Yinzhen was concerned and followed Yinli to the sedan chair. He really wanted to ask, what is the urgency of Wang Luo, the minister of scattered rank, who is busy looking for himself? But after looking at Yinli's face, he closed his mouth again, he has his charter, and he will know it in a while, so why bother? Yinli no longer has the playful and naughty spirit in the garden, his eyes are indifferent, and there is a trace of sadness, and he can't stop looking out. When the sedan chair arrived at the entrance of East Fourth Street, Yinli pedaled the sedan chair to stop, pulled Yinzhen down, turned back to the sedan chair drivers and said: "You go back to the fourth master's mansion in Andingmen, and I will send the fourth master back after a while." After that, he took Yinzhen through an alley, pointed to an inconspicuous doorway and said, "Fourth brother, this is Master Wang's house." Please! ”

"The fourth master is here!" Wang Zhu had been guarding the door of the hall for a long time. He was already dizzy with old eyes, looking at his eyes, and when he saw Yinzhen coming in, he was busy kowtowing forward, Yinzhen hurriedly held his hands and said: "You are our master, that is, the Son of Heaven, and there is also the gift of respecting the teacher." You are an old person, highly respected, how can Yinzhen afford it? Wang Wei Wei brought their brothers in, sat down as guests, and said, "This snail dwelling is actually a succumb to the two masters. But the old minister really has something important, if the fourth master doesn't come, I will have to wait for you halfway again. ”

Yin Zhen smiled: "I didn't expect the master to be so poor, I should have taken care of it a long time ago." It's me, don't you come when you want to, go when you want? If there is anything difficult to do, just tell me! Wang Luo seemed to be a little at a loss where to start, coughed dryly, and said after a while: "I don't have anything to do." I am eating double cakes, I am rude to see each other, and when I come back, I have children and nephews waiting, what is there not to be satisfied with? I only heard one thing, the eighth master, they already know that there is a person named Zheng Chunhua who lives in your house, I'm afraid that the fourth master will ......" He didn't finish speaking, Yinzhen's heart sank sharply, his face immediately became extremely pale, and it took a long time to freeze his mind and ask: "Master, who did you listen to?" ”

"Me." Yinli next to him replied, "One of my eunuchs and one of my stewards in front of my good master, Sulla, is my cousin. The two of them came out to string wine, and the eunuch in charge blushed, and said, 'Don't look at the fourth master's seriousness, there are orders to be committed in the palace!' Jianghu Caokou, as well as the pioneer Zheng Zhu'er. Isn't he going to rebel? 'Fourth brother, you think, Concubine Liang is the mother of the eighth master, and even her subordinates know about it, can the eighth master not know? Why do you know it, but don't raise it? ”

Yin Zhen shuddered, the so-called "Qin's order to commit a crime" is naturally Wu Sidao, together with a few guards from Wuyi Mountain he brought, it is "Caokou" - these things have long been clear to Kangxi, but it doesn't matter. just hid Zheng Chunhua, the concubine who fornicated with the prince, in the mansion and gave them a handle to hold the handle, which is really ironclad proof of his restoration of the prince! Yin Zhen's slender fingers held the handle of the chair, pinched it white, groaned slightly, and said: "Don't tell lies in front of real people, there are no prisoners and no thieves, Zheng Chunhua is indeed alive, and he lives in my mansion!" As he spoke, he said that the situation ahead was long and short, and said, "...... Everyone knows that I firmly believe in Buddhism, take refuge in my Buddha, and I refuse to trample to death easily as an ant, let alone a weak woman who has no way out? Wang Luo and Yinli were stunned when they heard Zheng Chunhua's tragic life experience. After a long time, Wang Luo let out a deep sigh and said, "I am a Taoist. When I first taught the prince, I actually knew that he was lustful and lewd, and I tried to persuade him several times with the principles of heaven and human desire. But if he doesn't listen to my old words, he will harm himself and others! As he spoke, he was emotional, and tears ...... his face were full of tears, "How much effort I put into him!" …… Don't buy a grange, don't marry a concubine, don't renew a wife, and teach a good emperor with one mind...... It's all in vain...... I'm so stupid! I'm so miserable ......" He covered his face with his hands and let out a heart-rending howl like crying and laughing. Yinli and Yinzhen shuddered when they heard it.

