From the early years of Yongzheng to send the great lama's shrine back to Khalkha, the county king has disappeared from everyone's sight for three years.

The moment he saw the tenth elder brother, Cao Hao almost didn't dare to recognize him.

It is not that the vicissitudes of the world have made Brother Ten lose his former style, but that this master is white and fat, and his body size is twice as large as in the past.

Brother Ten raised his chin, without the slightest consciousness of being a prisoner under the stairs, looked at Cao Hao, snorted coldly, and said: "You don't love to drill camps, but you hug the thighs of the old thirteen, and climb fast!" ”

Although there are hundreds of guards standing behind the tenth elder brother, the tenth elder brother is still like a little rooster, as if the person behind him is not escorting him, just like his royal army.

Cao Hao was puzzled in his heart, but he refused to be rude on his face, and asked for peace in a proper manner, and then personally greeted the tenth elder brother to the Yin Hotel.

Directly north of the Yin Hotel, there is an exquisite courtyard, which is to house past guests, and it is not a slack to place the ten elder brothers here. The officers and soldiers of the escort were arranged in the front and rear courtyards.

On the way from the gate of the Governor's Mansion to the Yin Hotel, Cao Hao also saw that except for the two eunuchs behind the tenth elder brother, the others were all "caretakers".

Entering the Yin Hotel, Brother Ten stood in the courtyard, looked around, pointed to the two magnolias in the courtyard, and said to Cao Hao: "Where the tip of the needle is a little bigger, these Laoshizi are still planted to occupy the place, suffocated to death, cut it down, cut it!" ”

Cao Hao glanced at the escort who "escorted" the tenth elder brother to Qingyuan, but the person only looked at his nose and nose, and had no intention of coming forward.

Cao Hao said: "Since the king is here, he wants to be in line with the prince's wishes." With that, he arranged for someone to prepare to cut down the tree.

Seeing Cao Hao's happiness, Brother Ten was a little surprised, and glanced at Cao Hao with a little meaning.

Cao Hao's expression was calm, and he looked at the tenth elder brother calmly.

Although the two had grievances in their early years, Caesar's anger had already been spilled, and Cao Hao disdained to fall into the well at this time.

Brother Ten looked away and muttered to himself: "I heard that the roast chicken in Baoding Mansion is the best, this time the master is blessed......" After saying that, he turned around and entered the house with his hands behind his back.

Of the two eunuchs who followed, one hurriedly followed, and the other cautiously went to Cao Hao to confess.

Cao Hao only said that it was okay, and asked him to wait for the tenth elder brother, and then asked the counselor to talk to him in the living room.

The staff leader's surname was An, who was originally a guard of Prince Yong's mansion, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he became a second-class guard in front of the palace.

When the great lama shrine sent by the tenth elder brother was ordered to leave Beijing, he also followed as a guard, and the following year he was transferred to the protector to participate in the leader.

"When the king drove to Qingyuan, Cao was infinitely frightened, and asked Lord An for guidance." Seeing that An Shenling was not sleek, Cao Hao was not verbose and said bluntly.

"Lord Cao is polite, and the lower officials are just acting on orders, and they have to follow the prince to disturb Lord Cao." Seeing Cao Hao's politeness, An Shen also replied: "If there is anything to order the officials, Lord Cao can just speak." ”

Seeing this, Cao Hao hurriedly said: "Lord An is receiving the Qin Mission, where does Cao dare to trust him, but he is afraid that something will go wrong on the errand, so he must ask Lord An more...... Lord Dun, what is the constitution outside the mouth......"

These words, even if Cao Hao didn't open his mouth and sent others to inquire from those guards who followed, he could know a thing or two. But Cao Hao didn't want to take a detour, because he was afraid that this An Shen would be too careful, so he asked bluntly.

An Shenling glanced at Cao Hao and replied happily.

After all, it is not an explicit ban, and the tenth elder brother is quite comfortable in Zhangjiakou, and he is not short of eating and drinking. It's just that a few people from the palace who followed were a little restless and were on errands beside the prince, but they wanted to go out of the palace and wander around, and they were all dealt with by military law.

