Kangxi Fang returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, took off the Chaozhu and the golden dragon coat, stretched comfortably, and sat down on the soft couch all of a sudden. Su Malagu hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a hot towel, and said, "It's only been May, and the sky is hot like this." As he spoke, he brought a small plate of ice and put it on the table. If you can restrain it, please use it. Kangxi wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Look at your dress, are you in a hurry to be a bride?" Su Malagu blushed and said coquettishly: "Long live the lord of the world, how can you make fun of the slaves!" With that, he poured out the water from the basin without dropping his feet. At this time, Kangxi really felt that the sky was high and the sky was wide, and in the past few years, under the pressure of the government and government, although he also joked from time to time, he also knew that it was all the needs of government affairs, and now once Ao Bai was captured, the depression of the past few years was discharged.

At this time, Kangxi was not without things that worried him, and the most reassuring thing for him was Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. In order to stabilize Wu Sangui and prevent him from making trouble when he captured Aobai, Kangxi accepted Wu Ciyou's suggestion at that time and promoted Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong to the crown prince. So, what now? Wu Sangui has more than 100,000 heavy soldiers, who are in the clouds, mining mines, boiling salt, minting money, manufacturing weapons, hoarding grain, storing munitions, and selecting and sending officials to the provinces without authorization. There are also Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi and Jingnan Wang Geng Jingzhong sitting in Guangdong and Fujian respectively, and these two people also have signs of misdeeds. Although the stupidity of Junggar in the northwest and the harassment in Taiwan in the southeast can also be considered, they will not affect the overall situation at present. If these three kings join forces to cause trouble, it will be a problem for their henchmen, and the whole world will be shaken with one blow...... Thinking of this, Kangxi felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly remembered Hu Gongshan's departure and Cuigu's death. Suddenly feeling that the empty hall was terrifying, he hurriedly sat up to gather his thoughts, and at this moment a very familiar voice came from outside the hall: "The slave asks for the master!" ”

"Xiao Weizi?" Kangxi woke up suddenly, and felt a little funny: It's a good peaceful world, why bother yourself? Wei Dongting's arrival brought back Kangxi's deeper and deeper worries, and he smiled and said, "Don't come in yet!" Su Malagu came in with tea, and saw Wei Dongting wearing a yellow coat, with a solemn and serious expression, and said with a smile: "I really look like a minister, not the master, can you have today?" As soon as he turned his head and saw that Kangxi had something serious to talk to him, he lowered his hand and stepped back and sat in the east pavilion yarn drawer.

"Have you seen Mr. Wu?" Kangxi asked, "You should talk to him in detail, and temporarily wronged him to walk on the Hanlin Courtyard." And don't be in a hurry to get there, I still have confidential business for him to do. Again, this person is going to be of great use, but it can't be done at the moment, first, because he is afraid that everyone will not accept it, and second, his nature is too arrogant - what do outsiders say? ”

"Mr. Wu, I haven't seen it yet." Wei Dongting hurriedly said, "Inheriting the will of Long Live the servant, the servant will go back to visit him and tell him the emperor's holy will." When outsiders heard about Mr. Wu, they were very happy, saying that Mr. Wu was talented and blessed, and that Long Live Lord's merit and talent were higher than the sky! The three streets and six cities were all sensational. ”

"Where's Aobai?" Kangxi said, "What do people say about him?" ”

"Everyone can be killed!" Wei Dongting had already thought about it along the way, and he should set the tone first, as the foundation of his foothold, and then slowly make his speech. Then he said: "There is no forgiveness for this person's sin, but the slave has some other thoughts, and I don't know how to say it." ”

Kangxi absentmindedly played the fasting card in his arms and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"The minion dared to speak, thinking that it was better not to kill!"

This sentence burst out, not only Wei Dongting himself felt abrupt, but Aunt Su Mala, who was in the yarn drawer, was also startled when she heard it, and listened carefully and busily.

"Huh?" Kangxi only put down the fasting card, got up and walked around twice, then sat down and said, "Go on!" ”

"After all, Ao Bai is a meritorious man, although he commits unforgivable crimes, he is a person who can be killed but not killed, showing the mercy of the saints in the world - he is now a waste, and it is the same whether he kills or not."

"Hmm."

"Ao Bai has controlled the government for several years, and there are many people who have taken refuge in him, and now many people are worried that the emperor will be imprisoned. The minions thought that if they didn't kill Aobai, they would make these people dispel their doubts. ”

"Well, good!"

