When Kangxi turned his face to look, an old woman about fifty years old walked over with an empty basket and twisted her little feet, and the moon-white coat on her body was patched, but the pulp was very clean. Seeing Kangxi and Fang Bao standing under the tree in a daze, Mrs. Qiao smiled while putting the basket down: "Nier, there are still two customers, why do you close the stall?" Why don't you make tea yet! Kangxi nodded to Fang Bao, and the two sat down at the small tea table.

"Old man," Fang Bao was puzzled in his heart, and said with a smile: "We are here to visit!" Qiao Pozi's tea is very famous in this area! I heard that you have met the emperor? Qiao Nizi poured tea into a bowl with her hands and feet, and said, "What if you have seen the emperor?" But the poor cannot be rich! Mrs. Qiao said angrily: "What are dead hooves talking about? Bodhisattvas are above, don't talk nonsense! The emperor treats our family like a mountain, where did you come from without the emperor? Being poor is your own life, what is in the way of the emperor? ”

Kangxi stared at Mrs. Qiao, with thin eyebrows and big eyes, and slightly raised cheekbones, except for a beautiful mole on her chin, she felt a little familiar, and she couldn't remember when they met, and how they were "as kind as a mountain"! Then he smiled and said: "You dare to be afraid that the business of the tea shop is not good, and you will make up a story to attract the owner, right?" When have you seen the emperor and what does he look like? ”

"No wonder you don't believe it." Mrs. Qiao scooped water into the pot and continued, sighing, "This is an old saying for more than thirty years. My mother's family lives in Hangzhou and grows a few acres of tea plantations. In the first year of Wu Sangui's rebellion, his son-in-law Wang Yongning lived by the West Lake. On the third day of March, the county lord and the county horse took the family on a rampage, squeezing my father's father and brother into the lake and drowning, and my younger brother also caused others to die on the bridge stone. I went to the state, the government, and the province to tell everything, and when I heard that it was the case of Ma Wang Yongning in Wujia County, no one dared to care! I really couldn't swallow this breath, so I left my grandmother and begged for food and sang to Beijing alone, suing the emperor. I was only twelve years old......"

"Oh!" Kangxi's eyes lit up, and he remembered: This half-old woman was actually the little girl who was not allowed to sue back then, and was investigated by Shuntianfu for the crime of "confusing the public with filthy words"! Then he asked, "Are you called Xiaohong?" Mrs. Qiao asked in surprise, "How did your old man know?" My nickname in my mother's house is Xiaohong. Kangxi smiled: "I'll know as soon as you say it." That year, you sang in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall, I heard you sing, and you played the pipa well! ”

Mrs. Qiao flashed a glance at Kangxi, and seemed to be reminiscing about something, but after all, thirty-six years have passed, and the old man with pale hair in front of her is too far from the dashing and graceful young man Kangxi she saw back then. After a long time, she sighed and said, "Long live said at the time, when will the south come to my house for tea." These decades have passed. The emperor toured the south five or six times, and he traveled all over Suzhou and Yangzhou, but he didn't see him. I'm afraid that the emperor has forgotten it a long time ago, and I don't have that delusion anymore, but I can't let go of it in my heart, and I prepare the tea every year......" Qiao Pozi gushed endlessly, Kangxi was deeply moved, and he was just distracted when he took the tea, Fang Bao smiled and said: "You are too infatuated, the nobles just say it, and you will admit it!" Mrs. Qiao clapped her hands and sighed: "This is just about the heart; Now it's unbelievable, the family has also been defeated, and the tea mountain has been sold, leaving only a seed of Junshan 'scared and killing', and I am not willing to lose it. Once Banzai really came to eat tea, give it to him. ”

"Mrs. Qiao," Kangxi's eyes were full of tears, he pretended to rub his eyes with sourness, and asked, "I heard that the emperor has a decree for the magistrate to take care of you, how can you lose your family?" Mrs. Qiao smiled bitterly: "Take care of it, and you have to be strong yourself!" In the sixteenth year of Kangxi, I married into the Qiao family, and they had seven brothers, and their lives were prosperous! Unexpectedly, a flood drowned more than 40 members of the family, and now only three of our ancestors and grandchildren are left, and Ding Yin, who has six more people. No matter how capable I am, I will only be able to make ends meet. ”

