Cao Hao invited the fourth elder brother to sit down, and the fourth elder brother looked at Cao Hao, and saw that he could not hide his lack of color, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he did not have the slightest self-satisfaction and joy of "bathing in heaven", and his mood was quite complicated.

is not only pleased that he can be so steady, honor and disgrace, but also has some indescribable sour meaning.

The adoptive mother, Empress Xiaoyi, was in charge of the phoenix seal as a noble concubine during her lifetime, and ruled the six palaces. She has a noble status, and because she is the cousin of the imperial father's relatives, she is also respected by the imperial father.

Just have an identity, but little pampering. Her surname is Gwen Liang and virtuous lady, and she has never used her identity to do anything to win favor, but occasionally shows a little sadness in front of her adopted son, not because of her own lack of favor, but because she envies the love of her husband and Queen Xiaocheng.

I don't know if she saw Queen Xiaocheng when she went underground, and I don't know if Queen Xiaocheng also has people who envy her.

Thinking of this, the fourth elder brother sighed in his heart.

The dead are gone, so let's take care of the living first.

It stands to reason that Cao Hao is not stupid, and he should know that the queen mother "bestows", in fact, the emperor's grace. He should also know about Li's true identity, but he doesn't know how he plans to deal with it.

After the relief and sourness, the fourth elder brother was only curious.

He didn't know, Cao Hao was also curious in his heart, and he was wondering where the fourth elder brother came from, why did he frown and look at people, this look was really uncomfortable.

But the fourth elder brother didn't speak, he could only think about it a little, and then said: "Fang Caichen went to ask to see the prince, but the prince is not there." The emperor had an edict and ordered the ministers to return to Beijing. The household documents, the minister has been sorted out, and handed over to Langzhong Rod. If the prince has anything to explain to his subordinates, please ask the prince to command. ”

The fourth elder brother listened, looked at Cao Hao, and said: "There is nothing special to explain, but when you return to the capital, you should not be neglected because the holy driver is not there, and you should be diligent in your errands." Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Zhang Boxing can be described as a capable minister, if there is anything you don't understand, you can humbly ask for advice." ”

Cao Hao got up and listened solemnly, bowed down and said: "The prince taught, the minister is grateful, and he will be respectful and respectful, and he will not dare to live up to the prince's kindness." ”

When he said the word "compassion", he felt that the roots of his teeth were going to be sore.

Helpless, the fourth elder brother brought out the elder shelf, and he looked like a "bitter woman", and Cao Hao could only cooperate.

The fourth elder brother nodded, as if he was quite satisfied with Cao Hao's knowledge, his eyes were much softer, but his voice became colder and colder, and he became more and more energetic, and he had the potential to swallow mountains and rivers.

From Cao Hao's young man's obsession with businessmen and his delay in schoolwork, to Cao Hao's untactful behavior and bad relations with people in the capital, there are all kinds of dissatisfaction.

If it weren't far away, this spitting star would have sprayed on Cao Hao's face.

Cao Hao only felt that the cold sweat on his forehead was about to run down, and he didn't feel so unbearable when he looked at himself, why did the fourth elder brother look like "gritting his teeth" and "hating iron but not steel"?

Could it be that he has bothered to operate for more than ten years, and this is the impression in the eyes of this future emperor?

He didn't know that it was his "compassion" that caused the trouble, which made the fourth elder brother with a plain face turn into "chatter" in a blink of an eye.

Among the sisters of the fourth elder brother, only eight have grown up, and six of them have raised Mongolia, even if they have nephews, they are far away and have different identities; It wasn't his uncle's turn to discipline him.

married to two princesses in Beijing, one was Princess Heshuo Wenxian from his mother, who died of illness two years after marrying into the Tong family, leaving no son and half a daughter; The other is Princess Heshuo Yujing, who was married to Sun Chengyun, who died the year before last and was widowed with her son.

This princess Yujing not only has little contact with Prince Yong's mansion, but also has a very good relationship with the fourteenth Fujin of the same age, and Sun Chengyun also revolved around the butt of the fourteenth elder brother before his death.

It's good that the fourth elder brother doesn't get angry, where will he be close to this girl?

Cao Hao lost his father, and he grew up watching it (Hangzhou met from the beginning), so the fourth elder brother was now hooked by Cao Hao's "compassion" sentence.

In addition, he held back the fire at the third elder brother just now, and he felt happy when he played like this.

Seeing that Cao Hao's face was getting paler and paler, he closed his mouth with unfinished interest, and his tone turned to a gentle tone: "You are not small anymore, you can't act recklessly in the future, everything is decided and then acted." If you don't know what to expect, come to me. ”

Cao Hao was attacked by the fourth elder brother, and he was a little trembling, so he responded carefully.

The fourth elder brother was a little dissatisfied when he saw that he was more than respectful and not close enough; Thinking of his closeness to the sixteenth elder brother, he was a little uncomfortable, and said: "Although the sixteenth elder brother has a friendship with you, he is your elder, don't slack off!" ”

Hey? Where is this?

