Kangxi was taken aback, only then did he think that he was asking himself, so he got up and said with a smile: "No, Long Dehai, from Tongzhou to Wutai Mountain to incense, thanks to the invitation of Cai Gong, he was born in his later life to know and respect his face, fortunately!" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yunlong lowered his head and muttered, and then returned to the top position. Kangxi failed to take the exam for six years, he worked as a secretary in the Internal Affairs Office for three months, and he saw Kangxi passing by, but at this time he only felt familiar in a trance, but where could he remember? Kangxi looked at his cloth robe and couldn't help but smile secretly.

"Fujun Mingjian," after three rounds of wine, Cai Liangdao finally got to the point, "Although the current expedition to horses is a decree of the imperial court, it is not easy for small merchants to rent goods. Don't talk about these things, at the moment, you can collect or release, the right lies in your mansion, these horse traders are fellow villagers of Liu Mingfu, if you can open a glimmer of wisdom and let them go back, it is also a great good governance......"

"Brother Jingyun," Zhou Yunlong turned over the big pine tower fish with chopsticks and said with a smile, "This dish is really not bad, if you want more, ask them to send me a few there." Cai Liangdao didn't expect Zhou Yunlong to say that he was "redundant (fish)", so he agreed again and again, and then instructed the cook: "Make another one immediately." Kangxi saw that the owner was so honest that he almost didn't laugh out loud. Liu Qingyuan, who was sitting next to Zhou Yunlong, smiled bitterly, got up and poured wine for Zhou Yunlong, and said, "Fuzun, as far as I know, this year's imperial court's decree on conscription of horses has not yet come down. These horsemen have tea from Kaifeng Mansion, not profiteers who buy horses without permission. If you can return the horses, not only will they be your grace for life, but the face of Kaifeng Mansion will also be maintained. If Fu Zun is worried that the number of horses will not be enough this year, he must not be returned, looking at Cai Yuanwai's face, can he return the price of the horses, so that there will be a small profit, and it will not be ruined by the road of horse sales in the Central Plains——"

"Okay!" Zhou Yunlong agreed, "This is all reasonable." It's not that hard to do! Please ask your county to add some from the fire consumption and make up the price of the horse, so why bother to mobilize the public to make these false texts? As he spoke, he placed the spoon on the table and took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth. Liu Qingyuan first heard his promise, and immediately frowned, but later heard that he was going to knock the people to make up for the debt, he couldn't help but be stunned, sat back again, and muttered: "If it is hundreds of taels of silver, it can still be measured, how can this 9,000 taels of huge money be handled by a small county?" When several horse dealers heard this, they were all stunned, and they only pleaded with each other. Zhou Yunlong didn't look at them directly, and only talked and talked to Cai Liangdao with a smile.

Cai Liangdao knew that this person was not easy to deal with, so he stood up and poured the wine one by one, and persuaded softly: "Brother Nian, Fanzhi is a bitter shortage, where can I afford so much for a while." Brother Nian got off Datong, he has always loved the people like a son, and he has to think more about it! ”

"It's the beginning of noon." Zhou Yunlong took out the watch in his arms—this was given to him by Wu Sangui, and it is very rare for foreign officials to have such a thing—looked at it, and said with a smile, "Noon is the time of the horse, no wonder you are going around in circles with a horse character." ”

Kangxi had already been impatient to hear it, watching Zhou Yunlong slowly tasting Fenjiu, squinting at the horses, like an old Diao cat who caught a mouse but was not in a hurry to eat it. Kangxi was about to get up and speak, but Fu Shan, who was sitting next to him and had not spoken, suddenly said: "The world has dominated the zodiac with 12 for a long time, but few people know that there are three beasts in one group, and the adult - when the horse is not yet at noon, it is the 'deer time', and the adult's watch is pointing to the deer, and it will become a horse in a moment!" ”

