The Ministry of Internal Affairs is very particular about playing boards. The people here are the descendants of the former Ming Dynasty East and West Factory Jinyi Wei and the thirteen yamen old officials, and the family handicraft is passed on, and everyone has a set of unique skills. Some of them are beaten with open skin and flesh, looking bloody and scary, but in fact, as long as you apply three packs of gold sore cream, you will be fine; Some of them are not swollen even after the beating, if they don't use medicine, the five poisons attack the heart, and they can't even save their lives - the straw wrapped in cotton paper to practice the board, the grass inside is sparsely beaten, and the paper outside is not broken - because the prison eunuchs are all Yinyu's cloth banner slaves, so Yinxiang will make enough yin energy, and the forty small boards are ordinary court staffs, but the strong Yinxiang is beaten to the point that the three souls are incomplete, fainting and unconscious. I don't know that I think this prince is used to being pampered, and his skin and flesh are delicate and can't help beating. Some eunuchs also let out rumors, saying that Yinxiang pretended to be pitiful and made people look at it.

Yinxiang lay groggily like a dream for a day and a night, and when he woke up, Zigu was washing his buttocks with white potion. Seeing him wake up, Zigu hurriedly poured another glass of warm water and fed him the white medicine life-saving seeds. At that time, it was already Shenpai, and a touch of slanting sun sprinkled down from the beekeeping mezzanine and shone on Yinxiang's face through the skylight. Yinxiang snorted and opened his eyes, and saw that Zigu's eyes were swollen like peaches, so he asked, "Is this ...... Beekeeping bar......"

"Hmm......" Zigu's throat choked slightly.

"You're the only one here?" Yinxiang shook his head weakly, "...... It's hard for you......"

Zigu used a small spoon to mix water to feed Yinxiang to drink, sobbed and said, "Thirteenth Master, don't think so much. That's what the little people look like. Catch Ming'er when you go home, they are still back again. Steward Cai in the mansion still has a conscience and has not left, and he is maintained in the mansion. The third, eighth, ninth, and fourteenth masters looked at their masters...... Poor, I sent a few more girls...... You can rest assured, tiger poison does not eat children! Sooner or later, I will let you out......" She seemed to be very worried, and as she spoke, she thought, sobbing and wanting to speak. When Yinxiang flashed his eyes, he saw that there was still a girl standing in the corner of the room, so he said: "You come over to replace Zigu, see how tired she looks!" Zigu, is there a house where you can rest? Ah, yes, that's good, you go to sleep...... "Zigu" sighed and retreated silently. Yinxiang closed his eyes, but felt two hot pains like fire.

"Thirteenth Master, Thirteenth Master......" a woman's voice choked up, "...... Wake up, wake up......"

Yinxiang listened to the familiar voice, opened his eyes in confusion, stared at the girl, and couldn't help but tremble, it turned out to be Alain! I'm afraid it's a mirage, when I rubbed my eyes, I had a goose egg face and willow eyebrows, and a cinnabar beauty mole under my chin, not who that Alan was! Alan looked like he hadn't slept for a few nights, his eyes were blue, and when he saw Yinxiang wake up, he hurriedly brought a bowl on the table and said softly: "This is the rose mint dew sent by the third master, it has been adjusted." Thirteenth Master, you can use a little......" After saying that, he knelt down and was about to feed Yinxiang, but Yinxiang took the bowl with shaking hands, and looked at Alan as if he didn't know him. Shift, splash as much as you can, and pour that bowl of dew juice all over Alain's face!

"I know that my lord hates me......" Alan wiped his face, tears welled up in his eyes, "I don't know how to lift, and I can't complain about my lord." But I can't say anything about the things here, the heavens and the earth are all there, sooner or later, one day, I can always know my heart......"

Yinxiang listened quietly, he was just because of this woman's heart, so he gave up on himself and came out in everything. After going through these several times, he realized why Yinzhen was as cold as iron. When he was young, he was afraid of ghosts, and Yinzhen told him that ghosts are nothing to be afraid of, and talents are the most terrifying. Only then did I know that it was true! Yinxiang heard Zigu say that the brothers sent a lot of girls, and knew that his every move was under the control of others. His lips moved, and he resigned himself to fate: "Anyway, I'm a person at the end of my rope, what do you want to do with my starling, whatever you Alan An's heart is, you can ...... whatever you want."

