The scorching heat of summer is finally over. In the autumn of the fifth year of Yongzheng, he quietly walked to the world in the more and more miserable sounds. After the July 15 festival, it rained several times one after another, and when the weather cleared, people were surprised to find that they needed to put on jackets to protect themselves from the cold when they woke up in the morning.

Zhang Xi failed to take the exam in Henan, and was funded by Zhang Xingren, a scholar and politician, and did not dare to return to his hometown in Yongxing, Hunan, but he stepped in eastern Zhejiang, and followed the instructions of his teacher Zeng Jing to go to Lu Liuliang, the "master of the East China Sea", but he arrived to know that Lu Liuliang had been dead for more than ten years. Lu Jiazong had a custom for the old man's private disciple Sun Xiang - all gifts of silver and books - gave him twenty taels of entanglements and a manuscript of poems of "Bright Moon Collection". The guest house was cumbersome and uneasy, so he came to Jining, Shandong, and then climbed Mount Tai, and suddenly remembered that Zeng Jing's friend Kuang Shichen was in Tai'an. Hurriedly went down the mountain to visit, but pounced on the empty air, the people of the Kuang family were not as generous as the Lu family, and they didn't even leave a meal, only told him that Kuang Shichen had been promoted, and now the assistant clerk of Beijing Sanbeile Mansion sent Zhang Xi out.

Zhang Xi obeyed the teacher's order to "go out of the mountain", planning to do a great cause, first went to Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi to worship Lou Shiyuan, asked to learn the Tao, Lou Shiyuan said that he was "vulgar and unfinished" and refused to take him in. happened to meet Jia Shifang, who was expelled from the division by Lou Shiyuan, and the two fell in love when they met for the first time. Unexpectedly, as soon as he confided a little bit of "anti-Qing and Ming" meaning, Jia Shifang drifted away. In order to learn the Taoism of this strange man, Zhang Xi tracked Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Shandong Zhili provinces, and had a while in Shahedian, and when he chased again, Jia Shifang was gone. He is a man who gritted his teeth very tightly, seeing Gan Fengchi killed in Nanjing, it was difficult to get acquainted with the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and he went to Henan Mansion to seek refuge in his cousin's house, changed his nationality and applied for the examination.

He will never forget the scene of Zhang Xingren giving silver to say goodbye that night. That night, as soon as it was dark, Zhang Xi, who was meditating in front of the yamen of Xuetai, was called out by a stranger and whispered: "Zhang Xuetai wants to see you, come, come with me." He got up and hesitantly glanced at the people sitting silently, he couldn't see Qin Fengwu's shadow, he knew that things had changed, he turned around and saw that the person was still waiting for him in the dark shadow, and hurried over.

The two of them drilled a few alleys and stopped in front of a broken brick kiln on the outskirts of the city overgrown with artemisia. Zhang Xi asked, "What about Zhang Xuezheng?" ”

"I am." A dark figure turned out from behind the kiln. Zhang Xi looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't see the eyebrows of the person who came clearly, and was about to ask a question, Zhang Xingren said:

"You don't have to look, I have no bad intentions."

"Master Xuetai, the student is just a showman, and he summoned the student to meet here, what do you have to say?"

"Tian Zhitai has already joined forces with the Yamen of the Division, the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, and is ready to transfer troops stationed in the city camp to surround the troublemakers and capture them all."

"He dares!"

"He has the power and courage to be a soldier, why don't you dare?" Zhang Xingren said coldly, "This is the world's first stone-hearted iron-fisted governor. Henan officialdom is known as the most difficult, and now everyone is afraid of it like a tiger. ”

"Isn't he afraid of what a thousand people are pointing at?"

