Qing Dynasty

Let’s say that day Kangxi was forced back by the arrows filled with internal energy and fell into the water. Li Dequan was the first to follow and jumped into the water. He desperately grabbed Kangxi’s hand, fearing that it would be washed away by the flood, he held on tightly. Protect Kangxi as much as possible, relax your body and rush downstream with the current.

The water was extremely turbulent. Li Dequan and Kangxi were already dizzy by the impact of the waves. How could they tell the direction? In addition, they desperately paddled their limbs and struggled to avoid being submerged by the flood. They were about to exhaust their strength and drowned. In the blink of an eye, an old banyan tree in the water that was slanted by the flood but still firmly planted in the soil appeared in front of their eyes.

When Kangxi and Li Dequan saw the old banyan tree not far away, they were very excited, and hurriedly paddled their limbs vigorously to prevent themselves from passing out. Taking advantage of the gradual calm of the water, they first paddled to the tree and climbed up to rest for a while, otherwise they would not be in the water if they continued like this. To be washed away by the water is to die sooner or later.

The two were determined, swam desperately to the old banyan tree, and stretched out their hands to hug the old banyan tree desperately. After a short rest, Li Dequan pushed Kangxi up first, and then climbed up by himself.Although the process was difficult, at least the two of them were safe for the time being, and the old banyan tree was very strong, enough for four or five people to stay on it, not to mention that there were only Kangxi and Li Dequan now.

But the sky was getting darker and colder, and no one came to search. Li Dequan kept praying for Kangxi, who was already a little feverish, hoping that someone would come to save them. No matter who they were, as long as they had no bad intentions, Just save them.

I don't know whether it was Li Dequan's loyalty that touched the world or what, but a few people really came. They were all victims of this generation. There was a cry for help from the middle of the river, which frightened several people in the middle of the night.

A few people thought they had heard it wrong at first, but after they collected their minds and listened carefully, they realized that someone was calling for help. They quickly lit a fire and made a torch, and saw a person waving towards them from a big tree in the middle of the river. , kept shouting "Help! Help!"

Several people also had their homes flooded, so they fled to the capital to find relatives and make a living by the way. Don't they all say that the capital is full of gold!Seeing the person on the big tree, how many people together saved people!People can't break their conscience!Although we don't have much to eat, but if we save one bite for him, we can reach the capital alive. No matter what, we can't just watch this person drown here with hunger. That's not just a crime, it's bad Conscience!

Several people tied their belts together, found a stone and tied them, and threw them to Li Dequan after a few times. Fortunately, the river is not wide, which is only caused by the low terrain during the flood season. Really not enough.

Li Dequan grabbed the belt and tied it around his wrist a few times, and then passed the other hand under Kangxi's armpit to wrap his arms around him. He held the belt rope with one hand and embraced the semi-conscious Kangxi with the other, and stretched his legs behind him. The water, coupled with the efforts of several people on the bank to pull it to the dry land, Li Dequan took Kangxi to escape and went ashore.

After going ashore, several people found that there were not one, but two people, no wonder it was so heavy when they pulled people just now!After saving them, several people asked Li Dequan what happened to you!Who is Li Dequan!The chief executive who has been in the Forbidden City for many years, in the Ming Dynasty, would be called an inner minister, and he couldn't fool these people.

In less than a few words, Li Dequan fooled a few refugees. Why did he come here to do business with the master, who would have known that there would be a flood? They were also washed away, leaving only him and his master.

The refugees were also enthusiastic people. They brought dry clothes for Li Dequan and Kangxi to change. Although they were made of inferior linen with patches, they were better than wearing wet clothes. In addition, Kangxi had a fever, so he had to change into dry clothes, otherwise It's troublesome.

Li Dequan thanked several people for their enthusiastic help, and changed Kangxi into dry clothes. In the wilderness, Li Dequan protected Kangxi by leaning against the fire to warm himself, and moistened Kangxi's head with the handkerchief he brought to warm him. After coming down all night, Not to mention that Kangxi is really much better, after dawn, I waited for Kangxi to eat some dry pastry and cold water, and then went on the road with a few of them.

