Gao Shiqi worked so hard, not only Kangxi was greatly appreciated, Xiong Cixu looked at him frivolously, and couldn't help but be impressed, and said with a smile: "The emperor has allowed Shiqi's invitation, and tomorrow the minister Xiong Ci will take all the people to the Wenhua Palace to perform the ceremony, and the edict will be issued, and the ranking will be determined, that is, he will enter the Qianqing Palace to meet him!" ”

Then he talked about the military situation in Yunnan, Kangxi was full of interest, talked for half an hour, and said: "Wu Shipan has committed suicide, I have sent a decree to send his head to Beijing, I am afraid that the weather is too hot, and the road will be rotten, which is a pity!" Everyone laughed. Xiong Cixu frowned and said: "The lost territory that has been recovered, you have to quickly send capable people to appease it, this is not a game - after the soldiers cross the border, they often grab not an inch of grass, and the people are hungry and afraid of accidents." If there is no magistrate, let the army loot, it is absolutely impossible! "That's-" Kangxi turned his face to Mingzhu and said, "Tell the Ministry to quickly select a group of state and county officials, and if you want to be more cautious, you don't need to see your majesty, and send them directly to Yungui as the prefect, and the county officials will be selected from this Beifu Jinshi." Now I will prepare an observer envoy to bring the two military departments to investigate, inspect the situation of the military and civilian officials in Yunnan and Guizhou, and deal with those who are arsonists on the spot! ”

"Will you do it now?" Mingzhu couldn't help but be stunned.

"Well, do it now!" Kangxi was so excited that his eyes lit up, "If you think of this, you have to do it immediately." Jieshu used troops in Fujian, and the civil affairs left behind were a headache, so Yao Qisheng personally took Goshha to the countryside to suppress bandits and protect the people. ”

Mingzhu frowned and groaned, he was really a little troubled. If he doesn't have the right person in his pocket, that's not true. When selecting idle officials above the third rank in Beijing, he was able to immediately propose more than a dozen. Helplessly, at this time, it was Jian Ba who observed that he went to the border, and he was a fourth-grade official, so of course he had to choose from the five and sixth. Those people came to see them on weekdays, handed over their notebooks, reported their resumes, and forgot that they had gone to Java. Besides, these days are so busy that I haven't even gone to the ministry, so where can I find it for a while? In an instant, the three words "Xu Qiuren" flashed in his mind, but looking at Gao Shiqi's casual appearance, he thought that he couldn't recommend Xu no matter what. But after thinking about it for a long time, except for Xu Qiuren, he couldn't think of a second one. When Kangxi's gaze swept to Mingzhu again, Mingzhu swallowed helplessly, nodded and sighed: "If you talk about the five-grade officials waiting to be elected in Beijing, there are more than 30 of them, but they are either old and weak, or weak, or unfamiliar with the officials. The slave pondered for a long time, but it turned out to be ...... Xu Qiuren's best ......" then said Xu Qiuren's resume and job name well, but at the end he said: "The slave is not familiar with it, it was recommended by Gao Shiqi, and it must be good." ”

Gao Shiqi's heart was bright, he just smiled secretly, and when he saw himself, he smiled and said: "I still met in the Ming Minister's Mansion, who knew that after the narrative, we are still relatives." ”

"You are from Qiantang, he is from Acheng, how can you be a relative?" Kangxi was in a very happy mood, turned his face and asked with a smile. He originally appreciated Gao Shiqi's suave and suave manners, and chose to come to his side to adjust his temperament, but today, with a little consultation, he knows that his talent is not limited by words. Compared with the enlightenment master Wu Ciyou, there is its chic but not its straightness; Compared with the pearl, it has its wisdom but not its vulgarity; Compared with Xiong Ci, he has his straightforwardness but not his strength - I have always heard that Gao Shiqi is a poor Confucian in the alley, how can there be a relative who is an official in Beijing? "It's a relative, but it's a little farther away." Gao Shiqi said unhurriedly, "It's my cousin and nephew of the cousin of the seventh suit of my mother's family who has not passed the door." Kangxi couldn't help laughing, and pointed at Gao Shiqi and said: "You slave is becoming more and more bold and presumptuous, and you dare to play poor in this pivotal place - which lady is your 'cheap'?" Speak up, I'll marry you! ”

