Chapter 857: The Trace

No one from the Cao family agreed to Cao Ying take Hangzhou back to Hangzhou to celebrate his birthday.

It’s not that he was afraid that Sun Wencheng would keep people. After all, he was an official in another place and wanted to attract the Cao family as a helper in the court, so he dared not offend the Cao family. But this cold winter month was really a bit of afflicted.

Especially in the name of "champagne", he called his grandson back, saying that his son would also want to call him back. If he took the airs of his father-in-law and advised his son and daughter-in-law to make up, Cao Ying would have to be in a dilemma.

"If you don't go, just say that Li'er's illness is unhappy and cannot move." Zhao Jia's voice was still loud as usual. Before Cao Ying could speak, she had already made the decision.

Thinking of An, who was not right or wrong, Zhao Jia was furious and said, "It was the old pious woman who instigated her torture the child in the cold weather, so she was so unintentional."

Li also felt sorry for his nephews and grandchildren, and was reluctant to leave them to travel far, so he said to Cao Ying: "Although you should be filial and respectful as a wife, you are not a joke. Even if you want to take your children back to pay your respects, you will have to wait for the spring to talk. Prepare a birthday gift well and don't ask people to pick it out, it's not good to leave any gossip."

Before Cao Ying could speak, Zhao Jia could not help but curl her lips and said, "Gosh? Whose gossip? Just the ugly things Sun Jue did in the capital, even if someone talks about it, it's the turn of the big girl."

Cao Ying was a little hesitant at this time.

My mother-in-law returned to Hangzhou in September. In just over two months, my father-in-law asked someone to pick her up. It was not just for "living a birthday".

With two elders on her back, she asked her brother-in-law, Sun Jin.

As expected, Sun Wencheng's move had no intention.

Although Hangzhou is far away from the capital, it is a prosperous place. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also a place where many Jinshi are born. There are rich gentry on the ground, and hundreds of children and officials in the capital.

This good thing doesn’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

The news that Sun Jue beat his wife and whipped him, lost his post and dismissed him also came back to Hangzhou.

It was passed around, but it was said everything.

Some say that the Sun and Cao families were determined, some say that Sun Jue was guilty, some say that Sun Jue beat his legitimate son and killed him, some say that he murdered his legitimate wife. There are many rumors that Sun Jue has become a beast in clothes.

Sun Wencheng carefully became a young man in Hangzhou for twenty years, and he had accumulated a little reputation, and he had already been flooded by the dirt star.

The rumors became more and more evil, and even Sun Jue and his younger brothers were affected. Any rumors about bullying men and women in Hangzhou city would fall into the Sun family's son.

Sun Wencheng's usual respect also became a "false".

What is the foundation of the Sun family and what is the foundation of the Cao family? In the early years, Cao Yin and his son had been in Jiangnan for 50 years and had a good relationship with the wealthy families of Jiangnan.

Although the Cao family has been away from Jiangnan for several years, there are still many friends in Jiangnan.

Who doesn’t know that the Sun family was promoted by the Cao family to have the current situation. Now, before Cao Yin’s body was cold, his niece was abused. How can he not make people feel cold?

The Sun family can't take off the hat of "ungratefulness".

Sun Wencheng was not a shameless person and could not bear it anymore, so he sent his second son to Beijing to pick him up.

As long as the wife and Changsun appear in the Sun family well, those vicious rumors will be self-defeating.

Cao Ying went around all night and called the eldest son the next day. The mother and son didn't know what kind of words they said, but they made up their minds and took a few Sun Li and Sun Chu back to Hangzhou. As for Sun Xian, because his daughter was delicate, he was afraid that he could not bear the rush, so he sent her back to Cao's house to stay temporarily.

As for the Sun's house in the capital, it was the Liang family.

Because of this, Sun Xian burst into tears.

Speaking of which, how many years younger than her can lead her on the road, how delicate is she?

Cao Ying did not tell her daughter clearly, but Li and Zhao Jia knew that this was a marriage that was afraid that Sun Wencheng and his wife would interfere with their granddaughter.

Sun Xian will participate in the Internal Affairs Office in two years.

With the connections of the Cao family in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how could Cao Yong be willing to let his niece go to Beijing to be a palace maid? It was just that he could get married freely by spending some money, which was more comfortable than the other person on the banner.

