In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, Zhang Tingyu's father-in-law Wang Shizhen unfortunately died of illness. Chen Tingjing, a university scholar, was retired in old age, and was allowed to be in Beijing, and Kangxi promoted Shangshu and Hunan Governor Xiao Yongzao to a university scholar, and entered the study to make up for Chen Tingjing's vacancy.

After seizing the title and imprisoning the crown prince Yinren, the eldest Yinren, and the eighth Yinren, Kangxi probably felt that he was too cruel and vicious to the princes, and he was afraid of attracting criticism from the government and the opposition. So, he hurriedly canonized the third son of the emperor Yinzhi as Prince Cheng, the fourth son Yinzhen as Prince Yong, the fifth son Yinqi as Prince Heng, the seventh son Yinyou as the king of Chunjun, the tenth son of the emperor Yinzhi as the king of Dunjun, the ninth son of the emperor Yinyu, the twelfth son of the emperor Yinzhen, and the fourteenth son of the emperor Yinyu as Baylor.

The arrangement of the capital has an eyebrow, and Kangxi is about to set off on a southern tour again. This is the sixth southern tour in his lifetime, and it is also the last southern tour to escape the palace for the abolition of the crown prince, the prince's struggle, and the right and wrong of the hundred officials.

On June 16, the emperor left Beijing. In addition to the ministers Zhang Tingyu and Xiao Yongzao, he brought dozens of imperial guards such as Liu Tiecheng and Yang Dazhuang, and the eunuch Li Dequan was old, and Xing Nian led a group of small eunuchs and palace maids to serve Kangxi's daily life. Of course, there are also two battalions of green battalions under Wu Dan, guarding the emperor's itinerary in the dark. On this southern tour, Kangxi first went to Wutai Mountain as usual, and then went east to Mount Tai to worship, and then took a boat along the canal to the south.

When he first came out of the Forbidden City, Kangxi was in a very bad mood and kept silent. It wasn't until he came down from Mount Tai that the imperial boat walked in the blue-blue-green secluded canal, the Yellow River in Shandong was clear, and the more south the green mountains and green waters, the more intoxicating it was, Kangxi smiled and said: "Liu Tiecheng, call Zhang Tingyu on the official ship behind me and accompany me to play a game." ”

Liu Tiecheng asked the boatmen on the imperial boat to slow down the rudder oars, and when the official ship behind them approached, Liu Tiecheng jumped over with a flying leg, and gave a thousand to Zhang Tingyu, who was reviewing the folds, and said:

"Zhang Zhongtang, long live you to go to the imperial ship to talk."

Zhang Tingyu instructed his followers to collect and inspect the chapters, and followed Liu Tiecheng to the imperial ship, and Xing Nian had already set up the chessboard.

At this time, the boat is about to arrive at the town of Lok Ma Lake. While Kangxi was talking, he talked to Zhang Tingyu about Chen Sesame Rotten Peas on his first southern tour. It's nothing more than a private interview with a microserver, how thrilling and exciting, full of dangers, but in the end, it is always full of merit. Kangxi nodded and smiled at Liu Tiecheng:

"Let's just say that Liu Tiecheng, a master of the big interior, was just a water thief. I paid a private visit to the house of the imperial businessman Han Chunhe, and it happened that he came to patronize it. Haha, Tie Cheng, I have always wanted to ask you, why did you cry so many tears that Han Liu recognized her as her sister at that time? ”

"It's the master Hongfu!" Tie Cheng remembered the past, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Long live the Lord is a star in the sky, put Tie Cheng in the mortal world and became a Jiangyang thief, as soon as the master arrives, even the devil has to wash his hands in a golden basin to serve his master." ”

"Hehe," Kangxi Huanyue, "If you don't wash your hands that night, the Han family will bleed and suffer." ”

Zhang Tingyu took the opportunity to admonish:

"It is extremely natural for the Holy Son of Heaven to help each other. However, it is not appropriate to wade into danger lightly with the king of ten thousand times. Long live the time when he broke into Aobai Mansion alone, Shanxi Shahe Fort was encountered, Luoma Lake turned evil into good fortune, and Taihu Lake was shocked again, which was all suspenseful things. The beggar emperor went out on patrol this time, and the nine layers of vertical arches were strictly guarded, and it seemed that it was not appropriate to bring three or two attachés, and the cloth and soap clothes were swaggering through the market. ”

"Tingyu's words are wrong!" Kangxi secretly "generalized" an "army", and laughed loudly, "If you don't pay for a private visit, how can you steal the camp and rob the village?" Heng Chen—" he pushed the chessboard and triumphantly, "Let's play the next game!" Without the night visit of Shahebao microservice, it is difficult for me to know the suffering of the world; Without the change of Niujie Temple, how can the Hui people in the world be stabilized? Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven who does not harm the people, the Son of Heaven who is sympathetic and loves the people, has no reason to be afraid of the people. I'm afraid—" He suddenly swallowed back the words "woe to Xiao Wall". With such a beautiful scenery, I don't want to let those red-eyed brothers in the Forbidden City corrupt Yaxing.

Zhang Tingyu's chess was a few moves higher than Kangxi's, but he played a few stinky chess pieces in his heart, so that Banzai won by luck. At the end of the second game, he still played chess absentmindedly and said: "Although what Long Live said makes sense, Lu Longqiyuan also likes micro-services, and he has suffered the loss of micro-services, so he didn't dare to make a private visit anymore." ”

"Lu Longqi is a rare clean official, but he can't be an official." Kangxi knew that Zhang Tingyu had a distraction, and he was pressing, "The officials are getting bigger and bigger, but he is getting smaller and smaller." When you get to Jiyuan, you open the way to him. ”

When the imperial ship arrived at Jiyuan County, it was already dusk. A group of civil and military officials, gentlemen and elders looked at the slowly docked imperial ship and kowtowed and bowed, and the mountain shouted long live. Kangxi showed up on the deck of the imperial ship, beckoned, and went into the imperial cabin to rest. enjoyed the scenery on the boat, met with local officials, and played three games with Zhang Tingyu, and he was indeed tired after not closing his eyes all day.

Zhang Tingyu stood on the bow of the boat and asked on the shore:

"Who is the Jiyuan County Commander?"

A person walked out of the provincial officials, stepped forward and replied with Qian'er: "In the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, the top three Jinshi, Jiyuan County Ling Wan Binghui, meet Lord Zhongtang, and ask the emperor Jin'an, long live!" ”

Unexpectedly, Wan Binghui, the nearly forty-year-old Ling of Jiyuan County, is still Zhang Tingyu's fellow scholar. A seven-grade county order, a prime minister, the disparity is staggering. Zhang Tingyu said softly: "Good life as an official." Although your predecessor Lu Longqi was dismissed for committing crimes, you must learn from him to be honest and upright. Is Lu Longqi here? ”

In the shadow of the lights on the shore, people's heads drilled, and after a while, an old man in cloth in his sixties walked a few steps on his knees, kowtowed and replied:

"The criminal minister Lu Longqi greets Lord Zhongtang."

"You come up." Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand and pulled Lu Longqi onto the imperial boat, and the officials on the shore talked about it, I don't know how Lu Longqi, who was dismissed, was so valued by the prime minister.

They didn't know that this was the emperor's holy decree, asking Zhang Tingyu to teach Lu "the way of being an official".

Kangxi pretended to sleep on the mat in the inner cabin, Zhang Tingyu pulled Lu Longqi and sat down in the outer cabin, and the little eunuch served tea.

"Please," Zhang Tingyu took a sip of tea and said, "No need to be formal, when did you leave Beijing?" ”

"The criminal returned to the county on the eighth day of the fifth month." Lu Longqi wore a single robe and gray horse coat, washed white, and wore a pair of "angry cow" cloth shoes. With a clear face, he bowed down and replied, "The ministry is asking the minister to serve in front of the Xining army, because the local gentry and people are boycotting the market, and there is a fear of accidents, so the minister will return to the county to pacify and then set off." ”

"A ministerial meeting is a ministerial meeting," because of the emperor's clear will, Zhang Tingyu said confidently, "Long live haven't spoken yet." Xining is cold, your body is not suitable to go......"

