Just when Wu Liuyi and He Zhiming were discussing in the secret room, several people in the Heshou Hall of the Auxiliary Minister Aobai Mansion were also searching for dry intestines. On the opposite side, the family troupe in the water pavilion lit a stove next to the stage and worked energetically, but everyone had no intention of watching it. I saw the figures in the play swaying on the frozen pool, and I couldn't hear a word.

Aobai, Bambulshan, Namo, Taibitu, Gechuha, Jishi, and Mulima all boiled their eyes red, but everyone was not tired. Ao Bai has been sick for more than two months. At this moment, he was lying comfortably on the couch, closing his eyes and listening to the discussion.

The move in the Qianqing Palace has been decided. Mu Lima and Nemo were always in charge of the guards of the Qing Palace. Kangxi's daily court affairs must go almost every day, which is indeed very appropriate. Bamburshan also proposed to close the two gates of Longzong and Jingyun and cut off the traffic in the palace, which caused controversy among everyone.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Mu Lima couldn't hold his breath and said: "The guards on duty in the Chengqian Hall are all our people, why bother to make the third child suspicious?" ”

Tai Bitu went against the norm in the past, and said very calmly: "The situation in Yuqing Palace is unknown, in case the other party is prepared, what will we do?" ”

"Yuqing Palace?" Ge Chuha said, "There is only one road leading to the Jingyun Gate in front, the third dares to enter, and the guards of the Heqianqing Palace and the Chengqian Palace are surrounded by them, and they are trapped to death!" ”

Ji Shi interjected unhurriedly: "This kind of thing can only be resolved quickly, and one step later will become a hatred for eternity." ”

"Brother Ji Shi is right," Ao Bai suddenly spoke, "so the palace gate must be sealed, and the most competent person must be used to do this." ”

"Lord Tabitu is a good fit." Ne Mo said, "You are a squire of the military department, and now you are in charge of the big seal, and you will transfer a sentry to guard the Jingyun Gate, respond to the Qianqing Palace, and intercept the king's guards, besides, those forbidden soldiers are familiar with you, just fake the holy order to say that someone is in trouble, and everyone will follow you." ”

"Me!" Tai Bitu was slightly shocked, glanced at Bambulshan, and said with a smile, "How can I take on such a big responsibility, most of the Nine Gate Forbidden Army are Wu Tiebeg's people, he refuses to let go, and it is in vain if he refuses to help." ”

"You've come this far, and you still want to retreat?" Ge Chuha said, "Behind you is an abyss!" ”

"I don't want to retreat," Tabitu said coldly, "I'm telling the truth!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Mulima was a little impatient, "Ge Chuha came to block the Jingyun Gate, is it done?" "Okay, I'll block it!" Ge Chu Ha raised his hand and said, "There will never be a door that can't be closed!" ”

Ge Chuha asked: "Then Wu Tie Beggars should be dealt with by Tai Shilang!" ”

"Zhongtang has sent this beggar for 100,000 silver!" A smile appeared on Bamburshan's face, "But the surname Wu is definitely not 100,000 to buy, you can only buy a plan to delay the army, and it is still worth buying him a slow soldier." - I don't ask him to help me, as long as he is unprepared for me, I can rest assured that everything outside of Ouchi will be at ease. He swept the people present with his eyes, "I'm afraid that this is really biased towards Lao Taibitu, if you want to lead the troops to take over the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, the military power is in hand, behead the iron beggars, and respond to the palace, then it will be foolproof." ”

Ao Bai sat up straight and said: "If you don't get rid of this hidden danger, you will have to worry about doing things." He coughed lightly, and continued, "If you pull out this nail, the sovereignty will be in my hands, and the palace will not be tight for a while." There is urgency, and this credit is worth a county king! ”

The word "county king" was like an electric current, which shocked everyone present. Taibitu smiled embarrassedly: "The king of the county can't bear it." - When the time comes, I will take over this yamen as an official of the military department! ”

"By you?" When Mu Lima heard the word "county king", he also felt that his ears were hot and his eyes were red, and he took off his hat and said, "Who is in the eyes of the iron beggar, it is difficult to say whether you pay attention to it or not!" Tai Bitu smiled coldly and pushed back, "Brother Mu thinks that my sword keeps cutting heads?" ”

"Brother Shi!" Bambur saw that Mulima had a desire to fight for merit, and was afraid that they would cause a dispute. Hurriedly diverted his words, "Naturally, you can't ask Lord Tai to leave empty-handed, of course he is in the identity of Qincha!" As he spoke, he stroked his short whisker with his hand and laughed characteristically.

