Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 178 Crisis ([-])

On the south bank of Shichahai, Dunjun Palace, study room.

Although impatient with the smell of the medicine, Elder Brother Shi still frowned in order to "reinvigorate his glory", picked up the medicine bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

Opposite Elder Brother Ten stood a middle-aged man in eighth grade service. Perhaps because of the hot weather, his forehead was covered with sweat, dripping down his cheeks, but he didn't dare to wipe it off. .

Elder Brother Shi didn't like the imperial physician at first, but now seeing that man's useless appearance, he was so angry that he threw the bowl heavily on the ground.

The imperial doctor's legs gave way, and he knelt on the ground, kowtowing non-stop: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life!"

"Shut up!" Elder Brother Ten got tired of hearing these words, and scolded impatiently.

"Wang..." The imperial doctor was also obedient, and abruptly stopped the following words, his forehead pressed against the ground, not daring to raise his head.

Elder Brother Shi took a few pictures: "Tell me, what's going on? Didn't you say it's not a problem at the beginning, but you were just tired and had to recuperate for half a month, just take care of it! This half month's master also After raising it, I also drink this soup sooner or later, why is it still not getting better?"

The imperial doctor tried his best to think of words, and asked cautiously: "Can the lord tell the young minister whether the lord is still as 'pure and ascetic' as before?"

Although there was no one else in the room, and it was a doctor who was facing him, Elder Brother Shi was still a little embarrassed, and stared at him fiercely, Fang said: "From the beginning of the month, I see better; in these two days, there will be one or two occasionally. It's just , this time is too short, before entering the alley, I vented my body!"

The imperial doctor had a solid idea in his mind, and thought for a while and said: "My lord, don't be impatient. It's always been 'sickness comes like a mountain, and it goes like a thread'. The lord thinks it's because of his lack of health a few days ago. Now he looks like this." It's getting better!"

"It's getting better, it's getting better! I know what to say, what year will it be 'gradually'?" Brother Ten asked impatiently.

"This..." The imperial physician took a sneak peek at Elder Brother Shi and said, "My lord, there will be more than a month..."

"What?" Brother Ten's voice was so loud that it could knock off two tiles from the roof.

"No...no..." The imperial physician trembled from being drunk, and saw that Elder Brother Shi's face turned black, he hurriedly changed his words: "There will be half a month, and there will be half a month!"

Elder Brother Ten had a pale face. Although he was not satisfied with the answer, he also knew that the treatment was not something that could be done in just a few words, so he couldn't help becoming irritable again, and yelled at the imperial doctor: "Damn, why don't you hurry up and get out of here? Waiting for a reward?"

The imperial doctor seemed to have received amnesty, and in a hurry kowtowed to Elder Brother Shi twice before retreating.

Elder Brother Shi thought that he would have to drink the medicinal soup for half a month, and felt annoyed again, and really wanted to slap himself across the face.It's really a "crow's mouth", good and bad spirits, if I don't say anything on the day I leave the mansion, if I haven't seen the imperial doctor for ten or eight years, I'm afraid I don't need to drink this month's medicine.

He was really full of evil spirits, so he heard someone walking at the door. Without thinking, he picked up the agate decoration on the side and threw it over: "Go away, didn't you say that no one is allowed to come here?" Yes, can't you find death?"

"Ouch!" The visitor couldn't help crying out in pain after being hit straight.

Brother Ten felt something was wrong when he heard the sound, which one is Brother Nine?This was just being hit on the shoulder, the real hard agate hit the bone, brother Jiu frowned while covering the pain.

Elder Brother Ten hurriedly stood up, trotted towards the door to greet him, and said with a smile: "Brother Ninth, hey, look, I didn't know it was you, I'm really sorry for the trouble, do you want to call the imperial doctor?" Come and see?"

Brother Jiu curled his lips and strode in. While rubbing his shoulders, he bared his teeth and said: "Don't bother, just go back to the house and rub it in a while! It's you, who is so angry, still annoyed that Huang Ama didn't Where do you want to go to Rehe?" While speaking, he scrutinized Elder Brother Ten's expression carefully.

