Yinzhen took over the Internal Affairs Office, and it took a few days of chaos to get it right, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he felt that the time had come to visit Yinxiang. However, the Zongren Mansion has ancestral regulations, and all those who have been forbidden are not allowed to enter the high wall except for special orders.

"Fourth Master," Wu Si thanked him for the tea and sat down, and said straight to the point, "Last time the fourth master took over the errand, we have already discussed, the thirteenth master is the fourth master's sibling who knows his heart and changes his life, we have to go and see." Yin Zhen frowned and pondered, and said: "I regret that I was cowardly that day, and I didn't ask for Banzai to let the thirteenth brother send out the army." At least I can find out a little bit of the tone, how does Banzai think of this thirteenth elder brother. Wu Sidao smiled and said, "To visit the Thirteenth Master, of course, you have to take some risks. But the risk is worth taking. Shi Shilun, the current Hanshang book of the Ministry of Industry, is actually the friend of life and death of the Thirteenth Master, and the Thirteenth Master reorganized the household department and selected many people to be placed in important positions. The newly transferred guerrilla Luo Ping, the Fengtai staff general Xiao Ying, the Dusi Ge Feixiong, the city gate leader Yao Lin, and Lun Erjin...... They were all pulled up by the Thirteenth Master. I don't know how many of the rest there are. The fourth master didn't see the thirteenth master, and he could only look at the army and sigh. Now that the tiger is in the cage, the Beijing officials are both respectful and afraid, once this tiger is out of the cage, it looks up to the sky and roars, and the beasts tremble! The Thirteenth Master has now been imprisoned for seven years. It turns out that you didn't have a chance to get in touch, and now you don't try to get in touch if you have the chance, what will the Thirteenth Master think in his heart? ”

That's a very clear statement. Yinzhen knows that he has to do great things, and having no soldiers in his hands is nothing less than a daydream! After thinking about it for a while, Yin Zhen frowned and said, "Okay, I'll do my best!" Just as he was about to get up, Gao Fuer came in from the second gate and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, Zhang Junmen is here to worship!" ”

"Zhang Junmen?" Yin Zhen was stunned, but when he saw the fifth brother coming in from outside, he smiled and said: "It's the fifth brother, this slave 'Zhang Junmen Zhang Junmen' confused me - where have you been for a while, why haven't I seen you all the time!" ”

Fifth Brother Zhang saluted Yinzhen and said with a smile: "Because of the accident in Miaojiang, the county government was burned, and long live the slave to pass the decree to Yue Zhongqi and explain the matter of suppression." It's been half a year-" He looked at Wu Sidao, who was sitting still, and said with a smile: "The fourth master looks much better." Yin Zhen waved his hand and asked the fifth brother to sit down, and said with a smile: "I know you, the night cat enters the house, and nothing does not come, what wind blows you to my cold mansion?" ”

"Where is the fourth master, it's really fine." The fifth brother glanced at Wu Sidao again, "The slave heard that the fourth master is now in charge of the internal affairs office, and I am the inner guard, so I should come to see the fourth master...... Hey hey ......"

Yin Zhen laughed and said, "-This is Mr. Wu Sidao, my best friend, you just have to say anything, it's okay." The fifth brother hurriedly bowed to Wu Sidao and said, "It's disrespectful." The fourth master is so refreshing, I will say it directly. I want to meet the Thirteenth Master! Yin Zhen and Wu Sidao looked at each other, and hurriedly turned their faces and said, "Fifth brother, there is a ban on this matter...... You are so favored by Banzai that you watch over you every day, why don't you ask for a will? The thirteenth elder brother is very disgusted, that is, I will allow you to see him, not afraid that the emperor will know about it in the future? ”

"I was a rough man, I only know that there is kindness to repay kindness, and there is resentment to repay grievances!" The fifth brother said, "I still don't understand what crime the thirteenth master has committed, one circle is seven or eight years!" But I have never heard the master say a bad word about the thirteenth master, and several times I asked for orders, but I didn't allow it with a smile, but I wasn't annoyed - it's really strange! The fifth brother said, beating his knees and sighing, with a choked voice in his voice, "The fourth master knows that I am the one who has been greatly favored by the thirteenth master, but the thirteenth master has an accident, and he can't even insert a word...... Those days were like a serious illness, and I didn't dare to let people see it! I have seen Lord Shi for this, but Lord Shi just comforted me, but he refused to protect the thirteenth master. I heard that you are in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, I think the thirteenth master has the most intimate relationship with the fourth master, and if the fourth master refuses to take care of it, who will the slave beg? ”

