On the way from the capital to Rehe, Hongzhuo has already decided on the main thing, and he wants to give his brother-in-law Cao Hao some "color" to see. Let my sister suffer with her, isn't this a lack of cleanup?

After a few hurries, he was a little hesitant.

accompanied by his in-laws' wife, Li, who is a soft-tempered and kind person, and gets along well with the Fujin.

If you give your brother-in-law two punches when you meet, it seems a little unkind to beat your son in front of others. Besides, this brother-in-law is not thin on him. Earlier, he loved horses, and Cao Hao exchanged them for him without saying a word; He got married two months ago, and although his sister and brother-in-law were not in Beijing, there was a lot of money for related congratulatory gifts and shares.

After thinking about it like this, Hongzhuo was a little undecided.

Hesitating and hesitating, on the afternoon of April 18, the Fujin of the Chunwang Mansion and the Li family drove to the Rehe River.

Two days ago, the group had already met the person sent by King Chunjun to deliver the letter. Knowing that Chu Yu was out of danger, the Fujin and Li families were also relieved.

Rao is like this, he didn't see anyone, and he was somewhat concerned, so the Li family did not go to the Cao family's courtyard first, but followed the Fujin people directly.

Hongzhuo didn't do anything in the end, although Cao Hao was not injured by the skin, but after working hard, he lost a lot, and his eyes were sunken.

Hongzhuo looked at his fist, then at Cao Hao's small body, and hummed a few words.

Chu Yu has been pranayama for a few days, and his spirit has improved a lot, and his face has a bloody color. It's just that because of the injury in her heart, she can't move for the time being, and she can't talk for too long.

Seeing that his mother-in-law, biological mother, and mother-in-law had all arrived, and then looked at the two sons who had been separated for several months, Chu Yu could only shed tears.

Tianyou and Hengsheng were a little excited when they saw their mother, but when they saw her in tears, they were a little stunned.

Chunwang Fujin stepped forward to take Chu Yu's hand, and also shed tears.

Seeing each other this time, everyone felt happy and afraid.

There are a lot of people here, and King Chunjun has already asked someone to prepare a banquet, wash the dust for everyone, and clean up the guest room and invite the Li family to stay.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was not in danger, after using the wine and food, the Li family still took his two grandchildren back to the other courtyard.

Chu Yu was quite uneasy in her heart, wondering if she would go back to her mother-in-law's house to recuperate. Her wounds have only healed, where does Cao Hao dare to let her move. If you cut the wound, wouldn't it be too late to regret it?

The tonic brought by the Li family was unloaded and left in the garden for Chu Yu to use.

Cao Hao personally sent his mother and sons over and settled them down.

The furniture on this side of the courtyard is all arranged by Chu Yu himself. This side of the main hall of the inner courtyard is where the Li family lives, sits and lies, and they are all satisfied.

Li looked at it in his eyes, thinking of his daughter-in-law's ordinary virtue, so he had to sigh twice and ask his son to go back to take care of his daughter-in-law.

Tianyou and Hengsheng were both a little tired and drowsy, but seeing that Cao Hao was leaving, the little brothers both pulled his clothes.

"Father, mother......" Tianyou's little face showed a little concern, and said, "When will Mother return to ......?"

Hengsheng also asked, "Yes, is my mother going to lie down all the time?" ”

Cao Hao touched their little heads and said, "I'll be back in a few days, you live here with your grandmother first, and then you will go to see your mother tomorrow in vain......"

When the two heard this, they couldn't help but be excited.

Hengsheng said: "What about my sister? Won't you come back? ”

Tianhui was picked up by Baoya today, and Tianyou and Hengsheng couldn't see each other, so they asked like this.

Hearing him mention Tianhui, Li said to Cao Hao: "Yes, my daughter-in-law is sick, where is the time to take care of Tianhui, let's send someone to send Tianhui here." ”

Cao Hao looked at Li with fatigue, there were two little radish heads in front of him, hesitated, and said: "Mother, you have been tired all the way, and you have to live and recuperate for two days, don't get sick again, otherwise how can we be children with peace of mind?" ”

Li shook his head and said, "It's okay, the first two days were in a hurry, and when I met the palace steward before, I had already slowed down my trip, so I wasn't so tired." ”

Cao Hao said a few words with his mother, and Li sent him back to take care of his daughter-in-law.

