Chapter 171: Under the Rain

On the tenth night of the fifth month, the weather in the capital turned cloudy, and it rained slightly at the first hour of the Xu Dynasty (9:15 pm). Whether it was officials or the people, they were looking forward to raining to alleviate the drought and heat in the capital. God was just like teasing people. The weather cleared the next morning, so how could he have seen the rain?

Because the prayer for rain from the sixth to the eighth day of the lunar month has not been effective, the Ministry of Rites still followed the previous decree and did not kill animals for three days to pray for rain. However, the lamas who originally prayed for rain in various temples stopped praying for rain, but began to recite scriptures to pray for prayer as soon as possible.

On the 11th night, it was like the tenth day of the first lunar month. It was cloudy at night and it rained for a while. It was sunny during the 12th day, and it was lighter at night. It started to rain heavily at the second day, and it gradually stopped after the third day.

The capital city after the rain suddenly added a lot of freshness. Cao Yong stood in the yard and looked up at the two sycamore trees. Although they were washed by heavy rain, they seemed much greener than the daily careful care.

This rain dispelled the heat of the summer heat and was also of great benefit to eliminating the epidemic as soon as possible. Cao Yong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Chu Yu was worried about the people in the capital due to the drought. Now it rains, but he is in a good mood: "Mr. I was really hard to bear a few days ago. It's raining now. I think your Ministry of Revenue will no longer be as busy as before!"

Cao Yong took the people from the infantry yamen to prevent the epidemic these days, and went out early and came back late, so tired that he lost weight. In order not to let Chu Yu worry about it, he lied that the Si Li was busy counting the reduction of money and grain in Zhili over the years.

Chu Yu thought of a way to get various supplements, but because Cao Yong saw that he was a corpse patient every day, how could he have any good appetite? Anyone with meat and fish will feel nauseous when they see it. Chu Yu was secretly anxious and sorted out and studied vegetarian dishes in a variety of ways. This situation is better.

When Cao Yong heard Chu Yu mention his errands, he smiled and said, "Nothing can be solved by just a rain. I have to work harder after making an appointment, and it should be better by the end of the month!"

When Chu Yu heard that he was still busy for half a month, he couldn't help but worry about Cao Yong's body, his eyebrows were locked tightly.

Cao Yong patted her on the shoulder and said, "I'm fine. The heat was caused by the heat a few days ago, and it was a bit bitter. When the rain came, the weather would be cooler and it would be fine! You are so tired that you have eaten vegetarian food with me for several days. You don't have to do this anymore after starting tomorrow!"

Chu Yu nodded gentlely, Xiyun and Xicai set up breakfast in the room and came out to invite the two masters.

In addition to a few side dishes and two dishes of cake, there are two kinds of porridge, one bowl of green and one bowl of golden yellow. The green one is spinach porridge, which is ground into powder, added with spinach juice and salt, which exudes a fragrance. The golden one is replaced by spinach juice with pumpkin puree. These two porridges were created by Chu Yu during this period. The spinach porridge was exactly what Cao Yong wanted. The pumpkin porridge was sweet and glutinous, which she liked very much.

Cao Yong thought that Chu Yu was fine at home on weekdays, and was afraid that she would be bored, so he pointed to the two-grade porridge and said, "These are indeed good things for raising people. It would be a waste for us to eat them by ourselves! If Chu Yu is free, he can compile the prepared dishes and porridge into a book, and we will all give it a copy on the side of the Chunping Palace, the third sister, and the parents in the south. The same is true for other families who are close friends, and they may have what they like to eat, so that everyone can see our Chu Yu's virtue!"

Chu Yu nodded while listening, but finally heard the words praising him, but he blushed. After a while, he said: "The prince's mansion and the third sister are so good at talking about the south. Will other families be a little silly? Although we are kind-hearted, it's not enough to make people laugh at me!"

Cao Yong smiled and said, "Then we won't give it to them, we will only give it to our family members! Even if it doesn't give it to anyone, it's good for our sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters! It's called "Chuyu Recipe", which is our family heirloom!"

Listening to Cao Yong's words, his son, daughter, grandchildren and grandchildren all came out, although Chu Yu blushed, his eyes were bright and asked, "Is this appropriate? Aren't these heirlooms all antique calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures?"

