The south bank of Shichahai, the palace of Dunjun, the front hall.

"Good! still dare to enter the house, what's the matter, is it here to see if the master is dead or not? The tenth elder brother glared at Cao Hao, who was standing under the sixteenth elder brother, and sneered.

Cao Hao had a polite smile on his face, and he didn't know what to say. The last time I saw Brother Ten was in June, he was not strong but he was ruthless in his spirit, and now seeing him haggard so far, Cao Hao thought about the medicine that Wei Bai ordered, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for this "straw bag old ten" who looked very violent. These twenty-seven or eighteen men, with such an unspeakable hidden, it is not easy to "recuperate" in the past few months.

When the sixteenth elder brother saw that the tenth elder brother really came in, he was angry at Cao Hao, and hurriedly diverted the topic, and said with a smile: "Good brother, this farewell for three or four months really makes my younger brother worry." No, I deliberately brought deer breast and deer tendon today, although I know that my brother is not short of this, and he always has a snack on it! ”

Although the tenth elder brother is in a group with the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother, it is not that he has lost contact with others. is not only a political need, these people are more attracted to those young elder brothers, but also because compared with the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother has more work, and he is also quite attached to the temper of the tenth elder brother, so the tenth elder brother also has a little closeness to him. Now the sixteenth elder brother's Chang Fujin has pointed to Guo Luoluo's family, although several members of the Eight Masters Party do not regard him as their own people, they are not outsiders.

The tenth elder brother was in the way of many relationships, and now seeing the sixteenth elder brother with a smile on his face, it is not good not to give face. At that moment, he glanced at Cao Hao fiercely, and then said to the sixteenth elder brother: "Sit down and talk, shouldn't you be by Huang Ama's side, when did you run back?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother saw that the tenth elder brother was going to dry Cao Hao, and he was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he pulled Cao Hao down with a smile: "The tenth brother told us to sit!" ”

Cao Hao sat down, Brother Shi's face sank, his eyebrows twisted and he stared, and he was about to have a seizure. The sixteenth elder brother knew it in his heart, and said with a smile first: "Tenth brother, in addition to coming to visit my brother today, I also have something to remind my brother." ”

When Brother Ten heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Yo, Little Sixteen, it can be seen that he has grown up, and he knows how to remind his brother!" Tell me, I'm here to listen! As he spoke, he looked at Cao Hao, and looked at the sixteenth elder brother with some doubts, and since he had something to say, why did he bring outsiders here.

The sixteenth elder brother saw what he meant, and replied, "If it is something else, I will come alone; Because this has something to do with Cao Hao, I brought him over to save trouble! ”

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother said solemnly, the tenth elder brother couldn't help but pay attention to it, and frowned: "What's the matter?" Don't go around in circles with your brother, if you have something to say, be simple! ”

Sixteenth Elder Brother looked out of the living room door to make sure that there was no one else, Fang asked in a low voice, "Did Tenth Brother offend someone?" ”

Brother Ten looked uncomfortable when he heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Since he knew that his illness was wrong, he thought about the people he knew, because there was no beginning or end, and it was not easy to make a big show, and it was still chaotic. Therefore, I was very attentive to these words, and after listening to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, I couldn't help but wander and think about it myself.

Cao Hao didn't know why the sixteenth elder brother suddenly mentioned this, and he was secretly frightened. Because he knows the "inside story", he is somewhat weak-hearted, although his face is as calm as before, but he is also a little apprehensive in his heart.

The sixteenth elder brother has been paying attention to the expression of the tenth elder brother, and when he saw him like this, he knew that he was casually covered, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The tenth elder brother came to his senses, stood up from the chair suddenly, looked at the sixteenth elder brother and said in a deep voice: "What does the sixteenth elder brother mean by this? He just reacted, this sixteenth elder brother has just come back from the grassland, I'm afraid I won't know so much about things in Beijing, this is said for no reason, there must be some individual reasons, ten elder brother frowned and guessed: "Could it be that someone gave me eye medicine in front of Huang Ama?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked embarrassed: "Tenth brother, it's not good for other younger brothers to say much!" It's just that the king of Shuncheng County has been guilty of the fold, because ...... Not...... Like mentioning...... Deceived or something. And ......" said this, but it was a little slurred.

Brother Shi's face turned pale, and he held back his anger and said, "What else? ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at his face and whispered: "There are still more people who died violently in the tenth brother's mansion...... There are rumors that the tenth brother of the epidemic has known about it for a long time at this time, but he refuses to prevent the epidemic well, and allows them to enter and exit, making the inner city ......"