"If he is afraid of this, he will not dare to set up a firewood mountain, and personally raise a fire to burn the monks and nuns of the gourd temple of Baiyi Nunnery!" (See the second volume of "Yongzheng Emperor: Carved Bow and Heavenly Wolf")

Zhang Xi gasped, shivered all over his body, and asked, "Boss, why are you trying to save me?" I have nothing to do with you! "I've read your ink scrolls, and I've been to your literary meetings a few times. Cherish your talent......" Zhang Xingren sighed secretly, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xi, "Tian Wenjing bullied people and deliberately practiced as a scholar, Henan's literary atmosphere is already thin, and how can it be so ravaged!" There are traitors in the court, and the emperor is surrounded by a group of small people, and he reuses the bandits to despise the holy way. I can't save the situation and turn the tide, so I can only do my best in my authority - this is thirty taels of silver tickets. If you take it away and fly away, I won't be able to protect you if you catch paperwork at sea. ”

"Boss......

"You are acting very Meng Lang, fast cattle and broken cars!" Zhang Xingren saw him kowtow to the ground, put his hands around him, and said earnestly: "-There is no longer a meeting time this time, this is my parting message." I can't stay here long, so you can go! With a wave of his hand, someone led the horse, whipped it, and disappeared into the endless darkness.

…… Now that the capital is about to be exhausted, it is difficult to return to the hometown, and there is no way to join relatives, what should I do? A gust of autumn wind blew, blowing cold, Zhang Xi woke up from the confusion, but saw the distant mountains with green clouds like a belt, the trees in the village were old, and the yellow leaves were floating on the ground, and this body stood at the three-way crossing leading to Beijing and Henan.

"Go to Beijing." Zhang Xi decided without much thought. Along the way, whether it is in the province or in the county seat, rumors are circulating in the wine shops and inns everywhere that the "current master" killed his mother, usurped the throne, and slaughtered his brother, and in some places there are legends that "Yongzheng bombarded Nian Qianyao" and killed his merits, and even more secretly discussed that Yue Zhongqi secretly purchased military rations and prepared to rebel: "Yongzheng Ye summoned General Yue to Beijing, and General Yue was afraid and did not dare to obey the edict"...... Sayings such as these confirm Mr. Zeng Jing's saying that "if dry firewood is everywhere today, it will burn at one point". When you go to Beijing, you can see for yourself whether it is true or not, and maybe find some new opportunities. Moreover, if he doesn't see Master Kuang, his money is no longer enough to return to Hunan. Zhang Xi no longer delayed all the way, from Dezhou to Baoding straight to Beijing, although there are more than 1,000 miles, but they are all a horse flat river post road, and it is a cool autumn day and a good weather, and it is a small half a month to arrive. It was getting late that day, and Zhang Xi inquired about staying at a small inn in the east of the city. The next day, I got up early and rushed to the palace of Hongshi in the north of the deep alley of flowers.

At this time, the sky was just bright, Zhang Xi looked at it, and saw that several eunuchs at the door were picking up the lights and extinguishing the candles, and more than a dozen Goshha stood with their chests and bellies protruding according to their knives, standing still like nails. The main gate of the palace was tightly closed, and there were a few patrols who meticulously knocked on the gongs along the high walls of the alleys, and the cold air was heavy in the silence of the early morning. He cautiously passed, and just said: "I am a distant relative, and I want to see the waiter in the house-" "Go to the north side gate to report." A eunuch immediately interrupted him, "The main gate does not accept outsiders!" Zhang Xi swallowed, had to go north, walked about a stone's throw away, because he saw a hanging flower hugging Xiamen wide open, but there were no stone steps in and out, and the vendors pushed firewood, coal, vegetables and carried a load of eggs and meat, kitchen seasonings, and Shixin melons and fruits passed from here. A little eunuch shouted at the door at the throat of the male duck: "The prince is going to be on duty, hurry up!" Bastard - the pig is going north, the pig is not going to the kitchen, but to the sedan room, your grandmother will think about it! Hey, that cart of water is for you to drink! It was pulled from Yuquan Mountain! He was busy directing, Zhang Xi called a few times before turning his face, looking up and down and asking, "What did you say just now?" ”

"I want to see Master Kuang."

"Where are you?"

"I'm from Hunan, and Master Kuang is a relative of my teacher."

