"Mingzhu, you've been getting good at chess lately, and I can't even handle it."

In a side hall of the Qianqing Palace, a game of chess was just over, and the old man Kangxi, who had won two small victories, was in a good mood, holding the long beard on his chest, and praised Mingzhu who was sitting opposite with a smug face.

"Your Majesty, no matter how the minister grows, it will be difficult for Your Majesty to do so."

Nalan Mingzhu's chess skills are the level of today's national players, compared to the stinky chess basket of the old man Kangxi, it is not a chip or two, the reason why he will lose, it is just to let the old man, this let, but also let it be extremely hard, no way, the old man's chess is really not ordinary smelly, every time he makes a move with the old man, poor Nalan Mingzhu has to kill a bunch of brain cells, and now, a game of chess finally smoothed the old man's cool, Nalan Mingzhu is also a matter of heart, speaking of flattery, It's also extraordinarily smooth.

"Oh? Hahaha......, Mingzhu, after so many years, you are still such a character, always coaxing me to be happy, playing chess and playing chess, and Shengming is not Shengming, but it has nothing to do with it, it's just, come, let's play another game. ”

The old man seems to be in a very good mood today, after laughing a lot, the aftermath is gone, he shakes his sleeve robe, and he wants to fight again, as soon as this remark comes out, although Nalan Mingzhu is still smiling, the sweat on his forehead is obviously a little more violent.

"Your Majesty."

didn't wait for Nalan Mingzhu to react as he should, but saw Li Dequan, the eunuch in charge of the study, turn out from behind the screen, walk quickly to the old man's side, bow down and call softly.

"Huh?"

Hearing the sound, the old man raised his head, and when he saw that it was Li Dequan, a light flashed in the old man's eyes, but he didn't open his mouth to ask, but let out a humming sound of unknown meaning from his nose.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has a book."

Although the meaning of the old man's humming was not clear, there was obviously a taste of impatience inside, Li Dequan did not dare to delay in the slightest, and hurriedly sent the notebook in his hand forward, and reported in a low voice.

"Hmm."

As soon as he heard this, the old man's eyebrows couldn't help but be raised, but he still didn't speak, he said noncommittally, took the notebook casually, opened it with his hand, and looked at it indifferently, but the more he looked at it, the more strange the look between his eyebrows became, and at the end, he couldn't help laughing.

"Mingzhu, take a look, what's going on with that little slippery head, it's really happy."

After the old man laughed, he threw the notebook in front of Mingzhu and commented on it as if he were praising it.

"Little Brother Qing is resolute and free, and he really has a bit of His Majesty's demeanor back then."

Since he was deposed as prime minister in the thirty-second year of Kangxi, Nalan Mingzhu has become a frightened bird, although today's saints are still extremely long, at least in the eyes of outsiders, but Nalan Mingzhu himself knows that today is not the same as in the past, even if he still holds the title of Wuyingdian University Scholar, and he is often accompanied by the monarch on weekdays, but in fact, it is just a playmate of the old man Kangxi, and it is difficult for him to put his beak in the major affairs of the court. Although he had already seen that there were a lot of strange things about the Ministry of Industry, he didn't dare to say it in front of the old man, so he just praised Hongqing lightly.

"Hey, let's take a look at it again, it's a mule or a horse, you have to slip away to know, don't talk about this, come, play chess, play chess!"

The monarch and the minister have been familiar with each other for so many years, and there are some words, which do not need to be said explicitly, they can be understood by each other, but the old man obviously did not plan to discuss such important matters with Nalan Mingzhu, so he just nodded vaguely, and then changed the topic.

"Your Majesty wants to fight, and the ministers should accompany him to the end."

Nalan Mingzhu's previous words actually concealed a hint of spy-although the praise was Hongqing, but it meant the third master, what he wanted was to get even a hint from the old man's mouth, so as to facilitate his Nalan family's next decision, but unfortunately the old man refused to say much, even if Nalan Mingzhu was unwilling, he would never dare to ask indiscriminately, of course, he was not without gains-as soon as the old man's words about walking horses came out, the mentality of horse racing was already fully revealed, and such vague hints, For Nalan Mingzhu, it was already an extra favor, he didn't dare to talk any more, he was busy bowing down, and responded to the old man's challenge with pride.

"Haha, okay, I'm going to let you lose convincingly, come, pendulum!"

As soon as he heard Nalan Mingzhu say this, the old man's already high chess interest suddenly rose a few points, laughed and waved his hand, and let out a bold statement......

"Little prince, Xia Guan has called the Ministry of Industry, and it has been a long time since he had such a good time, come, Xia Guan will give you another drink."

