Yinxiang was imprisoned, and one of Yinzhen's arms and a screen were removed. For many days, the prince closed the door, wandered in the atrium, and lost his mind. The family knows that he has a perverse temperament, and no one dares to flatter himself with his own bad luck. Yin Zhen wanted to talk to Wen Jue and Xingyin several times, but he wanted to talk and stopped. These two monks are also strange, knowing that the head of the family has something on their minds, they don't come to persuade each other. Partial Wu Sidao has left Beijing since June and traveled with two little Xi slaves, and Yinzhen sent people to inquire about his information several times, but they were all disappointed. On this day, he received a report from the office that disposed of Yinren's henchmen, and Yinzhen looked at it carefully for a long time, and became more and more unclear: if Yinxiang is ***, at least the newspaper should bring a pen, if it is not ***, it should be the same as himself, and he should not be disposed of at all. If the crown prince is promoted, there should have been a will for a long time now, if he is not promoted, will the storage seat be empty? Yin Zhen sat cross-legged on the warm kang of Wanfutang, and his heart was at a loss. Thinking that he was old and established, his career was frustrated, and he had been operating dismally for many years, and he had no achievements. The prince had no share, and he couldn't help but feel lonely and desolate, as desolate and desolate as the winter scene outside with withered branches in the sky. was groaning, seeing Hongli coming in from outside, Yinzhen said angrily: "You are also growing up day by day, but you are not as good as when you were a child!" A gentleman is not outside, what are you running all day long, do you want to learn from your untalented brother? ”

"How did Father forget?" Hongli smiled and said to Qian'er, "Yesterday, my son has already given it, and I went to the Great Bell Temple with Mama Xie, she went to repay her vows, and her son went to the tablet." was supposed to come back at noon, but I met Wu Shibo again and made an appointment to have dinner together......"

Yin Zhen's eyes lit up, his legs had been moved, and he asked, "Wu Shibo?" Which Wu Shibo? Hongli smiled: "How many Wu Shibos does my son have?" It's Mr. Wu Sidao! "Yin Zhen took his shoes on the kang." Is he in the Great Bell Temple? You told them to prepare a sedan chair for me! ”

"My son has asked him back." Hongli had never seen his father's anxious look, and he didn't dare to laugh, so he only raised his eyebrows and replied, "He has inconvenient legs and feet, so he still sits in his son's sedan chair!" ”

Yinzhen stared at Hongli appreciatively and nodded, but didn't say anything, put on a green felt hat and came out, and saw Wu Sidao coming in from the second gate with a cane, and the crutches with an iron head made a sound in the courtyard of the water mill green bricks, and until the bottom of the steps, Fang stood still, staring at Yinzhen with deep eyes for a long time, Fang said: "It's been a long time, Fourth Master!" ”

"Oh!" Yin Zhen's heart was hot, he took a step forward, stood reservedly, and turned his face to Hongli, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Hold on! ”

Hongli helped Wu Sidao to sit down on the easy chair. After traveling out of Beijing for several months, Wu Sidao's skin was tanned, and his spirit was much better. Yin Zhen smiled: "You have a disability, and walking such a long way is really memorable." That's what I'm here to ask you. Wu Sidao said with a smile: "If Chengping is today, the wind does not sound, the rain does not break, and there is no ringing horse, what are you afraid of?" As for a few little people who cheat money and twist seedlings, what a way! ”

"So you've run into bandits!" Yin Zhen asked in surprise, "Didn't Huang An, the apprentice of Xingyin, follow you?" Didn't suffer a loss, did you? Wu Sidao smiled and said, "People like me can only fight with others, not with strength." It was also thanks to Huang An's help, not only did he not suffer, but he also brought back a few people to the fourth master, although they were all thieves of chickens and dogs, they still had some skills. Fourth master, you are an extraordinary person, and you should be very prepared at this extraordinary time. Although the sexual voice has skills, after all, he is a monk, and he can't follow you day and night! Yin Zhen sighed: "Mr. has experience and mind, no matter how much he suffers, he still has a view, which is respectable!" I don't know that I'm in Beijing, like ants in a hot pot! It's like walking alone in a black alley with no end at night, surrounded by an ancient temple that is quiet, and there are jackals and wolves grinding their teeth and sucking blood in the dark! - Think about it, what a bad thing I am! Yin Zhen said, his voice was a little choked, and he stopped.