It took a long time for the little eunuch to figure out their relationship, seeing that he was dressed up and talking, he was definitely here to draw Feng, and he didn't say whether he was called in or not, but said: "You wait first, the prince will talk about it when he is on duty." So he ran over to Zhang Luo for other things. Zhang Xi sighed silently, squatted down and sat on the dismounted stone, looking at the geese that had just taken off on the autumn sky, and suddenly felt a sadness in his heart: Mother got up at this hour, is she spinning flowers or cooking? What about my brother? …… Are you chopping firewood or have you already gone to the field? Thinking about it, he heard the sound of the opera in the distance, and the faint sound of plucking the kite and tuning the strings, Zhang Xi sighed for a while, and said:

At that time, we should only turn around, and turn our heads far away. He seems to be on the high pavilion of King Ren, leaning on the railing and singing to look at the south of the Yangtze River.

"Good Yaxing, someone is chanting poetry in front of my house this morning and evening!" Someone next to him suddenly said. When Zhang Xi looked up, a young man in his early twenties led a horse over, and there was a large group of guards guarding the eunuchs' families behind him. Just as he was about to ask, the little eunuch had already kowtowed to ask for peace, and smiled at the young man: "This person is here to find Master Kuang, and he said that he is a student of Master Kuang's relatives, and he came from far away from Hunan." The prince went on duty, and the servant thought that Master Kuang's 'pro-family' was far away, so he didn't let him in......"

"Looking for me, from Hunan?" Master Kuang, who was standing next to Hongshi, lit up his eyes, "You are Zeng Qiuren's student, right?" Seeing Zhang Xi bow his head and say yes, Master Kuang turned his face and said to Hongshi: "Zeng Qiuren, a student, told the prince that he and I are both private protégés of Master Donghai. Hongshi nodded and smiled: "Then you can also be called a teacher." Falling into a foreign land and looking at the door without encountering it, no wonder he complained. Since you are from other places, please settle down for dinner first, and I'll see you when you're done. With that, he walked in.

Kuang Shichen lived in the wing of the main courtyard of the palace, and Zhang Xi followed him through the hall with one foot high and one foot low, and it took a while to arrive. At this time, Lao Gao's heart was put down, and he followed into the house in a daze, bowed to Kuang Shichen and sat down with a smile: "Houmen is as deep as the sea, it's really true, I can't even remember the circuit." Kuang Shichen went out to order someone to deliver food, turned around and came back and said: "Zeng Qiuren sent me a letter, he already knows about you in Henan." I'm glad I got the letter yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see you. Now that they are taking you everywhere, you have come to Beijing, how daring! ”

"Teacher Kuang." Zhang Xi bowed down with a smile and said, "I don't bother you, if you want to send me to the official, you can give me a few taels to pester." Kuang Shichen stared at him and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew is really worthy of Zengzi's student—I'm not that kind of person." 'It's dark under the lights', and you're as safe here as Mount Tai. However, Mr. Zeng did have a letter asking you to return quickly, and you will understand it later. ”

After the two had breakfast for a while, Kuang Shichen really took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Xi. When Zhang Xi unfolded it, it wrote:

Nong Yu and my brother's exhibition notes are like meeting, after a long absence, the postponement of the years, it has been thirteen years! Although there are questions from time to time, the sound and appearance are separated, and the thoughts are sad. My disciple Zhang Xi has left Henan, thank you in detail. The cost of the other side has been exhausted, and it is difficult to return to Hunan Province. If he goes to Beijing in the autumn breeze, he hopes to urge him to return quickly. Eighteen plates are enough to sleep at night, and talk about the things of 'a hundred years', do you still remember? Don't be unclouded, and once paused.

