When he came out of Andingmen, the speed of the carriage increased.

Although it is an official road, but at this time the carriage is wooden, there is no shock absorption, and it is still bumpy and uncomfortable.

Cao Hao only felt that his stomach was turning upside down, and he was nauseous. As soon as he wanted to talk to Cao Yin, saying that he would go down to ride a horse, he saw that Cao Yin's face was not good-looking.

"Father, take it slow...... Cao Hao asked.

Cao Yin waved his hand and said, "No, it's just ......."

In such a hurry, when I arrived at the Tangquan Palace, it was already the beginning of the year (seven o'clock in the evening), and it was already dark.

Cao Hao is in regular clothes, but Cao Yin is wearing official clothes.

It's just that in a hurry, there is no pen and paper at hand to write the excerpt, so Cao Yin asked which adult was on duty in the guard office, and asked him to ask for a meeting on his behalf.

The one on duty was the Minister of the Guard, Ah Ling'a, seeing Cao Yin coming with his son, Cao Hao was like this again, he knew that there was a change, he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly reported inside.

In the palace, Kangxi was holding a book in his hand and sitting cross-legged by the kang, but he was a little absent-minded, thinking about the matter of patrolling Gidian in some days. Some rivers are going to be dredged and dredged, and the silver of the household has to think of this one.

Thinking that the palace people had been pregnant for several months, Kangxi also felt a little complacent in his heart.

On the side of the imperial case on the ground, there are some books and books of mathematics, which are the sixteenth elder brothers in front of the emperor.

He has been fond of arithmetic since he was a child, and he is engrossed in reading these books. When I came across a book that I hadn't read, I put it aside and thought about taking it back to read it in the evening.

The room was very silent, with the occasional sound of turning the pages of a book.

Kangxi sat for a while, felt that his neck was a little sore, raised his head, put down the book, and rubbed his neck.

Inadvertently glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, and seeing his frowning appearance, Kangxi asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother's technique was personally enlightened by Kangxi, and the sixteenth elder brother naturally revered his father very much, and responded, stepping forward to point out his incomprehension.

Kangxi looked sideways, thought for a while, and pointed out the way to solve the problem.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was empowered, and said with a smile: "Xie Huang Ama advised, my son is clumsy, and I have been thinking about it for a long time. ”

Kangxi nodded, looking at the sixteenth elder brother, with a rare love on his face.

For the son of the sixteenth elder brother, he has been a little doted on from beginning to end. The other adult sons more or less made Kangxi aware of the threat, and only the sixteenth elder brother and their little princes did not get involved in the succession, which was the main reason why Kangxi spoiled them.

The sixteenth elder brother also saw that Kangxi was in a good mood, and just wanted to ask another question, he saw Wei Zhu come in and say: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Guard, Ah Ling'a, asks to see you." ”

Kangxi glanced at the table clock on the ground, nodded, and said, "Xuan!" ”

Wei Zhu went out in response, and then Alinga bowed his head and came in, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Yin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came with his son and asked to see the emperor, and now he is waiting outside the palace." ”

Kangxi's face smiled, and the sixteenth elder brother also put down the book in his hand.

In the palace, except for the bachelors on duty in front of the emperor, the officials of the six departments are all on duty. Yesterday was on duty at the Ministry of Rites, and Cao Yin also came over yesterday morning, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Do you know what?" Kangxi got down from the kang and asked.

"The slave doesn't know, but look, Mr. Cao has injuries on his face, and he doesn't look very good." Ah Ling pondered and replied.

The sixteenth elder brother was beside him, and he was already in a hurry, and said to Kangxi: "Huang Ama, the retainers will go over and take a look first?" ”

Kangxi's expression became gloomy, nodded his head, and said, "Well, pass on my word and summon Cao Yin's father and son to see him." ”

The sixteenth elder brother went out in response, Kangxi stood there, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while, he said to Ah Ling'a: "Kneel down!" ”

"Huh!" Alinga bowed his head and withdrew from the house, but his heart was full of wonder.

Looking at the emperor's meaning, he wanted to summon the Cao family father and son in private, could it be that he knew what the reason was?

Cao Hao is not very old, but as the county lord and the head of the Internal Affairs Office, how could he be injured? It can't be Cao Yin's own itchy hands and want to teach his son a lesson, right?

Although he was reprimanded in his early years because of his close relationship with the eighth elder brother, Ah Ling's heart still yearns for the eighth elder brother.

A man stands between heaven and earth, who doesn't want to make a contribution?

