More than half a year after Fang Bao returned the gold to the mountain - one afternoon in winter, a green sedan chair was carried into the poor house of Changchun Garden. Zhang Tingyu got down from the tightly covered sedan chair and said to Long Keduo, the commander of the small Jingshi infantry army who came in with the sedan chair:

"Follow me!"

After entering the Kangxi Palace, Zhang Tingyu, who was demoted two levels and only kept walking in the study, seemed to be in power, and ordered Xing Nian, all the imperial doctors, eunuchs, and palace maids to withdraw from the palace to avoid.

After clearing the field, he opened the curtain and came to Kangxi's couch and said softly:

"Hooray, Roncodo is here!"

"Call him in."

Long Keduo knelt down and walked in, shouted Long live, please be safe, looked up, and couldn't believe it: Kangxi, who was half-lying on the pillow in a kimono, was so thin that he only had a handful of bones left, his face was gray and dark, and he was still coughing.

Kangxi didn't give a "flat body", and after coughing violently for a while, he said to Zhang Tingyu:

"Read it to him!"

"Piercing!" Zhang Tingyu took out two copies of the edict from a small gold-skinned box next to Kangxi's pillow, unfolded it in his hand, and read it word by word:

"The Chalong Kodo Party is attached to the emperor's brother, and the government is chaotic and harms the people, and he will be killed! Chin this! ”

Long Keduo was immediately paralyzed to the ground in fright, and he couldn't imagine that he was summoned into the palace in order to give death! Thanks to his military background, he broke out in a cold sweat, calmed down, and kowtowed for a long time to thank him:

"The slave is guilty...... Decree ...... Shane ......"

"How?" Kangxi asked coldly, "Is there anything you can distinguish?" ”

"Tong's relatives, Jiu Mu Junen." Long Keduo cried and cried, "For more than ten years, there have been many people who have attached themselves to the eighth elder brother, long live the Sacred Heart. Because the slave has been sluggish since childhood, he has a strong temperament, and he offends his own clan, and he cannot be tolerated by the clan master Tong Guowei...... The emperor went west to conquer Geerdan, and the slave escaped from Kobdo with the emperor, and was served as a guerrilla by Tejian, because he resisted the son of Tong Guowei, who escaped from the battle...... Because of this minion, the minion has been repeatedly squeezed out by Tong Guowei......"

The more Long Kedo talked, the more sad he became, and he couldn't help himself. Kangxi remembered that past, and the two lines of old tears secreted out silently, if it wasn't for Long Keduo's desperate escort, he would have gone to see Lord Shunzhi a long time ago. Just because of this relationship, he has been training Long Keduo for more than 20 years, and now he wants to hand over his only hope to him.

"I know this," Kangxi said with a smile on his face, "I hope this edict is not needed, and Zhang Tingyu will hold it." Heng Chen, you read another edict! ”

Zhang Tingyu nodded silently, and then read:

"With Long Keduo entering the Zhengyi Pin, the crown prince Taibao, the minister of the guard, and the minister of the upper study, he is still the commander of the Beijing Division. Chin this! On the third day of October in the sixty-first year of Kangxi. Chin this! ”

"Ahh Long Keduo was startled, "Hooray...... This? ”

Kangxi sat up with Zhang Tingyu's support, coughed dryly, and said:

"I have given you all the sorrows and sorrows of life and death. The reason why I chose you as the minister of the orphan is also a last resort. If you obey the last word, the previous edict will be gone; If you do not hold office and disobey the edict, the day the new king ascends the throne will be your death! Zhang Tingyu is the same, he also has two copies of such an edict! ”

"Long live the ......" Long Keduo leaned over and cried silently, "Let the minions go for you......"

"Life and death are in heaven, how can there be a substitute?" Kangxi beckoned, "Come, you two come here." He fumbled and took out two small golden keys from under the pillow, and handed them to Zhang Tingyu and Long Keduo, "This is the key to the small golden treasure hidden behind the plaque of 'Zhengda Guangming', and only two pieces are inserted into the keyhole at the same time to open the golden treasure of the Tibetan throne." Although the key is small, there is a clear country hidden inside! ”

Zhang Tingyu and Long Keduo took the golden key, knelt down and kowtowed together:

"Hurrah rest assured! The country has been unified for thousands of years, and it can't be wrong! ”

Kangxi probably suddenly remembered the meteorite that Yinyu gave him, a crazy grin, and a violent cough, and suddenly fell on the soft couch......

A heavy snowfall is coming.

This is the first day of November in the sixty-first year of Kangxi, except for the three imperial elder brothers Yinzhen, Yinren, and Yinxiang who have been imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, and Yinzhen, who has been ordered to go to the Zongren Mansion to rescue Yinxiang from prison, the other adult imperial elder brothers are all sitting in Yunsongxuan in Changchun Garden, waiting for the summons of the sick Emperor Ama.

