Inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion, study.

The fourth elder brother looked at the letter in his hand, his face was cloudy, and his wrist trembled slightly.

Dai Jin saw it on the sidelines, and he was a little surprised in his heart, this was sent by the seventeenth elder brother of Sui Hu, could it be that what happened to the holy driving line?

Thinking of this, Dai Jin's heart jumped "thump".

According to the information learned from the sticky rod, the Holy Driving Dragon Body has not been very cool since it entered the winter.

Although there is no shortage of emperors who have passed Jiazi in all dynasties, how many people can have reigned for more than 50 years?

The fourth elder brother had already finished reading the letter, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad, sighed heavily, handed the letter to Dai Jin, and said, "Take a look!" ”

Dai Jin bowed down and took it with both hands, quickly swept it, and the more he looked at it, the bigger his eyes became, and finally his face was already unstoppably happy.

This is the seventeenth elder brother's invitation letter, the first one is just to ask An to see the gift or something, but the last two sentences mention that the eighth elder brother made people send a "killing eagle", which caused Long Yan to be angry.

"Congratulations to the fourth master, the eighth elder brother has completely lost his sacred heart now, and it is too difficult to turn over if he wants to turn over." Dai Jin twisted his beard and said with a little bit of joy.

The fourth elder brother's expression was not happy, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes were deep.

The eighth elder brother is unlucky, although it is worth rejoicing, but thinking about the emperor who is becoming more and more guarded by the prince, how can the fourth elder brother be happy?

Even Dai Jin, thinking of this, is also a little heavy.

After thinking about it for a while, Dai Jin said: "Fourth master, this is the first day of the lunar month, and then Laba, in addition to the errand in the ministry, is it also sent to do two rituals?" ”

The fourth elder brother nodded, his brows gradually relaxed, turned the beads on his wrist, and said, "I heard that there is a monk from the Cao family?" ”

Dai Jin said: "The little one has already made people investigate, the Dharma name is wise and wise, the same year as Cao Furuo, it is said that he is Cao Furuo's young friend, and he was ordained and ordained in Qingliang Temple in Jiangning. ”

"Qingliang Temple?" When the fourth elder brother heard this, he felt a little familiar, as if the incense sent by Cao Hao every year was made by this temple.

Thinking of this, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Now, since the eighth elder brother has lost his sacred heart, he can only be more cautious in his words and deeds.

If Cao Yin wasn't in the capital, it would be okay, the Cao family would not be as eye-catching as it is now, and he could still invite the Zhiran monk to come to the mansion to talk about Zen, but now he has to avoid it.

At this time, I heard a eunuch outside the door say: "Master, Fujin sent the slave maid to ask the master, where is the dinner, is it still in the west courtyard?" ”

Because the more favored side of the house, Fu Jin Nian's is pregnant, and the fourth elder brother mostly eats in the west courtyard where Nian's is located, so Fu Jin asked.

The fourth elder brother remembered something, and he wanted to explain to Fujin, so he said: "Set up Fujin's house, I'll go over later, let Fujin pass the meal!" ”

"Huh!" The eunuch retreated.

The fourth elder brother stood up, walked two steps left and right with his hands behind his back, stood still, and said, "According to you, which one is benefiting from the eighth elder brother's matter?" Could it be that the third child makes people move? ”

"Third elder brother?" Dai Jin hesitated a little and said, "Although there are some people on the third elder brother's side, most of them are Shilin people, and they are just rotten Confucians who are dead studying. If the third elder brother can take advantage of the situation and come up with such a means, it will be a bit terrifying. Since the eighth elder brother is to make people go to the front of the emperor, he must be a confidant. For this tribute Hai Dongqing, he is self-conscious, how can he easily make a mistake? It is not known how many of these invisibles are conspiratorial. ”

When the fourth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "It's not the third brother, is it still me?" Speaking of this, thinking that he was going to bear this suspicion, his face became more and more ugly.

"The fourth master has always been devoted to Buddhist affairs, but he only knows how to do errands diligently, where can there be such a ghostly means? The fourth master and rest assured, don't say that the long live master wants to use the topic to play, there is no need to check more; Even if you follow the vine and check it all the way, you won't do the things of the fourth master in Beijing. Dai Jindao.

The fourth elder brother always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say where it was.

