In the fifty-third year of Kangxi, it was almost December, and it was already cold and windy in the north. In the doorway of the Xizhi Gate of the capital, there is a strange carriage parked, four-wheeled and two-horseed, the carriage is wide, and there are transparent glass windows on both sides, and the groom is shrinking his neck in the front row, holding his sleeves, just waiting for the big man in the carriage to speak. Looking through the glass window, the two of them in the carriage were still talking.

"Your car is extraordinarily lightweight, and what strange things are you loading?"

The person who spoke was Tang Youzeng, who had a relationship with Li Shi, and now he was a squire in the military department.

"What's so strange? I couldn't run when I gave it to me. Pulled to the car dealer in Beijing, the lathe said that the maintenance was improper, the bearing was in disrepair, and I was replaced with a new one, so I was so smart. ”

The one who replied was Tian Congdian, the servant of the ministry, and there were two waiters in this car.

"Today, I really have mercy on the courtiers, let us drive Rehe, and give this Dongguan carriage."

Tang You once sighed.

"Hmph...... I don't think it's a gift from today, it's a villain! This car, which is usually used in ordinary times, allows us to travel with the car, but it has ulterior motives. ”

Tian Congdian was unimpressed, Tang You was a little surprised, and looked at the hand raised by Tian Congdian, in front of the carriage, the back of the groom outside the glass window was naturally a cut higher than them.

"When the governor of Guangdong offered this carriage to the palace, he didn't make it clear that this was the carriage of the common people. The coachman is in the front, and I am waiting for the low to sit in the back, which is very disrespectful! If it's an ordinary dealing, it's not public, it's just that. But I don't want to send all the cars received in the palace to the courtiers, and let everyone use this car to accompany Rehe, I heard that this is Zhao Shenqiao Zhao poisoned his tongue after the excerpt. ”

Tian Congdian said angrily, but Tang Youzeng laughed, "Kewu, the etiquette is far away, not outsiders, you are a detour." The emperor can't violate etiquette when he drives a car, but how can we compare our courtiers with the lord's shame? ”

Tian Congdian sighed helplessly: "I'm afraid that we don't have the heart of Confucianism, but the villain deceives him with the heart of Confucianism." ”

Tang Youzengyun replied lightly: "The emperor also recognized the kung fu of this skilled craftsman in Guangdong." Don't you know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has specially changed the five reins, and added the Foshan rough spring, and the emperor has recently said that he has traveled and has lost a lot of bumps, after all, ......"

Speaking of this, he quickly shut up, the emperor's body has obviously declined, but it is also disrespectful to talk about it so directly.

After a period of silence, Tang Youzeng spoke again: "The emperor still doesn't have any ideas?" ”

Tian Congdian shook his head: "If you have ideas, you won't show them." ”

The two of them sighed softly.

In a mansion in western Beijing, water vapor was condensed through the glass windows, and the situation inside the house was blurred, only two figures were faintly seen, one standing and one sleeping.

"This glass window was given by the emperor...... Everyone said that not only is it absolutely windy, but it can also transmit light and shadow, but now it seems that there is still a difference after all. ”

In the room, an old man was lying on the ondol and pointed to the blurred window.

"The emperor relies on Li Xiang, and now I am here, and the emperor said that the weather is too cold, and the new down jacket in Jiangnan is light and warm, so I have to prepare two pieces for Li Xiang."

Another person respectfully bowed his hand and said, the person on the kang is Li Guangdi, hearing this, he struggled to get off the kang, but was stopped by this person.

"The emperor also said, knowing that Li Xiang is not in good health, there is no need to thank him, didn't he even let him accompany him on the hunting patrol?"

Li Guangdi ignored it, got off the kang, and respectfully kowtowed to the bag of clothes three times, and then trembled back to the kang by the middle-aged man.

"Linggao, the gentleman's kindness is deep, and the courtiers can't forget their roots."

Fang Linggao, also known as Fang Bao, was released from the prison of the Criminal Department by Li Guangdi last year, and under the banner of the Han Army, he entered the south study in white clothes and acted as Kangxi's "word minister". Kenan's study is the place where Kangxi takes him to ask about politics, and Fang Bao's originally cold eyebrows are covered with a layer of melancholy at the moment, obviously stumped by the political topics that Kangxi occasionally mentioned.

"So, this time you came to know what the emperor thinks about this storage position?"

Li Guangdi was Fang Bao's life-saver, so he didn't have any scruples about talking to him, so he asked directly.

"The emperor didn't speak, but this court ...... Now it is rumored that I was specially planned by the emperor, if I don't have a bottom in my heart, there is a mistake between the responses, and my reputation is still a trivial matter, I am afraid that Li Xiang will be affected. ”

Fang Bao said this slightly, but Li Guangdi understood it, and laughed lightly.

"I know all the cloth emperors."

