Kangxi returned to the forbidden city, and Zhang Wanqiang was waiting anxiously at Shenwumen. Seeing him coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward, and before he could ask for peace, he paused and said, "Good my master! I'm still here, and I'm in a hurry! Kangxi saw that he was sweating profusely and his face was yellow, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Wanqiang looked left and right, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, he hurried up and said: "Ao Zhongtang just handed over the sign, sat in the Wenhua Palace, and said that there is something important, and I must ask to see it!" There was no way, the slave had to say, the master was resting, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother instructed that the big things had to wait for the master to get up! Hey, if it's a little later, won't it be exposed? ”

Kangxi chuckled in his heart, and thought to himself: "I have never been invited to see him at noon, could it be that he smelled something?" After a pause, he said, "I just got up, and I relaxed my muscles in the Imperial Garden, and asked him to come to the Imperial Garden." As he spoke, he instructed Wei Dongting, "You also come in with me and practice kung fu together." ”

It was Kangxi's temporary decision to meet Aobai in the Imperial Garden - instead of rushing to the upper study to summon him in a hurry, it was better to let Aobai run a few more steps, which was considered "anti-guest-oriented". When Ao Bai arrived with Mulima and Namu, he had already lifted the stone lock several times and was practicing archery.

Ao Bai walked into the garden, and did not see him, he stood aside with a smile and watched, but Kangxi practiced, turned around, and an arrow whistled and shot straight towards the door of Ao Bai. Mulima was shocked, and rushed forward to block it, where was there time! But Ao Bai stood still like no one else, waiting for the arrow to fly in front of him, stretched out his hand, and grabbed it in his hand, but it was a chirping arrow wrapped in a sand bag...... Kangxi abandoned his bow on the ground, the two looked at each other and laughed, and Wei Dongting, Mu Lima, and Nemo also laughed dryly under false alarm.

Kangxi patted the dust on his body and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "The master is good at archery, and he almost scared the old minister!" Kangxi also smiled: "It's really worthy of being a general, good skills, I'm just playing." Please sit down here. As he spoke, he asked Ao Bai to sit on the stone drum under the shade of the tree in front of the imperial pavilion, and asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?" ”

Ao Bai took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it over: "Wu Sangui, King of Pingxi, please transfer 2 million stone grain from Wuhu to fund military supplies, please give an edict to the Lord." ”

"I want to learn from the Ming God Sect and be a peaceful prince comfortably, so I don't need to look at it." Kangxi shook his head with a smile, looking absent-minded, "You've done everything bigger than this, why bother with me." ”

Ao Bai said: "That's not the case, you need to send a capable minister to Wuhu, this number is too big." Kangxi asked slowly: "Who do you want to go?" Ao Bai replied without hesitation: "The minister thinks it is appropriate to ask for a map." ”

Kangxi laughed on the surface and tried his best to keep calm, but in his heart he wanted to kick the meaty guy in front of him, and hesitated with his teeth: "A few days ago, General Fengtian rushed 600 miles, and said that the Rakshasa Kingdom was wantonly invading Xing'anling outside, and its momentum should not be underestimated. Wait and see, if the rakshasa does not retreat, he will have to make the trip, and he is still familiar with the situation in that area......"

Ao Bai thought to himself: "If you really go to Waixinganling, you may freeze to death and die, and you won't be able to come back after losing the battle, but it's better than going to Wuhu." I didn't have time to think about it and asked, "Who is good to see Wuhu?" ”

"What do you think of this man Bamburshan?" Kangxi stared at Ao Bai with a provocative look and asked. Ao Bai shook his head again and again and said: "No, the slave is very busy there, and only he knows about the affairs of the household, and he can't be separated as soon as he leaves." Kangxi smiled secretly in his heart and thought about it: "Then I have to work hard to curb Bilong." He is not in good health and has not been to court for more than half a year. You go and tell him that fortunately, you can finish the errand in half a year, and you can also go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to recuperate, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Ao Bai smiled and said: "Since the holy will is like this, it will be revealed this afternoon." ”

