Chapter 3 The third round of loyal Fu Hengran returning to Jingneng and Shen with ailments

"Shiyao, you came at a very good time." Li Shiyao handed over the signboard to enter the military plane. Agui had just received a group of officials serving tea to see off the guests. The two had known each other for many years, and there was no pleasantries when they met. The first sentence was simple: "Here are some memorials. Clips, I have already asked them to pick them up, they are all about the changes of the White Lotus Cultists, you should take a look first. The emperor may not be able to summon you this morning, except for matters related to your appointment, you will also ask about these matters when you see them. number."

Li Shiyao took a stack of thick folders of memorials and folded them, and placed them lightly on the kang table. After all, he refused to be rude, so he greeted him on the spot and said, "The Zhongtang is auspicious!" When he looked at Agui , the complexion is still very good, but it looks a lot older, it turns out that Fang Zhengying's face is elongated than before, and the person who is not yet fifty years old has loose eyelids, mottled beard, and a pair of triangular eyes. It's so dark that it doesn't know the bottom, and it only shines when looking forward to frighten people's eyes. The thick eyebrows are as gray as frost, and they are depressed, and the eye circles covered with fish scales are also a little dim-this is the fatigue of middle-aged people. Evidence of excessive trial and error.Li Shiyao smiled and said: "Almost every day there are letters and official business, but it is far away from Yunshan. The last time I went to Beijing Zhongtang went to Qinghai. We haven't seen each other for seven years. Zhongtang's back is a bit hunched, and he looks old. , It’s just that the spirit is gone, and it’s so deep that it’s disturbing.”

"You are still strong and strong, and you are so capable and exposed." Agui smiled: "I have read the first book. Hong Renhui was imprisoned, Li Guanghua was imprisoned, Li Yongbiao, the supervisor of the Guangdong Customs, stripped off his official robe and top, and served as a prisoner with ten spine sticks. Three thousand miles. Liu Yaban was cut down with a knife, blood flowed all over the ground, the subordinates trembled in anger, and a yamen servant's water and fire stick fell to the ground in shock - but there are all of them?" Li Shiyao said with a smile: "Gui Zhongtang has revealed his true colors back then. These words are like Guerci Xianer in a teahouse saying "Liu Tongxun's Private Visit to Jining Mansion"." Agui pointed to the people waiting outside the window, and said with a pen: "You should read it first. This year Frost fell early, winter came early, disasters hit several places, more than 40 prefectures needed relief, winter grain, spring wheat planting grain, winter clothes, out-of-mouth army quilts, and they waited for my approval slip to go to the household department for processing. Let's talk when we're busy." Then he scribbled on his desk.

Li Shiyao nodded in agreement, leaned on the kang, and leaned against the window to watch those clips.These clips were all attached to the Military Aircraft Department by the governors and Taoist offices of other provinces, some of which were directly related to the memorial, and some were just additionally explaining the local situation so that the Minister of Military Aircraft could understand the original meaning of the memorial when reading it. Ten pieces, the long ones are tens of thousands of words, the short ones are only a few crosses, it is very messy without thinking.Li Shiyao was very organized. First, he sorted out the clips by provinces, but the five provinces of Sichuan, Chu, Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan accounted for about 80%, the rest of Zhili, Shandong, and Fujian accounted for more than 10%, and the rest were sporadic incidents.In this way, I already know it in my heart.Then pick out the provincial copywriting, and then pick out the most important ones from the title.Clips should be kept short, so long ones must be important, or those that were ordered by the Military Aircraft Department to describe them in detail, and then picked out.It took about a bag of cigarettes, and the clips were divided into three categories: Urgent, Delayed, and Covenant. He picked up one of the letters and saw it right away. It was written by Henan Governor Xu Ji:

According to the investigation, there is Hunyuan Cult in Luyi County, Hunyuan, Shouyuan, Wuwei, and Bailianjiao, etc., all belong to the same religion with different names.According to Rong Zhu's interrogation of Fan Mingde, there were 37 people who confessed to being a teacher. All Ding Hongqi and Zhang Juye from Haoxian County, Anhui, adjacent to Luyi, were captured, and the rest of the gangs are still related to each other and will be hunted down.According to Pei Zongxi's report, the two criminals Ding Hongqi and Zhang Ju were interviewed, and a copy of the scriptures was found, which is now attached to Xingyue.To the extent that there are paradoxical words such as "changing the universe, changing the world, (the year of rebellion) the end of the calamity year" in the scriptures, which are the same as the words fabricated by Shandong Wang Lun and others to confuse the public. The Wang Lun Cult in Shandong, Su Shisan and Wang Fulin in Gansu conspired to rebel, and Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan all echoed and linked each other. They are collectively referred to as "Tianli Sect", but in fact they still do not fall within the scope of the White Lotus Sect.But I have never been involved in handling this kind of case. My mind is full of confusion about the teachings of anti-religion, how to respond to and contact people, and how to follow the teaching rules. Because I turned the folding pages of Shandong, there was no such document, only one attached to it. Inside the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, one side reads "Thirty-six generals will come to the mortal world", and the other side says "Twenty-eight nights to come to the mortal world", and the words "In the last year of calamity, the sword will also appear" are soaked in water, and the handwriting has been scattered. unclear.Look again, there is a sworn oath of oath by Hu Shenghai and others, with the words "Copy "Liu Meizhan Red Cloth"" written on it:

Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been combined, and there has never been anyone who is more than Guan Shengdijun.Since his marriage in Taoyuan, brothers are like compatriots, caring for each other in adversity and helping each other in disease, and they have a strong name, and they have never given up to this day.It seems that they are waiting to honor the emperor's loyalty, and gather together in the name of stealing labor, Han Peng, the god of heaven and earth, the landowner of grain and grain!The Sun, Moon, Starlight, Wealth and Silk Star Monarch Han Fu, the Jade Emperor Commander Five Emperors Zheng Ri, Avalokitesvara, the Five Thunder Gods, the Four Generals of Li Changguo, the God of Heaven, the God of Alchemy, the Two Sword Gods, Xuantian God, Ford Dragon God, Guan Tiancheng, and Li Sedi , Fang Dahong, Zhang Yuantong, Lin Yongzhao, the five elder brothers... After the Self-League, the brotherhood is like flesh and blood... I dare not utter obscene words, dare not use the big to suppress the small, dare not cheat the brothers' property, rape the righteous sister-in-law, and dare not show up Retreat... Then there are all kinds of talk about the gods descending on wealth and honor. Below are a few couplets:

With a sword on your back, walk around me, hold a wooden stick, and beat the heroes of the country ... What else is there: "One bows to Yu Baoming, the heart of the alliance, the second bows to the gods, the third bows to the communal father to be loyal, and the fourth bows to a family from all over the world..." There are eight bows in total, and the last is "after the eight bows The day calls the emperor and the name seals the sky." He sat here and watched attentively. Agui had already dispatched his children to meet several groups of high-ranking officials, and also called the military department's arsenal officer. He said that Huaibei, Shandong, Henan, and Huaibei were early frosty and cold. When the army is subdued, there is no need to sell it on the spot, and it is transferred to the inland area to be handed over to the Ministry of Accounts for disaster relief.The arsenal complained, saying that the clothes worn by the soldiers could only be used for making paper and soaking pulp, and they were sold to the army as tooth sacrifices.

"You are the only one who knows about Ai Bing?" Ah Gui frowned and said, "Everyone in Zhangjiakou said that the old clothes were distributed to the poor on the spot, and the soldiers in Kabul said that they were handed over to the Ministry of War! I am a general myself, don't I know these little tricks? All the accounts are collected by the Ministry of Accounts - the generals stationed in the camps in various places will directly handle it with the Ministry of Accounts, without going through your Ministry of War - go!" The officer ate hard nails, served tea and backed down repeatedly. Ah Gui saw Li Shiyao's concentration on the clip in a blink of an eye, and said with a smile: "Take a break. You are just getting started, and you don't know the beginning and end of many things. Turn around." Ask the prison officer of the Ministry of Punishment to give you an example and you will understand." Li Shiyao vaguely agreed twice, and then realized that Agui was talking to himself, put down the folder, and said with a smile: "The interview is over? I read it , I only heard the buzzing of people, and the words were earnest. What did you say, but you didn’t hear a word. Listen to your work, this time I was transferred back to Beijing, and you intend to let me go to the Ministry of punishment?"