It is Mr. Zeng Jing's extremely upright Zhongwang book. Zhang Xi handed the letter back to Kuang Shichen, and said with a smile: "In this case, please ask Teacher Kuang to 'autumn wind' a little, and I will go on the journey-" and said further, someone in the courtyard shouted: "The prince invites the master to talk to the guests." ”

"Okay, I'll do it now." Kuang Shichen agreed, turned to Zhang Xi and said, "The prince wants to know the situation outside, what he asks, it doesn't matter." After that, the two of them came out, but did not enter the upper room, and entered the garden from the moon cave gate on the west wall of the south side. Kuang Shichen pulled Zhang Xi to stand on the side of the road to make way, and said with a smile: "Lord Sun and Lord Yang are good." The two officials went out without saying a word.

Hongshi beckoned the two of them in, and saw that Zhang Xi was just looking around, sitting a little cramped and uneasy on the chair, so he smiled and said, "Whatever, don't be restrained." I haven't been out of Beijing for a long time, and I want to talk to someone. Sun Jiagan and Yang Mingshi came over, otherwise they wouldn't even have this bit of emptiness. Zhang Xi was born in a tenant farmer family in Hunan, and he is still more than 40 miles away from the county seat. There are many people there and little land, and "the family has two hectares of land, and does not carry the rice basket" in the eyes of the tenant family, he is a heavenly man. He and Zeng Jing were also studying in the countryside, and they took the exam many times in the future, but they only walked around the provincial city, and even this accident, he fled to several provinces, and he hid when he saw the officials, and he didn't really wade into the sea. At first glance, I arrived at the house of the noble Zhong Ming Ding Food on this day, but I saw that the treasure bottle was full of books in the window, and the characters in front of me were all brilliant and majestic, even the third-class servants and servants standing under the corridor were also full of Luo Qi's noble posture, as if there was an invisible coercion everywhere, and he couldn't raise his head, so nervous that his hands were full of cold sweat. It wasn't until Hongshi opened his mouth to speak that Zhang Xi relaxed a little, wiped the sweat on the tip of his nose and said, "Outside...... It was King Jizo's birthday...... It is a festival for women, there are those who burn incense, send them to the warehouse, and light the flesh lamp to repay the mother's kindness......"

"I'm not asking you this." Kuang Shichen saw that he was so nervous that he was in a daze, and he stammered when he spoke, he smiled and got up and poured a cup of tea for Hongshi and Zhang Xi, handed it to his hand, and said: "For example, it has rained and flooded in various places, the crops have been harvested, and there are street talks, you can talk casually." Hongshi nodded with a smile and said, "I want a folk reputation, and what to say about major events." For example, Yue Zhongqi, Nian Qianyao, Tian Wenjing, Li Wei, as well as me and Prince Bao, Aqi Nasei Hei, what are the discussions outside? ”

Zhang Xi then understood what Hongshi meant, after all, he was a bold person, after drinking two sips of tea, he gradually calmed down, and said with a smile: "This year, all parts of the country are only slightly dry at the turn of spring and summer, and some places have died of seedlings. After replanting, the growth is excellent, and the harvest in the three provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Zhili has been determined. The people said that it was fortunate that the imperial court was ahead and the seeds were well prepared, otherwise they would have failed the good rains in summer and autumn. I came to these states and counties, and they were all busy hoarding warehouses, and the old grain treasury was discounted by half, and the common people were scrambling to buy it...... The people mentioned by the third master are all ministers of state, and the common people point to the hoard and look at the pot. As long as there is something to eat, don't talk about these things. Hongshi said: "I've heard some gossip!" Some people say that I have a housework dispute with Prince Bao, but there is? "No, no, no!" Zhang Xi was taken aback by him, "I didn't gossip about Lord and Prince Bao." Instead, he said-" He suddenly felt that he had lost his mouth, so he covered it up, took a sip of tea and changed the subject: "It is said that Li Wei's body is not good, and it is also said that Tian Zhitai has fallen ill, and it is also said that a god came to Jingshi, so that the five thunder methods shocked an old fan——"

"You're a good nephew." Hiroshi said with a smile, "I asked the east and he said the north, I asked the south and he said the west!" - Is there any weakness of the emperor, such as his usurpation? ”

