Chapter 31: The Tide Settles (1)

Brother is not allowed to have personal relations with ministers, this is the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent the brothers from messing with the government, of course, the rules are the rules, and it is another thing to really implement them, after all, human feelings are unavoidable, especially in a giant family like the Tong family, and which brother does not want to help.

It is precisely because of the strength of the Tong family that every New Year's holiday, the elder brother of the Tong family is really out of the sea, not to mention the elder brothers, even the prince is close to the Tong family, except for one person, that is, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, although this guy is the adopted son of the late queen Tong Jia's family, speaking of which is the adopted grandson of Tong Guowei, but he has never come to the door of the Tong family, but today such a sensitive time came so abruptly, it really made Tong Guowei not know how to deal with it, besides, there is the old man Kangxi here, It was really not his turn to call the shots, so in the face of the request of the concierge steward, Tong Guowei could only turn his head in embarrassment and look at the old man Kangxi who was sitting in front of the chessboard.

"Let him in."

The old man didn't embarrass Tong Guowei, and gave the answer without raising his head, but there was a faint glint in his eyes.

Hey, the old man is very angry, the consequences are very serious, this time the Tong family is afraid that they will be beaten by the board, look at this trouble?

Hongqing is very clever, although he is in the shape of chess, but in fact, the afterglow in the corner of his eyes always falls on the old man, although the haze that flashes in the old man's eyes is almost imperceptible, but Hongqing sees it all in his eyes, and he can't help but be happy in his heart, and secretly mourns for the Tong family for three minutes.

Originally, the old man secretly returned to Beijing this time, and what he asked for was a secret, in order to calm down the **** unexpectedly, the reason why he did not enter the palace, but chose the Tong Mansion, in addition to the strategic needs, but also because the Tong family has always held a neutral position, but this time it is good, the action has not yet begun, the two elder brothers rushed back and forth, it is too coincidental, freedom is not doubtful about the ability and tendency of the Tong Mansion's confidential work, even if the old man does not say it, there is definitely a thorn buried in his heart, and he should come out of the scene, It's bigger than one, when some Tong families are uncomfortable, of course, it is not so bad that they hurt their muscles and bones, and it is inevitable to eat a meal of the first meal, but it has nothing to do with Hongqing, just gloat, and did not take it to heart, but buried himself in the chess game, and made a posture of suffering for chess.

Yinzhen arrived quickly, but after a while, he was accompanied by the porter from the wall to turn out, his steps were calm, but his face was not good-looking, one was worried about the current situation, and second, he couldn't help but have some resentment that he was snubbed, you must know that the Tong family can be regarded as his Yinzhen's maiden family, although he has almost never been on this door since he opened the house, in order to avoid suspicion, but the number of New Year's holidays has not been less, which time did not send cronies to send gifts to Tong Mansion early, and now it is not easy to come to the door once, The master didn't come out to greet him, so he only let someone accompany him, what is the matter?

"Huang Ama? Ah, the retainers knock to the emperor Amma! ”

Yin Zhen's dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace the moment he entered the hall, replaced by extreme shock and excitement, his body trembled a few times, and then he rushed to the front, knelt down beside the old man, and said hello in a loud voice with a trembling voice.

"Well, watch the chess!"

Yinzhen's excited little appearance obviously made the old man quite useful, but he didn't say much, just pointed to his side, whispered, and motioned for Yinzhen to wait at the side.

"Sons obey orders!"

Although he had a lot of words to say, Yinzhen didn't dare to ruin the old man's chess luck, so he could only respond respectfully, moved to the old man's side, and stood with his hands down.

"Enlighten Emperor Ama, the edict has been drafted, please take a look at Emperor Ama."

As soon as Yinzhen stood still, Yinzhi had already walked over with the edict that had not dried in ink, but he ignored Yinzhen's inquiring gaze, lowered his eyebrows and leaned to the old man's side, and whispered.

"Well, okay, let's do it!"

Hearing the sound, the old man raised his head from the chessboard, stretched out his hand to take the edict, glanced at it a few times, took off the seal hanging from his waist, put it on the edict, waved his hand, and commanded in a flat voice.

"Sons obey orders!"

For the arrival of the fourth, the third master did not say it, his heart was actually burdened, and he was afraid that this younger brother had shared the credit he deserved, and when he heard that the old man had not changed his previous proposal, his heart was suddenly settled, and his face was so excited that his face turned red because of it, and he hurriedly responded, even in the jealous eyes of Yinzhen who was about to spew flames, he led Fuqing'a and others out of the hall in a hurry, and met the soldiers of the Yamen of the Nine Gates who hurried to the vicinity, and led the crowd straight to the Suo Etu Mansion to kill......