"What job will be assigned to you is still undecided. The holy will is still hesitating..." Agui seemed to be very tired, shaking her body slowly, closing her eyes and resting her mind. Taking a long breath, he adjusted his breath and said: "There is no Han Shangshu in the Ministry of Punishment, and Man Shangshu Ying'a is actually a yamen. He spends all day in India and runs to Guanglu Temple and Dali Temple. The most important thing is to make money in the frying pan—but he is the grandson of Yongshen Baylor in the Sanye’s mansion! The son of the Baoyi family who is close and considerate. Although the third master Hongshi is not authentic, he is the emperor’s brother after all, and He has been dead for many years, orphans and widows, there is no big mistake, the emperor can't bear to make the widow's sister-in-law sad, and he won't damage his dignity. He can only assign another capable Han official to take care of the government affairs... This is actually all Li Shiyao listened to the important words that are hard to be known by the outside world, nodded his head and sighed: "Hongshi plotted against the emperor several times in the past.The emperor's heart... Sigh!It's too benevolent... But then again, among the Bannermen nowadays, there are very few people who can really do things.I suggested several times to rectify the flag affairs, and all the excerpts were played.Is it really impossible to fix it? "

"It can't be rectified..." Ah Gui sighed long, with joy and sadness on his face, and said with undoubted helplessness, "The holy ancestor is a wise and wise emperor through the ages, what kind of resolute result is Shizong Ye?" Resolute! Several painful decisions and rectifications, the result? Once a big event happens, and it turns out to be even more corrupt! Once a bannerman falls into grass, he is doomed to have a share of the imperial rations. Who is willing to study hard and practice martial arts? It is easy to be an official and easy to be promoted. Heavy punishments and light punishments have become the rule, who is willing to really do things for the country?...Like a piece of rotten meat, rotten fish and rotten shrimp, can it be rectified and turned into fresh meat? Not only the flag affairs, but also the administration of officials, you are the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Outside, I feel cooler than me, can I get it straight? Sigh...it's better not to think about these things, the more you think about it, the worse you get, the more frightening you become. Just close your eyes and sleep, wake up and do things, and try your best to maintain it..." Said As he watched, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

He was so worried about the country, Li Shiyao was ashamed and moved, and he hurriedly comforted him: "It is said in the book that 'the fire cooks oil and flowers grow cotton', it is extremely difficult to continue, and it has happened in all dynasties. Banner people are corrupt and rotten, at most there are more than a million People, but I think it's okay to rule the bureaucracy. Keep this end, so that there will be no big trouble." "I have thought about what you said, and I really dare not relax in the governance of the bureaucracy." Agui has regained his calm.With a self-defeating smile, he said: "I'm talking about hidden worries, which are corrupted at the root. There is also a sentence in it that's a centipede that dies but not stiff." The emperor is more diligent in government affairs and must do his own work. You see, Yin Jishan is exhausted. The last time I saw him, it took me half a day to recognize me. Fu Heng usually goes to court, and the aisles are swaying. This time he is ill in Myanmar. It's hard to come... It's me, the one you knew the most back then, who could hold three hundred hard bows and play with fifty catties of stone locks. Is it like this now? Seeing that it's your turn again..." "How is sixth master's illness?" Li Shiyao asked.He relied on Fu Heng to make his fortune at the beginning, and his progress has been smooth all the way. Among them, Fu Heng's Aoyuan is not without strength. Li Shiyao is naturally concerned about his body, and leans forward and asks: "I listened to official rumors all the way. Some say it's just There were also people who talked about malaria, and some who said they passed by Huguang. Le Min asked Ye Tianshi to look at it, and there were both good and bad things. You know Mr. Fu treated me very kindly. I was not happy all the way, so I just For fear of seeing Liu Ye seriously ill..." He lowered his head and sighed. Ah Gui squinted her eyes and sat silent, as if thinking about how to respond.After a long time, he sighed and said: "Regardless of virtue, talent, capital, and hope, there is no one in this dynasty who can compare with the people in this dynasty. It’s hard to match him! Man, it’s impossible to be perfect, alas...he’s got a bogey from nature..." This is actually telling the truth, Fu Heng’s illness is unpredictable!Li Shiyao was flustered.He suddenly felt a sense of emptiness, and only now did he realize that he had trusted and relied on this person all his life, and once he took away this backbone, it seemed that his soul could not control himself!His face was a little pale, and he murmured: "Even Ye Tianshi is tied up? This...this..." Agui actually has a deeper relationship with Fu Heng, but he has cultivated a deep city in the central mechanism for a long time, and pays attention to "everything" Not excited." Seeing Li Shiyao's absent-minded appearance, he comforted him: "You, me, and the past Jishan, including Ji Yun, have spent half their lives wandering around, relying on Liu Ye all the time, and