Chapter 724: Warm House

The winter solstice has passed, and it has been nine days. Although there is no wind, the weather is dry and cold.

Cao Yong was wearing a fur cloak, an ear-protecting hat on his head, and a fur half-foot-high collar on his cloak, which was covered tightly without feeling the chill at all.

The sky is blue and cloudless.

Although the grass and trees on both sides of the road have long withered, the snow on the distant mountains has not subsided, and a white edge is outlined, which is flashing under the warm winter sun, giving it a unique charm.

The maids from each courtyard were led by Zijing and used the bedding of the owners of each courtyard. Yesterday, I had already taken several cars and arrived at Xiaotangshan to clean up first.

What came here today were Cao Yin and his son, and the female family members of each courtyard with their children.

Cao Yin took Tianyou and Hang Seng to take a car, Li took Changsheng and took a car, Chu Yu took Tianhui and took a car, Tian Shi took Zuo Cheng and his brothers left to take a car, Lian Qiu and Xi Qiu took Niu Niu to take a car.

The others, including three, four, five, and six, and a total of more than ten cars were used. In addition, the accompanying housekeepers, Changsui, guards, and servants were all in a vast crowd, with seventy or eighty people.

The internal affairs of the mansion assigned Aunt Feng and Aunt Qian, while the foreign affairs were explained to Cao Song and arranged it properly.

Aunt Feng was born in a commoner family and was a girl from a scholar. Her father once worked in the Jiangning Weaver Mansion and had some personal relationships with the Cao family. After Cao Yin's original wife Gu had no children for three years, she took the initiative to help her husband take a good concubine, which was Feng.

Qian was born to the Cao family. She was a girl next to Sun Taijun. Three years after Cao Yong was born, the old lady pointed out Cao Yin as her concubine.

Feng is in his fifties, well-educated and knowledgeable, and rarely leaves his own yard. He is a quiet and stable person. Although Qian is young, he is also a serene person.

In addition to the two of them, Cao Yin also had several family members. Among them, Xiuluan served Li for the longest time, and Li always relied on her. When Tianyou was born in the early years, Li went to Yizhou to breastfeed his wife, and he entrusted the housework in Jiangning Mansion.

I originally thought of raising Xiuluan as my concubine, but I didn't expect that she had a poor life. In the twelfth lunar month of the 51st year of Kangxi, she was covered in cold weather and disappeared.

The remaining two hukous were not loved by Cao Yin, and Li was not treated mediocre, so he did not give him a title.

However, in the carriage, although it was not the first time Tianyou and Hang Seng went out, it was the first time they left the city. The two brothers were also wearing big sweaters, like small meat balls, and their faces were full of excitement.

They didn't dare to be rude in front of their grandfather, so they could only suppress their curiosity, stretched out their little heads, and wished they could stick them to the carriage window, and look out at the wild scenery.

The windows of the carriage are lattice windows about one and a half feet long and about one foot high, and glass is inlaid among the lattice the size of a palm.

"Mountain, mountain...brother..." When Hengsheng saw the distant mountains, his eyes couldn't help but shiny. The fat man pointed his fingers in the distance, and he said excitedly.

Tianyou looked back at Cao Yin, and said to Hengsheng with a smile: "It's a mountain. Didn't my father say that when I arrived in Zhuangzi, I would take us to the mountain to catch birds? I wonder if it's this mountain."

Hang Seng tilted his little head, thought for a while, and muttered, "Brother, can my father fly?"

When Tianyou heard him say this, he shook his head and said, "Father is not a bird, how could he fly?"

Hang Seng grabbed the back of his head and asked in confusion: "If my father can't fly, how can he catch birds? As soon as this man arrived, all the birds flew..."

Tianyou was also confused by Hang Seng. For the young master who grew up in the house, scrambling fish and catching birds is not common sense, and I don’t know that there are some.

There was originally an official road from Andingmen to Xiaotangshan. In recent years, because the royal hot spring village was built, the official road here was even straight and smooth. Therefore, when the carriage walked very smoothly, it was not much worse than the bluestone road in the city.

