Tangquan, outside the palace.

Kangxi did not take the imperial chariot, in the morning light, leaned down and looked at the wheat seedlings and grain seedlings in the field.

Cao Yin followed behind the university scholar Songzhu, and his eyes also fell on the field.

This is still Gyeonggi, and there are many wells nearby, but it is still difficult to hide the drought. Since the beginning of this year, snow and rain have been scarce, which is already a symptom of a major drought.

Kangxi had nothing on his face, and he was quite anxious in his heart.

There is a shortage of food and horses in the northwest, and there can be no progress in the war. Gyeonggi suffered a major flood last year, and now it has begun to provide relief, just waiting for the grain to come down this autumn, and if there is another severe drought this year, more than half of the state capitals in Gyeonggi need relief.

The people are ignorant, and they will not think that wind, frost, rain and snow are natural numbers, but will only take them as a warning from God.

It's okay to say elsewhere that if Gyeonggi is unstable, then where is the face of the imperial court?

Since the 50th year of Kangxi, there has been no smooth weather in Gyeonggi, and even if the money and grain have been reduced and reduced repeatedly, the people are still struggling to make a living.

Kangxi was thinking about it, so he saw the ministers of the guard, Oro Dai and Ba Hund, come forward and ask for instructions on when the imperial driver will leave.

Kangxi didn't answer immediately, thought about it for a while, and said to the university scholar Song: "Although the wheat seedlings and seedlings of the wheat and valley are blooming, the weather is slightly dry. ”

Song Zhu bowed down, and the group hugged Kangxi back to the palace.

The queen mother's phoenix chariot has been arranged, Kangxi stepped forward and personally helped the empress dowager to ascend, and then went to the dragon chariot. In the sound of drums, the royal driver left the palace, followed the official road, and slowly marched towards Rehe.

* Huairou, post station.

Compared with the slow driving of the holy car, the car of the Li clan and the king of Chunjun drove much faster. The Cao family was accompanied by Cao Yuan, the head of the Cao family; On the side of King Chunjun, the second elder brother Hongzhuo personally sent his mother-in-law and biological mother out of Beijing.

The first day was to stay in Huairou, and this morning, I went on the road early.

Hongzhuo is seventeen this year, and he got married in March, and he married Ilgen Jueluo, the daughter of Sahadai, a foreigner.

Although Ilgenjue's status as a Luo clan is not as noble as Hongshu's wife, he is young and beautiful, has a lively surname, and the two newlywed Yan'er are also affectionate.

It's just a pity for Qiaofu, Fujin's niece and daughter, who only got a side room name.

If she is someone else, I am afraid that she will feel uncomfortable, after all, she has been a husband and wife for a few years, and she can still be comforted and comforted; Hongzhuo is only a half-sized child, and he has always been careless, he only knows that he is happy, where can he have a sympathetic mind?

Chunjun Wang Fujin saw it in his eyes, felt sorry for his nephew's daughter, and wanted to help say a few words, but there was no reason for his mother-in-law to meddle in the affairs of the concubine's room, so he could only endure it.

This time I came to Rehe, because the king of Chunjun had come out, Hongshu took the initiative to ask Ying, but the house had to keep someone to watch the house, so he was escorted by Hongzhuo.

Chunjun Wang Fujin was worried about Chu Yu, and he couldn't take care of anything else, but after a while, he remembered that it was better to find a reason to take Qiaofu to travel.

Not to mention the crooks in everyone's hearts, let's just say that Tianyou and Hengsheng are two, although they are not the first time to go out, but they were all swaddling before, and they don't remember.

For the mountains and rivers, flowers and plants outside the car, the little brothers are only curious.

Although before coming out, Amethyst had told them several times to make the two brothers obedient, but in the end, children love to move, and it is already amazing to be honest.

The Li family didn't rest well last night, so they squinted their eyes and didn't see the movements of their grandchildren.

Hongzhuo saw them sticking out their little heads and melon seeds, afraid that they would break out of the car, so he hurriedly asked the driver to stop the car. After talking to Li, he took their little ones out of the car. Tianyou sat in front of Hongzhuo, Hengsheng sat in front of a palace guard, and the two little brothers were so happy.

Although the road was in a hurry, but mixed with the laughter of the children, even the Li family felt a lot more at ease.

* Rehe, Chunwangfu Garden, West Courtyard.

