Return to the Qing Dynasty(84)

The absence of the curfew does not mean that the security of the capital has been relaxed. In fact, it is loose on the outside but tight on the inside. The Fourteenth Master is always on edge. Ever since Lord Long Live left the capital, he has almost never returned home.

After that, I stayed in the Yamen at night to prevent emergencies. Outsiders only saw the prominence of the clan, and they had no idea how difficult it was to be a clan that the emperor could feel at ease with, and that could be put aside without any worries.

It's autumn, and it's very cold at night. You can burn earth dragons early at home, but it's not so convenient in the Yamen.

There are regulations on when to use ice and when to use carbon in the yamen. What should I do if the day is not up? Just accept it. Fujin actually asked someone to send two cars, but how many subordinates are there? How many subordinates are there to lead the troops to fight?

Yes, let’s not talk about anything else. Sharing joys and sorrows is the most basic thing. Otherwise, who would work with you? Those two cars of carbon only burned for two days. What should I do? Transport it from home? No matter how big it is,

My family fortune cannot withstand such consumption.

Come on! Just leave it at that.

He lit a small charcoal pot and placed it on the side. The couch was made of bear and fox skins, so he could sleep peacefully while wrapping it up.

I reluctantly ate in the squad room, and as soon as it got dark, I wrapped myself up tightly and went to sleep. As soon as I got over this sleep, footsteps sounded outside, and the report said: "... Brother Si and Hongwang

Beizi and others are having dinner at 828."

The Fourteenth Master turned over, cursed prodigal son in a low voice, and fell asleep again. He felt a little unbalanced in his heart. The old brothers were as tired as dogs, but the young ones lived a very nourishing life.

Can you feel happy?

This capital is so big, so you don’t have to report everything to him. It’s just that you have to pay special attention to some people. For example, Hongli, if you say that Long live the Lord is not here, what if something happens to the fourth elder brother?

Whose fault is it?

Every street and alley here has manpower arranged overtly and covertly. As long as the person on the list who needs to be focused on appears, the following will report it. It's really not spying on anyone.

After this news, he couldn't sleep at all. As soon as he started to feel sleepy, news would come and wake him up.

Brother Hongtun was drunk and was carried out of the restaurant. He had to instruct those who called for inspection to pay attention and see that he returned home safely before reporting. The main reason for this worry was that he was afraid of being called into trouble.

Okay, Lao Shisan is worried about himself.

As soon as they finished here, they heard that Brother Hongzhu was picked up by the housekeeper. The Fourteenth Master nodded and said, "I understand."

The person here knew that just after he finished speaking, the person came again and said that Brother Hongwang did not leave, but instead went to the back alley as if he was waiting for someone.

Master Fourteen is now completely awake. There must be something fishy going on again.

As expected, there was no news from Hongwang. The person who sent Hongtun secretly reported that the young man did not seem drunk when he got off the carriage.

The Fourteenth Master is chewing his teeth, he is really a new member of the country. Once upon a time, several of their brothers had become obsolete, and these little demons with small faces have become famous figures.

He's a little suffocated and a little dissatisfied, but this is a has-been, isn't he? Doesn't it mean that he doesn't even know what happened?

What can be done?

"Tell people to keep watching." The Fourteenth Master stopped lying down and simply sat up and asked someone to make Yan tea. "Just watch what they do. Don't interfere." He wanted to take a look.

Not in the capital, what is the fourth child of his family planning to do?

But after waiting and waiting, what happened was that Hongli also left and went directly back to the house outside the garden. As for Hongwang, he ran into the garden in a hurry.

Shi Shixin said, yes! No matter what happened, Hongwang must have told the queen that nothing will happen to us. Even if the sky is broken, it has nothing to do with him. When he lay down, he was still thinking, you said old

How could a person like Ba give birth to a son like Hongwang? Thinking about Lao Ba, I feel aggrieved for him. But if I think about it, just think about my sons. What heroes they were back then.

