Changchun Garden, Qingxi Book House.

Kangxi held the paper sent by Long Keduo, the commander of the Nine Gates, and his face was gloomy.

This statement was dictated by the mother of the former governor of Liangjiang, Kali, and recorded by the secretary of the Yamen of the Infantry Army, which stated:

My son Kali ordered the cook to poison me to death. All these evils are the result of the conspiracy of my young son, Serki, and the son of Kali, Gandu. He also considered his son Gantai, the son of Serki, to be his own son, and asked his wife to raise him privately. The Kali family was also very wealthy, and he lived in Hexi with his wife and close friends, but he didn't know what it meant. Kali is extremely vicious, please punish it canonically.

After Kali was originally a meritorious service, Kangxi has always been treated well. The unconscious outside, the Tao is that Kali is Kangxi's nursing brother, and Kali's mother is Kangxi's nursing mother, but in fact, it is a false rumor.

The nurses and nannies selected by the royal family are all covered by the Three Banners, but the Kali family is on the Red Flag of Manchuria.

Kali is an imperial prince, and in the words of Zhu Pi that Kangxi once gave him, he is "the son of the concubine's mother and brother". His father, Pushan, is the younger brother of Concubine Ning of Shunzhi and the uncle of Prince Yu Fuquan. He is himself and is Fuquan's cousin.

Shunzhi has no sons-in-law, and Fuquan is the eldest among the concubines, and the throne is not Kangxi's turn this time.

Before Shunzhi died, he asked the ambitions of these two little brothers on the sickbed. Fu Quanhui replied "I am willing to be a virtuous minister", and Kangxi replied: "I am willing to follow the example of Huang Ama as a Ming monarch!" ”

Although this is a child's joke, it is not the main reason why Shunzhi established Kangxi as the prince. But in Kangxi's heart, he always remembered his brother's "grace of giving way".

Before the heavy promotion of Kali, Kangxi did not have some thoughts of love for the house and Wu. It's just that Kali is really not angry, and his line is rat-tailed at both ends, and his heart can be punished.

As early as when Suo Etu seized power, Kali had private correspondence with Suo Etu, and Kangxi had Zhu Zhu reprimanded him at that time. A few years ago in Jiangnan, Kali and the second elder brother and the eighth elder brother were a little unclear.

More than ten years ago, Kangxi was still able to tolerate Kaliba's brother and reprimanded him; More than ten years later, his mind is no longer as tolerant as it was when he was in his prime.

However, even if the evidence of Kali's corruption and bribery is conclusive, Kangxi only approved a dismissal from office.

As people get older, they become suspicious and irritable, but they also become more and more nostalgic and nostalgic for old feelings.

Even if you are the Son of Heaven, you can't stop the sorrow of the approaching twilight years.

Although Kali is greedy for ink, "filial piety" was praised by Kangxi himself, which is also an important reason why he has not been seriously condemned for Kali's crime of greedy ink.

Kangxi has always governed the country with "benevolence and filial piety", and there are many words of praise for the "filial son" among the civil and military officials, including Kali.

Now, the "filial son" Kali, who was praised by Kangxi himself, has exposed the evil act of killing his mother, how can Kangxi not be popular? Isn't this a slap in the face, and what?

Kangxi couldn't help but shoot the case, and said angrily: "Bastard, there are still such people in the world who have lost their conscience!" ”

Long Keduo knelt in front of the emperor, bowing his head and not daring to speak.

For his brother-in-law as the emperor, Long Keduo also knows a lot, and he knows what Kangxi is annoying about. He didn't dare to touch his head at this juncture, so he only bowed his head and said the word "silent".

Kangxi stood up, remembered the mother of Kali, Jue Luo, who was a reasonable old woman, and said, "How is Jue Luo's now, the old man is still tough?" ”

Long Keduo replied: "Back to the words of the Long Live Lord, Jue Luo was frightened because he came to the yamen, and the situation was not very good, and it was a little inappropriate after recording the complaint. Lord Cao Haocao, the head of Heshuo and the Taifu Temple, has already asked someone to hire a doctor to take care of him in the yamen. ”

Kangxi couldn't help frowning, and said, "Cao Hao is not in the Yamen of Taifu Temple, how did he run to the Yamen of the Infantry Army?" ”

Long Keduo replied: "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, according to Lord Cao, you met on the way, and when you saw that the son of Kary, Gandu, led people to stop Jue Luo, and there was a lot of disrespect between his actions, he came forward to ask. And because he was entrusted by the Jue Luo clan, Fang escorted him to the Yamen of the infantry army. ”

Although Long Ke is concise and concise, he also uses some Spring and Autumn brushwork, the words "disrespectful" and "escort", but they are dangerous.