His grandfather was one of the five founding ministers of the People's Republic of China, and his father was one of the four auxiliary ministers in the early years of Kangxi. Due to the influence of the Aobai dictatorship, their family has been unable to raise their eyebrows for decades.

Although it is a descendant clan, it cannot be compared with the Hesheri and Tong families, and there are many children in the clan who are in the army, and few who stand in the court.

If the eighth elder brother ascends the throne and gets a meritorious service, he will also have an explanation for his children and grandchildren.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older and becoming more and more greedy, but this obsession in Alinga's heart has never gone away.

Although his son-in-law, the seventeenth elder brother, had a good relationship with Cao Hao, this could not dilute his dislike for Cao Hao. It's just because Cao Hao is not the Eighth Elder Brother's person, and he has also had several conflicts with the Ninth Elder Brother's side.

Thinking of Brother Jiu, Alinga's eyes couldn't help but widen.

After the bidding of the Internal Affairs Office, when Brother Jiu saw someone, he was going to scold Cao Hao, but this master couldn't help it...... * The palace, outside the palace gate.

Under the swaying of the palace lamp, the paleness on Cao Hao's face contrasted sharply with the red and swollen purlins above, looking a little hideous.

The sixteenth elder brother was startled, and he didn't care about seeing Cao Yin first, so he stepped forward and grabbed Cao Hao's arm and asked, "Who, who beat you?" Where did it hurt? ”

Cao Hao didn't know how to answer, seeing that the sixteenth elder brother was so concerned, he felt a little warm in his heart, and said: "It's not in the way, it's just a skin injury, the sixteenth master doesn't need to worry." ”

The sixteenth elder brother noticed his gaffe, put down Cao Hao's arm in a wistful manner, and muttered, "Who is worried about you, it's just curiosity." You can't be too peaceful, and there is no good time for the year. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and said to Cao Yin: "Lord Cao, Emperor Ama has issued an edict to summon your father and son to follow me to see the driver." ”

Cao Yin knelt down and answered, and then followed behind the sixteenth elder brother and entered the palace.

The guards on this access control, some of whom knew Cao Hao, saw him looking embarrassed, and they all looked at it with their necks open, speculating in their hearts.

"What the hell is going on to make it look like this?" The sixteenth elder brother asked Cao Hao in a low voice while walking.

"Today, I went to serve my mother to incense, but when I came back, I encountered ......an accident," Cao Hao said in a few words, telling the story again. Of course, words such as shooting Shanduo and threatening the Ninth Elder Brother are omitted.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his face was flushed with anger, and he clenched his fists vigorously and said: "Although I knew that he would not give up, I didn't expect him to dare to be so unscrupulous. In the end, you are the head of the internal affairs office of Sanpin, how can he say that he can fight! ”

Cao Hao shook him and said, "It's not that Brother Jiu is successful. ”

The sixteenth elder brother said angrily: "What is the difference between him asking people to do it and doing it himself?" Who doesn't know that he is disgusted with you now, if it weren't for his identity, I'm afraid he would tear you apart. ”

Cao Hao didn't say much, so he fell silent.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at Cao Yin, pondering his intention of bringing Cao Hao over overnight. Are you afraid that the "wicked people will sue first" on Brother Jiu's side, or do you want to sue for "grievances"?

No matter what it is, it is not like Cao Yin's usually introverted and quiet surname.

One time less, I arrived at the main hall of the palace.

The sixteenth elder brother was in front, and Cao Yin's father and son were behind, and they entered the main hall.

Cao Yin, father and son, had to kneel and bow again.

Because Alinga mentioned that Cao Hao was injured, Kangxi's gaze crossed Cao Yin and fell directly on Cao Hao.

But it's far away, and I can't really see it.

"Flat, talk closer." Kangxi said.

Cao Yin's father and son responded, got up and took a few steps forward.

Cao Hao kept his head down, Kangxi couldn't help frowning, and said, "Cao Hao, raise your head." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he revealed the "true face of Lushan".

Kangxi's shock was no less than that of the sixteenth elder brother, looking straight at the blood purlin more than half a foot long on Cao Hao's face, and his body was already trembling slightly.

At this time, Cao Yin was already pulling Cao Hao to kneel, kowtowing and saying, "Your Majesty, the slave has come to ask for guilt." As he spoke, he had already kowtowed three times.

Cao Hao knelt behind Cao Yin, he was really unwilling, but there was no other way.

