Chapter 48 Chapter Forty Seven

Before going up to the second floor, I saw the fourth elder brother with his hands behind his back, standing against the wind against the railing, the hem of his robe fluttering, and the thirteenth side lying on the railing, the two of them just looked outside silently. I hurriedly stopped my pace and wanted to retreat downstairs quietly, but Thirteen had already turned to look at me.I had no choice but to go forward and bow to say hello.The fourth elder brother seemed to have never heard of it, did not move his body, did not turn his head, Thissan raised his hand towards me, and patted his side to signal me to sit down.I smiled at him, got up and walked to his side, looked at the colorful layers of forest downstairs that were turning yellow to red, and said: "It's a good place to enjoy the scenery!"

Neither of them spoke to each other, so I just stood quietly and was about to leave when Thirteen suddenly asked, "Ruoxi! Do you think corrupt officials should be dealt with severely?" I said 'ah' and looked puzzled. Xiang Shisan, Shisan was still lying on the railing with his face facing outward, and his expression could not be seen.Thinking about this corruption case, I smiled and said, "I'm a maid, how do you know what to do? Brother Thirteen, don't make fun of me!" Thirteen turned around and looked at me with a half-smile and said, "Don't be sloppy! I don't know how many things you have in your mind!" After finishing speaking, he just stared at me.

I frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Since ancient times, the word 'corruption' has been followed by 'breaking the law'. Stealing people's fat and people's anointing is certainly hateful! I am afraid that what is even more hateful is 'breaking the law'. It is inevitable to collude with each other, cover each other, violate laws and disciplines, and what's more, kill people, and cover up the sea." Thirteen said lightly: "Don't be too extreme, answer the question!" I pondered for a while, and felt that Thirteen was not quite right today, and seemed to be full of anger, so it's better to tell the truth: "Of course we must be strictly dealt with! Otherwise, the wind of corruption will come together , I am afraid that the government will be chaotic, and the officials will not be officials, and the people will be in dire straits in the end!"

Shisan smiled slightly, nodded, and hooked his hands to me. I leaned over to listen, and he asked, "If Brother Jiu is the one who committed the crime, what would you do?" I was stunned for a moment, and said, "Let's do whatever we want!" Thirteen twitched the corners of his mouth and said in a low voice, "You don't really believe that 'the prince breaks the law and the common people are the same crime'?" well!Thirteen Today, I must be pushed into a corner!After thinking for a while, he said to Thirteen seriously: "Let him return all the money he took, beat him hard, keep him unable to get out of bed for half a year, and punish him to beg on the street for three months. How the poor live. From now on, I will also know how to "compare my heart to my heart"! As for the accomplices, they will all be severely punished, so as to warn others, no one can protect a person who violates the law and discipline. From now on, I am afraid that even if he wants to be greedy, he will not get it greedy!"

Shisan smiled and nodded, "Thank you for coming up with such a method! I don't care about your brother-in-law! But, you have to remember what you said today!" I decided to look at him for a while and asked, "This time Is Brother Nine involved in the matter?" He said: "Not yet, Huang Ama has already said today, 'This matter is over, the officials involved will not be arrested and questioned, and the responsibility can be limited and the compensation can be paid'!" Kangxi actually dealt with such a big corruption case in such a way that he only asked the officials to return the money?I can't help but stand there.Thirteen sighed: "Over four hundred thousand taels of silver were found on the account alone! An acre of fertile land only costs seven to eight taels of silver, and more than one tael is enough for an ordinary family of five to eat and drink for a month!" "

I passed through my mind subconsciously, and said in surprise: "About enough to feed and clothe 2 million people for a month!" Thinking of the natural disasters and starving people in the past few years, I have nothing to say!Although the corruption of modern officials is hateful, it is relatively light compared with the ancient times. After all, the productivity is developed, and people will not starve to death because of their corruption. Nowadays, people's lives are really exchanged for money to enjoy. The fourth elder brother seemed to have just come back to his senses at this moment, looked sideways at Thirteen and said lightly: "The matter is over, what's the use of thinking about it?" Thirteen tapped on the railing, opened his mouth to speak, but stopped, , only the sound of "Tuk Tuk" is getting more and more urgent.