Long Live God even with him Flesh and blood relatives entrust the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. He is really the pillar of the pillars of our Qianlong Dynasty. Not only do you feel bad, but everyone is the same. He is suffering from miasma. The weight of the arsenic is very heavy, and Long Live God and Fu Heng's family dissuaded him from using it... This is a matter of half human affairs and half fate... He has worked up a lot of muscles and bones. ..." For a man as mature and capable as he was, tears glistened as he spoke.When Li Shiyao was still waiting to speak, the eunuch at the door came in and said, "Grandpa Bu from the Hall of Mental Cultivation is here, and he has a decree!" Ah Gui and Li Shiyao hurriedly got down from the kang, and they saw Bu Yi come in with the curtain lifted. "The emperor has a decree." Bu Yi entered the room and stood still very habitually, and said to the two ministers standing tall and standing by: "Fu Heng has arrived in Beijing, and the emperor immediately sent a car to Fu's mansion to see the illness. The emperor's decree, Agui and Li Shiyao also You can visit Fu Heng. Here you go!" "Zha!" The two replied in unison: "Slaves obey the order!" Seeing that the two were still kneeling, Bu Yi quickly smiled and took Agui's arm, and said, "Master has ordered you to be polite, please go over now. He smiled at Li Shiyao and said, "I haven't seen Mr. Li for many years, so I should greet you..." As he spoke, he wanted to beat Qian'er. But Li Shiyao knew him very well, so he pulled up and laughed Said: "You stray dog, you still don't know whether you miss me or my little boss! ——Look at your outfit, you are the boss of the Hall of Mental Cultivation now, right? But Bu Yi seemed to be a little afraid of Ah Gui, so he didn't dare to talk and laugh. He glanced at A Gui timidly, and said, "Now he is still the leader of Wang Baxie, but he is in the Old Summer Palace, and I am serving him in the inner city." .Although the adults are joking, the little ones can't afford it! "Ah Gui has changed her clothes neatly, and said lightly: "Go back and pay the order." Then he came out hand in hand with Li Shiyao. At the gate of Xihua, Ah Gui asked, "Did you come here on horseback?" " "Yes." Li Shiyao suddenly felt that Agui was different from a few years ago, his posture, manner, smile, voice and appearance had changed, showing a sternness, which made it difficult to get close to him. Seeing the question, he hurriedly said: "But I will go to visit Liu on horseback. It's not appropriate for you to show off too much, I'd better ask them to prepare a sedan chair." Agui laughed and said, "The family may not be thinking of preparing a sedan chair for you. Why should you be so lucky, just sit in my sedan chair. Save trouble and time." Said Get on the sedan chair.Li Shiyao hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly got on Agui's four-person chair, squeezed and sat down opposite Agui, and said with a smile: "Nowadays, there are eight palanquins on the foreign platform, and you are such a high-ranking official. This! What's the matter, it changed as soon as we arrived in Beijing!" As he spoke, he felt that the sedan chair moved slowly as if sliding, and he couldn't even hear the footsteps of the knight outside the sedan chair. What Li Shiyao wanted to say, look at Agui complexion.No words. Fu Heng's mansion is located in the old Qihuamen area in the east of the city, not far from Huahuashen Hutong. In fact, it is much closer to Donghuamen.But Donghua Gate was the gate where Emperor Chonghua fled from the country. It was not auspicious. Manchurians just entered the customs and didn’t care about it. In the Kangxi year, there were still people handing out signs at Donghua Gate. Huamen in and out.The Donghua Gate opens early in the morning, and live pigs, live sheep, fresh vegetables, and charcoal purchased by the palace enter the palace from here—it has become a rule.But this way, the sedan chair took a long detour, almost half a turn around the Forbidden City.Seeing that Ah Gui said nothing, silently looking at the gray street outside the sedan window, and the passers-by evading one after another, they seemed to be thinking, but they didn't seem to think about anything, Li Shiyao waited for a long time, and asked: "Jia Mu Sir, what are you thinking?" "I'm thinking..." Agui's eyelids trembled slightly, and he came to his senses from contemplation, "Fu Heng was trapped in Laoguantun, and he finally got reinforcements. It's time to accept it when you see it..." "Your Majesty, what does your Majesty think? I met people from the Sixth Master's Army in Guangdong who went to buy medicines. The battle was too difficult. The sky was covered with old forests, and the forest was full of green snakes, miasmas, mosquitoes and midges. My son Xie Zi bites... I don't know how many people died, after all, the war with the Burmese soldiers did not cause many casualties... But this matter is related to the state, and the fight can only continue, the emperor may not be willing to stop making peace." "Oh, you are right. But Myanmar is different from Mongolia, and also different from Xinjiang. Even if Myanmar is defeated, it is still a foreign vassal state just like North Korea, Annan, Japan, and Ryukyu. It is difficult to unify under the law. Now the king of Myanmar has repaired Biao, pleading guilty and asking for peace is the time to make peace. I am afraid that the emperor will blindly destroy this court and send more troops. If you can't win the battle quickly, this pot of raw rice will be unpalatable..." "You communicated with Liu Ye, what did he mean?" "The sixth master is the commander in chief