Tu Er couldn't survive the punishment, and said everything he could say.

In addition to confessing to killing the Guo family, he also said that he went north because of the bounty.

This news shocked Qi Min, who would have thought that under the rule of the Great Qing Dynasty, someone would dare to reward the close ministers of the Son of Heaven? At the same time, he also understood the reason why the sixteenth elder brother suddenly came to Rehe.

In my heart, in addition to horror, there is only regret.

Even if you are a fool, you can see that the sixteenth elder brother is here to escort Cao Hao. I can't complain about the sixteenth elder brother who was attacked outside the city, and this side is vague. I went out of the city to investigate, but I couldn't find anything.

Feelings, the sixteenth elder brother is pulling the banner, the purpose is still for Cao Hao's safety.

Although it was a yellow belt, Qi Min didn't dare to underestimate Cao Hao anymore. Even the prince's elder brother is here, if Cao Hao really has an accident in Rehe, then he can't run away.

On the tenth day of the first month, Tu Er made an appointment with his big boss, and Qi Min asked people to set up an ambush there, but nothing was found.

Thinking that there were still fish that slipped through the net, Qi Min was very anxious.

The atmosphere in Rehe City is much stricter than usual. As long as they saw a traveler dressed up and spoke with a foreign accent, some soldiers came forward to ask.

All inns and restaurants have also received instructions from the yamen that strangers are not allowed to be privately accommodated, otherwise they will be punished as gangsters.

Later, even if there were strangers who had a note, few hotels dared to keep guests.

Cao Hao has only been out of the palace garden once in the past few days, and went to the palace to see his wife and daughter.

Although it also has the meaning of luring the snake out of the hole, the mighty escort team surrounded his car tightly. Unless the other party wants to commit suicide, who will attack at this time?

With Qi Min bothered, the sixteenth elder brother became more and more bored.

There was really nothing to do, so he pulled Cao Hao to fish by the lake in the garden, and no fish were hooked for a long time. The sixteenth elder brother lost patience, threw the fishing rod to the side, and said: "Fu Ruo, it's really boring, even if you can't find something, you have to have some fun." ”

"Didn't you say that at the end of March, the Mongol kings went to Rehe to attend the temple fair and wait for the court? Sixteenth Master wait a little longer! Cao Hao looked at the lake, and admired those fishing enthusiasts in his heart, this is really enough for self-cultivation.

This is a lot of effort, not to mention the sixteenth elder brother, even he is extremely bored.

"The temple fair, that is the eighth day of the fourth month, this year is leap March, and there are still two months left!" The sixteenth elder brother glanced at Cao Hao disdainfully, and said, "Look at your life, you are confused, you can't think of something to do." Speaking of this, his eyes rolled and he said, "It's more than a dozen today?" ”

"Thirteen!" Cao Hao also put down the fishing rod and got up to move his muscles and bones.

"The latter is fifteen, let's go to Puren Temple!" The sixteenth elder brother added a smile on his face, glanced at Cao Hao and said, "Fu Ruo, let's fast for three days and pray for Huang Ama's longevity." ”

"Fasting and praying?" Cao Hao felt a little familiar when he heard it, as if he was a foreign governor, if he couldn't return to Beijing to see His Majesty on the Wanshou Festival, he would use this to express his loyalty to the emperor.

"yes, there's going to be something. Let's go, go to the study, I'll write an excerpt, and you can follow the joint name. The sixteenth elder brother said with a smile: "Qi Min has performed well these days, if someone didn't have to stare outside, he really wanted to pull him." ”

The sixteenth elder brother said that the wind is the rain, and on the fifteenth day, the group went to Puren Temple in a mighty way.

When Cao Hao first arrived in Rehe, he came to Chu Yu once.

The presiding lama here is appointed by the Imperial Court and the Imperial Court, and they all have a lot of money to get. Compared with ordinary monks, they mostly come into contact with powerful officials, so the fasting room here is clean and the fasting food is very delicious.

I heard that the sixteenth elder brother and Heshuo were going to fast in the temple and pray for the emperor, and the great lama was naturally not happy.

It was the first time Cao Hao had fasted, and he didn't know the rules here.

Before coming, I asked Zhiran on a special trip.

The fasting of Buddhism means not eating anything after noon, and the precept is to keep the precepts.

However, the sixteenth elder brother said that it is rare to show loyalty and filial piety, so naturally he can't learn ordinary fasting.

No, after the two of them finished bathing, they went to the Buddha hall to meditate together.

There were only Buddha statues, futons, and Diamond Sutras in the room, no lit candlesticks, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstones.

"Bathing, fasting, and copying scriptures, who can be as devout as we are?" The sixteenth elder brother showed a little smugness on his face, looked at Cao Hao and said, "I told you yesterday, didn't you eat breakfast?" ”

Cao Hao nodded, looking at the sixteenth elder brother who was a little excited, he really didn't know what to say.