Cao Yong shook his head: "That's so vulgar. What we want to leave to our children for inheritance must be unparalleled and unique. Every dish in this recipe is developed by you, the mother and grandmother, and we will ask her to copy one of the daughters who are married, granddaughters, daughters-in-laws who come in, or granddaughters, and granddaughters who are granddaughters, let her copy one!"

Chu Yu couldn't help but touch his stomach, his face was a little lonely, and he immediately remembered what his husband said to him that whether the woman's belly was conceived was not something that women could decide, it depends on the man's end. If a man is strong and physically, his wife will naturally get pregnant earlier; if a man is in a state of health, his wife can't do anything about it. He also remembered what her husband said, first condition for a while, and then he had a child after a few days.

In order not to make Cao Yong "sad", Chu Yu's lonely expression turned around and changed his smile in a blink of an eye, asking, "How can I use Chu Yu's name? In this way, it will be inconvenient for them to talk about it later!"

The names of the ancient elders must be avoided, Cao Yong nodded: "I'm saying it, I'm careless, but I didn't notice these! Then Chu Yu thought about it again, there is no suitable name!"

Chu Yu looked at Cao Yong with a smile: "If it were all Chu Yu, then the grandfather, who is the father, wouldn't he be able to do his best?"

"Be a father, be a grandpa!" Cao Yong couldn't help but smile. The young couple were newly married again. When talking about what happened in the future, they were promoted to two generations. Thinking of his white hair and beard leaning on the recliner, tremblingly, and nagging with Chu Yu, he couldn't help but think about going.

Cao Yong looked up and looked at the wutong in the yard through the window screen, saying, "Or the name of our yard is called "Tongyuan Recipe". How can Chu Yu sound good?"

Chu Yu thought for a moment: "It sounds good, although it is not gorgeous, it is just right!" Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Yong with some embarrassment: "Mr. Chu Yu is not proficient in cooking, so I don't know when I can write this recipe!"

Cao Yong couldn't help but smile: "It's not just something I want, why are you anxious? You add two dishes every year, and there are still hundreds of them in the past fifty years!"

Chu Yu nodded quickly: "Today, Chu Yu will write these two kinds of porridge and the 'Qingfeng Buddha Willow' the night before!"

After dinner, I came out of Wutongyuan. Cao Yong looked at his pocket watch. It was already the second day of the Mao period (7:30 in the morning).

Perhaps it was because Fengdun County Prince's Mansion showed its effectiveness, or perhaps it was because the princes and nobles also realized the seriousness of the situation, and the inspection and prevention of the epidemic a few days ago were very smooth. The mansions that some people died suddenly due to the epidemic were all supervised by the infantry yamen; even families without patients were very cooperative and tried to minimize going out.

When I arrived at the front yard, I happened to see Wei Bai coming in outside. When I saw Cao Yong, I clasped my fists and said, "Young Master!"

Seeing that he was dry and his shoes were not muddy, Cao Yong thought of the rain last night and asked, "Is this back in the morning?"

Wei Bai smiled and nodded: "I came back before dawn, so I found something to add fuel to those bastards!"

"There are all dead, why do you have to worry about it? You need to pay attention to it. The epidemic is not a joke at this time. The guards of the royal palace also have people who are alert to you, don't trap you in!" Cao Yong knew that they had a deep brotherhood and was afraid that he would make mistakes again, so he couldn't help but give him another advice.

Wei Bai's face was a little more hostile: "Since I hurt my brother and made it a big mess for the young master. If I die so easily, it wouldn't be a cheap one! Don't worry, Lao Bai knew it, and he wouldn't dare to be as arrogant as usual. We are not afraid of real swords and guns, but we still need to be wary of those dirty methods!"

Cao Yong knew that if Wei Bai didn't let this breath, he was afraid that he would not be able to calm down, so he stopped talking and still gave him the safety of the mansion to him. He took Xiaoman and the Wu brothers to the infantry yamen.

Originally, according to the intention of Tuoheqi, it was not easy to bother Cao Yong when he went over every day, so he proposed to ask the teams of officers and soldiers who followed Cao Yong to go to the Cao Mansion to wait. Cao Yong did not like to be angry, and he was even more unwilling to risk letting people in the mansion get sick and letting such officers and soldiers enter the mansion, so he politely declined Tuoheqi's kindness.