"This matter has to be considered in the long run, and I can't promise you right now." Yin Zhen thought about it and said, "You know, I have only taken over the Internal Affairs Mansion not long ago, and there are people in charge of the Zongren Mansion today, and it is difficult to be a good person in the world today, so I promise you, you have seen the Thirteenth Master, but you will do your best, and it will be of no benefit, I am afraid that you will still have to receive the real calamity - think about it yourself, I am not good for you?" ”

The fifth brother listened to it silently for a long time, sighed and clenched his fists, and said: "The fourth master doesn't appreciate this face, and he can't complain about the fourth master, so the slave has retired!" ”

"Slow!" Wu Sidao suddenly got up with a cane, walked straight in front of the fifth brother, and said, "Don't misunderstand the meaning of the fourth master!" Even the fourth master himself now wants to see the thirteenth master but can't-let the fourth master plan this matter well, and it will definitely make you wishful! The fifth brother looked the disabled person up and down, his breath was clear, his face was sincere, and he nodded to Yinzhen again, and walked away. Yin Zhen looked at his back and said to himself: "It's a righteous man!" Wu Sidao pondered and said: "Not only is it affectionate, but it is also useful!" It can be seen that you must see the Thirteenth Master! ”

At dusk on the second day, Yinzhen returned from the retreat of Da Nei, and did not even return to the mansion, and went straight from Xihuamen to the Thirteen Baylor Mansion in a sedan chair.

The main entrance has long been sealed. It turned out that the vermilion copper nail gate had not been removed, but the newly barricade outside the door had been mottled due to years of wind and rain erosion. There was a small door next to the door, and the carved holes in the female wall of the garden in the west area were filled, and there were thistles planted on it. Only one tree, Lao Ge, as if unwilling to be lonely, stretched out the buds one by one. The guards were the people of the Zongren Mansion, and when they heard the thirteen rings of the gong on the street, they knew that the person who came was either the prince or Beizi and Baylor, and they seemed to have gone in to report, and a pen post of the guard in the house hurriedly rushed out, and saw Yinzhen was out of the sedan chair, and hurriedly stepped forward and knocked: "The fourth master is here?" Slave Dai Fuzong knocks on the peace? ”

"You are Dai Fuzong?" Yin Zhen had already checked it and knew that it was his own, so he said with a smile, "Get up." Your fourth uncle, Dai Duo, has already talked about you. Later, Gao Fu'er gave me a lecture and said that Zunhua wanted to ask your wife and brother to take care of my Zhuangzi. I only agreed, and then I forgot to ask, have you gone now? There are also more than 10,000 inputs a year, and if there is no fertilizer, it flows into the fields of outsiders! "Although the Zongren Mansion of the Internal Affairs Office is a parallel yamen, it is mostly under Yinzhen. Not to mention Yinzhen himself, even a few of Yinzhen's personal entourage, it is difficult to speak. Yin Zhen has always been a cold person, everyone is respectful and stays away, just a little pretence, Dai Fuzong was already flattered, he got up busily, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile: "The fourth master is a nobleman, and he still remembers these little things about the minions!" Master Gao - Gao Fuer said, wait until the wheat season is over next year, and then ask the beggar at home to help in the village first! Yes, with your old words, the minions are more at ease. Yin Zhen didn't say a word, walked around the door with his hands behind his back, and said: "This door is too narrow." Tell them to renovate it, and they have to be able to get by in a sedan chair. In case the person of the thirteenth master in the room is sick, how can he carry it out? The thirteenth elder brother is different from others, long live is very fond of him. You have to take good care of him and keep him studying behind closed doors, and you have to take care of him. What's going on, you can't afford it. ”

Yin Zhen said a word, Dai Fuzong agreed, and said: "Master, just rest assured!" Long live only said that it was called a captivity, but it was not said that it was difficult to be the thirteenth master! Besides, all the guards here are the minions under the master's banner, and the master doesn't talk like thunder? Wrap it up on the minion! When Yinzhen heard that it was all a white flag, he immediately let go of his heart and said with a smile: "This is not a fat shortage, the responsibility is big and the income is less, but it is difficult for you!" - Open a list and come out, everyone can come to me if you have anything. It's your brother-in-law, why should you have to go on a business trip next summer? I'll write a note later, you go to see Gao Fu'er - this Gao Fu'er is too, I've already agreed, why should I be so petty! As soon as he spoke, he entered the door and said, "I want to meet the old thirteen, is it okay?" ”