Why is this in front of him, he can't see filial piety, he only thinks that the sixteenth elder brother wants to play one out and one out.

However, Cao Hao did not object to the suggestion of the sixteenth elder brother to "not eat for three days".

Isn't there a saying about Bigu in this Taoist? Fasting for a few days should be a way to maintain health.

As for praying for Kangxi, Cao Hao can't speak with the sixteenth elder brother. Looking at the solemn Buddha statue above, Cao Hao was still worried about his parents and family.

Regarding Kangxi, I hope that he will want to open up more in his later years and stabilize his temper, otherwise it will be difficult for him to do this day.

Cao Hao followed the sixteenth elder brother and lived a life in the Buddhist hall of "ignoring things outside the window with both ears and only writing the Diamond Sutra", but he was worried about Qi Min, and he really couldn't figure out why these two masters didn't stop staying in the palace garden.

This Puren Temple is not big, and the soldiers who can be stationed are limited. Fortunately, there is a lot of open space around the temple, so it is convenient for people to guard it.

If it's okay to be ordinary, he, the chief manager, will not have to worry about it.

Now, even if he knows that there are bandits who have slipped through the net and are hiding in Rehe, where does he dare to ignore it, so he naturally says that he will stay at the temple.

In his heart, he had already begun to complain that the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao were not authentic. Whether it is really praying for the emperor or "using himself as bait" here, it will not benefit him.

Only he and a few henchmen know the truth, where would ordinary soldiers know the meaning of the task of guarding the temple?

If it's such a thing as searching shops in the city, everyone is still desperate, among them, the fox is fake and mighty, and it is not difficult to drop a few taels of silver every time. This guards the gate of the temple, what oil and water is there?

In the place where Qi Min saw was good, no one dared to slack off; Where you can't see it, everyone is loose. Even if they knew that there was a prince and elder brother in the temple, few people were nervous.

Unless he is a madman, is there really anyone who dares to assassinate the prince?

Cao Hao's leisurely life, after only half a day, he couldn't sit still, his legs were sore, and he was hungry.

This Buddhist hall was empty, except for the things in front of you, except for the toilet in the dark room, which was convenient for Gong Gong, and nothing else.

Speaking of this, the sixteenth elder brother is admirable, not to mention that the sitting posture is higher than Cao Hao's standard, and the "Diamond Sutra" is also faster than Cao Hao's.

Cao Hao stood up, pinched his wrist, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was not yet Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon). He looked around the sixteenth elder brother, and he didn't see anything like a purse, so he couldn't help but pick the corners of his mouth.

Although the sixteenth elder brother loves to talk and laugh, he is also a person who does what he says, and it seems that there is really nothing to eat in these three days.

What the hell are you doing? Cao Hao sat down again, looked up at the Buddha statue full of compassion, and slowly calmed down.

"'Subodhi! I tell you the truth: If there is a good man and a good woman who counts the three thousand worlds with the sand of the Ganges River in the Seven Treasures, and gives alms, will they be blessed? Subodhi said, 'Many, World-Honored One! ’…… The Buddha told Subodhi: 'If a good man or a good woman is said for others in this sutra, even if they receive the four verses, etc., and this merit is better than the previous merit.' ’”

In his early years, when he was in Qingliang Temple, although he also read the "Diamond Sutra", it was the first time that he calmed down and copied it like now.

Unconsciously, Cao Hao entered the state, unaware that the sixteenth elder brother was putting down his pen to look at himself.

The sixteenth elder brother saw that Cao Hao was copying carefully, and did not make a sound, listened to the outside, and saw that there was no movement, so he gently turned around and went to the dark room in the corner.

Cao Hao heard the movement, raised his head, and saw that the sixteenth elder brother had already risen. He lowered his head and continued...... At night, there is no covering.

Although it was the middle of March, it was still cold in the house, and the ground was a little shady.

The sixteenth elder brother pulled the futon aside early, half a zhang away from Cao Hao.

Cao Hao looked at it, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Sixteenth master, this is?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother rubbed his cheeks and said, "The last time I was placed with you, I fell on my heels." Don't make a move against me this time and kick me, isn't that wrong? Tsk, why are you in this room......"

He wanted to say a few words, but when he looked at the Buddha statue above, he still stopped talking.

Cao Hao thought for a while, threw the futon over, and said, "I wear an extra vest than the sixteenth master, and this one is still the sixteenth master's pad." ”

The sixteenth elder brother pursed his lips, threw the futon back, and said, "Is it a fool to be a fool, I am also wearing three layers of clothes, this is all past Qingming, and it can't be cold." ”

As the thirteenth elder brother said, although the ground is a little hard and the room is a little cold, but because Cao Hao wears a lot, he doesn't feel cold.

It's just that he is hungry and uncomfortable, "people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic", but Cao Hao got up early and has not eaten rice and water so far.

