It's only mid-September, but because it's a leap month, it's already cold. Outside the city, the elm trees on the roadside have lost their leaves, and the grass on the field is withered and yellow.

Cao Hao was riding on a horse, and he had no intention of enjoying the scenery, looking at the back of the fourteenth elder brother in front of him, and he was a little angry in his heart. The eighth elder brother's loss of power is well known, and the eighth elder brother's illness is not a matter of one or two.

Although the decree was issued, it was an errand of the fourteenth elder brother, and there was no mention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Relying on the identity of the prince, the fourteenth elder brother went to the Internal Affairs Office to block Cao Hao.

Even if Cao Hao is not happy, he can only obey his fate when he hangs on the errand of the head of the Internal Affairs Office.

There are also a few princes and elder brothers who have come and gone with Cao Hao over the years, and they all say that the fourth elder brother is cold; Cao Hao looked, compared with the fourth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother who was an ordinary amateur was really cool.

The fourteenth elder brother was on the horse, but he was a little afraid in his heart, looking forward to the ninth elder brother having returned to the city and not being here.

Brother Jiu has always had sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and he speaks mercilessly. At this time, it's not good to deal with him, isn't it a headache?

Thinking of this, the fourteenth elder brother was a little irritable, and when he turned around and saw that Cao Hao was far away, he reined in the horse's reins and waited for him to approach.

Cao Hao thought that he had something to do, so he also reined in the horse's reins and asked, "Fourteenth master?" ”

The fourteenth elder brother's gaze swept from Cao Hao and fell on Zheng Hu.

Although Zheng Hu is from the south, he is tall and strong, with a short beard, and looks quite brave. The fourteenth elder brother smiled at Cao Hao and said, "It's nothing, it's just that this horse is expensive and can't run far." After running for half an hour, I'm afraid I'll be tired of it, so let's walk slowly and talk. Speaking of this, he pointed at Zheng Hu and said: "Cao Hao, you are not bad to look at, and I don't know if it is a trick." When you have the opportunity, you will take the school entrance examination. If you have real skills, you will bother to bother, and you will be able to earn dignity in the future. ”

These words sounded like giving Cao Hao face and promoting his long-term followers. But with Cao Hao as the proprietor, the fourteenth elder brother's words were also a bit rude, and he didn't take Cao Hao in his eyes at all.

Not only arrogant, but also ruthless.

The eighth elder brother is his elder brother, lingering on the sickbed, but the fourteenth elder brother has no sadness on his face. Under the pretext of cherishing the horses, he walked slowly.

Cao Hao already had contempt in his heart, but he still respectfully thanked the fourteenth elder brother for his trouble.

Regarding the matter of the officer, Cao Hao had already asked Zheng Hu. Zheng Hu wanted to join the army when he was young, but in Guangzhou for a few years, he had also seen the situation of the guard post there, and he had long lost interest in eating military rations.

The fourteenth elder brother saw that he took the initiative to show affection, but Cao Hao was still not affectionate or warm, and he felt a little unhappy.

He squinted his eyes, glanced at Cao Hao, and said, "I heard that you often go to the Fourth Brother's Mansion to pay respects, what's the matter, because the master is a prince without a title, so you despise the master?" ”

"The Fourteenth Master Mingjian, there is an order from the imperial court, the courtiers are not allowed to marry the prince and brother privately, and the ministers dare not bend the law." Cao Hao said in his mouth, and he felt that he was not confident enough.

There are few contacts with the fourth elder brother, but with the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother, he is not a "private relationship", but a "clear friendship".

After the fourteenth elder brother finished speaking, he also felt that what he said was tasteless.

Cao Hao's identity is not only a minister, but also a royal prince and the son-in-law of the seventh elder brother. After all, the other princes and elder brothers are all his in-laws, and if they don't come and go, they are not considered to be in violation.

There are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a sentence.

Although he knows that Cao Hao is promising, he can get a lot of benefits if he is wooed over. But the fourteenth elder brother is a prince after all, and he has always been arrogant. For as long as he can remember, only others have been pleasing him, and where is there a time when he pleases others.

After saying a few words to Cao Hao, the fourteenth elder brother felt depressed, waved his hand, pulled off his horse, and rode away.

Such a fourteenth elder brother is the future general king?

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, it is estimated that the old man Kangxi knew his son's problems, so he led the army to the west. If he is another elder brother, he will win people's hearts, and Kangxi is not at ease about handing over military power.

After another half an hour, I arrived at Babeile Garden in Haidian Town.

The fourteenth elder brother turned over and dismounted, and he had already put away the smile on his face, revealing a bit of majesty.

The steward here, who also knows the fourteenth elder brother, invites people to the living room while making people pass it inside.

The fourteenth elder brother didn't go to the living room, and said: "The master and the head of the Internal Affairs Office Cao are visiting the sick by holy order, so you don't need to go to the living room, just go to the eighth master to visit the patient." ”

Although the steward felt that it was inappropriate, but after listening to the word "holy decree", and the fourteenth elder brother and Cao Hao were both wearing supplementary clothes, he didn't dare to slack off, and led the way with his head.

