With a sense of melancholy and sorrow, Yinxiang went in in a trance to change into Baylor's costume that had been shelved for many years, and put on a cloak; When he came out, he only bowed to the corpses of Alan and Sister Qiao, and then rode out of the door, and just arrived at the gate, he saw Fifth Brother Zhang and several eunuchs waiting at the door. Before the fifth brother could say goodbye, Yinxiang had already jumped off the horse. The two people looked at each other with fire-like eyes, and there were thousands of words in their hearts, all of which were silent.

"Thirteenth Master, wait a minute." The fifth brother said, "The fourth master has something to say, I'm afraid that you will deal with it alone, Oro Dai is in the Seventeenth Master's Mansion, and I will ask someone to invite them to help with the errand ......" Yin Xiang was surprised: "Oro Dai? Remember not your opponent? The fifth brother said with a smile: "He is a disciple of the Eight Banners, and he was born with the temper of a young master, and he has also experienced a little human flavor over the years...... We're in a good place right now. Yinxiang couldn't help nodding and sighing, and said, "You reminded me that I haven't come out for ten years, and the white clouds are changing; Even if I made it, it's rare that I haven't changed my mind. This trip makes you doubly careful! As he spoke, a cavalry rushed in the snow. Yinli, Oro Dai and a dry eunuch rolled the saddle and dismounted, and Yinli asked one to go down, and immediately cried. "Brother Thirteen, you make me think so hard!"

Yinxiang hurriedly stepped forward and picked it up with both hands, pulled Yinli with one hand, pulled Oro Dai with the other, and said: "You have to understand, if you don't hide me, I'm afraid I will already become a loess!" ——This is the time for the husband to make contributions, and he will save everything for later! The fourth brother has already told me the details of Fengtai, and I know more than half of the officers below, and it depends on all of you to ...... above." More than 20 horses galloped out of the Xuanwu Gate, and a cloud of snow dust rose on the vast snowfield. Before arriving in Fengtai Town, Yinxiang stood still and looked at it with a calm face. The barracks around the town were cold, dark and unmoving. Yinxiang raised the whip in his hand and said, "The eunuchs went in to report that the seventeenth master and the guard Oro Dai came to labor the army!" ”

Cheng Wenyun had just listened to the message from He Zhu'er, and ordered him to lead the whole army to Changchun Garden to escort King Qin, and he had already passed the civil and military generals Zuodu to the middle camp, but he did not dare to give the order. More than half of the civil and military officials are in Changchun Garden, and the top bosses see him doing something, if they ask the king of the Qin family, whose driver is he protecting? How do I answer the question? The Admiral of the Nine Gates is close at hand, if he hijacks all the brothers into the city first, 30,000 people will be out of the name, trapped under the ice and snow of the fortified city, just Zhang Tingyu will be in the city as soon as he shouts, and he will immediately have to break into ten thousand pieces! The most terrible thing is that even He Zhu'er doesn't know whether the emperor is dead or alive, in case he is alive, if he shows up, he can bounce himself into ashes with one finger...... was hiding in the study with a lot of doubts, and when he heard that the seventeenth elder brother and Oro Dai were coming together, he couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly took Goshha to welcome Yinli in, through the main hall, and into the back hall.

Dozens of guerrilla generals in the main hall were sent by the main general, but they didn't give orders, and they had been waiting for a belly of anger, chatting and scolding their mothers in clusters east and west. was anxious, and suddenly saw the thirteenth elder brother wearing a two-layer crown of the venten golden dragon, wearing a five-clawed golden dragon group dragon gown, and stepping on the blue satin cool deerskin soap boots, striding in, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Almost half of these people were officers selected by Yinxiang when he was in charge of the ministry, and when he saw the benefactor, he knelt on the ground. Greetings, greetings, celebrations, greetings...... What kind of all-in fact, they didn't know that this great suzerain had just been released from the high wall. Yinxiang thought that the seventeenth elder brother had been entangled in Cheng Mou behind him, and couldn't help but smile slightly, nodded to everyone, took out the "Ru I personally came" order arrow from his arms, turned around and pulled out the general order in the main hall, plugged it upright, and turned around. The generals had already been stunned, and the hall was silent when it was neutral.

"Yinxiang was ordered to come to the Fengtai camp to deal with military affairs!" Yinxiang's eyes stared at everyone slightly, "Everyone will listen to the announcement!" ”

"Hooray!"