It was still broad daylight, and in the inner city of Kyoto's best place, there were rebels and grandsons who committed murder on the streets.

In the past ten or twenty years, after the princes and brothers have grown up one after another, Kangxi also has a knot. In all dynasties, how can there be fewer emperors who killed their fathers and ascended the throne?

In the early years, when Kangxi drove to the west, he was almost buried outside the fortress because of the lack of supplies, but fortunately, Kali supervised the transportation of the middle road food from the left capital Yushi to Jackie Chan, and first arrived at the imperial camp to relieve the danger of running out of food.

After a detailed investigation, although there was no evidence to prove that the disaster of food shortages was committed by the crown prince who was in charge of the Jingshi Supervision State, it was a deep thorn in Kangxi's heart.

As he grew older, he developed a fear of his older sons.

Yes, fear, though he himself refused to admit it, but that deep defense was becoming more and more ineradicate.

It is precisely for this reason that the "Tuoheqi Hui Drinking Case" that year set off such a big storm, and all the relevant military attachés of the Eight Banners were punished, and none of them were spared.

On the contrary, the few ministers who were connected together and jointly recommended the eighth elder brother as the prince were thunderous and rainy.

Because Wenchen is just playing lip service, he has no power to shake the sky; The military positions of the various garrisons in the capital are combined, but they may directly threaten the emperor's surname. That's something that no emperor can tolerate.

Jue Luo is old, and her son hates her and wants to put her to death; I'm also old, and there are a few brothers who are not selfish, I'm afraid that someone has already had that thought...... Thinking of this, Kangxi couldn't hold back any longer, walked to the imperial case, drafted the will, fell in front of Long Keduo and said: "Spread my will, immediately arrest Kali and others, and the three divisions ......."

He originally wanted to say that the three divisions would be tried, but in the middle of the sentence, he changed his words: "The Ministry of Punishment will conduct a quick trial, and I must know the details before I leave Beijing!" ”

The chief elder brother of the criminal department is the eighth elder brother, and Kali was attached to the eighth elder brother when he was in Jiangnan. For the former party henchmen, what will the old eight do?

Long Keduo hurriedly picked up the holy decree with both hands, held it, and said in his mouth: "Huh! ”

Kangxi only felt upset and irritable, waved his hand, and said, "Kneel down!" ”

Long Keduo answered and retreated to the door.

Kangxi thought of Cao Hao and wanted to open his mouth to call Long Keduo and ask him to warn Cao Hao to be nosy, but remembering that Cao Hao had always been a woman's kindness, he still didn't say much.

After Long Keduo retreated, Kangxi sat on the chair dejectedly and rubbed his forehead. Recently, he seems to be getting more and more indecisive, he is really old...... * In the Chongwen Sect, the infantry army is in charge of the Yamen and the three halls.

Jue Luo sat on a chair and drank a bowl of ginseng soup to ease his spirits slightly.

According to the custom, the one who knocks on the bell shall have a hundred rods without duty. It's just that because she is old and a bitter master, Long Keduo is not a rigid person, so he invited her to sit in the third hall first.

Whether to detain the capital yamen, or transfer to the criminal department or Dali Temple, you have to wait for the holy order.

The old man sat up straight and said to Cao Hao: "The old man has been tired and has been delayed for a long time, Lord Cao, please go back first." This involves my Dong E's family affairs, if Lord Cao is criticized, the old body will become more and more self-ashamed. ”

Jue Luo is over 70 years old, single, and came here to tell his children and grandchildren, and the situation is really miserable. However, since the complaint has been personally accepted by Long Keduo to the imperial front, this case must be arranged for the yamen to be heard.

Even if it is an edict and a bitter master, the old lady still has to be imprisoned first. Even if Cao Hao wanted to help, it was just a matter of internal and external dots, which made Jue Luo's life more comfortable.

