The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

When Yinzuo arrived at Qinzheng Hall, there was already a commotion inside.

"...In just half a month, there have been accidents one after another. Shanxi rarely has heavy snow, Guangxi Yao people rebelled, Shuntian scholars made trouble, and now there is a big fire... All kinds of ominous things should not be careless. It is better to ask eminent monks or shamans to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings... ..."

"Nonsense! The rebellion of Yao people in Guangxi was caused by officials in Qiongzhou who were greedy for money. Shuntian scholars made trouble because of cheating in the rural examination. The fire in the suburbs was because they were careless in heating themselves! All these incidents are clearly man-made disasters." ! You are so persuasive, making trouble out of nothing, what are your intentions!"

"Then why isn't it burned elsewhere, but Liu Ye's nest is the one that was burned? Why didn't it catch fire at the other side, but it caught fire on the first day of the crown prince's canonization ceremony?"

"The ground nest is made of branches and straw, and the inside is covered with straw bedding and other things. If you light a fire indiscriminately to keep warm inside, it is very easy to catch fire! Those refugees ignored the warnings from the officials and killed themselves. It has nothing to do with others. It has nothing to do with God's will! But you insist on linking this matter with the crown prince, you clearly have evil intentions!"

"Inviting shamans and eminent monks is considered vicious? I think you have ghosts in your heart!"

"When did the Shuntianfu Township Examination take place? It has been snowing heavily in Shanxi for more than a month! Why don't you include last year's severe drought in Shaanxi and this year's Yellow River embankment as well? It's simply unreasonable!"

"..."

Yinzuo stood outside the door, listening to the endless quarrel inside, gave a wry smile, turned and left.

"Prince!" A young eunuch chased after him and said, "Where are you going? You can't leave now!"

Of course Yin Zuo knew that he shouldn't leave at this moment. If he was positioned as "unlucky" at the beginning of his position, it would be extremely unfavorable to him. It will be considered that his prince has no virtue.If he is unlucky, accidents will happen frequently in the next few years, and those people can drag him off the horse just because of this.

Moreover, even those who defended him won and resisted the "ominous" words, if he didn't show up at this moment, it would be a mistake.

"Have you heard the words inside?"

The little eunuch nodded.

Yinzuo asked: "Do you know how the fire happened?"

The little eunuch said: "It is said that the refugees living inside lit a fire to keep warm carelessly, which caused the fire."

Yin Zuo hummed, and asked again: "How many people died? Has the identity been confirmed?"

The little eunuch said: "I heard from Shuntian Fu Yin that more than 130 corpses were found. As for the identities... I haven't heard about it."

"Then how are their funerals handled? And how are the surviving refugees resettled?"

The little eunuch shook his head: "I haven't heard anyone mention this."

Yinzuo smiled wryly: "That means they have been arguing here for so long, just arguing whether to hire a shaman?"

The little eunuch said, "It's not just this..."

Yinzuo hesitated to speak, turned and left: "If they ask, just say I'm going for a walk in the suburbs."

-

The Diwozi outside the city, which was bustling a few days ago, is now empty without a single person, and there are only a few scorched walls left in the dozen or so rooms.

There are no beggars in ragged clothes, no refugees with their families, no poor people who come here to spend the winter temporarily, no kind-hearted people who give gruel, no servants who maintain discipline, and the surrounding is terribly quiet, only the snowflakes are silent. The breath fell, trying to cover all of this with a pure white camouflage.

Yin Zuo walked through the empty houses, and it took a long time to stop slowly.

"Master, it's already like this, it's useless for you to look at it again." Wangcai persuaded: "It's snowing again, let's go back!"

"I'll ask later, where have all the people here moved?"

Wangcai said: "You don't need to ask the servants to know this. Where else can they go? They can go wherever they are originally! Broken temples, under the eaves, corners of walls, bridge holes..."

He sighed, and said: "The dead are all beggars and refugees on the street. They don't even have any relatives. Even if they have relatives, most of them are burned to death together. The corpses are thrown on the graveyard, and then the people are driven away. , it’s over.”

