Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 49 years

October [-]th, the side hall of the cabinet

It was getting late, and the ministers who were about to go to court rushed to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Qilin knelt on the cold and hard floor tiles, listening to the increasingly rare human voices outside the window, his heartbeat in his chest was already beating like a drum.

The fourth elder brother was still sitting on the soft chair in front of the window, with a straight posture. The sunlight reflected from the window cast a shadow on his side, making the whole palace very dark.

Zhang Bao, who was also kneeling on the ground for a quarter of an hour, finally couldn't help but said, "Master, I know that you must be very anxious now. But right now, you are in the palace, and your every move is under everyone's attention. No matter how anxious you are, you can't be impulsive. If other people find out, let alone save Eunuch Su, I'm afraid our palace will be lost."

"Yes, master, what Zhang Bao said is correct." Zhang Qilin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then said, "We don't know the purpose of the people who hijacked Eunuch Su. According to my servant, Eunuch Su also It may not be dangerous. Besides, Eunuch Su is such a smart person, if the gang of kidnappers run into his hands, there will be no good fruit to eat."

After a series of persuasion by Zhang Bao and Zhang Qilin, the fourth elder brother still didn't say a word, his whole body was expressionless and submerged in the morning light, like a wooden statue.

The time to go to court is almost here, and the two Zhang Gonggongs are like ants on a hot pot at this time.

"I beg the master to put the overall situation first, and I beg the master to put his own safety first..." Zhang Bao didn't care about other things, took off his hat, and knocked his heads on the ground one by one.

Zhang Qilin couldn't think of any other way, so he could only imitate Zhang Bao, and the two kowtowed to each other, only the sound of "bang, bang" hitting the ground could be heard in the dim palace for a while.

The fourth elder brother slowly closed his eyes, and now he could no longer feel the pain in his burned wrist.To be precise, since he heard that Su Wei was kidnapped, and his life and death were unknown, he had no feeling at all.

A bird chirping outside the window skipped over the eaves, and the dewdrops on the leaves slowly slid down.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but there was a gunshot not far or near, and the fourth elder brother suddenly opened his eyes!

The two Zhang Gonggongs also heard this sound, and immediately realized that the cabinet is not far from the firearms room in the palace.

"master!"

Zhang Bao was the first to notice the fourth elder brother who stood up slowly.

The two Zhang Gonggongs didn't care about the bruised forehead, they both got up and stepped forward.

The fourth elder brother stood up, with some light in his eyes, "Zhang Bao took my token and went out of the palace, and told Fu Nai to check with Ji Shengtang first. If it is not Su Peisheng's business rival, then it is Chao Li's." people."

"Yes," Zhang Bao took the token with both hands, not daring to delay for a moment, and directly bowed and retreated.

"Let's go to court," the fourth elder brother looked at the void in front of him, just about to take a step, the world suddenly turned!

"master!"

Zhang Qilin quickly supported the fourth elder brother, but the fourth elder brother couldn't stand still, supporting Zhang Qilin's arm, and barely moved back to the soft couch.

At this time, outside Nissei's door

The courtiers and relatives gathered together in twos and threes, and glanced at the end of the corridor from time to time.

Yinxiang looked around, but couldn't find his fourth brother. After thinking about it, he still walked to the focus of everyone's attention.

"Mynah is in good health?"

The eighth elder brother has not been in court for a long time, and his sudden appearance in the palace today surprised many people.

However, in recent days, the relationship between Long Live Lord and Eighth Prince has indeed eased a lot.

I don't know if it's because of the Queen Mother's death, but Lord Long Live issued a decree not long ago to restore the eighth elder brother's silver salary, and sent his ministers to take care of the eighth elder brother's physical condition.

"Thank you Thirteenth Brother for thinking about it," Brother Eight still smiled as usual, "I have recovered a bit recently, and today I am still in good spirits, so I came to the palace to express my gratitude to Huang Ama."

Elder Brother Thirteen nodded politely, Elder Ten beside him couldn't stand it any longer, and said in a strange way, "If you really care about brother, go to the mansion to see if you have nothing to do. If you don't care at all, why bother to put on an act in front of others?"

"Yinyu!" The eighth elder brother glared at the tenth elder brother, but the tenth elder brother curled his lips and said nothing.

Yinxiang didn't bother to tell tenth elder brother apart, and was about to turn his head and walk away, eighth elder brother asked suddenly, "Why didn't you see fourth elder brother today?"

"The fourth brother was busy in the cabinet all night yesterday, so it may take a while."

Yinxiang looked at the eighth elder brother's expression for a few times, but the eighth elder brother didn't show any emotion, and just nodded lightly.

When the morning time came, all the clan ministers filed into the Rijing Gate, but the thirteenth elder brother still did not see the fourth elder brother.

After the eunuch blew his whip, Lord Kangxi sat on the dragon chair, looking all the way to the outside of the Qianqing gate, "Why didn't you see the fourth child?"

The courtiers who were discussing military affairs with the fourth elder brother in the cabinet last night were also a little confused at this moment. Just as Yinxiang wanted to take a step, he first wanted to find a reason for the fourth elder brother, when a series of footsteps came from outside the door.

The fourth elder brother walked into the court hall steadily, and kowtowed to Lord Kangxi in salute, "I ask the emperor to apologise, my son was sleepy for a while and delayed the time, and almost missed the court meeting."

