Kangxi returned to Beijing, and the next day, he summoned Yinren, Yinzhen and others to inquire about Feng Shengyun and Ren Bo'an. Kangxi approved these two things in Yangzhou, not only was the criminal department refuted, but even the prince was disgraced and had already been handled in accordance with the order. This time, Feng Shengyun and Ren Bo'an's heads stink, why is it not over yet? Everyone couldn't touch Kangxi's true intentions, and they didn't dare to reply for a while. After a while, Yinzhen knelt forward and said: "Feng Shengyun's case is a moment of confusion in the Criminal Department, and Shi Shilun also has negligence because he followed his sons to check the accounts, and they are all sons and ministers. As soon as the holy decree arrived, it was cut in half on the same day, and the case was closed......"

"Case closed?" Kangxi took a sip of tea and said, "You play it!" Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, kowtowed calmly, and said: "The prelude to Ren Bo'an's case has been explained. The prisoner was taken by Erchen, and because he was too busy, Erchen took it upon himself to ask the ninth elder brother Yinyu to conclude the trial, and he was also executed according to the order, and was executed on October 29. Kangxi nodded and asked Yinren: "The sentence of the Criminal Department is improper, and you should ask for punishment, why don't you see the chapter?" I heard that Ren Bo'an Lingchi's execution was a knife to death, what is the reason? That Ren Bo'an was entrenched in Beijing and restrained officialdom for 20 years, how many lives did he frame in private? And who is protecting him? Could it be that there is no one in the court to support him, and he can be so arrogant with a small official? Tell me, how did you and Mazzie consult? I want to hear about it! ”

Yinren muttered: "My son was sick a while ago, and he didn't have to do anything. only cared about cleaning up dozens of cases of corruption and bribery, thinking that the fourth, thirteenth and ninth brothers were shrewd and capable, and they would be able to handle it properly. As for the criminal department's invitation to the guilty man, because the emperor will return to Beijing in a few days, it is the sons who stayed behind and did not send it. Ama will review it, and tomorrow he will present it to the royal court. Kangxi said with a blank face: "Ma Qi, the prince is unwell, there are some things that you, the minister of the study, should take care of." Why don't you have this chapter? Instead, he handed over a sick fold, what is the reason? ”

"Your Majesty!" Ma Qi was aggrieved, but he had nowhere to tell, and when he saw Kangxi's stern questioning, he hurriedly said: "The slave is indeed suffering from distress, and there is a case of the Tai Hospital as evidence, how dare he deceive the king!" Despite this, the government is lacking, the minister's fault, and the slaves cannot escape the blame. Always ask the emperor to punish the crime heavily......" As he spoke, tears came out of his eyes, and he lay on the ground weakly. Zhang Tingyu couldn't help shaking his head, but secretly sighed: I didn't expect that the few people who stayed in Beijing were a group of dragons without a leader, and they did their own thing!

Yin Zhen's heart was crossed, and he said: "The files copied by Ren Boan are more than 3,000 catties, which is really appalling!" According to the humble opinion of the ministers, if they are verified one by one, hundreds of ministers must be involved. The Holy One is not in Kyoto, how can he be hasty? Therefore, I did not dare to open the package and check it carefully. If the sons and daughters mishandle it, ask for long live the training of the sea, the files are there, the evidence is ironclad, and it can still be recovered......"

"You are also sick, he is also sick, I am in Jiangnan, I know that it is now a common practice." Kangxi said lightly, "If you are really sick, there are naturally some people, if I recognize the truth, I will order the Tai Hospital to be secreted one by one, but I am afraid that some people will be difficult to take the blame!" According to me, some are diseases that cause emotional distress, some are diseases of sorrow and ridicule, and some are diseases of fear and avoidance of disaster. It can be seen that Fan Zhongyan's so-called 'worries and worries of the world first, and joy and happiness of the world after the world' is easy to say, but how difficult it is to do! When everyone listened, they couldn't help but be ashamed, but they couldn't say anything, so they all bowed down and paused. Fang Bao saw that he was the only one standing in the hall, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he knelt on the ground with a long robe and said: "According to the minister's opinion, the fourth elder brother is very proper in handling Ren Bo'an's case, and the lock has shocked the government and the opposition by taking bribes. ”

This means that during Kangxi's departure from Beijing, the best handled case was handled by Yinzhen. Yin Zhen couldn't help but feel like a confidant, and in an instant, he felt that this old man was a little ugly and cute. Kangxi smiled: "Fang Bao, you don't know the details. I am angry in my heart, I am not on this, the government is so corrupt, but I still have to cover it up, it is too unseemly. Fang Bao knew that Kangxi was dissatisfied with the bribery list, so he vaguely persuaded: "This kind of thing often happens in the world." It is likely that the peace will last for a long time, and the officials will have trouble. We should first calm people's hearts, and then change our plans. If you ask for it too quickly, it is easy to be unpredictable. ”