It's as if there was a fog in the darkness that makes this matter confusing and impossible to probe the root cause.

It is impossible for the eighth elder brother to send the "Killing Eagle" himself, so when did Hai Dongqing have a problem? Where is the holy drive? En route?

Is it the eighth elder brother's old enemy or ...... involved? Or the Emperor Ama ...... Thinking of the latter possibility, the fourth elder brother only felt like a turbulent wave in his heart, and he was speechless for a long time holding on to the desk.

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was silent, and his face suddenly turned pale, Dai Jin's heart jumped, and he asked cautiously, "Fourth master?" ”

The fourth elder brother came to his senses, waved his hand, and said: "Write a letter to Nian Qianyao, just say that the New Year's gift has arrived, those Shu notes are good, and Shu embroidery and Shu Jin Fujin also like it." Nian is now in labor, and in a few months, he will be his uncle! ”

Dai Jin remembered them one by one and leaned over to respond.

The fourth elder brother rubbed his forehead and said, "It's time for dinner, I'll go to the Fujin courtyard, and you can go down to eat too." With that, he strode out of the study.

Dai Jin came out with the fourth elder brother, and saw the figure of the fourth elder brother go away before returning to his courtyard.

His steps couldn't help but be brisk.

Scholars, who have no ambitions, "if you are not a good look, you will be a good doctor" is the ideal of many scholars.

Now, although the fourth elder brother is not strong, he is one step closer to the storage position.

Inner courtyard, main house.

The Sifu Jin Nala clan has already set the table and is waiting for the fourth elder brother to come back.

As soon as the fourth elder brother entered the room, he smelled the smell of rice and couldn't help but look at the kang table.

Because there are new New Year's goods in Sichuan, in addition to the usual food, several dishes have been added, including mutton vermicelli pot, old vinegar peanuts, Xufu aged eggs, mustard shredded meat and so on.

Sifujin personally threw a towel and asked the fourth elder brother to wipe his hands.

After the fourth elder brother wiped his hands, he went to his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang.

Nala sat opposite each other, and held chopsticks with a handkerchief and sent it over.

Breakfast was served early, and the fourth elder brother was really a little hungry.

He took the spoon, took two mouthfuls of hot soup from the pot, put it in the soup bowl, waited for it to cool a little, took a sip, and felt that it was hot, and it was very ironing.

Looking at the pot again, the vermicelli is tumbling in the hot soup, green and transparent, and I feel very strong when I look at it, which is different from what I usually see. He pointed and asked, "This is sent by Nian Qianyao?" ”

Nala smiled: "Exactly, I tasted it just now, it's no worse than the one from the Internal Affairs Office, and when the future master wants to eat vegetarian food, he can also use it to add vegetables!" ”

The fourth elder brother nodded, took a bite with chopsticks, and put it in his mouth.

Because the rules developed in the palace since childhood are all about "eating without saying anything, sleeping without speaking", the husband and wife ate silently.

It wasn't until he put down his chopsticks and rinsed his mouth that the fourth elder brother spoke again: "Fu Nai's nephew and daughter will marry him later, are the gifts ready?" ”

Sifujin stood up and sent the maids to remove the dining table.

After listening to the words of the fourth elder brother, Sifujin smiled and said, "Didn't the master order it before?" It has been prepared, mostly jewelry materials, and other things are used to add boxes. Fu Nai is an old man in our house, and he has been on an errand by his side for a long time, so he has prepared these real things. There are no other girls in their family, just this time. In addition to the jewelry materials, there is also a set of silverware, silver furnace, silver tripod, silver shield, silver bottle, although it is not luxurious, but the victory is made inside, the style is exquisite, and the outside is not visible; Four sets of magnets, all of which are "pastel", did not choose "blue and white", "blue and white" are too plain, and do not match happy events, and the pattern is also selected "peony wealth", "unicorn sends" these; The rest is fragmentary, two square inkstones, two boxes of "dragon and phoenix pens", and a few boxes of loose smoke and ink. ”

These are all small things, which don't look ostentatious, but they have to be used to add makeup.

When the fourth elder brother heard this, he also felt satisfied, nodded, and put the matter aside.

The husband and wife here are talking about congratulatory gifts, and the two of Narsu and Cao Jia's family in the Pingjun Wangfu are also talking about congratulatory gifts after eating.