Chu Yu woke up at noon, and Cao Hao was not in front of him at that time, and was talking to Bao Ya outside. Tianhui, on her part, has already begun to shout for her mother and refuses to be quiet to eat.

Baoya had no choice, and she was afraid of tossing the child out of illness, so she could only bring it to Cao Hao and ask Cao Hao to coax her.

Cao Hao looked at her daughter, a "mother", and her heart was very sour. He took Tianhui from Bao Ya's hand, rested it on his lap, and coaxed her to eat with a spoon.

Tianhui is stubborn, her mouth is closed tightly, and she just refuses to eat.

There are two father and daughter, one wants to be fed, and the other does not eat, and there is a stalemate. At this time, I heard the excited voice of Mama Ye in the back room: "Gege ......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't sit still, so he hugged Tianhui and entered the back room.

Mama Ye was already in tears, took Chu Yu's hand, and cried and said, "Good Gege, I finally woke up." If you don't open your eyes again, the old slave will follow. ”

Today, it is the fifth day of Chu Yu's assassination. Although these five days have always been hung with ginseng soup, Chu Yu is also extremely weak, and he doesn't even have the strength to speak. Just looked at Mama Ye with tears in her eyes.

The moment she saw her husband and daughter, the corners of Chu Yu's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a happy look.

Cao Hao looked at his wife, his body was already trembling slightly. Tianhui was originally competing with her father, but at this moment, she seemed to notice her father's abnormality, but she became well-behaved.

When Mama Ye saw Cao Hao coming, she wiped her tears and gave up the position of the head of the bed to Cao Hao.

Cao Hao hugged his daughter and approached, looked at Chu Yu, and was speechless.

"Mom?" In the end, the blood is connected, although Tianhui can't see it, but he still whispers.

The room was so quiet that a needle could drop, and after a while, I heard Chu Yu respond: "Well......"

Tianhui listened, turned her small body, and reached in the direction of Chu Yu.

Chu Yu was injured, where did Cao Hao dare to let go, and hurriedly coaxed her in a low voice.

Baoya followed Cao Hao in, looking at all this in front of her, embarrassed to disturb their reunion. Although there were tears in her eyes, she was also overjoyed on her face, and said to Chu Yu closely: "It's good to wake up, if you don't wake up, be careful that your daughter doesn't remember you, and go back to Horqin with me directly." ”

As she spoke, she turned around, took Tianhui from Cao Hao's hand, and said, "Obedient, your mother is tired, don't quarrel with her." Eat well and come back to see Mom later. ”

Tianhui seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but she was also honest, but her little head was tilted, and she "looked" at the position where Chu Yu was lying.

Seeing that his wife's lips were chapped, Cao Hao poured half a cup of tea, looked at the teacup, and fed Chu Yu two mouthfuls mouthful.

Bao Ya had already withdrawn with Tianhui, and Mama Ye and a few maids also went out to call for Dr. Lin, and there were only two husbands and wives left in the house.

Cao Hao sat on the edge of the bed, holding his wife's hand, rubbing it constantly, and was already grateful to God in his heart.

It seems that there are thousands of words to say in his heart, and there are thousands of words to say, but Cao Hao can't say a word. He was afraid that his wife would reluctantly answer and pull the wound.

After a while, Dr. Lin came over and checked Chu Yu's pulse again, and his face was much more relaxed.

The pulse had stabilized, and after the consultation, he prescribed two prescriptions for supplementing serum fever. From now on, Chu Yu will be able to drink porridge. Because four or five days have not been filled with rice, the porridge should be thinner.

After hearing the doctor's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Dr. Lin has been left in the house for five days, and now he said that he saw Chu Yu, and he also said that he wanted to go home. Starting tomorrow, I will come over early and evening to ask Chu Yu for a pulse.

Cao Hao had nothing to say, so he asked someone to seal the silver seal and send Dr. Lin back.

After Chu Yu drank half a bowl of red date porridge, drank the medicine, and fell asleep groggily.

Seeing that Cao Hao's eyes were red, Mama Ye had no choice but to persuade him to rest. Otherwise, before Chu Yu gets better, he will be abolished.

Cao Hao's tense heart finally landed, and he only felt that his whole body was sore, and he was too tired to do it.

He asked for hot water, took a bath, and finished changing, just feeling like he was being reborn.

Obviously, his body was extremely weak, but Cao Hao's mind was very clear, and he sat on the edge of his wife's bed, reluctant to leave.