Cao Yinyuan closed his eyes and rested. After listening to the conversation between his two grandsons, he opened his eyes and couldn't help but smile.

Hang Seng happened to see him, so he put down his little hand obediently and called out "Grandfather"...

Outside the carriage, Cao Yong was already intrigued. He and Ren brothers pointed to an intersection in front, rode their horses and competed with their skills.

"Ga!Ga!" The loud voice, mixed with the sound of horse hooves, came from afar on the vast field.

Tianyou and Hang Seng heard this and wanted to open the door and look around, but they didn't dare, so they were so anxious that they looked like a little monkey.

Cao Yin did not dare to let them see the wind, for fear of catching a cold, so he was extremely immense. He coughed with a stern face and took the homework of the two grandsons in the school.

Tianyou is still good, but Hang Seng is going to scratch his head, and he doesn't care about watching the horse racing anymore...

Palace, Prince's House.

The Seventeenth Concubine personally presented the medicine, and the Seventeenth Prince took it and frowned when he looked at the black medicine soup.

"I drank it early and I felt sweaty when I fell asleep." said the Seventeenth Confucian.

The seventeenth prince smiled bitterly and said, "It's been a few days since I was sent, but I haven't seen it yet..." Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but cough. He didn't hold the medicine bowl for a while, but it fell to the ground.

The bowl was smashed, the medicine soup splashed, and it was a mess.

Seeing this, the Seventeenth Concubine ignored the ground, leaned over, reached out and patted the Seventeenth Prince on the back to help him cough more comfortably.

The seventeenth prince just felt so much that he couldn't breathe, and his throat was so fishy that he slowly stopped coughing.

He glanced at the medicine soup on the ground, and the Seventeenth Concubine said, "Good medicine, I'm ruining it. Don't boil it anymore, let's drink it together tonight..."

The Seventeenth Concubine took out a handkerchief, helped the Seventeenth Prince wipe the corner of her mouth, and said, "Look at what I said, this is medicine, how can I break it?"

"What can I do if I drink less and more prescriptions in the Imperial Hospital? Who would expect that I can really use this to cure the disease?" The Seventeenth Prince snorted coldly.

When Xia Tian was sick, the Seventeenth Prince had a disgust towards the Imperial Hospital; when the Eighth Prince passed away, he no longer expected the Imperial Hospital.

What is the difference between being able to save or not and killing someone?

Even if a prince encounters a quack doctor, he will lose his life.

But there are too many twists and turns in it. Although the Seventeenth Prince is unfair, it is not something he can come forward to investigate.

When the seventeenth concubine heard this, she said, "You can't stand it. If you think this prescription is inappropriate, then let's pass on the imperial physician to come and have a look?"

The Seventeenth Prince shook his head and said, "No need, it's no difference..."

The couple was talking when they heard the hasty footsteps coming from the yard. Then an eunuch reported through the door: "Master, concubine, I have something urgent to report!"

The Seventeenth Concubine stood up, looked at the Seventeenth Prince, waiting for him to signal. The Seventeenth Prince nodded and said loudly: "Come in."

The eunuch entered the room and knelt down and said, "Master, I am the concubine, just now, I sent someone to the palace to pass on a message, my husband is gone..."

When the Seventeenth Concubine heard this, her body became weak and she couldn't stand steadily. She forced herself to hold the edge of the kang and did not fall. The Seventeenth Prince lifted the quilt on her body and turned it over to the ground...

Sun family, Yaer Hutong, Sun family new house.

Cao Ying sat in the inner hall, holding a veil in her hand, and couldn't hide her sadness on her face.

"Haven and Madam are leaving the city?" Cao Ying couldn't help but hear the old lady's report, and her eyes were red.

In the past half month, she was really busy. She had to postpone the doctor and ask for medicine for her husband, but also had to worry about moving.

Because he had long had doubts and suspected that it was his cousin Cao Yong's hand, Cao Ying was not afraid of the "ghost hitting the wall" at home. He even had the desire to gloat in private. He was bullied by his husband for many years and was too happy to see his husband suffer more.

