Chapter 50 The fiftieth chapter Wu Sidao decides the major event on the spot

From nine consecutive winters, it is considered to be the end of the year.Beijingers are most particular about celebrating the winter solstice, and there is a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the year".At this time of the year, the daughter-in-law returns to Ning to rush back to her in-laws’ home to greet the gods of happiness, make festival meals, and make dumplings. There is no end to Taoism, and giving snacks to each other is the most lively festival.However, in the 61st year of Kangxi, it happened to be very cold and snowy. It seems that the sky has not been very sunny since October.The violent northwestern wind blows the snow in lumps and pieces, wrapping, spinning, and floating, endlessly just falling. People can't go out if they can't go out, and they can't move around unless they can.It is only a small businessman who suffers, such as those who make caramel, those who sell winter pomegranates, those who make flower wine in cellars, and those who fish. There is not even a ghost on the street. Where does the business come from?The old people said: "This is the sky crying. The Lafayette Kangxi is going to return to the west, and everyone in the world must wear mourning."

It was the same with the news that came out of the inner court day by day. Kangxi saw that he was useless, and he woke up from time to time, and he was completely unable to manage.The guest houses of the monastery near the Changchun Garden were crowded with officials from the six ministries, the governors-general of various provinces, governors, and foreign prefectures and counties who were separated from the capital by snow. They all lived in tents specially erected for them. I can't see the emperor every day, and there is only one Zhang Tingyu who can see Kangxi inside and out at any time.He has become dry and thin, his eye circles are darkened, he has lost his usual calm demeanor, he speaks urgently and quickly, and walks erratically.On November 13th, Zhang Tingyu received several officials from other provinces in Kangxi's study, stood up and explained a few urgent matters, and said: "Brothers are busy, please stay with me. You don't have to go back for the time being, the emperor, rest assured, I don't know." What other purpose is there!" After saying that, he went to Yunsong Pavilion again.

The seven princes, Yinzhi, Yinyou, Yinyu, Yinyu, Yinyu, Yinyi, and Yinyu, were all sitting in it. When they saw Zhang Tingyu coming in, they all stood up.Yinzhi asked: "Hengchen, do you have a purpose?" Zhang Tingyu scanned the room for a week and asked, "Where is the fourth master?" Yinzhi laughed and said, "You are so busy. Didn't he go to the Temple of Heaven to pray for Long Live? went?" "I know, but it's time to come." Zhang Tingyu took out his watch, looked at it, walked out the door, stepped on the stone steps, beckoned to an eunuch, and ordered: "You ask the Minister of the Household Department to come in a few minutes." See me." Then he turned around and came in, and said: "Long live just now has a decree, so heavy snow, ask the household department to distribute food to Shuntian mansion, donate to the poor and starving people, and you have to go door to door. They also said that they will come out from the customs lijin. Three million silver was bought from Siam, and rice is cheap there this year. The Fourteenth Master’s urging for military rations has to be distributed quickly... At this time, some people asked for instructions to increase the fire consumption of the officials; it really became a chaotic bee sting head!"

Yinhu laughed and said: "For so many days, we kowtowed outside Tanning Residence and then went back, feeling really uneasy. With so many wishes today, I think Ama's spirit must be much better..." Yinhu also Said: "Exactly! I also want to see Huang Ama!" Then, the elder brothers Yinxu and Yinxu also asked Tingyu to turn to see the emperor. "Today I will make my wish come true." Zhang Tingyu forced a smile, "The emperor has a decree, please go in!" Yinhu Xinchen burst into excitement and stood up, but then hesitated.Everything outside is ready, Cheng Wenyun has gathered all the generals of the Fengtai garrison, and as soon as Kangxi dies, he can start to surround Changchun Garden. Longko has 20,000 more soldiers and horses, and it will be no difficulty to control the Forbidden City.Seeing Kangxi at this time, it is good to discuss the truth.But Yintang and Yinhu are all there, so what if something happens, there is no communication inside, and no one to command outside?Thinking about it, he saw Xing Nian coming over, urging: "Master, let's go over!" Yinhu said, "There are only seven masters here, let's wait until we have passed on all the masters before going in. It's such a cold day , people come and go, long live the wind is not a trivial matter."