As soon as he asked, Zhang Xi seemed to have been beaten with a stick, and his face turned pale suddenly. Kuang Shichen said: "What kind of person is the third master, can you prevaricate him? Since you have come to me, you should trust my master. He even knows about your Henan troubles! "You old man, look at how scared him!" Hongshi smiled and said, "The fourth child can protect Qin Fengwu, can't I protect a Zhang Xi?" After the case of Henan was withdrawn, we had already said hello to Sun Jiagan and Yang Mingshi - you are no longer a prisoner. ”

"Third Master, your generosity, this act of merit is immeasurable." Zhang Xi was convinced and let go, "In this case, what else can I say?" "Because of what I heard on the road, how Kangxi drove Yan, how Long Keduo was overbearing, the general Wang Yunben returned to Beijing after his funeral, how the brothers quarreled in Cining Palace, how the Queen Mother persuaded each other, Yongzheng said again, "The Queen Mother must not be contemptuous and self-deprecating", and the Queen Mother was so angry that she died on the pillar. Why did Yongzheng kill Nian Qianyao, imprisoned Long Keduo, the eighth master, the ninth master and the tenth master, "seeing that the emperor is not filial, he will be disloyal", and how Yongzheng put his three younger brothers in prison. At the end, when he talked about Yue Zhongqi again, Zhang Xicai paused for a moment and muttered: "It is rumored that General Yue is afraid of following the path of Nian Qianyao, stationing troops in Sichuan, raising his prestige and self-respect, and the court is very suspicious of him rebelling. I heard about it not long ago, and if it's really fake, you just need to listen to it anyway, so I also tell the third master. ”

Hongshi never interjected, sometimes sipping tea and groaning, sometimes beating his hands with the back of a fan, listening extremely attentively. At this point, he smiled: "Of course, it's just a matter of talking about it." Besides, I can't cover your mouth with one hand! What else is there to say from General Yue's side? Zhang Xi said: "There are not many rumors about this, it is very fresh." It is said that the emperor issued several edicts to General Yue to enter Beijing, but General Yue was afraid of taking away his military power, so he said that he was sick and did not dare to come. Quietly recruited troops, bought horses, and gathered grain, and the price of soybeans outside the mouth has risen. "Let's look at Hiroshi.

"None?" Hiroshi asked.

"Nope."

"I didn't mean anything else." Hongshi smiled, "When the family swill tank, I am the family, and I just want to know what the swill tastes like." Since ancient times, when there is something going on in the country, it is always rumors that come first. For example, Long Live Lord ascended to the pole, insisting that Long Keduo changed the edict - those are all Manchu and Han national letters, can he change it? But some of them are not rootless, Yue Zhongqi is a descendant of Yue Fei, and he is indeed a little afraid in his heart-" He remembered what Yongzheng said about "top secret military affairs", so he stopped. Seeing a family member outside, he beckoned in and said, "Xia Haocai, what are the rules for you to probe your brain?" How's it going with what I've told you to do? ”

Xia Haocai was ordered by Hongshi to inquire about the original monitoring of Long Keduo's whereabouts and interrogation. Long Keduo has been banned since Yongzheng's inspection, and all the guards have been replaced, all of whom are in the hands of Tu Lichen. The original guards of the Black Courtyard were all escorted to Miyun overnight, and no news was revealed at all. Xia Haocai used to be the head of the second-floor village in Miyun Huangzhuang, and he was familiar with him, so he sent him to inquire. Now that he's back, he's naturally anxious to see Hiroshi. Seeing him ask in front of the guest, he had no choice but to reply: "I took a few turns to get to the bottom of the trial on their side." Those few killers bit their mouths to death, and originally, no one harmed Long Keduo at all. Long Keduo was in a hurry and took a bite. The sentence of the judge for this matter has also been moved, and the confessions are all the same, no one can do anything! ”

"It is very painful and hateful for a minister of a country to fall into this!" Hongshi frowned, his heart was already put down, and he sighed and said: "I have to play long live, I can't believe his nonsense." The guards are low-eyed dogs, and there are people who abuse him, and if they suffer a little, they still have to be released. As he was speaking, the eunuch in charge of the door hurriedly came in and said to Hongshi: "Gonggong Gao is here, and he has a secret decree for the prince!" Hiroshi hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes! He also commanded, "Please come in." Kuang Shichen hurriedly pulled up Zhang Xi, who was sitting in a daze, and hid in the inner room to avoid.