, the master who even the late emperor dared to contradict, how could he have a litter of sons? None of them would be promising.

It is a pity that this son is unworthy of his father.

However, it’s not just me and Lao Ba who are aggrieved. Which of their brothers looks like Huang Ama? Lao Si is the least like it, but didn’t the old man give his seat to Lao Si? There is also Lao Si himself, the three

You can't tell it from the younger one, but none of the four older ones followed him.

I drank too much strong tea and couldn't sleep, tossing and turning. I couldn't even think about Si Liu. But when I finally felt a little sleepy, the footsteps came again. Si Si was almost irritable. Damn it, I won't let anyone sleep.

, "What kind of kid is out for a walk? If there are no tigers in the mountains, then it won't be their turn to be the kings of monkeys."

"Master!" the little eunuch whispered, "Isn't it really a monkey making trouble this time?"

"Which fox is moving again?" Fourteen was wrapped in a quilt without even raising his eyes.

"The Twelfth Master went to visit the Thirteenth Master..." The little eunuch's voice became even lower, "I don't know how the Twelfth Master came out. When he found out, he had already arrived at the door of the Thirteenth Master's house."

Who can have a house without some secrets? There is a secret door in his own garden. When he doesn’t want others to know, he naturally has a way to avoid other people’s eyes. This does not need to be investigated.

The key point is, what is the reason for Twelve to secretly see Thirteen in the middle of the night?

Thirteen lay down, but didn't fall asleep. Although the work and rest time was set by Long Live Lord, he also sent someone to keep an eye on him. But when people have too many things to do, their brains can't be idle. It's like this every night.

I lay down on time, and then I was thinking in my mind, why is there no news from the Ministry of War? What's going on with Junggar? It's almost over. This war has been going on for half a year, and the bulletin a few days ago said that the main force was eliminated.

Why has there been no movement in the past two days? I have to send someone to ask again tomorrow morning. After thinking about this, I am torturing that, thinking that it is time for Long Live Master to return from the paddock. I agreed to go to Jiangnan

How do you arrange your itinerary? Where you go, where you pass, and who you plan to meet, there are all rules.

I mentally listed the things I had to do the next day, and just when I felt a little sleepy, I came to report that Master Twelve had come with only one person, and they were at Jiaomen.

Thirteenth Master sat up immediately, grabbed his clothes and stood up, which shocked Thirteenth Fujin so much that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

"In such a large Qing Dynasty, what is not a big deal for me to be here?" Thirteenth Fujin complained, "Don't always be in such a hurry..."

"Yes, yes!" Master Thirteen responded, getting up and walking out, "You go to sleep first, don't wait for me."

Thirteen Fujin was still waiting to hear his father's voice inside, "Take people to the study and don't make any noise."

It seemed that he was not very worried about the safety of the mansion. Thirteen Fujin was so troubled that he was wondering if he would have to conduct a thorough inspection of the mansion tomorrow.

The Thirteenth Master has no time to care about what his own Fujin thinks. At the moment, his mind is full of the Twelveth Old Man’s affairs.

In fact, the fourth brother didn't hide anything from him about what Twelve Lao had done. But now that he came to his door in the middle of the night, he knew that something big was about to happen.

As soon as he entered the study room, he saw Twelve sitting upright.

"Brother Twelve..." He called out and pushed Twelve down on the chair who was about to stand up and salute, "Brother, what are you doing?"

The Twelfth Master showed a somewhat bitter smile. The two were about the same age. The Thirteenth was the prince. Looking at the momentum now, he was afraid of becoming a prince with an iron hat. As for himself, he was still a bald brother.

In fact, bald brother is a nice way of saying it. Without the late emperor and the emperor's brother, in the final analysis, it is just an ordinary clan. No one dares to look down on it now, that's because these brothers still care about

The love between brothers.

But this kind of friendship becomes thinner and thinner the more we use it. We usually don't have the opportunity to get close to each other, but as time goes by, we become alienated.