It was because his master had a kind heart that he thought of building a house for them to live in, but now a good thing has turned into a bad thing.

Seeing Yin Zuo's face was very ugly, Wangcai knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Master, don't think too much, you said earlier that you can't light a fire at will, they don't listen, who is to blame? If not With this thing, more than 100 people died of freezing in the past two years?"

Yinzuo took a look at Wangcai, he actually thought too much, he wasn't as good as the Holy Mother to take the responsibility on himself - it would be a mistake if he really wanted to build them a house, then wouldn't the most wrong one be Suirenshi who taught people how to use fire?

It's just that this place was built because of him, and he has put in a lot of hard work. When he usually goes to the factory in the suburbs, he will always come around, talk to the people here, and help them find a way to survive... How can he in such a situation now? Maybe there is no feeling at all?

Even if someone lighted a fire at will, it was the fault of one person, how innocent were the others?

Yin Zuo was silent, stopped in front of a burnt-out diwozi, and walked towards the steps.

Last year, he kicked open the door himself, causing two legs of the "beggars" inside to be broken. He also taught these people how to build a fire wall to keep warm, and set the rule of expulsion from this place if they lit a fire randomly. ...Now it seems that it is all in vain.

"Master!" Wang Cai stopped in front of him first, and begged: "Master, don't, don't go down!"

In winter, this place is always crowded with people. Regardless of the small room, there are at least a dozen people living in it. In other words, more than a dozen people have just lost their lives here...

Yinzuo said lightly: "I'll go and see if my incense burner is still there."

"Master," Wangcai pushed Yin Zuo up: "Master, don't go down, the slave will find it for you! The slave will find it for you!"

Turning around and just taking two steps, I heard Yinzuo's voice behind me: "Forget it, don't look for it."

So what if you find it, if you find it, it will add another kind of discomfort, if you can't find it, it doesn't necessarily mean that they escaped a catastrophe, even if they escaped a catastrophe, the more than 130 people who died will not die because of this. A few less.

"Go back... go back."

Wangcai agreed happily, and waved his hand to let the carriage behind him follow up. He was about to let Yinzuo get on the carriage, but he saw Yinzuo looking in one direction with a dazed expression on his face.

"master?"

Yinzuo turned a deaf ear to his words, and ran quickly in one direction, Wangcai hurriedly followed behind, and said, "Master, what did you see?"

But seeing Yin Zuo stopped in front of a well-damaged nest, his face instantly became terribly pale.

"master?"

Xu Zuo walked around the area of ​​the fire, returned to the original place, and looked at the ruined walls in front of him, feeling as if his whole body was soaked in ice water, which was bitingly cold.

Time and time again, why would there be such a person in the world, who would regard a person who is like me, flesh and blood, who can talk, think, cry, hurt and laugh, as nothing...

At this moment, he really hopes that there is the word reincarnation in this world, so that those people will struggle with the screams imposed on others, and taste them one by one in hell.

I don't know how long it took, a warm cloak wrapped him from head to toe, Yin Zuo shivered from the heat, Yin Zhen held his cold hand and said angrily: "Wangcai, you are Serving the master like this?"

Wangcai bowed his head.

Yinzhen took Yinzuo halfway into the carriage, and scolded: "It's such a cold day, why are you hanging around outside? Can they come back to life when you come?"

Yinzuo seemed to have never heard of it, his eyes fell outside the window, and he didn't say a word.

Yinzhen sighed: "Some things, you have to get used to them."

Yinzuo remained silent, and after a long time, he whispered: "Why should I get used to this kind of thing?"

Yinzhen opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, so he had no choice but to shut up.

Yin Zuo still looked out of the window, the object was snow-white, clean as if fake, until the carriage entered the city, Yin Zuo looked away and asked, "Did you know it a long time ago, fourth brother?"

"what do you know?"

Yinzuo said: "I know this is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."

Yinzhen said: "It wasn't heaven..."

Yinzuo interrupted: "Fourth brother, you understand what I mean!"

Yinzhen closed his eyes and said, "What happened to the Yellow River bursting its embankment back then, what happened to today's fire! You should understand what I mean!"