Zhang Xi was novel and excited, and felt that this trip to Beijing was not in vain just to open his eyes. When I went to the partition window and peeked out, I saw a middle-aged eunuch with a blue feather top on his head walking in and standing in front of the bookcase. Hiroshi hurriedly said, "Let me change my clothes and take orders!" ”

"No need." Gao Wuyong pulled the male duck's voice and smiled, "The third master doesn't have to salute." ”

But Hongshi still knelt down and whispered: "Erchen Hongshi respectfully listens to the holy oracle!" "Aqina is critically ill." Gao Wuyong had no expression on his face, and said lightly, "Youhongshi went to visit." When Hongshi kowtowed and got up, Gao Wuyong said again: "Long live said, he is still a brother after all." Tell the third master to take a look quietly, don't be wronged like Long Keduo. The imperial doctor should also be good, and the medicine should be good. Be sure to do your best to keep him all year long. He also said that the third master went to ask him what he needed, what he wanted, listen to it if it was good or bad, and come back and play long live the secret - there are many rumors outside, long live the third master to be careful - tell the master a word, long live the master is very unhappy, and the ninth master - Seth Hei is dead! ”

Gao Wuyong passed a word, and Hongshi promised to say "yes". Hearing the news later, his eyes jumped, and he immediately smiled: "I can pay attention to it." Seth Hei died at a bad time—and the outsiders are saying that the master is a brother—and I must have someone to take care of Aqina. Gao Wuyong said: "Long live the Lord suspects that Li Zhengtai killed Seth Hei!" The two cases of Hetian Wenjing are combined, and there is still a good show to watch! "Someone!" Hongshi shouted outward, "Take fifty taels of gold for Grandpa Gao!" He glanced at Kuang Shichen's house, and sent Gao Wuyong out without saying a word, and Kuang Shichen and Zhang Xi hurriedly opened the door and came out.

"I'll change my clothes." As soon as Hongshi entered the door, he said, "This time I will go to Chaoyang Gate." "When Kuang Shichen was busy calling people, Hongshi stopped." You know it all when you call it. I'll change it myself, you two—" He looked at Zhang Xi, "There is a green cloth in the cupboard, and I have changed it too, come with me." ”

Kuang Shichen couldn't help but be stunned and said, "But we are not the public of the Yamen!" ”

"You can't just call them." Hiroshi changed his clothes and said, "The more people are born, the less eye-catching they are." ”

Yun Yu has come to the end of his life. He was originally weak and did not eat well. Since Hongshi ordered all his family members to be driven out of the house, a group of rough eunuchs and a few palace maids who had been deposed into the cold palace came to wait. He was pampered and pampered all his life, and in the Qiluo bush, the master and nanny waited in a large group all day long, and he continued to suffer from three disasters and eight difficulties. suddenly encountered a great change, and was pushed from the top of the people to the unfathomable abyss overnight, and it was his own brother who attacked, and even his wife and children could not stay in front of his sickbed. Since March, Yun Yu has suffered from diaphysis, and he vomits and is difficult to swallow as soon as he eats. After the guardian was replaced, he took this disease seriously, and the doctor was also busy, coming once in three days and two mornings, and using some medicine that was not painful or itchy.

