Kubilong flicked his horseshoe sleeves and knelt down on his knees, and he bowed three times and nine bows respectfully, and the voice of the man shouted: "The slave Kubilong sees the emperor!" See the ancestors of the Empress Dowager! Sincerely, St. Ann! Respectfully welcome the ancestors! ”

"Aiqing is flat, give a seat." Kangxi's voice was full of nervousness and joy, revealing a sense of relief. He smiled secretly in his heart, straightened up and sat down on the chair brought by the eunuch, and looked around. The first thing that caught Kubilong's eyes were Wei Dongting, Cao Yin, Shi Jianmei and the executioner who was still injured in the middle of Cining Palace, but Wei Dongting, Cao Yin and the executioner's expressions were earthy and trembling, while Shi Jianmei was full of stubbornness and resoluteness. When he looked at Ao Bai sitting opposite, Ao Bai was naturally full of color, his face was almost dancing and twitching, full of pride, and he squeezed his eyebrows at Curb Pilon from time to time, as if to remind Curb Pilon not to forget the promise he made to himself. And the expressions of Kangxi and Ao Bai were diametrically opposed, their faces were as heavy as water, their faces were blue and black, and their breathing was heavy, and there was a hint of pleading in their eyes when they looked at Curb Bilong, just like a person who fell into the water saw the last straw. Only Xiaozhuang, who has been through the wind and waves for a long time, does not know her voice, so that people can't see the joys, sorrows, and sorrows in her heart.

After looking at the expressions of everyone in a circle, Ji Bilong had guessed what happened in Cining Palace just now - the executioner confessed, and Shi Jianmei did not hesitate to testify, Wei Cao's charges have been confirmed, but Ao Bai seized this golden opportunity and wanted to drag more of Kangxi's henchmen into the water, Kangxi of course refused to let Ao Bai serve his henchmen, the two sides are in a stalemate, but Ao Bai completely has the upper hand, Kangxi is waiting for his own life. After estimating the situation, Ji Bilong calmly asked: "The emperor and the old ancestor hurriedly summoned the minions, I don't know what to order?" Please show the emperor. ”

"Do you know about Aiqing, Xiao Weizi and Cao Yin?" Kangxi was in good spirits, smiling and asking Curb Pilon. Kupilon replied: "The slave has heard a little, but I don't know if Lord Wei and Cao Guards have been falsely accused?" Kangxi glared at Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, who were dejected, and said angrily: "There is no false accusation, and no one has framed these two dog minions!" Witnesses and evidence are here. Saying that, Kangxi handed the letter written by Wei Dongting to Shi Jianmei, along with the confession of the executioner and Shi Jianmei, to Ji Bilong, who hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully, and saw that the evidence was conclusive, and there was no reason to overturn the case. The only thing that is lacking is that only the paintings of Wei Dongting and Cao Yin are left.

"Ji Aiqing, what do you think of this case?" Kangxi asked anxiously. Kubilong put down the case file, closed his eyes for a moment to consider the words, opened his eyes and said: "The slave returned to the emperor, according to the slave, the evidence that Wei Dongting and Cao Yin set up a treacherous plot to kill the prince of Pingxi is undoubted, and the two cannot deny it. The only thing missing in this case now is the signature of the two ....... When Ji Bilong said this, Kangxi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that as long as Wei Dongting and Cao Yin were allowed to resist the charges and stop implicating others, as for Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, if Kangxi still needs them to be eagle dogs, there is naturally a way to get them out of the prison, if it is useless, it is also a good choice to let them die in the prison. Ao Bai opened his eyes with a round copper bell, glared angrily at Curb Pilon and almost had a seizure on the spot, and said in his heart, Lao Ji, you dare to put Lao Tzu together? But at this moment, Suppilon added, "But ......." ”

"Curb the middle hall, but what? Do you have any questions? Aobai's face slowed down, and he hurriedly asked Suppression. Ji Bilong looked thoughtful, and muttered: "Ao Zhongtang, yes, the lower officials do still have questions. ”

