Kangxi heard that the sedan chair arrived at Xiaoling, so he ordered the sedan chair to stop. Thirty-six brocade-clothed eunuchs shouted "oh-" on the ground, and the imperial sedan chair had landed smoothly. Kangxi walked down the felt steps slowly, and saw that a small hall with a mountain eaves was newly built next to the Shinto, and there were several beds inside, and the south wall was inlaid with large glass, although the hall was not big, it was very spacious and bright. Kangxi then walked in slowly, sat at the door of the hall, and felt very comfortable at the moment. Suddenly, he heard a bell ringing in the distance, and said with a smile: "Is there a temple here?" Sitting under the secluded mountain, listening to the meditation room homework, is it fun? ”

"There is a Linggu Temple here," Wei Dongting replied by bowing down the steps, "a famous ancient temple in Nanjing." Mingzhu asked Wei Dongting in a low voice: "This is where Brother Wu sits?" Wei Dongting glanced at Mingzhu, Wu Ciyou sat in Linggu Temple, last year when he entered Beijing, he had been presented to the Empress Dowager, Mingzhu was also in front of him at that time, the Empress Dowager was strict, and she was never allowed to leak it to the emperor and Su Malagu, Mingzhu was exposed in front of Kangxi at the moment, what does this mean?

Wei Dongting was stunned, Kangxi had already heard it, sat up straight and asked, "Who is sitting down?" Wei Dongting hurriedly said: "Mingzhu said that Tallinn is a place where monks sit, and he didn't say ......anything else" Kangxi sneered and said: "You have also learned to bully the king?" Mingzhu, what did you just say? Wei Dongting saw that Kangxi recognized the truth, so he had to kneel down and cry: "Slaves don't dare to lie; It was Mr. Wu Ciyou who sat in Linggu Temple in the month of the year before last...... Obey Lafayette's decree, I am afraid that the master will know about the sadness, and strictly order the slaves not to hear about it......"

Kangxi didn't squeak when he heard it, only his hands trembled a little, and he looked into the distance with the teacup in a distraction, as if his eyes were going to penetrate the continuous and lush hills, for a long time, Fang Chang sighed and asked again: "What did the son he left behind?" Wei Dongting pondered for a moment and said softly:

Breaking through the iron threshold, you can still see the mirror.

Now go to the West and burn this steamed bun stuffing!

Kangxi listened to the careful tasting, and when he saw Gao Shiqi beside him, he was stunned: "Gao Shiqi, what do you think this piece means?" ”

"Back to the emperor," although Gao Shiqi is funny and witty, he has read more and more in recent years, and he is quite restrained, and he knows that Kangxi respects Wu Ciyou in his life, so he doesn't dare to ridicule, and Zhengrong replied: "Fan Chengda's so-called 'even if there is a thousand-year-old iron threshold, there must be a soil steamed bun', the iron threshold is the threshold of life and death; ”

"yes...... Mr. Wu is not ordinary, after all, he went. But I don't have a mentor or friend...... Kangxi muttered, "...... Ask someone to check who else is in Mr. Wu's family, what is the family background, if there is a nephew who can be an official, there is a Si Song to recommend him. After speaking, he got up and walked along the road to Xiaoling. Wei Dongting hurriedly shouted: "The Holy Lord has started, and the drum music is waiting!" He turned around and complained to Mingzhu: "Mingxiang, how did you get it, it's so dignified!" Mingzhu smiled but didn't answer. Gao Shiqi said: "Since it is a mausoleum, there must be some tears, and Ming Xiang is thoughtful!" Suo Etu secretly thought in his heart, if you talk about figuring out the emperor's heart and serving errands, this pearl is indeed unique.

Kangxi walked north along the cobblestone-paved Shinto, getting higher and higher, and the tomb city of filial piety was close in sight. The gray big worship building, just like the arrow tower stands under the mountain mausoleum, the old city wall surrounded by pheasants has been surrounded by hundreds of years of wind and rain, gloomy and mottled land, at this time the road is cloudy and mossy and slippery, the poplar, the green maple is sad and the wind is sassy, in the music of the palace merchants, hundreds of worshippers chant in a low voice:

Welcome to Yongping. Ride the time, extremely long. Make the economy and show mediocrity. Always ancient and modern, one pinch; Yi Da Baoxi, slightly bowed; Yanghui is youxi, there is a strict palace. Yiqun Emperor Xi, the first first; Yu Ji is embarrassed, and the wind is ......