As soon as he finished speaking, an older bright-colored girl outside stepped in with a curtain, saw Alan kneeling in front of the bed, was stunned for a moment, and said with a crisp smile: "Yo! Thirteen masters! Which one are you singing? One knelt, the other was lying, just looking at each other - was it Liang Zhuloutaihui, or did Liang Hong smash Meng Guang's case? ”

"Sister Qiao!" Seeing her come in, Alan stood up and smiled reluctantly, "The Thirteenth Master just woke up." You go back to the Eighth Master's Mansion to get your clothes, and no one cares about the little girls here. Drill sand drilling, corpse drilling. There is only one sister Zigu, I can't stand it, the thirteenth master asked me to serve her for a while, and if I don't want to, I will sprinkle the rose dew and clean up for the thirteenth master here! Sister Qiao pursed her lips and smiled sweetly, poured out another bowl from the pot, came over and tilted her body, snuggled up to Yinxiang's side, tucked the corners of the quilt for Yinxiang with her hands and feet, and sighed: "What is a bowl of dew worth, I look at the thirteenth master as if I am annoyed!" Thirteenth Master, you've survived the ghost gate in the past few days - you almost didn't scare anyone to death! This class of unreasonable killers, how can they beat people like this! Don't talk about Zigu, even us, we can't look at it......," he said, laughing and wiping his tears.

"You guys?" Yinxiang was warmed by her soft body; Her sweet words and dark pupils gave him a kind of kind pleasure, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he asked, "What are your names?" Who told you to come and wait for me? Sister Qiao smiled: "Are we from anywhere, her name is Alain, and she is from the Ninth Master's Mansion; I am Sister Qiao, and I am from the Eighth Master's Mansion; It's called Cuixiang, it's from the third master's house, Abao and the three of them are from the fourteenth master, and the three of them are from the fifth master's house. We are all commanded to serve you! Don't worry, don't think we're all bad guys. Sister Zi looked at us like a thief. If it harms you, there will be ten masters who will ...... early" Speaking of this, his eyes were red, and he smiled heartily, and said: "When your star disaster retreats, you have to stay and send it away, it's all your words, don't think that we are going undercover in front of you!" Alain listened, but kept his head down.

Just as he was saying these irrelevant words, the deacon of the Prison God Temple hurriedly came in, and just said, "Sister Qiao-" because he saw that Yinxiang was awake, so he asked for peace and said: "Thirteenth master, fourth master looks at you here!" Seeing Yinxiang's surprised face, the pen post said: "Don't be suspicious of the thirteenth master, the slave is the fourth master's disciple." A minion can't even be accommodating with this idea. As he spoke, he saw Yinzhen pacing in calmly with his hands behind his back, and the pen hurriedly bowed and retreated.

"Thirteenth brother," Yin Zhen paced to the bed, staring at Fang Fang for a long time, "Is your body better?" "Much better...... Yinxiang agreed, somehow his heart was sour, his eyes were already red, and he was about to struggle to sit up, Yinzhen hurriedly stepped forward and held it down with both hands, and said softly: "I just came back from Tanzhe Temple, and I specially took a look at you." It doesn't seem to be relevant. Only now that the hot poison on the body has not dissipated, evacuate and evacuate, and use tonic medicine in a few days, it will be fine. As he spoke, he helped him to lie down. Yinxiang felt that something seemed to be stuffed into his body, and he stiffened his waist, and couldn't help but be stunned, and nodded and smiled: "Let the fourth brother remember." Yin Zhen sighed and sat down, took a sip of the tea handed by Alain, and said, "Your case is not understood for a while." But you also know that the eighth master is the most cultivated on weekdays, and Su Ri respects you for being straightforward and righteous, and will never make you suffer. ”

"Starling! What happened to starlings? ”

Yin Zhen nodded steadily and said, "Naturally, you don't know, the court recommended that he be appointed as the prince of the East Palace-so, this is good news for you." Yinxiang's heart fell sharply from the top of the cliff. He had an intuition that he was falsely imprisoned this time, and the mastermind behind the scenes was this Eighth Emperor Brother! After all, Yinxiang was alert, groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "This is naturally good news - what does Long Live Lord mean?" Yin Zhen smiled: "There is no will yet." But it will be decreed in a few days. Thinking about it, we are all fools, why should we follow Yinren and be foolish? Alas, stupid ......"

