In the end, it is outside the plug, and in August, you can already feel the strong autumn mood.

The so-called siege is more like a military exercise. More than 100,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, surrounded by the Holy Driver, set off from Rehe, all the way north, to the Mulan Enclosure.

Because the location is Mulan, it is mostly held in July and August, so it is also called "Mulan Qiumi".

Cao Hao has seen this spectacular scene of more than 100,000 troops moving together several times, and he doesn't feel unusual, but he calculates in his heart how much the cost of this "Qiu Mi" is.

Don't talk about the side, but say that the emperor rewarded the soldiers of the Eight Banners who participated in the siege and the Mongolian princes who came to the dynasty with silver money.

However, this line is also essential.

Internally, it is difficult to say whether the training is really effective, but it can make the Eight Banners recognize the emperor as the co-master and feel the emperor's grace at close range. For Qiding, participating in one or several Mulan parades is a capital that can be bragged to his children and grandchildren for a lifetime.

Externally, through this form, not only to strengthen ties with the Mongolian princes, but also to give grace to the Mongol soldiers in disguise.

The Mongols, in this year's "reward", faded away from the wolf surname and became the watchdog of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

This time, it will take more than 20 days.

In addition to a few large-scale hunts, the rest of the time, there are various banquet competitions, and it is just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the camp is very lively.

The sixteenth elder brother said that he was not happy, he was already busy, and he caught up with stomach discomfort and diarrhea.

When Cao Hao got the news and came to visit, the sixteenth elder brother had already boiled his face sallow, and his eyes were sunken.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was startled and said, "It can't be dysentery, right?" ”

In the case of dysentery, it is contagious, and although it is not as serious as droplet infection, it contaminates the land and water through feces, and cross-infection between humans and animals.

Now in the paddock, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses are stationed, and if it really induces dysentery, it is also a very troublesome thing.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Can't you expect me to be better?" It's just that I saw Hongli and a few of them roast venison a few days ago, and then ate a few pieces, maybe they didn't cook it. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he thought of his son. The child's stomach is more delicate, but Hengsheng is placed in his tent, and there is nothing unusual about it.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, but with a little contempt.

This guy, since he left the study, began to be pampered, and his body was fat. Nowadays, I can't stand even a few pieces of roast venison, and in my early years, I was the master who could eat two roast deer legs in one meal.

"Alright, is there such a visitor? It's a joke, right? Seeing Cao Hao holding back a smile, the sixteenth elder brother said angrily, but his eyes fell on the small package that Cao Hao was carrying: "Fortunately, I didn't come empty-handed." If you bring something good, you can get sick once, you can't fool you. ”

Cao Hao ignored him and found a chair in front of the couch to sit down.

The sixteenth elder brother was full of curiosity, where could he hold it, leaned up half of his body, and snatched the cloth bag in Cao Hao's hand.

"What's it, so light?" He muttered as he opened the small cloth bag. It's small, it's really small, but it's bigger than Chengren's fist; The weight is also light, no more than half a catty at most.

Inside, there were dozens of white mushrooms.

This kind of mushroom, the sixteenth elder brother has seen, is called "mouth mushroom". A part of the tribute will be paid every year, and most of them are dried products. The fresh product is the best of the fungi, and I have eaten it a few times when I was in Rehe.

"This morning, I took Hengsheng to pick it when I walked on the horse, and I made soup for the sixteenth master. The soup that I drank with Hang Seng in the morning was very delicious. Maybe it was because of the rain a few days ago, but now there are so many mushrooms on this grassland. I don't know the side, but I've eaten this, so it should be fine. Cao Hao said.

The sixteenth elder brother looked down at the mushroom, thinking about the scene of Cao Hao bowing his head to pick mushrooms, and smiled very unkindly.

Cao Hao picked the corners of his mouth, it seemed that he shouldn't pity him.

Today, there was a big siege, and Cao Hao was worried about the sixteenth elder brother, so he didn't follow to join in the fun.

"This mushroom is good in soup, and it tastes better when roasted. Fu Ruo forgot, this mushroom is roasted and roasted to produce mushroom juice, just in the umbrella cap, it does not flow out, and the end is delicious. After drinking two white porridges and mentioning what to eat, Brother Sixteen's eyes lit up, holding a mushroom, and swallowing saliva.

That seemed to be many years ago, looking at the sixteenth elder brother with a happy face, Cao Hao had a feeling of going back in time.

The sixteenth elder brother was interested, he couldn't lie down anymore, and he had already turned over and stayed. He was wearing a small coat, sat on the edge of the couch, and said loudly: "Zhao Feng! ”

Zhao Feng was waiting outside the tent, listening to the movement, and hurriedly picked the tent door to come in. Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother had already gotten up, he took two steps forward and said, "Do you want to freshen up and change clothes?" ”

Brother Sixteen glanced down at himself, only to realize that he hadn't washed yet.