The casual clothes on Kangxi and Li De's body and the valuables on Li De's body were pawned when they arrived in the town. How could Li Dequan dare to touch the things on Kangxi's body!After getting the money, Li Dequan gave half of it to the refugees who had helped them, and after asking the names of several people, they separated.

Li Dequan felt that it was better not to go on the road with people he didn't know, after all, Kangxi's identity was there, what to do if something happened, ten of them were not enough for him to kill.

Afterwards, Li Dequan took the money to Kangxi to see a doctor and get medicine. They supposedly waited there, but a small band of bandits came from somewhere and ransacked the town where Li Dequan took Kangxi to recuperate.Fortunately, Li Dequan and Kangxi were dressed in rags and Kangxi was sick, so the two escaped unharmed.

After Kangxi woke up, he knew what had happened in the past few days, and decided to return to Beijing, and waited for the people who came to find them while walking. Li Dequan said that he hadn't heard anything about the emperor's accident in the past few days, so the news was suppressed. Kangxi He felt that the most urgent task was to return to Beijing. When the time came, he would find his confidant with his seal, which would be much safer than waiting here.

In this way, Li Dequan bought a carriage, bought some cooked food and dry food, some clean cotton clothes, and took some medicine for Kangxi. He took the medicine jar and went all the way to the capital.Along the way, Li Dequan not only decocted medicine, hunted wild game, cooked rice, but also took care of the duties of a coachman.

The two of them were cautious along the way, not daring to stay in a hotel, not daring to reveal too much information, and even less daring to stay in one place for a long time, so they went through hardships and twists and turns to the capital until they reached the outskirts of the capital, where Li Dequan went to inquire about information. I never thought that several gates in the capital would be strictly interrogated, as if they were looking for someone. Li Dequan spent money to buy information from a few beggars, and actually said that the eldest son of the emperor, Yinyi, failed to usurp power, and was instead taken by the crown prince, Qiantui, and placed under house arrest. The accomplice Dorobeile's fourth elder brother Yinzhen fled outside, the empress dowager was so frightened that she became seriously ill and so on.

Li Dequan knew the bad thing when he heard it, so he went back and reported the matter in detail to Kangxi who was waiting in the carriage in the suburbs.Is Yinzhen an accomplice?The queen's mother can't afford to be seriously ill?

Hehe, ok ok!As expected of the son he taught by hand, he is really his good son!Sure enough, he will not let go of any opportunity. Obviously, taking advantage of his unknown whereabouts, life and death, and unable to resist his wolfish ambitions, he framed his brother, wanted Yinzhen, and put Yinzhen and Huang'enniang under house arrest. cast a net.

Li Dequan waited for Kangxi to catch his breath before waiting for Kangxi's order. Li Dequan could figure out what they should do now. He would die if he went back now. The reputation, this thing is not cost-effective, can't do it.

Kangxi saw that Li Dequan was worried and followed him faithfully, and he felt a little more comfortable. He also thought of his eldest son who was under house arrest and his fourth son whose whereabouts were unknown. Rest your body, and find out the whereabouts of Xia Yinzhen by the way.

Besides, Yinzhen led people to pretend to be a caravan returning to Beijing, and traced along the river all the way, carefully inquiring, and finally found clues about Kangxi and Li Dequan in the small town where Kangxi and the others pawned things, and once again talked carefully with the pawnshop. After inquiring about the appearance of the person who was the thing, Yinzhen was ninety percent sure that the person was Li Dequan, and the troubled master that Li Dequan said must be his own Khan Ama.

Yinzhen's mood after being heavy for these days finally felt a little better. He led his men to chase after him non-stop, stopping and walking, and missed Kangxi and Li Dequan who were on the path, so that when Yinzhen arrived at the capital, At that time, Kangxi and Li Dequan had not yet arrived, but Yinzhen had been waiting outside the city because of the news from Sijiu City, living in a valley a hundred miles outside the city, and the remote mountain village Kangxi and Li Dequan were looking for was not far away Far, but tens of miles.

Yinzhen was afraid that Kangxi would rush into the city without knowing the situation, and would be held in the hands of the prince. Even if the brothers wanted to save people, they would be powerless. After all, after Kangxi passed away, it was justifiable for the crown prince to ascend the throne.

