The cannon was indeed fired loudly, before the first snow fell in early winter, the brochure of An Zhongren, the number one salt merchant in Jiangnan Cao Yinshen, was handed over to Long Live Lord's desk.The whole court was in an uproar, and only then did they realize that An Zhongren's capital for doing business was an IOU from the Ministry of Households, following Su He's route.The fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother were ordered to thoroughly investigate the debt owed by the household department, and found that most of the bank balances of the household department had been borrowed. He was trampled down, but he still couldn't give an opinion.

"I just asked the Seventh Master Uncle to point a gun. Why did this bring An Zhongren out... I don't know when he borrowed the money?"

The two most famous cases in the Kangxi Dynasty were the White Duck from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Baitiao from the Ministry of Housing. From the very beginning, Yinqi had been staring at the matter of Lao Ba taking out money from the Ministry of Accounts to buy people's hearts. He thought that if he knew how to accept It's nothing more than a hand, if you blindly don't repent or even get worse, you can detonate this big firework at the right time, so as to give this old man a little bit of memory.

Although the calculation was very thorough, he always cared about digging and not burying it. He only told Jiangnan to borrow an introduction to fire the gun, and he didn't care what method the other side would use.When the booklet was delivered, even he himself was taken aback, only then did he realize that An Zhongren had actually done such an outrageous thing.

"Actually, it's not him—it's after Master Qi took over An's family. I heard that Master Qi just took over and said that they just sent money so honestly that they pretended not to be serious, and asked them to use Su He to send letters. Asked for the capital, but who knows, 10 taels of silver was actually given out not long after, and then asked for several times one after another, but they all turned around and asked Master Seven to pay the tribute silver and send it back to the treasury. Your Majesty also knew about it, but he didn't tell you specifically because you didn't pay much attention to it."

"..." Yinqi was silent for a moment, and said mercilessly: "Actually, you are so angry just to see me dig a hole and run away, so you deliberately teamed up and didn't tell me, so that I would be scared for a while. Did you dance?"

"That's not true - after all, master, you always just draw a circle, and even the pits are directly entrusted to us to dig..."

Tanlang replied sincerely, and helped him to sit on the stone padded with felt cloth, poured a cup of ginger tea from the tea bucket with him and handed it to him: "Actually, the seventh master didn't go back to Beijing a while ago. Let's go, I already guessed that you would use this brochure, and asked Mr. Cao to write it up and bring it here. That An Zhongren is the emperor's new Seven-Star Guard pretending to be, and the fourth elder brother has already arranged it. , you can rest assured."

"I'm naturally relieved - anyway, even if I'm worried, it's probably nothing to do with me..."

Yin Qi warmed his hands with the steaming ginger tea, took a sip tentatively, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after savoring it carefully for a while: "Finally, there is no brown sugar left in this one today—you finally gave the kitchen away from Lian Zhen. Got it back?"

"Yesterday, the master just took a sip and sprayed him all over the face. Lian Zhen seemed to be quite lost. I don't know which beam to squat on."

Tanlang couldn't help chuckling, and sat down cross-legged beside him, seeing Yinqi's pale face from the cold, he still couldn't help but said helplessly: "The master knows everything about us and assigns it to us." Why do you have to come here in person to catch a Taoist priest? The snow is about to fall today, and the wind is strong today, if you go back from the cold, you will have to get a fever..."

"If Xiao Jiu'er or Lao Shisan finds someone, I won't go if I don't go. Xiao Jiu'er is used to being picked up. She has passed the time of being sensitive, and Shisan is a forgiving person. What would he think about--but after all, it was the old fourteen who found him. It's rare for that stubborn brat to have such a thought, and he tried his best to follow along. His fourth brother was busy checking the household The department's case is inseparable, and I have to make a trip no matter what."

