Chapter 23: Life and Death

"Fire trees and silver flowers never sleep", this sentence is very suitable for Babel Mansion. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Yinxi took sick leave to Kangxi, every talent is idle at home to recuperate, but there is still an endless stream of people who go to the Eight Masters' Mansion, this situation is surprising, after all, the "Eight Sages King" has touched the head of the prince, according to common sense, the snobbish officials should avoid it, but the people who visit the sick not only make the entire Baylor Mansion a busy business, but the officials at all levels talk and laugh freely, and the unfamiliar ones have a friendship with each other, and the peers greet each other, and the subordinates meet the superiors are kowtowing to say goodbye, and the chariots and horses and miscellaneous servants who follow them are all outside the side door and talking about the mountains, Tea and watermelon, jujube paste, and cakes are sold on both sides of the back street...... It was also lively. Coupled with the "affectionate" visits of the royal family and nobles headed by the ninth, tenth, and fourteenth masters, there was no stop in the entire mansion.

Kangxi, who was wearing regular clothes, stood not far from the Babeile Mansion, staring at this lively and extraordinary scene, expressionless, as if he didn't care, playing with the folding fan in his hand, the monotonous and special sound of the folding fan opening and closing made people feel a trace of the emotion of the son of heaven!

"Master, the time has come, do you want to go home?" The senior eunuch who served - Li Dequan asked.

"No need, find a tea house, I want to drink tea." Kangxi commanded.

"Huh." Li Dequan is a model of the Qing Palace, and his movements and eyes are all in place.

Kangxi and his entourage arrived at the teahouse, and shouted loudly with a teapot: "Come to your guests~Please take a seat~"

"I want a private room." The chief guard who followed, Ge Man, commanded.

Kangxi shook his hand and said, "Just sit in the hall." ”

Ge Man commanded: "Hey, listen to our master." ”

"Well, old man, do you think this table is okay?" The guy rubbed it hard a few more times on the elm table, which was already very bright.

"That's it." After Kangxi finished ordering, he sat down as soon as he lifted his robe. Then he commanded: "Sit down, you are not at home, and it is a little ridiculous to make rules here." The few people who were waiting did not say a word, but they all sat down carefully.

"Before you come to the pot?" Dr. Tea beckoned.

"Pu'er is mixed with Min ginger." Kangxi commanded.

Dr. Cha's face hesitated slightly, and then he went down to prepare.

"Yo, Third Master Cha, I'm sorry for you." A man carrying a birdcage greets an acquaintance.

"Yo, it's Second Master Liu, you are auspicious. You're getting more and more energetic. The third master of Cha returned the courtesy.

"Hey, isn't this blind breeding?" Liu Erye was modest on his lips, but his face was joyful, and he lifted the birdcage and gave it to Zha Sanye to taste it carefully.

"Isn't this Master Zhang? You are a busy person, how can you have time to drink tea here, it is my blessing to meet you here today! A fat lord smiled and gave an old man a stool. After Master Zhang sat down, the fat meat shouted to the guy to change the tea and add a teacup.

Kangxi looked at the chattering people in the teahouse without saying a word, and the minions sitting around him didn't dare to make a sound, and they looked out of place in the entire noisy teahouse. Dr. Tea kept looking at this table like a temple clay sculpture of the person, he has been opening a shop in the capital for 30 years, he has read countless people from the north and south, just his eyes, although not the fiery eyes of Sun Monkey, but it is almost the same, the people who come to the store, as long as he looks up and down like this, what is the origin of the guest, can always be broken. But the people at this table seem to be rich but not rich, although the folding fan in his hand is Dong Qichang's authentic handiwork, but he is only wearing ordinary cotton clothes; It seems to be expensive but not expensive, the old man at the head has a bearing, which makes people involuntarily solemn, but the old man and Xi's expression make people feel that he is just an old squire who eats fast and recites Buddha, and there is no arrogance in his eyes of those Beijing officials; It seems to be elegant and non-elegant, and he doesn't drink tea before the rain before the Ming Dynasty, but he asks for a pot of bitter Pu'er, and he has to mix it with some Fujian ginger. Dr. Tea couldn't look at the origin of these people, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he took the teapot in the man's hand and served tea to these people himself.