of the army, he is not suitable for making peace." "Where's the emperor?" "Your Majesty is still in between. Some villains don't understand politics and military affairs. They just blindly cater to you and do what you like. They instigate more soldiers and more generals to fight... Liu Ye is seriously ill this time. If he dies, he will return You have to fight against your will..." Agui took a heavy breath, as if there was endless sadness in her heart, and said slowly: "So...it's difficult!" This time, Li Shiyao also fell into deep thought.He has served in the frontiers abroad, endless money, food, punishments, appointments and dismissals of subordinates, local security, so busy that he didn't know what to do. At this moment, he weighed what is called "national affairs" and what is called "military and political affairs". I already feel that "the heights are too cold"... Thinking in my heart, I tested him and said: "The emperor is wise and far-sighted. As far as I know, there are no villains in the military aircraft department. As for the six departments of the three courts and the little eunuch, they can control the holy bow." There are no audio-visual ones, Mr. Jiamu doesn’t need to be so worried.” "I was just about to remind you." Ah Gui followed the sedan chair up and down slightly, frowning and said leisurely: "The country has a system, and the ministers have a sense of dignity. When dealing with people like eunuchs, you must have a sense of proportion and follow the rules. " Li Shiyao blushed for a while. "You come to Beijing occasionally while working abroad, so I don't have to say that." Agui said calmly, "The eunuch is a transsexual who has changed his nature. I said that following the etiquette is not against the law, but I want to use 'ritual' to suppress his sexuality." Son. The death of the Han Dynasty, the death of the Tang Dynasty, and the death of the Ming Dynasty is Zhao Kuangyin's "candle sound and ax shadow". He died inexplicably, without the help of eunuchs, how could he succeed?——This is Yin Jian! Eunuchs are yin, a real villain. You are joking with him .He thinks he can be bullied, so he has nothing to do with you. After a long time, I don’t know how big things will happen! This is a big taboo in the military plane..." Before he finished speaking, Li Shiyao already understood that he was wrong. He is very smart and alert, and he immediately recounted it. He is a prince outside, and he can tease him at will. Here is on the side of Jiuding, there is only one person Ruler: Li, thinking of fighting with Heshen last night, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he immediately felt uneasy.Rubbing his hands and pondering for a long time, he blushed and said: "It's not what it used to be, I really can't keep up with your footsteps, I'm used to going out casually, and I've been deeply favored and favored by my master, so I have a proud heart. Mr. Jia Mu made this reminder, and I am deeply ashamed. I haven't studied for these years, and even my heart is barren and messy..." Because of the long-term and short-term news of entering Chongwenmen. "You underestimated this Heshen. Getting along with him is actually the same as getting along with eunuchs." Agui sighed: "He is my servant, and I have been with him for two years. , Sometimes he is generous, and the people in the office are good, but now it is becoming more and more difficult to see through. There is nothing wrong with impeaching him, and he is a big or small official, but he is always in the palace or the prince's mansion, and he is everywhere. Everyone is saying good things about him. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs say he is his superior. No! When we meet the emperor, one is to pass the sign, and the other is to pass the call. He can enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation and Tanning Residence with just one lift of his feet... I discussed him with Ji Yun, and Ji Yun said that he is the emperor— —" He suddenly found it difficult to find words, Ji Yun's original words were "the lice in the crotch of the emperor", but this sentence could not be quoted, and the words became "the lice on the emperor's body cannot be caught".Li Shiyao smiled when he heard it, but Ah Gui said: "The prince asked me to recommend the bodyguard, and he was promoted to observe. He is so popular, and there are no mistakes in his errands. It is difficult to get rid of him! You and He was angry, probably because he heard these words, Jiangsu governor Lu Gongju is your close friend, he couldn't pay the tax at the Chongwenmen tax office, so he came to Beijing alone, you use the emperor's secret edict to express this anger on behalf of Gongju, but ?” Li Shiyao's eyes flickered, and he nodded, "Gongju, what a clean and upright person! He insisted on ten thousand taels! He was sick in Wuchang, and I went to see him. He took my hand and just sighed, saying, 'It's hard to be an honest official,' Seeing that the emperor has to pay 10,000 taels of tax silver, the situation in this world has changed, and there is no way to do it..." "One piece of silver for crimes, and one piece of tariffs for officials entering Beijing, are all suggested by He Shen." Agui smiled self-deprecatingly, "Corrupt officials commit crimes and pay money to be exempted from discussion, honest officials can't pay taxes when they come to Beijing - it's really interesting! I asked the emperor who made the suggestion. The emperor said that it was his own idea, and said that these two items have disadvantages and should be banned. , but there is no clear decree to ban it, all in all, villains are formidable, and villains are hard to guard against—" He continued