I followed the two of them down the attic, and was about to salute and leave, but the fourth elder brother said to Thirteen lightly: "You go back first!" Thirteen glanced at me, nodded, turned and strode away. The fourth elder brother ordered: "Follow me!" I walked quickly to the forest, I watched his back for a while, and followed him.He entered the woods, turned around and stood still, took out a small wooden box from his arms and handed it to me, saying: "I thought I'd return it to you when I came back from beyond the Great Wall, but I was delayed by so many things!" Looking at the wooden box in his hand, Yue Mo knew what was inside, so I went around in a circle, and I went back to the original place.

He saw that I was just looking at the wooden box, but he didn't reach out to take it, and he didn't speak, his hand was still stretched out stubbornly.The two stood in a stalemate for a while, and I said softly, "I can't accept it!" He didn't move his hand, but just stared at me fixedly, his eyes seemed to be directly on my heart, a little bitter. He suddenly looked behind me in astonishment, and cried out: "Fourteenth brother?!" I was startled, I didn't care about other things, I looked at the wooden box in front of me, and my immediate reaction was to snatch it away and hide it in my arms , and settled down again, and then mustered up the courage to turn around and say hello.

nobody? !I was a little stunned for a while, and I scanned the surrounding area carefully, but there was no one there!Only then did I realize in my mind that I was fooled!She turned around suddenly and looked at him and shouted: "Are you lying?" It wasn't anger for a moment, but disbelief! With a sneer in his eyes, he sarcastically said: "It really works! Are you so afraid of the fourteenth brother?" I murmured: "It's not that I'm afraid, but..." I shook my head and didn't say anything more. After being silent for a while, I suddenly realized that I hurriedly took out the box and wanted to return it to him. He squinted at me and walked away quickly. I hurriedly ran after him.Without turning his head, he said, "Are you planning to chase all the way out of the garden? Then I'm afraid the fourteenth brother really saw it!"

I faltered, stopped, and could only watch his back as he strode away. Fifty Years of Kangxi The Lantern Festival has just passed, and the lanterns in the palace have not been completely removed, and everyone's brows and eyes still have the faint joy and leisure left over from the festival. "This lamp really took a lot of work! The mechanism is exquisite and easy to fold, and even the paintings on it are all made by everyone." I looked at the lantern in my hand carefully, and smiled at Brother Ten and Fourteen brother said. Brother Ten laughed and said, "I know you will like it!" Fourteen hummed and said, "Hurry up and thank Brother Ten! He snatched this from others!" I looked at it in surprise. Ten elder brothers.He glared at Fourteen and said, "You know how to tear down my desk! You said you wanted the lantern first, and you said you would give it to Ruoxi to play with." Fourteen curled his lips and laughed, "You can hear Master Said that it was just for everyone to reward, and I would not give up the love, so I gave up! In the end, you put on your identity, put on airs, and said, "I just fell in love with you", forcing the other party to give up. You! I felt sorry for you, so I ran away quickly! I’m ashamed to say it here!”

