"Huang Ama's mind is becoming more and more difficult to guess now." The eldest brother also sighed.

The eighth master smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Xie, tell me the news. It's just that now, this errand has to be continued. ”

"What else are you being polite to our brothers?" The eldest brother frowned again as he spoke: "I only found out about this when I went out of Beijing. Telling you, I also want you to have a number in your heart. In the middle of this, I always felt that something was wrong, but I didn't find the problem. ”

"What did the eldest brother find?" The eighth master hurriedly asked.

Because he didn't expect to be sent out on an errand at all, he didn't pay much attention to the movements of Henan officialdom. Previously, he and the fourth master had been resettle the displaced people and prevent the epidemic, and they thought that they would be able to rest for a while after solving the problem. This disaster relief errand will be sent by Kangxi to someone else to do. After all, it is impossible for one person to take too much credit.

But Kangxi obviously didn't play his cards according to common sense. This time, he was sent out of Beijing with the prince for disaster relief, which made him faintly better than the fourth master. On the surface, it seems that Kangxi attaches importance to him, but the eighth master doesn't think it's a good thing in his heart. In addition to the crown prince, he has several elder brothers, and he, who is a younger brother, is in the limelight. Anyone who stands on the cusp of the storm will not have a good end in the end, which is a bloody lesson in all dynasties.

"I didn't find anything. In addition to knowing that Lord Ding is Suo Etu's protégé, he knows that the two have some contacts, and they are not as unfriendly as Lord Ding said. The rest is gone. But I always felt that Lord Ding dared to take risks and deliberately exaggerate the grain harvest, not just for the sake of the evaluation of the officials. Big Brother said.

"What do you mean, big brother?" The eighth master frowned and asked.

The eldest brother shook his head and did not answer, but said, "Eighth Master thinks about it himself, I can't say for sure." ”

At this time, Chen Guo came in with a few side dishes and a pot of warm wine, and the conversation between the two ended here. After drinking and eating, both of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.

The eldest brother left when he was fast, and the eighth master sent him away, but he couldn't sleep while lying on the bed.

The eldest brother specially came to tell him that Master Ding was Suo Etu's protégé, and he definitely had useful intentions. Did he want to suggest that this matter had something to do with the prince? Or was it simply instructed by the prince?

But why did the prince do this? What is he doing with all this food? Take it for resale? Although the crown prince is trapped in the palace, he has many channels to get money. At least a Suo Etu can get him a lot of silver outside the palace, do you still need to take this risk? Once Huang Ama knew that Lord Ding was Suo Etu's protégé, the prince would never be able to get out of it. With the cunning of Suo Etu, I didn't think of this before?

This matter is really not right, but the eighth master didn't figure out what was wrong after thinking about it for a long time. The eldest brother said that he only knew so much news, but he felt that the eldest brother said that half of it was left behind. He didn't investigate everything to the end when he noticed that something was wrong, and didn't report it to Huang Ama, why did he come to tell him again? Do you want him to pierce the window paper?

The eighth master didn't forget that the eldest brother was cold for a period of time before, and he hid in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, but he kept doing errands. That time, not only did the eldest brother have a grudge against him, but even Concubine Hui also made a note in her heart.

Now it's really hard to tell whether Big Brother's reminder is true or false.

The fight between the eldest brother and the crown prince has never stopped. He didn't want to get caught up in the muddy waters. Although he knew that he was a target who was set up, he was not a dead target without ideas after all. Sometimes, he also wants to dodge this target.

After thinking about it like this, the sky also brightened.

"Lord Belle, it's time to get up." Chen Guo's voice came from outside the tent.

The eighth master rubbed his slightly swollen temples and said, "Well, let's get up." ”

Only then did Chen Guo hang up the bed tent and help the eighth master get out of bed.

"Didn't Lord Belle sleep well last night? The minion looks a little blue right under your eyes. Chen Guo said.

"After drinking a little wine, I was excited." The eighth master said casually: "Let's wipe my face with cold water today, be more energetic." ”

"Yes, the minion will let people prepare." Chen Guo responded.

The eighth master put a handkerchief soaked in cold water on his face for a while, and his brain became much clearer. When I got out of the house, I saw that the eldest brother was also under the corridor.

"Eighth brother up? Did you sleep well last night? Big Brother smiled.

"Big brother early. The bed in this post station is still a little uncomfortable, and my brother didn't sleep well last night. I'm afraid I'm going to fall asleep right away! The eighth master smiled.

The eldest brother smiled and said, "I'm sleeping deeply." It's so tiring these days. ”

The two looked at each other, smiled but did not say a word.

The prince also walked out of the house at this time, and said with a smile: "The eldest brother and the eighth brother are quite early. Let's have breakfast together. The third brother and the seventh brother were also called. ”

"Okay!" The eighth master and the eldest brother responded at the same time. The prince sent an invitation, but of course he could not refuse.

After a few people had breakfast, they were about to go their separate ways. The eighth master and the prince continued to set off to Henan, while the eldest brother, the third master and the seventh master continued to return to Beijing.

When the two teams were separated at the gate of the post station, the eighth master saw Lord Ding sitting in the prisoner car. With his hair scattered and his prison uniform, his eyes staring blankly into the distance, he seemed a little sluggish. It's just that when the crown prince left first, the eighth master noticed that Lord Ding's eyes suddenly lit up, and then quickly returned to gloom.

As for the fate of Lord Ding after entering Beijing, the eighth master did not care. But what the eldest brother said, he had to think about it in his heart. Going to Henan on an errand is probably not as simple as he imagined.

When the autumn breeze in the capital blew with a little coolness, mixed with a few wisps of osmanthus fragrance, Mao Tongtong was shocked to realize that it was almost August 15.

"It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival again." Mao Tongtong was in a trance. Before she knew it, she had been in the capital for three and a half years, almost the same time she had stayed in Yangzhou Garrison after she crossed over.

Qingzhu thought that she missed the eighth master, so she said: "Gege, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back from the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

"I know that he has only been gone for a long time, and he will definitely not be able to come back." Mao Tongtong said: "I'm homesick. ”

As soon as Mao Tongtong said homesickness, Qingzhu and Qingmiao remembered, it seemed that they hadn't received a letter from Yangzhou for a long time. It's Mao Tongtong's brother Mao Mingxuan, who hasn't written for a long time.

"Is Gege going to write a letter?" Aomiao asked.

"Well, polish the ink. I always felt a little uneasy in my heart. Mao Tongtong said.

The last time I received a letter from Yangzhou was after she gave birth, and the Chen family sent someone to send something. This has been going on for a few months. Probably taking into account her identity, although she has the support of the eighth master, the Chen family still rarely writes from them. Usually, Mao Tongtong writes a letter from here, and they only reply to it.