Nine fast horses galloped on the official road, raising dust and sand all the way.

It was mid to late February, and the more you went south, the more spring was, the more green the willows were red, and the flowers were full of warm colors. But Cao Yong had no time to see this scenery, and he was anxious to rush to Jiangning.

After receiving an oral order from Kangxi, he learned that Cao Yin was sick, and Cao Yong was in chaos. He was afraid of anything he was afraid of, but he originally thought that the princess who gave marriage represented a change in history. Who knew that the change was a change, but not in a good direction. In history, Cao Yin died of illness in the 51st year and is now ill...

Cao Yong had no intention of doing anything else. He immediately asked Amethyst to pack up his things and set off for the trip home.

When receiving the imperial edict, Cao Song had just returned home from school. When he heard that his uncle was sick, he was anxious and shouted that he wanted to go back. Cao Yong was preparing to gallop back quickly, so he was reluctant to take him. He persuaded and drank, so he suppressed him and allowed him to study with peace of mind. He took Xiaoman, the Wei brothers, and the Wu brothers and six people, and led twelve fast horses from Beijing.

Because he rode his horses all the way, he often rushed all night, and as soon as he entered Shandong, he was exhausted. Cao Yong was anxious and found a Dazhou Prefecture and replaced six or seven horses with poor physical strength and exhausted horses, and then made up twelve horses to continue on the way.

However, the horses I bought in a hurry were far less than the old horses of the Cao family. Not far from entering Jiangsu, I was exhausted. Because the journey to Jiangsu was small towns, not many horses sold, and there were not many good horses with fast foot speeds. Cao Yong thought that he was about to arrive at the door of his house, so he did not change the new horses, thinking that he could hold on to his home.

While galloping, suddenly the horse under Wei Hei's crotch wailed, and his limbs were removed and he rushed to the ground. Wei Hei was quick to react. He immediately put the reins and jumped out sideways when he heard the horse neighing. He did not fall with the horse. He stood firm and was about to pull the horse, as if it was contagious. The horse under Xiaoman also neighed, folded his front leg and turned forward.

Xiaoman's skills were much worse. Seeing that he could not dodge and was about to fall down, Wei Bai, who was beside him, jumped off his horse and lifted his clothes and rolled aside. Xiaoman was still in shock and kept patting his chest and thanked Wei Bai without any trouble.

Wei Bai patted his shoulder to show comfort, and then walked over to look at the two fallen horses with his brother. But he saw that the two horses were exhausted, one was already dead, and the other was not dead, but he couldn't pull it up.

Cao Yong and the Wu brothers also got off the horse and shook their heads when they saw this. There were seven horses, although they were not enough to change, but it was less than two days to go to Jiangning.

"Get on the horse!" Cao Yong said helplessly, "When we meet a town ahead, we will make up a few more horses. Let's go like this. Everyone is more alert, don't hurt yourself."

Everyone nodded and got on the horse again. Just as they were about to set off, Wei Hei suddenly stopped Cao Yong: "Young Master, wait!"

Cao Yong looked back at him, and Wei Hei pointed to the fork in front of the road: "Young Master, look over there." Everyone looked in the direction of his fingers, and indeed saw a group of people protecting four or five carriages.

Wei Heidao: "At present, these horses are useless. If it is a caravan, we might as well spend some money and buy a few horses with them first."

Cao Yong also knew that the remaining horses had basically reached their physical limit. After running for a while, he didn't know how many more horses would be killed. It would be even more delayed by the time. It would be better to change the horses now. He immediately ordered the Wu brothers to go over and ask and buy some good horses for a lot of money.

After a while, Wu Mao and Wu Sheng looked happy and came back with a middle-aged man who looked like a manager, saying to Cao Yong: "Uncle, the owner of this family agreed to sell us a few horses."

Cao Yong thanked him. He thought that he had bought it at a high price, so he didn't care about the price. He just wanted to change the horses and set off the road. But he heard from the Wu brothers that he only used the normal price. Because he wanted to change the horses, these tired horses were not taken on the road. The Wu brothers said that these replaced horses, except for the owner's mount, were all used as extra money for the other party. However, the other party refused to take advantage of this and sent a manager to estimate the price of the horses, and then calculate how much money they had to pay for.

Cao Yong was a little surprised. The merchants were seeking profits and were unique in doing such a loss-making business. Cao Yong spoke politely with the manager and looked at the Wei brothers, who also looked suspicious.

While speaking, the group of people had already approached, and several guards came first, leading more than a dozen horses to pick for Cao Yong and the others. The Wei brothers went over and chose eleven horses and nodded at Cao Yong. Cao Yong understood and asked the Wu brothers to pay the bill.

Although the owner of the family had not shown up in the car, he finally received the favor and thanked him for his sake. Cao Yong turned over and dismounted, and walked with the manager to the most gorgeous car in the convoy.

The manager said a few words through the curtain, and then Cao Yong clasped his fists and said loudly: "Thank you, Master, for your righteousness, which has solved our urgent needs!"