The low and mournful singing voice made Kangxi, who was already in a bad mood, even more sad. At this time, Yu Chengchan and Jin Fu led the officials of the yamen hall of various departments in Nanjing and hundreds of gentry and seniors to kneel on the side of the big worship hall to wait, and when they saw Kangxi coming in with a full face, their hearts sank.

"His Majesty Emperor Kangxi, the Son of Heaven of the Qing Dynasty, has arrived, and I would like to pay tribute to Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty!" When the celebrant saw Kangxi come in, he shouted in praise with his throat raised.

"The emperor loves Xinjue Luo Xuanye, only with the grace of not being shy, chatting about cloth Weichen, and bowing in front of the spirit of the Ming Taizu!" Kangxi seemed to calm down a little, took a step forward, took three sticks of Tibetan incense from the hands of the eunuch, lit the red candle, respectfully offered the tablet with Zhu Yuanzhang's temple number written on it, took two steps back, carefully lowered the horseshoe sleeve, knelt on the soft pier of the Ming Huang Yuan, kowtowed three times, and twice in a row - it was actually the Luo Tian gift of three kneeling and nine knocking!

The people invited by Nanjing to pay respects were all sixty or seventy-year-old old men, who had been officials in the former Ming Dynasty, and were quite resentful of the Manchurians' entry into the customs to "avenge the Ming" but occupying the magpie's nest. Today, I see that the current emperor has come thousands of miles to the court, respectfully serving the ancestral temple of the Ming Dynasty, and the lord of the prosperous world actually gave a courtier to the founding ancestor of the previous dynasty. Thinking of the impermanence of destiny and the vicissitudes of life, the Lord enjoyed this steaming taste under the spring and could be comforted, and all of them wept old tears.

Reading the sacrificial text with a trembling voice, Kangxi poured a bottle of sake to the spirit. Looking up at the lonely peak and peeling cemetery where Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, a sense of loneliness and coldness suddenly hit my heart again. Many things that I couldn't understand suddenly became clear. Ming Taizu started from Caolai as a monk of Huangjue Temple, and was slaughtered by him in a few years from the dragon ministers. Kangxi has never been able to figure out why he is so vicious and cruel for no reason. At this time, I was moved by the scene, and I realized that the emperor had no friends in the world, and it was not a fictitious word to call "lonely" and "widowed". He deliberately left Wu Ciyou not to be an official, and specially ordered Wu Ciyou to call himself "Long'er", and he also had the intention to leave this cloth teacher, but unexpectedly, he was also materialized and disappeared. Since then, there are few people in the sky and the world, how can the people of the world not be sad? Thinking of sadness, where can Kangxi still bear it? There was a sour heat in my heart, and tears rolled down like beads. The elders knew his mood, and they felt unbearable in their hearts, and the hall suddenly sighed.

Coming out of the Great Worship Hall, the day has passed after noon. The sun makes people's eyes glaze. Kangxi shed tears happily, his mood settled down a lot, and while walking down the stairs, he looked back at Suo Etu and said: "It's a pity! At the end of the day, it is impossible to escape that day! I don't know who in the future will be willing to shed a handful of tears in front of my spirit, and I will be satisfied! ”

"The emperor is in the prime of spring and autumn, and the holy life is boundless, why do you say such ominous words?" Gao Shiqi said, "The minister thinks that the emperor has lost his words!" Kangxi nodded and smiled reluctantly: "You are right." But what I'm saying is true. My mausoleum is selected in Zunhua, and you will go to see it later, you will have to carefully consider the ins and outs of the mountains and the geography, and when you come back to play me, it will be good to break ground. ”

Wei Dongting heard Kangxi say that the more unlucky he became, knowing that it was all caused by the death of Wu Ciyou, he hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Today's mausoleum is well done, but the emperor has been a matter of heart for many years, and how many old people have cried like tears, and he is satisfied with the master's temperament!" It's just that the hour is not early, and the sky seems to be changing, and it is time for the master to drive back to the city. Kangxi looked up, and saw that the thick clouds were gradually rising in the west half of the day, and suddenly came to the east, and the cloud shadow covered half of the mountain in the dark, and the mountain of vitex trees was undulating in the gust of wind, swaying uneasily. After a moment of silence, he said: "I am stationed in Linggu Temple tonight, leaving only Gao Shiqi and Wei Dongting and a cadre of guards to follow, and the car is still driving back to the city. I'm a little confused, I want to be quiet here. "Then I ordered to change my clothes.