to talk, and the sedan chair stopped and landed softly, so he stopped talking.Li Shiyao had heard his heart tremble, and he looked a little dizzy. He said with a pale face, "I still don't know what the holy will is. If it is still undecided, please give me a good word from Mr. Jiamu, and let me go out to be the governor." "It depends on the situation." Ah Gui raised his hand to signal him to get off the sedan chair first, and said: "It is my suggestion that you stay in the military plane. The emperor has no decree. When it comes to Beijing, we will see the situation. We can't say anything now." Let the two get off the sedan chair. Li Shiyao got out of the car and looked at his watch, it was just after Chenshi.After coming here for three years, the Fu Mansion has not changed much from before.It's just that the original three-threshold inverted Xiamen was changed to five couplets over the hall gate according to the scale of the government.At this moment, it is approaching midwinter, and the trees are red, thin and green among the shady forests. The cage-like scene of thousands of trees and green onions in Li Shiyao's mind has changed. The leaves of the ivy covering the female wall have turned dark green, and the twigs of Artemisia vines are occasionally entangled. The winding roots are still vigorous, but the leaves have withered, hidden or hidden in the honeysuckle vines, like the protruding tendons on the back of an old man's hand.The pomegranate, poplar, elm, and willow trees layered far and near inside the wall have almost completely fallen leaves, and the dense branches stretch into the distance like a purple mist, and flocks of sparrows, crows, geraniums and other birds dance from time to time Pianluo looking for food.Such a large Duke's mansion, although it is caged under the dark autumn sky, with dense trees and dense forests interspersed with bamboo, old juniper, cedar and black cypress, it still looks magnificent and majestic.If it was on weekdays, how lively is it in front of Fu Heng's mansion?On the other side of the wall, there are cars and sedan chairs everywhere along the long embankment along the seashore. The husbands and sedan chairmen and the long companions are waiting in groups in the gazebo to meet the masters who enter the mansion. The officials who greet and see them in front of the gate are all dressed in purple waists and jade feathers. In and out; the small door on the east side is for the family members who come to visit the wife in the mansion, and there are also endless chattering and greetings.But at this moment, because the emperor is going to visit this place, all the idlers have already been dismissed, and there is not a blade of grass, a leaf, and it looks extraordinarily open and open. The heads of Fu's family followed more than a hundred people, and they all stood by the stone lions in front of the door, waiting for orders. Seeing the two of them getting off the sedan chair at the edge of the Haizi Pavilion, a family member had already flown here, and the two of them did not move. Son, stand still and wait for his message.When they came to see it closely, they all recognized that it was Hu Jingge, the second housekeeper of Fu's residence. "Gui Zhongtang, Master Li is here!" Hu Jingge slowed down as he approached, and then took a few steps to beat Qian'er and said, "Long Live Lord will arrive in half an hour. He and the Prince have already arrived, and there are also Zhaohui Junmen, The Hailancha military gate is waiting in the East Study Room, and I invite the two masters to serve tea." Agui nodded, paid tribute to Li Shiyao, followed Hu Jingge into the mansion one after the other, and saw that the mansion gate, corridors, corner gates, and all the side courtyards in the mansion were guarded by the infantry commanding the yamen's personal soldiers, wearing knives and boots without looking sideways. The chest is concave and the belly is upright. Fu's family has always ruled the mansion by military law, and the family members also stand upright according to their positions and wear crowns. All the way was quiet, and there was no sound of coughing, only the sound of boots under their feet. The corridor wall echoes, but it adds to the silence.The two walked straight north along the corridor of the main entrance. When they passed the main hall of the mansion, Agui noticed that there was a plaque inscribed with a Qianlong imperial pen on the main hall, "Imperial First-Class Mansion", which was never opened on weekdays. The caves are all open, and there are more than a dozen Sura eunuchs guarding the gates—passing from the east side, then north, and then eastward, passing a flower fence, entering the moon cave gate, and hearing the voice of people in the East Study Room, but it is the voice of Heqin Sanhongzhou : "I thought it was Agui who came, go and have a look!" Then the door curtain rang, and a person stepped out, both of them were startled, it turned out to be He Shen again!It is exactly what Ah Gui just said, "His shadow is everywhere".Li Shiyao couldn't help being startled.But He Shen seemed nothing had happened, he just bowed to the two with a smile, lifted the curtain with one hand, and gave way with the other, and said, "Li Zhitai is here too—please, the prince is inside!" Agui's face was expressionless , "Yeah" and went into the room with Li Shiyao back and forth. When Li Daiyao looked at it, Zhaohui Hailancha was there. Zhaohui was fatter than a few years ago, and there was a two-inch long scar on his cheek. Pressing his knees, he sat upright like a tower, but Hai Lancha didn't look old, he was still tall, with a dark and fat round face, he was restless drinking and sucking