The south bank of Shichahai, the palace of Dunjun, the front hall.

The tenth elder brother sat in the hall, his face was hideous, he looked at the two kneeling on the ground, and shouted to the people standing on the left and right: "Beat the master, beat hard, the master doesn't know, this is against the sky, dare to chew the master's tongue!" ”

One of the two is called Fucheng and the other is Mingshan, who have always been the people of the Ten Elder Brothers, and they follow in and out.

Now, they only tremble, but they don't even dare to beg for mercy. They have been following Brother Ten on an errand for two years, and they have seen the methods of this master to punish people, and they are the most impatient to beg for mercy. If you stop being beaten, it's okay to get angry; If you dare to cry and cry for mercy, the whip board will be out of order, and you will have to go to half your life if you don't die.

In the hearts of the two of them, I am afraid that even their intestines are repentant, and the cause of this incident is only because of a few gossip.

It turns out that the two of them are on duty today, and the ghost sent the gods, and they don't know how to talk about the master. One said: "The master recently said that he looked at the kind face and kind eyebrows, but he was much more generous than in the past. ”

Another said: "Not necessarily, I heard that a lot of people have been punished in the past two months, that is, Father-in-law Sheng, who was also heart-wrenching a few days ago!" ”

It should also be these two unlucky, just in time for the tenth elder brother to sneak out alone, and he heard these two words. I don't know where the evil fire was touched, "Teng" the ground, and immediately became angry, calling people to tie up Fucheng and Mingshan.

In this way, Fucheng and Mingshan were dragged to the courtyard for execution, and they heard the sound of "popping" and the muffled snort of the two of them.

Brother Ten had a gloomy face, still panting heavily.

The father-in-law of Xiao Shengzi, the head of the palace, couldn't listen to it, but he didn't dare to anger the master's brows, so he could only endure it. It wasn't until Brother Shi's face softened a little, and the muffled snort outside gradually subsided, that Xiao Shengzi bowed down and whispered: "Master, these two masters have jobs on them!" ”

Fucheng and Mingshan are not slaves of the palace, but third-class guards of the palace assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they are official positions from the fifth grade.

Ten Elder Brother snorted coldly, even if he is from a Manchurian surname, he is not a royal minion. It's just that there is no need to be angry for a while, and he has a grudge with the two of them, so the tenth elder brother waved his hand at Xiao Shengzi and said, "Tell people to stop, let those two dog slaves introspect!" At the end, there was a bit of coldness in his voice.

Xiao Shengzi was busy responding, bowing his head and withdrawing to pass the word.

After a meal, Fucheng and Mingshan couldn't stand up straight, and their faces were covered with cold sweat. But the two of them still had to follow the rules, knelt at the door, and while kowtowing, they said: "The slave thanks the master for his grace!" ”

Looking at the tower-like bodies of the two, the tenth elder brother was originally a little calm and got up again: "Bastard, don't let the master get away!" ”

When Fucheng and Mingshan heard this, they didn't dare to have any more friction, and struggled to get up, so that people helped them down.

Brother Ten stood up and walked a few steps in the hall, only to feel that his chest was clogged in a panic, which was really breathless.

He "pedaled" a few steps, walked out of the hall, and walked into the courtyard.

On both sides of the road, a magnolia tree is planted on one side and a pomegranate tree is planted on the other side. Now, it is late February, and the magnolia flowers have long since withered, leaving only tender green leaves. The pomegranate tree sprouts squarely, and the branches are light green.

Brother Ten raised his head and looked at the pomegranate tree, pomegranates have many seeds, it is really a good omen, a good meaning...... His face became more and more gloomy, and he wanted to call someone to cut down the pomegranate immediately. But I still have some avoidance in my heart, afraid that if I do that, I will have no hope in the future. He sighed inwardly and slammed his feet fiercely.

Yesterday, Brother Jiu sent someone to invite him to come over, but he said that he was sick and didn't have the heart to get involved in their so-called big things.

After standing in the courtyard for a while, Brother Ten felt that something was wrong, and he felt that the fishy smell lingered. He frowned, called the palace steward, and asked, "What's going on outside the door, this is a dark ditch, why is it so stinky?" Didn't you dig it out a few days ago? ”

Speaking of the dark ditch in the capital, it was built during the construction of the "Dadu" in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is available under the main street. Every once in a while, there are seepage wells connected with it. After the sewage is poured into the seepage well, it flows through the culvert to the water gate and the river.