Although Zhao Jia was annoyed about her daughter's decision, she thought that Sun Li was fourteen years later, so she did not stop her again.

She thought that her grandson was the eldest grandson of the Sun family, and she would have to take this position firmly. Sun Jue had no hope of becoming an official. If the weavering mansion was inherited by the descendants of the Sun family, it would be better to fall on her grandson than to take advantage of others.

Although Cao Yong was not able to oppose his cousin's decision, he was not able to let the mother and son go south with the Sun family.

He discussed with his two cousins, picked up a few capable managers from the east and west mansions, and took the birthday gifts prepared by the Cao family to escort Cao Ying and his son back to Hangzhou.

As for him, he could no longer care about the tricks of the Sun family and the Li family. Because there was news from Wei Xin in Zhang Yi's letter.

If you want to talk about the news in the capital at the end of the 58th year of the Kangxi reign, the Thirteenth Prince's "return".

In fact, it is not appropriate to say that it is a comeback, because the Thirteenth Prince did not work as a job, and it was still like the past "rehabilitation" of the disease, but everyone knows that it is different.

In less than a month, the thirteenth concubine whom Yide had already summoned him to the palace several times, and each time he received a reward.

The two imperial physicians who served in the imperial court were also stationed in the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, and treated the Thirteenth Prince's chronic illness.

For a moment, there were endless people going to the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion to "visit the disease".

The eldest princess of the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion is already seventeen years old. He is burdened by the Thirteenth Prince and has never been cared for. Although the eldest princess is a concubine, he is the first child, so the Thirteenth Prince also regards it as a bead of the palm.

The Thirteenth Prince and Cao Yong had talked about several times, and wanted to arrange a marriage for their daughter, but they didn't dare. They were afraid that the royal family would think of this daughter and go to Mongolia to caress.

I can only wait to see when I will ask for grace to preach the marriage for my daughter.

Now, with the "return of the Thirteenth Prince", the big princess has become a popular commodity, and many people inquire about it. Even the thirteen-year-old second princess has begun to want to divorce the thirteenth Princess, which has made the Thirteenth Princess feel very upset.

While adjusting his body, the Thirteenth Prince paid attention to his sons' homework. For those who came to meet with "relatives and friends", they only sent the housekeeper to accompany him.

It is not rude to him to "rehabilitate" him.

The emperor's father has already issued an oral order. The prince above six years old will go to the study room next year, so I will prepare for this now.

Now, there are only a few young princes in the study room, and the others are the grandsons of various princes.

The Thirteenth Prince did not want his son to be successful, nor did he want his sons to behave too badly and be ridiculed by his cousins. So he took advantage of the fact that he had some effort before the New Year to check his sons' homework.

On this day, Cao Yong and Wang Lusheng came to the door.

The Thirteenth Prince naturally put away the rehabilitation speech and asked the two to meet in the living room.

Wang Lusheng borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from Cao Yong, and the 500,000 taels of silver raised from his fellow townsmen in Beijing, had already completed the procedures from the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He was going to Guangzhou after the Spring Festival travel next year, so he pleaded with the Sixteenth Prince and kept them in the warehouse. After the New Year, he would hire a ship to go south.

The reason why he was stranded in the capital was to wait for Shandong to transport silver.

Now that the money has arrived, he has returned the embezzled money everywhere, and he is going to return home for the New Year. Today he is here to say goodbye to the Thirteenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince felt guilty about him because of the money. He heard that he was leaving tomorrow, so he hurriedly sent someone to pass on a message to the concubine, to buy a banquet for him.

Among them, it not only depends on Cao Yong's face, but also on the face of his disciple Wang Quantai.

However, Cao Yong came here today, in addition to accompanying Wang Lusheng, he had other things to discuss with the Thirteenth Prince.

"You want to go to Guangzhou?" After hearing Cao Yong's words, the Thirteenth Prince couldn't help but be surprised: "Why do you think of going there?" He said this, and frowned and said: "You can't worry about my 300,000 pieces of cloth, right? If you are tired of it because of me, don't mention it again."

Wang Lusheng was also surprised and asked, "Master Cao, if I remember correctly, Master Cao will have to be filial for more than a year. If you are worried about the Thirteenth Master's cloth, please let me take Guangzhou next year. It is warm there, even if it is placed in the cloth farm, it will be sold for several more months a year than in the capital city."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "You two misunderstandings are not for Xia Bu's business. You are just a little worried about Wei Xin. If you don't have a recovery now, go over and take a look and you will always get a correct letter."