"Not going?"

"Do you still want to go?"

"I don't want to. But—"

"You!" Zhang Tingyu cried and laughed, "So incorruptible, but he can't be an official." I remember that you are a second-class scholar who passed on the Jinshi, and was appointed by the Hanlin Academy to divide the lake and salt road, touched the head of the salt lord, and was demoted to the prefect of Fengyang, and then deposed the county order of Jiyuan, and now you can't even make the county order, you are dressed in cloth, and you have to go to Xining. ”

"Zhongtang thinks it's ridiculous, but his subordinates think it's pathetic!" Lu Longqiyan said unexpectedly, "If you offend the salt owl, the Daotai can't be built; If there is no money to send it to the domain, the prefect will not be able to do it; Wouldn't it be sad to let go of the filial son and not be able to do it in the county? ”

"You're too high-minded, and you're guilty of the common mistake of a scholar. Some things have to be flexible. ”

"Flexible?" Lu Longqi protested disapprerovingly, "The king's law is greater than the sky, how else can it be flexible?" ”

"The so-called flexibility does not mean that you are corrupt and pervert the law." Zhang Tingyu slowly enlightened and said, "For example, in the case of filial piety, why did you let him out of prison without permission? The county orders all over the world are learning from you, don't mess up? Yu Jackie Chan has also been punished for this kind of thing, why should you repeat the mistakes of the past? If the filial son does not repay his debts, he will be exiled for a thousand miles according to the law, you sympathize with him, get the county office, and put him in the yoke for three months, won't it be over? Besides, you are a parent official, find the plaintiff to dredge up, and you can withdraw the lawsuit. Can you put yourself in it? To be an official, you must be both rigid and soft; It should be both round and square; If you eat the words 'loyal to the monarch and love the people' thoroughly, you will be invincible, and your official will become bigger and bigger. ”

Although Lu Longqi felt that this prime minister was cute and incredible, but after thinking about it carefully, the flow of thousands of miles and the flail for three months is a punishment that can be replaced, he is familiar with the legal code, and he is an old official, why didn't he think of it? couldn't help but glance at Zhang Tingyu with admiration, and said solemnly:

"Zhongtang is reasonable, but the criminals of the way of officials dare not agree."

Zhang Tingyu felt that this old guy was so pedantic and cute that he was so upright that he was unkind, so he opened his mouth for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

"You're a person," Kangxi walked out of the back cabin with a gold-sprinkled paper fan. He kept listening to the two with his eyes closed, and the more he listened, the more he felt that Lu Longqi was honest and commendable, so he came out to see what kind of character he was. As soon as Lu Longqi saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down and asked for peace. Kangxi put away the paper fan and pointed to Lu Longqidao:

"A righteous and virtuous minister must have a wise and self-fulfilling way! You have the ambition to serve the country, but you don't have the wisdom to be clear. If your life is not guaranteed, how can you be loyal to the court? When Li Qin was about to fall in the Tang Dynasty, Kuang Yong was in danger, which was called loyalty and wisdom. What is good for every dragon and Bigan, blindly foolish and loyal, leaving a name for himself through the ages, and putting the king in injustice? Look at Zhang Tingyu in front of me, and you will understand this truth. ”

Lu Longqi was embarrassed to say that he had read the books of sages and sages, but he repeatedly fought in the officialdom. He is the father of the "little prime minister" in front of him, the "old prime minister" Zhang Ying, and the two generations of prime ministers have boiled out, but he has been planted in cloth, can he say "loyal and wise"? He was bowing his head in contemplation, nodding and saying "yes", but Kangxi sighed and said: "You kneel down, while the dismissal is fine, it will be good to rest for a few days." Then I have a will. ”

The ship lifted anchor, and the night was dark. Zhang Tingyu returned to the official ship, looked at the gurgling water, and was still thinking about Kangxi's "loyal and wise" words as an official. The so-called "official", just by looking at the meaning of the word, you know that the "minister" under the "宀", the emperor is the world, and he is a minister under the emperor, this is the official. If you are not only loyal to him, can he make you an official? The emperor's "family" relies on the support of the common people, not only the subordinates, but also the people love the people, and the people rebel, and you will not be an official for long. Only the word "self-preservation", Yuan also hazy had this thought, but unexpectedly said it from Kangxi's mouth, which was more profound than what he thought, clear and thorough, and benefited a lot.