He was rarely so emotional. Wu Sidao knew that if it wasn't for the extreme depression, Yinzhen wouldn't be like this. Because he saw people coming and going outside the courtyard, he muttered: "Fourth master, it's too boring here, I can't get used to it, so it's better to go to the garden!" ”

"Done." Because this think tank came back in such a timely manner, Yinzhen was depressed and swept away all day, looked radiant, got up and ordered Hongli: "Get a table of noodles and go in, and wash the dust for Mr. Wu." He wanted to ask someone to help Wu Sidao, but Wu Sidao refused, and said with a smile: "I need to walk around, just be happy, and death will not be far away." ”

So the two of them left Wanfu Hall and came to Fengwan Pavilion through the door of the Moon Cave. Walking to a piece of bamboo, Wu Sidao suddenly held his cane, didn't look back, and said: "Fourth master, what you said about walking in the black alley just now, I sound interesting - let me see, you have walked out of the alley, but it is too dark, you can't see anything, and you think you are in the alley." It's so dark! Really? ”

"What did you say?" Yin Zhen was taken aback.

"I said," Wu Sidao turned his face, "to tell you the truth, it's been five days since I returned to Beijing!" In the past five days, I also seemed to have fallen into the fog of Lushan Mountain, everything was confusing, and I couldn't see the emperor's thoughts! When the report came out today, I realized that the emperor had changed his ways! Let the deer in the Central Plains, and call the talented and quick enough to fight! He sneered, and said, "Break through the side door and see the bright moon, who can penetrate the three vehicles in this, this rosette is whoever!" ”

Yin Zhen took a step back, his face was unusually pale, and said in surprise: "You...... You didn't come to see me these days, are you studying the current situation? Wu Sidao nodded silently, and paced two steps, "Yes, the fourth master is bored, and I am also ignorant." If you come to see the fourth master, it is just a sad heart, what is the benefit? I've got to come up with a plan for you! Yinzhen was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "Yinren is out of position, Brother Xiang is detained, and the proud one is the eighth, what can I do?" ”

"The emperor has decided not to appoint a prince!" Wu Sidao's eyes flickered, "The first time the prince was abolished, and the next day he issued an order to recommend it, but this time I only saw people and prisons, and the matter of the prince was as secretive as it was, which proves that the emperor has other plans!" Yin Zhen's eyes flashed, then dimmed, and said: "I thought of this, maybe the holy bow is dictatorial and no longer consults the opinions of the ministers?" "Absolutely not." Wu Sidao shook his head and said: "The establishment of the prince is a great government matter, and the former Ming Dusk Jun also knows to consult the opinions of his ministers!" Not to mention Kangxi, what kind of person he is! Saying that, he sighed, "It's a pity that I don't have the number of lives I learned, and I can't see the saint's demeanor!" ”

Yinzhen smiled: "To be honest, if I were today, I wouldn't do it, twenty-four elder brothers, obviously Yinzhen is sharp, and gave him the crown prince, how stable is it?" Wu Sidao nodded and said, "The crux is here!" The fourth master is telling the truth, but don't say it to anyone again. I've thought about this upside down hundreds of times! The eighth master is a person, temperament, and talent, and he learns long live everywhere, but he doesn't know that he just learned the shape of long live, and he didn't get his god! For example, today's greed is blazing, the party is like a cocoon, the endowment is uneven, the lawsuit is uneven, and there are many hidden worries in the great governance. There must be someone who can kill and rectify to take over the throne, and the emperor must never be the master of success. The eighth master is a material for keeping things, so long live can't take a fancy to him! Yin Zhen was thrilled when he heard this, and only smiled after a long time: "Your mind is so smart, it's terrifying!" If this is heard by outsiders and spread, I am afraid that your head will not be able to be protected! ”

"Amitabha Buddha is good!" There was a sound of chanting Buddha outside the bamboo forest, which startled Wu Sidao and Yinzhen, who were talking about entering the port, "The poor monk Wenjue and Xingyin have been listening to it here for a long time!" The two of them came out of the bamboo forest, and Wu Sidao raised his hand and said, "Two bald donkeys!" Didn't you smell the aroma of wine on the table, salivating, and couldn't bear it? Xingyin smiled: "The dog meat monk will dig into the sky and find out the news for you." and Wen Jue threaded the needle and thread, and were busy non-stop for five days, shouldn't they eat a table of noodles? ”

Yin only then realized that these three people had been secretly in contact for a few days to do things for him, and he was surprised and comforted, so he only smiled reservedly, waved his hand and said, "Please, there is something to say at the table." So the four of them walked into the Fengwan Pavilion together, sat down and drank heartily.