In the past few days, Yinzhen has been sending people to wander around the gates of various cities, or go into the city in disguise to buy some food and daily necessities.But it was a coincidence, today another group of people went for a walk, and found that people from the village where Li Dequan and the others lived went to the city to sell things and buy daily necessities. When we meet, we always have to say a few words, and when chatting, we talk about strangers in our respective villages.

Um? ! ! !The few people who came wandering around heard the news, and told Yinzhen about it after returning home. Yinzhen thought about it for a while, and decided to go to see if it was Han Ama and Li Dequan tomorrow.

The next day, before dawn, Yinzhen and his party got up, washed and dressed, had breakfast, and went to the village where Kangxi and Li Dequan were hiding.

When Yinzhen found Kangxi under the guidance of the villagers, Kangxi was sitting in the yard basking in the sun wearing a cotton robe, Li Dequan was sewing beside him, and Yinzhen looked at Kangxi's sallow face and sunken eye sockets at the gate of the courtyard. With a thin and haggard appearance, he knelt down with a thud, opened his mouth, and wanted to call out Khan Ama, but he couldn't make a sound, as if his throat was stuck.

The guards at the back looked at the people in the yard, then knelt down at the door of Lord Baylor, don't they know what's going on?Immediately, they also knelt down, hula la ten or so people, there was a lot of movement.

Kangxi and Li Dequan heard the movement, looked up, and saw Yinzhen kneeling at the gate of the courtyard, with a dark face, full of dust, red eyes, bloodshot eyeballs, and stubble on his face made him look vicissitudes haggard.

Kangxi's heart was also sore all of a sudden, he has always loved and spoiled his precious son so much, and now he wants to kill him for the sake of the throne, but the son kneeling in front of him, not to mention that he ignored him, but he didn't pay much attention to him , but he still worked tirelessly to find his father at this time. I have to say that Kangxi was moved.

Yinzhen moved his knees and walked from outside the courtyard door to the courtyard, sitting at Kangxi's feet, he couldn't bear to look up at Kangxi's haggard appearance, Kangxi was a mountain in Yinzhen's heart, an insurmountable mountain , that was the person he had admired and admired since he was a child, but at this moment he was sitting in such a humble and small place, aggrieved and afraid to see anyone.

Yinzhen's heart aches!He really hurts!He lowered his head, kept choking and sobbing, was so sad that he couldn't help himself, opened his mouth several times, wanted to say something, asked something, and finally only said two words, "Father..."

At this moment, Yinzhen can force himself not to call out Khan Ama, so he already has a lot of self-control. He can't even imagine, nor can he imagine, how he spent these days, Khan Ama .

Li Dequan knelt on the side and wiped away his tears, looking at Sibeile, thinking about these days, it is really not easy!

Kangxi was also very excited. He raised his hand, put his dry palm on the top of Yinzhen's head, and touched it, "Get up! I'm fine, why are you crying? Didn't our father and son meet again?"

oh! ! !That's the way it is!All of a sudden, the villagers watching the excitement at the gate of the courtyard and outside the wall suddenly realized that they were looking for their relatives!No wonder!This son is also filial enough.

Kangxi and Yinzhen finally joined forces, but the Forbidden City was full of turmoil.

Yinfeng was very anxious, but also very excited. He felt that this opportunity was a godsend. He didn't want to be the prince until the age of 40. He couldn't wait that long. He also decided to announce that Khan Ama had been killed, and he would choose a day to ascend the throne.

It's not that he doesn't worry about the safety of Khan Ama, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. If he misses it, he will have to wait for decades. The brothers grew up gradually, with the elder brother on the top staring at others closely, and so many younger brothers on the bottom watching over him, who knows when Khan Ama will change his mind and feel that he is not suitable to be a prince. He abolished himself and established another prince, he couldn't afford to gamble, let alone lose.

No matter how anxious elder brother Yinfeng was in the mansion, no matter how the empress dowager scolded him in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and no matter how mournful and unwilling the concubines were, Yinfeng decided to declare Kangxi's death.