Yinxiang didn't speak immediately, his eyes scanned back and forth, looking for the official Ben he was most familiar with, and only after a while did he say: "Xu Yuanzhi, Yin Fugui, Zhang Yu - you three guerrillas, promoted to the general of the Han Army in the Fengtai battalion!" Berkh, Arutai, and Bilita, the three of you have been promoted to the rank of Manchurian general...... "He was famous one by one, and in less than a bag of cigarettes, all the officers in the hall were promoted to the next level! Immediately after that, they assigned errands, Bai Erhe and Xu Yuanzhi each took the original people to move to Tongzhou, Arutai and Yin Fugui followed themselves into Changchun Garden, and at the end, they pointed to Bilita and said: "You crawled out of the pile of dead people, and you are a human in two lives!" Ten years ago, I wanted to promote you, some people said that you have eighteen kinds of loose weapons, and now the master will give you a good errand, so you can earn this face back for the master! Bilita's face turned blood-red, and he agreed, knelt forward and said, "Please give me the order!" ”

"Kill me Baiyun Temple!" Yinxiang's face was flushed, and he said coldly, "Zhang Deming is a serious offender, but you are asking!" ”

"Wow!"

Cheng Wenyun heard the front mountain shouting "Long live", he had already arrived, and he had been watching from the side, he was already stunned with anger, until Yinxiang finished distributing, and then flashed out and waved his hand: "Slow!" - Thirteenth Master, who are you? Yinxiang Gege smiled and said, "Oh! Don't you see the arrow above? I'm acting on behalf of heaven at the moment! Cheng Wenyun looked at Yinxiang's cold gaze, and his heart couldn't help but tremble. But his relationship with Yinxi is too deep, and his net worth and life have long been staked. was relieved of the military power by Yinxiang three times and five to two, and he was shocked and angry in his heart, and he also understood that the great changes in Changchun Garden were imminent. He couldn't help but fight, so he sneered: "Even if I send troops and generals by the Holy Order, I am the chief officer, how can I put it aside?" ”

"You're busy talking to the Seventeenth Master!" Yinxiang smiled scoundrelly, "Now that it is very time, I am ordered to be escorted by King Qin, and my name is justified, what are you talking about with me?" ”

"Which king is Qin?"

"Prince Yong!"

"Who's driving?"

"Today's driving!"

Cheng Wenyun was relieved, and laughed: "The Thirteenth Master can really make fun of it!" The matter is not clear, Cheng did not dare to obey the order, offended - everyone return to the camp for the time being, without my general's order, not a single soldier is allowed to leave the camp, and those who violate the order will be punished on the spot! ”

"Fuck you!" Yinxiang roared and was furious, "snapped" the case, and said, "-This arrow is fake?" Thirteen Baylors and Seventeen Baylors are fake? Are these Changchun Garden eunuchs fake? Don't forget—" He gritted his teeth and stared at Cheng Wenyun like a hungry wolf, "Lao Tzu has been in the sea for a long time! It's famous! The Imperial Title 'Desperate Thirteen Lang'! Don't say that Lao Tzu is under the emperor's orders, and he is protecting Sheji, just because you are crazy about me, the master dares to cut off your head! What are you staring at? Aha! You're finally shaking, aren't you? Do you dare? Do you dare to do so?! His voice was sharp and hoarse, and the hall buzzed.

Everyone was stunned by him, kneeling motionless like a carved clay sculpture of wood. Cheng Wenyun was discouraged for a while, thinking about it, he still couldn't show weakness, and waved his hand with a white face: "The thirteenth master has committed phlegm, don't listen to him, go back and listen to the order!" ”

"Orodai!" Yinxiang's voice shook the roof tiles, "You slaughtered him for me!" ”

"Wow!"

Oro Dai tasted it so far, and said with a smile: "The slave is really blind, it's really wonderful to follow the thirteenth master!" While laughing, he pulled out his sword with a "puff", and without saying anything, he stabbed straight through the crotch of Cheng Wenyun's waist...... Pulled out, the blood gushed out like a spring. Cheng Wenyun screamed, and he was suddenly out of breath. The seventeenth elder brother was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he was bold and bold, and he was also confused.