A few days ago, Zhang Yi not only sent someone to send foreign goods back, but also sent a letter back. Wei Xin took the boat from his father-in-law's house to the West for three years. He had agreed to return this spring and summer.

Unexpectedly, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was no news. When I came back, I said it was a shipwreck and said that it was a robbery by pirates. There were different rumors.

Sailing at sea is to entrust your life to God. Zhang Yi was unsure and told Cao Yong about this.

Although he has been together with Wei Xin over the years, Cao Yong has also been grateful to this young friend.

If Wei Xin had not cooked in Guangzhou and had a lot of money, Cao Yong would not have lived so freely.

Thinking of Wei Xin's "entrusting his orphan" behavior before going abroad, Cao Yong felt heavy in his heart. As soon as Kangxi's "oral order", Cao Yong wanted to go to Guangzhou.

After Wei Xin entered Beijing, he met with the Thirteenth Prince. The Thirteenth Prince knew that he was Cao Yong's heavy arm, and he felt heavy after hearing the news that his life and death were uncertain.

"Mr. Wei Wu is not old, and I heard that people are extremely righteous. When I was in Guangzhou, I heard people praise him a lot. When Quan Tai was in Guangzhou, he was taken care of by him a lot. I was thinking about when I saw him and thank him very much." Wang Lusheng said in a depressed manner.

He is also a family by the sea, so he naturally knows the difficulties of maritime affairs.

On the vast sea, whenever a ship encounters an accident, it means that there is no way to seek help and no other way to be born.

"If you leave Beijing, even if it is not a big deal, the Emperor Ama cannot hide it. It is hard to go to Guangzhou for this remark. Although the righteousness of a friend is important, it is not common sense to violate filial piety. Have you thought about it?" The Thirteenth Prince pondered for a moment and asked.

Cao Yong thought for a while and said, "Since the opening of customs in Guangzhou, foreigners have made countless money every year from the Qing Dynasty. The Nanyang Commercial Road, which was bidding for a few years, was about to expire. The Sixteenth Prince mentioned that if you want to start from the foreign goods in Guangzhou, you not only need to import, but also increase the export volume to see if you can compete with foreign merchants for profit. I was able to investigate this matter in the past."

When the Thirteenth Prince heard this, he disagreed and said, "The Emperor has transferred you from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why are you involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Xiao Cao, you have the talent for governing the world and should not be detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

What is the difference between this emperor's retainers and important officials of the court? Now is the peak of the feudal emperor's centralization system and the era of family and world. However, the names of officials are different, and they are all the same in the eyes of the emperor. Maybe, the retainers of the Internal Affairs Office are more pleasing to the eyes of the court.

"I'm still worried. I'm not doing errands, but just going to Guangzhou in a noble way under this banner. I can't find a good opportunity, just take off the thirty pieces of cloth, which can be considered as completing the saint's order." Cao Yong said.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, the Thirteenth Prince stopped persuading him and said, "If you really go far, you have to make arrangements. This trip will not be back in less than half a year."

Cao Yong nodded and agreed, and he had to ask the Thirteenth Prince to take care of him.

Originally, he wanted to hire the Sixteenth Prince, but it was inconvenient for the Sixteenth Prince to be in the palace. He also followed the escort every year and had many days without being in Beijing. Therefore, he hired the Thirteenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince was naturally speechless. He remembered the two oriental women sent by the manager at home, and smiled and said to Cao Yong: "Since you are heading south, I don't have to arrange other people. I will ask Xiao Cao to take this pair of sisters to Guangzhou."

After hearing this, Cao Yong shook his head and said, "Thirteenth Master, please spare me. People's words are awesome. If you know, I would be able to go on a trip with two women in Xiaoqi, I would probably not be able to wash my eyes even if I jumped into the Yellow River."

After the Thirteenth Prince finished speaking, he also knew the silence and said, "It's true, I was negligent."

This matter was given up and not mentioned.

Wang Lusheng asked Cao Yong about the day he set off, and knew that he was not sure, so he hurriedly said, "Since that's the case, Master Cao should go with me. I have already booked a ship and walked down the canal after the first month of the year."
To be continued...