When Cao Hao turned back to the garden, Hongzhuo was standing in the courtyard, already waiting a little impatiently.

"What did my brother-in-law do to form a life and death grudge with someone?" Hongzhuo asked in a loud voice with his neck straightened and dissatisfaction on his face.

"What's the big deal? Don't my brother-in-law know what errand I do? After the year, I was busy with the internal affairs office and bidding, and I was repairing the palace here in the past two months. Seeing him like this, Cao Hao was not annoyed in his heart, but he was a little irritated when he thought about the words of the seventh elder brother before.

Speaking of which, he didn't have any chance of settling a grudge for personal gain.

Except for Guishan when he first went to Beijing, it has nothing to do with errands or anything, just a battle of righteousness; Other times, how many errands offend people.

I bothered to work hard, but I just thought about peace.

But what kind of peace is this? In addition to dealing with Kangxi, who is high above and holds the power of life and death, you must also beware of hidden arrows. What's even more hateful is that Kangxi's side is capricious and doesn't care about the feelings of the people below.

I am the emperor.

Seeing that Cao Hao was neither humble nor arrogant, nor did he explain, Hongzhuo couldn't help frowning and said, "Brother-in-law Shan, on an errand?" Amma is also on an errand, my brother is also on an errand, and I will also enter the ministry at the end of the year. Why don't you see others like your brother-in-law? Last year, my brother-in-law was seriously injured and nursed for a few months, which made Ama and Eniang worried, for fear that my brother-in-law would not survive and my sister would become a ...... It's only been a long time, and my sister has been involved so far......"

The more Hongzhuo spoke, the more angry he became, and in the end, he was already glaring at Cao Hao angrily.

It's not just Hongzhuo who asked, even Cao Hao himself also asked himself how much he had suffered.

I don't want to be known and noble, I just want peace, it's not a luxury, right? It's also quite pleasant to look at what other people are doing.

It's just that he is envious, but as the future head of the Cao family, Cao Hao has no right to indulge.

He stretched out his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally patted Hongzhuo on the shoulder and said, "I'm also confused." If you and your brother-in-law ponder together, why is your brother-in-law so unlucky? ”

Hongzhuo was annoyed, impatient with Cao Hao's closeness, twisted his shoulders, avoided Cao Hao's hand, and said, "It's not my brother-in-law who is making trouble?" Let's not talk about the release back then, in the past two or three years since I returned to the capital, there have been fewer tosses from the Taifu Temple, the Ministry of War, and the brother-in-law of the Internal Affairs Office? changed to someone else, honestly stayed in a yamen, and it took three years to finish one term. If the brother-in-law's side is also like that, how can he offend people indiscriminately? ”

Listening to Hongzhuo's accusation, Cao Hao really couldn't cry or laugh.

If he can call the shots, he would rather continue to be a royal guard, not to mention the lack of work, no one dares to offend, and he is free and leisurely.

Hongzhuo said these words, "let's go", "let's go", seeing that my brother-in-law didn't mean to be "taught", his little face drooped even more, and said: "My sister will be like my brother-in-law that day, and my brother-in-law loves my sister like this?" ”

Hearing that Hongzhuo was still complaining, Cao Hao sat on the steps in front of the hall, looking at the oleanders in the courtyard, but thinking about the holy driving itinerary.

On April 14, the holy car set off from Changchun Garden, and according to the old practice of the past years, the holy car traveled 30 miles every day, and arrived at the Rehe River for more than 10 days. If you do the math, it will probably take seven or eight days.

The father-in-law's reminder and Kangxi's attack on Ah Ling'a and Yu Xu all made Cao Hao wake up.

Pingsuli, before and after people, Kangxi treats the old ministers so well. Let's just say that Ah Ling, as early as after the abolition of the prince, he was reprimanded for being involved in recommending the eighth elder brother as the prince.

But unlike Ma Qi, a bachelor who has been up and down, Alinga Shen is still a close minister of the Son of Heaven. As a result, now, after the prince's wings are eradicated, the eighth elder brother has become a thorn in Kangxi's heart.

Although anyone can see the strangeness this time, Kangxi still questioned Ah Ling'a and Yu Xu.

seems to be appeasing the Cao family, but in fact, it just happened to be justified and got an opportunity.

Not only to be a bitch, but also to set up an archway, this sentence is appropriate to give to Kangxi, the emperor.

