On April 20, the 53rd year of Kangxi, Kangxi was sent to the Queen Mother to take refuge in the summer, and ordered the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the eighth elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the seventeenth elder brother to accompany him, which was said to start from Changchun Garden.

There are still tens of thousands of people, every thirty miles, and on the first day of May, the holy driver will stay in the Rehe Palace.

In the past ten days, Cao Hao's life has been very leisurely, and he only travels for three or four hours every time, and the rest of the time, he stops along the way.

Cao Hao will either play chess with Tang Zhiyu, or fight with the sixteenth elder brother to roast a chicken. It's just a chicken, and the place where the centaur is alarmed, even if there is game, is miles away. Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother are both lazy people, and they are impatient to make people rob others, so they buy two chickens nearby to roast and play, but they also have a different taste.

Seventeen elder brothers are not often seen, this year this year Seventeen Fujin followed to the outside of the Saiwai for the first time, but whenever there is a little free, the seventeenth elder brother is busy accompanying Fujin.

Several other princes and elder brothers also brought their concubines with them, but only the sixteenth elder brother brought two concubines with them. Because the body of the Sixteenth Fujin was not proper after giving birth, it was inconvenient to travel, and the Li family of the side Fujin had to take care of the little brother, so he also stayed in Beijing.

The sixteenth elder brother is now in a good relationship with the sixteenth Fujin and Li Fangfujin, and he doesn't care much about other female dependents. These two concubines are just coming over and waiting for his daily life.

The princes can bring their families, but the civil and military officials who follow them do not have that qualification. Count the time of half a year with your fingers, how to spend time?

Seeing that the little guys around the civil officials are becoming more and more beautiful, and the Goshha next to the military officials is very young, please see the ceremony, and there are more and more people who are smiling dirty.

It's not the first time Cao Hao has followed the hu, and he naturally knows about these things, without him, he just feels disgusting in his heart. It's not that it discriminates against people with the same surname, but it's just that it's unacceptable to use this as a way to solve animal desires.

The people who followed Cao Hao, in addition to Xiaoman and Wei Hei, there were also Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong. Among them, Xiaoman is the youngest, and he is also eighteen years old, and he has grown into a young man.

Xiaoman was handsome when he was young, and a few years ago, the sixteenth elder brother teased him, saying that he would follow him into the palace to eat and drink spicy food. When Xiao Man heard this, he didn't say anything on his face, but he rolled his eyes in his heart. Entering the palace, isn't that being a father-in-law?

Now, seeing that Xiaoman is also older and has no clever appearance, the sixteenth elder brother also mentioned with Cao Hao that he wanted to transfer his two children. Cao Hao listened to it and was busy pushing it, he had some hobbies, but it was not easy to develop.

Because of the number of times he saw the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao couldn't help but be a little suspicious, this kid wouldn't develop in that direction, right?

There are many officials who raise prostitutes in Beijing, especially those who come from Fujian and Zhejiang, and the male style is prevalent, and if there are not a few prostitutes waiting in the study, they will be embarrassed to entertain guests.

However, Cao Hao didn't want the sixteenth elder brother to be infected with this. Kangxi hated the matter of annihilating each other with the same surname.

At that time, Suo Etu's sons were ordered to be executed by Kangxi because they had this intention with the second elder brother. In the palace of the second elder brother, up to the prince's subordinate officials, down to the little eunuch, because of this, the people who were killed by the rod could not be counted in two slaps.

The sixteenth elder brother's biological mother is a Han concubine, and there is no maternal family to rely on, and now this leisurely son is all relying on Kangxi's grace. If you annoy Kangxi because of your misconduct, then it will not be easy.

Because he was worried about this in his heart, after the saint drove to Rehe, Cao Hao found a vacancy and called the sixteenth elder brother to speak alone.

Although the sixteenth elder brother is the prince's elder brother, in Cao Hao's heart, he cannot be equated with the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and others.

For the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, Cao Hao was a little more in awe because of his identity. Because I know that the two of them are the future prince and the future prince of the iron hat.

For Xiao Sixteen, when he first came into contact, Cao Hao was still a little careful. At this time, after a long time, unconsciously, he diluted his status as a prince, and instead looked more like a little brother with a close relationship.