Hearing Kangxi ask about Fang Lan, Gao Shiqi blushed, and said with a busy smile: "Long live the lord is willing to marry the slave, which is really a blessing from the slave ancestors to accumulate virtue and cultivate from generation to generation." It's just that this woman is not a famous lady, but she is the daughter of a florist in Fengtai. Thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the slaves have to be close to the sky, their whole family is happy to accept the grace, and because of the longevity of Lafayette, the inner son personally chose a gift to present...... "Everyone except for the pearl, no one thought that Gao Shiqi would choose a gardener's daughter to be the main wife's room, and the accident was a little surprised." Kangxi couldn't help but nod and admire: "I read the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and every time I read the Biography of Ning Hong, I often sigh that the world is declining. 'Rich and easy wife, expensive and easy friend', today it has become commonplace! You 'don't forget the poor and lowly friends, and the wretched wife doesn't go to court', I am very commended! Xiong Cixu listened to Kangxi's words, and couldn't help but smile.

The page of the pearl boots originally contained the excerpts of Yu Guozhu's impeachment of Gao Shiqi for extorting the price of the shopkeeper, raping the people's wife, and forcibly marrying the married woman Fang Lan, and he wanted to see the opportunity to hand it to Kangxi when there was no one, and when he heard Kangxi say this, he knew that it was hopeless, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This person is talented, and others can't ...... it" But Kangxi laughed: "What gift?" Come in and see. ”

Gao Shiqi had heard that the Hu family had filed a complaint in Shuntian Mansion, and he had been worried that the imperial historians would sue him, but with Kangxi's words, the stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground. "Zha" kowtowed, stepped out of the study, came in with the pot of flowers, and carefully uncovered the silk silk. When everyone looked at it, it was a small wooden barrel with three fine iron hoops, and the tung oil varnish on the outside had been applied several times, and it was as transparent and bright as amber. The barrel was lush and green, with its thick and delicate leaves, so green that it seemed to be rolling out of the barrel. Gao Shiqi put the bucket away, and Zhengrong said to Kangxi: "The Empress Dowager Shengshou will come, borrow the joy of long live, and offer this grass to add longevity to Lafayette!" ”

Several people were stunned for a moment, Xiong Ci's gift was a few Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and paintings, books, fans, longevity noodles, longevity peaches, a total of about 200 taels of silver, he has always been like this, and everyone does not feel stingy. Mingzhu is ingenious, is to use Huashan thousand-year-old boxwood carved a Yingzhou nine old game map, and a hundred golden peaches, as well as a new mountain jade carving Magu to offer life. Needless to say, the cost of Suo Etu is also more than 10,000 taels of silver. Gao Shiqi is not a poor person now, how did he get a bucket of grass to offer? Kangxi ignored everyone's thoughts, looked at the bucket of grass and asked with a smile: "What is this?" ”

"Evergreen, Lord!" Gao Shiqi said loudly, "There is no golden jade pearl shell, I offer this Ruicao, I wish me ten thousand years in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Ah, Wan Nian Qing!" Kangxi jumped off the kang, took a closer look at the barrel with his hands behind his back, and said happily, "You Gao Shiqi can figure it out!" Xiong Cilu was so happy that he also came to appreciate it, and sighed: "I really look like a lover!" I have to mention a good name - since it is a gift to the heavenly family, why not call it 'Tianguang Evergreen'? ”

Suo Etu felt calm in his heart, he had already served Gao Shiqi: such a small gift was so innovative and overwhelming. Although he felt a little regretful, he was not annoyed - anyway, Mingzhu didn't get the color - when he heard Xiong Cixu name it, he also interjected with great interest: "Dongyuan Gong, only the word Tianguang is still flawed!" I thought it should be called 'Qiankun Evergreen'! ”

"That's not all," Mingzhu hollowed out his mind, patted his head and smiled, "Heaven and earth people are called 'three talents', and I think it's good to call them 'three talents and evergreen'." ”

Kangxi listened to a few courtiers talking about it, and he also wanted to come up with a name, but when he was thinking about it, he heard Gao Shiqi laugh and said, "Don't bother everyone." Although the name given to it by Clumsy Jing is more vulgar, I think it is the best, and I respectfully ask the emperor to comment, she said - this is called 'iron hoop and a bucket of evergreen'! ”