Yin Qi smiled lightly, drank the cup of ginger tea in one gulp, and adjusted his breath quietly for a while.Feeling that he had almost had enough rest, he stood up, dusted off his clothes and said with a light smile: "Let's go, let's continue to climb up—this Taoist temple is built on the top of the mountain, it is really hard to imagine..."

Although his body was much better than in previous years, but after all, his lungs were injured, his stamina was much worse than ordinary people, and he walked and stopped several times before finally reaching the top of the mountain.Yinzhen had been on guard for half a day with people on top, and when he saw his figure, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he quickly greeted him and called out in a low voice: "Fifth brother!"

"Wait a minute, let me take a few breaths first."

Yin Qi nodded to him with a smile, and helped the younger brother's shoulder to calm down for a while.Finally after a while of intense fatigue, he straightened his body again, followed him to a place sheltered from the wind and sat down: "How about it, are you still here?"

"I brought people to watch early this morning. They were all there, and there were about a dozen more than last night. They were all dressed up as little Taoist priests. They looked like they had kung fu when they walked steadily, but I The people brought here are no worse than them, and I am not afraid of them when I really do it.”

Yinzhen replied in a low voice, and couldn't help but half-kneeled in front of him worriedly, patting his back lightly for him: "Fifth Brother, take a break first..."

"It's okay, I just don't have as much physical strength as you young people, and I'll be fine after I catch my breath."

Yinqi patted him on the shoulder old-fashionedly, and replied solemnly.Looking at the strange expression on the younger brother's face, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and rubbed his head vigorously: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you——wait until it gets dark before doing anything, hold on tight!" Come on, don't let that Taoist priest go away. I'm afraid his status is not low, as long as he is caught, Xing will be able to find out that third prince Zhu who pretends to be a ghost along the way."

Being able to fool Lao Qi so much that he almost put the blame of the plague on himself, and being able to arrange such a comprehensive game for Lao Ba, forcing Huang Ama step by step in the court to the point where he had to deal with the prince Well, this fake Taoist is probably not an ordinary person.Yinqi specially borrowed some imperial guards from Huang Ama for the old fourteenth, and he also brought the seven-star guards with him, and squatted outside with him until it was dark, and finally ordered to encircle and encircle the Taoist temple. All the people won.

Those little Taoist priests did have two brushes, and they fought desperately, and for a while they managed to be in a stalemate with the imperial guards.The Taoist priest's skills were also quite superb, several imperial guards couldn't hold him down, and they almost made people run out.Yinzhen was so anxious that he raised his legs and was about to chase, but was grabbed by Yinqi, who slammed his neck to protect him.Accompanied by the sound of a gunshot, Tanlang jumped on him, raised his hand and slashed at his wrist, easily dropped the musket in his hand, and pinned the man to the ground firmly by clasping his joints: "Master!"

"I'm fine—he's really good at shooting this shot, but it's much worse than his ability to stir up wind and rain."

Yinqi stood up and straightened his clothes, walked a few feet away, picked up the iron ball-like bullets on the ground, stuffed them into the hands of the still-shocked Old Fourteen, rubbed his head and smiled lightly Said: "Shut up the shock, it's okay - when you go out to lead troops to fight in the future, you should be careful. A general can't charge up in person, don't be like General Tong, I don't dare to take him Let it out again..."

That shot just now was really dangerous-after all, a Taoist priest shot at someone, this scene is quite weird when you think about it.If it wasn't for Yinqi seeing the dazzling red light on him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to react to the danger in this situation.With the younger brother standing by himself to calm down, Yinqi looked at the messy Taoist temple, and motioned for the guards to tie up everyone tightly and take them down the mountain, then he took Yinzhen's shoulder and patted lightly: "Okay That's it, we've finished arresting everyone, let's go down the mountain too."

