Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 45 years

At the end of July, Prince Yong’s Mansion

When the fourth elder brother woke up again, it was almost evening, and with a slight movement of his finger, Su Wei, who was sitting on the head of the bed, woke up suddenly.

"Master? Are you awake?" Su Wei stared at the fourth elder brother with rounded eyes.

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips, his voice was very hoarse, "Master...is sick again? I have no strength... How long have I been asleep?"

"It started last night." Su Wei jumped off the bed and poured a glass of water for the fourth elder brother. "Up to now, it's been a day and a night..."

The fourth elder brother drank water, cleared his throat, and his face was a little rosy, "Is something wrong in the mansion? I remember that there was a lot of noise in the yard before I passed out."

Su Wei lowered his head, sat next to the fourth elder brother, and helped him hold his arm, "It's nothing serious, it's just that a young eunuch who just entered the mansion died. You know, pulling people to take the blame, the usual trick..."

The fourth elder brother breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Su Wei with a little helplessness in his eyes, "Actually, this is very good... Originally, the master was afraid that they would pin the crime on you."

"Don't worry," Su Wei turned around and tucked the quilt for the fourth elder brother, "I know the severity, and self-protection is the most important thing at this time. Take a good rest, conserve your strength, and take care of your body is the most important thing..."

The fourth elder brother twitched the corners of his mouth, and slowly closed his eyes that were finally opened.

When Zhang Bao stepped into the threshold, Su Wei was sitting on the edge of the bed blankly, watching the fourth elder brother's peaceful sleeping face again.

"Is the doctor's new prescription not effective? Could it be that the master has not woken up?"

"Wake up," Su Wei looked up at Zhang Bao, "I just didn't have much strength, and fell asleep again after saying a few words."

Zhang Bao breathed a sigh of relief, then walked to Su Wei's side and said, "Fu Nai has already found out. The prisoner detained by Shuntian Mansion appears to be a craftsman of the Ministry of War, but in fact he came from the army. He was transferred from Shaanxi to Beijing. It was also because of his skill that he was able to avoid the patrolling guards and sneak into the blocked streets to fetch water."

"With some skill, how can you be caught so quickly?" Su Wei squinted his eyes, "He is from Shaanxi, so he has something to do with Qi Shiwu, and standing behind Qi Shiwu is Yuqing Palace... "

"Looking at it this way," Zhang Bao frowned, "Is the master's illness really related to the prince's dispute?"

Su Wei stood up, pinched his waist and turned around twice, "If you say that you murdered the master, the eighth elder brother is the most suspected one. But right now, the prince is not out of the question."

"Is it because Wang Yi participated in Tuo Heqi?" Zhang Bao raised his eyebrows puzzled, "Wang Yi doesn't have much contact with our family, and he is a scholar after all, with a low position and low position. How much impact can it cause? Our prince has been helping the prince all the time, how could the prince kill the master because of a trivial matter that is not clear? Isn't this equivalent to cutting off his own arm?"

"You forgot," Su Wei stopped and looked up at Zhang Bao, "There is more than one Wang Yi in our heart with the prince. Back then Wei Jingguo stole Suo'etu's relationship with Tuoheqi from Shaogan's mansion. The letter, so many years have passed, it is impossible for the crown prince to be ignorant of it. Later, Ling Pu ordered Liangxiang Zhuangzi to assassinate, and it is also doomed that the crown prince and the master will not trust each other wholeheartedly."

"But, no matter how you look at it, this matter is a bit weird." Zhang Bao frowned, "Even if the craftsman bought Xiao Yuanzi and transported the sick water into the palace, how did Xiao Yuanzi get in touch with the master?" What? The master has only been back to the palace twice in the past few days, and the time spent each time is not long. What to eat and what to use are all improvised, and our people are always watching over the kitchen. Xiao Yuan A young eunuch who has just entered the mansion, logically speaking, can't even reach the threshold of the kitchen or tea room."

"Xiaoyuanzi is most likely wronged," Su Wei said with his head down, "If there are other people in the house who have contact with the craftsman, the master will be in danger. This matter cannot be neglected, and we will continue on our original path." check."