Zhang Tingyu walked in, the brothers hurriedly stood up, and Yinzhi stepped forward and asked:

"Zhang Xiang, is there a purpose?"

"The emperor seems to be slightly better today, and I want to meet you." Zhang Tingyu said, "Please come in!" ”

Yinxi, who had been captured a few times, turned pale and blue with excitement as he walked. This "Eight Sage King", who is bent on inheriting the throne, has all preparations outside: the Fengtai garrison of 30,000 troops and horses is ready to come and surround Changchun Garden just after an order. Although Long Keduo's side did not respond to the policy, it had guaranteed that the nine cities of Gyeonggi would not send a single soldier. With a few thousand green battalion soldiers in Wudan alone, the plan could not be resisted. There is only one Yinzhen outside the park who can influence the situation, and once the Fengtai soldiers arrive, they will immediately capture the fourth...... Everything is ready, just wait for my father...... No matter whether there is an edict or not, whoever passes on the edict will become a dead letter!

Zhang Tingyu led the way in front and entered the poor dormitory. At that time, Kangxi had another violent dry cough, and Zhang Tingyu, Li Dequan and Xing Nian immediately pounced on him and gently pounded him. Zhang Tingyu said while pounding:

"Master, the third elder brother led you to invite you to come here......

The princes were already kneeling in front of the couch, and Yinzhi took the lead in kowtowing and said:

"Say hello to the Emperor!"

Kangxi glanced at more than a dozen sons with his eyes, and asked Zhang Tingyu with a dying breath:

"Old ...... Old Fourteen, didn't you receive the order? ”

Zhang Tingyu replied in a low voice: "The Fourteenth Master just returned to the capital yesterday, so I can get there later." ”

"Then, that ......" Kangxi turned over, turned his face to the sky and ordered, "Then you can read the edict!" ”

Zhang Tingyu agreed, took out the thick decree from the golden box, bowed to Kangxi, cleared his throat, and read aloud to the princes:

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Since ancient times, the lord has ......"

All the elder brothers were confused, this edict was like a "Analects", and it was quoted from the side, and it was also headless and tailless. Yinxi knew that he was trapped in the city of sorrow, and the news could not be transmitted, so he fell for the old man's tricks. Looking back at Yinyu and Yinyu, I also scratched my ears and sweated all over my face. Yin Xi's heart was horizontal, and he wanted to relieve himself for a while, and walked outside. At the door, he was stopped by Wu Dan.

Zhang Tingyu finally finished reading the edict and shouted with the princes.

"Do you hear me?" Kangxi struggled half of his body and asked, moving slightly, a mouthful of phlegm suffocated him and his face was blue and purple. Seeing that he was no longer good, Yin Yu dared to kowtow and said:

"I heard it clearly, why didn't I say who I passed the throne to?"

The green tendons on Kangxi's forehead jumped up, and he couldn't speak for a long time. It took a while before he muttered a sentence: "Damn...... Brute ......"

Yin Zhen smiled weirdly on the side: "Amma, don't be angry, Lao Jiu is not wrong in what he asked." Since it's a testament, it's natural to talk about the important thing of establishing a new monarch......"

Kangxi gritted his teeth and smiled evilly. Suddenly, he grabbed the rosary next to the pillow and threw it at Yinyi, and shouted viciously: "Pass, pass...... Ten...... Ten ......" Before he finished speaking, his eyes darkened, and he fell to the couch and knew nothing.

There was immediately chaos in the temple. The doctor pounced, took the pulse, and rescued the rescue. After a while, the doctor who was supporting the pulse was letting go of Kangxi's hand and staring at Zhang Tingyu and said:

"Hooray...... Crashed! ”

In the midst of a howl and cry inside and outside the hall, Yinzhen and Yinxiang walked in. Yinxiang's eyes were already swollen from crying, but he was not crying for his father, but the palace maids Alan and Sister Qiao, who were martyred for him. They all drank doves and died!

Emperor Kangxi was sorted out by the palace people, as if he was asleep, and his face was slightly flushed before he died. It's just that he has lost a lot of weight, his cheekbones are high, and his gray beard is upturned towards the sky, and he seems to be appealing to the sky: I have raised a lot of princes, why are there few successful ones, all of them are a group of mad dogs, brothers bite each other, and even a prince who has passed on the throne will not die well! Heavens, is this heaven's retribution!

Yinzhen and Yinxiang, who came in at the end, threw themselves on the body of Huang Ama, hissing and crying, Yinzhen fainted and fell to the ground, and was helped down by Li Dequan and Xing Nian. Yinxiang suddenly opened his arms, hugged the motionless body of Kangxi, and let out a heart-rending howl: "Amma! Ama ...... Wake up, wake up...... Yes! Huang Ama ...... My son Yinxiang is not filial, he didn't serve you well for a day, and he made you angry......"