The two of them stood by the river, and the sixteenth elder brother saw that Cao Hao had sent his entourage far away, and his expression was still a little solemn, and he couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked: "Fu Ruo, what's going on, is it possible that I want to be big now, and I have only been out of Beijing for a few years?" ”

Cao Hao was still thinking about whether the sixteenth elder brother was a private matter, and whether it was good for him to talk too much. However, thinking of Kangxi's indisputable surname in the past few years, he still felt that he should say a few words, so he said: "Sixteenth master, there is something, although it has nothing to do with me, but I still have to say a few words." ”

Seeing Cao Hao's solemnity, the sixteenth elder brother put away the smile on his face and said, "What's the matter, what is our relationship, Fu Ruo said it happily!" ”

"In the future, that little boy, if someone else sends the sixteenth master, the sixteenth master should not accept it!" Cao Hao said.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he immediately blushed, laughed twice, looked at Cao Hao with slanted eyes, and said, "Look at you, what a big deal I should do, and call me here to talk." It's just a human relationship, I'm not good at that, Fu Ruo should know. ”

Cao Hao saw that he didn't care, and said: "The gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, although he doesn't think anything in peace, but if someone else wants to pick the eyes of the sixteenth master, this is all talking about the head." In the past, the matter of the East Palace, the sixteenth master didn't remember? ”

Hearing Cao Hao talk about this, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but shudder. At that time, he was still young, and he had no intention of passing by the East Palace, and it was when the inner servant was executed, and the bloody scene was still fresh in his memory.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "I know what Fu Ruo means." Speaking of this, his expression was a little complicated, and he smiled bitterly: "It's because I've been too smooth in the past two years, and I'm starting to feel a little proud." But I don't want to think about those brothers and brothers, which one is not a man with his tail between his legs. As you said, my reckless actions are not worth anything if I don't settle the score, and if one day, I am unlucky, these are not all ready-made crimes. ”

In the end, there was a bit of depression in his words.

If he continued to talk about it, it would be a matter of heaven, and it was not Cao Hao's casual praise, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "I'll just say that, why is the sixteenth master still emotional?" Could it be that the young man knows the taste of sorrow and commits the disease of lovesickness? ”

The sixteenth elder brother was amused by Cao Hao's words, pointed at him with a smile, and said, "Are you embarrassed to make fun of me?" In the past ten days, I just talked about Fujin a few times, but you are a letter to your family every three days, which one is lovesick? ”

Cao Hao just smiled and didn't argue, even if it was a letter from home, he also felt that it was less. He really didn't worry about Chu Yu, and before coming to Beijing, he deliberately said in the front yard and the house that if Chu Yu had any discomfort, he would send him a message as soon as possible.

After the two of them finished talking about business, they walked to the market.

Whenever he saw a peasant girl selling flowers and wild vegetables, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but take a few more looks. Cao Hao followed and looked over, although those girls were not beautiful, but they were all sturdy, with black and shiny braids, and they looked very healthy.

Although Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother are wearing regular clothes, the clothes on their bodies are of high quality, just like two young sons. In addition, both of them are amiable people, and their faces are not as arrogant as other rich people, and they look down on people.

Therefore, those young girls are timid and shy, but the bold ones are looking back.

When the sixteenth elder brother saw it, he said to Cao Hao with a smile: "These girls, they are bold, so they are not afraid of being robbed by bad people?" ”

This is just a casual joke, the holy car is stationed in the Rehe River, and the summer resort has become a large barracks within a radius of dozens of miles. If you dare to commit murder in the Rehe Gathering, it will really eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, and the old birthday star will hang himself for a long time.

The sixteenth elder brother is still like a peacock with the screen open, looking at this in the east and that in the west. Some girls have their fathers and brothers by their side, and when they saw that the sixteenth elder brother's eyes were irregular, they wanted to have a seizure, but they didn't dare, so they only pulled the girl with a black face to avoid it.

When Cao Hao saw the surname of the sixteenth elder brother, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. The sixteenth elder brother now has several wives and concubines, why is he so anxious? Could it be that the two concubines in front of him can't wait, and he still wants to find another folk girl in Rehe to try it?

The sixteenth elder brother turned his head, called Cao Hao with a lack of interest, touched his arm and said, "You should take a closer look!" ”

"What are you doing with these?" Cao Hao was a little puzzled, even if the sixteenth elder brother wanted to take over the outer room, he didn't need to follow him for reference.

Seeing him so incomprehensible, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Fu Ruo, I really admire you, this ...... How did you endure this four or five months at a time? People are not romantic, even if there are two more waiters around you, can Da Gege still make trouble? There are many virtuous and virtuous women in this world, how many Hedong lions are there like the eighth sister-in-law? ”

Cao Hao smiled and said, "Self-cultivation surname, self-cultivation surname!" ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he glanced at him and said, "Extreme hypocrisy! You, you're the kind of person who eats soft and doesn't eat hard, that is, you have the surname of Da Gege, but it hurts to the heart. If the other party is a tigress, see if you are worried about the beautiful concubine? ”

Yes, this half-day effort has been done with the prostitute and concubine. Cao Hao smiled and looked around, just in time to see a larger restaurant in front of him.

It was already nightfall, and when it was time to eat, Cao Hao was also a little hungry, so he pointed to the restaurant to the sixteenth elder brother.

Seeing that Cao Hao didn't make a stubble, the sixteenth elder brother knew that he didn't want to say this, so he shook his head and didn't squeak again.

