Chapter 139: Future

Now, in mid-September, the weather is not cold, so the wine and food are placed on the side of Juchi. Mr. Zhuang came over, and Cao Yong and Cao Song brothers accompanied him. Another table was Cao Yi who took Amethyst and the jade dragon in Cao Song's room. In addition, two tables were also placed in the front yard, and Cao Zhong, Cao Fang, Wei Hei, Cao Song's Master Wu and others were invited to drink. Others, the managers of each yard also sent crabs over.

Cao Song has been in Beijing for nearly a year, but he has not had any other skills, but his alcohol tolerance has increased. Seeing that he had drunk several glasses, Cao Yong frowned slightly and said, "Why are you still young? You are careful to hurt your stomach!"

Cao Song disagreed and said, "Brother, I'm already fifteen, I'm sixteen in just a few months. Why are I still young?"

Seeing his cute appearance, Cao Yong shook his head slightly: "Master Wu has been hired for almost a year. How many stone bows have you pulled? Let you relax for a few more days, and you should work hard!"

Cao Song smiled "Hehe" and said, "Don't worry, brother, I won't embarrass you. I'll take the martial arts exam next year!"

Because Mr. Zhuang was sitting and Cao Yong was not a lover of the cup, Cao Song felt bored after drinking a few cups. He spoke to the two and went to the front yard to look for Wei Hei.

Although Cao Yi's body has improved a lot, the crabs are cold and dare not eat too much. He finished eating with Amethyst and Yulong in a short while.

Next to the chrysanthemum, there were only two people, Cao Yong and Mr. Zhuang. Cao Yong reached out and picked up the wine pot, poured a glass for the steak, and filled it with him. Then he picked up the wine glass and said, "I am not here for half a year. It's all up to the teacher in the middle of the capital. Today, I will use this glass of wine to express my gratitude!"

Zhuang Xi raised his glass to drink, but apologized slightly: "After all, I'm a little old, and there's inevitably something to be neglected. I originally thought that since the young master returned to the south, the capital would not affect the Cao family. Unexpectedly, this dispute between governors and governors almost brought the Cao family into it!"

Before the start of the banquet, Cao Yong said that someone "kindly" recommended him as the general in Jiangnan in June, and Mr. Zhuang was a little guilty.

"What is sir saying? Since someone secretly tampered with it and failed to get what he wanted, how could there be any news? But I thought for a long time, but I couldn't guess who it was. Why did I make such a arrangement?" Cao Yong frowned and said, "I always feel that it's just a bluff! The general of Langshan is a second-rank rank, and I am only a fifth-rank rank now, and there are so many ranks in the middle! Besides, this is not a joke. How can I appoint a 16-year-old second-rank rank rank?"

Zhuang Xi smiled and nodded: "It's not easy for young master to think of these things! I also thought about what the man was doing in this way, but for a moment, he was a little confused about whether he was an enemy or a friend. Maybe he was planning ahead, or maybe he was a foolish move!"

Cao Yong thought for a moment and seemed to have some realization: "Mr. I mean, maybe the other party had good intentions. I learned that someone wanted to stay in Jiangnan and deliberately went against the way, breaking the man's means!"

"Well! But there is this possibility! In May and June, there were rumors in the capital, saying that there were pirates in Shandong this spring, and the coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian have strengthened their vigilance and mobilized many green camp soldiers. There are also people who say that the green camps there are decays and are seriously owing empty wages, and need to strengthen training. The young master's origin is of the grade, whether it is to go down to be a fifth-grade guard, a thousand households, or a fourth-grade Xuanfu envoy, it is reasonable." Zhuang Xi said slowly while touching his beard.

Whose eyes are in the capital? Cao Yong frowned slightly, a little confused.

Zhuang Xi also pondered for a moment and said, "The adult was ill at that time. If the young master had been kept in the south, it would take at least one or two years to return to Beijing, but he could not think of their intention for a moment!"

"What else can I do? I am afraid that the root of the disaster is still on those tea gardens!" Cao Yong thought for a while and said, "If I really leave me in Jiangnan and my father is sick again, there will naturally be people who can control me. If I return to the capital, I will look at me with so many eyes here, who dares to act rashly, even if I want to frame it, it will be difficult to achieve very confidentiality!"

