The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

Half an hour later, the little eunuch who was in charge of taking care of Hong Fu discovered to his dismay that his uncle dog had brought back a fat rabbit, and blood was everywhere inside and outside the kennel.

Thinking of his master's order "absolutely do not feed raw meat", he hurriedly took tools to clean it up. While working helplessly, he rejoiced that Mr. Hong Fu didn't like places with many people, so the house was built in a remote place, which has never been a problem. People passing by - even if someone saw him cleaning the kennel from a distance and didn't see the blood, they wouldn't think too much about it.

After tidying up, I took the fat rabbit back to destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces—by the way, I had a tooth-beating sacrifice.

Almost at the same time, Yin Zuo casually threw an ingot of silver into the arms of Imperial Physician Duan, and said with a smile, "Hush money."

Imperial Physician Duan glared at him angrily. How about giving him ten taels of silver as hush money?

Since Yinzuo was six years old, he has been responsible for taking care of his body. Later, he retired and was invited back to take care of him. Life and death, honor and disgrace have long been tied to Yinzuo. Yinzuo's so-called "hush money" is nothing but Tell him it's out of the question.

Imperial Physician Duan sighed and packed the medicine box, said: "The wound has been cleaned up, and the internal medicine will be delivered to me in person after I finish it."

After a pause, he continued: "Your Highness, don't blame me for being old and talkative. These people in the Jianghu act on the whim of the moment. They seldom take care of the overall situation. They are the most likely to cause trouble. It is better for Your Highness to avoid dealing with them."

Yinzuo smiled wryly, did he want to know Chen Zhuo?He sighed and said, "I also understand this truth, but now that I've known each other, he still runs errands and works hard for me, so I can't let it go, can I?"

After seeing Imperial Physician Duan away, Yinzuo sat beside Chen Zhuo's bed and said, "Tell me, how did you get hurt?"

Chen Zhuo sneered and said, "Is it useful to tell you?"

Yinzuo snorted coldly: "My lord is useless, if you have the ability, don't go into Hongfu's doghouse!"

Chen Zhuo pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Have you gone to Prince Yu's mansion?"

Chen Zhuo glanced at him, but still didn't speak.

"The two bullets taken by Imperial Physician Duan from you are newly produced in the past two months. The only people who can use them are Huang Ama and our brothers." Yinzuo said: "You If you touch Huang Ama, it is absolutely impossible to come out alive. As for the other princes and elder brothers - you don't even kill Huang Ama, and you probably won't touch them. Only..."

Chen Zhuo glanced at him, gritted his teeth and turned his back to Yinzuo.

Seeing that he not only didn't want to talk, but even wanted to listen, Yin Zuo simply shut up and didn't continue talking.

Chen Zhuo originally thought that Yinzuo would continue to ask questions persistently, but who knew he would stop like this.Chen Zhuo didn't hear a sound coming from behind him for a long while, but Chen Zhuo struggled and rolled over again, but saw that there was nothing around him, so he turned his head and looked out through the screen.

I don't know what kind of material the screen is made of. It looks like a light ink landscape painting from the outside, but from the inside, you can vaguely see the scene outside.

Yin Zuo was sitting in front of the window writing, his back was straight and his head was slightly lowered. Chen Zhuo couldn't see his appearance clearly, but suddenly felt that the curvature of his neck and chin was very beautiful, and the way he held the pen was very relaxed and beautiful... …So I laughed at myself, even looking down on myself a bit.

He let out a long breath towards the sky, closed his eyes, and just fell asleep like this.

It took an unknown amount of time before Chen Zhuo was awakened by whispers outside.

"Master, I found out clearly," Wangcai said in a low voice, "It is indeed Prince Yu's mansion—a few guards died, Prince Yu also injured his arm, and was a little frightened."

Yin Zuo kept writing, and hummed lightly.

Wangcai said: "I heard that Lord Long Live was furious and ordered the whole city to search and arrest him, and even went to visit Prince Yu himself."

After a pause, his voice was lowered, and he said: "I heard Eunuch Liang whispered that I haven't seen you for a few months. Prince Yu is skinny. Long live is angry and wants to punish the crimes of his subordinates. Only the people below will report that Prince Yu During this period of time, I have been free from meat and meat, and I stabbed blood every day to copy the scriptures. The Lord Longevity even went to the Buddhist hall to see the blood scriptures that were enshrined... Later, Prince Yu cried bitterly, saying that he missed the Lord Longevity, but he couldn’t see him again. This is my filial piety... Long live God also shed tears... I have been staying in Prince Yu's mansion for two hours, and returned to the palace after dinner, and said that he can enter the palace at any time in the future, so there is no need to be taboo... "

Yin Zuo hummed again, and interrupted: "Is there anyone who can see his appearance clearly?"

