Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 46 years

At night, Prince Yong's Mansion

Su Wei watched the fourth elder brother break the writing brush with his own eyes, and his braids stood on end for a while, and he stammered, "Well, I, I didn't buy it for myself, uh, actually, it's not for others, but, I, I'm, uh-"

A scream from inside the house startled Xiao Yingzi who was waiting outside the door, and hurriedly waved his hands to keep the servants in the yard away.

On the fourth elder brother's side, he didn't say anything. He took a step forward to pick up Su Wei and walked to the bedroom.

"You, you, what do you want to do?" Su Weigan kicked his legs, his mind was muddled, "You, you, you can't beat me, I and I are all for you. Ah, not for that. Hey, no, listen to me !"

The fourth elder brother didn't care about Su Wei's nonsense at all. When he entered the bedroom, he threw him on the bed and pressed him down neatly. Tore the obscene pants.

"What are you doing?" Su Weiteng blushed, and rushed to the bed angrily, "No, no! It will hurt, I won't do it!"

"Be honest!" The fourth elder brother grabbed Su Wei's leg, with a fierce face like a yaksha in hell.

Su Wei pursed his lips, felt aggrieved for a moment, and kicked the other leg around for a long time, but was grabbed by the fourth elder brother and spread it apart.

"Ah, no way!" Su Wei stretched out his hand to push, but the fourth elder brother grabbed the work below. After rubbing it, his stiff body softened by half immediately.

The fourth elder brother suppressed it, and most of the anger welling up in his heart dissipated at this time. Looking at Su Wei's red eye circles, he stopped thinking about punishing him, and reached out to the drawer at the bedside to take it. the ointment came out.

As the night darkened, there was only a little candlelight left in the East Courtyard, which swayed gently amidst the long whispers.

The slight moon shines through the curtain, and the fluorescence is blue.At the beginning of the distant sky, the low trees are gradually verdant.The dragon blows over the bamboo in the courtyard, and the song of the luan blows over the well.The mist hangs down from the silk, and the breeze rings around.The festival follows the mother of gold, and the heart of the cloud holds the jade boy.Deeper and quieter, the morning will be rainy...

the next day, early morning

Eunuch Su never believed that it would be impossible to do anything, but now that it was his turn, he really put together all the face of his previous life, and he didn't want to lose it.

"Master," Xiaoyingzi walked into the room eagerly, and moved to the bed and said, "I asked the waiter to cook millet porridge, and you can drink some fermented bean curd."

"I'm already dead, don't talk to me, burn paper if you have something to do," Su Wei lay on the pillow, tugging at Brother Si's pillow with no interest. Now that he has gone to court, he can only vent his anger on the pillow.

"Master doesn't eat, the prince will be angry again when he comes back," Xiaoyingzi put the millet porridge on the stool beside the bed, and placed another plate of fermented bean curd.

Su Wei sniffled, determined not to look back, Xiaoyingzi pouted, picked up the feather duster beside him and said, "Master, eat by yourself, I'll clean the study."

Su Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and raised his head and said, "Stop! Where did the money in my purse go? Return it to me quickly!"

"Why is Master so stingy?" Xiaoyingzi came back step by step, "You came back so late yesterday, the lord almost punished me for sweeping the street!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you dare to take my money, it's against you," Su Wei insisted on propping up his upper body, and stretched out his hand to Xiaoyingzi, "If it wasn't for you yesterday, would I have been taken advantage of by that? Return the silver to me, or wait until I can go to the ground, and see how I deal with you!"

"I'll pay it back, I don't care about it at all." Xiao Yingzi made a face at Su Wei, took out a bag of silver from his arms and threw it on the bed, "It's all here, what will you do if you caused me to be scolded by the prince?"

"How do you count anything?" Su Wei poured out the silver and counted it bit by bit, "You are my apprentice. If the master has something to do, the disciple will do his best. This is the ancestor's rule."

"It's really nonsense," Xiaoyingzi curled her lips, turned around and left with a feather duster on her shoulder.

Su Wei had counted enough money, and the grievance surged up again. He drank the millet porridge angrily, kicked the fourth elder brother's pillow far away, and fell asleep with his purse in his arms.