This culvert is very old and has accumulated a lot of filth, but it is inconvenient to dredge it because it is built underground. Whenever it encounters siltation, the water is dirty and the smell is stinking. Later, it became a practice that after the spring equinox every year, local soldiers and horses dredged large and small ditches, river troughs, and ponds, and the families of the households in each street and the hired "diggers" lifted the ditch covers, dug out the silt in the seepage wells, and dredged the underground culverts.

The steward hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the master, it's not the smell of the road, it's the dredging of Haizi!" ”

"Haizi dredging?" Brother Ten listened to it and was a little strange.

The Shichahai Sea has a wide sea surface and is connected with the Houhai Sea and the West Sea, so it is not a stagnant water like other reservoirs. The dredging here is once in three or five years. Every time it's just a formality, digging some silt by the sea or something.

Seeing that the tenth elder brother was puzzled, the person in charge replied cautiously: "Master, it is the people from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion and the Soldiers and Horses Division, who made the people and miscellaneous servants to clear the dredging on Haizi's side. Yesterday it was already leaking.

With such fanfare, Brother Ten couldn't help but wonder, and said to the steward: "Go out and inquire about who came up with the moth." Make it so fishy, and still make people wait? ”

The man in charge did not turn around and leave, but replied, "Master, the slave knows a little about this." I heard that a few days ago, someone caught a catfish in the sea, and there was a finger in his stomach that was amputated, so he went to report to the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army. Although it was the banner man who reported the case, because it was related to the locality, the Shuntianfu Yamen and the people from the Terracotta Division took over the case together. In order to get the corpse out, he opened up the dredging! ”

When Brother Ten heard the word "corpse", he pursed his lips. He has been in the mansion for many years, and the servants who have died violently in the mansion over the years, in addition to the refined, there are also a few in this sea.

Just a few days ago, he also caused the body of a bitch to sink into the sea.

He was a noble prince who had always disdained the flow of prostitution. But because he has had a hidden disease in the past two years, his condition has been good and bad, and his heart is really irritable.

is a man, if he is not vigorous, what has become of it, hasn't he become a "two-tailed son"?

He is only thirty-two this year, he is in the prime of life, and he can't say anything about such a "disease", how can he not be depressed? Even, he is also interested in the affairs of the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother.

His biological mother was from a noble background, so he was first crowned the king of Doro. Among the princes, there are only three people who have been crowned the king of the county for the first time, except for the eldest brother and the third elder brother, he is the only one.

is the eighth elder brother who has always had a virtuous name, and so far he is just Baylor, and the ninth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother and the tenth elder brother received the seal together, all of which were sealed by Kangxi at the beginning of the forty-eighth year, but the two of them only got a solid mountain shellfish.

The tenth elder brother does not have many wives and concubines, and he has both children and daughters, so he said that Ziyuan is the most worry-free. Even if they follow the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, they are just because of the age of the brothers, they are usually close, and they are not a party.

He is only thirty-two this year, and if he continues like this for the rest of his life, it is better to die and live in peace as soon as possible. In the past two years, in order to regain his strength, he has taken a lot of home remedies and used many disgusting medicine primers. The wine brewed by the deer whip and the tiger whip has never been broken, but it has always been ineffective.

He heard that there are many kinds of bitches, and they are the most seductive, so there is really no way, so he sent someone to Jiyuan to buy a top card and came back.

Because he was afraid that the bitch would know his identity as the prince and couldn't let go of his hands and feet, he fed medicine in front of his head and sent it to the house after he didn't know about it.

That bitch was still obedient, and she couldn't figure out what was going on with this stance. When she was cleaned up and carried to the bed, she realized that it was just an old errand.

Although the tenth elder brother thought she was dirty, in order to "cure the disease", he let the bitch do it.

That bitch is also sincere to wait for obedience, and he can't wait for seventy-two martial arts to be used, but he still can't enter the alley. The bitch had a sour hand, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he pouted, and his face showed impatience.