Hearing this ridicule, Fang Bao's face was also flushed, this title was spread under the court, and it was about to be put on the stage, but it was going to kill him.

"The matter of the Son of Heaven, even if it is a single hair, will be magnified thousands of times, just like ...... Guangzhou's recent emergence of micro-literacy is general, and the original dusty pure land is actually a ravine and winding under the micro-mirror. ”

Lee Kwang-di seemed to be deeply touched.

"The matter of the storage position, in the emperor's heart, is just two words......"

Li Guangdi lowered his voice and shook his hand gently.

"There's no hurry."

Fang Bao's pupils constricted slightly, only two words, but it overshadowed the hustle and bustle of the court, and many dusty things suddenly became clear, but it was just ...... Is it not in a hurry to make a conclusion, or is it not in a hurry to make it clear to the outside world?

"The emperor is also a human being, after all, there are things that are difficult to decide immediately."

Li Guangdi still seemed to be talking Wen Tun.

"So...... Eighth Elder Brother ......"

Fang Bao asked more directly, this was to show his attitude when the emperor asked in person. Eighth elder brother is in the emperor's heart, is there any drama in the end? There is a precedent for the crown prince to be abolished twice, and the court doesn't think that the eighth elder brother is really out.

"Eighth Elder Brother...... There is the Ling Pu case in the front, and there is the Zhang Mingde case in the back, Linggao, do you really think that the eighth elder brother is hopeful? ”

Li Guangdi's answer made Fang Bao stunned, this is not like the style of this famous minister of science.

Fang Bao is right, he is the person Li Guangdi pulled out at a great risk, and he was sent to Kangxi, if he didn't give the matter of the storage position, Fang Bao said something wrong, and he Li Guangdi would also be implicated, so when it came to this matter, Li Guangdi also changed his round surname and spoke bluntly.

"I let the prince go through politics, which has both advantages and disadvantages. When it comes to the storage position, it is a difficult knot. The prince was trapped in a pack of wolves, and it was not enough to protect himself if he did not fight for power, but he hindered the emperor's authority when he made a move. The crown prince was deposed, and then an eighth elder brother jumped out, if he really wanted to make him the prince, in less than three or five years, the emperor would have to be ruthless. It's like a swing, holding one end and the other up, when is it a head? Do you have to force the emperor to fall in love with all his sons? ”

Li Guangdi's heart-to-heart words made a layer of cold sweat ooze on Fang Bao's back.

"Linggao, this is not only a question of who it is, but also a question of whether it is suitable or not."

After going around in a big circle, Fang Bao finally understood why Li Guangdi said "not in a hurry".

"So I'm ...... Writing at this time? ”

Fang Bao also dutifully thought that when the emperor inquired, he could give a valuable answer.

"Linggao, you are not suitable to be an official."

Li Guangdi suddenly changed the subject.

"Twenty-eight years, well, my own year, I went on the emperor's southern tour and accompanied the emperor to watch the stars at the Nanjing Stargazing Platform. The emperor asked me what a star was, and I replied that it was a star, and the emperor said that it was an old man's star. It is also said that Yanjing does not see this old man star, but it can only be seen south of Nanjing, and it is also said that when it comes to Fujian and Guangzhou, the South Pole Star can also be seen. I'm only submissive, and I'm ashamed of my lack of knowledge......"

Fang Bao wanted to speak and stopped, although Li Guangdi is famous in science, he is also famous in the world, how could he make such a mistake?

"I knew that the emperor had followed Westerners to learn astronomy and stargazing, how could I dare to claim that my knowledge was stronger than that of the emperor? As for the emperor's so-called Fujian Guang can see the South Pole Star, I have lived in the south for a long time, this matter...... The emperor still said that it was bad, hehe. ”

Li Guangdi twisted his beard, and the old things of more than twenty years ago seemed to be churning in front of his eyes again. 【1】

After being silent for a while, Li Guangdi suddenly said softly: "The king is the son of heaven, although there are differences in the details, but now I always keep in mind one thing, the king must not be a minister, and he must always be in the position of the king." And the minister can't be exceeded, as soon as the white-clothed emperor is called, you ask yourself, do you really want to make it come true? ”

He accentuated his tone, and his words were like a hammer, smashing on Fang Bao's heart, "Today's reverse scales are on top of this!" ”

At this moment, Fang Bao was sweating through the front and back, thinking about it, he had to make up his mind, if the emperor asked, he would reply with "Eighth Elder Brother is the most virtuous".

The most "virtuous" eighth elder brother, Aixin Jueluo-Yinxi, will be returning to the capital from the north by car. Originally, he always had a hearty smile on his face, but he seemed to be frozen by the chill outside the car, his eyebrows were deeply locked, and he shook his head slightly from time to time.