"Old man, your tea is here!" Dr. Tea used his own trick: Danfeng nodded three chaos, no matter how deep the cup was, it was poured three times, and when the teapot flew up and down in his hand, the flow rate of tea flowing out of the spout was not rushing, not rushing, not splashing. After watching Dr. Tea pour tea, Kangxi praised with a faint smile: "'Danfeng nods three chaoyang', good kung fu!" What is Dr. Cha's last name? ”

"Don't dare to be, don't be surnamed Xu, a single word is good, and the old customers gave a nickname teapot Xu." For some reason, Dr. Tea was glanced at by the old man, and he was unspeakably nervous.

"Then I'll call you Teapot Xu too." Kangxi shook off the folding fan.

"That's your old love." In the voice of the old man and his courage, the teapot Xu didn't feel a little hot on his body.

"Ge Man, you get up, I want to talk to Teapot Xu." Kangxi commanded.

"Yes, old man." As soon as the words fell, the place where Ge Man was sitting was already empty.

"It's not proper, it's inappropriate, how can you let the little brother stand, I'll let the guy add a chair." Teapot Xu hurriedly greeted the guy, and after the guy moved the chair, the teapot Xu sat down half-leaning.

"How long have you been running a teahouse?" Kangxi asked.

"It's been thirty years, this is the ancestral business, and in my generation, it's been eighty-nine years."

"This teahouse business is fine."

"Lend your light, it's all up to the care of the old customers."

"Who are the customers?"

"Most of them are literati, scholars, neighbors, and old banner people."

"Unexpectedly, Jiangnan's habit of drinking tea has spread among my Eight Banners."

Teapot Xu secretly thought, this old man is a banner person.

"Go down, I'll tell you something." Kangxi commanded.

"Yes, there is any inadequate hospitality in the shop, please bear with me." The teapot slowly retreated.

Kangxi took a sip of tea, and seemed to be a little absent-minded.

"Lao Bei, why haven't you gone to the Eighth Master's Mansion to visit, I think no matter how late it is, you won't even be able to give gifts, let alone people." The old man asked in a low voice.

"Master Zhang, wasn't the eighth master reprimanded by the Long Live Lord? If I go up and rush again, isn't this self-destructive? ”

"Yo, Lao Bei is real enough." Master Zhang's face was a little contemptuous.

"I'm like you, Master Zhang, with deep roots and lush leaves, this is counted in this Beijing city." He gave a thumbs up.

"You praise it falsely, this is Long Live Lord, I don't dare to be it, I will count this at most in the capital." The old man pressed Lao Bei's thumb down as he spoke, stretching out his little thumb.

"Yo, you're all here, we're not ants anymore." Lao Bei's face was sad.

"This is Beijing City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, any leaf falls, and all that you hit is a three-grade top, and below the three-grade level, you don't dare to show your name." The old man pretended to say in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, aren't we little ants still relying on you, Master Zhang? So if you have any news, you will pull the younger generation, and the younger generation will serve you as a cow and a horse in the next life. ”

"Haven't you heard yet?" The old man deliberately took a sip of tea and hung Lao Bei in the middle.

"My good Master Zhang, aren't you going to kill me in a hurry?"

"I'm just telling you, you don't spread the word." The old man lowered his voice.

Kangxi gestured to Ge Man, and Ge Man paced to the side of Master Zhang and Lao Bei, and said, "Two masters, excuse me." ”

The two were stunned for a moment, and then asked politely: "Is there anything wrong with the little brother?" ”

"Brother, I have a cousin uncle, who is on the platform outside Beijing, this time I entered Beijing, I want to inquire about the news, we have been listening to the conversation between the two for a long time, the news of Master Zhang is the news that my cousin uncle wants, if Master Zhang is willing to go over, my cousin uncle is willing to buy a word from Master Zhang with three hundred taels of silver." After speaking, he pressed the two of them with his eyes.

The two looked at each other for a while, and then looked at Kangxi.

"Master Zhang?" Lao Bei was a little reluctant to consult Master Zhang.