Yinzhen finally came back to his senses at this time, grabbed Yinqi's sleeve and looked up and down nervously, asking him if he was injured.Yinqi really didn't have the nerve to tell him that the bullet might still be five or six feet away from the two of them, but he repeatedly assured that he was really fine, and coaxed him patiently all the way, which finally made the younger brother feel relieved.After taking the musket that Tanlang was carrying and looked carefully, he couldn't help but frowned slightly and said, "This gun is very delicate and well maintained, I'm afraid it was bought directly from a foreigner—ordinary People don’t have such a network, you go back and check to see if it’s related to him again..."

Tanlang nodded in response, then put the gun away again, not daring to ask him to carry it around like this.It is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, not to mention that the sky is already dark, but the time for going down the mountain is a bit longer than going up the mountain.The group of people managed to get down to the foot of the mountain, and before Yinqi could take a breath, he saw his little Jiuer striding over, with a rare panic and panic on his face: "Fifth Brother, hurry up—— Something big is happening in the palace!"

"What happened again?"

Yin Qi frowned slightly, pulled the younger brother who had always escaped to his side and stood firm, and asked in a low voice.Yinzhen bumped into him and stopped, gasped for a few breaths, looked around nervously, then held the elder brother's shoulders, tiptoed to his ear and said, "Ma Qi came to look for you but didn't find you, just look around." Go to me and tell me that the crown prince went into the palace with a sword in hand, I don't know what he is going to do..."

Listening to his words, Yinqi's heart tightened suddenly, and he couldn't help but think of the prince's strange behavior and reaction when he suddenly heard that the incense came from Xinzheku last night.Pressed Yinzhen's shoulder hard to stop him from talking nonsense with others outside, and informed Yinzhen again, then got on the horse with Tanlang, and rushed all the way to the palace.

Now the prince should be in confinement, it would be a big mistake to go out of the palace without any reason, not to mention such a crazy act of breaking into the palace with a sharp weapon.Yinqi was worried in his heart whether he would do something more outrageous, so he galloped all the way, but entered the palace in a moment, threw his waist card to the guards blocking the way, and went straight to the good concubine's Chuxiu Palace passed.

The palace where the inferior concubines live is not big, and it looks almost the same from the outside.It was the first time for Yinqi to come to this kind of place, and he was a little dizzy for a while, and he found the place only after being led by Tanlang.Seeing the deserted outside with no gatekeeper, he couldn't help feeling more and more depressed, so he abandoned his horse and walked quickly inside for a while, only to hear the maid's terrified screams from the side hall.

It has come to such a point, but Yin Qi didn't care much, pushed open the door of the side hall and broke in, but couldn't help being a little distracted by the scene in front of him, and didn't know how to react for a while.

Concubine Liang curled up in the corner in horror, her head trembling uncontrollably. Eighth Prince straightened up and knelt between her and the prince, silently blocking the sword edge that the prince stabbed at Concubine Liang.The sharp sword had sunk several inches into his shoulder, but Yinhu's expression was still as calm as a clay sculpture.The prince held the hilt of the sword tightly in his hand, and looked at their mother and son with a half-smile, his eyes filled with dark murderous intent condensed by a storm.

"What are you doing here, isn't it already irrelevant to your family?"

His movement was so loud that the prince didn't even bother to take a second look at the door, he already guessed that the first one to rush over was definitely this nosy younger brother.He asked casually disapprovingly, and the sword in his hand moved forward a little bit.

"Can you put down the sword first, let's try to solve the problem with our fists..."

Yinqi only felt that he had a severe headache, so he tentatively responded.Just as he was about to move forward, the prince suddenly glanced at him, his eyes filled with an uncontrollable hostility: "Fifth, it's not always possible to be your good old man—you come here now, and I will immediately take the place of the emperor." Ama, apart from this evil person and that lowly servant girl behind him, this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't get involved. You treat him as your younger brother, but did he ever regard you as your elder brother?"

