Listening to Wei Dongting's story, Wu Ciyou was shocked and angry, and his heart felt like he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, full of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty. After a long time, Fang sneered: "I didn't expect that my Wu Ciyou, a scholar, was powerless, and one article won the favor of Lord Ao!" Speaking of excitement, he clenched his fingers tightly and slammed it on the table, and with a "bang", the soup and vegetables on the table jumped up. "I will go to the head, what kind of crime should I receive, one person will be guilty!"

Saying that, he pulled away and left, but was grabbed by Wei Dongting, and Su Malagu was so anxious that she shouted: "Mr. can't go!" "Wu Ciyou earns two, where can he move?

Seeing that Su Mala's face changed drastically in a hurry, half angry and half affectionate, and was pulled by Wei Dongting again, Wu Ciyou had no choice but to sigh, sit down angrily and hang his head silently. Wei Dongting smiled: "Mr. Wu, what are you in a hurry!" Isn't it in vain to worship him? This chess game is playing to the bone, so why be impatient? ”

"I won't be the first to go," Wu Ciyou sighed, "Ao Bai will not give up in the end, and if something happens in the future, it will always affect you!" As he spoke, he glanced up at Wan Niang.

Su Malagu's heart was hot, her eyes turned red, and she held back her tears and persuaded gently: "The "Treatise on Staying in the Marquis" that Mr. told Long'er last time, in which there are great brave people in the world, 'come suddenly without being surprised, and add without anger'. At that time, we didn't mind listening to it - we thought it was for others, but now that something happened, we thought about it and thought it was for ourselves. If the gentleman is acting according to his will, what can he do? Wei Dongting also said: "Ao Bai searched the mansion, and it was clearly said that it was to take two people, why do you want one person to surrender?" If you ask for another person, where do you look? ”

"Who's that guy?"

"How do we know, you asked a good question!" Su Malagu smiled, "Isn't it good for you to settle down in this place, Long'er comes to school as usual every day, and then returns to the city when the wind and waves are calm?" ”

"That's all there is to it." Wu Ciyou said frustratedly, "It's just that this hotel is full of people, how can you study?" ”

"The second master also looks down on the little ones too much." He Guizhu hurriedly smiled, "If the second master teaches here, what store will I open?" - You said that this is not good, please move and follow me to take a look. ”

Wu Ciyou followed He Guizhu into the backyard in disbelief, and Su Malagu, Mingzhu and Wei Dongting also followed Yuguan. At first glance, it was not unusual, but I stepped past the firewood house and two huts, and passed through an inconspicuous small door. It's not a world in it!

It is a hollow land with a large pond five acres square in the middle, and a stone slab bridge leads to Chixin Island. The water in the pond is clear and clear, and there is no stocking of goldfish and the like, only some silver carp that are more than a foot long are put in, and sometimes they fly to the pond and plop and plop. A lot of weeping willows and dragon-necked willows are planted on the cliff bank around the cliff, and the breeze is together, and thousands of pieces are inextricably swaying. The ripples on the water surface are sparkling and clear. Along the bridge across the pond, seven or eight reed huts on the opposite bank are staggered, only the middle three thatched eaves are on the arch, hanging the "Shangu Zhai" three words mud gold black plaque. The whole house is full of simple and clumsy bamboo and wood utensils. This Shangu shop looks vulgar and ugly from the outside, and the appearance is not amazing, how do you know that this is a master's masterpiece, hidden inside. In contrast, it may even give the impression that the garden is very carved. Wu Ciyou shouted: "Good place! He turned back to He Guizhu and smiled, "If you don't read Zhuangzi, you can't understand the wonder of this fast." ”

"Yes!" Zhu'er hurriedly smiled, "The villain knows that the second master must like it." There is still a rockery on this pond island that has not been repaired, and the stacked Taihu Lake stones are stacked to look good! ”

"I'm here," Wu Ciyou said, "and there is no need to repair the rockery." Get the melon shed bean stand, and then plant the grapevines, the green and shady ones are good, why bother to make artificial carvings? ”

As everyone was talking, they saw an old man with long hair and floating chest, and came out of the hut with a few offspring, although he was dressed in brown and balap shoes, but all of them were extremely strong. Wu Ciyoudao is a guy used in the store, and he doesn't care. The pearl knew that it was the three brothers of Mu Zixu led by Shi Longbiao, as well as more than a dozen noble children selected from the Great Inner to serve as guards here, and twenty personal soldiers were placed in Baiyun Temple to pretend to be Taoist priests and secretly guard this small shop. ——This is another villa arranged by Xiong Cixu for Kangxi, which is dedicated to him as a place to study. "Shangu" harmonizes the sound of the "three holes" of the cunning rabbit - although Wu Ciyou is erudite throughout the ages, how could he think of this!