Wangcai glanced at the inside, shook his head and said: "I heard that the people from the Ministry of Punishment and the Shuntian Mansion, who covered their faces with black scarves from head to toe, led dogs and chased the bloodstains for a certain distance, but they couldn't go any further."

He said again: "Master, this person can't be kept... If Lord Long Live finds out that he has something to do with you, even you will have to eat and walk around..."

Yinzuo said: "Leaving aside the moral reasons, is it clear that if you throw him out and let the Shuntian Mansion take him, you will be innocent? Who doesn't know that he was once the bodyguard of the Lord?"

He had to be thankful that Chen Zhuo escaped smoothly without causing him any trouble!

Now that something has happened, it’s not good to keep people by your side, it’s even worse to throw them out and get caught, the injuries are so serious, the investigation is so strict, it’s unrealistic to send them out of the city, the best way is to kill people, and then Destroying the corpse and destroying the traces, but Yin Zuo couldn't do it - what else could he do except hide it?

Wangcai said anxiously: "But that can't be put here! If people see it, wouldn't the shit pot be pinched to death on the master's head?"

The assassin hides in his bedroom, if someone sees him, he will become his master if not his master.

"It's okay." How could Yinzuo not think of this?She comforted her and said: "The girl only comes in once a day in Master's room, and only cleans the outside. They are never allowed to come in inside, and you clean it up yourself. As long as they are cleaning, they hide in the corner of the bed, and if they don't make a sound, they won't come in." Something will happen."

This kind of box-like universal bed has the advantage of being convenient for people.

It's also because he used to boast of being frank, there wasn't even a secret room in the bedroom, so it was difficult to find a place that wouldn't be broken into and easy to take care of.

If you find a place outside, it's convenient, but you can't avoid the search, forget it, let's just do it here!

In fact, Yinzuo is not very afraid of being implicated, even if Kangxi thinks that he sent someone to assassinate Yinreng, so what?He has a hundred reasons to kill him!However, based on Kangxi's understanding of him, it is estimated that even if he caught him, he would not think that he did it-at worst, he would have a quarrel, and at worst, he would not be a prince.

For the remaining few days, Yinzuo still went to Qianqing Palace to accompany Kangxi every morning, but never mentioned the assassin. Kangxi reminded him to be careful, to take less time to go out and bring more people, and he responded casually.

Yin Zuo stayed in the palace for more than an hour every day, and then found excuses to go back home, not even interested in shopping - because there was a rebel who assassinated the prince, now the whole city is under martial law, and house-to-house searches are carried out, and the streets are not in chaos , It's just deserted and uninteresting.

Probably because when the prince was recommended at the beginning, only the third elder brother Yinzhi recommended Yinreng, so this time when Yinreng had an accident, Kangxi handed over the arrest of the murderer to Yinzhi. People from Wucheng Bingmasi, Shuntian Mansion and Criminal Department were all turned around by him.

The case of the Yang family that Yinzhi was concerned about was thus delayed.

Although Chen Zhuo was seriously injured, he recovered quickly. After four or five days, he could barely walk on the ground. Because the outside inspection was too strict, he could only stay in Yin Zuo's room, but he didn't know that he was angry with himself. Still angry with Yinzuo, no matter how he refused to speak, Yinzuo didn't bother to talk to him.

"Master," Wangcai became more nervous as the investigation became more stringent outside, and he would come to report the latest news from time to time: "Officials have been monitoring around the pharmacy these days, and anyone who buys wound medicine has been strictly inspected, and they haven't been found for four or five days now." People, so I aimed at the big family again, saying that only the big family will always have so many medicinal materials at home. I heard that the family of officials will be searched next, do you think it will..."

Because of the relationship between the master's promotion to the crown prince, the news of Wangcai became more and more well-informed. It was both accurate and secret, and it could not be described in the words gossip.But fortunately, although Wangcai likes to show off his prestige, he knows what he can't say outside, otherwise Yinzuo should lock him in the mansion and not allow him to go out.

Hearing Wangcai's nervous words, Yinzuo suddenly had a sense of absurdity, as if he was a high-ranking spy lurking in the Qing court from Tiandihui... so fucking absurd!

He said in his mouth: "My lord is the crown prince anyway, if you really find him, the Qing Dynasty will be enough!"

