On March 18, the 48th year of Kangxi, Cao Hao arrived in the capital on the third day.

After breakfast, wearing clothes sewn by amethyst, Cao Hao rode a horse to the Forbidden City to "work". Today, I didn't bring Xiaoman. Yesterday through Detehei them, he knew that there was a carriage house of the guard camp outside the Donghua Gate.

It takes about two quarters of an hour for Cao Mansion to ride a horse from the Forbidden City, and today Cao Hao and his guards are on duty from midnight to noon (seven in the morning to eleven in the afternoon). The palace guard battalion was divided into twelve shifts, and the shifts were shifted. Each shift is on duty for six shifts, and each shift is on duty for two hours a day, for six consecutive days. Six days later, there was a break, and another six liners were changed.

Cao Hao set up his mount and showed his waist card at Donghua Gate to enter the palace. As soon as I entered, I saw Naranfusen, whom I had seen yesterday, standing on the bridge in front of me.

"Brother Cao, it's here!" Naranfusen greeted with a smile.

Cao Hao felt a little kind in his heart, yesterday he felt that this Nalan guard treated him kindly, and today he looked like he was waiting for himself on purpose.

Sure enough, Nalan Fusen said: "Today is the first time that Brother Cao is on duty, it is inevitable that there will be confusion in my heart, I said hello to the head of De yesterday, I will take you with you in this class!" ”

As a "newcomer in the workplace", Cao Hao did come with a little apprehension, and when he heard Nalan Fusen's words, he was very moved: "Cao Hao has thanked Brother Nalan here!" ”

Nalan Fusen shook his head: "Brother Cao is polite, not to mention that the ancestor and Ling Zun are irreversible friends, just talking about Fu Sen, the favor of Ling Zun is innumerable. If Brother Cao doesn't dislike it, just call me Brother Fusen! ”

"Brother Fusen, dare to ask Ling Zun's name?" Cao Hao thought of someone in his heart.

"The father's name is the upper and the surname is the lower de!" Naranfusen hesitated for a moment and replied.

"If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan. Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable. Lishan said that it was half of the night, and the night rain and rain did not complain. How is Bo Xing Jinyilang, who is more than wings and branches. Cao Hao muttered.

In addition to the royal family, the Manchurians also have many family names, and this Nalan clan is one of the best. The Nalan family can be traced back to the Hehebe of Haixi, and the ancestor was Haixi Belle Jintaiji, so this family is also known as Yehenara by the world. Jintaiji's sister married Qing Taizu Nurhachi as his wife, and gave birth to a son who was later Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty. Jin Taiji's grandson is a scholar of Nalan Mingzhu University who leaned towards the government and the opposition in the early Kangxi period. Mingzhu's eldest son, who is surnamed Nalan De, is known as "the first word man of the Manchu Qing Dynasty" by later generations.

A song of Nalan that entangles mian and compassion adds a lot of sentimentality. Cao Hao and Nalan Fusen walked side by side, and neither of them spoke for a while.

Cao Hao's group of guards is an outward guard, responsible for guarding the gateway between Taihe Gate and Baocheng Palace. Cao Hao and Nalan were lined up to guard the left wing gate on the east side of the Taihe Temple Square.

Slip through and get to the past, and the time is about the same. Nalan Fusen and the two guards on duty in front of him seemed to know each other, greeted each other, and made a handover, even if they were on duty.

*

Cao Hao held the guard knife hanging from his waist and looked at the Taihedian Square full of murderous aura in front of him. On both sides of the road from the Taihe Gate to the middle of the Taihe Palace, there is a pair of soldiers standing opposite each other.

The whole square, to say the least, there were hundreds of soldiers, but they were silently pressing.

Being in the middle of it, Cao Hao couldn't help but stand up straight, and his face was a little more rigorous. At this time, I heard Nalan Fusen say in a low voice: "Brother Cao doesn't need to be too nervous, the court has not dispersed now, and it will be better when the dynasty is dispersed!" ”

Cao Hao nodded to Nalan Fusen in thanks, but secretly sighed in his heart that the emperor's job was not easy.