"Wonderful!" Xiong Cixu smiled lovely, and praised the knot, "It's really big, and you can't do it if you don't make a big deal!" 'Iron hoop dominates the Qing Dynasty for ten thousand years' - well, good! ”

Kangxi didn't laugh, he picked up the bucket with both hands in front of him, lowered his head and sniffed, a faint fragrance hit his nose, and the green and clear leaves trembled and bright, as if he was talking to him. For a long time, Kangxi Fang put Wan Nianqing on the desk, looked at the palace expectantly, and saw that there was nothing to give, so he took the paperweight on the table and a plum blossom and jade Ruyi handed it to Gao Shiqi: "This paperweight rewards you, and Ruyi rewards your family's 'inner son' - the internal affairs office, 'a bucket of Wan Nianqing' is an example of tribute to the inner house every year!" Only then did he sit back on the kang and said to several ministers with emotion, "Wan Nianqing is not enough, the word 'unification' is used perfectly!" Qin Shi Huang swept the six countries, the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, only Hanxing, the country is unified and the people are happy, all kinds of waste are prosperous, there are Zhang Hengyi, Cai Lun paper, and Xiangrufu. To the rebellion of the eight kings of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the world will be out of control, and until the Tang Dynasty is unified, the world will be more vibrant. Five generations of chaos, the people were displaced again, all industries withered, and the people were devastated...... Throughout history, if you want the country to be strong and the people to be rich, you must be unified! I was eight years old, fifteen years old, nineteen years old decided to withdraw the feudal domain, took risks and made difficulties, tried my best to overcome public opinion, and there was no day of happiness inside and outside, so why did I come? - Don't I want to be at ease? It's not like you're bent on building a great cause of unification! You are all my ministers, and your hearts should be with me, creating the rule of Kangxi like the rule of Zhenguan. The people of the world, the history of future generations, will not forget you! Ministers, do it yourself! ”

Kangxi's face was a little pale, he was not pretentious at all, he spoke eloquently and emotionally. Several ministers listened in a daze, and then involuntarily knelt down together and replied:

"Wow!"

Xiong Cilu, Mingzhu, Suo Etu and Gao Shiqi withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and they are already the main cards of the unitary time. has been out of Xihuamen, and several people are still meditating on Fang Cai Kangxi's admonition, and no one has a word. Seeing the twilight, the tired birds returning to their nests, and the smoke curling from thousands of households outside the Forbidden City, scattered in all directions, everyone seemed to have infinite emotion in their hearts. Mingzhu flashed his eyes and saw an official in the north of Xihua Gate, looking like Yu Guozhu, knowing that he was waiting to listen to his letter of bullet seal, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and greeted from afar: "Isn't that Yu Guozhu?" Who are you waiting for here? ”

"I'll wait for Lord Zhongtang." Yu Guozhu is in his forties, with a wide mouth, beautiful hair and chest, very burly, but it is a pity that he has a chicken feather butt, which looks a little fluttering, because he saw Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi come out together, I don't know what the reason is, and said with a smile: "Jiangnan Governor Zhang Bonian and his father have been released to Beijing for half a month, and they are detained in the Prison Temple of the Criminal Department of the Ropesmith Hutong. I went to take a look, and his father was sick, and he was pitiful, and wanted to ask Zhongtang to go out for medical treatment......"

Mingzhu couldn't help but laugh when he heard him, glanced at Suo Etu, and said with a smile: "Zhang Bonian's case has not yet been concluded, and I don't know how to end it!" Suo Laosan, what do you see? Suo Etu said with a smile: "I think this is Ge Li bullying the Han with the bannerman, and Zhang Bonian himself has misconduct - since he was sick, he called Lang Zhong to the Prison God Temple to see, what is the embarrassment?" After that, he said, "Dongyuan, I will sit when I go back this time, how about we go to make trouble with Mingzhu?" His newly given mansion is close to here, and even the sedan chair is exempted, so it is better to evacuate and evacuate when he walks around. Mingzhu saw Xiong Cixu nodding, turned his face to Yu Guozhu and said: "Let's go, you go too, Gao Shiqi has won the lottery today, let's disturb this crazy life!" ”

The five people walked in the car with their own hearts, talking and laughing, and when they arrived at the mouth of Caijia Hutong, it was already dark. Mingzhu suddenly saw a dog gnawing on the side of the road gnawing bones, the dog saw people coming, and stood with four paws and a high tail, so frightened that Mingzhu's body flashed, and he grabbed Gao Shiqi and asked:

"Is it a wolf or a dog?"