The two entered the restaurant and found a place to sit by the window, and Zhao Feng and Xiaoman followed and waited. Wei Hei and the others found two tables nearby and sat down.

Xiao Er took the rag, stepped forward to wipe the table, and asked, "What do you want from the two masters?" The small shop also just arrived silly roe deer meat, pheasant, the taste is authentic. ”

In the past ten days from the capital to Rehe, the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao have spoiled a lot of chickens. Hearing Xiao Er mention the pheasant, the sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said: "Don't want the pheasant, I want your local products here, those mushrooms or something, and a portion of roe deer meat, no need too much, just four dishes and eight bowls." As he spoke, he pointed to the two tables where Wei Hei and the guards were sitting, and said to Xiao Er: "Go over there and ask them what they want to eat, but it's okay." ”

After speaking, the sixteenth elder brother raised his chin at Zhao Feng, who was standing next to him. Zhao Feng waited for him for many years, and he knew what he meant, so he took out half a handful of copper coins from his purse and rewarded the little two.

Xiao Er saw that the generous patron came, his waist was bent lower, and his face was smiling, and while singing a few names of dishes loudly with the bookkeeper, he went to Wei Hei's two tables to ask for dishes.

Here, there is already a shopkeeper, who personally brought a pot of tea over and poured it for Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother. After two more words of flattery, he went down.

The sixteenth elder brother rarely eats outside, and when he saw the shopkeeper's style, he felt a little strange, and said to Cao Hao with a smile: "To be honest, the food of this trader is not delicious, how is your dim sum shop prepared?" ”

Cao Hao said: "I want to invite a master from Suzhou and Hangzhou to Guangzhou, although I have already arrived in Beijing a few, but it is still not enough to think about getting more snacks, I am afraid that it will be delayed, and it will be early to open in the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "The recipe I asked for last time has been presented to Huang Ama. I heard that the queen mother likes two of these snacks very much, and there are many nobles in the harem who like this, and it has been spread to the palace outside. After a while, the movement will be smaller, and I will think of other ways with you. Up and down, the palace is fashionable to eat southern dim sum, and only then do people find special knots in the market, so it is faster. Nowadays, the clothes, jewelry, and recipes in this capital are all following the palace! ”

It was still last month, Cao Hao unintentionally mentioned to Brother Sixteen that he wanted to buy a South Point shop at home, and at that time Sixteen said that he wanted two dim sum recipes.

Cao Hao also thought that he was going to prepare for Fujin, so he chose a few kinds of things that were not common in the capital, and asked the master to write a method for the sixteenth elder brother, but he didn't expect him to help himself out...... "This ......" Cao Hao was a little embarrassed, but the words of thanks were too polite, so he smiled and said: "Inherit the love of the sixteenth master, and when it opens, it is best to bother the sixteenth master to write a signboard." ”

The sixteenth elder brother smiled and said: "Even if you open your mouth, then there is no problem, but you can't make the day work, and the brother still settles the account, you can tell me, what do you use to thank me?" ”

Cao Hao remembered that Cao Yin's family letter mentioned that he had nothing to do and sorted out the opera scores, and said: "When the sixteenth master opens the mansion, how about I prepare a team to send you?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Okay, good, I don't know this, let's make a ...... of it."

He stretched out his hand, still thinking about making a palm strike with Cao Hao, but the smile on his face froze.

Cao Hao saw that his expression was different, followed his line of sight, and looked out the window. I saw that people were coming and going, and it was very lively. There were a few men standing at the door, and the man across from them didn't know what to say. The man on the other side was a pander, a nod, and a begging for mercy.

The person who begged for mercy was in his forties, but he looked a little familiar, Cao Hao was still wondering who this person was, where had he seen it, so he heard the sixteenth elder brother snort coldly and said, "Zhao Feng, you come over to show the master, could it be that the master is dazzled?" ”

Zhao Feng heard that the sixteenth elder brother's tone was not good, so he hurriedly leaned over and looked outside, but he said "Huh", and said with a little surprise: "Master, it's Tao Jinxiao." ”

Cao Hao was beside him, very surprised. Although he saw it just now and didn't recognize it, he knew Tao Jinxiao. Tao Jinxiao is one of the fathers-in-law in charge of the sixteenth elder brother, and his qualifications are no less than that of Zhao Feng, the eunuch who has been following the sixteenth elder brother.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his face was already gloomy, and he said, "The two people standing next to the dog slave look familiar, are they from the fifteenth master's side?" ”

Zhao Fengba necked, looked carefully, and replied: "If you go back to the master, one is the father-in-law next to the fifteenth master, also surnamed Tao, who often walks around us, and I heard that he is the cousin of Tao's father-in-law; The other two are not in the palace, they are the external stewards of the third master's mansion, and the slaves and maids have seen them, one is called Mingtu, and the other is called Tu Bahai. ”

Not to mention the sixteenth elder brother, when Cao Hao heard the names of the two foreign stewards of the third elder brother's mansion, he secretly remembered it in his heart. "Tu Ye", the "Tu Ye" who saw the beginning and the end of the dragon back then is still an unsolved case.