Zhuang Xi nodded, shook his head and said, "It may not be necessary to control the young master, I am afraid that he will win over him. Even if he does not rely on the lord, the young master has a relationship with the Prince Ping County Prince's Mansion and the Prince Chun County Mansion, and is also the companion of the Sixteenth Prince, so he treats him differently. Besides, the young master is the eldest son of the Cao Mansion and the future head of the family. If he wins over the young master, the benefits will be great. There are too many taboos in the capital, so it is true that this is difficult to start!"

Cao Yong couldn't help but smile bitterly. When he was a child, he wanted to be the prince's brother-in-law and was very majestic and a playboy. Unexpectedly, he became the son-in-law of another prince. Seeing that the Cao family was about to escape from the sewage in Jiangnan, he became a hot commodity again, and almost dragged the ulterior motives into the water.

Now, since he mentioned the errand, Cao Yong remembered what the Sixteenth Prince said to be a six-department job. He was the eldest son and had no other brothers. If he wanted to support his family in the future, he would always go on a career. He would never have the truth of having a job in the capital. Thinking of this, he asked Zhuang Xi: "What the future is the guards, Qianhu, Xuanfu, etc. that the sir just mentioned?"

"Young Master wants to develop in the army?" Zhuang Xi waved his hand quickly: "No, no! Although the young master has raised the flag at the moment, it is not purely Manchu blood, and the family has no brothers and uncles in the army, so it is hard to support it alone and has a limited future."

Cao Yong also wanted to know this, but the capital was turbulent. Maybe one day it would involve him, which made people feel tired. If he could leave Beijing earlier and avoid the officialdom in Jiangnan, it would be great freedom.

"After all, young master is young. Even if he wants to be out, he has to endure a year or two. Although the six ministries are a little tired, the promotion is the easiest. With the current grade of the young master, as long as he doesn't make any big mistakes, it is not difficult to get promoted." Zhuang Xi said.

Are you still promoted? Cao Yong remembered the words he advised Ning Chun a few days ago, and secretly prayed that he would be a job, just avoid the most troublesome Ministry of Revenue. It is best to be a leisurely yamen, and live a comfortable life every day. After a while, he also finds a way out to be a parent official. When Ma Jun left that year, he envied him for "there are people in the capital who are easy to be an official". If he could also walk that path, he could also rely on his brother-in-law and father-in-law to spend several years in the place.

*

South of the city, Songshu Hutong, Chengfu.

As soon as Cheng Mengxing carriage entered the mansion, the servant Heming came out and whispered to Cheng Mengxing: "Master, the third master of the Hu family is here, and I'm waiting for you in the hall!"

Cheng Mengxing said "um" and called someone to lift the crabs down. He then ordered: "Tell the kitchen to pick up twenty fresh ones, soak them in clean water for a while and then steam them. Remember, tell them to steam them only by purifying water and not to make the ingredient smell bad. Put the rest in water first."

The servant went in. While walking in, Cheng Mengxing asked He Ming casually: "He is here to fight Qiufeng again? What do you say this time? He has made a fortune and knows to wait for me in the hall."

He Ming replied: "This time it's not. The third master even gave a gift."

Cheng Mengxing suddenly stood up and looked at Heming with a little surprise: "Give a gift? This is new. What did he say?"

Heming shook his head and said, "I don't know. But the third master looked proud today, but it was different from the past."

Cheng Mengxing shook his head, went back to the room to change his clothes, walked towards the front yard hall, turned around the corridor, and saw his cousin Hu Jiren, who had turned seventeen or eighteen bends before getting a little kiss, stopped two servants carrying crabs, looked at the crabs and pointed and commented. The butler Cheng Hai stood aside, looking helpless, and responded.

Cheng Mengxing glanced at Heming: "What am I saying? If he knows to wait properly, he will have a lot of promise."

Heming smiled and said, "I'm afraid Uncle Hai can't mess with him, so I'll go over and talk."

Cheng Mengxing nodded and went straight to the front hall.

After a while, Hu Jiren entered the hall with a smile, greeted her first, and then said with a smile: "My cousin is really good at picking crabs, it looks so good! Today I just stayed with shamelessness and asked my cousin for a drink!"

Cheng Mengxing held the teacup and looked at him: "Three, why are you thinking about coming here today?"

Hu Jiren sat down by himself, and the servant brought the tea. He tasted the tea and replied with a smile: "Thank you for lent me my money. I asked that place. Sure enough, I got a shortage in the Ministry of Revenue. The head of the hall is the sixth rank! I have sent someone to report the good news at home. After a while, the family sent the money back, and I will return it to my cousin."