I think it was because Cao Yong led his men to enfeoff the Dun County Prince's Mansion, and now the infantry yamen treats him differently than before. Not only does he look more attentive, but even the soldiers below are treated him more politely. Many people saw things that day. Cao Yong was so unafraid of the powerful and noble, just for the sake of the people of the whole city, he really deserves everyone to give a thumbs up and praise him "good".

Only Changling was kind to Cao Yong, and in private he had carefully asked the soldiers who went to Shichahai with Cao Yong that day, but he did not find anything abnormal. What's more, in the past two days, news has been reported from the Dun County Prince's Mansion that many people have developed symptoms of the epidemic and have died several guards in the hospital.

Chang Ling really couldn't figure out Cao Yong's intention. Even if he looked kind, he came from a noble family and had been influenced by him since childhood, he should have known that he was afraid of something. What is he doing now? Is it really so selfless and harmless? For some reason, he always didn't believe it and was guarded against his cousin since the first meeting.

Chang Ling was also puzzled about the relationship between the Fucha family and the Cao family, which was not like a relative, and the stranger was not like a stranger. Because his mother went there early, he had basically no impression of his uncle's family and rarely listened to his father.

Today, Cao Yong came to the infantry yamen and entrusted him with a little more attentiveness, but he had some intentions: "Mr., if you are inspecting the Nine Gates today, I am afraid you can't go to the various prefectures with the Mr.!"

Cao Yong looked at Tuoheqi with a smile, wondering whether he should praise Tuoheqi for "knowing practice". In order to cherish his life, he even doesn't want to have a face.

Seeing Cao Yong laughing strangely, Tuoheqi couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed and said, "I'm not really willing to refuse, this... this... is indeed a bit inconvenient. The Duke of the Fuguo E Fei reported to the Office of the Internal Affairs Office for medical treatment because of his discomfort. He went to the imperial doctor in the palace, but it looked bad. The third and fourth princess explained that they were afraid that they would go to their mansion to deal with it today. In the early years, he had some misunderstandings with Duke E, but it was not appropriate to come to the door like this!"

"The Duke of the Assistant Kingdom E Fei?" Cao Yong pondered for a moment, and the middle-aged man who looked a little thin and had a little disobedient after hearing his birthday: "Isn't Lord E a minister? Why didn't he follow Hu Rehe?"

Tuoheqi smiled and said, "It's just a temporary place. This inner minister of the commander was originally the youngest brother of Empress Xiao Zhaoren, A Ling Ah Ling. Two years ago, A Ling Ain... was punished for the party's prince and prince, and was temporarily replaced by Duke Hubei. Ah Ling Ah was reinstated. Duke Hubei took off his job!"

It is the family of Empress Xiao Zhaoren again. Isn’t Ah Ling also the uncle of the Tenth Prince? Cao Yong couldn’t help but have a headache. He really didn’t expect that the power behind the Tenth Prince was so powerful. Perhaps, the eighth Prince’s way of winning over the Tenth Prince was not just a pure brotherhood. I’m afraid there were some other plans in it.

E Fei’s Duke’s Mansion is near Fangjia Hutong, not far from Chongwenmen.

I have seen Prince Beizi's Mansion in the past two days. The Duke's Mansion here seems to be very indifferent. If it weren't for the Duke's Mansion sign hanging, it would be just an old mansion.

The answer came out and was the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion, a middle-aged man in his forties. Cao Yong asked about the Duke's condition twice, and replied that it was "full of qi and swollen, and he didn't want to eat." It was different from the current epidemic symptoms of other families. Even the imperial physician diagnosed it, and he said the same thing, saying that it was because of the heat of the country, and he prescribed some medicines to calm the mind.

For some reason, Cao Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Most of the people who died of the epidemic recently were the elderly, weak, women and children. Even if they were infected, they would not be bedridden and had room for treatment. There were very few who were lucky enough to recover like Mrs. Jueluo.

In order to prevent problems before they happen, Cao Yong inevitably gave the butler another explanation for epidemic prevention, and finally asked him to visit the Duke of the State before. The butler was a little surprised and did not dare to make his own decisions. He asked Cao Yong to wait for a moment and go in and ask the owner to go.
Chapter completed!