Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 170 Prey
Faced with the tenth elder brother's aggressive aura, Cao Yong's face did not show any fluctuations, and the expressions of "embarrassed" and "shame" faded away, and he just looked at the tenth elder brother calmly.

Elder Brother Shi has a high status, but also has a reckless temper. He has always been domineering and is used to being respected by others. Except for the emperor Kangxi, when has he looked at anyone's face?How can I stand this?He couldn't help being furious, waved the whip in his hand, and was about to throw it at Cao Yong, but was stopped by Brother Jiu.

Brother Jiu thought about Cao Yong's usual low-key, how could he be so confident today?He suddenly remembered something in his mind. Last year, Gandu sent a letter specifically mentioning that Cao Yong was good at disguising. Although he looked mediocre, he was "dark and ruthless" and "need to be careful."In the letter, the matter of Wangfengzhuang was also mentioned.

Perhaps the impression left by Cao Yong is really kind and deceitful, and it is not the same as the calculation and thoroughness described in Gandu's letter, which forced Li Ding to slaughter people.Therefore, Brother Nine can only act as an excuse to get rid of the crime because of the loss of hands.Even if the Wangfengzhuang incident was true, it was just a coincidence when Cao Yong was out of date.On the other hand, Li Ding, despite his young age, has such courage, which is really impressive.

Looking at the fearless Cao Yong in front of him, Brother Jiu suddenly felt very strange in his heart.

Cao Yong looked at the whip in the hands of Elder Brother Ten. He had no tendency to be abused, and he was not interested in learning about whips.If Elder Brother Shi really wants to whip him down, then he doesn't know what he will "repay" Elder Ten.Even if you are concerned about Kangxi's bottom line, it is very refreshing to use the raft to count people.Besides, there is a Zhuang Xi, if he is not often asked to use his brains, I am afraid that he will be bored too.

Fortunately, the ninth elder brother stopped the tenth elder brother's whip, which made the villain with black wings in Cao Yong's heart thump and fly away.
"Ninth brother, what are you stopping me for? Look at this kid, we spent so much time talking with him patiently, but we don't appreciate it!" Tenth brother shouted loudly.

The more Brother Jiu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He was dazzled by the lime all over the floor just now, and he was acting "sincerely and sincerely".Seeing Cao Yong's insistence now, I thought about it, how could it be such a coincidence?Today, there happened to be a lot of people in Dunjun Wangfu, so he came to block the door, and it was such a magnificent reason.

Thinking of Qiandu's previous reminder, Brother Jiu couldn't help being wary of Cao Yong, but couldn't figure out what he was planning.He paused, smiled and said to the tenth elder brother: "Ten brother, please be safe and don't be impatient! This Cao Yong is just a person who handles affairs, what are you talking about with him? He has no idea, no one to take charge of it! Third brother Right here, and one of the chief elder brothers appointed by Huang Ama, you just need to tell the third brother! As for Cao Yong, you will naturally have to 'speak' and 'speak' in the future!" The last sentence, It was low and cold.

Cao Yong was a little helpless, the "chicken" of "killing chickens and scaring monkeys" was too big.If there was a better choice, he would not be so calculating, but now he has no time to indulge these elder brothers.

Although the ninth elder brother is shrewd, he forgot his tenth brother's temper.

Among the sons of Kangxi, apart from the second elder brother who was born as the crown prince, there are only a few dozen elder brothers who came from noble backgrounds.His biological mother, the imperial concubine Niu Hulu, was the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren, the second empress of Kangxi, the daughter of first-class assistant minister Ye Bilong, and the granddaughter of E Yidu, the fifth founding minister.Although Empress Xiao Zhaoren and Concubine Wen Xi died of illness one after another, the power of the Niu Hulu family, known as the "iron and blood family", should not be underestimated.

Er Yidu was not only a famous founding general himself, even his descendants did not fall to the prestige of their father and grandparents. Half of the sixteen sons died in the battle, and the rest were all distinguished military exploits and each held a high position.Ye Bilong is his youngest son, and his biological mother is Princess Taizu, the cousin of Emperor Shunzhi, and one of the four assistant ministers in the early years of Kangxi.Although he was deprived of his title because he was alone in the struggle for power between Obai and Kangxi in his early years, Ye Bilong's descendants were still highly valued by Kangxi.

The uncles and cousins ​​of the ten elder brothers are all in high positions; the uncles and cousins ​​are all powerful in the government and the public.If the forces of Niu Hulu's family gather together, it will be no less than Kangxi's mother family Tong family and the crown prince's mother family Hesheli family.It's just that because Ye Bilong and Empress Xiaozhaoren passed away early, the family lost its core power.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Kangxi was a little apprehensive, and his attitude towards Elder Brother Shi was only mediocre.