Elder Brother Ten shook his head: "What's bothering you? It's not like I haven't been there before! These years, there have been eight times instead of ten. Although it is cooler than the capital, the mosquitoes on the meadow are not in vain! It's so leisurely. The land is in the mansion, and I don't have any errands, I'm just enjoying my leisure!"

"If it's not for this, then why?" Brother Nine felt strange.

Although they have a good relationship on weekdays, but some things are related to a man's face, brother ten is unwilling to say everything, and said a few words: "It's about my room, brother nine, don't ask!"

Brother Nine smiled, thinking he understood.

It turned out that Elder Brother Shi's inner house was not peaceful either. Although there was only one concubine and two concubines, it was still bustling.One of the concubines, Guo Luoluo, the daughter of Yuanwailang Yongbao, is a member of Concubine Yi's clan, and also a distant cousin of Brother Jiu.He was the earliest with the tenth elder brother and had the most children, but so far he has not even got the title of a concubine Fujin—just because the tenth elder brother married after his marriage, the concubine Fujin was of noble birth, and he was the son of the king of Urjinga Lapu County. The female Abagai Borzigit.

This Fujin is good-looking, and he is not a good stubble, not only younger than Guo Luoluo's family, but also clever in means, and the pressure in the house is stable, and he wins over the ten princes so obediently.

Naturally, the Guo Luoluo family was not reconciled. Although he didn't dare to directly contradict the direct Fujin Abagai Borzigit family, but because he was the niece of Yifei's family and gave birth to Gege elder brother, he would also give birth to her every now and then. Put some eye drops, add some greasy smell, or stab Elder Brother Shi, which will make him feel bad for a few days.

Although Guo Luoluo is not considered an outsider, he has no brothers after all, Brother Jiu didn't bother to talk about these housework, so he said: "Tomorrow I will go to Rehe with my fourth son, and I have to tell you first if I have something to say! "

Elder Brother Ten hurriedly sat up straight, and said, "Brother Ninth, tell me, brother, listen!"

Brother Jiu touched the tea cover, lowered his eyelids and said, "Fuliu and Ma Duo, how should we deal with them? Have you thought about the regulations?"

"This..." Elder Brother Shi hesitated for a moment, then said hesitantly, "I was thinking... there are a lot of disciples of Brothers Eight and Brother Nine, why don't we send them out of Beijing to escape?"

Fuliu, Ma Duo and the others are the guards of the ten elder brothers' mansion.The more than 30 people who died due to the epidemic during the siege of the mansion were all dark people without identities.Because the roster of servants in the county king's mansion is all in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the population is fixed, and sending the corpses to the company must be registered in the register, so when sending the corpses of these dark people to be cremated, they had to report to Fuliu and so on. person's name.

The fourth elder brother once suspected that the number of people in the tenth elder brother's house was not right, and he even mentioned that the Ministry of Internal Affairs should be reintroduced to the throne, but he was pushed away by the tenth elder brother several times.The current epidemic has passed for more than two months, even if it drags on, there will eventually be a time when someone will come to take stock.That's why Brother Jiu asked this question. After all, Fuliu, Ma Duo and the others are already "dead" on the government's roster. If they are found out like this...

"Avoid? How? Can you avoid it for the rest of your life? Besides, they all live in Beijing. Who doesn't have any relatives or friends? Even if they are loyal, they can guarantee that they will not contact relatives? If it falls into the hands of others, If we bite out something, we just can't eat it and walk around!" Brother Nine's words were cold and firm, he glanced at Brother Ten, looked away again, and wrote lightly: "Think of it, let's send them out of Beijing. It’s settled, there can’t be another one.”

"Ninth brother... this, this, this is okay for others to say, Fuliu and Ma Duo have been with the brothers for several years!" The voice of the tenth brother pleaded: "The two of them are absolutely loyal to the brothers! This brother dares to guarantee it!"

"The longer you have been with you, the more you can't stay!" Brother Jiu frowned slightly, persuading him with a bit of earnestness, "Even if you don't often appear in front of people, but after a long time, there will always be some I know them! Since they are loyal, you should take good care of their families and give them more pensions. Brother, let me tell you, you should also know that in order to prevent future troubles, there is nothing you can do about it!"