his lips, and even turned a grimace at the two of them.Sitting on the kang in the middle was Hong Zhou, who was in his fifties, but his face was full of smoke, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken loosely. There seemed to be a stove inside the boa robe, and his thin body leaned against the big pillow by the window, looking ridiculously bulging—this was Qianlong's only younger brother, Hong Zhou, the "ridiculous prince" known all over the world.Ah Gui saw that he only made two bows and one bow. Since Li Shiyao hadn't seen him for a long time, he had to bow down and salute. "Forget it, you talented soldier!" Hong Zhou twirled the two iron walnuts in his hands, and laughed, "The general is so majestic, and a person like He Shen who is so good at playing, makes you confused Already—" He turned his face to look at the crowd with a smile, "Putting out the musketeers, and carrying the flag of the king's order into Chongwenmen, have you heard of it? You—" He turned to Li Shiyao again, "This time when you come to Beijing, what good things do you have to do to be filial? Me? Do you have the belt I want?" Li Shiyao finally got up after beating a thousand children, and said with a smile: "Fifth Master also looked in the mirror, he was so thin that he was like a skeleton, and he still had to boil bubbles to smoke! There is American ginseng to nourish my body. I also have a box of French perfume and brandy that I want. The smoke soil is from the East India Company, which is much better than cloud soil. The points—I know, those who violated the ban—were confiscated from the yamen and piled up in the stables. I still brought some for my grandfather, and I also made a few large bags of the soil ointment formulated by Ye Tianshi. It’s all useful. It’s best if you can get some abstinence, I’m sorry to see such a weak master, and the slave also feels distressed!” Even giving opium and smoking cessation cream together, Li Shiyao thought it was funny, and everyone laughed.Hong Zhou yawned and laughed, "That's really considerate of your fifth master! Money can't buy you old and thin, but you're comfortable-you fucking shit can't understand dominance, you're used to getting out of the wild, the book you read before It's all like shit!" Hai Lancha said with a smile: "The slave once said that the fifth master is full of economics and brocades, and our name is full of horses and horses, and we can't serve the wind, flowers, snow and moon of the master." He Shen He interjected and said, "I'm convinced of the great army men who sent troops and released horses. Master Li's musketeer team is about to go under fire. Now He Shen's wandering soul is wandering somewhere!" Originally, this was an excellent reconciliation button. Li Shiyao only had to reply with a joke, and the grievances in his stomach would be dispelled. He only glanced at He Shen, but asked Zhao Hui: "When did Lao Zhao come to Beijing? Now that he has built his teeth and opened his government, he leads troops and is still leading the battle? This scar has just fallen off not long ago—look at the sea of ​​people." Lancha, you have a rosy face, no matter how you look at your face, you look like you have been drinking too much, and you have worn out your body." Zhaohui was originally a serious and serious person. He was familiar with Li Shiyao when he fought in Jinchuan, and he was used to joking. Leaning back on the chair, he said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about me, tell the prince to look in the mirror, and you look in the mirror too! People say that women in Guangli have high foreheads, deep eye sockets and dark faces, and they are not good-looking, so why don't you dislike them? You look like a skinny monkey, and you still go back to Beijing to meet your master in a show of force!" "I was the admiral of the Taihu Navy. I was fed three times a day with fish, shrimp and rice, and my face was naturally flushed. You are a disciple, and you are sick and lustful, so you got rid of it." Hai Lancha said with a smile: "People say that Ye Tianshi is incomprehensible Shiwu is a medical idiot, and he is not. I heard people say to take the pulse of the fifth master, saying that the fifth master is "two axes chopping firewood, and he must abstain from drinking and sex". Kowtow and say, 'Even if you can't quit sex, you should quit drinking quickly'—— Fifth Master, but there are?" What he said made everyone laugh, but when he came to wait for his driver, and when Fu Heng was ill, everyone came to visit, and they all laughed so hard that they dared not raise their voices.Hongzhou laughed tremblingly, pointed at Hai Lancha and said, "This monkey boy dares to make fun of me - you ask He Shen, he buys things for my mansion, and when he sees Fujin at both ends of Sanyao, he also wants to make fun of Fujin." I know, ask him if there is such a thing?" He Shen felt embarrassing, blushed and said with a smile: "My lord is that kind of person! There is no such thing." "Let's joke a few words to bring bad luck to Liu Ye, but enough is enough. The master's health is not good, and the servants in the mansion heard us happy, what's the matter?" Ah Gui heard them talking and laughing, and she didn't like it for a long time, only hindering Hong It was just a matter of perfunctory catering, and now he saw the opportunity and said, "The first road station sent the bill to the military plane. Fu Liuye passed Gaobeidian and his condition improved. I actually have a lot of things to ask him for instructions. Here, I will report to Fifth Lord first. Let me tell you, although you don’t care about the Military Aircraft Department, you are still the Prime Minister, Minister Wang—it’s