Brother Ten already had a ghost in his heart, and when he saw this bitch like this, he just thought she was looking down on herself. He has always been arrogant and accustomed to the master, where can he stand this, and immediately slapped the bitch twice.

The bitch was stunned and couldn't help but cry and beg for mercy.

Brother Ten only felt that his ears were "buzzing", and he became more and more upset, and reached out and grabbed the bitch's neck...... Well, the world is pure.

That night, he sent someone to drag the bitch's body out and sink it into the sea.

Calculate the number, this is only a few days, the spring is cool, and the body of the bitch is estimated to be intact.

Brother Ten didn't take it to heart, who would find out about him for this kind of thing. Even if someone eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dares to find out about the Dunjun Palace, it is not a big deal to send someone out to take the blame casually.

He was depressed because of this dredging, which made the smell too big......* Today is Cheng Mengxing's southward journey, Cao Hao went to the yamen early in the morning to take a turn, and then went to Cheng's house to see him off.

Just in time to catch up with the joy of Yiduli's concubine, seeing that Cao Hao was not empty, Yiduli complained a little and pulled him to not let go. Cao Hao had already prepared a courtesy, and said a good word of congratulations, so that he was able to get out.

Even if there is no Cheng Mengxing, Cao Hao will find a reason to push it. Although there is no connection between Yang Ruixue and him, because of the Li family's affairs, there are still some scruples.

Not to mention Cao Hao, even Yang Ruixue himself, may not be willing to see the old man.

Some of the past events cannot be recalled, and it is also a blessing to be able to forget them as soon as possible.

When Cao Hao arrived at Cheng's house, several carriages in the house had already been loaded, and several of his Hanlin Courtyard came to see him off in the same year.

Xu was because of the large number of people, but Han Jiang did not show up.

Cao Hao changed into his regular clothes, he was young, like an ordinary official eunuch, so no one knew that he was a servant temple official. There are two self-cooked Shu Jishi, and they also inquired about what relatives of the Cheng family he is, and he is from the Bang Nake.

Cao Hao listened to it and was secretly amused, but he just said that his fame was not revealed, and the world was full of friends.

Those few Ji Ji Shi wanted to be students in the Hanlin Academy for the past two years, and they finally got a chance to show off. Starting from the eight strands of "breaking the problem", I will talk about some experience.

Those who can enter the Hanlin Academy as a Jishi are all the best among the second-class and third-class jinshi.

Although these words were boring, Cao Hao listened to them with relish, and he just thought that he had gained knowledge.

This year is the year of the township test, and now it is already March, and there are five or six months left to leave the township test. At that time, Cao Song and his brothers have taken off their filial piety, and the little brothers will not be able to run and will take the exam.

Although Cao Hao himself also felt that Baguwen was useless, this was after all a way to advance to the imperial examination. Since the younger brothers study hard to make a name for themselves, then he must also do his best to be an elder brother.

In fact, if it weren't for Cheng Mengxing going south, it would be best to invite Cheng Mengxing to occasionally talk to Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang about the eight shares. Now it seems that it is better to find another proper person.

Cheng Mengxing came out of the inner house, and when he saw that his friends and friends had arrived, he had to hug his fists and thank him.

Seeing Cao Hao in person, he was quite surprised, and said with a smile: "Fu Ruo, didn't you just rest a few days ago?" Why didn't you go to the Yamen? Speaking of this, I didn't see Mr. Zhuang in the four corners, and I was slightly disappointed, and said, "Why didn't Mr. come?" ”

Cao Hao said with a smile: "Since Brother Wu Qiao has returned to the south, the younger brother should come to see him off." Mr. said that he was already in his twilight years, and he couldn't stand the pain of parting, and he would meet next time, and then talk to Brother Wu Qiao. ”

Cheng Mengxing is not a mother-in-law, so she laughed at it.

Seeing that Cheng Mengxing had a lot of respect for Cao Hao, he mentioned the yamen again in the conversation, tugged on Cheng Mengxing's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Wu Qiao, the youngest brother of the world, has come out?" Although there is no fame, the speech is also a little elegant, is it a pen post style in the ministry? ”

Cheng Mengxing was stunned when he heard this, then reacted, and couldn't help laughing: "This ...... This is Lord Cao Hao, the Emperor of the Taifu Temple......"

(To be continued)