"Oh, I've never heard of it." Zhou Yunlong had long heard that Fu Shan was a local celebrity. Accusing himself of "pointing to a deer as a horse" in such an insinuation, he couldn't stand it, and only after a long time did he slowly say: "Mr. Qingzhu is worthy of being a Confucian on the right side of the mountain, and he really shocked the four people, but I don't know what the book is, or is it Mr. who is making up and deceiving people?" ”

"How dare I make it up in front of you," Fu Shan said with a smile, "It is a deer at the beginning of the noon dynasty, a horse at noon, and a roe deer at the end of noon!" It can be seen in the "Five Elements of Righteousness" written by Xiao Ji of the Sui Dynasty. Adults will go back and check it out! After finishing speaking, there was another burst of laughter, and the hall full of drinkers looked at each other, only Kangxi smiled: "Good! ”

Zhou Yunlong was a little annoyed and angry, and was about to have a seizure, but he held back. After a little hesitation, he raised his glass and smiled: "Let's still eat bars and blindly dwell on this unmanageable thing, I'm afraid it's not good!" Now I will issue a wine order, and whoever fails to say it will be fined a full cup—to say that one will speak of a heavenly thing, or an earthly thing, and then another of an ancient—and the man next to him shall ask what he holds in his hand and what is in his mouth...... Speakers should be free to answer questions. Is everyone in favor of it? The group of people who accompanied the wine couldn't guess what kind of tricks this prefect was playing, so they all stopped talking and listened with bated breath. After a long time, I saw him speak:

There is a moon wheel in the sky, Kunlun in the ground, and an ancient man Liu Bolun.

Kangxi asked, "What is in your hand?" Zhou Yunlong smiled: "Holding a wine glass." Liu Qingyuan asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

"You don't need to mention it outside of the glass." Zhou Yunlong replied unhurriedly. After saying that, he smiled, raised the door cup and took a sip and sat down.

"I have it too." Cai Liangdao pondered for a moment, got up and said with a smile:

There is a palace in the sky, there is a Qianqing palace underground, and there is an ancient Jiang Taigong.

Liu Qingyuan asked, "What are you holding in your hand?" Cai Liang said: "Fishing rod." Zhou Yunlong asked, "What are you talking about?" Cai Liangdao wanted to say, "Take the bait", but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words: "Those who wish to take the bait." Wei Dongting couldn't help laughing, and said secretly: "This person hides needles in his cotton. When he looked at Kangxi, he held the teacup in his hand and listened extremely attentively.

Liu Qingyuan looked at a few horse dealers who were sitting on pins and needles and cast begging glances, and said with a smile: "I have the courage to sacrifice ugliness in my humble position." ”

There is a canopy in the sky, and there is a feather cover in the ground, and there is an ancient Qin Qiong who was unlucky to be a beggar - holding a pair of concave maces - saying that it was "return my horse"!

Everyone didn't expect this thin county magistrate to be so witty and funny, and they couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively. Kangxi stomped his feet with a smile, pushed Wei Dongting and said, "This is interesting-Dongting, why don't you say one too?" Wei Dongting said yes, stood up and said, "Please listen to me-"

There is a heavenly river in the sky, there is a Fen River underground, and there is an ancient man named Xiao He - holding a book of Qing Dynasty laws - saying that it is "punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials"!

Everyone suddenly heard Wei Dongting say "corrupt officials and corrupt officials", and they all looked at each other, and they were so quiet that they could hear a needle drop for a while.

"You're right!" Zhou Yunlong's face turned red to the root of his ears, and he said with a cruel smile, "I have it again-"

There is a spiritual mountain in the sky, there is Mount Tai in the ground, there is an ancient person called Hanshan - holding a broom - said that it was "please sweep the snow in front of the house, don't wait for Yin to extinguish the door"!

"This thing is a dog lifting the curtain, all with a mouth!" Xiao Maozi suddenly stood up with a smile, and actually paced two steps proudly with his hands behind his back, and said:

There is a Jade Emperor in the sky, there is a Kangxi Emperor underground, and there is an ancient Emperor Hongwu Zhu - holding a three-foot Longquan sword - saying "peeling the skin of corrupt officials"!