"I'm useless!" Kangxi stared at the outside of the hall in a daze, and sighed and said, "Dongting knows, I have already done these things back then!" Arabutan repeatedly invaded the east and sent troops several times to return in vain, so why should it be so based on my youthful temperament? Isn't it terrible and lamentable? ”

Wei Dongting was the most delicate in his life, for fear that he would also be involved in this chilling whirlpool, and thought about it and said: "At this time and that time, the master can't say what he said back then. According to the knowledge of the minions, several master envoys were able to handle it, and a huge case was also discovered. If you want to be a director, it is inevitable that there will be small mistakes, and offending people is also an indispensable thing. Kangxi smiled helplessly, got up and yawned, and said: "Yinren, I'm not looking for your bad luck as soon as I come back, I'm really worried about you!" I am already half of the people who have been in the ground, this ancestral inheritance, you have to rest assured that you can pick it up! Take a look for yourself, is the list of locks you set out of public intentions, or is it to vent your personal anger? Jiang Chenying is an old celebrity, born as a champion, with a silver account of twenty taels, and you will remove him; He Huaishun is a well-known Qing official, and there is only one complaint, and you also lock him up in Beijing - you don't take thousands of bribes and bribes! - What's wrong with you? Are you still settling old accounts, and everyone who recommends Yinxi must be wiped out? You're not shrewd enough, Yinren! Acting like this, why are the ministers not afraid, and why are they not sick? He gasped slightly, and then said, "Since the matter has been done, we must deal with the aftermath." The officials on the list of those you are proposing to lock up, since they have come, you must screen them carefully. Where the case is unclear, it is not allowed to be disposed of casually. I tried my best to fulfill your dignity, but I wronged people, and I can't. As he spoke, he called Ma Qi again, pointed at Fang Bao and said, "You take him to the various departments to have a look, and the guards, all of them." He was a newcomer and unfamiliar with people. There are several houses on Ren Bo'an's list, and Fang Bao picks a desirable one. If it is because of the cloth clothes, you despise him, I will not follow. ”

Yinxiang withdrew from the Qianqing Palace and returned to the mansion, it was the end of Shen. Wen Seventy-four took the second housekeeper Jia Pingzheng to lead the entourage out to clear the snow. A group of people came out with brooms and wooden shovels to push the board, and when they saw Yinxiang getting off the sedan chair with great interest, they all bowed down and saluted. Yinxiang smiled: "Lao Wen, what do you care about these things?" Don't sweep the snow at all! You go in and tell Zigu to get some good wine, just in time to enjoy the snow! Jia Ping hurriedly said: "The snow in front of the door should be swept away, and the slippery child will fall down if he is not careful." Yinxiang said: "You just came up from Zhuangzi, I don't understand the temperament of the master, look at this snow, I feel comfortable." If you sweep it, you will lose the master's prosperity. It's going to rain this day, and you'll sweep it again when it snows again, you know? ”

Jia Ping said: "The slave understands!" This is the Lord's compassion for us! What's so interesting about this snow-white? Yinxiang took a sip and scolded with a smile: "You know a piece of bullshit!" I love snow, you sweep the black hole, what's the fun? Don't get out of here! After saying that, he went straight to the upper house with his hands behind his back.

"The Thirteenth Master is back!"

"Well, I'm back." Yinxiang casually agreed, and when he looked up, it was the parrot on the shelf under the corridor greeting, and he couldn't help laughing. stepped forward to tease, and when he saw Alan and Sister Qiao coming, he asked without looking back, "Why don't you see Aunt Zi?" Sister Qiao stared at Alan and said, "Zigu went home." said that her mother had a terrible fever, and she was afraid that she would not be useful, and she would probably come back after a while. The wine has been prepared, is it under the porch or in the house? Yinxiang said with a smile: "Just eat in this hall, you two play Go, and I will eat and watch the game!" ”

When Alan heard this, he ordered someone to clean up the charcoal fire, and Sister Qiao came over with the cloud box and the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Ye is really interested today!" Yin Xiangqing poured wine, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Really? I'm really happy today! "Why is he happy, in fact, he can't tell himself, anyway, when he comes back from the Qianqing Palace, his heart is extremely relaxed.

