Dressed as Su Peisheng

Chapter 160: Dark Clouds Overcome the City

Kangxi 42 years

When Su Wei went back to the tent with the fourth elder brother, it was already dawn.

The people were settled in the temple at the end of the village, and a team of guards surrounded Nancun to count the losses.Lord Kangxi has been checked and questioned by the imperial physician in turn to make sure that he is safe, and he has now rested.After a night of violent wind and rain, it finally returned to tranquility for the time being.

The fourth elder brother leaned against the head of the bed, closed his eyes and meditated.Su Wei hugged a blanket and covered his lap.

Zhang Bao quietly opened the door curtain and waved to Su Wei. Just as Su Wei was about to get up, the fourth elder brother said, "What's the matter, come in and talk about it."

Zhang Bao pursed his lips, stepped into the door, and cupped his hands at the fourth elder brother, "Master, the leader who choked on Su Gonggong last night is dead."

The fourth elder brother sighed inaudibly, opened his eyes slightly, "How did you die?"

"He was executed by the imperial guards," Zhang Bao said with his head down. "Last night, Eunuch Su saw a group of guards taking that man away. He told the slave, and the slave followed him secretly. The guards took the man halfway up the mountain." , did not ask questions, did not pass orders, and was directly killed with a knife."

Su Wei shuddered, and said dryly to the fourth elder brother, "This can be regarded as an outlet for the Lord."

The fourth elder brother glanced at Su Wei, did not answer, turned his head to Zhang Bao and said, "Don't mention this to others, a small person dies when he dies."

"Yes," Zhang Bao bowed his head to accept the order, bowed and retreated.

Su Wei smacked his lips, sat down at the end of the bed, a little bored, grabbed a corner of the blanket and knotted it indiscriminately.

The fourth elder brother looked at him for a while, then raised his body with a little amusement, stretched out his hand to pinch someone's face that had lost a lot of weight, "Elder Su, who was confident and confident last night, why is he so depressed today?"

Su Wei pulled the fourth elder brother's hand away, lowered his head and pulled the wool on the blanket, "I didn't have time to think too much last night, so I just said it casually. If it's the usual, I'll choke him to death!"

"Nonsense," the fourth prince withdrew his expression, "That man is considered to have received the order of the prince. If you hadn't been lucky last night, just in time for Huang Ama to show up, and a hat against the order was pressed down, your head would be a mess." I can't keep it."

Su Wei pouted, and at the end, hesitantly said, "How much will the emperor know about what happened last night? Kill that little leader, will it be over?"

The fourth elder brother shook his head, "I'm not sure, there were so many people present last night, so there must be no way to hide it from Huang Ama. However, the law does not punish the public, and Huang Ama probably does not know the matter of worshiping the new king." It would be too loud."

Su Wei swallowed, suppressed his voice and said, "I'm not talking about worshiping the new king, I'm talking about the wine..."

"Wine..." The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and remained silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Su Wei, "Do you think the prince will use the wine from Yuqing Palace to light the fire in Nancun?"

Royal Tent

Grandpa Kangxi was half lying on the soft couch, with a few pieces of broken pottery wrapped in a piece of white silk in front of him, and the mellow aroma of distiller's grains wafted in the air.

University scholar Ma Qi knelt in front of the couch, and Shang Zhilong, the minister of the guards, stood aside with his stomach slightly shy.

Lord Kangxi picked the pieces of pottery, his voice was laziness but with a lingering majesty, "This is the five-grain wine from Yuqing Palace. According to Aiqing, did the crown prince set the fire on purpose?"

Ma Qi tightened his body, hurriedly bowed his head and said, "I don't dare to speak nonsense, but these broken wine jars are indeed scattered around the fire scene."

Hearing this, Shang Zhilong cupped his hands and walked sideways, "My Majesty, Wugu brewing is not a treasure in wine, and the prescriptions in Yuqing Palace are not unique. I think, His Highness the Crown Prince is firmly in the East Palace, so there will never be such a big rebellion." Act of."

Lord Kangxi nodded, with a slight tone of voice, "This wine was given to me by Yinfeng, but it was improperly placed, so don't make wild guesses. Let's let this matter go, and just be more vigilant in the future."

"Yes, I would like to abide by the imperial edict," Ma Qi and Shang Zhilong bowed together.

Lord Kangxi raised his hand to make Ma Qi retreat, and Liang Jiugong, who was serving him, also went outside with a teapot in a sensible way. Shang Zhilong picked up a piece of pottery and looked around, then lowered his voice and said to Lord Kangxi, "Your Majesty, what's going on here? It really needs to be considered."

