Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 43 years

October

Twenty years ago, Su Wei would never have imagined that one day he would be held by a knife around his neck and walk on an uncertain path with injuries all over his body.

Although Cao Zhuo led everyone into the territory of Si Age Zhuangzi as Su Wei expected in order to avoid being hunted down, but what to do next, Su Wei did not have a practical plan in mind.This field has been harvested, and the ridges are almost empty except for piles of threshing grass.

"Grandpa Su..." Xu'er suddenly called softly, and leaned closer to Su Wei.

Su Wei looked back at her, and suddenly remembered that Xu'er followed Shiyue to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, so he quickly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Xu'er, we can take a good rest when we get to the house."

Xu'er pursed her lips, lowered her shoulders, and nodded.

Su Wei sighed secretly, and continued to follow the people, but saw a little boy leading a mule turning out from behind the haystack not far away.Cao Zhuo, who was the leader, slowly put his hand on the handle of the knife, and Su Wei's unsettled heart immediately hung up again.

Unexpectedly, the little boy didn't seem to care about them at all, and led the mule to the other side naturally, shaking his head and passing everyone.Su Wei frowned tightly, spinning a suitable escape plan in his mind, but was photographed as a happy second idiot by the singing of the little shepherd boy going away.

"Xiao Erlang, carrying a schoolbag to school, not afraid of the sun, not afraid of wind and rain..."

Eunuch Su swears that this is definitely the best song "Little Erlang" he has heard in his two lifetimes in more than 50 years.

A group of people walked to the hut in the field. The farmer was not seen, but the chimney was still steaming.Cao Zhuo frowned and was hesitating, when Xu'er behind Su Wei suddenly spoke, "Well, my lord, I, I—"

Su Wei was startled by Xu'er's sudden utterance and broke out in a cold sweat. This girl usually seems to have no bad intentions, but she is too innocent.But maybe it's because her temperament has not been tempered and she is easily nervous and impulsive. It was also because of her screams outside Liangxiang that attracted Cao Zhuo and others.Su Wei was really afraid that she would show her feet again this time.

"What do you want to say?" Niu Hulu's maid Mulan pulled Rasuer, "We are in his hands, it's better to be quiet."

"I..." Xu'er looked at Mulan, her face flushed slightly, "I want to go to the toilet, I can't help it..."

There was malicious laughter among the guards, Xu'er's face turned even redder, but Su Wei's mind was cleared, and he turned to Cao Zhuo and said, "Hey! The girls have all gone all the way, it should be convenient anyway. After all, you are also an official in the court, so you can't embarrass a group of girls like this, right?"

Cao Zhuo glared at Su Wei, looked at Xu'er who was slumped, turned around and said to the two people, "Lead them there, don't go far!"

"Yes," the two agreed.

Su Wei glanced at Ku Kui and motioned to follow along, but was stopped by the big man beside him, "What are you doing?"

"People have three urgencies, and we have gone all the way," Su Wei raised his head and said to the big man.

"Whatever you're afraid of, let's settle it here," the big man slanted his mouth, "Let's just take a look at how the father-in-law's stuff is cut, ahahaha..."

The people next to him were all laughing, Su Wei turned cold and said to Cao Zhuo who was sitting by the edge of the field, "This is the person you brought? You haven't told them what the situation is now, have you? Do these people still think Follow you to eat meat and get promoted?"

Cao Zhuo glanced at Su Wei, his face was very gloomy, "Take the two of them for convenience, and be careful not to let them make trouble!"

The big man looked at Cao Zhuo, curled his lips and lowered his head, and pushed Su Wei and Ku Kui to the back of the house with a fat man.

"You are lucky," the big man muttered behind Su Wei, "Look how I will deal with you later."

Su Wei snorted coldly, and walked around behind the house first.The volley slashed down with a knife, and the big man fell to the ground like a hill before he could yell. The fat man following Kukui was about to turn around when he saw this, when the blade was already in front of him.

Almost at the same time, there were shouts behind him, and swords collided.

"Eunuch Su, are you okay?" Fu Nai held the bloody knife in one hand and supported Su Wei in the other.

"I'm fine," Su Wei took a deep breath, only to realize that his body was in burning pain, "Where are Xu'er and the others?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Su, the girls were rescued safely," Fu Nai said softly.

"That's good," Su Wei leaned on the wall with one hand in a vain way, and after a moment of dizziness, he saw a familiar dark blue python robe around the corner.

"Master, I'll take Eunuch Kukui to heal his wounds first," Fu Nai leaned over in a timely manner, leaving the two of them with a piece of tranquility at the back of the house.

Su Wei reluctantly raised his head to look at the fourth elder brother, but saw that the man's face was ashen, and his cheeks were slightly sunken.

"Yinzhen," Su Wei stretched out his hand, and his body swayed. Fortunately, the fourth elder brother caught him in time, "Don't teach me again," Su Wei rested his head on the fourth elder brother's neck, "I'm hurt..."

The fourth elder brother exhaled slowly, his body that had been tense all the time gradually softened, but the arms around the man in front of his chest became tighter and tighter.

Cao Zhuo and his party were killed and arrested. Cao Zhuo himself injured his leg, and was ordered by the fourth elder brother to be whipped forty times. When he was escorted to Beijing, he was half dead.

Su Wei and the others took a short rest in Zhuangzi, and then hurried back to Beijing.This time, even though the masters returned to the mansion safely and the maids were all fine, the mansion still lost more than [-] guards. These living lives were put there, even if they were safe, it was difficult for everyone to show a smile.