"Is there anything else that doesn't obey?" Yinxiang viciously stood according to the case and asked. After a long time, seeing that there was no answer, Fang gradually calmed down, pulled out the arrow and handed it to Zhang Yu in front of him, and said: "Ming'er, you go to the Thirteen Baylor Mansion, and send three thousand taels of silver to Chengwenyun's family as a funeral - you take this, it is a credential." Hum! Is the master fake? - That's it, according to my words, we will do it separately immediately! ”

Yinxiang and Yinli led 3,000 men and horses of the Arutai Department to Changchun Garden in the snow, ordered the army to be stopped two miles from the garden, and asked Yinli to listen to the greetings, and brought the eunuchs into the garden. The eunuchs took him to the door of the "poor house" dormitory and retreated. Yinxiang faintly heard the cry inside, and suddenly half of his heart was lowered. Because I saw a person sitting upright in the door with his back to the outside, he went around to the front and looked at it for a long time, only to see that it was Wudan. I saw Wu Dan's white hair like snow, his eyes were wide and round staring at the palace gate, his chest was wet, and tears were frozen on his beard. Yinxiang felt sad for a while, shook Wu Dan, and said, "Are you here to guard the door for the master?" Let's rest...... "Seeing that Wu Dan didn't say anything, Yinxiang took two steps and stepped back, and when he looked at it in surprise, Wu Dan's pupils were scattered, his body was stiff, and when he touched his pulse, he stopped beating! Yinxiang called Liu Tiecheng and scolded in a low voice: "How did you get this messenger?" Wujunmen has become a god and went with his master. Quick, get him into the room first—no noise! As he spoke, he strode into the temple.

It was very warm in the house. The temple was dark because he had just come in through the snow. Yinxiang rubbed his eyes, and then he saw clearly, except for Yinzhi, Yinli, Yinren and Yinzhen, all the emperor's elder brothers were there, Yinzhi and Yinzhen knelt side by side at the front, one was lying on the ground, and the other was silently staring at Kangxi, tears on his face falling down. Zhang Tingyu had already taken off the red tassel on his big hat, his face was as pale as window paper, and when he saw Yinxiang coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and choked his throat and said, "Please go to Jifu ...... Long live the Lord has ...... The dragon drove the guest ......" Yinxiang didn't seem to hear his words, stared at Kangxi who had already moved with his mouth open, approached tremblingly, and gently uncovered the masked paper.

Emperor Kangxi seemed to be asleep, his cheeks were still slightly flushed, compared to ten years ago, he only looked thinner, his cheekbones were high, and the wrinkles on his chin were hidden in his slender white beard, which was not visible at all. He lay quietly, as if he could sit up and speak as soon as he whispered "Amma". Yinxiang suddenly remembered that when he was a child, once in Yuqing Palace, his handwriting was not good, and he was red, and Qia Kangxi came in, taught him to move the pen, and said, "Your mother is a Mongolian, and the pen she wrote is even praised by Xiong Ci, and my words are also very passable, don't fall into ambition...... "Now, this strict father has never returned, and he can no longer ...... There was a wave of heat in his heart, and he was about to burst all over his body, and suddenly opened his arms, hugged the motionless Kangxi, and let out a howl that tore his liver and lungs:

"Amma! Ama ...... Wake up, ah! Son Yinxiang is not filial, he has not waited for you for a day, and he makes you angry...... Son Yinxiang is not blessed...... I didn't see your old man before I left...... Wake up! Yes...... Ho ho ...... I've been practicing calligraphy for ten years, and I've written ten whole cabinets, all for you to see...... My handwriting is almost as good as the fourth brother...... You—look at it, my Amma......"

The elder brothers just stopped crying, where could they withstand him being so teased, whether they were sincere or not, so they let out a loud cry of sorrow together. only suffered Zhang Tingyu, while crying to himself, he wanted to persuade his brother, and after a long time of chaos, Fang gradually stopped.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Zhang Tingyu took out the watch from his arms and looked at it, "And please stop mourning." The emperor still has a will before his death, and has promoted Long Keduo, the commander of the infantry army, to be the minister of the upper study. ”

All the people raised their heads and stared at Zhang Tingyu without saying a word. Zhang Tingyu's face became more and more pale, and he coughed lightly and continued: "The edict of the throne is placed behind the plaque of the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City. Roncodo has already gone to fetch it. The country can't be without a king for a day, and the throne is certain, so it's good to take care of the funeral for Banzai. Yinxiang's heart suddenly raised Lao Gao, and he glanced at Yinzhen, but Yinzhen kept a wooden face and said nothing, as if he was extremely sad, only holding his hands tightly, and he could see that he was extremely nervous.

