Dressed as Su Peisheng

The court banquet was full of cynicism and sarcasm again.

Su Wei stood behind the fourth elder brother, watching with cold eyes, but found an interesting phenomenon.Among the powerful officials in the court, apart from Nalan Mingzhu who was sick, Tong Guowei, A Ling'a and others did not participate in the battle between the crown prince and the king of Zhijun.

On the contrary, some new literati admonishing ministers dare to say anything with a glass of fruit wine and a few ounces of ink in their stomachs.

After the court banquet, Yinxiang waited at the gate of Baohe Hall, looking at the fourth elder brother with a worried face, "fourth elder brother, I was not there when Hong Hui went, so I didn't help much——"

"It's okay," the fourth elder brother smiled at Yinxiang, "You are patrolling around with Huang Ama, it's already hard work, so don't worry about the fourth elder brother."

Yinxiang lowered his head, pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment and said, "The matter of the fourth brother Zhuangzi has implicated the prince and the king of Zhijun. The courtiers are full of benevolence and morality, but they don't do practical things. The fourth brother is afraid that he will be wronged." gone."

"There is nothing wronged or wronged," the fourth elder brother patted Yinxiang's shoulder, "Hong Hui is just a child after all, and the fourth brother knows it well. You are about to leave the palace to build a mansion, so don't worry about the fourth brother. You and The fourth brother supervised the construction of Yinti's mansion with all his heart, and I will let you live in it comfortably when the time comes."

"Fourth brother," the two of them were talking, and Yinti left the palace gate.

The fourth elder brother smiled, pointed at the fourteenth elder brother and said to Yinxiang, "The fourth elder brother has been worrying about your fourteenth brother for so many years, and this time I can finally help a group of fourth elder brothers. If it wasn't for Honghui's funeral, The fourth brother is really pleased."

Yinti frowned and scratched his head, "How can I be so careless, there are many places where I can help."

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips and shook his head, Yinxiang also showed a smile, but Yinti straightened his expression and said, "Fourth elder brother, Erniang is always uncomfortable during New Year's Day, you are fine and take fourth sister-in-law to Yonghe Palace Check it out."

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and stroked his cuffs and said, "A year ago, Fujin handed over the post, but Er Niang didn't like being disturbed. Now, Fujin is not in good health, so I won't disturb Er Niang to recuperate. You are still in the palace now, go to Yonghe Palace to accompany Er Niang more often."

Yinti was taken aback for a moment, the fourth elder brother had already patted the shoulders of the two of them, turned around and left towards the palace gate.

After the court banquet, Lord Kangxi rested alone in Qianqing Palace.

The consultant walked into the door, but was blocked by Liang Jiugong, "Today is New Year's Eve, let's report those bad things tomorrow."

"Is it a consultant? Let him in," Lord Kangxi raised his voice in the room.

The consultant line looked at Liang Jiugong, bowed his head and entered the emperor's bedroom.

"How's the investigation going?" Master Kangxi lay on the bed with his arms under his head and his clothes on.

The consultant was short, and said in a low voice, "The matter of the Sibeile mansion should be true. Li Jinzhong reported that He Zhou was indeed kicked out of the palace by the king of Zhijun earlier. But after the king of Zhijun built the mansion, This person has been re-activated. Although he is not serving the King of Zhijun like before, he has been working on behalf of the King. This time, the matter of Zhuangzi in Liangxiang probably has something to do with him."

Grandpa Kangxi took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "Send someone to the clan mansion to interrogate that Cao Zhuo to see who else is his master besides Ling Pu."

"Hey," the consultant line bowed and bowed, and retreated after receiving the order.

After New Year's Eve, the Lantern Festival arrived in a hurry, and there was an extra square sandalwood box in Su Wei's room.For several days in a row, when the fourth elder brother was away, Xiaoyingzi could see his second master sitting on the bedside holding the box.

During the Lantern Festival, Si Fujin was sick at home again, and the fourth elder brother went to the palace for a banquet, and was about to leave early.

In the Xipei courtyard, Mrs. Li, the side Fujin, held a small banquet to entertain all the sisters.It's just that I don't know if the servants are tired and lazy, or someone secretly manipulated it, and nothing went smoothly from the kitchen to the tea room.

At the end of the tossing, everyone lost interest, hurriedly looked at the snow sculptures and ice lanterns in the front yard, and went back to their houses.

Shiyue entered her and Song's yard, and from a distance, she could see a few girls and women talking and laughing while nibbling melon seeds in the anteroom. Seeing the master came back, she restrained herself a little.

Shi Yue sighed and shook her head.

Xu'er said softly from the side, "My lord, don't be annoyed. It's the Chinese New Year too, and everyone is too relaxed. When tomorrow comes, Fujin reprimands a few, and they will all be honest."