Yinzhen, Yinzhen, Yinxiang I saw Yinzhen and Yinxiang walk in sooner or later, and there was a nameless fire in my heart. Seeing that one was crying and the other was still crying hysterically, Yinyu came up and said without yin or yang:

"Why are you crying when people are dead?"

In fact, Yinzhen's fainting was fake, he took the opportunity to help him go down to rest, and coldly looked at the style of the audience brother, and suddenly found that Lao Ba's eyes showed a murderous aura, a fierce light. Knowing that he was about to make a move, he dragged Yinxiang down, quietly stuffed a token of "Ru I am here" into his hand, and said loudly in public: "Thirteenth brother, you go down and rest!" He turned his back and whispered, "You go to the Fengtai camp quickly, and everything will go according to the plan!" ”

After Yinxiang went down to "rest", Yinzhen came to Zhang Tingyu, wiped away his tears and said:

"Zhang Zhongtang, since his father has died, everything depends on the ministers of the previous dynasty and his uncle and prince. Do the princes of the clan, Beizi, and Shizi already know? ”

Before Zhang Tingyu could answer, another cry sounded outside. The emperor's grandchildren, Hongshi, Hongli, Hongsheng, Hongsheng and the prince of the clan, Baylor, and Beizi cried and cried throughout the poor house.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Zhang Tingyu saw that the head of the Zongren Mansion, the prince, and the emperor's grandchildren were almost there, so he took a step forward and raised his voice, "And please stop mourning, the emperor still has a will before his death, and he has been promoted to the commander of the infantry army, Long Keduo, as the minister of the guard and the minister of the upper study." The minion and Long Keduo are both ministers of life! As soon as the words fell, the hall was shocked, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the former prime minister who would decide the fate of the throne, and some were still searching for Long Keduo.

Zhang Tingyu's face was pale, and he coughed lightly and continued: "There is also the edict of the posthumous position, which is placed behind the plaque of the Zhengda Guangming in the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City. Long Keduo, Li Dequan, Xing Nian, and Yang Dazhuang are going to fetch them. The country can't be without a king for a day, the big position is certain, and it will be good to take care of the aftermath for Banzai. ”

"Zhang Xiang!" Yinyi, who was kneeling, suddenly asked, "Why is there still an edict?" Long live before the death of the man, we were all there, and we said ten, ten to our faces...... It must be the fourteenth elder brother! ”

Yinzhen tilted my head and said, "Oh! Why didn't I hear that? I only heard Banzai say that the tenth elder brother was passed on, and I also rewarded the ninth brother with a string of pearls, is that not a certificate? Yinzhen and Yinzhen didn't say a word, the former was ruthless, as if he was extremely sad, and his hands trembled slightly; The latter's cold gaze widened, and Yin Yu immediately raised the string of pearls and said, "I hear it most clearly, long live is called Chuan Shi...... Ten...... The word 'four' swallowed before he could say anything. ”

Yinyi's neck stiffened, and he said angrily: "You can't talk nonsense! That's when Ama asked the fourteenth elder brother if he had come back, and he hadn't said anything about the succession at all. Later, Long Live clearly said, pass, pass on the fourth elder brother! ”

"That's to tell the fourth child to come to see him off," Yinzhi suddenly moved his heart, and said, "The word 'bit' is not said behind the word." Now that there is an edict, it should be subject to the edict. ”

"It's the fourth elder brother!"

"It's the fourteenth elder brother!"

"Brother Ten!"

"Fourteenth elder brother!"

“……”

When there was a lot of noise here, the rosewood box behind the Zhengda Guangming plaque in the Qianqing Palace had been taken down by Yang Dazhuang and four guards who had set up a long ladder. Li Dequan and Xing Nian, the two chief and deputy chief eunuchs, took out the key from their waist bags, opened the lid of the box, and Long Keduo stretched out his hand and took out a shiny little gold kui. In the name of the Minister of the Guards and the Minister of the Upper Study, he gave an order: "Yang Dazhuang, all the guards of the Qianqing Palace will not move in place, guard the main hall!" Li Dequan and Xing Nian escorted the edict to Changchun Garden with the minister, and the princes were waiting there to read the edict! ”

Yang Dazhuang hesitated for a moment, but still called Long Keduo's martial arts and said, "General Tong, do you want me to send a few brothers to escort you?" ”

"I'm still the commander of the infantry army," Long Keduo glanced at Yang Dazhuang, "Admiral of the Nine Gates, are you still afraid that there will be no soldiers and horses to escort you?" ”

"Yes!" Yang Dazhuang retreated with interest.

Long Keduo and the two eunuchs originally came on horseback and left the Qianqing Palace, but they were replaced by two blue curtain four-horse long carriages. The two eunuchs sat in one, and Long Keduo got into the other.