He only explained the life of the tenth elder brother in the past three years in just a few words, but Cao Hao heard the bloody and tragic it.

When the king of the county travels, where will there be fewer people to follow, and the total number of long-term followers and guards will not be hundreds, but there must be dozens. Today, only two eunuchs remain.

Cao Hao's heart was heavy, but his face was relieved, and he said with a smile: "It's good to have rules to follow, otherwise I don't know how to 'settle' the guests." It's just that I have an errand on my back, and I don't have much effort to stare at this side, the prince's identity is precious, if there is really a mistake here, I am afraid that Cao Mou will be to blame for his death. The safety of the prince has to be bothered by Lord An to continue to palm. In the end, it was a bit solemn.

Counselor An also looked solemn and said, "Protecting the safety of the prince is exactly where the duty of the subordinate lies. ”

With this sentence, Cao Hao's heart is steady.

The tenth elder brother is in the Governor's Mansion, the Governor's Mansion is just a courtyard on the left and right, and the people who are watching are all the emperor's people, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Just thinking about the appearance of the tenth elder brother "optimistic and knowing his fate", Cao Hao tried his best to think about the ending of the tenth elder brother who knew in his previous life.

The tenth elder brother did not die like the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, although he had been in the circle for many years, but in the end he survived until Yongzheng died and was released by his nephew Qianlong.

Cao Hao was a little relieved, he was really afraid that Yongzheng would have a whim and directly attack the tenth elder brother.

He didn't have anything, he was afraid that Chu Yu would be sad, after all, he was Chu Yu's uncle.

When he returned to the official residence, Cao Hao ordered someone to send a message to the kitchen to make roast chicken tonight.

In the kitchen of the Governor's Palace, there is a master chef who makes roast chicken.

When he returned to the inner house at night and saw Chu Yu, Cao Hao hesitated, but still concealed the news of the tenth elder brother's arrival at the governor's mansion.

Talking to her will only make her embarrassed, and it will not do her any good.

The next time, Cao Hao wrote an excerpt, detailing the placement of the tenth elder brother in the governor's mansion at the end of the pen and playing it to Yongzheng.

Although he had known for a long time that these news would reach the emperor through other channels, he couldn't be ambiguous, otherwise it would be a sin in the eyes of the emperor.

After a few days, the excerpt was sent back, and Yongzheng only approved three words: "Got it." ”

It was the thirteenth elder brother, who sent a letter with the imperial approval, and asked Cao Hao how he was doing, how Chu Yu was doing, or something. seems to be gossip, but the words "flesh and blood" are repeatedly mentioned in the letter.

Cao Hao read the letter of the thirteenth elder brother several times, and when he put it down, his face showed a little bitterness.

The emperor disregarded his brotherhood and put people under house arrest, but asked him to remember the "flesh and blood affection" as an outsider, which is really funny.

Although he didn't want his wife to participate in this matter, since it was the order of the thirteenth elder brother, who knew if there was Yongzheng's meaning in the back, Cao Hao only had to obey the ......inner courtyard and go to the room.

"Uncle Ten has arrived in Qingyuan?" Chu Yu's expression was not happy, but a little worried: "Will it implicate the master?" ”

It is no secret that Brother Ten was placed under house arrest in Zhangjiakou, and Chu Yu was worried.

Cao Hao shook his head and said: "When it doesn't have anything to do with me, maybe the emperor intends to allow the tenth master to return to Beijing and temporarily make a transit in Qingyuan." ”

Another possibility is to guard against the Ten Elder Brothers and the Mongols.

Brother Shi's grandson Fujin is a Mongolian, and the northern and western frontiers are not peaceful now.

Chu Yu was relieved when he heard this, but he didn't mean to go to his uncle to say goodbye.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was a little surprised.

In his opinion, with Chu Yu's surname, even if he knows that the Cao family is the most important, he will more or less respectfully ask for peace and do his niece's duty.