There was no word that night.

The next day, the sky was bright and Kangxi got up, paced out of the cabin to look, but saw a black house not far away, and there was a faint sound of the river rushing and whistling. Review of Liu Tiechengdao:

"Arrived in the town of Lompahu?"

Liu Tiecheng, who made his career here, replied:

"Yes, there is Lok Ma Lake ahead. Long live the roar of the river, at this time the summer flood is booming, the thunder is rolling, and the sound is five miles away. If it weren't for Jin Fugong's opening of the Zhonghe River before his death, we would have to delay here again. ”

"Stop the boat! I'm going to walk along the embankment. You sent the message to Zhang Tingyu, and you, all changed into civilian clothes and followed. Kangxi said that, and went into the cabin.

After a while, the three people who walked ashore on the Banqiao: Kangxi, who was nearly sixty years old, was wearing a green single robe wrapped around his belt, Zhang Tingyu was wearing a royal blue robe, and Liu Tiecheng was dressed as a long follower. Zhang Tingyu, who has always been quite smiling about micro-services, shook his head and smiled: "It is said that he is rushing to take the exam, he is too old, and he is still going south; said that it was a business, but it was not a bit of a market execution. Where did this pair of master and servant come from? ”

"Strange words!" Kangxi also smiled, "You honestly followed." ”

As he spoke, he walked and came to the town unconsciously. Farmers, fishermen, porters, and peddlers from all over the world, carrying geese, ducks, meat, eggs, fish, vegetables and other agricultural products on their shoulders, came together, chattering and laughing all the way. Kangxi, who has been in the palace for a long time, was dizzy by the princes' struggle for power, and as soon as he stepped on the wet land in the countryside, he came into contact with the honest and simple villagers, and his ears and eyes were refreshing. There is a small slope at the head of the town, an old man is pushing rice uphill, Kangxi is on the car, while helping to make efforts, while chatting with the old man:

"Brother, are you going?"

"Huh? Ah......h

Liu Tiecheng saw that the emperor was helping to push the cart, and immediately went up and easily pulled the cart up. Kangxi shook his hand and followed, and continued to ask:

"How much is this rice?"

The old man relaxed, and replied with his hands open and his ears open:

"Three dollars for old rice, five dollars for new rice. Boss, do you want to buy rice? He looked back at Kangxi.

Kangxi didn't squeak, but looked at Zhang Tingyu. Zhang Tingyu's heart sank, and the governor of the river reported to the household department, the price of rice was between eight yuan and one tael, and more than half of the extra silver was swallowed by them? Here the river governor is Yinyu's subordinate, and the fourteenth master is also greedy, how dare he provoke it? Kangxi just pretended to grab the rice in his hand and saw it, but he didn't say a word.

"Where are you sending this rice?" Zhang Tingyu took a step forward to keep up with the old man with the cart, determined to find out.

"Zhang Ge is in the old mansion."

"You're his tenant?" Zhang Tingyu asked quietly.

"Yes and no."

"At first glance?"

"I have land."

"What kind of tenant should you be if you have land?"

"You're an outsider, aren't you?"

"Not bad."

"According to the rules of the Long Live Lord, the elders of the Pavilion and the scholars of the Xiucai can be exempted from rent and tax, right?" The old man propped up the car and said as he walked, "We are three brothers, just one single seedling." Once all of them are returned to heaven, won't the tax of the three households be pressed on Dumiao? Do you want to be a tenant or a farmer? ”

Kangxi, who was following behind, was stunned. Zhang Tingyu watched the old man push the cart uphill, returned to Kangxi's side and said:

"Your Majesty—"

Kangxi gestured to stop Zhang Tingyu, and "shh

"Call the master, don't forget our identity?"

