(PS: It's May, I'm verbose, begging for subscriptions, asking for monthly passes, asking for rewards.) The old witch of Xiaozhuang has been gone for a long time, and the palace of nourishing the heart is always silent, so quiet that each other can hear each other's heartbeats, Kang Mazi is also standing motionless next to the pseudo-dragon chair, with a blank expression on his face, as if he is still immersed in the shock of being beaten by his grandmother for the first time, only when he gets closer can he find that his pair of focused yellow numb eyes continue to flash complex light, anger, humiliation, doubt, shame, confusion, everything.

I don't know how much time has passed, Kang Mazi finally stretched out his hand tremblingly, picked up the letter left by Xiaozhuang, and took out the letterhead with a trembling hand and took a closer look. Seeing this scene, many mite Qing ministers in the Heart Cultivation Hall hurriedly lowered their heads again, waiting for Kang Mazi's next reaction, waking up, or further furious.

I didn't know that after a long time, Kang Mazi's voice finally sounded in the quiet heart cultivation hall that almost made people go crazy, and said hoarse and weak: "You guys, all kneel down, let me think about this again." ”

"Cover, long live the emperor, long live, long live." If the mite Qing ministers were amnesty, they quickly kowtowed together and agreed, and then quickly got up, regardless of the numbness of their knees, they walked out of the heart cultivation hall carefully and quietly and quickly, until they walked out of the heart cultivation door and breathed the dry and cold air of Yanjing night, and the mite Qing ministers breathed a sigh of relief together, and suddenly felt like a world away.

After leaving the Xihua Gate without saying a word under the guidance of the guards, the ministers of the Mite Qing were divided into three factions and dispersed, one faction was headed by Suo Etu, one was headed by Mingzhu, and the rest were neutral officials who did not join these two gangs.

"I can't think of it." It wasn't until the carriage started to drive and there were no outsiders around that Tu Hai sighed and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect the emperor's surname to be stubborn to this point, and I didn't expect the ancestor to be ......." ”

Speaking of this, Tu Hai didn't dare to mumble even if he muttered in a low voice, while Zhou Peigong leaned back against the carriage seat and didn't say a word, as if he was thoughtful. After Tu Hai hesitated for a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Pei Gong, in your opinion, will the emperor change his mind?" Can the Empress Dowager's ancestors' clever plan have a chance to be implemented? ”

Zhou Peigong continued to be silent, and only after a while did he sigh and whispered, "It's hard to say." The master's surname is too strong, and in front of so many people, he is ...... by the ancestors of the Empress Dowager, and he is afraid that it will backfire if he ....... But fortunately, judging from the fact that the master didn't have a seizure in the end, the master is likely to be tempted, but he is still hesitating, and he can't hang his face, so he can't make up his mind for the time being. ”

"Then can the master finally adopt the strategy of the ancestors?" Tuhai asked.

"This ......." Zhou Peigong hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "It's not sure yet, now the master is still hesitating, whether to change the counterinsurgency strategy of all-out attack, I'm afraid the master will have to spend some time weighing the pros and cons, and it will be difficult to achieve results in a short time." ”

"I hope the master can wake up." Tu Hai sighed again and muttered: "In the current situation, if we continue to attack in an all-round way in the Qing Dynasty, it will be a self-defeating way, and the only way to turn from attack to defense may be a little hope, and the life and death of the Qing Dynasty is already in the master's thoughts." ”

"On this point, Eun Sang-dae can rest assured." Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "Actually, when I was in the Heart Cultivation Hall just now, I had already come up with a way to persuade the master to change his mind and adopt the strategy of the ancestors, but the time has not yet come, so I haven't put it forward for the time being." Let the master calm down for two days, and then I can do it. ”

"What's the best way to do it? Need my help? Tuhai asked in surprise.

"Eun Xiang understands the enemy situation ahead, and it is of course best to have your help." Zhou Peigong smiled slightly, leaned into Tu Hai's ear and muttered: "The slave plans to suggest the master to ......, and then the master will definitely adopt the strategy of the empress dowager's ancestor." ”

"Wonderful! Why didn't I think of that?! Tu Hai waved his fist, and said with joy and admiration: "Pei Gong really deserves to be my Great Qing Living Zhuge and Eight Banners Xiao Zhang Liang!" Such a desperate method, even if I break my head, I can't figure it out! ”

"If there is no foundation laid by the ancestors, the method of the slave may not be able to change the master's mind." Zhou Peigong smiled modestly, and said to himself proudly: "Lu Yifeng, this time, I want you to spit out all the things you owe me before, the ones you owe to you, and the things you owe us to the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Tu Hai smiled and nodded, deeply sympathetic to Zhou Peigong's words, and suddenly slapped his lame leg again, and said in annoyance: "It's a pity! It's a pity that Sigege doesn't know why he disappeared, otherwise, with Pei Gong's clever plan, Sigege must thank you tonight! I can also get a lot of light! ”