"Let's go." Zhang Tingyu looked at Yinzhi with a half-smile, and said, "Third Master, you take the lead, and the other masters follow in order." He was always gentle and persistent, but today his tone was so domineering that there was no room for negotiation. Yinhu had no choice but to follow behind. In an instant, he felt an ominous feeling of an imminent event, and his face became extremely pale. After talking, he quickly called Dang Feng'en and said, "Tell me about He Zhuer in the mansion, we want to see you, and bring me lunch." Zhang Tingyu turned around and said, "No need, the imperial dining room is waiting!" Yinhu winked, nodded again, and left.

Since the October Festival, when Long Ke changed his defense, Wu Sidao and all the staff and guards of the Sibeile Mansion secretly moved to the 17th elder brother Yinli Mansion.Zhou Yongcheng and the people from the study accompanied Yinzhen to hold a sacrifice at the Temple of Heaven, the seventeenth elder brother was not at home when he went to Ruijian Camp, Wen Jue, Xingyin and Wu Sidao were having a conversation around the fireplace in Yinli's Xihua Hall.Several people had insomnia all night, looked very haggard, and still had no sleepiness.In the past few days, all the rumors that have been passed on from the inner court have been dissected and dissected countless times, and the topic has become generalized.Although Wu Sidao could hold on, he just sat by the stove, fiddled with the ashes with the fire chopsticks, and it could be seen that he was also extremely nervous.Sitting bored, Yinzhen and Zhou Yongcheng came galloping in the snow, until the door of the flower hall, the master and servant came down breathing hot air, already covered in snow.Xingyin Wenjue stood up with a "huh" and said, "Fourth Master! Do you have any letter?"

"Yes." Yinzhen took off his cloak and came in, heaved a sigh of relief and sat down, his eye circles were also red, but he looked tireless: "Long live today, I want to tell all the elder brothers. The old eight and the others have already I went in. I just delivered the decree. I said I’d like to ask Brother Seventeen to discuss with you. Yinli hasn’t come back yet? This is bad weather!” Wu Sidao's eyes lit up suddenly, then he lowered his eyelids, and murmured: "All? All elder brothers...why do you need to see them all at once? - Fourth Master, don't complain about the weather, this snow is probably a gift from God to you!"

"Well?" "If it's not snowing, Long Live must go back to the Forbidden City." Wu Sidao looked up to the sky and sighed, "How could he be in that palace when he returned to the Paradise? Long Kedo has so many soldiers in the city, what if he is Ba Ye's buddy , fourth master, you still have to try to escape!" Wen Jue nodded and said: "Let's talk about it now, Long Live told the men to go in. I don't know what it means? Fourth master might as well call them back. Seventeenth master didn't come back, wait until you come back Let’s go in together, and wait for the time to see! Alas...it’s come to this point, the time must be grasped moment by moment!” Wu Sidao sneered, and said: “Monk! The fourth master must go! Can’t you see that today’s Has it reached the last moment? Long live to proclaim the will!"

Everyone was startled and stared at Wu Sidao in astonishment. "Besides announcing the imperial edict, why is it necessary to summon all elder brothers?" Wu Sidao's face was pale and green, and he said through his teeth, "If the fourth master is not present, are you afraid that the eighth master will coerce the emperor to order the princes? Come down with a corrective edict and give it to the princes." If you die, Fourth Master will obey the imperial edict or not?" A few words made the people in the room stand up, Yinzhen stood up and said, "I'll go right away! The Seventeenth Master is back, tell him to go quickly!"

"What are you going to do?" Wu Sidao laughed suddenly, "Have you told someone to cook it all up? Fourth Lord, leave your imperial envoy for worshiping the heaven behind, don't worry. You won't see you without a handwritten order after Shenshi People, tell the Seventeenth Lord to take the Guanfang and release the Thirteenth Lord, we are going to fight outside!" Yinzhen took out the Imperial Envoy Guanfang with the Shangstufang Guanfang and Kangxi's "Tiyuan Master" Xiaoxi Seal, and stretched out his hand to pass it. But he retracted again: stepping out of this step, it is even more difficult to turn back than climbing to the sky!Yinzhen, who never hesitated, his face was as white as paper, his eyes became blurred, and his legs became limp.