Wu Ciyou stood in front of the mountain for a while, a gust of autumn wind struck, the pond was vast, thinking of his own life experience, he couldn't help but feel sad. He looked at the people in front of him, and seemed to be much stranger. Even Wanniang, he vaguely felt that everyone had an important thing to hide from him, but he couldn't think of what it was, and he couldn't open his mouth to ask. smiled at the moment: "It's good here, Long'er is afraid that he will have to run a lot more every day!" ”

Wan Niang said with a smile: "You discipline your books, if he wants to come, you will tell the books, and if he doesn't come, it is also a graceful thing to sit on the shore and fish." Wu Ciyou smiled and nodded. At this moment, Zhu'er suddenly turned around and said, "Second master, look, isn't that Long'er coming?" ”

Ao Bai pounced in the air, returned in a daze, angry and annoyed, and on the way he instructed the crooked tiger: "And you don't have to go back to the house, you Pegasus first report to the class master, saying that I will visit him." The crooked tiger agreed, and the horse galloped away. So when Ao Bai arrived at the Bamburshan Mansion, the left door had already opened, and Liu Jinbiao was waiting. The sedan chair was lifted until it stopped at the beginning of the second hall. Ao Bai sat on the chair of the Taishi in the middle hall, and without waiting for Ban Bushan to speak, he smiled and said: "What's going on, I haven't even found out about it, thanks to you, Zhiduoxing, and sent someone to inquire beforehand!" ”

Bambulshan was dressed in a purple velvet embroidered robe, with no belt around his waist, one hand gently twisted the tip of the braid behind his back, and the other hand stroked the shaved head, falling into deep thought. The search for the mansion failed, and he had already heard a general outline from the crooked tiger, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart. It's just that his city is quite deep, and he didn't show his voice. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Ao Gong, I don't know if you have thought about it?" Until then, you can retire as a hermit. Now that this move has come to this point, there is really no way back. ”

"What kind of retreat?" Ao Bai suddenly laughed, "Cao Cao is also a hero!" Now that there is no Liu Xuande and Sun Zhongmou, what is there to fear! Bambulshan also smiled and said: "Although there is no Sun Liu, there is no Emperor Han Xian, can you be careless?" ”

That's true. Ao Bai suddenly changed his face and said: "This is very appropriate, in your opinion, where is the third child today?" Bamble said, "There is no need to investigate this matter. Obviously, the third child went to Suofu every day, and today someone saw the sedan chair go in, but it was empty, it seems that the wind is certain! What matters is how the wind comes out and who gets it out. It had been less than twelve hours since last night, and it was so fast! This is the most terrifying. ”

"There must be a spy in the house, who is this spy?" Ao Bai pondered and said, "Do you want to find Jishi to discuss together?" ”

"Scholarship is good." Bamble said, "You can find him by looking for chapters and quoting scriptures, but can he be broad about this kind of thing?" - Actually, you don't have to look far away, just look among the people around the central hall. ”

"You mean Su Qiu?" The first person to suspect was her. But there is no reason for it, and it is not sure yet. Then he shook his head again and said to himself, "It's hard for her to even get out of the second door." ”

Bambulshan smiled coldly: "Ao Gong is afraid that he loves his beauty and doesn't know his treachery!" Although I don't know anything about martial arts, I still remember that Ao Gong once said that she walked silently and seemed to be very good. If she is a martial arts heroine, how can she not get out of your second door? ”

With a casual sentence on weekdays, Bamburshan remembers it so vividly that Ao Bai has to admire his deep intentions. nodded immediately and said: "Don't worry, no matter whether she is true or not, she must always prove that she is out!" Bamble said: "Fang Cai Aogong said, 'Where is the third child', although it is not the most important thing, but it cannot be ignored. There are still three caves for the foolish and cunning rabbit, who can guarantee that he only has one Suofu? ”

"When it comes to fighting wit," Ao Bai said with a smile, "I have no one on my left and right who can compare to you, and this matter can only be left to please." After speaking, he took a sedan chair and went home.