Although these words are vulgar, they are very decently arranged, and Xiao Maozi said it in a low tone and frustration, and there was a sound on the ground, which shocked everyone in the audience. Only Kangxi applauded and laughed: "Hurry! That's what a good wine order is! Fu Shan also praised the festival next to him: "A good wine order can be drunk, and I will make a big white order for this!" ”

Zhou Yunlong had endured it for a long time, and at this time he couldn't hold it anymore, "snapped" the dinner table, and scolded: "Where did the wild bastard come out, so presumptuous-Cai Liang said!" You turned out to be here to spoil me Zhou today! As he spoke, he ordered him to leave and right, "Take it with me!" ”

"Who dare?" Kangxi rose up according to the case and shouted, "Is there no royal law?" ”

"Wang Fa?" Zhou Yunlong sneered, "Take it together!" ”

A few errand servants waiting under the corridor agreed with a "chirp-" and pounced on them like wolves and went straight to Kangxi. Unexpectedly, Wei Dongting went out sideways, and a "Wang Xiang Lying Fish" hit out, and the first four in front were already knocked to the ground. Cai Liangdao never expected this situation, and he was so frightened that he was sifting chaff all over his body. Several of the horse traders were even more shocked. Only Liu Qingyuan watched coldly, and he saw that Kangxi was not an idle person, so he only looked at Zhou Yunlong, who was trembling with anger.

"Pick up—sage—drive!" Xiao Maozi suddenly shouted. With the shout, the wolf led eight guards to line in, one by one, dressed in python clothes, wearing a sword at their waists, and ascended to the hall with a lofty spirit, and went straight to Kangxi and kowtowed: "Long live, please send a decree!" Cai Liangdao and Liu Qingyuan glanced at each other in horror, the leader knelt down, and everyone else also knelt on the ground. That Zhou Yunlong was stunned at first, nailed to the ground like a clay puppet in the temple, and then rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground like mud.

"What a Ling Yin!" Kangxi snorted, he asked for a pen and paper, brushed a few words, and put on the jade seal he carried with him, and handed it to Liu Qingyuan, "You have done a good job, you will go to Datong Mansion to take up a post, handle this slave according to the law, and report the copywriting to the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department - Wei Dongting, and send it away!" ”

Gong Rongyu did not see Zhou Peigong again before returning to Shaanxi, he went to the Fahua Temple to meet Zhou Peigong in the firewood room, and the monks said that Zhou Peigong was asked by a friend to go to Xishan early in the morning. Gong Rong stood under the eaves in embarrassment, and didn't know what to do for a while-where to find him in such a big place as Xishan? Yesterday, he sent off Kangxi's car, and he ordered his entourage to prepare that night, and he was scheduled to leave Beijing this afternoon. Gong Rongyu is the best servant of the Chinese army, how can he take leave and leave late? After hesitating for a long time, Gong Rongyu pushed open the door, saw that the table was full of inkstones, linen paper, thought about it, and wrote before writing:

Brother Pei Gongwu: I can't eat and drink with you, and I'm about to leave Beijing in the afternoon. When he came to Shaanxi, he recounted his brotherhood.

Honor

He wanted to write a few more sentences, but found it difficult to put pen to paper. When I looked up, I saw Zhou Peigong's washed and neatly folded rags, throwing two Arhat coins strung together with a sheepskin thread, and when he walked over and held them with both hands, it was his mother's belongings. For as long as he can remember, this object has been placed in a sewing basket, and his mother sometimes uses it to tease Rongyu and Pei Gong to sing children's songs:

Luohan money, shiny and shiny, dolls grow up more than people.

The big ones earn the axe, and the small ones earn the treasure retort,

Giving my mother a pension and sending it to the end......

Gong Rongyu's heart was hot, his eyes were full of tears, and after a few turns, he still flowed out.

With trembling hands, he took off a copper coin, carefully put it in his bosom, took out a silver ingot, and tucked it under his torn clothes, and strode away.

