On the first day of June in the 54th year of Kangxi, the emperor issued an edict to approve the request of the general Wang Zhi, and transferred most of the artillery brigade belonging to the Fengtai battalion to the Western Front Army, and led the army to Xi'an with the 14th elder brother to reorganize the army; The edict, the fourteenth elder brother did not dare to delay a little, praised the table, and please set off immediately, the emperor Yunzhi, with the army on the fifth day of the first month of June, and the third master led a hundred officials to send it to the suburbs.

On the second day of June in the 54th year of Kangxi, the emperor issued an edict again, and Wang Yinxiang of Yongjun County prepared to build an artillery command college, which was included in the sequence of the military department, and with more than 200 soldiers left by the original artillery brigade of Fengtai Daying as the backbone, the school was established in Xiangshan in the northwest of Beijing.

The old man's two wills before and after, the courtiers couldn't help but muttered a little - the previous edict is good to say, the left and right fourteenth elder brother led the army to the expedition is already an agreed matter, as for the transfer of artillery brigades to the front, it is not too outrageous, but it is just a connection with the latter will, but there is something reverie, of course, random discussion is random discussion, it is all private talk, the old man's idea is established, but no one dares to openly contradict it.

Others are not talking nonsense, Hongqing is too lazy to pay attention, he only knows that he has passed the old man's test, although he has so far, he is still very confused about what the old man is going to test, but no matter what, those two wills mean that he Hongqing has passed the test, although there is no reward for passing the test, but the heart has settled down, what should he do every day, he is busy, but he is better than fulfilling, and the small life is comfortable.

On the ninth day of the first month of June, the next day is the monthly holiday, ten days of busy living, finally can take a breath of air, Hongqing finished dealing with the last book of folds at hand, Shi Shiran out of Changchun Garden, did not go directly to the Summer Palace, and waited outside the garden gate Li Minxing and others after the convergence, planning to take a carriage back to the palace in the city, no, Hongqing's three ladies have just done confinement, and it is not suitable to move lightly, so they have never moved to the Summer Palace, but still live in the palace of Renjun.

"Little knock to see the prince!"

Hongqing's idea was very beautiful, but unfortunately it fell into the void, no, before he could get to the carriage, he saw a person flash out from the side and fell to the ground on his knees.

"Yo, it's Liu Dayou, excuse me."

Hongqing looked at it fixedly, and then found that the person who rushed out recklessly was Liu Dayou, the steward who was used by Lao Thirteen, and couldn't help laughing, raised his hand, and called out very kindly.

"Thank you for your lord's grace, my master sent a small one to invite the prince, and there is an invitation here, and I also ask the prince to take a look."

As soon as he heard Hongqing shout, Liu Dayou hurriedly got up, took half a step forward with a smile on his face, shook his hand, took out a big red invitation card from his wide sleeves, held it in both hands, and respectfully held it above his head.

Oh, this old boy is really good at picking the time, yes, if you don't go, you can't do it!

As soon as Hongqing waved his hand, the guards who were waiting on the side stepped forward to take the invitation card in Liu Dayou's hand and handed it to Hongqing's hand, only to spread it out and take a look, Hongqing couldn't help but show a wry smile, but there was no nonsense, just waved his hand, and reluctantly ordered: "Go to Moon Garden." ”

"Wow!"

Since Hongqing had an order, the guards did not dare to slack off, and they all responded to the promise, waiting for Hongqing to get into the carriage, and under the order, the team of people and horses surrounded the carriage that Hongqing was riding and went to the Moon Garden two miles away......

Mochizuki Garden is the old thirteen courtyards outside the city, it is after the return of the Eastern Crusade, the old man rewarded, it was originally an old manor, the Ministry of Engineering specially overhauled it, it was completed last year, at first glance, it is no different from the new garden, what pavilions and pavilions, there are everything, the decoration materials are also enough, it can be called splendid, Hongqing is still the first time to come here, but no, I don't think there is anything new, when I arrived outside the garden gate, there is no need to report, Shi Shiran was accompanied by a group of people to the backyard flower hall, From afar, I saw that the Thirteenth Master was already standing at the entrance of the hall.

"The little nephew has seen the thirteenth uncle."

Familiar with each other, but the number of etiquette is indispensable, at this point, Hongqing has never neglected, and walked forward quickly, and greeted him very respectfully.

"Come on, you kid won't play so much, drink!"

The thirteenth man rolled his eyes, waved his hand impatiently, and then, regardless of Hongqing's reaction, turned around and walked towards the flower hall.

"Huh."

Hongqing has long been accustomed to the old thirteen doing this, and he won't care too much, so he just smiled nonchalantly, raised his heel behind the old thirteen, and entered the hall, only to find that the banquet had already been arranged, and a large table full of dishes was waiting for Hongqing to start on the table.

"Sit and drink!"

The old thirteen obviously had a thought, and his words were extremely brief, and after greeting him, he didn't say anything more, picked up the wine jar resting on the corner of the table, slapped the sealing mud hard, and filled the two empty bowls on the table with wine, and then silently waved his hand to signal.