On the other end, the fourth elder brother went down.

Jingxi's impeachment of Tuoheqi and others was sent by Lord Kangxi to Dali Temple for investigation.The Ministry of Internal Affairs began to prepare various matters for Shengshang's southern tour.The palace was busy, and the fourth elder brother hadn't noticed Babeile's trump card for a while.

Zhang Tingyu went out of the palace gate, got into the fourth elder brother's carriage, and said in a low voice, "I don't see the Holy Majesty losing his temper, and Babeile hasn't come to the palace much recently."

"He can hold his last breath." The fourth elder brother pursed his lips and leaned against the wall of the car, "Second elder brother has already agreed to let Nian Gengyao officially participate in the Sichuan military affairs, and someone will go to Sichuan soon. E Hai, governor of Shaanxi, is inferior to Qi Shiwu's ability to use troops, and even Huang Ama would not refuse. At Dali Temple, you can suppress him for as long as you can."

"The emperor is going to make a southern tour today, so he probably doesn't have much energy to urge Dali Temple," Zhang Tingyu frowned and said, "I just don't know what the prince's plan is next. Since the prince is asked to find a way to suppress this matter, will the prince come up with a plan?" What countermeasures?"

"Second elder brother didn't disclose this to me," fourth elder brother said with a sigh of relief, "I just said one thing, after a while, Huang Ama won't be interested in paying attention to this matter, I think he should have an idea. "

"Since that's the case," Zhang Tingyu said in a deep voice, "It's better for the prince not to participate too much in the game between the prince and Babeile. After all, it's hard to estimate where His Majesty's mind is at this time."

The fourth elder brother pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Now Qi Shiwu is still the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and you should keep a low profile in the Ministry of Punishment. If you lose this official position, he won't be able to hold it for long."

"My minister understands," Zhang Tingyu leaned over and cupped his hands.

After Zhang Tingyu got out of the carriage, the fourth elder brother opened the window, looked at the dazzling array of shops on the street, and frowned again, "Fu Nai!"

"The slave is here," Fu Nai took a quick step and leaned under the car window.

"Go and check the shopkeeper of the Wuji store and the owner of the silk and satin shop. By the way, there is also the one named Muci." The fourth elder brother narrowed his eyes, "I went there with a lot of fanfare with the guards of honor. Going to Xi Laishun. Even if they don't believe that Su Peisheng belongs to this king, they should know that Xi Laishun has something to do with Prince Yong's residence behind the scenes. So they are still putting on airs knowingly, with someone behind their backs, or hiding some tricks. "

"Yes, my servant will do it now," Fu Nai bowed his head to accept the order, and led the two of them directly to the fork in the road.

On the tenth day of February, Prince Yong's Mansion

In the corner of the row house on the East Road, a man with shrunken shoulders was carrying a package and walked quickly to the side door.

"Stop!" With a soft voice, Shi Yao came across the corridor with two servants, "Bao Maocai, you are so courageous, how dare you disobey Fujin's order?"

Bao Maocai's face paled in an instant, and he rushed to Shiyao's feet and said, "My aunt, please spare this servant. The servant has already been discovered, so I dare not. You didn't see how miserable it was outside the darkroom that day , when those guards cleaned up the bones, they didn't even have a whole body. I'm sorry, you should leave a whole body for this slave." He knocked his head on the ground several times, crying tears and snot all over his face.

"Okay, okay," Shiyao took a few steps back, and gave Bao Maocai a disgusted look, "You are also the one who only grows a brain, but not a core. Let me ask you, you were defeated by Xiao Erge." What did you say when you called?"

"The slave didn't say anything," Bao Maocai waved his hands again and again, "The slave only said that he wanted to serve in the East Courtyard, and he didn't dare to mention anything about the girl and Fujin. Otherwise, Guanshi Xiao wouldn't let it go so quickly." The servants will come out."

Shi Yao pursed her lips, and said with a light snort, "You are sensible, since you know what to say and what not to say, then someone will ask you in the future—"

"If you beat me to death, I won't say a word." Bao Maocai kowtowed a few more times and said, "Your servant has already asked the steward to allow me to serve the old mother on the Zhuangzi. I also ask the girl to show mercy and let me leave. Bar."