After a while, I heard Xicai come in and whispered: "E, the word is in the front yard, Master Yi is here." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he got up and reluctantly went to the front yard.

In the living room, Yi Duli's expression was quite heavy. Although he hadn't seen him for a few days, he looked like he had lost a lot of weight.

Although Cao Hao is not an unreasonable person, he can't be angry with Yi Du Li, but a prince and grandson are dying when his home is attacked, Yi Du Li Rao is no matter how open-minded he is, and he is also a little worried.

Since the accident, Cao Hao has been guarding his wife all night and sleepless; Yi Duli was not idle, in the past few kung fu, he and Qi Min have thoroughly interrogated the drama team.

In addition to the troupe, there is also the origin and true identity of the woman.

I only knew that the woman was in her thirties, she was a member of the Zhili family, and she claimed that her husband's surname was Xu, and she had a lot of money on her. Because she gave the boss silver, it was considered a shareholding, and she worked in the troupe, and everyone called her "Sister-in-law Xu". Speaking of which, the troupe came out of the capital at the end of February and arrived in Rehe at the beginning of March.

The woman dressed as a widow, and only said that she had formed a team earlier and wanted to eat with her. It just so happened that the owner of the opera troupe lost money because of his gambling and lacked the funds to go north, so he let this woman join the gang.

As for why she committed the murder and why she was sure that Cao Hao was a "husband killer", the people in the troupe didn't know at all.

The photo card on this woman's body has been shown to the people in the yamen. At first glance, it seems that it can be deceived people, but if you look closely, it is still different, but it is not a problem to deal with the soldiers who want to deal with the foreign population in the past few months.

The identity is fake, and whoever has the surname can't say it.

However, the silver money she gave to the troupe, although it was polished off, but looking at its appearance, it was a tael ingot. The ingots of such specifications are mostly produced by the money bank.

Looking round like this, it is not an oval ingot, and only a few money houses in the capital come out.

Since Iduli took his female dependents to Rehe, he also brought some silver coins for his pocket money. Compare the two, according to the position of the ingot imprint, it is compared to which family this ingot comes from.

In addition to the thirty taels given to the troupe owner, there were six such ingots in this woman's residence, plus some broken silver.

One hundred taels of silver, no matter who took it, was considered a large household. Even if it wasn't taken by this woman, it was given by someone else, and you can find clues.

Yiduli and Qi Min have already jointly written a letter to Long Keduo, the governor of Jiumen, asking him to thoroughly investigate the accounts of the money village in the capital and list the list of guests who will take more than 100 taels of silver after February.

Because they haven't approved the letter yet, the two of them haven't mentioned it to Cao Hao yet.

I came here for another thing. The woman was carrying a bag of bones in addition to the money. After examination, the bones were blackened, which was a symptom of poisoning before death.

It seems to be inextricably linked, and people are at a loss.

After thinking about it, Yidu decided to look for Cao Hao and ask about the situation outside his mouth two years ago, to see if he could find any clues from it.

He has always been a loose surname, so dedicated, there is also the intention of atonement for sins.

If Chu Yu really has a good one, even if Cao Hao is not angry with him, there is still the palace at the other end.

He was originally a person who was unhappy with no women, and these days he has also begun to reflect on whether he is guilty of sex with women. In the past few years, I have finally made some political achievements, I don't eat mixed rice, and I am still thinking about promotion, but I didn't expect to be demoted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of women's affairs.

followed Cao Hao, in order to repair the palace, he worked hard, and this saw that he had succeeded, and this happened again. If it weren't for the sake of coaxing his concubine, he wouldn't have thought of inviting the troupe to a treat.

Cao Hao listened to Yi Duli's intention, and he was also puzzled in his heart.

In the first month of the previous year, I ran to the pasture outside the mouth, except for almost freezing to death in the white snow, there was nothing else dangerous. As for Cao Jia and the others who came to support, they didn't make a move, and they didn't hear Mr. Zhuang mention it afterwards.

It should be that he didn't do it, otherwise even if Cao Jia and the others didn't say it, Cao Fang would follow.

Maybe it was the person who bought the murder, and when he saw that the matter was not working, he was afraid that the news would leak and poison those people. Or in order to prevent future troubles, he tricked these people into drinking the poison with the surname of slow before.

Exactly which one is unknown.