"Master......" Yinli wiped away tears and persuaded, "...... Don't be like this, it makes people's hearts feel more and more uncomfortable...... "Wang Fang Xue sobbed: "I don't expect this second master anymore for a long time, and it's useful to cry in my heart." How can Cheng want to live Shengming I, and actually raise these sons! ”

Yin Zhen has always been surprised by Wang Luo, why did he report this letter to himself, from these few words, Ruo Ruo secretly replied, sighed and said: "Master, you have to take care of yourself, which of our brothers was not taught by you, and we will not become talents in the end?" Wang Yu said: "Look at it, there are those who kill their brothers and kill their brothers, those who force their mothers to death, those who insist on killing the emperor in anger, and those who learn from Wang Mang to be humble and humble as a corporal outside, and how many of them think about the throne in their bones?" Yinxiang is imprisoned, Yinxiang is gone, and those who are worried about the practice of the world are about to be squeezed by those who are scheming and have nowhere to go! What he said about "forcing the mother to death", Yinzhen "understands" in his heart that there will be no second person except Yinzhen! Yinzhen glanced at Yinli, and saw Yinli's tears welling up, his face flushed, and his heart suddenly brightened.

"Don't talk about them." Wang Luo gradually calmed down and asked, "Fourth Master, what are you going to do with this matter?" The Seventeenth Master didn't ask me to say, I don't worry, I want to ask you after all. ”

Yinzhen's hands were wet and sticky, full of cold sweat, because he saw that both of them were staring at him, he muttered: "I never hide a fake, since there is no disease in my heart, what am I afraid of?" went to Changchun Garden, explained Zheng Chunhua's matter to Ama in person, and let his father deal with it. ”

"The fourth master has a bright heart, and the minister admires it in his heart." Wang Yu pondered and said, "But this kind of thing, who is willing to believe it if you don't know who the fourth master is?" Banzai is sixty-six years old this year, and in the end his energy is exhausted, and he cannot see everything as he did when he was younger. You are now deeply favored, and you have said that it doesn't matter for a while, but you will have to discount it later, and if there is a villain on the side, there will be an uproar! Yinli said: "I have discussed this matter with the master for a long time. The suspicion of melon fields and plums cannot be guarded against. How did Zeng Zi kill people? After three calls through the door, Zeng's mother was suspicious and stepped on the wall! ”

Yin Zhen got up and paced restlessly, he was helpless for a while. Wang Luo leaned back and said: "If this person falls into the hands of the eighth master, he has a good basis and the rumors confuse the public, and he will bury the fourth master - rumors, he can kill people!" Yin Zhen turned around and asked, "What should I do with you?" ”

"A man dies like a lamp goes out." A cold wave flashed in Wang Liang's eyes, "The righteousness of a woman is from the beginning, and the death of starvation is very small, and the loss of festival is very large. Zheng is a man who can die. "No," Yinzhen shook his head and said, "I can't do such a thing." Wang Zhen stared at Yinzhen and said, "According to what the fourth master just said, I can't bear to do this." But which one is more important than her or the fourth master? The state can't live without you! You a woman's kindness, and others want you to do this! ”

Yin Zhen looked at the courtyard with a gloomy gaze, and the goose feather snow flakes had fallen one after another, covering the ground thinly...... After pondering for a long time, Fang said, "Can you manage to move out and be placed by the seventeenth brother?" The thirteenth brother repeatedly asked me to protect her. How can I do this? ”

"Fourth brother!" Yinli sat on stilts, frowned and said, "You have to think about it first, do you have any mongrels in your house!" How delicate you are! How did the news come about? I'm not afraid of resettlement—how much silver will it cost? - You send her out, a mere seventeenth elder brother, can you keep her? ”

Yin Zhen couldn't help but be shocked: these words coincided with what he thought in the sedan chair of Changchun Garden! Thinking about it, his eyes became green and dark, gloomy as an ancient well. After a long time, Fang smiled in disappointment, turned his face and said, "Master, I know what to do." People, I will never kill. The fact that they haven't done anything for so long just proves that they can't be sure that they are in our house now. In the past two years, I have made a lot of mistakes, neglected to govern the country, and it looks like I can't rule the country and the world! Take care of yourself, today's love for you, I will never forget it! With that, he put his robe and shook his hands, and walked away in the snow.

As soon as Yinzhen returned home, he invited Wen Jue, Xingyin and Wu Sidao to discuss countermeasures overnight. By the fire, several people fell into deep thought for a long time.