Shi Yao took off the handkerchief and waved it, "Okay, okay, let's go."

"Miss Xie, Miss Xie," Bao Maocai scrambled to his feet, saluted Shiyao several times, and fled out the door as if flying.

Shi Yao sighed heavily, frowning her beautiful eyebrows tightly, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at the two servants following her.

In the end, before Shiyao could speak, the two young servants knelt down on the ground with a plop, followed Bao Maocai's example and kowtowed repeatedly, "Miss, please, please, servants don't dare to go to the East Courtyard. Once you enter the door, you won't be able to get out, please forgive me..."

"It's okay, it's okay, a bunch of trash!" Shi Yao flicked her handkerchief angrily, and ignored the two kneeling on the ground, turned around and left.

In the evening, East Courtyard

Su Wei lay on the bed for two days, finally he had enough grievances, he put on his boots slowly, went into the study, ignored the fourth elder brother who was practicing calligraphy, and sat down on the couch.

The fourth elder brother glanced at him, and curled the corners of his mouth amusedly, "What? Have you had enough sleep? Putting on this picture, is it because you want to go to your small courtyard and listen to people playing the zither and singing?"

"You—" Su Wei turned his head away, lay down on the couch, his stomach bulging angrily.

"Okay, okay," the fourth elder brother finished writing the last stroke, picked up a cloth towel and wiped his hands, "Do you know that Boss Zhong of Yinxiang Silk and Satin Shop was originally from Huizhou? The shopkeeper is not only a fellow villager, but also an old friend for many years."

Su Wei blinked, sat up and said, "How is it possible? Boss Zhong told me that he and Wu Xuesong are just business partners?"

The fourth elder brother smiled slightly, leaned on the back of the chair and said, "Don't say that, can you be hooked so easily? Let that Zhong Fu say whatever he wants, and praise Wu Ji highly. When you look back, he You said that you want to partner with you in the salt business, and you still don’t obediently give the lead nest to others? Waiting for the three melons and two dates to leak from the fingers, and you have to be grateful to clear the obstacles for them. Even if it turns out that it’s not so It’s the matter, anyway, those who don’t know are not guilty, they have already made a lot of gold leaf, even if they are a head shorter from now on, it’s not a loss.”

Su Wei sat on the couch in a daze, his mind was rumbling for a long time, and after a long while, he said hoarsely, "How do you know?"

"I asked Fu Nai to check it out," the fourth elder brother threw a booklet on the table, "Do you know how many dignitaries this Wu Xuesong met after he came to Beijing? How much money did he spend? Actually, he just wanted a booklet." It's just a salt dealer. It's all because a deadly enemy of Wu Ji used the salt business to overwhelm their business. However, this lead can't be bought with money, there is no equivalent Power, even if you lose all your wealth, it will be of no avail."

Su Wei picked up the booklet and flipped through it. He didn't know how Fu Nai got it. It recorded the expenses of Wu Xuesong's dealings with officials and rich businessmen from various places.Su Wei figured it out, he was probably the only one, not to mention that he didn't receive any gifts, and paid money to go in by himself.

"These old and cunning guys!" Throwing the booklet on the table, Eunuch Su became very angry this time. Fortunately, he was still thinking about the money that Boss Zhong lent him, so he hastily sent someone to deliver it a day later.

"Don't be angry," the fourth elder brother bent his lips, and hugged him into his arms, "Since the salt business is so easy to do, let's just get involved."

The fourth elder brother stretched out his hand to open a flat wooden box on the table, and inside it was the Yinwo of Lianghuai Salt District, "Let Wu Ji be the owner on the surface, and let them toss around, and you only count the money later." That's it."

"But," Su Wei picked up a few pieces of paper in the box and looked at them, "What if he refuses? He pretended not to know before, just because he was afraid that we would take advantage of it."

The fourth elder brother sneered, with a cold light in his eyes, "Who does he think he is? A small merchant, let him say whether he is willing or not? You tell him clearly, since you dare to set your mind on me, then now , he has to do it even if he doesn't!"

Sure enough, he wanted to hug thick thighs. Eunuch Su instantly felt that the two days he had been lying on the bed were worth it.