In spring and summer, Mao is beginning to deliberate, and in autumn and winter, it is the beginning of Chen, Mao is six o'clock in the morning, and the beginning of Chen is seven o'clock. Moreover, the emperor's early dynasty was not in any palace or palace, but in front of the Qianqing Gate, also known as the "Qianmen Hearing". Whether it is the height of summer or the harsh winter, the emperor's throne rests under the Qianqing Gate, and the ministers discuss politics in the early dynasty.

But these are not Cao Hao's turn, for now he just needs to do his part, that is, to watch the gate and check the waist card when someone enters and exits. Fortunately, it was not his turn to work the night shift this time, and if it was a night shift, he would not be able to leave the palace after being on duty, and he would have to wait until the next day.

After a while, I heard the sound of drums in the distance, and then heard the footsteps of trampling and lala, and dispersed.

The prince, Baylor, and the minister of civil and military affairs withdrew from the Qianqingmen Square after hitting the right gate and the left door after the attack. They will pass through the Taihemen Square, go out of the Taihe Gate, cross the Jinshui Bridge, and leave the palace from the Noon Gate.

When the princes and ministers dispersed, the palace guards in the middle of the square withdrew like a tide.

Cao Hao and Nalan Fusen smiled at each other, it seems that there is no need to be as serious as just now. Seeing that there was no one coming and going, Nalan Fusen went to the places that he needed to pay attention to as a guard. Cao Hao listened to it and secretly remembered it in his heart.

Time flies fast or not, slow or not. It was almost noon, and the two guards came to hand over, and Cao Hao was considered to be on duty. After standing for two hours, ordinary people must be tired, but fortunately, Cao Hao has been tossing for so many years, and his physique is getting better, so he doesn't take it seriously.

*

Coming out of Donghua Gate, Cao Hao saw Detehei, Nalan Chengping and a few eye-catching guards, and knew in his heart that these should be colleagues in Yishi.

Although Dethei was long, his team of guards was only eight. In addition to the Nalan brothers, he and Cao Hao, there are four others. Among them, one is a second-class guard, two are third-class, and one is a Blue Feather guard. Except that the second-class guard, Azi, was about the same age as Detblack, in his thirties; The other three were all in their twenties. Everyone is a martial artist, even if they know each other after reporting their names, because they are all older than Cao Hao, they all follow Detehei to call Cao Hao "Xiao Cao". For a while, Cao Hao had the feeling that he had gone to the office as an intern in his last life.

The newcomer's reception banquet is the VIP building that Nalan Chengping mentioned yesterday.

The VIP building is in the front gate of Dashilar, everyone rides horses, and they arrive while talking.

The shops on both sides of the road, all kinds of shouting with Beijing flavor, and all kinds of pedestrians riding horses and sedan chairs, make this place seem extraordinarily prosperous.

According to the laws in various novels, this restaurant is a high-incident area. What "the road is uneven" or "heroes save beauty" and the like are usually performed on the stage of the restaurant.

Cao Hao followed everyone and dismounted in front of the restaurant, and before the meal arrived, there were only a few people in the lobby. Detehei seems to be a frequent visitor here, and the shopkeeper bowed his body and came up to greet him personally: "Oh, Lord De, you are here, I know that you are coming today, and the private room on the second floor is reserved for you!" ”

Detehei nodded: "Good wine and good food, come up, and you have to drink a few cups today." ”

*

VIP building, private room on the second floor.

Everyone said that it was for Cao Hao to catch the wind and let Cao Hao take a seat. After all, Cao Hao is not a teenager who does not understand the world, and he has repeatedly pushed back. In the end, it was Detehei and Azi who sat on the upper seat, and Cao Hao sat under Nalan Fusen, accompanied by him on the left. Nalan Chengping and a third-class guard sat on the right side, and the remaining two sat on the bottom.

