Chapter 9: The noble person ()

Due to the death of a small beggar in the same room, Cao Yong did not dare to ask for help from the outside world easily, for fear that if the matter was exposed, he would not be able to escape death. Therefore, before he knew it, it was July 30th, the Christmas Day of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

That day, there were more pilgrims coming to Lingyin Temple to worship Buddha than before. Rich businessmen and ordinary people rushed to Lingyin Temple. In just half a day, the money Xing Er asked for reached ten taels. Xing Er was in a good mood and was much more kind to Cao Yong. He even bought him two bad peaches for a copper coin.

Cao Yong's mouth was dry due to the sun. He ate one in three bites, but the remaining peaches were placed in his sleeve.

When we arrived in Shen, tourists in the temple began to go down the mountain, and fewer people went up the mountain. Therefore, when twenty or thirty people went up the mountain, it seemed particularly noticeable. Among the people, there was a young man in his twenties and a young man in his fifteen or sixteen. The two looked a bit similar, looking like two brothers, followed by followers. Xing Er saw that the customer came and was about to go forward to beg for a while, he was pulled away by the two guards.

Cao Yong looked at the two of them and felt that he had seen them in a vague way, but he knew that it was definitely not his memory. He came to the Qing Dynasty for half a month, and he had never seen many of these brothers with extraordinary demeanor.

I heard the young man say, "Fourth brother, that little beggar is so pitiful!"

The young man snorted coldly: "Thirteenth brother, seeing that may not be true, it's just a scam!"

The two modern people are definitely not unfamiliar with the names of "Fourth Brother" and "Thirteenth Brother". Judging from the two of them being of the same age, Cao Yong's heart was raised to his throat, and he felt that his whole body was about to tremble. The peaches in his sleeves rolled down, just stopping at the feet of the "Fourth Brother".

The "Fourth Brother" stopped and looked at the peaches at his feet. Seeing that he was wearing a string of Buddhist beads on his wrist, Cao Yong felt more at ease, and supported him with his arms and climbed to the man's feet. He turned his back to Xing Er, stuffed half of the collar with blood written in the "Fourth Brother"'s boots, and then picked up the peach.

Xing Er thought Cao Yong was asking for help and had already made plans to escape. Seeing that he was just picking up peaches, he felt relieved.

Seeing that Cao Yong looked so embarrassed, the "Thirteenth Brother" took out a silver ingot from his purse and threw it in front of him. Then, their group went to Lingyin Temple again.

It was not until the young man turned a corner that the steps stopped, called the two guards behind him, and ordered them to stare at the big and small ones who had just begged. After giving the order, he bent down and took out the piece of rag from his boots.

God is pitiful and said that Cao Yong had great fortune and great fortune. The group of people who just passed by were the two people he was thinking of, the fourth prince Yinzhen and the thirteenth prince Yinxiang. Originally, Emperor Kangxi wanted to inspect the river affairs in the south, but because the empress dowager was not in good health recently, he sent two princes to Jiangnan. After finishing his chores, the two brothers came to Lingyin Temple to burn incense.

The piece of rag was three or four adult slaps, with dark red blood words on it:

Jiangning Weaving Mansion, Cao Yin, a thousand taels of silver, remain.

Not only did the Fourth Prince change his face, but even the Thirteenth Prince was shocked when he saw the blood words. The blood words were particularly clear and dazzling, making the piece of cloth wash like a slurry. I don’t know how many times the person who wrote the words had depicted it.

The blood word did not explain the preface, because Cao Yong had only been to school for a few days. He had already been able to recognize traditional Chinese characters, let alone write them. The words "Jiangning Weaving Mansion" were hung in front of the gate and were written down.

When Aping saw Cao Yong, he put down the Thirteenth Prince's hand, ran to the bed, pointed to his arm and said, "My injury is almost healed, you must be healed too! The two masters said you are the young master of the weaving cloth, so how about accepting me as a servant? I don't have parents, so I don't know who to join!" After that, my voice was already low.

Cao Yong shook his head, smiled and pointed at his hands and feet, and pointed at Aping and himself. Aping thought that Cao Yong refused to take him in, and tears were about to come out. The fourth prince said, "He said, don't want you to be a servant, you want you to be his brothers, you two are brothers."

Aping couldn't believe it, stared at Cao Yong with round eyes. Seeing Cao Yong nodding with a smile, he cheered: "I have an older brother, I have an older brother!"

Cao Yong smiled, but was shocked and strange. The mature, steady, fourth prince in front of him, who was completely incompatible with the legendary ice-faced emperor. What was going on? What kind of experience did it make this prince who was devoted to Buddhism become a scout emperor? It's really unimaginable...

Although Cao Yong traveled four or five hundred miles from Jiangning to Suzhou, and four or five hundred miles from Suzhou to Hangzhou, the nearest official road from Hangzhou to Jiangning is actually only six hundred miles. The people sent by the Fourth Prince changed horses and did not change people all the way, and arrived in Jiangning on the morning of the third day.