After listening to this, Kangxi stood up silently. Fang Bao also got up and said, "It's dark, I can't sit anymore." You keep these two pieces of silver, and Ming'er will buy some tea sets-" As he spoke, he followed a few steps and caught up with Kangxi. After walking silently, Fang Bao asked, "Master, why don't you look at you?" ”

"It's not that I'm not happy, I'm thinking about things." Kangxi said, "What I saw and heard on this southern tour was a bit unexpected. I can't hear these words in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and I can't see these things. The harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, and I am not shocked? ”

Fang Bao was thinking about how to comfort Kangxi. Kangxi said again: "Go back and ask Dongting to come again, and explain to Mrs. Qiao that I have already eaten her tea, so let's fund some silver taels!" ”

Zhang Tingyu bowed down to greet Kangxi under the watermelon lamp at the door, and said: "The prince has sent an excerpt, as well as a report from the Jingshi Mansion, and someone is waiting for the master's will!" Kangxi didn't pay attention to Zhang Tingyu's nervous and stern look, and stepped into the door with a "hmm".

Kangxi just sat down to see the excerpt sent by Zhang Tingyu, and Wei Dongting came in. Kangxi suddenly remembered, pulled over a piece of paper, wrote the words "Qiao Pozi Tea" and handed it to Wei Dongting, and said, "Later, you go to Qiao Pozi and reward her with these words." Wei Dongting smiled: "The minions have already been there." and gave her three hundred taels of silver. Coupled with this imperial signboard, Mrs. Qiao's livelihood is fine. With a wave of words, the two guards carried a carved porcelain jar, in which was planted a green tea tree - gently placed on the ground - this is the "scared killing" tea that Qiao Pozi gave to Kangxi. Kangxi groaned: "This tea tree grows like a beautiful woman's hair bun, so I will name it 'Biluochun'!" ”

Kangxi looked at the fold for a while, suddenly changed his face, "snapped" and threw the recital in his hand slightly to the table, stood up, and kept pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. Fang Bao also stood up uneasily, and everyone held their breath and looked at Kangxi intently.

"It's not like that!" After a while, Kangxi Fang said, "The reason why I didn't kill Feng Shengyun in Luoma Lake is to show the world that the punishment is justified!" Feng Shengyun didn't know what he did in Beijing, and the ministry only agreed to allocate 3,000 miles? What else do you say'grace from above', which means that I have to be lenient! Isn't that fart? There is also a list of exiled locks and bribes, how to see how it is not authentic! When you are a prince, how can you be so selfish and not above board! Qing Dynasty—" He was about to say, "It must be bad in the hands of this man," but the words came to his lips and swallowed back.

Zhang Tingyu saw that Kangxi had not yet seen Ren Bo'an's case, although he knew that it would add fuel to the fire as soon as he said it, but the responsibility for this matter was on the prime minister, and he could not keep his mouth shut. This matter is very wide-ranging, and the courtiers below are very flustered, and someone said-" Before the words were finished, he looked at Kangxi's face and swallowed it back.

"Say what?"

"-Damn the minions!" Zhang Tingyu knew that he had lost his mouth, and fell to his knees with a snort. Kangxi sneered: "Say that I am wide and indulgent? Wei Dongting's face turned pale with fright, and he knelt down and said, "This was told to Zhang Tingyu by the slave." There was nothing wrong with the prince punishing corrupt officials, but it was just ...... It's just that...... The judgment is improper, and people's hearts are fluctuating. Now that the master is in the Spring and Autumn Period, he is privately discussing the affairs of the emperor after his death, saying that if he follows the master now, he will inevitably die in the future; Now with the crown prince, it is inevitable that he will die now, and he will always die in two places, which is terrifying to think about......"