With such a prominent mother clan, Elder Brother Ten has developed an arrogant and domineering temperament since he was a child.Even if it was the second elder brother of the crown prince, he was just respectful on the surface and didn't take it seriously.Now, Cao Yong is so unsympathetic, and in front of the third elder brother and the ninth elder brother, how can the tenth elder brother swallow this breath?

After all, Elder Brother Ten had more strength, so he immediately broke away from Brother Ninth's hand, raised his whip again, and threw it down at Cao Yong again.

"Ouch!" Brother San yelled, covering his right face.

Tuo Heqi was surprised, he didn't expect Cao Yong to be so sloppy, he just felt the shadow of the whip flicker, and he had already avoided behind the third elder brother.

The tenth elder brother was stunned because of a change. Although he just found it unintentionally, the third elder brother assumed the identity of the elder brother after all. If this matter got to Kangxi's ears, he didn't know what kind of punishment he would receive.Everyone blames Cao Yong, if he doesn't dodge, how can this happen?Elder Brother Shi was trembling with anger and was speechless, holding a whip and looking at Cao Yong with vicious eyes.

Cao Yong's face was full of guilt and uneasiness, and he said apologetically to the third elder brother: "My lord, it is Cao Yong who has brought you down!"

The third elder brother put down his hand, looked at the blood in his hand, glanced at Cao Yong, and then sneered at the tenth elder brother: "The tenth brother is very capable! When you were young, you didn't pay attention to us as elder brothers. When you have grown up and become promising, today you have seen the world!"

He is not a fool, although he hates Cao Yong for not hiding in the right place, but he also praises the good timing.The whip mark on this face can't disappear in a day or two, and there are many people around watching, although he has lost face, but I am afraid that Elder Brother Shi will be unable to eat and walk away.

Brother Jiu looked around, his mind turned sharply, and he quickly thought of ways to resolve it.

Cao Yong watched coldly, seeing the ugly appearance of several people, only felt disgusted.He looked at the intersection, not knowing how soon Prince Yong would arrive, nor what choice the prince would make.

In the silence of the crowd, the fourth elder brother arrived soon.

Looking at the two groups of people standing opposite each other in front of the dunjun palace, the fourth elder brother hurriedly jumped off his horse.Looking at the whip in the hands of the tenth elder brother, he had already frowned, and when he saw the blood-red whip mark on the third elder brother's face, the fourth elder brother couldn't help shouting angrily: "Old ten, you are too outrageous! Which master taught you? Dare to whip the brother?!"

Because the fourth elder brother usually had a cold face, these elder brothers who were younger than him did not dare to be presumptuous in front of him, and this angry shout made the tenth elder brother tremble all over.Then he came to his senses and said angrily: "Fourth brother, don't spout blood! I blame Cao Yong for hiding behind third brother!" At this point, tenth brother became more and more annoyed, thinking that he was in such a mess, even if he was unintentional , can't fall behind.He looked at the fourth elder brother angrily, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he couldn't help but "hum": "The fourth brother came by coincidence, I'm afraid I can't sit still behind the scenes, so I came here to watch the excitement! I don't know about this big show, The fourth brother is still satisfied!"

The fourth elder brother was already annoyed, but listening to the tenth elder brother's tone, he seemed to include himself again, and he lost the patience to persuade him, so he turned his head and said to the third elder brother: "Third elder brother, what the hell is going on? Returning to the child? Old Shi’s mansion is like this, but he discovered the epidemic?”

The third elder brother suffered an unreasonable disaster, with burning pain on his face, he frowned and replied: "Look at this posture, can't you see it? If it weren't for the consideration of the tenth brother's status, why should we bother everyone to come here! Some people don’t appreciate it, and treat it like a donkey’s liver and lungs! They don’t know that more than 90 corpses have been carried out of the inner city just yesterday, and they all died of epidemics, or they have nothing to do with them!” At this point, he looked at Jiu Elder Brother and Ten Elder Brothers looked a little more suspicious.He also heard about the incident that King Shuncheng went to Fuchengmen to make trouble in the morning, and even scolded him for a long time.Now that I think about it, something is wrong. What happened to the horse corpse on Chang'an Avenue?

"The tenth younger brother came out of the ninth younger brother's house, presumably to discuss important matters?" The third elder brother suddenly changed his face, and asked the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother coldly: "I don't know if it's about Prince Shuncheng?" ? Or about the ambush on Chang'an Avenue?"

In addition to Cao Yong, all the people have changed their faces.