"Fourth Master!" Wu Sidao plucked the charcoal with chopsticks, and only after a while did he ask, "What are you doing with the body and bones of the Long Live Lord?" How much can I eat at each meal? Is the aisle convenient? Do you need someone to help you sit up? Yin Zhen was very surprised when he heard him ask, but he knew what he could do, so he didn't ask for no reason, he looked up and thought about it and said: "The emperor is tired of hard work, and he can still do things reluctantly. Since last autumn, actions have to be supported by others. Now I can only sit for one or two hours a day to listen to things, and after a long time, I look a little trembling and shaking my head. When we were met, he was more casual; When he saw the foreign minister, he was still the same, and he would rather not hear the end of the hearing and see him tomorrow, and never lie crookedly. Sometimes, when I was annoyed or happy when I heard it, I kept pacing, and I seemed to be in good spirits. Wu Si said: "With all due respect, has there been such a thing as burning mercury and alchemy in the inner court?" ”

Yin Zhen shook his head and smiled: "Ama hates this the most. That year, during the southern tour, the governor of Jiangnan, Ge Lixian, was the secretary of Yannian, and sent a decree to scold Ge Li for being shameless and throwing back the evil book. In the summer of recent years, I have been talking about what I didn't know where to get the 'thousand-year-old turtle black beard medicine'. Ama said, how many people are there in ancient times? The bearded sideburns of the emperor Haoran, isn't it for the eternal beauty? Told him to eat a little boring. ”

"Philosophers and sages are ......" Wu Sidao looked at the window pane wistfully, and muttered, "If you don't understand the road of life and death, people who learn from poverty can't do the same!" Everyone was wondering, only to hear Wu Sidao's tone turn, and said: "The eighth master's chess moves are now very slow and steady, and it seems that the mountains and rivers are not exposed, but in fact, it is more dangerous than the previous two times when the prince was abolished!" The ninth and tenth masters receive guests day and night in the two mansions, regardless of the external and internal appointments, from the ministers of the feudal territory to the county commanders and county officials, all of them have no intention of accommodating. Now that the Fourteenth Master is leading his troops out of Beijing, the Eighth Master has more chips in his hand, but he still can't hold it. He holds your handle and doesn't attack - why? Abnormality is a demon, don't be careful! ”

Why is this, no one can say for a while. Monk Wenjue muttered: "It's impossible that he is waiting for ......" "Then it is needless to say," Wu Sidao thought very deeply, and his face was glowing blue under the lamp, "Of course he is waiting for the emperor's 'that day'!" As soon as the time comes, the 100,000 heavenly soldiers of the Fourteenth Master will be coerced outside, and the guards of the Nine Cities of Long Keduo will be led inside. I think that he pulled people to Nian Qianyao's head, and he didn't trigger the fourth master, and when he connected these together, it was really a play in the play! ”

"You mean ......," asked Seonin.

"Do you want to explain word by word to understand?" Wu Sidao's gaze flickered like a ghost fire, "I mean, he hasn't figured out the holy will yet, and the elder brother in Beijing, he investigates everything, even against the fourteenth master, and he also guards against it!" Otherwise, why take the risk to pull Nian Qianyao? Yinzhen's heart moved, Nian Qianyao stationed in Xi'an, which is the main road that Yinzhen must pass through! While thinking about it, he said: "As far as I can see, they are one, sharing prosperity and disgrace, and it seems that it is not enough to say that they have two ways with the fourteenth brother." ”

Wu Sidao stared at Yin Zhen and said: "One is one, only a rare friend in the world!" There are Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Zhang Er, and Chen Yu in the distance, and Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei in the close. One step away, for the king and the minister, the stakes are high! Nian Qianyao and you, have the righteousness of a master and servant, and have a relationship of flesh and blood, why are you close to the eighth master? He leaned back in his chair and sneered slightly, "Maybe they bit their fingers and said something, and it's not difficult to guess what: for example, the story of Shen Sheng and Chong'er is a wonderful allusion!" Fourth master! As long as Yin takes the soldiers to dream of the emperor with peace of mind, the eighth master's plan will be seventy or eighty percent certain! When the time came, the power was in hand, the city gate was one, and the Ming issued an edict ordering him to come to Beijing alone. The fact is that the fourteenth master has three heads and six arms, but he has no choice but to have no objection, and his family members are in the hands of the court! Will the rabble not collapse in an instant? He spoke eloquently, reasonably, meticulously, and everyone secretly admired him.