When the big event was agreed, everyone felt relieved, and suddenly heard the loud sound of the cloud board on the opposite bank, the sound of the hole flute, and a wisp of clear sound was sent straight over:

Tianjin Ferry hesitated...... Where can I find the jade chacha...... Singing softly...... Tempting the blue glow to fall......

Bamburshan listened carefully and said with a smile: "I have listened to this "Water Tune Song Head" for the third time, and every time I have a new ......."

When Fang was about to speak, a Goshha on the door ran out of breath and reported with sweat on his head: "Yu, Yuzhongtang, the holy car has arrived at the house!" Suddenly, the air became like condensation, and the room was full of astonishment, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"How many people did you bring?" Bamble asked anxiously.

"There are five in total, and the minions are not allowed to report, saying that they want to see the garden of the middle hall, and they laugh as they walk. At this time, I am afraid that I will soon arrive at the West Flower Hall, and the slave is afraid that the master is not prepared, so I dare to tell it first. ”

Ao Bai was completely calmed down and said with a smile: "What a fast leg! Avoid it, I'll take over! ”

"Where's the crooked tiger?" Bamburshan asked again.

He ...... He went out last night and hasn't ...... yet Didn't come back! Nagoshha suddenly became a little embarrassed and stammered.

Ao Bai and Bamburshan exchanged glances, and said with a pleasant face: "You go and wait!" Nagoshha withdrew, and Bambulshan changed his calm and unhurried demeanor, and hurriedly said to everyone: "Let's go from this side, and each of us will return to the house from the East Corner Gate!" He whispered a few more words to Aobai, picked up the poison box and went with the others.

Kangxi's visit to Aofu this time was carefully considered. He felt that before he made a big move, he had to pay a visit to the minister, who was not in court, to create an atmosphere of harmony between the monarch and the courtier. First, it can stabilize the nervous mood of the foreign ministers and show the stability of the political situation of the imperial court, and second, it can show favor to China and foreign countries, and show the crime of worshipping and plotting rebellion, and at the same time, it will also avoid the tongue of later generations, saying that he, the son of heaven, "will be punished without teaching". Even Wu Liuyi's side must let him know that the current emperor is not weak. For the sake of safety, he secretly ordered Wei Dongting to investigate the truth in advance, and there was no abnormal movement of the forbidden army soldiers in Beijing. Only then did he take a light car, and after the file was recorded by the Internal Affairs Office, he went straight to the Aobai Mansion, and only brought Zhang Wanqiang, Wei Dongting, Mu Zixu, Hao Laosi, and a few people with him. Wei Dongting was still the boss and was not at ease, so he brought almost all the personal soldiers in the Sony Mansion, disguised himself as ordinary people, and scattered around the Ao Mansion. Beforehand, he asked people to get drunk with the design of the crooked tiger and other generals in Aofu, so he was relieved to go.

At this moment, Kangxi was in great interest, he was wearing a black fox fur crown on his head, a blue satin Tianma leather robe, a green chin gown covered with Shi Qingjiang silk, and a bright yellow dragon buckle, which looked energetic and magnificent. A cadre of people walked and stopped in the garden, Kangxi kept pointing fingers, saying that the rockery here was well built, and the pavilion over there was not made in order, but Wei Dongting and several people were sweating in their hearts, so they had to respond in their mouths.

Walking to the water pavilion opposite Heshoutang, the drama on the stage is very lively, and the monsters in "Jigong Breaking the Array" are dancing. When he raised his eyes to look at the other side, several waiting maids stood far away under the east corridor outside the hall. Only worshiped one person, wearing a camel-colored cotton robe, a blue satin horse coat, soap boots, and stilted Erlang's legs and half leaned on the bamboo chair, but he didn't seem to see Kangxi and his party. When Wei Dongting wanted to say hello, Kangxi stopped him by pulling his sleeves, and walked around the pond and walked towards Aobai.

"Cheer up!" Kangxi suddenly said behind his back.

Ao Bai was startled, and when he turned around and saw that it was Kangxi, he turned over, kowtowed to the ground and said: "The old minister didn't know that the holy car was coming, and he didn't have time to greet him, so he hoped to beg for forgiveness!" ”

"What a crime!" Kangxi smiled and helped him up: "Are you feeling better?" ”

Ao Bai waved his hand to stop the performance on the stage, and replied with a smile: "I used the medicine given by the emperor, and it has been very effective." While stretching out his hand to let Kangxi into the Heshou Hall.