Wu Sidao stared at Yinzhen with deep eyes, and said: "When the time comes, doubt, but if you are afraid when something happens, disaster will never follow! Heaven and God will take the blame - fourth master, at this time, you are muttering, someone else succeeds, and you want to be a rich man Weng can't!" Yinzhen gritted his teeth tightly, frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Okay! This is what happened! I'm not hesitating, firstly, the matter is too big; secondly, I don't know if it's really a legacy ;Three times, if you don’t pass it on to me, this move is extremely dangerous. I have to think about it more!” Wu Sidao looked up at the sky, looked at the boundless and heavy snow, and said after a long time: “Fourth Master’s life depends on the sky, I will definitely not Misunderstood fourth master! Long live the long-term sick body, has not been able to meet the ministers for several months, and suddenly summoned all the elder brothers today, it must be the deadline! There are still two and a half hours before Shenshi, if we come out when we meet, we will still stand still Act on standby. Fourth master, you cherish it, don't worry!" "Okay!" Yinzhen heaved his chest, took a deep breath of the cold air, said nothing, raised his feet and walked into the thick snow. Half an hour after Yinzhen left, Yinli came back on horseback and saw several people in the room sitting silently like wooden sculptures and clay sculptures. Did you enter Luzu Tiao? You bodhisattvas in the body, this good snowy sky, don’t walk in the snow and sing the plum blossoms, you are all here to meditate and face the wall! Let me tell you, the matter of the Xishan Ruijian Camp has been settled, they promised, Fengtai University There is a change in the battalion, the Ruijian battalion will move into the Changchun Garden, King Qin will escort you, and you will be at my command!" The atmosphere in the room was tense, but after his disturbance, it suddenly became lively.Wu Sidao explained in detail the discussion between Yinzhen and Cai just now, and said: "We are all waiting for your return! The most important thing is the Fengtai Camp, where the soldiers can be commanded, and all the sovereignty rests with me. Since Jianying is willing to take orders from me, that's even better!" Yinli said with a smile: "That's good, it took a lot of my energy! I'm really a poor brother!" "Three million is worth it!" Xingyin said with a grin, "The Seventeenth Lord went bankrupt and became a country, at least earning a title of county king!" Wu Sidao smiled softly: "There is nothing to do right now, just wait Tell the time! No matter how poor the Seventeenth Lord is, he still has to take care of our meal." Everyone laughed, and Yinli passed the meal over and over again. According to Wu Sidao's assumption, if Yinzhen went to listen to the edict, at least it would have passed the end of time when he came out.Unexpectedly, before the meal was finished, the cotton curtain slammed, and Yinzhen rushed in with a gust of cold wind.Everyone was stunned, and they all froze when they saw Yinzhen's pale and uncertain face.After a while, Wu Sidao asked: "Fourth Master, could it be that I am not sure about things?" "Huang Ama...it's useless!" Yinzhen probably rode too fast on horseback and froze all over. In the warm flower hall, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and said in a trembling voice: "There is already a will. on me!" Everyone stood up hurriedly, Wu Sidao struggled to set up his crutches, staring at Yinzhen with piercing eyes: "Fourth Master, where is the imperial edict!" "Treasured behind the upright and bright plaque in the Qianqing Palace. I have ordered the new Minister of Study, Long Keduo, to pick it up." "Lonkodo!?" "There are Zhang Wuge and De Lentai monitoring the reading of the imperial edict!" "Where's Eighth Master?" "They are all listening to the announcement of the will in the Long Live Bedroom, waiting for the imperial edict to pass on the throne." "Fourth Master, you..." "I am ordered by the holy order to release Yinti, Yinreng, and Yinxiang, and quickly enter the garden to see the emperor for the last time!" Wu Sidao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard it, he lost his crutches and almost fell to the ground in a moment of forgetfulness, and Xingyin hurriedly grabbed him in a panic.Wu Sidao was so excited that his voice became hoarse: "Long live the true hero of the world, Shengming!" Suddenly regaining his senses, he said sharply: "At this time, the overall situation is uncertain, and we have to sit and wait for