"Fourth Master," Wu Sidao cherished his blessings and nourished himself, never overeating, only picked a few light sips, and asked, "Have you received Dai Duo's letter?" ”

Yin Zhen was sipping tea, and his hand was raised in the air and stopped. Dai Duo did send a secret letter in late September, saying that he met a strange Taoist priest in Wuyi Mountain and could know the past and the future. Dai Duo secretly used Yinzhen's birthday to calculate, and the Taoist priest said that it was "ten thousand words", why did Wu Sidao suddenly ask? Wu Sidao smiled: "This is not a delusional mystery, these words should have been said a long time ago, and I am afraid that you will be shocked in your heart; If you don't say it, I'm afraid you'll lose your confidence. Monks in the distance are good at chanting, and monks in the near places are also here. Do you remember what you said when you were drinking that year? Yinzhen said that Dai Duo was so godly, how to meet strangers, and how to calculate the number of gods, and when it was broken, it was still Wu Sidao's plan, so he couldn't help but be interested, so he smiled bitterly: "Measuring words and hexagrams, knowing the fate of the gentleman is not for it, this is just a joke." Hughti's words back then. In today's situation, it is a blessing for the emperor not to cure my crimes, and I dare not think about it again. ”

"Really?" Wu Sidao smiled mysteriously, "I think what I said back then has come true, and it's time to repeat the old words!" ”

The sexual voice monk gnawed on a bone, waved his greasy hand, and said: "The wealth is pressing, I'm afraid that you can't push it off the fourth master!" Wen Jue leaned in with a smile and said: "The fourth master listens to me, your eight characters are Wuwu, Guihai, Ding You, and Jiazi - living in the land of eternal life, sitting in the four places, Zhou Guanjingxing, Yuanwu as the head, the screen of the Royal Vermilion Bird, and the god of the green dragon and white tiger." Pushed to "Yi", it is "Wind Mountain Gradually", Yuan Tiangang's so-called "Phoenix Yu Linxi Qi Mountain, a few long sounds for nine days." King Wen started a foundation here and earned 800 years of social income'! Push it to the number, it is 2412 - combined into nine, split into even, extremely expensive and unspeakable, this is all from the will of heaven, monks can't make it up! ”

"Providence is one thing, personnel is another." Wu Sidao groaned, "If you don't fulfill the destiny of heaven, you will still be fishing for the moon in the water." Liu Xiu's elder brother Liu was also extremely expensive, but because he did not do his job, he was poisoned. On the same day, a feast was set up in Nanyang, to kill Liu, the banquet was very dangerous, but never started, Liu thought that he was destined to return, without any precautions, and finally died at the hands of the erector, and the hero sighed for thousands of years! Fourth master! If you don't learn from this, it's hard to be a rich man! ”

Yin Zhen has already heard that his blood is full of blood, and he has nothing to do, why didn't he think of this? I also consulted the book of astrological nature several times, but I didn't have a few of them who saw it thoroughly and said it in detail. Just as he was about to speak, the sexual voice threw the bones in his hand and waved his hand: "Silence!" Someone is eavesdropping! With that, he got up and disappeared into the bamboo forest in a flash.

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and Yinzhen was shocked, and he was already discolored: he was different from Yinxiang Mansion here, and Yinxiang opened his mansion not long ago, and there were many accidents, and there were miscellaneous people. He selects people very strictly, and those who have not been favored by him will never be hired, let alone enter the second door to work. Now someone dares to sneak into the garden to eavesdrop on secrets! Yin Zhen didn't say anything, his eyebrows were raised one by one, and a cold murderous aura shot out of his eyes. When the time shifted, the sexual voice came back, and while sitting down, he said with a smile: "It was Gao Fu'er who sent the wine, a false alarm!" ”

"Be careful. It is easy to be a gentleman, but it is difficult to be a villain. Wen Jue said, "The difficulty is that the villain is greedy for profit, and it is easy for people to use." He may not know how to repay a thousand favors to these people; If you don't do one thing well, you have to complain. The fourth master takes the world as his home, and he can't break a little more money to maintain the servants who serve in front of him. The incident is not secret, and the relationship is very close! Wu Douge smiled: "It makes sense, but it is not without bias. It's hard to be a villain, but it's actually even more difficult to be a gentleman! Today, long live the God-given assets, is it difficult to deal with them? ”