Lord Kangxi sighed, "It's rare for a person to be confused in this life, that's all...how is Li Guangdi?"

Shang Zhilong nodded slightly, "Master Li has not sent back any news."

"That's right," Master Kangxi stroked the white jade finger in his hand, "It's still early..."

"Your Majesty," Shang Zhilong pursed the corners of his lips secretly, "Lord Li and Prime Minister Suo have a very deep personal relationship—"

Lord Kangxi curled the corner of his mouth, "It's really common for ministers to meet each other. As long as the ministers know the harm of cronies, the way of the monarch and ministers. I am also happy to see the fellowship between ministers."

Shang Zhilong frowned, and finally bowed his head and said, "The emperor is wise, but the slave is stupid."

The southern tour army stayed in Jieshoupu, Changqing County for another two days. The next day after the fire, Lord Kangxi ordered the scholar Ma Qi: "Last night, there was a strong wind and there was a fire in Nancun. I sent ministers and guards to put it out."It is deeply pitiful for the little people to suffer from this.He wrote an order to the governor and chief envoy to find out the number of damaged houses and discuss what rewards to do.

According to the imperial decree, Ma Qi, the university scholar, ordered the governor Wang Guochang and others to find out, and ordered the people to reward three taels of silver for every house lost.

Two days later, Luanjia's army continued to go south, passed through Mount Tai, and Lord Kangxi went to pay his respects in person. Su Wei saw a few familiar faces when paying the ceremony.

In the evening, at the residence of the fourth master, Su Weibi described a person's appearance to the fourth elder brother with gestures, "It was the one who started that night. I remember it very clearly. He was about 30 years old. He was quite young. His clothes were not of high quality, but he could dress casually." Hu, should be serving in front of the imperial court."

The fourth elder brother frowned and thought for a while, then said helplessly, "There are so many followers, how could I know who you are talking about. The situation was tense that night, and I didn't notice who was on our side."

Su Wei drooped his shoulders in mourning, "The leader of those young people is this man. He seems to be very good at judging the situation. I wish I could use him."

The fourth elder brother smiled and pulled Eunuch Su to his side, "There will always be a chance. When you see him next time, just bring him to see the master."

Su Wei pursed his lips and looked at the fourth elder brother and nodded, feeling a little bit unwilling in his heart.

Suoxiang Mansion

In the inner hall, the burnt Buddha incense was poured into the incense burner, leaving the last wisp of green smoke.

Suo'etu sat on one side of the couch, his upright body slowly arched, and he seemed to be ten years older in a trance.

Sitting on the other side, Li Guangdi sighed softly, "You don't have to worry too much about Suoxiang. Your Majesty is just taking precautions before they happen, and has no intention of curing the prince forever. Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Wansheng to return to Beijing to arrange these things." .”

"Great kindness from Jinqing," Suo'etu bowed his head suddenly, his voice carried an old age that could not be ignored, "The old man is at the end of his battle now, if it wasn't for Jinqing's gratitude for the old feelings, he took the risk to tell you, Hesheli The family is afraid that they will be wiped out."

"Suo Xiang's words are serious," Li Guangdi suppressed his voice, "if Suo Xiang didn't protect the story of wax pills at the beginning, Wan Sheng might not be able to live today. In fact, for so many years, Suo Xiang was in love with the crown prince. It is the most clear. The crown prince is in the East Palace, so it is understandable to ask for the prime minister, but the changes of the Sacred Heart are unpredictable, so it is difficult to ask for the prime minister."

Suo'etu shook his head lightly, "I've been calculating all my life, and only now do I understand something. But, I'm afraid it's too late..."

Zhijun Palace

It was already dark, and the candlelight was still burning in the study. With the support of the maid, Da Fujin stepped into the threshold.

"Fujin?" Zhijun Wang raised his head from the case, hurriedly got up and stepped forward, half-supporting Da Fujin and lightly reprimanded, "Why are you here at this time, why don't you take a rest early because you are not in good health?"

Da Fujin smiled, but his complexion became paler, he waved his hand to send the maid out, and sat on the couch with the elder brother, "I've been lying down for a whole day, and my body is weak, I saw that the master was not asleep, so I came here to have a look. "

King Zhijun bent his mouth, picked up a long robe and put it on Da Fujin, "The night is cold and dewy, Fujin must pay attention to his body."

Da Fujin looked at King Zhijun, pursed the corners of his lips lightly, and stretched out his hand to caress the center of King Zhijun's brows, "I'm worried about something again, my brows are all wrinkled together."

King Zhijun sighed softly, "It's okay, I can handle it, Fujin, don't worry."