Linggu Temple was originally one of the four ancient temples in Jinling, located in the bell valley outside the city, and the incense on weekdays is not inferior to the Pilu Temple. However, because Kangxi sacrificed filial piety, the day before yesterday all the idle tourists in the temple were driven into the city. At this time, it was nearly dusk, and it was cloudy, and it was very indifferent. Kangxi changed into plain clothes and sat in a sedan chair, and saw the gray Van Pagoda of Linggu Temple in the distance, and the novice in the temple was doing evening class, and the sound of cymbals and drums came faintly, which was particularly desolate.

Wei Dongting knew the abbot of the temple, and only said that he came to the temple to rest, and as soon as he made a move, he gave 50 taels of ingots. The old monk Kongxiang is a Taoist monk, and he does not greet or disturb, but only instructs the abbot of the tower to place Wei Dongting and his party in a meditation hall next to the tower tablet behind the temple.

After the evening fast, the sky has been dark, the empty mountains are lonely, the clouds are dark, and the surroundings are silent except for the faint whistling wind and the monotonous sound of wooden fish percussion. Kangxi saw that in the bookcase, the "Diamond Sutra", "Lotus Sutra", "Huayan Sutra", "Inner Canon Summary", "Lingqi Sutra", and "Five Lantern Huiyuan" Buddhist classics were full of sweat, so he took out a copy of "Passing the Lantern Record" from the shelf and flipped through it casually, thinking about his thoughts in a daze. Everyone knows that he is restless, where do they dare to disturb? Kangxi read the book for a while, and heard the rustling sound of rain outside, and walked out of the meditation hall to stand at the bottom of the steps, but saw a vague stalagmite-like relics pagoda in the rain curtain, all of which were the tombs of the senior monks of Linggu Temple, but I didn't know if there was Wu Ciyou. Thinking of the first meeting of teachers and students at He Guizhu Hotel more than 20 years ago, Wu Ciyou discussed fame and fame, Baiyun Guan Fu poems, and the past of Shangu living and reading tea, just like yesterday, I couldn't help but cry.

"Master," Wei Dongting saw Kangxi's injury in the wind, took out a jacket robe and gently put it on for him from behind, and whispered: "Mr. Wu's last wish is to raise his ashes in the Yangtze River, there is no ...... of his tomb here" Kangxi said lightly: "It's also kind if you don't play me." But you don't know, without Mr. Wu, how lonely I am in my heart! If the talent of governing the country is dead, it can be re-selected. When he goes, who else can call me 'Dragon'er'? Wei Dongting hurriedly wiped away his tears and said, "The master doesn't have to be too sad. Surveying the southeast first, and then determining the northwest is the great plan that Mr. Wu planned for the emperor, and he has done half of it. Mr. Wu is in the spirit of heaven, if he sees his master's deeds today, and he mourns deeply, he will be overjoyed. ”

The two monarchs and ministers were talking, when they suddenly heard Wu Dan, who was guarding in the distance, shouting viciously: "What kind of person, what are you doing?" Both of them were taken aback, and when they looked back, it was Mu Zixu who took the governor of Jiangsu, Yu Chenglong, to staggering through the mud. Seeing Kangxi standing in front of the steps, Yu Chenglong was busy kowtowing in the rain to say goodbye.

"Come in and talk," Kangxi saw that Yu Cheng Chan was drenched, turned around and entered the hall, sat on the wooden couch, "What's the matter?" - Pour him a cup of hot tea! ”

Yu Chenglong thanked him, took out a piece of paper from the page of his boots, and held it to Kangxi with both hands. When Kangxi took it, it was the newspaper handed over yesterday, saying that Jingshi Zhili had no rain and drought in January, and he couldn't help but smile: "I already knew about this matter." You're running for this baba? Yu Chenglong looked at it, Gao Shiqi was not in front of him, so he bowed his body and said loudly: "The lack of rain in Beijing is a warning from the sky, and the main villain blinds Shengcong!" The emperor will greatly boost the power of the heavens, and if he kills the pearl of the ministers who have misled the country, he will rain down! As soon as these words came out, Wei Dongting, Mu Zixu and the others were taken aback. Since Kangxi decided to withdraw the feudal domain in the twelfth year, it has been ten years since Mingzhu said nothing in front of Kangxi, and no minister has ever dared to make a war horse, which is bold for Jackie Chan!