Half a month after his son disappeared, Cao Yin had already begun to despair. He didn't expect that he would have a whereabouts and had been rescued by the two princes. Seeing that the sender was extremely tired, he asked someone to take him down to settle the room, and then entrusted the affairs of the yamen and the mansion to Zhuang Chang. He went to the inner house to tell the old lady that he went to Hangzhou on a business trip, and said that if he didn't come back in a hurry, he might take his wife and children back.

The old lady hadn't seen her grandson for a long time and was thinking about it. She heard that she might have to take her back, and she looked a lot more smiling. Cao Yin went to the second brother's house in the West Mansion to see his wife and told her son about her whereabouts. Since she was with the two princes, she had nothing to worry about. She asked Li to relax and bring her back in a few days.

After arranging everything, Cao Yin took a few servants out of the city and rushed to Hangzhou. When the sender opened his eyes in the evening, Cao Yin had been away for half a day. The man remembered that he had not mentioned Cao Ying's injury to Cao Yin, so he hurriedly said goodbye to the Cao family's housekeeper and returned to Hangzhou to meet him.

Hangzhou, the prefect's office.

The prefect Shi Guozhu looked at the confession in his hand and couldn't help but tremble all over. Such an inconspicuous group of gangsters killed 18 lives in just three years, more than half of which were found in Hangzhou Prefecture. The place where their corpses were found by the West Lake, and a total of eleven large and small skeletons were found.

If such a major case is solved, a great achievement cannot be eliminated, but Shi Guozhu is now feeling uncomfortable. Three years, it happened to be during his term of office. He was inevitably investigated for the crime of inattention. Not to mention promotion, it is difficult to not be demoted. Thinking of these, his face became more gloomy, and he couldn't help but scold the two princes for being troubled and just having fun in the mountains and rivers. Why bother to fill the blocks for him?

I wanted to make some moves, but because I held the two princes in the middle, Shi Guozhu had to stop thinking and immediately picked up his pen and wrote a letter, asking someone to send it to the capital.

Although this Shi Guozhu is not of high rank, he is the uncle of the Crown Princess and is considered a disciple of the Crown Prince. So he thought of sending a letter to the Crown Prince and asking him to help plead in the capital to see if he could be exempted from this punishment.

At the Hangzhou Post Station, Cao Yin arrived with several followers and asked the guards outside to communicate.

After hearing this, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince greeted him and went to the door to greet him. Cao Yin shook his sleeves and said, "Slave Cao Yin has met the Fourth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince, and the two masters are lucky!"

The fourth prince learned riding and shooting from Cao Yin when he was a child. He was unwilling to accept his great gifts, so he personally helped him up and said, "Master Dongting is polite, please get up quickly!"

Although the Thirteenth Prince met Cao Yin several times ago, Kangxi was there at that time and he didn't dare to be arrogant. Now he couldn't help asking: "I heard that the nine consecutive shots you set have not been able to surpass them. Are you really the best at riding and shooting?" There was a little doubt in his voice. No wonder he asked. Cao Yin was a little weak-cultivated, and because he had been worried for many days that his son seemed very haggard, without the courage of a military general, and was more like a scholar without the power of a chicken.

The fourth prince had a very rigorous personality. Seeing that the Thirteenth prince was so rude, he shouted: "Thirteenth brother, don't be rude!" He turned to Cao Yin and said: "Master Dongting, it's better to see Master Ling first, so you can feel more at ease." After that, he turned around and led the way.

The Thirteenth Prince knew that he was not talking, and Cao Yin's son became that way. He was naturally not in the mood to talk about anything else, and followed the fourth prince obediently.

The moment Cao Yin saw Cao Yan, he couldn't help but take two steps forward and came to the bedside, feeling cramped in his heart. Although he had thought that his son might suffer, when he saw Cao Yan with dark spots on his face (sunburned) and broken legs, he was full of anger. He grabbed his son's two little arms and couldn't speak.

When Cao Yan heard someone coming in, he saw that it was Cao Yin following the two princes, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Didn't the Cao family be powerful in Jiangnan? Why did his son lose his son for half a month and he couldn't find this cheap father? If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have to suffer the pain of the broken bone. Therefore, he was silent. In fact, even if he wanted to say it, he couldn't speak. Although his throat was already being conditioned, he could not make any sounds without ten days or half a month.

The room was silent, and finally the fourth prince spoke and briefly said Xing Er's confession. Cao Yin then realized the reason why he could not find in Suzhou a few days ago. His son was actually kidnapped by a villain to Hangzhou. If he had not met the two princes, his son would have to be... Cao Yin was afraid when he thought about it, and looked at Cao Yan's gaze became more and more loving.
Chapter completed!