Chapter 106: Filial piety

Capital City, Dajinger Hutong, Jueluo Family.

In the inner courtyard, Seshtu sat cross-legged beside the kang table, chatting with his mother Xitala while waving a little hammer to smash walnuts. Because his skills were not good, he had only smashed more than twenty walnuts in a long time, and sweating was faintly emitting from his forehead.

When Xitara saw her, she felt sorry for her son and smiled and advised him: "Forget it, my son can't eat that much. Don't smash it, take a break!"

Seshtu peeled the walnuts in his hand, threw the kernel into the food box beside him, and pushed it to his mother's side: "My mother try it."

Xitara smiled and picked up a piece, put it in her mouth, and then pushed the food box back.

Seshtu waved his hand: "It's so tiring that I can't bear to eat it, my son is reluctant to eat it, mom!" After saying that, he pinched a hazelnut and chiseled it twice, but couldn't chisel it open at all. He couldn't help but smile and said, "This walnut is big, I'm afraid it's easy to peel it, but I don't know how to peel the hazelnut. When I meet the third lady again, I have to ask her!"

When Xitara heard his son mention Cao Yi, she sighed indescribably.

When Seshtu came back from the hot spring, he brought two bags of dried fruits such as hazelnuts and walnuts, saying that they were produced in the farm given by the Cao family. Xitara said that his teeth were no longer good and asked his son to take them to eat them himself. Seshtu took out a food box and contained a few nuts with shells.

It turned out that when I was scheduled to return to the fourth day of the third day of the lunar month, Cao Yong mentioned that there was no other product in the villa, and only some dried fruits were given to each other, so he told everyone not to dislike it. It would be a bit of a pleasure to take some back.

When Seshtu thought that his mother was not good at mouth, she politely refused the gift on this ground. As a result, when she left in the afternoon, Cao Yi gave him a food box containing the peeled nuts, saying that they were peeled out by someone. Although not many, it was somewhat of a meaning. Please take it back and give it to Mrs. Jueluo for some freshness. Those that were not shelled can be kept for guests or given to others for use. Seshtu refused again, so she accepted it.

Xitara felt warm in her heart, and she praised Cao Yi for her careful and considerateness, and asked her son about her situation in the past few days after she went to Changping.

Seshtu roughly talked about the layout of the Cao family village, and also told his mother about interesting things such as hunting and urging in the yard.

When Xitara heard her son's words, she realized that the wealth of the Cao family was far beyond her imagination. Her expression became dim again, and she only sighed in her heart that this marriage was hard to come by.

*

Today, all the peeled nuts were eaten. Seshtu was on a whim and peeled walnuts for his mother. But he knew that this job was quite skillful and highly skilled. He was tired and sweating but had no results. Therefore, he had to ask Cao Yi how to peel hazelnuts.

Seshtu didn't notice his mother's abnormality at all, and tried it seriously, either smashing it away or breaking the hazelnut kernels. He had no choice but to say to his mother apologetically: "Mom, go back and ask someone to buy shelled ones in the fruit shop! These shelled ones will be sent to several sisters. I remember they also liked to eat when they were at home."

Xitara smiled and nodded, patted her son's shoulder: "Go ahead and be careful with your mother, too, I've been detained for a long time!"

"Well! I'll send dried fruits to my sisters." Seishtu got off the kang, dusted the debris on his clothes, and turned his head to ask his mother: "What are you going to send? I wonder if I have something to eat. I bought it for my mother when I come back."

Xitara shook her head: "Go and tell them that my mother is very good, you don't have to worry about it, you don't need to buy anything."

Seshtu nodded and bowed and left.

As soon as Seshtu walked out, the little maid outside reported back and forth that the third lady of the Cao family had arrived.

Xitara was delighted and said to the little maid without thinking: "Go and call the uncle back!"

The little maid turned around and ran out, but was stopped by Xitara again: "Forget it, don't go!"

The little maid looked at her wife in a daze, and became at a loss, wondering what happened to her wife today.

Xitara smiled faintly and waved her hand: "Please go to the east room with a lady."

Cao Yi came into the door and greeted Xitara, and thanked her for the white jade strings and snacks.

Xitara smiled and thanked the Cao family for entertaining her son for many days. Then she pulled Cao Yi to the kang and sat down, and asked her father again.