After discussing the important matter, Ao Bai got up and said goodbye. Kangxi said with a smile: "Jiu Wenqing's martial arts are extraordinary, and today is a good time, so please demonstrate it and show me how it is?" Ao Bai smiled: "The slave's little ability, how can he show his ugliness here?" Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Why bother to be too modest, please!" ”

Ao Bai said "presumptuous", took off the big tasseled hat with a coral top, handed it to Mu Lima with the pearls, and took off the robe of the crane supplement and the nine pythons and five claws, only wore a field yarn poplin loose clothes, and did not braid, and supported a posture of "burning the sky" on the spot, lifted his breath and kicked his feet violently, and picked up a lake stone of more than 300 catties with a "bang", raised it with one hand, and rolled his body on the ground with two sideways, and the stone in his hand seemed to be fixed in mid-air.

Kangxi Fang was dazzled, and suddenly threw the stone, more than five feet away from the top of his head, turned his body away, and put his palm flat on the ground, the stone fell quickly and smashed on the back of his hand with a "bang", straight into the soil for more than two inches! Kangxi and everyone exclaimed, but Ao Bai pulled his hand violently, and slammed his palm at the stone like lightning, and the huge rockery stone was suddenly split into three pieces.

Wei Dongting saw it really and was secretly shocked. He had long heard that Aobai was outstanding in martial arts, and when he saw it today, he really reached the point of perfection. Mulima and Nemo stood beside him, although it was inconvenient to cheer, but they had a smug look on their faces. When looking at Kangxi, he didn't seem to care, holding a sandalwood fan and watching it with great interest. Ao Bai practiced well, grabbed two fist-sized pebbles from the ground, and shook them vigorously with "hey", and the stones shattered in response to the sound - only then did he smile and pat the dust on his hands and slowly dress, and said with a smile: "The saint is smiling." ”

Kangxi tugged the fan into his sleeve and said with a smile: "The country has a brave general like Qing, I can sit back and relax." Then he turned to Wei Dongting and said, "You go to find a few teenagers, all of them are sixteen or seventeen years old, and they will practice kung fu with me." ”

Wei Dongting hurriedly responded: "Oh-" Peeked at Aobai, saw that he didn't mind, and said, "The slave will find it for the saint tomorrow." Ao Bai said with a smile: "When the slave was seven years old, he went to worship the famous master to practice martial arts. ”

Kangxi smiled: "Naturally, you have to go to the war, I can't just relax my muscles and bones, where does it really come from!" ”

He was overjoyed to receive the edict of Mingfa sent by Qin to Wuhu. After a busy night, I packed my luggage, ordered the servants, hired the boatman, and hired the master...... He couldn't wait to leave Beijing City as soon as possible to avoid this right and wrong.

For half a year, he watched coldly in the "sickness", and felt that neither side was easy to mess with, like two whirlwinds were spinning in front of him, expanding his strength, if you occasionally approached any whirlpool, you would feel a strong wind blowing in your face, and there was a huge gravitational pull pulling you towards the center. He understands that with his identity, it will be very dangerous to get involved in either side. If these two whirlwinds collide together, what will be the result? Will it be like a tornado to uproot trees and houses and make the government unmanageable?

He didn't dare to think about it, and he couldn't help but think about it. After he was "sick", Ao Bai and Bamburshan came to visit him twice; Kangxi also sent Xiong Cixu and Wei Dongting to "see the disease" twice. Every time a person comes, it brings him new uneasiness. Sometimes he felt like he was alone in a flat boat floating between the vast sky and water, and one day he would fall into the bottomless abyss. Whenever anything happened in the court, he had to break it up, close it up, crumple it, and pinch it again to weigh it. If you continue to "get sick", I'm afraid you're really going to get sick. At this time, when he received a messenger to handle the grain affairs, he could go out of Beijing in a dignified manner, how could he not be happy?