Yin Zuo lay back on the wall of the carriage, he understood, how could he not understand?So many lives, of course, can only be caused by the breach of the Yellow River, not by the court officials deliberately blowing up the embankment.What happened today, of course, can only be their own fault, not someone deliberately setting fire to hit the prince with the word "unlucky"...

More than 100 lives, just to add the word "unlucky" to him...

Human life is so cheap...

Yin Zuo felt a little dizzy in front of his eyes, his chest was stuffy and painful, and he couldn't breathe, so he rubbed his temples: "Who did it?"

He could close the case anyway, but he had to know who the culprit was.

Yinzhen shook his head: "I don't know."

"Fourth Brother!"

Yinzhen smiled wryly and said, "If I knew who did it, I wouldn't let it happen——I got the news only half an hour earlier than you."

Even if he does it again, it is impossible for him to know everything, not to mention, the world has long been changed beyond recognition because of the two of them.

Seeing Yinzuo's disbelief at all, Yinzhen sighed: "Sixth brother, if you see more, you will understand like me that there may be coincidences in this world, but coincidences are not always so lucky or unfortunate. It happened to you and me... When you get home, don't think too much, just go back to sleep, and leave the rest to me."

Yin Zuo hummed, and got up to get off the car. Just as he stood up, his eyes were suddenly dark, and even Yin Zhen's exclamation was only half-voiced.

-

In Yinzuo's room, Kangxi's face sank like water: "Fourth brother, is this the result you want?"

Yinzhen pursed his lips and said nothing.

"It's a miracle that he didn't get sick last time when the Yellow River burst its embankment!" Kangxi said angrily, "You heard what he said afterwards, how dare you let him encounter such a thing?"

How could Yinzhen forget that at that time, this person smiled so casually, but his eyes were so fragile that it made people tremble: "...Huang Ama, my son didn't come to this world to bring misfortune to people."

I didn't come into this world to bring misfortune to people...

He didn't know what kind of mood his younger brother, who seemed to care nothing about, said such words.He only knew himself at that time, and his heartache couldn't be more...

At that time, he only wanted to protect him well and let him live his life happily and freely, but he didn't know when he started asking more and more from him, and sometimes he would even Thinking about it, that incident is actually not a bad thing...

If it wasn't for that incident, maybe his younger brother would never think of doing something for this world, would never show his abilities, and would always just be his dandy sixth prince... And he will never know that the younger brother he has watched grow up is his greatest hope...

In addition to wanting to tie him up with responsibility, Yinzhen has tried very hard to protect him and prevent him from facing these messy things by himself.For example, in this accident, he arranged everything as quickly as possible before notifying Yin Zuo to come over, as long as he could show up, but who knew that he would run to the place where the incident happened, who knew that he would only hang around there. After a circle, I knew that someone had set the fire on purpose.

Yinzhen's eyes fell on the face of Yinzuo who was still sleeping—is he really wrong?

Kangxi got angry when he saw his sullen look, and said angrily, "Get out!"

Yinzhen bowed his head and left without saying a word.

Kangxi pressed his temple and let out a long sigh.

He knew that he was venting his anger, and Yinzhen couldn't be blamed for this matter anyway.

It was still snowing outside, Yinzhen stood outside the door, watching the snowflakes falling under the eaves, speechless for a long time, Su Peisheng stepped forward to put a cloak on him, but dared not say a word.

A servant brought medicine and ginseng soup, and Yinzhen gave up the position at the door. After they went in to serve, they were driven out by Kangxi, and there were only a few of them left inside and outside the door.

After an unknown amount of time, Yinzuo's voice finally came from inside: "Huang Ama..."

"Are you awake? How do you feel? Liang Jiugong, go and call the imperial physician."

"Don't bother, my son's own illness is clear, and he'll be fine when he wakes up," Yinzuo said in a soft voice, "calling them here is just a few bitter medicines in vain."

"Then let them feel the pulse."

When Liang Jiugong went out, he saw Yinzhen who was standing outside the door, and he was slightly taken aback, so he called Qian'er and went.

"Huang Ama, can you tell them that if I get dizzy in the future, don't drink ginseng soup anymore. Every time I wake up, my mouth will smell like earth, and I will die of discomfort."