"Ji Zhongtang is reasonable, and the old man also thinks that there are still questions about this case, I wonder if the two of us have thought of going together?" Ao Bai turned his anger into joy and asked nervously. Kangxi also had a nervous expression and looked at Ji Bilong worriedly. But he was not in a hurry, and pointed to the unlucky executioner and said: "The old man thinks that this person is suspicious, this dog slave said in his confession that he was bought by Wei Dongting for a thousand taels of silver, but killing the prince of Pingxi is a capital crime of raiding his family and destroying his family, will he take such a big risk for a mere thousand taels of silver?" Isn't that too cost-effective? So the old man thinks that this person may have a grudge against the prince of Pingxi, and he took the opportunity to take revenge on the prince of Pingxi? Maybe someone else paid him a higher price, so he dared to take this risk? ”

"Yes, the middle hall is reasonable!" Ao Bai and Kangxi shouted happily at the same time. However, Ao Bai thought that Curb Pilon had created an opportunity for him to drag Kangxi's henchmen into the water, and Kangxi thought that Curb Pilon was favoring Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, and wanted to blame the unlucky executioner for the death penalty of Wu Yingxiong. Only Xiaozhuang's heart is bright, and his heart says that the words of the old slippery head can be attacked, retreated, and defended, and the two sides are not offended and both sides are flattered, and the grass on the wall has reached this point, which can be regarded as perfect. And the unlucky executioner who was framed by Ji Bi Long immediately screamed, "Ji Zhongtang, the slave is wronged, Lord Wei promised not to hold the slave accountable afterwards, and to promote the slave to be a county commander, he is the top boss of the slave, and the slave has no choice but to do this foolish thing." ”

"Shut up!" Kangxi shouted angrily: "Dog minion, you dare to shout in front of me, come on, give me a palm!" As soon as Kangxi's words fell, two imperial guards immediately stood up next to him, rushed up and beat the unlucky executioner with a face full of flowers, and his mouth was full of blood. And Ao Bai first came back to his senses at this time, and said that this old slippery head didn't give Lao Tzu a word, and hurriedly asked Ji Bilong: "Ji Zhongtang, you said that this dog slave is suspicious, so according to Ji Zhongtang, is he murdering the prince of Pingxi for personal revenge?" Or was he at the behest of someone else? Which one is more likely? ”

was reminded by Ao Baiyi, Kangxi also came back to his senses, and asked Ji Bilong unhappily: "Ao Zhongtang is reasonable, Ji Zhongtang, what I want is your insight, not your noncommittal cloud and mountain fog." Tell me, that is more likely? ”

"It's all possible, it's all likely." Ji Bilong got up and nodded and said: "Before the slave entered the palace, he once asked the guards on duty at the noon gate about the situation at that time, and those guards told the slave that when this Shi Jianmei girl reported to the imperial court, there was a person who led the yamen of the infantry army who tried to kill Shi Jianmei girl, which is very interesting." ”

"Yes, yes, the old man is also very suspicious of this." Ao Bai nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said with a smile: "A few small soldiers, why dare to kill people in front of the noon gate?" And is it a witness to the death of a person who has already declared that it is the emperor's sue for the royal complaint? No one instructed them, would they dare to do this? According to the old man, just arrest those soldiers and carefully torture them under whose command they are behind them! As for Wu Liuyi, the commander of the Nine Gates, who was not strict under the supervision of the upper officials, it was difficult to escape the blame, in order to avoid suspicion, the old man felt that it was better to let him go home and study behind closed doors, and then deal with it according to the situation when the case was heard clearly. As for the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, Jingxi General Mulima is brave, resourceful, and loyal, so let him act for the time being. ”

Without waiting for Kangxi, whose face was already pale, to speak, Ji Bilong hurriedly said: "What Lord Ao said is extremely true, and it is handled properly, and the slave seconded it." As soon as Curb Pilon's words fell, Kangxi's blue face immediately turned black, and Ao Bai was full of smiles, nodding and praising Curb Pilon continuously, and said in his heart that the words of the two Huai Salt Transporters for Curb Pilon were still very worthwhile. But Kubilong then said: "But the minions are still a little worried about wronging good people, and the emperor and Ao Zhongtang should also know that if we have the most enemies in the Qing Kingdom, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, claims to be the second, and no one dares to call it the first." Mu Wangfu, Li Zicheng Yuxi, Qianming Yuxi, Taiwan Zheng Family, Tiandihui, there are countless of them, each of them is not the same as Wu Sangui. He pointed to the executioner who had been beaten to the point of losing his teeth and said, "Maybe this dog slave is the same party of those thieves in Beijing, and no one dares to say that he is innocent." ”