Alan's chess strength is very weak, and Rao Sizi's chess has been walking for more than 30 years, and he has gradually lost the wind. Sister Qiao didn't let it go, and said with a smile while laughing: "You only care about killing me, and you don't see that you are all missing." If you don't make up for this 'big pig's mouth' on the horn, I'll kill you with one child! Alain laughed: "If you want to kill you, you will kill." I'm a desperate puffer fish eater, and if I lose it all, I have to keep this big chess piece! After saying that, Sister Qiao fell into the array, and the two of them fell silent again, frowning and trying to recruit. Yinxiang held a cup on the easy chair and groaned, and the two attendants played against each other. One of these two people is weak and weak, and the other is beautiful and enchanting, both of them are beautiful and delicious. Yinxiang couldn't help but secretly think, it's a pity that the two beautiful babies were instructed by others, and they were willing to be around him to sit and be a detective, thinking that he didn't know! Just thinking about it, when I saw Zi Gu come in with two little girls with a handstove, she sat up straight and asked, "Are you back?" How's your mother's body? Do you want me to go to the doctor? ”

"The Thirteenth Master is back." Zigu's face was very pale, as if she had just cried. Because he saw Yinxiang watching chess, he squatted next to him for a thousand blessings, and reluctantly smiled: "My mother's illness is useless, and I can't swallow my breath for a while." Which brand name am I, dare to work as an imperial doctor! Yinxiang saw that there was snow on her head, so he brushed it for her and said, "Is it falling outside again?" You have a very bad face, go back to your room and rest. What kind of medicine to use, Ming'er told the Jia family, go to Wanshengtang to catch it, and there is all the medicine. Zigu snorted, seemed to be a little choked, and went to tears. Yinxiang saw that the chess of the two people was playing more and more upside down and disorganized, so he messed up the game and said: "Go back, it's all stinky chess!" I'll teach you a plate tomorrow. ”

Alain took a few little girls to listen to the greetings in the conservatory next door. In the empty upper room, a few candles burned silently. Yinxiang leaned on the big red pillow and half lay on the kang with his eyes closed. For a while, I thought that Kangxi was satisfied with his and the fourth brother's errand, and I was very pleased; Thinking that he had offended the starlings by doing an errand this time, he couldn't help but be surprised; Thinking about Yinren's villainous nature, I don't know what will happen in the future? It is incredible for Yinzhen to leave the prince to govern alone. Suddenly, I remembered my mother, who had had a rough life, how desolate it was to be alone with the ancient Buddha of the green lantern in Huanggutun outside the Saiwai on this snowy day, and I couldn't help but shed tears again. Listening to the rustling of the big chiming bell, it hit eleven times in a row, and Fang Mengwei fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly there was a "bang" in the room, as if the teacup had been broken, and Yinxiang was startled. The flower pot on the red side of the curtain over there fell down for no reason and fell to pieces!

"What's wrong?" Yinxiang sat up with his hands propped up. In a daze, he said, "Is there an earthquake?" When I looked at it, there was nothing unusual, I saw Zigu stunned, standing on the ground in a daze with a tea tray, Yinxiang smiled: "It turned out to be you!" He narrowed his smile sharply, remembering the flower pot, how could it fall for no reason? didn't have time to think about it at the moment, turned around and dragged a big coat and put it on, put down his shoes and went to the ground, glancing at Zigu, whose face was as white as paper, and said nothing.

The girls behind the curtain had already been alarmed, and Alan took them out, and when they saw the master wearing clothes and shoes, and Zigu standing with tea, they were all blushing with shame, but they didn't dare to make fun of it. Zigu only came back to her senses at this time. Ne said: "Dare to be afraid that the cat kicked over the flower pot? It's scared to death...... Please...... Master tea ......"

"Hmm." Yinxiang tried his best to keep his composure, took the tea, looked at it, there was nothing unusual, his eyes flashed, and he commanded, "The cat is on my kang, catch it!" This tea is good, but I'm not thirsty! With that, he put the teacup on the table, and quickly twisted Zigu with his backhand, Zigu was thrown five or six feet away, and the corner of her forehead hit red blood! Yinxiang shouted: "Search her!" ”

A few girls were stunned at first, and after a little hesitation, they came up to surround Zigu, pulled their wrists and lifted their clothes, and searched for a while. Suddenly, there was an exclamation, and a snow-bright dagger fell to the ground! The girls were like snakes and scorpions, and they scattered and fled with a "mom".

"Are you drinking? Or is it a? Yinxiang stared fiercely at Zigu, who was huddled in a ball, and held the cat who was "chanting" in his arms, but his tone was very calm, "It's just that this Persian cat is pregnant with cubs!" ”

Zi Gu slowly raised her head, and when she stared at Yin Xiangyi, she suddenly burst into laughter, and reached out to grab the dagger on the ground! Yinxiang stepped forward with an arrow and stepped down, and the hand that was as thin as clotted fat immediately blurred with flesh and blood...... picked it up with his hand and swiped it again, and said with a cruel smile: "What a red face Jing Ke, a woman Nie Zheng!" If God hadn't blessed me, I would have closed the ghost gate right now! Say, "Who commanded you?" ”

"No one instructed him." Zi Gu swallowed a mouthful of blood saliva, and said with a miserable smile, "I have a fate with you in my previous life, and I want to go to Huangquan together......"

