Dai Duo has never been to the study, since the 36th year of Kangxi, when he knocked on the door of this mansion with the recommendation of the chief official of the ministry, he has never entered the study, and he has never seen the golden face of the fourth master.

Occasionally, he saw the fourth master coming back from the palace at the mansion gate, but only he knew the fourth master, and the fourth master didn't know him.

Following behind Zhang Desheng, Dai Duo couldn't help but slowly get nervous. He began to recall if there was anything taboo in that letter, and if there was anything that would anger the fourth master? The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and he almost wanted to strangle himself a few days ago and burn the letter.

"Dai Ye." Zhang Desheng zhanzhu feet, sideways comparison, called him back to his senses.

A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Dai Duo's startled back, and he hurriedly bowed subconsciously, "Master Zhang? ”

Zhang Desheng showed a trace of contempt, and said with a smile on his face: "Dai Ye, don't kill the little one, go in quickly, the fourth master is waiting for you." ”

There are two little eunuchs standing at the door of the study in front of the door, one left and one right, guarding the door, the huge courtyard is silent, only the cicadas in summer disturb people's annoyance, the white sun shines on the bluestone slab in front of the door, and the ground is hot. Dai Duo walked on the hot ground, but it was like wearing only a single coat in the cold winter, and the fear and chill from the bottom of his heart made him tremble faintly.

…… Will the fourth master throw his bold letter in his face as soon as he enters the door, and let people drag him out and beat him to death?

He not only speculated in vain about the fourth master's intentions in the letter, but also mentioned the crown prince and the elder brothers, and even the emperor was carried by him from the side.

"Although the bright moon is good, there is no one in the world" The emperor is like a bright moon hanging high in the sky, and his grace will not be given to every elder brother fairly.

'How dare the light of the spark compete with the moon?' Although the crown prince is in a high position, he is as small as the stars in front of the moon compared to the emperor.

"For example, fireflies, seize the day" The opportunity is fleeting, if the fourth master does not fight, there will be no chance to fight again.

The two little eunuchs in front of the door saw him approaching, and quietly lifted the bamboo curtain to signal him to enter.

Dai Duo walked in lightly, hanging his head and daring to quickly sweep the room with the corner of his eye.

In the middle of the room is a three-legged copper tripod about one person high, and an iceberg is held in the tripod. In the corner of the house, there is a half-person-high copper incense tripod, which spits incense.

The fourth master was sitting on the chair, holding a tea bowl and drinking tea, but he didn't look at him when he came in, he looked at a letter on the table in front of him.

At first sight, Dietor recognized that it was the letter he had written.

With a plop, he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Student Dai Duo, I have seen Lord Belle." ”

After half a cup of tea, the fourth master put down the tea bowl and said, "Dai Duo, you get up." ”

Dai Duo got up tremblingly, his face was full of sweat, his head was all pasted into a pot of rice, and he was still thinking about how to talk in front of the fourth master yesterday, and he couldn't remember those exquisite words now.

The fourth master stared at him for a long time, and sighed: "Mr. Dai is eloquent, Yinzhen didn't dare to miss Mr.'s future, so he specially prepared two hundred taels of silver and gave it to Mr. for the ceremony." ”

"Fourth Master?" Dai Duo boldly looked up.

saw the fourth master throw the letter back at his feet and serve tea to the guests.

Although Dai Duo had not yet recovered his senses, he also knew that he quickly picked up the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve, knelt down in a panic, kowtowed a few times, and went out backwards.

Outside the door, Zhang Desheng was waiting for him. When he saw him come out, he didn't ask a word, and led him back to his lodgings, where there was a plate on the desk, on which were placed two hundred taels of silver, covered with a red scarf. Dai Duo's baggage had been packed, and all the other books were gone.

Didor shuddered.

Zhang Desheng asked: "Dai Ye, call you a car?" ”

Dai Duo hurriedly said: "There is labor, there is labor." ”

The car was called haode a long time ago, and Dai Duo soon went out from the corner gate under the escort of the little eunuch, got into the car and went to the outer city. He didn't bring out all the countless things he had written in the past two years, only the letter in his sleeve.

I found an inn on the street at random to stay, and sent off the people of the fourth master's mansion. Dai Duo sat in the inn, and the noise outside the door and Xiao Er's loud and flattering voice made him feel like he was in a different world.

From now on, he is no longer a member of the Fourth Master's Mansion?

Although there is a little luck, it is more of a loss. A few days ago, he thought that he was going to soar into the sky, to join a British lord, and to do an immortal career. Today, he realized that it was just a big dream.