"I hope so." Shiyue stepped into the door, took off her cloak, and looked out of the window again, "The new year in this mansion is getting more and more meaningless."

Su Wei followed the fourth elder brother to leave the banquet early, and went out of the palace to return to the mansion. The carriage drove out of the inner city, and the long street was very lively.

"Master, let's go for a walk in the Town God's Temple." Su Wei opened the car window with an excited expression on his face, "There must be lanterns everywhere tonight."

Seeing Su Wei's smiling face, the fourth elder brother relieved his long-suppressed mood, and raised his voice to order, "Zhang Bao, let's go to the Town God's Temple."

"Yes," Zhang Bao replied, turned his horse's head, and headed for the Town God's Temple.

As Eunuch Su expected, the street entrance of Town God's Temple was crowded with people.Lantern Festival is a rare day when there is no curfew. There are various stalls and jugglers on the street, which are reflected in colorful lights of different shapes, making it especially festive and lively.

Su Wei tugged at the fourth brother's sleeve and squeezed through the crowd, buying bunches of candied haws over there, and a paper lantern over there, and even the little girl who sang and sold on the street won two coins from Grandpa Su.

"Don't run around here and there," the fourth elder brother panicked from being crowded by the crowd, always feeling like he was about to lose Su Wei, "Let's find a restaurant to sit in and watch the lights on the second floor!"

"No," Su Wei wrinkled his nose, "Don't you see that everyone is on the street, so that there is a festive atmosphere, let's go over there and buy some dried beef before returning home."

Su Wei dragged the fourth elder brother into the crowd again, the fourth elder brother had no choice but to firmly hold Su Wei's wrist, and looked at the blurred back of the man under the dim light.

A group of people wandered around the Town God's Temple until midnight. In the end, Eunuch Su was holding two big paper bags and couldn't move anymore, so he honestly followed the fourth elder brother back to the house by car.

The carriage drove past the Guozijian, and the Fourth Master's Mansion looked completely dark from a distance. The high-hanging lanterns floated silently in the night, as if there was no temperature and no light.

The fourth elder brother got out of the carriage, his brows were slightly tense, Zhang Bao stepped forward and said, "It's almost three o'clock, the masters must be asleep."

Su Wei hummed a ditty and walked in front, holding a crudely made paper lantern in his hand, and the burning candle was bursting with sparks, much more energetic than those in the mansion.

The two went back to the East Courtyard, Su Wei ate that and tasted this from the paper bag, until the fourth elder brother changed his pajamas and sat on the bed.

"Come here," the fourth elder brother patted the bed, Su Wei pursed his lips, walked over and sat down.

"Do you have something to say to Grandpa?" The fourth elder brother leaned against the head of the bed and put his legs on Su Wei's lap.

Su Wei held the edge of the bed with both hands, took a deep breath, and the smile that was always on his face gradually disappeared without a trace, "I just remembered today, in a blink of an eye, I spent more than twenty Lantern Festival with you. Actually , if possible, I want to spend the Lantern Festival with you all my life."

The fourth elder brother frowned, grabbed Su Wei's hand and said, "Of course we want to spend the Lantern Festival together for the rest of our lives, not only the Lantern Festival, we will spend all other days together."

Su Wei turned his head to look at the fourth elder brother, his big eyes sparkled, "I have something for you."

The fourth elder brother blinked and watched Su Wei run out of the house all the way, bringing a square sandalwood box.

"What is this?" Brother Si opened the box and took out a bone cube with twelve sides, each side had a color and could be rotated.

"This is called the Rubik's Cube," Su Wei twitched his lips, "It can be regarded as my fourth invention after checkers, puzzles, and Huarong Tao."

"The Rubik's Cube?" The fourth elder brother twisted the white side, making a rubbing sound.

"I made this after a long time of research with the construction department." Su Wei took the Rubik's Cube in his hand and twisted it in one direction. "As long as the method is right, the colors on the twelve sides can be matched Exactly, the ordinary Rubik's Cube only has six sides, so it's not easy to match all the colors. This Rubik's Cube is an addition, with twelve sides, which is more than twice as difficult. I specially designed it for our high IQ. Fourth Master customized it."

"I'm not a kid anymore." The fourth elder brother reached out to take the Rubik's Cube again, and twisted it, "It's quite heavy inside."

"Of course, there are treasures here." Su Wei grinned proudly, "After my words and deeds, the construction department made this twelve-sided Rubik's cube into a puzzle box. If the master matches the twelve colors, You can open the Rubik's Cube and see the treasure inside."

"Return the treasure?" The fourth elder brother held up the Rubik's cube and looked in through the gap between the cubes, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.