not appropriate to fight again, and it’s a rare opportunity for them to revise their form to apologize and plead their ministers, with a little warning and permission to seek peace.” Hong Zhou was addicted to cigarettes, and his nose was snot Salivating and yawning, He Shen went up to the kang in three steps and two steps, and waited for him to burn two cigarette bubbles. Then he recovered his spirits, because he said: "Why tell me about this? Just tell the emperor directly." Ah Gui He smiled apologetically and said, "I'm worried that Mr. Fu would persuade the emperor to continue the fight, and I'm also worried that if Mr. Liu refuses, the master will be annoyed and decide to use his troops to the end, so I want to ask Mr. Fifth to mediate. Mr. Long live listens to Mr. Wu the most. You can speak accurately Success!" Hong Zhou's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he tapped his fingers on the kang table and said, "Success! Fifth Master will help you!" When he was about to speak, he heard footsteps coming from outside, he opened his eyes and looked through the glass, yes Everyone said: "Sheng Jia is here, and Bu Yi is calling us. Let's change clothes quickly." While talking, Bu Yi had already come in, and indeed it was Emperor Qianlong who arrived. In order not to alarm Fu Heng, all band guards of honor were not used, and he had already surrendered at the gate of the mansion. .At that moment, everyone changed their clothes in a hurry, and they all changed into imperial crowns and supplementary clothes. Hong Zhou led the way, followed by Agui, Li Shiyao, Zhaohui, Hailancha, and He Shen, and filed out from the Moon Cave Gate.In front of the main hall, the great eunuch Yu Baxie had led thirty-six eunuchs in two rows slowly, holding a middle comb, a bowl, a silver vase, a silver stove, and a change of clothes in a solemn and graceful manner, standing in the west hall. Ding, followed by a dozen nuns, well-educated, and dignified attendants in the palace, surrounded by Emperor Qianlong, and Hongzhou led the crowd with their sleeves and robes up, kneeling down on the steps in front of the main hall, bowing down and kowtowing Li Shiyao took a peek and saw that Qianlong was wearing a camel-colored satin cotton gown with a small woolen leather jacket with azurite satin surface on the outside, a green felt satin crown on his head, and a gold belt with a head-thread tie around his waist. He is already in his early 60s, his braided hair still looks black and shiny, and a pair of black and angry pupils under his arched eyebrows are shining brightly. He is very delicately groomed. The beard looks like the word "一" in official script, and the two ends are slightly lowered. Because the distance is not close, the wrinkles on the face can't be seen clearly, but the posture, walking and appearance, at first glance, no matter how you look, it looks like a man in his forties, thinking "Master The heroic posture is refreshing, how did you take care of it?" Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, Li Shiyao hurriedly lowered his head, felt that the footsteps had reached the top of his head, stopped, and even his breathing became rapid, he tried his best to hold his breath with his back on his back, and gently moved his head Touched on the ground. "It's Li Shiyao!" Qianlong really stood still, only two feet away from the top of Li Shiyao's head, and asked, "When did you arrive in Beijing?" "Slave Li Shiyao—respectfully please the master Shengan!" Li Shiyao let out a sigh of relief, his body was a little more relaxed, and he hurriedly replied: "So I calculated the distance, and I was able to arrive in Beijing on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. I was in a hurry to see the master early. , arrived last night." Qianlong nodded and said, "I already know. I'm just asking you. After visiting Fu Heng, you hand in the sign in the afternoon." Li Shiyao kowtowed again and again, and Qianlong said to the crowd: "Hongzhou and Agui get up to accompany me. See Fu Heng first. You guys enter the room and wait for the order. Fu Kang An Fu Long An, take me to see your father." Agui and Agui stood up, only then did they see that it was Fu Heng's sons Fu Long'an and Fu Kang'an who were leading them.Fulong'an is Emperor Qianlong and Princess Jia and Gu E's son-in-law, Minister of the Ministry of War.Fukang'an and Agui have a more personal relationship. The current Jinchuan Dingbian General is a well-known "Little Zhou Lang" in the ruling and opposition parties. He can write poetry and is extremely good at martial arts.Standing in the middle of the year, he still looks tall and jade, with bright eyes and a face like a crown jade.He rushed back to the capital, firstly to take care of his father's illness, and secondly, because Ah Gui wanted to personally lead the troops to the west, and asked him to follow and lead the troops as counselors for military affairs by name.此刻却都不便见礼说话，只点头会意，随他兄弟逶迤到了西花厅傅恒下处。军机大臣纪昀是专陪傅恒的，已是守在阶下。 “药香太重了。”乾隆进院便皱眉说道。看着跪在廊下的几个太医，又道：“药香也是药，和主药混起来，就没有时辰火候了。而且还杂着檀香。”他顾盼着，一眼看见傅恒夫人棠儿跪在门内，料着檀香是她燃来敬佛礼拜用的，便不再说这件事，跨步进门，吁一口气说道：“棠儿，别跪着了。你看看你，熬得这样憔悴了……这里侍奉的事有儿子们就成。好歹也留心自己，你再病倒，傅恒怎么安心疗治？去吧——书屋里歇着，朕看过傅恒接见你。” 棠儿伏身听着，不知是激动还是感动，已是热泪涌眶而出，身子颤抖着抽泣，已经花白了的头发丝丝抖动，只泣声说道：“奴婢遵……旨……”乾隆这才进了里屋，福隆安兄弟拽起床上帐帷便长跪在地，傅恒已清醒得双眸炯炯，只是虚弱得没有一点气力，见乾隆俯身看自己，他也用目光搜寻乾隆，紧紧地盯住了，像是恐怕一眨眼乾隆就会消失似的，有些失神地盯着，许久，大滴大滴的泪水断线珠子似的从颊边涌淌滚落出来，喃喃说道： “主子，主子……奴才侍候不了您了……奴才没用，连礼也不能给主子行，说话提不出气儿来……唉……没有想到我傅恒也有今日……” 乾隆心里一阵酸热，一拱一动，已是眼中满含泪水。他用无限疼怜的目光凝望着奄奄一息的傅恒，这是个英雄一世的满洲汉子，因是富察皇后的亲弟弟，自幼就选了乾清门侍卫，朝夕跟从自己，弱冠之年选散秩大臣出外办差巡阅大湖水师治军整顿，剿灭江西山盗，进袭山西黑查山，一举生擒白莲教道飘高，以招抚大将军出征金川，逼得一代英豪莎罗奔自缚请罪俯首称臣，主持军机处二十三年，文政、河务、兵事、钱粮、明刑……哪里事繁任巨，都有这个傅恒一力料应，且是待人诚挚有礼，循礼有体，人人心目中无事不能的英杰，如今到了末路，竟成如此光景！ ——