On November 27, the forty-third year of Kangxi, the Spring Festival is approaching, of course, the deadline given by the old man to judge the case is also approaching, and the fourth master hurriedly finally submitted the summary of the case to the palace one day in advance, but this piece of music is not a rough draft that Hongqing has read, but has added a few unlucky people, the positions are not high, and the main thing is mostly at the level of the main thing, after the old man read it, he was deeply angry, and even if he issued an edict to execute Lu Kunpeng Lingchi, confiscate the family property, and send his family to Leizhou, The rest of the officials involved in the case also had their own punishments, and at this point, a huge case that caused a sensation in the government and the opposition was over, and after the government and the opposition discussed for a while, they were completely diluted by the joy of the New Year.

The case that has been making trouble for a month is over like this, it seems that all parties seem to have gained, no, the eighth master's side escaped the catastrophe, and the overall strength has not suffered much loss, and the positions that were added to Hongqing are just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge power of the eighth master, and it is really not a big deal, as for the fourth master, it seems that he has regained his declining reputation with the help of this case, and he has also taken advantage of this case to push out the old thirteen who are idle at home, with the permission of the old man, went to the military department to set up a team with the old fourteenth, and while the third master sat and watched the wind and clouds, he also got a lottery - Hongqing gave the three positions of the household department extorted from the fourth master to the third master. Of course, the biggest benefit from this case is undoubtedly Hongqing - once the eight positions in the Criminal Department are won, Hongqing can be regarded as having a small team in the court, although the eighth master will definitely not tolerate such a long time of gathering in the Criminal Department, in the near future, he will inevitably do something to exclude these officials from the Criminal Department, but at that time, Hongqing is not afraid, no matter where the place is, after all, people have been stuffed into the court, if they can be experienced, they will come in handy, if not, There is no need to bother to cultivate more, and it is not a big deal to leave the overwhelmed to fend for themselves.

Is it true that everyone has something to gain? In fact, otherwise, in Hongqing's view, it is just an appearance, how could a wise person like the old man be kept in the dark by such a little trick as the fourth master, besides, the thirteen yamen are not vegetarians, Hongqing doesn't believe that Li Dequan, the real person in charge of the thirteen yamen, will not send someone to keep an eye on the criminal department, as for why the old man admitted such a foolish account, it is simple to say, but it is just an old saying - "When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when the people are clear, there are no disciples", on the surface, it is not checked or corrected, In fact, the old man must have remembered it in his heart, the fourth master has lost the points of the young and old this time, if you want to get it back, I'm afraid it will not be so easy, and this is the biggest gain of Hongqing's plan, as for the positions that you get, in fact, it's just a matter of picking up the grass and beating rabbits, it's just a matter of hand, even if you can't get it all, Hongqing is actually not too careful, of course, if you can get it, Hongqing will not give up easily, fortunately, everything is going well, and you can finally have a comfortable year.

Of course, the New Year is a good thing, although Hongqing is not rare red envelopes and other small money, and there is no leisure and elegance of firecrackers, as for participating in the poetry meeting held by the third master, it is even more lacking in interest, but then again, a whole year has been busy and survived, and it is finally the turn of a three-day holiday, how can there be a reason not to be excited, but unfortunately the homework assigned by the old master Chen can not be saved, no, early in the morning, Hongqing got up, regardless of the sparse snowflakes in the world, and rushed to the back garden with thick snow.

"The student has seen the Master."

Hongqing got up very early, and ran very fast, but when he got to the back garden, he saw that Old Master Chen was already standing in the pavilion, under a withered yellow lantern, an old face was tense, although he couldn't see his joy and anger, but his slightly frowning brows showed that he was quite dissatisfied with Hongqing's belated arrival.

"Well, go, run three laps first."

The old master did not criticize Hongqing's late arrival, but just nodded indifferently and ordered without much expression.

"Yes, students obey!"

Left and right are to run circles, so many years, Hongqing has long been used to it, since there is no objection to speak of, respectfully agreed, opened his calves, ran around the back garden, but the snow on the ground is very thick, this speed, since it can't be fast, not only that, from time to time will also hit a few stumbling, if not familiar with the road in the garden, God knows how many heels will fall.

"Master, the student has finished the lap, so let's go and lift the stone lock."

The back garden of the palace is not small, and when the three laps are about to come down, Hongqing is already panting, but he doesn't dare to sneak in front of the old master.

"No need, let's go with the old decay."

In the past, whenever Hongqing asked for instructions, the old master usually just nodded and acquiesced, at most the number of times he commanded to be raised, but now the old master did not let Hongqing go to lift the stone lock, but glanced at Hongqing indifferently, and gave a casual order, and then, regardless of Hongqing's expression, he walked down the pavilion and walked to the "cyclamen house" not far away.