What is the fundamental reason why Honghui is an enemy of himself? It can't be because I refused to go to the study to accompany me back then, right?

If Kangxi insists on protecting Honghui, what can he do?

Cao Hao thought about it, his frown was already locked, and he had already come up with various countermeasures in his mind, but he felt that it was not appropriate.

was hesitating, so I heard Hongzhuo ask tentatively: "Brother-in-law, are you stupid?" ”

As the sun set, looking at Cao Hao, who was silent in the afterglow, Hongzhuo was suddenly a little embarrassed, and wondered if he had said something too much.

He has never been careful, and the embarrassed thought passed away in a blink of an eye, remembering one thing, and said: "By the way, Ama invited your monk friend to play chess in the study, and he has been working hard for a while, but he hasn't come out yet!" ”

"Zhiran?" Cao Hao was a little surprised, stood up, and said, "When did he come?" ”

Since April 15, the seventh elder brother arrived in Rehe, and Zhiran, Jiang Jian, and Li Wei all moved to live in the Cao family's courtyard. It was only occasionally when something happened that they came over to see Cao Hao.

"As soon as my brother-in-law sent my in-laws and wife away, the monk came and said that he wanted to see his brother-in-law. Just when Amma saw it, Amma asked him to play chess. Hongzhuo said.

For the father-in-law of the seventh elder brother, Cao Hao originally only admired him, and felt that although his surname was more withdrawn, he was a lover in the surname, and he was indifferent to fame and fortune, and he was approachable.

This exhortation, Cao Hao also believes that he is for his own good. It's just that among them, there seems to be something hidden that the seventh elder brother doesn't want to say.

originally thought that because of the fourteenth elder brother's intention, Hongshu got close to him, and he would be affected by it if he didn't keep it in the future. How do you listen to the meaning of the seventh elder brother, for the abolished prince, he, who is a younger brother, is not completely brotherly, and he is still very optimistic about Honghui's nephew.

Thinking in his heart, Cao Hao had already followed Hongzhuo to the study.

Hongzhuo bowed down through the door and said, "Amma, brother-in-law is back." ”

The room was silent, and after a while, I heard the Seventh Elder Brother say, "Come in." ”

The lamp was already in the study, and the seventh elder brother and Zhiran were sitting on both sides of the chessboard. The seventh elder brother is black, Zhiran is white, and he is fighting lively. Although Hei Bai bit hard, Cao Hao glanced at it and could still see that Heizi had the upper hand.

Zhiran didn't have the heart to win, otherwise with his chess skills, he wouldn't have gotten to this point.

The son-in-law and son-in-law who didn't come in at the seventh elder brother looked at the chessboard, holding a chess piece in his hand, thinking about where to go.

Hongzhuo is in a hurry, and seeing that his father has not left his son for a long time, he is already so anxious that he scratches his ears and cheeks.

The seventh elder brother looked at the chess surface for a long time, put down the chess pieces, and said to Zhidao: "This king has lost." ”

Zhiran stood up, folded his hands, and said, "Amitabha, the prince has accepted it, and the little monk is ashamed, so he can't win or lose." ”

The seventh elder brother glanced at Cao Hao, then at Zhiran, and asked, "I heard that the little master recently learned Zen in the temple here, how did you get it?" ”

Zhiran replied: "It is a great blessing to be able to listen to the supreme Dharma, so that the little monk can break through the mystery of the Dharma. ”

When the seventh elder brother heard this, he didn't speak again, looked at Cao Hao and said, "The little master is here to find you, and he happened to be pulled by this king to play chess." You sit slowly, and this king and Hongzhuo will go to Fujin to take a look. ”

As he spoke, the seventh elder brother had already gotten up, nodded to Zhiran, and then asked Hongzhuo to leave together.

Cao Hao sent to the door, only then turned around, looked at Zhiran and said, "Mother has arrived, so I sent her back to the other courtyard." Zhiran is looking for me, is there something wrong? ”

Zhiran nodded and said, "Mr. Fei Phosphorus, the fellow who worked as a scribe in the palace yamen, has spread the news that the case file when he checked the garden here and went to the palace mansion has been transferred back to the capital. ”

What kind of case is it, is it the matter of "Tu Er" and them hiding in Aling's mansion?

Allinga's scenery, this is the end?

