Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 49 years

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Prince Yong's Mansion

Looking at the eighth brother who was bending over, the tenth brother clenched his teeth in anger, and the ninth brother's eyes trembled slightly.

Su Wei stood behind the fourth elder brother, his brows frowned, his hands were slightly itchy, and when he looked down, he suddenly had a plan.

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was about to extend his hand, Grandpa Su dodged and squeezed in front of the eighth elder brother.

Before the eighth elder brother had time to react, the soup bowl was snatched away.

"Why are there worms in this bowl?" Su Dagong said so amazingly that Rao Si elder brother was also stunned for a moment.

Su Wei turned around and picked up the chopsticks, and picked up a huge silverfish in front of everyone!

"These damn slaves," Grandpa Su glared at the door viciously, then turned and knelt down on the ground, "Master, forgive me, it's because of my negligence, this slave will go down to receive the punishment!"

"Fourth Brother—"

The fourth elder brother raised his hand and stopped the eighth elder brother's unspoken excuse, "No wonder you, it's these slaves who don't do their best.

The eighth elder brother's face froze, and the fourth elder brother said that he deliberately put the worms into the soup bowl. The action just now was disturbed by this, and the taste has completely changed.

The fourth elder brother didn't pay much attention to the eighth elder brother's expression, turned his head and said, "Come here!"

Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin quickly walked into the room, "Remove all the dishes from this table, and the slaves involved in the incident will each have [-] boards!"

"Hey!" The two Zhang Gonggongs took the order and left.

The fourth elder brother's eyes fell on Eunuch Su who was still kneeling again, "Because you found out just now, I will deduct half a year's salary from you, and see if you dare to be careless in the future."

"I don't dare anymore, thank you, my lord, for your kindness," Su Wei bent over and kowtowed, pursed his lips in secret, and deducted his money again!

The food on the kang table was removed, and the eighth elder brother had lost the best opportunity to defend himself. At this time, he could only eat Coptis chinensis.

The fourth elder brother waved his hands generously, "Okay, let's all sit down, and use some together later."

"Yes," the three elder brothers agreed, and sat down on the chairs with their own thoughts.

After noon, the eighth elder brother said goodbye, and the ninth and tenth elder brothers also returned to their residences.

Su Wei strolled around outside, closed the door of the room, and lay down on the soft couch with the fourth elder brother, "It's a good day today, and the eighth elder brother almost made another fame!"

"He was just worried that the master would take the opportunity to win over the ninth and tenth brothers." The fourth elder brother raised his hand and squeezed Su Wei's ears and lips, and was opened, "You are really messing around, how could such a big silverfish appear?" In Grandpa's soup bowl? You are not afraid of being caught if you do something in front of people!"

"Then I can't think of any other way," Grand Duke Su spread his hands, and finally said quite complacently, "Seeing that the eighth brother has done enough tricks, there happened to be a silverfish crawling by my hand. It’s useless to make wedding dresses for others. This eighth elder brother is really ruthless, not only can he do it to others, but he can also do it to himself.”

The fourth elder brother laughed, and dragged the person over just as he was about to get close to him, when someone reported outside the door, "Master Yue Zhong Qiyue has handed over the greeting card."

"Yue Zhongqi?" Su Wei got up from the fourth elder brother's arms, and hurriedly straightened his clothes, "Is that the strong man who saved us that day?"

"Well," the fourth elder brother nodded, and put on his boots, "he is the son of Yue Shenglong. Yue Shenglong made great achievements in the early years and was a rare leader in the army. He just resigned because of his mother's death. Now, Yue Zhongqi is out of office. It is a pity that he is only appointed as an alternate in Sichuan. If he is really talented, I would like to promote him."

Yue Zhongqi was brought into the study in the main courtyard, and the fourth elder brother, dressed in a navy blue python robe, stood at the door to greet him in person.

"My lord!" Yue Zhongqi hurriedly walked a few steps when she saw it, and knelt in the middle of the yard.

"Zhong Qi, get up quickly," the fourth elder brother walked down the steps to help him up, "I am grateful to you for saving my life, how can I make you kneel again?"

"This minister just did what he should do, please don't mention it any more," said Yue Zhongqi, although she was tall, she had a kind and gentle temperament, and she advanced and retreated politely.

The fourth elder brother admired it very much, and the two entered the study room and sat down as guests and hosts.

The fourth elder brother asked Yue Zhongqi a lot about the customs and customs of Sichuan, and Yue Zhongqi had a wide range of knowledge and answered them one by one.

When he learned that Yue Shenglong had passed away a year ago, the fourth elder brother also sighed for a while, and then said to Yue Zhongqi, "The emperor takes care of everything every day, so it is inevitable that he does not take good care of his subordinates. After you are a famous family, you can't just go into an official career. Donate an alternate position. You can wait at ease, if there is a good vacancy in the Six Departments, this king will definitely be the first to recommend you to Huang Ama."

"No," Yue Shenglong shook his head hastily. As soon as the words came out, he felt deeply offended. He hurriedly got up and cupped his hands at the fourth elder brother, "My lord, Zhong Qi did not come to Beijing to seek a job in Beijing because of her father's merits. think……"

Yue Zhongqi paused for a moment, then raised her head again, her eyes were firm, "I have loved military affairs since I was a child, and now border wars are happening again. I want to abandon literature and become military, and station at the frontier!"

"This……"

The fourth elder brother didn't expect this, so he thought for a moment and asked, "Then you want to go to Gansu? Or do you want to go to Hami Army?"

"No, Wei Chen wants to stay in Sichuan!"

The fourth elder brother was surprised again, "Why? There are no invincible bandits in Sichuan now, and there are plenty of generals."