Su Wei swallowed, and pressed the fourth elder brother's hand, "This thing is not given to you for free, we have to make an agreement."

"What agreement?" The fourth elder brother glanced at Su Wei, lowered his head and spun this fresh toy.

Su Wei pursed his lips, and his voice slowly sank, "If the Rubik's Cube is not opened for a day, you and I will not see each other for a day."

There was not a single star in the empty night sky, Zhang Bao stood on the porch, exhaling from time to time.

Zhang Qilin leaned against the doorpost, staring at Brother Si's bedroom without blinking, the candlelight reflected on the window lattice flickered from time to time, almost no sound could be heard in the silent main room.

The fourth elder brother was still leaning against the head of the bed, but the hand holding the Rubik's Cube was already blue.

Su Wei turned his head away, and sighed long, "I won't go too far, I just take people to inspect Zhuangzi everywhere. You are so smart, you will find the rules, and you will unravel it soon."

The fourth elder brother still didn't say a word, Su Wei turned around and held the fourth elder brother's hand, "You and I both know that if I stay in the mansion for a day, we can't get over that hurdle. However, that is not a hurdle that we can choose too much. It's a single-plank bridge stretched across the cliff, and if you don't walk, you will be smashed to pieces."

The fourth elder brother closed his eyes, and the hand holding the Rubik's Cube began to tremble.

Su Wei stretched out his arms to embrace the fourth elder brother, and buried his head in his neck, "Go and walk on that single-plank bridge, and I will follow behind you relentlessly. I promise you, when you cross the bridge, you will be able to look back to me."

"What if I can't make it through," the fourth elder brother finally said, but his voice was so hoarse that he could hardly make a sound.

Su Wei stretched out his hand to touch the outline of the fourth elder brother's jaw, and said in a flat and leisurely voice, "Then let's jump down together."

The fourth elder brother let go of Rubik's Cube, hugged Su Wei's waist tightly, and a hot tear fell on Su Wei's back.

Su Wei grinned, and whispered in the fourth elder brother's ear, "It's been 23 years, Yinzhen, my little Douding has grown into an indomitable man. Even if Su Peisheng will be your slave for a lifetime, it's worth it."

"No, no," the fourth prince suddenly shook his head in a panic, and hugged Su Wei desperately, "I don't allow you to go, I don't want any Rubik's cube, and I don't want to walk on a single-plank bridge..."

"Shhh," Su Wei patted the fourth elder brother on the back, the tears in the corners of his eyes slid down his face, but there was still a smile on his mouth, "How many days and nights did we have in 23 years when the two of us had a tacit understanding, okay? "

On the [-]th of the first lunar month, in the early morning, a carriage with red curtains and oil curtains stopped at the side door of the East Garden.

Zhang Bao, Zhang Qilin, Ku Kui and others held large and small parcels and surrounded Su Wei and Xiaoyingzi to the door.

"Okay, don't give it away," Su Wei waved his hands boldly, "When I find something delicious and delicious outside, ask someone to deliver it to the brothers."

Zhang Bao pursed his lips, sighed lightly, and said, "You don't need to send anything, it's true that you take good care of yourself. The big village in the suburbs of Beijing has been taken care of, you can live there for a while, and wait for the mansion ...Stable, let's talk about going out for inspection."

"I see," Su Wei patted Zhang Bao's shoulder, "Don't worry...Master, we still need to take care of you..."

There was a moment of silence in the crowd, Su Wei swallowed, and gave a big smile, "Don't give it away, maybe I'll be back in a few days, you all hurry up and go about your own business."

Zhang Qilin pursed his mouth, and piled his burdens into the car again, "You and Xiaoyingzi are gone, what should I do if the medicine I took earlier had an attack? I said, why don't you keep Xiaoyingzi and take him with you?" I'll settle it."

Su Wei rolled his eyes, leaned close to Zhang Qilin and whispered for a while, and then left the messy Eunuch Zhang on the ground, and got on the carriage very gracefully, "Everyone go back, don't send it off, I'm leaving!"

With a mournful face, Xiao Yingzi climbed into the carriage behind Su Wei holding all his belongings, and waved at everyone while holding the car window.

The coachman raised his whip, and the horse's head turned around. The unusually rhythmic sound of horseshoes, like running water hitting a stone with a bamboo tube, took away everyone's thoughts with a ding ding dong dong.

Zhang Bao went back to the East Courtyard, and the fourth elder brother was sitting alone in the study, spinning the twelve-sided bone cube, the sound of crackling was very noticeable in the quiet room.

"He's gone?" Fourth elder brother lowered his head, his voice was calm and calm.

"Yes," Zhang Bao bowed down, feeling a slight chill down his spine.