Yinxi is worried, since Zhang Mingde's case, the relationship between his emperor Ama and himself has been up and down, but after all, he has recovered in a good direction, and he has come over without any big trouble in the past two years. This time, he went to Rehe with Huang Ama to patrol the river, and he was one of the five princes who accompanied him, which also revealed that Huang Ama still had expectations for him.

But what is annoying is that his mother's concubine's jealousy is during this time, and the scene two years ago was too much, he had to make up for it, and he had to confess to Huang Ama and come back to worship his mother.

This is a critical juncture, there is no room for a trace of sloppiness, and the brothers who accompanied him, when they saw him leave, the almost irrepressible joy made him feel more and more chilling the more he thought about it. Especially the fourth child, with his eagle-like gaze, he will never forget it.

"I have to pick something else and send it to Huang Ama to confess......"

Thinking so, he knocked on the glass baffle in front of the carriage.

"Isn't there a pair of Haidongqing at home? Well, it's the fourteen people who brought it back from outside the gate, go and clean it up......"

Thinking that it was the patrol hunting, sending the eagle to the scene, and seeing the eagle looking forward to the life, Huang Ama's ambition would also be high, and Yinxi was about to make a decision, and remembered another thing. It was sent by Li Zhushou, the prefect of Guangzhou, a gilded armor. It is said that it was offered by a foreign craftsman, called Gothic full-body steel armor, which is covered from head to toe, and is extremely light, but extremely strong, and is said to be unable to penetrate even a shotgun.

At that time, he liked it as soon as he saw it, and the helmet that faintly looked like a dragon's head made his eyes even hotter, and Li Zhushou seemed to mention it inadvertently in the letter of Jinxian, which seemed to be beyond the use of human ministers, and Yinxi didn't care much about it. You can't put it out now, but you can always do it later.

But at this critical juncture, should we listen to Li Zhushou's words and take the opportunity to dedicate it to Huang Ama?

Li Zhushou is just a minor prefect official, and he still joined him halfway, but after taking office, he was extremely attentive and sent things every now and then. Four or five months ago, it was also said that a Guangdong businessman had built a ticket house to collect money and make profits, which was very lucrative, so he took the initiative and recognized 30,000 taels of silver for Yinxi. You only need to bookmark and recognize it, and you can sit and collect profits.

The money is not enough at any time, this is just a small business, and Yinxi also handed over the letter. Unexpectedly, I received the first amount of interest in October, not much, only a thousand taels of silver, but it can be calculated that there will be more than 20% of the stable interest in a year, which is much more appropriate than the troublesome and easy-to-attract usury. In line with the surname of being bold and taking care of things, he also greeted a group of princes and ministers and invested all the idle money in his family.

So this Li Zhushou's words, he can still pay attention, but what kind of goth armor is it, he is really reluctant.

He was hesitating, and the attendant eunuch who turned around in front of the car and was waiting for an explanation heard him say that he had mentioned Hao Dongqing, and his face was suddenly panicked.

"Master, someone from the house reported it yesterday, but I didn't have time to report it. Li Zhushou, the prefect of Guangzhou, sent a foreign name and a foreign piano before, and the first two times were auditions, and the music was high-pitched, which startled the pair of birds......"

After listening to the eunuch's words, Yinxi's eyes straightened.

Broke the chain and ran away!? 【2】

The Dead Eagle incident was a key event that led to Yinxi's complete exit in the battle for succession. For Li Shi, who has a general understanding of history, the value of Yinxi is not in the storage position, but in the influence of the court. Another collateral consequence of the Dead Eagle incident is that Yinxi has also completely left the court, which is naturally not what Li Xian, who has already made a huge investment in him, wants to see.

But to stop the Dead Eagle incident, this matter is very difficult, after all, he and Yinxi can't talk directly, and it is impossible to give a prophetic prophecy, saying that the pair of Hai Dongqing you gave to the emperor in November of the first year of the First Wu Dynasty will become dying, and the eagle who is about to die is just like Kangxi, who is feeling unwell.

Let Xiao Xie, who opened a car shop in Yanjing City, find a way to warn him secretly, which is also a method, but this kind of news is estimated to be difficult to enter Yinxi's ears, after all, it is an elder brother. Originally, Li Shi had the idea of Yiming's old way, wanting him to go to Yanjing to gangster, so that he could guide Yinxi in person, but thinking about the Zhang Mingde incident again, he could only dispel this idea.

In the end, he could only offer the Gothic full-body armor imitated by Foshan, so that Yinxi could be cherished enough to become a gift that could replace the eagle.

But he couldn't have imagined that the gift was so precious that Yinxi almost couldn't give up his love, but he still relied on the foreign musical instruments offered by Li Zhushou at the same time, creating a small accident and helping him a lot...... In the backyard of Babel Mansion, there are still a few eagle feathers on the ground, and the conspiracy that may exist in real history has been replaced by the eagle feathers on the ground, and the tide of history has also turned in another direction, and there is a blank unknown land ahead.

(To be continued)