Da Fujin lowered his head slightly, "I believe in you, and you have to believe in me. We are husband and wife. The greatest happiness for a wife is to share her husband's troubles."

King Zhijun smiled lightly, "My lord has always been unable to do anything about Fujin, and what Fujin said is always justified."

Da Fujin slightly raised the corners of his lips, and at the end, he held back his expression and said, "What happened to the prince? Didn't the Lord say before that the emperor sent Li Guangdi back to Beijing?"

"Yes, Mingxiang told me that Li Guangdi returned to Beijing with Huang Ama's secret decree, and arranged everywhere. Huang Ama must know something." Ertu has indeed been acting frequently recently. However, there is one thing that Mingxiang did not remind me, Li Guangdi had a deep relationship with Suoertu when he was working in Beijing."

Dafu Jinxiu frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Master is suspicious, Ming has reservations about you, do you have other plans?"

King Zhijun smiled coldly, "Nalan Kuixu has been in contact with Tong Jia's Erlundai a lot recently, and the old eight's place must be very lively."

"Actually," Da Fujin said softly, "Nalan Kuixu's active mind may not be the meaning of Mingxiang, and the relationship between Li Guangdi and Suo'etu is not a big secret. Many people in the court should know about it. It’s just that the prime minister deliberately concealed the truth. However, since we all know that these two people have a close personal relationship, why did the emperor send Li Guangdi back to Beijing? Could it be that the Suo’etu faction is not the only one making moves?”

King Zhijun shook his head, "What Fujin said, I have thought about it, but after the recent investigation, I really didn't find any other people making big moves. Now, I can only wait and see Mingxiang's temptation, Huang A What did Ma reflect."

Da Fujin was taken aback, "What temptation?"

King Zhijun looked at Da Fujin and whispered something in her ear.

"My lord!" All the blood faded from Da Fujin's face, and his voice was hoarse, "This is a serious crime to exterminate the nine clans. Your lord is too risky."

"Don't worry, Fujin," Prince Zhijun held Da Fujin's hand, his expression was calm, but there was a hint of indiscernible madness in his eyes, "Minister Ming has received news that things are going smoothly, and Huang Ama is unscathed. When everyone did not find out the situation, they paid homage to the new monarch, which is extremely wonderful."

Da Fujin lowered his head slowly, his body trembling unconsciously, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Suburbs, Baye Hunting Park

Several horses galloped back through the forest, and a blood-stained doe was thrown by the roadside.

"Eighth Prince's arrow skills are getting better and better," Erundai said as he dismounted with a smile.

The eighth elder brother raised his eyebrows and shook his head, "It was the two elder brothers who let Yinhu go. If you hadn't helped to surround Yinhu, how could Yinhu have hunted such a brisk prey."

"Why should the eighth elder brother be so modest?" Nalan Kuixu handed over the horse to his servants, and continued, "When Mulan is hunting in autumn, the eighth elder brother should show his hand."

Eighth Prince smiled, turned around and raised his hand, "I specially asked someone to prepare good tea, the two elder brothers come and have a rest."

"Then we won't be polite," Elundai said with a smile, and he and Nalan Kuixu followed Eighth Brother into the shed.

It was pleasant for a few people to drink tea and enjoy the scenery in the shade.

Seeing the sun setting, Nalan Kui Xu raised his hand to send away the servants who were serving him, "I don't know if Brother Ba and Brother Tong have heard that Li Guangdi, Governor of Zhili, has returned to Beijing."

Erlun Dai bent his lips, "Of course I know, Li Guangdi once visited my uncle."

"Oh?" Nalan Kuixu narrowed his eyes, "Li Guangdi met Mr. Tong before? I don't know, did he explain something?"

Erlundai shook his head, "Uncle kept a secret and didn't mention it to me, but during the conversation, one can also infer that it should be related to the prince and Suo'etu. The emperor did not return from his southern tour, and Suo'etu moved frequently. disturbed the Sacred Heart."

During the conversation between the two, Eighth Prince bowed his head and sipped his tea, but did not answer.

Nalan Kuixu frowned, and said, "Then Li Guangdi has always been in contact with Suo'etu. The emperor sent him back. I am afraid that he will not pose a threat to Suo'etu, and maybe he can protect Suo'etu in time."

Orundai sighed, and leaned back in the chair, "Brother also thinks the same way, but unfortunately, uncle refuses to help, and we can't come up with a countermeasure for a while."