He sat for two quarters of an hour, until Xiao Er came up and asked him: "Guest officer, it's all like this, do you use it in the room or downstairs?" We invited a storyteller in our store, and it was very lively! ”

Dai Duo didn't dare to be alone, and the fright in the study made him still have some heart palpitations in retrospect, and said, "I'll go down and use it." ”

"Okay!" Xiao Er led him downstairs, and quickly brought him side dishes and wine, plus a large bowl of shredded meat noodle soup, thin white noodles and fried meat, accompanied by golden chicken soup, and a handful of green vegetables in the noodles.

"Slow use of the guest officer! If there is anything to shout, a small one will come and wait for you! Xiao Er stepped back.

Dai Duo was awakened by the aroma of hot noodle soup, as if he had just returned to the world at this moment, and was on the ground. On the stage in the middle of the inn, the storyteller squinted his half-blind eyes and touched his sparse goatee, and the little apprentice next to him was beating a small drum.

What he said was that Zhao Yun saved Adou, and the Cao Jun who killed him was seven in and seven out.

Of course Dai Duo had read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they were all idle books that he had read when he was reading before. Now that he is talking about the book, he also vaguely remembers Zhao Yun's Changbanpo saving Adou. When he watched "Three Kingdoms" back then, his favorite was of course Zhuge Liang. In his opinion, Guan Yunchang and others are all martial artists, doing a desperate job, but they can't compete with Mr. Zhuge 's prestige of retreating from Cao's army with one million soldiers.

Zhao Yun is naturally a reckless man who sells martial arts in his eyes. It must be known that once the general succeeds and the bones are withered, the general will inevitably die in battle. Without these fierce generals, of course Liu Bei, the lord, would be worried, but a hundred Guan Yunchang would not be worth one Zhuge Liang. Without Guan Yunchang, there are Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. Without Zhuge Liang, where can Liu Bei find another Mr. Zhuge ?

He didn't want to be Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun had to come out in front of Guan Yunchang and Zhang Fei, if he hadn't saved Adou, Liu Bei didn't know when he would have remembered him.

Zhao Yun killed Cao Jun seven times to save Adou, which was loyal and righteous, and it was also a way for him to have no choice.

Mr. Storyteller said that Zhao Yun protected Adou behind the heart guard, and the spears and knives of Cao Jun around him were all slashing at him, he held a gun in one hand, a knife in the other, a scud with his left foot, and a kick at the foot of the mountain with his right leg.

The guests who ate in the inn laughed and listened with relish.

Didor sat there, but gradually listened to God. He stood up suddenly, and Xiao Er hurriedly came over: "Guest officer, have you eaten?" ”

"I'm going to take a nap, don't bother me." Dai Duo walked briskly back to the room, closed the door, and carefully took out the letter from his sleeve.

When he first came out, he thought that he had escaped a life, thinking that the fourth master was really going to kick him out. But if he was Zhao Yun, what if he only saved Adou once and couldn't find him and went back?

Then he will not only not be reused by Liu Bei, but will also become an ungrateful person from now on. The generals must be brave and not afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, you are not a general.

So he killed it seven times, and since he went, if he didn't save Adou, he could only leave his life there.

Dai Duo thought that if he only handed a letter to the fourth master and expressed his desire to serve, but after being rejected for the first time, he would have voted for someone else......

If a bucket of ice water is poured over the head. Dai Duo let out a long breath, looked at the letter again, and smiled slowly.

He wants to be the advisor of the fourth master, in addition to his brains and vision, he must also be loyal. Have a heart that is extremely loyal to your master. No matter what his master does to him, he must plan for his master wholeheartedly.

He put away the letter and thought what the fourth master needed him to do now? What happened in Kyochu? Ladies and gentlemen? Ministers' Mansions?

Neither. It's the emperor. What the fourth master plans and asks for is all thanks to the emperor's heart.

Dai Duo packed up slightly, deposited the two hundred taels of silver given by the fourth master in Yinzhuang, rushed to close the city gate at dusk, hired strong horses and strong servants, and went to Jiangnan in a car.

On the Fourth Belle Mansion, the fourth master sat in the study, and the two little servants wore civilian clothes, reporting Dai Duo's whereabouts.

After waving off the two people, the fourth master looked at the lights on the bookcase, and said silently: "Gone to the south...... "Did you go to chase the emperor?"

…… Whether this person is available or not, we have to see again.

It's just that in that letter, there are a few sentences that are written that are a little interesting. This Dai Duo should also have some skills.

In the small courtyard, Li Wei has moved to the delivery room. Mama Liu lived on the bamboo couch next to her, because last time the master could sleep through the pain, this time she couldn't let her stay alone.

On the night I just moved over, it was launched. Mama Liu had been awake all the time, and when she heard her humming tossing and turning on the bed, she turned on the lamp and leaned over and whispered: "Master Li?" ”

In May, Li Gege's share was proposed to the side Fujin, and there were only two fewer waiters than Fujin. Because the matter of mentioning the case was quiet and silent, and before the masters could react, the subordinates knew about it early.

