In the early morning of the next day, although Luanjia still set off to return to Beijing as usual, those who cared had already discovered that something was wrong—although the guard of honor of the Long Live God was still at the forefront, it was not like every time he rode in the lead, and he even had a routine to greet everyone There was no comment or encouragement from my brother and courtiers, so I just set off on the road so quietly.

Liang Jiugong kept busy running back and forth, his eyes full of anxiety and panic.The fourth elder brother who was supposed to take people back to Beijing did not leave yet, he frowned and followed closely beside the carriage.Seeing the sad-faced imperial doctor tossing back and forth, even the dullest person can clearly guess that the Long Live Lord is really in poor health this time.

Kangxi closed his eyes and leaned in the swaying carriage, feeling sore and weak, and faintly dizzy, but finally the torment of hot and cold last night was gone.Listening to Liang Jiugong whispering carefully, he opened his eyes and took the bowl of soup that made people's tongue feel bitter just looking at it, frowned and drank it in one go, put the empty bowl aside, rubbed his forehead and whispered Said: "Where are you, is the fourth child there?"

"Huang Ama, my son is here."

Hearing the voice inside, Yinzhen quickly walked a few steps closer to the car window, leaned slightly and said softly: "I just left the Mulan paddock, and I will be able to reach Rehe Palace in about a day—how does Huang Ama feel? Is it better than last night?"

"It's just a little tired, it's okay... You were also tired all night yesterday, go back and find a place to rest, don't burn yourself out."

Kangxi felt much better after his fever went down last night, and he rested for a while this morning, and he felt much better.He propped himself up slightly and explained in a gentle voice.Hearing a response from outside, after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "Don't let your fifth brother know about this, so as not to worry him."

Yinzhen wanted to respond subconsciously, but swallowed the words when they reached his lips, and said in a low voice with a wry smile: "Huang Ama, I'm afraid we can't hide the news here from Fifth Brother..."

Even though he has been very close to his fifth brother all these years, he still can't figure out how many black-clothed dark guards are around him who seem to be the same, and they will all appear in unexpected places.I only know that those hidden guards seem to be everywhere, there is no place they can't reach, and there is no news they can't get. Even if they don't send a letter back to Beijing, the news will have passed as soon as Huang Ama fell ill. It was handed over in the capital.

"Forget it...Jiu Gong, prepare an oral order for me to send back. Just say that everything is fine for me, and tell Lao Wu not to worry, and help me look after the capital well, and I will go back in a few days."

What Yinzhen said, Kangxi actually knew it in his heart-even those hidden guards were all those who had been stuffed by his troublesome son all these years, but now they are making a fuss and want to hide it. I can't hide an insignificant matter, but it is really a bit dumbfounding.

Of course, Kangxi knows better than anyone else what kind of temperament his son is like. If that child knows that he has not escaped the malaria, he will definitely arrange the affairs of Beijing Central One without rest, regardless of him. His own body rushed over in a hurry—originally, Qiu Xun didn't bring him out this time to tell him to take good care of his body, and no one thought that such an accident would happen.Peace of mind and self-cultivation can no longer be counted on, but they can no longer blindly run around and overwork their bodies. Since they can't hide the truth, they can only take the burden of the country and the world to suppress that child and tell him to stay in the capital peacefully. inside.

"Cha." Liang Jiugong leaned over to answer, and quickly sent someone to deliver the order.Yinzhen followed silently for a while, and finally persuaded in a low voice: "Huang Ama still puts the most importance on the body, why not rest in the Rehe Palace first, and then go back to the capital after recuperating. Waiting to escort Huang Ama When we arrived in Rehe, Erchen rushed back to Beijing to help Fifth Brother, I think there will be no delay..."

"That's fine—you take old Shisan back together, I don't need so many people here."

Kangxi nodded slightly after a little deliberation, but still felt faintly uneasy in his heart, rubbed the corner of his forehead and sighed softly: "I'm still worried about Lao Wu's temper... You will tell him to rest when you go back, and if you don't obey, you will give him a rest." When he poured the medicine, he said it was my request. Don’t turn around and toss for so long, the people in the capital are fine, and I’m fine, on the contrary, he himself was exhausted."