It was the beginning of October, and the weather in Beijing was already cold. After dinner, Ao Bai and Mrs. Rong were gossiping and eating in the back hall. These days, Ao Bai was physically and mentally exhausted, so he leaned on the chaise longue and stretched his legs lazily, beaten by orange embroidery and color screens, and said to Jianmei: "Su Qiu, you go to Heshoutang and get the gold leather box on the top of the head cabinet behind the screen." ”

Jianmei's heart suddenly tightened, and when she saw that Aobai's eyelids were slightly open, she hurriedly agreed "yes", and left. Rong smiled: "What do you think of that Raushzi at this time?" Ao Bai smiled: "That's the high-grade ginseng essence borneol powder!" Dispel dryness and replenish qi, and disinfect widely. It's all my own family at this time, so let's try it! ”

As she was talking, Jianmei had come back with the box, but her heart was beating suddenly, as if there was a devil locked up inside. I don't know why Ao Bai suddenly remembered it, and why he assigned himself to fetch it. - She tried her best to calm herself, and said calmly: "Master, will you leave it here?" ”

"Open it!" Aobai's eyelids remained motionless.

Jianmei took the box in her hand and fiddled left and right, pretending to not be able to find the key to open the lock, turned it over and looked at it for a while, before she lightly pressed a gilded copper nail under the box, and the box bounced off with a "horn", and she was so shocked that she almost dropped the box to the ground. Ao Bai laughed, and said to the Rong family and the girls in Caiping: "With this ability, which of you can match this Suqiu girl?" ”

He took the box, buttoned it again with a "horn", and handed it to Rong. Mrs. Rong handed the hookah to Tang Xiu to hold, took the box and looked at it carefully, buttoned it for a long time, and also learned to press the gold button like Jianmei, and the box still did not move. A few girls came over, all of them blushed, and no one really could open the box. Ao Bai smiled: "What is the use of you, this is a kung fu!" If you don't have internal strength, you will know what the news is, and you can't open it! ”

"I was originally an artist in the rivers and lakes," Jianmei repented of her recklessness and replied in a snort, "Although there is no 'internal strength', counting on this food to nourish your mouth, you haven't been able to repay it at all?" ”

Ao Bai didn't seem to hear it, opened the box again, took out the paper bag and shook it open, poured all the packets of medicine into the teapot, and said, "Su Qiu, you pour a cup for your wife and everyone, and I have also changed this cup of tea." ”

Jianmei was almost stunned, she couldn't tell what was going on in her head, she only felt buzzing. With trembling hands, he poured a cup for everyone. Because of the nervousness in my heart, when I poured the cup of residual tea, I almost let go of the cup. Ao Bai looked at it and thought to himself: "Bambur is good at eyesight, this slut really has a ghost in his heart!" ”

He took the cup and drank it all, and said to Rong with a smile: "You all taste it, doesn't it taste bad?" Then he turned to the girls and said, "Let's all try it!" Rong smiled and drank, and the girls drank it separately. Only Shi Jianmei held the cup and looked at everyone blankly.

"Jianmei," Ao Bai suddenly stopped calling "Su Qiu", his expression was like a cat that had caught a mouse, and he had to appreciate the struggle of his prey enough before he was willing to kill with his claws. "You don't have a good face! Hmm, why do you want to tremble? You should pretend to miss the teacup, right? - It's so unbearable, the stuffing is too early! Ao Bai grinned, "None of us can survive, you should be happy, why are you so depressed?" ”

As soon as the words came out, not only did the house change color, but even the Rong family was stunned, and they saw the gaffe of "Su Qiu". When Jianmei reached this point, she made up her mind and said, "What is this saying, master, the slave doesn't understand." ”

"Don't understand?" Ao Bai said coldly, "You didn't succeed in stealing my medicine, but you didn't expect me to change the medicine myself, did you?" ”

This sentence gave Jianmei an opportunity. She fell to her knees with a thud and said, "The master is a product of the dynasty, and it is not easy to kill me as a minion?" Why put up this kind of circle for people to jump? As he spoke, he whimpered and cried.