"It's not a secret anymore, and most of Beijing knows about it anyway. It wouldn't be nice for me to say one more. ”

Lao Bei scolded in his heart: The old coffin scoop, see the eyes of wealth!

The two moved to the table with Ge Man, and Li Dequan and the others all stood up.

"Change to a private room." Kangxi commanded.

"Huh." Ge Man answered, and went to find the teapot Xu, and the teapot Xu opened up to a very elegant seat. On the wall, there are four gentlemen of plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum and orchid, one color of mahogany furniture, there are lake pens, end inkstones, Hui ink, rice paper on the table, all around are planted with blue and white porcelain, and the teacup is a five-color plum blossom bucket color.

The teapot Xu still personally brought six small snacks of candied fruit, melon seeds, kumquats, four happiness cakes, shortbreads, and water chestnuts, and respectfully closed the door when he went down.

"Say it." Kangxi motioned to Ge Man to take out the silver ticket.

Master Zhang put the silver ticket in his sleeve, and then said mysteriously: "My nephew is a guard in the palace, and the Kangxi Ye he said once said that the second master is like him." The second master said behind his back that he was not only like Kangxi, but also like him, Kangxi was only able to govern in addition to worship, he- understood? Master Zhang's eyes flashed.

Kangxi's face turned a little pale, and he said unhappily: "What your nephew said, why does most of Beijing know about it?" ”

"Hehe, the old man sees that my brother is a smart person, and you and I are so fateful, so I will reveal some additional news to you. Actually, this news is: Kangxi Ye went to Concubine Liang's mother the day after he reprimanded Babeile, Concubine Liang's mother was born humbly, and she can sit in the position of the main concubine, and her means should not be underestimated. I heard that Long Live Lord only practices one word these days, do you know which word it is? ”

Kangxi chuckled in his heart, how could such a confidential palace secret matter spread to the people. For Concubine Wei, when Kangxi reprimanded Yinxi for seizing the heir, he had to connect with her, and she fainted immediately after being weak and supple, Kangxi felt guilty for a while, and indeed went to Fuze Palace to visit her on the sickbed.

"Which word?"

"The word 'eight', the prince is not abolished, but abolished. The will of the Divine is unpredictable! I don't think you'll hang yourself from a tree, man. The old man said meaningfully.

"Master Zhang, you didn't tell me about such a big thing earlier, eh! You almost missed me. Lao Bei's face was annoyed.

"Isn't that what you say?" Master Zhang glared at Lao Bei unhappily, and then took a sip of tea.

"Master Zhang, don't be careful, look at my broken mouth, I don't mean anything else, you know, I'm this heartless character, and I want you to give me more guidance in the future." Lao Bei knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly slapped himself twice.

"Don't, don't, don't, brother, you're straight, I like to get along with people who don't bend."

After Master Zhang and Lao Bei left, Li Dequan, who had been serving for many years, did not dare to look at Kangxi's face and find out a trace of Kangxi's intentions.

"Predict the blessings and misfortunes, eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, exorcise ghosts and towns, and tell fortunes face-to-face......" Someone outside the door is ringing a bell.

"Bring in the fortune tellers." Kangxi commanded.

"Huh." Ge Man brought people in.

After a while, a middle-aged Taoist priest came in with a Taoist crown on his head, wearing a gossip robe, and pedaling on the bottom of a thousand layers. Holding a banner in his left hand, he wrote: Get a true fate, and his right hand is the head, and he reads: "Immeasurable Tianzun~, the mountain people are polite, what does this layman want." ”

"Ask for family affairs." Kangxi said indifferently.

"Dare to ask whether it is for the safety of the family or for marriage?" The Taoist asked.

"The house is safe." Kangxi was still indifferent.

"May I ask if it's a word test? Or is it a trigram? The Taoist asked.

"Word measurement." Kangxi is still not salty or light.

"Please." Lao Dao raised his hand, made a petition, and asked Kangxi to write on the desk.

Kangxi didn't move, Li Dequan saw this, and hurriedly moved the paper inkstone over to serve Kangxi. Kangxi took the pen and paper and wrote down one word without thinking: eight.