It's just that the main family mentioned by Natu Ye back then was Lord Beile, and the third elder brother was already Prince Heshuo at that time, but this point is a little wrong.

Despite this, Cao Hao couldn't help but look over there a few more times, but he happened to see a strange thing.

The man who had been nodding his head was stretching out his hand, biting his thumb, and then took a piece of paper from everyone's hands and pressed a bloody handprint.

That Tao Jinxiao and his accomplices, this party was satisfied, smiled and put away the paper with a handprint, patted the middle-aged man's shoulder, and said a few words with a smile.

The middle-aged man nodded his head, but he couldn't stand up straight. Tao Jinxiao's group all smiled a little, and then walked away.

The sixteenth elder brother looked at their backs, his face was a little gloomy, and said to Cao Hao: "I don't know when these minions came together. If you don't know this, you will be designated as the third brother. ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "That's true, since the sixteenth master has seen it, pay attention to it in the future." Maybe it's just the first time I arrived in Rehe, and I can't prepare to come out together. ”

That being said, Cao Hao looked at the shop where people came and went, and felt a little strange in his heart, so he called Xiaoman and asked him to go over and take a look.

Sure enough, as Cao Hao thought, there was indeed a gambling hall opposite.

The middle-aged man had already left dejectedly, but Cao Hao also remembered who he was, a small civil official with him. A few days ago, I saw him talking to Tang Zhiyu, and I heard that it was the same year as Tang Zhiyu.

If you just have some dealings with the third elder brother's steward and the fifteenth elder brother's close attendants, it is not a big deal, but it is not a trivial matter to blackmail the imperial court officials.

Cao Hao mentioned what he thought to the sixteenth elder brother, and when the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his face became more and more ugly, and he trembled a little angrily, and said: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a child around me, and this face has made this slave lose everything!" ”

Because of such a thing, where did the two of them still have the interest to eat, they used two chopsticks and went back to the villa.

Along the way, the sixteenth elder brother hated. Cao Hao saw that he seemed to be about to attack Tao Jinxiao, thought about it for a while, and said: "If the sixteenth master wants to hold him accountable, don't forget to ask the third elder brother about the details of the two foreign stewards." In the Qianmen bombing case that year, there was a 'Tu Ye' in the middle, and it happened that Mingtu and Tu Bahai both had the word 'Tu' in their names! ”

The sixteenth elder brother had heard Cao Hao mention this matter in his early years, and when he finally checked whether there were any "Tuye" around several princes, in addition to Mr. Zhuang's side, the sixteenth elder brother also helped to check some words with great interest.

As a result, at least half of the elder brothers' mansions have a picture or something, or a picture, which is too common in Manchurian names.

The only Baylor Mansion in Bisheng, among the disciples on the side of the Eighth Elder Brother, there is no name for anything or anything. After checking and checking, I had no clue, so I had to get rid of it.

Hearing Cao Hao's old words again, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but stop and asked, "How did Fu Ruo remember to suspect over there?" Look at him plainly, doesn't he look like such a thoughtful person? ”

Cao Hao didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he was just accustomed to suspicion and didn't want to give up the clues.

Whether it's an explosion or a horse crash, since you know that someone is watching you secretly, you naturally have to pay special attention to these.

Because of the mention of others, the anger of the sixteenth elder brother temporarily disappeared a lot, frowned slightly, and said with a little worry: "I don't know what the fifteenth brother thinks, does he want to be a tumbler?" Needless to say, the relationship with the second elder brother is the fifteenth sister-in-law of the second Fujin; With the third brother, looking at it like this, it seems to be a little unclear; is usually in the palace, and he is also a little close to the fourteenth brother......"

Brother Sixteen just didn't say these words, and Cao Hao also knew it. Although the fifteenth elder brother gives people the impression of being easy-going, he always feels a little unatmospheric, secretive, and suspenseful between his actions.

Even in the early years, Cao Hao suspected that the fifteenth elder brother was the secret party of the third elder brother, and the real culprit of the prince and the eighth elder brother on the grassland.

In the past two years, when he knew that the fifteenth elder brother was raised in the Defei Palace when he was a child, and that he had a deeper relationship with Concubine De than his biological mother, Wang Concubine, Cao Hao suspected that he was a henchman of the fourteenth elder brother...... The fourteenth elder brother sent troops to the northwest, and there must be someone in the capital to respond, otherwise before the fourth elder brother ascended the throne, he would make people block Changchun Garden, who would defend him......*

(To be continued)