The fourth elder brother didn't speak any more, and there was only the sound of friction in the room. Zhang Bao swallowed, and quietly retreated to the corner of the room.

Su Wei staggered on the carriage, and opened the window to look out from time to time.Not only did he walk all the roads in the capital, but he also walked nearly half of them.But this was the first time, he didn't know where the road under his feet should lead, and where it could lead.

"Master," Xiao Yingzi interrupted Su Wei's thinking, sniffled and said to Su Wei, "Master, shall we live in Zhuangzi from now on?"

Su Wei shook his head, "After a while, let's take a walk around, Lord Baylor's Zhuangzi orchards elsewhere, we should also check and check, lest those in charge of Zhuangtou fish in troubled waters."

"Oh," Xiaoyingzi replied sullenly, lowered his head and opened his own box and said, "But I only have so much money, so I guess it will be good if I can last to Shengjing. Can we borrow some money from the village? ?”

Su Wei stared blankly at Xiaoyingzi for a while, then slapped his thigh suddenly and said in shock, "I forgot to ask for money, Master! Why didn't you remind me?"

Xiaoyingzi's eyes widened, and he said extremely aggrieved, "You don't remember your own affairs, so you blame me! Everything is fine, but you are leaving the house suddenly, I thought you were rejected by the master."

"What nonsense?" Su Wei glared at Xiaoyingzi, found his own wooden box among a pile of messy baggage, and secretly prayed that his years of savings would be able to regenerate on his own.

He opened the lid of the box with his eyes closed, and a few pieces of paper lay on a pile of broken silver.Su Wei blinked his eyes and unfolded the papers. There was a sudden scream on the originally quiet road. The driver couldn't calm him down, and the horse pulling the cart raised its hooves high.

Xiaoyingzi wailed while clutching his painful head, seeing his second master holding the papers, he was so excited that he almost went to heaven, "What's the matter? Master, what is written on it?"

"It's not written on something," Su Wei's eyes widened, and he said in a low voice, "This is a bank note, a bank note, a full 2 taels!"

"What?" There was another scream in the carriage, and the coachman who was almost thrown off the carriage reined in tightly, and silently greeted the entire family of the master and apprentice.

At the end of January, a decree was passed down from the palace that Lord Kangxi would set off on a southern tour in February, accompanied by the crown prince and the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang.

The case of Siye's Mansion was temporarily concluded with Ling Pu being taken into custody, and all the memorials to the Crown Prince and Prince Zhijun were suppressed.

Su Wei and Xiaoyingzi temporarily lived in Daliangzhuang in the suburbs of Beijing. At first, the householders looked down upon this sudden father-in-law, thinking that he must have been kicked out of the mansion by the master, just like an exiled prisoner.

As a result, before the snobbish farmer could get into trouble, the [-]-liang carriage from Siye's mansion arrived in the village with great momentum.

The small courtyard alone for Eunuch Su was newly decorated, and the potted plants placed in the corners were all extremely exquisite, and the green pine and silver needles in winter were particularly dazzling in the whiteness.

At this point, no one dared to underestimate the exiled father-in-law. The farm households all walked hunched over the yard, which made Eunuch Su, who had always wanted to chat with someone, very depressed.

In early February, Nianfu

Several carriages drove up the long street one after another. Although the Nian family did not have a phoenix crown and Xiapei, they stepped into the threshold of Si Ye's mansion wearing the auspicious clothes of the side Fujin.

The dowry of the Nian Mansion is quite generous, and it can be seen that Nian Xialing attaches great importance to this daughter.The members of Xibeiyuan have their own thoughts, only Shiyue is depressed because of Su Peisheng's departure.

That night, the fourth elder brother entered Nian's yard.For some reason, when Master Baylor stepped in, everyone in the backyard lost their minds.

Around the second watch, the sound of Guqin came from Nian's courtyard.Shiyue opened the window and looked up at the new moon in the night sky, her eyes were sore.In the main hall, the windows were slammed down, and the door was firmly shut, but I don't know if I can stop these two lingering tunes.

In the middle of the night, Nian was lying beside the fourth elder brother, with a smile on his mouth, and his closed eyes were still trembling slightly.

The fourth elder brother stared at the curtain without blinking, and sat up slowly after the clapper sounded in the middle of the night outside.

Nian's side felt cold, and he gradually woke up, but in the darkness, the fourth elder brother walked to the outer hall with his clothes on.

Nian waited quietly for a while, but he didn't see the fourth elder brother coming back, so he got up, put on his shoes, and walked quietly to the door.

A candlestick was lit on the couch in the outer hall, and the fourth elder brother sat beside the candlestick with his shoulders slumped. With a little light, he twisted a colorful bone cube in his hand, like a cut multi-faceted dice, click The rattling sound was slightly harsh in the dark.