I heard a slightly hoarse female voice from the car: "The little woman is not convenient to get off the car and return the gift, please forgive me. But this young master is polite. In Shang Yanli, we can make some money to make when we transfer these horses, so it is not just a helping person, and we can't thank you."

When Cao Yong heard that he was a female family member and a businessman, he didn't need to say anything more. He said politely, then turned around and continued on his horse and led everyone to continue on his way.

Brothers Wei Hei and Wei Bai are old, and they have been paying attention to the situation of these horses, probably because they may be inappropriate. However, the imagined situation did not occur. Although these horses are not a good horse, they are much stronger than the endurance they bought in Shandong before. Everyone said that they were lucky that they met a profitable businessman.

*

After several days of hurrying on the road, Cao Yong finally returned to Jiangning on February 22.

Because it was afternoon, there were many pedestrians on the road and it was not advisable to ride a horse. Cao Yong had to suppress his eagerness and drive his horse to the Weaving Mansion. As the Weaving Mansion got closer and closer, his heart was hanging strongly, afraid of seeing a piece of white. Can the Cao family without Cao Yin support be considered the Cao family? His mother, Li, was less than forty years old, and if she had no husband...

Fortunately, the weaving palace is different from the past, and there are no white lanterns hanging, and there are no white cloth on the plaque.

At the side door, there was a carriage parked. The old butler Cao Fu and two servants stood at the door and said goodbye to an old man.

Seeing Cao Yong and others riding their horses over, Cao Fu was in a daze. He thought he had read it wrong. He rubbed his eyes hard with his sleeves, and realized that he was not dazzled: "Oh, it's the uncle! The uncle is back!"

Cao Fu was already over 60 years old and couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad. He had a snot and tears flowing, and he wanted to pay his respects to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to support him, and asked impatiently, "Uncle Fu, is the master in good health?"

Cao Fu wiped his snot and tears with his sleeves and replied: "Uncle, you don't know. In the past half month, the master has been really dangerous, but it's okay now!"

When Cao Yong heard that there was nothing serious about it, he felt relieved. He went to see his parents because he was anxious and had no time to ask in detail. He quickly walked into the mansion. Later, Xiaoman was naturally greeting his grandfather, and the Wei brothers greeted the old man.

*

Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Cao Yin leaned softly on the head of the bed, and Li sat in front of the bed, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand, feeding him one spoon at a time.

Looking at the white hair on his wife's temples, Cao Yin felt very guilty and wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know where to start. After a while, he said, "You've been miserable! I'm fine!"

Looking at her husband's gray face and listening to her husband's dumb voice, she didn't seem to be okay? But in this situation, for the sake of her husband's peace of mind, Li did not show any sadness, and forced a smile: "Well, the master is lucky and lucky, so naturally there is nothing wrong!"

Cao Yin really had no strength, and because he just saw the doctor, he sat up and said a few words to his wife, and he used almost the same energy.

Seeing her husband's body so weak, Li was very sad. He quickly called two maids and helped him lie down. At this moment, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from the yard. Li frowned slightly. Because her husband needed to rest, she had already told the people in the yard to mute. However, the next moment, she was a little shocked because she heard her son's voice.

"Mother, how are you good at father?" As he spoke, Cao Yong, who was exhausted, stepped into the house.

Li turned his head and looked straight at Cao Yong. It was not until Cao Yong walked up to her that she realized what was going on. She grabbed her son's arm and murmured in disbelief: "Yong'er?Yong'er?"

The two maids who were serving in the room shortened their bodies and asked Cao Yong for a favor.

Cao Yong waved his hand and asked them to get up, then grabbed his mother's hand and nodded vigorously: "Well, mother, my son is back!" As he spoke, his eyes looked up to the bed, just in time with Cao Yin.

Cao Yin's originally lifeless eyes seemed to have a little more joy, and he struggled to sit up.

However, it was only three months since I saw each other, Cao Yin looked older. The hair on his head was so sparse that it was about to expose his scalp, and his eyes were deeply sunk in, making him extremely thin.

Despite repeated restraint, Cao Yong's eyes were still red. He put down his mother's hand and quickly walked to the bed two steps: "Father, son is back!"

The parents of the previous generation were in good health, and Cao Yong had never felt that "the son wanted to raise but the relatives were not waiting for him." In this life, because he knew some historical trends vaguely, he had been worried about Cao Yin's health. Originally, their father-son relationship was not deep, and he was worried about Cao Yin's health, mostly because he wanted to avoid the decline of the family. But now, after witnessing Cao Yin's illness with his own eyes, Cao Yong felt sad from the inside out.

Cao Yin sat up with his wife's help. The joy in his eyes had not yet faded, but he put on a strict father's face: "No, who told you to come back? If you don't do it well in Beijing, why are you so arbitrary?" Because he was anxious, he couldn't help but arching his body and coughing.

Looking at the stubborn old man, Cao Yong just bent down and patted his back gently, trying to make his breathing more smoothly and comfortable.

"Is Zhuang Chang sending someone to send news to Beijing?" Cao Yin's expression softened and he asked.

Cao Yong took the pillow and placed it behind his father, and then replied: "It was a long time to live in the oral order, saying that his father was sick and ordered his son to return to Jiangning to serve his relatives."