At this moment, he and his clothes are lying in the west side of the courtyard of the main hall of the palace in the west side of the room, this is a house with bright windows on both sides of the east and west, the couch is also built high, lying on the top, you can see the towering Yin'an Treasure Hall in the east, you can enjoy the garden scenery in the west, the water is under the window, and you can fish through the window. He is different from Long Keduo, this palace enclosed by high walls covers an area of thousands of acres, except for the lock of the main hall, he can go anywhere. Even if there was no defeat in the past, in fact, except for New Year's Day, he rarely used this main hall, he chose this house where the original people lived, one is that it is open, and the other is to try to avoid the place where he used to do things and see people, so as not to see things and think about things...... His eyes were wide open, looking out of the west window, and the old willows along the shore seemed to be still so green, blown by the west wind under the gray clouds, surging like smoke, and only the water around the shore of the lake was full of withered yellow willow leaves, and the water lilies were crowded. A westerly wind swept by, and the lake was full of melancholy ripples, and the willow leaves, weeds, and water lilies shook up and down in horror on the water, as if begging for something from their old master. Yun Yu smiled at them: in the past, at this time, the butler led the servant to clean the shore every day, and a leaf fell into the water to be salvaged, but now he felt that he was ridiculously stupid: covered with thick grass and a layer of fallen leaves, such a forest path, walking alone, is not more suitable than walking on a clean and dusty road with a shovel of white and bright shovels? For the first time, he felt that his cleanliness habit was actually vulgar. Hongshi had actually already entered the house, and stood at the door with Kuang Shichen and Zhang Xi without alarming Yun Xi. Zhang Xi and Kuang Shichen both saw the head of the Eight Masters Party known as the "Eight Sages King" for the first time, and they still felt that it didn't matter. Hongshi was full of emotion in his heart, how elegant and dignified Yun Xi was back then, how peaceful and generous he was - that is, his courtiers who had impeached, as long as they heard that they had been dismissed due to mistakes, they had to summon them to comfort Wen Cun and give him silver to help him. From the seven sons of the Yantai literary world to the filial piety that has just been tested in the wild region of Hainan, Yun Xi has always asked questions and taken care of them, and he is really the famous prince of the Xi Dynasty, but now it has come to this step: the cold kang in the humble house, the autumn wind breaks the house and the cocoon is alone, and he is dying and staring at the clouds and geese in the sky, and the autumn water in the pool. A stream of cold and astringent bitter water rushed up, and Hiroshi choked in his throat and cried softly:

"Eighth Uncle."

The wrinkles on Yun Xu's face were a bit like the skin of a wilted cucumber, and he twitched slightly, he had no strength to turn over, and he didn't talk nonsense, and his eyes searched for a long time before he saw that it was Hongshi, and he closed his eyes indifferently.

"Eighth Uncle," Hiroshi leaned forward with a smile on his face, "My nephew has come to see you." ”

Yun Yu turned around with difficulty, squirmed his lips in front of Hiroshi, and said, "Very good." Is it crane top red or peacock gall? If it's yellow silk cloth, the beams in this room are too low, and I don't have any strength at all, so someone has to wait for me. "Where did Uncle Eight think of it!" Hongshi listened to his faint words as if he were a family affair, his heart trembled for a while, and he said with a smile: "There is never such a thing, and there will never be that kind of thing, long live Lord is actually worried about your illness, and it is inconvenient for him, so he will be replaced by his nephew." Yun Yu smiled disdainfully, but did not squeak.

Hongshi picked up the bowl and saw that there was still half a bowl of leftover lotus root noodle soup in it, so he called someone in and ordered, "Make a pot of tea now." Take the box of cakes I brought, you've already experienced - take them. The eunuch hurriedly ran out, and for a while ran with a top steward eunuch, panting and kneeling. The steward eunuch said: "It's not that they are rude to block the car and inspect things, but we really didn't take the note from the Internal Affairs Office, and I don't know that the master came by secret order...... Here the minions kowtow to you to apologize. You are sympathetic to the difficulties of our current people, and you can't afford to provoke any ......"