It's just that how to determine this crime, it can't be said that it colluded with gangsters to assassinate courtiers, right? In that case, where is the face of the imperial court?

"There is another thing, that is, the 'Tu Er' henchmen confessed to Boss Xu on the mountain, but later they were arrested and did not find anyone when they arrived at the agreed place." Zhiran said slowly: "According to what the husband said, the woman who was murdered a few times ago had calluses in her palms and thick bones. Because of this, Mr. Fei Fei stayed at the prefect's yamen for a few days and looked at all the wanted portraits of the past ten years. Among them, some clues were found. ”

"I can't complain that he asked for my name post, but it turned out that I went to the prefect's yamen. What clues? Cao Hao asked.

"Nine years ago, Cangzhou, Hejian Prefecture, Zhili, was wanted for a couple who killed people by renting. The man's name is Xu Yunlong, and the woman's Guo Shi. Although they are countrymen, both husband and wife have some kung fu. Because of the drought that year, the crops were not harvested, and the head of the village took people to pull Guo's rent to pay the rent, but was killed by the husband and wife who resisted. Speaking of this, Zhiran couldn't help but recite the Buddha's name.

"Xu Yunlong and Guo Shi were killed because of the murder, so they fell into the grass?" Although this story sounds familiar, and the couple in it is also forced to do so, but thinking that they may be the ones who came to assassinate him and Chu Yu, Cao Hao really can't sympathize.

Zhiran shook his head and said, "No, although their husband and wife fled, that Zhuangzi is not an ordinary person's Zhuangzi, it is the property of Prince An's Mansion." The local magistrate was afraid of things, so according to the arrangement of the people from the palace, the old lady of the Guo family was arrested and displayed to the public. ”

The rest of the story is still cliché.

Xu Yunlong and Guo's got the news, but they still went to the yamen to surrender themselves. was immediately put on death row, just waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

Guo's mother was released from the yamen because of her daughter and son-in-law, but she hanged herself on a hemp rope.

Without waiting for the autumn queen to ask for beheading, Xu Yunlong and Guo's couple both "died violently due to an emergency", and the case was closed.

As he spoke, Zhiran took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and opened it to show Cao Hao.

Although it is just a simple outline, it looks a little familiar between the eyebrows, it is the "sister-in-law Xu" who assassinated Chu Yu.

According to the confession of the troupe, this woman's accent is the area between the rivers. When the mountain bandits over there talked about the origin of Boss Xu, they only knew that seven or eight years ago, the husband and wife dominated the mountain with their sword skills. Zhiran said slowly: "From this point of view, this Xu family couple may be the people on death row in Cangxian County in the past." ”

Although it is not yet certain who is behind the scenes, since the identities of the Xu couple have been found, there will always be clues left.

Cao Hao sighed and said to Zhiran: "I have taken care of Neizi these days, thanks to the little monk Tongnon-phosphorus." There are only a handful of people who can not be afraid of the power of King An's Mansion and get people from death row. Finally, you don't have to be blind anymore. When I went back to the courtyard just now, I didn't see Fei Phosphorus, could it be that he was still in the Yamen? ”

Zhiran nodded and said, "Mr. Fei Fei said, after the saint drove to Rehe, I'm afraid it will be difficult to check again, these days, see if you can find out more clues." ”

Since Chu Yu was stabbed on the eleventh day, it has been eight days, and Jiang Jian has been running outside. Even if something comes back to tell Cao Hao, it will be Zhiran or Li Wei.

Before, Cao Hao's whole mind was on Chu Yu, and he didn't think about it so much, but now he feels that something is wrong.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "What is the non-phosphorus state?" But what's wrong? ”

Zhiran listened, glanced at Cao Hao with complicated eyes, and said: "It seems that I blame myself in my heart, and I even forgot to sleep and eat, and I boiled a little clear." ”

Cao Hao stomped his feet, only to realize his carelessness.

He glanced at Zhiran and said, "Did the little monk have dinner?" Seeing Zhiran nodded, he said again: "Then wait for me for a while, I'll go to visit Neizi, and then let's go to the yamen to pick up Fei Phosphorus ......"

* Rehe, University Scholar's House, Inner House.

Iduli sat down in the hall, his face a little dark. Opposite him stood the great butler, beside whom knelt a young man dressed as a servant.