Seeing this, Wei Dongting took a few steps forward and entered the hall first, carefully examining the furnishings inside. The furnishings in the hall are not very luxurious, there are nanmu bookshelves against the wall, there is only a sandalwood long table in the hall, there are a few chairs scattered around, and only the inconspicuous place behind the door is placed with a high gilded self-striking clock, which is the most magnificent luxury in the room. There is a large wooden couch at the door, covered with red gorilla felt, and two mud gold and red embroidered felt pillows are pressed at both ends, which can be reliable, can sit and lie down, no matter what posture, you can see the panoramic view of the water pavilion opposite. Wei Dongting said secretly: "This old man will really enjoy happiness!" "Eyes swept the place, but saw that there was something strange under the pillow in the west, quickly stepped forward and touched it with his hand, and felt that there was a hard object, and when he pulled it out, it was a cold, shiny, and cold long knife that splashed the wind!

It happened that Ao Bai and Kangxi entered together, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Wei Dongting standing in front of the couch with a long knife in his hand. Mu Zixu and the three of them gasped, stretched out their hands to their waist knives together, and looked at each other!

"Zhongtang!" Wei Dongting held the treasure knife in his hand, looked at the chilling edge and asked, "Is this ...... What does this mean? ”

Ao Bai was not panicked, but smiled bitterly: "If the emperor informs him in advance, he wants to control the minion's mansion, and this alone will be enough to cure the crime of destroying the door." ”

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Xiao Weizi, you are a barbarian, how do you know our rules!" We Manchurians never leave the sword, and the body does not leave the sword. ——Since entering the customs, few people have been able to obey the ancestral system like Ao Zhongtang, and I am about to issue an edict to take responsibility - don't put it away quickly! ”

Wei Dongting was suspicious, took out the scabbard and closed it, and hung it on the bookshelf near him, only then was he shocked, and said with a smile: "I still think that Lord Zhongtang doesn't want to call Master and our brothers back!" ”

"With you, Zhao Zilong, don't be afraid of my Yellow Crane Tower." Ao Baijie smiled mockingly, and said, "Since suffering from head wind, if there are ghosts and gods, they are terrified and restless, and they can't sleep at night. Or one of my pen posts taught me such a way to suppress demons, and put a knife under the pillow to suppress the evil. It's strange to say, but it's quite effective. Wei Dongting also smiled: "I'm afraid it's because Zhongtang has killed too many people in his life." The crowd laughed.

Kangxi took the opportunity to sit on the west end of the couch. With how unruly Ao Bai was, he was still about to pretend to be polite at this time, so he sat down on a chair below and shouted, "Su Qiu! ”

Shi Jianmei agreed, came in, said a blessing to Ao, looked up in surprise at Kangxi who was sitting above, and also squatted down to give a salute, and stood by with his hands down. Ao Bai commanded: "Look at the tea!" Jianmei hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes!" "Lift your feet and go.

"No need!" Kangxi, who was sitting on the couch, opened his mouth, "I'll discuss one thing with your master and go." Besides, he is sick, and I am also taking medicine, so it is not appropriate to eat tea. ”

Jianmei looked at Aobai, and had no intention of retracting her fate, squatted down with a smile and made a blessing, but still went. Kangxi looked at her back and smiled: "I don't even listen to my words, it's amazing!" ”

Ao Bai smiled and said: "The minister is a military lawyer, how dare she disobey the order?" Besides, she didn't know that you were the emperor! ”

Kangxi conspired for a while, and said: "I came to your mansion, first, to take a look at Gui Hao, and secondly, to discuss with you, the matter of the fire in Xiwanzi that burned down the Imperial Pavilion, Feng Mingjun who patrolled the Yamen was wrong, I thought that it would be enough to issue an edict, why do you have to lower the tone?" ”

"Xihaizi is an important place in the imperial garden, and the palace is strictly forbidden, and such a thing happened, not only Feng Mingjun, but also the old ministers, can not escape the blame, how can they be lenient without authorization?"

"It's okay to be punished," Kangxi insisted, "The crime should not be punished heavily, and if it is punished heavily, it cannot be obeyed." For this reason, it is too much to ask him to vacate, and I think that half a year of punishment will be enough. ”

"Eighty taels of silver," Ao Bai said with a smile, "what kind of punishment is that?" The foundation of our dynasty has not been laid for a long time, and no matter what rewards and punishments, we must be strict in order to teach him in future generations. Don't let Feng Mingjunchen vacancy, and it is enough to transfer him to be a nine-gate admiral. ”

"Oh......" Kangxi asked, "Who is the current Admiral of the Nine Gates......" He didn't seem to be able to remember for a while.