Lao Dao raised his eyelids and said: "The face of the layman is a nobleman, but this word is separated by a stroke, I am afraid that there will be signs of discord in the house, if you ask the husband and wife: the same bed and different dreams; If you ask the brothers: the scourge of the Xiao Wall. ”

Kangxi remained silent, wrote down the word "person", and said, "Ask again!" ”

"Why should the layman force it? At the beginning, they supported each other, but didn't they also part ways later? The Taoist sneered.

"Give the hexagram money." Kangxi is deep in the city, his face can no longer hang at this time, what he is worried about, what he is most afraid of is still said, is it the will of heaven in the dark?

"No need, what is the use of a monk in the poor way, what is the use of so many things outside the body, the poor way is only here to cross the world." Humane.

"Am I the one who can be crossed?" Kangxi's eyes flashed and he asked.

"Didn't you look at my flag?"

"You have a true fate, so you and I are destined to be people?" Kangxi asked.

"Yes, that's why I'm meeting the layman today."

"How do you cross me?" Kangxi asked again.

"Layman, please see." The Taoist priest drew a frame around the eight characters on this Kangxi pen and paper, and then turned to leave.

Kangxi glanced at it: it was the word "four", looked up at the Taoist with a solemn gaze, the Taoist had gone out, and read in his mouth: "I am too crazy in the world, I laugh at the world and can't see through." It is divided into eight knives, and it is eight prisoners of oral characters. ”

Kangxi crumpled the paper and commanded gloomily: "Follow him." Ge Man immediately followed.

He didn't believe it, at first he was in a bad mood and explained indiscriminately, but now he was sure that it was the means of his eloquent sons! The matter of going to Concubine Liang can be leaked to half of Beijing City, so the matter of his micro-service visit can also be leaked, Kangxi glanced at the surrounding minions, and the people who came out today were suspicious, but I didn't expect the little wolf cubs to be able to reach out to themselves.

"Go back to the palace!" Kangxi commanded.

"Huh." Although the minions all lowered their heads, Kangxi's anger was already obvious, and all the attendants began to tremble, for fear that if they were not careful, they would become wronged and lose their lives in vain.

On the way back to the palace, Kangxi closed his eyes and thought: Who is the mastermind? The biggest suspicion is the fourth child, because the Taoist priest is referring to him, but why is the spearhead pointed at the eighth child, didn't he restore the prince? Now the prince is still there, and he has recently ruthlessly reprimanded the eighth child, even with the eighth child's mother concubine Wei, his wife Guo Luoluo, is the fourth child stupid to do this. If the people who do this bureau want to have a double carving, except for the fourth and eighth, who will benefit...... Kangxi fell into contemplation, he used to feel that he was old and tired, but now, he is full of fighting spirit, the Qing Dynasty cannot be handed over to a person who deceives his father and the king, he can't let this son succeed, otherwise this person will kill his brother's flesh and blood, and Aixin Jueluo's blood will stain the entire Beijing city. People are often in trouble and can surpass their own limitations, let alone a generation of British lord Kangxi!

"Qingyue, this is the prince's gloves, please bring it over." Mama Ying gave a hairy thing to Qingyue.

"Me?" Qing Yue looked at the ancient glove, which was a sleeve made of fur.

"Why, haven't you already been transferred to Tingmatsu?" Mama Ying asked unhappily.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Mama Ying, I forgot. Qingyue secretly thought, the knot between the prince and the princess has not been untied, how expensive and eventful, I am afraid that this time it will be slapped on the horse's leg, and I must take the opportunity to clean up this villain, so as to save this person from being despicable and dirty to take care of some messy things for himself. Qingyue immediately leaned over to give Mama Ying a salute and replied respectfully, "Thank you Mama for reminding her." In disgust, Mama Ying threw her gloves in the tray and slammed the door and went out. Qingyue stuck out her tongue at the door and grimaced, it hadn't been like this for a long time!

Qingyue carried the tray and entered the listening room. Yinren was reading a book, raised his eyes to see that it was Qingyue, put down the book, and asked with a smile: "Is the thirteenth master okay?" ”

Qingyuexin said: What the hell is this, it's just a trick!

"Good, pretty good." Qingyue replied angrily.

