Yun Songxuan, the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother waited for a long time before the prince came back, the fourth elder brother first said Kangxi's will, the prince knelt down and knocked three times, and said "obey the order", and stood up.

"It is not easy to clear up the deficit and arrears." The prince took a sip of tea, looked out of the courtyard, and said for a long time: "Fourth brother, this messenger is going to offend people." In fact, the year before last, Huang Ama deliberately asked the old fourteenth to go to the household department to investigate, and the eighth went to Huang Ama to lobby, saying that the Gubeikou Eight Banners Banner Camp was in urgent need of rectification, and there had to be a prince in charge, and he changed the messenger. What do you think? Do you want me to play another book and let you go to Xining for a long trip to escape? ”

The fourth elder brother smiled: "This family is not the eighth child, of course he is happy to be a good person!" Prince, I won't fight for you, this mess will not be easy to clean up in the future! And we are all people under a tree, we can't watch the heart of the tree being eaten by insects, you know, the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached? I'll do it first, and then I'll have you sitting for a while, and I'll be sure! ”

"His ambition is commendable!" The prince thought about his words, which meant to be loyal and unswerving, and couldn't help but cheer, exclaimed, and said: "In this case, tomorrow you will go to the household department, and I will ask the military subordinates to expedite eight hundred miles, and transfer Shi Shilun to Beijing to come to the household department to help you." Fourth, Zhu Tianbao, who you recommended to Yuqing Palace to do business, although he is young, he is very brave, and Master Wang Yu once praised me for your great eyesight! I think he might as well ask him to follow you, first, to have a helper, and second, to make it easier for our brothers to get in touch, you see? "He is kind and pleasant, very gentle and considerate.

The fourth elder brother knew that the prince and a few guards, ministers in the court, and a few cronies in the ministry had gathered together several times to eat wine, Zhu Tianbao had spoken bitterly, and there was no shortage of mustard between the monarch and the minister, and he couldn't help frowning, the prince glanced at the fourth elder brother and said: "Actually, I value Zhu Tianbao very much, I want to promote him to be a long history, and it is difficult to talk in front of Huang Ama without training!" ”

The fourth elder brother was silent.

Brother Jiu took a sip of tea and pursed his lips and smiled.

When the prince saw his steward eunuch He Zhu'er take out a stack of folded books from the west room, he said, "Put it here, I'll read it after talking to the fourth master and the ninth master." ”

watched He Zhu'er withdraw, stroked the folded book with his hand, and asked the fourth elder brother with a smile: "I heard that the eighth child went to see you last night?" ”

"The prince is so well-informed!" The fourth elder brother said with a smile, "As soon as we returned to Beijing, we met the eighth child, what a clever person!" So he reported the situation of seeing the eighth elder brother to the prince.

The prince listened attentively, and when the fourth elder brother finished speaking, he asked, "Do you think Fang Bao can keep this person?" ”

"There were so many people at the time that I didn't think about it, so I had to answer like that." The fourth elder brother leaned over and said, "I don't know the situation in the capital, I don't know what the constitution of this case is, it depends on the situation." ”

"You have a point!" The prince sighed, and only said after a while: "Well, the fourth, don't ask the eighth to get rid of this favor, the third child also came to me and mentioned that he is ready to protect the bud, you might as well fold with him to protect it, if the eighth fold arrives first, I can press it for a day and present it to you first!" ”

"The eighth man is too shrewd!" The fourth elder brother said coldly, "How many people has he protected in the past few years!" In the forty-second year of Kangxi, he was a matter of Suo Zhongtang, and he received 141 officials from Zhulian Beijing, and he kept more than 90 members. Shuntianfu tried bribery case, and he protected more than 30 people! What kind of idea is in your heart, who doesn't know! The reason why he acted so recklessly was because he saw that Huang Ama didn't want to make more trouble! But where is the country's social system located? He said that he would not build a party, not form a faction, and the party would be bigger than anyone else! It's ridiculous that some people think that only eating and drinking, talking about their hearts, and setting up a party for personal gain, but they don't know that such a guarantee, the person who is protected is more powerful than anything else! This time, I'm going to deal with the deficit and arrears, look at it, he is going to protect people, he wants to do this again, and this bit of brotherhood between me and him is enough. Don't worry, prince, I'll show you a sample soon! ”

The prince was a little upset when he heard this, stood up and paced around for a long time, before he said, "How many times have I told you, don't think about the bad things for the old eight." There are so many brothers, one person has one temper, and you can't force uniformity. From the perspective of mind, I think you still have to learn from the fourth child, since people can invite people's hearts, why can't I? ”

The fourth elder brother nodded silently and sighed: "Although what the prince said is true, I am a person who is easy to change, and my temperament is difficult to change. After the pearl was copied, there was a couplet posted at the door of the study, saying, 'Penetrate the human feelings and break the courage, read the world and the cold heart', although it is not enough to be a person, but this is a true word after a glory and a withering. I am a person who does not believe in the right and is beware of benevolence. If the eighth child has no selfish intentions, he shouldn't ask Zhang Deming to show him his appearance, he is already a prince, what else can he ask for? The old eight people are called 'eight Buddhas', don't dare to say anything else, in the essence of Buddhism, I am about slightly stronger than him, the Buddha thinks of all beings, and the old eight thinks of all officials, and has entered the evil way! Is it possible to distinguish between good and bad, blindly embrace the wicked, and only recite Amitabha Buddha twice to be reborn? ”

"What Zhang Deming?" The ninth elder brother and the fourth elder brother had been on patrol together for several months, and they had never heard him mention this matter, so they asked in surprise, "What does Zhang Deming do?" ”

The prince was also stunned, and the fourth elder brother's well-informed information also surprised him. Sitting in Beijing by himself, he is not as smart as the fourth elder brother outside, which makes him a little uneasy.

"Of course you don't know." The fourth elder brother said, "With the identity of the crown prince, it is also inappropriate to inquire about this kind of thing. But if even I don't know, or if I know but don't say it, then I'm losing my way. ”

It turned out that this Zhang Deming was a wandering Taoist, who claimed to be the junior brother of Zhang Sanfeng in the Yuan Dynasty when he came to Beijing three years ago, and had lived in Emei for more than 300 years. The fourth elder brother sneered: "A Ling'a, a member of the household department, once recommended it to me, saying that this Deming Taoist skill is exquisite, not only can you guess the partition, but also can judge people's life and death. ”

Brother Jiu smiled: "In this way, even I want to give it a try!" Alinga is already a starling! At that time, I wanted to worship your disciple, but it didn't work, and I changed the door again, right? ”

"That's right." The fourth elder brother said, "Alinga's talent and conduct are not obscene, but I think he is too keen on eunuchs, so I ignore it." I'm a noble stomach, why do I have to ask for my life? What's more, the emperor Ama has repeatedly decreed that he is not allowed to marry foreign ministers privately, and I don't dare to do this against the will. (To be continued.) )