Looking at Cao Yin's rickety back, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

"What is the sin?" Kangxi suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice.

Cao Yin was a little hesitant, paused and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Hao is inferior and reckless, and he fights with people in vain, which is really not right. The slave did not dare to show favoritism, and asked the emperor to severely punish him...... It's just that although the slave has a young son, he is still in infancy, and this eldest son's misconduct is also the fault of the slave's lax godson...... But he was shameless to set up a court again, and he hoped that the emperor would have mercy and spare the slave father and son. The slave begs for the bones and returns to his hometown with his son......"

He kowtowed as he spoke, and in the end, he was already in tears, crying silently.

Cao Hao knelt behind Cao Yin, listening to the "bang" kowtow, as if he was about to suffocate, and he couldn't breathe.

Cao Yin's voice was not fake at all.

At this moment, Cao Hao understood in his heart that even if his father was "retreating as advance" and cut off the back road of Brother Jiu's complaint, but these words were probably from the bottom of his heart.

In the past two years in the capital, Cao Yin has changed a lot, and he regards his family as a little heavier than in the past.

Cao Yin's crying moved Kangxi, but he didn't believe Cao Yin's words: "Inferior and reckless? Are you talking about Cao Hao? If he is mediocre, then aren't everyone else dung? He is like a little old man, he doesn't knock or leave, and he can still act recklessly? Speaking of this, he took a few steps forward, stood beside Cao Hao, and said, "Cao Hao, what happened to make your father so frightened?" ”

Cao Hao raised his head, his face was undisguised frustration.

"Your Majesty, what my father said is true, but the ministers are reckless and fight with others. But the situation is urgent, and it is not intentionally offended. Cao Hao replied: "I also ask the emperor for mercy, Rao Chen, the minister is willing to hand over his resignation and go home to serve his old father and mother." ”

Hearing the word "offensive", Kangxi's brows furrowed even tighter, and when he heard the "resignation submission", his expression had already drooped, and he asked, "Who is it, who did it to you?" ”

Cao Hao glanced at his father, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Third-class shrimp good Duo!" ”

"Shanduo?" Kangxi felt a little familiar, turned his head and asked the sixteenth elder brother, "Do you know each other?" I remember hearing the name. ”

The sixteenth elder brother replied in a low voice: "Huang Ama, Shanduo is the close guard of the ninth brother. ”

Kangxi glared at Cao Hao and said coldly: "Why did you do it?" ”

Cao Hao lowered his head and replied: "Weichen served his mother in the morning to go to the Lianhua Temple to offer incense, and on the way back, he encountered an accident, and the carriage of the accompanying female dependents was hijacked and left. Wechen tracked him down, but it was ...... Under the pain, he missed and counterattacked......"

When it comes to Brother Jiu, there is no need for Cao Haoming to say it, Kangxi also knows the reason.

These words, the small actions of the ninth elder brother to call the Fang family, Kangxi also knows. Although I was unhappy, I didn't take it to heart, as long as I didn't delay the money in the warehouse.

To be honest, seeing that Cao Hao was so convenient to collect money, although Kangxi didn't admit it, in addition to being happy, he was a little uncomfortable.

In Kangxi's opinion, having Brother Jiu come out and add something to Cao Hao can be regarded as allowing him to hone more.

Unexpectedly, there was such a big change all of a sudden.

"That Shanduo was killed by you?" Kangxi asked thoughtfully with his hands behind his back.

"Weichen didn't dare to ......," Cao Hao hurriedly leaned over and replied.

Kangxi nodded, looked at Cao Hao and said, "Yes, your surname is generous, and you won't ask for someone's surname at will." You are a Heshuo forehead, and that Shanduo is only a third-class shrimp, if you dare to make a move against you, you should be killed. For this little thing, is it worth it for your father and son? ”

Cao Hao raised his head, his eyes were deep, and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are afraid." ”

"Oh, what are you afraid of?" Kangxi rarely saw Cao Hao's demeanor, and then asked.

"The minister is afraid, today he is not guilty, but he is guilty; It is said that he is not guilty, and then he is guilty. If the minister is alone, he can still deal with right and wrong without worry. If the parents are old and the children are young, if they are implicated, will they not regret it? Cao Hao's words were sincere: "Although I have the heart to be loyal to my emperor, the minister is also a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death...... Over the years, life and death have gone through several times, but I have never been afraid of it, and I have accepted it calmly; To this day, it is the innocent women and children in the family who are implicated, how can they not be afraid......