"Report, Eighth Master, it's not good, the Third Master suddenly led his troops to surround Suofu!"

Halfway through, the sky has already darkened, the curfew has already begun, the streets and alleys are empty, only the soldiers of the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen are fully armed to patrol the streets, a good tense atmosphere, but the back garden of the Eighth Master's Mansion is a different scene, the brothers and Lu Chunyan are sitting in the flower hall, a few dishes, a jar of sake, laughing and talking, the atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable, but this comfort did not last long, and was knocked to pieces by the report of a strong man in black who stumbled into the hall.

"What's going on, say!"

As soon as he heard the strong man say this, the eighth master's hand couldn't help but tremble, and the wine glass he was holding almost fell to the ground.

"Back to the eighth master's words, here's the thing, the little one was ordered by you to lead people to keep an eye on Suofu, and he never found an accident, but he never thought that just after a while, the third master led the army to rush over, saying that it was ordered to arrest Suo Xiang, and the army only rushed, Suofu was already in chaos, and the small one saw that the situation was not right, so he rushed to report the news, and Yunhe and they were still staring there."

The black-clothed strong man surnamed Yao, named Shuangcheng, is one of the masters of the rivers and lakes that the eighth master secretly gathered, and the one who is responsible for helping the eighth master deal with some shady things, and because he has read books for a few years, he can be regarded as one of the people in charge of the secret organization "Angry Waves", and he can be regarded as a clever person.

"Ordered? Where did the order come from? If the saint is not there, where does the holy decree come from? ”

Yin Osmium was anxious, and as soon as he heard the words of the order, he couldn't help it, slapped the table, and scolded one after another.

"Tenth master, this little one is not clear, ah, by the way, Fuqing Ana kid is following behind the third master, and Long Keduo is also there."

Reporting bad news generally does not have good fruit to eat, Yao Shuangcheng is obviously very clear about this, so he didn't dare to speculate, so he only added the news that he had just leaked, and then closed his mouth.

"The third damn child, he dared to fake the holy decree and turned against him, starling, let's go up and overturn that thing!"

Yin Osmium is really hot, originally, the eighth master has already learned the accurate news, knows all the action plans of Suo Etu, and is ready to deal with everything, just waiting for Suo Etu to start tomorrow, stage a good show of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, but I didn't expect that the play has not started yet, and it was served to the pot by the third master and a guy, and the opportunity for his tenth master to show his strength has also come to naught.

"That's enough, Shuangcheng, you go and keep an eye on it, and report back in time if there is any news!"

Yinxi has always been very well-informed, the third and fourth children went to the Tong Mansion one after another, he knew about it a long time ago, but he didn't pay much attention to it, not that he looked down on the huge power of the Tong family, but he didn't think that the Tong family, which had always been neutral, would be moved by the third and fourth children, although he also sent someone to pay attention to it, but he didn't care much in his heart, but he never expected that such an oversight would make such a big scene, and he was 120,000 annoyed in his heart, but the current situation was unclear, and he didn't dare to act rashly, I didn't want to see Lao Shi put some useless words there, so he couldn't bear to stop drinking, interrupting Lao Shi's nonsense, and then waved his hand and sent Yao Shuangcheng away.

"Starling, the third brother is not very bold, this fake holy decree can't be done by him, could it be that Huang Ama is in the Tong family?"

Yinyu was fat, but his heart and eyes were very lively, and he quickly reacted, but he didn't dare to believe his own conjecture, so he hesitantly raised the question.

"This ......"

"Hiss......"

"Won't it?"

……

As soon as Lao Jiu's words came out, all the brothers gasped, looked at each other, and turned their eyes to Lu Chunyan who was closing his eyes and groaning.

"The emperor's heart is unpredictable!"

Lu Chunyan ignored everyone's suspicious expressions, frowned slightly and was silent for a long time, then raised his head and let out a long sigh.

"Sir, what is the current situation?"

The emperor's heart is naturally very unpredictable, since ancient times, not to mention that the old man Kangxi is outstanding in literary and martial arts, so it is even more difficult to guess his true thoughts, this one, the eighth master is very clear in his heart, but at this delicate moment, even if the emperor's heart is unpredictable, he has to test it, of course, he himself does not have this ability, so he can only throw the problem to Lu Chunyan.

"Yes, sir, what do you think should be done on this matter?"

Not only was the eighth master anxious, but the ninth master was also anxious, so he hurriedly echoed the words.

"Take it all."

Lu Chunyan shook his head solemnly and gave the answer, as soon as these words came out, the look of expectation on the faces of all the elder brothers froze immediately......