"Okay, little nephew respects you a bowl!"

Seeing that the old thirteen faction was preoccupied, Hongqing couldn't help muttering in his heart, but he didn't care much, in his mind, the old thirteen should be worrying about the preparation of the military school, if so, Hongqing really didn't worry much, there is no other, it's hard to say, on the construction of the military school, Hongqing still has a lot of say, helping the old thirteen, it shouldn't be a difficult thing, but the old thirteen didn't speak, Hongqing didn't say much, so he simply didn't ask, smiled and picked up the wine bowl, Gesturing towards the old thirteen, he raised his head and drank wildly.

"The kid of the Songwu family has gone wrong, I think you should know about it?"

The stuffy wine was the most boring to drink, and after the third round, the old thirteen was already quite drunk, and opened the conversation with the strength of the wine.

"Well, a little bit of that."

Hongqing thought that the old thirteen was going to talk about the military school, but he didn't expect the old thirteen to ask about the case that was being noisy in the past two days - Songwu is the word of Zhao Shenqiao, the head of the household, his character is honest, the old man once praised it as "the first Qing official in the world", Kangxi was born in the ninth year of Jinshi, has always served in the local area, has been a governor for many terms, and has traveled all over the north and south of the river, Kangxi 52 years before he was transferred to Beijing as the head of the household department, his eldest son Zhao Xiongzhao is the champion of Kangxi in the 48th year, and is now a waiter in the Hanlin Academy, the second son Zhao Fengzhao, Kangxi was born in the fifty-first year of Jinshi, the current prefect of Taiyuan, Shanxi, known for his uprightness, not afraid of the powerful, although the official time is not long, he has a reputation of Qingtian among the people, but a few days ago he was suddenly impeached by the governor of Shanxi, Su Keji, on the charge of embezzlement of more than 300,000 taels of silver, once the news spread, the government and the opposition were suddenly shaken, in the center, although Hongqing is not in charge of the criminal department, but he still knows some about this matter, but before he does not know the intention of the old thirteen questions, Hongqing does not intend to have any expressive remarks, It was just a vague reply.

"What does Brother Qing think about this?"

Seeing Hongqing so cautious in his words and deeds, Lao Thirteen rolled his eyes dissatisfied, and angrily picked out the topic clearly.

"How does the little nephew think that this matter does not matter, but why is the thirteenth uncle so nervous about this matter?"

Hongqing and Zhao Shenqiao's father and son have no friendship, although they admire Zhao Shenqiao's honesty and integrity, but they admire and admire, but Hongqing has never planned to meddle in this case, there is no other, Hongqing's identity is too sensitive, before the old man's funeral, Hongqing didn't want anything extraneous to happen, because of this, seeing that the old thirteen seemed to have the intention of asking for help, Hongqing's brows couldn't help frowning, but he didn't refuse directly, but asked quietly.

"Hey, I know that your kid will ask this, and I won't hide it from you, when I went to Hunan on business in the early years, I owed Songwu a lot of favors, he was as honest as water, even if he encountered this major event, he was never willing to ask for someone easily, but he couldn't sit idly by, just say it, I invited you today, just want your kid to take over the case, if that Zhao Fengzhao really has the act of greedy ink, but it doesn't hurt to kill, if not, just return his innocence, so it can be done?"

Hongqing asked, and the thirteenth man smiled, and said his words of entrustment without much scruples.

I'll you, you kid said it very easily, the question is how can this case be so easy to take!

As soon as he heard the old thirteen say this, Hongqing's head suddenly became a few circles, no side, this case seems simple, but the background is quite complicated, involving Su Keji and a large number of powerful people from the Shanxi flag camp - Zhao Fengzhao has offended a lot of Shanxi flag nobles in Taiyuan, and almost half of the officials in Shanxi have been offended in the officialdom. The reason why it fell into such a field now, it can be said that it is the result of the unanimous manipulation of the officials and magnates of Shanxi Tong Province, there is no doubt that this kind of idle matter is not so easy to manage, if you are not careful, even Hongqing himself has to be planted, so the fun will be great.

"Can this matter be done by letting the little nephew think about it for a thing or two?"

This case is certainly very tricky, but it can't just brush the face of the old thirteen, besides, Zhao Shenqiao and his eldest son are in important positions in the court, if they can pass this case and pull this family into their own camp, it is obviously a big help, especially Zhao Shenqiao, this person is now a serious household book, if he can be brought over, then wouldn't he be able to **** a big stake on the territory of the fourth master, the income is really not small, of course, the premise is that this case can be turned over, As for the second, Zhao Shen Qiaoken has to bow his head, otherwise, the risk will be too great, and Hongqing can't easily make a clear statement, so he can only respond vaguely.

"Yes, now that the case has reached the emperor's place, the will should come down in the next day or two, you kid will get better as soon as possible, come, continue to drink!"

The old thirteen knew where Hongqing's scruples were, but there were some things that he couldn't say too clearly, so he could only hint at it slightly, and then changed the topic......