"Oh......" Yinxiang lay relaxed, nervously pondering the meaning of Yinzhen's words, but said: "You are stupid, I am not stupid!" Long live this edict to kill me, I also want to say that it is an upright thing to protect Yinren. He touched the hard bag with his hand, long, about five or six inches, as if wrapped in a dagger, and couldn't help but shudder. Sister Qiao hurriedly asked, "Is it cold?" He wanted to make the quilt for him, and Yinxiang hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter. An extra quilt for the evening is enough. ”

"Which of you is the head?" Yin Zhen stood up, looked at Sister Qiao's slender figure coldly, and asked, "Is it you?" What is your name? Sister Qiao hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The eight slaves and maids here were sent by several elder brothers to serve the Thirteenth Master, and there is also a Zigu, who was originally the Thirteenth Master's person. The Thirteenth Master is only sober today, and he hasn't assigned who is the head yet. Inside is Zigu, and outside is a few of us...... The slave maid's name is Qiao Xiaoqian, who was originally a member of the fourteenth master, and later followed the eighth master...... Because they are slightly older, they all call me Sister Qiao. Yin Zhen didn't speak for a while, only swept his eyes around, and said after a while: "You are the person of the Fourteenth Master." Do you know what kind of relationship I have with the Fourteenth Master? ”

Sister Qiao was as spicy and clever as she could, but she was also so frightened by Yinzhen's gaze that she didn't dare to face it, so she only bowed her head and replied: "The slave maid has heard that the fourth master and the fourteenth master are compatriots of the same mother, and they are different from other elder brothers. ”

"It's good to know." Yinzhen's face was like frost, he glanced at Alan and said, "Zigu, I know." I, my thirteenth brother, will bear it upon you. The axe of Senai, my brother's body is not good, I see that several of you are very delicate, if you are a fox...... Hum! I'm a well-known cold-faced person in Agori, and if something happens to my thirteenth brother, I must have killed a few of you alive! He didn't say goodbye, but lifted his feet. Alan and Sister Qiao were so embarrassed that their faces were flushed, and they waited for Yinxiang to have dinner and quietly retreated.

Yinxiang waited for more silence before taking out the bag from under his body, and when he looked at the light and shadow in the quilt, it was a piece of paper wrapped in a silk silk and a silver spoon. There are only a few words on the paper, but it is not Yinzhen's handwriting, which reads:

If there is one person in the world who loves you, you should not go.

Yinxiang pondered the meaning of these words, put the note in his mouth and chewed it. He fully understood that the situation outside was serious, and the fourth brother was afraid that he would find a short-term view, so he came to appease him. This silver spoon is naturally afraid that someone will do things with food and drink, so he will give it to test poison. Yinxiang felt in his heart, listening to the wind blowing the window paper, and couldn't help but cry.

Yinzhen walked out of the beekeeping road and got on the horse, the sky was already dark, and the sky was floating with scattered soft snowflakes, which were cool and silky on the face, which was very suitable. Walking to the mouth of the alley, he hesitated, and there was still a card in his sleeve that Yin invited guests in Wufutang, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to go or not.

The eldest brother was confined to the high wall overnight. His fiasco, Yinzhen was not as surprised as others. This person's popularity has always been ordinary, and there is no way to do things, even if there is no ambiguity, it is wishful thinking to want to be the prince. Since he was appointed to take care of the crown prince in Chengde, he had already seen what Kangxi meant, but he didn't expect that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, together with Li Guangdi and other veteran and important ministers who were in Beijing to retire, would recommend Yinxi one-sidedly - such a big force is really shocking! Tong Guowei and Ma Qi are the ministers of the study above, and they are also running for it. Yinzhen felt that he was in the most difficult situation: he could only be a third-class role when he took refuge in Yinzhen, and he had to fight back against Yinren; No matter how much Yinren is protected, there is no hope at the moment. When comforting Yinxiang, don't look at him as if he is confident, and when it is his turn to make a choice, he is also hesitant. Just thinking about it, Dai Duo behind him raised his whip and said, "Fourth master, I'm home." ”

"Yes, I'm home...... Yin Zhen muttered to himself and dismounted, because he saw Hongshi and Hongli standing at the door, nodded gently, and asked, "Have any guests been here?" Hongshi hurriedly said: "There are no guests, only Mr. Wu, Zen Master Wenjue, and Monk Houyin came together." I heard that my father went to Tanzhe Temple, and he was about to leave, and he was kept by his sons, and he ate wine in the Fengwan study in the back, oh, someone from the tenth uncle's mansion came and said that he invited the prince to go to Wufutang, and asked if the post was sent to the prince. Yinzhen threw the reins to Dai Duo, and asked as he entered the door, "How did you reply?" ”

Hongli said with a smile: "The post was handed over to Dai Duo, and the sons didn't know about it, so they had to vaguely say that my father went out early in the morning and didn't know which temple he went to." It's a dark day, and it's snowing again, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Uncle Ten's banquet. If my father had come back early, he would have gone. Yin Zhen smiled silently, the kid replied decently, because he said: "That's it." Go back to your mother and tell me I'm back. Then he walked towards the garden. I heard shouting from the study from afar, which was very lively, mixed with a singing voice like a broken gong:

can't please the willow warbler and Panasonic invite friends; I can't ask for poetry in the painting and wine in the pot! struggled to break his waist before he got five buckets of rice. The dream of picking chrysanthemums in the east fence is just right, and I woke up in Huangzhou. It's better to come to a flat boat, go to a flat boat, the breeze and the bright moon shine on the swallow building......