At this moment, even Sister Qiao and the others who were sleeping in the wing room were alarmed, and they rushed in to wait for Yinxiang. Yin Xiang glanced at Sister Qiao and Alan, and said with a gloomy smile: "You don't have the means of Gu Ya and Red Line Girl, but you want to kill me." I'm afraid it can't be done without complicity, right? His anger suddenly erupted, "Murder is forgivable, and it is unreasonable!" Everyone is here, you tell me in public, where does my thirteenth master live for you? How did you do this to me? You only say one thing about my disadvantage, I will let you go immediately, if Yinxiang has half a lie, he is not a husband! ”

"Do you know that the barking dogs are their masters?" Zigu stroked a handful of unkempt hair, "My father committed a capital crime, and Ren Ye rescued it for me; My mother died of illness, and it was sent by Ren Ye; …… He told me to jump off the cliff, and I would not hesitate for a moment! If you can kill Ren Ye, I can naturally kill you too! She smiled sadly, and her usual gentle, quiet demeanor was swept away. Yinxiang heard the sweat on his body, his face was gray and blue, and he said after a while: "Your mother...... Already dead?! You've always said that you're going to Ning, where have you gone? Where is it today? Ren Bo'an is already dead, someone else must have instructed you! I advise you, it's better to say it, lest Tianming send the punishment department - the slave kills the master, and according to the law - he should be put to death by Ling Chi - and he will be cut by 3,700 knife fish scales, which is very unbearable! Zigu snorted, raised her face and said: "You are self-inflicted, who wants you to be pitiful!" I died to repay my kindness, loyal and filial, and when I saw my mother, I was still reunited - not to mention 3,700 knives, it is 37,000 knives, I want to cry out for pain, and die in hell! ”

Those present listened to her generous speech, and everyone was shocked. Yinxiang gasped, stared at Zigu for a long time, and suddenly thought of the past when he was tossed to death in the Prison God Temple, and Zigu served the decoction day and night, and his heart was also churning up and down, full of flavors. After pondering for a long time, Yin Xiangfang sighed: "If you have today, why bother at the beginning? He was saddened, lowered his head and waved his hand, "You...... Go ahead! ”

"What?"

Everyone was taken aback, looking at this young master, I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, Alan and Sister Qiao must be putting a long line to catch a big fish, and they can't help but glance at each other. Zigu was stunned for a moment, then sneered again: "Do you forgive me for being a fool!" Do you want to send someone to keep an eye on me? Don't dream! ”

"You go, you go!" Yinxiang waved his hand irritably and said, "Alan, you take her to Jia Ping, two hundred taels of silver, the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps!" As he spoke, he stomped his feet and said, "You go, you go!" I'll never see you! ”

Alan stayed for a long time before he came to his senses, paced to Zigu's side, and said softly: "The master spared you, let's go!" I'll pack some clothes for you to ......" Zigu stood up silently, glanced blankly at the crowd, and followed out like a sleepwalker. When the parrot under the corridor saw her come out, she jumped and shouted, "Zigu, add me some water!" ”

Zigu laughed miserably, and a cold wind hit her, causing her to tremble. Suddenly, she came to her senses, her blood surged, her face turned purple, and she gritted her teeth and scolded to the sky: "God! Are you asleep, or are you dead? Why did you send me to this world? Why did you arrange my life like this? You...... You're so ruthless! With that, he grabbed his hair with one hand and slammed into the stone lock in the courtyard. Poof", blood gushed out, stained a large area of snow red, and his legs trembled, and he was already out of his body.

Yinxiang took a step forward and stood under the porch, his heart was empty for a while, he seemed to think a lot, but he didn't seem to think about anything. Turning back to the nightmarish crowd, he said, "Good life...... Bury it. Although she harmed me, she was a fierce woman of both loyalty and filial piety, and you should learn from her as a human being. Alas......"

As soon as the place was cleaned up, it was already dawn, and the snow was falling more and more. Jia Ping came in from outside the second gate to ask for peace, because he saw that Yinxiang and the maid in the inner room were standing under the eaves in a daze, and pricked a thousand words: "Master got up early!" You like to watch the snow sweep when it's snowing, and the minions will tell them to come in and sweep it. ”

"Hmm." Yinxiang looked at the snow scene, and said slowly after a long time: "Prepare a sedan chair and go to Prince Yong's mansion." ”