"Okay, next time you get dizzy again, I will ask them to give you Coptis chinensis."

"Emperor Ama!"

Kangxi touched his forehead, sighed softly, and said: "Yin Zuo, the so-called compassion does not command soldiers. As a superior, not only must you get used to your opponent using any means to hit you, but sometimes you even have to sacrifice your own people on your own initiative." , you can't go on like this."

"Huang Ama, do you also think that I am not suitable to be a prince?"

When Kangxi saw his happy appearance, he became very angry and said: "I mean, you still have to study hard!"

Yinzuo cried and said with a mournful face: "This is so difficult, my son will definitely not be able to learn it, or when he learns it, his life will be gone."

Kangxi said angrily: "What kind of expression do you have, do you want me to depose you? Do you think the life of abolishing the crown prince will be easy?"

Yin Zuo said indifferently: "As long as Huang Ama doesn't despise his son, the son can be a commoner and he can be free! Moreover, the brothers are kind to the son and will not bully him."

Kangxi was speechless to him, and sighed: "Since you still don't like being the prince, why did you agree to it back then? Don't tell me it's because you love the fourth child!"

Yinzuo blinked and said, "Huang Ama, promise your son not to be angry, and my son will tell you."

"Okay, I'm not angry, just tell me!"

Although it was Kangxi's own intention for Yinzuo to be the prince, he was really curious as to why this son who hated restraint the most was willing to trap himself on the throne of the prince.

"Because the son wants to help the fourth brother occupy the seat first..."

Help the fourth child occupy the seat first... Kangxi was so angry that he almost punched him.

Seeing this, Yin Zuo hurriedly said: "Huang Ama, you promise not to be angry!"

Kangxi gritted his teeth: "I'm not angry!"

Don't be angry!

Yinzuo continued: "At that time, everything was at its peak. If I didn't become the prince, everyone would not be able to step down, and Huang Ama would be very embarrassed. Once Huang Ama was embarrassed, he would be angry with the fourth brother. The fourth brother and the eighth brother The younger brother's ability is not far behind, Huang Ama will definitely make the eighth younger brother when she is angry..."

Kangxi said: "You don't want to see Lao Ba so much? As I remember, Lao Ba protects you everywhere!"

Yinzuo sighed: "Actually, either the fourth brother or the eighth brother is good to be the prince, especially the eighth brother. If he becomes the prince, maybe the son will be more comfortable...but the fourth brother will not be successful."

"how?"

"The fourth brother doesn't know why, but he always treats the eighth brother strangely," Yinzuo said, "My son has a feeling that if the fourth brother becomes the emperor, he will use the eighth brother very much. The younger brother is at his mercy... But if the eighth brother is in power, the fourth brother will definitely try his best to drag him off the horse. The two of them, one is the son's elder brother, and the other is the son's younger brother. The son can't watch them fight to the death. Bar?"

Kangxi frowned and remained silent.

Yinzuo continued: "So the son occupies the place first, and when Huang Ama's anger subsides, he gives up the place and replaces the fourth brother. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Kangxi was amused, and said: "What do you think the position of the prince is? Are you playing tricks?"

Yinzuo said: "Then Huang Ama, what do you think you should do?"

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "Zhen will abolish you tomorrow, and replace you with the old one!"

Yin Zuo said with a smile: "The eighth brother is not at home! Why don't you just let the fourth brother go?"

Kangxi was very angry and funny, and said: "I will abolish you first, and when Lao Ba comes back from Dongying, he will make a great contribution and be a prince!"

Yin Zuo said firmly: "You won't do it, Huang Ama!"

Kangxi raised his forehead, and he also had a faint feeling about what Yinzuo said. If Yinzuo and Yinzhen had really wiped everyone out, he would be angry, no matter what Yinzuo said, he would immediately Old Eight...but now the situation has changed, he can't help thinking about it.

Yin Zuo smiled flatteringly and said: "Ama Huang, my son has told me the truth, when did you abolish my son?"