"Zhang Xiang!" Yinxi, who was kneeling, suddenly asked, "Why is there still an edict?" Long live before the death, we were all there, and we said it was the fourth brother to our face! Yin tilted his head and said, "Really? Why didn't I hear that? I only heard Banzai say that the fourteenth elder brother was passed on, and I also rewarded the ninth brother with a string of prayer beads, is that not a credential? ”

Yinyu didn't say a word, his eyes widened, Yinyu immediately raised the string of prayer beads, and said: "I hear it most clearly, long live is called the fourteenth elder brother!" Yinyu stiffened his neck and said: "This is the next word, long live the speech is no longer clear." I asked the fourth brother to put the thirteenth brother in front of me, and long live said it clearly, pass the throne to the fourth elder brother who just went out! ”

"Since the fourth child is here," Yinzhi suddenly moved his heart, and said, "Why don't you say it in person?" Now that there is an edict, it should be subject to the edict! ”

"It's the fourth brother!"

"It's the fourteenth elder brother!"

The hall was in chaos. This controversy had already happened when Yinxiang didn't come, but the two sides were not as tense as now, and a few younger brothers smelled the ** smell in the brothers' words, and they all shrank aside in fright, Yinzhen only covered his face, crying and saying, "What are you pulling me for?" ......" was messing up, Zhang Tingyu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Long Keduo is here!" ”

Roncodo strode in in full view. He was dressed in a military uniform, the spurs with snow tinkled and jingled, his face was blue, he only glanced at his brothers, approached Kangxi's bedside, and silently bowed three times and bowed nine times. At this moment, Yinxiang had already made up his mind, pretending to inadvertently approach the door half a step. As long as the will is not Yinzhen to inherit the throne, he will immediately seize the road and kill Changchun Garden!

"Ladies and gentlemen, Long Keduo is ordered to pass on the throne of Emperor Buda Daxing!"

Long Keduo had no expression on his face, avoiding the excited and expectant eyes of Yinzhen and others, slowly unfolding his purpose, and proclaimed loudly: "Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor, has a valuable character, and he will be able to inherit the unification." The emperor is located in the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen - Qin this! The first month of the sixty-first year of Kangxi. ”

No one answered, as if the air had frozen and solidified, and even the sound of heavy snow falling outside could be heard clearly! After a while, Yin Yufang muttered in a low voice: "This is really strange, the emperor obviously intends to pass on the fourteenth elder brother!" Yin Xi was so angry that there was fire in his eyes, staring at Long Keduo, he couldn't stop swallowing saliva, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, he should make a big fuss, or wait to talk about it.

"Shane!" Yinxiang kowtowed one by one, and then Yinxiang and a few little brothers also kowtowed. Yinzhi glanced back at the stunned Yinzhen, knowing that if he didn't squeak again, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he kowtowed and said: "Minister Yinzhi obeys the order!" ”

Long Keduoyin saw Yinyu, Yinyu and Yinzhi kneeling upright and asked coldly: "Three elder brothers, don't you obey the edict?" ”

"It's not that I don't obey the edict." Yinxi's heart burned with the flame of hatred, and he said calmly: "Seventeenth elder brother Yinli didn't come, did you bring him to listen to the order together?" A sinister smile flashed at the corner of Yinxiang's mouth, and he said: "The seventeenth elder brother commands the soldiers and horses of the Fengtai battalion and guards them outside the garden!" ”

Yin Zhen came out in one breath, almost paralyzed on the ground, and then rolled on the slope, and said sadly: "Long live, long live!" You...... Reigning for sixty-one years, he has endured all the hardships and sufferings! Why did you call me to take on this responsibility? …… Ama Ya ......"

"Hooray!" Long Keduo and Zhang Tingyu stepped forward together to help the new monarch Yinzhen, who was mourning and crying. Zhang Tingyu moved the chair and invited him to sit, and said: "This is the foresight of Emperor Daxing to grant you the throne. At this time, it is advisable to set a major event before handling a funeral. Seeing Yinzhen hiding his face and crying and refusing, Yinxiang stood up and shouted: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people!" Today's events, there is the last order of the first emperor, and there are the support of the ministers, why should I resign again? ! He turned his face and said coldly in an unquestionable tone, "Bye! Immediately perform three kneels and nine bows! ”

"Hooray!"

The brothers finally screamed.

"Brothers, please get up!" Yin Zhen wiped away the tears on his face, raised his hands, and said: "I didn't expect Banzai to entrust such a burden to me, since I have reached this point, I have to reluctantly make it difficult." Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "At the moment, everything needs to be taken care of, and I can't think of a clue for a while." I thought, there are few people in the study, so I have to add a few. I didn't know the people outside, so I had to ask the third brother and the eighth brother to come in and help with the cooking. There are a few of you in it, and the defense of the capital division is temporarily maintained by the thirteenth brother. Let's first set the temple number of Emperor Daxing, and then meet with the minister in the garden, the thirteenth brother, you go to pass the decree! ”

"Wow!" Yinxiang kowtowed deeply and said, "Minister, the order!" With that, he strode out.