Cao Hao was a little confused by the fourth elder brother's jumping speech, but he still responded honestly first.

When the fourth elder brother saw that he was "teachable", he really felt a little like his own flesh and blood, and got up and left with satisfaction.

Cao Hao personally sent him out of the tent, and when he turned around and returned to the tent, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He broke the fourth elder brother's words and crumpled them, but he still couldn't guess what they meant? Could it be that the sixteenth elder brother offended the fourth elder brother?

Xu is these two said, there are too many "surprises", and Cao Hao is a little numb. Even if the fourth elder brother belittled him for nothing, he was only apprehensive when he listened, and then calmed down.

The fourth elder brother thought that it was not better for him to be a "mediocre talent", so he would not think about asking him to be a "pioneer of reform", which was also in line with Cao Hao's wishes.

But as the sixteenth elder brother is a clan, what will happen in the future is in the thought of the fourth elder brother, and Cao Hao Ke is still worried about him mixing with an iron hat, and he can have multiple backers.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao was a little impatient, but now it is too eye-catching to go to the sixteenth elder brother. In case it reaches the ears of the fourth elder brother, won't he become a "stubborn spirit"?

He stood up and paced a few steps.

With the cleverness of the sixteenth elder brother, he should not offend the fourth elder brother, what went wrong?

It's really "Say Cao Ying, Cao Ying will arrive", he was thinking about it, and he heard someone say: "Fu Ruo, I heard that the fourth brother is here?" ”

The one who came in at the door of the tent was the sixteenth elder brother yawning, followed by Yi Duli.

With Yidu standing, Cao Hao had all kinds of doubts, so he could only suppress it first and beckoned the two of them to sit down.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver, congratulations to Fu Ruo, it's really enviable." Iduli said with envy on his face.

Even if his family is wealthy, he feels that such a number is unscathable. Moreover, this silver is only a part, and there are other valuable things.

Wealth is moving, and the decency behind this is even more unthinkable to ordinary people.

Yi Du Li is sure that the rumors about the identity of the Li family are not groundless, and in the early years, the Queen Mother treated her differently, and there were "three ruyi"; Now, there is also the prince of Horqin who holds the "dowry" of Concubine Hui, and the "will" of the empress dowager is handed over to Cao Hao.

The princess who lives in the folk sounds like it is described in ancient times.

It's just that they didn't recognize each other in the early years, and now they are just using the banner of the queen mother, it seems that the emperor has no intention of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors.

It is true that the Cao family got the silver, but what they lost was the title of Princess Gulun, so it seems that those treasures are not heavy.

Cao Hao could only smile bitterly, what happened in the past two days was like a war, one after another.

Yi Duli didn't mention it, he couldn't remember it for the time being, and the disposal of the 100,000 taels of gold was also a headache.

Seeing Cao Hao like this, the sixteenth elder brother diverged and said: "Don't envy him first, Lao Yi will be in the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and he will be surrounded after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Fu Ruo can't catch up." Not only that, but it was pitiful to offend five hundred protectors. ”

Yi Duli heard that the sixteenth elder brother mentioned Cao Hao's return to Beijing, so he followed him to see Cao Hao, but about the guard, he was puzzled: "Huh? Five hundred protectors? If you want to say that others have itchy hands, it is still possible to go to the army camp to fight alone, Fu Ruo will not be so reckless, right? ”

Cao Hao knew the meaning of the sixteenth elder brother, these eight banners were young and strong, and he had always been proud to participate in the Mulan hunt. And over the years, Mulan Qiumi, there have been emperors who have rewarded silver.

Now because of escorting the Cao family's property back to Beijing and allocating 500 escorts, these people have lost the opportunity to participate in the Mulan hunt. Although these people did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, nor did they dare to face each other, but slander and curse in their hearts were indispensable.

Cao Hao only felt that his brain was "buzzing", if it weren't for the guidance of the sixteenth elder brother, he wouldn't have remembered this.

It seems that how to appease these people should also think of a way, not only to make up for the loss of their inability to participate in the hunt, but also not to be eye-catching, there are traces of grace, which must be properly considered.

At this time, the sixteenth elder brother has already explained the reason to Yi Duli.

Yi Duli said with a smile: "Even if you participate in the siege, there will be more than 100,000 soldiers in Manchuria and Mongolia. Those who have heads and faces can also share some silver, and ordinary soldiers are only three or five taels of silver. The status of the guard camp is higher, and the head of ten taels of silver has also come to an end. Five hundred people, if Fu Ruo gives up a few thousand taels of silver, it will be settled, and the sixteenth master is still worried about this for him? ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and pretended to be annoyed: "You are all rich people, but it seems that the master is a stingy person......

Idulli was accustomed to him, and knew that he was not really annoyed, nor was he afraid. After a few jokes with Cao Hao, he went to the others first.

The sixteenth elder brother was curious, so he had to ask the fourth elder brother about his intentions.