"Master, don't worry!" Dai Fuzong received a letter from his cousin Dai Duo yesterday. As soon as Yinzhen came, he guessed that he wanted to see Yinxiang. But it's a terrible thing to find out. Fang Cai had already made up his mind as he spoke, so he smiled and said, "The master is not afraid, what is the slave afraid of?" But you have to call the slaves to have a room to turn around and plug everyone's mouths. I'm not afraid of officials, I'm just afraid of management, the slaves in this place said that it is the law! As he spoke, Yinzhen entered the gatehouse. When the soap of the twelve Zongren Mansion saw that he was coming, they all got up and kowtowed to say goodbye. Yin Zhen smiled and nodded, and went to the side of the desk to pick up the pen to write a note for Dai Fuzong, only to hear Dai Fuzong say: "Master just came from Banzai." Long live have something to ask the Thirteenth Master, and it is inconvenient to make a clear decree. The fourth master looked for me and asked if I could go in. I think that's what I'm ordering! The fourth master is our serious master, and he is in charge of the internal affairs office. If we can't do this, what do we minions do? Slowly, the fourth master has a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, but if he doesn't, he is also upright - therefore, Lao Dai has the courage to agree! Brothers, you have to have two words, this time when it comes to the front, Lao Dai wants to give you small shoes, I am **raised! If you don't say it, where do you go behind your back? He pushed his trouser leg upward—when everyone looked at it, the bronze thighs were black and hairy, and there were six symmetrical scars on the left and right—Dai Fuzong smiled hesitantly: "Everyone who eats Qingbang rice knows each other, this is called three knives and six holes, all about the righteousness of a friend!" If you hack me, maybe someone will stuff you into a sack and throw you into the Yongding River to feed Wang Ba! Yin Zhen didn't expect Dai Duo to have such a distant nephew, seeing him do this, he smiled secretly in his heart, hurriedly added 1,500 taels of silver, and handed the slip to Dai Fuzong, but he didn't say a word, staring at everyone with a faint gaze.

This group of flag people are all open-minded. After listening to Dai Fuzong's words, seeing Yinzhen's calm, unhurried, non-angry and self-authoritative demeanor, with the temperament of a dragon son and a phoenix grandson, who dares to have "two words"? Then he coaxed and said: "Father and son brothers who can't be separated, this is heavenly reason!" Slow to say that it is long live, even if you usually want to visit the prison, you can't help but ask to see ......" At this point, Yinzhen said: "You are interested, I am naturally emotional." I know my temperament, there have always been contacts - Dai Fuzong, open the name of the flag slave here, and send it to me directly tomorrow! With that, he shook his steps and went in.

The front yard had been vacated, and the man in the porter lived there. The eunuchs have long been withdrawn, and the men have all moved to nest in the east courtyard, but Yinxiang still lives in the second courtyard. Jia Pingzheng was bored guarding the second gate, and when he saw Yinzhen coming in, he was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to call Qian'er and said: "The slave has been guarding the door here for seven years, and I haven't seen a single outsider!" Why did the fourth master come? As he spoke, he felt that his eyes were red, and he asked, "Is the emperor going to release the thirteenth master?" It's really suffocating people in Li! Yin Zhen ignored his mood, only nodded, and said with a smile: "It's not bad to be bored by you." How many legs and feet have been saved for you, but there is nowhere to cheat money - what is the Thirteenth Master doing here? Jia Ping looked inside and said with a smile: "I was still playing chess just now, and this time there was no sound, either studying or sleeping." ”

Yinzhen stopped talking and walked into the main room, but saw Yinxiang sitting on the edge of the kang in a cloak with one foot on the wooden pestle, Sister Qiao holding tea, Alan beating his back, burning lily incense next to him, and reading a book. When he heard someone coming in, he didn't even lift his head. Yinzhen stood still and looked at Yinxiang silently - it has been seven years, and he is in the same Jingshi, close at hand, but it is like a mountain! Sister Qiao and Alan have not changed much, but they look a little older, because they have never seen outsiders, they have put their feet down. Yinxiang has pale braids, thin crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and only a pair of tiger eyes are still blazing. When Yinzhen listened, Yinxiang was reading with interest:

…… The rain is zero gold valley, embellished as a quilt for borrowing guests; Lu Leng Hualin, to make muddy flocculents; Bury the incense and jade, the residual makeup is thankful and flying, the Zhu Xie carved railing, and the miscellaneous ones are scattered. The spring is reduced on the eve of the day, and the ten thousand points are sorrowful; Looking for the remnants of the red in the west and east, the five more are not wrong......