"yes, I'm also missing Sigege's gentleness and affection." Zhou Peigong also sighed, and suddenly lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, why don't you go to the students' place tonight?" The students brought a few women from Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi, and although the kung fu in bed was not as good as the four grids, the posture was not below the four grids. ”

"Really?" Tu Hai also smiled, "Anyway, it's the same if I can't go back to that home, I'll go to you tonight, let's still be the same as before, two people together!" ”

…………………… The night passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, the mite Qing civil and military officials rushed to the palace to prepare to participate in the early dynasty, but as soon as they entered the court room, there was a eunuch who came to pass the decree that Kang Mazi said that the dragon body was not in the early dynasty, and the mite Qing officials who did not know what was in the house were easily dispersed, but the mite Qing ministers who knew the situation of the Yangxin Palace last night were all worried, knowing that Kang Mazi must still be hesitating, but I was afraid that within a few days, there would be a major event related to the fortune of the mite Qing country. Therefore, Suo Etu and Mingzhu and the others did not dare to slack off, and they all entered the Wenhua Pavilion to work honestly and take care of national affairs, so as not to be caught by Kang Mazi and spread the anger on their heads, until it was completely dark, they left Ouchi and went home to rest.

Today's official affairs are also a lot, and most of them are related to military affairs, so Nalan Mingzhu, who is the secretary of the military department, left Ouchi the latest, and did not leave the palace until it was dark, and returned to his mansion on the west side of Longhua Temple (now the North Mansion of King Alcohol). And when arriving at the destination, Mingzhu came out of the sedan chair again, the time was already nearly two watches in the evening, and the busy streets during the day were already deserted, and there were not even a few passers-by.

"The slave greets the master." The housekeeper Zhang Feiyu ran over to call thousands, and then crossed the sedan pole with Mingzhu. Mingzhu asked casually, "Are there any guests here today?" ”

"Back to the master, there are no important guests, it is some local officials who come to greet the master." Zhang Feiyu replied respectfully: "According to the master's instructions, after leaving their name thorns and prayers, they were all sent away." ”

"Very well, for the rest of the day." Mingzhu nodded, and then commanded: "Also, tell the doorman on duty that you are not allowed to accept the door, now is the time for the Lord to worry about the country's suspicions, if people catch the handle, it will cause unexpected trouble." ”

Zhang Feiyu agreed, and when he was about to enter the door with Mingzhu, a black shadow flashed out from behind the stone lion in front of the Mingzhu Mansion, which frightened Mingzhu's entourage and shouted, and hurriedly protected Mingzhu, Zhang Feiyu was also startled, and exclaimed: "When did this guy hide behind the stone lion?" Why didn't the minions see it just now? ”

"Guys, don't panic, I'm not an assassin." The black shadow raised his hands very calmly, so that Mingzhu and the others saw that they had no weapons in their hands, and hit Mingzhu again, and said with a Cantonese accent: "Villain Hong Xiguan, on the orders of my master, I will ask Lord Zhongtang for peace." ”

"Hong Xiguan?" It was the first time for Mingzhu to hear this name, and she couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Who is the master of your family?" Since he wanted to come to greet the official, why didn't he come in person? ”

"Lord Huizhongtang, my master has important things to do, and he has no time to doppelganger, so I can only send a villain to ask for peace on my behalf." Hong Xiguan replied respectfully, took out a prayer note from his arms, held it with both hands and said: "This is the villain's master's worship post, please take a look at it." ”

"Bold!" Zhang Feiyu said angrily: "What kind of official is your master? Such a big guts? Just send a long entourage to ask for a meeting, and dare to frighten Lord Zhongtang and directly hand over a letter of worship to Lord Zhongtang? Does he want to be an official? ”

"The villain is indeed rude, but for the reason, as long as the Lord Zhongtang has seen the villain's master's prayer, he will understand everything." Hong Xiguan replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Bold!" Zhang Feiyu wanted to scold again, but Mingzhu waved his hand to stop him and gave him a look, Zhang Feiyu understood, and hurriedly went up to take the worship post in Hong Xiguan's hand, and then handed it to Mingzhu's hand. Mingzhu took it and opened it, and saw that there was only one line of words on it - the late family was born in the sixth year of Kangxi, and he was appointed as the governor of Qujing.

"Kangxi served as the county governor of Qujing for six years?" Mingzhu was first stunned, and then his heart jumped violently, and the prayer post in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and his face was suddenly full of shock.