"That's right! Wu Sangui has too many enemies, and this dog slave must be instigated by other thieves. Kangxi, who was already close to despair, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that it was difficult to curb Bilong for this, Suke Saha was killed because he rebelled against Aobai in front of him, and if he wanted to stand up and go against Aobai, he could only speak in a roundabout way. And Ao Bai was furious and shouted: "Curb Bilong, why are you always ambiguous in your speech? Do you think this dog slave was instructed by Wu Liuyi? Or is he a thief himself? ”

"Don't be afraid, I like to hear the truth." Kangxi encouraged Ji Bilong and said: "As long as you tell the truth and tell the truth, I will be rewarded." ”

"Ao Zhongtang, don't worry." Ji Bilong squeezed his eyes mysteriously to Aobai, and then arched his hand to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, you want the slave to tell the truth, the slave, as an outsider, does not know the situation, and now everything is said can only be guessed out of thin air, and the matter is big, and the slave may cause injustice and hatred through the ages if he says the wrong word." But there is one person, he can solve problems for the emperor. ”

"Who?" Kangxi Fox was suspicious. Without waiting for Curb Pilon to answer, Xiaozhuang, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Curb Billon, the person you are talking about, is it Wu Yingxiong?" ”

"The ancestor is shining brightly, and he is clear, yes, the slave thinks that Wu Yingxiong can solve problems for the emperor." Ji Bilong smiled and said: "Wu Yingxiong is the party to this matter, the emperor and Ao Zhongtang should ask him for his confession reference, and Wu Yingxiong, as a minister of the court and the prince of Pingxi, must know the enemy of his family, and he will definitely not take revenge for personal gain and wronged good people." As long as the emperor and Ao Zhongtang asked, did Wu Yingxiong and Wu Liuyi have any personal suspicions? Is it possible that Wu Liuyi murdered Wu Yingxiong? And is this dog slave executioner a thief? Isn't it clear? ”

"Old wallgrass!" Kangxi and Ao Bai understood that Ji Bilong was shirking responsibility, and they were still thinking that no one should be offended. But Ao Bai thought about it, with the relationship between Wu Yingxiong and Kangxi - don't you put Kangxi's henchmen in the Yin Cao Mansion? So Ao Bai applauded after a moment's thought: "Yes, everything has a cause before it has an effect, whether Wu Liuyi participated in this matter, just ask Wu Yingxiong and Wu Liuyi if they have any personal grudges, at least it can prove whether Wu Liuyi is suspicious." The emperor, according to the old minister's opinion, this matter is so decided, and Wu Yingxiong is summoned to question. ”

"Nope." Kangxi was anxious when he heard this, slapped the handrail and stood up, and roared angrily: "Wu Liuyi is involved in this case, and there is no real evidence, it is just your wishful guess!" If you can convict a member of the imperial court based on speculation, where is the law of the country? Where do I put the laws of the Qing Dynasty? ”

"Your Majesty, you are really younger, and this sentence is wrong again." As soon as this remark came out, the whole palace was shocked, because it was not Ao Bai, who has always liked to say that Kangxi was young and ignorant, but Ji Bilong, who has always been known for his mud, and Ji Bilong smiled: "Your Majesty, who among the micro ministers has given Wu Liu a certain crime?" Wu Liuyi's soldiers are suspected of killing people and killing people, aiding the murderer to abuse, Wu Liuyi is his direct boss, so he naturally can't get rid of suspicion, Ao Zhongtang asked to investigate Wu Liuyi, just to prove the law of the country, what kind of wishful thinking? ”

"Suppilon...... You! Kangxi never dreamed that Curb Pilon would also defect, so angry that he almost pointed at Curb Billon's nose, but he couldn't say a word for a long time. And Ao Bai was overjoyed in his heart, in Ao Bai's opinion, Ji Bilong should have seen the form clearly today, and completely fell to himself, plus Wu Sangui behind Wu Yingxiong is also supporting himself, so that he can be said to be a sure winner, and there is no possibility of losing. At this time, Kangxi finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in a trembling voice: "Okay, very good, you two finally stand together ......." ”