Yin Zhen couldn't help but be stupid, and it took a long time before he said: "Wonderful Sven, who is the masterpiece?" I haven't heard of it! ”

"Fourth brother!" As soon as Yinxiang raised his head, he was stunned first, his face seemed to be crying and laughing, he couldn't speak for a long time, suddenly lost the book, got up, looked left and right, and stammered, "Okay...... Good...... Fourth brother sit, sit...... How did you get in? Or did the emperor ask you to deliver the decree? Yes, it must be a message, I ...... I have to kneel......" Zhang Huanghuang knelt. Yin Zhen saw that he hadn't seen anyone for a long time, and he couldn't even speak well, his heart was sour, and he almost burst into tears, so he hurriedly put his hands together, and said with a sad smile: "Brother, you get up, there is no will...... I didn't think you knew what it was like to be haggard! It seems that the body is still ...... Good - under this circumstance, he can add fragrance to his red sleeves and forget his worries about books, his brother is really an open-minded person! Yin Xiang calmed down a little, got up and flicked his robe, and said with a smile: "The fourth brother is also getting old, and it seems that the city is getting deeper and deeper - I'm not a beauty lamp vanilla stalk, 'haggard' which 'cui'?" Amma grace, take this opportunity to read some books. For example, the "Asking for the Wind" that Fang just read is the only book in the sea, and I am afraid that it will not be found in the fourth brother's study! Gradually, he spoke coherently, only a little nervous, and his lips twitched from time to time, looking a little ridiculous. It doesn't matter where the fuck goes, you have to make tea for the fourth master! - This place is closed, I am the court! No, one East Palace, one West Palace, only one Zhaoyang Main Courtyard is missing! ”

Yin Zhen sat down, took a sip of the tea held by Alain, and said, "Brother, don't say these nonsense words, it makes people feel more and more uncomfortable." Let's be happy, it wasn't easy for me to come in. Yinxiang Zhengrong said: "No nonsense, there are no taboos here, none of the family members can go out, and no outsiders can come in!" I'm speaking serious words, 'the east wind is evil', and it's you who blows. I'm in a safe haven. If you can avoid this top stone, you will be blessed! Yin Zhen originally felt that he was a little crazy, and only then did he know that he was clear in his heart. Judging from the current situation, he is indeed like a fisherman who operates a boat in the wild waves, and it is really difficult to say whether he can compare with Yinxiang in the future!

"Who is the prince!" After a while, Yinxiang said again, "About the eighth master has been canonized?" Yin Zhen glanced at Sister Qiao and Alan gloomily, and said, "There is already a will, and the East Palace will not be established." Yinxiang clapped his hands and smiled: "Qin loses his deer, and those who are talented and quick will get first!" It's fair to look at it this way, whoever has the ability is great, who is in the dragon position! ”

Yin Zhen looked at Yin Xiang in surprise, such a big insight, he said it in response? Then he sighed: "I'm worried that one day I can't get along, so what's good!" Yinxiang snorted and said, "Only to prevent the rebellion of the eight kings, what is the bird matter?" Why should the fourth brother worry about the sky? Yinzhen didn't dare to sit for a long time, and seeing that Yinxiang refused to talk to others, he hesitated again and again, so he had to ask: "Thirteenth brother, there is something I have never understood, what is the matter of mentioning Zheng Guiren on the day of Long Live?" ”

"Zheng Chunhua...... Yinxiang's eyes jumped, and he said for a while, "...... What a wretched man! I don't know how far it has fallen! "What?!" Yin Zhen almost jumped up, "She...... She didn't ......" Yinxiang nodded and said, "Yes, not dead." It's too unconscionable to kill such a person, I didn't do it...... The fourth brother doesn't mention this matter, I also want to say that she is now in the Wu Family Garden in Tongzhou, you must change her to a safe place. ”

No one in the room spoke for a while, and the tea hangers outside were already tumbling and gurgling. Sister Qiao was ordered by Yinxiang to investigate this matter seven years ago, and she has been prevaricating to Yinxiang's ban, but she didn't expect Yinxiang to have no taboos at the moment, and said it in one breath! Thinking about it, he glanced at Alain, and the two looked at each other, and suddenly a spark flashed, and they hurriedly dodged. Yin Zhenyuan also blamed him for being unguarded, and after thinking about it carefully, it was sealed here, and he was relieved that he was the same as any enemy or me, any fox and a serious person. After thinking about it for a long time, Yinzhen burst out a few words from between his teeth. "I know this is Yinren's sin, since you say it, I will also tell it bluntly, you can't do it, I will deal with it for you."