"I know," Zhang Bao nodded, "but, after all, with all the witnesses and material evidence, Shuntian Mansion will probably close the case with Xiao Yuanzi and that craftsman. And in the palace, I'm afraid the Office of Respect is about to intervene. After all, The one who committed the crime was a eunuch, and we can all bear the blame."

Su Wei snorted coldly, his eyes were cold, "Xiao Yuanzi can be coerced by others, obviously he is not a clean one. That Zhao Qiyi prostituted his elders, committed crimes knowingly, and sent them to the palace. I don't know how many of the eunuchs are hiding their eyes behind their backs. The respect office wants to take credit from us, so it’s fine if the consultants do it themselves, but if it’s Zhao who’s surnamed, I’ll definitely take off his skin!”

second day of august

It has been six days since the fourth elder brother fell ill, and the Tai Hospital changed four or five prescriptions one after another, but the fourth elder brother's condition still did not improve.

Ding Qi followed Zhou Yuansan to check the herpes on the fourth elder brother's body. When he saw the new rash on his armpit, Qi Qi gasped.

Su Weijin hurriedly approached, seeing Zhou Yuanju's pale face, lowered his voice and said, "Master has a new rash again? If you said before that you can recover from herpes, it doesn't work?"

Courtyard Zhou looked at Su Wei with a guilty conscience, and nodded lightly, "If the prince keeps giving birth to new rashes, I'm afraid he will suffer from illness sooner or later. The prescriptions discussed by the old man and his colleagues in the past few days can only relieve the rash. It's a temporary illness, and it can't cure the prince's condition. According to the doctors in the west of the city, the patients who came to Beijing were all born with the third rash and couldn't get over it—"

Su Wei stared at him sharply, and the court judge of Zhou immediately stopped talking, "Physician Zhou, if I remember correctly, Lord Long Live seems to have said that if the prince has something good or bad, all the imperial physicians don't have to step out of Prince Yong's mansion." The door is open."

Court judge Zhou nodded in a panic, and Su Wei took a step towards him and continued, "I, Su Peisheng, must have known the reputation of the Imperial Hospital. Believe it or not, even if Long Live God doesn't pursue it afterwards, our family will have it." Way, let you all pay for my prince's life!"

"Eunuch Su, you--" Imperial Physician Zhou was promoted to the Imperial Hospital at any rate, and his medical skills are not considered deceitful. Now that he is threatened by an eunuch, he suddenly feels a little indignant. Before he could say anything, he heard Su Peisheng sneer.

"Compared to Imperial Physician Gu, Imperial Physician Zhang, and Imperial Physician Liu, Imperial Physician Zhou is a rare and honest person." Su Wei went to the bed and straightened the pajamas for the fourth elder brother, "It's just that a doctor should be magnanimous and accept all rivers and rivers." But I don't know, where did those doctors in the west of the city provoke the Zhou court and be sent out of the mansion one by one?"

Zhou Yuan was speechless for a while, the doctors in the west of the city are not lacking in medical skills, and they also know more about this epidemic.But it was just like this that made the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital very taboo. Regarding the various ministries and hospitals in the imperial court, the imperial hospital was probably the only place where capable people lived.If these barefoot doctors cured Prince Yong this time, it would not be impossible for Long Live Lord to send them all to the Tai Hospital.In fact, if it wasn't for Ding Qi being a doctor in Prince Yong's residence, Zhou Yuan would send him away early in the morning.

Seeing that the court judge Zhou did not speak, Su Wei turned cold, "One profession is a rule, and our family has no control over how your Taiyuan hospital usually acts. But right now, it is about the life of our prince, so don't blame me for the court judge Zhou. .Ding Qi, go and invite the doctors from the west of the city back, and you will take them to treat the prince in the future!"

"Yes," Ding Qi was quite bold, she didn't have the psychological burden to fight against the imperial physician at all, she bowed her head to Su Wei, and then retreated.

"Judge Zhou," Su Wei raised the corners of his lips, "you have been immersed in the officialdom for many years, otherwise you would not have climbed to the position of court judge after Liu Shu. The meaning of being with the king is like a tiger, the imperial physician should know best Yes. In this world, what is more important than the head?"