I understood the ins and outs of the matter, gave the lantern to Elder Brother Shi, and said with an angry smile: "It's just a dispensable thing in my hands, but it's a treasure to others, so return it quickly!" Brother glared at Fourteen again and said, "I brought it all! Why are you returning it? Just keep it!" Before I could answer, Brother Nine, who had been silent at the side, said lightly: "It's just a lantern, so what if you take it, it's not that you didn't give me money! Why are you so hypocritical!" I just said to Brother Ten with a smile "Hurry up and return it!" Elder Brother Ten saw my firm attitude, frowned and put it away helplessly, and sighed, "Just pay it back! It took so much effort for nothing!" I blamed Fourteen and said, "Don't you persuade me when you're around?" Fourteen pointed to Elder Brother Ten and said, "Ask him, did I persuade him? But he must be willing to listen! I think that in this world , when he came forward recklessly, besides Huang Ama, there were only three people, and he could still listen to them. But I was not among them!" Elder Brother Ten and I laughed in unison and asked, "Which three people?" Fourteen looked at Elder Brother Ten with a smile and said, "Brother!" Ten Elder Brother didn't speak, Fourteen pointed at me and said, "Ruoxi!" Brother looked at me and smiled, but didn't answer.I smiled and gave Fourteen a look.Fourteen held back a smile and said to me: "The last one is your childhood enemy, now the tenth Fujin!" Elder Ten's face suddenly became embarrassing, and he stared at Fourteen. I glanced at Elder Brother Ten with a smile, changed the topic, and asked: "Is the Lantern Festival lively this year?" Fourteen said: "It's the same every year, nothing new!" Elder Ten smiled and talked about this year Lively Lantern Festival.Brother Jiu impatiently urged to leave. The three of them were about to leave when the thirteenth elder brother rushed over, with his sleeves rolled up and his face livid, he went straight to the ninth elder brother, punching him with a punch, and the fourteenth hurriedly stopped him, holding He fisted and shouted: "Brother Thirteen! The palace is not a place to fight!" Brother Nine jumped a few steps away, looked at Thirteen and sneered, "Fourteenth Brother, let him go! Today I want to see how brave he is." Thirteen was extremely angry, and wanted to move forward, but was hugged tightly by Fourteen.I hurriedly asked Elder Brother Ten, "What's the matter?" Elder Ten shook his head blankly and said, "Who knows?" Then he smiled and said, "It's exciting to watch today!" People who are not chaotic! I glanced around, there was no one there yet, but if this trouble continues, I'm afraid Kangxi will know soon.I hurriedly pushed Elder Brother Ten and said, "Hurry up and take Elder Brother Ninth away!" Elder Ten was a little reluctant, and I kept staring at him viciously, so he dragged forward and hugged Elder Ninth with both hands and left: "He's going to go crazy, Brother Nine is going to go crazy with him? Why bother to be as knowledgeable as he is, we have something to do when we go out of the palace!" While talking, the two pulled away. Fourteen hugged Thirteen tightly, and did not let go until the two were out of sight, but one hand was still holding Thirteen's arm.Thirteen said angrily, "Why are you stopping me from beating that bastard?" Fourteen sighed, "You fight him in the palace, it's really a big deal, I'm afraid it's not good for Miss Luwu!" Then he calmed down and said, "I only found out about this last night. I saw him suddenly today. I was so angry that I just wanted to punch him in the face!" I can hear clouds and mist covering mountains, why is it getting green again?Quickly asked: "What's going on?" Fourteen looked at me with an embarrassed expression, and didn't answer. Thirteen was silent for a while, and said sincerely to Fourteen: "Brother Fourteen, thank you this time!" Fourteen said embarrassingly: "I didn't thank you last time, so you don't have to thank me! What's more, this is the fault of Brother Jiu's drunkenness!" Listening to their conversation, seeing Fourteen's embarrassed expression, and thinking about Brother Jiu's lustful temperament, he was shocked, and asked in disbelief, "What happened to Brother Jiu to Luwu? Didn't Luwu early Has she been redeemed in a few years? Besides, even before she was redeemed, she was a performer but not herself?" Fourteen glanced at me in embarrassment and said, "You girl who hasn't left the court, what are you doing asking so much?" Thirteen said, "On the night of the Lantern Festival, that bastard ran into Lu Wu and was so daring that he turned to Lu Wu. Wu Yongqiang. Fortunately, the fourteenth brother ran into him and