Dong E Jinghui was sent to Cao's mansion, but the mansion was pregnant, sick, and sick, Cao Hao was really a little worried.

Cao Hao calculated the time, and Long Keduo went out of the yamen at 2:15 p.m. and went to Changchun Garden. Even if it is fast, it will take two or three hours to go back and forth, and it will be good to be able to rush back before the gate of the city is closed.

Although Jue Luo said that he asked Cao Hao to go back first, but before the holy decree was issued, Cao Hao really couldn't bear to leave his hands and walked away. He went out to find Cao Fang and said: "I'm afraid that I can't leave here for the time being, send someone to the Yamen Tongfu to say a word, and then send someone to Haidian Garden, and tell Xiao Er to return to the city!" ”

Cao Fang responded, Cao Hao remembered the matter of the money again, and said: "By the way, take more money from the account in the house, I'm afraid I will have to deal with it later!" ”

Cao Fang went down to arrange for someone not to mention it, but Cao Hao himself sighed.

When such a change happened to Dong E's family, Jue Luo was sad, but Jinghui's situation became more and more unbearable. Whether Xiao Er is infatuated or hot, no one can guarantee this.

Even if Xiao Er is infatuated, but Zhao Jia's side is really a headache.

*Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

It is said that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but because of the grandmother who went to complain, the matter could not be hidden, and because of her closeness to Chu Yu, Jinghui explained the family change in a few words.

When Chu Yu heard that there was such a rebellious thing, his eyes widened in horror.

After Jinghui finished speaking, thinking that her grandmother and herself were already homeless, and she had such a miserable life experience, tears flowed non-stop.

Chu Yu sat on the kang and held Jinghui's hand, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she also shed tears.

Although Jinghui said that she was not worried about her grandmother and was full of anxiety, she didn't dare to be too sad when she saw Chu Yu with a big belly and was struggling, for fear of causing Chu Yu to be anxious.

Therefore, she wiped away her tears and said, "It's all my sister's fault, these things shouldn't be told to my cousin-in-law, I'm so tired that my cousin-in-law is worried." ”

Chu Yu also knew that it was useless to shed tears, so she wiped her tears and said, "Good sister, with your cousin following the old lady, the designated arrangements are secure, don't be in a hurry, hurt your heart, but make the old lady sad." ”

When Jing Hui heard this, she was ashamed and muttered: "Cousin-in-law, my sister has received a great favor from her cousin and sister-in-law, and she has not reciprocated it, but now she is bothering her cousin and sister-in-law!" ”

Chu Yu patted her hand and said, "What are you doing with these foreign words?" When I lived in Yizhou, I really treated you as a sister. Although I've been to Beijing, I've seen it few times, but I'm worried about you in my heart. ”

Hearing this, Jinghui remembered the two caged birds, one of which had eaten mushrooms and poisoned them.

"Cousin, the bird...... The Bird...... I can't help my cousin's kindness......" Jinghui whispered.

Chu Yu didn't react for a while, and then realized that she was talking about the pair of parrots, so she shook her head and said, "Don't say that, if this matter is discussed, these two cage birds have made a great contribution." If there is no bird hanging under the porch, and the cat runs into the hall to breathe, who can see it? The pair of parrots who tried to eat were not in vain, and they could be regarded as the Savior's work. ”

As soon as the words came out, Chu Yu thought of the infatuated Cao Songlai.

Not long after these two cages of birds were sent, Jinghui was lured to this mansion, but it was not clear whether it was a blessing or a curse.

After Chu Yu explained it like this, Jinghui said that she felt less guilty, but she became more and more grateful, and she got up from the kang and bowed down like an onion.

Chu Yu stood up and said angrily, "Sister, what are you doing?" ”

Jing Hui said with tears in her eyes: "My cousin-in-law is right, now that my sister thinks about it, this half is like a dream." If you don't see the cat...... I didn't use the pair of parrots to try the food at that time, maybe something big would happen...... Cousin-in-law, I saved my sister again, please accept my sister's worship......"

Seeing her so pitiful, Chu Yu couldn't bear it, pulled her up, and said, "Who wants you to be grateful, don't make such a fuss anymore, it looks like a raw thing." ”

Actually, she really wanted to say that if she was grateful, she would marry into our family as a daughter-in-law. But now is really not the time to joke, so I can only sigh in my heart.