Thinking of the temperament of his fifth younger brother, Yinzhen felt a faint worry in his heart, but still reluctantly answered yes in a low voice.Naturally, Kangxi also heard that the son's words were insincere, sighed helplessly, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Why don't I know that if I say this, it will be in vain? It's just thinking about it every day. , can always make him listen to it more or less..."

"My son read the report of Mr. Shi and Hengchen last night. The plague in Beijing is extremely fierce. If it is not for the arrangement of the fifth younger brother, I am afraid it will not be the current situation. Along with the rules and regulations attached to the booklet, This son-in-law has also thought about it with all the adults in the South Study, and because of its meticulousness and thoroughness, it cannot be obtained without exhaustive consideration..."

Hearing that his own emperor Ama had made his words clear, Yinzhen simply stopped hiding and expressed his worries in a straightforward way: "With the fifth younger brother's temperament, since such changes happened when he was staying behind, why should he not hide anything?" There will never be even the slightest slack. My son is worried—the mentality that the fifth younger brother has depleted this time, I am afraid that it will take a while to make up for it."

"He had a good life in the south of the Yangtze River, so he shouldn't have been confined in the capital, worrying about these things endlessly... If the prince can be more sensible, why would he ask the fifth child to carry these burdens for him?"

Kangxi's eyes sank, he sighed deeply, and said in a slow voice as if he meant something: "The prince of a country should share the worries of the monarch and father, and benefit the family and the country. I remember that he was also conscientious when he was young. , no matter how hard the government affairs of the state are, who knows that after all these years, it has become such a useless appearance..."

Yinzhen's heart shrank suddenly, he lowered his head not daring to make a sound, but a deep and complex light suddenly flashed in his eyes.The almost paranoid idea that had sprouted in his heart when he was a child, but was buried deep in his heart because of countless twists and turns, just so caught off guard once again occupied his chest, making him feel almost indifferent to that seat for the first time in so many years. A strong desire to come.

To keep that person alive and to protect him, his current status and status are not enough... He still needs to stand in a higher position so that he can shoulder more responsibilities, so that he won't be dragged down by the fifth brother. The whole body ran around to make up for the leaks, cleaning up the endless mess for those people time and time again.

Even if he takes this path, he is almost doomed to be a lonely family for the rest of his life, and they are doomed to be even more distant than the current relationship, but as long as his fifth brother wants, he will definitely give it—— As things that even King Yong can't give, then find a way to climb to that higher position, stand on a higher place, grab those things and give them to him.

Even the crown prince—if he insists on being sent like this, there is nothing that cannot replace him.

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"Long Live Lord said that everything is fine with him, and told Fifth Lord not to worry, to guard the capital well..."

Nian Gengyao, who was ordered to pass the oral order back, was speaking while stealing glances at the fifth elder brother in front of him, his heart was already in shock - he originally only thought that this fifth elder brother was just a little more powerful, but just look at him. With the tone of Long Live Lord, there is a care and concern in it, which is obviously not only encompassed by the four words of the holy family...

"What else did Huang Ama say?"

Yin Qi lowered his eyes slightly and sat behind the table, but his expression was calm and indifferent, and he couldn't even hear any special emotions in his tone.Nian Gengyao didn't know what he was thinking, so he hesitated for a moment, but said truthfully: "Long Live Lord said - he rested in the Rehe Palace for a few days, and then came back. Tell Fifth Lord not to toss back and forth, Just take care of yourself..."

"Understood." Yin Qi responded, signaling Tanlang to take a few packs of medicine powder, spread out another piece of rice paper, and wrote down the most effective dosage summed up these days on it, "This medicine It has a miraculous effect on malaria. Let Huang Ama take it when the illness is alternating between cold and fever. Only one dose will be effective, at most two doses, the effect will stop, and it must not be used more. Keep the rest with you, if someone else gets sick , and take the medicine in the same way."