Cao Yin was a little surprised: "Long live the oral order?" Then, he had some sudden enlightenment and shook his head in disapproval: "This guy, Tianxing, these small things will still alarm Master Long live the moment!" At the end of his speech, his voice was vague.

Seeing that Cao Yin was exhausted, Cao Yong seemed to have no energy to speak, and looked back at his mother with a little concern. Li held back his tears and nodded slightly.

Cao Yong felt uncomfortable, but he didn't show his face. He smiled and said to Cao Yin: "My son is tired after rushing back all the way. The father rests for a while, and waits for his son to go down and take a shower, change his clothes before talking to his father."

Cao Yin held on for most of the day and was too exhausted. He just didn't want to show his old attitude in front of his son, so he held on. Seeing him saying this, he nodded: "Well, you go down first, and have a good rest. I'm afraid you're tired after rushing back so far!"

Cao Yong responded, turned around and went out first, standing at the door waiting for his mother to come out.

In the room, he coughed again, and then gasped heavily. After he had settled his husband, Li ordered the two maids to guard them before coming out.

Because she was not in front of her husband, Li could no longer control herself and held her son's arm, tears fell down her face.

Cao Yong turned his mother's study room to the east, and the bedroom to the west, in the middle, and the two of them would not disturb Cao Yin's rest when they talked.

After helping his mother sit down, Cao Yong asked, "The letter I received at the end of the first lunar month has not been mentioned yet. Why did my father get sick after saying that he was sick? But he was tired when he entered Beijing before the New Year?"

Mrs. Li wiped her tears, frowned and hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed: "I don't want to hide this from you!"

Since Cao Yin traveled to Beijing for the New Year, his body has become weak and has not improved. But in the beginning of February, something major happened in the mansion.

It turned out that since Aunt Zhang beat Cao Shun to death, she was not very energetic, didn't like to meet people, and was unwilling to speak. Before entering Beijing, Cao Yin stayed in her room for a few nights, and then she was a little confused and touched her belly all day long, saying that she had it.

After hearing this, Li sent a doctor to take the pulse, but there was no sign of happiness. Li did not blame the pain of losing her son before her, but only told the maids and mothers around her to take care of them carefully.

When Cao Yin came back from the capital, he rarely went to the other concubines' rooms because of his weakness and kept resting in Li's place.

On this day, Aunt Zhang personally boiled two bird's nests and brought them, saying that they were tonic for Cao Yin and his wife. Because Li had just eaten snacks that day and was not hungry, they asked Cao Yin to drink both bird's nests. Unexpectedly, Cao Yin vomited and had diarrhea, and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. After the doctor looked at it, he checked the empty bowl of the bird's nest and confirmed that the bowl of Li was given arsenic. Fortunately, he put a very small amount of weight. Although Cao Yin was poisoned, he did not die immediately.

Of course, Aunt Zhang did not admit it, but after investigation, it was found that when she went out to burn incense in the first month, she had gone to the pharmacy in the city and did buy arsenic. For a moment, Li had no intention of causing her to get into trouble and just asked someone to lock her up first. Aunt Zhang shouted loudly and said that she had a body.

After all, it was related to her husband's children, and Li did not dare to take care of her pulse again, confirming that she was indeed not pregnant. Aunt Zhang still refused to rest and cursed Li, saying that she was instructing her adopted daughter to kill her eldest son, and now she was going to kill her youngest son in her belly, and she was almost crazy. In the end, she was stuffed by several mothers and pulled her down and locked up. Unexpectedly, she hit the wall that night and died.

Cao Yong was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but feel a little scared. If the arsenic was more than enough, the consequences would be unimaginable! Unexpectedly, Liuli, a young woman who was raised in the house, would have such a vicious heart. She was also a good person in the old lady's yard, but now it is completely different. Thinking that her mother had been idle because of her every day, and her father's illness at this time was even more aroused by her, Cao Yong really couldn't feel any pity for her.

Li frowned, tears flowing, and felt guilty and blamed himself: "It's all mine. If I could find out that Aunt Zhang was crazy as soon as possible and asked someone to look at her, this wouldn't happen like this. Looking at your father's appearance, my heart would be broken. Why did I give your father two bowls of bird's nests that day? If I drank it myself, even if the medicine died, I would thank the Bodhisattva!"

After hearing what Li said, Cao Yong hurriedly advised: "Where does my mother say this? If we are children? Even if we can't bear to lose our father, can we bear to lose our mother? Don't say this, it's all an accident. It's already a blessing in disgrace to be able to escape safely."

Cao Yong rushed for six or seven days in a row, only resting for three or two hours a day. After this trip, he was already showing signs of fatigue.

Li felt sorry for his son and did not want him to worry about him. When he heard his advice, he nodded and stopped his tears. While calling someone to serve Cao Yong to wash, he said to him: "When you take a break, I will go and persuade your sister. As soon as Aunt Zhang's affairs came out, she felt uncomfortable in her heart, and she was afraid that she would take the blame on her again."
Chapter completed!