In his heart, he already has an idea.

If Kangxi doesn't come forward to shelter and deter and deter Brother Jiu, then he really wants to think of a way back.

There are thousands of thieves, but there is no reason to prevent thieves.

Although I have thought about Taiping, I can't always be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Cao Hao is soft-hearted and respectful, Kangxi knows it.

Cao Yin's crying and Cao Hao's confession made Kangxi's face red for a while and white for a while, and he was really angry.

His body trembled slightly, he retreated to the side of the kang and sat down, and asked, "You said that you served your mother to incense, how is your mother, but she is frightened?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the startled horse scattered the carriage behind, and the minister's mother car drove in front, which was lucky." Cao Hao pondered and replied.

Kangxi slapped the table vigorously and said angrily: "Rebel, these bastards ......"

* Eight Elder Mansion, study.

While pacing, Brother Jiu said hatefully: "Cao Hao, I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him......"

The eighth elder brother took a sip of the teacup, and said, "Ninth brother, sit down and rest first, you have been turning for two hours." ”

The ninth elder brother stopped, twisted his body, and said to the eighth elder brother: "Eighth brother, you didn't see that kid's arrogance. He threatened me, he dared to threaten me...... And in front of me, he shot Shanduo......"

Eighth Elder Brother shook his head and said, "It's not the time to talk about this, Ninth Brother, you are acting too recklessly." There is no impermeable love in this world, when the prince of the dynasty makes people rob the officials and subordinates, and toss them out, how can the emperor Ama spare you......"

Brother Jiu was also tired, leaned back on the chair on the side, frowned, and said, "Brother Starling, don't worry, it's already clean." Can Cao Hao still sue the emperor with empty white teeth? ”

"Where's Shanduo's corpse?" Eighth Brother asked.

"Refined, along with a few others. There are only 100 kui left, and there is still some use, so leave him for a while. "Brother Jiu said.

Eighth Elder Brother nodded and said, "Even if you want to deal with Cao Hao, you can't put yourself in it." Other people's Ama may protect their son, but our emperor Ama doesn't know what to do. ”

When Brother Jiu heard this, he sneered: "What can I do, if I go up to the sky, I am still afraid that this will not work?" It's just a wall, and I'll still be my prince and brother in it. I don't believe it, the eldest brother and the waste prince are alive and well, I can still fold myself into it? ”

The eighth elder brother "coughed" twice and said, "Let's wait for the news from the Cao family." ”

After a while, the person who went to the Cao family to inquire came back, but the news brought back surprised both the eighth and ninth elder brothers.

"What, out of town with your son? What does this old guy want to do? Brother Jiu's eyes widened, looking at Brother Eight, and he was shocked: "Don't you want the wicked to sue first?" ”

The eighth elder brother was also very surprised, he thought that with the cautious surname of the Cao family's father and son, he would suppress this matter, but he didn't expect it to progress like this.

For a while, they really couldn't know the intention of Cao Yin's move...... * Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

There was such an accident in the house, and Cao Yin and Cao Hao's father and son were not there. On the Li side, although he was not frightened by the frightened horse, the Gao family was old, and after tossing for a long time, he was a little frightened and his body was uncomfortable.

The Li family had to take care of his mother closely. The affairs of the house are all busy with Chu Yu.

The Tian clan wants to be appeased, the Han Jiang clan wants to persuade them, and the Pingjun Wangfu and Guogong Mansion get the news, so that people will come to visit and deal with it.

Chu Yu was busy until dark, and only ate in the evening, but he didn't use a few bites.

When Amethyst heard about it, she made the porridge boil in the kitchen, and after placing Tianyou and Hengsheng to sleep, she asked someone to carry the boiled porridge and went to Wutong Garden.

Chu Yu sat under the lamp, looking at the list of people who followed Shangxiang today.

Seeing Amethyst come in, she got up to greet her, but her face was dull.

"Grandma gets up before dawn, and she's been busy all day, so you have to be careful about your body." Amethyst took the food box from the little maid's hand and personally placed the porridge on the kang table: "I heard that grandma didn't use it well at night, this is the spinach and chicken porridge that ordinary grandma loves to drink, grandma drink half a bowl while it's hot, and I'm hungry." ”

"Xu is filling two dessert hearts in the afternoon, I can't eat a bite, and now I smell the porridge, but I'm really hungry!" Chu Yu looked at the porridge bowl and couldn't help but move his index fingers.

When Xicai saw it, she had already thrown a wet handkerchief over, and served Chu Yu and wiped her hands.