There is nothing that cannot be said to others, and Cao Hao told the events of the year. Hearing that someone had bought the murderer two years ago, Yi Duli was shocked and said, "Two years ago, Fu Ruo was in the Taifu Temple, and he was not as powerful as he is now. What kind of enemy is it that thinks he has to take your surname? ”

Cao Hao's heart was also confused. Although Mr. Zhuang didn't say it, Cao Hao also noticed that Mr. Zhuang knew something hidden.

It's just that after that, Mr. Zhuang can't do it, and Cao Hao can't persuade him to say it. Moreover, Cao Hao also believes that Mr. Zhuang is protecting him.

It's not that I don't want to say it, but I can't say it, that person must be Cao Hao's person who can't do what he wants, he knows that he is an enemy, and he can't do it, otherwise it will be a disaster for the family.

Apart from the prince and grandson, who else can make Mr. Zhuang have such a big concern?

Cao Hao and Yi Du Li were talking, when they saw Cao Fang hurrying in, and said, "Uncle, Master Wei is back, and the Seventh Prince has also arrived, and he has already dismounted outside the gate." ”

Cao Hao listened, and hurriedly set up two with Yi Duli and personally greeted him.

Since he left Beijing in the afternoon before the fight, the seventh elder brother was also anxious, but there were two old doctors with him, and the horses couldn't run, so he asked people to follow the imperial doctors behind, and he and Wei Hei took the lead with them.

More than 300 miles, it took two days to get there.

Seeing that although Cao Hao's face was clear, his eyes were red, and he was a little ashamed, he had no intention of grief, and the seventh elder brother put down his heart all the way.

"How is Chu Yu?" The seventh elder brother had met Yi Duli, so he couldn't wait to ask.

"I've woken up, I just took medicine and fell asleep." Cao Hao responded, with a little shame: "It's all because of the son-in-law, Chu Yu has been involved here, and my father-in-law is worried." ”

The seventh elder brother looked at Cao Hao, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

Yi Duli was quite knowledgeable, and knew that their son-in-law had something to say, so he excused himself to leave under the pretext that the yamen had something to do.

The seventh elder brother didn't have any words of reproach, but just looked at Cao Hao's eyes with some hesitation.

In the end, he was worried about his daughter, even if he knew that Chu Yu was asleep, the seventh elder brother still went to the inner courtyard, and went to Chu Yu's bedside to see it, and his heart was steady.

There was a lot of wind and dust along the way, and it wasn't until after grooming and changing clothes that the seventh elder brother came out to see Cao Hao.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, Cao Hao is also a father, and he knows the mood of the seventh elder brother. The seventh elder brother really loves his eldest daughter, so he did not hesitate to take the initiative to marry the Cao family with the respect of the prince. Unexpectedly, after only a few years of hard work, my baby daughter almost died.

"The tree is a big wind!" The seventh elder brother was silent for a long time before he said: "I only thought that your surname was old and stable, and your surname was good, Chu Yu followed you, and you will definitely be able to live a peaceful life...... "Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Cao Hao and said: "Who would have thought that you are standing on the cusp of the storm now......

Cao Hao lowered his head, and he was also ashamed in his heart.

Did you live in vain? keeps saying that for this family, it seems that he has worked hard, but he can't even protect his family. What is not waste?

"What are your plans in the future?" The seventh elder brother looked at Cao Hao and asked, "Is it to help Huang Ama continue to make money, or do you want to find out the people who are plotting against you behind the scenes and take revenge?" ”

When Cao Hao heard this, his face had already changed, and the hatred in his eyes was not a star.

caused Chu Yu to come to this point, making him almost a widower, and this big revenge will naturally be avenged.

When the seventh elder brother saw it, he couldn't help frowning and said, "You hand in your resignation!" ”

Cao Hao listened, and his face showed a little puzzlement: "Father-in-law? ”

The seventh elder brother rubbed his forehead and said, "Ah Ling's 'sick', in addition to the imperial doctor from the Tai Hospital, there are also the guards from the guard office in his mansion. ”

"Aling?" Cao Hao remembered what his father vaguely mentioned in the family letter, and roughly understood what this meant. However, in his heart, he did not think that Alinga was the one behind the scenes.

This has no grudges and no grudges, how can the dignified grandfather use such methods one after another?

"The silver that was offered as a reward in Jinan was from the Xufu Mansion; The man who does it is the man of the gate of Aling A. Seeing that Cao Hao was ignorant, the seventh elder brother said.