"Grandson, grandmother thinks Suppilon has a point." At this time, Xiaozhuang suddenly opened his mouth again. Xiaozhuang smiled, took a golden silk date from the fruit bowl in the palace maid's hand and put it in his mouth, chewed it lightly and said: "Wu Liuyi's subordinates are suspected of murder and extermination, Wu Liuyi cannot escape the suspicion of being the mastermind, in order to help Wu Liuyi clear the suspicion, it is better to let Wu Liuyi and Wu Yingxiong confront each other." ”

"Ancestor, what did you say?" Kangxi almost couldn't believe his ears, Wei Dongting was basically finished now, the Shanpu camp under his rule was no longer so reliable, Cao Yin was also finished, the imperial guards in the palace had also suffered heavy losses, and the cards in Kangxi's hand were only left with Wu Liuyi, the last one, if Wu Liuyi was knocked down by Aobai again, then Kangxi and Xiaozhuang would wait for Aobai to be imprisoned or killed. Thinking of this, Kangxi said evil words to his grandmother for the first time: "Old ancestor, you won't be confused, right?" ”

"The old ancestor is a hundred times more sober than you." Xiaozhuang spit out the jujube kernel into the gold plate held by the palace maid, and instructed: "Pass the Jun decree of the mourning family, forgive Wu Yingxiong's rude crime in front of the king, and after an hour, let Wu Yingxiong and Wu Liuyi confront each other in the Taihe Palace, and the mourning family will also go to observe." As for the case of Wei Dongting and Cao Yin's murder of Wu Yingxiong, it was presided over by Kubilong. Xiaozhuang looked at Shi Jianmei who was kneeling in the hall again, and ordered: "Although Shi Jianmei disturbed the law field, it was to save her husband from fire and water, and it was excusable to avoid her guilt for disturbing the law field, and gave a pair of hostas and a bounty of fifty taels." ”

"Obey the decree of the Empress Dowager." Aobai and Kangxi won a big victory in this confrontation, and naturally they were the first to receive the decree, and then Kubilong and Shi Jianmei also received the decree, only Kangxi didn't know what medicine was sold in his grandmother's gourd, so he turned his back and didn't speak. And Xiaozhuang yawned unhurriedly, and said tiredly: "Okay, let's go down, the mourning family is sleepy and need to rest for a while, and notify the mourning family when the court meeting resumes." ”

"The ministers are leaving." The joyful Ao Bai and the smug Bilon went down, and Wei Dongting, Cao Yin and Shi Jianmei were also escorted out by the guards. Only Kangxi stayed in Cining Palace, not because Kangxi was going to quarrel with his grandmother, but because Kangxi understood that his grandmother must have something to say to himself......

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"Grandson, you must wonder why your grandmother gave in to Aobai, right?" Sure enough, when only Xiaozhuang and Kangxi were left in Cining Palace, as well as a group of reliable eunuchs and palace maids, Xiaozhuang, who was still tired just now, suddenly sat up straight, his eyes full of fine crow's feet were shining, and Xiaozhuang sneered: "Grandson, you must not have seen that Curb Bilong is actually helping you." ”

"Hepilon is helping his grandson?" Kangxi's anger turned to surprise, and he asked in confusion: "Old ancestor, that curb Bilong and Ao Bai are in cahoots, and openly and secretly want to bring down Wu Liuyi, the last reliance of our ancestors and grandchildren, can this be regarded as helping grandchildren?" ”

"Bringing down Wu Liuyi, what are the benefits of Curb Pilon and Wu Yingxiong?" Xiaozhuang sneered: "Ao worships the tiger and wolf, once he usurps the throne, he is not Ao Bai's confidants, and Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingxiong will definitely die without a place to be buried, even Wu Sangui, who is far away in Yunnan, has to guard against the first warrior of the Eight Banners Ao Bai to cut down the feudal domain by force, which Curb Bilong knows, whether Wu Yingxiong knows his grandmother is not clear, but his grandmother can be sure of one thing, Wu Sangui must know." So for Kubilong and Wu Sangui, only by letting Ao Bai continue to fight with you and continue to divide equally, can they be as stable as Mount Tai and can profit from it, understand? ”

Kangxi closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Ancestor, in this way, Wu Yingxiong should not take the opportunity to frame Wu Liuyi?" So Ji Bilong deliberately proposed to let Wu Yingxiong and Wu Liuyi confront each other? Xiaozhuang shook his head, "This is just grandmother's estimate, we have to prevent Wu Yingxiong's kid from being determined to go against you - after all, your holiday with him is too deep." However, Grandmother has a way to keep that Wu Yingxiong from biting other people. ”

"Military pay!" Kangxi is so smart, his heart is as clear as a mirror. Xiaozhuang finally nodded, and said with a pleasant face: "Yes, military salary!" Didn't he, Wu Sangui, ask for 20 million taels of silver? Although there are not so many in the treasury, we have them in our internal affairs office, let's give them to him! ”

"Grandmother, we have made too many concessions, the national treasury is less than 20 million taels, the internal affairs government has only 25 million taels of silver, and Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi, we have given them all, how can this country still operate?" Kangxi said in surprise.