The Rong family has always taken pity on Su Qiu's miserable life and treated her very well. Seeing her strange appearance today, I was also surprised, and my face changed color and said: "You dead hoof, what are you doing, don't you say quickly: What kind of mourning is this Zi Qiao!" ”

"What's wrong with a minion?" Jianmei said while crying, "The master takes the poison and drinks it himself, and he also tells the whole family to drink it, and the slaves are not allowed to be afraid!" ”

The more the crowd listened, the more surprised they became. Rong asked, "What poison, you're really going to die!" Jianmei only covered her face and cried, but she didn't speak, and the Rong family had no idea.

Just when there was no opening, Ao Bai suddenly asked coldly: "How do you know that this box contains poison?" ”

"I've heard from people."

"Who?"

"Master Ban!"

When Rong heard this, he suddenly asked, "This is strange, what did Master Ban do when he sent poison to the master?" ”

"I don't know," Jianmei choked up, "That day, the old man came and brought this paper bag to the master, saying what it was 'Soul Chasing and Killing Pill', I heard it when I was delivering tea, and said that I wanted-"

"Shut up!" Ao Bai remembered the scene of that day, it was indeed the case, and he was afraid that she would not cover her mouth, and then say what the "third child" would say, and he hurriedly stopped her. After a long time, Fang smiled awkwardly: "Didn't you hear clearly!" The medicine of Lord Ban was originally used for fox hunting, but it made you a minion! ”

Kangxi went to Cining Palace to say good night to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and when he returned to the Yangxin Palace, it was time to hold the lamp, and he saw Su Malagu sitting crookedly on the pedal and was looking at a piece of paper, but he didn't notice that he had come in, so he tiptoed around behind Su Malagu to see, only to know that it was Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu who "picked up" the poem between the broken walls of Feng's Garden, and then smiled: "Although this poem is well written, it is not a good omen of good fortune in the end, you better read a little less." ”

Aunt Su Mala was very attentive, and when she heard someone talking, she was startled, looked up and saw that it was Kangxi, hurriedly put down the poem, and said with a smile: "When did Long Live Lord come, why didn't I even hear a sound?" - Speaking of this poem, it is covered by the blessing of Long Live Lord, even Li Changji's Su Xiaoxiao does not dare to pester me! ”

"I've also read this poem," Kangxi sat down and took a sip of tea, "Somehow, the more I read it, the more terrifying I feel." ”

Su Malagu said with a smile: "The Sutra of Many Hearts says: 'According to Prajnaparamita, the mind is not hindered; There is no obstacle, no terror; Stay away from upside-down dreams...... 'This is still the reason why Banzai Ye is too worried. ”

"Okay!" Kangxi said with a smile, "The Queen Mother believed in God, and in her early years, she talked about 'forgive me for my sins' and 'forgive me for my sins'; plus another Wu Ciyou, let alone Confucius and Mencius, what is 'rather than the remnants of the people, it is better to drag the tail in the mud'. These three parties are attacked, and there is a lack of a Taoist priest. Even Confucianism is not the same, Xiong Cixu and Wu Ciyou are difficult to get along, who should I listen to? He laughed. Su Malagu smiled: "I look at that little Wei Zi and I have a little faith. In fact, saints, Buddhas, and God, only by persuading people to bless the country and the people with kindness, people will believe in it, otherwise who will be full of food and have nothing to do, and listen to his vernacular deception! ”

Kangxi said: "Actually, Mr. Wu made this very clear. Confucianism takes self-cultivation as the body and is used to govern people; The Tao takes meditation as the body and softness as the use; The Buddha takes silence as the body and compassion as the use. ——Although the purpose is different, they all teach people to be good, but their principles are the same thing. For example, Confucianism is like five grains, if people don't eat for a day, they will starve, and if they don't eat for a few days, they will starve to death. Interpretation of Taoism is like medicine, used to eliminate forgiveness, explaining that depression is more effective than Confucianism, and the reason lies in the theory of cause and effect of misfortune, which is the most easy to be foolish! The last time Xiong Cilu persuaded me to ban God, calling it a 'cult', I didn't follow him, and this is not only because the Queen Mother believes in God - since there are three religions and nine streams, you can be at peace, why can't you teach four religions and ten streams? I think that as long as it is conducive to the education of the people, it is better to have more of them. ”