"Now that the inside is not peaceful and the outside is not appeased, the old subordinates of Ao Bai are all over the inside and outside, if you kill Ao Bai, it will not be counted!" Wei Dongting said eloquently.

Kangxi listened quietly, but in his heart he agreed: Yes, the next step should be considered for the disposal of Aobai! He patted his hot head and said noncommittally, "You tell them to come first with a decree, and then I can talk about it after I have seen it." ”

Although it is not explicit, Kangxi's face is an article. Wei Dongting felt relieved for a while, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The Holy Lord bows to the foresight, it is beyond the reach of his subordinates, and the servants and others will draft the decree first, and the Holy Lord will decide." With that, he wanted to get up and retreat.

"Don't be busy," Kangxi hurriedly stopped him, "What do you think should be done about Mr. Wu and Aunt Su Mala?" Aunt Su Mala, who was hiding behind the gauze drawer, heard them discuss this, her face turned red, and her heart jumped suddenly. She was afraid that people would see that she was eavesdropping, but she really wanted to hear it, so she finally listened to it word for word.

Hearing Kangxi ask about this, Wei Dongting replied with a smile: "Master Shengming, the slaves look at them as a natural pair!" ”

"yes, that's what I thought." Kangxi said, "Although Mr. Wu is a few years older, Aunt Su Mala has long been devoted to him. ”

"Then the emperor will help them do it!"

"What are you anxious about?" Kangxi smiled, "Manchu and Han don't intermarry!" You know what? ”

Wei Dongting was silent for a long time, and Aunt Su Mala held her breath, fearing that her breath would disturb their conversation. Finally heard Wei Dongting say: "The slave has the courage to speak, the love is the bell, there is no distinction between the full man, it is really not possible, please ask the master to carry the flag to Mr." ”

"I still can't do it after raising the flag." Kangxi groaned, "This matter still has to be considered." ”

Wei Dongting Suri and Wu Ciyou were extremely harmonious, and his anxiety at this time was no less than that of Su Malagu, and he hurriedly said: "The slave is foolish, not as thoughtful as the saint. ”

Kangxi suddenly laughed, turned around and shouted to Aunt Su Mala in the yarn drawer: "Wanniang, come out!" Don't thank you Xiao Weizi yet? ”

Su Malagu had to walk out slowly. She is wearing a pale green palace robe, her hairstyle in Han costume has not changed, and her face is drunk, just like a beautiful jade, which is even more delicate and moving. She screamed for a long time, and she didn't know what to say, she only blessed Kangxi and Wei Dongting twice, then covered her face and fled back to her room in Xinuan Pavilion, and sobbed herself on the couch.

After more than a month of trial, Aobai's case was finally decided. Jie Shu and Ji Bilong are obviously Qin Cha with full power to interrogate, but in fact, they have to consult Wei Dongting and Wu Liuyi for their opinions on every detail. On this day, Kangxi was reading the book of Jieshu in the Palace of Raising Hearts, and the recital sent by Ji Bilong for Ao Bai Ding. There were a total of thirty charges for Aobai, and Kangxi read them carefully one by one, and knew that Wei Dongting had tactfully conveyed his intentions to these two people. The main purpose of the chapter is to accuse Aobai's party of forming a party for personal gain, bullying the subordinates, acting arbitrarily, changing the first emperor's chapter without authorization, and enclosing the people's land, and only briefly pointing out the major matter of plotting against the emperor and killing the king.

At the end of the chapter, there are words such as "Ao Bai is the old minister, whether the law is correct or not, it comes from the emperor's holy judgment", which opened a ray of life for Ao Bai. Kangxi watched it for an hour before putting down the piece and shouting, "Zhang Wanqiang! Listening to Kangxi's summons, Zhang Wanqiang agreed: "The slave is here!" ”

"Get something to eat!" Kangxi didn't raise his head, he put a pen in his hand, smeared cinnabar, and he wanted to draft this edict himself. "You don't have to pass the food, just get some fruit."