"Fuck it!" Brother Ten was so angry that he couldn't listen anymore, stretched out his finger and pointed at Cao Hao, and shouted: "Cao Hao, you make it clear to Xiao Sixteen, then you found out that something was wrong and directly led the people from the Yamen of the Infantry Army to come over and surround the Ye's mansion, but the Ye didn't let you surround it?" ”

Cao Hao hurriedly got up and replied, "Tenth Master, I told the Sixteenth Master a long time ago, these are all nonsense. In the two months before and after, many mansions were involved, and if it weren't for the cooperation of the tenth master for the people's livelihood, the epidemic would not be so easy to contain at this time. The people of the capital, speaking of which, should also feel a great favor from the tenth master! ”

Although the tenth elder brother was very dissatisfied with Cao Hao before, and there was also an element of anger, now that he heard such a good reputation, he was used, but he was also a little embarrassed, so he waved his hand and said: "It's useless to talk about these things, the master has been raising them for a few months, and he is not so cheeky to be greedy." It should be the wrong master to admit it, others want to calculate the master, and the master is not the surname good! ”

This is what the sixteenth elder brother wants, he smiled in his heart, his face was still solemn, this should have been said, so he refused to stay, only said that he had not gone to the Thirteen Mansion to ask for peace, and he was afraid that he would go to his brother tomorrow to pick up.

Although the tenth elder brother had the intention to ask who was making waves in Rehe, where was the sixteenth elder brother willing to say this? He only smiled politely and said goodbye and left.

Cao Hao followed the sixteenth elder brother out of the palace of Dadun, and he really admired him. How could this child, who is like a human spirit, leave an old and confused impression in history? Then he immediately understood that he was able to spend the last years of Kangxi safely and won the heir, and he was favored in both the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, and he was afraid that it was because of this "confusion".

The sixteenth elder brother was still afraid that Cao Hao would not understand the meaning of doing that play, so he said with a smile: "We can also be regarded as 'leading the water to the east', but there is no way to do it!" Ten Brother's temper, if we directly ask for the guilt, saying that he was reckless and anxious at the time, no matter what the reason, don't expect him to know the priorities. In his eyes, it's a shame-saving thing, who cares about you and that? Just like that, set another target for him, deflect his anger at you, and give him a step down, and that's all right! As he spoke, he looked a little proud.

Cao Hao rode on the horse and glanced at the sixteenth elder brother with a smile: "It's a little bit of this meaning, but I'm wondering, where did this Shuncheng County King offend you?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I really let you say it, I didn't have a suitable person to help you share your grievances, I just thought of him!" He was also a little snobbish, and when he went to Rehe in July, he saw that the fifteenth brother, me, and the seventeenth brother had no foundation, and he was a little sloppy in his words. I'm better to say, where will I bother with him? But the seventeenth brother is a little annoyed, and I will bring him Bumuba here by the way. As for whether it is a blessing or a curse, Bumuba has to pray for his own blessings, the backbone of the tenth brother is the eighth brother and the ninth brother, and those two are not vegetarians! At this point, I couldn't help but laugh evilly.

Cao Hao didn't know whether to admire, or sighed, he had lived two lives, and he still relied on Mr. Zhuang by his side, and he might not be so inconspicuous when he calculated people. Sixteenth elder brother, this is only sixteen years old...... The sixteenth elder brother in the thirteenth mansion was completely different from the appearance in the Dunjun royal mansion, and he resumed his usual laughter and laziness, and when he saw the thirteenth elder brother, he shouted to drink good wine.

Because he went to the Dunjun Palace, the sixteenth elder brother had already sent someone over to say that he wanted to come to greet his brother and have dinner by the way. The thirteenth elder brother has already asked people to prepare for it.

In the early years, the sixteenth elder brother was still young, and the thirteenth elder brother was not particularly close to him, but in the next two years, due to Cao Hao's relationship, he had much closer contact with the sixteenth elder brother than before. Moreover, in the past two years, the thirteenth elder brother has experienced ups and downs, and he can be regarded as seeing what the "hot and cold world" is, and the sixteenth elder brother can get close to him without utilitarianism, which really makes him feel gratified, and naturally he is also good to the sixteenth elder brother.

* Prince Makoto's Mansion, Study.

The third elder brother held his breath and condensed, wrote a few big words on the bookcase, and then put the pen down, looked at it horizontally and vertically, and was not very satisfied, shook his head, changed the paper and pressed it with a paperweight, and thought about it before putting down the pen.

Among the princes, the third elder brother does not have the noble background of the prince, the bravery of the eldest brother, the hard work of the fourth elder brother, the good reputation of the eighth elder brother, and the favor of Kangxi like the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers. What he can rely on and be proud of is his academic achievements. His geometry was taught by Kangxi himself, and in addition, he also had a small understanding of the law and calendar.