University scholar Ma Qi walked out from among the courtiers, and cupped his hands at Lord Kangxi, "My Majesty, Prince Yong spent the entire night in the cabinet discussing matters with the courtiers last night. I'm afraid I'm not capable enough, so I wasted the time this morning."

"Yes, Huang Ama," Yinxiang also stood up and said, "Fourth brother has just recovered from his illness, and Fu stayed up all night once he returned to court. He must be physically unbearable. Please Huang Ama not to pursue it?"

"It's really disrespectful for a minister to go wrong, how can you say that if you don't pursue it, you won't pursue it?"

"That's right, how many adults were in the cabinet last night, and it's not just Prince Yong..."

There were voices of opposition among the courtiers, and some followed Ma Qi and Brother Thirteen to intercede, and the Qianqing Gate suddenly became lively.

Lord Kangxi frowned slightly, glanced around, coughed lightly, and the hall fell silent immediately.

"Okay, Yinzhen get up," Master Kangxi waved his hands, apparently without any intention of pursuing it.

The fourth elder brother got up after thanking him, and stood back to his position.

A line of sight fell on the face of the fourth elder brother vaguely, and the fourth elder brother turned his head to look, and was facing the smiling eyebrows of the eighth elder brother.

thatched cottage

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was accompanied by a cough.

Su Wei fell to the corner of the wall clutching his kicked stomach. Zhao Xiang and Zhao Xiang cheered and yelled, but Liang Yi turned around and stared at him fiercely.

Su Wei sneered, and the bruises on his face didn't block the deep sarcasm on his face, "Brother Ba is also at the end of his rope, he spent so much effort to kidnap me as a slave, and the people under him are all such idiots!"

Liang Yi's face darkened, and he stepped forward and kicked again. Su Wei turned sideways to protect his head and face, and his shoulder felt a sharp pain.

"Eunuch Su, my patience is almost exhausted, I advise you to save your energy," Liang Yi said through gritted teeth.

"The mouth is on my face, I want to say whatever I want to say," Su Wei leaned against the wall with his arms propped up, "Your masters dare not kill me, why should I be afraid of you bastards?"

Liang Yi's eyes were as cold as ice, and he glared at Su Wei and said, "Who said our master dare not kill you? The only reason we won't kill you is because you are still useful!"

Su Wei's brows and eyes moved slightly, without showing much expression on his face, but there was a huge wave in his heart.

The eighth elder brother caught him, but he didn't torture him, didn't force him to question him, but simply locked him up, which already made him very disturbed.

With the information leaked from Liang Yi, he is almost sure that the eighth elder brother arrested him not to get any information about the fourth elder brother from him, but to use him directly as a bargaining chip against the fourth elder brother.

What does this mean? Does it mean that Brother Ba already knows?

Su Wei frowned, and the hand hanging by his side unconsciously clenched the straw under his body.

Seeing that Su Wei stopped talking, Liang Yi thought that he was finally scared, so he snorted heavily, turned and walked out of the thatched cottage.

Beijing,

It was already afternoon when the fourth elder brother finally escaped from the palace.

Bayan and Fu Nai acted very quickly, leading the guards of the palace and almost eliminating all business rivals of Grand Duke Su.

"Several shopkeepers said that Eunuch Su has a very good reputation in Beijing in the past two years, and he has almost no rivals, and he can't think of any one that would do such a thing as kidnapping Eunuch Su." Fu Nai has just returned to the palace. The fourth elder brother reported.

The fourth elder brother stood in front of the soft couch, his eyes fell on the fruit plate on the kang table, and he was a little dazed for a moment.

Fu Nai wanted to speak again, but Zhang Qilin raised his hand to stop him.

The two waited for a while before the fourth elder brother slowly sat down on the soft couch, picked up a white water pear from the fruit plate and held it in his hand, "Since it's not for business, it's for the inside."

"My lord doubts?" Fu Nai took a step forward.

The fourth elder brother suddenly exerted force on the hand holding Bai Li, and the flesh flew all over the place, "Yinhu!"

thatched cottage

It was evening soon, and it was dark again in the low thatched hut.

Su Wei was leaning against the wall, his body was aching all over.There were occasional conversations between Liang Yi and the others outside the window. Su Wei listened carefully, but there was no useful news.

"I don't know what's going on in Jingli..."

Su Wei rubbed his swollen and sore shoulders. At this time, he could no longer be as calm as yesterday, "Zhang Bao and the others can stabilize Yinzhen. He should be able to calm down. People who do big things should not be too impulsive... ..."

After talking to himself for a long time, the sound of horseshoes suddenly came from outside the window.

Su Wei woke up and listened carefully.

It was a carriage that came and stopped not far from the thatched cottage. Liang Yi seemed to be running over.

Su Wei already had a guess, but he still couldn't believe it, but soon he heard Zhao Xiang and the others say "greetings to the eighth elder brother".

"Hmph, you really think highly of me, a little guy..."

Su Wei spat out a straw with a "bah", and sat up again with his arms propped up.

There was a solid feeling on the cold wall, and the wooden door was opened from the outside.

Liang Yi walked in front with a candlestick in his hand, followed by Eighth Brother, who was wearing a cloak and still pale.