Just as he was talking, the housekeeper asked to see him outside, and came in and said, "His Royal Highness, King Chengjun is here."

Yinzuo said: "Ask him to wait in the flower hall...what's the matter?"

The housekeeper's face was very ugly, and he said: "The king of Chengjun brought someone here."

Yinzuo said: "Oh? Who is it?"

Do you get so angry with someone?This housekeeper won't suffer from the problem of Wangcai, right?

The butler gritted his teeth and said, "The soldiers of the five cities and the admirals of the nine gates!"

Yinzuo glanced at Wangcai: You won't be hit by this crow's mouth, right?

Asked: "He wants to bring someone in?"

The housekeeper said: "Yes."

Yinzuo sneered, and said casually: "Third brother always likes to show off, it's rare that he has so many people under his command now, let him take it if he wants to take it!"

Wangcai said anxiously: "Master, if you really let him bring people in, what's the face of you, master?"

"It's okay," Yin Zuo said lightly, "Face is never given by others. What other people think of it is not important at all."

Since Yinzhi's visitor was not kind, Yinzuo didn't bother to greet him. As soon as Yinzhi entered the door, he saw Yinzuo who was practicing calligraphy on the small desk in front of the window. See you, I miss you so much..."

Yinzuo smiled and said: "I can see that the king of Chengjun is really thinking about himself, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry, wearing official uniforms, and coming to the door with his servants."

Yin Zuo claimed to be alone, also known as the King of Chengjun. Obviously, he wanted to talk about the monarch and his ministers. Yin Zhi's face was a little ugly, but he still knelt on the ground respectfully: "Yin Zhi greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Third brother is really too polite." Apart from the canonization ceremony, it was the first time that Yin Zuo had his brother kneel down and kowtow to him, and said with a smile: "What do you think about these things between us brothers? Please get up quickly."

Yin Zhi looked at Yin Zuo, who was screaming to get up quickly, but didn't even have the intention to stand up and give a hand, gritted his teeth secretly, and said with a smile: "Brothers are brothers, but the courtesy of a monarch and minister cannot be discarded!"

Yin Zuo didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "The third brother is here today, but what's the matter?"

Yinzhi took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his bosom, and said, "Sixth Brother, please take a look."

Wangcai stepped forward to take it, opened the handkerchief, his expression moved slightly, hesitated to speak, and presented it to Yinzuo respectfully, Yinzuo glanced casually, the handkerchief was wrapped with a corner of broken jade, which was still stained A little blood.

"Does the sixth brother recognize this thing?"

Yinzuo said: "It looks familiar." He lifted his chin and let Wangcai send it back.

Yinzhi took the things and said: "This was found by the infantry yamen in Prince Yu's mansion. We guessed it was left by the thief. He was shot twice, one in the shoulder and one in the chest. We guessed that he was shot in the chest. The gun should have hit this jade pendant, and the bullet was bounced off a little, so he survived."

Yinzuo nodded, motioning him to continue.

Yin Zhi said: "I presented this half jade pendant to Huang Ama. The guards around Huang Ama said that they had seen it once in the Prince's Mansion. At that time, Sixth Brother, your subordinates entered the Prince's Mansion with it. Brother thought about it." , if this is really your jade pendant, sixth brother, but it was obtained by that thief, wouldn’t it be like entering no man’s land when he enters and exits the prince’s mansion? Isn’t your safety, sixth brother... so brother, don’t dare to delay at all, hurry up Bring someone over to check on behalf of the sixth brother to see if any thieves have sneaked in."

Yin Zuo smiled and said: "Third brother has a heart, but don't bother the third brother's people. There are many guards in my house, so let them check it easily."

"How did this happen?" Yinzhi said: "Sixth brother, your guards, although they are good at skills, are still not good at finding people to investigate cases. You see, I have already brought them, why don't you just let them look around?" look……"

Yin Zuo interrupted: "Third Brother, do you suspect that I am harboring thieves, or do you think that the assassination of Prince Yu was done by an isolated person?"

Yinzhi couldn't think of talking and laughing, so Yinzuo suddenly pierced the window paper, and said with a dry smile: "How could it be? Brother is just worried about your safety..."

Yin Zuo smiled lightly, and said: "None of us are fools, and these vain things are rare. Even if there are thieves in my house, I will send someone to search for them... King Cheng, don't you think you Is it overstepped?"

Yinzhi choked.

Yinzuo said: "If the third brother came to care about me, then he has already cared about me now, and he can go. If the third brother comes to search my prince's mansion, he might as well announce the imperial decree first."