Suo Etu saw that it was obviously a dog, but Mingzhu deliberately said "The waiter is a dog", just in response to Gao Shiqi, the new waiter, he couldn't help but laugh and clapped his hands: "Good question!" Gao Shiqi is not a 'squire'? Xiong Cixu just smiled, but Yu Guozhu echoed the flattery, and said with a smile: "This is a clever question, and the joke is interesting when the scene is right." ”

"It's a dog." Gao Shiqi licked his lips and replied indifferently.

"How so?" Suo Etu asked.

"There are two differences between a wolf and a dog." Gao Shiqi said seriously, "You can tell the difference at a glance at the tail, the tail drooping is a wolf, and the upper vertical (Shangshu) is a dog; Furthermore, depending on what it eats, the wolf only eats meat, and the dog eats meat when it encounters meat and feces (Yushi). ”

The Mingzhu, Suo Etu and Xiong Cixu present are all Shangshu, only Yu Guozhu is a royal official, and Gao Shiqi has scolded everyone in his sway. Everyone knew that he was so natural, not only did he not get annoyed, but laughed. Only Yu Guozhu's eyebrows moved slightly.

Jin Fu and Chen Huang returned to Huangliangmeng from Beijing, and Han Liu held a feast in his own courtyard to wash the dust for them. Because the hall is small, dozens of personal soldiers led by Jin Fu have set up tables under the grape trellis in the patio, and specially invited a group of drummers from Handan City to play music to help the fun. Since Gao Shiqi and Chen Huang went, Han Liu tried his best to interrogate Ah Xiu, and the mother and daughter sat and talked about everything, and finally understood the Mongolian marriage etiquette and customs. The old lady couldn't help but sigh to herself: "God, how do you know that the eldest girl in your place is looking for her own mother-in-law!" Don't want the orders of your parents, three media and six certificates? In our case, it's the other way around! When you came to such a show that day, the old woman thought you had phlegm! As he spoke, he clapped his knees and laughed. Now that he sees Chen Huang returning, he wants to take advantage of this moment to bring up his marriage with A Xiu again.

"Mr. Chen." During the banquet, while Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren were not paying attention, Han Liu came to Chen Huang's side and whispered, "The old woman wants to ask you a word." ”

Chen Huang put down the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Shiqi and I are old friends, and Ah Xiu lives in your house again, I see that you are like an aunt, why do you call me 'Mr. Chen'?" If you have something to say, just say it. "That's good." Han Liu blinked his eyes and said, "Ah Xiu and you, what is your idea?" After you left, this child lost his soul, and my wife was really sad. Are you really married? Chen Huang listened to it silently for a long time, he didn't expect Ah Xiu to be so infatuated with him, and when he saw Han Liu staring at him, he couldn't help but sigh: "To tell you the truth, there is no." You always know her identity, I intermarried with her, and I first violated the law of the country, and what kind of husband's career is to repair the river? …… I apologize to you to tell you that in this life, I only wish to be a forgetful friend with her, but I hope that the Sansheng Stone will prove the edge again. As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren were drunk and their faces were flushed, and this time they entered Beijing unexpectedly, Suo and Ming not only did not find any trouble, but they were all in a hurry to set up friendships, and added a wise person like Chen Huang to the shogunate Sasuke to control the water, and his heart was relaxed, and even Feng Zhiren was a lot fatter, and his thin face was shiny. Seeing Han Liu and Chen Huang talking, Jin Fu turned his face and smiled: "What are the whispers, it is obvious that they are more intimate than us!" Mother Han, Tianyi has been praising you on the road for being a husband who doesn't wear a headscarf, is there anything you can't do to ask Tianyi to help? Han Liu glanced at Chen Huang helplessly, and said with a smile: "Lord Jin's words tortured my old woman to death!" What is the power of a woman's family? Now that you have said this, you really have something difficult to ask of you. ”

"Oh?"