"You can't do that!" Yinxiang first shrank in discouragement, only to bounce and jump up. The emotions that had just been suppressed suddenly became uncontrollable, the green tendons on his forehead bulged, and his face was burned red, "If you still want my brother, you can't kill her!" You are a person who has been through hardships, do you know what I am in at this moment? I'm in trouble right now! My heart is going to break! I...... I'm miserable! I have been squatting in this cage for 2,580 days! Every day, I can only look at the square sky, see the green brick ground, watch the ants go up the trees, watch the flowers bloom and fall, and watch the sky cloudy and sunny! He thundered, his hands clenched and shaking, and he went about the room in a rage, and he spoke faster and faster: "You have seen the people who love you and protect you burned to death, and you can't forget her dying eyes, so your blood is cold and frozen—but I can't, can't, can't—you don't have to stare at me, she doesn't love me, I don't love her, but she's worse than me!" Have you ever had a person who makes people chaotic and abandoned? A noble lady has become a laundry slave, has your family ever been? If a person has suffered so much, how many sins should be forgiven! You killed her, didn't you fall into the well? Me and her—" He was stunned for a moment, and cried out, "the same fallen people at the end of the world, the same sickness, the same sickness, the same sickness!" Hahahaha......" he laughed maniacally, and cried again with a "woo".

Yin Zhen stood stiffly with his hands on the back of the chair, covered in cold sweat, looking intently at his madman-like brother, he was already stunned. Sister Qiao's face turned pale with shock, Alan lost her mind, and the tea tray in her hand fell to pieces! Yin Zhen woke up in shock, after all, he was old and sophisticated, he had calmed down, sighed, and ordered Alain: "Help your thirteenth master sit down." Old Thirteen, my stupid brother, are you going to scare the fourth brother to death? As he spoke, tears rolled out.

After a period of hysteria, Yinxiang became tired and weak, and Sister Qiao and Alan put him back in the chair, and lowered his head as if he was paralyzed. After a long time, he raised his head, and his eyes were no longer so bright that they were mad: "...... Fourth Brother...... Are you still coming to see me? ”

"Don't be so pathetic. Recuperate well, and you have to change your ways to comfort yourself. Yin Zhen said silently, "If there is a chance, of course I will come." You haven't committed the crime of great rebellion, I want to protect my capital, even you, as well as the eldest brother and the second elder brother, have to be released - in this living coffin, good people will also go crazy. Originally, he came in to ask about the military camp generals stationed in Beijing, but seeing Yinxiang like this, he had to give up for the time being. Yinxiang smiled miserably and said: "I am out of shape just now, in fact, this place is very good, I can fish, I can read, I can play chess, and I can catch birds...... Fourth brother, although Liang Yuan is good, it is not a place to be for a long time, you ...... Let's go back. Alan looked at Yinxiang's weak, sluggish and dazed eyes, couldn't help but think about his own life situation, full of thoughts and nowhere to confide, a burst of sour heat, sobbing and crying.

Yin Zhen got up and was about to leave, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" Alan hurriedly wiped away his tears and said: "The words of the thirteenth master are sad!" We women don't go out all year round, and we don't have a ban on the same thing, like the master, like a dragon and a tiger, a lock is seven or eight years, but how can we ......stand it" Sister Qiao also cried: "Fourth master, you can speak in front of Long Live you." I beg you to ......" he said, choking up to himself. Yinxiang's tears almost welled up again, but he said angrily: "There is no mouth for you to intervene here." Dao is lacking, fourth brother, my hometown is seventy-four, and he was born before the captivity, and he lives in Xibianmen, so you can ask someone to take care of it. Pity him for his lover, and he refuses to go back to Shanxi...... "After that, he got up and took Sister Qiao and Alan out by himself, took the fishing rod and left. When Yinzhen came out blankly, it was already dusk, and half of the blood-red sun was hidden under the gray western mountain.