"Lord Zhongtang, can the villain talk to you alone?" Hong Xiguan observed the words and said: "The villain can guarantee that after listening to the villain's words, Lord Zhongtang will definitely have a harvest." ”

"Take it immediately? Or wait? The idea of choosing flashed through Mingzhu's mind, and after a little hesitation, Mingzhu gritted his teeth and ordered, "Lead him into the official's study." With that, Mingzhu picked up the greeting post and walked into his own door, and Mingzhu Chang in the back led Hongxiguan into the mansion as instructed and arranged for him to wait in Mingzhu's study.

After making a foolproof arrangement, Mingzhu changed into a set of light clothes, and led four absolutely reliable house-born servants to the study, and when he entered the study, he saw Hong Xiguan, who had a pair of cross-eyed eyes, sitting in the study, and there was a package he brought with him in front of him. Seeing Mingzhu come in, when Hong Xiguan hurriedly saluted and said goodbye, Mingzhu waved his hand and said goodbye, and asked Chang Sui to close the door, sat down quite far away from Hong Xiguan, and let the four henchmen stay next to him, and then asked: "What did you send you to do?" ”

"Go back to Lord Zhongtang, my master, I want the villain to send something to Lord Zhongtang." Hong Xiguan unwrapped the package, took out a gift box from it, and said respectfully with both hands: "Ten pieces of sapphires, a string of jade opal pearls and red agate pearls, and a set of ivory jade Go, worth about 10,000 taels of silver, please look at it." ”

A personal entourage wanted to step forward to receive the gift, but Mingzhu waved his hand to stop him and asked, "Your master and I are just nodding friends, and there are only a few faces, why did he give me such a valuable gift?" ”

"My master, I want to ask Lord Zhongtang to do something." Hong Xiguan replied in a deep voice: "This small gift is just a deposit, no matter whether Lord Zhongtang can do it or not, it does not need to be returned by Lord Zhongtang, but if it is completed, my master will have ten times the reward for the gift." ”

"Your master has really made a fortune, and he is getting more and more generous." Mingzhu snorted coldly and said, "What he wants me to do, it must be some kind of lack of morality that hurts nature and reason, right?" ”

"Lord Zhongtang is wrong, it's just a very simple and easy thing, as long as Lord Zhongtang speaks, he will definitely be able to do it." Hong Xiguan replied with a smile: "And it is definitely not harmful, on the contrary, it can save countless lives." ”

"What the hell is that? Let's listen to it. Mingzhu asked.

…………………… Time turned slightly, almost at the same time when Hong Xiguan entered the Pearl Mansion, Zhou Peigong also dragged Tuhai to the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City, handed the waist card to the Xihua Gate guards, and asked to meet Kang Mazi overnight, and the guard on duty Su Lun was extremely embarrassed, saying that Kang Mazi would definitely not meet the courtiers at such a late hour, and maybe he would be furious. Zhou Peigong stuffed the door into Su Lun's hand, and told Su Lun, "Please rest assured, Lord Su, only Lord Su explained to Gonggong Zhang that the slave came to offer advice to exterminate Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and the master will definitely meet the slave, and Lord Su will not be implicated." ”

Su Lun will be suspicious, but Su Lun also knows that Zhou Peigong is now a big celebrity in front of Kang Mazi, and he definitely doesn't dare to joke about the grace of the saint, angering Kang Mazi and ruining his future, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, and took Zhou Peigong and Tuhai's waist cards into the palace to report. It was also at this time that Tu Hai complained to Zhou Peigong in a low voice: "Peigong, what kind of reputation are you doing?" During the day, you urge you to ask to see the master, but you refuse, and only after the second watch does you come to hand over the sign to ask for a meeting, what if the master has rested? ”

"Grace, please rest assured, the master will definitely not sleep yet." Zhou Peigong replied in a low voice: "And I can be sure that not only has the master not rested now, but last night, the master also did not close his eyes all night." ”

"Even if that's the case, then you don't have to enter the palace overnight, right? Can't wait for tomorrow? Tuhai continued to complain angrily.

"Only when you ask for a meeting at this time can you have the best hope of convincing your master." Zhou Peigong smiled and replied in a low voice: "First, if the master doesn't close his eyes for a day and a night, this will be no matter how big the anger is, it will almost wear off, and he will be able to listen to some unpleasant words." Second, the master weighed the pros and cons, hesitated to this point, and his heart should almost have a bottom, and if we push it again, the master will be able to make up his mind. Third, there will be no other outsiders around the master, and it will be more convenient for us to talk and give advice, if we wait until tomorrow when outsiders are present, and a lot of nonsense comes down, it will be difficult for the master to make up his mind. ”

"Really?" Tu Hai is also suspicious, but Tu Hai also knows that Zhou Peigong's wisdom is far above his own, and he is good at guessing what others think, since he is so confident, he must have his reasons, so Tu Hai didn't say anything more, just accompanied Zhou Peigong to wait for Kang Mazi's reply.