After a busy night, the next day he hurried to the Qianqing Palace to bid farewell for training. Kangxi sent out a word that he wanted to see him in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Looking at the haggard man kneeling in front of him, with gray beard and hair, skinny, as if he was much older, Kangxi couldn't help but feel a sense of pity and sympathy in his heart: Yes, if he insists that the two armies of Curb Pilon and Ao Bai are openly opposed, I am afraid that he will also end up with Suke Saha. At present, he is willing to hold on to the center, and he still has a conscience. After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly saw that Kupilon was still kneeling, and sighed lightly and said, "Get up and sit!" ”

Suppilon kowtowed. When he sat on the wooden stool below and looked up, Wei Dongting looked up like a protector god next to Kangxi, and several new guards such as the wolf eye transferred from Yuqing Palace also raised their chests and protruded their bellies without squinting, which was very powerful. Kangxi sat on it calmly with a handful of mud gold folding fans, looking very chic and dignified, and he lowered his head again. But I heard Kangxi ask: "I have sent someone to visit you a few times, and your health is better?" Ji Bilong's face turned red, and he hurriedly bowed and replied: "The disease of the slave dog and horse, I am worried about it!" Thanks to the master Hongfu, it has been very good recently. ”

Kangxi said: "What do you think of going to Wuhu to do grain?" He hurriedly replied: "This matter is very important, and the slave must handle it properly." ”

"No!" Kangxi's face changed, and he suddenly said, "You can't give Wu Sangui a stone of grain!" ”

Ji Bilong was shocked by this edict, and he wanted to ask, so he heard Kangxi continue: "What kind of food does he Wu Sangui lack?" He minted money by himself, boiled salt by himself, and made weapons by himself, but the grain and straw in the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou could not feed him more than 100,000 people? Seeing that he was in a daze when he heard this, Kangxi accentuated his tone, "It's Beijing that is short of food!" There are more than 500,000 green battalions in the Eight Banners garrisoned in Gyeonggi, Zhili, and Shandong, and there are natural and man-made disasters in the north for many years, and there are hungry people everywhere, so there is no shortage of food! ”

He said the word "man-made disaster" loudly. Ji Bilong's heart was pounding: At Kangxi's age, Beijingers call him a "half-pile baby", and he doesn't understand anything - I heard people say that Kangxi only knows how to hunt and play Buku games all day long, and doesn't pay much attention to the government, who would have thought that he would be so familiar with the situation and so decisive! When he peeked, Kangxi was also staring at himself with blazing eyes, and hurriedly replied: "Yes!" ”

"This is called a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry!" Kangxi said, "This trip to Wuhu, you have to make six million stone of grain within a year, and secretly transfer it from the canal to the north to listen to my dispatch." If the canal is blocked, it is necessary to raise money on the spot to dredge it. ”

Ji Bilong got up and started playing: "If the auxiliary government of Beijing and the secretary urges the king of Pingxi to ask for food, how to handle it, please make it clear to the saint"

"It's up to you to figure it out." Kangxi said with a smile, "The ancients are outside, will the king's order be affected!" ”

Suppilon silently replied.

Kangxi knew what he meant, and sneered: "I am in charge of you, don't worry." Maybe I'll help you again. Listen, if you are gracious, it will be easy for me to punish you! As he spoke, he made a decree on the dragon case: "The matter of curbing Bilong's grain raising is a special order of the Emperor, and the internal and external ministers are not allowed to interfere." Chin this! After writing it, he threw it to Suppression, "This is enough for you to deal with, you are a smart person, so you can do it yourself!" ”

Seeing that Kangxi no longer spoke, Ji Bilong thought about it again and again, and finally said: "The holy decree is remembered by the slaves. Although the current political situation is peaceful, there are also hidden worries, and the south is not calm. ”

"It's like a word." Kangxi nodded and smiled, "It's good if you understand—kneel down!" ”