Liu Mama and Yu Bottle and others no longer called Li Gege 'Gege', but renamed 'master'. Several people waiting close to him are wondering, is it that when the tire lands, Master Li's side of Fujin will be able to smash it?

Mama Liu naturally held a heart and waited to be loyal to Master Li. Maybe she can become a person like Big Grandma in the future?

She called lightly twice, and when she saw that Master Li did not agree, she cautiously approached the lamp and candle to shine, and saw that this master was really still asleep! Except for her brows furrowed and her face paler, she really hadn't woken up.

Mama Liu is really going to kneel for her. She touched her stomach and thought it was time for real. I didn't dare to call her now, so I turned around and went out to call everyone in the courtyard, go to the dining room to ask for hot water, call the midwife to come and wait, and then go to ask for a doctor.

The jade bottle said to Zhao Quanbao: "You go to the front yard to find Master Liu to ask for some of the master's favorite food, and the master will be able to use it after a while." ”

Zhao Quanbao smiled, "I'll go now." ”

The two of them looked at each other and went their separate ways.

Zhao Quanbao went to the front yard through the small door and went straight to the dining room. He went in to wake up the worker and asked him to boil water, and the worker got up in a daze, and went to poke open the stove and add firewood. Zhao Quanbao went directly to call Eunuch Liu.

As soon as he arrived at the door, before he knocked on the door, Eunuch Liu inside said, "It's full protection, right?" Wait, I'm up. ”

After a breath, Eunuch Liu opened the door neatly dressed, and did not let Zhao Quanbao into the house, saying, "But Master Li has an order?" ”

The two of them hurried to the stove room one after the other. Zhao Quanbao smiled: "Grandpa Liu, isn't this bothering you again?" I'm afraid that our master will want to eat and drink for a while, and as far as your craftsmanship is the most suitable for the master's taste, I have to make the small one call you. ”

Eunuch Liu was always ready half a month ago, while talking, the two had already arrived at the stove, Eunuch Liu changed his clothes and washed his hands, and instructed his apprentice to burn the stove and put water on it, and said: "The master can think of us, this is the blessing of the slave." You go out and wait, and you have to wait for a quarter of an hour! ”

On a hot day, it's not good to make some soup and water to make the master eat unpleasantly, and Eunuch Liu thinks that Master Li is afraid that it will be launched, or it is more convenient to swallow it in a bite. The most important thing is that it doesn't smell away when it cools.

The noodles were kneaded last night to wake up haode, the freshly adjusted filling, there are sweet bean paste, fragrant sesame seeds, sweet and salty five kernels, salty meat floss, steamed out are mahjong size, one bite is just right. Make a few more soups and send them together.

The dining room lit a fire and burned firewood, people came and went, and the fourth master who was resting in the study also got up. Su Peisheng had already seen Zhao Quanbao ask, and knew that it was Master Li who started it, and when the fourth master got up and stepped forward to wait, he casually reported it.

The fourth master changed his clothes, and he didn't call breakfast, looked at the clock on the table and said, "It's the middle of the night again." "She's not going to pick the hour. started in the middle of the night, it is estimated that she has not slept enough, and her spirit is not expected to be too good, and I don't know that it will take effort to be born like this.

Su Peisheng said: "Fourth master, the doctor has already been called, do you want them to go in now to check Master Li's pulse, or wait for a while?" ”

"Let them stay there, and don't go back for a few days." The fourth master said.

In the study, the fourth master sat there watching the bell waiting, and in the small courtyard, Li Wei finally woke up in pain. In fact, she didn't know if she woke up in pain or was woken up by them. I just woke up and felt a terrible stomachache.

God, are you finally going to give birth?

In fact, the more days go, the more afraid she becomes, she doesn't start when she gets up, she gets up in the morning and Amitabha, and she didn't give birth last night. Before going to bed at night, I also Amitabha, and today I got through it again.

It's really the day of her birth, and she wants to cry when she thinks about it and hurts for a day. Call the jade bottle and ask her to send Ergege to the front yard, "Let Momofuku accompany her, don't let me scare her." ”

The jade bottle wiped her sweat and said, "Don't worry, master, let the nurse carry it early in the morning." ”

Mama Liu rubbed her belly and coaxed: "Master, the little brother has already entered the basin and will give birth soon." ”

The doctor came in and cut the pulse, and said that it was all right, so he went out and sat outside and waited. The ginseng soup was ready, and Mama Liu took it and tasted it, put it aside, and said, "I'll use it when the master is bored." ”

But this ginseng soup was useless in the end, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, there was a baby cry in the small courtyard, and the second elder brother of the fourth master fell to the ground. Li Wei was sweating profusely, but her spirit was extremely excited, every time she gave birth, she felt that she had endless energy, and said in her heart: I can have another one! I was scared of not being able to do it before I was born, like two people at all.