Maybe Cao Song and Jinghui really have fate, otherwise how could it be so coincidental?

However, thinking of this, Chu Yu and Cao Hao have the same opinion, that is, Zhaojia's commission is really a headache. She is still the mother of Cao Song, a character who can't get past her.

It's not easy for these two little ones to get together.

* Velvet Hutong, Dong Efu.

Kali sat in the hall with a blank expression, his forehead covered with dried blood. The wife of the Kari stood by and cried "whining".

Serqi and Gandu's uncle and nephew knelt in front of Kali, unable to tell whether they were hatred or repentance. Gantai looked at everyone a little blankly, and seeing that everyone was so desperate, he couldn't help but step forward and said to Kali: "Amma, since the old lady wants to sue Ama for disobedience, then Ama should hurry up and pack up and leave Beijing, do you have to wait for the messenger to come to the door?" ”

Although he is the son of Serchi, he has been raised under the name of Kali since he was a child, and even the fame of the Shuji Shi on his body was also the grace of Kali when he was the governor of Liangjiang. Therefore, he called the Kari "Amma" and the Kari wife "Eniang".

Kali's face turned pale, shook his head, and said, "Isn't the whole world the king's land, and I have to suffer from that bump at such a young age?" ”

Seeing that Kali was like this, Gantai was anxious and said, "Ama, disobedience and unfilial piety is a serious crime, and you should ...... To ......"

He couldn't say the words "want to cut off his head", so he changed the words and said: "Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, long live the lord has been on the throne for more than 50 years, Ama has found a place to hide for two years, the new emperor ascends the throne, and the world is amnesty......" In the end, his own confidence was insufficient.

"Disobedience and unfilial piety" is a heinous and unforgivable sin, and it will not be forgiven when it is forgiven.

The wife of the Kali listened to what her adopted son said, and she knew that it was now a dead end. In desperation, she saw Gandu kneeling in front of her husband, and couldn't help but be angry, and suddenly jumped forward, pulled Gandu and began to tear it, scolding while beating: "You slut of life, you were born to kill your mother, and now you want to kill our old couple?" That old thing still has a few years to live, so it's good to provide for it, but you are in a hurry to die. Even if you want to die, you don't have to drag us to the funeral......"

Gandu knew that he had committed a monstrous disaster, so he let his mother-in-law beat and scold, lowered his head, and did not dodge.

Kali's wife spat twice in Gandu's face and scolded, "Who are you crying and losing your face to?" I already knew that you were jealous of your brother, and you had a grudge against the lord and me, and I asked the lord to seek fame for Tai'er. You don't pee and take pictures, just your virtue, where are you worthy of being the son of the master! But if you have a little conscience, take the blame for this crime yourself, don't bother the master. Otherwise, I won't let you go......"

After the Kali wife finished scolding, she didn't know whether she had listened to it or not, but when she said it in a hurry, she really had hope in her heart. She turned around, pulled Kali's arm, and said, "Master, yes, yes, this is not the master's business, it is all done by this rebel, what is the master's business?" Let's go to the yamen to find the old lady, and explain to the old lady clearly, if you want to ask for the crime, just look for this rebel. ”

Hearing this, Gan Ducai raised his head, clenched his fists and said: "Amma, Eniang is right, my son will go to the yamen to surrender, the mushroom was released by his son, and Ama didn't know it." ”

"yes, yes, that's how it should be!" The Kali wife had a look of surprise on her face.

Listening to this mess, Kali coughed, and the room immediately became clear.

Kali glanced at his wife and adopted son who were standing aside, then looked at his younger brother and son kneeling in front of him, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "What are you tossing, why deceive yourself? Since the old lady accused me of disobedience and unfilial piety, I was the only one who was cut and cut. ”

Kali's wife and Gandu had to persuade again, but Kali stood up and said, "Call people to prepare hot water immediately, and I want to bathe and change clothes, master......

Seeing his father like this, Gandu patted his chest vigorously and cried.

Kali took two steps forward, touched his son's blood-stained forehead, and said with a smile: "Son, come and rub your back ...... Amma."

(To be continued)