"Fifth Master..." Nian Gengyao replied with a guilty conscience, and then carefully looked at his face that had always been as calm as water, and finally resolutely said in a low voice: "I have the guts to say something more. I am thinking of you. I am really afraid that your pommel horse will be tired and hurt your body, so I came back with an illness, and I am afraid that you will rush over in a hurry—”

"I understand that I'm not angry with Huang Ama, I just feel that my body is too useless."

Yinqi smiled helplessly, and replied quietly, but unconsciously clenched the hands hanging under the table.It has been a day since the effect of the medicine, and at the same time, my mood fluctuates, I just feel the irresistible fatigue from the depths of the body, even such a simple movement is a bit powerless, and there is a faint feeling between the forehead. I saw cold sweat.

Now all the ministers of Nanshufang have returned to Beijing, and the regulations of the past few days are enough. If there is no such decree from Nian Gengyao, when he explains all the affairs clearly, I am afraid that he must go to Hot Springs. Went to the River Palace.But even though Huang Ama was sick, he still issued this oral order, but it was all because of his unbelievable body-as a son, he couldn't serve the decoction in front of the bed in person, and he had to ask his father to take the sickness with him. Worry about.He really didn't dare to think about what would happen if Huang Ama saw himself collapsed as soon as he returned to Beijing...

"Lianggong, you should send the medicine back as soon as possible, and don't say anything unnecessary."

Zhang Tingyu has been by Yinqi's side for the past few days, and he can tell at a glance that his situation is obviously not good at the moment, so he blocked Nian Gengyao's sight without any trace, and half-forced him all the way out of Shuntian Mansion.At last there were no outsiders in the room, so Tan Lang hurriedly supported Yin Qi's body that was shivering slightly, carefully pushed some internal energy into his back, fed him a cup of ginseng tea, and lowered his voice Consolation: "Master, don't overwork and think too much now... We have been busy for so many days, and we haven't seen a few people who can't get sick because of malaria. The emperor will be fine after taking the medicine. And with the imperial physician taking care of her all the time, nothing will happen."

"I know—but I just can't help worrying..."

Yin Qi smiled wryly and shook his head, closed his eyes and leaned against his arms to ease his heart palpitations.As the emotions gradually calmed down, the almost profound sense of powerlessness really subsided again, which made him faintly relieved, and he tried his best to sit up straight: "Okay, I'm fine—let's go, let's go." I still have to go down and circle around, since Huang Ama asked me to defend the imperial city, I naturally have to defend it well..."

Yesterday he went down and took a detour, he walked east of the city and south of the city, and what he saw was relatively peaceful. Later in the day, he received a report about forcibly burying patients and attacking officials in the west of the city, but it was already late at that time. It was inconvenient to go there, so it was agreed that he would go to the west of the city in person the next day.Unexpectedly, when he was about to leave, he received such a letter from Nian Gengyao. Yinqi felt uneasy, and the effect of the medicine repeated. Fortunately, he was always suppressed, otherwise the bowl The hot, sour, bitter and salty Bazhen Soup was poured into my mouth without pinching my nose.

Seeing that his complexion had calmed down, Tan Lang nodded in response, and poured him another cup of ginseng tea: "Master, drink one more cup, at least it will refresh your vitality, and it will also reassure them when you go down." some."

"It's not that I don't want to drink—cough, it's also that I don't want to drink..."

Yinqi had no strength just now, even if he was told to feed him a cup of ginseng tea, he was powerless to resist.This time slowed down, and then looking at the pot of tea showed some lingering resistance, pursed his lips and shook his head firmly: "To tell you the truth, it's the first time in my life that I drink tea. So - such an ingenious taste, it's really sweet and soul-stirring... Would you like to try it?"

"It's sweet and salty, I'm not used to it." Tanlang took a few steps back resolutely, not being tempted by him at all, but he couldn't help laughing: "However, Master Shi thinks it's quite good." It's delicious, and I carried a pot when I went down, I don't know if it will make up for it, and my nose bleeds while walking around."

After resting for a while, Yinqi felt that his spirit had improved a lot, he got up and shook his head and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Shi likes it, let him drink it slowly. After all, this thing won't break if it's chilled for a while. ——I will try other things that Lian Zhen cooked up for him later. If he also finds it delicious, it means that Lian Zhen really didn't mean to be funny, maybe it's because the tongue is really different from ours..."