"The Ninth Master is here?" The fourteenth elder brother asked: "I heard that the ninth master was taking care of it here a few days ago, but is there such a thing?" ”

"If you go back to the fourteenth master, the ninth master was here a few days ago, but he hasn't entered the city for four or five days." The steward replied.

The fourteenth elder brother calculated in his heart, and after the ninth elder brother forced himself to jointly ask for a decree, he came here.

The ninth elder brother treats the eighth elder brother so loyally, in case the eighth elder brother has other thoughts, then the ninth elder brother is designated to stand at that end. If the eighth elder brother has no other thoughts, the fourteenth elder brother will not believe it.

It's really unreliable, and the fourteenth elder brother can't help but feel depressed.

When I entered the inner house, as soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard someone shouting angrily: "Finally appeared, what a big shelf, do you still have a face?" ”

Standing under the porch, shouting at the top of his voice, it was the tenth elder brother with an angry face.

The fourteenth elder brother was already weak-hearted, and when he saw the tenth elder brother, his face was a little uncomfortable, and he hurriedly defended: "Tenth brother, my younger brother also wanted to come over earlier, but the military department was in a tight situation, and the northwest side was ......."

He wanted to say more, so he saw Brother Jiu open the curtain, came out of the house, looked at him coldly, and said, "Brother Starling is still sick, the Fourteenth Master still asks for a rest." ”

The fourteenth elder brother's face turned red, he didn't speak, he didn't speak, he stood there, a little helpless.

Brother Jiu was already a little surprised when he saw Cao Hao, and raised his head and said, "You are here by order?" ”

The few people in front of him, although they didn't look right, Cao Hao didn't have the heart to see the excitement. These three elder brothers are quite "related" to him, and he really doesn't want to have other incidents.

Listening to the ninth elder brother say this, Cao Hao replied truthfully: "Back to the ninth master's words, the minister has not received the holy decree. It was the fourteenth master who summoned the ministers to come and ask the eighth master to say goodbye and see the prescription of the hospital. ”

The ninth elder brother looked at the fourteenth elder brother, and there was more exploration in his eyes.

The fourteenth elder brother opened his mouth and said: "Brother Jiu, a few days ago, we jointly asked for a doctor's excerpt, and it has been sent back. Huang Ama asked his younger brother to take care of the starling's side with the imperial doctor. Cao Hao is the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and the errand at the Tai Hospital has nothing to do with him, so his younger brother called him. As he spoke, he took out a fold from his sleeve and sent it to Brother Jiu.

The ninth elder brother took it, opened it and looked at it, but it was the same as what the fourteenth elder brother said.

He picked the corners of his mouth, was noncommittal, turned sideways, and said to the fourteenth elder brother: "Since the fourteenth brother is here by order, then please come in." There is just one sentence to say in the head. The eighth sister-in-law said that these words, caused by worry, are heartbroken, maybe there is something inconsiderate, the fourteenth brother please forgive me. After speaking, he looked at Cao Hao and said, "Manager Cao is also sympathetic. ”

The fourteenth elder brother and Cao Hao didn't dare to say goodbye, and followed the ninth elder brother into the house.

The room was filled with the pungent smell of medicine, and the eighth elder brother was lying on the kang, his eyes were tightly avoided, and he was so thin that he had taken off his surname, and he looked very terrifying.

More than the fourteenth elder brother, together with Cao Hao, was bluffed. Although there are also rumors in these Zijing that the eighth elder brother is terminally ill, Cao Hao does not believe it. Because he knew that he lived to the Yongzheng Dynasty, he should not die so early.

Today, I saw the eighth elder brother, and even Cao Hao was confused. I wonder if history will change, and the eighth brother will die early?

Beatitude Jin sat on the edge of the bed, took her husband's hand, and sat like that. Hearing someone come in, she turned around and looked at the crowd.

The fierceness in his eyes made the fourteenth elder brother a little frightened when he saw it, and muttered, "Eighth sister-in-law......"

Ba Fu Jin slowly stood up, looked at the fourteenth elder brother and Cao Hao who were wearing mending clothes, his face was undisguised resentment, he stretched out his hand, pointed at them and said, "What's the matter?" You can't wait? Let me tell you, our grandfather is blessed with a great life, and he will live a long life! Get out of here! "In the end, it's already crazy.

No wonder the Ninth Elder Brother deliberately said that, the Bafujin side is not only inconsiderate, but is already going crazy.

"The eighth sister-in-law misunderstood, my younger brother came by order to visit the starling." The fourteenth elder brother listened to her words with resentment, and hurriedly distinguished.

"Ordered? Naturally, it is ordered! The Fourteenth Master is a busy man, if he hadn't been ordered, how would he have come to our side? Bafujin snorted coldly and looked at the fourteenth elder brother.

The fourteenth elder brother was a little weak-hearted, but he still stubbornly said: "Eighth sister-in-law, these Yamen errands are a little busy, otherwise my younger brother would have come over a long time ago." ”

"When Tao Min entered the city, he first went to see the fourteenth master, and the fourteenth master was 'really busy'." Now that the Fourteenth Master has taken a look, he has seen it, and he has seen it, and our small temple will not leave you as a big Bodhisattva! It's good that Bafujin didn't listen, but after hearing this justification, he became more and more resentful, and said angrily.