success. All the husbands should agree, just at the end of the day, it is hard to resist the power of the eighth master. The most important thing right now is to protect the fourth master. All the men in the residence of the fourth master and the seventeenth master must be sent out to act as bodyguards The second thing is that the Seventeenth Lord immediately took Guanfang to release the Thirteenth Lord, proclaimed the imperial decree, and took control of the Fengtai camp; the third thing was that the three sons of Hong Zhou, Hongli, and Hongshi should take the Seventeenth Lord's warrant and go to Xishan Ruijian camp, if the Fengtai camp does not obey the order, we will bring troops into the park!" "You don't need to bring that guard." Yinzhen took out a command arrow from his bosom and handed it to Wen Jue, "If you have this thing, it will save us a lot of trouble! I'll go to Yinxiang's place. The eldest brother and the second brother can ask the seventeenth brother to do it for me." When Wen Jue took it and looked at it, it was a nine-inch-five-cent-long command arrow, but it was forged and cast in gold, and it still carried Yinzhen's body temperature. It was engraved with the words "as if I came in person", which was heavy and bright, showing its Supreme power.Thinking about it, Wen Jue said: "At this moment, it's a thousand dollars, don't waste time with the big brother and the second brother. Let's do the big things first." Wu Sidao immediately echoed, saying: "The monk's words are absolutely right! Fourth master, you go and release ten Third Master, just go back and listen to the imperial edict, with the Thirteenth Master and the Seventeenth Master outside, everything is deserved!" Everyone woke up from the surprise, and there was an urgent discussion. Xingyin Zhou Yongcheng led the troops from the two prefectures to follow Yinzhen, and the rest of the people separately notified them. After a long time of busy work, they finally stopped. Xu Zhen led the troops from the two prefectures to Brave the heavy snow and came to the Thirteen Baylor Mansion. With the command arrow, he left the guards of the House of Internal Affairs without any trouble, and strode in with his own voice. "Fourth brother!" Yinxiang opened the door of the hall, and was sitting around the stove with sister Qiao, Alan, warming wine, singing a song to enjoy the snow, when he suddenly saw Yinzhen barging in wearing a prince's attire, knowing that something serious happened, "huh" He stood up and said, "Is there something wrong?" Yinzhen was full of energy, stood in the snow and nodded, looked Yinxiang up and down, and said slowly: "There is a purpose." After saying that, he went up the stairs to the south and stood still, took out the arrow and held it in his chest.Yinxiang hurriedly walked down, knelt down in the snow, kowtowed and said, "Fourth Brother, please announce the decree!" "Long live miss you." Yinzhen stared at Sister Alan Qiao, and said slowly, "I am specially ordered to announce your decree!" See you." "Long live!" Yinxiang put his hands on the ground and stared at Yinzhen in a daze, "Really? Huang Ama..." His lips twitched a few times violently. I don't know if it was because of cold or excitement, his whole body was shaking violently After holding back for a long time, he let out a sharp and hoarse howl that seemed to be crying and laughing: "Long live...you still remember the thirteenth elder brother... ho ho... woo..." Yin Zhen took a step back in shock, this time The shrill cry and the howling north wind made him tremble all over, and it took him a long time to say: "Stop! What time is this? Let the tears flow! Let's go to Yiyun Pavilion, I have something to explain!" Alan and sister Qiao looked at each other, both of them were extremely pale.Seeing that the two brothers were about to leave, Alan forced a smile and said, "It's cold, you have to do something important, so let's have a glass of farewell wine at least..." Then she went to pour the wine, and Sister Qiao quickly brought it over on a plate. , her hands trembled violently, and while toasting Yinzhen Yinxiang to eat, she said in a trembling voice: "The Thirteenth Master will not be free in the future, and may not be able to eat our wine. As long as I can remember that we will follow you through these ten years Years, our master and servant are not in vain!" "What are you talking about!" Yinxiang laughed, "I'm not sending Ula to fight animals, so why bother mother-in-law and mother-in-law?" After saying that, he walked into the garden with Yinzhen.When Yinzhen looked back, he