"I have a Nizi next to me, and she's twenty years old this year." Han Liu said with a smile, "Looks, although they are not painted on the paintings, people can see it very well in front of them - I want to borrow the face of you, a feudal official, to protect a matchmaker for her and Mr. Chen...... Will you accept it? Jin Fu laughed happily and said, "What is there to refuse to accept such a good thing?" This Baoshan-" Before his words were finished, Chen Huang hurriedly stopped and said: "Let's eat wine, this matter will be discussed slowly......" Jin Fu saw that Chen Huang's expression was different, and he smiled in surprise and took a drink of wine.

Feng Zhiren saw Chen Huang blushing and saying something differently, and said with a smile on the side: "Tianyi, is it because Brother Ling is not afraid to be self-dictated?" Why bother with such a rubber column? With Jin Zhongcheng here, what are you afraid of? - You are full of poetry and books, don't you smell 'beautiful herbs, all the likes of gentlemen'? Song Guangping is hard-hearted, and he has also endowed Mei with affection; Han Chaozhou's style and bones are serious, but he also sings 'the silver candle is not sold, and the golden hairpin wants to get drunk'; Fan Wenzhenggong takes the sorrow and joy of the world as his heart, and doesn't say anything in the words of "Biyuntian": 'Wine enters the bowels and turns into lovesick tears'! ”

Feng Zhiren shook his head and quoted the scriptures to speak proudly, and suddenly stopped his mouth. It turned out that Ah Xiu suddenly came out of the curtain and stood silently in front of the table.

The way she was dressed today was a bit dizzying. The upper body is wearing a royal blue large-sleeved shirt, the apricot yellow kaner is dotted and embroidered with plucked branches and plums, and the lower body is wearing a green pleated skirt, red tassels are loose, and the vermilion is shallow. The beads on his head are green, his bangs are like smoke, and his eyes are sloppy. Everyone was stunned, only Chen Huang lowered his head, and he didn't dare to look at it, but he heard Ah Xiu smile faintly and said, "Brother Chen, I am very happy that you can think of coming back." ”

"Khangege!" Chen Huang hurriedly stood up and shouted with a reluctant smile.

This scream made Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren all dumbfounded, and the wine turned into cold sweat. The tears in Ah Xiu's eyes swirled, and Jin Fu said with a smile: "Jin Fu, you don't need to be surprised, I am the daughter of the Khalkha Mongolian Tushetu Khan, Tushetu Baori Longmei!" ”

Jin Fu looked at Ah Xiu without blinking, he had already heard the news of the disappearance of the princess of Tuxietu, he had heard about it from Xiong Cixu, such a dress, such a speech, suddenly appeared here, even if he couldn't dream of it. Jin Fu was stunned for a long time, motioned to Feng Zhiren to close the door of the hall, and asked in a snort: "You are Tushetu Khan Gege...... But I don't know what the proof is? ”

As soon as Ah Xiuluo pondered, he stepped forward and stretched his wrist, squatted down and said, "Please check!" When Jin Fu stepped forward cautiously, it was a dragon-shaped seal, stabbed on his arm with dansha-full of two lines of fine characters, and he couldn't help but shake his head--he couldn't read. Chen Huang said softly: "I only know the Mongolian language, and it reads 'The Great Khan of the Son of Heaven ordered Tushetu Khan to guard the Khalkha Department'. After Chen Huang finished translating, Ah Xiu got up, untied the betel nut purse from his waist, tore open the lining, and took out a bloodstained yellow silk silk. The large canvas of the fan is densely covered with fine characters, but it is in Chinese, detailing the rebellion of the three Khalkha tribes and the reasons for the overthrow by Geldan, and asking the imperial court to send heavenly soldiers to destroy the rebels as soon as possible...... The following Zhu Yin is impressively visible: "The treasure of the imperial gift of Tu Xie Tu".

"Very disrespectful!" Jin Fu's face turned pale, bowed down and left his seat: "Old aunt, please help Gege to sit down, let me pay a big salute!" ”

"No need." Ah Xiu's tears fell like beads, and he didn't wipe them, let them flow, and said in a trembling voice, "Geldan robbed my land and killed my people, just to give a congratulatory table to the court, and the emperor acquiesced to him and rewarded him with tea!" The emperor and the court have forgotten about me! Don't mention the word Gege again. Now I'm a beggar who doesn't even deserve Mr. Chen, a weak woman that no one cares about......"