Kangxi was so angry that his body trembled, and said: "Don't be an official if you're afraid of death!" I'm afraid that this is only because you Wei Dongting participated in Zen and enlightenment, right? "How dare a slave make up words?" Wei Dongting kowtowed again and again, "The emperor will understand as soon as he looks at the newspaper." For more than two months, more than 70 ministers of ministries and bureaucrats and officials of the feudal frontier have asked for sick leave! As a slave of the emperor's coating, it is his duty to die for the emperor......" Kangxi had no intention of listening to his apology, stayed for a long time, and suddenly sighed and said: "Yinren has already cooked raw rice, and he can't help but preserve his dignity." Needless to say, Ren Bo'an has no forgiveness in his reasoning, only the criminal department discusses the Feng Shengyun case, and it must be strictly refuted! ”

"The slave has been thinking about this matter for a long time," Zhang Tingyu said, "Feng Mou Chong violated the imperial driver, and according to the law, he could only travel three thousand miles. The Criminal Department cited Zhang Shi's sentence to commit the imperial driving example, believing that if the emperor was executed at that time, it was okay to kill him, and since there was a division, of course, the law should be followed...... "Kangxi said: "Zhang Shizhi is not enough to train. Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said: "Before Zhang Shi, the Han Dynasty was a famous minister, and the law enforcement was like a mountain. There are established examples, even if you want to refute them, you have to find a proper name to convince people's hearts! ”

Fang Bao sneered when he heard this: "It seems that I have a high opinion of the princes of the Criminal Department!" Feng Shengyun flattered those in power and embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of national funds, why did he avoid the main sin and only say that he was rude to the king? The princes promised to be Zhang Shizhi of the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't know that Zhang Shizhi himself was a person who sold his reputation and reputation. The emperor said that he was 'not enough to train', and he really hit the target! When Zhang Tingyu heard this, he even swept himself in, and blushed, but it was inconvenient to refute it in person. Kangxi said with a smile: "I said that Zhang Shizhi is not enough to train, which means that the ministers must not preced, and you say that he sells his reputation and reputation, but it is unheard of." Fang Bao saw that Zhang Tingyu was embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "Zhang Shizhi is a court lieutenant, and he has not said a word to the emperor about Zhou Bo's unjust imprisonment. Zhou Bo is in prison, and he can't even hand over the grievances! Zhang made a statement on the trivial case of 'rushing to commit the royal car and stealing the jade ring of the high temple', this is not a reputation for fame? "Hanshu" uses the Spring and Autumn penmanship, but it is a pity that it has been hidden from the world for more than a thousand years! ”

The words of the seat made everyone secretly convinced. Zhang Tingyu then smiled and said: "Zhou Bo's injustice is indeed in the hands of Zhang Shizhi, and Fang Bao is playing it." The ministers avoided the important and trivialized, said something for Feng, and invited the name of the minister, which should be refuted! Kangxi smiled and said to Fang Bao: "Please enter the urn!" Fang Bao hurriedly said: "Tingyu has been in politics for decades, he is diligent and cautious, and he occasionally carelessly cares about everything. Therefore, the emperor changed to me to approve, which is not the way to treat the countrymen. Besides, I am the minister of cloth clothes, and I am on the emperor's side, but I am just accompanying the holy bow to ridicule Hanmo and leisurely travel in the mountains and rivers. The big thing has to be done by Tingyu! "Fang Bao is not good-looking, but he works hard. These words not only showed that he had no intention of fighting for power in politics, but also covered up Zhang Tingyu's ugliness, which was eloquent and magnificent, which made Zhang Tingyu feel impressed. Kangxi smiled: "It's so good, let's do it with Zhang Tingyu." ”

"Your Majesty," Wei Dongting saw that Kangxi's color was gradually becoming more and more pale, and he took advantage of the opportunity to persuade, "It's almost time to make a child, and Ming'er will still patrol Xingping Mountain!" Kangxi sighed: "No, I'm afraid you're tired!" Alas, old...... I wanted to be happy for a few days. Who knows, it won't be possible! Look at it, it's only been a few days since it came out, and Beijing is in a mess, so what's the interest in watching the scenery? I won't go anywhere tomorrow, so I'll board a boat and go north to Beijing! ”