"Wu Liuyi!" Ao Bai smiled secretly in his heart, leaned forward slightly, and replied, "Taizong was a famous tiger general, but unfortunately someone accused him of having something to do with the former Ming and Tang kings when he was in Nanyang, so he has been wronged so far." ”

"Some people believe such words of chasing wind and shadows!" Kangxi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Therefore, the minister thought that this position had wronged him, and planned to transfer Wu Liuyi to the military department as a temporary waiter. His vacancy was filled by Feng Mingjun. ”

These words are indeed unassailable. Kangxi was silent with Chaozhu in his hand, and when he saw Jianmei bringing tea from a distance, he got up and said: "This is not a hurry, you first ask them to draft an edict, and then I will consider it." You are tired today, and we will discuss it in a few days. As he spoke, he wanted to get up, "I want to go to Zhongcui Palace with the Empress Dowager to worship the Buddha today!" ”

Ao Bai hurriedly got up and said, "It's still early!" When the incense is going to arrive, the emperor will not come easily, and when it arrives today, the door is full of glory, how can you not even take a sip of tea? Seeing that Jianmei had already come in, he said, "Su Qiu, this is the long-lived master today, don't hurry up and serve tea!" ”

Seeing this, Jianmei hurriedly knelt down, raised the tray above her head with both hands, and approached on her knees and said, "The slave didn't know that it was the Long Live Lord who arrived, and I will invite Jin An here!" Please use tea! ”

"That's it," Kangxi said, stretching out his hand to pick up the tea from above, "But I've been taking medicine these days, so I don't want to use tea." It's hard to be beautiful, so it's just a matter of watching it. ”

"It's okay," said Aobai, "although the Holy One is extremely noble, I am afraid that he has never tasted this tea." He didn't seem to care about picking up one of the cups, took a sip and said, "The name of this tea is 'daughter tea'-" Kangxi Fang heard this, and laughed silently: "What's so rare about daughter tea, Ming'er asked Zhang Wanqiang to send a load to reward you!" ”

"—also known as 'boudoir tea'." Ao Bai added another sentence, "It was picked from Junshan Mountain in Hangzhou." When the spring tea spits out the tip, the unhired daughter of the boudoir will dew and step on the frost in the early morning, select a few pieces of high-quality pointed flags, and puff them in the mouth after picking. Only the best son-in-law can taste it when he first enters the door of Yue's house. It's rare for the rest to even see each other. When the minister first supervised Jiangnan, he paid thousands of taels of gold, only more than two catties, where did Ouchi find a burden to give the minister! ”

Ao Bai spoke very well, and everyone in the Crane Shoutang was speechless.

"It's unheard of!" Kangxi smiled, picked up the cup and looked at it carefully, and said suspiciously: "It's not necessarily as you said!" ”

Ao Bai laughed: "It's a shame that you are the emperor, but you can't eat tea!" ——This tea is different from regular tea: once it is washed down, the taste is light and clean, the second time it is fragrant and the color is lush, and three times it is washed down to open the leaves and spread the red clouds. It's not fun to drink it a fourth time. He said with great interest as he tasted the tea in his hand. Even Mu Zixu and the coarse people were dumbfounded.

Kangxi is still hesitating, to eat this cup of tea or not? But I saw Wei Dongting come up with a smile and ask Andao: "The boudoir has no husband, and the slave has no wife, please ask the master to reward the slave with this tea to drink!" Kangxi smiled: "That's fine." Wei Dongting knelt on one knee, took the cup with both hands, raised his neck and drank it all, and said with a smile: "You don't have to rush it two or three times!" ”

"Good!" Ao Bai said with emotion, "Lord Wei can be described as a fast person!" I'm not afraid to eat my daughter's tea, see Rakshasa in the fifth watch! Wei Dongting said with a smile: "Lord Zhongtang is not afraid, what am I afraid of Wei!" ”

Kangxi looked up at the sky and said, "It's not too early, let's go back, so that the Empress Dowager will not be worried." ”

"It's good!" Ao Bai Zhengse said, "The Holy Lord is fortunate to be in the slave mansion today, it is really full of brilliance, and the minion's depression has also been cured." This is all caused by the emperor's grace, and in a few days, the slave should enter the court to see the matter, and then thank the saint Longen! ”

Kangxi also bowed and said: "The four auxiliary ministers left by the first emperor, you are the only one who can use them at the moment, and you can recuperate with peace of mind and cherish yourself." After speaking, Kangxi took five people and left.