Kangxi had no expression on his face, and after a while, Fang asked coldly, "How can you see it?" ”

"Your Majesty, it has not rained for a long time, and in the words of 'Yi', it is the '夬' hexagram that is exchanged for the upper part of the Qianxia, because the villain occupies Ding Xuan, so 'Tiantun Qi Cream' is dry and rainless." Yu Chengchan was confident, and said unhurriedly, "The sage set up the Tao to imply the principles of heaven and man, and what the minister said is not absurd, and there are facts to prove it." Mingzhu colluded with Xu Qianxue, Yu Guozhu and others to control the cabinet and bully and suppress them, which has become a big trend. The sentencing officials of all ministries are all commanded by Mingzhu's anger, saying that light is light, and saying that heavy is heavy, and the ministers of various ministries dare not speak out. The emperor sometimes has strict reprimands, but he also violates the yang and the yin, and he never knows how to change his ......" In Jackie Chan's Kankan words, the pearl is soft and charming on the outside, and the yin and sinister on the inside, all kinds of illegal things are turned out, "Does the emperor know? This year, the provinces have reported to His Majesty for the transfer of the Tao at the end of their terms, and all the vacancies are discussed! Three thousand taels of fat is missing, two thousand taels of medium is missing, one thousand taels of bitter shortage, and there is no silver to open a vacancy to be selected! It turned out to be genuine, Tong Suo was not deceived - Xia Qitong was originally a rich man in Shaanxi, and the examiner welcomed him in every way, because Mingzhu occasionally farted, and misheard it as Xia Qitong, and forcibly took him to lift people, and then donated to high-ranking officials. Imperial history Li Chengqian and Wu Zhenfang bluntly impeached, and they were immediately denounced......"

The more Kangxi listened, the more shocked he became, he had heard of what Jackie Chan said about Xia Qitong. Yu Jackie Chan is shaking off these now, some of Kangxi used to listen to them as jokes, and they knew a rough idea, and some didn't know about it at all. Hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help but say: "You said slow down, what Li Chengqian and Wu Zhenfang?" What does the excerpt say? Didn't they transfer the Tibetan Sang Jieren to contact the wrong station? ”

"If the emperor sees their badges, how can Mingzhu be guilty of bullying the king?" Yu Chengchan was so excited that his face flushed, "Li and Wu are hard to say whether they are alive or dead now!" ”

Kangxi's face turned red all of a sudden, and he conspired for a while, then came back to his senses and said, "What else do you say?" Yu Chenglong straightened up, arched his hand and said: "The crown prince is the prince of the country." Mingzhu because of Zhou Peigong's initiative, the emperor's second son as the crown prince, Geng in his heart, designed to transfer Zhou Peigong's tribulation to Xu He Guizhu, knowing that Zhou Peigong was suffering from asthma, but still advocated the transfer of Zhou Peigong to the mouth outside the garrison - today the palace reported that Zhou Peigong has died - the country lost a good general, is it a pity? Li Guangdi, a scholar, did not attach himself to Mingzhu, that is, fabricated accusations, openly deceived and secretly carried out his treacherous schemes...... His talent is enough to confuse the Lord, and his wisdom is enough to cover up evil. The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty heard the name of the pearl and all fell silent. The ministers are in the ministers, and they are in the feudal territory, if they don't tell the truth, it will be difficult to repay the emperor's kindness! With that, he gasped heavily, staring at Kangxi silently. Hearing what happened to Zhou Peigong, Kangxi suddenly remembered that Suo Etu had said that when he asked to marry Su Malagu, it was also a wildfire burned by Mingzhu, and it was confirmed in two clicks, so he knew that Jackie Chan was not lying, and he couldn't imagine that Mingzhu, a minion, was so not a thing! Kangxi's face was pale, and he was speechless for a long time. The case was so big that he couldn't decide to settle it for a while. Mingzhu has been in politics for 16 years, and he has always been consistent with himself in the country's major politics, and the world's officials are half out of his door, and he is in prison, and it is not three or two who are dismissed, but a large number of people, and the situation that has just stabilized after the pacification of the feudal domain will be turbulent. And once he went to Mingzhu, Suo Etu lived alone in the center, and Xiong Cilu and Gao Shiqi were difficult to restrain the two Hanchens. He was always a little suspicious that Suo's forehead was related to the Jiangnan Reverse Case, and if that was the case, then ......