Now that he saw Thirteen who was the same as before, his eye sockets still felt warm, and he sighed and said: "Thirteen, I really beg you to come this time..."

Master Thirteen remained calm and asked for two bowls of hot milk, "Brother Twelve, what are you talking about? What are you asking for or not? Am I, Thirteen, that kind of person? My brother.

When you come to the door, just give me orders if you have any questions."

Master Twelve just laughed. Thirteen is really good at talking. Of course, he also believes that what he said is true. After all, the two of them are brothers at this time. Since they call each other brothers, then these are all private matters.

.So Lao Shisan’s meaning is very clear. As long as it is a private matter and you encounter difficulties, just speak up. If I stumble, it will be my fault.

But what personal matter could I ask him for? Apart from Fujin, there were only a few unworthy women in the family. They had no children and were lifeless all day long. Spending money was very limited. There really was no personal matter.

Thinking like this, I felt that my whole body was relaxed. I stopped grinding my teeth with Old Thirteen here. I took out a note from my sleeve and handed it over, "This matter is of great importance. I would like to ask Thirteenth Brother to forward it to Lord Long Live."

The Thirteenth Master took a deep look at the Twelfth Master, and then reached out to take the fold. The fold was a common fold, but it had a seal on it, indicating that no one except Long Live Master had the authority to open it.

After reading it over and over again, Thirteenth Master placed the folder on the table solemnly, "I understand, and I will send someone to forward it to Master Long Live immediately."

Master Twelve's shoulders slumped, as if he had accomplished a big thing, "Then I'll be relieved." He stood up and said, "I know you've been tired for a long day, so rest early. I'll be back."

Looking at Twelve who seemed to be hunched over when he turned around, Master Thirteen felt quite uncomfortable. He stood up and called Master Twelve, "Brother Twelve..."

Master Twelve turned around and looked at Thirteen, waiting for him to speak.

But what should I say?

The corners of Thirteenth Master's mouth moved and he sighed, "I'll give it to you."

Master Twelve smiled bitterly and nodded slowly.

It was actually quite a distance from the study room to the corner door. The two brothers walked all the way without saying a word.

Seeing that they were almost reaching the corner gate, Thirteen said: "Brother Twelve, don't worry, everything will be fine with Concubine Ding in the palace."

Twelve was stunned for a moment, not expecting what Thirteen said. He nodded, feeling very uncomfortable.

Concubine Ding was talking about her biological mother. She was a noble person in her early years, but even after giving birth to herself, she was not promoted to the throne. She was given to Aunt Sumala as soon as she was born, and she was not very close to her biological mother until she went to the study room.

After attending class, I had the opportunity to meet my birth mother. I went to greet her every now and then, but when I wanted to get close, I didn’t know how to get close. Later, I had an abortion, left the palace and built a mansion, but Fujin had more time to see his mother.

Some. It was not until the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi that she could slowly run errands, and Huang Ama was promoted to the rank of empress, from a noble to a concubine, and became the head of the first palace. But within a few years,

Emperor Ama passed away. The fourth child succeeded to the throne. Other mothers and concubines were brought out, including the adopted Shiliu. Because he did a good job, he took his biological mother to the mansion early to support him.

Among the brothers, only my mother-in-law is still in the palace.

In the past, people could enter the palace with a clear vision and take a look. But now? The emperor and the queen live in the Old Summer Palace, and the queen mother lives in Changchun Garden. Why do they have to enter the palace?

There were not many concubines of the late emperor in the harem. Some of the old nobles were taken away by the Queen Mother and thrown into ashes in the corner of Changchun Garden. Only those who gave birth to princesses were treated better. The only ones left in the palace except their own family

E Niang is also the concubine of Lord Long Live.

What have you been like these past few years?

It's no different from being confined in the palace. Even if Hongli takes care of him, even if he has Xi concubine taking care of him, in the end, he can't escape the word "endurance".
To be continued...