Hahaha, Yinren smiled quite happily.

"How do you thank me for being a matchmaker?" Yinren asked.

Qingyuexin said: It's not you who want to thank you, it's the eighth ~ master. Thinking of this, I can't help but start to feel annoyed. "Master, you can find me happy, can I say that the thirteenth master is not good? You are brothers, all of them are golden branches and jade leaves, broken bones and tendons, I just said that half is not good, and your ghost head knife may be waiting for me somewhere. ”

"Look at what you said, my brother and sister are the heart and liver of the old thirteen, how dare I let you lose half of your hair, and then the thirteen lang will desperately find me to come desperately, where should I hide?" Yinren said with a hippie smile.

"You don't have a master, this is your glove, I'm leaving." Qingyue secretly shouted: God, how can a person become so fast? The devil who was going to strangle you a few days ago can play such an intimate joke with you today. What is the fate between himself and Yinren?

"Excuse me?" Yinren was still smiling happily.

Qingyue kept running away.

Qingyue returned to the house and began to post, in the era when there were no pens, pencils, and carbon pens, not to be illiterate, but to put in some effort. In order to contact the two hidden uplines, Qingyue had to force herself to practice calligraphy, and gradually found that there was an advantage, when writing, she didn't think about anything, calm and satisfied. After just a quarter of an hour of practice, the little girl rushed in and shouted at herself: "Oh no, no, Sister Qingyue, the prince vomited blood!" ”

What the? Qingyue's right eyelid jumped, although she knew that the prince would not lose it this year, but when she saw it just now, she was fine, according to medical common sense, she shouldn't vomit blood for no reason? I don't know why: poisoned! Two words flashed in Qingyue's mind. Qingyue pushed the little girl away and ran towards the listening pine room.

The crown princess hurried over with a pale face, the bottom of the flower pot on her feet knocked on the blue and white stone, and the grandmothers who supported her on both sides trotted all the way. At the same time, in the corridor, the prince's concubines and girls also ran over crying, and for a while, the listening pine room was about to become a funeral hall, and only white flags were hung.

"What a noise! Give it all to me, Princess, please come in. Ming Yuda helped a little eunuch, and roared hoarsely at Yinren's huge concubines, and those concubines immediately stopped talking. All concubines know that Mingyanda's influence on the prince is pampered, and if you are unhappy, you will never have a chance, such as the Li family, Pei family, and Sera family in front, only to go to the cold palace, and never want to turn over again.

Not long after, the imperial doctor on duty ran in with the medical box, and tripped in front of the hospital gate without paying attention.

It wasn't long before five or six doctors ran in, and one of them had a wrong button on the placket.

Somehow, a good spring day is changing, and just when everyone's eyes fell on the listening pine room, a thunderbolt broke out, startling everyone in the courtyard. A little girl couldn't hold back her fear, and screamed "Ah~", adding another touch of fear to the already frightened people. Then it got dark, and the rain fell on the copper coins. The women present seemed to feel a bad omen, and some of them began to cry, not knowing whether to cry Yinren or cry themselves. The torrential rain stirred up the already quiet listening pine room again, and the miserable cry set off the misfortune of the listening pine room.

Qingyue's heart began to furious, and she began to wonder if she had traveled to the Qing Dynasty in Chinese history, wouldn't it be an overhead? That's the end of the game.,Overhead generally doesn't play cards in the dark.,The ending is possible.,You're just an alien.,It's all reasonable.。 If she can go back, she will definitely study the history of the Qing Dynasty and memorize every detail...... I'm thinking about it, snap! A whip sounded and silenced the messy listening room. Qingyue's eyes widened, if she remembered correctly, this was the net whip, which meant that the old man Kangxi was here.

"Except for the Crown Princess Shi Clan, the Side Fujin Li Clan, and the Fucha Clan, the rest of the people will all be avoided!" An old eunuch announced.

This to the will, like scissors, eliminated the sad women one by one, although unwilling, the concubines went out of the courtyard in panic, after Qingyue went out, she glanced back at the listening song room, if Yinren died, what should she do with her deliberate revenge plan?