Hearing that he just trained Cao Hao, and also warned Cao Hao to be respectful to himself, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help laughing, looked at Cao Hao, and looked at Cao Hao with a bit of schadenfreude and said: "Even if there is a difference between the young and the old, did we change the title first...... Come, Xiao Cao Hao, call a sixteen...... Sixteenth uncle, listen to ......"

The sentence "uncle" still didn't come out, and it was okay to laugh, but it was disrespectful when it involved the Li family.

Cao Hao saw that he didn't care, and said, "Sixteenth Master think about it carefully, there is really no place to offend that person?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can rest assured, since the fourth brother gave me the scriptures, I am 'studying' the Dharma, and I often ask him for advice. The fourth master just said it casually. He is such a surname, he has not been obvious all these years, and when he saw his young brother in his early years, he liked to say a few words, and I was also trained by him. ”

Hearing him say this, Cao Hao was relieved, but he still decided to "be thoughtful" with the sixteenth elder brother in front of people in the future, so as not to be singled out. Flag people pay attention to the rules, and if they have nothing to do, they love to play with the rules.

After saying this, the two of them still talked about the five hundred protectors. Even if Cao Hao has silver, he can't send silver in a big way.

The emperor's gift of silver is grace, and everyone is only grateful; He, the earl, gave silver, and maybe he would offend people.

After discussion, the two still felt that even if they wanted to make up for the losses of these protectors, they couldn't come forward. Since they are escorting the property given by the Empress Dowager to the Li family back to Beijing, it is still in the name of the Li family to arrange thanks, so that it is not easy for people to find faults...... It is nearly 800 miles from the holy driving to the capital and more than 400 miles to Rehe.

If you set off two days early, you can still go to Rehe for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it's a little too late.

In order to appease these people, Cao Hao had to take advantage of the convenience of the sixteenth elder brother to take away a few truckloads of dried meat and dried milk from the camp to prepare everyone for the festival on the road.

These 500 guards were led by a Zheng Sanpin Protector Commander, and it was not until two days of gossip at the station that Cao Hao knew that most of these guards were from the Fifth Commander of the Zhengbai Banner, and the small half were from the Fourth Commander.

After the Cao family raised the flag, it was under the fifth staff of the white flag.

Under the fifth staff, there were originally fifteen leaders, including eleven Manchurian leaders, two Mongolian leaders, and two new Manchurian leaders. These fifteen leaders are all world leaders.

Cao Hao, the newly released leader of the world, did not steal the position of others, but allocated more than 300 households from the excess population under the other leaders to become the sixteenth leader under the fifth staff of the Zhengbai Banner, so he did not offend anyone.

On the contrary, because of this, several of the accompanying military academies took the initiative to scold Cao Hao. There is no other reason, just because they have relatives and clansmen, and they are assigned to the sixteenth leader. The time of assignment is at the beginning of the year.

The banner people of the sixteenth leader temporarily have the subordinate discipline and control of the Chunwang Mansion.

It was only at this time that Cao Hao knew that Kangxi's "grace" was not a whim, I am afraid that he had already intended it.

Unlike those flattering little colonels who have a "uncle" in their mouths, the accompanying escort commander Dudley is a person who does not smile.

However, whenever Cao Hao asked about Qi Zheng, Dudley took the trouble to explain.

For example, as a leader, like the patriarch of a large family, he must have a clear grasp of the livelihood and future of more than 300 banner people, and even weddings and funerals.

On the other hand, it is necessary to deal with the participation and the capital.

In fact, both the chief and the capital were appointed by the emperor, and the leader was hereditary. Therefore, speaking of which, Zuo Ling is regarded as the first-level master of the banner people.

This subordinate bannerman, no matter how prosperous the future is, must bow down in front of Cao Hao.

Because the white flag is in the hands of the emperor himself, there is no prince Baylor in charge of flag affairs, and Cao Hao, the leader, does not need to be like the leader of the five flags, and he has to serve a prince and master above, which can be regarded as a blessing.

Cao Hao learned these things every time he learned and understood the internal affairs of the Eight Banners, but he didn't feel that the road was boring.

Five days later, everyone returned to Rehe. At this time, it was already August 17, two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cao Hao asked someone to charter the largest restaurants in Rehe City, and comforted the big guy twice.

Gonggong Tian took the two little eunuchs to stay in the Cao family courtyard, and went all the way with Wu Sheng to return to Beijing slowly.

Some time ago, Jiang Jian was not feeling well, and he was recuperating in Rehe, and he did not go to the outside with Cao Hao. Now, he has recovered, but he was startled by Cao Hao's movements.

Cao Hao and his 500 guards repaired in Rehe for a while and set off again.

Every eighty miles, four days later, to the end of the capital.

In the past ten days, news has already been transmitted back to the capital from the Holy Driving Tour.

Outside the gate of Cao's Mansion, there were more people probing their brains all of a sudden.

Hundreds of escorts, escorting more than twenty carriages, slowly marched towards Caofu amid the prying eyes of countless people......

(To be continued)