Sexual voice couldn't help but applaud and laughed: "If you want to speak beautifully, be deaf and resonant!" The monk would like to hear about it! ”

"It is easy to deal with a mediocre father and son, but it is difficult to deal with a wise father and son; It is easy to be alone and widowed, but it is difficult to be many siblings - what is it? Wu Sidao cross-examined, leaned over to prepare the wine, and said, "In front of Long Live Live, you don't show your talent, which eye does the emperor use to look at you?" You're sharp, and you're going to be suspicious! There are many brothers, this one blows a good flute, and that one plays a good hand, each good at its own strengths, a corner is high and low, someone pinched when the tip is out, and someone presses the tip out of the tip. You think, is it difficult to get along? And who can afford to offend? Wen Jue said: "How can it be that the father and son are brothers, that is, the cats and dogs in front of the emperor, you can offend and try!" There were rumors in the palace this summer, saying, 'The second elder brother is just practicing people now, and he is going to be the emperor, how can these elder brothers get it?' Do you say that he is burdened by these words? ”

Yinzhen tapped his fingers lightly on the table without saying a word. A few people talk about each other, and no one says that they are helping him come up with ideas, but the meaning of the question is tacit, what should I do? While pondering, I heard Wu Sidao smile again: "In my opinion, of course it is important to get along well. But deliberately to flatter those villains, it seems that there is no need! The true colors of the fourth master, upright, honest and filial piety, this original face is the foundation of life! If people change their habits, they will die if they don't get sick, and the second elder brother is an example. He thought long live looking at him cowardly. After the restoration, I strengthened my self-strength, and the cold and heat were indecent, what was the result? Whoever holds the throne depends on who gets the Sacred Heart. The emperor will not give up power until death, although the deer in the Central Plains depends on how you 'chase' the law. Some people shouted, some people chased and intercepted, and some people looked red, but in fact, they were all wrong! ”

"That's what people say," laughed. Seeing that Gao Fu'er outside asked the little maid to bring the wine in, and turned around to go out, he said again, "If you don't say that I still understand, the more you say it, the more confused I become!" ”

"You're still a Buddhist disciple." Wu Sidao said coldly, "I don't understand Zen, don't you know that if you don't chase it, you don't chase it!" ”

In a word, Yinzhen is like an initiation. Kangxi has said several times: "There is only one lord in the country, where the power is, how can there be no dummy!" "But he didn't set up a prince and let his sons fight, what it means, it's too elusive." Chase is not chasing, not chasing, chasing" is really a little stone into gold! Thinking that Kangxi did not hesitate to use flesh and blood to kill each other, sit and watch the success or failure, such a choice of intentions, even Yinzhen, who was like iron and stone, also felt frightened, and actually snorted for no reason! Yin Zhen thought about it, and already had an idea, so he smiled and said, "I understand your words." Being an emperor is a great pain in the world, and I can't avoid it! If I have this mind, I can't follow Yinren into troubled waters! Couldn't Prince Yong set up his own door? So although they are all words of gold and stone, they are useless to me. You can rest assured of me, and I will be assured of you. Sit down today, gossip as far as you can, and don't mention it again in the future, okay? ”

Obviously, he listened to it in his heart, and he had to fake it, but it was the proper meaning of the question, and Wu Sidao couldn't help but secretly believe that this master was smart and clever, so he just ate tea and didn't say anything. Wen Jue also realized that Xingyin was a warrior monk in the end, but he said that it was true, and said with a smile: "The fourth master doesn't have this heart, just let us just knock our teeth." Yinzhen smiled and got up and said, "You guys eat bars, I have to go see Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou." These two people were recommended to Yinren by me at the beginning, but now they don't ask if something happens, it's too unjust. With that, he resigned.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the garden, I saw Hongli and Gao Fuer coming from afar, and when I saw Yinzhen, they all stood respectfully. Hongli said: "The inner court came to say that Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou committed suicide and were executed today. The son replied that you were not there, ...... "I was about to go to the stone archway to see them." Hongli went with me. Yin Zhen said, and said to Gao Fu'er: "The servants in the family should be more careful, and everyone should keep their own ministry." As I said, there is still a sticky pole in this garden where sex music lives, which is the place where I am enlightened and meditate, and no one is allowed to enter without permission except for the people I designate—I never tell you a second time when I speak, and today I will make an exception for you, and if someone does not abide by the family law, you will not regret it! Before Gao Fuer could answer, Yinzhen had already gone.