Elder Brother Ten hesitated for a moment, although he couldn't bear it, but he also knew that Elder Nine was right, so he nodded heavily.

Seeing that he agreed, brother Jiu felt a little relieved, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Brother Ten, is there anything unusual among the people who died in the past two months? I have also asked people to inquire, in this inner city, there are not many people who have died in a house with more than ten people, but ten families and eight families, the tenth brother's side has the most!"

Elder Brother Shi thought for a while and replied: "Abnormal? What is abnormal? I don't see anything wrong. These people happen to live in the same yard. Not only them, but all the three servants who served in this yard were also sick. ! Because of the outbreak of the epidemic, the courtyard was closed, and even though medicine was sent in, none of them were saved!"

Brother Nine pondered for half an hour, then Fang shook his head: "No, this person died too cleanly! Although the epidemic is dangerous, five out of ten people who took the medicine survived the danger. How could they all die? gone?"

The tenth elder brother stood up abruptly, his eyes widened: "Ninth brother, so someone is plotting against me?!"

Brother Jiu nodded, and his face was full of gloom: "I'm afraid it was your idea to fight! If I'm not wrong, then the medicinal materials sent to your mansion must be inappropriate! The outside is surrounded, and the epidemic in the mansion can't be contained at this time , Don’t say it’s you, I’m afraid that even a few siblings, nephews and nieces won’t be able to escape!”

"I'll fuck his grandma!" Brother Ten was so angry: "Where did this come from a sworn enemy, to treat me like this!"

"Who else?" Brother Jiu sneered, "The left and right are just our good brothers?"

"The third child, the fourth child?" Elder Brother Ten said bitterly, "This is too vicious, where have I provoked them?"

"There is one more..." Brother Jiu's face was darker than the bottom of the pot, "And the crown prince? Don't forget this!" The more he thought about it, the deeper his doubts about the prince.The third child and the fourth child were ordered to prevent the epidemic. If something happened to the tenth child, the first of them would not be able to escape.

"Prince? Isn't he in Rehe?" Elder Brother Shi scratched his head, unable to figure out what was going on.But in detail, he and the prince really had several conflicts, and twice they almost started fighting, but because the eighth elder brother stopped them, they didn't really fight.But it's certain that they don't like each other.

Brother Jiu snorted, took a sip of tea, and said: "The crown prince is in Rehe, but the eldest grandson of the emperor is in Beijing! We underestimated him, and at the Prince Shuncheng's mansion, he was the one who got someone to give him eye drops! Look! Look, it's only seventeen or eighteen, and you've come up with such a plan! If it works, not only the third and fourth children will be bad, but you and I are afraid that we will also arouse Huang Ama's suspicion!"

Brother Ten said angrily: "Whoever he is, he hurt me like this! I'll send someone to investigate right away! Damn, I really think I have a good temper! Grandma!" He stood up cursingly and was about to Go out and call someone.

Seeing Brother Ten's appearance, Brother Nine quickly stopped: "Old Ten, don't be reckless! There is no need to bother with the imperial hospital. One of the two imperial physicians who were on duty in your mansion died of a sudden epidemic. A drunk fell to his death!"

Elder Brother Shi was startled, and couldn't help but anxiously said: "This fucking...is this the fucking thing?!"

Brother Jiu shook his head: "Don't worry! Hmph, if you can make things like this, I'm afraid it won't be possible without the cooperation of the people in your mansion. If you want to be able to do that, you should tidy up your mansion so that it is not in order. You can catch a servant with two traitors! Take care of this little bastard, besides, your house must be clean."

Elder Brother Shi gritted his teeth and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Cao Mansion, study room.

Listening to Mr. Zhuang's narration and looking at the Wei brothers kneeling on the ground, Cao Yong didn't say anything for a long time, only feeling that his mind was in chaos.Although he didn't like the thirteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother in his heart, but he didn't feel gloating when he heard this.

The planning for several years, the cautiousness after entering Beijing, and the hard work of the father and son all became a joke in an instant.
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(End of this chapter)