Who would have thought that things would have developed beyond her imagination.

Sun Jue's illness was worse than he had imagined, almost at night. At the beginning, he was impatient, and sometimes he couldn't help but wave his arms and beat his wife a few times. Unexpectedly, as long as he did, he would be "beating" at night.

After several times, Sun Jue was also frightened and did not dare to do anything casually. He was "beating" in the middle of the night.

He thought he had messed up with something unclean, so Sun Jue asked someone to ask the Taoist priest to do two rituals at home, but it was useless at all.

Sun Jue couldn't hold on anymore, so he asked someone to buy a new house near Guanghua Temple at a high price and moved in a hurry.

Except for the two days when he moved to the place, he was still "beaten" at other times. Sun Jue was just a vulgar man after all, and he was also afraid of the sayings of ghosts and gods.

While sending people to seek the reputation of the monks, he took the silver and asked people to donate incense and silver to pray for peace.

Because he was anxious to move, he bought a new house more expensive. In addition, he became a mage for more than half a month and spent the money he took medicine. The money he spent was like flowing water, which made Cao Ying anxious.

Cao Ying was also confused at this time, not knowing whether it was the work of his mother's brothers.

Even if you need to punish me, this will be almost the same and there will be no results. I am afraid that life will be peaceful and Sun Jue will relapse.

If it weren't for "punishment" and it really caused evil things, Cao Ying would never dare to think about it.

To be honest, Cao Ying was a little afraid of Cao Yong's cousin. If she really made the case for her beating, that cousin would definitely have the ability to teach her brother-in-law a lesson. Cao Ying always believed in this.

That's why she delayed it until today and dared to ask someone to look for Cao Yong. Unexpectedly, Cao Yong left the city without fate.

Cao Ying was so sad that he didn't know where to sort it out, he saw the old lady come in and said, "Grandma, the butler has found a Taoist master and is waiting in the front yard."

Before Cao Ying could speak, he heard Sun Jue's voice coming from the inner room, saying, "Please hurry, please...please come here to speak..."

Seeing that her husband was like this, Cao Ying had to obey the order and asked someone to invite the Taoist priest in the front yard.

A moment later, an old man in a gray Taoist robe followed the maid in.

The old Taoist always had a smile on his face and his eyes were full of exploration. After entering the room, he had no time to see Sun Jue and Cao Ying, so he looked straight at Sun Jue, his face getting ugly.

Sun Jue's scalp was numb and his back was covered in cold sweat...

The old Taoist frowned, sighed and shook his head.

Sun Jue felt his heart trembled, his throat was dry, and he could no longer speak. After a while, he trembled his lips and said, "Honor, what's wrong?"

The old Taoist didn't say anything, but just took out a small bag from the Dharma bag, muttered something, and walked twice the Bagua steps before using a peach wood sword to pick a spell talisman, and danced happily in front of Sun Jue's eyes.

Seeing this old-fashioned manner, Sun Jue almost fainted when he saw that he was so old that he couldn't get up.

Cao Ying was by her side, and she was unsure and whispered: "Honor, how is the disease of my uncle?"

The old Taoist shook his head and did not answer immediately, but said, "I have to tell my grandma about some things, so I'll bother with my grandma to speak."

But this is about to carry Sun Jue on his back. Sun Jue couldn't help but feel anxious and shouted: "If you have anything, just say it here!"

The old Taoist still looked reluctant and hesitated for a while before he said slowly: "This man had a violent temper in his previous life and beat his wife and concubines. Finally, the wife and concubines discussed it and finished this man with a white silk. The King of Hell was going to send this man to hell, or did this man say all good things in front of the King of Hell and make a vow of a good man before he could barely reincarnate."

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Mr. Sun's house was just now with the butler, and he had already seen it. Feng Shui is too evil, and Master Sun's oath has naturally led to the invasion of foreign evil..."

Sun Jue was already scared and lost his blood and said in horror: "How to resolve it..."

Xiaotangshan, Caojiazhuangzi.
To be continued...