I left Jingkyu because I didn't want to stay in Wu Yingxiong's mansion longer. After leaving Beijing, he eased up, and he had to wait for the arrival of the imperial court's transfer of Mo Luo's court before returning to Xi'an. A group of 20 horsemen along the Taihang Ancient Road, through the Niangzi Pass, through the well trail, from the Fengling to cross the Yellow River into Shaanxi. He seemed elated all the way, and couldn't stop talking and laughing with the lieutenants. He was satisfied with this trip: Kangxi raised 100,000 taels of military salary for him, and transferred Mo Luo and Varge, and a few heavy stones were removed, even if Mo Luo and they were not transferred, what could they do with him? He is no longer a member of the Ku Army, but a dignified person with the Red Banner of the Han Army! Wu Sangui couldn't be offended, and this head leaned on Kangxi. Along the way, he touched and touched the leopard tail gun, looked and looked, and he was so happy in his heart. But the more Gong Rongyu's state of mind went west, the more desolate it became. He also touched and looked, and what he touched was the Luohan Qian with his own body temperature, and the majestic scenes of clouds covering the mountains and sunsets could only increase his heavy mood of homesickness.

On the tenth day of leaving Beijing, after Lintong, I came to Baqiao, and the majestic east gate of Chang'an City was in sight. Wearing a dark cloak, stationed at the head of the horse bridge, he pointed at the tip of the whip from afar, and said to Gong Rongyu: "Old Gong, you are about to go home, to our own home!" Looking at Chang'an City from this side, it is really saga and grand! This green water and thousands of willow branches make people feel melancholy! ”

Gong Rongyu said lightly: "These mountains and waters, they all seem to me to be gray, and there are no birds to look at." ”

I don't care about Gong Rongyu's foul words. The composition of his troops was very mixed, and the three battalions stationed in the suburbs of Xi'an were nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, led by Wang Pingfan, Ma Yigui, and Zhang Jianxun. Although Gong Rongyu is only the leader of the city gate, the 3,000 sergeants he brought were all recruited and trained after entering the Qin Dynasty, and the training was diligent, the equipment was fine, and he also served as the messenger of the Xi'an City Defense and Guard's Governor's Mansion, and his status was not different from Wang Pingfan and others. These forces disagree with each other, and they can't call the shots completely. But *** has both civil and military skills, and he is willing to spend money on his subordinates, and he is a general appointed by the emperor to open the government and build teeth, so everyone still listens to him. After listening to Gong Rongyu's words, *** lowered his head and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Rongyu, don't learn from Ma Yigui and a few of their veterans." Their banditry, I have to rectify it! Relying on your parents at home, relying on your friends when you go out, you need a lot of help—you will be promoted to a general, and you will be here soon—so you can do it, and I, the admiral, may take over from you in the future! ”

Gong Rongyu listened, and couldn't help but feel hot in his heart: *** After all, he is enough to make friends, so he bowed down and said, "Xie Junmen is carrying!" Gong should do his best to serve the military! ”

As he was talking, a group of dozens of horsemen in front of him came galloping, led by a cadre of Wang Ping Domain, who rolled the saddle and dismounted under the bridge together, arched their hands and said: "The military gate is hard, and the last general will be late!" As he spoke, they all knelt down on one knee, and their swords and spurs clanged.

"Ahh hurriedly dismounted, and picked up Wang Pingfan with a smile, "Why bother? It's all my own brothers—get up, get up! As he spoke, he glanced at Yin Chengpeng, a staff member of the Chinese army who saw him, patted Yin Chengpeng on the shoulder and smiled, "You, a dull Xiucai who has not made a career in ten lifetimes, are also here?" This time, I got you a four-grade Xi'an Road, and in the future, the emperor will see you and be promoted, but don't forget the horse harrier! He laughed. The generals Benguan Zuo couldn't help but laugh along.