After the early court, Xiao Yongzao, Minister of the Ministry of War, hurriedly got into the carriage. Because of Prince Yong's illness, the emperor was furious in the early court.But Xiao Yongzao, who knew the inside story well, kept secret about all this, but he felt very uneasy in his heart.

The carriage drove to the entrance of Town God's Temple Street, and a smiling young man stopped in front of the horse, "Master Xiao, our master is here to invite you!"

Xiao Yongzao lifted the curtain and looked. The young man had a clean face and a smooth neck. He was obviously an eunuch. "Who is your master?"

"Master Xiao and the younger one will just come," said the young man with a pair of smiling eyes naturally, and he was very lovable when he spoke, "Master said, it won't delay the adults for too long."

Xiao Yongzao pursed his lips, got up and got off the carriage, and followed the young man into the Jinxiu silk and satin shop beside him.

In the backyard of the store, there is a small pavilion next to the big willow tree, and a young man is sitting in the pavilion.

"It turned out to be the Fourteenth Lord," Xiao Yongzao bowed to the Fourteenth Elder Brother, "You are being polite."

"Master Xiao, you are welcome, please sit down," Elder Fourteen waved his hand, took the white jade pot in hand and poured a cup for Xiao Yongzao.

"Thank you Fourteenth Master," Xiao Yongzao sat across from Fourteenth Brother, picked up the jade cup and took a sip, but there was a faint smell of wine.

Brother Fourteen bent his lips, "I don't like tea. This wine is brewed from snow water in Saibei. After washing the wine dregs twelve times, it tastes light and has a long aftertaste. You don't have to worry about it if you drink more. drunk."

"The fourteenth master has a bold character, and I have heard it for a long time." Xiao Yongzao drank the light wine, "I just don't know, what is the order of the fourteenth master to come here today?"

"Lord Xiao is serious," Elder Fourteen smiled slightly, "It's not an order, it's just that the capital is not stable recently, and there are some things, Yinti wants to ask Lord Xiao's opinion."

"Master Fourteen, please tell me," Xiao Yongzao lowered his head.

"My fourth brother was murdered and caught the epidemic, and Shuntian Mansion arrested a craftsman from the Ministry of War." The tone of the fourteenth elder brother was slightly drawn, "He was born in the army in Shaanxi and has a very hard temper. Shuntian Mansion took turns interrogating several For days and nights, I couldn't ask the person behind the scenes, so Sunu of the Clan House made a confession to my emperor Ama with personal grievances. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he dared to murder the prince. How could it be possible behind this reason? So simple? Master Xiao has served in the Ministry of War for many years, I wonder if he is familiar with this craftsman?"

Xiao Yongzao was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, "I'm terrified. I'm just a craftsman. I haven't noticed it. It's just that this murderer came from the Ministry of War, and my face is really dull. I'll wait until Prince Yong recovers. Come to the door to bear the thorns and plead guilty."

The fourteenth elder brother pursed his lips and nodded, "I am not very close to my own brother on weekdays. On the contrary, I have a lot of contacts with mynah. Mynah's close officials all have a lot of background, Tong Jia's, Niu Hulu's , Nalan family, if they really moved out, it would be no problem for them to have power. On the contrary, Mr. Xiao, who was born as a Han Confucian, is a little weak behind his back."

"The words of Master Fourteen, I don't quite understand," Xiao Yongzao lowered his eyes and lowered his voice.

"Master Xiao is a smart man," Elder Fourteen poured another glass of wine for Xiao Yongzao, "I have a close relationship with Mynah, and I am not entirely clear about the hole cards in his hand. The identity of that craftsman is really worthy of scrutiny. , Ministry of War, Qi Shiwu, Geng E, myna's schemes are always double-edged, even if they fail completely in the end, they can still leave people with doubts. However, "

Elder Fourteen paused, Xiao Yongzao raised his head to look at him, Elder Fourteen continued, "However, the position of Yuqing Palace is not someone who can sit in the Yuqing Palace. After all, in the world, Who can count against me, Huang Ama?"

"Then according to Master Fourteen's meaning?" Xiao Yongzao raised his eyebrows.

The fourteenth elder brother raised his wine glass and shook it at Xiao Yongzao, "A grown-up's heart is like a mirror, I'm afraid mynah is not a rare person to live in?"