In the evening, when the carriage arrived at Siye's Mansion, Su Wei was helped out of the carriage and looked at the gate of his own house. Just as he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Xiaoyingzi running out as if flying all the way.

"Xiaoying—" Su Wei's greeting was halfway through, but Li Ying threw herself at the feet of the fourth elder brother in a daze, "Master Baylor, go and have a look, brother Honghui is not good!"

A thunder blasted on the flat ground above the Baylor Mansion, and Su Wei couldn't remember how he followed the stumbling fourth elder brother to Fujin's courtyard.I just remember that when they first entered the door, the crying and paleness in the room...

Fu Jin sat on the bed with Hong Hui in his arms, the tears on his face were dry, and he hummed softly a little sleep tune, ignoring Shi Yao's frightened call from the side.

The fourth elder brother walked to the bed step by step, Fujin looked up at him, then looked down at Hong Hui who had his eyes closed tightly, and said softly, "Master, keep your voice down, Hong Hui is asleep..."

"Honghui," the fourth elder brother half-kneeled in front of the bed, tremblingly caressing Honghui's face, "Honghui wakes up, Ama will take you to horse racing and archery, Honghui..."

Standing at the door, Su Wei clenched his hands into fists when he saw Honghui's stiff body, the fourth elder brother's tears in his eyes, and Fujin's dazed expression.

"My condolences to Lord Belle and Fujin, Brother Honghui has gone," Su Wei knelt down, his lips almost lost all blood.

Seeing this, the slaves in the room all stopped their grief, and said in unison with crying voices, "Master Baylor and Fujin, my condolences, brother Honghui has gone."

"Ah——" Fujin burst into sobs suddenly, his face lost all color, and he turned his head back and passed out.

"Master, master," Shi Yao rushed to the bed, the fourth elder brother closed her eyes tightly, abruptly stopped the trembling of her body, and said forcefully, "Call the imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor..."

For Su Wei, this day was the one he least wanted to remember, but it was deeply etched in his mind.

Brother Honghui's death seemed to have taken away all the vitality of Siye's residence in an instant.Fujin fell ill, the two little Gege fell ill, and only Li Shi and Song Shi were left in the Xipei courtyard, reluctantly presiding over the overall situation.

As for the fourth elder brother, he locked himself in the study room, did not see anyone, and did not say anything.Su Wei went to the door several times, raised his eyes to see the figure behind the screen, put down the food, and left silently.

Three days later, a funeral was held in Sibeile Mansion. The emperor inspected the Yongding River and learned the news, and sent back the imperial decree.He also ordered the clan's government to pursue the criminals, and must catch the instigators behind them, and punish them severely.

Honghui's funeral was not a big one, but it was considered solemn. All the princes' residences sent funeral ceremonies, and important court officials also came to express their condolences.The fourteenth elder brother came out of the palace and stayed at the mansion to help with the management.

This night, Su Wei did not go back to sleep in his own room, but curled up on the couch outside the study.

In the middle of the night, the fourth elder brother walked out of the study and sat next to Su Wei. Su Wei got up, and the two embraced in the darkness.

Su Wei couldn't remember how long it had been since he hugged his fourth master so deeply, but felt that his slightly trembling body brought him back to those days when they only had each other thousands of nights ago.

After the funeral, the fourth elder brother was still silent. Su Wei stayed by his side and didn't talk much. Occasionally, he would take time to visit the palace, or secretly mess around in the house.

Zhang Tingyu, Fu Nai and others came and went in a hurry every day, the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already been sorted out, and the confessions of Cao Zhuo and others pointed directly at Ling Pu, which seemed to be all reasonable.But both Su Wei and Ku Kui saw He Zhou, and Cao Zhuo also confessed to it, so he added the Zhijun king to the report of the clan's mansion, waiting for the emperor to return to the palace before making a decision.

Early November

Zhang Tingyu entered the mansion and presented the details of Cao Zhuo he had investigated to the fourth elder brother, "Lord Belle, this Cao Zhuo is indeed Ling Pu's retainer, and the details are quite clear. He is cautious and diligent in his work on weekdays. Ling Pu thinks highly of him." .”

"Careful, diligent?" The fourth elder brother flipped through the papers, "Has he had any contact with Nalan Kuixu and Orondai?"

"This is not certain," Zhang Tingyu bent down, "but I heard from his colleagues that this person suddenly became flustered and absent-minded all day long, and then he suddenly recovered, and began to recruit slaves from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I ran to the Armed Forces Academy a few more times."

The fourth elder brother smiled coldly, "That's it. The sudden change of temper must be because someone gave him some guarantee. Although this Ling Pu is not smart, he still knows how to be loyal. It is only natural for them to start with Cao Zhuo." .”

"Master Belle, we all know that the Prince of Zhijun is acting as a hindrance," Zhang Tingyu cupped his hands, "but Cao Zhuo couldn't find any real evidence here, and the Prince of Zhijun said that He Zhou had already been kicked out of the mansion by him. It is true that this person has been crossed off the records in the palace early in the morning. But here, Ma Lian's words may not be used as evidence. If we want to bring down Zhijun King, I'm afraid we have to think long-term."

"Think about it in the long run..." The fourth elder brother looked cold, "It's okay, there's no rush. I still find it strange that even though He Zhou was removed from the palace record, he is a servant of King Zhijun, and many people know about it. .The king of Zhijun took such painstaking efforts to set up such a big game, how could there be a mistake in this matter?"

Zhang Tingyu frowned and thought for a moment, "Master Baylor doubts that He Zhou was inserted by someone else?"

"It may not be someone else," the fourth elder brother walked to the window, "there are many people who are double-minded around King Zhijun..."