"Wow!" Zhang Wanqiang agreed and walked out. After a while, he brought a small silver plate, which contained four kinds of dried and fresh fruits, such as pears, fresh lychees, longans and rose kumquats, which were very beautiful in purple, red, yellow and white. Kangxi looked at it and said, "Let it go, you go down." He pondered for a moment and wrote:

Ao worships the old ministers, receives the country's favor, obeys the emperor's edict, assists in government affairs, and is loyal to the country. I don't want to worship the dictatorship of the party, disrupt the state politics, change the constitution, and recklessly practice selfishness. Civil and military officials, who want to make their way out of their doors, and who are important inside and outside, and who are traitors of Kuyi, Bambulshan, Mulima, Sebende, Asha, Gechuha, Namo, Taibitu, etc., shall be formed into a party, and shall be allowed to do so by prior agreement in private affairs; Those who are good friends with Iraq are quoted in many ways, and those who do not agree will be trapped, and all kinds of evils are difficult to enumerate! I have known it for a long time, but I worship as a minister, and I am very favored by the court, and I still hope that he will change his evil and follow good, and protect his fame and fame. It is a close look at its many crimes, bearing the weight entrusted by the emperor's examination, tyrannical and rampant, and losing the hope of the world!

This paragraph of the crime is very decent, almost to the point of "immedie" in his eyes. As for the plot to kill the king, he only used "deception and contempt" to pass it off, mainly saying that the crime of Ao Bai is that he can't live up to the ancestors and the emperor, and he has failed to live up to the "hope of the world"! Writing this, Kangxi felt that he didn't say anything about Curb Pilon, and he was afraid that he couldn't justify it, so he went on to write:

Knowing his evil, he kept silent, intending to accommodate himself and be appointed. I am known for the crime of worship, and I ordered all the kings and ministers to investigate and try together, and they have all been confirmed, and because of the seriousness of their crimes, they are all intended to correct the law, and they should have been punished according to the proposal, but I have been in service for many years, and the imperial examination has been relied on, I can't bear to be punished, and I will be spared death, and I will be dismissed from my post and still detained. He was exempted from serious crimes, stripped of his title of prince and later added as duke.

The rest will be easy to do, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, gritted his teeth and wrote:

Bambulshan, Mulimah, Asha, Gechuha, Sebende, Tabitu, and Nam, or ministers of the ministries and courts, or guards on the left and right, are all attached to the powerful, forming factions and committing personal gains, acting treacherously on the outside, and acting as a prestige, and their sins are unforgivable, and they are all ordered to correct the law. The rest are all people who are at the end of the day, trying to get lucky for a while, I can't bear to be killed, so I am lenient and avoid death, and the crime is punished lightly.

At this point, Kangxi's book was written, and it was written "Qin this! Two words. After writing it, I read it carefully, and felt that although the writing was insufficient, the meaning was very clear, so I had no intention of changing it, so I picked up a lychee and peeled it, and thought about it while tasting it.

Wu Ciyou still lives in Yue Peng. The "shopkeeper" is still He Guizhu. At this time, He Guizhu had been promoted to the head of the household department, a serious five-grade official. It's just that this store no longer accepts guests, and only Wu Ciyou, Mingzhu and Mu Zixu live there. The patrol yamen sends twelve school captains to stand at this gate every day, as if it is a nondescript yamen. One day, Mingzhu sent his friend away, and said to Wu Ciyou with a smile: "Big brother, this Huang brother is very tasteful and sent such a thing." I think my eldest brother must have liked this object very much. As he spoke, he handed over a scroll.

When Wu Ciyou took it and unfolded it, it was an ink painting with dense cinnabar seals. He Guizhu touched it with his hand, was greatly disappointed, and said: "What kind of rare thing should I be, where can I not find such a broken painting to give gifts!" ”

"This painting is worth more than 10,000 gold." Wu Ciyou looked at it for a long time, his eyes suddenly glowed, and he said to He Guizhu with a smile: "You say every day, 'Chen Ziang's horse and Song Huizong's eagle are all good words (paintings)!'" This is Song Huizong's eagle! ”

Everyone was taken aback, when looking at the seal, there was really a seal, and there was a rare word "Daojun ......" on it, and the rest was unclear. The lower head is embellished with an ink pen "Chongning Four Years Imperial ......" half a line of fine characters, but it is quite real, and the name of the book on the back is unknown. Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "You see, this piece of paper is really full of loyalty and treachery: Yue Shaobao, Qin Hui, Wei Su, Wang Yangming, and Yan Song have all stored this painting!" Mingzhu didn't know much about this, and it was not surprising to look at the black, so he said: "Since Mr. likes it, then take it!" ”

Wu Ciyou played for a long time, slowly rolled up the painting, and said with a smile: "I can't afford it, and I don't have the money to buy these things." Why don't the Mingzhu brothers present it to the emperor? ”

"The first emperor surnamed Huang has been bored, saying that it is a 'plaything and losing his mind', how dare I send it again!" Mingzhu replied, "Big brother just put it away." ”