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "How important is it to be the crown prince of a country? Do you think you can go up if you want to go up, and you can go down if you want to go down? You can be your prince with peace of mind!"

"Huang Ama," Yin Zuo mourned, "Your son is not successful, didn't you also say, kindness does not lead soldiers, where is the material for my son..."

Kangxi said lightly: "In this world, who hasn't been innocent and kind? You have also experienced a lot, Lao Liu, and you will always get used to it."

"Huang Ama..."

"If you dare to mention the abolition of the crown prince to me again, I will immediately set the rules for the crown prince to go to court on time!"

Yinzuo wants to cry but has no tears, this trick is really cruel...

Kangxi sighed, the prince was established to relieve worries, and when he established a prince, all he had to worry about was left.

Yinzuo just fainted for a while, and he will be fine when he wakes up. Kangxi has a lot of government affairs to deal with, and after the imperial doctor checked that there is no serious problem, he went back to the palace. Yinzhen confessed a few words and left.

After sending the two away, the smile on Yin Zuo's face gradually faded, and he drove everyone else out of the room, lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a light sound from the window, and it was gently pushed open. A figure easily rolled in, and turned back to close the window.

Yin Zuo was slightly startled: "Chen Zhuo?"

Chen Zhuo sat on the chair carelessly, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "It's hard for you to remember me."

He sniffed lightly at the mouth of the teacup, and sighed, "As expected of the emperor's old tea, it really is a good thing."

Yinzuo smiled and said, "I don't dare to recognize it's black, but among the people I know, you are the only one who likes to look through the windows, so it's hard not to recognize it."

Chen Zhuo ignored his teasing, and asked, "You really don't want to be emperor?"

Yinzuo's pupils shrank: "Just now you heard what Huang Ama and I said, how did you get close?"

When Kangxi came over, although there were not many people with him on the surface, the surroundings were always heavily guarded.

Chen Zhuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, at least for the time being I'm not interested in killing him..."

"The surrounding defenses are very strict, but you forgot, I have this!" Chen Zhuo triumphantly showed a jade pendant, and said, "Use this thing to break through the perimeter, and I can't just break into the inside."

Yin Zuo was furious: "Give it back to me!"

He gave Chen Zhuo the jade pendant at the beginning so that they could meet him conveniently after returning to the voyage, not for him to get close to Kangxi.

Chen Zhuo opened the front of his clothes, let go, the jade pendant fell into his arms, and patted it twice to show that it was safe.

"Boring!" Yinzuo snorted coldly, so what if he didn't return it, whether this jade pendant can be used or not is not a matter of his words?

"You haven't told me if you really don't want to be emperor."

"What does this have to do with you?"

Chen Zhuo said, "If you want to be emperor, I can help you!"

Yin Zuo said angrily, "How dare you!" Chen Zhuo's so-called helping him, what else could it be other than stabbing him?

"I don't know good people." Chen Zhuo shook his head and said, "If you really don't want to be a prince, why did you tell the emperor? Are you afraid that he will become angry and make your wish come true?"

Yin Zuo glanced at him, and said: "Ama Huang loves me dearly. Since he established me, he never thought of abolishing me... If I don't tell Ama Huang personally that I don't want to be a prince, unless I really make him too Disappointed, otherwise Huang Ama wouldn't have abolished me."

Chen Zhuo cut his throat and said, "You two have a good relationship."

Yinzuo snorted coldly and said, "That's natural."

Chen Zhuo curled his lips in disdain, and said, "This time you got all the things and people you wanted. I thought they were too slow, so I took a step ahead. I heard that you were sick when I arrived in Beijing, so I came to see—" — If you have nothing to do, I will leave first, and I will bring them to see you when they arrive in Beijing."

Yinzuo said: "As soon as you say it, I really want to trouble you."

Chen Zhuo tutted his tongue and said, "You are really impolite, didn't you hear that the master just said it so casually?"

How could he be called a master... Yinzuo said: "You came back just in time, and I just wanted to kill someone. Since you are here, I don't bother to find others."

Chen Zhuo pointed to his nose and said in disbelief, "You asked me to help you kill dogs? Are you out of your mind? Do you think I might agree?"

"Of course I will."