"So," Yin Zhen was terrified by his words, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I just have to wait to die?" ”

Wu Sidao laughed and said, "Isn't the fourth master suffering from being an emperor? Why worry about it? ”

"Although I don't want to be the emperor," Yinzhen gritted his teeth and smiled, "I don't want them to abuse me!" Wu Sidao smiled and said, "What I just said is just one side of the truth. It's the other side that matters. Who will be the emperor is only up to today! What's the use of other people's empty efforts? The eighth master's measures seemed to be seamless, but he missed this fatal move. He tied the hands and feet of the fourteenth master, the fourth master, you have less external troubles, he can only control Long Keduo in Beijing, and the rest are normal, and there is no big deal of internal worries. Although the thirteen masters are imprisoned, the prestige is still there, and they will be used by you at that time, and they have the edict of succession in hand, no matter how powerful they are, they have to bow down to the ground and be a minister! ”

These people gritted their teeth and decided that Kangxi would definitely pass on the throne to him, Yinzhen had no choice but to smile, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence, because he said: "There is also a third master!" Now that you have said that the Buddha is nodding his head, the sky is falling, and the time may not be what the result will be! ”

"If it's really the third master, we will assist you to be a Zhou Gong and a generation of virtuous kings, wouldn't it be fun?" Wen Jue said with a smile. Wu Sidao also said: "The third master was harmed by the uncle, the uncle is the eighth master's person, the third master is really sitting in the court, and I have to count on you to pick up the eighth master's party." Heaven does not allow this, if such a strange thing really happens, there is naturally another reason! - This is all a joke, Zheng Chunhua has lived in the house for a long time, and there will be chaos after all. wanted her to die, but the fourth master couldn't bear it; To give it away is to give it to others. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to find out the traitors hidden in the house, otherwise, even a few of us will be stewed in a pot sooner or later! ”

Yin Zhen stood up and said with a sneer: "I always thought that I had a good way of governing my family, and my brothers were incomparable, but I adopted a few people, and someone dared to say it." I'm patrolling the Forbidden City, and someone is ventilating! Although the Buddha is compassionate, he has set up eighteen hells - look! With that, he took his leave. Sex Yin laughed and said Wu Si: "I said Mr. Zhuge , you calculate it for us, who is the 'traitor' you said?" ”

"Probably not out of these slaves." Wu Sidao said calmly, "The fourth master has a way to do this kind of thing!" He is deaf and clear-sighted, and the finesse is not under long live! ”

Yinzhen walked out of the Fengwan Pavilion, it was past the sun, in the wind and snow, I saw a watermelon lantern shaking at the entrance of the garden. When I got closer, it was Cai Ying, the long-time attendant who was waiting in the study, because she asked, "You are waiting for me, what's the matter?" Cai Ying froze her teeth and chattered, and said with a snot: "For so many days, the master has not fallen into the house, and there are people in the house who have made a consumption, and a few people in our study have discussed it, and if we don't return to the master, even we have to eat and hang up." I heard that the master came back, but he went into the garden again, and Yumo and Zhu Yin said that they told me to go in to see the master. I stand here and think about it, but I still don't dare to ......" Yinzhen listened to his rambling words, explained again and again, and couldn't help laughing: "That's also divided into big and small things, priorities!" For example, if someone wants to kill me, you won't go in and reply to me? Let's go, the study talks. ”

"The study can't be said," Cai Ying said, "Nian Qianyao will come in at dawn today, sit in the study, you must see the master......" Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment and asked, "He didn't say anything?" Cai Ying said: "He said that the master had a little misunderstanding of him, and he couldn't sleep when he didn't see him." ”

"Misunderstanding?" Yin Zhen smiled coldly, "Let's go, meet him." And then say your words. After speaking, he pulled out his feet and left, Cai Ying hurriedly came up and led the way.