He got on the horse again with everyone, only walked side by side with Yin Chengpeng, watched the sunset for a while, and suddenly asked, "Chengpeng, have you visited Lord Mingzhu?" ”

"The Ming Prime Minister received an edict from the court the day before yesterday and prepared to leave Shaanxi, so he began to meet with foreign officials." Yin Chengpeng said with a smile, "In accordance with the decree of Taijun, I have already visited - in fact, this is a very easy-going person." ”

"It's good to have seen it." said, "You say hello to Ma Yigui tonight, and set up a table at his place tomorrow night, and I will go for Qincha." ”

"Yes," Yin Chengpeng hesitated for a moment and replied, "But Wu Yingqi and Wang Shirong from the other side of the prince are also here, what should I do?" ”

"Whew, haven't left yet?" was stunned, there was no smile on his face, he looked at Yin Chengpeng thoughtfully, and said coldly, "Let's call it together." ”

At the beginning of the second day, three cannons rang out in front of the gate of Ma Yigui's military camp, which shook the crows that had returned to the nest nearby, and hovered in the cold sky of spring for a while. I heard that the Qin mission had arrived, and the official Zuo who led more than 1,000 generals came out of the Yimen, only to see Mingzhu dressed in civilian clothes, wearing a stone blue lambskin robe, wearing a jade-colored belt, and a pair of mille-feuille bottom soap boots under his feet, walking in leisurely, with an elegant temperament, elegant and graceful, without the slightest officialdom, and looking very close and kind.

"Lord-sama!" said, "Mark ***-" *** will kneel down after reporting the name of the job.

"It's not a chincha anymore!" Mingzhu hurriedly helped ***, and said with a smile, "You horse harrier and open the middle door, I don't dare to be it!" ”

The two exchanged pleasantries, and *** introduced the generals in the hall one by one. Mingzhu didn't know anyone, so he had to nod with a smile, and when he was introduced to Wu Yingqi and Wang Shirong, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Oh! It turned out to be a brother, it was not easy for you to come to Shaanxi! Come, come, let's sit together! ”

Wu Yingqi nodded reservedly, and sat down with his robe lifted. He was very unhappy about inviting Mingzhu as soon as he came back. If Wang Shirong hadn't advised him to "don't act rashly", he wouldn't have come at all. Seeing the *** dog welcoming Mingzhu like a dog, in comparison, he was a little less enthusiastic about him, and his heart was even worse. Wu Yingqi looked at Wang Shirong in the next seat, Wang Shirong sat quietly, playing with a tube of jade flute in his hand, silent. Mingzhu is such an alert and intelligent person, he has seen it a long time ago, and he only grins and talks around with everyone.

The feast was not abundant. The generals did not pay attention to "not getting tired of eating, not getting tired of being fine" - as long as the wine was strong and the meat was fat. After a few words of the scene, the military academy at the first few tables had already shouted and shouted, and the hall was immediately chaotic and noisy. Mingzhu is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he is not used to this kind of rough environment, so he only looks at it coldly, picks a light dish and uses it a little, while talking to ***. Unexpectedly, when the wine was being eaten, Gong Rongyu picked up a long piece of meat from the plate and asked Ma Yigui:

"Old horse, what kind of play is this?"

When Mingzhu saw it, she almost vomited on the spot, but it turned out to be a dead earthworm!

Ma Yigui's face immediately swelled like a pig's liver, and the muscles on his left cheek twitched violently. This person is very cruel on weekdays, and he kills the offender in court with only one stick, so he is nicknamed "Ma Yibang". Today, in front of Mingzhu, he showed his ugliness, and his face couldn't hold it anymore, so he hurriedly ordered someone to send the cook to him, and shouted: "Wait for the big stick!" ”

The guessing of the punch stopped. When the generals saw that the horses were about to kill people with a stick, they saw the cooks who were trembling and looking like ashes bowing their heads and coming in, some of them looked unbearable, and some of them picked their teeth to look at the excitement. Mingzhu got up and said, "Brother Ma, everyone is happy together today, you have to save face for your brother and spare him!" ”

"That's what Master Ming said." also hurriedly said, "We are all people who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and the Ming people are all tolerant, so let's be poor and exquisite?" It's not a secret, I've eaten dead flies and dead crickets......" Ma Yigui was deflated when he heard this, and pointed at the cook and scolded with a smile: "Fuck your mother, don't you kowtow to Lord Ming soon!" ”

The matter was already over, but I ran into a prankster Wang Pingfan, who was drunk and blushing, and said to *** with his eyes and snorting wine: "I don't believe what Titai says, I'm also an old military officer!" Don't you love my chrysanthemum very much? My brother wants to eat this earthworm, this horse, my brother will give it to you! As he spoke, he picked up the dead earthworm that was almost half a foot long and sent it to ***.