The following matters cannot be delayed, and the two of them were ready to leave while chatting.Yinqi instructed Zhang Tingyu to guard the yamen, took Tanlang into the carriage, and led a few imperial guards to accompany him, and went all the way to the west of the city in a light car.

It's easy to say, but it's not so easy to do. If you really want to visit privately like those in those movies and TV dramas, the people may not believe it even if the noise is too small. Well, just making things difficult for those officers and officials is enough for a person to drink a pot, which is too much time-consuming.But if you put on a big show of honor and keep away from the people, the road will go smoothly, but you can't actually see the people's feelings below, it's even more impossible to appease the people's hearts.

Yinqi has always had his own way of dealing with this dilemma.The carriage hadn't been on for a long time, when I saw a fast horse approaching from a distance, Long Kedo got off the saddle, walked quickly to the side of the carriage, and gave a quick slap, then cautiously leaned over and said: "Mr. , what do you want me to do again..."

Apart from other things, what happened in the first two days really left him with lingering fears—for no reason, he smashed a piece of paper and told him to pass it on, and after furiously cursing the nonsense for a long time, he realized that the nonsense that was full of it was actually It was written by Fifth Master himself, so he could only polish it up again with trepidation and hard work, and pass it on vividly while pinching his nose.Fortunately, among his cronies and friends, there are really a few who have always been timid and afraid of ghosts, and they actually took these words seriously, and he sent people to add fuel and jealousy, and spread several different versions, and finally insisted. In such a dazed manner, he spread the rumors that seemed like nonsense to all over the capital.Early this morning, I heard that the fifth master asked him to do another job. He was frightened but dared not not come, so he had to drum up his energy for a long time, thinking that it would be a knife anyway, so it would be better to just do it like this I gave up my life to accompany the gentleman.

Seeing his heroic sacrifice, Yinqi couldn't help but shook his head and smiled helplessly: "I don't ask you to do anything, I just use your name to serve you."

Yinqi doesn't stay in the capital all the time, many people have heard his name, but not many people can really recognize him, unlike Longkodo, a well-known stubborn master, everyone knows it when he sees him You should stay away from it, so as not to cause any disaster.If such a person was escorted down to search, he would be able to roughly guess his identity without showing any signboards. The effect of such a visit between concealment and concealment would be much better than that of him going down alone.

When the group arrived in the west of the city, the situation was not as tense as Yinqi expected.The thorny leaders who took the lead in making troubles have been arrested, and the patients who were buried have been rescued and settled properly. Yinqi led Tanlang and Longkodo in the villages with the most patients. After going around for a while, although everyone didn't know the origin of the leading master, the second master Long who followed behind nodded and bowed, but no one didn't know him.It is only said that the clothes of that master are exquisite and not extravagant, and his noble and elegant body is not like ordinary people, not to mention that he can ask that master Long to serve him in person. If such a big man came down to inspect in person, if malaria could really surpass others, wouldn't the nobleman die?

Come this trip, the effect is almost immediate.There are no secrets in the village, and the doorway that can be seen by one person can be known by the whole village in a blink of an eye.The people who had been in a panic because of being encouraged by others gradually settled down, and the county officials finally breathed a sigh of relief, gathered around one after another, and reported the situation of the past few days to the fifth master who had almost become a life-saving bodhisattva .

Yinqi knew that these officials were the most tormented these days, and some of the most real news could only be grasped by listening to them face to face, so he simply asked Long Kedo to ask the villagers to borrow a few horses. I sat down and listened patiently to what they said about the past few days.At first I thought it was normal, but when I listened to it, I felt that something was wrong, but my face remained calm, I just secretly wrote down all the doubts, and planned to discuss it with Shi Shilun after returning to Shuntian Mansion Fan.

Tanlang was watching from behind, pulling Longkodo and whispering to him to get some water for his master, when his back suddenly tightened inexplicably.He raised his head vigilantly, glanced around, and when he saw that sharp light, he froze sharply. He rushed over to protect Yin Qi, and blocked it firmly with his body. All angles that may hurt the other party: "There are assassins—master be careful!"

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