saw that Alan and sister Qiao were both kneeling in the snow, looking at this side wistfully, and said with a smile: "There is really no cure for people's snobbery. In the past, Su Qin was down and out, and his wife couldn't get off the plane and his sister-in-law couldn't help it." Make the meal, wait until you have the seals of the nine kingdoms on your body, and your wife and sister-in-law sit beside the road, looking at the dust and saluting." Yinxiang ignored it, and silently took Yinzhen and Zhou Yongcheng to the Yiyun Pavilion, and invited Yinzhen to sit down. Said: "Fourth brother, you don't ask about prosperity and decline at the beginning, but you can know it when you see your face. There must be a catastrophe in the court. You came to let me go, right? If you have any orders, just say it!" Yinzhen glanced at the snowy scene outside the pavilion with cold eyes, and said: "Long live, I will see you for the last time, and I'm probably sad today. However, I am not trying to pretend, I am indeed seeing you by order. I have heard it with my own ears. Long live to pass on the great treasure to me. Brother, even so, the power of the eighth elder brother is frightening, you have to help me!" After speaking, he compared the situation in Changchun Garden with the situation in the seventeenth elder brother's mansion. The plan was discussed in detail. "Now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. Long live to detain them and let me out alone, because I am afraid that I will not be able to control the situation..." Before Yinxiang could speak, there was a sudden sound of the stairs, and when he looked up, it was Erlundai, Can't help being taken aback, and asked sharply, "What are you doing here?" Yinzhen hurriedly explained with a smile: "Elundai has now understood, and the old eight almost didn't put him to death!" "Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master," Erlundai said in a hurry, without paying attention, "I came from the Temple of Heaven. There is an order from the inner court, so hurry up and ask Fourth Master to come in!" "Okay!" Yinxiang stood up abruptly, "It's not too late, let's split things up immediately!" Then he went downstairs, saw Jia Ping coming panting, and stammered: "Ten... Thirteen Master... Sister Alan Qiao and the others..." Fang was panting, Yin Xiang giggled and said, "They are spies, are you a good person? You bastard who eats inside and outside, what good will Master Jiu do for you, willing to work undercover with me? Do you think I don’t know? Heaven’s reward is good, retribution is not good, I know it in my heart! It’s too late to be courteous!” Caught off guard, he turned around and pulled out the sword around Erlundai’s waist, and thrust his backhand straight into Jia Ping’s ribs. Suddenly, Jia Ping let out a miserable howl, fell headlong down the stairs, and stretched his legs without saying a word, blood gurgling out in a pool.Yinzhen and Zhou Yongcheng were taken aback, unable to recover for a long time, Erlundai asked in amazement: "Master Thirteen, what's going on?" Yinxiang wiped the blood from the sword on the sole of his boot and said: "This is called a good start. Take the traitor sacrificial knife first, for good luck. Let's go, kill those two vixens!" Yinzhen followed behind him, still dizzy, his legs were weak, his heart was beating wildly, he was flustered, and he said with a smile: "My brother is really a great hero!" Holding the sword, Yinxiang stepped on the snow that creaked, Without turning his head, he said, "I can't tell you about a heroic husband. I'm desperate Thirteenth Lang! At this moment, in the midst of life and death, how can you allow a son or daughter to have an affair? Are they allowed to report outside the Chaoyang Gate?" But Alan and sister Qiao didn't need Yinxiang to do anything anymore.A group of four rushed back to the front of the hall. Looking at it from a distance, they felt that something was wrong. The wine was still there, the fire was still on, but there was no one.Yinxiang rushed up the steps, and saw water rubbing against the blue bricks on the ground, Alan and sister Qiao curled up on the stone ground one by one, holding up their pulse, Alan was already breathless, and sister Qiao wriggled by herself, seeing Yinxiang coming in, dodged the dazed man Eyes, said in a low voice: "The two of us are good...too bad..." His face tilted and he went away. The sword in Yinxiang's hand "dang" fell to the ground. Yinzhen didn't stop for a moment, came out with Yinxiang, met Seventeenth Brother at the door, and immediately rode