In addition to being hungry when he was abducted when he first came to this world, Cao Hao was starving for the first time.

Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, full of thoughts, all food. The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and I only felt that my lips were dry.

"Is this a pancake?" The sixteenth elder brother heard him turn over and asked.

Cao Hao glanced at the sixteenth elder brother and said, "The sixteenth master is not hungry?" ”

"It's just a kung fu, what is it? When I was sick when I was a child, the doctor asked me to extinguish the fire, and I was hungry for three or five days. It's just that I can still drink a few sips of water at that time. The sixteenth elder brother replied.

Cao Hao listened to it, felt fresh, and said: "Adults are hungry and panicked, how can children stand it?" ”

"If you can't stand it, you naturally desperately say that you are fine, even if it is uncomfortable, you don't dare to lie down." The sixteenth elder brother said this, a little indignant, and said, "His uncle, when he talks about this, he remembers that something is wrong." When I return to the capital, I have to ask those imperial doctors ......."

This speech was distracting, but I didn't feel so hungry.

I don't know when, Cao Hao fell asleep.

The sixteenth elder brother opened his eyes, glanced at Cao Hao's side, and said in a low voice: "I really envy you, Jiao'er beloved son, the heart and soul of my parents, I am just a little elder brother in the palace......"

*Beijing, Changchun Garden, Qingxi Book House.

The holy car is the ninth return to Changchun Garden, because the spring is good, the third brother Cheng Prince will be on the fold, please the imperial father Xingwang Garden.

The Birthday Festival is approaching, and Kangxi is also willing to get closer to his children and grandchildren, so he was accompanied by several little elder brothers and went to the garden of the third elder brother together.

Because Bai Yue walked a few more steps, Kangxi felt that his legs were a little sore.

However, before the break, there are still a lot of twists and turns that have not been watched. Therefore, after dinner, he sat on the kang and made the folds.

As in the previous days, he didn't lift the sign today.

I was really tired, I didn't even bother to speak, and I was even more impatient.

Originally, I thought that if I scraped together some money, it would be beneficial to the war in the northwest. Now the news he got made Kangxi annoyed.

Due to the fact that the battle line was too long and the supply was inconvenient, the current situation was that the military rations were insufficient. In addition, the problem of lack of horses has not been solved, and the two armies can now only be exhausted in the northwest.

The face of the imperial court is so good, it can't be said that there is no grain on the front line now, and the soldiers have no horses, so they can't move.

It is a must, Kangxi's side once again sent an envoy to conspire with Alabutan, announcing not to "be evil", otherwise "Kortai, Balkul, and the two soldiers are all ready", Yunyun.

On the front side of the army, Kangxi couldn't let them do it. After all, with tens of thousands of troops on the front line, plus hundreds of thousands of supply lines, this silver is like water. So he also issued an edict that they should go in the next year when they were in the grass.

Although according to the excerpts of the officials below, it is said that the two roads are very abundant in reserve military rations, but they have not been transported to the front of the army.

But Kangxi has been the emperor for fifty-five years, and he also knows that there is moisture in what he says. Otherwise, no matter how far the road is, it should be transported in half a year.

It's just that if this is studied deeply, it will only lose the face of the imperial court, and it will be useless to fight on the front line.

Kangxi could only allow them to send troops in the evening for another year, that is, to wait for this year's new grain to come down.

Now, the conspirator Alabu is writing Hutuketu and the Khalkha kings, and he also has the intention of showing weakness and seeking goodness. Kangxi could only be vague on his side, and ordered the great lama and the kings to write palindromes to Arabu, and also wanted to stabilize him and save him from any changes.

Thinking of this, Kangxi felt a headache, rubbed his temples, and then picked up a fold casually.

It was the sixteenth elder brother's please An, Kangxi opened it, and saw that in addition to saying hello and celebrating the Wanshou Festival, the rest was to mention that Cao Hao planned to "fast and pray for blessings".

"Nonsense!" Kangxi said in his mouth, but his face was a little more loving.

"It's fifteen today!" Thinking that the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao are now fasting in Puren Temple, Kangxi was quite moved.

He has a problem with his right arm and has been using his left hand to approve posts since last year.

He picked up the problem and criticized it under the fold of the sixteenth elder brother: "I know, I am very relieved to do my best." ”

Putting down the pen, he pondered for a while, and instructed Wei Zhu on the side: "Summoning the princess to sleep." ”

"Huh!" Wei Zhu bowed down and retreated to deliver the decree ......* In Puren Temple, the figure swayed.

A few people in monk's robes hid in the dark, looking at the lighted Buddhist hall not far away.

"Is that over there? Why is it unguarded? One of them asked in a low voice.

"The guards are all on the periphery, and there is no one left here, only a little novice to bring water and food." The other replied.

"I was afraid that he wouldn't come out, but I didn't expect to be in such a hurry to find death...... On ......"

(To be continued)