Yinzhen father and son changed their clothes and came out, turned over and got on the horse, trotted through the fine residual snow, and arrived at the residence of Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou in the stone archway after half a meal. Seeing that the door had been replaced by someone from the Department of Prudence and Criminal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yinzhen's heart sank, stepped on the dismount stone, walked to the door, and asked with a wooden face: "Do you recognize me?" Seeing that it was Yinzhen, they got up and saluted together, and said with a smile: "It's the fourth master!" Look at Lord Zhu and Lord Chen? Please, please! Yinzhen didn't pay attention to it, and went in with Hongli.

This is a courtyard with only one entry, Zhu and Chen did not bring their families, the entourage has probably long been dismissed, there are only two tall sour pomegranates in the huge courtyard, the leaves have been removed, and the trees are full of red agate-like berries, and there is no sound, only the occasional sound of chess pieces falling into the upper room. Yin Zhen moved in gently, and sure enough, he saw that Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou were playing each other intently. Yinzhen didn't disturb them, motioned for Hongli to stand at the door, and slowly paced behind Chen Jiayou alone to watch the battle.

There are only 100 sons on the plate, but it is Zhu Tianbao's advantage, only he has a crucial "world calamity" in the northwest corner of the black side, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation. But there is only one serial robbery on the other side, and the robbery materials are inexhaustible. Chen Jiayou was so nervous that the tip of his nose was sweating, and he gritted his teeth hard in thought. After a long time, Zhu Tianbao smiled and said: "Brother Chen, I have played another serial robbery here, I am afraid that this game of chess will never be finished!" When Chen Jiayou took a closer look, he saw that Zhu Tianbao had robbed and robbed, and it had become an inseparable trend, and he couldn't help but sigh dejectedly: "In the end, you are a chess master—ah, the fourth master is here!" ”

"I'm here." Seeing that these two people were dying, Yin Zhen didn't know it, so he played chess and laughed, let out a deep sigh in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "You are so peaceful!" Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou didn't salute either, they only let their hands go and invited Yinzhen to sit down. Zhu Tianbao said: "Fourth master, you came just in time, I have a word, I'm afraid it won't reach your ears!" Yin Zhen hurriedly said: "You are in trouble now, if you have something to say, I will never shirk what I can do." ”

Zhu Tianbao looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's a pity that I, Zhu Tianbao, have a full stomach of articles, but I don't know how to change the current affairs, so that I have today's difficulties, and I have failed to live up to the grace of the fourth master's recommendation!" - If the fourth master has the ambition one day, I will take care of your confused second elder brother......" said that tears were like rain. Chen Jiayou also said: "Although the second elder brother has made mistakes, you have had the relationship of a monarch and a minister after all. Fourth master, the world is only between you and the eighth master, but you have to fulfill your heart one day, don't forget the love of the second elder brother spooning water......" said, and he was choked up and couldn't speak.

"You ......" Yinzhen thought that they were going to support their own family, but they all begged for Yinren in unison, and couldn't help but be surprised, and said with a stutter, "...... How can I afford that? But I think, no matter who is the king, no matter how difficult it is to be afraid of the second elder brother, it is too much, right? ”

Zhu Tianbao got up and said solemnly to Chen Jiayou: "Brother Chen, it's time to go on the road, don't wait for that dirty villain to urge!" Then he lifted a plate covered with a yellow jacket on the table, took out two glasses of wine, shook it, and the golden light was shining - handed Chen Jiayou a glass, Fang turned his face and said, "It's a pity that I can't let the fourth master!" With that, the two of them touched their cups and drank their own drinks. In an instant, the two of them shook their bodies, fell to the ground, turned over softly, and never moved again.

Yinzhen and Hongli were stunned, both of them were snow-white, like they were in a nightmare, and they couldn't even say a word. I don't know how long it took for Yin Zhen to burst out: "Hero! It's a pity I didn't see it sooner! Nodding and going out, he saw that the fifth brother was also coming, and he looked at the scene in the house in a daze, and a pardon edict in his hand fell to the ground.