Zhang Tingyu saw that Yinzhen was a little unnatural, and the brothers were still confused, so he took the lead and said: "The emperor's idea is very good. The slave thought that the first emperor had scriptures and martial arts in his life, and he unified the universe, although it was a success, it was actually the same as the creation. Therefore, it should be designated as Emperor Renjo. ”

"There are already two 'ancestor' emperors in our dynasty," Yinzhi pondered the words and muttered, "After Taizu, there are Taizong and Shizu who have laid the foundation of the world, and they can be called ancestors." Emperor Daxing is benevolent and filial, and God is wise and brave, and his ministers think that he should be proposed as 'Renzong'. ”

As soon as the fire in Yinxi's belly broke out nowhere, he picked a thorn and said: "'Zu' means 'beginning', and Emperor Daxing is the second generation, which seems inappropriate." If you can't get it, it's better to use the word 'Wuzong'. ”

"The word Wuzong is inappropriate," Long Keduo said, "Ming Wuzong is the king of chaos, how can the lord have the same name as him?" It doesn't sound pretty, either. As soon as Yinxi heard what he said, he was angry, and said: "Wuzong is not good, then 'Shizong', the country is long-term, and the children and grandchildren are bright, isn't it good?" ”

Zhang Tingyu listened, these words implied a ridicule of the new monarch Yinzhen, for fear that the emperor would hear it, and hurriedly said: "Sejong is not very beautiful, not enough to generalize." ”

"Zhang Tingyu is talking nonsense!" Yinyu took a bite back, "The word 'world' is not beautiful, where do you place me towards 'Shizu'?" The word 'Zong' is not beautiful, why should I be the emperor of 'Taizong'? ”

Yinzhen's heart is bright, and his younger brothers are not convinced by himself as the emperor. At the beginning, if you don't hit a dismount, you won't succeed after all, so you moved your body and said: "Zhang Tingyu, write out what everyone is proposing." Zhang Tingyu was busy with the side of the case, and handed over a few lines of the pen and ink book. Yinzhen took a look and said: "Zhang Tingyu said well, 'although it is a success, it is the same as creation', so it is not impossible to call 'ancestor'; the emperor's career is great in his life, and it is difficult to phrase it, 'deification is difficult to call 'saint', so I mean to be 'holy ancestor'!" Without waiting for everyone to say more, he took the paper cutter from the case, threw the middle finger of his right hand, and wrote the word "Holy Ancestor" in blood.

"As for my Emperor name, I think I can be casual." Yinzhen stood up and paced two steps, "My name is Yinzhen, let's take a homonym, it's called 'Yongzheng'." The rest of the brothers should avoid it, and change the 'yin' to 'yun', which is convenient and cordial to call—" He raised his face, sighed softly, and said: "Long Keduo, go to Ningju to pass the decree, I want to meet the ministers of the six ministries and nine qing, and plan the funeral of the emperor of Daxing." Other brothers follow me to counsel the court, and I am sad and confused in my heart, and I can't leave you for a while. ”

"Wow!" Roncodo agreed, but withdrew.

Although the brothers are not convinced, who dares not to bow their heads when they are under the low eaves at this time? Seeing him so arbitrary, his heart was awkward, but he bowed his head deeply and shouted, "Long live Emperor Yongzheng!" ”

"Send a decree to Nian Qianyao: The fourteenth elder brother of Pegasus will return to Beijing for the funeral, and he can bring ten servants." Yin Zhen's eyes flashed with a cold light, "The country has changed greatly, and we must strictly prevent traitors and villains from taking advantage of the chaos, and the subordinates of the army will temporarily close the nine cities, and the soldiers and horses in the world are not allowed to transfer without permission!" ”

Yinzhen said a word, Zhang Tingyu picked up the pen and agreed, and walked the pen and wrote. In a moment, a few urgent measures were issued in a civilized manner. Seeing Long Keduo coming in for a while, Yin Zhen tidied up his clothes slightly, and said coldly: "Hair and Ningju!" ”

"Long live Yongzheng!"

A paging was immediately delivered out of the poor house.

"The Emperor Kangxi" is the end of all four volumes

November 14, 1988 Yu Wan