Hearing the almost real killing intent in his voice, Yin Qi had no choice but to take another step back, with his right hand behind his back, he made a subtle gesture towards Tanlang.Seeing that the prince turned back and didn't look at him anymore, he tore off the jade pendant that was polished smooth and round from his waist, and weighed it twice in his hand without any trace.Just about to wait for an opportunity to throw it out to ease the situation before talking, but suddenly heard hurried footsteps, accompanied by a familiar voice from behind: "Yinfeng!"

"Huang Ama, don't you even want to stop my son-in-law?"

The prince asked in a low voice, his eyes fell on the eighth elder brother and the concubine Liang, and suddenly he withdrew the sword, and then pressed it against Yinhu's neck, slowly drawing a dazzling bloodstain.Yinhu still just knelt motionless, even his eyes didn't fluctuate a bit, and his eyes were already in a trance like ashes.

Kangxi looked at this son with a complicated expression, but he didn't stop drinking immediately, his chest heaved rapidly for a while, and then he said slowly in a hoarse voice: "Yinfeng, he is your younger brother..."

"The fifth brother is my younger brother, he is not."

The prince sneered, the sword in his hand was still resting on Yinhu's neck, and his eyes were already full of blood that was almost crazy: "30 years ago, the third prince Zhu set fire to the capital, and even cooperated with the eunuch of the former Ming Dynasty. Rebellion. Empress Hesheli was frightened and died of dystocia—Huang Ama, have you forgotten?!"

Kangxi's body swayed violently, and was supported by Yinqi. He took two quick breaths before recovering, and took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Yinfeng, be obedient...the matter is not yet settled, even There is a conclusion, it is Huang Ama who dealt with their mother and son, you are the prince of a country, you must not be charged with the crime of killing brothers..."

"Huang Ama, I don't want to be the prince for a long time, let's abolish my son."

The prince seemed to calm down suddenly, lowered his eyes and responded in a low voice, and slowly withdrew the long sword in his hand: "Prince Zhu, my son, I have remembered this name since I can remember. Over the years, I I can't wait to eat his flesh and lay down his skin, smashing his bones one by one, and delaying him to pay homage to the emperor's mother... But these two people colluded with the third prince Zhu. What's the use of saving the remnants of evil, let them get together to rebel?"

After saying that, the sword in his hand suddenly pierced towards Eighth Brother's chest like lightning.Yinqi had already sensed something was wrong, so he circled Huang Ama behind his back, shot out the jade pendant in his hand, and hit the prince's wrist precisely, causing his right hand to feel numb, and the sword's momentum also slowed down. down.Tanlang jumped up almost at the same time, threw away the eighth elder brother who was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, and kicked the sword far away.

Seeing that Liang Jiugong had supported Kangxi, Yinqi quickly followed up with confidence, pressed the prince's shoulder, and forced him to sit down in the chair: "Second brother, think about it carefully. ——If the third prince Zhu was still alive back then, he would have died in his late [-]s and [-]s. What kind of rebellion did he have? How many fake Zhu San have appeared in these years, and this time it is just a false claim to his identity The jumping beam clown, it is worth you to do such a thing, and put yourself in it!"

"Baocheng, the Third Prince Zhu is dead. I personally killed him and engraved his head on your mother's spirit..."

Kangxi walked over staggeringly supported by Liang Jiugong, but he didn't scold the crown prince, he just put his hand on his shoulder, and softly called the son's long-lost nickname: "At that time, you were young and didn't understand anything. I never told you about it—I don’t know that you have heard of it, and I have remembered it until now..."

The prince looked up in a daze, his body suddenly began to tremble violently, and the murderous intent in his eyes gradually melted into a deep pain and exhaustion.His eyes suddenly shrank, as if he had been scalded by the long-lost gentle gaze, he hastily turned his head away from Kangxi's gaze, blinked his eyes as hard as he could, but his eye sockets still turned red all of a sudden: "The emperor Ma, Huang Ama... You can abolish me, my son is not up to date, my son doesn't want to be the prince anymore - I have been too tired all these years, so you can let me go and enjoy myself, I have been a prince for so many years Prince, being a son is really enough..."

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