Although they are cousins in the next room, the wedding gift prepared here is not too light. The two brothers are both sons-in-law, but there is nothing to distinguish between the important and the important, they are all in duplicate.

These two gifts were also seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

Seeing that in Layue, there are more people doing happy events, except for their own family, this Baylor Mansion, and that Guogong Mansion, no one can leave behind.

Cao Jiashi looked at the gift list and said to Nalsu: "Why don't they all say 'the New Year is sad', isn't this exact?" In which year, all kinds of salutes and filial piety to the palace in the first month of the lunar month add up to 18,000 taels? Fortunately, we still have a few Zhuangzi, and some of the inputs can be subsidized, or just rely on the master's money, this year's hole will be bigger! ”

Nersu was originally sitting cross-legged on the kang in a daze, listened to his wife's words, held his chin, raised his eyebrows and said: "Fujin, if our house can be raised by one liter, will it be more spacious and comfortable?" ”

When Cao Jiashi heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Look at what the master said, this is a title passed down by the ancestors, and he is not an official in the court, can he be promoted?" ”

"Prince Heshuo!" Nersu said: "If I go up one more liter, I will be Prince Heshuo, and Fujin will be Prince Heshuo Fujin." At that time, even if Fu Jin enters the palace, there will be few people who can make Fu Jin bow down and worship! ”

Cao Jiashi saw that her husband was serious, not like a joke, shook her head, and said, "Why is the master still talking about this?" What's so good about being a Prince Pegatron? It's just a few more money than we have a year, and a few more beads on our hats. It's too prominent, and it's taboo. If nothing else, let's just say that among these iron hat princes' mansions in Beijing today, which one is not a man with his tail between his legs? Let's wait for the first class this time, compared to it, it is not eye-catching, and it is more comfortable. ”

Nersu listened to his wife's words, patted his head vigorously, and said, "Yes, or Fujin is right." As the saying goes, the sky is falling, and there are big ones on top, and they really can't hold us down this time. It's just a hat, what's so rare? Later, I will have the opportunity to put on armor and earn titles for my sons with real swords. ”

Cao Jiashi rarely heard him talk about this, but now he has a feeling, and he is wondering in his heart, Nersu has already diverged from the words, and said: "These two father-in-law and mother-in-law have just arrived, and they have more entertainment, and when the snow clears tomorrow, I will accompany you back and say hello to the two of you!" ”

Cao Jiashi put down the gift list in his hand, his face was filled with joy, and said, "I just want to talk about this with my master, but my lord feels sorry for me!" ”

* Cao Mansion, study.

Cao Yin sat on the edge of the kang, his face a little dark. Cao Hao stood there, but he was stunned.

Although he vaguely remembered that the eighth elder brother would be unlucky, he didn't expect that this day would come so early, and the so-called "Killing Eagle Incident" had already happened.

In addition to being surprised by this, Cao Hao was also surprised by his father's news channels.

According to my father, this "Killing Eagle Incident" was November 23, which happened to be the arrival of Cao Yin and his wife in Tongzhou. It's only twenty-six today, and it's only been three days since the accident happened, and the news has already been obtained here.

Jiang is old and spicy, even if he has no other thoughts, even if he goes north to the capital, then Cao Yin should have a little bit to rely on, right?

Cao Hao thought in his heart, Cao Yin had already looked up at Cao Hao, and with a little doubt, he asked, "This Haidongqing...... Such a means is none other than the fourth elder brother......"

"This ......" Cao Hao pondered for a while, and said: "The fourth elder brother is a person surnamed Ge Yinren, and he takes the initiative to attack like this, unlike his ordinary style. Besides, the risk of such a contrived is not small, if the emperor investigates it and the matter is revealed, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses? ”

Cao Yin stared at his son for a long time and said, "You know the fourth elder brother very well? Could it be that this also appeared in a dream? Can you tell me about anything else? The water in the capital is deep, you and my father and son must have the bottom in their hearts? ”

Seeing Cao Yin seriously using dreams as an excuse, Cao Hao really couldn't cry or laugh.

However, there are some words, even if Cao Yin doesn't take the initiative to ask, Cao Hao also thinks about telling his father, so be careful.

He thought for a moment and said, "If my son remembers well, since the eighth elder brother has lost his sacred heart, then the fourteenth elder brother is going to make a name for himself......"

(To be continued)