Yue Zhongqi pursed her lips, seemingly hesitating again and again, and finally lowered her voice and said to the fourth prince, "My lord, please forgive Zhong Qi's arrogance. Zhong Qi dares to assert that there will be war on the Sichuan-Shanxi border in the middle of this year!"

evening,

The fourth elder brother was thinking about the marching map again, Su Wei picked a pomegranate, walked around the room and said, "That Yue Zhongqi really dares to say, if something really happened in Tibet, why didn't there be any news about it?"

"Tibet is located in a dangerous place, it is not easy to come and go, it is difficult for caravans to travel, and it is difficult to deliver the news." The fourth elder brother opened the memorial of Benkong, picked up the pen but refused to put it down, "At the beginning, Diba Sangjie Gyatso concealed the news of the fifth Dalai Lama's death for 15 years. If Huang Ama hadn't conquered Galdan himself, it is unknown how long it would have been concealed. He will definitely guard every checkpoint, not to mention the news, but the flies will not be able to fly out."

Su Wei chewed the pomegranate seeds in his mouth. He knew that there must be a war in Tibet, but it didn't seem so early.

"Yue Zhongqi is only inferring based on experience." The fourth elder brother stared at the blank memorial, and slowly exhaled, "But the Lord agrees with him to some extent. It is very strange that Cewang Allah Butan suddenly attacked Hami. But If it was a sudden attack on the west, then everything can be explained. He used a small group of soldiers to arouse the vigilance of the Qing Dynasty. When everyone's attention was focused on Hami, Gansu, his troops could enter Tibet without a trace. "

"Then what should we do?" Su Wei walked to the table, "You don't want to rely on the guess of an alternate Taoist priest to give it to the Lord Long Live? How good is an attempt?"

"I don't know." The fourth elder brother leaned on the back of the chair and wiped his forehead. "Now it seems that I can only write a letter first and let Nian Gengyao find a way to send someone to sneak into Tibet. When we get the truth Reliable news will be decided by Huang Ama."

"What about Yue Zhongqi?" Su Wei asked.

"According to what he wants," the fourth elder brother clicked on the marching map, "Let him do a guerrilla for the Chinese army in Songpan Town, Sichuan, which happens to be closer to Nian Gengyao. This is also equivalent to how long it will be for you an eye..."

The next day,

The sixteenth elder brother Yinlu, the seventeenth elder brother Yinli, and the eighteenth elder brother Yinjin came to Prince Yong's mansion to visit the fourth elder brother.

As soon as the carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, Brother Fourteen's carriage came oncoming.

The two parties got out of the carriage and greeted each other. Su Wei greeted them personally at the door.

I don't want to have just passed my tenth birthday, and the boyish [-]th elder brother was quite displeased when he saw the [-]th elder brother Yinti, raised his chubby chin, and said, "Fourteenth elder brother" Brother has been ill for so long, I am in a hurry in the palace, but Brother Fourteen is lucky, Jian Mansion is away, and it is so close, so I don’t even say to come and see it often.”

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows, but before he could speak, the sixteenth elder brother quickly pulled the eighteenth elder brother to his side, gave him a hard look, and said to the fourteenth elder brother with a smile, "Yinzhen is young, and was favored by my mother-in-law." It’s bad, the Fourteenth Brother has a lot, don’t be as knowledgeable as him.”

"He's not an adult!" Yin Jin said, jumping on his feet, "Even the empresses in the palace know that he doesn't get close to his own brother, but hangs out with starlings all day long, there is no distinction between close and distant!"

"Yinying!" Yinlu turned around and scolded Elder Eighteen.

The little man was taken aback by the yelling, but still angrily refused to admit his mistake, turned his head and went up the steps, and walked in, muttering as he walked, "I don't want such a good brother, I really don't know how to be blessed... ..."

Su Wei scratched his head and welcomed the other elder brothers into the mansion. The fourteenth elder brother didn't really care about the eighteenth elder brother, but his face was not very good.

In the dormitory, Yinzhen huddled next to the fourth elder brother, chirping and wishing to share all the things that he had experienced these days with the fourth elder brother.

Yin Li smiled gently, standing beside the fourth elder brother's couch, occasionally answering a question from the fourth elder brother.

The fourteenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother sat at the tea table, glanced at the tenth and ninth elder brothers who were waiting for tea from time to time, and the two of them smirked together.

"Yinti!" the fourth elder brother called the fourteenth elder brother.

The fourteenth elder brother walked to the side of the bed, and the fourth elder brother looked up at him with a friendly attitude, "How is Er Niang these days? Are you in good health?"

"Fourth brother, don't worry, Erniang is in good health, but I am a little worried for fourth brother," Elder Fourteen answered very standardly, and Su Wei sighed softly beside him.

The fourth elder brother lowered his eyes slightly, but his expression didn't change much, "Go back and tell Er Niang that I'm fine, let her worry too much and pay more attention to her body."

"Yes," Yinti bowed his head in response.

The fourth elder brother pondered for a moment, and lightly buttoned the blanket with one hand, "I heard that you often go to the military department recently. I haven't been to court these days. I don't know if there is any change in the situation at the border?"

"Hami is also covered in ice and snow now, but Junggar is still relatively quiet." Elder Fourteen paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, his eyes flickered slightly, "It's Funing'an expressing his horse and returning to Beijing to report to Huang Ama It is said that the grain and grass will not arrive in time, and it will be spring soon, and the border is in urgent need of rice beans."

The fourth elder brother frowned, the grain sent by Nian Gengyao had already entered Gansu in December, how could it have not arrived at the border yet?