The eighth elder brother silently lowered his head, gently scraped the tea powder, and suddenly said after a while, "I once heard from my master that during the San Francisco Rebellion, Li Guangdi and editor Chen Menglei were trapped behind enemy lines and were forced to rebel against the Qing by Geng Jingzhong. In order to be loyal to the imperial court, the two made a special wax pill book and secretly sent a message to the army. But afterwards, Li Guangdi took the credit for the wax pill book alone, and Chen Menglei was almost exiled to death. In 37 years, Chen Menglei was called in Shengjing Ama expounded on Li Guangdi's behavior of deceiving the emperor and selling friends. Although Huang Ama did not punish Li Guangdi, he also retained Chen Menglei. Now, Chen Menglei seems to be walking in the third brother's house..."

"Chen Menglei..." Elundai thought for a while, looked at the eighth elder brother who was drinking tea with his head bowed, then turned his head and smiled at Nalan Kuixu.

The southern tour army left Shandong, entered Jiangsu, stationed in Suqian County, and then boarded a boat to cross the Yellow River.

Eunuch Su, who was bouncing along the way, got seasick gorgeously on the second day after boarding the Yuzhou full of excitement.

The fourth elder brother looked helplessly at Su Wei who was paralyzed on the bed, and stretched out his hand to pull his arm, "Don't lie down all the time, the more you lie down, the more dizzy you will become, just stand outside with me and let the wind blow."

"No," Su Wei rubbed himself against the bed. He had vomited out all the contents in his stomach, and now his whole body was exhausted.

"Then asked Zhang Bao to prepare something to eat for you?" The fourth elder brother rubbed Su Wei's chest.

"I don't eat, I vomit after eating, I'm so tired," Su Wei felt aggrieved, he misses the convenience of modern transportation very much now, all the carriages, sedan chairs, and large wooden boats are weak.

"Okay," the fourth elder brother sat down on the bed with a smile, "We will go ashore when we arrive in Taoyuan County. You should adapt and adapt well. Seasickness is not shameful. Don't be self-willed."

Su Wei pouted, "Will you still take the boat after that?"

The fourth elder brother raised his head and thought for a while, "We should change boats in Taoyuan County, then go down the river, enter Qingkou, park in Huai'an Mansion, maybe pass by Shanyang County, and then—"

"Stop!" Su Wei's eyes lit up, "Shanyang County?"

"Yeah," the fourth elder brother nodded, a little surprised by Su Wei's sudden excitement, and after thinking about it, he was a little annoyed, "Who do you miss? I'm too spoiled by you, right?"

"No, no," Su Wei struggled to avoid the fourth elder brother's hand pinching his waist, "I'm doing it for you too. My relatives have some influence, which is good for our family. Besides, it's you who said that Shiyue has no family background." , No background, if you don't spoil her, she will struggle in the mansion. This time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If Shiyue's family has power, the two of you don't have to play around. Then the three of us can relax a lot Well."

The fourth elder brother pinched the itchy flesh on Su Wei's waist, thought for a while with a sullen face, then suddenly lowered his body, and said to Su Wei nose to nose, "Is it easy because you don't play with her, or because she doesn't play with you?" Is it easy to act?"

Su Wei swallowed dryly, grinned stupidly and said, "Aren't they all the same?"

"En?" The fourth elder brother raised his voice, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was slightly cold.

The room dropped ten degrees in an instant. Su Wei was taken aback for a moment. He wrapped his arms around the neck of the fourth elder brother neatly, kissed him, and said with a big warm smile, "Of course it's because of you. We are old couples. Oh heh heh heh..."

After Luanjia crossed the Yellow River, he stayed in Taoyuan County as the fourth elder brother said. Then he changed to a small boat and went down the river.

Zhang Ying is also an important minister who was appreciated by Emperor Kangxi. He used to be a scholar of the Wenhua Palace and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. It is famous in history, "A piece of paper is just a wall, so it doesn't matter if it is three feet. The Great Wall is still there today, and Qin Shihuang was not seen back then." "It's his handwriting.

But at this time, Eunuch Su didn't quite understand who this famous person was, but the fourth elder brother told him that Mr. Zhang was very attached to mountains and rivers, and he was allowed to return to his hometown after several begging for retirement.During the emperor's southern tour, he was specially invited to welcome him. It can be seen that he still has won the sacred heart.

Originally, Zhang Ying's arrival had nothing to do with Su Wei, but after the dinner, Zhang Ying brought her son to visit the fourth elder brother.And the second son that Mr. Zhang recommended to the fourth elder brother was the young man Su Wei had been thinking about since the night of the fire.

"Minister Zhang Tingyu greets the fourth elder brother," the young man bowed to the fourth elder brother behind his father Zhang Ying, Su Wei stood aside, stunned... He was indeed the one chosen by history, and his foresight was too good.

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