"Yes, master," Zhang Tingyu understood that Kangxi was angry, and not only did the river governor "eat black", but also the drawbacks of "rent-free tax", which made many officials and gentry exploit the landed peasants and sink into tenants, he took the opportunity to admonish, "It seems that there are many loopholes in land rent and grain prices, and the household department must come up with a way, and the circle of tax exemption must be strictly controlled and narrowed, so that there will be no loopholes to exploit." The price of food must also be further verified, so that the corrupt do not profit from it......"

"These things," Kangxi said as he walked, "You should hurry up and come up with a way to hand over the imperial approval." You first drafted an edict on behalf of the 'master' to strictly punish the 'lord' of all localities for loving the people and supporting the people, and not to increase the rent of the common people, and to exempt those who can be exempted, and to make the people rich and the country strong. When you get back to the ship, you will draw up an edict and send it out on the way to the ship. ”

"Yes, sir." That's what Zhang Tingyu wants.

In order to reduce the burden of the people and calm the people's hearts, the edict drafted by Zhang Tingyu was released to the world in less than a few days. The edict said:

I have been in the world for 50 years, sincerely thinking of the people as the foundation of the state, and the government is supporting the people. Tens of thousands of rents have been made

10,000, with the rest of thrift, for the Hongze of the solution. However, the people's livelihood is not exhausted, and the good ones are born teeth

The day is multiplying, and the land is not beneficial. Yipei Hongshi, by cultivating people's strength. Since the 50th year of Kangxi, the world's money has been exempted

Grain, three years and partial. Zhili, Fengtian, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan,

The money and grain in the nine provinces of Guizhou are found to be completely exempt. Over the years, it has been eliminated as a whole. A total of fifty-one years, five

Twelve years should be excluded from the province, and then the purpose of the time. Local officials and observators should be the body of righteousness, solid

Love to raise, a few liters of Ping Leli can be signed. The text arrived, and a total of publications were engraved, and the salty envoys heard it.

Besides, Kangxi and his entourage left the old man in the cart and walked into the crowded streets and alleys of the town, Kangxi was still annoyed by what he heard, and his mood was naturally not as happy as when he first got off the boat. Zhang Tingyu opened the way in front, and Liu Tiecheng arched in the back. The car hit someone, Zhang Tingyu reminded Kangxi:

"Master, there are a lot of people, be careful."

Kangxi's eyes wandered the street scenery, and there was not much change from the first time he came here on his southern tour. sighed in my heart, I can't just listen to the farts that sing praises to virtue below, twenty-five years have passed, and the ministers and officials are full of flowers, but when I look at it on the spot, it is still the yellow flowers of the past. At that time, I heard three cannons in the north of the town, and there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo. The flow of people suddenly poured north, and someone shouted: "The emperor's imperial ship is on the shore, go and see it!" A group of people rushed over and squeezed Kangxi to the side of the road, and he held Liu Tiecheng and said:

"Go to the tea shop over there and sit down, don't be washed away, what about Hengchen?"

Zhang Tingyu squeezed over and grabbed Kangxi and dragged him into the teahouse. Because people rushed to see the emperor, there were few people left in the teahouse.

"Three guests! Sit inside—" The cousin shouted and walked over. Zhang Tingyu glanced at a middle-aged man on a table nearby, with his chest open, straddling a thick corbel on the stool, drinking tea, chewing sesame cakes carelessly. Zhang Tingyu chose an empty table near the window, as if he was really a master or something, and said to Kangxi:

"Sir, sit here."

Kangxi and Zhang Tingyu sat down, and Liu Tiecheng stood behind the "master" and waited. The cousin sang with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, the emperor's imperial ship will have to pass under this window sooner or later, you see!" What kind of tea to order? Here Longjing, before the rain, Junshan Silver Needle, Pu'er, what do you want. Dim Sum? ”

Zhang Tingyu ordered refreshments. Kangxi looked at people and scenery absentmindedly, and then listened to an old guy next to him say something interesting, and he actually listened to it.