"Tell me carefully from beginning to end, and don't pull a word." Yi Duli stared at the servant and said slowly: "Well said, the lord has a reward; If anyone dares to hide it, hum ......"

The servant had already kowtowed, stumbled, and told him what had happened to him in the afternoon.

He is the son of the house, and because he is the nephew of the housekeeper, he has taken a decent job and worked as an errand in the gatehouse.

Because he had a little spare money in his pocket, he had some itchy hands, and took advantage of the inappropriate value to go to the casino with a little brother to try his luck.

But it was a point of back, three times five divided by two, and the few taels of silver he brought were lost, and the clothes were also changed to the copper plate, and he was also lost.

At this time, an old man stepped forward and held a big ingot, claiming that a niece was separated from him and was sold to Rehe as a maidservant.

In addition to asking about the whereabouts of his niece, he also wanted to inquire about the bachelor's mansion.

This concierge is a child of the family, and knows what can and cannot be said. But he was greedy for the money, so he made up a few words and took it.

He didn't have a bottom in his heart, and he didn't dare to gamble anymore, so he turned around and went home, just when he was caught by his uncle.

When his uncle heard that his nephew had gone to the gambling house again, he brought a stick to beat him, but he didn't expect to run around and chase after him, rolling down a silver ingot.

The chief housekeeper noticed that something was wrong, and the porter didn't dare to hide it, so he told the story in the gambling hall.

Rehe has not been peaceful in the past few months, and the chief housekeeper knows it, and when he heard that someone was spying on the bachelor's mansion, he reported directly to Yiduli here.

Iduli listened, a little confused.

Although the news has been wrong recently, it can't involve itself, how can anyone still fight their own ideas?

After the porter finished speaking, he kept kowtowing, and said with a crying voice: "Master, the slaves don't dare to betray the master, they are all casually chewing nonsense, and there is no truth." ”

Yi Duli snorted coldly twice and said, "That man said how old his niece is, how can he see it?" ”

"It's said that it's eleven or two, it's not tall, but a few days ago, I saw it at the door of our house, and I felt like it." The porter replied.

Eleventh and second little maids, there are naturally some in the house, but most of them are born in the family, and I haven't heard that the family has recently bought a maidservant.

Ituli didn't know if the man was really looking for someone, or if he was using Yuko to find out something else. Either way, be on guard.

"You slave, you are bold enough, you dare to accept this silver, so you are not afraid that the master will skin you." Yi Duli glared at the doorman and said, "How are you talking nonsense, tell me about it." ”

The porter kowtowed and said: "If you go back to your master, the slave saw that the man was sneaky, and he was afraid that he would not be good for our house, so he lied, only saying that there was no little maid in our house on an errand. If he saw his niece, it would be in the Fuguo Mansion. ”

"Auxiliary Guogong?" Yi Duli thought of Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi brothers, he got up and kicked the porter, and said, "You are still clever and didn't recruit people to the mansion?" Say, what will you reward you? ”

The porter tilted his neck and said with a shy face: "I don't dare to be the master's reward, the master kicks the slave's feet again, and lets the slave remember his surname for a long time, which is to give the slave face." ”

Yi Duli listened, smiled and kicked him twice, and said, "Okay, the master will fulfill you." Speaking of this, a smile fell in his eyes: "It's just that you have to remember that there is no next one." If you hear that you are going to gamble again, you will chop off your paws and feed them to the dogs. ”

The porter was already bluffing and prostrating.

Yi Duli didn't look at him, and said to the chief butler: "Finally, he was not dazzled by the silver, and he did not do the thing that betrayed the Lord, and rewarded him with twenty taels of silver." ”

When the chief butler heard this, he hurriedly bowed down, and his face was already filled with joy...... On the side of Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi, Yi Du Li was too lazy to worry about it, but this eleven or twelve-year-old girl, he couldn't help but think of one person in his heart.

He turned his head and frowned at the porter, "The old man who gave you the silver, where is the person, can you hear the accent?" ”

The porter pondered for a while, and said with a bitter face: "Master, the slave can't say it well, how many people did the slave meet?" It just sounds like Nanyin'er, and the minions can't hear it......"

Yi Duli listened and nodded, although he didn't understand what was going on, but that person was not far from Shi is looking for Fang Qi Niang...... That Fang Qiniang followed Chu Yu's side, not like a maidservant? Is there another hidden meaning in this......

(To be continued)