Seeing her miserable voice, the ninth elder brother was afraid that she would be open-mouthed, and said disrespectful words to the imperial father, buried the root cause, and hurriedly said to the fourteenth elder brother: "Fourteenth brother, the eighth sister-in-law is a little anxious, the fourteenth brother is more considerate, go back first today." As for the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, let Cao Hao keep it and listen, and then go back to the city to tell the fourteenth brother. ”

The fourteenth elder brother was ridiculed by the tenth elder brother and the eighth Fujin repeatedly, and he couldn't stay a little still. After hearing Brother Jiu's words, he nodded as if he had been amnestied, explained a few words to Cao Hao, and went out.

Cao Hao was a little surprised, the fourteenth elder brother was not popular, and he should not be much better. I don't know if Brother Jiu has other reasons.

After the fourteenth elder brother left, Bafujin looked wooden, glanced at Cao Hao, but was much calmer, nodded, and said: "I heard that you love your daughter-in-law very much, and you are also a responsible person. Our lord's side, our lord's side, if you write an excerpt in front of the emperor, just be truthful. In the end, looking at the eighth elder brother he had taken a fancy to, his face showed a little despair.

It seems that the eighth elder brother, who used to be said to be infinitely beautiful, ended up in this situation, and Cao Hao could only sigh in his heart that the world was impermanent.

At present, Bafujin no longer has the arrogance of the prince Fujin, just like an ordinary wife, she is unabashedly concerned and attached to her husband.

"Yes, I obey." Cao Hao bowed down and responded, and he also had some sympathy for Bafujin.

Ba Fu Jin nodded, sat down on the small stool by the kang again, took the hand of the eighth elder brother, and sat like that.

Seeing this, the ninth elder brother sighed and beckoned the tenth elder brother and Cao Hao to retreat to the outer hall.

Although the fourteenth elder brother is gone, the tenth elder brother's anger has not subsided. When he saw that Brother Nine had left Cao Hao, he frowned and said, "Brother Jiu, just those two and a half bottles of imperial doctors, they have tried their best, and they may not be able to do anything, what else can they discuss with Cao Hao?" ”

Brother Jiu waved his hand and said, "Tenth brother, don't be impatient, I have something to look for Cao Hao." Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Hao and said: "In the morning, the lord sent someone to Beijing to look for you, you came just in time, and the lord has something to ask for." ”

A fourteenth elder brother found a reason, but he stuck to Cao Hao, and Cao Hao had a headache. For Brother Jiu's side, Cao Hao is even more reluctant to get involved.

But he couldn't refuse directly, so he had to say vaguely: "The Ninth Master is serious, what can Cao Hao do, can he be begged by the Ninth Master?" ”

"I heard from the imperial doctor that you have strong liquor that can reduce fever. The eighth master began to burn these words, and he had a rash all over his body. I don't like to ask for help, but I ask for you. Brother Jiu stared at Cao Hao and said slowly.

He had already made up his mind that no matter what method he used, he would also exchange the liquor for it. Whether it is a threat or a temptation, there is absolutely no room for Cao Hao to refuse.

"The minister knows, the ninth master will ask the individual to go and get it with the minister." Cao Hao's side nodded directly and responded.

On the side of Brother Jiu, he was very surprised, and he was a little unwilling to believe it, and asked, "Do you really give it?" ”

Cao Hao said: "It's true." It's just that this fever reduces, but the surface dissipates heat, and the inside does not diverge, so it is not very useful. It is still a prescription to reduce fever by taking it internally, and it is serious to go to the root of the disease. ”

Cao Hao returned calmly, and Brother Jiu was already a little excited.

He has always regarded Cao Hao as an enemy, but he didn't expect Cao Hao to look at it here, but the clouds were light, as if there was no festival between the two.

For a moment, Brother Jiu couldn't help but be a little confused.

Next to the tenth elder brother's cold eyes, seeing the ninth elder brother's expression changing, Cao Hao was calm, a little unconvinced, and said: "Forgive you and don't have the courage not to give it, if you delay the starling's illness, it will be light to cut off your head." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he naturally didn't answer, but he felt funny in his heart. Because, what Brother Ten said is the truth.

No matter how disgusted Kangxi is with Eighth Elder Brother now, his son is a son after all, it doesn't matter how Lao Tzu tosses, if outsiders follow and toss, it will also be a slap in the face of the royal family.

Cao Hao has always been a cautious person, how could he leave this handle?

Besides, even if he gave it, he would not necessarily be blamed. After all, it is well known that there is a dislike between Brother Jiu and him, even if he takes out the liquor to reduce fever, others will think that he is being persecuted by Brother Jiu.

In fact, in Cao Hao's heart, he didn't want the eighth elder brother to die.

The ignorance of history made him fearful.

However, where can there be so many things in this world?

Several people in the outhouse, with different thoughts, were still silent, when they heard a wail from the house: "Master, master...... What's wrong with you......"

(To be continued)