"Third brother, don't buckle this hat indiscriminately! When Prince Shuncheng went to Fuchengmen, there was an armed fight on Chang'an Avenue. I heard about it with Old Ten in the mansion, but there is nothing important to discuss!" Elder Brother smiled and said, "I'm afraid I have to ask Tuo Heqi for the inside story!" Speaking of which, he said to Tuo Heqi: "Your governor's camp is responsible for the security of the inner city, and it's been half a day Can both sides of the fighting be arrested and brought to justice? It is really hateful for such lawless people to appear in this inner city boundary!"

This is the disadvantage of not being well-informed. He only heard reports from his subordinates that the person who sent the letter to the fourth elder brother arrived in the Thirteenth Mansion, and he thought it was the fourth elder brother or the thirteenth elder brother. Everyone's attention, but they didn't want to annoy Cao Yong.

The fourth elder brother only glanced at the third elder brother and the ninth elder brother indifferently, then turned around and asked Cao Yong why.Cao Yong showed him the records of the four mortuaries in the inner city in his hand, and said that it would not be very good if there were people who died suddenly in the ten prince's mansion.

Nearly a hundred people died in one day, and the fourth elder brother knew that the situation was critical, and when he saw Cao Yong, he also had a worried expression on his face, presumably he was also worried.At this time, there is only "ignorance and fearlessness".

Tuo Heqi was looking at the bustle of the elder brothers with ulterior motives, but it suddenly turned on him, a little caught off guard, he hesitated and said: "This...this..." Because he heard the report from his subordinates, he knew that the messenger was injured. The person who went to the thirteenth elder brother's mansion, just like the ninth elder brother, regarded that person as the fourth elder brother or the thirteenth elder brother.This person dared to set up an ambush to kill people in the daytime, how could this be an ordinary force, and he was not sick, so how could he take the initiative to provoke such troubles.

The fourth elder brother knew that it was too late now, if he couldn't stop it with all his strength, it would be even more critical, and it was really not the time to settle accounts with the ninth elder brother and the others.He glanced at Elder Brother Ten and said, "Brother Ten, you just heard that if the epidemic in the inner city is not contained, I'm afraid you and I will be buried with the common people! It's only half a month of gate control, and the outer city will be closed. This is how it is handled, and it will be the same for other families starting tomorrow. Sheng Jia is not in the capital, we sons should share the worries of Huang Ama, if you make the tenth brother feel wronged, then brother is here to apologize to you!"

Elder Brother Ten said with a pale face, "Fourth Brother, is this going to frame me?"

The third elder brother interjected: "Tenth brother, you have to take care of the overall situation! How many pairs of eyes are watching eagerly, if we indulge you today, and find out about other royal residences and Beizi residences tomorrow, what confidence do you have to ask them!"

Elder Brother Shi gritted his teeth and wanted to have a fit, and two more horsemen galloped over. It was Long Kedo and Yin De, the first-class imperial guards who came back to deliver the order in the past two days.Yin De is Ye Bilong's fourth son and the tenth elder brother's uncle, because he and Longkodo only heard that the epidemic disease was found in the tenth elder brother's mansion, and they were also frightened.

Elder Brother Ten's biological mother left early, and was very close to the uncles of his mother's family, and said respectfully: "Uncle!"

Yin De nodded in return, and then together with Long Kedo greeted the elder brothers present.Because both of them are the queen's brothers, they can be regarded as the uncles of the elder brothers, and everyone is very polite.

The death toll yesterday made these two too shocked to speak.In the end, it was still Yin De who said to Elder Brother Ten: "Master Ten, Master Third, and Master Fourth have arranged things very well. Even if Lord Long Live is in Beijing, I'm afraid it will be handled like this!"

"If it's really an epidemic, then I'm still waiting to die?" Elder Brother Ten said angrily.

"Huang Ama handed over the matter of containing the epidemic to my third brother and me. Why did we make you a mistake? Someone will come from the Tai Hospital tonight. They have a special prescription for preventing epidemics! Food and other things can be passed on." It only took half a month to make the order and the purchase was done by someone outside, and it passed in a blink of an eye!" The fourth elder brother explained patiently.

Elder Brother Shi looked around at everyone and said, "Just go in if you go in, circle me if you have the ability, if you have the ability to circle me for the rest of your life! If within half a month, there are people in my house who are suffering from the epidemic disease that you mentioned, otherwise I will come back at that time." Do the math!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and strode towards the palace without looking at everyone.

Cao Yong looked at his back, and then looked towards Brother Jiu, who happened to be facing Brother Jiu.Both of them couldn't see any joy or anger, and each looked away.
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(End of this chapter)