Yinzhen took a light step and quietly looked in through the glass window, and saw that it was Wen Jue, Xingyin and Wu Sidao, two monks, who were eating wine and were on the rise. Holding a dog's leg with both hands, his mouth was full of oil, and he turned his face to Wu Sidao and said, "Cripple, what do you have to rely on your crutches?" If the prince doesn't come back tonight, he will definitely come back early tomorrow morning, why are you in a hurry? Wu Sidao has always been a cold person, rarely laughing, at the moment about half drunk, his face was flushed, and he said: "Stealing monk, do you think I can't sing?" Then he sang as if he was groaning, knocking on the vegetable bowl:

What a pity! Thousands of dollars are sold to Sima Xiangru! Empty of Jia Sheng's ambition to be Zaifu! Where is the towel feather fan now, can it go back once the romance is gone? - In exchange for a bead, the Hun family took it as a bar; approached the king's front seat and asked about the path of the underworld; The autumn grass is yellow in front of Wuzhang Yuan, and the descendants of the White Sect are Wei Wu. The wine I ate was vinegar. When it comes to some idiots, it often makes people laugh - this is indeed God's ignorance and the wrong number of creations!

sang and smiled: "I can't fight you, so I have to pay a tune." If you shoot over, you will surely lose me! ”

"I don't believe it!" Seyin pushed the wine gourd, grabbed a large handful of chess pieces in the box and asked, "Guess how much?" Guess! ”

"Thirty-eight!"

The sexual voice will be "uproared" on the case, and after counting it in fifteen and ten, it was really twenty-four, and he couldn't help but applaud and laugh. Even a few servants who were burning wine in the oven were stunned, and Xingyin drank a glass. But seeing Wen Jue stretched out his hand and grabbed a few more, he stretched out his arm and asked, "How much do you say?" ”

"Thirty-eight!"

Everyone was not surprised, but when Wen Jue opened it to see, it was five, and asked, "Lao Wu, you lost." Wu Sidao pursed his lips and smiled: "Isn't eight to three not five?" You drank the penalty wine! A general horn boy came over with a smile and said, "Mr. Wu, are you a god?" It's amazing! You guessed it this time, I'll have three big cups! Unexpectedly, as soon as he grabbed a handful, Wu Sidao smiled again: "It's still three or eight!" The boy spread the chess pieces on the table and counted them, and there were eleven more! The crowd couldn't help but cheer.

"You're at ease!" Yin Zhen was secretly shocked, pushed the door with a smile, reached out to the chess box and quietly took four pieces and grabbed them, stretched out his hand and said, "Please ask Mr. Wu!" When the boys saw him come in suddenly, they hurriedly lowered their hands and retreated to the corner. The two monks only got up and bowed, and Yinzhen sat peacefully, only smiling at Wu Sidao. Unexpectedly, Wu Sidao pondered for a while, and guessed: "The fourth master is the number of ninety-five!" ”

Yinzhen's hand shook, and the four children slipped out. He didn't care if he was guessed and punished. Because of the "Qian" hexagram of the Book of Changes, there is a cloud of "Ninety-five flying dragons in the sky", and "Ninety-Five" calendar is the number of emperors, which is unspeakably expensive. Wu Sidao is easy to say, it seems to be solemn and harmonious, is there any deep meaning?

Yinzhen picked up the glass, and the wine was clear and clear, and it was the best Changbai Mountain wine. Somehow, it was difficult to raise a glass, sighed, put the cup and groaned.

"This wine must be eaten by the fourth master." Wu Sidao had already understood Yinzhen's thoughts, and laughed loudly, "Don't you hear 'Heaven and Buddha take it, but suffer from it'?" Yin Zhen drank it all with a heavy heart, hiding the uneasiness in his heart, and said: "The prince was deposed, the eldest brother was deposed, the third elder brother was reprimanded, the thirteenth brother was imprisoned, fratricidal, flesh and blood separated, I am not in the mood to eat and drink!" Wen Jue smiled and said: "Fourth master, why do you blindly think about others, don't you want to be on the ninth five-year throne!" The sex voice also said: "The world lives in a cluster of troubles, so it is useless to worry." But we outsiders see that they are deposed, deposed, and imprisoned. It's a great time for you to be blessed with the throne! ”

Yin Zhen had never seriously thought about this, but when he heard these words, he felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, and his face turned pale.