After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, Su Lun quickly ran to the Xihua Gate, first asked the guards to open the Xihua Gate, and then said: "Lord Zhou, Lord Tu, I was right by you, the master really agreed to meet you, and I want you to enter the palace immediately, the sooner the better." Come in, the master is waiting for you in the Heart Cultivation Palace. Hearing this, Tu Hai inevitably admired Zhou Peigong even more, but Zhou Peigong smiled confidently, picked up the lame Tu Hai and walked to the palace gate.

As soon as he entered the Palace of Nourishing Heart, Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai saw at first glance that the hall was full of scattered folds and broken tea bowls and teacups, while Kang Mazi was lying on the pseudo-dragon chair, and his spirit was very depressed. Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong didn't dare to slack off, so they quickly knelt down together, kowtowed, and said: "Slaves Tu Hai, Zhou Peigong, knock on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

Kang Mazi didn't move at all, and after a long time, he hoarse and asked slowly: "You say, was I completely wrong before?" Shouldn't you ignore the reality of national strength and insist on going all out to encircle and suppress Lu Yifeng's dog thief? ”

"Back to my master, you're right." Zhou Peigong replied loudly: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief is bold, rebelling and rebelling, bullying the king, and deserving of death!" Not only is it true that the master is trying his best to encircle and suppress him, but it is also an extremely holy decision to continue to encircle and suppress this thief! ”

"Really?" Kang Mazi's eyelids moved, opened his numb eyes, revealing bloodshot scorched yellow eyeballs, glanced at Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai with some surprise, and then asked, "So, are you against the decision of the ancestor?" ”

"The emperor misunderstood, the minions supported the emperor to continue to exterminate Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, but they did not oppose the ancestor's decision-making." Zhou Peigong replied in a deep voice: "Because the minions think that the emperor's strategy of suppressing thieves and the anti-rebellion strategy of the ancestors do not conflict at all, on the contrary, they can also complement each other and pinch Lu Yifeng's dog thieves into powder!" ”

"What do you mean?" Kang Mazi sat up straight and said, "Go on, the finer the better." ”

"Before the minion makes a statement, the minion dares to ask the master a question." Zhou Peigong asked cautiously: "May I ask the master, among the old thief Wu Sangui and Lu Yifeng's dog thief, which one does the master hate the most?" ”

"Who do I hate the most?" Kang Mazi was stunned, only thought about it for a moment, and immediately gritted his black, yellow and uneven teeth, and said categorically: "Of course it's Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" Although Wu Sangui's old thief is equally hateful, he has at least made great contributions and merits to the Qing Dynasty -- and Lu Yifeng's dog thief, since he joined the ranks, everything he has done is to dig the wall roots of our Great Qing Dynasty, dig the foundation of our Great Qing Dynasty, and harm our Great Qing Dynasty! Don't cut this thief with a thousand knives, crush bones and scatter ashes, I swear not to be a human being!! ”

"The minion understood." Zhou Peigong nodded, and asked again: "The slave dares to ask another question, for my Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui old thief and Lu Yifeng dog thief, who does the master think is more dangerous?" ”

"Of course, it's still Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" Kang Mazi continued to grit his teeth, "Wu Sangui is an old thief who is notorious, and there are no male soldiers but no benevolent government; Lu Yifeng is a dog thief who is fake benevolence and false righteousness, and is good at buying people's hearts! Wu Sangui's old thief is old and sick, and there is no successor; Lu Yifeng's dog thief is young and strong, and he is in the prime of life, if he is allowed to continue to sit big, then his harm to my Qing Eight Banners will definitely be a hundred times and a thousand times that of Wu Sangui's old thief! ”

"The minions understand, and the minions think so." Zhou Peigong nodded again, suddenly lowered his voice again, and said slowly: "Master, since you think that Lu Yifeng's dog thief deserves to die than Wu Sangui's old thief, and is more dangerous than Wu Sangui's old thief, the old ancestor of the Empress Dowager proposed that my master let me make peace with Wu Sangui and Wu Sangui's old thief, and let Wu Sangui's old thief go to Lu Yifeng's dog thief dog bite dog and kill each other...... ”

"Then ......." Speaking of this, Zhou Peigong paused for a moment, and said more slowly: "Then why didn't the master think about forming an alliance with Wu Sangui's old thief and joining forces to exterminate Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" ”

"Ahh Kang Mazi stood up with a scream, and shouted after a pat of the pseudo-dragon case: "Why didn't I expect to form an alliance with Wu Sangui's old thief and join forces to encircle and suppress Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" In this way, wouldn't I be able to give an explanation to the Empress Dowager's ancestors, and I could also cut Lu Yifeng's dog thief with thousands of knives and shatter his corpse into thousands of pieces?! ”

(To be continued)