Since the 40th year of Kangxi, the third elder brother allocated money to support the doorman Chen Menglei to compile books, which lasted five years and completed the book "Ancient and Modern Books Collection", which won a good reputation in Shilin.

Originally, the third elder brother was not very enthusiastic about the crown prince, after all, the title of the crown prince was determined early; Besides, even if the storage position is unstable, there is still the eldest son of the eldest brother in front of him, where can he fight against it?

With the decline of the eldest elder brother's maternal clan, the Pearl Mansion, the power of the Suo Etu family has disappeared, and the third elder brother can't help but be moved. are all dragon sons, except for the crown prince, who is stronger than whom?

really responded to the old saying "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry", the eighth elder brother suddenly rose up, and the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother twisted into a force, and the power expanded rapidly. After just a few years of hard work, he has faintly become a three-legged trend with the eldest brother and the prince. The third elder brother, the prince who is not ranked, was once again neglected by the world.

finally survived to a waste of the prince and circled the eldest brother; The subsequent turmoil of recommending the prince made the eighth elder brother lose his sacred heart again. Although the crown prince is now reinstated, anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is just a puppet, and it will be a matter of time before he is abolished.

After removing the eldest elder brother and the crown prince, even if the third elder brother is older, he is not only secretly happy in his heart, but also trembling. Fortunately, because of his penchant for calligraphy, writing two characters in each sentence can also make his mind calmer.

The third elder brother shook his wrist, and finally felt that his strength was insufficient, shook his head, and thought about it again in his heart, this emperor Ama asked the fourth child to go to Rehe and let him stay in Beijing, is this to attach importance to himself, or to the fourth child?

On this issue, in the past month, he has to think about it twice every time, and he is a little happy to think of or attach importance to himself; Thinking of or attaching importance to the fourth child, you will also be suspicious.

He was trapped in this problem, so he heard the little eunuch at the door say: "Master, Steward Meng asked to see him, saying that he had something to tell him!" ”

"Hmmm! Call him in! The third elder brother said.

The little eunuch answered, and after a while, a man in his thirties came in and called the third elder brother a thousand: "The slave asks for the master!" ”

He is the coat of the palace, and the third elder brother is the most important, and he was recently ordered to take people to stare at the side of the Dunjun Palace.

In the matter of inheriting the king of the county, the third elder brother always felt that something was wrong, and the first suspicion was of course the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother. just checked and checked, but didn't find out the reason, the third elder brother didn't give up, and still asked people to stare at these two places.

There is nothing abnormal on the Ninth Elder Brother's side, but there is nothing wrong with the Tenth Elder Brother's side. Since the middle of June, this imperial doctor has not been broken, but the previous imperial doctor left Beijing to "return to his hometown", and the second old imperial doctor came back from the Dunjun Palace, and before returning to the house, he fell from the carriage and died, which is really too strange.

The third elder brother couldn't help but suspect that the tenth elder brother was going to make it bad, except for the twelfth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother who had just returned from the capital, then only he and the thirteenth elder brother were left. The thirteenth elder brother has lost power, who will bother to deal with him? Thinking like this, he became more and more vigilant, and he was even more careful with his diet.

"Why did you come back at this hour, what's wrong over there?" The third elder brother asked.

Steward Meng said: "Back to the master's words, before the second quarter of the day (half past two in the afternoon), the sixteenth elder brother entered the palace of Dunjun with the county lord Efu and Cao Hao of the household department, and left the palace at the third quarter of the first day of the Shen month (three forty-five in the afternoon). Before the two entered the mansion, they couldn't see their joy or anger, but when they left the mansion, their faces were happy, although the minions were far away and couldn't hear what they were saying, but they looked like they had achieved something good. The slave thought of the master's orders, did not dare to slack off, and took the two of them with him, but found that these two went to the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion. Moreover, it was directly entered into the house, and there was no report from the concierge. ”

"Little Sixteen?" The third elder brother was shocked in his heart, and he knew that the sixteenth elder brother returned to Beijing, because the sixteenth elder brother came to his side to ask for peace at noon, but it was just a formality, and each of them dealt with two sentences.

Thinking about the sixteenth elder brother, he has always been a little close to the tenth elder brother, and it seems that he has also had some friendship with the thirteenth elder brother in the past two years, so the third elder brother clenched his fist vigorously and sent Meng to manage the matter. Then, he immediately turned out a note, wrote a letter, sealed it properly with fire paint, summoned a person, and commanded in a deep voice: "Go out of the city immediately and run to the river, hand this hand over to your master, and ask him to watch and decide." ”

(To be continued)