Mingzhu felt that this was too much, and just said "Mr. Wang has eaten too much wine...... but *** sandwiched the earthworm and swallowed it as soon as he stretched his neck. At this time, the room was full of people, some clapping, some laughing, some full of foul language, joking for fun, some cheering, Mingzhu only felt that her head was buzzing, and she couldn't hear a word.

"Brother Fuchen is really capable!" Wu Yingqi finally couldn't help it. He drank a few cups of wine, and when he saw that *** was so flattering to Mingzhu, he was even more angry, and sneered: "You are short of money to buy a horse, just ask your brother for it, and you can gamble with others to eat dead earthworms?" If you bet on eating, you will swallow it with your mouth open like this? ”

Mingzhu looked at ***'s face and was so angry that he put down his chopsticks with a smile and said, "I'll persuade you a few words: I see Brother Wu, there is wine." This is just a gambling game, how can it be related to eating, people eat? Brother Wang, you don't have to mind. ”

Obviously it was teasing, but he said that it was "persuasion", the dry firewood was already burning, and Mingzhu poured a scoop of oil on his hand. Wang Shirong smiled slightly when he saw this scene, got up and said "sue me", and left the table.

"Look at you, someone supports you, come to Shaanxi to bully me***?" was so angry that he stood up and stared at Wu Yingqi and scolded, "Fuck, don't be a damn spring dream, you may not be able to get your way!" ”

"That's right!" Wu Yingqi's face turned pale with anger, and he still pressed the wine glass with his hand and teased, "If it weren't for it, ** would have been bigger." **Where to hide the silver? He laughed out loud.

Before the laughter stopped, I heard a "bang", *** was so angry that his facial features were not in place, and with a punch, plates, bowls, cups, plates, cups, and bottles jumped "up". walked over, grabbed Wu Yingqi with his chest, nodded his nose and yelled: "Aren't you just relying on Wu Sangui?" Others are afraid of him, but he is not afraid! What a fucking prince and grandson, I think it's shrimp and turtle grandson! Scolded, a slap was slapped, and Wu Yingqi's left cheek immediately rose purple.

Mingzhu laughed secretly in her heart, but she pretended to come over and grabbed *** and said: "What's the matter with you, this wine can't be eaten, come here, prepare a sedan chair!" "He walked away.

When he returned home that night, he put forward a big order and asked Gong Rong to meet the pavilion to arrest Wu Yingqi and Wang Shirong. Today, he used wine to break his face, and he was determined to break off this relationship with Wu Sangui. Unexpectedly, people went quickly, and those who came back were also sick, and a lieutenant reported during his return: "Wang Shirong has already fled, and only one Wu Yingqi is sleeping there......

"Why did you run away?" I couldn't help but be surprised.

"The people in the post house said that Wang Shirong and Yin Chengpeng rushed back to the hall together, rolled up the paperwork in a panic, and rode out on two horses!"

's face immediately became very ugly. Yin Chengpeng has all the manuscripts of his letters to the king of Pingxi. He originally planned to stabilize this surnamed Yin first, and then find an excuse to kill him later. Unexpectedly, the surnamed Wang was so alert, and he actually left first! In this way, at present, he can't turn his face with Wu Sangui, and even Wu Yingqi can't kill him. dizzy for a while, he sat down on the chair and waved his hand to the captains: "Call Gong Rongyu back...... Come back, I'll eat today...... Eating and drinking...... A little more ......."