"You know what? Nowadays, the official top is much more fashionable than before. The old guy wears a gray melon skin hat and a mouse's beard, but his speech is like ringing a bronze bell, sonorous and full of confidence, "The red top alone has produced blood red, paper red, silver red, old red, happy red, well, and so on!" ”

"You give 20,000 silver," the duck next to him screamed sharply, "The old man will also get you a piece to wear, do you believe it or not?" ”

"I believe, I believe," said the mouse, grinning, "what can't be bought now?" The beautiful name is called 'donating officials', saying that the text is called selling the official mantle, to put it bluntly, it is to take the money to buy a flower feather, what do you say this official deserves, what is the value of the crown? “

"Mr. Wang Qi, you can't eat swan meat and say that swan is sour," the other fat old man sneered, "why don't you also buy a red top and replace it with a broken melon skin hat?" ”

"I'm going to put that on," the rat laughed, "then I'm not going to call Wang Qi, I'm going to call Wang Ba!" ”

The old guys laughed uncontrollably.

"Hehe, how many of the officials are not 'Wang Ba'?"

"No officials, no greed! No official or lewd, a gang of 'Wang Ba'! ”

“……”

Zhang Tingyu blushed and purple when he heard this, and he was extremely nervous. For fear that Kangxi would be furious and expose his identity, there was only Liu Tiecheng in front of him, how could he be good? He was about to get up and go to the old guy at the table, but Kangxi grabbed him. As soon as the laughter stopped, the rat whisker named "Wang Qi" said with a straight face:

"Actually, when it comes to topping, there have been rules since the Qing Dynasty: those who have made military exploits should be 'Zhenghong'; as for blood red, like Wu Junmen's suppression of sea bandits, there are only about 30 serious water bandits, but he killed more than 800 people in Yantai at once. This is called dyeing the red top with human blood, so naturally it is called 'blood red'......"

"What about 'Hi Hong'?"

"It's a coincidence. Aiming at which prince is young, giving birth to a child, turning one year old, making a fuss about the bride price, naturally I want to reward you with a red top, which is called 'happy red'. ”

"What is 'Old Red'?"

"Regardless of Beijing officials and foreign officials, being a monk in the sky and hitting the heavenly bell, do not seek merit, but seek no fault, slowly boil the qualifications, and go to the old top to be naturally red, called 'old red'."

"Mr. Wang is so well-informed!" The fat old man sighed, "I entered the field at the age of more than ten years, and now I have gray hair and am still a child, so I can be described as an 'old boy'." Kangxi, Zhang Tingyu and Liu Tiecheng couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh when they heard this, and the "old boy" changed his words, "It's just like the Feng Governor here, seeking this river governor for a bad time, first asking for the fourteenth master, and then asking for a certain book, he is a Fujian person, a good male pet." Feng Shuai sent eight prostitutes over, and his sweetheart and liver concubine Shui Ling Lingnen also sent the tenth master, what kind of red did your brother say this is? ”

Wang Qimouse patted the melon skin hat, and his eyes under the brim flashed slyly, and suddenly slapped the table, and shouted:

"Yes, this can be described as 'flesh red'!"

There was another burst of laughter. Zhang Tingyu also laughed, the guy turned his back to him, didn't see his face clearly, and only scolded in his heart: "Bad old man, it's so bad!" He frowned again after laughing. Kangxi was about to speak, but he saw a middle-aged man sitting alone with an open chest walking over, staring at the four laughing old men, and said in a vicious tone:

"Rise, you guys, come with me!"

Everyone was stunned, but the one named Wang Qi was calm, rolled his triangular eyes, and asked, "The gentleman is not close to the kitchen." I don't know my husband in my life, what do you have to do? ”

"I'm the head of the river mark of the River Governor's Mansion, what did you just say that Feng Governor Shuai is a 'flesh red top', then I'll take you to meet the adults!"