Well? Which play is the old master singing? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't taste right!

Hongqing really didn't expect that the rules that had not changed for thousands of years would be changed today, and he didn't react until the old master had walked out of more than ten zhang, and Hongqing trotted up like waking up from a dream, but he couldn't help but muttered to himself in his heart, but he couldn't guess what the old master was going to do.

"Sit down!"

The old master didn't walk very fast, and he didn't say much, so the master and apprentice returned to the small courtyard where the old master lived speechlessly, and walked through the hall to the bedroom, and saw a small brazier on the ground, which was blazing, and not far from the brazier there were two straw futons side by side, in addition, there was only a bed, a rocking chair, and in addition, there was nothing else, until this time, Hongqing still couldn't figure out what the old man's intention was to call himself to the bedroom. Just as he was secretly speculating, he saw the old master slowly walk to the futon on the left side, sat down cross-legged, and then pressed his hand and motioned for Hongqing to sit on the futon on the side.

"Yes, the student obeys."

Hongqing quickly glanced at the round futon, stunned that there was nothing surprising, so he simply didn't bother to think about it, and after responding respectfully, he also sat down in front of the old master in a similar way.

"There are some things that the old man must tell you."

The old master glanced at Hongqing and opened his mouth indifferently.

"Please teach the master, and the students will listen."

Since the old master had ordered this, Hongqing would not have any objections, so he bowed down and respectfully responded.

"The old man was born in Min County (now Fuzhou), stubborn since childhood, not very studious, five years old to study, seven years old can not read sentences, only good to scatter the ear, because of play, strayed into the mountains, actually met jackals, dangerous beast kiss, fortunately the mountain Qingyun Taoist Temple presided over Zixiao real person rescue, then got out of danger, felt the grace of the real person, voluntarily entered the view as a Taoist, worship Zixiao real person as a teacher, get the number' Tianyi', before and after five years, the first teacher did not give up, practiced martial arts, small success, but the first teacher had been traumatized in the early years, unfortunately died early, the old man then returned to his hometown to take the exam, luckily won, then sang all the way, the root of the study, but all thanks to the great grace of the teacher, get its civil and military mantle, dare not break off, now want to accept you to get started, you are willing? ”

Old Master Chen nodded, and began to talk in a rambling manner, a pair of slightly dim old eyes faintly flashed with tears, and his face was full of faint melancholy of remembering his ancestors.

"The students obey the master's arrangement, and they are willing to enter the master's door, the master is above, and they will be worshiped by the apprentice!"

As soon as he heard the old master's words, Hongqing's heart suddenly stirred, it was not easy, after staying up for so many days, he was finally able to get the old master's approval, when he thought of the old master's amazing "magic power", Hongqing's heart immediately surged a little more, how dare he slack off, hurriedly changed his position, knelt down on the futon, and bowed.

"As a noble person, you can endure hardships, the old man should have passed on your true ability earlier, but the mantle of the ancestor is not idle, the old man is just a fur, the world can go, if the transmission is not human, it will cause a catastrophe in the world, therefore, I have to assess the ear in detail, this article, the old man must first say that Yu Er knows, and then, the first teacher Zixiao Zhenren came from the iron heart of Wuyi Mountain, in the early years, he traveled the world, and the court actually had a lot of entanglements, the plotter, but the world's Taiping ear, if you are used to succeed in the future, Don't forget the well-being of the people, if not, don't blame the old and don't teach and punish you, but remember everything? ”

The old master calmly accepted Hongqing's worship, but did not accept Hongqing directly, but said in a sinister voice, and at the end, his face was even more solemn, and he asked in a cold tone.

"Master rest assured, if he can climb to the top of the clouds one day, he will never dare to disappoint the people of the world!"

The old master said everything to this point, how dare Hongqing be perfunctory, so he pointed to the sky and swore with the other.

"Well, Er's words, remember for the teacher, if he fulfills the oath in the future, then it is your life, that's it, don't gossip, sit with your back to the teacher, five hearts to the sky, close your eyes, relax your whole body, for the teacher to use internal force to wash the marrow for you, pain and itching are inevitable, you must keep your heart, don't panic, start!"

Old Master Chen glanced at Hongqing seriously, and saw that Hongqing's eyes were clear, obviously not lying about it, and he didn't dwell on this matter anymore, so he commanded, and when Hongqing sat down according to the instructions, the old master didn't bother anymore, and raised his hands, and instantly transformed into countless palm shadows and finger swords, slapping Hongqing's back like a wheel, and a sour and numb feeling suddenly rose, which directly stimulated Hongqing almost screamed, but fortunately, his willpower was strong, and he forcibly endured it, but his little face instantly turned pale......