"I don't dare to accept it." Wu Ciyou shook his hand and said, "I received such a heavy gift from others, what should I repay them!" ”

Mingzhu didn't know what to do, and suddenly the doorman came in and said, "Lord Ming, Lord Suo invites you back!" And specially invited Mr. Wu, Lord Wei and all the adults to enjoy the light and drink. Mingzhu asked, "Big brother, let's go together?" ”

"It's something you can't say." Wu Ciyou had no choice but to smile and say, "Brother Ming will go first, wait a while, let's go and disturb him together!" ”

Suo Etu prepared wine, the name is Invite Mingzhu, but in fact, he really wants to make friends with Wu Ciyou. But he learned from Xiong Cixu that Wu Ciyou had received a secret edict from Kangxi and was drafting an extremely confidential strategy for withdrawing the feudal domain, and he could not communicate with hundreds of officials casually. was waiting in a hurry, and when he saw Mingzhu rushing over, he asked happily, "Are they all here?" ”

"They'll be there!" Mingzhu was familiar with informality, bowed to Suo Etu and sat down, "I'll come to the front station first!" ”

"I said that Mr. Wu would not sweep my face." Suo Etu said happily, "I'm busy here early in the morning, there are too many things, too many friends, and I just want to find a noble person like Mr. Wu to talk about." "There was a smug look at the end of the words.

Mingzhu hurriedly asked: "Why are you so busy?" ”

"There are joys and sorrows!" Suo Etu sighed, and first said worried, "Today is the time of the clumsy Jing Breaking Seven. Think about the time when she passed away, it was when the emperor punished the traitor, where could he take care of her cooking. I went to Chongfu Temple early this morning to set up a water and land dojo for her, and I always had to do my best to divide the relationship between husband and wife. ”

Mingzhu was silent for a while, and suddenly moved with joy, and asked again: "So happy?" But he didn't answer, but after a while, he said, "Do you remember Hesheri?" ”

"Do you remember what you remember, it's only been a few days since I see you—don't say it, my lord, I'll guess about this happy event!" Mingzhu twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, suddenly became very excited, applauded and smiled: "This joy is bigger than the sky!" If you don't guess in the next, you are willing to punish a lot, and if you guess it, you are willing to float a lot! ”

Suo Etu was naturally happy, stood up and poured him a large amount of wine, and said, "Anyway, I have already drunk this glass of wine, please!" ”

"Forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, Mingzhu's eyesight will not be wrong again, it must be your niece and son who are going to be elected to the palace!" Seeing Suo Etu nodding with a smile, Mingzhu took the wine and took it all, and said, "Then you have the share of being a queen!" ”

Suo Etu couldn't hold back his joy, and said with a smile: "It's hard to say, the Empress Dowager sent a decree early this morning to meet - and the granddaughter of Kubilong - at this time, Mrs. Tai is dressing her up and accompanying her into the palace!" Suo Etu said, couldn't help but pour himself a cup and drank it, and sighed again, "If the deceased wife is here, how happy she should be to see today!" It's tragic to say, half of her was sick, half of her was frightened to death......"

"Lord Suo," Mingzhu said suddenly, "I have a way to make you happy!" Seeing the look of surprise on Suo Etu's face, he said to Suo Etu what he had just conspired about: "What do you think of Wan Niang?" ”

Suo Etu knew what he meant as soon as he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "You don't have to say any more, it's good, it's just that where you can!" The Empress Dowager pointed her to the emperor, and I looked at the emperor's meaning, and I wanted to point out Su Malagu to Mr. Wu! ”

"You only know one thing, but you don't know the other." Mingzhu was full of wine at this time, and his interest was high, and he smiled slightly: "I know the hearts of Wu and Su, and I also know the emperor's meaning, but the Manchu and Han do not intermarry, and the country has a clear code, and Wu and Su are finally difficult to bridge." The Lord is the first minister today, and he is full of nationality, and he is deeply valued by the Empress Dowager. As long as the old feudal monarch enters the palace, is there any reason not to allow it? Speaking of this, Mingzhu paused for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Wu will be reused, why should the eldest husband have no wife, how can he stick to this?" ”

"I have a clear opinion, this matter can be discussed again!" Before Mingzhu finished speaking, Suo Etu had already woken up from a dream, but it was not good to change his words in person, so he got up and said: "They should come, let's have a meal first, I want them to go and rectify a jar of Moutai!" As he spoke, he looked back for Mrs. Tai.