While he was groaning, Gao Shiqi came in with a smile in an oil coat, and said while saluting Qian'er: "The slave went to the meditation hall to make a fancy whistle, and the old monk is reciting the scriptures and does not pay much attention to people." The slave listened to him say something 'no eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body', and interjected, 'Your old man's head is shaved and you have no eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body, what has become of that?' He opened his eyes and talked to the slave for a while, and ......" said a sentence that made everyone cover their mouths and laugh, and even the serious and solemn Yu Chenglong couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm about to be called by someone," Kangxi said with a smile, "Yu Chenglong played Mingzhu for corruption and bad law, forming a party for personal gain, and jealousy of merit and harming the virtuous, do you know these things?" ”

Gao Shiqi was stunned, gasped, and his face immediately turned pale. He knew that Kangxi was in a bad mood, so he pretended to be a joke and planned to bow happily, but he was blocked by Kangxi's series of questions. He didn't expect that Yu Jackie Chan would take this opportunity to sue Mingzhu for his evil state. Liang Jiufang said: "I don't know what Jackie Chan really means?" This is not a trivial matter, Rong Chen pondered. Yu Chenglong then roughly said Fang Cai's words again. In fact, Gao Shiqi had a clear heart about these things, but it came too abruptly, and he needed time to think about it. After Jackie Chan finished speaking, Gao Shiqi also wanted to be refreshed, so he kowtowed: "There are all of them." ”

"Since they all have them," Kangxi suddenly changed color and asked sharply, "Why don't you play Chen according to the truth?" Rao is Gao Shiqi can speak eloquently and be clever, and under the forced gaze of Kangxi's angry eyes, he also messed up, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Mingzhu's treachery is known to the court, but life is not afraid of death in the world!" That is, Suo Etu, Xiong Cixu and Mingzhu have worked together for many years, and they still don't speak, not to mention the slaves who are just draft edict scribes? Before he could finish speaking, Kangxi spat and scolded: "Fart!" The king is loyal. Since he is afraid of death, Hugh will do things in front of me! ”

Gao Shiqi had never touched such a hard-headed nail since he followed Kangxi, and at this time, Tianwei was furious, and he knew that it was terrible, and he was cold on his back, and he was scared to sweat, but he just kowtowed and didn't say anything. Wei Dongting saw that Kangxi was angry with Gao Shiqi, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Mingzhu is treacherous and treacherous, deceitful and reckless, his heart is not right, and his authority is enough to trap the virtuous, if there is no real evidence, the slave will not dare to play it easily, ask the Lord to punish the crime!" Gao Shiqi couldn't help but feel ashamed when he heard this: I have heard for a long time that Wei Dongting is a masterpiece among people, and he really deserves his reputation, if he is so decent, why didn't he think of it?

Kangxi looked around, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Mingzhu, a broken family, is it more difficult to get rid of than worship?" Gao Shiqi easily found out the cracks in the words, and said busily: "Ao worship is an open fire against the sky, and the pearl is a blessing by borrowing the divine power of the Lord." In addition to the pearl, it is easy to be in the master, and with the meager power of the slave, it is like a grasshopper shaking a tree! ”

Although this is not without flattery, Kangxi thought about it, and felt that it was indeed the truth, Yu Jackie Chan didn't expect this matter to be done so smoothly, but he felt that he had a lot of worries at the beginning, he was most worried about Gao Shiqi protecting the pearl, seeing that even Gao Shiqi was clear in person, and he put his heart upside down, so he no longer complained to Gao Shiqi, so he played: "Gao Shiqi's performance is also reasonable." The minions also looked ahead and backward for many years before they dared to make such a move. ”

"Then again. Yu Jackie Chan, I can't allow you to play at the moment. Kangxi said abruptly, and everyone was stunned again, at this moment he thought about it carefully, and the more he felt that the matter was serious, he got up and paced two steps, and said gloomily: "The prime minister is diligent, not the blessing of the country." During the Xiangxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were several phases in one year, and Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty changed fifty-four phases in the seventeenth year, what was the result? I think that turning big things into small things and small things into small things is the sign of prosperity. Although Mingzhu is not a talent, it is still too big and too small in comparison, I have to take a look again, if he does evil again, I don't need you to say that I will take him out! After that, he glanced at the stunned crowd and commanded: "If any of you dare to say anything about today, it will be to harm Jackie Chan, and I will take his head!" Yu Jackie Chan went back to draw up a secret fold, and the yellow box was directly handed over to Gao Shiqi for archiving, except for me, no one is allowed to read it - kneel down! ”

"Wow!" All the people were stunned by these words, and they all knelt down in unison and slowly withdrew from the meditation hall.