This blame is too obvious, even if you want to calculate Cao Hao, can you use such an unclean one? Alinga and Yuxu are both children of the lord's family, and they are used to fighting, how can their methods be so shoddy.

"Don't you understand? Now you must know not who wants to harm you, but who the emperor says will harm you. The seventh elder brother's face was a little heavy, and he said: "This is the appeasement of you and your father, and it is also the appeasement of Huang Ama for himself." ”

In the end, he had already lowered his voice: "It's up to you, don't make a fuss." ”

Cao Hao knew the words "Tianwei is unpredictable", but he couldn't accept the words of the seventh elder brother: "Father-in-law, Chu Yu has suffered such a crime, how can the son-in-law just forget it?" ”

"What else do you want?" The seventh elder brother said: "In this world, you can do anything, but you can't be a smart person." You have had ups and downs in the past few years, and you have suffered these sins because you think you are a wise person. ”

"My father-in-law came here to warn my son-in-law?" Cao Hao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Could it be that my father-in-law already knows who did it?" ”

The seventh elder brother turned his back, didn't look at Cao Hao, and said: "You are Heshuo forehead, Chu Yu is the Heshuo Gege of the emperor Amaqin, someone actually disregarded the laws of the imperial court, offered you a reward, and attacked Chu Yu, so naturally the government came forward to inquire." If you are no longer angry in your heart, do you still want to kill and take revenge? ”

"If you are the one who wants to put me to death, why kill them?" Cao Hao's face was a little more ruthless.

People don't hurt the tiger, but the tiger harms people's hearts, what else? Can't you keep being so chaotic and waiting for the other party to remember to bite you again?

"Too much! Now, you are already in the limelight too much, and if you go further, you may be in the abyss; It's better to take a step back and wait for the ruling of Huang Amma. Huang Ama will give you an explanation. The seventh elder brother turned around, patted Cao Hao's shoulder, and said, "You are my son-in-law, my half-son, and now even I don't believe it?" ”

"The father-in-law asked the son-in-law to submit his resignation because he was afraid that the son-in-law would be angry and lose his normalcy; Or are you worried that your son-in-law will track it down and anger the emperor? Cao Hao asked with some questions.

"You have always been steady, and you should know the truth of 'retreat is advance'. At this time, what good is it for you to go further, but it is just to hasten the death of Alinga and Kuoxu, and what harm is it to the real enemy? The seventh elder brother asked rhetorically.

Although the seventh elder brother does not usually get involved in the party struggle of the imperial court, nor does he join in the excitement and stand in line, he is not a confused person.

Cao Hao's heart was already a little believing, but he was still a little unwilling, and looked at the seventh elder brother and said: "Father-in-law, you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." Even for the sake of the son-in-law's peace, he begged his father-in-law to be sympathetic and told him who was the mastermind behind the scenes, and forced the son-in-law to come here several times? ”

The seventh elder brother sighed and said, "But I told you, don't be a smart person." Only by being confused like this can we keep the peace. ”

encountered such a big change, which made Chu Yu's life and death go through a while, how could Cao Hao be calm.

The seventh elder brother didn't say anything, he didn't ask any more questions, he had already thought about it in his heart, he regarded the eighth elder brother as an enemy, Kangxi wanted to shelter, Mr. Zhuang sighed silently, the seventh elder brother didn't want to provoke with the respect of the prince, and he still had the ability to make the wind and rain, who was it?

The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother? Seventeen Elder Brother? Or the deposed prince?

Those who meet these four conditions do not have one.

In Cao Hao's mind, a person suddenly appeared, that is, the most justified candidate for the prince in the eyes of the world - the emperor Sun Honghui, who was regarded as the future prince by the Korean envoys.

A few years ago, the two also had a "grudge", but there are many ingredients in it that are very strong for children.

Although in the future, Honghui will not smile when they meet, and he will not have a good face, but it is not only for Cao Hao.

As the eldest son of the prince and the best candidate for the future prince, Honghui also had a great influence after the prince was deposed. There is no longer the previous arrogance, and all that remains is introverted and gloomy...... "Father-in-law, is it Honghui?" Cao Hao thought about it for a while and asked slowly.

When the seventh elder brother heard this, his expression had changed, and he looked at Cao Hao, his face showing a bit of pain......

(To be continued)