As usual, Cao Yi accompanied the old man to chat for a while before turning the topic to the point and telling Xitara that he would go back to the south with his father.

Xitara tightened her hand holding the long string of Buddhist beads in front. She felt that the bead was extremely uncomfortable, so she quickly let go again. She showed reluctance on her face, but she still asked her with a smile, how far we could go, how long we should get home, and how long we should get home. She also said that the road was bumpy on the cold and cold road, and told her to prepare more medicines such as Homo Pills.

Cao Yi was moved and answered one by one. He had red eyes and said, "Please take care of Xitara." He also said that he would come to Beijing to see the old man in the future. It sounded like a polite word, but every word was sincere and warm.

Xitara finally couldn't help but pull Cao Yi's hand, looked her up and down again, and sighed in her heart. I don't know who can be lucky enough to go with such a good daughter!

After Cao Yi said goodbye for a long time, Xitara was still immersed in melancholy. It was not until the little maid came in to change the hot tea that she came back to her senses, and then began to count Buddhist beads one by one, thinking carefully.

*

On the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sage arrived at Qingshan Camp.

Regarding whether anyone forced a marriage to the Cao family, Cao Yong asked his father two days ago. Cao Yin did not have a clear answer, but said that everything would be decided by Long Live. Even if there was no such thing, Cao Yong's marriage was not something that his parents could determine.

When Cao Yong heard this, he was silent. Is this the emperor's technique of power and conspiracy? On the one hand, he showed his kindness and on the other hand, he was wary of becoming a big shot. Kangxi did not want his ministers to marry privately, did he have other intentions? Will he think so like a villain? Kangxi is so fond of face, since he is "grace", he will definitely find a daughter of a noble family who has no real power. No matter what the other person's appearance, this kind of marriage that he cannot make decisions at all makes people feel very bad.

For some reason, after seeing Ning Chun and Qiu Niang's love, Cao Yong also thought of marriage intentionally or unintentionally. Although he has parents and relatives in this world, he is lonely in his heart. If he has a gentle wife, he has three or four children, and is happy with his parents, it will definitely be a more comfortable life.

Cao Yin wanted to return to Jiangning before the New Year, and had to go back to the capital to pick up his daughter. Time was already very fast. Therefore, after he arrived at Qingshan Camp, he wanted to say goodbye to Kangxi. Cao Yong remembered something, that was Jinji Nashuang. Shao Mubu, the former governor of Jiangnan, died of malaria in June, and then Gali took over. Ignore that Cao Yin also died of malaria in history. After Kangxi received Cao Yin's serious illness, he gave Jinji Nashuang. However, before the medicine arrived in Jiangning, Cao Yin died.

Jinjina Cream is an alkaloid extracted from leaves and bark called "Jinjina Tree". It is effective in treating malaria. In the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Kangxi suffered from malaria and took many medicines but failed. The doctors were reluctant to do so. French missionaries and Portuguese missionary Liu Ying and others presented Jinjina Cream. After taking it, Kangxi's malaria was cured quickly, and since then he respected Jinjina Cream as the "holy medicine".

When Wei Xin went to Guangzhou, Cao Yong told him to pay attention to the missionaries there and see if he could buy Jinjinafen from them. As a result, the news sent back was that Jinjinafen was respected as a "holy medicine" by the court, and it also became exclusive to the royal family. In order to obtain the court's missionary permission, Jinjinafen introduced by the church from Europe all paid tribute to the court.

Cao Yong had no other choice, so for Cao Yin's life, he had to think about "seeking medicine" from Kangxi. Therefore, when Cao Yin resigned, he went with his father.

After the king and his ministers were encouraged to say goodbye, Cao Yong went out and knelt down, respectfully expressing his request to Kangxi, that is, to ask for a cinchorizo ​​frost for his father.

Seeing Cao Yong "seeking medicine" for his father, Kangxi frowned slightly and couldn't help looking at Cao Yin with some concern: "Dongting is inappropriate? I have asked you many times, why do you want to hide something?"

Although Cao Yin was sick for more than a month in August due to the death of his youngest son, he was cured now, but he didn't know why his son "seeking medicine". However, since it was Kangxi's inquiry, he had no time to think about it and hurriedly replied: "How dare I deceive me, I'm really good. A child is ignorant, so he will act like this." After replying, he whispered to Cao Yong: "I can't continue to make trouble!"