At night, the rain was still falling, and there was no intention of stopping, smashing on the ground and making a loud noise, hitting the window edge, and after Qingyue sent the news out, her heart was as chaotic as raindrops. The flickering light of the oil lamp made Qingyue's heart even more depressed. When I was depressed, I felt a pain in the back of my neck, and I didn't know anything.

When she woke up again, Qingyue saw her biggest enemies in the Qing Dynasty: Kangxi and Fei Seyao! This is the second time she has seen Kangxi, although his face is a little worse, but his spirit is not bad. Kangxi's double dragon eyes were staring at Qingyue viciously at this time, and Qingyue raised her head and stared at Kangxi.

"There are not many people who dare to look at me, you are one!" Kangxi's oppressive voice made people feel cold.

"What did I do wrong?" Although Qingyue had the courage to ask, she knew in her heart that any of her little secrets could kill her, and she didn't know who the eighth master and the fourth master would be exposed.

"Punishment!" Kangxi commanded.

The legendary clamp stick was tied to Qingyue's hands and legs, and Qingyue was silent for a moment and asked, "Why?" Why did you torture me, what did I ~ do wrong~ ? "I haven't finished talking yet, the pain I have never felt before, makes Qingyue want to die. Just when she thought she was going to die of pain, Kangxi ordered: "Stop!" Qingyue fell to the ground without support.

"Little Harrier, you ask her, who made her do this?" Kangxi instructed Fei Seyao.

"Hey, obey the order." Fei Seyao took the order.

"Qingyue, let me ask you, who asked you to poison the prince?" Fei Seyao had determination in his eyes.

"I poisoned the prince? I am not the one who serves the prince's diet, how can I poison it? Qingyue asked.

"Do you recognize this thing?" Fei Seyao asked.

A hairy thing smashed into Qing Yue's face, and Qing Yue recognized it as the prince's glove.

"Acquaintance, it's the prince's newly made gloves."

"Why are you putting poison in your gloves? Who instructed it? ”

"Poison? Gloves coated with poison? I do not know! Qingyue shouted silently.

"Don't you know?" Fei Seyao personally punished her, click, Qingyue heard a crisp sound, and in a trance, it seemed that her leg was broken, and Fei Seyao didn't leave a little room.

"Wait, wait, Your Majesty~, you ~ are so ~ smart, how can ~ ~ be ~ able ~ like this~ confused?"

Bang, a slap fell, Qingyue was about to faint, a little blood was sprinkled on the place where she fell, and there was no trace of feeling on Qingyue's face.

"Let her speak." Kangxi coldly commanded.

"I am your man, how can I do things without your command? Secondly, there is something wrong with what I sent, am I so stupid? I've been carefully trained by Fei Seyao~"

"What I told you to do, you didn't do."

"The slave maid ~ is in ~ the prince's mansion, but the slave maid ~ also benefits ~ uses the opportunity ~ will be close to ~ the people of the eighth master's mansion, close to ~ the eighth master, want to ~ finish ~ your task, but ~ the slave and the maid really ~ tried their best. If ~ if this is the case, I ~ die ~ no matter ~ what to complain, the master ~ humiliates the minister ~ death, the slave and maid I ~ heart ~ obey ~ orally, but ~ falsely accuse ~ the slave and the maid to poison ~ the prince, the slave and the maid ~ is ~ death ~ and does not admit it! Qingyue felt that she was saying this with her last life, and she really hoped that she could wear it back when she died, wouldn't there be such a result when she crossed over?

"Falsehood? Joke, this is from your house. Fei Seyao threw a bottle to Qingyue.

Qingyue tried hard to see the bottle clearly, and there were three words on it: Wushi San.

"Hehe, hehe, hehe......" Qingyue began to laugh.

"What are you laughing at? Admit it? Fei Seyao said in his heart, I will let you die next time.

"Emperor~Shang, you ~ are ~ yes ~ care ~ then ~ then ~ chaos, slave ~ slave ~ maid ~ dare to ask ~ one ~ one ~ sentence, you ~ give ~ people ~ death ~, with ~ five ~ stone ~ scattered ~ ?"

"Huang Ama~" Qingyue only heard this last sound and fell into darkness again.