Nian Qianyao was waiting anxiously in the small study in the west of Wanfutang, he had been here for four hours, and he did not dare to see his sister-in-law, nor did he dare to find Wenjue and they chatted. Since childhood, he has both literary and military talents, high heart, and fierce and cruel nature. When the Miao rebellion was quelled, the stockade could not be captured, so he personally supervised the battle, and anyone who returned was beheaded. threw his head in front of the battle, and even beheaded more than 20 people, his sword was cut off, and he didn't blink an eye, so the army called him "butcher". But he was afraid of Yinzhen. This prince who eats fasting and recites Buddha doesn't even fight flies, but the cold air in his eyes can force him to retreat! Today at the gate of Changchun Garden, Yinzhen attacked him, he wanted to be angry, but his legs did not obey the call, only hesitated for a bag of cigarettes, and came to Yongwang's Mansion to wait to see Yinzhen. was so anxious that he was helpless, he saw Cai Ying carrying a lantern from a distance, Yinzhen came over calmly, Nian Qianyao was busy kneeling on the ground and knocking, and said: "The slave Nian Qianyao has been waiting for his master for a long time!" ”

Yin Zhen ignored him, while asking someone to send hot **, drank it slowly, asked for a pot of hot soup, put his feet in and rubbed it, Fang said: "See the eighth master?" ”

"No......," Nian Qianyao said in a trembling voice, "...... Because I met the ninth master at the gate of the military department, I forcibly invited the slave to sit down, and I really ...... anything else."

"I don't care about you." Yin Zhen suddenly smiled, "The eighth master and the ninth master are all my brothers. There is also the fourteenth master, who is even closer. Arise up—am I the master of the measureless? Nian Qianyao knows this master very well, his face is like a curtain, he rolls it up when he says it, and puts it down when he says it. The most elusive, so he got up cautiously and said with a bitter face: "How many years has the slave followed the master, and the master is the most magnanimous!" Yin Zhen shook his head and said: "You are against your heart, I am actually a person who will repay me, and my mind is not as wide as the eighth master, I know this." ”

Yin Zhen wiped his feet for him with Cai Ying, put on his socks and boots, stepped comfortably on the ground for two steps, frowned and said: "If you are my brother-in-law in Xiaojiazi, then you don't have to say anything." But after all, you are my banner slave, and there are some things I have to take care of. So I humiliated you in front of my fifth brother, do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

"You don't understand!" Yin Zhen cut off his words in one bite, "If you understand, when you return to Beijing this time, you should see Ama first, see me, and then go to see others!" ”

"It's really because the fourth master is busy......"

"Fart!" Yin Zhen said, "Where is the Buddha?" In your heart! Am I not busy today? Why did you see it? Nian Qianyao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "The slave already knows." But the slave did not look outside the master, even when he saw the ninth master, he said that the weather was good today. The master's guidance has been understood by the minion. The master doesn't care who the slave sees first, he cares who has in his heart! I can't say it clearly, the slave is in Shaanxi, and the fourteenth master is in the west, there will always be a day when the heart is clear, please forgive the master! ”

He was so delicate and clear, but Yinzhen was stunned when he heard it, and then sneered: "I thought you really understood!" So you pretend to understand! If you're really good to me, you don't have to think about it! You are the biggest official under my sect, you only take care of your duties well, and you are loyal to the emperor, which is to earn dignity for your master. You look at me and sharpen your head, fighting for the storage position like others, first, you mislook at me, and second, it proves that you are not a pure minister at all! Nian Qianyao knew that this was insincere, and he replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" The master taught us! The minions don't dare to think nonsense......"

"You've already thought about it, and you still say 'don't dare'?" Yin Zhen sneered! "You and Dai Duo are restless! Dai Duo was going to Taiwan, saying that he would leave a way back for me. I told him, I don't do anything wrong, I'm afraid of what kind of ghost knocking on the door? What kind of fart 'back road' is left?! As for you, you also said in the previous letter, 'Today's loyalty to the master is the loyalty to the emperor on another day'!" Nian Qianyao, just the word 'different day' is enough to kill your family! ”

A cold sweat broke out on Nian Qianyao's head, and he suddenly felt that the thoughts that came to him a few days ago were simply ridiculous! Not to mention that his family's life is in the hands of this prince, even the historical relationship between himself and Yinzhen has long become an inseparable one. Yin Zhen Tie blushed, and when he was about to say more, he saw Cai Ying coming in, so he asked, "What's wrong, your face is so ugly?" Cai Ying snorted: "Fourth master...... Zheng ......, who lives in the small Buddha hall of the North Courtyard The big grandma hanged herself! Yin Zhen got up and said to Nian Qianyao gloomily: "Follow me to have a look!" ”