Hu Jiren is Cheng Mengxing's cousin, and he is barely considered a relative. He was not familiar with him. Because both of them went to Beijing for 48 years to take the exam, they brought some relatives, so they went to Beijing together. At first, Hu Jiren lived in the Cheng family for some time. That year, Cheng Mengxing's luck was not good, but Hu Jiren was only a little stronger. Although he passed the Jinshi three times, he had no real lack of any place.

The Hu family also had some family resources, so Hu Jiren went around to make money, and at least planned to do it from the Ministry of Personnel. Although his family was not rich, he bought a house in Beijing because of the excessive expenses of many places. He became anxious and started to borrow money from Cheng Mengxing.

Cheng Mengxing's family was very generous and a person who was full of money, so he didn't take it seriously. Hu Jiren said that he naturally borrowed it with pleasure. For every few hundred taels, Hu Jiren would pay back dozens of taels, making it a difficult situation to pay back, and then borrowed money again and again, and the excuse of borrowing money became increasingly unreliable.

Cheng Mengxing never expected Hu Jiren to pay back the money, but he was very tired of him finding stupid excuses to perfunctory. Later, he was too lazy to see him and just asked the butler Cheng Hai to send him away.

However, a few days ago, Hu Jiren came early in the morning and blocked Cheng Mengxing at home, but asked to borrow 10,000 taels of silver. He said that he was short of buying an official position and asked for 40,000 yuan. He could raise 30,000 yuan by himself and borrowed 10,000 yuan from Cheng Mengxing. He also wrote a loan note very rarely, with the signing of Cheng Mengxing's uncle.

Because Hu Jiren used to borrow money for the convenience of paying debts, he used to borrow no more than 1,000 taels of silver in a single time. This time, Cheng Mengxing saw that he spoke very well and had a reason to pass. He came so early, and looked anxious and solemnly wrote the loan note, even pulled his uncle as a security guard, so he nodded and borrowed him another ten thousand.

Today, Cheng Mengxing saw that he came so quickly, and thought that it was not enough for him to buy official money. He wanted to borrow more, but he didn't expect that he would really donate Shangguan and knew the word "repay money". He nodded immediately: "Congratulations first. Can you tell my uncle?"

Hu Jiren said, "I've told my uncle. I've heard my uncle's good teachings." He paused and asked tentatively, "I drank with a few of the same year yesterday. I heard from my brother that cousin, you are helping others manage the garden now?"

"Well, help a friend to repair the garden." Cheng Mengxing replied.

Hu Jiren looked at Cheng Mengxing's face and asked again: "I heard that it is the Cao family... but the Cao family in Jiangning?"

Cheng Mengxing said "Hmm": "Why, you recognize it from your tone?"

Hu Jiren shook his head and smiled, "Well, I don't think I recognize it. Do you have to walk around these months?" Seeing Cheng Mengxing nodding slightly, he hurriedly said, "Then I have to ask my cousin for personal information."

Cheng Mengxing said: "Because I was just helping with the garden, I didn't recognize many people in the mansion over there."

Hu Jiren thought for a while and sighed slightly: "Yes. I asked him a friend, and you may not have seen him before." He paused, "I'm called Zijing. I heard that he came to Beijing with me. It should be from the eldest son of the Cao family, right?"

Cheng Mengxingqi said: "Do you recognize her?"

Hu Jiren also asked in surprise: "Do you recognize her?"

Cheng Mengxing looked at him carefully before saying, "I have only met twice."

Hu Jiren's eyes were shining: "She really came to Beijing." Seeing Cheng Mengxing's face full of suspicion, he smiled and said, "To be honest, it's also my relative. He was still walking around in the early years... Oh, I said this was useless. My cousin saw her? How is she now? I heard that she is the manager in the Cao Mansion..."

Hu Jiren asked seven or eight questions in one breath, which all sounded extremely unreliable to Cheng Mengxing. After he asked, Cheng Mengxing couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't know what you are asking. How do I know her situation? I only saw her twice, and I don't know the rest. Since I am a relative, how..."

Cheng Mengxing originally wanted to ask why it was the maid of the Cao family, but because he thought of the extraordinary amethyst, he was afraid that it was of some origin, so he was not inconvenient to ask more questions. He immediately changed his mind and said something else.
Chapter completed!