"Bring some water, and then have someone find an oven and ask for a few copper grates." The sixteenth elder brother commanded.

Others don't know how the sixteenth elder brother is sick, but Zhao Feng, who is close to him, knows.

Now, as soon as he heard that the sixteenth elder brother Zhang Luo wanted to bake, Zhao Feng had a bitter face and wanted to persuade one or two.

The sixteenth elder brother was in high spirits, how could he listen to his ramblings, and without waiting for him to speak, he waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, go quickly, the master is hungry!" ”

Zhao Feng had no choice but to go down reluctantly.

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother played the child's surname, Cao Hao said: "What did the imperial doctor say? ”

The sixteenth elder brother coughed dryly twice and said, "What else can I say, it's just to clean the stomach and intestines." ”

One less time, hot water was sent in, and the sixteenth elder brother washed and changed clothes.

This barbecue stove is still the "creation" of Cao Hao in the early years, which is the kind used for roadside skewers in later generations, and the charcoal stove welded with a few pieces of iron. Later, it spread unknowingly, and I heard that there were even Mongolian ones.

When the barbecue stove arrived, Zhao Feng asked with a bitter face, "Master, what do you want to prepare?" ”

Without waiting for the sixteenth elder brother's instructions, Cao Hao interjected: "Go to the dining room and ask for some vegetables, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, tofu or whatever, wash and slice everything that can be sliced." Speaking of this, he handed the package of mushrooms to Zhao Feng: "Wash this well, half of it will be boiled in soup, and half of it will be washed and sent up." ”

Zhao Feng listened, was in tune, immediately responded, and went out to prepare.

Seeing this, the sixteenth elder brother scolded with a smile: "This slave, I forgot that the master is a serious master." ”

"But that's all it takes, the sixteenth master will bear with it again." Cao Hao knew that the sixteenth elder brother was the master of no flesh and no joy, and persuaded: "Otherwise, a small problem will become a big problem, and it will be you who suffers." ”

Hearing this, the sixteenth elder brother sat on the chair, sighed, and said, "I was still looking forward to hunting bears these days, and I had a good meal of bear paws to make up for it......

"Bear hunting?" When Cao Hao heard this, he only felt as if he had forgotten something.

Seeing that he was puzzled, the sixteenth elder brother said: "Today, Xingwei is surrounded by the east mountain of the paddock, no more than on the grassland, there are only roe deer and deer or something, and there are big guys in the seriousness." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't sit still, stood up and said, "Today, Hengsheng will also go to the siege with Brother Hongli." ”

Seeing him like this, the sixteenth elder brother was really funny, and said, "It's not that you haven't participated in the parade, what are you talking about?" Even if you follow Hongli's side, it is the safest, even if you really meet a bear, so many guards are around, can you still hurt them? ”

This line of encirclement is that tens of thousands of troops drive all the prey into the small encirclement from the large encirclement. Then, the emperor shoots the first arrow, then the princes and grandsons shoot again, and then the army moves together to slaughter and harvest the prey.

Hongli is the emperor's grandson, following the emperor, surrounded by hundreds of guards, surrounded by thousands of guards, there is indeed no danger.

"That's what the Sixteenth Master said." Cao Hao knew that he had some mothers-in-law, but he was a little embarrassed.

The sixteenth elder brother snorted coldly and said, "That little guy in Hengsheng is not only your son, but also the son-in-law of the master, and you are not the only one who cares about it. ”

If this is a child's in-law, the sixteenth elder brother mentioned it a few times in a joke, but Cao Hao didn't say much.

The right to marry is in the palace, not in the hands of the sixteenth elder brother. Even if the sixteenth elder brother wants to call the shots for his daughter, he must Hengsheng really attack the title of King Khan in order to match his identity.

Seeing that Cao Hao smiled lightly and was silent, the sixteenth elder brother also thought of this, sighed, and said: "If you are someone else, you will take the initiative to be a kiss when you see that the master will come up a long time ago." You can't calculate, even if Hengsheng doesn't succeed, you can send God to be your son-in-law. We are flag people, we only talk about the age and want to be, and we are not rigid about generations. "In the end, it was a bit serious.

After Ergege's death, he only had one concubine left, the nine-year-old Da Gege. In his heart, his love for this concubine has surpassed that of other concubines.

Although Da Gege is still a few years away from Ji Lu, and it is too early to mention the family matter, but thinking of the bleak fate of those princesses who raised Mongolia, Gege, the sixteenth elder brother had to plan for his daughter in advance.