The Qing Dynasty is now the second largest. Apart from the imperial decree of Kangxi, who would dare to touch him?

Yinzhi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Please imperial decree!"

There really is?Yinzuo was taken aback for a moment, and Yinzhi said triumphantly, "Sixth brother, please accept the order!"

Yinzuo snorted angrily, okay, okay, actually ordered to copy his house!We didn't play!

Angrily knelt down to accept the order.

Yinzhi immediately returned the obeisance just now. Although he was not the one who knelt down, he still had a good heart and began to read in rhythmic rhythms. At the end, he emphasized: "Huang Ama's will has been stated, everyone living in the capital waits , no matter if it is a prince or aristocrat, or civil and military officials, they must cooperate with the king in searching against the party, and no one should disobey... Sixth brother, as the crown prince, you must not take the lead in disobeying the will, right?"

Yin Zuo stood up as early as the moment he finished reading the imperial decree, and said with a sneer, "Third brother really knows how to use chicken feathers as arrows. If I don't let you copy today, do you dare to force it, or go to the emperor's house?" Amma suing me to resist the order?"

Now that his face has been torn apart, it is too late for Yinzhi to withdraw, so he said: "Forgive me, the sixth brother. The clues of this jade pendant lead directly to the Prince's Mansion. Huang Ama asked my brother to solve the case within a time limit. My brother has nothing to do. The big deal is over, brother." Kowtow to you to apologize..."

Yin Zuo said lightly: "It's not enough to just kowtow to make amends. If the third brother is willing to write down the evidence, saying that if you can't find out the rebellious party today, you will lose the hat of the county king. Gu, I will reluctantly let your people go around. Turn around... Otherwise, each of the guards in the Prince's Mansion is equipped with Lianzhu firecrackers. As long as I give an order, the [-] or so people you bring are not enough for them to kill. Tell me, if the prince The blood of the mansion is flowing like a river, does Huang Ama blame you for making trouble, or do you blame me for not respecting your so-called imperial decree?"

Cold sweat oozes from Yinzhi's forehead. He thought that with a large number of people, jade pendants, and imperial edicts, he would be able to restrain Yinzuo. He didn't want him to be so tough, and he was in a dilemma.

Yinzuo pulled a piece of paper from the drawer and slapped it on the table, and said coldly, "Write, or roll?"

Yinzhi's hands trembled slightly, he kept wiping cold sweat, and his heart kept shaking: Even if he withdraws now, his relationship with Yinzuo has already become stiff. of……

But if you really wrote a note and couldn't find anyone, it's not a trivial matter to lose the county prince, maybe you will be a bald brother in this life...

Moreover, he could forcibly disallow the search, but he agreed. Is this because he is sure that he will not be able to find anyone?How about withdrawing?

But what if this kid is deceiving him?My own news should not be wrong...

With the jade pendant, if the Empress Ama reprimanded her afterward, she would probably be able to pass the test by worrying that the Sixth Brother’s kindness would be deceived by others, and his eagerness to do meritorious service. If he really found someone, it would prove that Yinzuo and the rebels of the Tiandihui are inextricably linked Contact, no matter how much Huang Ama likes him, she won't let him continue to be the prince...

Before he could make a decision, he heard Yinzuo say: "I still have something to do, but I don't have the time to hang out with you. I'll make dozens of calls. If you don't choose, I'll help you choose."

He said to the steward: "Order, after ten rings, shoot to kill."

"Yes."

"Sixth Brother, there's no need to be like this, I..."

"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

"Sixth brother!"

"six……"

"Okay! I'll write it! I'll just write it!" Yinzhi stomped his feet and said, "I had good intentions, sixth brother, you... oh!"

"Third brother, please."

Yinzhi stepped forward, picked up a pen and began to write, but the content was that he and Yinzuo were betting on a whim, if he failed to find the trace of the thief in Yinzuo's mansion, he would voluntarily cut off the prince of the county king... I wrote this, raised my head and asked : "If you find it?"

Yin Zuo said leisurely: "Then how about my third brother, you take the seat of the crown prince?"

Yinzhi laughed dryly, "This is no joke."

Then put down the pen.

Yinzuo took the note and said lightly, "Please, third brother."

He also ordered: "Send people to follow them, and if anyone touches something that shouldn't be moved, they will be killed immediately."

"Whoo."

This is probably the most aggrieved search for these officials in their lives. Everywhere they go, there are gunmen staring behind them. If they are not careful, they will be kicked and scolded...