"Bring the baby here." She said that her milk was turned on two days ago, and she just fed this kid first.

Mama Liu put the cleaned bag haode little brother in her arms, watched the little brother eat milk with his eyes closed, his smiling eyes were invisible, and he said in a loud voice: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master!" ”

In the study in the front yard, Zhao Quanbao rushed over to report the good news, and the fourth master, who had been sitting all morning, stood up and asked him to come in and ask carefully. ”

After Zhao Quanbao left, the fourth master took Su Peisheng but did not go directly to the small courtyard, but went to the main courtyard to see the eldest brother, and then went to see Fu Jin.

The fourth master spoke first: "Just now, the Li family reported that he had given birth to an elder brother. ”

Fu Jin smiled: "Congratulations, I got another brother." ”

"Well," the fourth master couldn't help but smile and said, "I just hope that this child can be half as smart and clever as the eldest brother." ”

When Fu Jin heard this, he understood what the fourth master meant, and then said: "Children are all smart, and with you teaching, nothing can be worse." ”

After the two finished speaking, they had nothing to say. The fourth master mentioned the Song family and said, "She is also pregnant, but she just looks at Da Gege, which always worries me." Fujin usually takes care of it more, it's always haode to have one more child. can also be a companion with the big brother. ”

Although Fu Jin's idea is too big to please him, the fourth master still hopes that there will be more children under her knees. If this one born by the Song family is also an elder brother, it will be recorded in the name of Fujin, and it will be regarded as her.

Fu Jin also understood that although she was unwilling to have more children, she did not reject raising a few more. This is the fourth master for her sake, Fu Jin was slightly moved and said: "I remember everything, just rest assured." ”

It's just that no matter how touched she is, she still feels that giving birth to a child is too wasteful of time, it is a year from conception to birth, and it will take a few years to raise it until she can stand up. This year, the eldest brother is four years old, and she still can't spare her hands. Most of his mind will be on him, and when he grows up to the point where she doesn't need to worry, I don't know how many years it will take.

Think about it, before she had the eldest brother, she still thought about doing a few more businesses, finding a few more livelihoods, and thinking about contacting the family more when she left the palace. The affairs in the house have also been since Pomegranate left, and he only had time to beat the troublemakers, and the rest of the people didn't have time to do it. Mama Fu is getting older and older, and the manpower below has not yet been cultivated, and Mama Fu is still uncertain, and everything is half cut there, and she can't even care about picking it up until now.

If there is another one, won't she be able to take care of the eldest brother? Instead of regenerating a man who doesn't know men and women, it's better to raise the eldest brother first.

Although the Li family mentioned the example and gave birth to an elder brother, it can be seen that the fourth master does not intend to promote her to the side of Fujin immediately. It should be for the sake of Big Brother.

After sending the fourth master away, Fu Jin came to the eldest brother's study, read his handwriting, and encouraged him to continue studying.

The fourth master should like the eldest brother very much. Although the eldest brother is not very smart, his writing is not as good as Dagege, and his reading is not as good as Ergege. But probably because of this, the fourth master will love him more and think more about him. If the second elder brother of the Li family is smarter than the eldest elder brother, the eldest elder brother's position will be more difficult than it is now.

It's better to say that it's better to say than the sisters, as long as the two are bigger, they don't have to study, and others won't compare the two of them together. But if it can't compare to the little brother, the big brother will not be able to do it.

Children grow up extremely fast. As long as it takes two or three years, the second elder brother of the Li family will grow up, and in two or three years, the eldest elder brother will read more, but it will not be better than now.

The fourth master gave Li an example in advance, but he didn't want her to think about it too much. If the second elder brother is not as good as the eldest elder brother, in a few years, in order to mention the identity of the second elder brother, the fourth master will ask for the Li family to be sealed for the side Fujin. If the second elder brother is stronger than the eldest elder brother, then the fourth master will probably always suppress the Li family and will not ask for a seal for her.

Fu Jin felt complicated and looked at the big brother who was concentrating on writing.

As a mother, she looks forward to her son's betterness. But as a Fujin, she didn't know how to choose. She remembered the poem given to her by the fourth master, 'I hope that the child will be foolish and reckless, and there will be no disaster and no difficulty'.

To inherit the title of the fourth master, maybe it's not a bad thing for the eldest brother to be stupid. Does the person sitting on that throne hope that the princes of each province will be flexible, or will they be honest and loyal? Perhaps, the nature of the eldest brother is more pleasing to the superiors?

She doesn't have to force her son to change his personality, she doesn't have to force him to become smart and clever, and his heart is like a dry one. He only needs to be loyal, loyal to him Amma, loyal to the emperor is enough.