saved him!" I looked at Fourteen Qi and said, "I know brother Jiu is lustful! I didn't expect it to be so good! He will mess with any pretty girl he meets! He's a black-hearted bastard!" Fourteen snapped, "Ruoxi!" I stopped, still angry, and said to Thirteen, "Why don't you find a few people to secretly intercept Brother Jiu outside one day, cover him with a sack, God doesn't know Unknowingly beat him up!" Fourteen Qi said: "Shut up! Ruoxi! Since Lu Wu is well, the best solution to this matter is to 'make big things small, small things down'!"How can there be more and more trouble?Do you want the whole capital to know?In the end, I'm afraid that things that didn't exist in the first place will be passed on!How do you let Luwu behave in the future? " Thirteen was silent for a while, and said to Fourteen: "Go back and tell him clearly, if he dares to act recklessly again, I will do him the best even if I get beaten by Huang Ama." Fourteen just nodded repeatedly. Said: "There will never be a next time!" Thirteen said "thank you" to Fourteen again, turning around and leaving in a hurry! Fourteen looked at me and scolded: "Are you eating a bear's heart and a leopard's guts? Elder brother, you dare to scold me?" I glared at him and didn't speak.He softened his voice and said: "Actually, Brother Nine can't be completely blamed! He drank a few more glasses that night, and it happened that some people around him knew that Luwu was born in a worldly life, and he was provoked by someone who cared, saying, 'It's Thirteen. Those who are under the protection of Master Jiu look down on Master Jiu." Brother Jiu lost control of his behavior in a moment of confusion! " I looked up to the sky and sneered twice, and said sarcastically, "It's Luwu and Brother Shisan's fault! Today is really a good day!" After finishing speaking, I turned around and left! Fourteen gasped behind him: "I'm like 'Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror, he's not a person inside and out'! In order to save Luwu, brother Jiu was angry with me for a few days, and now you are angry again! I knew it would be so annoying, so I just let it go Good luck!" I paused, thinking about Shisi's position, turned around and went back, and said with a smile, "I'm also confused! Thank you very much!" He snorted coldly and didn't speak.I laughed again and said, "Why don't you scold me a few words to relieve your anger!" He pointed at me and said, "What a..." He shook his head, swallowed, and sighed, "I'm too lazy to pester you!" Completely turned around and left. I was silent for a while, and hurriedly chased after him. He heard footsteps, turned around and waited for me, and asked: "What else?" ..." Before he finished speaking, Fourteen said: "Don't worry! Since you are saved, you must save it completely! I have already asked Brother Nine about this matter, and I asked Brother Nine to tell Brother Nine specifically! No matter what he wants Give us some face!" I hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you!" He laughed and said, "You and Luwu only met once, why do you care so much about her?" I said, "She has top-notch character and talent, although I don't have any deep friendship with her, don't say it There is Brother Thirteen, even if we are all women, there is no reason to just watch!" Fourteen shook his head and sighed: "I still can't change my temper, and I don't care about my identity at all, just casually compare myself with a prostitute. On par!" As they spoke, the two of them remembered the quarrel over Luwu in Babeile's study when they were young, and laughed at each other. He smiled and said: "You and Thirteenth Brother are really open-minded!" I said: "Thirteenth Brother is a man of honor and glory, and you don't think about Lvwu. It has been maintained for many years. It is like holding an umbrella for a beautiful flower in the wind and rain, not to pick the flower home, but to preserve this beauty." He laughed and said: "But I think Lvwu is not just a friend to Thirteenth Brother. That night, I was afraid that Ninth Brother's men would trip her up, so I sent her back personally. She begged me not to let Thirteenth Master know on the way. This matter! It’s just a little bit of grievance, it’s not a big deal, Thirteenth Master has an anxious temper, and he doesn’t want to cause Thirteenth Master to get into trouble because of himself! In such a situation, it’s normal The girl cried to the point of breaking her heart, but she didn't complain at all, she just thought about Brother Thirteen!" I bowed my head and meditated for a while, then sighed!I don't know if it was her luck or misfortune to meet Thirteen?I'm afraid even she herself will never want to admit this thought.