There are no female relatives in Yinzuo's mansion, so there is no taboo in the search. Although those people were trembling, they searched very carefully. The men took off their shirts one by one to check their injuries, and the women confirmed their identities by looking at their Adam's apple and ear holes. The beamed roof, the flowers in the corners, and even Hong Fu's kennel were searched several times, which made Hong Fu so annoying that he was about to bite.

As time passed, there were reports that he hadn't found it, and Yinzhi's expression became more and more anxious. Finally, someone came to report: "I've searched everywhere, but there is nothing."

His eyes fell on the screen.

Yinzhi hesitated for a moment, then smiled wryly at Yinzuo: "Now there is only one place left, and it has to do with the hat on brother's head..."

"Third brother even wants to search where I live?"

Yinzhi laughed dryly.

"Okay, the third brother of the province won't accept the loss." Yin Zuo shrugged and said, "Please."

So five more people came in and searched under the gazes of Yinzuo and the others. Yinzhi was so anxious that he wanted to go up and look it up, but he didn't dare after all. I jumped up in shock: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

His eyes fell on the firecracker in Yinzuo's hand, and he looked at the servant who was bleeding continuously from his hand, trembling with pain but not daring to scream, and asked nervously, "Sixth brother, what is this?"

Yin Zuo said lightly: "What kind of traitor is it? Can it be hidden in my vase? I tell you, no matter how dare you touch something that shouldn't be moved, if you hit your hand with one shot, your next shot will be aimed at your head!"

He slapped the firecracker on the table, and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go find it for the master! If you find it, even if your master doesn't reward you, the master will reward you!"

The guard jumped up in fright, and hurriedly moved again, but he didn't dare to touch those things that he knew at a glance that no one could hide inside.

Under the bed, on top of the beam and on top of the bed, as well as the suitcases and cabinets, several guards almost searched with trembling hands, but they still found nothing.

Yin Zuo leaned on the small desk, watched them search, and watched Yin Zhi leave with a dark face.

It wasn't until Wangcai came to report that everyone had left the house that Yinzuo bent down, pulled down the half-open drawer of the small desk, and smiled at Chen Zhuo's half face inside: "Strong man, this elegant How do you feel?"

His desk imitates the modern shape, with three drawers arranged horizontally on the top, and there is a small cabinet under each of the left and right drawers, and the legs are left empty in the middle.

Because in this era, brushes are used and wrists are hung to write, this table is shorter than modern ones. The small cabinet below is only one foot wide and less than two feet high, and there is absolutely no way to hide people inside.

But there is no partition between the cabinet and the drawer, so when he half-opened the drawer to make room for Chen Zhuo's head, he could just barely push someone in.Although those officials had rich experience, after being frightened, they would never think that the space behind the narrow cabinet and the half-opened drawer were one.

Probably even if someone thought about it, they wouldn't dare to take the risk of going under Yinzuo's gun to see what happened.

Chen Zhuo came out with a stinky face, and said, "You didn't ask him to search for the purpose of torturing me, did you?"

If Yinzuo doesn't nod his head, even if Yinzhi dares to search after eating Xiongxin Leopard, the people under him will not dare to move - what is the concept of one person with a blunderbuss, it doesn't matter how many times they come, and they die It's useless to die.

Yinzuo shrugged and said: "Third brother is very sinister. Now that you know he has bad intentions, if you don't clean up immediately, you have to prevent him from biting you behind your back at all times. Third brother is very good at it. It takes a lot of effort to find his fault in the future, but now that he has taken the initiative to bring the handle to your door, it shouldn’t be a pity—isn’t it just for people to look at it casually? What is face? Can you eat it?”

Chen Zhuo looked at him, shook his head and said, "I really don't understand what you think."

If it were someone else, let alone the prince, anyone with any status would absolutely not be willing to suffer such humiliation, but this dignified prince didn't care at all.

Yin Zuo shrugged: Although the Prince's Mansion is large, the bedroom is the most private place, so what's so great about letting people look at it casually?

He said again: "Look, I told you to return the jade pendant to me, otherwise wouldn't there be so many things?"

Chen Zhuo snorted coldly, shook his hands and threw something over, Yin Zuo reached out to catch it, he was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression became serious: Since the jade pendant is here, then the half of the jade pendant earlier was forged?

If he followed the jade pendant to find this place, then Chen Zhuo had accidentally missed his whereabouts, but if he intentionally forged the jade pendant as an excuse to search the Prince's residence...

That is, he already knew that there was someone hiding in his mansion, and he might even have guessed that the person was Chen Zhuo...