Kangxi looked at Cao Yin again and saw that although he was old and thin, he was not sick, he felt relieved. Because Cao Yong was filial, he did not blame him, but instead comforted him: "Cao Yong, Cao Yong, get up! You probably have heard that 'Jinji Na Frost' is a holy medicine, and it is considered to cure all diseases. It is just a treatment for malaria, but it is ineffective for other diseases."

Cao Yong did not stand up according to the rules, but still knelt down and expressed his worries. His father was getting older and his health was not as good as before. He had no resistance to diseases and was most susceptible to invasion of diseases. He was humid and hot in the south of the Yangtze River. Many people would get malaria every summer. Even among civil and military officials, there were many people who died of malaria. Although he was very grateful, he received a memorial to the officials who suffered from malaria and often gave jinji cream. However, Jiangning and the capital were more than 2,000 miles apart, and it took as soon as five or six days to deliver medicine through the post station. If a young official was sick, he could naturally wait, but his father's body...

After hearing this, Kangxi and Cao Yin were both moved. Both thought that Shao Mubu, the governor of Jiangnan who died of malaria in early July, was the one on Cao Yin. Calculate his age, Shao Mubu was a few years younger than Cao Yin. He suffered from malaria in the end of May, and then turned from malaria to dysentery, and died in early July. You should know that the Jinji Na Cream is only effective for malaria. If it turns into dysentery, the medicine will be incorrect and it will even be dangerous.

Thinking of this, Kangxi nodded: "Get up, I agree, I can't be filial to you!" After saying that, he said to Cao Yin: "There is only one son in Dongting, but no less than ten sons. The Jinji Na frost is used for spring and summer medicine. There may not be any of them in the camp at the moment. I will write a handwritten book to you later, and go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get it after returning to Beijing."

After Cao Yong and his father thanked the emperor for their kindness, he came out of the imperial tent. Now, the deficit is expected to be paid off, and Jinji Nashuang is also prepared. Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief. He did his best to do everything he could, and the rest was to do his best and leave it to fate.

Then, after Cao Yong said goodbye to the sixteenth prince, Detehei and others, he escorted Cao Yin to leave the camp and return to Beijing. Now it is the 11th day of the 11th day of the 12th lunar month, and even if he is rushing, he will take three or five days to arrive in the capital. At that time, he is afraid that he will not be able to rest for two days, so Cao Yin will set off for Jiangning.

Unlike when he left Beijing, Cao Yong no longer insisted on riding a horse, not because the weather became colder, but to talk to Cao Yin more. Even if Cao Yin was unwilling to mention Cao Yong's marriage, Cao Yong had other questions to solve his doubts, such as the secret errand of the Cao family in Jiangnan, such as the identity of Mr. Zhuang Xizhuang.

After hearing Cao Yong's question, Cao Yin was very surprised. The Jiangnan Tongzhengsi was not heard by the world. Although there were rumors in the officialdom that the Cao family was the emperor in Jiangnan, the rumors were rumors after all, and few people had evidence to be sure of the matter. His son was just a young man, so why did he believe that there was indeed a secret disaster in the Cao family and even advised him to find a way to let go.

"How could Yong'er say that? Where did you know these things? But what did you hear about Jiangnan in the capital?" Cao Yin couldn't help asking.

Cao Yong looked at his father, shook his head, thinking to find a reasonable explanation, and could not tell him that the "secret" of the Cao family was well known three hundred years later, and that he was a person from later generations.

Cao Yin is a relatively traditional literati. If Cao Yong dared to say this, he would not believe the so-called sayings of gods and ghosts, and would probably think that his son was crazy.

I really couldn't think of a good wording, so Cao Yong pointed out that the Cao family had been operating in Jiangnan for nearly fifty years, which was a big abnormality in itself. The sacred heart was unpredictable, so it could not be explained by the word "grace". Whether the Cao family had secret chores or no secret chores, it was time to withdraw. Otherwise, if you drag on this, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, you would be afraid that it would cause trouble for yourself.

This is not the first time Cao Yong mentioned this. Four years ago, he mentioned that not only the situation of the Cao family in Jiangnan, but also the issue of deficit. Soon, the court began to investigate the deficit, and the Cao family became the first major debtor in the court.
Chapter completed!