Just when the old man Kangxi and Nalan Mingzhu were fighting endlessly, Hongqing was socializing with Heshen Cup in the Accord of Juxian Building, one side was interested in making friends, and the other party was willing to accept, so the two made do with it, the atmosphere in the box was very harmonious, not long, it was already a few rounds of wine, Hongqing's little face was already flushed, as soon as he saw this, Heshen's heart and eyes were alive, but he did not directly turn to the topic, but picked up the wine glass again, raised it very politely above his head, and persuaded the wine with a smile.

"Why did Master He say this, why did Ben Beizi hear it confused?"

In Hongqing's previous life, he often had a wine table to socialize, and the amount of wine was quite large, but in this life, limited to his age, although he had drunk a few times of wine, in the end the amount was still a little shallow, and after a few rounds of drinking, he was really a little dizzy, and he didn't want to have more trouble with Heshen, so he wanted to find an opportunity to pick out the right thing, but when he heard Heshen's words, he was happy to go with him, and he didn't raise his glass, but asked with a puzzled look.

"Alas, little prince, you don't know, don't look at the lower official is Zuo Shilang, what's the matter, it should be the second person in the Ministry of Industry, but ......, don't say it, don't say it, as soon as you talk about it, the lower official will panic!"

As soon as he heard Hongqing ask such a question, Heshen's heart immediately swelled with the pleasure of catching a fish, but his face made a very depressed look, poured the wine in the cup into his throat in one gulp, and then slammed the wine glass on the table, full of resentment.

"Well, Sa Shangshu is a little overbearing, this Ben Beizi has experienced it personally, but Sa Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry of Industry for many years, and he has worked hard and has been a little domineering, but it is not a big deal, I will endure it first if I can bear it."

Hongqing himself is a master of acting, how could he not see what Heshen is playing, but he doesn't take it to heart, but he follows the performance very cooperatively, not for anything else, just because Hongqing is really curious about how big the gift Heshen can give.

"Hard work? Hey, what a hard worker! He's just a donkey dung egg, and he looks bright, but in fact, hehe, don't say it, don't say it, come, drink, drink. ”

Heshen can get the weight of the eighth master, naturally he is not an idle person, obviously he has a deep rhyme of the way of fishing, and complains and complains, but to be honest, there is no sentence at all, and it is clear that he is waiting for Hongqing to ask himself.

Heh, this guy is also a fox, interesting, let's just take a look at the goods in your kid's hand first.

Hongqing saw through Heshen's intentions at a glance, but he didn't mind following his pace, so he raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Why did Lord He say this?" Mo Fei Sashu he ......"

"Alas, these bullshit things are infuriating to talk about, it's just that even if the little prince asks, the lower officials will be bold, little prince, please see!"

Seeing that Hongqing was really led by his nose, Heshen was happy in his heart, but his face was filled with righteous indignation, and he slapped his thigh hatefully, and then took out a document from the wide sleeve with shaking hands, and handed it to Hongqing with one hand.

"Oh?"

Heshen's move was obviously rude, but Hongqing seemed to be out of sight, and couldn't wait to reach out and take over the document, and looked through it carefully, the more he looked, the haze on his face became more and more intense, and at the end, he was already angry, slammed the table, and scolded angrily: "Damn dog thief, dare to act so recklessly, the master will not rest with him, Lord He, you and I will go to the book together, we must sweep away this group of city fox society rats, and return me to the court!" ”

"The little prince has an order, and the lower officials should have complied with it, but alas, alas, the lower officials are soft-spoken, and they are embarrassed to do it, so the little prince will be in charge of this matter, and the lower officials will leave, and the lower officials will leave."

The order that Heshen was given was to provoke the third master and the prince to die, and naturally he didn't want to be caught in it himself, if this was the case, wouldn't it be the third master and the eighth master to join forces to rectify the prince? You must know that now the eighth master is in trouble because of the Shandong case, if he falls into the big mud pit of the Ministry of Industry again, he will not be able to exert three heads and six arms, which is obviously not a weight that Heshen can bear, besides, although Heshen has produced a lot of materials, but when it comes to real evidence, there is not much, it is basically just some speculation, how dare you really go to the imperial lawsuit, at this time Hongqing was so angry, the pride in Heshen's heart instantly turned into a cold sweat, lest Hongqing force him to go up, How dare you grind any more, drop a sentence of the scene, and just retire, if you want to say how embarrassed you are, how embarrassed you are.

Hey, this bastard, you're pretty fast!

Now that the thing has arrived, Hongqing didn't want to waste his lips with Heshen anymore, but when he saw that he was so frightened that he ran away, he would not say anything to keep it, but sneered, put the materials sent by Heshen into his sleeve, got up and Shi Shiran also walked out of the door of the box, waved his hand to Liu San'er and others who were waiting outside, and ordered in a flat voice: "Go to Xiaokeanzi Hutong!" ”