Seeing her husband looking at her with some doubts, Chu Yufang sighed and said in a low voice: "It's not that I'm ruthless, it's just that the lessons of Aunt Sixteen are still ......there," he said, also with a little gloom.

Even if the sixteen blessings are at fault, they may not be intentional, but the emperor's punishment is not ambiguous at all, one side blessing and a few blessings will be given, and the peace of Zhuangwang's mansion will be counted.

Cao Hao was speechless for a while when he heard this.

I can't complain that Chu Yu is afraid, but the emperor Yongzheng is too freewheeling, and he does not have the generosity of the king of a country, but he is the surname that must be repaid, and women are no exception.

"It's the meaning of the Thirteenth Master, you don't have to worry too much, bring a few children over tomorrow morning, just as an ordinary greeting." Cao Hao said.

Chu Yu nodded in response, and the two husbands and wives did not mention it.

The next morning, when Tianyou came to ask for peace, he was left by Chu Yu, and then asked someone to call Tianhui and Tianbaolai, and the mother and son went to the Yin Hotel together.

Tianyou and Tianhui are old, mature and sensible, so they only follow their mother quietly and don't ask much; Tianbao is four years old, which is the age of being lively and active, twisting like a new twist flower in his arms, and his eyes are looking around.

When he arrived at the Yin Hotel, Chu Yu did not go in directly, but asked someone to go in first to make a confession.

Tianbao had already been put down, standing beside Chu Yu, taking a look at his brothers and sisters, and then at Chu Yu, as if he also understood that he should not be rude, much quieter.

One time later, a eunuch came out of the courtyard, passed the words of the tenth elder brother, and invited Chu Yu's mother and son to go in.

Outside the door, there were four guards, who did not squint, but did not open their mouths to stop them.

Chu Yu took a few children and went into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the curtain of the door of the upper room was opened, and the tenth elder brother strode out, followed by a eunuch, carrying a chair in his hand.

Although Chu Yu was surprised by the fat of the tenth elder brother, he still stepped forward a few steps forward and asked An Dao: "My niece has seen the tenth uncle, please be safe from the tenth uncle!" ”

Brother Ten asked the chair to be placed in the yard, waved his hand after sitting down to tell Chu Yu to get up, and asked someone to carry the chair out to her: "It's too stuffy in the house, it's still cool in the yard!" As if to verify what he said, he shook a fan of ebony bones in his hand.

Tianyou and Tianhui both feel very weird, after all, it is late August, the weather is getting cooler, everyone has changed their clothes, it is early in the morning, the autumn wind is bleak, who will use a fan?

Tianbao was young and didn't want anything else, so he heard Chu Yu ask a few of their brothers and sisters to say hello to the person in front of him, so he honestly followed his brothers and sisters to say goodbye.

Ten Elder Brother's gaze slid from Tianyou and Tianhui, and fell on the youngest Tianbao, and said, "This is your youngest son?" It's stocky enough. ”

After Tianbao fell seriously ill last year, Li and Chu Yu changed their methods to nourish him, and raised Tianbao for nothing. Before the partial life came out today, the nurse also dotted the red dot on Tianbao's eyebrows, making him look as cute as the boy on the New Year's painting.

Tianbao is not afraid of life, and when he saw the tenth elder brother looking at him, he also looked at the tenth elder brother with a smile.

Seeing that he was innocent and splendid, the tenth elder brother was in a better mood, and took out a mutton fat jade safety buckle from his waist, put it under his thumb and rubbed it twice, and handed it to Chu Yu and said, "This is a meeting gift from the master to reward him......

As the elder of the tenth elder brother, since he has met three children, how can he only give a meeting gift?

Chu Yu only felt sad, and felt a little ashamed in his heart, and said: "It's too precious, since it is the personal thing of the tenth uncle, it must be from an extraordinary background......

Ten Elder Brother was impatient to listen more, reached out and pulled Tianbao over, tied the peace buckle around his waist, and said, "It's just a dead thing, where is the value...... If you don't want to go, you will send this child over for a while in the future, and when you see him, you will feel festive......"

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(To be continued)