This tirade, from Kangxi's eloquent words, made Su Malagu surprised and delighted: "It's not in vain that he has been teaching for so many years, it's hard to believe that this master is really successful in his studies!" ”

The two talked happily, and the topic turned back to a few poems copied by Bai Riwu Ciyou. Kangxi asked: "What do you think of these poems, Mr. Wu?" ”

Su Malagu saw Kangxi's solemn expression, so she said: "Mr. Wu thinks that these poems are all the works of the old men of the former Ming Dynasty, these people have backbone, not to mention talent, but it is a pity that they don't know the general situation, don't move with the tide, don't conform to the people's feelings, don't understand reason, and don't understand that this is caused by the calamity, and I can't say how to persuade at the moment." ”

Kangxi was silent when he heard it. These words are right on his heart disease: Shunzhi Ye will win the world immediately, and I can't cure it immediately. The former Ming Dynasty and the old Confucianism refused to be used by me, and they couldn't kill them one by one, so they scattered in the forest springs, chanted the wind and the moon, and reprimanded the current politics, but unfortunately the talent was still secondary, and it was terrible to disturb people's hearts. Thinking of this, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Mr. Wu has you talked about what kind of advice you have for these people?" ”

"No," Su Mala Gu said, "he himself doesn't approve of these people, but everyone has their own ambitions, and there are few of them, so why should Lord Banzai worry about this!" Besides, now isn't the time to think about these things? ”

"You have to think far," Kangxi sighed, "You should know that there are great talents here, and if you abandon the mountains and fields, you can't bear it, and if the right path is not good, you will be evil." ”

Seeing that Aunt Su Mala was listening intently, Kangxi continued: "Sister Man, have you heard the story of Hong Chengchou's banquet in Jiangnan? ”

Aunt Su Mala shook her head.

"It was the seventh year of Shunzhi," Kangxi said, "Dolgon took Jiangning, Jiangnan was all returned to our dynasty, and the overall situation of the rivers and mountains was decided, so he went to Beijing to report on his work." It is also to blame Hong Chengchou for being troubled, feasting in Jinling for three days, rewarding the army, and paying tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Southern Expedition. He paused for a moment, then pondered again and said, "On the third day of the feast, suddenly there was a message at the door, saying that one of his protégés surnamed Wu had come to congratulate him on the wine, so he invited him in. ”

"This person is so boring," Su Malagu smiled, "This is also a good way to break into the banquet and beg for wine?" ”

"No, it's not." Kangxi continued. He's not so much telling a story as he's describing the scene. "When we had finished meeting each other, the man did not drink, but said, 'The teacher is tired of saddle horses, the students have been through wars and wars, and literature is deserted, and there is a wonderful essay that I would like to enjoy with the teacher!'

"Hong Chengchou has been in the army for a long time and is tired of listening to literature, so he laughed and said: 'In the past few years, I have been very sick and can't read articles.'

"The man laughed and said, 'Well, the teacher can sit still and listen to the students read it!' After speaking, he took out a scroll of documents from his sleeve and recited it aloud in front of the full feast. What is your article? ”

Su Malagu shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know. ”

"Emperor Chongzhen's imperial "Mourning Hong Sutra Brief Sacrifice Text"!"

"Ahh Su Malagu couldn't help but exclaim softly, "This person is bold! ”

"It's backbone!" Kangxi corrected excitedly, "If it were today's matter, I would never allow him to kill this surnamed Wu!" As he spoke, his eyes were like lightning, and his face was radiant.

Su Malagu was startled at first, and then immediately knew Kangxi's mood, and sighed for a while: "Long live the holy worry." This is a big deal, and the minions don't dare to comment on it, but Long Live Lord's own dragon position is the first priority today. After taking care of it, I can think about other things! ”