"Let's see if there's anyone out there!" Wu Sidao moved his body and said. Xingyin sneered: "There is a dog meat head here, there are people within twenty zhang, I must know!" Seeing Yinzhen's surprise, he said: "Fourth master, when you came, you walked through the side door, retreated outside the door, bypassed the small hedge, passed through the bamboo forest to this eaves, and watched us guess the singing through the glass, but is it?" A few people only knew that he had always been strong in martial arts, but they didn't know that his ears and eyes were so smart, and everyone was shocked. Wu Sidao leaned back comfortably and said, "I have been suffering for many years, but I don't dare to make it, but I can speak bluntly today." Fourth master, you have a share in heaven! ”

Yinzhen's head buzzed, and the people in the room suddenly became very unfamiliar, and only after a while did he say with difficulty: "You...... Are you drunk? ”

"Drunk?" Wu Sidao's face turned blue, "It's the eighth master who is really drunk!" Fourth master, according to your opinion, this time the ministers recommended the prince, long live who you like in your heart? ”

Yin Zhen really didn't think about it. After thinking for a while, he said: "The third elder brother exposed the matter of the eldest elder brother in the town, and then the emperor made this will, perhaps to ...... for the crown prince Zhaoxue."

"Ahh Wen Jue patted his thigh and said, "The emperor is thinking of the crown prince, looking for such a step, but no one recommends it, can the emperor not be disappointed?" And the eighth master is sharp this time, and hundreds of bureaucrats are raised together, such a momentum, and it is all beyond the expectations of the saint, isn't it dangerous! Dai Duo was also very shocked at first, and when he heard this, he clapped his hands and laughed with joy: "The eldest brother, the second elder brother, and the third elder brother have all collapsed, and the eighth elder brother has such a great momentum to seize the heir, the emperor naturally suspects that he has premeditated!" ”

Wu Si said: "The Eighth Master is so powerful, it's too appalling. In front of today's masters, it is too much. The emperor often said that there is only one person in the world, and no one is allowed to fall aside. If the eighth master is the crown prince, will he fall next to him? This is the fatal mistake of the eighth master! Therefore, it is a situation where there is no leader. In my opinion, in order not to mess up, the saint may want to introduce a prince as the crown prince. But as long as it is not the eighth master, there will never be a day of peace in the DPRK. I'm not persuading you to learn from the eighth master, you have countless hearts in your heart, blindly thinking that other elder brothers are worthy of being the prince, and there is always a moment of regret. ”

Obviously, he had carefully considered the situation and said it very carefully. But when Yinzhen heard it, he was shocked, and he couldn't accept it for a while, so he frowned and sighed: "If the gentlemen are joking, stop here, if they are serious, Yinzhen is really unbearable!" ”

"Lord Wang!" Wu Sidao set up his crutches, his dark pupils flashing with a faint gaze, "You're wrong!" He walked to the window, looked at the snow falling in the dark night, and said slowly, "...... The world is the world of the world, and the emperor is only acting on behalf of the heavens. The fight of several elder brothers is for their own selfishness. The fourth master has the ambition to reform the maladministration and refresh the rule of officials, which is where the heart of heaven lies. The emperor has no relatives, but virtue is the auxiliary, you are a prince, why don't you dare to stand on your own feet and come out to try the knife! The fourth prince, the two of them are monks, I am a person who is too disabled to be used, we have no ambition to be officials, you treat us like a mountain, if there is no hope, how can we bear to put you in an unpredictable place? He spoke so deeply and passionately that everyone in the room was moved.

Yin Zhen got up slowly, his thin white teeth biting his lower lip and groaning. He only whispered, "I...... I see. Then he opened the door and walked away alone in the snow. I heard the sound of the four people singing from a distance, but they sang four riddle poems by Huang Tiren:

There is a real person out of Yongzhou, and the wagtail plain makes people sad.

It is necessary to know that the profound and extraordinary law, the white tiger sighs for a week.

"Yongzhou"! Yin Zhen listened to this prophetic poem that has been circulated for a hundred years, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Am I not the king of Yongjun?" 'Wagtail Plain' is about fratricide, and I have the reputation of being 'mean', is it not providential......" Thinking of this, his feet seemed to be stronger, and he strode towards the main room of the east courtyard.