Xiaozhuang raised a finger and shook it, and said with a smile: "Grandson, grandmother didn't say that she would give it all, we still have room to discuss the specific amount with Wu Yingxiong, and although we make big concessions, we will get big benefits." The first is to keep Wu Liuyi's trump card, as well as Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, the two dog minions, if nothing else, they can also keep it; Second, Wu Sangui also said in the joint public fold that he asked for so much military salary not only to raise the army, but also to dismiss the old and weak soldiers and prepare for disarmament; Although my grandmother can be sure that Wu Sangui is playing the trick of disarming Tuntian and wants to solve the weakness of Yungui's lack of food self-sufficiency, as long as he takes the lead in cutting the army, we will have an excuse for Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi to disarm. ”

"The third and most critical point is to drive a wedge between Wu Sangui and Aobai!" Xiaozhuang gritted his teeth and said: "Wu Yingxiong gave up the opportunity to attack us for the sake of his own interests, how can Ao Bai spare him?" As long as they clash together, we have a chance. ”

"The grandson understood, fortunately with the guidance of his grandmother, otherwise the grandson would have almost broken something." Kangxi thought about it for a long time, and found that Xiaozhuang's method was already the best choice at present, otherwise, with Aobai's character, he would definitely take advantage of Wei Dongting and Cao Yin's case to make a big splash, and directly kill Wu Liuyi to replace him, and now only by temporarily giving in to Wu Sangui's family can he keep his last hole card, and even keep Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, the two dead soldiers who have been painstakingly cultivated to prepare to capture and kill Aobai - as for the dead ghost, it is naturally the executioner and the few soldiers who tried to kill Shi Jianmei and kill him.

"It's good to understand, you go and pass the decree now, let Sun Dianchen and Li Xu quietly mention Wu Yingxiong to Cining Palace, and grandma will negotiate with him on the terms of military salary." Xiaozhuang thought about it and added, "And call Zhaohui too, with her, we can at least save an extra million taels of silver." ”

"Grandson will go and arrange it, and grandmother will rest for a while." Kangxi agreed, and went out of the palace to arrange it in person. After Kangxi went out, Xiaozhuang did not lie down to rest, but stood up and turned in a circle in Cining Palace, muttering to himself: "It is easy to move between the emperor and Aobai, skillfully balance the forces, and push the responsibility cleanly, when did Curb Bilong have such a deep scheming and such great courage?" And it's not too early or too late, but it's so capable at this time? ”

After pondering for a long time, Xiaozhuang turned his head to Li Yinzheng, the chief eunuch of Cining Palace, who was waiting on the side, and ordered: "Xiao Lizi, you go to check, when the court was resting just now, who did Ji Bilong come into contact with?" Are there any suspicious characters in it? ”

"Minions, let's do it." Xiaozhuang's eyeliner leader in the Forbidden City, Li Yinzhen, agreed, and quickly went out to carry out Xiaozhuang's order. After a while, Li Yinzheng trotted all the way back, kowtowed to Xiaozhuang and said: "The old ancestor is really a wise man, just now when he was resting in the court meeting, he did have contact with a suspicious person, that person was brought into the palace by Wu Yingxiong to pay tribute to the emperor, his name is unknown, I only know that he is about sixty years old, he may be a servant of Wu Yingxiong's family, and he talked for a long time outside the side hall of the Taihe Palace. ”

"That's him!" Xiaozhuang's eyes were shining, and he shouted: "Li Yin, immediately take a few people to arrest that servant, do it quietly, don't alarm the others!" In particular, you can't alarm Curb Pilon and Wu Yingxiong! ”

Note: Xiaozhuang is a posthumous nickname, just for the convenience of the description in the book, using a well-known title.