel uncomfortable, he said, "Don't be upset, maybe your father has already gone north and pick up his precious daughter."

Fang Qiniang lowered her head, kicked the stone on the ground, and said, "It's been half a year, I'll come early."

"The distance from Beijing to Fujian is far, and you have to give people a smooth journey," Cao Yong advised.

While talking, the group had already left the second gate and arrived at the cross-yard in front.

Wei Hei was not in the house. Just as Xiangcao was about to go out to find him, he saw Wei Hei rushing over and said to Cao Yong: "Just just about to send someone to the second door to pass a message. The young master and Lao Zheng sent someone back to report that it was the 'guest' who arrived at Fuman Tower, and asked the young master to inform him."

After getting a letter from his daughter, it took three or four days to check the site, which shows that he was a smart and calm person.

It’s just that my flesh and blood are connected. When I see my daughter’s needle and sac, even if he is an old man, he will lose his usual calmness.
To be continued...