back to Changchun Garden.As soon as he entered the poor hut, he saw Liu Tiecheng coming out to greet him, and said, "Zhang Zhongtang is announcing the edict, please come in quickly!" Seeing Wu Dan sitting on a chair in the door opening, Yinzhen stared at the main hall of the poor hut motionlessly, and his heart sank. He secretly weighed in: He is really a loyal minister, so it turned out that he was guarding it himself!He rushed in without stopping, took off his oil coat, knelt down and listened quietly to Zhang Tingyu's reading: "...Our country is located in the extreme north, and thanks to our ancestors, Liezong Hongmoliexun, who caressed Huaxia, he is the co-lord of the world. It is not appropriate to use the Yi and Di races, and then forget the importance of God's entrustment, and all Manchu and Han tribes should be regarded as one..." Yinzhen thought that the edict had already been announced, and saw Zhang Tingyu's lips were burning and tongue dry, and he continued to steal it endlessly. Seeing Kangxi who was motionless on the couch, he couldn't help but ask Yinzhi next to him: "Third Brother, haven't you finished reading the edict yet?" "This is Fang Bao's handwriting." Yinzhi moved his numb kneeling legs, and sneered softly, "This is not a will! It's "Guoyu" and "Zuo Zhuan"!" Yinzhen thought Seeing that Yinxiang was making a big fuss outside, his heart was pounding, he ignored Yinzhi, and listened patiently, secretly looking at Yinhu and others, they all seemed to be out of control, and gradually, he calmed down. The lengthy edict was finally read, and the nineteen princes kneeling below, as well as Zhang Tingyu who was reading the edict, breathed a sigh of relief, and stared at Kangxi who was lying on his back in a drowsy state, waiting for him to speak.But Kangxi only moved his lips and said nothing, as if he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.Zhang Tingyu sighed softly and said, "Do you understand everything?" "Understood, I understand." Kneeling in the second row, Yinbi boldly said, "Such a long imperial edict should clarify the matter of succession. Who will the throne be passed on to?" Yinzhen felt his head buzzing, and Lao Gao was mentioned in his heart.Just now Kangxi did say that he would pass on the position to himself, but he didn't say it face to face, he said goodbye to him, and heard Kangxi say in the corridor: "Don't you want to know who to pass it on to? I won't hide it from you. Forgive the fourth elder brother of Yinti, Yinren, Yinxiang!" Now that he has no evidence, the tenth elder brother launched an attack on the spot, Kangxi is dying and unable to deal with it, what should we do? "Bastard... Damn..." Kangxi's Adam's apple twitched and muttered, and he turned sideways with difficulty, staring at Yinhu with cloudy eyes, but couldn't speak. Yinzhen smirked, and said: "Ama, be careful of your bones, don't be angry, what the old ten asked. Since it is a will, it should be about the big event of succession!" Kangxi gritted his teeth, grinning ferociously, as if gathering the last It took half a day before he said: "Broadcast! Chuan four... Si elder brother..." "My son is here!" Yinzhen stood up excitedly, and replied loudly, taking a step on his knees. "The fourth elder brother is so self-indulgent," Yinzhen laughed, "I didn't hear that the emperor wanted to pass on the fourteenth elder brother? Ama is really wise, and the fourteenth elder brother is outstanding in both literature and military strategy. Blessed is the Qing Dynasty." !" Yinzhen smiled calmly, and said, "I don't know what to tell me, I only know that the emperor told me—Ama, what is your intention?" Seeing Kangxi's expression changed drastically, Yinhu could not speak at all. Seeing that Yinzhen was a little discouraged under the intimidation of Yinzhen's gaze, she said at the top: "Everyone has heard it, the emperor wants to tell the fourteenth brother!" Seeing Yinhu's support, Yinzhen's courage increased greatly, and he took a step forward, kowtowing and said: "The emperor ignores the fourth brother, he has lost his head! The fourteenth brother is in Suzhou, and he is rushing back to you day and night. Greetings. If you have anything to say, I am afraid that it will be too late to say it. Your Majesty, just give orders, and the rebellious officials and thieves will not be able to rebel!" "You... hello..." Kangxi gritted his teeth and sat up with a "huh", pointing at Yinzhen and trembling all over.For a long time, I grabbed the rosary beside the pillow and smashed it over. When my eyes went dark, I didn't know anything...