Although Nalan Chengping was not as sticky as yesterday, his gaze at Cao Hao was a little calculating. Before the wine and food were served, Nalan Chengping was eager to replace the wine with tea, and had a good relationship with the brother-in-law of the county king in front of him. Although he was not too explicit in front of everyone, everyone still heard Cao Hao's identity.

When the wine and food came up, it was inevitable that there would be jokes, and even a glass of toast, but Cao Hao was happy to dry. Throughout the ages, wine has been the best catalyst for friendship between men. Sure enough, after two pots of spirits, everyone's atmosphere came up.

Although Cao Hao looks sven, he drinks happily and is not verbose. The more everyone looked at him, the more pleasing they felt to the eye, and after a while, they hooked their shoulders and called them brothers. From Cao Hao to Jiangnan, Jiangnan talked about beauties, and from beauties to the girls in the eight alleys. Which one looks pretty, which one has a good posture, and all kinds of meat words, I won't list them one by one.

Except for the two Nalan brothers, the others spoke rudely, but they were all really scheming men. Cao Hao has been in this world for seven or eight years, and he usually comes into contact with children and teenagers, and now he drinks and chats with a group of men, and he feels like he has dinner with colleagues in his previous life. It feels good.

*

West of the city, Cao Fu.

When Cao Hao came back with a full body of wine, it was already dark. Amethyst brought a few maids to help Cao Hao change his clothes and wait for him to lie down.

Cao Hao was hazy and a little conscious. I only remember that everyone drank too much, and it seemed that Nalan Fusen sent the young man to deliver the letter to each house, and the family picked it up.

Maybe it was because he was drunk, or because he was provoked by the meat talk on everyone's wine table, Cao Hao only felt that his body was uncomfortably hot.

Amethyst saw Cao Hao lying on the bed, his face was flushed, he noticed something wrong, and stretched out his little hand to touch his forehead: "What's wrong with uncle, isn't it cold after drinking?" After touching it, he raised his hand and left.

Cao Hao's body was on fire, and she only felt that her little hand with a little coolness was very comfortable on her forehead, how could she be allowed to leave? Both hands were raised at the same time, pulling Amethyst's hand towards his forehead.

Amethyst's body trembled: "Uncle? ”

"Don't move, just stay like this!" Cao Hao's voice was a little hoarse: "I'm uncomfortable!" ”

"Uncle, what's uncomfortable, is it homesick?" Amethyst sat on the edge of the bed and asked softly while putting her hand on Cao Hao's forehead again.

Listening to this gentle and gentle voice, a picture flashed in Cao Hao's mind. A seven- or eight-year-old boy stood under the corridor, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid touched the little boy's forehead with her hand: "Why are your eyes red, is the uncle's body not well?" ”

Cao Hao closed his eyes, slowly regained his senses, and shook Amethyst's hand: "Amethyst, you are a good woman, find a man worthy of you to marry!" ”

Amethyst slowly lowered her head and said nothing.

In this way, Cao Hao took Amethyst's hand and fell asleep in a daze.

*

"Who are you and why are you in my room? How did this happen? Cao Hao looked at the red patch in front of him, full of doubts.

On the edge of the bed, there was a beautiful woman with a phoenix crown, and said shyly: "The slave family is the lady!" ”

"Lady?" Cao Hao remembered in a trance that he seemed to have worshiped heaven and earth just now.

The beautiful woman stood up, pulled Cao Hao over, and wrapped herself around him like a snake: "Xianggong, tonight is the night of candles in our cave room!" ”

The two fell on the bed, and the spring was unlimited.

*

"Childe, wake up, wake up!"

Cao Hao's ears buzzed, and when he woke up suddenly, he only felt that his thighs were wet and sticky, he was stunned, and the feeling of being absent for a long time came up, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

This body is actually an adult.

Now it's not the time to sigh, I just heard a very anxious voice sound: "Childe, it's not good, it's dead!" ”

Cao Hao suddenly woke up, and by the moonlight, he saw Wei Hei standing in front of the bed, with blood stains on his chest.