Chu Yu ate most of the bowl in one go, and just wanted to talk to Amethyst about Bai Yue Shangxiang, when he saw Xiyan come in and said: "Gege, Zheng Steward sent someone to pass the word, and the Tao was to catch Zhang Jin, but his mouth was tight, and he refused to say anything, and asked Gege to show it, how to deal with it?" ”

Chu Yu put down the porridge bowl, his face was already solemn, and said: "Naturally, the reason for the interrogation is to say what I said, the uncle often praises Zhao Tong, if the interrogation is not successful, let Zhao Tong go to trial again." ”

The joy went down, Chu Yu's face added guilt, and said: "It's all because of me, the family is not strict enough to have such an accident." ”

"Grandma doesn't want to say that, there is a master at the top of the front yard, and there are housekeepers at all levels below, where is grandma usually talking. Other people's inner houses, many disputes, mothers-in-law are not lazy and slippery, how can we have those? Hearing this, Amethyst hurriedly comforted.

Chu Yu shook his head and said: "This is my credit, it is all the rules that were set here before, I just acted according to it." ”

"It's just an accident today, and grandma doesn't need to blame herself." Amethyst saw her depressed expression and admonished.

Chu Yu frowned, sighed, and said: "If it is not Sister-in-law Tian's carriage today, and it is the carriage of the wife and the second wife, or the carriage of Jinghui, then the face of the Cao family will be swept away!" Sister Amethyst, do you remember the last time Tianhui lost her talisman? The two suspicious girls are also incense with the second wife today, and I don't know if there are any of them or not. ”

When Chu Yu mentioned this, Amethyst also remembered something, and said: "Even if Zhang Jin is the son of a family, but Grandma Tian lives in the inner courtyard, and the two of them can't see each other." If you can't tell the difference between Grandma Han and Grandma Tian, there are also yes. ”

When Chu Yu heard this, he shook his head: "Even if you want to rob people, you must arrange it in advance, and you will not act recklessly." Even if Zhang Jin doesn't know anyone, he must know someone to follow. I suspect that the people who followed were those in Dongfu. Although they hadn't seen Han Jiang's family much, they knew Tian's sister-in-law. But I didn't know what went wrong, which made Tian's sister-in-law frightened. ”

The two thought about it for a while, but they couldn't guess why.

Now, thinking that it is a few from the East Mansion, they should also check it carefully, but this has to be told by Cao Hao and Cao Song. The second wife, Zhao Jia's side, I'm afraid it doesn't make sense, and I have to be careful.

*Front yard, east across the courtyard.

The lights in the room were flickering, Zhao Tong picked the corners of his mouth, looked at Zhang Jin tied to the pillar, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang has nothing to say?" ”

Zhang Jin's face distorted, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's all said...... It's all said, Zhao Ye...... It is a small wealth obsessed with money, and he has received a hundred taels of silver, not to mention, but also covets the remaining four hundred taels...... Seeing that the person surnamed Han was called by his grandmother to sit down, he hit Grandma Tian's idea, thinking that the two were about the same age, and they were both little widows......"

The ground below him was covered in blood, his arms were strangely drooping, and the nails of several fingers had been lifted.

"Coax the children?" Zhao Tong flicked the ash on his cuffs, looked at Zhang Jin and said, "If it's really as you said, you should be a corpse, how can you be so happy?" ”

When Zhang Jin heard this, his body trembled, his face was full of horror, and his lips trembled, but he couldn't speak.

Zhao Tong sneered a few times and said, "It seems that it is not enough to be relaxed, and it is good to make you 'comfortable' and 'comfortable' again......"

"Ah...... Woo ......" As soon as the scream came out, the rest became a blocked whining sound...... * Jiubeizi Mansion, bedroom.

Brother Jiu was lying on the bed, looking at the tent, his eyes straight. Beside him, there were two women, one left and one right, writhing constantly.

The room is full of fragrance, but Brother Jiu can't regain his strength.

In front of his eyes, he had been the scene of Shanduo being hit by an arrow in the neck, and he felt that his neck was itching tightly.

The two women, according to the usual way of serving him, one rubbed the arm of the ninth elder brother with his crisp chest, and the other was busy with the lower side of the ninth elder brother with small hands.

But he was so busy that he was sweating, and he was still useless.

Brother Jiu's heart was already annoyed, he turned over and kicked the woman below to the ground.

The woman trembled, but Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Kill, the master will kill you......"

(To be continued)