"I'm not talking about that." Hongshi personally made tea, untied the dim sum bag and took out a piece of cake, sat on the kang lean, first fed Yun Yu a sip of water, broke the dim sum and sent it to his mouth little by little, and said to the eunuch without looking back: "The eighth master is reduced to the law field, waiting for him to return to the west, you also have to perform the slave ceremony, and there must be an emperor seal mark on the knife, this is the heavenly principle set by the sage!" You bastards, you bastards, just left two stupid pig-like village girls here, don't sweep the table, don't wipe the bowls, don't pour the tea, what kind of fucking rules are this? He fed Yun Xi another sip of tea, and easily threw more than half a cup of tea on the eunuch, and then turned his face and took a sip, his face was already red with annoyance, and he came over and kicked again: "Get out!" Listen, from now on, there will be three groups of people, guarding and waiting day and night. I will take care of Yun Songxuan, if you dare to be lazy, I will have the ability to match you Uriya Sutai! He pointed to the door and shouted: "-Get out of here!" The eunuch didn't even dare to blow off the tea foam on his body, so he withdrew with the others.

Zhang Xiwan didn't expect this gentle-tongued and amiable elder brother to be so angry and majestic, and he was also stunned by the side. But when he saw Hongshi, he leaned down again, patiently fed Yun Yu a few more mouthfuls of snacks, and asked, "Eighth uncle, can you use it?" After eating, I told them to deliver it again. I was in a hurry and took this bag with me. ”

"I still have tomorrow?" Yun Yu smiled faintly, "My yesterday and today were taken away, and now I am at the end of the road, what do I want to do with that 'tomorrow'?" ”

"Eighth Uncle—"

"Listen." A smile appeared on Yun Xu's face, very much like the embers in a burned-out charcoal basin, the pale red color flickered, and his voice was much tougher than before, and said: "I don't regret falling like this, and I don't forgive your Ama for half a point." Working together for the Imperial Dynasty overnight, everyone knows whom. He doesn't want me to die, and I don't want to die, that's all too clear. He is afraid of losing his brother's reputation, I want him to kill - just like you just said, the knife with a 'seal' cut off - Ming canonical punishment...... Now this way of death is not clear, and I cannot be innocent, and he cannot be innocent. Politically, he won, and the Favor Bureau only had a draw, and I hate it-"

He suddenly had a phlegm convulsion, his body straightened, his eyes were inserted backwards, his face was as gray as dirt, as if he wanted to vomit, and he opened his mouth for a long time before he froze slightly. Hongshi said: "I drove all the doctors here, and the Mascok of the Tai Hospital is coming." Eighth uncle, don't be stupid here...... Hooray, is it still your brother! "Heavenly father and son have no family affection, let alone brother!" Yun Yu said resentfully, he looked at Kuang Shichen and the others, and said, "You guys go out!" ”

"Eighth uncle, do you have anything important?"

"You have to have soldiers, and without soldiers, you can't fight your fourth brother." Yun Yu stared at Hongshi eagerly, his eyes flashed with hope, his hands clasped Hongshi's hands, as if gathering the last strength, and his voice became solemn and powerful: "Don't be foolish, Yongzheng has already sat firmly, even if I am in power, I can't move it - he let your thirteenth uncle get the military power at the last time." If your fourteenth uncle was in Beijing at the time, the world would not be where it is today! He let go of his hand, his mind had become unconscious, and he only muttered: "Providence, providence ......"

Hiroshi gently put him on the pillow and opened the door and came out, rubbing his hot face with his hand. He needed to think about those words. He originally thought that Yun Yu was just cowardly, and he had lost a golden opportunity - Yun, who commanded an army of 100,000 people, could enter the pass with just one edict! - Now it seems that Yongzheng stuffed himself with the complicated government affairs and let Hongli manage the money and soldiers, which actually has another deep meaning! Seeing a few imperial doctors staggering over, he waved his hand to signal them to go in, and was stunned for a long time before he said to the two of them:

"Let's go."

That night, the prince of Kangxi, who had been threatening the throne of Emperor Yongzheng all his life, ended his life under the dim candle and looked at the moon passing through the lotus clouds outside the window. Until he died, his eyes were wide open. For many days after his death, many of the scholars and officials who had benefited from him quietly sacrificed his soul at night, asking Heaven to bless his descendants. But after all, with his death, the already invisible "Eight Masters Party" has since disappeared and is only left in the memory of some people......