Hearing what the sixteenth elder brother said, Cao Hao was taken aback, and he had already calculated the seniority of Tianyou and the sixteenth elder brother's family in his heart.

Tianyou's great-grandfather is the grandfather of the sixteenth elder brother Da Gege, a blood relative within four generations.

"Sixteenth master, close relatives are married, which is not good for the heirs." Cao Hao saw that the sixteenth elder brother's eyes were shining, and he said busily.

He said that it was okay, after all, the Cao family was Han Chinese, and they were stricter in etiquette and religion, and if they bit the issue of seniority, the sixteenth elder brother would not say anything. Speaking of this problem of close relatives, there is no strength at all.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said, "Could it be that your family God blesses the three of their brothers and sisters from jumping out of the cracks in the stones?" ”

Cao Hao was dumbfounded, touched his chin, and watched Zhao Feng lead people to move all the oven vegetables into the tent...... * Dongshan paddock.

In the distance, there were the shouts of the soldiers, and Kangxi had already dismounted and sat on a gilded sandalwood dragon chair.

In front of him, it was the prey handed over by the princes and grandsons of the Suihu, mostly deer, sheep, etc., and some foxes and rabbits were mixed in it.

Hengsheng wore his uniform, and together with Hongli, followed behind the twenty elder brothers, and counted the prey with the guards.

The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother stood behind the dragon chair, and when they reached middle age, they had lost their youthful spirit, and they were too lazy to toss with young people.

At this time, I saw a dozen or so guards, carrying a wooden platoon.

On the wooden row, it was black, and it was a big bear.

"Your Majesty, the minions hunted a bear." One of them, walking a few steps quickly, stepped forward and knelt down.

After watching the sheep and deer for a long time, is there a big guy, Kangxi also came to be interested, and said: "Okay, good!" ”

The bear, seven or eight feet long, had a fishy smell from afar.

Kangxi has been around for decades, and he has also hunted bears with his own hands. In the past few years, he has been old and frail, and every time he goes around, he just goes through the motions, most of them are guards, and he rarely goes hunting by himself.

Needless to say, this bear will be recorded in his name.

Kangxi stood up with a smile on his face, as if he had more strength on his body.

The sixty-nine-year-old emperor can still hunt bears, which is also the glory of men.

Seeing him get up, the guards who carried the bear put down the bear corpse and all knelt down.

Kangxi didn't rush to tell them to get up, and then walked towards the bear corpse step by step.

The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother and others followed behind him. Seeing this, the twenty elder brother turned sideways to the side and avoided behind the thirteenth elder brother.

Only Hongli, pulling Hengsheng two, avoided to Kangxi's left hand.

Kangxi's health has not been good recently, and he rarely walks in front of people, because he is not only paralyzed in his left arm, but also a little stiff in his right leg and left leg, and his walking is a little unsteady.

Hongli knows this, when he was in the palace, occasionally Kangxi traveled, Hongli stood on the left side, acting as a crutch for his grandfather.

Now, in front of the guards and uncles, Hongli didn't go to support his grandfather, but he didn't dare to go too far.

A few steps away from the bear corpse, the strong smell of blood came to the nose.

Although I didn't see the guards hunting the black bear, you can see the tragedy of the time from the red blood stains on the wooden rafts and the arrow marks on the bear's corpse.

Kangxi looked at the dozen or so guards kneeling, and was about to tell everyone to get up.

Suddenly, I saw a shock.

The black bear, who had fallen to the ground, stood up all at once.

With a piercing beast roar, the black bear with red eyes was about to pounce forward.

In front of it is Kangxi.

Just before many people could react, Hongli had already taken a step sideways and blocked in front of Kangxi. He had a bow in his hand, and the bow and arrow pointed at the throat of the black bear.

I only heard a "whoosh" sound, and the arrow flew out.

In the end, the arrow was only half an inch down, and hung loosely on the bear's neck, which had no effect.

At this time, everyone had already reacted and shouted "help".

The black bear was less than a zhang away from Qianlong, and in the midst of everyone's shouts, it had rushed to Kangxi, and it was about to pounce Kangxi to the ground.

Everyone's eyes froze, and no one dared to imagine what the next scene would be.

Hearing a "bang", the bear wailed, and fell heavily to the side, causing a puff of smoke and dust.

Kangxi put the musket in his hand back into his sleeve and lowered his head to look at the two small figures pasted in front of him.

Hongli still held the bow in his hand, and his shoulders were crumbling; Heng Sheng's face turned pale with a sharp Mongolian knife in his hand.

The guards had come to their senses, took their steel knives, and added a few more stabs to the bear's body to make sure it was dead...... The third elder brother looked at Xiao Hongli, who was stained with bear blood, and felt a little panic in his heart......

(To be continued)