Wang Qi didn't eat that set at all, and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"Your Excellency is mistaken! The River Governor's Mansion is far away in Qingjiang, coming and going for hundreds of miles, who is entangled? The old man should have a lawsuit, and he must have a summons from the county government yamen, and it won't be your turn to ......"

"Feng Shuai will take over here, you don't have to go to Qingjiang-" Hebiao threatened with a smile, "I have already seen that you are a leading Diao people, know each other, don't toast and don't eat and drink." ”

Kangxi was listening with interest, but unexpectedly, a guy who came out of the dog and the power of the people lost his interest, and he couldn't help but be angry. At this time, the fat old man stood up, took out a few silver horns from his cuffs and handed them to the general manager of Hebiao, and said calmly: "I'm sorry, it's all because I drank too much horse urine and didn't speak deeply...... Don't laugh, petty, raise your hand! ”

"Don't give!" Wang Qiyi stopped the fat old man, and turned to the chief rat whisker and shouted angrily, "I said that the surname Feng is a flesh-red top!" Flesh red top! How dare you take the master? ”

"Someone's coming!" The general shouted out of the door, and five or six big men rushed in. Seeing the excitement, they also crowded in, and Zhang Tingyu was really a little panicked in the chaos, and complained in his heart that the emperor should not take risks.

But Wang Qi suddenly laughed out loud and shouted:

"Stand down! Didn't you hear the drums over there? The emperor's imperial ship is about to arrive, who dares to rush into the royal driver? According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, it is a capital crime! If you are not afraid of death, come! I let go of my voice and shouted injustice, let's argue in front of the long-lived lord and see what color the top surnamed Feng is! ”

Sure enough, the river pacesetters who rushed in were all frightened and retreated. Kangxi was secretly funny, he couldn't imagine that this ugly old ghost was so anxious to get wise, and he fought against his forces to suppress the river governor, and one person wisely retreated several times the enemy. On the battlefield, it is better than Zhuge Liang's "empty city plan".

"You have a kind, take it!" In addition to being annoyed, he sneered, "Shop, I have contracted this store, and I will pay the bill!" No one outside is allowed to enter, no one is allowed to go out, wait for the royal ship to pass, hehe......"

"So much better!" Old man Wang smiled and said to him, "Wait a minute, there will be no water here, there are people everywhere, let's take advantage of the chaos and leave." If you dare to stop you, we will shout the same, just afraid that the emperor's guards will not know you and will hold you as a robber. Click-" He wiped his neck, "cut the eating guy, haha......"

The one always touched his neck, thinking that there was nothing he could do about it, so he got up and stomped his feet and left. As soon as Kangxi opened his mouth, Liu Tiecheng pounced, grabbed his shoulder and shouted:

"Hey, you said you paid the bill, why did you just leave?" said a slap in the face, the one always stumbled, knowing that he had met an opponent today, he paid the bill honestly, without saying a word, and slipped on the watermelon skin.

Seeing Kangxi slapping his palms and laughing, Wang Qi walked over and said kindly: "You guys should go quickly, this has become a place of right and wrong." Now he can't do anything about us, and he will come back as soon as the holy car leaves......"

Kangxi said with interest: "What are you afraid of, the world is the world of Emperor Kangxi......" Wang Qi immediately stopped Kangxi's mouth: "Taboo, taboo!" You can't call the name of the Holy One. Kangxi smiled, knowing that he was almost exposed, he turned his face and said: "Shandong Liu Gongbao and Anhui Yin Zhitai are all my friends, even the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother also have a little friendship with the old man." What kind of thing is Feng! I haven't heard enough of what you've said, so if you don't give up, follow us to the post house to talk about it, how about it? ”

The four old men came to their senses, and Wang Qi said happily:

"Ah, I dare to meet a noble person today. It's the minister at the bottom, no wonder his magnanimity is so high. "Come on—" he turned to the three old men, "and go home quickly, and by the way tell my landlord that the gentleman has something to do, and tell him to close the board—please!" After that, he raised his hand and followed Kangxi and Zhang Tingyu towards the post house. Zhang Tingyu led the way in front, and glanced back at Wang Qi from time to time, always feeling a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.